US10257981B2
A compact belt tensioner to be installed in draper harvesting headers that accommodates the flexing and twisting of the conveyor belts and generates a constant tension evenly distributed across the width of the conveyor belts. The tensioner performs an automatic belt tension without the operators intervention.
US10257975B2
A method and system for planting one of a plurality of seed types, hybrids and/or varieties includes planter with a plurality of row units. The row units include metering systems, which can include multiple seed meters at a particular row unit, as well as a queuing system. The metering systems including more than one seed meters are configured such that the seed meters will plant a different seed types or varieties. The operation of one or more of the seed meters at a time will provide for the planting of a particular seed variety. The invention provides for on-the-go changing of a seed being planted by changing the operation of one or more of the seed meters at each of the row units and provides for almost infinite variation among the row units for planting particular seed varieties or not planting at all.
US10257971B2
A drill attachment for tilling soil has an extended drill shaft that is coupled with a till plate. The combination may be driven by an ordinary hand drill. The drill shaft has a stabilizer tip that protrudes beyond the till plate. The till plate includes a plurality of teeth that dig into and work top soil, while a generally planar disk-shaped body member at the top of the till plate prevents the till plate from sinking below the surface of the soil. The teeth are stamped from the till plate, forming openings in the generally planar disk-shaped body member. These openings and other optional openings cooperate with the teeth to further break up clumps of soil, and help to balance forces from the teeth pulling into the soil against the force of the body member that resists sinking into the earth. Optional weed-out and hole tools are also disclosed.
US10264715B1
A data center includes a rack computer system, a tape library rack module and a heat exchange circuit. The rack computer system is positioned inside the data center and is operable to provide computing capacity and generate waste heat within a first environment. The tape library rack module is positioned within the data center and comprises an enclosure that encompasses its interior, a rack within the interior, at least one tape library unit mounted on the rack within a second environment that is environmentally isolated from the first environment. The heat exchange circuit comprises a pump to circulate heat transfer fluid, a first heat exchanger that receives waste heat in the first environment from the rack computer system to warm heat transfer fluid and a second heat exchanger that releases heat from warmed heat transfer fluid into the second environment to help control the temperature and/or relative humidity of the second environment.
US10264714B1
A facility containing electronic components can be cooled by one or more automated cooling units. One or more automated cooling units are automatically deployed to respond to temperature events at one or more electronic components by moving the automated cooling unit to the electronic component and operating a cooling assembly to pass air through an affected component, or by moving the automated cooling unit to a designated air handler or air source and supplementing a flow of air generated by the air handler. Multiple automated cooling units can be employed at the same time.
US10264707B2
Disclosed is a flat plate pulsating heat pipe (FP-PHP) serving as a power-free high efficiency heat transfer system for small electronic devices such as mobile phones and laptop computers. The FP-PHP is manufactured using MEMS technology and configured to have a single-turn loop or a multi-turn loop, each having a single diameter channel or a dual diameter channel. Further, since a working fluid used in a flat plate pulsating heat pipe exhibits different characteristics according to the main working temperature, provided is a flat plate pulsating heat pipe which includes a working fluid having optimum efficiency in the main working temperature. In addition, the flat plate pulsating heat pipe applicable at various installation angles, of the present invention which is for achieving the above purpose, includes: a silicon lower wafer plate having a rectangular shape; a capillary tube comprising a channel which has a constant depth on the upper surface of the silicon wafer lower plate and is formed in the form of a straight line along the longitudinal direction of the silicon wafer lower plate, wherein the channel forms a closed loop which is bent at both ends of the silicon wafer lower plate and is connected; a wafer upper plate which is coupled on top of the silicon wafer lower plate and seals the capillary tube; and a working fluid filled inside the capillary tube, wherein the capillary tube is made of a combination of a dual-diameter tube including a pair of channels having different widths and a single diameter tube including a pair of channels having the same width.
US10264700B1
An electronic device and a positioning structure capable of positioning a casing are provided. The electronic device includes a box, a casing and a positioning structure. The box has a slide rail and a first positioning portion therein. The casing is slidably disposed on the slide rail. The positioning structure includes a positioning element and a pressing element. One end of the positioning element and one end of the pressing element are connected to the casing. Another end of the positioning element is connected to another end of the pressing element. When the casing slides along the slide rail such that the positioning element is aligned to the first positioning portion, the positioning element is positioned to the first positioning portion, and the pressing element is adapted to be pressed such that the positioning element is separated from the first positioning portion.
US10264693B1
A breather valve and a portable communication device including a breather valve are provided. The breather valve includes a housing having a bottom portion having an opening and side portions, a rigid substrate located within the housing and a breathable membrane mounted to the rigid substrate. The breather valve further includes a gasket having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a preloaded compression element across the gasket and the rigid substrate. The gasket has an upper energy director located at the top surface and a lower energy director located at the bottom surface. The preloaded compression element provides at least a first compressive position providing a contact between the lower energy director and the bottom portion of the housing and a second compressive position in which air passes around the lower energy director and the upper energy director.
US10264688B2
A rigid electrical panel has both a flexible printed circuit and an electromagnetic protection layer embedded therein. The flexible printed circuit has an integral electromagnetic shield. The integral electromagnetic shield and the electromagnetic protection layer are electrically isolated, so as to provide independent grounding paths. The independent grounding paths are individually tested for safe operation.
US10264683B2
A guide and support apparatus is provided. The guide and support apparatus comprises a mounting portion, a support portion, and a guide and lock portion. The support portion extends to the guide and lock portion and ends at the mounting portion. The mounting portion extends downward from one or two ends of the support portion and comprises a lock structure. The guide and lock portion extends from the support portion to a certain height. Further, a method for manufacturing the guide and support apparatus is provided.
US10264678B1
An electronic device includes a processing module, battery, input and/or output module, a first printed circuit board (PCB) section, a second PCB section and a flexible section. The first PCB section includes a mounting section for the processing module, a first battery connection for providing an electrical connection to a first terminal of the battery and a first mechanical coupling apparatus (MCA). The second PCB section includes a second battery connection for providing an electrical connection to a second terminal of the battery and a second MCA. The flexible section is coupled to the first and second PCBs, and when in a first position, the battery connections are not electrically coupled to a respective one of the terminals of the battery. When in a second position, the first MCA is mechanically coupled to the second MCA and the battery is electrically coupled to the first and second battery terminals.
US10264667B2
The present disclosure is directed to a system that is configured to eject fluid vertically away from a thermal microfluidic die for use with scented oils or other fluids. The die is coupled to a rigid planar support board that separates the die from a reservoir of the fluid. The support board includes an opening that is lined with an inert liner that protects an interior surface of the support board from the fluid. The support board includes contact to an external power supply and contacts to the die on a first surface. The die is coupled to this first surface such that the second surface remains free of electrical connections.
US10264665B2
Tamper-respondent assemblies and methods of fabrication are provided which include at least one tamper-respondent sensor having unexposed circuit lines forming, at least in part, one or more tamper-detect network(s), and the tamper-respondent sensor having at least one external bond region. The tamper-respondent assembly further includes at least one conductive trace and an adhesive. The conductive trace(s) forms, at least in part, the one or more tamper-detect network(s), and is exposed, at least in part, on the tamper-respondent sensor(s) within the external bond region(s). The adhesive contacts the conductive trace(s) within the external bond region(s) of the tamper-respondent sensor(s), and the adhesive, in part, facilitates securing the at least one tamper-respondent sensor within the tamper-respondent assembly. In enhanced embodiments, the conductive trace(s) is a chemically compromisable conductor susceptible to damage during a chemical attack on the adhesive within the external bond region(s).
US10264664B1
Electronic modules having complex contact structures may be formed by encapsulating panels containing pluralities of electronic modules delineated by cut lines and having conductive interconnects buried within the panel along the cut lines. Holes defining contact regions along the electronic module sidewall may be cut into the panel along the cut lines to expose the buried interconnects. The panel may be metallized, e.g. by a series or processes including plating, on selected surfaces including in the holes to form the contacts and other metal structures followed by cutting the panel along the cut lines to singulate the individual electronic models. The contacts may be located in a conductive grove providing a castellated module.
US10264656B2
According to the present disclosure, lighting sources, having operating parameter(s) which is controllable in lighting sequence(s) as a function of a time code data set coupled with the sequence, are controlled: by providing a repository of operating data files for the lighting sources coupled with lighting sources, with each data file including time code data set(s) for lighting sequence(s) for one of the lighting sources, by detecting ambient lighting level signal(s) at the ambient where the lighting sources are located, by retrieving in the data repository operating data file(s) coupled with a selected one of the lighting sources, and by operating the selected lighting source by controlling the operating parameter(s) as a function of the operating data included in the operating data file retrieved and as a function of the ambient lighting level signal.
US10264652B2
Intelligent lighting systems include lighting fixtures communicatively coupled to processors and memory to provide efficient, highly responsive, and custom-tailored lighting to meet the needs and preferences of a given user or application. A gateway device provides connectivity linking lighting fixtures to the cloud to enhance data collection, analysis, and lighting control. Configuration profiles along with identification sensing provide object-specific and person-specific lighting conditions within intelligent lighting system environments. Configuration, control, monitoring, and reporting related to intelligent lighting systems are simplified with cloud-based and mobile apps compared to legacy lighting system technologies.
US10264643B1
An improved apparatus, system, and method for providing over-current protection for a phase cut dimmer or dimming system are disclosed. The apparatus, system, and method provide fast over-current protection by disabling a drive signal for the phase cut dimmer based on a sensed current exceeding a fast-over-current protection threshold. The apparatus, system, and method also provides slow-over-current protection by disabling the drive signal for the phase cut dimmer based on a time-averaged value of the sensed current exceeding a second threshold. As a result, over-current protection can be provided for a variety of different types of loads coupled to the phase cut dimmer.
US10264640B2
A device (500) and method (600) control a dimming level of one or more lighting units (130) in response to a user interaction with a reference-free user interface (410), such as a rocker-type interface. A bidirectional triode thyristor (460) supplies an AC input voltage (110) to the lighting unit(s) when it is triggered. A triggering circuit (510) triggers the bidirectional triode thyristor. The triggering circuit includes a capacitor (554) and a variable resistance element (510) which sets a time constant during each half cycle of a period of the AC input voltage for charging the capacitor to a triggering voltage which triggers the bidirectional triode thyristor. The resistance of the variable resistance element is controlled in response to a dimming input signal from the reference-free user interface. The dimming input signal indicates only relative changes in the output level of the lighting unit(s) with respect to the present level.
US10264635B2
A ripple suppression circuit for suppressing a ripple component in a drive current for an LED load includes: an output port connected to the LED load; a current filter circuit connected in series with the output port, and being configured to control the drive current based on an output voltage after a ripple component is filtered out, where the drive current is maintained as substantially stable; and a ripple shunt circuit connected between a drive current input terminal and a ground terminal, and being configured to shunt the drive current in response to the output voltage, where the output voltage is a voltage output from a power stage circuit that is coupled to the ripple suppression circuit.
US10264631B1
A light set circuit with time control function includes a power supply module, a plurality of light emitting modules and a time control module. A first wire receives a positive voltage and a second wire receives a negative voltage, or the first wire receives a negative voltage and the second wire receives a positive voltage, from the power supply module. A first positive pin of a first light emitting module and a second positive pin of a second light emitting module are connected to the second wire, and a first negative pin of the first light emitting module and a second positive pin of the second light emitting module are connected to the second wire. The time control module counts time and controls light emitting states of the light emitting modules.
US10264623B2
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for supporting a MCPTT services. One of the methods according to embodiments of the present invention comprises steps of receiving a location information request message from a enhance Node B (eNB) during a random access procedure; transmitting a connection request message including location information of the UE through a control channel to the eNB; and performing the MCPTT service with two or more users, wherein the random access procedure is performed for an initiation of the MCPTT service, and the MCPTT service is used for a public safety and utility services and provides communication among the two or more users with the UE.
US10264619B2
A selection server device may receive a first registration request and determine that a user device is associated with a non-local call service control function (CSCF) server device and that the user device is located outside of a service area associated with the non-local CSCF server; output a non-preferred server indication to the non-local CSCF server device to cause the non-local CSCF server device to be disassociated with the user device; receive a second registration request from the user device; determine that the user device is not associated with any CSCF server; and output the second registration request to a local CSCF server device, associated with a service area in which the user device is located, to cause the local CSCF server device to register the user device with the local CSCF server device.
US10264607B2
A method and a device for performing a random access in a wireless communication system are provided. Specifically, a wireless resource for transmitting a first random access request is selected, and the first random access request is transmitted through the wireless resource. The first random access request includes a transmission period of the first random access request, the frequency of retransmission, and an allowable error of the transmission period. Uplink resource allocation information is received in response to the first random access request. The uplink resource allocation information includes information on an indicator bit and a wireless resource shift. When the indicator bit is a preset value, a second random access request is transmitted through a wireless resource shifted from the wireless resource.
