US10257970B2
A feeder and a feeder control method, as well as an electronic component device, reliably engaging a supply tape in a loading operation even if there is an accumulated pitch error between sprocket holes. Third, second and first sprockets are arranged successively from an insertion port. The sprocket hole on a forward end portion of the inserted supply tape is fitted with a third tooth of the third sprocket in the loading operation. The supply tape is rotated by rotation of the third sprocket until fitting with a second tooth of the second sprocket, and the rotation of the third sprocket is stopped after the second tooth fits with the sprocket hole on the forward end portion.
US10257967B2
A splice device for electromagnetically sealing a junction or bond between a plurality of cables is provided. A first and second cable each has a conductive core wire, an inner insulation, a braided sleeve, and an insulating cover. The junction or bond fixes and electrically connects the core wire of the second cable to the core wire of the first cable. A plurality of ferrules overlays the braided sleeve and the insulating cover of the first cable and the braided sleeve and the insulating cover of the second cable. A plurality of ring collars overlays the plurality of ferrules and is fixed to the plurality of ferrules. A splice cover or shield overlays the first cable, second cable, plurality of ferrules, and plurality of ring collars and electromagnetically seals the junction/bond between the core wires of the first cable and the second cable.
US10257964B2
An approach is provided in which a manufacturing test scheduling system predicts a dew point forecast indoor a facility based upon outdoor weather data and indoor environment data. The manufacturing test scheduling system selects time slots in the dew point forecast based upon a pre-defined dew point threshold and, in turn, schedules tests of a liquid cooled computer system during the selected time slots.
US10257962B2
A wire-spring retained heatsink installation and removal tool for installing and removing wire-spring retained heatsinks. The wire-spring retained heatsink installation and removal tool includes a shaped portion that, when placed over a section of a torsion spring of a wire-spring retained heatsink, allows a force to be applied to the torsion spring such that a hook end of the torsion spring is forced into an associated hook on an assembly on which the wire-spring retained heatsink is being attached. The wire-spring retained heatsink installation and removal tool includes a handle that couples to the shaped portion thereby allowing a user to grasp the wire-spring retained heatsink installation and removal tool in order to apply the force necessary to engage the hook end of the torsion spring into the associated hook on the assembly on which the wire-spring retained heatsink is being attached.
US10257948B2
The invention relates to a clamping module for securing to a support rail, which has a housing, a bracing device and at least one retaining claw arranged thereon. The at least one retaining claw can be brought into a securing position on the support rail and clamped there by means of the bracing device, in order to detachably secure the clamping module to the support rail. According to the invention, the clamping module has a signal device, comprising at least one signal element arranged in the housing, which signal element can be moved along a predetermined movement path by placing the clamping module onto a support rail. Using the position of the signal element on the movement path, it can be identified from outside the housing whether the clamping module is correctly arranged on the support rail.
US10257936B2
[Object] A method for efficiently manufacturing chip resistors is provided.[Means]The method includes the steps of preparing at least three conductive elongated boards 711 made of an electrically conductive material and a resistive member 702 made of a resistive material, arranging the at least three conductive elongated boards 711 apart from each other along a width direction crossing a longitudinal direction in which one of the at least three conductive elongated boards 711 is elongated, forming a resistor aggregate 703 by bonding the resistive member 702 to the at least three conductive elongated boards 711, and collectively dividing the resistor aggregate 703 into a plurality of chip resistors by punching so that each of the chip resistors includes two electrodes and a resistor portion bonded to the two electrodes.
US10257934B2
A circuit board module is electrically connectable to a socket by inserting one end part thereof into the socket, and includes a circuit board and a terminal board having a first surface provided with a column of socket-connection pads and mounted on the surface of the circuit board at the one end part. The terminal board includes first, second, and third pad columns provided on a second surface of the terminal board opposite to the first surface. The circuit board includes fourth, fifth, and sixth pad columns respectively provided on the surface of the circuit board opposing the second surface of the terminal board, at positions opposing the first, second, and third pad columns of the terminal board, respectively.
US10257933B1
An electronic device including a transverse circuit board to route electrical traces is provided. In some embodiments, the electronic device includes: a housing; a first printed circuit board (PCB) that is fixed relative to the device housing; an integrated circuit that is connected to the first PCB; a second PCB that is situated in a transverse position relative to the first PCB, a plurality of electrical traces; and a securing component that secures the second PCB in the transverse position relative to the first PCB. Each respective electrical trace from the plurality of electrical traces includes: (i) a first portion that extends across the first PCB, between the integrated circuit and the second PCB, (ii) a second portion that extends across the second PCB, between the first PCB and either the first PCB or a third PCB, and (iii) a third portion that extends across either the first PCB or the third PCB, between the second PCB and a location other than the integrated circuit.
US10257928B2
Resin sheets which includes a support and a resin composition layer in contact on the support, and which are characterized in that an extracted water conductivity A of a cured product of the resin composition layer when extracted at 120° C. for 20 hours is 50 μS/cm or less and an extracted water conductivity B of the cured product of the resin composition layer when extracted at 160° C. for 20 hours is 200 μS/cm or less, can provide a thin insulating layer having excellent insulating properties.
US10257927B2
Provided is a mother ceramic substrate that, when divided into individual substrates (ceramic substrates), can be divided to cause divided end surfaces to be perpendicular to principal surfaces of the individual substrates, and that can provide ceramic substrates with high form accuracy; an individual ceramic substrate obtained from the mother ceramic substrate; a module component including the ceramic substrate; and a method of manufacturing a mother ceramic substrate. In a mother ceramic substrate that can be divided at a predetermined position and separated into a plurality of individual substrates, a dividing groove that defines a division position is formed in a principal surface on one side, and a protruding thread is formed on a principal surface on another side at a position corresponding to a position of the dividing groove formed in the principal surface on the one side in view in a thickness direction of the mother ceramic substrate.
US10257924B2
Tamper-proof electronic packages and fabrication methods are provided which include a glass enclosure enclosing, at least in part, at least one electronic component within a secure volume, and a tamper-respondent detector. The glass enclosure includes stressed glass with a compressively-stressed surface layer, and the tamper-respondent detector monitors, at least in part, the stressed glass to facilitate defining the secure volume. The stressed glass fragments with an attempted intrusion event through the stressed glass, and the tamper-respondent detector detects the fragmenting of the stressed glass. In certain embodiments, the stressed glass may be a machined glass enclosure that has undergone ion-exchange processing, and the compressively-stressed surface layer of the stressed glass may be compressively-stressed to ensure that the stressed glass fragments into glass particles of fragmentation size less than 1000 μm with the intrusion event.
US10257923B2
A resin substrate includes a first portion including a plurality of resin sheets provided at one end in a stacking direction and a second portion including a plurality of resin sheets provided at the other end in the stacking direction. The thickness of the plurality of resin sheets is the same or substantially the same as the thickness of the first portion and the second portion. The density of planar conductor patterns of the first portion with respect to the volume of the first portion is lower than the density of planar conductor patterns of the second portion with respect to the volume of the second portion. The average of the diameters of the first interlayer connection conductor provided in the first portion is greater than the average of the diameters of the second interlayer connection conductor provided in the second portion.
US10257913B2
In accordance with various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, a lighting control method, a related lighting apparatus and system are provided. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a lighting control method. The method includes detecting a connection status of a wireless network component of a lighting apparatus and controlling a working status of an illumination component of the lighting apparatus based on the connection status.
US10257910B2
The present disclosure generally relates to optical modules, and in particular, to an optical module comprising a printed circuit board for reducing crosstalk between differential signal lines. In one implementation, the printed circuit board comprises a top layer, a first intermediate signal transmission layer, a second intermediate signal transmission layer, a bottom layer and multiple ground layers between signal transmission layers. Each signal transmission layer comprises one or more differential signal line pairs. The top layer and the bottom layer each comprises an edge connector, and the top layer further comprises a laser driver chip. The signal transmission layers are connected to the edge connectors and laser driver chips via a combination of blind and through connection holes such that the interference between the differential signal line pairs of various signal transmission layers are reduced.
US10257906B2
The present application discloses systems and methods for providing low voltage power for low voltage lighting sources, e.g., so-called landscape lighting. A low voltage lighting power supply includes an enclosure and a power circuit enclosed in the enclosure. In some embodiments the power circuit has a primary side and a secondary side. The primary side accepts power from a main power source and the secondary side has a plurality of separate output power circuits, each output power circuit generating a separate low voltage lighting power signal capable of lighting a plurality of low voltage light sources and each being rated for a particular output.
US10257901B2
A dental light having an array of light emitting diode (LED) assemblies, at least one first LED assembly having at least one first LED element configured to emit light according to a first spectral distribution, a conversion phosphor configured to convert at least a portion of the first spectral distribution. At least one filter is fixed within said converted light, the filter configured to block at least a portion thereof. The array includes at least one second LED element configured to emit light according to a second spectral distribution, wherein light having the filtered spectral distribution is selectively emitted from said array in a first mode and from both the filtered and second spectral distributions in a second mode.
US10257900B2
Determination devices (1) determine properties of load devices (2) that may remain unchanged for said determining and that comprise first channels with first elements (20, 25). The determination devices comprise first switches (10) for providing first invitation signals to the first channels, detectors (15, 16) for detecting first response signals that result from the first invitation signals, and controllers (17) for deriving the properties of the load devices (2) from detections of the first response signals. The properties define first maximum values of first loads of the first channels, and the controllers (17) calculate first maximum duty cycles of first supply signals for supplying the first channels in view of the first maximum values of the first loads and power capacities of power supplies (3) that produce the first supply signals. The load devices (2) may further comprise second channels with second elements (21, 26), and the determination devices (1) may further comprise second switches (11).
US10257899B2
An automatically reconfiguring light-emitting circuit includes a first and second block of electric lights, a switching mechanism, the switching mechanism having (i) a first state in which the switching mechanism electrically connects the first block of electric lights in parallel with the second block of electric lights and (ii) a second state in which the switching mechanism electrically connects the first block of electric lights in series with the second block of electric lights, a current regulator that generates a current control signal in response to a current in the first group of lights and second group of lights, and a controller electrically connected to the switching mechanism, the controller configured to switch the switching mechanism between the first state and the second state based on the current control signal.
US10257897B2
A load control device for controlling the intensity of a lighting load, such as a light-emitting diode (LED) light source, may include a power converter circuit operable to receive a rectified AC voltage and to generate a DC bus voltage, a load regulation circuit operable to receive the bus voltage and to control the magnitude of a load current conducted through the lighting load, and a control circuit operatively coupled to the load regulation circuit for pulse width modulating or pulse frequency modulating the load current to control the intensity of the lighting load to a target intensity. The control circuit may control the intensity of the lighting load by pulse width modulating the load current when the target intensity is above a predetermined threshold and control the intensity of the lighting load by pulse frequency modulating the load current when the target intensity is below the predetermined threshold.
US10257892B2
A lighting device and system having at least one circuit, the circuit having at least two LEDs connected in series, parallel or anti-parallel configuration and at least one current limiting diode. The device or system may be driven with AC or DC power and may further include a sensor and polarity switching circuit to utilize all LEDs within the circuit when drive by DC power.
US10257891B2
A microwave oven includes a housing having a receiving chamber therein. An inner case is provided in the receiving chamber. A left air channel is formed between a left side wall of the receiving chamber and a left side of the inner case, a right air channel is formed between a right side wall of the receiving chamber and a right side of the inner case. Respective fans are provided in the left and right air channels, each of the left and right fans including a front impeller, a rear impeller and a driving motor. At least one of the front and rear impellers is adjacent to at least one of front and rear walls of the receiving chamber which is corresponding thereto, at least one of the front and rear impellers is spaced from the driving motor at a predetermined distance.
US10257883B2
One object of the present invention is a method for for configuring a cellular mobile communication network with Tracking Areas, comprising: a step of configuring a Radio Access Network entity, with at least one Tracking Area it is to be associated with, a step of registering a thus configured Radio Access Network entity onto a Mobility Management function and/or Paging Coordination function, for said at least one Tracking Area.
US10257874B2
Methods and tangible computer-readable media for synchronizing a mobile device to a display via a communication network are disclosed. For example, a method receives an identification code from a display and sends a request to the communication network to establish a communication session between a mobile device and the display. The request comprises the identification code. Thereafter, the communication session is established via the communication network. Another method receives a request to establish a communication session between the mobile device and the display. The request comprises an identification code of the display that was received by the mobile device from the display. The method then establishes the communication session.
US10257863B2
According to an aspect, a wireless terminal performs a method for a random access procedure in a wireless network. The method includes maintaining a preamble transmission attempt counter that tracks the number of random access preamble transmissions that are triggered and/or initiated in the random access procedure, including random access preamble transmissions that are aborted prior to completion of the transmission. The method also includes terminating the random access procedure in response to determining that the preamble transmission attempt counter indicates that a predetermined threshold number of transmission attempts have been made. Reports pertaining to failed preamble transmissions may be sent to the network, which then adjusts a configuration of the wireless terminal. The wireless terminal may also track time during an interval in which a preamble may be used in the random access procedure and terminate the random access procedure in response to determining that the interval has expired.
US10257859B1
Aspects of the disclosure provide an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus includes a transceiver and a processing circuit. The transceiver is configured to receive signals and transmit signals in one or more channels. The processing circuit is configured to detect that received signals in a channel carry a data unit, determine that the data unit belongs to an overlapping basic service set (OBSS) that overlaps with a basic service set (BSS) that the apparatus belongs to without information in a preamble of the data unit, select a clear channel assessment threshold that is dynamically adjusted for spatial re-use when the data unit is determined to belong to the OBSS, and compare a signal strength of the data unit with the selected clear channel assessment threshold to determine a busy/idle status of the channel.
US10257854B2
A method, station, and access point for transmitting in a wireless local area network. A method for operating the station includes receiving a beacon signal from an access point in the wireless local area network. The method also includes identifying from the beacon signal a target transmission time of a trigger frame to be transmitted by the access point for an uplink multi-user transmission. A method for operating the access point includes transmitting, to one or more stations in the wireless local area network, a beacon signal that indicates a target transmission time of a trigger frame to be transmitted by the access point for an uplink multi-user transmission.
US10257853B2
Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method includes winning, at a UE, contention for access to a channel of a shared radio frequency spectrum band; identifying a number of frequency resources of the band that are allocated to the UE for at least one uplink transmission following the winning contention for access; and transmitting a channel reservation signal using a set of frequency resources associated with the identified number of frequency resources. A second method includes winning, at a UE, contention for access to a channel of a shared radio frequency spectrum band; identifying a number of frequency resources of the band that are pre-designated by a base station for transmission of a channel reservation signal; and transmitting the channel reservation signal, after the winning contention for access, using a set of frequency resources associated with the identified number of pre-designated frequency resources.
US10257847B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide a scheduling entity and methods of operating the scheduling entity such that the scheduling entity reconfigures/allocates its resources based on device capabilities of the wireless devices. The scheduling entity utilizes a first resource configuration to provide communications service to one or more wireless devices associated with the scheduling entity. The scheduling entity determines a change of the one or more wireless devices, wherein the change include at least one of a capability change of a wireless device, a quality of service (QoS) requirement change of a wireless device, an addition of a wireless device, or a removal of a wireless device. Based on at least one of a predetermined time of a day or the determined change, the scheduling entity reconfigures to a second resource configuration to facilitate resource utilization of the first wireless cell.
US10257844B2
Various features related to decoding jointly coded broadcast information and beam/symbol index information to achieve higher reliability and reduced decoding errors from the perspective of a receiving device such as a UE are described. In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be configured to receive a first beam and a second beam of a plurality of beams from a base station, the first beam including broadcast information and a first beam index information jointly encoded together, and the second beam including broadcast information and a second beam index information jointly encoded together, determine a first LLR of the first beam, determine a second LLR of the second beam, and decode the broadcast information and the first beam index information in the first beam based on both the first LLR and the second LLR.
US10257837B2
The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a frame in a wireless communication system, in particular, a high density wireless LAN system, and a station apparatus for performing the same. To this end, a station for transmitting a frame configures a radio frame for a second type station, including a frame part for a first type station and a frame part for the second type station, wherein the frame part for the second type station includes a first signaling field (SIG A) for the second type station and a second signaling field (SIG B) for the second type station. The SIG A for the second type station includes modulation and coding scheme (MCS) information applied to the SIG B for the second type station, and the MCS level applied to the SIG B for the second type station supports an MCS having level than the lowest MCS level defined for the first type station.
US10257832B2
Method and apparatus for directed adaptive control of dynamic channel selection in wireless networks
The present invention relates to wireless networks and more specifically to systems and methods for selecting available channels free of radar signals from a plurality of radio frequency channels. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a standalone multi-channel DFS master device and a cloud intelligence device. The standalone multi-channel DFS master device generates spectral information associated with a plurality of communication channels for a device in communication with the standalone multi-channel DFS master device. The cloud intelligence device receives the spectral information via a network device, integrates the spectral information with other spectral information to generate integrated spectral information, and determines a communication channel for the device that is selected from the plurality of communication channels based at least on the integrated spectral information.
US10257830B2
A device may receive a request for a transmission of media content. The device may determine a set of rules associated with the transmission of the media content. The device may assign one or more radio frequency (RF) spectrum bands for the transmission of the media content. The device may provide or receive the media content via the one or more RF spectrum bands.
US10257801B2
A method of enabling dual registration of a User Equipment, UE, with first and second Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, networks, the method comprising, in response to a connection request made to a gateway node by the UE, sending to the UE, network addresses of respective first and second Proxy Call Session Control Functions, P-CSCF, the first and second P-CSCFs being configured to enable IMS registrations to the first and second IMS networks respectively.
US10257794B2
A radio station, a radio terminal, and a method for synchronization timer control are provided that can reduce a delay as much as possible until uplink signal resynchronization is done in a case where a plurality of cell groups exist. In a radio communication system having a function of using a plurality of radio resources corresponding to a plurality of cells, respectively, for communication between a radio station (10) and a radio terminal (20), the radio terminal is provided with a plurality of synchronization timers for determining whether or not uplink signals in individual cell groups are in synchronization, wherein the synchronization timers are provided respectively for the plurality of cell groups each including at least one cell, and at the radio terminal (20), uplink-signal transmission on the cells included in a second cell group is controlled depending on a state of a first synchronization timer provided correspondingly for a first cell group including a specific cell and on a state of a second synchronization timer provided correspondingly for the second cell group other than the first cell group, wherein the first synchronization timer and the second synchronization timer are controlled independently.
US10257787B2
A wireless device receives at least one message comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of cells grouped into a plurality of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) groups comprising: a primary PUCCH group comprising a primary cell with a primary PUCCH, and a secondary PUCCH group comprising a PUCCH secondary cell with a secondary PUCCH. The wireless device receives, on a common search space of the primary cell, a transmit power control (TPC) command for the secondary PUCCH. The wireless device ignores the TPC command when the PUCCH secondary cell is in a deactivated state.
US10257780B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing near field communications during a low power management mode of an electronic device are provided that may make credentials of a near field communication (“NFC”) component appropriately secure and appropriately accessible while also limiting the power consumption of the NFC component and of other components of the electronic device.
US10257769B2
Example implementations relate to access point group transmissions. For example, an access point can include instructions to determine a first mesh point to be a first hop for a first data packet and determine a second mesh point to be a second hop for a second data packet. In some examples, the access point can include instructions to group the first mesh point and the second mesh point, and utilize the group to simultaneously transmit the first data packet to the first mesh point and the second data packet to the second mesh point.
US10257759B2
Load balancing among wireless access points (APs) can include a plurality of wireless APs, and a transition-in transition-out (TITO) engine instructing a client to dissociate from a first wireless AP selected from the plurality of wireless APs and associate with a second wireless AP selected from the plurality of wireless APs.
US10257754B2
Technology for a mobility management entity (MME) operable to provide core network assistance information is disclosed. The MME can determine the core network assistance information. The core network assistance information can include one or more of: an average connected state time for a user equipment (UE), an average idle state time for the UE, or a number of handover procedures between cells that occur for the UE in a selected time period. The MME can encode the core network assistance information for transmission from the MME to an eNodeB of the UE.
US10257752B2
According to an embodiment, a method for selecting an access network at user equipment in a mobile communication system includes step of receiving, from a base station, first setting information, and step of selecting the access network based on second setting information if the second setting information is received from the base station, or selecting the access network based on the first setting information if no second setting information is received. Using the proposed method, the user equipment can reduce user's inconvenience and save battery by blocking unnecessary offloading and wireless LAN scanning, and also can improve the quality of use and immediately respond to a cell change by preventing a ping-pong phenomenon.
US10257750B2
Methods and apparatus for controlling monitoring operations performed by various devices, e.g., access points, in a communications network and for using information obtained by the devices which perform the monitoring are described. The methods are well suited for use in a system with a variety of access points, e.g., wireless and/or wired access points, which can be used to obtain access to the Internet or another network. An access point, which has been configured to monitor in accordance with received monitoring configuration information, e.g. on a per access point interface basis, captures packets, stores captured packets, and monitors to detect communications failures corresponding to communications devices using said access point. In response to detecting a communications failure, the access point generates, an event failure notification indicating the type of detected failure and sends the event failure notification to the network monitoring node along with corresponding captured packets.
US10257742B2
Embodiments herein describe control logic for seamlessly switching client devices between radios co-located on the same network device or between radios located on different network devices that have overlapping coverage areas. In one embodiment, the radios are assigned different channels in the same frequency band. To move the client devices between the radios, one of the radios transmits a Channel Switch Announcement (CSA) which instructs the client devices serviced by a first radio to switch to a channel assigned to a second, different radio. For example, the CSA may be used when the first radio fails, is upgraded, performs a Channel Availability Check (CAC), is overloaded, and the like. After the CSA is transmitted, the second radio spoofs the service identifier of the first radio so to the perspective of the client devices, they are still communicating with the first radio.
US10257739B1
A monitoring and troubleshooting system to determine whether or not an antenna that is used for receiving wireless weak signals, like base station for cellular wireless communication, is operational. The antenna status condition is signaled over the Fiber Optic (FO) link without interfering the signal during normal operation. When a fault is detected the status at the FO receiver is determined. Then, an indication using special signaling allows a service technician to distinguish if the status fault is antenna failure or antenna disconnect. The present invention will also allow a service technician to determine if there is a FO link failure by use of light intensity monitoring. The present invention also includes a method of monitoring the status of a radio frequency antenna with the apparatus as discussed above.
US10257723B2
A method of reporting UE measurement state information in RLF report is provided. A UE performs radio measurements of a serving cell and neighbor cells in a mobile communication network. The UE evaluates a measurement reporting criteria and attempts to access the network to deliver a measurement report if the criteria is met. The UE then detects a radio link failure or a handover failure event and reconnects to the network by performing RRC reestablishment or RRC establishment. Finally, the UE transmits a failure event report to the network. The failure event report comprises UE measurement state information corresponds to the failure event. The UE measurement state information helps the network to determine whether to apply corrective actions to mitigate the failure.
US10257719B2
Disclosed is a method for wireless typology discovery for train backbone networks. The method comprises steps of: receiving a data from a neighboring backbone node (BN), by a BN in a train backbone network through one directional antenna of at least one pair of directional antennas provided thereon; recording a receiving direction of said data, and determining said data to be a hello frame or a typology frame; performing neighbor discovery or topology discovery based on the type of said data; in neighbor discovery phase, performing a pair consistency check with respect to all the data received by the BN from a same direction, so as to identify a neighboring BN of the BN, and at the same time, stopping receiving hello frames from said direction by the BN; in typology discovery phase, updating a local typology table of the current BN based on the received typology frames; and performing a topology convergence check to see if any change occurs to the local typology table of the current BN, and if no change occurs, reporting on the status of the typology discovery phase to an up-level application.
US10257717B2
Aspects described herein relate to a network for providing air-to-ground wireless communication in various cells. The network includes a first base station array, each base station of which includes a respective first antenna array defining a directional radiation pattern that is oriented in a first direction, wherein each base station of the first base station array is disposed spaced apart from another base station of the first base station array along the first direction by a first distance. The network also includes a similar second base station array where the second base station array extends substantially parallel to the first base station array and is spaced apart from the first base station array by a second distance to form continuous and at least partially overlapping cell coverage areas between respective base stations of the first and second base station arrays.
US10257716B2
In one implementation, interference generated by a constellation of satellites is mitigated. Each satellite is configured to provide multiple beams that define a coverage footprint. Anticipated positions are determined for satellites. Based on the anticipated positions, a determination is made that, during a defined period of time, portions of a coverage footprint for a first satellite will be covered by coverage footprints for other satellites. Based on this, a beam assignment for the first satellite is defined in which a first subset of beams configured to provide coverage of a first portion of the first coverage footprint are inactive, and a beam assignment for a second satellite is defined in which a second subset of beams are active, where the second subset of beams provide coverage within the first portion of the first coverage footprint.
US10257715B2
A method includes receiving wireless communication device usage trend data for a plurality of available wireless communication devices associated with a recipient and detecting, via an application processor executing instructions for a pan device communication optimization agent, a plurality communication paths with the plurality of wireless communication devices associated with the recipient. The method further includes an end-to-end quality score for a wireless communication device associated with the user, wherein the end-to-end quality score is based on selection of a communication type, wireless communication device usage trend data, wireless link quality for available communication paths with the wireless communication devices associated with the recipient and selecting at least one preferred communication path between the wireless communication device associated with the user and at least one wireless communication device associated with the recipient based on comparison of end-to-end scores.
US10257700B2
Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for controlling a vehicle using a user terminal that authenticates a user terminal using an NFC module mounted in a vehicle and controls the vehicle using communication between the NFC module and the user terminal. An apparatus for controlling a vehicle using a user terminal includes: a terminal authenticator that authenticates a user terminal using any one module of wireless communication modules mounted in a vehicle; and a vehicle controller that controls the vehicle in a fit-type in accordance with the position of the any one module when the user terminal is authenticated.
US10257698B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure further relates to a method and apparatus for managing a security key in a communication system are provided. The method includes transmitting a first key request message including an identifier (ID) of an originating user equipment (UE) to a server through a mobility management entity (MME), receiving a key response message including security parameters and a secret key of the originating UE from the server, determining a security key based on the security parameters and the secret key of the originating UE by the originating UE, and communicating with a terminating UE based on the security key by the originating UE, while a connection between the originating UE and the terminating UE is maintained.
US10257697B2
The disclosure is related to systems and methods of smart packaging. In one example, a package can include an embedded data storage element that is readable at a point-of-sale terminal and includes custom data stored on the data storage element. The custom data may be associated with a specific product related to the package, such as a SIM card or phone. The custom data can include information to allow a process related to the product to be performed. The process may include allowing activation of the product only when an indicator at a server indicates the package was processed at an authorized terminal.
US10257693B1
A Virtual Global Title Translation (V-GTT) Service implemented in a Signaling Connection Control Part (SCCP) Gateway using a single American National Standards Institute (ANSI) SS7 Point Code and a single International Telecommunications Union (ITU) SS7 Point Code for access to destination hubs on ITU and ANSI SS7 side of the SS7 network. The V-GTT enables ANSI SS7 and ITU SS7 operators to send their destination SS7 hub-specific traffic to a single hub-specific protocol for either the ANSI or ITU SS7 Point Code of V-GTT. The V-GTT Service application manages the traffic between ANSI/ITU SS7 operator and destination SS7 hub operators and performs ANSI SS7 to ITU SS7 (or ITU SS7 to ANSI SS7) protocol conversion if the destination hub is on a different SS7 protocol, thereby enabling an originating operator to send traffic to a single V-GTT Service hub-specific point code using the protocol that the originating operator currently employs.
US10257692B2
Communication device and method of controlling based on multiple wireless communication environments
Apparatuses, methods, and systems for providing control information to a communication device are described. It is identified that device control information for controlling the communication device in a first wireless communication environment has been received from a server while the communication device is in a second wireless communication environment. The communication device is controlled based on the device control information while the communication device is in the first wireless communication environment. Obtained information is transmitted to the server in the first wireless communication environment based on control of the communication device. The device control information includes a parameter value determined based on performance indices measured in the first wireless communication environment.
US10257690B2
System and method for providing cellular services to a roaming subscriber comprising a visited public land mobile network, VPLMN. At least one processor within the VPLMN. Memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to instantiate one or more network functions as software processes performing data plane packet processing within a network functions virtualisation, NFV, environment hosted by the VPLMN and associated with a home public land mobile network, HPLMN, wherein the network functions provide the roaming subscriber with network services associated with the HPLMN.
US10257689B2
A communication control method, and network apparatus includes receiving a PLMN identifier and a first identifier from a first user terminal, where the first identifier is included in a discovery signal which the first user terminal has received from a second user terminal, determining, in response to receiving the first identifier, whether the first identifier is an identifier allocated in the first PLMN. In response to a determination that the first identifier is not the identifier allocated in the first PLMN, sending the first identifier to a second network apparatus belonging to a second PLMN, and receiving the information of an application used by the second user terminal, from the second network apparatus. In response to the controller determining that the first identifier is the identifier allocated in the first PLMN, transmitting, to the first user terminal, information of the application used by the second user terminal.
US10257687B2
A method and apparatus for neighbor discovery in a wireless communication system are disclosed. A neighbor seeking wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may search for a first signal to discover neighbor WTRUs for peer-to-peer communication. The WTRU may then receive the first signal. Further, the WTRU may generate a report based on the received first signal. Then, the WTRU may send a second signal carrying the report to a cellular wireless network. The first signal may include a beacon for neighbor discovery or a synchronization signal or both. The report may contain at least one neighbor WTRU identity or at least a portion of a time value or both. Further, the report may contain a counter value, including at least a portion of a time value. The counter value may be based on a time source. In addition, the first signal may be received from a synchronization source.
US10257685B1
One general aspect includes a system to generate and transmit an emergency services request, the system including: a memory configured to include one or more executable instructions and a controller configured to execute the executable instructions, where the executable instructions enable the controller to: receive an indication of a pedestrian crash incident; and in response to the pedestrian crash incident indication, generate and transmit an emergency services request.
US10257670B2
A portable device providing notice information and a method for providing the notice information thereof are provided. The portable device includes a display configured to be divided into areas respectively corresponding to types of notice information, and a controller configured to sense an event corresponding to the notice information, and control the display to activate pixels included in an area corresponding to a type of the notice information, and inactivate pixels included in an area not corresponding to the type of the notice information, among the areas, in response to the controller sensing the event.
US10257669B2
A method of operating a push-to-anything (PTX) platform includes receiving, by a data analytics engine (DAE) of the PTX platform, a first input signal from a first input source; calculating, by the DAE, a risk indicator using the first input signal, the risk indicator indicating a level of a security threat; detecting a risk event, by the DAE, when the risk indicator is above a first pre-determined risk threshold, the first pre-determined risk threshold corresponding to a pre-determined level of security threat above which an emergency response protocol is initiated; generating, by the DAE, a group list in response to detecting the risk event, where the group list comprises one or more client devices of the PTX platform; sending, by the DAE, the group list to a PTX server of the PTX platform; and notifying, by the PTX server, the one or more client devices in the group list of the risk event.
US10257666B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of terminating a Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) path. For example, an apparatus may include logic and circuitry configured to cause a first NAN device to transmit a message including a NAN Data Link (NDL) attribute corresponding to an NDL with a second NAN device, the NDL attribute including a Maximal (Max) Idle Period field to indicate a time period during which the second NAN device is allowed to refrain from transmitting over the NDL without the NDL being terminated; and to allow the first NAN device to terminate all NAN Data Paths (NDPs) over the NDL, if any frame is not received from the second NAN device for at least the time period indicated by the Max Idle Period field.
US10257664B2
A method and apparatus for performing multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) minimization of drive test (MDT) in a wireless communication system is provided. Upon receiving a MBMS-MDT configuration from a network, a user equipment (UE) selects a subset of multicast broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) areas among multiple MBSFN areas providing interested MBMS services, and performs MBMS-MDT only for the selected subset of MBSFN areas. The subset of MBSFN areas may be selected based on priorities of the multiple MBSFN areas.