US10264600B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide a scheduling entity in communication with a set of scheduled entities within a wireless communication network. The scheduling entity groups a plurality of tones into uplink clusters, where each uplink cluster includes one or more adjacent tones. In addition, the scheduling entity maps a first set of uplink clusters to a first virtual cluster group (VCG) for an uplink control channel, assigns the first VCG to a first scheduled entity of the set of one or more scheduled entities, provides a first VCG index identifying the first VCG to the first scheduled entity and receives uplink control information from the first scheduled entity on the first VCG over the uplink control channel.
US10264596B1
A method and system to help manage a wireless client device's (WCD's) network connection with a core network gateway, where the WCD provides wireless backhaul connectivity to the core network for a relay base station with which the WCD communicates over a communication interface. The WCD detects passage of a threshold period of absence of communication on the communication interface between the WCD and the relay base station, and upon detecting that threshold period of absence of communication on that communication interface, the WCD releases its network connection with the core network gateway. Further, the WCD dynamically sets the threshold inactivity period for this purpose based on history of communications with which the relay base station has served one or more other WCDs.
US10264584B2
Controlling uplink transmission power using offset value based on antenna number or diversity scheme
Disclosed are a terminal device for controlling uplink transmission power and a method therefor. A receiving antenna receives uplink transmission mode change information from a base station. A processor determines a transmission power value to be used for the uplink transmission by means of an offset value corresponding to the uplink transmission mode change information. A transmitting antenna transmits an uplink signal with the determined transmission power value.
US10264582B2
A network node and a user device and methods thereof are described. A network node includes a transceiver, and a processor. The transceiver transmits a frequency utilization signal SFUS having a frequency utilization information (FUI) associated with at least one available frequency spectrum segment, and receives a communication preference signal SCPS. The processor assigns at least one frequency spectrum segment for communication. A user device includes a transceiver and a processor. The transceiver of the user device receives a frequency utilization signal SFUS comprising frequency utilization information (FUI) associated with at least one available frequency spectrum segment. The processor of the user device determines communication preference information (CPI) for the user device; and the transceiver of the user device transmits a communication preference signal SCPS.
US10264579B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a communication method, a UE, and a base station. The method includes: acquiring, by the user equipment UE, on an anchor carrier, synchronization information to synchronize with the base station, where a frequency resource between the UE and the base station includes N subcarriers, where the N subcarriers include the anchor carrier and at least one supplementary carrier, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 2; acquiring, by the UE, on the anchor carrier, system information, where the system information includes information about identities and frequency locations of the subcarriers; selecting, by the UE, the anchor carrier or a supplementary carrier according to the system information; and accessing, by the UE, the base station on a selected subcarrier, and communicating with the base station.
US10264578B2
A method for communication includes transmitting a listen before talk (LBT) communication symbol in a communication frame, the LBT communication symbol defining an amount of resource anticipated for control information and data, transmitting a control channel using the amount of resource defined by the communication symbol, and transmitting a data channel using the amount of resource defined by the communication symbol.
US10264568B2
The present invention discloses a beam configuration method which includes: sending initial beam index information of an initial beam, allocated for user equipment, of a millimeter wave band to the user equipment; receiving a radio resource management (RRM) measurement report from the user equipment, where the RRM measurement report is obtained after the user equipment performs RRM measurement on the initial beam that is indicated by the initial beam index information; and determining, according to the RRM measurement report, the initial beam index information that is used for communication with the user equipment.
US10264564B2
A method for allocating network resources to user equipments (UEs) includes configuring a first group of component carriers with resource allocations indicated by a joint downlink control information (DCI) message, configuring a second group of component carriers with resource allocations for each component carrier indicated by a dedicated DCI message, generating the joint DCI message indicating first resource allocations for a first subset of the first group of component carriers, generating a plurality of dedicated DCI messages, wherein each dedicated DCI message indicates a second resource allocation for a component carrier in a second subset of the second group of component carriers, mapping each one of the joint DCI message and the plurality of dedicated DCI messages to a control channel, and sending the control channels to the UE.
US10264557B2
A user terminal according to the present embodiment comprises: a controller configured to perform control of transmitting at least one or more group identifiers among a plurality of group identifiers comprising of an identifier associated with each of a plurality of D2D groups in D2D communication being direct inter-terminal communication to a base station as an identifier of a destination of data in the D2D communication.
US10264548B2
Provided are a mobile evolve packet core (EPC) and a paging method using the same. The mobile EPC includes: a mobile EPC server providing an environment for operating a set of virtual machines (VMs), each of the virtual machines serving as a functional entity of a core network of a mobile communication system; a transmission module transmitting/receiving between the mobile EPC server and components of the mobile communication system or between the mobile EPC server and another mobile EPC server; and a mobile means with the mobile EPC server and the transmission module and providing mobility, wherein the mobile EPC moves to a disaster area to form a public safety network (PSN).
US10264545B2
Various mechanisms for paging link-budget-limited (LBL) devices are disclosed, including: (1) transmitting paging message with non-conventional paging identifier; (2) transmitting paging message(s) with increased power; (3) repeating transmission of paging message to support combining at receiver. Various mechanisms for UE device to signal LBL status are disclosed, including, transmitting status flag or special value of DRX cycle to network node as part of tracking area update and/or attach request. The network node informs a base station of the device's LBL status as part of a paging message. (The network node may, e.g., assign an S-RNTI to the LBL device from a reserved subset of S-RNTI space.) The base station invokes a paging enhancement mechanism when paging an LBL device. Alternatively, the base station may page UE devices without knowledge of LBL status, e.g., by counting paging attempts for a given UE, and boosting power after the Nth paging attempt.
US10264544B1
A first communication determines, for a null data packet (NDP) ranging measurement procedure, i) a start time, ii) a time duration of each time slot of a plurality of time slots, and iii) a time interval between adjacent time slots. The first communication device generates one or more packets that include: i) an indication of the start time, ii) an indication of the time duration, and iii) an indication of the time interval, and transmits the one or more packets to multiple second communication devices prior to the NDP ranging measurement procedure. During the NDP ranging measurement procedure, the first communication device transmits a downlink NDP transmission to a group of second communication devices, and receives an uplink multi-user NDP transmission from the group of second communication devices.
US10264540B2
A near field communication (NFC) device configured to use in preparing a carrier signal for active load modulation supporting both synchronous and asynchronous transmissions. The NFC device comprises a local clock generator for generating a reference clock signal (REF_CLK), a clock extractor for recovering a clock signal (EXT_CLK) generated by an NFC initiator device, a frequency tracking module (FTM) for performing a frequency tracking operation based on an input clock signal (REF_CLK or EXT_CLK) to produce a FTM output with its frequency aligned with the input clock signal, and a phase tracking module (PTM) for performing a phase tracking operation on the FTM output based on EXT_CLK to produce a PTM output with its phase aligned with EXT_CLK.
US10264539B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a method by which an NAN terminal transmits an NAN service discovery frame on a discovery window (DW) in a wireless communication system, and the method for transmitting an NAN service discovery frame comprises the steps of: determining a time that a packet is available for transmitting; starting a countdown according to a backoff counter of an NAN discovery frame from the time at which a packet is available for transmission; and transmitting the NAN service discovery frame when the countdown is finished, wherein if the NAN terminal transmits a synch beacon frame on the DW, the NAN service discovery frame is capable of being transmitted only when the synch beacon frame is transmitted.
US10264538B2
Methods, systems, devices, and apparatuses are described for a listen-before-talk (LBT) mechanism. A wireless node, e.g., a base station, may determine that a channel is available based on completing a clear channel assessment (CCA) procedure. The wireless node may be associated with a first operator. The wireless node may transmit a first message on the channel in a subframe based on the CCA procedure. The first message may include a header portion that precedes a data portion. The first message may be time aligned with a second message transmitted from a second wireless node that is associated with the first operator.
US10264534B1
Systems, methods, and processing nodes for performing uplink power control of a high-powered wireless device in a wireless network based on first determining that a wireless device is capable of operating in a high-powered transmission mode, performing real-time adjustments to one or both of a pathloss scaling parameter or a power headroom level scaling parameter associated with the high-powered wireless device, and instructing the high-powered wireless device to utilize a transmit power level based on the adjusted one or both of the pathloss scaling parameter or the power headroom level scaling parameter.
US10264533B2
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 provides a power allocating method. A User Equipment (UE) receives power control indication information from a control node, obtains a power control mode, and/or, uplink transmission power configuration information. The UE allocates power for each uplink carrier, based on the power control mode, and/or, the uplink transmission power configuration information. By applying the present disclosure, power waste generated in the following scene may be reduced. A scheduled uplink signal cannot be transmitted in a corresponding carrier due to a busy channel. Subsequently, uplink scheduling efficiency of the UE may be improved, and the whole network efficiency may also be enhanced.
US10264532B2
The present disclosure provides a method for controlling uplink power, comprising: determining, by a Main eNodeB (MeNB), configured maximum transmit power P_MeNB of a User Equipment (UE) in a Primary Cell (PCell) and configured maximum transmit power P_SeNB of the UE in a Secondary Cell (SCell); notifying, by the MeNB, P_SeNB to a Secondary eNodeB (SeNB) corresponding to the SCell; and notifying P_MeNB and P_SeNB to the UE. The present disclosure further provides corresponding base station and UE.
US10264530B2
An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a method for partitioning an energy or power source. The energy source may be, for example, a battery or batteries or other power supply or power supplies for an electronic device, such as a cell phone, or mobile device. The energy source (battery for example), or power supply, provides power to a cell phone, or mobile device or any other load or power consuming device. Partitioning this energy source is a technique for controlling its operation so that power is provided to the power consuming device, such as a cell phone more efficiently, thereby extending the length of time the phone can be used between re-charging.
US10264528B2
A portable terminal apparatus according to an embodiment includes a power supply and a power receiving circuit that wirelessly receives electric power for charging the power supply. A first communication circuit transmits and receives information relating to receiving the electric power. A second communication circuit includes a communication antenna, a near field radio communication circuit and a switch arranged between the communication antenna and the near field radio communication circuit. The second communication circuit is selectively configured to communicate with a separate terminal device via near field radio communication. A controller controls the switch to disconnect the communication antenna from the near field radio communication circuit in response to the first communication circuit receiving the information relating to receiving the electric power.
US10264527B2
A system, device and method are described for operating a communication device communicating with a wireless network. The method comprises in a power save mode wherein a communication subsystem of the communication device has been deactivated: for a first period beginning at a first instance, re-activating the subsystem, executing an action relating to a link layer connection condition, and then de-activating the subsystem; and for a second period beginning at a second instance, re-activating the subsystem, executing an action relating to a network layer connection condition, and then de-activating the subsystem. For the method, the first period is repeated on a cycle based on a first frequency timed to allow the communication device to process a beacon signal from the wireless network; and the second period is repeated on a cycle based on a second frequency of occurrence of an Address Resolution Protocol request in the wireless network.
US10264516B2
Apparatus, method, and computer program product for controlling network discovery of a wireless mesh network, wherein a modified implementation of the network discovery process is suggested. For a touchlink target device, it is sufficient to receive one of all scan request commands that a touchlink initiator node broadcasts for device discovery on a predetermined channel. It is thus enough for the touchlink target device to intermittently switch its receiver to the predetermined channel for a specific duration to receive at least one of those scan command commands.
US10264503B2
The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for assisting a terminal in measuring, which relate to the field of communications network technologies and may implement correct measurement on signal strength of a micro base station, thereby preventing UE from incorrectly determining the signal strength of the micro base station. In embodiments of the present invention, a first base station receives a measurement result for a second base station sent by UE, where the first base station provides a service for the UE; the first base station determines, according to the measurement result, whether a handover operation needs to be started; when the handover operation needs to be started, the first base station instructs the second base station to start up, and hands over the UE to the second base station for a service provided by the second base station.
US10264501B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a bearer handover control device and control method. The method includes: receiving, by a network side device, a bearer handover message; and determining, by the network side device according to the bearer handover message, a bearer needing to be handed over in all bearers, so that an end marker End Marker message is sent to a source base station only for the bearer needing to be handed over. By using the foregoing solutions, for a multi-connection scenario, a network side device can determine a bearer needing to be handed over, so that an end marker message is sent only for the bearer needing to be handed over, which can prevent discarding of subsequent data of a bearer that is not to be handed over, and ensure multiple connections between a UE and base stations, thereby improving stability of a system.
US10264499B2
A method in a network node (103, 104, 111) for handling a request for an application to access a Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN (101), which application is run by a wireless device (114) and which application communicates in a cellular communications network (100). The network node (103, 104, 111) obtains traffic pattern information relating to the application, which traffic pattern information is derived from a deep packet inspection functionality of the cellular communications network (100). The network node (103, 104, 111) also obtains a decision whether to admit or refuse the request for the application to access the WLAN (101), which decision is based on the obtained traffic pattern information.
US10264498B2
Methods and apparatuses for redirecting a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to a dedicated core network (CN) node are described. An apparatus is configured to initiate a Service Request with a non-dedicated network node. The apparatus is configured to receive a special identifier in response to the Service Request, which indicates the apparatus should be redirected to a dedicated CN node based on subscription information. Radio access network resources associated with the apparatus may be released and the apparatus may then perform a tracking area update (TAU) request which is then forwarded to the dedicated CN node.
US10264494B2
Provided are a method and device for sending indication information, and UE. In the method, a UE sends to a network side, when determining that the UE has left an MBSFN area capable of carrying a predetermined MBMS, indication information for triggering the network side to set up a bearer for the UE to transmit the predetermined MBMS. The technical problem in the related art that a network side usually fails to know that UE moves to a cell unable to carry an MBMS, so that the network side cannot ensure service continuity and thus reception of the MBMS by a user side is interrupted is solved. The network side knows in time that the UE has left the MBSFN area capable of carrying the predetermined MBMS that is being received or is prepared to be received, and the network side can take measures in time to ensure MBMS continuity.
US10264493B2
A method of processing state information relating to user equipment in a communications system comprising a radio access network, the method comprising: maintaining current state information relating to the user equipment; and on the basis of a change of connection of the user equipment from a first cell to a second cell: transmitting a current value associated with a given state information part to the target radio access node in response to detecting at least one of one or more predetermined triggers that indicate that the target radio access node may not have received the current value from the source radio access node; or relying on the target radio access node having received the current value from the source radio access node if said at least one of said one or more predetermined triggers is not detected.
US10264482B2
When a UE in an LTE system enters the RRC_IDLE state, only the S5/S8 EPS bearer context is retained, and the S1-U, S1-AP and radio bearers are released. These bearers have to be re-established on per UE basis when the UE returns to RRC_CONNECTED state. A number of UE applications may send small data frequently, which causes the UE to toggle between IDLE and CONNECTED states. This leads to a great deal of signaling overhead as the radio bearer and the S1-U bearer must be frequently re-established as the UE transitions between IDLE to CONNECTED states. Described herein are methods and systems that provide an always-on S1-U bearer to reduce this signaling overhead.
US10264476B2
In a wireless communication device that uses different frequencies for transmission and reception, it is not easy to determine and set the frequencies used for transmission and reception. Therefore, this wireless communication device, frequency determination method for a wireless communication device, and program are characterized in that: first reception frequency change plan data is created on the basis of a frequency adjustment plan; a transmission frequency corresponding to the validity period of the frequency adjustment plan is used to transmit the first reception frequency change plan data; second reception frequency change plan data, created by a wireless communication device which is a counterpart of the wireless communication device, is received; and the frequency adjustment plan is updated on the basis of the second reception frequency change plan data.
US10264457B2
For automatically providing wireless network access to a guest, a method includes identifying an authorized guest of a provider of a wireless network, determining a distance between the authorized guest and the wireless network, and providing an access credential to the authorized guest in response to the authorized guest being within a predetermined distance of the wireless network. Identifying an authorized guest of the provider may include accessing a social networking account of the provider and identifying a social network connection of the provider from the social networking account, wherein the authorized guest is a social network connection of the provider. The wireless network may be a secured wireless network, wherein the access credential includes a wireless network identifier and a password for the secured wireless network.
US10264456B2
There is provided a mobile terminal capable of being protected against unauthorized use by a third party without using a dedicated key device. A plurality of mobile terminals are previously registered mutually. When unlocked among them, one mobile terminal communicates with another mobile terminal in a communication range of short-range wireless communications, unlocks the above another mobile terminal, and when out of the communication range, locks it again.
US10264454B2
A mobile phone number that is been provided by a customer during enrollment is verified for use. SS7 protocol data associated with the mobile phone number is collected and evaluated, and if the condition of the subscriber account associated with phone number has changed or is inconsistent with the circumstances surrounding the enrollment of the phone number, the phone number is designated as one that is not to be called.
US10264452B2
The embodiments set forth techniques for an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) to conditionally require, when performing management operations in association with electronic Subscriber Identity Modules (eSIMs), human-based authentication. The eUICC receives a request to perform a management operation in association with an eSIM. In response, the eUICC determines whether a policy being enforced by the eUICC indicates that a human-based authentication is required prior to performing the management operation. Next, the eUICC causes the mobile device to prompt a user of the mobile device to carry out the human-based authentication. The management operation is then performed or ignored in accordance with results of the human-based authentication.
US10264450B2
A user accesses an intermediary device, in communication with a restricted entity, requires a One Time Credential OTC and activates a mobile device previously registered, by the user, in an authentication entity, in order to generate a OTC, based on the information related to the user, to the restricted entity, to the mobile device and to the authentication entity, the OTC credential being then typed in the intermediary device and transmitted therefrom to the restricted entity and, from the latter, to the authentication entity, in which the OTC credential is decrypted and compared with the information related to the user, to the restricted entity, to the authentication entity and to the mobile device registered in the authentication entity, in order to generate an authentication result which is transmitted to the restricted entity, which will decide to accept or to reject the access of the user.
US10264446B2
A modified telecommunications system is provided herein in which UEs can be associated with a user account using information other than SIM card data or a username and password combination. For example, when a subscriber activates a user account, the subscriber may be requested to provide a signature. A signature can include a unique PIN, a sample voice command, a fingerprint, a retinal scan, and/or the like. The signature may be stored in a data store in an entry corresponding to the user account. To associate a UE with a user account, the subscriber can provide a signature via the UE. The UE can then transmit the provided signature and a UE address to a management system. The management system can then store the UE address in the data store in an entry associated with the user account that corresponds with the provided signature.
US10264431B2
A short range peer-to-peer communications system includes a first perception sensor and a first peer-to-peer communications system on a first machine and a second perception sensor and a second peer-to-peer communications system on a second machine. A first controller generates a first electronic map of a first perceived work environment associated with the first machine and transmits first data associated with first electronic map to the second machine through the first peer-to-peer communications system. A second controller generates a second electronic map of the second perceived work environment associated with the second machine based upon the plurality of second raw data points, receives the first data from the first machine through the second peer-to-peer communications system, and supplements the second electronic map based upon the first data.
US10264424B2
An information processing method is described and includes establishing a first communication channel between a central control device and at least one smart home device through a first communication module of the central control device; downloading from a cloud device and installing an application program corresponding to the at least one smart home device; generating a first control instruction based on a control logic of a first application program upon obtaining description information of the first control instruction; and sending the first control instruction to a first smart home device corresponding to the first application program through the first communication channel so as to control the first smart home device to respond, wherein the description information of the first control instruction indicates changing a state of the first smart home device. A central control device is also described.
US10264412B2
Dispatch-aiding communications between computing devices of a responder and a dispatch unit include a computing device of the responder determining that an event occurred, automatically sending an indication of the event to a computing device of the dispatch unit, receiving a request for information from the computing device of the dispatch unit, obtaining the information requested by the computing device of the dispatch unit, and sending the information requested by the computing device of the dispatch unit to the computing device of the dispatch unit. The computing device of the dispatch unit sends the request for information to the computing device of the responder in response to receiving the indication of the event.
US10264408B2
A mobile communication method comprises: a step A of broadcasting, from a specific cell, MBMS service update information indicating a timing of a broadcasting of MBMS service information indicating contents of MBMS data; a step B of broadcasting, from the specific cell, the MBMS service information at the timing indicated by the MBMS service update information; and a step C of receiving, by the mobile terminal existing in the specific cell, the MBMS service information broadcasted from the specific cell at the timing indicated by the MBMS service update information broadcasted from the specific cell.
US10264396B2
A method of distance measurement for a first wireless communication device of a wireless communication system includes receiving a frame from a second wireless communication device of the wireless communications system; determining a signal strength of the received frame; and obtaining a round trip time (RTT) and estimating a distance between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device according to the signal strength of the received frame.
US10264387B2
An out-of-head localization processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes headphones, left and right microphones, a measurement unit configured to measure left and right headphone transfer characteristics, respectively, an inverse-filter calculation unit configured to calculate inverse filters of the headphone transfer characteristics, a correction unit configured to calculate correction filters by correcting the inverse filters, and an input unit configured to receive a user input. The correction unit corrects the inverse filters by using a predefined correction function in a first frequency band. The correction unit corrects the inverse filters according to a correction pattern selected based on the user input in a second frequency band.
US10264382B2
Higher Order Ambisonics represents three-dimensional sound independent of a specific loudspeaker set-up. However, transmission of an HOA representation results in a very high bit rate. Therefore compression with a fixed number of channels is used, in which directional and ambient signal components are processed differently. The ambient HOA component is represented by a minimum number of HOA coefficient sequences. The remaining channels contain either directional signals or additional coefficient sequences of the ambient HOA component, depending on what will result in optimum perceptual quality. This processing can change on a frame-by-frame basis.
US10264371B2
The present disclosure relates to a hearing instrument comprising a rechargeable battery source providing a battery supply voltage and a switched capacitor DC-DC converter comprising a DC input coupled to the battery supply voltage for converting the battery supply voltage into a higher or lower DC output voltage. The hearing instrument comprises at least one active circuit connected to the DC output voltage for energizing active components of the at least one active circuit.
US10264362B2
Provided are an electroacoustic transducer capable of stably reproducing a sound with high acoustic quality and widening a frequency band that is able to be reproduced, and an electroacoustic transduction system. In the electroacoustic transducer including: an electroacoustic transduction film including a polymer composite piezoelectric body in which piezoelectric body particles are dispersed in a viscoelastic matrix formed of a polymer material having viscoelasticity at a normal temperature, and two thin film electrodes laminated on both surfaces of the polymer composite piezoelectric body; and an elastic supporter which is disposed to be closely attached to one principal surface of the electroacoustic transduction film so as to cause the electroacoustic transduction film to be bent, a bent portion of the electroacoustic transduction film has a quadrangular shape, a length of a short side of the bent portion is less than or equal to 10 cm, and a length of a long side thereof is greater than or equal to 30 cm.
US10264360B2
Disclosed is a structure for detecting the vibration displacement of a speaker, including: a vibration system having a movable pole plate; a magnetic circuit system; and a fixed pole plate provided under the vibration system and opposite to the movable pole plate, the movable pole plate and the fixed pole plate constituting a capacitor. Also disclosed is an acoustoelectric inter-conversion dual-effect device, further including an impedance transformer connected to the capacitor and including a field effect transistor and a diode. In the present invention, a movable pole plate of a capacitor is provided on a vibration system and a fixed pole plate is provided under the vibration system and fixed in position. When the vibration system vibrates, the change in capacitance is detected to calculate the actual displacement of the vibration system, which can reduce the power of the speaker device when the actual displacement of the vibration system exceeds a safety threshold. For an electronic device adopting such a speaker structure, the displacement of the vibration system of a speaker product can be detected in real time at the system end of the electronic device.
US10264358B2
Synchronized output of audio on a group of devices can comprise sending audio data from an audio distribution master device to one or more slave devices in the group. Scores can be assigned to respective audio playback devices, the scores being indicative of a performance level of the respective audio playback devices acting as a master device. The device with the highest score is designated as a candidate master device and one or more remaining devices are designated as a candidate slave(s). A throughput test is conducted with the highest scoring device acting as the candidate master device. The results of the throughput test are used to determine a master device for a group of devices. Latency of the throughput test can be reduced by using a prescribed time period for completion of the throughput test, and/or by selecting a first group configuration to passes the throughput test.
US10264357B1
An audio frequency generating device includes a storage unit, a selecting unit, a processing unit, a first speaker and a second speaker. The storage unit stores at least one chord and each chord includes N fundamental frequencies. The selecting unit is electrically connected to the storage unit. The selecting unit selects M fundamental frequencies from the N fundamental frequencies of at least one of the at least one chord. The processing unit is electrically connected to the selecting unit. The processing unit uses the M fundamental frequencies to generate a first audio frequency. The processing unit uses a frequency difference to adjust each of the M fundamental frequencies to generate a second audio frequency. The first speaker is electrically connected to the processing unit and outputs the first audio frequency. The second speaker is electrically connected to the processing unit and outputs the second audio frequency.
US10264354B1
Information from microphone signals from a microphone array may be used to identify persistent sources, such as televisions, radios, washing machines, or other stationary sources. Values representative of broadside conditions for each pair of microphone signals are received from the microphone array. By monitoring broadside conditions for microphone pairs, a position of a sound source may be identified. If a sound source is frequently identified with a broadside of the same microphone pair, then that sound source may be identified as a persistent noise source. When a broadside of a pair of microphones is identified with a noise source, a beamformer may be configured to decrease contribution of that pair of microphones to an audio signal formed from the microphone array.
US10264345B1
A method and device for detecting whether a headset is on ear. Microphone signals from a plurality of microphones are used to derive a plurality of signal feature measures, which are normalized to a common reference scale. The signal feature measures are weighted based upon detected signal conditions in the microphone signals. The normalized and variably weighted signal feature measures are then combined to produce an output indication of whether a headset is on ear.