US10257660B2
Computer-implemented methods and systems for sourcing hours of operation for a business or other location entity can include receiving a request to update hours of operation. A number of mobile devices present at the location entity during one or more periods of time can be determined based at least in part on a collection of time-stamped mobile device location data that identifies mobile devices associated with discrete users present at the location entity. The number of mobile devices and initial operating hours for the location entity can be provided as input to a statistical model (e.g., neural network, support-vector machine (SVM) or logistic regression model). An output of the model can indicate a likelihood that operating hours for the location entity have changed relative to the initial operating hours. The operating hours for the location entity can then be updated based at least in part on the model output.
US10257656B2
Systems and methods for improving a stability of a displayed user location using location history are provided. In one embodiment, the method can include obtaining a location history of a user device corresponding to the user, and determining one or more predicted locations of the user device based at least in part on an application of a smoothing transformation to the location history. The method can further include determining a location of the user device based at least in part on the predicted locations of the user device, and providing the location of the user device to a display device for display.
US10257643B2
A method includes monitoring a geospatial location of a user of a mobile device having a processor communicatively coupled to a memory through the mobile device, date stamping and time stamping the geospatial location of the user through the mobile device, and monitoring, through a server having another processor communicatively coupled to another memory and/or the mobile device, an interaction of the user with the mobile device and/or a device communicatively coupled to the server based on the geospatial location of the user. The method also includes predicting, through the server and/or the mobile device, an event related to the mobile device and/or the device based on the monitoring of the interaction of the user therewith, and enabling, through the server and/or the mobile device, automatic performance of an action on the mobile device and/or the device on behalf of the user in accordance with the prediction of the event.
US10257638B2
Method for processing audio objects by an audio client apparatus is described wherein the method comprises:receiving or determining spatial listener information, the spatial listener information defining including one or more listener positions, orientations and/or foci of one or more listeners in the audio space; the audio client apparatus selecting one or more audio object identifiers from a set of audio object identifiers defined in a manifest file stored in a memory of the audio client apparatus, an audio object identifier defining an audio object being associated with audio object position information for defining one or more positions of the audio object in the audio space; the selecting of the one or more audio object identifiers by said audio client apparatus being based on the spatial listener information and the audio object position information of audio object identifiers in said manifest file; and, the audio client apparatus using said one or more selected audio object identifiers to request transmission of audio data and audio object metadata associated with the one or more audio objects defined by the selected audio object identifiers to said audio client apparatus.
US10257633B1
A sound-reproducing method that includes the steps outlined below is provided. A playback sound is generated by applying original audio into a test environment. The playback sound is received to generate received sound data. At least one test environment spatial parameter corresponding to the test environment is calculated according to known audio data related to the original audio and the received sound data. Input audio is modified by applying the test environment spatial parameter thereto to generate reproduced audio.
US10257631B2
One embodiment provides a method including: receiving, using a microphone of an electronic device, user audio input; detecting, using a processor, at least one factor that impacts quality of the audio input received; and notifying, using an output device of the electronic device, a user of an event associated with the at least one factor. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US10257627B2
The invention regards a communication device which is adapted for placement in a users ear. The communication device comprises a shell part enclosing an input transducer for receiving an input signal, a signal processing device and an output N transducer for providing a signal perceivable as sound, a battery located at a surface part of the shell which is facing away from the head of the user, a transmission and reception circuit for transmission and/or reception of electromagnetic energy. According to the invention an antenna for radiating and/or receiving electromagnetic energy is provided such that it has a first surface turned towards the surroundings and a second surface located in close proximity of the battery.
US10257624B2
A hearing aid is described which incorporates an antenna integrated into the housing or shell. The hearing aid shell may constructed by forming an inner shell portion, disposing an antenna on an outer surface of the inner shell portion, and forming an outer shell portion around the inner shell portion. In various embodiments, the hearing aid shell may be constructed using an injection molding process or a 3D printing process.
US10257619B2
A system, including an adaptive noise cancellation sub-system, wherein the system is configured to adjust operation of the sub-system from a first operating state to a second operating state upon a determination that operation of the adaptive noise cancellation sub-system will be effectively affected by an own voice body conducted noise phenomenon.
US10257618B2
Various system embodiments comprise a plurality of devices configured to wirelessly communicate with each other. The plurality of devices includes a battery-operated hearing aid configured to communicate with another device using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) wireless communication technology. A BLE tester is configured to test the hearing aid for the performance of BLE wireless communication via a wireless link. One embodiment uses a wireless test mode as a diagnostic tool for analyzing the wireless communication environment, such as when the communication with the hearing aid is interfered in a noisy environment.
US10257617B2
Provided is an acoustic transducer including: a semiconductor substrate; a vibrating membrane provided above the semiconductor substrate, including a vibrating electrode; and a fixed membrane provided above the semiconductor substrate, including a fixed electrode, the acoustic transducer detecting a sound wave according to changes in capacitances between the vibrating electrode and the fixed electrode, converting the sound wave into electrical signals, and outputting the electrical signals. At least one of the vibrating electrode and the fixed electrode is divided into a plurality of divided electrodes, and the plurality of divided electrodes outputting the electrical signals.
US10257615B2
Dynamic pressure sensor of MEMS and/or NEMS type comprising a support and a rigid sensitive element anchored to the support by at least one anchoring zone, said sensitive element comprising a parallel first and a second face intended to be subjected to different pressures, said sensitive element being capable of having an out-of-plane displacement with respect to the support in a detection direction under the effect of a pressure difference, the pressure sensor also comprising a detector of a force applied to the sensitive element by the pressure difference.
US10257614B2
The present invention relates to a sensory signal output apparatus, and more particularly, to a sensory signal output apparatus for generating a sound or a vibration force, in which a magnetic circuit thereof is vibrating in response to an alternating signal of the coil fixed to a case, the magnetic circuit being elastically rebounded and supported by an elastic rebound body, and the elastic rebound body being fixed to an open part of the case; wherein elastic rebound and support paths of the elastic rebound body are traversing the center of the open part of the case in a straight line having the shortest distance, are three-dimensionally traversing such that both the side ends and the middle part thereof have an altitude difference therebetween, and elastically rebounds and supports the magnetic circuit.
US10257613B2
A signal input module receives at least one of an entertainment audio signal and a telephony audio signal from vehicle sound circuitry. A level control module executes gain level control logic to balance the entertainment audio signal and a telephony audio signal according to a ratio. A gain control signal is applied to at least one of the entertainment audio signal and the telephony audio signal. A routing module mixes the entertainment audio signal and the telephony audio signal and routes the mixed signal to an output channel associated with a speaker.
US10257590B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for providing one or more toll-free services to a customer of an enterprise telecommunications network environment. In particular, the toll-free services may be provided to the customer by one or more application servers associated with the network. Through use of the systems and methods of the present disclosure, such services may be provided for the customer regardless of the method of routing through the network requested by the customer. For example, the toll-free communication may be transmitted through the network based on a destination telephone number associated with the customer. In another example, the toll-free communication is transmitted through the network based on a destination trunk group associated with the customer.
US10257583B2
A method is provided for delivering targeted advertisements into a QAM or IP stream that provides accurate synchronization. The method includes synchronizing the internal content of a IP stream delivering video with an advertisement (ad) stream by providing content information in the IP stream and the network stream, the content information including positional information and/or referential information, wherein the positional information is inserted at key locations identified with a PTS value, and wherein the referential information refers to a position in the IP stream or the ad stream, the referential information including either a PTS value or a frame count.
US10257581B2
A contact center, communication system, and method are disclosed. An illustrative contact center is disclosed as enabling customer interactions via a television. As the customer interacts with the contact center, context information regarding an environment surrounding the television can be obtained by the contact center and further used to enhance the customer's interaction with the contact center, for example, by establishing additional communication channels with the customer.
US10257578B1
A video library interface provides a listing of interactive videos and information associated with the videos and is dynamically updated as a user views the videos and makes decisions that affect the playback of the episodes. More specifically, an interactive video that includes different traversable video paths is provided to and interacted with by a user. Based on user interactions received during presentation of the video, different video paths within the interactive video are traversed. In addition, a video library display including a visual depiction of information associated with a plurality of videos is provided. The video library display is dynamically modified based on one or more interactions made by the user with respect to the interactive video.
US10257560B2
An information processing apparatus and server apparatus are disclosed. In one example, the information processing apparatus is configured to display content on a first display and transmit an instruction to display the content, which is being displayed on the first display, on a second display of a first external device. This instruction causes a displaying of the content at a specified playback start point on the second display.
US10257557B2
A method includes receiving, at a server, first information provided by a user that identifies a set of people to be monitored. The method includes accessing, at the server, second information associated with a plurality of media streams including a broadcast media stream and a non-broadcast media stream. The second information identifies particular people associated with individual media streams of the plurality of media streams. The method includes generating, at the server, a customized media stream based on a comparison of the first information and the second information. The customized media stream includes media content related to the set of people, where the media content includes at least a portion of the non-broadcast media stream.
US10257556B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for determining whether a client device is authorized to receive media content based at least in part on the call signs of broadcast stations that the client device is able to receive. A computing device receives a broadcast station identifier and a program identifier from a client computing device. The computing device determines that the client computing device is authorized to access media content identified by the program identifier based at least in part on the broadcast station identifier. Finally, the computing device streams the media content to the client computing device in response to determining that the client computing device is authorized to access the media content.
US10257555B2
A playlist server application is provided on a server at a first network node. A playlist local application is provided for a remote device. An indication of a change to a playlist on one of the server and the remote device is obtained from a corresponding one of the playlist server application and the playlist local application. The change is synchronized to another one of the server and the remote device.
US10257551B2
Methods and system deliver media to users of media presentation systems. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a media server communicates with a media presentation system, such as a media player for streaming video and audio, to present subscription and non-subscription media to the user of the media presentation system. Subscription media may include multi-tiered media packages and individual media offerings as selected by the user. The media may be presented in various formats, including video, a graphical display, an audio presentation, a graphical and audio presentation, URL links, and interactive windows. Information about the user, the user's subscription status, the user's media presentation system and information about the media providers and the media offered by the media providers are maintained by the media server. The media server updates the foregoing information in accordance with the interaction between the media server, the users of media presentation systems, and the media providers.
US10257549B2
There is provided a system and method for enhancing television with wireless broadcast messages. The system including a television, a mobile device, and a server, wherein the television is configured to transmit a broadcast message to the mobile device, the broadcast message used by the television to request enhancement data from the server, the mobile device is configured to receive the broadcast message from the television and transmit a request to the server in response to receiving the broadcast message, and the server configured to receive the request from the mobile device and transmit the enhancement data to the television in response to receiving the request, wherein the enhancement data is used by the television to enhance media content being displayed on a display. The television may transmit the broadcast message to the mobile device using Bluetooth low energy and receive the enhancement data from the server using the Internet.
US10257547B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for altering or otherwise obscuring a progress bar to prevent spoilers in a media asset. A media asset is generated for display and an input is detected from a user during playback of the media asset. A determination is made whether the input comprises a command to display a progress bar. In the affirmative, a determination regarding a current point of playback of the media asset and the type of segment is made. An entry is retrieved from a database that maps the type of segment to a range of time. A determination is made whether the remaining time of the media asset is within the range of time. In the affirmative, a determination whether displaying the progress bar would spoil the media asset is made. In response to determining that displaying the progress bar would spoil the media asset, the progress bar is refrained from generating display.
US10257546B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying transitions within media content items. In one implementation, a processing device process a first media content item, the first media content item being associated with a transition, to identify one or more characteristics associated with the transition. The processing device processes a second media content item to identify at least one of the one or more characteristics at a chronological interval of the second media content item. The processing device receives a sponsored content item. The processing device provides, during a presentation of the second media content item, the sponsored content item at the chronological interval.
US10257521B2
A method for processing a vide signal according to the present invention comprises: determining a length of a current string, which is decoded on the basis of a sample string matching technique in a current block; determining a reference string on the basis of at least one between the length of the current string and a string vector for the current string; and predicting the current string using the reference string.
US10257514B2
An adaptive dequantization method and apparatus in video coding includes, a statistical feature of a background area in which a current transform block is located is estimated using spatial neighborhood information, or temporal neighborhood information, or spatial neighborhood information and temporal neighborhood information of the transform block, a quantization adjustment factor for dequantization is adaptively derived, and dequantization processing is flexibly adjusted. Hence quantization adjustment information is transmitted in a bitstream, according to the method and the apparatus, and extra bit overheads are not required to transmit the quantization adjustment information, thereby further improving coding efficiency.
US10257513B2
In a video processing system, a method and system for generating a transform size syntax element for video decoding are provided. For high profile mode video decoding operations, the transform sizes may be selected based on the prediction macroblock type and the contents of the macroblock. A set of rules may be utilized to select from a 4.×.4 or an 8.×.8 transform size during the encoding operation. Dynamic selection of transform size may be performed on intra-predicted macroblocks, inter-predicted macroblocks, and/or direct mode inter-predicted macroblocks. The encoding operation may generate a transform size syntax element to indicate the transform size that may be used in reconstructing the encoded macroblock. The transform size syntax element may be transmitted to a decoder as part of the encoded video information bit stream.
US10257512B2
Disclosed are a method of designing to transform an a single-format decoder, which performs image processing on an image signal using a first codec, to a multi-format decoder, which performs image processing on an image signal using a second codec, and an electronic apparatus thereof. The method includes processing first information about the first codec and second information about the second codec to produce a first transform coefficient associated with the first codec and a second transform coefficient associated with the second codec, through a predetermined transform method; determining a similarity between the first transform coefficient associated with the first codec and the second transform coefficient associated with the second codec; and converting the single-format decoder to the multi-format decoder by adding at least one of a shifter, an adder, and a subtractor, based on the determined similarity. Consequently, a reduction in chip size and cost may be achieved.
US10257511B2
An image decoding apparatus that includes a motion compensation prediction circuit configured to conduct motion compensation prediction for each of blocks to be decoded by using the reconstructed image, an inverse transformation circuit configured to conduct inverse orthogonal transformation for the data of the blocks to be decoded, and a determination circuit configured to determine a filtering strength and whether or not to conduct filtering, with respect to each of the boundaries. In addition, the determining circuit is configured to determine filtering is conducted when at least one of the two adjacent blocks is intra-coded, and filtering is not conducted when both of the two adjacent blocks are not intra-coded, a non-zero transformation coefficient is not coded in both of the two adjacent blocks, the two adjacent blocks are predicted by the same reference frame, and an absolute value of a difference between motion vectors of the two adjacent blocks is smaller than a specified threshold value.
US10257510B2
A method and system for media encoding using changed regions. The method includes detecting the changed regions and a static portion of a desktop of a computing device. The amount of changed regions may be determined. The changed regions may be encoded in response to the amount of changed regions.
US10257509B2
System and method for performance characterization of multi configuration near eye displays includes: a mirror; a lamp; a beamsplitter; a collimating and reflective lens for collimating light reflected from the beamsplitter and reflecting it back towards an image sensor having a view finder; a field-of-view (FOV) aperture to project light from the lamp onto the DUT through the objective lens; a video viewfinder digital camera for capturing an virtual image of the DUT; a spectroradiometers for performing spectroradiometric measurements on a captured image of the defined measurement area to characterize the performance of the DUT; and a controller circuit for characterizing performance of the DUT based on the spectroradiometric measurements.
US10257504B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display unit which displays an image, a barrier unit including a plurality of barrier regions, each of the barrier regions including two nontransmissive regions which block light transmitted from the display unit and one transmissive region which is arranged between the two nontransmissive regions and allows light transmitted from the display unit to pass through, and a control unit. The control unit controls the barrier pitch of the barrier regions, according to viewer's position. Further, the control unit controls each of edge-units constituting the transmissive region into a state of transmissive or nontransmissive.
US10257501B2
A canvas generation system generates a canvas view of a scene based on a set of original camera views depicting the scene, for example to recreate a scene in virtual reality. Canvas views can be generated based on a set of synthetic views generated from a set of original camera views. Synthetic views can be generated, for example, by shifting and blending relevant original camera views based on an optical flow across multiple original camera views. An optical flow can be generated using an iterative method which individually optimizes the optical flow vector for each pixel of a camera view and propagates changes in the optical flow to neighboring optical flow vectors.
US10257498B2
Technologies are generally described for coordination of structured light-based image detectors. In some examples, one or more structured light sources may be configured to project sets of points onto the scene. The sets of points may be arranged into disjoint sets of geometrical shapes such as lines, where each geometrical shape includes a subset of the points projected by an illumination source. A relative position and or a color of the points in each geometrical shape may encode an identification code with which each illumination source may be identified. Thus, even when the point clouds projected by each of the illumination sources overlap, the geometrical shapes may still be detected, and thereby a corresponding illumination source may be identified. A depth map may then be estimated based on stereo vision principles or depth-from-focus principles by one or more image detectors.
US10257490B2
An exemplary virtual reality media provider system (“system”) includes a configuration of synchronous video and depth capture devices disposed at fixed positions at a real-world event. In real time, the video and depth capture devices capture two-dimensional video data and depth data for surfaces of objects at the real-world event. The system generates a real-time volumetric data stream representative of a dynamic volumetric model of the surfaces of the objects at the real-world event in real time based on the captured two-dimensional video data and captured depth data. The dynamic volumetric model of the surfaces of the objects at the real-world event is configured to be used to generate virtual reality media content representative of the real-world event as experienced from a dynamically selectable viewpoint corresponding to an arbitrary location at the real-world event and selected by a user experiencing the real-world event using a media player device.
US10257485B2
A computer-implemented method includes capturing, with a camera, a first image of a physical item at a first camera position, detecting borders associated with the physical item, based on the first image, generating an overlay that includes a plurality of objects that are positioned within one or more of the borders associated with the physical item, capturing, with the camera, subsequent images of the physical item, where each subsequent image is captured with a respective subsequent camera position, and during capture of the subsequent images, displaying an image preview that includes the overlay. The method further includes establishing correspondence between pixels of the first image and pixels of each of the subsequent images and generating a composite image of the physical item, where each pixel value of the composite image is based on corresponding pixel values of the first image and the subsequent images.
US10257482B2
This disclosure relates to apparatus and methods for bringing an object to life using a projection apparatus. An object may be augmented with a projected image by detecting a landmark associated with the object, determining a modified version of an image to compensate for an orientation of the projection apparatus to the landmark, and implementing a light generated by the projection apparatus to project the modified version of the image on a surface of the object.
US10257481B2
The disclosure relates to the field of electronic devices and particularly to a method and device for adjusting a projected image so as to adjust the problem of time-consuming and inaccurate manual adjustment of the image in the existing method for adjusting a projected image. The method according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes: transmitting, by a projection device, to each zone in a projection range, positional information corresponding to the zone; receiving, by the projection device, position identifiers, transmitted by recognition devices located in space round a projection screen, the position identifiers determined by the recognition devices according to the positional information transmitted by the projection device; and adjusting, by the projection device, the projection range according to the position identifiers transmitted by the recognition devices.
US10257478B2
An optical scanning head-mounted display includes a head mount unit including a light source that emits a light beam, an optical scanner that scans the light beam to irradiate the light beam onto a projection plane, an image capturing device that outputs image data of a captured image as the image data in a first format, and an interface that converts the image data in the first format obtained from the image capturing device into the image data in a second format and outputs the image data in the second format; a transmission cable that transmits the image data in the second format; and a controller that receives the image data in the second format through the transmission cable and controls the emission of the light beam from the light source based on the image data in the second format.
US10257450B2
A method and a terminal are provided by various embodiments of the present invention in which: M cameras are configured to continuously shoot a same scene for K times, where M≥2, K≥2, and each of the M cameras simultaneously collects one frame of image at each time of shooting; and a processor, connected to the M cameras and configured to perform registration on images obtained at the K times of shooting, and perform temporal and spatial filtering on the registered images. In the embodiments of the present invention. Because the multiple cameras simultaneously collect an image at each time of shooting, a time interval at which a particular quantity of images are collected by the terminal is shorter than that at which the particular quantity of images are collected by a single camera, and a probability of an occurrence of hand trembling or object motion within the time interval also correspondingly decreases.
US10257447B2
The present disclosure discloses an imaging method. The imaging method comprises: providing an image sensor, the image sensor comprising a photosensitive pixel array and a filter arranged on the photosensitive unit array, the filter comprising a filter cell array, and each filter cell covering a plurality of photosensitive pixels to form a merged pixel; and reading outputs of the photosensitive pixel array, and adding the outputs of the photosensitive pixels of the same merged pixel to obtain a pixel value of the merged pixel, thereby producing a merged image. Images, having higher signal to noise ratio, brightness, and definition, and less noise, can be captured by using the imaging method in low light. The present disclosure also discloses an imaging device using the imaging method and an electronic device using the imaging device.
US10257438B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for automatic identification and mapping of consumer electronic devices to ports on an HDMI switch. A device that is connected to an HDMI switch is identified based on data received over an HDMI connection, and ports on the HDMI switch are automatically mapped and configured. Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for back-end database creation for automatic identification and mapping of consumer electronic devices to ports on an HDMI switch. The back-end database may be created by the based on video and audio signatures received from a consumer electronic device and based on remote control information and signatures.
US10257437B2
An imaging apparatus that performs positioning of a plurality of images that has been continuously captured by an image sensor includes at least one memory, and at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory. The at least one processor functions as a detection unit configured to detect a difference in position between the images captured by the image sensor, a drive unit configured to drive a shake correction unit that optically corrects image blur of each image based on the difference in position detected by the detection unit, and a coordinate transformation unit configured to perform positioning of the images in which the image blur has been corrected by the shake correction unit, based on the difference in position detected by the detection unit.
US10257429B2
An imaging device includes a light source capable of emitting multi-types of illumination light beams, an imaging unit including an imaging element driven by a rolling shutter method, a light source control unit, a frame image control unit, and an image generation unit. The frame image control unit controls the light source control unit and the imaging unit so as to obtain an output having a frame group, in which second exposure frames Exp2 and Exp4 are respectively disposed before and after a first exposure frame Exp3, as one period. The imaging signal generation unit generates an imaging signal according to illumination light using a ratio of a period from the exposure start timing of each horizontal pixel line to the switching timing of the illumination light and a period from the switching timing of the illumination light to the exposure end timing in the first and second exposure frames.
US10257424B2
An image capture system includes a first computing device, a second computing device communicatively coupled to the first computing device, and an imaging device communicatively coupled to the first computing device. An image captured by the imaging device is displayed on the second display of the second computing device.
US10257419B2
A gyro sensor includes a first register that stores angular velocity information; a second register that stores sensitivity deviation information of the angular velocity information stored in the first register; a serial communication circuit; and a control circuit that selects the first register or the second register in accordance with designation information supplied through the serial communication circuit. When the first register is selected by the control circuit, the angular velocity information stored in the first register is output through the serial communication circuit, and when the second register is selected by the control circuit, the sensitivity deviation information stored in the second register is output through the serial communication circuit.
US10257411B2
An electronic device includes a control unit that performs control to set the electronic device to a second state in a case where the electronic device is set to a first state and a detected orientation of the electronic device changes from a first orientation to a second orientation, set the electronic device to the first state in a case where the detected orientation changes from the second orientation to the first orientation, perform predetermined processing according to a touch operation performed on a display unit in a case where the electronic device is set to the first state, and not perform the predetermined processing even if the touch operation is performed on the display unit, in a case where the electric device is set to the second state.
US10257407B2
Focus detection apparatuses, control methods, and storage mediums for use therewith are provided herein. In a focus detection apparatus, a difference amplification unit performs processing for amplifying a difference between an A-image signal and a B-image signal and a CPU determines whether or not a focus state is a false in-focus state on a basis of a result of a correlation calculation performed by a correlation calculation unit on the A-image signal and the B-image signal. The A-image signal and the B-image signal are output from an imaging sensor that receives a pair of luminous fluxes passing through different pupil areas of an imaging optical system.
US10257404B2
A system, method and computer program product for communicating between a primary audio video device and other audio video devices comprising: detecting orientation and position of the primary audio video device; detecting a distance between the primary audio video device and a primary subject in focus on the primary audio video device; locating other networkable audio video devices for communication; receiving subject data for a real time video of a subject from one or more of the located networkable audio video devices; determining from subject data which networkable audio video devices are near the primary subject; determining one or more primary subject audio video devices for use in recording audio for a video; and synchronizing determined one or more primary subject audio video devices for recording audio when one or more of the audio video devices is recording video of the primary subject.
US10257403B2
Provided is an intermediate unit including a first connect unit, a second connect unit, and an information bridge unit. The first connect unit is for connecting a camera unit having a first resolution in one of a spatial direction and a temporal direction. The second connect unit is for connecting a camera control unit for a camera unit having a second resolution lower than the first resolution in one of the spatial direction and the temporal direction. The information bridge unit is interposed between the first connect unit and the second connect unit and configured to bridge information exchanged between the camera unit and the camera control unit.
US10257393B2
Systems and methods of the invention merge information from multiple image sensors to provide a high dynamic range (HDR) video. The present invention provides for real-time HDR video production using multiple sensors and pipeline processing techniques. According to the invention, multiple sensors with different exposures each produces an ordered stream of frame-independent pixel values. The pixel values are streamed through a pipeline on a processing device. The pipeline includes a kernel operation that identifies saturated ones of the pixel values. The streams of pixel values are merged to produce an HDR video.
US10257383B2
An image processing apparatus includes an image processing device. The image processing device includes a receiving port and a processor connected together. The receiving port receives old image data corresponding to a document image of a document. The processor divides the old image data into first area image data corresponding to a first area image of the document, and second area image data corresponding to a second area image of the document, and further performs image enhancement processing on the first area image data to obtain enhanced first area image data. Thus, the first area image may be separated from the second area image, and the image enhancement processing is performed on the first area image. The enhanced first area image data and the second area image data are separately outputted or combined for output.
US10257366B2
According to embodiments described in the specification, a method, system and apparatus for managing communication sessions using joint storage. One of a policy server and a charging server, connected to each other via a core mobile network, stores a database containing both charging data and policy data. The other of the policy server and the charging server, rather than maintaining a distinct database, routes read and write operations to the server storing the database.
US10257359B2
In a call forwarding system, a management apparatus of the call forwarding system determines service terminals capable of near field wireless communication within a reception range of near field wireless communication, generates a terminal list, and receives a call event message reporting the receipt of a call from a reference terminal. The management apparatus may transmit a call report message including the terminal list to the reference terminal and the service terminals. The management apparatus may forward the call initially received by the reference terminal to a terminal which transmitted a receipt request message by transmitting a call forwarding request message to the reference terminal. The management apparatus may transmit, to the reference terminal and the service terminals, a receipt report message reporting the call was forwarded. According to a change receipt message or upon non-receipt by an intended terminal, the call may be reforwarded to another terminal.
US10257357B1
A call management system of a call center retrieves from a customer database enterprise customer data associated with an identified customer in a customer call, which may include customer event data, attributions data, and activity event data. The customer database tracks prospects, leads, new business, and purchasers of an enterprise. The system retrieves customer demographic data associated with the identified customer. A predictive model is selected from a plurality of predictive models based on retrieved enterprise customer data. The selected predictive model, including a logistic regression model and tree based model, determines a value prediction signal for the identified customer, then classifies the identified customer into a first value group or a second value group. The system routes a customer call classified in the first value group to a first call queue assignment, and routes a customer call classified in the second value group to a second call queue assignment.
US10257355B1
A system herein provides automated call-back of customers who have terminated an inbound call by exercising a call-back option of an interactive voice response unit or by abandoning the inbound call, using predictive modeling of caller value to prioritize call-backs. The call management system monitors the inbound customer call and detects any termination of the customer call. A call-back module opens a call-back record for the terminated customer call and associates that call-back record with an identified customer. The call-back module retrieves customer demographic data and other data associated with the identified customer. A predictive module determines a value prediction signal for the identified customer by modeling purchase and lapse behaviors and classifies each identified customer for either priority call-back or subordinate call-back treatment. Priority call-back classification may result in assignment to a priority call-back queue, assignment to a priority call-back queue position, or call-back by a selected agent.
US10257349B1
Disclosed is a telephone call-back device that can provide a means for the recipient of a robocall incoming phone call to take action. The telephone call-back device includes an activation device, a call source utility, and a call-back utility. The activation device is a button or switch that a user can activate when they receive a robocall. Once the activation device is activated, the call source utility identifies a source phone number of the robocall incoming phone call. The call-back utility initiates one or more robo call-back outgoing phone calls to be sent to the source phone number. The call-back utility can be programmed to try to send many robo call-back outgoing phone calls to the source phone number to try to swamp the phone number with robo call-back outgoing phone calls.
US10257342B2
Techniques are described for validating stateful app links. Validation can be performed when stateful app links are created, activated, shared, or at other times. Validation can be performed to determine whether a stateful app link has a dependency on a resource external to the mobile application. Validation can also be performed to detect other issues, such as security issues, privacy issues, or other issues.
US10257341B2
Methods and systems are provided for establishing an interaction session between a visual interface on any of a wide range of devices (e.g., POS, ATM, computer, television, or other visual display) and a smartphone having a camera by using the smartphone camera to scan or capture a special image (e.g., a QR code) presented on the visual interface. The special image serves as a token mark that can graphically encode information about the visual interface and the operator or owner of the device presenting the visual interface. Upon scanning the token mark, an application on the smartphone may establish a connection between the application and a server in communication with the visual interface. The application may then present some of actions provided by the visual interface on the smartphone display so that the user can select actions using the smartphone with the selected actions being performed on the visual interface.
US10257339B2
A method and apparatus for processing contact information, the method comprising: displaying a list of contacts on a display of a wireless terminal; determining a first contact from the list of contacts in response to a selection by a user; obtaining a web log address and an online shop address of the first contact; obtaining, from a network service, a first content corresponding to the web log address and the online shop address of the first contact; and displaying the first content on a first area of the display, the first content being dynamically updated.
US10257337B2
A communication apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus, and a control unit having a plurality of display modes including a single-display mode of displaying a single content on a single screen of a display unit, and a multi-display mode of displaying a plurality of contents on the single screen of the display unit, wherein, if the communication unit starts communication with the external apparatus in a state where the display mode is the multi-display mode, the control unit displays the plurality of contents on the single screen of the display unit and receives a selection of a transmission target after establishment of the communication with the external apparatus, and wherein, if the communication unit starts the communication with the external apparatus in a state where the display mode is the single-display mode, the control unit does not receive the selection of the transmission target after the establishment of the communication with the external apparatus.
US10257334B1
Wireless device gesture detection and operational control comprises identifying a first position of the device based on a sensor reading of at least one sensor operating as part of the device. The method may also include identifying a change in the device's position to a second position that is different from the first position, and receiving a specific pattern of touch input data on a touch pad of the device, the specific pattern of touch input data identified as a predefined object which corresponds to dimensions of a human ear being pressed against the touch pad and changing a current operating state of the device to a different operating state based on a comparison and detection operation.
US10257317B2
One or more embodiments provide features for managing and editing content items. In particular, one or more embodiments enable one or more users to access and modify content items from one of multiple client devices without requiring storage of the content item locally on the client device. Additionally, one or more embodiments enable storing reduced resolution content items on multiple client devices in a way that saves storage space on the client devices while providing access to a content item without requiring constant network access to a central system. Further, one or more embodiments enable globally applying local edits to a content item and corresponding reduced resolution content items on multiple client devices.
US10257314B2
A digital assistant supported across devices such as smartphones, tablets, personal computers, wearable computing devices, game consoles, and the like includes an end-to-end user experience client that interfaces with extensions to applications and/or remote cloud-based services so that user experiences, content, or features can be integrated with the digital assistant and rendered as a native digital assistant user experience. The digital assistant is configured to perform as an active participant in a user experience from its initiation to its conclusion (i.e., from “end-to-end”) by determining the user's intent, performing tasks and actions, providing status, and interacting with the user as needed. The digital assistant utilizes proximity sensing so that its end-to-end participation in a user experience may span different physical locations. Such capability can facilitate the performance of location-specific actions including authenticating the user to gain access to locations, information, or services that would be restricted from non-authenticated users.
US10257312B2
Examples disclosed herein involve measuring application performance based on user engagement of the application. In examples herein, an activation of an action item may be detected and a degree of user engagement of the application in response to the activation of the action item may be determined. A threshold time for acceptable performance of the action item is adjusted based on the degree of user engagement.