US10264340B1
A modularized track lighting assembly includes a track unit, and a lighting unit or sound module. The track unit includes a housing, a first connecting terminal, a second connecting terminal, a circuit board and a multifunctional operator. The multifunctional operator is rotatable on the housing to change the output state of the circuit board during rotation. Thus, the track unit cooperates with either the lighting unit or the sound module by connection of the multifunctional operator to have either an illuminating function or an audio playing function, so that the modularized track lighting assembly has illuminating and audio playing functions.
US10264339B2
A wearable haptic device is provided. The wearable haptic device includes a band having at least one haptic device attached to the band. A power source is operatively connected to the vibration device. The vibration device may further include an input configured to connect to a music playing device. The vibration device produces a vibration based on the output of the music playing device.
US10264338B2
Improvements to an adjustable speaker within a frame is disclosed. The adjustment of the speaker allows for rotation or pivoting on a plurality of webs, ribs or fingers. The plurality of webs, ribs or fingers provide a plurality of bearing surfaces. The webs, ribs or fingers provide an open frame that requires less material and allows for sound transmission both in-front of the speaker and around the speaker. The frame can be scaled to be larger or smaller to accommodate different diameter and depth speakers. It is also contemplated that speakers frame can be accommodate both round and oblong shapes. The frame is a clam-shell mesh. The clam-shell captures the speaker between the two components. The two components essentially snap together to secure the speaker. The webs, ribs or fingers frame allows pivoting with a compression or tension member of a spring.
US10264318B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to improve viewer assignment by adjusting for a localized event are disclosed. An example method includes identifying, by executing an instruction with a processor, heavy tuning data associated with panelists in a first area based on (1) a first number of households tuned to first media in the first area and (2) a first percentage of exposure minutes tuned to the first media in the first area. The example method also includes determining, by executing an instruction with the processor, if the heavy tuning data represents a local bias based on a second percentage of exposure minutes tuned to second media in a second area.
US10264315B2
Techniques and system configurations for generating rankings and ranking models for information based on streaming event data are disclosed herein. In an example, electronic operations used for ranking and ordering information provided in commerce user interface based on streaming events include: processing streaming events representing user interaction in a commerce user interface; producing a ranking model from the events for a subsequent output within the commerce user interface; and generating the subsequent output of the information set via the commerce user interface, using the ranking model, where respective items of information are ordered among each other based on an engagement score, an exposure score, or a relevancy score. In a further example, the exposure score is used as a weight to the engagement score, relative to the relevancy score. With this technique, a balanced approach for presenting and organizing data relevancy may be offered in user interfaces.
US10264313B2
Embodiments of mechanisms for dynamic media content type streaming management for mobile devices are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the mobile device may receive selection input pertaining to generating output from a media file containing at least two of audio data, video data, and closed-captioning data, the selection input selecting at least one of audio, video, and closed-captioning to be output during play of the media content. In some embodiments, the mobile device may generate an audio output as a signal in response to the selection input including audio. In some embodiments, the mobile device may generate a video output as a signal in response to the selection input including video. In some embodiments, the mobile device may generate a closed-captioning output as a signal in response to selection input including closed-captioning.
US10264311B2
An apparatus and method for providing information in conjunction with media content, including a receiver, wherein the receiver receives at least one of a transmission of media content and a broadcast of media content, wherein the media content includes at least one of broadcast media content and entertainment media content, and further wherein the receiver receives information regarding the media content, a processor for processing at least one of the received media content and the received information regarding the media content, a display device for visually displaying the information regarding the media content, and/or a speaker device for audibly announcing the information regarding the media content.
US10264306B2
Methods, systems, and media for recommending collaborators of media content based on authenticated media content input are provided. In some implementations, the method comprises: receiving a request from a content creator to initiate presentation of broadcasted media content using a media device, wherein the request invites a plurality of users to participate in the broadcasted media content; determining that a user of the plurality of users has interacted with the broadcasted media content, wherein the user has been permitted to interact with the broadcasted media content in response to providing user authentication information; determining collaborator information associated with the user based on the user authentication information; and automatically causing, without user interaction, the determined collaborator information to be presented to the content creator for associating with the broadcasted media content.
US10264300B2
A method for transmitting broadcast signals by an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, the method includes encoding service data according to a 16200 bit codeword and a 11/15 code rate based on addresses in a parity check matrix, wherein the encoded service data comprises information bits and parity bits; building at least one signal frame by mapping the encoded service data; modulating data in the built signal frame by an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) scheme; and transmitting broadcast signals having the modulated data, wherein the encoding of the service data comprises: initializing the parity bits, adding the information bits to the parity bits of which addresses are based on values of entries in each row of the parity check matrix, wherein a row of the parity check matrix corresponds to a 360 bit group of the information bits.
US10264288B2
A method includes encoding information of at least two short-term reference picture sets into a bitstream; encoding into the bitstream a structure of pictures description with an indication being indicative of which one of the at least two short-term reference picture sets to be used for decoding by a picture in question within the structure of pictures, the structure of pictures including one or more consecutive pictures in decoding order; encoding pictures according to the structure of pictures description into the bitstream.
US10264287B2
An SDR CDF is constructed based on an SDR histogram generated from a distribution of SDR codewords in SDR images. An HDR CDF is constructed based on an HDR histogram generated from a distribution of HDR codewords in HDR images that correspond to the SDR images. A histogram transfer function is generated based on the SDR CDF and the HDR CDF. The SDR images are transmitted along with backward reshaping metadata to recipient devices. The backward reshaping metadata is generated at least in part on the histogram transfer function.
US10264285B2
In an example, a method of coding video data includes determining, for a pixel associated with a palette index that relates a value of the pixel to a color value in a palette of colors used for coding the pixel, a run length of a run of palette indices being coded with the palette index of the pixel, the method also includes determining a maximum run length for a maximum run of palette indices able to be coded with the palette index of the pixel, and coding data that indicates the run length based on the determined maximum run length.
US10264277B2
Actually rendered portions of a renderable portion of a first view of a multi-view signal are introduced into a prediction loop of a multi-view encoder to form a reference signal for the block-based prediction of the encoder's view predictor may improve the prediction and thereby increasing the coding efficiency. The introduction may be performed by completely inserting the renderable portion into the prediction loop to form new reference pictures with their own reference picture indices in addition to reference pictures obtained by the reconstructed version of the multi-view signal of the block-based prediction. Alternatively, the actually rendered portion may be introduced into the prediction loop completely, but with replacing the normal prediction reference signal, i.e. the normally reconstructed signal as obtained by block-based prediction. Alternatively, it may be signaled within the data stream which portions of the renderable portion are used to replace respective portions in the normally reconstructed signal.
US10264274B2
A new file format for coded video data is provided. A decoder may identify patterns in the coded video data in order to make the decoding process and/or display of data more efficient. Such patterns may be predefined and stored at the decoder, may be defined by each encoder and exchanged during terminal initialization, or may be transmitted and/or stored with the associated video data. Initialization information associated with the fragments of video data may also provide for carouseling initialization updates such that the initialization fragments may indicate either that the initialization information should be updated or that the decoder should be re-initialized. Additionally, media files or segments may be broken into fragments and each segment may have an index to provide for random access to the media data of the segment.
US10264272B2
An apparatus may include a memory configured to store video data associated with a reference layer (RL) and an enhancement layer (EL) and a processor in communication with the memory. The processor may determine whether a first enhancement layer (EL) picture associated with a first parameter set is an intra random access point (IRAP) picture, determine whether a first access unit including the EL picture immediately follows a splice point, and perform one of (1) refraining from associating the first EL picture with a second parameter set different from the first parameter set, or (2) associating the first EL picture with a second parameter set different from the first parameter set. The processor may encode or decode the video data.
US10264271B2
Techniques for coding and deriving (e.g., determining) one or more coded-block-flags associated with video content are described herein. A coded-block-flag of a last node may be determined when coded-block-flags of preceding nodes are determined to be a particular value and when a predetermined condition is satisfied. In some instances, the predetermined condition may be satisfied when log2(size of current transform unit) is less than log2(size of maximum transform unit) or log2(size of current coding unit) is less than or equal to log2(size of maximum transform unit)+1. The preceding nodes may be nodes that precede the last node on a particular level in a residual tree.
US10264267B2
A method for compressing image data is provided. The image data includes a file to be compressed, which includes N blocks to be compressed. The method includes: setting a target data increment of each of the N blocks of the file according to a 0th accumulated target data size and an Nth accumulated target data size; before compressing an nth block, calculating an (n−1)th accumulated target data size of an (n−1)th block according to the 0th accumulated target data size and the target data increment; when a difference between an (n−1)th accumulated compressed data size and the (n−1)th accumulated target data size is smaller than a predetermined threshold, removing X least significant bit(s) of a plurality of sets of data in the nth block to generate an updated nth block; and compressing the updated nth block to generate a compressed nth block.
US10264252B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for setting a reference picture index of a temporal merging candidate. An inter-picture prediction method using a temporal merging candidate can include the steps of: determining a reference picture index for a current block; and inducing a temporal merging candidate block of the current block and calculating a temporal merging candidate from the temporal merging candidate block, wherein the reference picture index of the temporal merging candidate can be calculated regardless of whether a block other than the current block is decoded. Accordingly, a video processing speed can be increased and video processing complexity can be reduced.
US10264250B2
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for determining spectral characteristics of an image captured by a camera on a mobile endpoint device are disclosed. For example, the method includes receiving the image of a color calibration card comprising a plurality of color patches and a quick response (QR) code, wherein each one of the plurality of color patches has a known spectral reflectance, determining spectral characteristics from the image of the color calibration card, wherein the spectral characteristics are used to analyze additional images that are received from the camera on the mobile endpoint device and transmitting an activation signal to activate an incentive associated with the QR code to the mobile endpoint device in response to receiving the image of the color calibration card.
US10264248B2
A display apparatus configured for displaying different images at the same time, a vehicle having the same, and a method for controlling the same, may include a backlight device; and a display panel separate from the backlight device and configured to output an image using light of the backlight device, and the backlight device includes a first light source device configured to emit light; a second light source device separate from the first light source device, and a light guide plate disposed between the first light source device and the second light source device, and provided with a light guide portion configured to guide light in a first optical path when the light of the first light source device is incident and configured to guide light in a second optical path when the light of the second light source device is incident.
US10264241B2
A method and system for viewing video content is described. In one aspect a first data stream including video content in a 2D format may be received. The first data stream may include embedded first data identifying tuning data for accessing the video content in a 3D format. The video content may be outputted in the 2D format. A notification of availability of the video content in the 3D format may be displayed to a viewer, and an instruction to tune to the video content in the 3D format may be received. The video content in the 3D format then may be outputted.
US10264240B2
A depth image generating apparatus includes a light source configured to emit light; an optical shutter provided on a path of the light reflected by an object and configured to modulate a waveform of the reflected light by changing a transmissivity of the optical shutter with respect to the reflected light; a driver configured to apply a driving voltage to the light source and a driving voltage to the optical shutter; a temperature measurer configured to measure a temperature of the optical shutter; a controller configured to control driving voltages; and a depth information obtainer configured to generate an image corresponding to the reflected light that passes through the optical shutter, extract a phase difference between a phase of the light emitted by the light source to the object and a phase of the reflected light, and obtain depth information regarding the object based on the phase difference.
US10264237B2
As to N images captured at different focus positions, which are arrayed in order of focus positions, N/2 images are set as feature point extraction images so that at least one of two adjacent images becomes a feature point extraction image; corresponding points corresponding to a feature point, extracted from the feature point extraction image, are searched for from the other images; a correction parameter, with which corresponding positions of the N images are matched, is calculated from a positional relation of the feature point and the corresponding points; and, with an image whose view angle is the smallest among the N images as a reference, the other images are corrected.
US10264234B2
Using the techniques discussed herein, a set of images is captured by one or more array imagers (106). Each array imager includes multiple imagers configured in various manners. Each array imager captures multiple images of substantially a same scene at substantially a same time. The images captured by each array image are encoded by multiple processors (112, 114). Each processor can encode sets of images captured by a different array imager, or each processor can encode different sets of images captured by the same array imager. The encoding of the images is performed using various image-compression techniques so that the information that results from the encoding is smaller, in terms of storage size, than the uncompressed images.
US10264230B2
A digital camera is configured to display a continually updated preview image of an observed scene, wherein kinetic objects that appear in the observed scene do not appear in the continually updated preview image. An observed scene includes static objects and kinetic objects. The observed scene is recorded using a digital imaging sensor which forms part of a smartphone. A live camera feed results, the live camera feed comprising a plurality of frames, each depicting the observed scene at a specific time. A median color value is evaluated over m non-consecutive frames captured from the live camera feed. The median color values are used to generate an output feed that is displayed at a reduced frame rate as compared to the live camera feed. The resulting displayed scene includes the same static objects which appeared in the observed scene, but does not include the kinetic objects.
US10264225B2
A backlight for a display comprises a plurality of independently controllable light sources and inclined surfaces inclining in a radially outward direction from each light source for shaping the distribution of emitted light. The light sources may each comprise a group of differently-colored light emitters. The backlight may include light integrators configured to mix light of the differently-colored light emitters. Inclined surfaces for shaping the distribution of emitted light may be arranged around exits of the light integrators.