US10257302B2
A method for providing a context-based service in a communication network includes: at a context server cooperating with the network, receiving a query generated from a service application, indicating that the service application needs to receive from the context server a set of context information when a query condition is fulfilled; at the context server, generating an update rule indicating that a terminal has to transmit the context information to the context server when an update condition is fulfilled; transmitting the update rule from the context server to the terminal; detecting the context information and transmitting them to the terminal; at the terminal, receiving the context information and transmitting them to the context server when the update condition is fulfilled; and at the context server, forwarding the context information to the service application, thus allowing the service application to implement the context-based service.
US10257292B2
Systems and methods for facilitating user interaction such as within a social network are described. In one implementation, location-based display of images and/or other information associated with other users or entities may be provided. The information may be provided in association with mapping or other positional data or information such as personal interests.
US10257285B2
A resource migration method and apparatus are provided, so that a terminal device can change, according to a specific condition, an SFE serving the terminal device. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, that a service function entity SFE serving the terminal device needs to be changed to a first SFE; acquiring information about a location of a resource/subresource corresponding to the terminal device in a second SFE, where the second SFE saves the resource/subresource corresponding to the terminal device; and sending, to the first SFE, a first identifier and the information about the location in the second SFE, where the first identifier is used to indicate that the terminal device needs to change the SFE serving the terminal device, so that the first SFE transfers, after receiving the first identifier, the resource/subresource corresponding to the terminal device from the second SFE to the first SFE.
US10257282B2
A lock management solution in a cluster, where the cluster includes a client and a lock server, the lock server includes an interface card and a memory, the memory stores a read lock request queue recording an identifier of a client waiting for a read lock or obtaining the read lock, the memory further stores a write lock request queue recording an identifier of a client waiting for a write lock or obtains the write lock, and the memory further includes a read lock allocation count and a write lock allocation identifier, where the read lock allocation count records an allocated read lock, and the write lock allocation identifier indicates whether the write lock has been allocated.
US10257270B2
An approach for enabling autonomous decentralized peer-to-peer telemetry (ADEPT). A first ADEPT peer senses ADEPT peers to interconnect where the ADEPT peers are identified as ADEPT light peer, ADEPT standard peer and ADEPT peer exchange based on respectively increasing IoT device capability. The first ADEPT peer sends and receives requests to interconnect to the ADEPT peers based on messaging. The first ADEPT peer transfers files where the files are distributed toward peer-to-peer networks, creating peer consensus and interconnecting the first ADEPT peer to the ADEPT peers based on the peer consensus. ADEPT peers execute transactions and contracts by decentralized peer to peer consensus network and consensus ledger to enable autonomous device coordination.
US10257265B2
A redundancy network protocol system may include a server to manage one or more virtual internet protocol address (VIP) profiles. Each VIP profile may be shared across one or more neighboring servers. The neighboring servers may be in the same broadcast domain or distributed to be multiple Layer 3 hops away from one another. The redundancy network protocol system may monitor server health and reachability and further manage the server health and reachability to achieve redundancy. The system may be used to provide high availability to selected applications.
US10257264B1
A system for reducing data center latency including a webserver having a processor, a memory system controller, external memory, cache memory including a plurality of cache blocks, where each cache block includes provider parameters and at least one user identifier (ID), and program memory including code segments executable by the processor. In an embodiment, the webserver receives a request sent by a requestor having requestor parameters including at least a requestor ID and a user ID, identifies a predictive cache block set; formulates a reply based, at least in part, upon a probability that a number of replies associated with a user ID of the predictive cache block set will exceed a frequency floor number within a predetermined period of time; and sends the reply to the requestor.
US10257260B2
A solution for managing a computing system comprising a plurality of client computing machines to be managed and at least one server computing machine for controlling the managing of the client computing machines, wherein each client computing machine has at least one of a plurality of roles in a deployment infrastructure for deploying management data from said at least one server computing machine to the client computing machines. A corresponding method comprises monitoring one or more operative parameters of each client computing machine against one or more reference policies, detecting a non-compliance of the operative parameters to the reference policies, and changing the role of at least one of the client computing machines in response to the non-compliance of the operative parameters to the reference policies for restoring a compliance thereto.
US10257257B2
Techniques for direct access of a Network File System (NFS) exported share are provided. In one aspect, a request to access a NFS exported share may be received at a NFS client. It may be determined that a NFS server exporting the share is running on the same node that is running the NFS client. The exported share may be directly accessed by the NFS client.
US10257256B2
Systems and methods for facilitating interactions with embedded devices are provided. In one embodiment, a method can include obtaining a first set of data indicative of at least a plurality of interactions between a user device and a plurality of embedded devices associated with a building, and one or more locations of the user device associated with each respective interaction. The method can include generating a second set of data for each embedded device based, at least in part, on the first set of data. Each second set of data can be indicative of at least a number of interactions between the user device and the respective embedded device for each location. The method can include determining a particular location of the user device. The method can include identifying one or more recommended embedded devices and providing information about at least one recommended embedded device to the user device.
US10257250B2
A server stores association between client information and a network device as a management target of a client corresponding to the client information. In addition, the server creates an installer for starting a management function of the network device including client information and distributes the installer to the client. Then, when receiving a validation request including the client information corresponding to an execution of the installer from the client in the customer environment, the server performs validation processing of the client, and subsequently sends identification information of the network device as the management target of the client as a response.
US10257240B2
In an embodiment, a method for calculating a noise index value for a digital audio source in a server computer system that is coupled to a plurality of audio sources and configured to operate a teleconference among the plurality of digital audio sources comprises receiving a first digital audio signal from the digital audio source of the one or more digital sources. Using the server computer system, the process identifies two or more types of sounds that are represented in the first digital audio source. The types of sounds identified include at least two of: one or more human voices; a background noise; or an actionable sound that mandates further action. Using a server computer system, calculating the noise index value based upon the types of sounds identified from the first digital audio signal. The noise index value represents a summation of relative magnitudes particular types of sounds that has been identified in the first digital audio signal in relation to other types of sounds that have been identified in the first digital audio signal. The process then visually presents the noise index value to one or more client computers of the one or more digital audio sources in a user interface screen display of an audio conference manager that the one or more client computers execute.
US10257237B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for monitoring and recovering from internal and external network connectivity losses. The systems and applications implement algorithms that mark sets of network ports as healthy or degraded, and this way the filer can recover from and compensate for sets that are not reachable, based on the diagnostics performed on the internal and external reachability of the set and/or individual network ports as disclosed herein.
US10257234B2
A method is provided for controlling a handover procedure in a wireless communication system. In a method for operating a base station, whether a session setup request for a voice call of a terminal occurs is determined. If a handover request from the terminal occurs within a time period after the session setup request occurs, triggering of a handover procedure is delayed.
US10257231B2
A DNS server receives from a receiving email system, a DNS query for an email domain stored at the DNS server, the DNS query including identifying information of a sender of an email. The DNS server extracts the identifying information of the email sender from the DNS query and identifies one of a plurality of delivering organizations from the information. The DNS server determines whether the identified delivering organization is authorized to deliver email on behalf of the email domain. In response to determining that the identified delivering organization is authorized to deliver email on behalf of the email domain, the DNS server generates a target validation record based on the identity of the authorized delivering organization and the email domain, the target validation record including one or more rules indicating to the receiving email system whether the delivering organization is an authorized sender of email for the email domain.
US10257226B2
A system and method are provided that enable identifying and trapping cyber security attacks via wireless connectivity on enterprise and corporate networks. A deceptive network emulation of a specific customer network is used to invite and draw in possible attackers. The attacker is also enticed to initiate attack on the emulated deceptive network. Packet header inspection and deep packet evaluation of the attack are used for generating possible signatures of the attacker and the attack. The information from deep packet inspection combined with the understanding of attack modality derived from enablement of attack on the deceptive network are used to generate detailed defensive methodologies, response capabilities and attack signatures, so that various types of cyber attacks including zero-day attacks from the attacker can be identified, prevented or addressed and responded to.
US10257223B2
Malware detection logic executed by a secured device residing in a home network may receive a message from an unsecured device of a first unsecured network and intended for a destination device of the home network, the destination device comprising a security client. The malware detection logic may establish a secure communication channel between the malware detection logic of the secured device and the security client of the destination device. The malware detection logic may execute a validation test on the message to determine that the message includes malware. The malware detection logic may report an alarm to the security client of the destination device. The malware detection logic may transmit information related to the malware to a cloud computing server. The malware detection logic may prevent an application associated with the destination device from processing the message.
US10257220B2
A method of carrying out a penetration testing campaign of a networked system by a penetration testing system comprising (A) a penetration testing software module installed on a remote computing device and (B) a reconnaissance agent software module (RASM) installed on at least some network nodes of the networked system. In embodiments, at least the following is performed at the remote computing device: a target network node of the networked system on which the RASM is installed is selected; based on the target network node, a potential vulnerability that may compromise the target network node is selected; internal data of the target network node is received; and a validation step is performed. The validation is (i) carried out in a manner which does not expose the target network node to a risk of being compromised and (ii) is based on the received internal data of the target network node.
US10257219B1
Computer-implemented methods are provided herein for quantifying correlated risk in a network of a plurality of assets having at least one dependency, where each asset belongs to at least one entity. The method includes generating a dependency graph based on relationships between the assets, at least one dependency, and at least one entity, and executing a plurality of Monte Carlo simulations over the dependency graph. Executing a plurality of Monte Carlo simulations includes generating a seed event in the dependency graph, where the seed event has a probability distribution, and propagating disruption through the dependency graph based on the seed event. The method further includes assessing loss for each of the assets, and aggregating losses for two or more assets to determine correlated risk in the network.
US10257218B2
Protecting a runtime Web service application. A web service application is instrumented to log its operation and allow recreation of its execution trace. Trace point vulnerabilities are identified using one or more data payloads. Candidate trace point operations associated with the trace point vulnerabilities are identified. Supplementary candidate operations are computed based on the existing trace point operations and the one or more data payloads. The Web service application is further instrumented with the one or more supplementary candidate operations.
US10257209B2
A method, system and device for allowing the secure collection of sensitive information is provided. The device includes a display, and a user interface capable of receiving at least one user-generated interrupt in response to a stimulus generated in response to content received by the device, wherein the action taken upon receiving the user-generated interrupt depends on a classification of the content, the classification identifying the content as trusted or not trusted. The method includes detecting a request for sensitive information in content, determining if an interrupt is generated, determining if the content is trusted, allowing the collection of the sensitive information if the interrupt is generated and the content is trusted, and performing an alternative action if the interrupt is generated and the content is not trusted. The method may include instructions stored on a computer readable medium.
US10257205B2
Techniques are disclosed to modify the authentication level of a session providing access to resources. In some embodiments, an access management system is configurable to enable voluntary (e.g., request by a user) or involuntary (e.g., by the access management system) reduce, or “step-down” the authentication level for a session if a lower authentication level exists. For example, an access management system may be configured to enable a user to request a step-down of the authentication level of a session to prevent access to resources at a higher authentication level. By reducing the authentication level to a lower authentication level, a user may be prompted to provide credentials for authentication according to the authentication schemes defined for higher authentication levels. These techniques can reduce, if not prevent, unauthorized access to protected resources by challenging a user for credentials to authenticate to higher authentication levels.
US10257203B1
Systems and methods for authenticating access to multiple data stores substantially in real-time are disclosed. The system may include a server coupled to a network, a client device in communication with the server via the network and a plurality of data stores. The server may authenticate access to the data stores and forward information from those stores to the client device. An exemplary authentication method may include receipt of a request for access to data. Information concerning access to that data is stored and associated with an identifier assigned to a client device. If the identifier is found to correspond to the stored information during a future request for access to the store, access to that store is granted.
US10257199B2
A privacy management system (PMS) is disclosed for a Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) or other user to use in monitoring and/or controlling in realtime the flow of data (e.g., outflow) about the user and his/her online experience. The PMS may employ pattern recognition software to evaluate analytics data and potentially block private information from being sent within the analytics data. The PMS may provide a dashboard displaying a whitelist and/or blacklist indicating what destinations/sources are blocked or allowed as well as private information settings indicating what types of private information should be blocked. The PMS includes browser-client scripting code and may also include a PMS-certified verification icon and/or lock and unlock icons for display on webpages being monitored/controlled in realtime by the PMS.
US10257183B2
Techniques for an ID federation gateway include determining whether a user associated with a request for a particular network resource is to be identified by the provider of the particular service or by a different party. The service also comprises causing the different party to provide identification data that indicates an identity for the user, if the user is to be identified by the different party. The method further comprises causing user credentials data, based on the identification data, to be sent to an authentication process of the provider for a set of one or more network resources that includes the particular network resource requested by the user, if the data indicates that the user is successfully identified.
US10257177B2
The present disclosure relates to electronic devices and methods for managing re-enrollment. According to the present disclosure, a method for managing re-enrollment of an electronic device may comprise storing data necessary for re-enrollment to manage the electronic device, reading the stored data corresponding to any one of initialization of the electronic device and deletion of a pre-stored management agent, sending a request for information necessary for authentication using the read data, and receiving at least one of the information necessary for authentication and a management agent installation file received corresponding to the request.
US10257171B2
A method of ensuring the identity of a first processing device to a second processing device allows for secure network communication between the devices. A network resource address including an encoded trusted identifier in a portion of the address excluding the host name of the first processing device are provided to a second processing device by a trusted distribution mechanism. The trusted identifier is derived from a public key of the first processing device. Communication is initiated with the first processing device at the network resource address and a public key purporting to identify the first processing device is received in response to initiating the communication. The trusted identifier is compared to a transformation of at least a portion of the public key to determine a match between the identifier and the transformation. If the trusted identifier and the transformation match, the identity of the first processing device is verified.
US10257166B2
A system and method for guest netfilter protection using a virtual machine function includes a memory, one or more processors, in communication with the memory, a virtual machine, a hypervisor, and a virtual network interface controller on the virtual machine. The virtual machine and the hypervisor are configured to execute on the one or more processors. The hypervisor is configured to boot a guest operating system on the virtual machine. Then, the guest operating system is configured to send a list of networking filter rules to a virtual machine function executing on the virtual machine. The virtual machine function is configured to store the list of networking filter rules in a virtual machine function memory. The hypervisor is further configured to prevent the guest operating system from directly accessing the virtual network interface controller and allow the virtual machine function to access the virtual network interface controller.
US10257163B2
Securing communications from a process plant to a remote system includes a data diode disposed therebetween that allows data to egress from the plant but prevents ingress of data into the plant and its associated systems. Data is secured across the data diode by securely provisioning a sending device at the plant end of the diode to a receiving device at the remote system end. The sending and receiving devices share secret key material that is recurrently updated. To ensure fidelity of communications across the unidirectional data diode, the sending device recurrently provides context information that is descriptive of data sources of the plant. Additionally, data transmitted from plant data sources to the sending device of the data diode may be secured using a respective security mechanism/technique, and data transmitted from the receiving device of the data diode to the remote system may be secured using a respective security mechanism/technique.
US10257160B2
The present invention relates to a method and system for resolving Internet of Things heterogeneous identifiers. The method provides a special description mechanism for a resolution protocol for an Internet of Things heterogeneous identifiers, which not only forms a heterogeneous identification coding rule corresponding to the heterogeneous identifier, but also accordingly forms a corresponding heterogeneous identification resolution protocol rule, and conducts registration binding on the above-mentioned rules and the corresponding Internet of Things heterogeneous identifier. By resolving and querying standard identification code corresponding to the Internet of Things heterogeneous identification, the disclosed method can obtain the bound heterogeneous identification coding rule and heterogeneous identification resolution protocol rule. Thus the Internet of Things heterogeneous identifier can be transformed into a unified Internet of Things heterogeneous identifier including the coding rules and the resolution protocol, which allows initiating a correct Internet of Things identification query for a corresponding resolution server by reading rule information therein and adopting a corresponding resolution protocol. The present invention can achieve resolving common query of various Internet of Things heterogeneous identifiers based on different coding rules and different resolution protocols.
US10257147B2
A network-based solution that provides enhances management of migration and archiving operations may involve, as embodied in various systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media, performing a pre-transfer assessment on each of a plurality of accessed mailboxes designated for migration or archiving. Performing the pre-transfer assessment may include designating one or more emails for exclusion from the migration or archiving operation after applying transferability rules and exception rules to each email message contained in the assessed mailbox. The solution may involve notifying the user about the email messages designated for exclusion and performing one or more user selected actions on the email message or related attachment files.
US10257126B2
A computer-implemented for delivering tailored content to an individual includes: obtaining, by a computer system, communications of the individual; obtaining, by the computer system, a communication fingerprint for the individual based on analysis of the communications of the individual; tailoring, by the computer system, a message to the individual using the communication fingerprint; and delivering the message to the individual. Using sentiment analysis combined with a unique communication fingerprint for an individual advantageously provides for a more tailored, and thus more effective, communication to the individual.
US10257107B1
An encoding or transcoding system uses hypothetical reference decoder occupancy data to at least calculate parameters for output buffers for data streams. An output thread receives HRD buffer occupancy data and calculates buffer occupancy based on duration, rather than absolute occupancy, and correlates the HRD buffer occupancy data with target durations for buffered packets prior to release from the buffer.
US10257104B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a terminal adapted to transmit audio data via Bluetooth to a device. The terminal includes a controller adapted to detect configuration parameters of the device and optimally determine configuration parameters of the terminal, and a transmission module capable of transmitting a packet of a first packet type based on a first mode of the terminal and a packet of a second packet type based on a second mode of the terminal. The audio data is modulated by a first modulation mode in the first mode and the audio data is modulated by a second modulation mode in the second mode that is more efficient than the first modulation mode. When the device cannot operate in the second mode but can operate in the first mode, the controller causes the transmission module to create a packet of the first packet type containing the audio data.
US10257103B2
A system and method for information delivery with multiple point transmission are provided. A method for detecting lost packets is provided. The method includes initiating a timer for a received packet at a receiving transmission point, where the timer is set according to a time value associated with the received packet. The method also includes determining that a delivery of the received packet has failed according to the timer elapsing, and transmitting a lost packet report to a primary transmission point that distributed the received packet to the receiving transmission point.
US10257102B1
In some embodiments, an apparatus comprises an optical transponder which includes a processor, an electrical interface and an optical interface. The processor is operatively coupled to the electrical interface and the optical interface. The optical interface is configured to be operatively coupled to a plurality of optical links and the electrical interface is configured to be operatively coupled to a router such that the optical transponder is configured to be operatively coupled between the plurality of optical links and the router. The processor is configured to perform pre-forward error correction (FEC) bit error rate (BER) detection to identify a degradation of an optical link from the plurality of optical links. The processor is configured to make modifications to packets designated to be transmitted via the optical link in response to the degradation being identified such that the router is notified of the degradation of the optical link.
US10257099B2
A method for routing Internet traffic is disclosed. The method comprises receiving an IPv6 packet. Further, the method comprises determining if the IPv6 packet comprises an extension header with geo-location information. Finally, responsive to a determination that the IPv6 packet comprises an extension header with geo-location information, the method comprises performing an action based on the geo-location information, wherein the action is selected from the group consisting of: authenticating the IPv6 packet, prioritizing the IPv6 packet relative to other packets, routing the IPv6 packet, and monitoring of the IPv6 packet.
US10257097B1
Connection based selection of a network congestion control process is presented herein. A system can comprise a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: storing communication congestion control procedures into a module of a kernel of the system; determining a connection attribute for a connection corresponding to a connection request received from a device; and selecting, via the module based on the connection attribute, a communication congestion control procedure of the communication congestion control procedures for servicing of the connection request. In an example, the determining the connection attribute comprises determining a round-trip time of the connection, determining a bandwidth-delay product of the connection, determining whether the connection is a wireless connection, and determining a bandwidth of the connection.
US10257087B2
Provided is a communication device in which communication between hosts of a layer 2 network is overlaid on a layer 3 network. The communication device manages a first MTU length of each communication path with respect to a plurality of communication paths in the layer 3 network, determines a second MTU length based on information to be added in cases where communication between the hosts of the layer 2 network is overlaid via the plurality of communication paths, and notifies the hosts of the second MTU length.
US10257086B2
Various techniques for source imposition of network routes are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving label values at a source host from a label server. The individual label values corresponding to a network route to one of the hosts or network nodes in the computing network. The method also includes constructing a label stack to reach a destination virtual machine on a destination computing device in the computing network based on the received label values corresponding to the destination computing device and a location of the source computing device in the computing network. The method also includes imposing the constructed label stack on a packet destined to the destination virtual machine on the destination computing device.
US10257082B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for multi-level classification of data traffic flows. In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, flows can be classified based on information in a first packet. The classification is based on an inference that can be made by a network appliance from a learning algorithm regarding an application name and/or one or more application characteristic tags. Based on the inference, the network appliance can select an appropriate network path for the flow.
US10257076B2
Provided is a multi network and method to transmit packets. The multi network includes a mesh network, a tree network, and a network interface connected to the mesh network and the tree network and configured to transmit, through the mesh network and the tree network, a packet generated by a processing unit, of a processing system having plural processing units, at a starting point to a destination point for another processing unit of the processing system and configured to selectively inject the packet into one of the mesh network and the tree network to transmit the packet to the other processing unit.
US10257073B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, computer program products, and systems for generating a shortest data path for data packets. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to exclude switches at or near their maximum capacity of flow entries from the shortest data path calculation. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to reduce the “lag time” users can experience while waiting for data packets to be forwarded through different switches.
US10257072B1
A plurality of paths through a network are determined for transmitting a packet from a source device to a destination device. The paths are modelled as nodes in a Random Neural Network, each node corresponding to a path and a reward is calculated for each of the nodes. An excitatory weight and an inhibitory weight are determined for each of the nodes in the Random Neural Network. The excitatory weight is set directly proportional to the reward corresponding to the node for which the excitatory weight is being determined, and the inhibitory weight is set inversely proportional to the reward corresponding to the node for which the inhibitory weight is being determined. A potential is determined for each of the nodes based upon the excitatory and inhibitory weights. A path corresponding to the node with the highest potential is selected, and the packet is transmitted over the selected path.
US10257060B2
Techniques for rendering application log data in a heterogeneous monitoring system are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, performance metrics are monitored by service domains that are configured within a target system that includes multiple target system entities. Each of the service domains includes agents that each monitor and record performance metric data for one or more of a set of the target system entities. In response to detecting an event based on the performance metric data, a metric object that associates an identifier of a first target system entity with a performance metric is displayed. In response to graphical input selection of the displayed metric object, an event request that specifies the first target system entity and a metric type of the performance metric is generated. In response to the event request, a search profile is generated. The search profile specifies a metric type having a dependency with the performance metric and further specifies one or more application instances within the target system. Application log requests are generated and transmitted to one or more service domain agents based, at least in part, on the search profile.
US10257052B1
A computer-implemented method to implement efficient utilization of network resources by an electronic data processing system to conserve network bandwidth consumed by user computing devices over a computer network by managing access to restricted and non-restricted software services. The method includes: operatively connecting the electronic data processing system to a first of the non-restricted software services via a first application programming interface (API); receiving a first topic indicative of an improvement in or a type of competency by a human user of a first of the user computing devices on which the first non-restricted software service is at least partly deployed, the first non-restricted software service having an electronic interface with which the human user interacts using the first of the user computing devices to attain or improve the competency of the human user; calculating, by the electronic data processing system, a weighted competency score based on a quantity corresponding to or representing the first topic and a weight configured to normalize the quantity relative to other non-restricted software services; and updating, by a time index calculator, a first time allowance index using the calculated weighted competency score, the first time allowance index representing a time period during which a time-limited access to a first of the restricted software services is granted by the electronic data processing system.
US10257051B2
Method and device for managing cloud computing resources with an external account, the resources being associated with one or more internal main accounts. The method includes verifying an identity of the external account via a server, determining, if the identity of the external account is verified, whether a virtual sub-account is bound to the external account, the virtual sub-account being subordinate to an internal main account of the one or more internal main accounts, and allowing, if it is determined that the virtual sub-account is bound to the external account, the external account to manage the resources associated with the internal main account based on pre-configured rights of the virtual sub-account.
US10257050B2
A communication link includes a first conductor configured to transmit data between a plurality of connected network devices. The communication link further includes an identification device configured to transmit an output that identifies the communication link when power is supplied to it and a second conductor configured to complete an electrical circuit when it receives the power from a particular device in the plurality of connected network devices. The identification device is coupled with the electrical circuit by a switch. The communication link also includes a logic module configured to receive an identification instruction in the data transmitted between the plurality of connected network devices. The logic module is also configured to, in response to receiving the identification instruction, actuate the switch to supply the identification device with power and transmit the output at the identification device.
US10257042B2
A management server includes a configuration and management module processing server configuration information, including a VPN peer list and VLAN/subnet settings. The management server automatically calculates the VPN configuration information, including the VPN peer subnet route information identifying which of the subnets participating in the VPN are behind which of the routers and keys to establish VPN tunnels between those routers participating in the VPN. Each of the routers participating in the VPN includes a VPN tunnel with the other routers participating in the VPN, a set of data structures storing data identifying contact information for each of the subnets participating in the VPN, a combination of an IP address and port to reach one of routers that that subnet is behind, and a forwarding module to forward traffic between the subnets.
US10257038B2
A method and apparatus can be configured to transmit first policy rules to a packet-data-network gateway. The first policy rules are configured to be installed on the packet-data-network gateway. The first policy rules are configured to enable the packet-data-network gateway to create first route-header information. The method can also include transmitting second policy rules to an interworking gateway. The second policy rules are configured to be installed on the interworking gateway. The second policy rules are configured to enable the interworking gateway to create second route-header information.
US10257030B2
A method supporting distributed resilient network interconnect (DRNI) in a link aggregation group at a network device is disclosed. The method starts with encapsulating a distributed relay control protocol data unit (DRCPDU) in a frame, wherein the DRCPDU includes a protocol data unit (PDU) structure. The PDU structure includes a type field indicating that the DRCPDU is for DRCP, a version field indicating a version number of the DRCP, and a set of type/length/values (TLVs) including: a terminator TLV indicating an end of the PDU structure, a portal information TLV indicating characteristics of the first portal, a portal configuration information TLV indicating configuration information of the first portal, a DRCP state TLV indicating variables associated with an intra-portal link (IPP), a home ports information TLV and a neighbor ports information TLV. The method continues with transmitting the frame encapsulating the DRCPDU from the network device to a neighbor network device.
US10257026B1
A computing infrastructure management system includes a processing system and a memory for storing a configuration management client, which is executed by the processing system to receive a manifest file associated with a computing infrastructure comprising a plurality of computing devices each having one or more resources. Using the received manifest file, the client translates the manifest file by arranging one or more directives of the manifest file according to one or more dependencies of each resource relative to the resources of the other computing devices, and provisions the resources of each computing device using the translated manifest file.
US10257024B2
The present disclosure provides a data transmission method, an apparatus and a terminal. The method includes: establishing a plurality of physical connections between a first network element and a second network element; establishing a plurality of virtual connections on each of the physical connections; selecting a first virtual connection from the plurality of virtual connections based on a pre-determined rule; and executing a data transmission process on the selected first virtual connection. By using the present disclosure, the issues of poor transmission quality and waste of resources when using a TCP connection in the relevant art to perform data transmission may be solved, thereby improving the transmission efficiency of data.
US10257018B2
A failure analysis method and device, where the method includes obtaining a frequency domain response amplitude of a channel from a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) network, performing linear fitting on an effective portion of the frequency domain response amplitude to determine a channel slope value, and performing channel failure analysis according to the channel slope value. Failure analysis is performed according to the obtained channel slope value, and the channel slope value is a new failure analysis parameter. In this way, means of channel failure analysis increase, and channel failure analysis is more accurate.
US10257008B2
A method for measuring channel quality in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) transceiver is disclosed, comprising: receiving, at a Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless transceiver, an analog signal from a user equipment (UE); converting the analog signal to a plurality of digital samples at an analog to digital converter (ADC); performing a fast Fourier transform (FFT) on the plurality of digital samples to generate frequency domain samples; identifying an uplink demodulation reference signal (DMRS) symbol; performing channel estimation on the DMRS symbol to identify an estimate of channels; creating a noise covariance matrix from the estimate of channels; and deriving an interference measure from the noise covariance matrix.
US10256999B2
Disclosed is a frequency characteristic adjusting circuit disposed between an optical circuit element and a drive circuit driving the optical circuit element. The frequency characteristic adjusting circuit includes a capacitor, and two or more series circuits having a resistor and a switch, the two or more series circuits being connected in parallel with the capacitor, where resistance with respect to the switch that is turned on is changed according to an output voltage of the drive circuit by changing ON or OFF of the switch such that electric charge at a contact point between the optical circuit element and the capacitor is adjusted to be constant regardless of the output voltage of the drive circuit.
US10256998B1
Methods, systems, and devices for mitigating supply noise in single-ended current mode logic (CML) transmitters are described. A first current source may generate a first bias current for a first differential transistor pair included in a CML transmitter, and a second current source may generate a second bias current for a second differential transistor pair. The first differential transistor pair may route the first bias current through either leg of the first differential transistor pair based on a polarity of an input signal and the second differential transistor pair may route the second bias current through either leg of the second differential transistor pair based on the polarity of the input signal. Based on a first polarity, the second bias current may be routed to a ground reference, and based on a second polarity, the second bias current may be routed through the first differential transistor pair to modify a load current internal to the CML transmitter.
US10256997B2
The embodiments herein use a factorization based technique for determining filter coefficients for a subset of the subcarriers in a wireless frequency band. Once the filter coefficients for the subset of the subcarriers are calculated, the network device uses these filter coefficients to identify the filter coefficients in a neighboring subcarrier. To do so, the network device uses pseudo-inverse iteration to convert the already calculated filter coefficients into filter coefficients for a neighboring subcarrier. The network device can repeat this process for the next set of neighboring subcarriers until all the filter coefficients have been calculated.
US10256995B1
A gateway device of a wireless lighting system includes a transmitter configured to transmit network information wirelessly at a first power level and pair with one or more wireless nodes based on the network information transmitted by the gateway device at the first power level. The transmitter is further configured to transmit the network information wirelessly at a second power level after transmitting the network information wirelessly at the first power level, where the second power level is greater than the first power level.
US10256990B2
A plurality of management cards including an active card and a standby card are provided. The active card determines open or block of a ring port in accordance with an event based on a ring protocol, issues an open instruction or a block instruction to a line card, and notifies a block factor in addition to the block instruction when issuing the block instruction. The line card controls open or block of the ring port in accordance with the open instruction or the block instruction and retains open/block information of the ring port and a block factor of the block state in a port management table. When the standby card is changed to the active card in accordance with a predetermined change instruction, it acquires the information retained in the port management table from the line card.
US10256988B2
Communication system, communication device, communication adapter, communication method, and program
A standardized information acquirer acquires standardized information from an electric device. A standardized telegraphic message sender sends a standardized telegraphic message including the standardized information to a communication device. An unstandardized information acquirer acquires unstandardized information from the electric device. A standardized telegraphic message receiver receives the standardized telegraphic message including the standardized information. An electric device determiner determines whether the electric device meets a specific condition based on the standardized information included in the received standardized telegraphic message. When the electric device is determined to meet the specific condition, an unstandardized telegraphic message sender sends the unstandardized telegraphic message including the unstandardized information. An unstandardized telegraphic message receiver receives the unstandardized telegraphic message including the unstandardized information.
US10256980B2
A method and apparatus of a network element that authenticates a field replaceable unit of the network element is described. The network element authenticates a field replaceable unit of the network element by generating a nonce. In addition, the network element generates a signature using a nonce and a private encryption key that is securely stored in the field replaceable unit. The network element further verifies the signature using a public encryption key that is a pair to the private encryption key and is not securely stored in the field replaceable unit. If the field replaceable unit is verified, the network element uses the field replaceable unit to operate the network element. Otherwise, the network element disables the field replaceable unit.
US10256973B2
Described is an apparatus comprising an S-box circuitry operable to convert a value on an input into a value on an output in accordance with an Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Rijndael S-box matrix. The apparatus also comprises a pseudo-random number generation (PRG) circuitry operable to provide a sequence of pseudo-random numbers on a first output and a registered copy of the sequence on a second output. The apparatus further comprises a mask circuitry operable to provide an XOR of a value on the output of the S box circuitry and a value on the first output of the PRG circuitry. The apparatus additionally comprises a mask removal circuitry operable to provide an XOR of a value on an output of the data register circuitry, a value coupled to an output of a key register circuitry, and a value on the second output of the PRG circuitry.