US10264224B2
A lighting template usable in connection with standard theatrical lights is provided. The lighting template contains a LCD adapted to receive and reproduce video output thereon. The lighting template provides a body adapted to mount to a theatrical light so that the LCD is disposed within the focal plane thereof. Thereby a lighting designer may selectively control the video output so as to manipulate the projected light through the LCD, affordably creating animated projections from the theatrical light.
US10264223B2
An image processing device according to the present invention includes: a color space conversion unit that calculates brightness signals and color difference signals from RGB signals of two images of a single subject acquired under different image acquisition conditions; a color difference determination unit that determines whether or not the absolute value of the difference between the color difference signals of the two images calculated by the color space conversion unit is smaller than a predetermined threshold value; and a color averaging unit that, if the color difference determination unit determines that the absolute value of the difference between the color difference signals of the two images is smaller than the threshold value, averages the color difference signals of the two images and calculates average color difference signals.
US10264217B2
A method for adding a call from a second client to a videoconference; wherein a call from at least a first client is connected to the videoconference, the call from the first client comprising first call control data and first call media data; wherein the call from the second client comprises second call control data and second call media data; and wherein a first node in a videoconferencing network handles the first call media data; the method comprising: handling the second call control data at a second node of the videoconferencing network; determining whether at least one criterion is satisfied; and in the event that at least one criterion is satisfied, diverting the second call media data to the first node of the videoconferencing network.
US10264215B1
There is provided a server enabling Augmented Reality (AR) object sharing between a first party and a second party, the server comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the server at least to receive, from a first party device, data corresponding to a selection of an object by the first party, retrieve, from a database operationally coupled with the server, an AR object relating to the received data in response to the receipt of the data, provide, to the second party device, an instruction to display the retrieved AR object, and receive, from the second party device, an input from the second party in relation to the AR object, the input comprising one or more comments of the second party.
US10264214B1
Embodiments are described for customizing a video conferencing user experience using a virtual assistant, and/or assisting a user in diagnosing issues concerning a video conferencing user experience. The virtual assistant may address issues based on automatically detected meeting quality measures as well as issues verbally communicated to the assistant by a user at an endpoint.
US10264195B1
An image sensor generates first digital samples and second digital samples during respective first and second sampling intervals, the first digital samples including at least one digital sample of each pixel of a first plurality of pixels, and the second digital samples including at least one digital sample of each pixel of a second plurality of pixels. A sum of the first digital samples is accumulated within a first counter as the first sampling interval transpires, and a sum of the second digital samples is accumulated within the first counter as the second sampling interval transpires.
US10264191B2
A method of producing super resolution images includes a detector array capturing images of a scene in which detector array provides pixels for respective portions of the scene, and the detector array captures the images in increments in each of which a lens or the detector array is moved a length of an individual detector. The method also includes a processing unit determining light intensities of the pixels, and calibrating the pixels to a reference pixel based on the light intensities and thereby compensate for any differences in sensitivity of the individual detectors. This calibration is based on a comparison of light intensities of the reference pixel and an other pixel in respectively one and an other of the images in which the portion of the scene is the same for the reference pixel in the one of the images and the other pixel in the other of the images.
US10264184B2
Provided is an electronic device with high portability, a highly browsable electronic device, or an electronic device having a novel light source that can be used in shooting photographs and video. The electronic device includes a camera and a flexible display portion. The display portion has a first region and a second region. The first region has a function of emitting light to a photographic subject. The second region has a function of displaying an image of the photographic subject shot by the camera. The display portion can be bent so that the first region and the second region face in different directions.
US10264178B2
An image processing method is provided. The image sensor is controlled to output the combination image. The brightness of the combination image is obtained and it is determined whether the brightness is less than or equal to a preset threshold. When the brightness is less than or equal to the preset threshold, the combination image is converted into the combination true-color image. When the brightness is greater than the preset threshold, the image sensor is controlled to output the color-block image. The color-block image is converted into the simulation image. The simulation image is converted into the simulation true-color image. An image processing apparatus and an electronic device are provided.
US10264176B2
A gaze tracking device and method, and a recording medium for performing the same are disclosed. The gaze tracking device, which is a device for tracking the gaze of a person present in an area in which the gaze tracking device is located, sets a photographing unit of the gaze tracking device to a wide-angle mode, photographs an area within a wide-angle view of the photographing unit, detects the person from a photographed image, and converts the wide-angle mode of the photographing unit into a narrow-angle mode so as to track the gaze of the person when the person is detected from the photographed image, wherein when tracking the gaze of the person by converting the wide-angle mode of the photographing unit into the narrow-angle mode, if the person is out of the shooting range of the narrow-angle mode while tracking the gaze of the person in the narrow-angle mode of the photographing unit, the photographing unit is converted from the narrow-angle mode into the wide-angle mode so as to track the gaze of the person by re-searching for the person.
US10264170B2
A LED Light device having built-in camera-assembly is powered by AC or-and DC power source by (1) prongs or (2) AC Plug-wires or (3) another conductive-piece or (4) wired. The device has built-in camera-assembly has plurality function(s) for desired combination to make different products. The LED light device has at least one of (a) camera or DV to take minimum MP4 format image, (b) digital data memory kits or cloud storage station, (c) wireless kits, Bluetooth or USB set for download function, (d) motion/moving/other sensor, (e) assembly for contact Wi-Fi, 3G/4G/5G network or even settle-lite channel, (f) system to transmit or-and receiving wireless signal, (g) APP or other platform software to operation related device, (h) LED lighting, (i) movable sensor(s), camera, light-beam direction, or (j) other electric or mechanical parts & accessories to get desired function(s) for the said LED light device. The said motion/moving sensor unit has desired part or all of digital data related module or circuit(s) or backup power and unit may in separated housing with light-source assembly so people can upgrade the non-camera device to has built-in camera and digital device for their old non-camera security light. One of practical application is for angle adjustable LED light with prong to plug-into wall so can aim sensor, or-and camera, or-and LED light-beam to desired areas.
US10264159B2
A printed document manager manages printed documents and is separate from a Document Management System (DMS) that manages electronic soft copy documents also known as source documents. Documents in a DMS repository are registered in a postmark registry by a registration agent. When a document that is registered in the postmark registry is printed, a graphical symbol referred to as a “postmark” is generated and inserted into the print stream so the postmark is printed on the hard copy of the document. The printed document is logged in a printed document store along with metadata associated with the printed document. The postmark on the printed document can be used for one or more purposes, such as to determine whether the printed document can be shredded after use and to determine whether the printed document is current.
US10264154B2
A system includes a server to distribute one or more applications and an image processing apparatus communicable with the server. The server includes circuitry. The circuitry receives information relating to a device type of the image processing apparatus from the image processing apparatus. The circuitry changes, based on the received information relating to the device type, a part of a screen design relating to an application list screen. The circuitry transmits, to the image processing apparatus, information relating to the application list screen in which the part of the screen design is changed based on the information relating to the device type. The browser executes an application command for transmitting the information relating to the device type to the server. The browser displays the application list screen in which the part of the screen design is changed based on the information relating to the device type.
US10264152B2
An information processing device includes a specification unit configured to receive identification information for identifying a scanner device, and specify a driver configured to control the scanner device identified by the identification information; an item acquirer configured to acquire a list of items that are settable by the specified driver for controlling the scanner device, and return the list to a transmission source of the identification information; a scan instruction receiver configured to receive a scan instruction and set values for the respective items from the transmission source of the identification information; and an execution controller configured to send, in accordance with the reception of the scan instruction, the set values to the driver that is specified based on the identification information to cause the driver to perform scan using the scanner device.
US10264149B2
An information processing device includes a first unit that is a base of the information processing device, a second unit that is disposed above the first unit and rotates around a first rotation shaft which is horizontally arranged, an input part that accepts an operation input by a user, and a wireless reading unit containing part that is disposed next to the input part and contains a wireless reading unit. The wireless reading unit containing part is provided with a containing part to contain the wireless reading unit, and an open/close lid that opens and closes the containing part.
US10264144B2
An electronic device includes a power unit that accommodates a battery; a communication unit that wirelessly communicates with an external device; and a printer unit that prints print data obtained by the communication unit on a recording paper, wherein an outer appearance of the electronic device is a cylindrical shape.
US10264139B2
A system and method that allows for information relating to data and communication resource usage to be gathered and analyzed such that particular data transactions and usage can be classified based on purpose and/or type. Further, the system and method provide reporting based on amount of usage and/or purpose or type of usage so that associated costs and usage can be calculated applied and allocated to particular accounts, divisions, groups or individuals within and outside of a company or entity. Further, the system may restrict data usage of devices to data usage that can be allocated to particular accounts based on purpose, source, destination or other.
US10264135B2
The present disclosure discloses an echo cancellation method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining a far-end signal and a near-end signal; detecting whether a speech signal exists in the near-end signal; processing the far-end signal according to a normalized least mean square adaptive filtering (NLMS) algorithm to obtain an estimated signal, and subtracting the estimated signal from the near-end signal to obtain a residual signal; after it is detected that the speech signal exists in the near-end signal, detecting whether the residual signal meets a preset output condition; and when it is detected that the residual signal does not meet the preset output condition, multiplying the residual signal by a first attenuation factor to obtain an output signal.
US10264134B2
Methods and apparatus to select a dynamically peered voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) border element are disclosed. An example method comprises collecting data representative of a dynamic performance of a voice over Internet protocol network, prioritizing a selection of a peered border element based on the collected data, and modifying a telephone number mapping (ENUM) database based on the prioritized selection.
US10264133B1
An apparatus is disclosed for providing voice-over-IP (VoIP) services to and configuring contact lists for a plurality of VoIP-enabled devices. The apparatus includes a VoIP server communicatively connected to the plurality of VoIP-enabled devices. The VoIP server can includes a device management circuit configured to maintain a list of IP addresses for each of the plurality of VoIP-enabled devices. In response to receiving a first data message, from a first device not included in the plurality of VoIP-enabled devices, that includes contact information and identifies one of the plurality of VoIP-enabled devices, the device management circuit adds a new contact having the contact information to the respective contact list of the identified one of the plurality of VoIP-enabled devices.
US10264129B2
A system and method for optimized rendering of contact center services in a hybrid operations environment. A processor in a first operations environment receives a message transmitted by a first contact center resource relating to a contact center service. The message is forwarded to the processor by an edge device coupled to a second operations environment different from the first operations environment. The edge device is configured to hide from the message identification of a location of the contact center resource. Despite such hiding, the processor identifies the location of the first contact center resource based on identification information that the processor retrieves from the message. The processor selects a second contact center resource based on the identified location of the first contact center resource for providing the contact center service.
US10264127B1
An application determines an emotional state of a user based on evaluating facial recognition data of the user captured from the user interacting with the application. The application receives a request from the user to initiate a support call. The request identifies the emotional state of the user. The application predicts, from a set of outcomes of support calls processed by support agents interacting with users having different emotional states, an emotional state that increases a likelihood of achieving a specified outcome for the support call based on the emotional state of the user. The application identifies an available support agent having the predicted emotional state, and assigns the user to interact with the identified support agent for the support call.
US10264125B2
There is disclosed a method in a data processing system for automatically and accurately determining an outcome of a phone call by using signifiers or audibles as a way to increase accuracy without altering the flow of the conversation. The disclosed method can be used in any call center, such as a high volume call center used in the financial (banking), insurance, rental (hotel or car), ticket sales, and the like. The method comprises receiving voice data of a phone call; transmitting a response communication based on the voice data, wherein the response communication includes at least one audible or signifier; identifying, by at least one processor, the at least one audible or signifier in the response communication; and automatically determining the outcome of the phone call based on the audible or signifier in the response communication. A data processing system and a non-transitory computer-readable medium for storing instructions consistent with the described method are also disclosed.
US10264106B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that processes network data. During operation, the system obtains, at a remote capture agent, a first protocol classification for a first packet flow captured by the remote capture agent. Next, the system uses configuration information associated with the first protocol classification to build a first event stream from the first packet flow at the remote capture agent, wherein the first event stream comprises time-series event data generated from network packets in the first packet flow based on the first protocol classification. The system then transmits the first event stream over a network for subsequent storage and processing of the first event stream by one or more components on the network.
US10264104B2
There is provided a method for authenticating an attempt at establishment of a network connection by allowed code, comprising: providing a dataset having previously observed stack trace templates each representing a stack trace pattern prevailing in stack traces recorded by monitoring stacks of clients executing an allowed code during a connection establishment process for establishing network connections related to the allowed code; receiving a new stack trace recorded during a new connection establishment process for a new network connection by a new client; measuring a similarity between the new stack trace and the plurality of stack trace templates to identify a match to a stack trace template; evaluating the matched stack trace template for a predefined rule requirement; and updating a rule-set database with the matched stack trace template to authenticate new network connection establishments associated with stack templates matching the matched stack trace template.