US10256972B2
A flexible aes instruction set for a general purpose processor is provided. The instruction set includes instructions to perform a “one round” pass for aes encryption or decryption and also includes instructions to perform key generation. An immediate may be used to indicate round number and key size for key generation for 128/192/256 bit keys. The flexible aes instruction set enables full use of pipelining capabilities because it does not require tracking of implicit registers.
US10256971B2
A flexible aes instruction set for a general purpose processor is provided. The instruction set includes instructions to perform a “one round” pass for aes encryption or decryption and also includes instructions to perform key generation. An immediate may be used to indicate round number and key size for key generation for 128/192/256 bit keys. The flexible aes instruction set enables full use of pipelining capabilities because it does not require tracking of implicit registers.
US10256966B2
Techniques for multiband radio frequency (RF) signal communications using integrated multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) multiband bandpass filter bank based on concentric dielectric ring resonators are described. The integrated MIMO multiband bandpass filter bank includes a plurality of transmission line structures for transmitting and receiving radio frequency (RF) signals, and a plurality of ring resonators with different sizes and different resonant frequencies electromagnetically coupled to the plurality of transmission line structures, wherein each ring resonator of the plurality of concentric ring resonators is configured as a single-band bandpass filter to allow a bandpass signal to pass through. By the use of integrated MIMO multiband bandpass filter bank, multiple desired bandpass signals corresponding to the multiple resonant frequencies of the multiple dielectric ring resonators can operate to transmit and receive in the processing of multiband RF signals while having out-of-band spurious emission and interference rejection.
US10256961B2
A first communication device receives an uplink orthogonal frequency multiple access (OFDMA) transmission. The uplink OFDMA transmission includes respective transmissions from multiple second communication devices, and the respective transmissions from the multiple second communication devices include indications of respective acknowledgment policies corresponding to the respective transmissions from the multiple second communication devices. The first communication device generates one or more acknowledgment physical layer (PHY) data units to acknowledge at least a portion of the uplink OFDMA transmission, where the one or more acknowledgment PHY data units do not comply with at least one of the acknowledgment policies corresponding to the uplink OFDMA transmission. The first communication device transmits the one or more acknowledgment PHY data units to acknowledge the at least the portion of the uplink OFDMA transmission.
US10256959B2
A method for generating a tone signal (TS) having a tone frequency, f, wherein the method comprises the following steps: supplying (S1) a binary bit stream (BBS) having a mark pattern with a supply bit rate, BR, to a signal filter unit; and filtering (S2) the supplied binary bit stream (BBS) by said signal filter unit to generate the tone signal (TS), wherein the mark pattern of the binary bit stream (BBS) supplied to said signal filter unit is adapted to minimize a ratio of the supply bit rate, BR, to the tone frequency, f, of the generated tone signal (TS).
US10256957B2
An apparatus and method for processing positioning reference signal are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving, by a narrow-band (NB) user equipment (UE), positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration information, determining, by the NB UE, narrowband PRS (NB PRS) configuration information for the NB UE, the NB PRS configuration information comprising information of an NB PRS reference cell that generates an NB PRS for the NB UE, determining, by the NB UE, PRS configuration information for a UE, the UE being assigned to use a frequency band unavailable for the NB UE, and the PRS configuration information comprising information of a PRS reference cell that generates a PRS for the UE, generating, based on the NB PRS configuration information and the PRS configuration information, a reference signal time difference (RSTD) measurement, and transmitting, by the NB UE, the RSTD measurement.
US10256953B2
An apparatus and method is proved that transmits and receives Reference Signals (RSs) in a wireless communication system using Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output (MIMO). A system adapted to the method is provided. The method includes: determining the number of RS transmission to two or more antennas, respectively, as the number of antennas included in respective ports, wherein each port include one or more antennas; creating transmit patterns so that they cyclically differ from each other every the number of RS transmission to transmit the created transmit patterns the number of RS transmission times; and mapping the RSs to one or more antennas according to the created, respective patterns, and transmitting the RSs in order.
US10256952B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatus, system and method of communicating a transmission according to a symbol block structure and Guard Interval (GI) scheme. For example, an apparatus may include logic and circuitry configured to cause a wireless station to generate a plurality of Single Carrier (SC) blocks according to a SC block structure corresponding to a GI type of a plurality of GI types, a SC block of the plurality of SC blocks including a GI followed by a data block, the GI including a Golay sequence having a length based at least on the GI type, a length of the data block is based at least on the GI type; and to transmit a SC transmission over a millimeter Wave (mmWave) frequency band based on the plurality of SC blocks.
US10256949B2
A communications device including a transmitter transmitting data signals to a network element of a wireless communications system using shared resources of an uplink of a first wireless access interface included in the network element, a receiver receiving data signals from the network element using shared resources of a downlink of the first wireless access interface, allocations of the shared resources being made by the network element and the uplink of the first wireless access interface is within a first set of resources, and a controller controlling the transmitter and receiver to transmit/receive signals representing data to/from another communications device using a second wireless access interface within a second set of resources formed from resources of the first set of resources for preferable allocation for device-to-device communications by the network element, resources of the second wireless access interface being time divided into at least a data and control regions.
US10256948B2
Systems and methods enable a plurality of modems in a microwave network receive a plurality of frames from a previous one of the plurality of modems and detect an error frame within the plurality of frames. The plurality of modems can be further configured to send a retransmission request to the previous modem upon detection of the error frame and transmit a dummy frame in place of the error frame to a next one of the plurality of modems.
US10256943B2
The present disclosure concerns radio communication. More particularly, the disclosure relates to encoding/decoding. A method is performed by a receiver (300) for decoding data from a message which is received from a transmitter (100). The receiver (300) is generally configured to use a decoding matrix in the decoding. Furthermore, the message is typically split into a pre-defined number of sub-messages. The receiver (300) receives data packets from the transmitter (100), wherein the received data packets are formed according to a certain structure. Furthermore, the receiver (300) decodes the received data packets as the data packets are received and the decoding is performed sequentially with the arrival (i.e. reception) of the data packets. Hereby it is made possible to reduce, and thus received improve, the latency.
US10256937B1
An article may include an optical transceiver package, which may include a photonics component mounted in the optical transceiver package. The photonics component may generate heat in an operational state. The optical transceiver package may include a sealed thermal chamber that maintains the photonics component between a lower predetermined working temperature and a higher predetermined working temperature. The sealed thermal chamber may include a material that exhibits a first thermal conductivity below a lower predetermined threshold temperature and a second thermal conductivity higher than the first thermal conductivity above an upper predetermined threshold temperature. A method may include retaining the generated heat to raise the photonics component above a lower predetermined working temperature, and conducting the generated heat away from the optical transceiver package to lower the photonics component below an upper predetermined working temperature. A system may include the optical transceiver package mounted to a printed circuit board.
US10256935B1
A disclosed method for optimizing channel selection in a flexible grid of an optical network may be used to select a minimum number of channels to allocate to traffic between pairs of optical transponders at a particular distance based on the modulation format and the FEC mechanism used. The method may include selecting an initial number of channels to allocate to the traffic, tuning the modulation format for the traffic while potentially reducing the number of channels, and tuning the FEC mechanism for the traffic while potentially further reducing the number of channels. The transponders may support multiple modulation formats of different orders and an adaptive FEC mechanism for which the maximum number of FEC overhead bytes is equal to the number of bytes in the transmitted data packets. The method may be implemented by an SDN controller and may be dependent on a feedback mechanism between the optical transponders.
US10256933B2
A method and device for transmitting a preamble sequence is disclosed. A transmitter according to an embodiment may extract a first sequence for a non-coherent receiver and a second sequence for a coherent receiver, from ternary preamble sequences including elements −1, 0 and 1, and map the first sequence and the second sequence to a preamble including a plurality of bits to generate a third sequence that the non-coherent receiver and coherent receiver support.
US10256932B2
Example communication systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a method receives a first chaotic sequence of a first temporal length, and a second chaotic sequence of a second temporal length. The method also receives a data symbol for communication to a destination. Based on the data symbol, the second chaotic sequence is temporally shifted and combined with the first chaotic sequence to generate a composite chaotic sequence. The first chaotic sequence functions as a reference chaotic sequence while the second chaotic sequence functions as a data-carrying auxiliary chaotic sequence.
US10256926B2
The present disclosure provides a method for configuring a communication system with a variable attenuator. The method includes measuring a first attenuation accuracy of the communication system at a first attenuation rate of the variable attenuator, and setting the variable attenuator based on the first attenuation accuracy so that the variable attenuator has a second attenuation rate and the communication system has a second attenuation accuracy. The method further includes obtaining a plurality of first gains at first temperatures and first frequencies, and performing an interpolation process to obtain, from the plurality of first gains, a plurality of second gains at second temperatures and/or second frequencies. The method also includes building a three-dimensional gain table with respect to the temperature, the frequency and the attenuation rate.
US10256921B2
Systems and methods are provided for reducing the effects of an impedance mismatch between a communications system and a shared communications medium. A communication system, such as a transceiver within a cable modem, switches between various operating modes including a transmit mode, a receive mode, and a standby mode. The standby mode may be used while the transceiver is in an idle state between modes, such as while changing an amplifier gain states in between transmissions. While transitioning between modes, the impedance presented by the communications system can temporarily fluctuate causing unwanted signal reflections to propagate out of the communications system and on to the shared medium. Circuitry within the communications system, such as transmission circuitry including an adjustable attenuator, may be placed into a hybrid attenuation-isolation mode during the transition causing the magnitude of any unwanted signal reflections to be attenuated and reducing the impact on the shared medium.
US10256919B1
Apparatus, systems and methods employing contact lens sensors are provided. In some aspects, a contact lens includes a substrate that forms at least a portion of the body of the contact lens; an optical communication device disposed on or within the substrate; and a photodetector disposed on or within the substrate, wherein the photodetector harvests light emitted from a device and generates power from the harvested light. In some aspects, an apparatus comprises a tag having a circuit including: an optical communication device; and a photodetector that harvests light received and generates power from the harvested light. The tag can be disposed on or within a contact lens in various aspects.
US10256915B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a client signal in an optical transport network. In the transmission method, a received client signal is mapped into a variable-rate container OTU-N, wherein a rate of the OTU-N is N times as high as a preset reference rate; and then, the variable-rate container OTU-N is split into N optical sub-channel transport units OTUsubs by column, where a rate of each OTUsub equals to the reference rate; next, the N optical sub-channel transport units OTUsubs are modulated onto one or more optical carriers; at last, the one or more optical carriers is transmitted through a fiber.
US10256912B2
In a signal regeneration device in which recovery of a signal quality which has been degraded during transmission in optical communication and extension of a transmission distance are achieved, the most representative method of quantizing an optical phase is a phase sensitive amplifier (PSA) and a technique that utilizes an optical parametric process through use of a highly nonlinear optical medium, but there is a demand for a technique of quantizing an optical phase which is not accompanied with an optical parametric gain, has small-sized elements, is easily integrated, and does not require high power pump light. By a technique of a hybrid optical phase squeezer (HOPS), when a phase of input light is quantized to M levels (M>2), phase conjugate light of the input light and (M−1)th phase harmonic light of the input light are subjected to power modulation to be coherently added, so that quantization of the optical phase is performed through use of a simple four-wave mixing (FWM) that is not accompanied with the optical parametric gain and a general optical amplifier by using a general nonlinear optical medium such as silicon, and accordingly, a GER of equal to or higher than 30 dB can be obtained, even if a nonlinear optical element having a low nonlinearity is used.
US10256911B2
Methods and systems enable amplifying optical signals using a Bragg reflection waveguide (BRW) having second order optical nonlinearity to generate an optical pump by injection locking. The BRW may also be used for parametric amplification of optical signals using the optical pump. Feedback phase-power control may be performed to maximize output power.
US10256905B2
Techniques are disclosed for programming a luminaire with location information, referred to herein as commissioning. Location information may include relative location information (e.g., the position of the luminaire relative to a reference point) and/or absolute location information (e.g., global coordinates for the luminaire). A commissioned luminaire can be configured to emit its location information via light-based communication (LCom). In some cases, the luminaire can be commissioned manually, by hard coding the luminaire with its location either at the luminaire itself or using a device (e.g., a smartphone, tablet, or a dedicated luminaire commissioning device) to program the luminaire with location information. In some cases, the luminaire can be commissioned automatically. In some cases, the luminaire may be configured to provide visual, aural, or tactile feedback to indicate that the luminaire has not received location data or that the luminaire has been moved.
US10256903B2
A network controller includes: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire, based on a signal quality amount of each of wavelength paths set in a network of an optical wavelength-multiplexed transmission system, a signal quality amount of each of spans in each of the wavelength paths; an arithmetic unit configured to calculate a signal quality amount of each of spans in a wavelength path of an estimation target, based on the signal quality amount acquired by the first acquisition unit; and an estimation unit configured to estimate a signal quality amount of the wavelength path of the estimation target, based on the signal quality amount calculated by the arithmetic unit.
US10256896B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method, includes coordinating relay transmission of a modulated signal via relay links of a distributed antenna system to reduce an accumulated forwarding delay in forwarding the modulated signal through the relay links. One of the relay links of the distributed antenna system reconverts the spectral segment of the modulated signal for transmission to a communication device to which the modulated signal is directed.
US10256891B2
A mobile communication device is described comprising a receiver configured to receive, for each of a plurality of transmit beam directions, a reference signal transmitted based on the transmit beam direction, wherein each transmit beam direction has at least one allowable precoder, a determiner configured to determine, for each transmit beam direction, a reception quality of the reference signal transmitted based on the transmit beam direction, a preselector configured to preselect, from the plurality of transmit beam directions, a subset of transmit beam directions based on a comparison of the determined reception qualities, an evaluator configured to determine, for each transmit beam direction of the subset, an evaluation of the performance of the allowable precoders of the transmit beam direction, a selector configured to select, from the subset, a beam direction for communication, based on the evaluations and a controller configured to establish communications based on the selected beam direction.
US10256886B2
A base station that communicates with a user equipment using multiple antenna ports includes an uplink channel estimation unit that estimates uplink channel states, a downlink channel estimation unit that estimates downlink channel states based on the estimated uplink channel states and channel reciprocity of uplink and downlink, a receiver unit that receives from the user equipment CSI feedback information, and a precoder generating unit that determines a precoding matrix of downlink based on Channel State Information (CSI) indicating the estimated downlink channel states and on the CSI feedback information.
US10256881B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of simultaneously communicating with a group of wireless communication devices. For example, a device may include a wireless communication unit to communicate with at least one group of a plurality of wireless communication devices over a wireless communication medium, wherein the wireless communication unit is to reserve the wireless communication medium for a time period, during which the wireless communication unit is to simultaneously transmit two or more different wireless communication transmissions to two or more wireless communication devices of the group, respectively. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10256878B2
New wireless networks can perform enhanced beamforming training for a multiple access technique, such as orthogonal frequency division multiple-access (OFDMA). The configurations of the stations and the networks presented herein provide a multiple-station beam refinement protocol (MSBRP) that may be used to train the transmit end and/or the receive end for the stations in a dense wireless local area network (WLAN). The MSBRP can have at least two phases. The first phase concurrently trains the receive side of multiple responder stations from one set of training signals sent from an initiator station. Then, each responder station can send training signals to the initiator station in a set of ordered phases associated with each responder station. The MSBRP eliminates inefficiencies associated with conducting multiple BRPs that include only pairs of stations.
US10256875B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques and apparatus for improving power efficiency of a wireless device. The techniques may generally include determining a modulation scheme and transmit direction for transmission of a signal using a plurality of antennas, and controlling, separately, at least one amplifier for each of the plurality of antennas, based on the determined transmit direction and modulation scheme.
US10256873B2
A system and method for two-way relaying with beamforming are provided. A method for relay operations includes estimating communications channels between a relay and communications devices coupled to the relay, storing data contained in the transmissions, storing data contained in the transmissions, precoding a transmission including a subset of the stored data with a precoding matrix, and transmitting the precoded transmission. The estimating is based on transmissions made by the communications devices in the subset of communications devices, and the precoding matrix is based on estimates of the communications channels.
US10256872B2
An electronic device may communicate with an external device and may include one or more phased antenna arrays that transmit and receive a beam of millimeter wave signals. Beam steering circuitry may be coupled to the phased antenna array and may be adjusted to steer a direction of the beam. Control circuitry may control the beam steering circuitry to sweep the beam of millimeter wave signals over multiple beam directions. The control circuitry may gather wireless performance data and may compare the wireless performance metric data at each beam direction in the sweep prior to gathering wireless performance metric data at other beam directions in the sweep. The first beam direction in the sweep may be selected based on an initial position of the external device and/or based on sensor data gathered by the control circuitry.
US10256871B2
A host unit (for use within a DAS having a plurality of remote units communicatively coupled to the host unit) includes a plurality of base transceiver stations and a switch. Each base transceiver station is configured to operate on a RF channel. Each base transceiver station is configure to provide a downstream baseband digital signal to the switch and to receive an upstream baseband digital signal from the switch. Each downstream and upstream baseband digital signal is a digital representation of the RF channel at baseband of the respective base transceiver station. The switch is configured to route each downstream baseband digital signal to a respective subset of the remote units as one or more downstream serial data streams and to route each upstream baseband digital signal from one or more upstream serial data streams to a respective subset of the base transceiver stations.
US10256869B2
This technology relates to a communication apparatus and a communication method adapted to improve the deterioration of communication performance due to variations in parts, for example.A test signal generating section generates a predetermined test signal. A detecting section detects, given a received test signal obtained by a transmitting and receiving section upon receipt of the test signal, an influence parameter affecting the intensity of an active load modulation signal that combines a transmission carrier with a synchronizing signal synchronized with a received signal obtained upon receipt of the transmission carrier. A controlling section controls the intensity of the active load modulation signal in accordance with the influence parameter. This technology applies to cases where short-range wireless communication is performed using magnetic fields.
US10256867B2
A PoDL system includes a PSE connected via a wire pair to a PD, where differential data and DC power are transmitted over the same wire pair. Typically, low voltage/current detection and classification routines are required upon every powering up of the system to allow the PD to convey its PoDL requirements to the PSE. Various techniques are described that simplify or obviate such start-up routines or enable increased flexibility for the PoDL system. Such techniques include: ways to specify a particular PD operating voltage; ways to disable the PD's UVLO circuit during such routines; using opposite polarity voltages for the two routines; using voltage limiters or surge protectors to convey the PoDL information; detecting loop resistance; using a PSE memory to store previous results of the routines; and powering the PD communication circuit using the wire pair while the PD load is powered by an alternate power source.
US10256859B2
A method is disclosed. The method may be implemented by an immersive and interactive multimedia generation system. The method may comprise projecting, by a first component of the system, a plurality of patterns to a physical environment in which a second component of the system is located, acquiring, by the second component of the system, a first image and a second image of at least a part of the physical environment, the first and second images including, respectively, first and second pixel data corresponding to at least some of the plurality of projected patterns, and determining, by the second component of the system, a change in at least one of an orientation or a position of the second component within the physical environment based on a relationship between the first and the second pixel data.
US10256858B1
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes: a first radio receiver to receive and downconvert a first radio frequency (RF) signal to a first digital signal; a second radio receiver to receive and downconvert a second RF signal to a second digital signal; a correlation circuit to receive the first and second digital signals and determine a correlation between the first and second digital signals; a weight calculation circuit to determine a first weight value and a second weight value based at least in part on the correlation; and a combiner circuit to combine the first and second digital signals according to the first and second weight values.
US10256850B2
Architectures and methods related to improved isolation for diplexer paths. In some embodiments, an architecture for routing radio-frequency (RF) signals can include an input node and an output node, and a distributed network of signal paths implemented between the input node and the output node. The distributed network of signal paths can include a first path having N switches including a selected switch, with the quantity N being an integer greater than 2. The first path can be capable of routing a first RF signal between the input node and the output node when enabled. The distributed network of signal paths can further include a second path capable of routing a second RF signal between the input node and the output node, with the second path including the selected switch. The second path can include a plurality of open switches when disabled and the first path is enabled.
US10256848B2
A communication unit includes the following elements. A first transmit circuit outputs a first signal or a second signal from a first input signal. A first amplifier amplifies the first signal and outputs a first amplified signal. A first signal generating circuit generates a third signal having a frequency higher than a frequency of the second signal, based on the second signal and a first reference signal. A first filter circuit receives the third signal and allows one of a frequency component representing a sum of the frequency of the second signal and a frequency of the first reference signal and a frequency component representing a difference therebetween to pass through the first filter circuit and attenuates the other one of the frequency components. A second amplifier amplifies the third signal output from the first filter circuit and outputs a second amplified signal.
US10256841B2
An encoder encodes digital data, said encoder includes one or more component encoders, one or more interconnections between component encoders, one or more inputs and one or more outputs. The encoder is configured to carry out the following steps: combining internal input bits received via an interconnection and external input bits received via a corresponding input, to assemble a local information word, encoding the local information word such as to generate a local code word, outputting a reduced local code word and handling the same reduced local code word over to the interconnect for forwarding the same reduced local code word to another component encoder or to itself, wherein the encoder is configured to forward on each interconnect the bits of the reduced local code in parallel but with delays that are mutually different for at least a subset of the reduced local code word bits.
US10256838B2
According to an embodiment, a decoding apparatus for a low-density parity-check (LDPC) code includes a first calculator, a second calculator, and a selector. The first calculator is configured to perform row processing based on a first decoding algorithm. The second calculator is configured to perform row processing based on a second decoding algorithm having a lower error correction capacity than that of the first decoding algorithm. The selector is configured to select an output value from the row processing performed by the second calculator when an error in an output value from the row processing performed by the first calculator is greater than an error in the output value from the row processing performed by the second calculator.
US10256834B1
An analog-to-digital converter (“ADC”) has an input terminal configured to receive an analog input voltage signal. A first ADC stage is coupled to the input terminal and is configured to output a first digital value corresponding to the analog input voltage signal and an analog residue signal corresponding to a difference between the first digital value and the analog input signal. A second ADC stage is coupled to the first ADC stage and is configured to convert the analog residue signal to a second digital value. At least one of the first ADC stage and the second ADC stage includes a first sub-stage configured to convert an analog signal to a first number of bits of a digital value representing the analog signal, and a second sub-stage configured to convert the analog signal to a second number of bits of the digital value, where the second number of bits is greater than the first number of bits. A controller is coupled to the first and second ADC stages and configured to combine the first digital value and the second digital value into a digital output signal representing the analog input voltage signal.
US10256816B2
A multidirectional input device includes a case, and a movable body that is restrained from rotating relative to the case, disposed so as to face the case, and mounted on the case so as to be movable in directions with a predetermined neutral position as a base point. The multidirectional input device further includes a first position detector that outputs a first signal in response to a position of the movable body, and a cam part formed on one of a surface, facing the case, of the movable body, and a surface, facing the movable body, of the case. The multidirectional input device further includes a restraint member having a tip which is in elastic contact with the cam part to urge the movable body to the neutral position, and a second position detector that outputs a second signal in response to a position of the restraint member.
US10256815B2
A finger sensing device includes a first conductive plate, wherein the area between the finger and the first conductive plate increases in response to the finger moving in a first direction proximate the first conductive plate. A second conductive plate is located proximate the first conductive plate, wherein the area between the finger and the second conductive plate decreases in response to the finger moving in the first direction proximate the second conductive plate. A first capacitance detector is coupled to the first conductive plate for measuring a first capacitance between the finger and the first conductive plate. A second capacitance detector is coupled to the second conductive plate for measuring a second capacitance between the finger and the second conductive plate.
US10256808B2
A bandgap reference circuit includes a voltage generation circuit, a capacitor and a clamping control circuit. The voltage generation circuit is used to generate a current on an operation terminal. The capacitor includes a first terminal coupled to the operation terminal, and a second terminal coupled to a first reference voltage terminal. The clamping control circuit is coupled between the operation terminal and a second reference voltage terminal. The clamping control circuit includes a switch and a clamping unit, and is used to allow part of the current flowing through the clamping unit to the second reference voltage terminal when the switch is turned on.
US10256792B2
A filter module includes filters. Each of the filters is configured to control communications bands having overlapping bandwidths each with the other. Each of the communications bands, allocated to any one of the filters, has a different limit frequency from the other.
US10256787B2
Disclosed is a piezoelectric oscillating device, which comprises a multi-section guiding component and an oscillation generating component, the multi-section guiding component including a plurality of guiding units, each guiding unit having a hollow space, the plurality of guiding units being connected together along a longitudinal direction in such a manner that the hollow spaces are connected in series to form the multi-section guiding component, and a guiding channel is formed inside the multi-section guiding component by connecting the plurality of hollow spaces in series, the oscillation generating component including a housing unit and a piezoelectric component, the housing unit being connected to an end of the multi-section guiding component in the longitudinal direction, the piezoelectric component being disposed in a disposing space in the housing unit and oscillating via a control of a piezoelectric signal.
US10256780B2
A power conversion system comprising an amplifier input for receiving an analog input signal and an amplifier output for providing a switching output signal is disclosed. The system is applicable for use in high definition switching audio amplification. The power conversion system further comprises a clipper for clipping the analog input signal having a predefined range limited by a clipping level, a pulse modulator and a switching power stage. The system further has a feedback path to the clipper including a duty cycle measuring unit and a clip level filter which generates a clip level signal and where the clipping level of the clipper is controlled by the clip level signal. Hereby it is e.g. possible to clip an analog input signal with good precision and reliability in a switching power conversion system.
US10256779B2
An amplifier includes a first transistor coupled to a first voltage source node and a second transistor coupled to a second voltage source node. The first and second transistors also couple together at an intermediate node. The amplifier further includes a third transistor coupled to the intermediate node and a fourth transistor coupled to the third transistor at a positive output node of the amplifier. Further, the amplifier includes a fifth transistor coupled to the intermediate node and a sixth transistor coupled to the fifth transistor at a negative output node of the amplifier.
US10256776B1
A single-ended Class-A amplifier includes an amplification component (e.g., a vacuum tube) having at least an output terminal, a reference terminal and a control terminal. The control terminal receives a time-varying input signal. The amplification component responds to the time-varying input signal to vary an output voltage on the output terminal and to vary a current flowing between the output terminal and the reference terminal. A load is AC-coupled to the output terminal. A steered current source has a voltage input coupled to the output terminal and has a steered current output coupled to the output terminal. The steered current source is configured to increase the steered current to provide current to the load when the output voltage on the output terminal of the amplification component increases and to decrease the steered current when the output voltage on the output terminal of the amplification component decreases.
US10256770B2
A system and method for automated shutdown, disconnect, or power reduction of solar panels. A system of solar panels includes one or more master management units (MMUs) and one or more local management units (LMUs). The MMUs are in communication with the LMUs with the MMUs and LMUs “handshaking” when the system is in operation. The MMUs are connected to one or more controllers which in turn are connected to emergency detection sensors. Upon a sensor detection of an emergency, the associated MMU is notified which in turn instructs associated LMUs to take appropriate action. In the event that communication with the MMUs has been cut off, the LMUs take the initiative to shut down, disconnect, or reduce the output of associated string(s) of solar panels.
US10256764B2
The invention relates to a method for determining a rotor temperature of an electric motor, in particular an asynchronous motor, the rotor temperature being determined at least in accordance with reactive powers and/or in accordance with losses of the electric motor. A first rotor temperature is determined in accordance with the reactive powers and, depending on an operating range of the electric motor, plausibility-checked or replaced by a second rotor temperature, which is determined in accordance with the losses.
US10256763B2
A motor control device for a motor includes: an inverter circuit supplying power of a battery to the motor; an inverter input voltage detector detecting an inverter input voltage; and a controller including a drive controller for the motor and an abnormality determination unit for determining power feeding abnormality. The abnormality determination unit determines the power feeding abnormality when the inverter input voltage is lower than a voltage threshold and a current from the battery to the inverter circuit is in a determinable range. The abnormality determination unit determines, based on a motor current electrically conducted to the motor or a rotational speed of the motor, whether the current is in the determinable range. A determination threshold in accordance with the determinable range is set that the inverter input voltage is equal to or higher than the voltage threshold when the power feeding region is normal.
US10256755B2
A motor drive controller including a monitoring unit monitoring whether or not a use state of a motor to be controlled satisfies a predetermined condition, and an output information switching unit switching information to be outputted to the outside from an information output path from motor driving information indicating a drive state of the motor to monitoring information indicating the use state if the use state satisfies the predetermined condition.
US10256736B2
A DC-DC converter includes a first half-bridge circuit, a second half-bridge circuit, at least one transformer having at least one primary winding and at least one secondary winding, wherein the first and second half-bridge circuits are designed to generate an AC voltage at the at least one primary winding, and a rectifier circuit having an output terminal. The output terminal includes a first output terminal pole and a second output terminal pole. The rectifier circuit includes at least one rectifier element. The rectifier circuit is designed to rectify a voltage present at the at least one secondary winding and to output it at the output terminal. The rectifier circuit includes a polarity reversal protection transistor, the collector-emitter path of which or the drain-source path of which is looped in between a terminal of the at least one rectifier element and the first or the second output terminal pole of the output terminal.
US10256726B2
A voltage conversion apparatus includes an output unit connected to an input voltage to output an output voltage according to a control signal. A comparator compares a reference voltage to a feedback voltage corresponding to the output voltage and outputs a comparison signal. A delay circuit outputs a delayed signal obtained by delaying either a rising timing or a falling timing of the comparison signal. The delay circuit varies a delay time of the delayed signal on basis of a modulating signal. A control circuit is configured to output the control signal to the output unit. The control signal is based on the delayed signal. The control circuit controls the output unit such that a frequency of the output voltage is tuned to a predetermined value set according to the modulating signal.
US10256720B2
Circuits and methods to achieve a hysteretic buck-boost converter system, separating buck and boost pulses based on monitoring a difference between the output voltage of the buck-boost converter and a reference voltage (error voltage) or alternatively based on monitoring additionally coil current or load current or both currents have been disclosed. The performance of the buck-boost converter can be further improved by using an optional output voltage change block monitoring if the output voltage rises or falls. The buck-boost converter disclosed has a very simple topology without a modulator block, which is regulating the duty cycle and without frequency compensation.
US10256717B2
A circuit includes a zero current detector (ZCD) circuit that senses an inductor current of an inductor and generates signal pulses indicating when an increasing cycle of the inductor current crosses a predetermined current value and when a decreasing cycle of the inductor current crosses the predetermined current value. A sync control provides a control signal specifying one of the signal pulses corresponding to the increasing or decreasing cycle of the inductor current. A sync selector circuit generates a sync pulse representing the signal pulse from the ZCD in response to the control signal. The sync pulse triggers a timing adjustment for a switch device.
US10256711B2
A power control apparatus that supplies an AC current to a load and adjusts a current amount by setting a portion of a phase range among each of half-wave periods of the AC current to be supplied as a conduction angle and setting the remainder as a non-conduction angle, includes: a reference value determiner that defines a period across a plurality of half-wave periods as a current determination period and that determines a reference value of the conduction angle; and a distribution processor that determines a distribution value to distribute the conduction angle and performs current amount adjustment by distributed conduction angles, wherein the distribution processor determines the distribution value within one current determination period such that the value includes a positive distribution value and a negative distribution value, and an average value of the distributed conduction angles is within ±2.5% with respect to the reference value.
US10256708B2
An electric machine includes a stator and a rotor operable with the stator. The rotor includes at least one pole section, the pole section defining a direct axis in a flux barrier having a first end and a second end. Each of the first and second ends are positioned proximate to the stator. The first end defines a first angular position relative to the direct axis and the second end defines a second angular position relative to the direct axis. The first angular position is different in magnitude than the second angular position to reduce a torque ripple or torque oscillation of the electric machine.
US10256699B2
A method and device for liquid cooling of an electric motor and a transmission configuration. The electric motor includes a rotor with a rotor shaft and a stator provided with windings, and the transmission configuration includes a transmission shaft. The rotor and transmission configuration are journally supported by a support configuration. Supplying a liquid for cooling via the support configuration is performed in such a way that the electric motor as well as the transmission configuration are cooled.
US10256697B2
An electronic power apparatus includes a housing, a pair of input power pins and a pair of output power pins, and power components mounted on a power circuit board and electrically connected to the input power pins and the output power pins to modulate a supply of power from the input power pins to the output power pins. A control unit of the electronic power apparatus is disposed at a distance from the power circuit board and substantially parallel to the power circuit board, both the control circuit board and the power circuit board arranged inside the housing. A user-actuated input unit is provided including a variable-speed actuator a first portion of which is at least partially arranged outside the housing to be engageable by a user and a second portion of which is slidably sandwiched between the power circuit board and the control circuit board along an axis substantially parallel to the power circuit board and the control circuit board.
US10256695B2
A linear actuator system comprising a linear actuator having a housing and an outer tube, which with a rear end is secured to a side of the housing at a front end thereof. The outer tube surrounds an electric motor driven spindle unit and an activation element. The linear actuator system further comprises a control box having a control, where the control box is arranged in the angle between the housing and the outer tube on the linear actuator. The control box is fastened with a mounting bracket to the outer tube on the linear actuator. The mounting bracket comprises a tubular portion, whereby it can be pushed in over the outer tube and the mounting bracket and the control box are also designed with interacting fastening means for fastening the control box to the mounting bracket. The tubular portion of the mounting bracket has an axially extending slit and the interacting fastening means between the mounting bracket and the control box are constituted on both sides of the slit. The interacting fastening means are designed such that when the control box is fastened onto the mounting bracket, the slit contracts so that the tubular portion of the mounting bracket tightens around the outer tube on the linear actuator. The construction is characterized in that the control box is only fastened to the mounting bracket on the outer tube of the linear actuator. This simplifies the fastening quite considerably while simultaneously simplifying the design.
US10256685B2
A motor having improved heat resistance is provided. The motor includes a rotor comprising a rotor core, two or more slots arranged in a circumferential direction of the rotor in the rotor core, two magnets in a plate shape having a thickness in a radial direction of the rotor, and divided and arranged in the circumferential direction in each of the two or more slots, and a spacer for dividing the two magnets; and a stator disposed outside of the rotor in the radial direction with a clearance from the rotor and comprising a stator core having two or more slots wound with one or more winding wires; and the two magnets are separated from each other by the spacer, by a distance which is 10% to 50% of a circumferential length of the slot having the two magnets.
US10256684B2
A rotor, which is cylindrically formed of a magnetic body and in which a plurality of magnet embedding holes are annularly formed at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction, plate-like permanent magnets being embedded in the magnet embedding holes, includes a flux barrier that is disposed toward an outer circumference of the rotor from an circumferential end of each of the magnet embedding holes, and a slit that is disposed to be adjacent to the flux barrier, in which the slit is a long hole extending in a direction of becoming distant from the flux barrier, from an inner circumferential side of the rotor toward an outer circumferential side thereof, and a notch portion is provided on the outer circumference of the rotor opposing the flux barrier in a diameter direction of the rotor.
US10256676B2
A method of wireless power transfer includes providing a primary rail voltage to a primary coil via a primary transistor network, driving the primary transistor network with a primary PWM signal, inducing a secondary current on a secondary coil, providing a secondary rail voltage to a load via a secondary transistor network, generating a voltage signal from the secondary current via a current sense amplifier, phase-locking the voltage signal to the secondary current, adjusting a phase shift and amplitude of the voltage signal based on the impedance of the load, thereby generating a driving voltage, converting the driving voltage to a secondary PWM signal, and driving the secondary transistor network with the PWM signal.
US10256674B2
Techniques for detecting foreign objects in a charging path of a wireless power transfer system are disclosed. An example apparatus for detecting a presence of a foreign object includes a foreign object detection (FOD) system, a living object protection (LOP) system, a control circuit operably coupled to the FOD system and the LOP system and configured to detect a change in one or more power transfer parameters, perform a calibration procedure on the FOD system based on the change in the one or more power transfer parameters, operate the LOP system in a high sensitivity mode concurrently with the calibration procedure, and operate the LOP system in a standard detection mode upon completing the calibration procedure.
US10256663B2
A solar charging electronic device case for protecting and charging electronic devices includes a housing. A panel is coupled to and extends between opposing sides, a top and a bottom of the housing. A microprocessor, configured to reversible couple to an electronic device, is positioned in a first compartment between the panel and a back face of the housing. A cover is reversibly and sealably couplable to a front face of the housing, which is open, to define a second compartment that is complementary to the electronic device. The control buttons and a touch screen of the device are operable by a user. Solar cells are coupled to the housing and operationally coupled to the microprocessor. A coating, which is flexible and substantially transparent, encases the solar cells. An electric current generated by the solar cells is directed by the microprocessor to a battery of the electronic device.
US10256660B2
Systems and methods for free device placement for wireless charging are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: determine that the IHS is placed in a position on a wireless charging pad such that the wireless charging pad cannot provide power to the IHS above a minimum threshold value; request that the wireless charging pad provide fringe power to IHS without repositioning the IHS on the wireless charging pad, wherein the fringe power is smaller than the minimum threshold power level; and use the fringe power to indicate a problem or error to a user.
US10256648B1
Methods for charging a battery of a portable device can include increasing the charge current for the battery, where the charge current sourced from electrical power received at a connector of a portable device. If a voltage at the connector drops below a predetermined value, setting a charge current limit to a level less than that corresponding to the voltage drop. If the voltage at the connector does not drop below the predetermined value, setting the charge current limit to a predetermined level. The charge current limit can be stored, and the battery can be charged with the charge current having a maximum value determined by the charge current limit. One or more application circuits of the portable device can be selectively disabled based on the charge current limit.
US10256644B2
A method and apparatus for supplying a power to a hardware module when the hardware module is mounted are provided. The method and apparatus may supply a power to a hardware module when both a mounting signal indicating that the hardware module is mounted in a module circuit and a trigger signal input by a user are received.
US10256629B2
A power distribution system for a data center includes a transformer that transforms three-phase source power to three-phase operating power. The phase-to-neutral operating voltage for each phase is at least about 260 volts. Power distribution units are coupled to the transformer. The power distribution units supply operating power from the transformer to computer systems in the data center.
US10256626B2
An electrical network configured to suppress voltage transients includes a capacitor and an electrical impedance in parallel with a diode. The capacitor is in series with the parallel connected diode and electrical impedance. The electrical network is configured to suppress voltage transients occurring across the series combination of the capacitor and the parallel connected diode and electrical impedance.
US10256622B2
To provide a dc interruption apparatus requiring no circuit for producing current zero point forcibly and having a simplified construction adequate for cost reduction, one end of a main contact 30a, 30b, 30c for each phase of a dc high speed vacuum circuit breaker 30 is connected with a positive output end of a corresponding phase of a rectifier 20 for converting ac power to dc power with semiconductor devices arranged in a bridge. The other ends of the main contacts 30a, 30b, 30c are connected together to form a positive side output line 40. A pulse-shaped current flows in an arm of each phase of the rectifier 20 and the current is commutated among the arms sequentially, so that the current is reduced to zero after the commutation. Each of main contacts 30a, 30b, 30c of dc high speed vacuum circuit breaker 30 interrupts the current reduced to zero by the commutation, so that the interruption is easier.
US10256619B2
A cable water stop structure for a cable that includes plural insulated wires and a sheath covering the plural insulated wires includes a heat shrinkable tube that is shrunk to wrap around an end of the sheath and the plurality of insulated wires extending from the end, and a cover that is attached to sandwich the end of the sheath, the plurality of insulated wires extending from the end and the heat shrinkable tube. The cover includes a gripping portion gripping the heat shrinkable tube to restrict the heat shrinkable tube from moving along a cable longitudinal direction.
US10256617B1
The present disclosure provides an advantageous underground enclosure/assembly for housing electrical components. More particularly, the present disclosure provides an underground enclosure/assembly (e.g., handhole/pullbox assembly) that is configured to protect wiring connections and provide access to those connections for initial installation, and later for maintenance/alteration. The present disclosure provides for a cylindrical body and a frame with a lip feature to interface with the cylindrical body to enhance the durability and to assist in maintaining the circularity of the cylindrical body. The advantageous frame provides for a feature (e.g., a notch) to integrate fill materials with the frame. The frame further includes features for interfacing a cover.
US10256616B1
Enclosures are disclosed for use in underground applications. The enclosures include walls with end portions that are angled outward with respect to a middle of the wall such that the enclosures can be stacked on top of one another despite a draft angle of the walls. The bottom corners of the enclosures are aligned with a top surface of the enclosure to allow stacking. The enclosures include an opening in the bottom such that when multiple enclosures are stacked on top of one another, the enclosures for a single larger enclosure that can be used in underground applications.
US10256615B2
A bus support includes a corona shield portion and a bus support portion on the corona shield portion. The bus support portion includes an insulator engagement ledge including one or more mounting apertures configured to receive a fastener therethrough for mounting the bus support to an insulator. The bus support portion includes first and second bus support walls extending upwardly from opposite sides of the insulator engagement ledge. Each bus support wall includes a U-shaped channel defined therein that is configured to receive and support a cylindrical and/or tubular bus conductor. The corona shield portion and the bus support portion form a monolithic structure.
US10256612B2
A rotary stripping device for a wire includes a support panel having a wire opening configured to receive an end of the wire and a wire stripper mounted to the support panel. The wire stripper includes an actuating wheel and a blade wheel independently movable relative to the actuating wheel. The wheels have wire openings aligned with the wire opening of the support panel to receive the wire. The wire stripper has a stripper blade held by the blade wheel having a cutting edge configured to engage the wire. The wire stripper has an actuator associated with the actuating wheel operably coupled to the stripper blade to move the stripper blade. The actuator causes the stripper blade to move as the actuating wheel is moved relative to the blade wheel to move the cutting edge of the stripper blade relative to the wire opening in the blade wheel.
US10256607B2
Described are various configurations of integrated wavelength lockers including asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometers (AMZIs) and associated detectors. Various embodiments provide improved wavelength-locking accuracy by using an active tuning element in the AMZI to achieve an operational position with high locking sensitivity, a coherent receiver to reduce the frequency-dependence of the locking sensitivity, and/or a temperature sensor and/or strain gauge to computationally correct for the effect of temperature or strain changes.
US10256604B2
A semiconductor nanolaser includes a rib formed by a stack of layers, in which stack central layers (33, 34, 35) forming an assembly of quantum wells are placed between a lower layer (32) of a first conductivity type and an upper layer (36) of a second conductivity type. Holes (42) are drilled right through the thickness of the rib, wherein the lower layer includes first extensions (38, 40) that extend laterally on either side of the rib, and that are coated with first metallizations (42, 44) that are located a distance away from the rib. The stack includes second extensions (45, 46) that extend longitudinally beyond said rib, and that are coated with second metallizations (47, 48).
US10256599B2
A laser light-source apparatus includes: a fiber amplifier and a solid-state amplifier to amplify pulse light output from a seed light source serving as a first light source; a nonlinear optical element to perform wavelength conversion on the pulse light output from the solid-state amplifier; an optical switching element to permit or stop propagation of the pulse light from the fiber amplifier to the solid-state amplifier; a second light source disposed on an upstream side of the solid-state amplifier and is configured to output laser light able to be combined with the pulse light output from the seed light source; and a control unit to control the optical switching element in such a manner that the propagation of light is stopped and to perform control in such a manner that the second light source oscillates, at least in an output period of the pulse light from the seed light source.
US10256598B2
The disclosed method and apparatus for stabilizing a mode-locked regime of a fiber ring oscillator based on a NPR include tapping a portion of light, which has a broad spectral bandwidth, from a fiber ring resonator into at least first and second control channels. The control channels are configured to guide respective first and second fractions of the tapped portion. One of the control channels is provided with a bandpass filter operative to extract a region from the broad spectral bandwidth. The fractions with respective full spectral bandwidth and region thereof are then evaluated in a central processing unit which is operable to generate a control signal if a predetermined criterion is not met. The control signal is received by one or more polarization controller units operative to dynamically modulate a state of polarization of light in the fiber ring resonator until the evaluation meets the predetermined criterion.
US10256596B2
The disclosure relates to method and apparatus for micro-contact printing of micro-electromechanical systems (“MEMS”) in a solvent-free environment. The disclosed embodiments enable forming a composite membrane over a parylene layer and transferring the composite structure to a receiving structure to form one or more microcavities covered by the composite membrane. The parylene film may have a thickness in the range of about 100 nm-2 microns; 100 nm-1 micron, 200-300 nm, 300-500 nm, 500 nm to 1 micron and 1-30 microns. Next, one or more secondary layers are formed over the parylene to create a composite membrane. The composite membrane may have a thickness of about 100 nm to 700 nm to several microns. The composite membrane's deflection in response to external forces can be measured to provide a contact-less detector. Conversely, the composite membrane may be actuated using an external bias to cause deflection commensurate with the applied bias. Applications of the disclosed embodiments include tunable lasers, microphones, microspeakers, remotely-activated contact-less pressure sensors and the like.
US10256592B1
A device comprising a low-power oscillator having an oscillator output, the oscillator when triggered produces X number of oscillator pulses in series at a high repetition rate from the oscillator output, where X is an integer. The device comprises a plurality of X series coupled amplifiers having a common optical path. The plurality of X amplifiers amplify a power parameter of the X number of oscillator pulses. A first amplifier of the plurality of X amplifiers is coupled to the oscillator output. The plurality of amplifiers are triggered in sequence in accordance with the high repetition rate of the oscillator so that an output from a last amplifier of the plurality of X amplifiers is a burst of X amplified pumping oscillator (APO) pulses with high-peak power and high-average power over the burst of APO pulses. A system and a method are also provided.
US10256591B2
A housing (11) of a connector (10) includes a base (11a) composed of a core portion (14) and an upper end covering (17) of a resin molded portion (15) covering an upper end surface (14a) of the core (14). Metal terminals (12) are embedded in the housing (11) penetrate through the core (14) and the upper end covering (17) in the base portion (11a), and tips (12a) thereof project out of the base (11a) from a surface (17a) of the upper end covering portion (17). First recesses (14b) are formed between the metal terminals (12) on an upper end contact surface (14a) of the core (14) with the upper end covering (17).
US10256588B2
An electric contact having a contact resistance that is hardly increased even if the electric contact is repeatedly used for a long period of time. A base material of an electric contact is provided with a first contact part that is in contact with a first electrode of a first electric component, a second contact part that is in contact with a second electrode of a second electric component, and a spring part that presses the first contact part to the first electrode, and a wear-resistant contact point film is formed on a distal end portion of the first contact part. Furthermore, a highly conductive film is formed between a region of the wear-resistant contact point film and a distal end portion of the second contact part in the base material.
US10256587B2
A securement device for engagement with a cable connector held in a mating socket by a release lever. The device features at least one socket formed into a body which is configured to engage with a cable connector which requires a release lever to maintain the cable connector in the socket. A locking pin engageable through opening on a sidewall is positionable to contact against a shoulder of the cable connector from which the release lever extends to hold the cable connector in the socket until the locking pin is removed. Defective cable connectors lacking an operative release lever can also be held in operative engagement in the socket by the locking pin.
US10256585B1
Multi-configurable electrical cable assemblies adapted to facilitate communication with and charging of electronic devices are disclosed. The cable assemblies comprises a cable extending from a first electrical connector to a second electrical connector and a yoke captively and slidably coupled to one end of the cable and rotatably coupled to an adaptor module at the other end. The adaptor module includes one or more electrical connector adaptors. The yoke can be extended or retracted and when the yoke is in an unconnected position, the adaptor module is rotatable to allow for selection of a desired electrical connector adaptor for connection to the cable. In one implementation, the cable extends from a male USB Type A connector to a male USB Micro connector, the yoke is captively coupled at the USB Micro connector end of the cable, and the rotatably coupled adaptor module includes two reversibly coupled electrical connector adaptors. The first electrical connector adaptor includes a female USB Micro connector on one side and a male Lightning connector electrically coupled thereto on the other side and the second electrical connector adaptor includes a female USB Micro connector on one side and a male USB Type-C connector electrically coupled thereto on the other side. The female USB Micro connectors are positioned in opposite directions and can mate with the male USB Micro connector on the end of the cable when rotated into alignment.
US10256581B2
A connector housing mounting structure includes a connector housing; and a mounting member having a mounting surface. The connector housing includes a housing body, and a pair of flange portions extending from the housing body and having first mounting holes respectively. The mounting member includes a pair of first columnar portions protruding in parallel with each other from the mounting surface. Each of the first columnar portions is inserted into each of the first mounting holes, and the pair of flange portions is fixed to the mounting surface, thus the connector housing is regularly mounted on the mounting surface. A size of one of the flange portions in a width direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the flange portion is larger than the other flange portion in order that in case of incorrect mounting, the larger flange becomes obstructed and forms a visible indicator of misinstallation.
US10256580B2
Power connectors with integrated fuse support, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A representative power connector can include a power port and a mating plug. The power port can include a fuse support having first and second fuse receptacles, wherein the first fuse receptacle is connectable to a first supply cable. The power port can include first and second port terminals, wherein the first port terminal is connectable to a second supply cable. A jumper cable can be connected between the second port terminal and the second fuse receptacle. The plug can include a housing configured to enclose the fuse support between the plug and the power port when the plug is mated to the power port. The plug can include first and second plug terminals mateable with the first and second port terminals.
US10256561B2
A terminal with ribbed contact springs for receipt of a mating terminal therein. The receptacle terminal has a contact portion which includes a bottom wall with contact sections extending from opposed sides of the bottom wall. Each of the contact sections have at least two resilient arms which extend from the bottom wall to a mating terminal engagement member. The at least two resilient arms have arcuate portions which extend from the bottom wall to the mating terminal engaging members. Each of the at least two resilient arms has a reduced contact spring rate, thereby allowing the contact normal force to be more accurately controlled with the same manufacturing tolerances. More controlled normal force allows for a minimum contact normal force to be reliably maintained while reducing the insertion force required during mating.
US10256554B2
An electrical connector for detachably connecting an electrical lead to an implantable medical device includes a conductive housing and a plurality of spring contacts. The conductive housing extends from a proximal end to a distal end. The conductive housing has an interior surface forming a hollow cylinder. The plurality of spring contacts projects from the interior surface of the conductive housing and toward the proximal end. The plurality of spring contacts is at least partially contained within the conductive housing and configured to form an electrical connection to an electrical lead inserted within the conductive housing. The conductive housing and the plurality of spring contacts are integrally formed by an additive manufacturing process such that the electrical connector is a unitary structure.
US10256552B2
A radio-frequency transceiver system, configured to support multiple-input multiple-output communication technology, includes a first complex antenna having a plurality of first antenna units; and a second complex antenna, having a plurality of second antenna units. The plurality of first antenna units and the plurality of second antenna units are regularly and alternately arranged to form an annular structure, and the first complex antenna and the second complex antenna are switched between a single-beam mode and a combined-beam mode respectively to transmit or receive radio-frequency signals.
US10256549B2
A compact, low profile, Yagi-based MIMO antenna for small form factor devices including mobile phones and other compact wireless devices. The antenna has a dielectric substrate and an electrically conductive ground plane that acts as a reflector. A driven element and director are on the substrate. In one embodiment, the driven element is an arcuate semi-loop connected to meandered legs and the director element is arcuate, both printed on the substrate. In another embodiment, the driven element is a semi-loop and the director is rectangular, both etched from the ground plane. In both embodiments, a transmission line conveys RF power to the antenna to excite the driven element. Two of the antennas can be mounted side-by-side on a substrate to form a dual-antenna system, and two of the antenna systems can be placed in a tablet or the like.
US10256548B2
A reconfigurable holographic antenna includes a metamaterial layer and a waveguide with at least one ridge. The metamaterial layer includes an array of tunable slots configurable to form holographic diffraction patterns. A reactance of each tunable slot in the array of tunable slots is individually tunable. The at least one ridge influences coupling between tunable slots in the array of tunable slots. The holographic diffraction patterns formed by the array of tunable slots generate a desired antenna wave in response to a received feed wave.
US10256545B2
Dielectric-free, metal-only, dipole-coupled radiating array aperture with wide field of view.
US10256537B2
A lens-enhanced phased array antenna panel includes a phased array antenna panel and at least one lens situated over the phased array antenna panel. The phased array antenna panel has a plurality of antennas arranged in a plurality of antenna segments. Each lens corresponds to at least one of the antenna segments. Each lens is configured to increase a gain of its corresponding antenna segment. Each lens increases a total gain of the phased array antenna panel. Additionally, each lens can provide an angular offset to direct a radio frequency (RF) beam onto its corresponding antenna segment.
US10256536B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for frequency routing based on orientation are disclosed. An example method includes receiving, by a playback device, an audio data stream. The example method includes determining, by the playback device, an orientation of the playback device. The example method includes routing, by the playback device, a first set of frequencies in the audio data stream to at least one of a plurality of speaker drivers based on the first orientation. The example method includes routing, by the playback device, a second set of frequencies in the audio data stream to the at least one of the plurality of speaker drivers based on the second orientation, wherein the first set of frequencies is different than the second set of frequencies.
US10256525B2
An antenna structure includes a metallic member and an extending section. The metallic member includes a front frame, a backboard, and a side frame. The side frame defines a slot. The front frame defines a first gap and a second gap communicating with the slot and extending across the front frame. A portion of the front frame between the first gap and the second gap forms a radiating section. Current enters the first radiating section from the first feed portion and flows through the first radiating section and towards the first gap and the second gap to generate radiation signals in a first frequency band and a second frequency band; the current flows through the extending section to generate radiation signals in a third frequency band. A wireless communication device using the antenna structure is provided.
US10256506B2
Provided is an electrolyte solution for secondary batteries that are less likely to generate gas and excellent in high-temperature storage characteristics; an electrochemical device using the electrolyte solution; and a module using the electrochemical device. The electrolyte solution contains a solvent and an electrolyte salt, the solvent containing a fluorine-containing acyclic carbonate represented by the formula (1) and a fluorine-containing maleic anhydride represented by the formula (2). The electrolyte solution contains not less than 0.001 mass % but less than 90 vol % of the fluorine-containing acyclic carbonate, and the electrolyte solution contains 0.001 to 20 mass % of the fluorine-containing maleic anhydride.
US10256504B2
The present invention is directed to solid NASICON electrolytes in which the zirconium site is doped with a 2+ oxidation state cation. The present invention is also directed to methods of making the solid electrolytes and methods of using the solid electrolytes in batteries and other electrochemical technologies.
US10256497B2
The present invention includes an electrolyte in which an organic acid lithium salt (A) and a boron compound (B) are mixed.
US10256492B2
The invention describes a membrane electrode assembly for use as a transport layer in polymer electrolyte fuel cells, the assembly comprising a porous metal gas diffusion layer (GDL) (20) and a catalyst layer (40) with a microporous layer (MPL) (30) interposed between them, the MPL (30) being constructed to fill the pores of the GDL (20) and coat the surface thereof.
US10256488B2
A fuel cell system comprises: a fuel cell stack; a turbo compressor configured to supply a cathode gas to the fuel cell stack through a cathode gas supply line; a pressure regulation valve configured to regulate a pressure of the cathode gas; and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to calculate a target rotation speed of the turbo compressor and a target opening position of the pressure regulation valve, based on a target flow rate of the cathode gas and a target pressure of the cathode gas that are determined according to a required power output of the fuel cell stack and to control the turbo compressor and the pressure regulation valve using the calculated target rotation speed and the calculated target opening position, and the controller is configured, upon increase of the required power output, to: (a) determine an acceptable overshoot level of a flow rate of the cathode gas that is to be supplied to the fuel cell stack, the acceptable overshoot level being selected from a plurality of levels based on at least an increased amount of the required power output; and (b) set a time change in opening position of the pressure regulation valve such that an overshoot amount in a change of the flow rate of the cathode gas becomes smaller as the acceptable overshoot level gets lower, and perform control of the pressure regulation valve. This configuration suppresses an excessive overshoot in the flow rate of the cathode gas.
US10256487B2
A method of accelerating activation of a fuel cell stack includes repeating, a plurality of times, a process including: applying a specific cyclic voltammetric pulse of high current to the fuel cell stack for a designated time and maintaining shutdown of the fuel cell stack.
US10256485B2
A fuel cell anode purge line includes an elongated water-scavenging body having a single inlet portion, a single outlet portion having an outlet valve, and a scavenged reservoir configured to accumulate water and fluidly connect the inlet and outlet portions so as to direct a flow of purge gas from the inlet portion through the reservoir such that the purge gas entrains the water in the flow and transfers the water towards the outlet valve.
US10256483B2
A method for manufacturing a fuel cell assembly includes: arranging an end face of a gas diffusion layer on a placement jig in a state abutting an end face of a resin frame; melting a part of the frame member and causing to penetrate into the gas diffusion layer by pressurizing the projecting part by way of a heat-transfer member, and heating the projecting part via the heat-transfer member by abutting a heating member against of the heat-transfer member; and solidifying the part of the resin frame having penetrated into the gas diffusion layer, in which an abutting position of the heating member relative to the heat transfer member is set in the melting step so that a central axis of the heating member is positioned more to a side of the gas diffusion layer than the central axis of the projecting part.
US10256477B2
A gas diffusion electrode substrate that is used in a fuel cell, wherein a microporous layer constituted by a carbon based filler and a fluororesin is formed on one surface of the electrode substrate, the sliding angle of water on the surface on the opposite side of the surface on which the microporous layer is formed is 30 degrees or less, and the through-plane gas permeation resistance is 15 to 190 mmAq.
US10256476B2
A fuel cell electrode structure includes a membrane electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane between a pair or electrodes, and a frame being integrally formed with the membrane electrode assembly supporting the membrane electrode assembly from the peripheral side.The membrane electrode assembly includes a gas diffusion layer on the surface, and a sealing member for sealing the periphery of the membrane electrode assembly is provided on the frame.The sealing member includes a lip portion, and at least partly includes extended portion that extends to the membrane electrode assembly. The extended portion is thinner than the lip portion of the sealing member, and the end face of the extended portion is in contact with the end face of the gas diffusion layer.
US10256460B2
The disclosed technology relates generally to apparatuses and methods of fabricating solid-state electrochemical cells having redox-active polymers. In one aspect, an electrochemical cell comprises a negative electrode including a first redox-active polymer and configured to be reversibly oxidized during a discharging operation and further configured to be reversibly reduced during a charging operation. The electrochemical cell additionally comprises a positive electrode including a second redox-active polymer and configured to be reversibly reduced during the discharging operation and further configured to be reversibly oxidized during the charging operation. The electrochemical cell further comprises an electrolyte including a solid ion-exchange polymer, the electrolyte interposed between positive and negative electrodes and configured to conduct ions therebetween. The electrochemical cell is configured to store energy for an associated device or apparatus and further configured to provide structural features of the associated device or apparatus. The electrochemical cell may constitute a part of the casing, packaging or containment of the device.
US10256458B2
A battery electrode composition is provided that comprises a composite material comprising one or more nanocomposites. The nanocomposites may each comprise a planar substrate backbone having a curved geometrical structure, and an active material forming a continuous or substantially continuous film at least partially encasing the substrate backbone. To form an electrode from the electrode composition, a plurality of electrically-interconnected nanocomposites of this type may be aggregated into one or more three-dimensional agglomerations, such as substantially spherical or ellipsoidal granules.
US10256457B2
A conductive member including an opening portion is connected to a positive terminal and is integrally secured to a sealing plate together with an outer insulating member and a second insulating member. The conductive member opening portion is sealed by a deformable plate. A base portion of a positive electrode current collector is connected to the deformable plate. A first insulating member that is disposed between the deformable plate and the base portion of the positive electrode current collector includes a pair of first catch portions that are disposed so as to be aligned in a longitudinal direction of the sealing plate and a pair of second catch portions that are disposed so as to be aligned in a transverse direction of the sealing plate. The first catch portions and the second catch portions are connected to the second insulating member disposed between the sealing plate and the conductive member.
US10256456B2
A rectangular secondary battery according to the present invention includes an electroconductive member, a first insulating member, a pressure-sensitive circuit breaker that includes an inversion plate and a positive electrode current collector. The electroconductive member has a first outer side surface and a second outer side surface that face away from each other. The first insulating member includes a pair of short side walls. One of the short side walls is located outside of the first outer side surface and presses the first outer side surface toward the second outer side surface. The other short side wall is located outside of the second outer side surface and presses the second outer side surface toward the first outer side surface.
US10256446B2
A binder composition for a porous membrane of a secondary battery, including a polycarboxylic acid and water, wherein the polycarboxylic acid includes a carboxylic acid group-containing monomer unit in an amount of 20% by weight or more and 50% by weight or less, the polycarboxylic acid is water-insoluble at a pH of 6.5 or less and water-soluble at a pH of 8 or more, and the binder composition for a porous membrane of a secondary battery has a pH of 6.5 or less; and a slurry for a porous membrane of a secondary battery using the binder composition, a porous membrane for a secondary battery, and a secondary battery.
US10256439B2
The present invention relates to a tandem organic light-emitting element, more particularly to a tandem organic light-emitting element which may decrease a driving voltage in a driving region of a charge generation layer by sequentially laminating an electronics layer, which is doped with a metal dopant, and an electronics layer, which is doped with an organic dopant, on one side of the charge generation layer, thereby having increased power efficiency and life span. To this end, the present invention provides a tandem organic light-emitting element which is characterized by comprising: a base substrate; a first electrode formed on the base substrate; a second electrode formed opposite to the first electrode; two or more organic light-emitting layers, formed between the first electrode and the second electrode, comprising a light-emitting layer, a hole transfer layer formed between the light-emitting layer and the first electrode, and an electronics layer formed between the light-emitting layer and the second electrode; and a charge generation layer formed between the neighboring organic light-emitting layers, wherein the electronics layer formed between the light-emitting layer and the charge generation layer has a multilayer structure, while comprising a first electronics layer doped with a metal dopant and a second electronics layer doped with an organic dopant.
US10256436B2
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The OLED display comprises a substrate on which are defined a display area and a non-display area, an inorganic layer formed over the substrate, an encapsulation layer formed over the inorganic layer. A portion of the inorganic layer is formed over the non-display area, a portion of the encapsulation layer is formed over the non-display area, and a plurality of openings are formed in the portion of the encapsulation layer and the portion of the inorganic layer.
US10256435B2
A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area, a pixel part in the display area of the substrate to display an image, a first encapsulation layer disposed over and covering at least part of the pixel part, and a second encapsulation layer disposed over the first encapsulation layer and substantially covering the entire extent of the first encapsulation layer, wherein the second encapsulation layer comprises an interpenetrating polymer hydrogel.
US10256431B2
An organic light emitting device includes a base substrate having an active area and a pad area, an organic light emitting diode layer disposed on the active area, an encapsulation substrate disposed on the organic light emitting diode layer, a signal pad disposed on the pad area, and a cover layer provided between the active area and the pad area. Further, the cover layer and a portion of the encapsulation substrate are provided outside the active area.
US10256430B2
An organic light emitting device includes a substrate. An organic light emitting diode is disposed on the substrate. A thin film encapsulation layer is disposed over the organic light emitting diode. The thin film encapsulation layer includes at least one organic layer. An organic passivation layer is disposed directly on the thin film encapsulation layer. The organic passivation layer has a smaller Young's modulus than the organic layer of the thin film encapsulation layer.
US10256426B2
A thin-film transistor array panel and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The thin-film transistor array panel has a polysilicon layer including a first region, a second region and a third region. The second region includes a fourth region, a fifth region and a sixth region. The third region includes a seventh region, an eighth region and ninth region. The sixth, the fourth, the ninth and the seventh regions are doped with first, second, third and fourth ions, respectively. In a thin-film transistor of the thin-film transistor array panel, a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode thereof correspond to the first, the sixth and the ninth regions, respectively. The device is able to reduce leakage current in the thin-film transistor.
US10256425B2
The present disclosure provides a display substrate, comprising: a bending resistant region; the region comprises a base and a metal wire layer, wherein the metal wire layer is directly formed on the base, or the region further comprises an organic buffer layer located between the base and the metal wire layer, and the metal wire layer is directly formed on the organic buffer layer. The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing the display substrate above-described. The present disclosure further provides a display device, comprising the display substrate above-described. The present disclosure further provides a method for manufacturing the display device, comprising the method for manufacturing the display substrate above-described. The present disclosure forms a bending resistant structure in a predetermined bending resistant region on the bezel portions of the display substrate, which can enhance the bend resistance thereof and improve the quality of the flexible display.