US10264101B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for monitoring cloud applications. The method may include receiving an indication to monitor a cloud application; obtaining metadata regarding the cloud application, the metadata comprising at least one path to at least one dependent service; selecting, based on the obtained metadata, a plugin to enable creation of a test version of the cloud application; causing, based on the plugin and the obtained metadata, the creation of the test version to enable monitoring the at least one path to the at least one dependent service; and providing to a user interface an indication regarding a status of the monitored at least one path to the at least one dependent service. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
US10264099B2
One embodiment provides a system that facilitates content closures in a CCN. During operation, the system generates, by a client computing device, an initial interest with a name that is a hierarchically structured variable length identifier which comprises contiguous name components ordered from a most general level to a most specific level, wherein the initial interest indicates a request for a result of a computation. The system receives from a content producing device a content object which indicates a function that outputs the requested result and data to be used as input to the function. The system performs the function based on the indicated data, which outputs the requested result, thereby facilitating a content producing device to offload computation of the function to the client computing device.
US10264096B2
A system, method, and apparatus are provided for depicting attributes of a user's or member's connections within a professional or social network, in a manner that enables insight into the nature of the connections. When insight into a first member's connections is to be depicted, one or more attributes of first-degree connections (i.e., direct connections) and/or other connections are retrieved (e.g., employer or associated organization, function or role, seniority, skill(s)), over all time or some threshold period of time into the past. The values for the attributes are aggregated over the examined connections, and some or all values are displayed with one or more visual characteristics (e.g., size, color) that indicate a frequency or commonness of the values among the connections. The system or apparatus may include a user interface through which the depiction is presented in place of or in addition to a display of the connections.
US10264095B2
Enabling an authenticated user to access content associated with an authenticated user as though the authenticated user had a selected user relationship with the authenticated user. The user relationship may comprise a relationship degree, a relationship category, a relationship rating, and/or the like. An invitation to join an electronic service, such as an online social network, is sent to the unauthenticated user at an address known to the authenticated user. The invitation includes a time-limited token, such as a URL, that includes an invitation identifier, which relates the invitation to the authenticated user content. The token may be encrypted in the invitation. The unauthenticated user returns the token as a request to preview the authenticated user content without first becoming an authenticated user of the electronic service. If the token is still valid, access is granted. The unauthenticated user may also request to establish a connection with the authenticated user.
US10264089B2
A system and method are provided for rule configuration for communication protocols. A set of rules associated with a plurality of network resources associated with a server is received at the server from another server. The set of rules is stored in a data storage associated with the server. A request is received at the server from a computing device, for accessing a network resource. One or more rules associated with the network resource are determined from the rules in the data storage. A mapping between the request and each of the one or more rules is determined. If the mapping provides one or more matches between one or more parameters of the request and the one or more rules, a modified request is generated based on the one or more matches. Access to the network resource is provided to the computing device based on the modified request.
US10264084B2
Some implementations allow users to create and share data including playlists. Such playlists may be subscribed to by other users. Changes to such playlists, such as updates by the curator of the playlist, must be propagated to subscribers in a timely manner while efficiently utilizing resources. Some implementations allow updates to be propagated using a push notification to cause client devices to request the update (push). Alternatively, updates may be made when the client devices of the subscribers next accesses the system (pull). An aggregator system may be used to make decisions on which users to send push notifications, and which users to wait to pull updates on their own. Additionally, the aggregator may determine that certain playlist updates should be distributed using push notifications. The aggregator may determine that only certain playlist subscribers should receive push notifications regarding playlist updates.
US10264083B2
The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for recommending applications and presenting recommended applications, wherein the method of recommending applications in a network device comprises: obtaining a user's current scenario information from a user equipment; determining to-be-recommended applications according to the user's current scenario information and historical application usage information of one or more users; and sending relevant information of the to-be-recommended applications to the user equipment. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, applications to currently opened will be recommended to the user more accurately, and the user's operation path will be shortened, thereby bring a better user experience.
US10264079B2
A handshake procedure to establish a first connection between a client and a server is monitored at an intermediate network device. A request message sent to the server from the client is received at the intermediate network device. The request message includes parameters defining a manner of receiving information from the server. The parameters defining the manner of receiving information from the server are modified to produce modified parameters. A redirect message is sent from the intermediate network device to the client to induce or cause the client to establish a second connection with the server based upon the modified parameters, wherein the redirect message contains the modified parameters.
US10264077B2
A system (20A), topology, and methods to provide signals to devices (30A-I) in a real-time media communication architecture (10A-C) via another communication architecture or server (50) including a push signal architecture. The push signal may direct a device (30A-I) to re-register with a real-time media communication system (20A) in order to participate in a real-time media event. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10264070B2
A network media delivery system includes client devices and a host device. Each client device has a network interface, an engine for processing media data, and a media interface. The host device, which can be a computer, establishes network communication links with the client devices, which can be networked media stations, and sends media data to the client devices. The media data can be sent wirelessly as packets of media data transmitted at intervals to each client device. In one embodiment, the host device controls processing of media data such that processed media is delivered in a synchronized manner at each of the client devices. In another embodiment, the host device controls processing of media data such that processed media is delivered in a synchronized manner at the host device and at least one client device.
US10264063B2
The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for scheduling a cloud server. A specific implementation mode of the method comprises: monitoring whether current time is in a first pre-set time period; in response to the monitoring that the current time is in the first pre-set time period, scheduling a cloud server in a first cloud server cluster having a running state being an idle state, as a target cloud server, to a second cloud server cluster, so that the target cloud server executes a task obtained by the second cloud server cluster; monitoring whether the current time is in a second pre-set time period; in response to the monitoring that the current time is in the second pre-set time period, rescheduling the target cloud server to the first cloud server cluster, so that the target cloud server executes a task obtained by the first cloud server cluster.
US10264058B1
This disclosure relates to a system for defining enterprise applications operating in virtual datacenter. Application templates may be created containing the necessary information for provisioning and securing virtual applications in a tenant's virtual datacenter. The templates may define roles, service accounts, and scripts necessary for the datacenter to operate.
US10264050B2
There are provided systems and methods for predictive analysis of computing patterns for preloaded data to reduce processing downtime. A user may utilize a computing device to interact with a service provider over a network connection, for example, to utilize one or more services or processes of the service provider. Based on the user's actions and/or historical data for the user, the service provider may determine potentially required data and/or processes of the user. The service provider may preload the data or processes, for example, by storing data to the communication device's cache or by executing some of the processes. The service provider may preload data to the communication device while the communication device has available bandwidth or network connectivity so that the data is available in an offline environment. Processes may be executed before requirement by the user during times of low processing load.
US10264042B2
Techniques for serving a manifest file of an adaptive streaming video include receiving a request for the manifest file from a user device. The video is encoded at different reference bitrates and each encoded reference bitrate is divided into segments to generate video segment files. The manifest file includes an ordered list of universal resource locators (URLs) that reference a set of video segment files encoded at a particular reference bitrate. A source manifest file that indicates the set of video segment files is identified based on the request. An issued manifest file that includes a first URL and a second URL is generated based on the source manifest file. The first URL references a first domain and the second URL references a second domain that is different from the first domain. The issued manifest file is transmitted to the user device as a response to the request.
US10264016B2
The present disclosure discloses a method of allowing Web View to verify the security level of a web content and inform the user with regards to the security and blocks web contents that are determined harmful or inappropriate. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the Web View checks a trusted data source to see if the visited web content has been labeled or flagged as safe or unsafe by initiating a connection to a trusted third-party database using a to determine whether or not the URL is associated with a domain that has been classified or labeled as safe or unsafe. The Web View then informs the user about the security level of the web content through a visual indicator or it can redirect the user to a warning page explaining why access to the site is prohibited, or it can block access without warning.
US10264014B2
In various embodiments, systems, methods, and techniques are disclosed for generating a collection of clusters of related data from a seed. Seeds may be generated based on seed generation strategies or rules. Clusters may be generated by, for example, retrieving a seed, adding the seed to a first cluster, retrieving a clustering strategy or rules, and adding related data and/or data entities to the cluster based on the clustering strategy. Various cluster scores may be generated based on attributes of data in a given cluster. Further, cluster metascores may be generated based on various cluster scores associated with a cluster. Clusters may be ranked based on cluster metascores. Various embodiments may enable an analyst to discover various insights related to data clusters, and may be applicable to various tasks including, for example, tax fraud detection, beaconing malware detection, malware user-agent detection, and/or activity trend detection, among various others.
US10264013B2
Systems, methods, and machine-readable and executable instructions are provided for preventing a memory attack to a wireless access point (AP). Preventing a memory attack to a wireless access point can include receiving, with a wireless AP, a generic advertisement service (GAS) initial request from a querying station and transmitting, with the wireless AP, a GAS initial response to the querying station without querying an advertisement server based on the GAS initial request.
US10264009B2
A predictive engine for analyzing existing vulnerability information to determine the likelihood of a vulnerability being exploited by malicious actors against a particular computer or network of computers. The predictive engine relies on multiple data sources providing historical vulnerability information, a plurality of predictive models, and periodic retraining of the prediction ensemble utilizing predictive models. Modeling schemes may also be used when retraining the predictive models forming the prediction ensemble.
US10264002B2
The present invention provides a program, an information processing apparatus, and an information processing method which can effectively prevent malware attacks. A predetermined process is judged as a ransomware, when a first condition that a file read function for reading a file included in a same file path as a file path written by a file write function called from the predetermined process has been already called from the predetermined process; and a second condition that the file write function rewrites a header of a file of the file path: are satisfied. A predetermined process is judged as a ransomware, when a first condition that an actual file on a disk is mapped as a virtual file on a memory by the predetermined process; a second condition that the virtual file is unmapped by the predetermined process; and a third condition that a file structure of the actual file or the virtual file when unmapping is rewritten to inappropriate status: are satisfied.
US10264000B2
A malicious website access method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: determining whether a website is a malicious website; and acquiring a non-executable preview interface of a web page of the malicious website for a terminal to display, if the website is a malicious website. A user may view, through a non-executable preview interface, information about a website to be accessed by the user. Moreover, because a terminal does not access a malicious website directly, the terminal is not exposed to malicious websites, thereby enhancing security of the terminal.
US10263997B2
A system performs cryptographic operations utilizing information usable to verify validity of plaintext. To prevent providing information about a plaintext by providing the information usable to verify the validity of the plaintext, the system provides the information usable to verify validity of the plaintext to an entity on a condition that the entity is authorized to access the plaintext. The information usable to verify validity of the plaintext may be persisted in ciphertext along with the plaintext to enable the plaintext to be verified when decrypted.
US10263989B2
The present invention relates to a method for matching multiple devices, and a device and a server system for enabling the matching thereof. A matching method includes receiving first characteristic information on a biological state of a user from a first device, receiving second characteristic information associated with or generated according to the biological state of the user from a second device, and matching the first device with the second device on the basis of the first characteristic information and the second characteristic information. The user is granted a permission for the first device when the first device authenticates the user on the basis of identification information of the user, and the user is granted the same or equivalent permission for the second device when the first device is matched with the second device.
US10263984B2
Apparatus and methods to support authentication failure handling by network elements and by a wireless communication device when attempting access to services through non-cellular wireless networks by the wireless communication device are disclosed. Error messages received from evolved packet core (EPC) network elements, such as an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server, are mapped to failure messages provided to wireless communication devices by internetworking equipment, such as an evolved packet data gateway (ePDG). The wireless communication device determines a failures cause based on the failure messages and disallows retry attempts until select criteria are satisfied.
US10263982B2
A foldable device includes: a display; a touch panel configured to detect a touch input; a sensing interface configured to detect an angle of the foldable device; and a controller configured to activate the display unit when the angle detected by the sensing unit as the foldable device is unfolded is equal to or greater than a first angle, and activate the touch panel when the angle detected by the sensing unit is equal to or greater than a second angle.
US10263978B1
Systems and methods provide logic that validates a code generated by a user, and that executes a function of a programmatic interface after the user code is validated. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method performs a multifactor authentication of a user prior to executing a function of a programmatic interface. The method includes receiving, at a server, a user code through a programmatic interface. The server computes a server code in response to the user code, and compares the user code to the server code to determine that the user code corresponds to the server code. The server validates the user code and executes a function of the programmatic interface, after the user code is validated.
US10263975B2
A network monitoring device including: a communication acquiring unit which acquires communication before the communication reaches an opposite party's terminal; a protocol analyzing unit which identifies a message for session establishment by analyzing a protocol of the acquired communication, the message being included in the communication and including a digital certificate of a communication partner in a session to be kept confidential; a certificate extracting unit which extracts a digital certificate from the identified message for session establishment; and an inspecting unit which inspects the extracted digital certificate.
US10263968B1
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for exchanging keys within a peer-to-peer network. Exchanging keys within a peer-to-peer network may include generating one or more keys for encrypting and decrypting content that is communicated between one or more client computing devices of a network. The one or more keys may be transmitted over the peer-to-peer network between the one or more client computing devices. A security measure value for each key that has been transmitted may be generated and/or updated based on at least one condition associated with transmitting the one or more keys over the peer-to-peer network. Content may be encrypted and decrypted using one of the one or more keys based on a desired security measure value of the key. All copies of the key used to encrypt and decrypt the content may be deleted such that the content is unrecoverable.
US10263967B2
An apparatus for producing unique user specific identifiers including capturing user specific biometric data, kinetic data, biokinetic data, kinetic data and biometric data, biokinetic data and biometric data, and kinetic data, biokinetic data and biometric data and generating unique user specific identifiers.
US10263957B2
A method and apparatus of a device that installs a new access control list for a port of a network element is described. In an exemplary embodiment, a network element receives an indication that the first access control list for the port is to be updated with a second access control list and the port processes data communicated with port with the first access control list. In addition, the network element configures the port to use a fallback access control list, where the fallback access control list includes a plurality of rules and the port uses the fallback access control list to process data communicated with the port. Furthermore, the network element loads the second access control list for the port. The network element additionally configures the port to use the second access control list, wherein the port uses the second access control list to process data communicated with the port.
US10263952B2
Providing origin insight via Session Traversal Utilities for Network Address Translation (STUN) messages for web applications, and related methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method for providing origin insight for web applications via STUN messages comprises determining an origin identifier for a web application attempting to send a STUN message to a STUN server; generating the STUN message incorporating the origin identifier for the web application; and transmitting the STUN message to the STUN server. In another embodiment, a method for providing STUN services to web applications comprises receiving a STUN message from a web client, and extracting an origin identifier for a web application. Provision of a STUN service to the web application is determined based on the origin identifier. If the STUN service should not be provided, the STUN message is rejected or disregarded; otherwise the STUN message is processed.
US10263940B2
To provide more contextually and temporally relevant information to its users, a social networking system may surface relevant information about a target user with whom an recipient user is likely to interact. The social networking system predicts whether the recipient user is likely to be in contact with a target user, either currently or in the near future. If contact is predicted, the system determines information about the target user that that the recipient user may find of interest for their interaction. To determine what information may be of interest, the system determines a relevance score for information items about that target user. The system can then use the relevance scores to decide whether and which information items to surface to the recipient user, e.g., in the form of notifications.
US10263934B2
In particular embodiments, a mailbox server is operable to receive, from a client, a message to be delivered to an endpoint; store the message in a mailbox associated with the user; access a set of policies for the client or the endpoint; determine a delivery channel for the message based on the policies; and transmit the message to the endpoint through the delivery channel. In particular embodiments, the mailbox server may transmit SMS messages via a special bind with a recipient's SMSC, or via a carrier short code. In particular embodiments, the mailbox server may transmit the message as an email or via an internal messaging system over a packet data connection.
US10263927B2
A communication system obtains a message intended for one or more recipients. The message contains one or more content elements. The communication system determines, based on the message, a first recipient of the one or more recipients. The communication system detects a first content tag associated with a first content element of the one or more content elements. The communication system alters the first content element based on the first recipient and the first content tag.
US10263925B2
A method, a device and a medium for sending message are provided. The method includes: determining whether opposite terminal communication information of an opposite terminal user is acquired; generating a first friend-adding prompt according to the opposite terminal communication information if the opposite terminal communication information is acquired; sending local terminal communication information to the opposite terminal to enable the opposite terminal to generate a second friend-adding prompt according to the local terminal communication information, the second friend-adding prompt being used to prompt the opposite terminal user to add the local terminal user as a friend.
US10263917B1
The disclosed apparatus may include a set of router components that are consuming electrical power in connection with a router that facilitates network traffic within a network. The apparatus may also include a power-optimization unit communicatively coupled to the set of router components. The power-optimization unit may detect at least one router component included in the set of router components that is not currently being used by the router to facilitate the network traffic within the network. In response to detecting the router component that is not currently being used by the router, the power-optimization unit may shut off the router component such that the router component no longer consumes electrical power in connection with the router. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US10263905B2
A distributed flexible scheduler that dynamically balances network and storage traffic across links is proposed. The scheduler takes into account the bandwidth requirements of workloads provisioned in a cluster and dynamically distributes the network traffic and the storage traffic accordingly. There are three schemes involved in the proposed distributed flexible scheduler. In a first approach of Equal Distribution, network and storage traffic is distributed evenly across the links. In a second approach of Storage Preferred distribution, the aggregate storage bandwidth requirements of workloads exceed the network bandwidth requirements. In a third approach of Network Preferred distribution, the aggregate network bandwidth requirements of workloads exceed the storage bandwidth requirements.
US10263902B2
A system and method of operating equipment and services to allow enhanced global transport of IP packets is presented. A global virtual network with guaranteed capacity is used to transport said IP packets. A number of application-specific forwarding devices are deployed to detect and forward selected traffic types to the virtual network. The application-specific selective forwarding devices can be implemented based on the IP packets analysis, or by deploying enhanced control protocols like SIP/H.323.
US10263899B2
Systems and methods of enhanced customer service for mobile carriers using real-time and historical mobile application and traffic or optimization data associated with mobile devices in a mobile network are disclosed. The data can be tracked by a client-side and/or a server-side reporting engine and usage analytics engine. Reports can also be generated by the system from the data and provided to the customer service/call center, such as trend charts showing optimization efficiency of traffic over a network and battery consumption vs. application load for a mobile device as a function of time.
US10263892B2
A method for operating a mesh network is described. The method includes using a protocol comprising an address and a payload, wherein the address and payload are restricted. The method also includes using a hash function to generate an address from a description, wherein the description uses ASCII characters, wherein a message uses the description as an address and wherein the description is transformed into the address using the hash function and added together with the message into the payload, assigning the generated address to a device, wherein the device is part of a mesh network, and in a transmission from a source to the device, providing the generated address within the payload.
US10263891B2
Provided is a switching apparatus including a processor that allows the switching apparatus to function as: an analysis unit that is configured to extract a header of a received packet and to acquire information of the header; a determination unit that is configured to determine an operation for the packet according to information of a type, request source, and destination of a request included in the header; and an execution unit including a means that is configured to execute, in accordance with the determined operation, at least one of processing for responding to the request included in the packet, processing for rewriting the packet, and processing for transmitting the packet.
US10263880B1
A method of routing data that is part of a grid job including steps of: receiving a data packet at a routing device; determining whether the data packet is identified as part of a grid job; and routing the data packet that is identified as part of a grid job through the Internet to an external node.
US10263878B2
In one implementation, a system for protocol determination includes a monitor engine to collect data relating to interactions with an application. In addition, the system includes a data engine to store loaded scripts to the application and corresponding interactions relating to the loaded scripts. In addition, the system includes a prediction engine to assign a value to each feature of the stored loaded scripts for the application, wherein the value is based on the usage of the application. In addition, the system includes a protocol engine to select a protocol based on the value.
US10263875B2
The quality of a media stream transmitted to a client device is dynamically adapted based on real-time availability of resources on the client device. Central processing unit resources, memory availability, buffer usage, graphics processing unit usage, etc., are continuously monitored to evaluate the ability of a device to handle media streams of particular quality levels. When it is determined that resources at a client device temporarily can not handle a high quality media stream, a lower quality stream is selected and provided to the client device without having to establish a new session.
US10263873B2
A method and system for determining short-timescale traffic rates from time stamped packet data is described. The method and system provides for the calculation of traffic rates, or bandwidths, in bits-per-second or packets-per-second over short time windows, using time-stamped packet records as input.
US10263869B1
A network administrator utilizes a user client device to connect to a server within a network and provide a test plan comprises various tests to be performed on pairs of devices having physical connections within the network. The server selects, from the various pairs of devices, a pair of devices that are to be tested. Subsequently, the server transmits to each device of the selected pair of devices, instructions that may cause each device to perform the tests specified within the test plan. Once the tests have been completed, the server obtains the test results from the pair of devices and compiles these results.
US10263868B1
A method for applying a user-specific policy in a network. The method includes identifying a historical portion of network traffic of the network as associated with a user, analyzing, by a computer processor, the historical portion of network traffic to generate a fingerprint of the user, wherein the fingerprint represents characteristics of user activity in the network, identifying, by the computer processor, an ongoing portion of network traffic of the network as associated with the user, analyzing, by the computer processor and based on the fingerprint, the ongoing portion of network traffic to determine a match, wherein the match is determined at a time point within the ongoing portion of network traffic, and applying, in response to determining the match, the user-specific policy to the ongoing portion of network traffic subsequent to the time point.
US10263855B2
A messaging system enables client applications to send and receive messages. The messaging system includes independent component programs performing different functions of the messaging system, such as connection managers that maintain network connections with the client applications, a message router that sends received messages to recipient applications through network connections, and a dispatcher that authenticates other component programs. A messaging server may authenticate client applications using certificate-based authentication (e.g., private and public keys), authentication transfer from another trusted messaging server, or other methods (e.g., user name and password). To authenticate a component program, the dispatcher compares instantiation information (e.g., user identity, process identifier, creation time) of the component program provided by the operating system with instantiation information saved in a shared memory at the time of the component program's instantiation. In response to a match, the dispatcher provides the component program with secure information through an inter-process communication socket.
US10263853B2
The present invention dynamically optimizes computing resources allocated to a simulation task while it is running. It satisfies application-imposed constraints and enables the simulation application performing the simulation task to resolve inter-instance (including inter-server) dependencies inherent in executing the simulation task in a parallel processing or other HPC environment. An intermediary server platform, between the user of the simulation task and the hardware providers on which the simulation task is executed, includes a cluster service that provisions computing resources on hardware provider platforms, an application service that configures the simulation application in accordance with application-imposed constraints, an application monitoring service that monitors execution of the simulation task for computing resource change indicators (including computing resource utilization and application-specific information extracted from output files generated by the simulation application) as well as restart files, and a computing resource evaluation engine that determines when a change in computing resources is warranted.
US10263849B2
Generating discovery profiles for discovering components of a computer network using agent software can include receiving a command from a client device to generate a discovery profile for an agent software instance. A network subnet and at least one network gateway address can be obtained from the agent software instance, which network subnet and at least one network gateway address can be associated with a network interface of the computing device operating the agent software. At least one other network subnet can be obtained from the agent software instance by sending instructions to the agent software instance to identify the at least one other network subnet using the at least one network gateway address. A discovery profile including the network subnet and the at least one other network subnet can then be generated for the agent software instance.
US10263836B2
Described herein are various technologies pertaining to providing assistance to an operator in a data center with respect to failures in the data center. An alarm is received, and a failing device is identified based upon content of the alarm. Failure conditions of the alarm are mapped to a failure symptom that may be exhibited by the failing device, and troubleshooting options previously employed to mitigate the failure symptom are retrieved from historical data. Labels are respectively assigned to the troubleshooting options, where a label is indicative of a probability that a troubleshooting option to which the label has been assigned will mitigate the failure symptom.
US10263835B2
A server includes a processor and memory. An operating system is executed by the processor and memory. A network interface is run by the operating system and sends and receives flows using transmission control protocol (TCP). An agent application is run by the operating system and is configured to a) retrieve and store TCP telemetry data for the flows in a flow table; b) move selected ones of the flows from the flow table to a closed connections table when the flow is closed; and c) periodically send the flow table and the closed connections table via the network interface to a remote server.
US10263828B2
Some embodiments provide, for a first controller application, a method for configuring a managed hardware forwarding element (MHFE) to implement one or more logical networks. The method of some embodiments receives logical network data that defines at least one logical forwarding element of a logical network to be implemented by the MHFE. The method then identifies a set of tables of a database instance that is instantiated on the MHFE in order to distribute the logical network data to the MHFE. In some embodiments, the method monitors the identified set of tables in order to determine whether a second controller application updates any one of the set of tables. The method distributes the logical network data to the MHFE so long as none of the tables in the set of tables is updated by the second controller application.
US10263823B2
Aspects of the present disclosure describe receiving synchronization signals in wireless communications. A block of synchronization signals can be received from a base station in a first time interval. A beam identifier and a redundancy version associated with the block of synchronization signals can be determined. A broadcast channel can be received based at least in part on a timing associated with the beam identifier. The broadcast channel can be descrambled based at least in part on a scrambling code associated with the redundancy version.
US10263817B1
An antenna system is provided. In one example implementation, the antenna system may include a modal antenna that is operable in a plurality of different modes, and each mode may be associated with a different radiation pattern. The antenna system may include a tuning circuit configured to operate the modal antenna in the plurality of different modes. A transmission line may couple a radio frequency circuit to the modal antenna. The radio frequency circuit may be configured to modulate a control signal onto an RF signal using amplitude-shift keying modulation to generate a transmit signal for communication over the transmission line to the tuning circuit. The tuning circuit may be configured to demodulate the control signal such that the radio frequency circuit can adjust a mode of the modal antenna via the control signal. In some embodiments, the amplitude-shift keying modulation may include on-off keying modulation.