US10256422B2
An organic electronic component and a method for making an organic electronic component with a p-dopant are disclosed. In an embodiment, the component includes a matrix containing a zinc complex as a p-dopant, the zinc complex containing at least one ligand L of the following structure: formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 can be oxygen, sulphur, selenium, NH or NR4 independently selected from one another, wherein R3 may comprise alkyl, long-chain alkyl, cycloalkyl, halogen-alkyl, aryl, arylene, halogen-aryl, heteroaryl, heteroarylene, heterocyclic-alkylene, heterocycloalkyl, halogen-heteroaryl, alkenyl, halogen-alkenyl, alkynyl, halogen-alkynyl, ketoaryl, halogen-ketoaryl, ketoheteroaryl, ketoalkyl, halogen-ketoalkyl, ketoalkenyl, halogen-ketoalkenyl, halogen-alkyl-aryl or halogen-alkyl-heteroaryl, and wherein R4 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl and aryl which can be bonded to R3.
US10256417B2
Disclosed are an organic electroluminescent device and a preparation method thereof. The organic electroluminescent device comprises an anode, a hole transport layer, an organic light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a cathode. An organic metal complex and an active metal compound are doped in the electron transport layer, wherein the active metal compound is an alkali metal complex, an alkali earth metal complex or a lanthanide metal compound. The preparation method thereof includes the following steps: etching an anode pattern, and evaporating a hole transport layer and an organic light-emitting layer on an ITO glass substrate in order; and co-evaporate an electron transport material, an organic metal complex and an active metal compound to form an electron transport layer; and evaporating a cathode on the electron transport layer.
US10256416B2
A compound is represented by Formula 1, 2, or 3, and an organic light-emitting device includes the compound. The organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic layer. The organic layer includes the compound represented by Formula 1, 2 or 3. A flat display apparatus includes the organic light-emitting device.
US10256404B2
A memory device according to an embodiment includes a first conductive layer; a second conductive layer; a first metal oxide layer that is provided between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer and includes at least one first metal element selected from the group consisting of aluminum (Al), gallium (Ga), zirconium (Zr), and hafnium (Hf); and a second metal oxide layer that is provided between the first metal oxide layer and the second conductive layer and includes at least one second metal element selected from the group consisting of zinc (Zn), titanium (Ti), tin (Sn), vanadium (V), niobium (Nb), tantalum (Ta), and tungsten (W). The first metal oxide layer includes a third metal element. The third metal element has a lower valence than a metal element having the highest atomic percent in the first metal oxide layer among the at least one first metal element.
US10256397B2
A method of making a magnetic random access memory device includes forming a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) on an electrode, the MTJ including a reference layer, a tunnel barrier layer, and a free layer; disposing a hard mask on the MTJ; etching sidewalls of the hard mask and MTJ to form a stack with a first width and redeposit metal along the MTJ sidewall; depositing a sacrificial dielectric layer on the hard mask, surface of the electrode, exposed sidewall of the hard mask and the MTJ, and on redeposited metal along the sidewall of the MTJ; removing a portion of the sacrificial dielectric layer from sidewalls of the hard mask and MTJ and redeposited metal from the MTJ sidewalls; and removing a portion of a sidewall of the MTJ and hard mask to provide a second width to the stack; wherein the second width is less than the first width.
US10256396B2
Provided are a magnetic sensor and a method of fabricating the same. The magnetic sensor includes: hall elements disposed in a substrate, a protection layer disposed on the substrate, a seed layer disposed on the protection layer, and an integrated magnetic concentrator (IMC) formed on the seed layer, the seed layer and the IMC each having an uneven surface.
US10256392B1
Techniques for a vertical transmon qubit device are provided. In one embodiment, a chip surface base device structure is provided that comprises a first superconducting material physically coupled to a crystalline substrate, wherein the crystalline substrate is physically coupled to a second superconducting material, wherein the second superconducting material is physically coupled to a second crystalline substrate. In one implementation, the chip surface base device structure also comprises a vertical Josephson junction located in a via of the crystalline substrate, the vertical Josephson junction comprising the first superconducting material, a tunnel barrier, and the second superconducting material. In one implementation, the chip surface base device structure also comprises a transmon qubit comprising the vertical Josephson junction and a capacitor formed between the first superconducting material and the second superconducting material.
US10256376B1
A LED device includes LED chips mounted on a substrate, a first fluorescent layer, a second fluorescent layer and a package housing. The LED chips emit a blue light. The first fluorescent layer has a first side facing to the LED chips for converting the blue light to a red light. The second fluorescent layer has a first side attached to a second side of the first fluorescent layer for converting the blue light to a red light emitted from a second side of the second fluorescent layer. The package housing holds the substrate and the first fluorescent layer.
US10256373B2
Various methods and apparatuses are disclosed. A method may include disposing at least one die on a location on a carrier substrate, forming at least one stud bump on each of at least one die, forming a phosphor layer on the at least one stud bump and the at least one die, removing a top portion of the phosphor layer to expose the at least one stud bump, and removing a side portion of the phosphor layer located between two adjacent dies. An apparatus may include a die comprising top, bottom, and side surfaces. A phosphor layer may be disposed on the top, bottom, and side surfaces of the die. The phosphor layer may have substantially equal thicknesses on the top and side surfaces of the die as well as one or more stud bumps disposed on the top surface of the die.
US10256372B2
A display device including a backplane, a plurality of light-emitting devices, a first distributed Bragg reflector layer and a second distributed Bragg reflector layer is provided. The light-emitting devices are disposed on the backplane. The first distributed Bragg reflector layer is disposed between the backplane and the light-emitting devices. The light-emitting devices are disposed between the first distributed Bragg reflector layer and the second distributed Bragg reflector layer. A projected area of the first distributed Bragg reflector layer on the backplane is larger than a projected area of one of the light-emitting devices on the backplane or a projected area of the second distributed Bragg reflector layer on the backplane is larger than a projected area of one light-emitting device on the backplane.
US10256368B2
Provided is a semiconductor substrate including a growth substrate, one or more compound semiconductor layers disposed on the growth substrate, and one or more control layers disposed between the compound semiconductor layers. Each control layer includes multiple nitride semiconductor layers including at least Al.
US10256364B2
A method of manufacturing a solar cell, the method includes forming a protective film over a semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate including a base area of a first conductive type and formed of crystalline silicon, wherein the forming of the protective film includes a heat treatment process performed at a heat treatment temperature of approximately 600 degrees Celsius or more under a gas atmosphere including nitrogen, and wherein the heat treatment process includes: a main section, during which the heat treatment temperature is maintained, a temperature increase section before the main section, during which an increase in temperature occurs from an introduction temperature to the heat treatment temperature, and a temperature reduction section after the main section, during which a decrease in temperature occurs from the heat treatment temperature to a discharge temperature.
US10256361B2
In one aspect, metal oxide compositions having electronic structure of multiple band gaps are described. In some embodiments, a metal oxide composition comprises a (Co,Ni)O alloy having electronic structure including multiple band gaps. The (Co,Ni)O alloy can include a first band gap and a second band gap, the first band gap separating valence and conduction bands of the electronic structure.
US10256356B2
Solar thin film modules are provided with reduced lateral dimensions of isolation trenches and contact trenches, which provide for a series connection of the individual solar cells. To this end lithography and etch techniques are applied to pattern the individual material layers, thereby reducing parasitic shunt leakages compared to conventional laser scribing techniques. In particular, there may be series connected solar cells formed on a flexible substrate material that are highly efficient in indoor applications.
US10256350B2
A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor including: forming a gate electrode on a substrate, forming an insulating film, forming a first silicon layer including an amorphous silicon, irradiating a region of the first silicon layer from a part or the whole of a predetermined region of the first silicon layer to an outside of the predetermined region with an energy beam so as to convert a portion of the first silicon layer into a polycrystalline silicon, a first etching step for etching the first silicon layer while leaving the predetermined region, forming a second silicon layer including an amorphous silicon so as to cover the predetermined region, a second etching step for etching the second silicon layer covering the predetermined region while leaving a part of the second silicon layer, the part larger than the predetermined region, and forming a source electrode and a drain electrode.
US10256347B2
The semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor layer including a plurality of channel formation regions arranged in the channel width direction and parallel to each other and a gate electrode layer covering a side surface and a top surface of each channel formation region with a gate insulating layer placed between the gate electrode layer and the channel formation regions. With this structure, an electric field is applied to each channel formation region from the side surface direction and the top surface direction. This makes it possible to favorably control the threshold voltage of the transistor and improve the S value thereof. Moreover, with the plurality of channel formation regions, the transistor can have increased effective channel width; thus, a decrease in on-state current can be prevented.
US10256344B2
The present disclosure relates to an oxide thin film transistor and a fabricating method thereof. In the oxide thin film transistor, which uses amorphous zinc oxide (ZnO) semiconductor as an active layer, damage to the oxide semiconductor due to dry etching may be minimized by forming source and drain electrodes in a multilayered structure having at least two layers, and improving stability and reliability of a device by employing a dual passivation layer structure, which includes a lower layer for overcoming an oxygen deficiency and an upper layer to minimize effects of an external environment on the multilayered source and drain electrodes.
US10256343B2
The present disclosure discloses a thin film transistor, an array substrate and their manufacturing methods, and a display apparatus. The method for manufacturing the thin film transistor of the present disclosure comprises a step of forming an insulation layer, wherein the step of forming the insulation layer further comprises forming a siloxane material layer, oxidizing the siloxane material layer such that an inorganic silicon film is formed on a surface of the siloxane material layer, and curing the oxidized siloxane material layer to obtain the insulation layer. In this disclosure, the outer layer of the insulation layer is an inorganic silicon film which is a commonly-used material for making the insulation layer in prior art, and the inner layer of the insulation layer is made of the siloxane material having a low dielectric constant and high chemical stability.
US10256337B2
A device includes a transistor formed on a substrate. The transistor includes an n-type drain contact layer, an n-type drain layer, an oxide layer, a p-type body region, a p-type terminal region, body trenches, and terminal trenches. The n-type drain contact layer is near a bottom surface of the substrate. The n-type drain layer is positioned on the n-type drain contact layer. The oxide layer circumscribes a transistor region. The p-type body region is positioned within the transistor region. The p-type terminal region extends from under the oxide layer to an edge of the transistor region, thereby forming a contiguous junction with the p-type body region. The body trenches is within the transistor region and interleaves with the p-type body region, whereas the terminal trenches is outside the transistor region and interleaves with the p-type terminal region.
US10256335B2
A nitride semiconductor device includes an electron transit layer (103) that is formed of a nitride semiconductor, an electron supply layer (104) that is formed on the electron transit layer (103), that is formed of a nitride semiconductor whose composition is different from the electron transit layer (103) and that has a recess (109) which reaches the electron transit layer (103) from a surface, a thermal oxide film (111) that is formed on the surface of the electron transit layer (103) exposed within the recess (109), a gate insulating film (110) that is embedded within the recess (109) so as to be in contact with the thermal oxide film (111), a gate electrode (108) that is formed on the gate insulating film (110) and that is opposite to the electron transit layer (103) across the thermal oxide film (111) and the gate insulating film (110), and a source electrode (106) and a drain electrode (107) that are provided on the electron supply layer (104) at an interval such that the gate electrode (108) intervenes therebetween.
US10256320B1
A vertical field-effect transistor and a method for fabricating the same. The vertical field-effect transistor includes a substrate and a bottom source/drain region. The vertical field-effect transistor also includes at least one fin structure, and further includes a bottom spacer layer. The bottom spacer layer has a substantially uniform thickness with a thickness variation of less than 3 nm. A gate structure contacts the bottom spacer layer and at least one fin structure. The method includes forming a structure including a substrate, a source/drain region, and one or more fins. A polymer brush spacer is formed in contact with at least sidewalls of the one or more fins. A polymer brush layer is formed in contact with at least the source/drain region and the polymer brush spacer. The polymer brush spacer is removed. Then, the polymer brush layer is reflowed to the sidewalls of the at least one fin.
US10256315B2
A thin film transistor, a method for fabricating the same, an array substrate, and a display device are provided. The thin film transistor comprises a copper gate, a gate insulating layer, an active layer, a source, and a drain. The thin film transistor further comprises a copper alloy layer which is arranged on a side of the gate facing the active layer.
US10256314B2
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer, a first electrode above and electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer, a second electrode above the first semiconductor layer and electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer, a first insulating layer above the first semiconductor layer between the first and second electrodes, and a third electrode. The second electrode is spaced from the first electrode along the first semiconductor layer. The third electrode includes a first portion above the first insulating layer between the first and second electrodes, and a second portion between the first portion and the second electrode and extending from the first portion in the direction of, and spaced from, the second electrode. The distance between the first semiconductor layer and an adjacent curved surface of the second portion gradually increases from the first portion to the end of the second portion distal the first portion.
US10256308B1
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a first nitride semiconductor layer; a second nitride semiconductor layer on the first nitride semiconductor layer; a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on or above the first nitride semiconductor layer; a gate electrode above the first nitride semiconductor layer; and a gate insulating layer, the gate insulating layer including a silicon oxide film and an aluminum oxynitride film, the aluminum oxynitride film disposed between the first nitride semiconductor layer and the silicon oxide film, a first atomic ratio of nitrogen relative to a sum of oxygen and nitrogen at a first position in the aluminum oxynitride film being higher than a second atomic ratio of nitrogen relative to a sum of oxygen and nitrogen at a second position in the aluminum oxynitride film, and the second position being closer to the silicon oxide film than the first position.
US10256306B1
A vertically integrated multispectral imaging sensor includes a first metal contact layer on a substrate, an SiO2 layer on the first metal contact layer with a first detector element embedded in a hole therein, a first graphene layer that covers the first detector element, a second metal contact layer on the SiO2 layer on one side of the first graphene, an AlO3 layer on the SiO2 layer, in which a second detector element is embedded in a hole over the first graphene layer, a second graphene layer on the second detector element, and a third metal contact layer on the AlO3 layer adjacent to the second graphene layer. The first detector material is sensitive to a different wavelength band of the electromagnetic spectrum than the second detector material.
US10256300B2
A semiconductor device includes: an active layer that is located in an SOI substrate, and in which an element included in a circuit is formed; a buried insulation layer that is located in the SOI substrate, and is in contact with the active layer; a deep trench isolation (DTI) region that is formed in the active layer to surround a whole formation region of the element in plan view, and extends from an upper surface to a lower surface of the active layer; and a first conductive film formed above the element. The DTI region has a first hole inside, and a film thickness of the first conductive film is greater than a thickness of the active layer.
US10256299B2
A power semiconductor device includes a semiconductor-on-insulator island having a semiconductor region and an insulation structure, the insulation structure being formed by an oxide and separating the semiconductor region from a portion of a semiconductor body of the power semiconductor device. The insulation structure includes a sidewall that laterally confines the semiconductor region; a bottom that vertically confines the semiconductor region; and a local deepening that forms at least a part of a transition between the sidewall and the bottom, wherein the local deepening extends further along the extension direction as compared to the bottom.
US10256294B2
The present disclosure relates to a vertical gallium-nitride (GaN) power field-effect transistor (FET) with a field plate structure. The vertical GaN power FET includes a conductive substrate, a drift region, a field plate structure, a channel region with tapered side walls, a gate dielectric region, a gate contact, a drain contact and source contacts. The field plate structure includes a lower layer formed of pi p-type graded AlGaN and a upper layer formed of p-type GaN. The field plate structure utilizes the charge separation at the interface between the lower layer and the upper layer to achieve high breakdown voltage.
US10256280B2
An organic light emitting display panel including a first electrode, a second electrode on the first electrode, an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including at least one light emitting layer, an organic cover layer disposed on the second electrode, a lower layer between the organic cover layer and the second electrode and including a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer, which are different from each other and are sequentially stacked, and an upper layer on the organic cover layer. The first layer contacts the second electrode. The second layer and the third layer each include a silicon compound.
US10256278B2
A display device includes a frame, a protrusion, a display panel, a protective substrate, and a buffer material. The frame includes a bottom plate and a side plate; and the bottom plate has an inner surface, and the side plate is on the inner surface of the bottom plate. The protrusion is disposed on the inner surface of the bottom plate. The display panel is disposed on the protrusion and includes a force sensitive layer. A protection substrate is disposed on the display panel. The buffer material is connected with the protection substrate and the side plate of the frame, and the buffer material has a greater elastic coefficient than the protrusion.
US10256275B2
An array of vertically stacked tiers of memory cells includes a plurality of horizontally oriented access lines within individual tiers and a plurality of horizontally oriented global sense lines elevationally outward of the tiers. A plurality of select transistors is elevationally inward of the tiers. A plurality of pairs of local first and second vertical lines extends through the tiers. The local first vertical line within individual of the pairs is in conductive connection with one of the global sense lines and in conductive connection with one of the source/drain regions of one of the select transistors. The local second vertical line is in conductive connection with the other source/drain region of the one select transistor. Individual memory cells include a crossing one of the local second vertical lines and one of the horizontal access lines and programmable material there-between. Other aspects and implementations, including methods, are disclosed.
US10256267B2
A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions each provided to correspond to each of a plurality of pixels in a semiconductor substrate and receiving incident light through a light sensing surface, and a pixel separation portion that is embedded into a trench provided on a side portion of the photoelectric conversion portion and electrically separates the plurality of pixels in a side of an incident surface of the semiconductor substrate into which the incident light enters. The pixel separation portion is formed by an insulation material which absorbs the incident light entering the light sensing surface.
US10256263B2
An image sensor having a pixel part generating a signal in accordance with a light, a signal processing part performing signal processing on the signal read from the pixel part, and a power supply part connected to the signal processing part via a first wiring, and supplying a power supply to the signal processing part, and a storage package storing the image sensor, and having a second wiring configuring a parallel circuit by being connected to the first wiring. Accordingly, it is possible to solve a problem such that a wiring resistance is increased when a power supply circuit is configured inside of a solid state image sensor.
US10256255B2
A semiconductor device includes first and second transistors having the same conductivity type and a circuit. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to that of the second transistor. First and third potentials are supplied to the circuit through respective wirings. A second potential and a first clock signal are supplied to the others of the sources and the drains of the first and second transistors, respectively. A second clock signal is supplied to the circuit. The third potential is higher than the second potential which is higher than the first potential. A fourth potential is equal to or higher than the third potential. The first clock signal alternates the second and fourth potentials and the second clock signal alternates the first and third potentials. The circuit controls electrical connections between gates of the first and second transistors and the wirings.
US10256250B2
A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device is provided. A stacked structure is formed on a substrate. The stacked structure includes conductive patterns vertically stacked on the substrate. A selection structure including selection conductive patterns is stacked on the stacked structure. A channel structure penetrates the selection structure and the stacked structure to connect to the substrate. An upper interconnection line crosses the selection structure. A conductive pad is disposed on the channel structure to electrically connect the upper interconnection line to the channel structure. A bottom surface of the conductive pad is positioned below a top surface of the uppermost selection conductive pattern of the selection conductive patterns.
US10256242B2
A memory circuit with thyristor includes a plurality of memory cells. Each memory cell of the plurality of memory cells includes an access transistor and a thyristor. The thyristor is coupled to the access transistor. At least one of a gate of the access transistor and a gate of the thyristor has a fin structure.
US10256239B2
A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes depositing a spacer material over a top surface of a substrate and two or more spaced-apart gates formed on the top surface of the substrate. The method also includes depositing a sacrificial liner over the spacer material and etching the sacrificial liner and the spacer material to expose portions of the top surface of the substrate between the two or more spaced-apart gates. The method further includes removing the sacrificial liner such that remaining spacer material forms two or more spacers between the two or more spaced-apart gates, each of the spacers including a first portion proximate the top surface of the substrate having a first width and a second portion above the first portion with a second width smaller than the first width.
US10256238B2
A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes forming a fin cut mask over a region in a fin field-effect transistor (finFET) structure. The finFET structure includes one or more fins and one or more gates and source/drain regions formed over the one or more fins in active regions of the finFET structure. The method also includes performing a fin cut by removing a portion of at least one fin. The portion of the at least one fin is determined by an exposed area of the fin cut mask. The exposed area of the fin cut mask includes at least a portion of the at least one fin between a first dummy gate and a second dummy gate formed over the at least one fin. The method further includes removing the fin cut mask and depositing an oxide to replace the portion of the at least one fin removed during the fin cut.
US10256237B2
An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a first and a second fin-type active region protruding from a first region and a second region, respectively, of a substrate, a first and a second gate line, and a first and a second source/drain region. The first fin-type active region has a first top surface and a first recess has a first depth from the first top surface. The first source/drain region fills the first recess and has a first width. The second fin-type active region has a second top surface and a second recess has a second depth from the second top surface. The second depth is greater than the first depth. The second source/drain region fills the second recess and has a second width. The second width is greater than the first width.
US10256233B2
A method for forming a semiconductor device and the resulting device are provided. At least one capacitor in a first gate structure is formed over a substrate. The at least one capacitor includes a first gate electrode including a first conductive layer, a semiconductor layer including a semiconductor material and a dopant, a dielectric layer disposed between the first gate electrode and the semiconductor layer, and a second conductive layer contacting the semiconductor layer. The at least one resistor includes a third conductive layer and is electrically connected to the at least one capacitor.
US10256227B2
Disclosed are semiconductor devices that include additional gate pads, and methods of fabricating and testing such devices. A device may include a first gate pad, a second gate pad, and a third gate pad. The first gate pad is connected to a gate including a gate oxide layer. The second and third gate pads are part of an electro-static discharge (ESD) protection network for the device. The ESD protection network is initially isolated from the first gate pad and hence from the gate and gate oxide layer. Accordingly, gate oxide integrity (GOI) testing can be effectively performed and the reliability and quality of the gate oxide layer can be checked. The second gate pad can be subsequently connected to the first gate pad to enable the ESD protection network, and the third gate pad can be subsequently connected to an external terminal when the device is packaged.
US10256225B2
A gate-less electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device is provided that can be formed in various complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) systems. The gate-less ESD event protection device includes a substrate, a first doped region formed in the substrate, a second doped region extending into the first doped region, a third doped region extending into the first doped region, a first node formed over a portion of the second doped region and coupled to a source terminal and a second node formed over the third doped region and coupled to a drain terminal. The gate-less ESD protection devices can be formed such that no gate electrode is formed and the gate-less ESD protection device does not include a gate terminal. Thus, an operating voltage range of the gate-less ESD protection device is not limited by gate oxide degradation.
US10256220B2
An optical sensor that captures a heart rate and/or a blood oxygen content includes a light source including a light emitter that emits electromagnetic radiation with a first wavelength range including green light, a second wavelength range including red light and a third wavelength range including infrared radiation, and three light detectors, each including a filter for electromagnetic radiation, wherein a first filter is transmissive for light of the first wavelength range and non-transmissive for light of the second wavelength range and the infrared radiation of the third wavelength range, a second filter is transmissive for light of the second wavelength range and non-transmissive for light of the first wavelength range and the infrared radiation of the third wavelength range and a third filter is transmissive for the infrared radiation of the third wavelength range and non-transmissive for light of the first and the second wavelength range.
US10256217B2
A light emitting device includes a circuitry substrate and multiple light emitting diodes (LEDs) bonded to the circuitry substrate in a spaced array. The light emitting device also includes a continuous and substantially flat wavelength conversion member covering the light emitting diodes (LEDs) configured to convert the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the light emitting diodes (LEDs) into another wavelength range. The light emitting device also includes a planarized layer configured to support the wavelength conversion member on the circuitry substrate. The light emitting device can also include a light shaper on the wavelength conversion member configured to form emitting windows for the electromagnetic radiation transmitted through the wavelength conversion member forming an output light beam having a desired emitting window size, shape, and edge and to block and minimize scattered electromagnetic radiation from the wavelength conversion layer.
US10256211B2
An apparatus is described having a build-up layer. The build-up layer has a pad side of multiple die pressed into a bottom side of the build-up layer. The multiple die have wide pads to facilitate on wafer testing of the multiple die. The wide pads are spaced a minimum distance permitted by a manufacturing process used to manufacture their respective die. The build-up layer above the wide pads is removed. The apparatus also includes metallization on a top side of the build-up layer that substantially fills regions above the wide pads. The metallization includes lands above the wide pads and multiple wires between the wide pads.
US10256205B2
BGA packages with a spatially varied ball height, molds and techniques to form such packages. A template or mold with cavities may be pre-fabricated to hold solder paste material applied to the mold, for example with a solder paste printing process. The depth and/or diameter of the cavities may be predetermined as a function of spatial position within the mold working surface area. Mold cavity dimensions may be specified corresponding to package position to account for one or more pre-existing or expected spatial variations in the package, such as a package-level warpage measurement. Any number of different ball heights may be provided. The molds may be employed in a standardize process that need not be modified with each change in the mold.
US10256203B2
A semiconductor package includes a die, a passivation layer, a plurality of first electrical conductive vias, a plurality of second electrical conductive vias, a plurality of thermal conductive vias and a connecting pattern. The die includes a plurality of first pads and a plurality of second pads. The passivation layer is disposed on the die. The first electrical conductive vias and the second electrical conductive vias extend through the passivation layer and contact the first pads and the second pads respectively. The thermal conductive vias are disposed on the passivation layer. Each of the thermal conductive vias is spaced apart from the first and second electrical conductive vias. The connecting pattern is disposed on the passivation layer and connects the first electrical conductive vias and the thermal conductive vias. The thermal conductive vias are connected to the first pads through the connecting pattern and the first electrical conductive vias.
US10256200B2
An electronic component package and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The electronic component package includes a frame having a through-hole, an electronic component disposed in the through-hole of the frame, and a redistribution part disposed at one side of the frame and the electronic component. One or more first wiring layers of the frame are electrically connected to the electronic component through the redistribution part.
US10256197B2
A transistor device includes a transistor implemented over a semiconductor substrate, one or more dielectric layers formed over the transistor, and a handle wafer layer disposed on at least a portion of the one or more dielectric layers, the handle wafer layer including a topside trench defined at least in part by sidewall portions of the handle wafer layer.
US10256184B2
A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate, a first insulating film formed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate, a first recess formed in the first insulating film, a first barrier film formed on an inner surface of the first insulating film except a top peripheral region of the first trench, a first conductive film formed in the first trench, and a covering film formed on an upper surface and a top peripheral region of the first conductive film and an upper surface of the first barrier film. The first conductive film includes copper.
US10256174B2
A film type semiconductor package includes a film substrate; a metal pattern extending a first length in a first direction on the film substrate, having a first width in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction the first length being larger than the first width, and includes a plurality of through holes spaced apart from each other in the first direction; a semiconductor chip including a plurality of pads; and a plurality of bumps spaced apart from each other in the first direction, bonded with the metal pattern, and overlapping the plurality of through holes and connected to the pads of the semiconductor chip.
US10256168B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die having a first side having a first terminal and an opposite second side having at least two second terminals. A lead frame has a first part and a second part. The second part of the lead frame is both electrically and mechanically spaced from the first part. The second side of the die is attached to the lead frame such that the first and second lead frame parts are respectively connected to the at least two second terminals. The first and second lead frame parts include respective first and second extensions that project past a side of the die and provide first and second terminal surfaces that are co-planar with the first terminal on the first side of the die. The device makes use of the terminals on the both sides of the die. The device second side is exposed for thermal performance.
US10256167B1
A semiconductor structure includes a field effect transistor located on a semiconductor substrate, a silicon oxide liner contacting at least a portion of the semiconductor substrate, a silicon nitride liner contacting a top surface and a sidewall of the silicon oxide liner and contacting a top surface of the semiconductor substrate in a seal region, a silicon nitride diffusion barrier layer including a planar bottom surface that contacts top surfaces of vertically extending portions of the silicon nitride liner, and a silicon oxide material portion overlying the silicon nitride diffusion barrier layer. A combination of the silicon nitride liner and the silicon nitride diffusion barrier layer constitutes a hydrogen diffusion barrier structure that continuously extends from the seal region and over the field effect transistor.
US10256162B2
Disclosed is a substrate processing system capable of performing an etching processing collectively on a plurality of substrates accommodated in a processing container. The system includes: a first acquisition unit which acquires, as information, an amount of a film forming material formed on one of the substrates; a second acquisition unit which acquires, as information, the number of the substrates; a first calculating unit which calculates a total amount of the film forming material formed on the substrates based on the amount of the film forming material and the number of the substrates; and a second calculating unit which calculates an etching condition required to etch and remove the entire film forming material based on the total amount of the film forming materials and a relationship between a predetermined amount of the film forming material and an etching condition.
US10256159B2
A method is presented for forming a semiconductor structure. The method includes forming a silicon (Si) channel for a first device, forming a first interfacial layer over the Si channel, forming a silicon-germanium (SiGe) channel for a second device, forming a second interfacial layer over the SiGe channel, and selectively removing germanium oxide (GeOX) from the second interfacial layer by applying a combination of hydrogen (H2) and hydrogen chloride (HCl). The second interfacial is silicon germanium oxide (SiGeOX) and removal of the GeOX results in formation of a pure silicon dioxide (SiO2) layer.
US10256154B2
A method for forming a field-effect transistor (FET) including forming a plurality of individual fins on a substrate. The method continues with forming a dummy anchor structure, with the dummy anchor located outside the outermost fin. The fins and dummy anchor define a trench, where the trench has a width dimension. The method continues with depositing a shallow trench isolation (STI) material into the trench and between the fins, where the STI material places uniform tension stresses on both sides of the individual fins.
US10256149B2
A semiconductor base substrate having a substantially planar growth surface is provided. A first type III-V semiconductor layer is epitaxially grown on the growth surface. First and second trenches that vertically extend from an upper surface of the first type III-V semiconductor layer at least to the growth surface are formed. The first and second trenches are filled with a filler material that is different from material of the type III-V semiconductor layer. A cut that separates the first type III-V semiconductor layer and the base substrate into two discrete semiconductor chips is formed. The cut is formed in a lateral section of the first type III-V semiconductor layer that is between the first and second trenches.
US10256148B2
The invention relates to a method of processing a wafer, having on one side a device area with a plurality of devices partitioned by a plurality of division lines and a peripheral marginal area having no devices and being formed around the device area, wherein the device area is formed with a plurality of protrusions protruding from a plane surface of the wafer. The method comprises attaching a protective film, for covering the devices on the wafer, to the one side of the wafer, wherein the protective film is adhered to at least a part of the one side of the wafer with an adhesive, and providing a carrier having a curable resin applied to a front surface thereof. The method further comprises attaching the one side of the wafer, having the protective film attached thereto, to the front surface of the carrier, so that the protrusions protruding from the plane surface of the wafer are embedded in the curable resin and a back surface of the carrier opposite to the front surface thereof is substantially parallel to the side of the wafer being opposite to the one side, and grinding the side of the wafer being opposite to the one side for adjusting the wafer thickness.
US10256147B2
The dicing method comprises the steps of providing a substrate (1) of semiconductor material, the substrate having a main surface (10), where integrated components (3) of chips (13) are arranged, and a rear surface (11) opposite the main surface, fastening a first handling wafer above the main surface, thinning the substrate at the rear surface, and forming trenches (20) penetrating the substrate and separating the chips by a single etching step after the substrate has been thinned.
US10256146B2
A semiconductor device and method of forming the same, the semiconductor device includes a first and second fin shaped structures, a first and second gate structures and a first and second plugs. The first and second fin shaped structures are disposed on a first region and a second region of a substrate and the first and second gate structure are disposed across the first and second fin shaped structures, respectively. A dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate, covering the first and second gate structure. The first and second plugs are disposed in the dielectric layer, wherein the first plug is electrically connected first source/drain regions adjacent to the first gate structure and contacts sidewalls of the first gate structure, and the second plug is electrically connected to second source/drain regions adjacent to the second gate structure and not contacting sidewalls of the second gate structure.
US10256143B2
The present disclosure describes a method of forming a replacement contact. For example, the replacement contact can include a metal with one or more first sidewall surfaces and a top surface. A first dielectric can be formed to abut the one or more first sidewall surfaces of the metal. A second dielectric can be formed over the first dielectric and the top surface of the metal. An opening in the second dielectric can be formed. A metal oxide structure can be selectively grown on the top surface of the metal, where the metal oxide structure has one or more second sidewall surfaces. One or more spacers can be formed to abut the one or more second sidewall surfaces of the metal oxide structure. Further, the metal oxide structure can be removed.
US10256122B2
A substrate heating device includes: heating modules each having a processing vessel within which a heating plate is disposed, an gas inlet port for introducing a purge gas into a processing atmosphere, and an exhaust port for exhausting the processing atmosphere; individual exhaust paths each connected to the exhaust port of the heating modules; a common exhaust path connected to downstream ends of the individual exhaust paths of the heating modules; a branch path branched from the individual exhaust paths and opened to the outside of the processing vessel; and an exhaust flow rate adjusting unit configured to adjust a flow rate ratio of an exhaust flow rate of a gas exhausted from the exhaust port into the common exhaust path and an introduction flow rate of a gas introduced from the outside of the processing vessel into the common exhaust path through the branch path.
US10256120B2
In some embodiments, an apparatus for cleaning a substrate is provided that includes (1) a substrate chuck configured to support a substrate with a front side of the substrate accessible; (2) a buff pad assembly configured to support a buff pad having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the substrate; and (3) a swing arm coupled to the buff pad and configured to position and rotate the buff pad along the front side of the substrate, and control an amount of force applied by the buff pad against the front side of the substrate during cleaning. The substrate chuck, buff pad assembly and swing arm are configured to buff clean the substrate. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed.
US10256111B2
A method for polishing dies locations on a substrate with a polishing module. A thickness at selected locations on the substrate is premeasured at a metrology station, each location corresponding to a location of a single die. The thickness obtained by the metrology station for the selected locations of the substrate is provided to a controller of a polishing module. The thickness corrections for each selected location on the substrate are determined. A polishing step in a polishing recipe is formed from the thickness correction for each selected location. A polishing parameter for each die location is calculated for the recipe.
US10256109B2
A method for etching silicon-containing films is disclosed. The method includes the steps of introducing a vapor of a nitrogen containing etching compound into a reaction chamber containing a silicon-containing film on a substrate, wherein the nitrogen containing etching compound is an organofluorine compound containing at least one C≡N or C═N functional group; introducing an inert gas into the reaction chamber; and activating a plasma to produce an activated nitrogen containing etching compound capable of etching the silicon-containing film from the substrate.
US10256108B2
A method for performing atomic layer etching (ALE) on a substrate, including the following method operations: performing a surface modification operation on a surface of the substrate, the surface modification operation configured to convert at least one monolayer of the substrate surface to a modified layer; performing a removal operation on the substrate surface, the removal operation configured to remove the modified layer from the substrate surface, wherein removing the modified layer occurs via a ligand exchange reaction that is configured to volatilize the modified layer; performing, following the removal operation, a plasma treatment on the substrate surface, the plasma treatment configured to remove residues generated by the removal operation from the substrate surface, wherein the residues are volatilized by the plasma treatment; repeating the foregoing operations until a predefined thickness has been etched from the substrate surface.
US10256106B2
A technique relates to protecting a tunnel junction. A first electrode paddle and a second electrode paddle are on a substrate. The first and second electrode paddles oppose one another. A sacrificial shorting strap is formed on the substrate. The sacrificial shorting strap connects the first electrode paddle and the second electrode paddle; The tunnel junction is formed connecting the first electrode paddle and the second electrode paddle, after forming the sacrificial shorting strap. The substrate is mounted on a portion of a quantum cavity. The portion of the quantum cavity is placed in a vacuum chamber. The sacrificial shorting strap is etched away in the vacuum chamber while the substrate is mounted to the portion of the quantum cavity, such that the sacrificial shorting strap no longer connects the first and second electrode paddles. The tunnel junction has been protected from electrostatic discharge by the sacrificial shorting strap.
US10256105B2
An electrostatic chuck heater includes a disc-shaped ceramic base and a plurality of heating elements embedded in the ceramic base. A top surface of the electrostatic chuck heater, which serves as a wafer mounting surface, is divided into multiple zones. The heating elements, which each include terminals that are embedded in the ceramic base in the respective zones. Terminal collection regions are provided on a bottom surface of the electrostatic chuck heater. The number of terminal collection regions is smaller than the total number of heating elements. The terminals of each of the heating elements are connected to one of the terminal collection regions through the ceramic base.
US10256102B2
A process for fabricating a gate-wrap-around field-effect transistor is provided, including providing a substrate surmounted with first and second nanowires extending in a same longitudinal direction and having a median portion covered by a first material, and first and second ends that are arranged on either side of the median portion, a periphery of which is covered by respective first and second dielectric spacers made of a second material that is different from the first material, the ends having exposed lateral faces; doping a portion of the first and second ends via the lateral faces; depositing an amorphous silicon alloy on the first and second lateral faces followed by crystallizing the alloy; and depositing a metal on either side of the nanowires to form first and second metal contacts that respectively make electrical contact with the doped portions of the first and second ends of the nanowires.
US10256100B2
The present invention makes it possible to improve the characteristic of a semiconductor device using a nitride semiconductor. An electrically-conductive film is formed above a gate electrode above a substrate with an interlayer insulation film interposed and a source electrode coupled to a barrier layer on one side of the gate electrode and a drain electrode coupled to the barrier layer on the other side of the gate electrode are formed by etching the electrically-conductive film. On this occasion, the source electrode is etched so as to have a shape extending beyond above the gate electrode to the side of the drain electrode and having a gap (opening) above the gate electrode. Successively, hydrogen annealing is applied to the substrate. In this way, by forming the gap at a source field plate section of the source electrode, it is possible to efficiently supply hydrogen in the region where a channel is formed in the hydrogen annealing process.
US10256096B2
A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same are provided. An embodiment comprises a target layer and masking layers over the target layer. First openings are formed in the uppermost layer of the masking layers. Spacers are formed along sidewalls of the first openings, remaining first openings having a first pattern. Second openings are formed in the uppermost layer of the masking layers, the second openings having a second pattern. The first pattern and the second pattern are partially transferred to the target layer.
US10256093B2
Systems and methods for growing semiconductor materials on substrates by using patterned sol-gel materials are provided. According to a first aspect of the invention, a method includes forming a pattern of a sol-gel material on a first region of substrate, and depositing a semiconductor material on a second region of the substrate by selective area growth. The second region is adjacent to the first region.
US10256092B2
The invention relates to a method for fabricating a semiconductor circuit comprising providing a semiconductor substrate; fabricating a first semiconductor device comprising a first semiconductor material on the substrate and forming an insulating layer comprising a cavity structure on the first semiconductor device. The cavity structure comprises at least one growth channel and the growth channel connects a crystalline seed surface of the first semiconductor device with an opening. Further steps include growing via the opening from the seed surface a semiconductor filling structure comprising a second semiconductor material different from the first semiconductor material in the growth channel; forming a semiconductor starting structure for a second semiconductor device from the filling structure; and fabricating a second semiconductor device comprising the starting structure. The invention is notably also directed to corresponding semiconductor circuits.
US10256090B2
A method of: providing an off-axis silicon carbide substrate, and etching the surface of the substrate with a dry gas, hydrogen, or an inert gas.
US10256089B2
Interconnect structures and methods of forming an interconnect structure. A sacrificial contact is arranged between a first gate structure and a second gate structure. The sacrificial contact extends vertically to a source/drain region. A section of the sacrificial contact is removed to form a cut opening extending vertically to the source/drain region. A first dielectric layer is deposited in the cut opening, and is then partially removed to open a space in the cut opening that is arranged vertically above the first dielectric layer. A second dielectric layer is deposited that fills the space in the cut opening and forms a cap on the first dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer has a first dielectric constant, and the second dielectric layer has a second dielectric constant that is greater than the first dielectric constant.
US10256069B2
Processes and systems for carbon ion implantation include utilizing phosphorous trifluoride (PF3) as a co-gas with carbon oxide gas, and in some embodiments, in combination with the lanthanated tungsten alloy ion source components advantageously results in minimal oxidation of the cathode and cathode shield. Moreover, acceptable levels of carbon deposits on the arc chamber internal components have been observed as well as marked reductions in the halogen cycle, i.e., WFx formation.
US10256068B2
A charged particle beam apparatus includes a charged particle source, a separator, a charged particle beam irradiation switch, and a control device. The separator is inserted into a charged particle optical system and deflects a traveling direction of a charged particle beam out of an optical axis of the charged particle optical system or deflects the traveling direction in the optical axis of the charged particle optical system. The charged particle beam irradiation switch absorbs the charged particle beam deflected out of the optical axis of the charged particle optical system or reflects the charged particle beam toward the separator. The control device controls a charged particle beam irradiation switch.
US10256067B1
A gas switch includes an anode and a cathode spaced apart from the anode, wherein the cathode includes a conduction surface. The gas switch also includes a plurality of magnets arranged to generate a magnetic field that defines an annular path over a portion of the conduction surface at a radial distance from a switch axis, and a control grid positioned between the anode and the cathode. In operation, the control grid is arranged to establish a conducting plasma between the anode and the cathode, wherein, in the presence of the conducting plasma, a voltage drop between the anode and the cathode is less than 150 volts, and wherein the conducting plasma forms a cathode spot that circles the annular path.
US10256065B2
A relay control circuit for use with a relay having a coil voltage input. The relay control circuit includes a first input to receive a first voltage capable of energizing the relay from a de-energized state, a second input to receive a second voltage, less than the first voltage, that is capable of maintaining the relay in an energized state, and means, responsive to a relay control signal having one of a first state and a second state, for switchably coupling the coil voltage input to the first input for a period of time sufficient to energize the relay in response to the relay control signal having the first state, and for switchably coupling the coil voltage input to the second input in response to expiration of the period of time.
US10256061B2
A temperature-dependent switching mechanism is equipped with a bimetal snap-action disc and a spring snap-action disc, which carries a movable contact part, the bimetal snap-action disc and the spring snap-action disc being captively held in an annular frame.
US10256060B2
Realized is a shape of a grooved cam that maximizes break performance by appropriately setting an electrode operation, with a minimum weight increase. A gas circuit breaker includes a drive side electrode and a driven side electrode which are disposed to face each other in a sealed tank, the drive side electrode having a drive side main electrode and a drive side arcing contact, the driven side electrode having a driven side main electrode and a driven side arcing contact, the drive side arcing contact being connected to an operating device, and the driven side arcing contact being connected to a double motion mechanism portion, in which the double motion mechanism portion includes a drive side connection rod that receives driving force from the drive side electrode, a driven side connection rod that is connected to the driven side arcing contact, a lever that is bent to the operating device side around a rotation axis by causing the driven side connection rod to operate in an opposite direction with respect to an operation of the drive side connection rod, and a guide that defines operations of the drive side connection rod and the driven side connection rod.
US10256051B2
A switch board of a board unit includes a switch board including an exposed portion exposed to an outside, a non-exposed portion not exposed to the outside, and a switch provided in the non-exposed portion. The non-exposed portion of the switch board is covered with the cover portion. The cover portion is formed as one piece with the switch board in the state in which liquid-tightness is kept between the cover portion and the non-exposed portion, and liquid is prevented from flowing from the outside of the board unit into the non-exposed portion.
US10256044B2
A method of manufacturing a multilayer ceramic electronic component includes forming external electrodes on end surfaces of a ceramic body, and more particularly, to forming external electrodes by attaching a sheet for forming an external electrode on a ceramic body. A multilayer ceramic electronic component thus formed has external electrodes with a thin and uniform thickness.
US10256031B2
A low-profile coupled inductor includes a magnetic core and first and second windings. The magnetic core includes first and second end flanges, a winding form element, a first outer plate, and a first leakage post. The winding form element is disposed between and connects the first and second end flanges in a first direction. The first outer plate is disposed over and faces the first and second end flanges in a second direction. The first leakage post is disposed between the winding form element and the first outer plate in the second direction. The first winding is wound around the winding form element, between the first end flange and the first leakage post, and the second winding is wound around the winding form element, between the first leakage post and the second end flange. Each of the windings is wound around a common axis extending in the first direction.
US10256024B1
A vehicle includes a power converter having an inductor electrically disposed between a traction battery and an electric machine. The vehicle includes a controller configured to reduce a power limit of the power converter. The reduction is responsive to an increase of a ratio of voltage across the inductor to a rate of change of current through the inductor.
US10256015B2
The present invention provides an R-T-B based sintered magnet having excellent corrosion resistance together with good magnetic properties. The R-T-B based sintered magnet contains R2T14B crystal grains, wherein, an R—Ga—Co—Cu—N concentrated part exists in a grain boundary formed between or among two or more adjacent R2T14B crystal grains, and the concentrations of R, Ga, Co, Cu and N in the R—Ga—Co—Cu—N concentrated part are higher than those in the R2T14B crystal grains respectively.
US10256008B2
An electrical apparatus for electrical energy handling includes a housing with at least one insulation space, in which an electrical component is arranged and which contains an insulation medium surrounding the electrical component. The insulation medium includes an organofluorine compound and at least one further gaseous component. The apparatus further includes a gas flow generating device for flowing an initial gas mixture, containing the organofluorine compound and at least one further component of the insulation medium, out of the insulation space through an outlet opening arranged in the housing. A substance recovery device downstream of outlet opening includes a separator for separating the organofluorine compound from the at least one further component of the initial gas mixture, the separator being a liquefaction device for liquefying and/or solidification device for solidifying the organofluorine compound.
US10255999B2
A system for removing the residual power of a pressurized water nuclear reactor, includes a reserve of water, a steam generator, wherein the primary water heated by the core either circulates in a forced manner during power operation, or circulates naturally when the primary pump is stopped, and a condenser housed in the containment vessel. The condenser includes a recovery unit for recovering the condensed water and a condenser link to ensure the circulation of water in a closed circuit between the reserve and the condenser. The system further includes a device for circulating the secondary water between the steam generator and the condenser, the device being activated without an external supply of electrical energy, when an operating parameter characteristic of excessive heating of the primary water reaches a certain threshold, such that the primary water heated by the core and circulating in the steam generator vaporizes the secondary water.
US10255992B2
A method of administering insulin includes receiving blood glucose measurements of a patient at a data processing device from a glucometer. The blood glucose measurements are separated by a time interval. The method also includes receiving patient information at the data processing device and selecting a subcutaneous insulin treatment from a collection of subcutaneous insulin treatments. The selection is based on the blood glucose measurements and the patient information. The selection includes one or more of a subcutaneous standard program, a subcutaneous program without meal boluses, a meal-by-meal subcutaneous program without carbohydrate counting, a meal-by-meal subcutaneous program with carbohydrate counting, and a subcutaneous program for non-diabetic patients. The method also includes executing, using the data processing device, the selected subcutaneous insulin treatment.
US10255987B1
The present disclosure relates to a structure which includes a current-mirror control node which is configured to adjust a current margin and provide the adjusted current margin to at least one one-time programmable memory (OTPM) cell.
US10255984B2
A malfunction caused by sharp fluctuations in current is prevented while suppressing an increase in circuit size. A semiconductor device includes a plurality of modules. The semiconductor device includes: a table that stores a plurality of operating frequencies in each of the modules and a plurality of scores determined based on the operating frequencies such that the operating frequencies and the scores are associated with each other for each of the modules; a score specifying unit that acquires the clock operating frequencies of the modules and specifies the scores based on the clock operating frequencies with reference to the table; and an output unit that outputs an instruction to activate the modules at different times if the specified scores exceed a predetermined threshold value.
US10255975B2
A method is provided for a reading memory even if there is a threshold voltage in an overlapped threshold voltage (VTH) region between a first state distribution and a second state distribution. The method includes ramping a bias on a memory cell a first time to determine a first threshold voltage (VTH1) of the memory cell and determining whether the VTH1 is within the overlapped VTH region. Upon determination that the memory cell is within the overlapped VTH region, the method further includes applying a write pulse to the memory cell; ramping a bias on the memory cell a second time to determine a second threshold voltage (VTH2); and determining the state of the memory cell prior to receiving the write pulse based on a comparison between the VTH1 and the VTH2.
US10255971B2
According to one embodiment, three bits stored in one memory cell of a nonvolatile memory correspond to three pages. In first page writing, a threshold voltage becomes within a first or second region base on a bit value. In second page writing, if being within the first region, it becomes within the first or fourth region; and if being within the second region, it becomes within the second or third region. In the third page writing, if being within the first region, it becomes within the first or sixth region; if being within the second region, it becomes within the second or seventh region; if being within the third region, it becomes within the third or eighth region; and if being within the fourth region, it becomes within the fourth or fifth region.
US10255970B2
An assist driver is coupled to an end of a word line to which a word line driver is not coupled, and couples the other end of the word line to a first power source, in accordance with a voltage of the other end of the word line.
US10255969B2
A multi channel semiconductor device is disclosed. The multi channel device may include a substrate, a first die on the substrate and having a first channel to function as a first chip; and a second die on the substrate and having a second channel different from the first channel to function as a second chip and including the same storage capacity and physical size as the first die. An internal interface is disposed between the first and second dies. The internal interface is configured to transmit information for controlling internal operations of the first and second dies and first applied to a first recipient die of the first and second dies to the other die.
US10255963B2
Some embodiments include an apparatus that comprise an interface chip having an oscillator to produce an original clock signal, a first memory chip having first memory cells, and a second memory chip having second memory cells. The first memory cells may be refreshed in response to a first clock signal based on the original clock signal. The second memory cells may be refreshed in response to a second clock signal based on the original clock signal.
US10255953B2
The present disclosure generally relates to the fabrication of and methods for creating a reversible tri-state memory device which provides both forward and reverse write and read drive to a bi-directional RRAM cell, thus allowing writing in the forward and reverse directions. The memory device, however, utilizes a single transistor “on pitch” which fits between two metal lines traversing the array tile.
US10255936B2
Magnetic tape media according to one embodiment includes a plurality of servo tracks having physical characteristics of being written by an apparatus that monitors a lateral position of the magnetic tape media passing over a servo writing head during a servo track writing operation and writes servo marks to the magnetic tape media. A timing of the writing of each servo mark is based on the monitored position of the magnetic tape media. Magnetic tape media according to another embodiment include a plurality of servo tracks having a plurality of consecutively-written servo marks, a distance between each consecutively-written servo mark in a tape travel direction varying in direct correlation with a distance of the respective mark, as written, from an edge of the magnetic tape media in a cross-track direction.
US10255924B2
In multichannel audio coding, an improved coding efficiency is achieved by the following measure: the noise filling of zero-quantized scale factor bands is performed using noise filling sources other than artificially generated noise or spectral replica. In particular, the coding efficiency in multichannel audio coding may be rendered more efficient by performing the noise filling based on noise generated using spectral lines from a previous frame of, or a different channel of the current frame of, the multichannel audio signal.
US10255918B2
A first communication path for receiving a communication is established. The communication includes speech, which is processed. A speech pattern is identified as including a voice-command. A portion of the speech pattern is determined as including the voice-command. That portion of the speech pattern is separated from the speech pattern and compared with a second speech pattern. If the two speech patterns match or resemble each other, the portion of the speech pattern is accepted as the voice-command. An operation corresponding to the voice-command is determined and performed. The operation may perform an operation on a remote device, forward the voice-command to a remote device, or notify a user. The operation may create a second communication path that may allow a headset to join in a communication between another headset and a communication device, several headsets to communicate with each other, or a headset to communicate with several communication devices.
US10255916B1
Methods, systems, and media for presenting interactive audio content are provided. In some embodiments, the method includes: receiving narrative content that includes action points, wherein each of the action points provides user actions and a narrative portion corresponding to each of the user actions; determining a user engagement density associated with the narrative content, wherein the user engagement density modifies the number of the action points to provide within the narrative content; causing the narrative content to be presented to a user based on the user engagement density; determining that a speech input has been received at one of the action points in the narrative content; converting the speech input to a text input; determining whether the user action associated with the text input corresponds to one of the user actions; selecting the narrative portion corresponding to the text input in response to determining that the user action corresponds to one of the user actions; converting the selected narrative portion to an audio output; and causing the narrative content with the converted audio output of the selected narrative portion to be presented to the user.
US10255912B2
In at least one embodiment, an apparatus for enhancing speech prompts in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes an audio processor that is electrically coupled to a plurality of loudspeakers in a vehicle. The audio processor being programmed to provide entertainment data to the plurality of loudspeakers for playback in the vehicle and to receive a speech prompt indicative of only a spoken audio output to a driver in the vehicle. The audio processor is further programmed to mute the entertainment data that is played back on a first loudspeaker of the plurality of loudspeakers in response to the speech prompt and to provide the speech prompt to the first loudspeaker for playback to the driver in response to the speech prompt.
US10255910B2
Deep Neural Networks (DNN) are time shifted relative to one another and trained. The time-shifted networks may then be combined to improve recognition accuracy. The approach is based on an automatic speech recognition (ASR) system using DNN and using time shifted features. Initially, a regular ASR model is trained to produce a first trained DNN. Then a top layer (e.g., SoftMax layer) and the last hidden layer (e.g., Sigmoid) are fine-tuned with same data set but with a feature window left- and right-shifted to create respective second and third left-shifted and right-shifted DNNs. From these three DNN networks, four combination networks may be generated: left- and right-shifted, left-shifted and centered, centered and right-shifted, and left-shifted, centered, and right-shifted. The centered networks are used to perform the initial (first-pass) ASR. Then the other six networks are used to perform rescoring. The resulting are combined using ROVER (recognizer output voting error reduction) or another technique to improve recognition performance as compared to the centered DNN by itself.
US10255907B2
Systems and processes for automatic accent detection are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device with one or more processors and memory, receiving a user input, determining a first similarity between a representation of the user input and a first acoustic model of a plurality of acoustic models, and determining a second similarity between the representation of the user input and a second acoustic model of the plurality of acoustic models. The method further includes determining whether the first similarity is greater than the second similarity. In accordance with a determination that the first similarity is greater than the second similarity, the first acoustic model may be selected; and in accordance with a determination that the first similarity is not greater than the second similarity, the second acoustic model may be selected.
US10255906B2
An approach is provided that receives, from a neurological sensor worn by a user, words as they are silently read the user. The words being read by the user correspond to a set of actual words that are included in a passage that is being read by the user. The approach compares the words as read by the user with the actual words included in the passage to identify one or more reading mistakes. The reading mistakes are analyzed resulting in a set of feedback that is provided to the user.
US10255902B2
The present disclosure provides a voice synthesis device, a voice synthesis method, a bone conduction helmet and a hearing aid. The voice synthesis device of the present disclosure comprises an aggregation node and a plurality of detection nodes, wherein the detection nodes are used for detecting external voice signals and transmitting the external voice signals to the aggregation node. The aggregation node is used for filtering the detected voice signals and synthesizing the voice signals sent by trusted detection nodes. Thus, the bit error rate of voice signals can be reduced significantly, and the accuracy of voice signals can be improved.
US10255900B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for diffusing sound can comprise a sound or acoustic diffuser or a plurality of sound or acoustic diffusers. The acoustic diffuser can be provided as a 90 degree segment to fit into an inside corner, and a plurality of 90 degree segments can be arranged relative to each other to effectively provide 180 degree, 270 degree, or 360 degree contiguous acoustic diffusers, where the 180 degree acoustic diffuser can be arranged relative to a flat wall, and the 270 degree acoustic diffuser can be arranged relative to an outside corner. Furthermore, each 90 degree segment, or contiguous combination of segments, can have vertically stacked thereon (or be vertically stacked on) another segment of same construction, in freestanding fashion.
US10255889B2
Embodiments of the present application disclose various light field display control methods and apparatuses and various light field display devices, wherein a light field display control method disclosed comprises: sampling a source image according to interest level distribution information of the source image; determining a light field image corresponding to the sampled source image; adjusting display pixel density distribution of a display of a light field display device at least according to the interest level distribution information; and displaying the light field image via the adjusted light field display device. The technical solution provided in the embodiments of the present application can make full use of pixels of the display of the light field display device to present differential spatial resolution of different regions of a light field display image.
US10255888B2
A method of generating a high dynamic range (HDR) image is provided that includes capturing a long exposure image and a short exposure image of a scene, computing a merging weight for each pixel location of the long exposure image based on a pixel value of the pixel location and a saturation threshold, and computing a pixel value for each pixel location of the HDR image as a weighted sum of corresponding pixel values in the long exposure image and the short exposure image, wherein a weight applied to a pixel value of the pixel location of the short exposure image and a weight applied to a pixel value of the pixel location in the pixel long exposure image are determined based on the merging weight computed for the pixel location and responsive to motion in a scene of the long exposure image and the short exposure image.
US10255882B2
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and computer program product for managing power consumption of a display. An illumination area of the display may be adjusted to limit or increase a number of activated light emitting devices, and thus, adjust power consumption of the display. A device may receive an input to adjust the first illumination area to the second illumination area. In response, a device may, for example, disable a portion of the first illumination area not included in the second illumination area. In another example, a device may enable a portion of the second illumination area not included in the first illumination area. An amount of operation time and/or energy storage may be calculated, based at least in part on a resize of an illumination area of the display.
US10255879B2
Image data is transformed for display on a target display. A sigmoidal transfer function provides a free parameter controlling min-tone contrast. The transfer function may be dynamically adjusted to accommodate changing ambient lighting conditions. The transformation may be selected so as to automatically adapt image data for display on a target display in a way that substantially preserves creative intent embodied in the image data. The image data may be video data.
US10255873B2
A touch module and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The touch module includes a substrate, at least one bridge, an active layer, at least two first touch electrodes, at least two second touch electrodes, and at least one electrode channel. The bridge is disposed on the substrate. The active layer overlays the bridge and the substrate. The first touch electrodes are embedded in the active layer and electrically touch the bridge, so that the first touch electrodes are electrically connected to each other via the bridge. The electrode channel is embedded in the active layer, and is configured to allow the second touch electrodes to be electrically connected to each other. The first touch electrodes are electrically isolated from the second touch electrodes.
US10255859B2
A pixel compensating circuit and a driving method thereof, an array substrate and a display device. The pixel compensating circuit includes: a reset circuit, connected with a reset signal line, and configured to reset a driving circuit according to a reset signal from the reset signal line; the driving circuit, configured to output a driving current to drive a display apparatus to emit light and display; a compensating circuit, connected with a signal control line, and a data line, and configured to compensate a threshold voltage for the driving circuit and write data into the driving circuit under control of a signal control signal from the signal control line; and a luminance control circuit, connected with a luminance control line, and configured to control the driving circuit to drive the display apparatus to emit light and display according to a luminance control signal from the luminance control line.
US10255856B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a display device may include a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a dimming controller for setting a first gamma correcting offset of a reference pixel among the plurality of pixels, setting a second gamma correcting offset of at least one pixel other than the reference pixel among the plurality of pixels, and generating a corrected gamma reference voltage per pixel using the first gamma correcting offset and the second gamma correcting offset and a data driver applying the corrected gamma reference voltage to each pixel of the display panel. According to an embodiment, there may be provided a display device capable of eliminating color shift by setting an offset for a gamma reference voltage per pixel and a driving method of the same.
US10255855B2
A pixel of an organic light emitting diode display device includes a scan transistor configured to connect a data line to a first node in response to a scan signal, a storage capacitor connected between the first node and a first power supply voltage, a compensation capacitor connected between the first node and a second node, a driving transistor having a gate connected to the second node, a source connected to the first power supply voltage, and a drain connected to a third node, a compensation transistor configured to connect the second node to the third node in response to a compensation control signal, an organic light emitting diode connected between the third node and a second power supply voltage, and an initialization transistor configured to transfer an initialization voltage in response to an initialization control signal.
US10255853B2
An organic light-emitting display apparatus including an organic light-emitting diode emitting visible light, a driving thin film transistor driving the organic light-emitting diode, and a compensation thin film transistor. The compensation thin film transistor includes a compensation gate electrode, a compensation semiconductor layer, a compensation source electrode, and a compensation drain electrode. The compensation gate electrode includes a first gate electrode, and a second gate electrode electrically connected to the first gate electrode. The compensation drain electrode is electrically connected to the driving gate electrode of the driving thin film transistor. The compensation semiconductor layer includes a first semiconductor region overlapping the first gate electrode and a second semiconductor region overlapping the second gate electrode and disposed further from the compensation drain electrode than the first semiconductor region, and an area of the first semiconductor region is different than an area of the second semiconductor region.
US10255842B2
A displaying system having a function of sensing displaying properties includes a displaying panel, a controlling module, and an optical sensor. The displaying panel has a displaying surface which includes a presentation area and a function area. The function area is at a side of the displaying panel. The function area has a length in pixels longer than that of the presentation area. The controlling module is electrically connected to the displaying panel and the optical sensor and controls the displaying panel to display a presentation image displayed on the displaying area and an image for inspection on the function area. The optical sensor is disposed corresponding to the function area and senses the image for inspection to generate an inspection signal relative to the image for inspection. Thereby, the controlling module can further adjust displaying parameters of the displaying panel.
US10255838B2
Provided is a semiconductor device in which power consumption and rewrite time needed for changing the parameter for color adjustment, dimming, or the like are reduced. One embodiment of a semiconductor device of the present invention includes an image processing portion including a plurality of functional circuits configured to correct image data, a plurality of scan chains corresponding to the plurality of functional circuits, and a controller controlling operations of the plurality of scan chains. During a state in which the controller controls the scan chains so that one or more scan chains chosen from the plurality of scan chains are driven and the scan chains except for the one or more scan chains are not driven, a parameter stored in one or more functional circuits connected to the one or more scan chains is rewritten.
US10255820B2
Systems and methods are provided for determining a susceptibility of a computer-implemented automated scoring engine to gaming strategies. A plurality of responses to a prompt are provided to a computer-implemented automated scoring engine to receive a first set of scores. A first transformation is performed on each of the plurality of responses to generate a first set of transformed responses. The first set of transformed responses is provided to the computer-implemented automatic scoring engine to receive a second set of scores, and a gaming susceptibility metric is determined based on the first set of scores and the second set of scores.
US10255819B2
Systems herein allow a student to share media with other students in a classroom with the permission of a teacher. The student can send a sharing request to a management server with a sender student device. The management server can identify a teacher device and send the sharing request to the teacher device for approval. When the request is granted, the student device can supply an address local to the sender device, from which the media will stream. The management server can send the address and an authentication token to other recipient student devices. The management server can further lock the recipient student devices into the sharing location to ensure that each student device will stream the media. At the request of the teacher device or the sender student device, the streaming can end.
US10255814B2
A driving assistance apparatus includes a plurality of sensor devices and at least one electronic control unit. The electronic control unit estimates a linear path of a finite length extending in a traveling direction of a host vehicle as an expected path. The electronic control unit determines whether or not a target object that is an object having a possibility of crossing the expected path within a threshold time period is present, and determines whether or not a traffic situation estimated to hinder traveling of the target object occurs. The electronic control unit generates a driving assistance request signal when the electronic control unit determines that the target object is present and that the traffic situation does not occur, and forbids generation of the driving assistance request signal when the electronic control unit determines that the target object is present and that the traffic situation occurs.
US10255806B2
An information processing system includes: an information acquisition unit that acquires traveling area information of the vehicle; an entry determination unit that determines whether the vehicle has entered a specific range; an area information storage unit that stores the traveling area information when the vehicle has entered the specific range; a reception unit that receives a stop signal including information on a stop position of a different vehicle different from the vehicle when the different vehicle stops traveling or is in a state difficult to continue normally traveling; a relation determination unit that determines a positional relationship between the different vehicle and the vehicle, based on the information on the stop position and the traveling area information; and a processing execution unit that executes a predetermined process in accordance with a determination result.
US10255798B2
A drowning alarm system and a drowning alarm method. The drowning alarm system includes a submerging detection device, a position detection device and a signal transmitting device. The submerging detection device configured to detect whether or not the submerging detection device is submerged, and generate a submerging alarm instruction when the submerging detection device is submerged. The position detection device configured to determine whether or not the submerging detection device is within a preset range, and generate a distance information instruction when the submerging detection device is within the preset range. The signal transmitting device configured to transmit a first alarm signal when the submerging detection device generates the submerging alarm instruction and the position detection device generates the distance information instruction. The drowning alarming system with false alarm prevention function is realized.
US10255796B2
A mobile device may be used to discretely transmit an emergency alert based on the handling of the mobile device. A mobile device may detect a particular action associated with the mobile device, such as a sequence of button presses. Based on the action, the mobile device may enter an emergency mode, which may activate an emergency feature on a mobile device that instructs the mobile device to retrieve or distribute information, such as media access control information of nearby mobile devices.
US10255793B2
A system and method for investigating crimes occurring at locations that are communicatively connected by a central server is disclosed. The investigation is highly automated and obtains evidence using computer aided searches of historic surveillance data gathered at locations within a computer search area. The investigation also utilizes active searches of real-time surveillance data gathered at the locations in response to a be-on-the-look-out (BOLO) alert sent to the locations from the central server. Based on evidence obtained from these searches, the search area may be updated and the searches may be repeated to follow a moving crime pattern/route. In addition, the information provided from the searches may facilitate the prediction of a location that is likely to experience a crime in the future. Accordingly, the central server may transmit a high alert to the predicted location.
US10255790B2
A user reminding method and apparatus, and a mobile terminal includes, obtaining, by a terminal device, a physical status of a user and a first blood pressure value of the user when a time difference between a current time and a preset reminding time is less than a first threshold; determining a first safety level based on the physical status and the first blood pressure value; and sending a first reminding signal in a manner corresponding to the first safety level.
US10255779B2
In some embodiments, methods and systems of detecting and monitoring shoplifting of products by individuals at a retail facility include sensors coupled to a product and located at a fixed threshold distance relative to each other. The sensors are configured to generate an alert signal indicating that the fixed threshold distance between the first and second sensors has been altered. An alert sensor positioned in the product stocking area of the retail facility is configured to receive the alert signal from one or both of the product sensors. A central computing device at the retail facility is configured to determine the alert sensor that received the alert signal, and to activate a video camera in order to acquire a photo or video of the portion of the product stocking area of the retail facility associated with the alert sensor that received the alert signal.
US10255777B1
Systems and methods for deactivating an Electronic Article Surveillance (“EAS”) security tag coupled to an item. The methods comprise: detecting a presence of the EAS security tag in proximity to a tag deactivator; determining a distance between the item and at least one deactivation coil of the tag deactivator, in response to a detection of the EAS security tag; dynamically adjusting a deactivation field strength setting of the tag deactivator based on the distance that was previously determined; and using the at least one deactivation coil to generate a deactivation field in accordance with the deactivation field strength setting which was previously dynamically adjusted.
US10255757B2
Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for submitting a tax submission on behalf of a player of a game. Based on the location of the gaming device, determine at least one jurisdiction that governs the player's taxable winnings. The player fill out an electronic tax form for each jurisdiction and submits an electronic authorization. Transmitting, in response to the tax liability, a tax submission to a remote device, in which the tax submission comprises at least the electronic tax form and the electronic authorization.
US10255755B2
A method, including: detecting, with a computer, a posting of information regarding a gaming activity, gambling activity, or sporting event; generating a notification message regarding the same; initiating a communication link with, and transmitting the notification message to, a first communication device as an electronic transmission, or transmitting the notification message as an electronic mail message; receiving a bet message transmitted from the first communication device or a second communication device, wherein the first communication device or the second communication device comprises a global positioning device which determines a position or location of the first communication device or second communication device, wherein the bet message contains information regarding a bet to be placed regarding the activity or event, and information regarding the position or location of the first communication device or second communication device; and determining whether the bet is allowed or disallowed using the position or location information.
US10255753B2
A method and apparatus for providing hybrid draw poker games to online players, where electronic indications of an initial set of physical cards and electronic indications of a contingent set of physical cards that are dealt by a live dealer at a physical gaming table. The electronic indications of the initial set of physical cards are provided to one or more online players over a network. The gaming server receives an indication from one of the remote players to discard one or more card values associated of the initial set of physical cards. The gaming server then assigns one or more physical cards of the contingent set of physical cards as first replacement cards to the remote player, and then determines a final game value for the remote player based on the initial physical cards not discarded by the first remote player and the one or more first replacement cards.
US10255750B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to a front-mounted display utilized to enhance the installation of a display on an electronic gaming device. The systems and methods may allow for easier installation of a display on the electronic gaming device via a front-mounted display. One or more electrical interconnection points may be electrically connected with one or more electrical attachment points to form one or more electrical connects between the electronic gaming device and one or more displays.
US10255748B2
A system and method include a database configured to store results of wagers on at least one prior game for a plurality of players, a first server, a second server, and an application executable by a user computing device processor. The first server queries the database to receive the results of the wagers and to determine a ranked list of leaders based at least in part on the results of the wagers. The application presents the ranked list of leaders to a user, enables the user to select one of the leaders, and transmits data representative of the selected leader to the first server. The second server receives the selected leader from the first server and automatically links the user with the selected leader such that when the leader places a wager, the second server automatically places the same wager on behalf of the user.
US10255744B2
A disk transferring device transferring disks delivered one by one from an disk reception opening to an disk ejection opening includes: a disk guide path having left and right guide surfaces that guide a peripheral surface of each of the disks and front and back guide surfaces that guide an front surface and a back surface of the disk, the disk guide path extending from the disk reception opening toward the disk ejection opening; and a plurality of disk pushers protruding into the disk guide path and pushing the disks by making a rotational movement about a plurality of rotational axis lines approximately at a right angle with respect to the front and back guide surfaces.
US10255743B2
A security device for verifying an authenticity of a security document comprises an at least partially transparent substrate with a first surface and a second surface. A first pattern is arranged on the first surface. A second pattern is arranged on said second surface. The first and the second pattern each comprise a plurality of pixels with at least three different gray levels visible from a macroscopic perspective. The first and second pattern cover only gray levels in a range between 20% black and 80% black, in particular between 35% black and 65% black. The first pattern is inverted with respect to the second pattern.
US10255736B2
An apparatus that includes a mobile wireless device of an authorized person receiving an identifier of another person who is to be granted temporary access into a secured geographic area of the authorized person by a security system of the authorized person, a processor of the mobile device or the security system generating a temporary access code with specific features that is to be used by the other person for gaining entry into the secured area and the mobile device of the authorized person transferring the temporary password to a mobile wireless device of the other person.
US10255733B2
Methods, computer-readable media, and devices are disclosed for providing an access restriction of a second person to a location associated with a first person in a managed environment in connection with a physiological state of the second person. For example, a method may include a processing system having a processor receiving a security plan for a first person that pertains to a second person. The security plan may define an access restriction of the second person to a location associated with the first person in a managed environment in connection with a physiological state of the second person. The processing system may further detect the second person in the managed environment, detect the physiological state of the second person, and control an automated barrier in the managed environment in accordance with the security plan to provide the access restriction when the physiological state of the second person is detected.
US10255724B2
The present invention is directed to a method of integrating information, including real-time information, into a virtual thematic environment using a computer system, including accessing the stored information from a database or downloading the real-time information from a source external to the thematic environment; inserting the real-time information into the thematic environment; and displaying the information to a user within the thematic environment. In one embodiment, the computer system is connected to a holographic projection system such that the images from the thematic environment can be projected as holographic projections. The computer system includes an interactive software application platform having at least one thematic/publishing logic module which contains thematic environment rules; at least one digital content library module which provides content management on the thematic environment; and at least one quantum imaging environment (QIE) module which interprets content such that the content is manipulated and accessed by any device.
US10255705B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a display method for use in a vehicle, comprising obtaining information associated with a vehicle or external image data of a region proximal to the vehicle, and displaying, on a display device worn by an occupant of the vehicle, one or more of a graphical representation of at least one component of the vehicle having one or more characteristics based on the information associated with the vehicle, or a representation of the external image data, wherein the one or more displayed representation is arranged to overlie a portion of the vehicle to be indicative of a portion of the vehicle being at least partly transparent.
US10255688B2
A method of analyzing a sample receiving a particle of interest, including: defining a reference point located on a first interface of the sample, or at a known distance from the sample, along the optical axis of the optical system; acquiring a reference image transmission of the sample, the object plane of the optical system being located at a known distance from the reference point along an axis parallel to the optical axis of the optical system, and the particle of interest being located outside of the object plane; using the reference image, digitally constructing a series of reconstructed images, each associated with a predetermined offset of the object plane along the optical axis of the optical system; and using the series of reconstructed images, determining the distance along an axis parallel to the optical axis of the optical system, between the particle of interest and the reference point.
US10255687B2
Distance measurement system applicable to different reflecting surfaces and operating method thereof
There is provided an operating method of a distance measurement system including the steps of: successively capturing image frames with an image sensor; controlling a sampling parameter to converge an average brightness value of an object image in the image frames to be within a predetermined range; calculating a plurality of first object sizes of a converged object image in a converged image frame and calculating a first average value of the first object sizes; calculating a second average value of the first average values corresponding to a plurality of converged image frames; and comparing the second average value with a lookup table to determine an object depth.
US10255684B2
Systems and methods for correcting motion during medical imaging involve using a detector to track annihilation photons produced by one of (i) external emitting sources placed onto a body of a person being imaged or (ii) an object of interest in the body. Motion information is generated based on the tracking. A motion-corrected image is formed from recorded image data, using the motion information.
US10255683B1
Techniques are generally described for discontinuity detection. A first and second frame of video data representing a portion of a physical environment are received. The first and second frames are divided into first and second blocks of pixels, respectively. A set of matching blocks are determined by matching each block of the first blocks with a corresponding block of the second blocks. A difference value is determined for each pair of matching blocks of the set of matching blocks. A mean difference value for the set of matching blocks. The mean difference value is convolved with a convolution kernel. A determination is made that a result of the convolving the mean difference value with the convolution kernel exceeds a mean threshold value. A determination is made that a discontinuity between the first frame and the second frame is not due to motion in the physical environment.
US10255679B2
Methods and systems for assessing lung function using volumetric images obtained at inspiration and expiration. The method may include processing the first and second set of images to identify known anatomical structures of the lungs, registering the first set of images to the second set of images to match voxels of the first set of images to voxels of the second set of images as matched pairs of inspiratory and expiratory voxels, calculating a continuous probability of a lung characteristic at a location of the matched pairs of voxels, and displaying the result on a display. The method may also include classifying lung tissue at each location as normal, having air trapping without emphysema, or being emphysematous.
US10255675B2
In one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes memory circuitry configured to store a program; and processing circuitry configured, by executing the program, to set a region of interest in a medical image, set an analysis region in the region of interest by reducing the region of interest, and calculate feature amount in the analysis region.
US10255671B1
Methods and systems for efficient inspection that provide a record and enable remote inspection. The system of these teachings includes a source of electromagnetic radiation, a first aiming subsystem optically operatively disposed to receive the electromagnetic radiation from the source of electromagnetic radiation, the first aiming subsystem optically aiming the electromagnetic radiation onto a surface on which an object is disposed, an image acquisition component, a second aiming subsystem optically operatively disposed such that the second aiming subsystem aims an optical field of the image acquisition component to locations on the surface on which the object is disposed, and a computing component configured to establish the object, the first aiming subsystem and the second aiming subsystem in a common coordinate system, wherein the optical field of the image acquisition is aimed at regions illuminated by the electromagnetic radiation.
US10255668B2
Embodiments can provide a computer implemented method in a data processing system comprising a processor and a memory, the memory comprising instructions that are executed by the processor to cause the processor to implement a system for providing profile photo enhancement, the method comprising receiving, from an online platform, one or more specifications for image acceptance criteria; receiving, through an uploading user, a plurality of images; receiving, through a requesting user, a request to view an image; selecting a particular specification for image acceptance criteria; for each image in the plurality of images: examining, through an image processing toolbox, the image to determine if the image acceptance criteria are met; if all acceptance criteria are met, providing the image to the requesting user; if one or more acceptance criteria are not met, taking one or more actions to process the image, reexamining, through the image processing toolbox, the processed image to determine if the image acceptance criteria are met; if all acceptance criteria are met, providing the processed image to the requesting user; and if one or more of the image acceptance criteria are not met, disregarding the processed image for the particular specification for image acceptance criteria.
US10255656B2
An apparatus to facilitate compute optimization is disclosed. The apparatus includes sorting logic to sort processing threads into thread groups based on bit depth of floating point thread operations.
US10255648B2
Self-driving vehicles have unlimited potential to learn and predict human behavior and perform actions accordingly. Several embodiments described herein include a method of using a vehicle management system to operate a self-driving vehicle. Methods include coupling communicatively, by the vehicle management system, a remote computing device to the self-driving vehicle, and then determining, by the vehicle management system, that the remote computing device is no longer communicatively coupled to the vehicle management system. Methods also include identifying, by the vehicle management system, a pick-up location of the user and sending, by the vehicle management system, the self-driving vehicle to the pick-up location in response to determining that the remote computing device is no longer communicatively coupled to the vehicle management system.
US10255646B2
The present invention relates to a system, method and medium for associating portions of advocational documents with portions of tribunal decisions in view of common or similar characteristics that are identified between the associated entities. In addition, the associated advocational document portions are imparted with certain characteristics resulting from such an association, such as inheriting the topic of the associated tribunal decision portion or inheriting general characteristics of the decision such as judge or jurisdiction. This allows for the subsequent retrieval of advocational documents in view of various criteria associated with a decision or portion thereof.
US10255639B1
Systems and methods are provided for retrieving insurance information of an insurance customer at a mobile device. An insurance information token may be affixed to a vehicle and scanned by an optical input device of the mobile device. The optical input device may thus obtain optical input corresponding to the insurance information token. The insurance information of the insurance customer may be retrieved based on the optical input and presented at a display device of the mobile device upon retrieval. The mobile device may also provide a message to an insurance system indicating that the insurance information token was scanned. Telematics information may also be analyzed in response to receipt of the message to determine whether to automatically create an insurance claim for the customer.
US10255636B2
A computer implemented method determines a margin requirement for a financial product portfolio. Market conditions for the financial product portfolio are characterized by a zero curve. The method includes producing a plurality of scenario curves, each scenario curve reflecting a principal component analysis (PCA) model of the zero curve with a respective PCA factor of a plurality of PCA factors of the PCA model offset from a corresponding base value for the zero curve, calculating a respective projected value of the financial product portfolio for each scenario curve of the plurality of scenario curves, calculating a loss risk amount for each PCA factor based on the respective projected value and a current value of the financial product portfolio, and determining the margin requirement based on a sum of the loss risk amounts for the plurality of PCA factors.
US10255634B2
The disclosed embodiments generally relate to a slicer order quantity reduction tool. An example method for reducing a quantity of a slicer order includes calculating a collective quantity associated with available ones of a plurality of child orders; comparing the collective quantity and a reduction amount received in connection with a quantity reduction request for the slicer order; and determining, when the comparison indicates that the available ones of the child orders have insufficient quantity to meet the reduction amount, whether inflight ones of the plurality of child orders collectively have sufficient quantity to make up a shortfall of the available ones of the child orders.
US10255631B2
A payment processing system receives one or more indications of a user's location at a time that the user initiates a transaction with a merchant system at a physical location of the merchant system, processes the transaction, and receives a merchant point of sale identifier from the issuer system associated with the financial account information selected by the user. The payment processing system creates a combined list of candidate merchant identities based on the received merchant POS identifier and the user computing device location. The payment processing system calculates a probability for each of the merchant identities in the list based on similarity to the merchant POS identifier and user location data. The payment processing system associates the merchant POS identifier with the merchant identity having the highest probability and creates an annotated transaction record to display to the user.
US10255630B2
A method and system is disclosed for user-published interactive widgets for auctions hosted by an auction forum resource. Examples include an auction forum configured to generate a script associated with an auction upon a publisher-request, and to provide the script to be published on the publisher's resource, resulting in an external interactive component displayed on the publisher's resource. Example features may be configured to respond to user inputs submitted from the interactive component. Furthermore, reward logic can be included to issue a reward to the publisher associated with the script request.
US10255629B2
The technology disclosed here encodes a clothing item ID as an alphanumeric code within the clothing item, such as within a radio-frequency identification tag. A clothing item cleaning appliance, such as a cell phone, or a washing machine reads the clothing item ID from the clothing item, and retrieves the care and content information from a database maintained on a cloud. For example, the care and content information can include operating settings of the washing machine. The washing machine can adjust its settings and wash the clothing item in accordance with the care and content information of the clothing item. The care and content information stored in the database can be organized in optimized data structures enabling efficient responses to received queries, and efficient updates to the information stored in the data structures.
US10255628B2
A deep collaborative filtering (DCF) approach is employed in a recommender system to provide item recommendations to users. The DCF approach combines deep learning models with matrix factorization based collaborative filtering. To provide item recommendations, a user-item rating matrix, user side information, and item side information are provided as input to a recommender system. The recommender system learns user latent factors and item latent factors by jointly: (1) decomposing the user-item rating matrix to extract latent factors, and (2) extracting latent factors from hidden layers of deep learning models using the user side information and item side information. The learned user latent factors and item latent factors are used to predict item ratings for missing ratings in the user-item rating matrix. The predicted item ratings are then used to select item recommendations for a given user, which are then communicated to a user device of the user.
US10255626B2
A method and device for sending and receiving virtual goods are provided. On detecting an invocation request from a virtual goods package generation interface, a server obtains the virtual goods package generation parameters included in the invocation request. The server transfers the virtual goods corresponding to the total amount of virtual goods in the account corresponding to the invoker client to the account corresponding to the server. Upon success of virtual goods transfer, the server generates a virtual goods package and a link for receiving the virtual goods package based on the virtual goods package generation parameters. The server sends the receiving link to the recipient client so that the recipient client interacts with the server to receive the virtual goods package by using the receiving link.
US10255620B1
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed to improve generation of fine print for promotions. The method includes receiving identifying information that identifies one or more locations and either a product or service, transmitting the identifying information, and receiving, based on the identifying information, information including a set of relevant fine print clause data structures. The method further includes displaying, by a user interface, one or more fine print clauses from the relevant fine print clause data structures and generating, using a processor, a configured fine print data structure based on the displayed fine print clauses and input received via the user interface. Finally, the method includes transmitting the configured fine print data structure. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.
US10255613B1
An approach to facilitating identity-recognition-based promotions using virtual containers is provided. A first virtual container may be associated with a first virtual item set and identified by a first container identifier. Container instances of the first virtual container that are purchased through a store interface during a first time period may be configured to be activated by users in a game space to obtain item instances of virtual items of the first virtual item set. The first virtual container may be modified to be associated with a second virtual item set and identified by the first container identifier. Container instances of the first virtual container that are purchased during a second time period may be container instances of the modified first virtual container that are configured to be activated by the users in the game space to obtain item instances of virtual items of the second virtual item set.
US10255607B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for collecting consumer information. A first message is received from a portable communication device having a device identifier. The first message includes an item code that identifies a promotional item. It is verified whether the device identifier is registered for a promotional service corresponding to the item code. If the device identifier is not registered for the promotional service, a second message is sent to the portable communication device, where the second message requests an address for delivering the promotional item.
US10255604B1
An approach for facilitating access of postal services of an account by another account is disclosed. In some implementations, a request to authorize access for a first account to one or more postal services of a second account may be received. Responsive to authorization from the second account, the access to the one or more postal services of the second account may be enabled for the first account. A request initiated via the first account to execute a postal transaction associated with the one or more postal services of the second account may be received. Execution of the postal transaction may be initiated. Storage of a record related to the postal transaction in association with the second account may be initiated.
US10255599B2
Example embodiments provide a multi-currency cart and checkout. In example embodiments, a currency accepted and a payment option for each item in a multi-currency cart is identified. A plurality of currency groups is generated based on the currency and payment options, whereby each currency group comprises one or more items having a same payment option and accepting a same currency. A multi-currency checkout user interface (UI) is presented, on a client device, that presents the plurality of currency groups. In response to a selection of a currency group from the plurality of currency groups, payment for the selected currency group is processed. An updated multi-currency checkout UI is presented in response to the payment processing. The updated multi-currency UI comprises remaining currency groups of the plurality of currency groups.
US10255597B2
A method for generating a personal identification number (PIN) debit child product for use in performing a debit payment transaction with a merchant entity. A payment processing platform receives a user selection of a financial institution made via a merchant payment page and directs the user to authenticate a user identity with the financial institution. The payment processing platform receives a user selection of a core account held with the financial institution, such that the core account provides financial backing for the child product. The child product is generated that includes a child card number and a virtual PIN associated with the core account. Advantageously, the method provides the ability to make PIN debit transaction on the Internet.
US10255595B2
The present disclosure generally relates to making payments with a mobile device. In one example process, the device receives first authentication data, such as fingerprint authentication information, and second authentication data, such as a bank authorization code. The device then transmits a transaction request for a payment transaction. In another example process, the device detects activation of a physical input mechanism and detects a fingerprint using a biometric sensor. The device is enabled to participate in NFC payment transactions. In another example process, the device displays a live preview of images obtained via a camera sensor while the device detects partial credit card information of a credit card in a field of view of the camera sensor.
US10255588B2
A financial transaction system between a customer and a financial institution that facilitates use of a mobile wireless device at an ATM in lieu of an ATM card provides for a central system, a portable wireless device of the customer, an automated teller machine (ATM), an ATM identification on an ATM identification tag. The portable wireless device has an interface that is able to read the ATM identification. The central system, the portable wireless device, and the ATM communicate on a global computer network and the portable wireless device is used to conduct a financial transaction with the ATM in lieu of a bankcard of the financial institution.
US10255584B2
A method and system to track new submissions for an online forms service is provided. The system may include a request detector to detect a request to load a view (e.g., a web page) and a view provider to provide the view for display in response to the request. The view may comprise submission information for an electronic form and a value indicative of a number of new submissions.
US10255576B2
A computer implemented system and method for identifying leaders in an organization. The system includes two repositories; first that stores information related to existing/known leaders and second that stores tacit and explicit knowledge related to the employees. The repositories store relevant attributes and attribute values of employees and known leaders according to their ranking in their field of activity, to form a digital persona. The digital persona of known leaders is then compared with the digital persona of an employee suitable for the leadership to form a leadership score. A leader is then chosen based on the leadership ranking which is based on leadership score. Thus, the employees, based on circumstances, may get more opportunities to prove their leadership abilities as the leadership ranking changes periodically.
US10255571B2
A graphical interface module may provide a set of graphical presentations comprising at least: a Likelihood of Delivery chart showing a probability distribution of predicted delivery dates; a Delivery Date Risk Trend chart showing how the completion time for the project predicted according to the Likelihood of Delivery chart has changed over time; and a Burndown chart that shows at least work-items of planned work for the project. Each of the Likelihood of Delivery chart, the Delivery Date Risk Trend chart, and the Burndown chart has a timeline axis.
US10255568B2
Embodiments are directed to selecting a data transmission path, comprising receiving a query having attribute(s), extracting the attribute(s) from the query, performing a search in a dynamic data structure for target(s) associated with the attribute(s), identifying a first set of target(s), and transmitting a data item to each target of the first set. The method further comprises determining whether the dynamic data structure has transformed from a first state to second state, and when a transformation is determined, performing a second search in the dynamic data structure, identifying a second set of target(s), and transmitting the data item to each target of the second set. The transmitting comprises pushing, to a first target, an option to select the data item, and pushing, to a second target, an option to select the data item when the data item is not selected by the first target.
US10255567B1
Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for assigning leads. An example for method for assigning leads comprises receiving a list of one or more merchants, wherein the one or more merchants comprise a sales value and an indication of an ability to provide a service associated with at least one demanded offer, accessing sales resource data comprising at least one or more sales resources and an associated capacity for contacting one or more merchants, assigning one or more sales resources an assignment probability number, wherein an assignment probability number represents a probability that a sales resource will be randomly assigned a next supply source in an assignment process, adjusting an assignment probability number based on the associated capacity, and assigning at least a portion of the one or more merchants according to at least the assignment probability number of the one or more sales resource and the sales value of the one or more merchants.
US10255566B2
Techniques for processing task items are provided. A task item is electronic data that represents a task to be performed, whether manually or automatically. A task item includes one or more details about its corresponding task, such as a description of the task and a location of the task. Specifically, techniques for generating task items, organizing task items, triggering notifications of task items, and consuming task items are described. In one approach, a task item is generated based on input from a user and context of the input. In another approach, different attributes of task items are used to organize the task items intelligently into multiple lists. In another approach, one or more criteria, such as location, are used to determine when to notify a user of a task. In another approach, actions other than generating notifications are enabled or automatically performed, actions such as emailing, calling, and searching.
US10255562B2
Systems and methods are provided that syndicate enterprise application system (EAS) data. A method includes creating a feed for an EAS module, generating a news item for the feed, and publishing the news item on the feed. Accordingly, employees in an organization are able to easily become aware of information about their organization by tightly coupling a syndication system to human resources management. The sharing of information throughout the organization creates a more inclusive and cohesive working environment. In one embodiment, the EAS data is enterprise resource planning (ERP) data.
US10255558B1
A method is used in managing knowledge-based authentication systems. A set of factors is evaluated for gathering organization based information from a set of information sources for authenticating a user in a knowledge-based authentication system. The organization based information is collected based on the evaluation.
US10255557B2
Systems and methods are provided for coupling two flux qubits. A quantum circuit assembly includes a first flux qubit, having at least two potential energy minima, and a second flux qubit, having at least two potential energy minima. A system formed by the first and second qubits has at least four potential energy minima prior to coupling, each of the four potential energy minima containing at least one eigenstate of a system comprising the first flux qubit and the second flux qubit. A coupler creates a first tunneling path between a first potential energy minimum of the system and a second potential energy minimum of the system, and a second tunneling path between a third potential energy minimum of the system and a fourth potential energy minimum of the system. The coupler creates the first and second tunneling paths between potential energy minima representing states of equal bit parity.
US10255548B1
Described is a system for modeling probability matching in human subjects. Features related to probability matching are extracted from a set of human subject responses from behavioral tasks. Neural network model instances are trained on the set of features, resulting in a set of trained neural network model instances. A set of model parameters are derived from the set of trained neural network instances, and the set of derived model parameters are used to emulate human performance on novel data.
US10255539B2
The disclosure provides a core layer for an information carrying card, resulting information carrying card, and methods of making the same. A core layer for an information carrying card comprises at least one thermoplastic layer having at least one cavity, an inlay layer, and, and a crosslinked polymer composition. At least one portion of the inlay layer is disposed inside the at least one cavity of the at least one thermoplastic layer. The crosslinked polymer composition is disposed over the at least one thermoplastic layer and contacting the inlay layer.
US10255531B2
An inkjet printer system that records images in a shorter time while taking ink drying time into account includes an output data generator including an ink information acquirer, a hard-to-dry index acquirer, a first image setter, a first area setter, and a layout arranger. The ink information acquirer acquires, for two or more images, ink information including an amount of ink required to record the images. The hard-to-dry index acquirer acquires, for each of the two or more images, a hard-to-dry index calculated from the ink information and indicating how difficult the ink is to dry. The first image setter sets an image having a highest hard-to-dry index to be a first image. The first area setter sets a first area in a recording area of a recording medium that is upstream in a conveying direction. The layout arranger arranges the first image in the first area earlier than other images.
US10255520B2
A system and method for aircraft docking guidance and aircraft type identification. The method is executed in the system for aircraft docking guidance and aircraft type identification comprising a machine vision sub-system, a laser scanning sub-system and a fusion module. The method includes: in step 1000, obtaining, by the machine vision sub-system, an image via image capturing means, and calculating a first aircraft front wheel position therefrom; in step 2000, obtaining, by the laser scanning sub-system, the position of the nose of an aircraft via laser scanning means, and calculating a second aircraft front wheel position; in step 3000, fusing the first aircraft front wheel position and the second aircraft front wheel position according to a fusion rule, to obtain deviation of an aircraft front wheel.
US10255519B2
To provide means according to which template matching is performed successfully in an apparatus that performs inspection or measurement of a semiconductor pattern, which is formed on a wafer, even in a case in which a pattern for alignment, which is in design data, has been eliminated from an image in which an image of a practical pattern was captured using the apparatus, in which the brightness value contrast of a pattern is lower (more indistinct) than that of other locations, or in which a pattern is deformed and there is a discrepancy with the shape of a template (a pattern for alignment in the design data). An inspection apparatus according to the invention acquires a target retrieval image, and carries out template matching on the target retrieval image, and includes template input, means for inputting a plurality of templates, a plurality of matching candidate selection sections that select a matching candidate group by performing a matching process of the target retrieval image and the plurality of templates, a plurality of single template likelihood calculation process sections that calculate single template likelihoods for a plurality of matching candidate groups that are selected by the plurality of matching candidate selection sections, a multiple template assimilation likelihood calculation process section that calculates a multiple template assimilation likelihood for the matching candidate groups using a plurality of single template likelihoods that are calculated by the plurality of single template likelihood calculation process sections, and a highest assimilation likelihood matching candidate selection section that selects a matching candidate for which the multiple template assimilation on likelihood is the highest, from among the matching candidate groups, using the multiple template assimilation likelihoods that are calculated by the multiple template assimilation likelihood calculation process section.
US10255518B2
An image determining method for scanning an image and determining specific image pixels of a specific image. The method comprises: determining at least one pixel in a first row having brightness value larger than a threshold value as the specific image pixel; defining a leftmost pixel and a rightmost pixel of the specific image pixel in the first row as a leftmost edge and a rightmost edge of a first specific image range; and defining a second specific image range in a second row of the image, which is next to the first row. Column positions of a leftmost edge and a rightmost edge of the second specific image range are respectively the same with column positions of the leftmost edge and the rightmost edge of the first specific image range. Via this method, the determining for the specific image pixels is more accurate.
US10255511B2
Advanced driver assistance systems need to be able to recognize and to classify traffic signs under real time constraints, and under a wide variety of visual conditions. The invention shown employs binary masks extracted by color space segmentation, with a different binary mask generated for each sign shape. Temporal tracking is employed to add robustness to the detection system. The system is generic, and is trainable to the signs used in various countries.
US10255506B2
Infrared radiation fire detector, comprising a curved support surface and a plurality of infrared radiation sensors arranged on the support surface. Each sensor comprises a planar array of infrared radiation-sensitive elements, having a respective sight direction and a solid angle of view defined around the sight direction, which define a field of view associated to the sensor. The sight directions of the sensors intersect with one another at a central point and the sensors are spaced apart from one another by a given angular distance referred to the central point, the solid angles of view of the sensors having a same narrow width so that the fields of view of the sensors are non-intersecting with one another.
US10255503B2
There is disclosed a method for generating movie recommendations, based on automatic extraction of features from a multimedia content, wherein the extracted features are visual features representing mise-en-scène characteristics of the movie defined on the basis of Applied Media Aesthetic theory, said extracted features being then fed to content-based recommendation algorithm in order to generate personalized recommendation.
US10255501B2
A method for controlling a robot cleaner configured to project light of a predetermined pattern to a floor of an area in front thereof in a specific direction and to acquire an image of the area to which the light is projected, according to the present disclosure, includes: (a) acquiring a front view image of the robot cleaner; (b) detecting the pattern from the image acquired in (a); and (c) discriminating a pattern formed by reflected light from a pattern formed by light directly projected from the robot cleaner, from among patterns indicated in the acquired image, on the basis of geometrical characteristics defined by a projection direction of the light and the direction of an optical axis in which the image is acquired when two or more patterns are detected from the image.
US10255491B2
To appropriately guide a subject person while protecting a privacy of the subject person despite use of an captured image of the subject person, a guidance system includes: an image capturing unit capable of capturing an image containing a subject person from a first direction; a detection unit that detects a size of an image of the subject person from the image captured by the image capturing unit; and a guidance unit that provides guidance for the subject person based on a detection result of the detection unit.
US10255487B2
A speech determiner determines whether or not a target individual is speaking when facial images of the target individual are captured. An emotion estimator estimates the emotion of the target individual using the facial images of the target individual, on the basis of the determination results of the speech determiner.
US10255483B2
Embodiments directed towards systems and methods for tracking a human face present within a video stream are described herein. In some embodiments, the exemplary illustrative methods and the exemplary illustrative systems of the present invention are specifically configured to process image data to identify and align the presence of a face in a particular frame.