US10263816B2
Methods and systems for split voltage domain receiver circuits are disclosed and may include amplifying complementary received signals in a plurality of partial voltage domains. The signals may be combined into a single differential signal in a single voltage domain. Each of the partial voltage domains may be offset by a DC voltage from the other partial voltage domains. The sum of the partial domains may be equal to a supply voltage of the integrated circuit. The complementary signals may be received from a photodiode. The amplified received signals may be amplified via stacked common source amplifiers, common emitter amplifiers, or stacked inverters. The amplified received signals may be DC coupled prior to combining. The complementary received signals may be amplified and combined via cascode amplifiers. The voltage domains may be stacked, and may be controlled via feedback loops. The photodetector may be integrated in the integrated circuit.
US10263813B1
A signal receiving apparatus includes a phase recovery look, a phase estimation circuit, a phase noise detection circuit, and a bandwidth setting circuit. The phase recovery loop performs a phase recovery process on an input signal according to a bandwidth setting. The phase estimation circuit generates an estimated phase associated with the input signal. The phase noise detection circuit determines a phase noise amount according to the estimated phase. The bandwidth setting circuit calculates an average and a variance of the phase noise amounts, and adjusts the bandwidth setting of the phase recovery loop according to the average and the variance.
US10263806B2
The present invention provides a network system of a railcar, the network system being capable of efficiently performing maintenance work. One example of the network system of the railcar of the present invention includes: intra-car networks (N1 to N3) to which first and second apparatuses are connected; an inter-car network (NA) for transmission of information between the apparatuses mounted on different cars; routers (R1 to R3) each provided and connected between the corresponding intra-car network (N1 to N3) and the inter-car network (NA) and each including a network address translation portion configured to mutually convert a private address of the first apparatus and an IP address of the inter-car network (NA); and a maintenance transmission path forming unit configured to form a transmission path through which the transmission and reception of the information are performed between a maintenance terminal (5) and a maintenance target apparatus selected from the first and second apparatuses, the transmission path not passing through the network address translation portion of the car on which the maintenance target apparatus is mounted.
US10263805B2
Directional wireless drop systems are provided. These systems include a tap unit that is connected to a communications line of the broadband network; a cable modem unit connected to the tap unit; a plurality of wireless routers connected to the cable modem unit; and a directional antenna unit that is connected to at least a first of the wireless routers. Each wireless router is associated with a respective one of a plurality of subscriber premises that are served by the directional wireless drop system and is configured to communicate with at least one device that is located at the respective one of plurality of subscriber premises.
US10263802B2
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for presenting video feeds in a user interface. In one aspect, a method includes: (1) receiving a request to execute an application for communicating with a plurality of smart devices, including a plurality of cameras; (2) in response to receiving the request, establishing a connection for each of at least a subset of the cameras; (3) identifying a user interface for display to a user via the display, the user interface including a video feed from a particular camera; (4) after identifying the user interface, determining whether a connection has been established for the particular camera; (5) in accordance with a determination that the connection has been established for the particular camera, requesting, via the connection, the video feed for the particular camera; and (6) displaying the user interface with the video feed for the particular camera.
US10263800B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and device for receiving a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) in a mobile communication system. The method for receiving the MBMS of a terminal in the mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is characterized in that it includes: determining whether service area ID (SAI) information on a serving cell is broadcast during the MBMS; receiving the SAI information on the serving cell when it is determined that the SAI information is broadcast; determining, by using the received SAI information of the serving cell, whether an SAI of the MBMS matches the SAI of the serving cell; and changing the cell reselection priority of the frequency of the serving cell to the highest priority if it is determined that the SAI of the MBMS matches the SAI of the serving cell.
US10263794B2
The invention pertains to systems where DC power is supplied by a PSE to a PD, such as over differential data wire pairs. IEEE standards require a minimum current to be drawn from the PD in order for the PSE to continue supplying the DC voltage. If the PD is in a low power mode, the PSE will normally discontinue supplying the DC voltage, which then requires a new detection and classification routine for powering up again. To avoid this, a “maintain power signature” controller provides a periodic current pulse by a current source connected between the PD input and the PD's full bridge rectifier. Any droop in the DC voltage that reverse biases the full bridge rectifier while the PD is in its low power mode will not affect the current pulse, so the PSE continues to supply the DC voltage.
US10263790B2
A secure programming system can receive a job control package having a security kernel and a target payload of content for programming into a pre-defined set of trusted devices. A device programmer can install a security kernel on the trusted devices and reboot the trusted devices using the security kernel to validate the proper operation of the security kernel. The target payload can then be securely installed on the trusted devices and validated.
US10263788B2
A method for operating a secure man-in-the-middle proxy includes intercepting an attempt to establish a connection between an application and a network server associated with a whitelisted hostname, establishing a secure connection to the network server, checking the secure connection against the stored combination of certificate, encryption protocol, and encryption cipher for the whitelisted hostname, and forwarding traffic between the application and the network server at the whitelisted hostname if the secure connection matches the stored combination of certificate, encryption protocol, and encryption cipher for the whitelisted hostname.
US10263787B1
Disclosed embodiments relate to decentralized and scalable trust among a plurality of decentralized applications. Techniques include receiving, at a first decentralized application, a signature associated with a first public key, receiving data representing one or more permissions specified by a trusted root application and signed by the trusted root application, signing a second public key associated with a second decentralized application, signing data representing one or more permissions specified by the first decentralized application, and providing the signature associated with the second public key and the signed data representing one or more permissions specified by the first decentralized application, in order to thereby provide trust between the first decentralized application and the second decentralized application.
US10263777B2
Organically Derived Synchronized Processes provide encryption parameter management in a certificate-less system. A first node generates a parameter data set containing multiple values; uses a seed value stored at the first node to select values from a random parameter data set to form a parameter subset; generates encryption parameters using the subset; encrypts user data using the encryption parameters; generates a signature based at least on the parameter data set; and transmits a start frame including the parameter data set, the encrypted user data, and the signature. A second node receives the start frame; uses a seed value stored at the second node to select values from the received parameter data set to form a parameter subset; generates decryption parameters using the subset; decrypts the user data using the decryption parameters; and verifies the received signature. The encryption and decryption parameters are then applied to further payload data.
US10263776B2
A system uses a multi-level encryption and tokenization mechanism to allow for fields of a larger object to be individually tokenized and encrypted. Protected data is encrypted using an encryption key and a generated token is displayed in its place. The encryption key is then encrypted using a secondary key. To dereference a token, a requesting application provides the token and associated context to a token service, which searches a token store for a record having both the token and the context. If such a record is located, the token service generates a secondary key and decrypts the encryption key. The decrypted encryption key then decrypts the protected data and transmits the data to the requesting application.
US10263769B2
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.
US10263760B2
Embodiments relate to a method for time synchronization and, more particularly, to a method for time synchronization between devices and the devices using the same. The method for time synchronization includes: receiving data from a first device; checking time information of the first device, which is included in the received data; and correcting a time error based on the checked time information, wherein the time error is corrected using a correction constant according to a time error relative to the first device.
US10263757B2
A filter circuit includes: a first transmission filter connected between a first antenna terminal and a first transmission terminal; a second transmission filter connected between the first antenna terminal and a second transmission terminal; a first reception filter connected between a second antenna terminal and a first reception terminal, the second antenna terminal being connected to an antenna different from an antenna to which the first antenna terminal is connected; and a second reception filter connected between the second antenna terminal and a second reception terminal.
US10263754B2
The disclosure provides for an apparatus for wireless communications using carrier aggregation comprised of multiple carrier components. The apparatus can include a processor configured to generate one or more instances of a codeword from a data payload. In an aspect, the apparatus also includes a modulator configured to modulate the one or more instances of the codeword onto the multiple carrier components for transmission. In an aspect, the apparatus also includes a resource manager configured to provide the processor with a virtual carrier space comprising a logical carrier having a contiguous bandwidth equivalent to the aggregated bandwidth of the multiple carrier components. In an aspect, the process may be further configured to interleave at least one of the codeword instances across the multiple carrier components. In an aspect, the modulator may be configured to modulate the codeword instance onto the multiple carrier components in accordance to the interleaving.
US10263749B2
A transmission apparatus includes a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation signal generators, which generate a first OFDM modulation signal and a second OFDM modulation signal. The transmission apparatus also includes a transmitter that transmits the first OFDM modulation signal from a first antenna and the second OFDM modulation signal from a second antenna, in an identical frequency band. A reception apparatus is provided, which includes a plurality of antennas that receive a plurality of OFDM modulation signals; a plurality of OFDM demodulators that transform the plurality of OFDM modulation signals to a plurality of reception signals using Fourier transform; an estimator that outputs a distortion estimation signal using one or more symbols for demodulation included in the plurality of reception signals; and a demodulator that compensates for distortion of the reception signals using the distortion estimation signal and demodulates a data symbol included in the reception signals.
US10263748B2
A method and an apparatus for transmitting an uplink data and a user equipment is provided, the method includes: inserting multiple phase noise tracking reference signal (PT-RS) groups into a user data to be sent in time domain, according to a predefined interval; wherein each group of the phase noise tracking reference signal includes one or multiple PT-RS(s) of adjacent sampling points in the time domain; transforming the inserted multiple phase noise tracking reference signal groups together with the user data to be sent into frequency domain through a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) followed with a subcarrier mapping, and then with a transformation through an inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT), to obtain an uplink DFT-S-OFDM waveform; and transmitting the uplink DFT-S-OFDM waveform. Embodiments of this disclosure may increase the accuracy of tracking the uplink phase noise and the possible system residual frequency shift and Doppler frequency shift, and may improve the system performance.
US10263745B2
Systems and techniques are disclosed to enhance the efficiency of available bandwidth between UEs and base stations. A UE transmits a sounding reference signal to the base station, which characterizes the uplink channel based on the SRS received and, using reciprocity, applies the channel characterization for the downlink channel. The base station may form the beam to the UE based on the uplink channel information obtained from the SRS. As the downlink channel changes the base station needs updated information to maintain its beamforming, meaning it needs a new SRS. Transmission of the SRS takes resources; to minimize this, the UE or the base station can determine a period during which the downlink channel will predictably remain coherent and set up a schedule for sending SRS. Alternatively, the UE or the base station can determine on demand that the channel is losing coherence and initiate an on demand SRS.
US10263736B2
A method and device for data transmission and detecting received signals are provided. The transmitting end adjusts each of a plurality of layers of data modulation symbols on each of time-frequency resources modulated by an initial modulation constellation diagram, according to a modulation constellation rotating factor corresponding to each of layers of data modulation symbols on each of the time-frequency resources; and the transmitting end transmits the plurality of layers of adjusted data modulation symbols superposed on each of time-frequency resources.
US10263733B2
A user apparatus configured to communicate with a base station in a mobile communication system that supports carrier aggregation formed by a plurality of cells including a first cell and a second cell that uses a Transmission Time Interval (TTI) length different from a TTI length of the first cell, including a reception unit configured to receive downlink data transmitted from the base station in the second cell, and generate transmittal acknowledgement information for the downlink data; and a transmission unit configured to bundle a plurality of pieces of transmittal acknowledgement information, generated in the reception unit, for a plurality of pieces of downlink data into one piece of transmittal acknowledgement information to transmit the bundled transmittal acknowledgement information to the base station in the first cell.
US10263731B2
A transmitter is provided, which includes: an encoder configured to generate a low density parity check (LDPC) codeword comprising information word bits, first parity bits and second parity bits based on a parity check matrix; an interleaver configured to interleave the LDPC codeword; and a constellation mapper configured to map the interleaved LDPC codeword on constellation points, wherein the first parity bits are generated based on one of parity submatrices constituting the parity check matrix and the second parity bits are generated based on another of the parity submatrices constituting the parity check matrix.
US10263727B2
A system and method for mitigating interference of a radio frequency (RF) signal includes a receiver configured to include: a decomposition module that decomposes a received RF signal into sub-bands via a multi-stage filter, each sub-band being configured to operate on real and imaginary components of the RF signal, and each stage being scaled for separating time-frequency content of the desired signal from time-frequency content of the interference; a mitigation module that suppresses the interference of the RF signal in each sub-band by zeroing an output of a respective sub-band when the frequency content exceeds a predetermined threshold; and a reconstruction module that reconstructs the RF signal from the mitigation module minus the interference. The receiver is configured to determine whether the multi-stage filter is to be reinitialized with updated time and frequency resolution requirements to improve system response.
US10263720B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a mobile device comprising a slave clock, a receiver unit for receiving one or more frames from a remote device including a master system clock, a transmitter unit for transmitting one or more frames to the remote device, and a clock error correction unit. The clock error correction unit is configured to maintain clock synchronization between the slave clock and the master system clock, and maintain frame alignment for frames transmitted from the transmitter unit.
US10263715B1
A post-cursor compensation system includes a state detector that receives a signal on a data line to detect a predefined state, and accordingly generates a clear control signal; a synchronization detector that receives the signal on the data line and the clear control signal to detect at least one synchronization state, and accordingly generates a trigger signal; and a compensation generator that receives the trigger signal and accordingly generates a compensation signal.
US10263714B2
According to one embodiment, a mobile terminal testing device which tests a mobile terminal including a plurality of transmitting antennas by transmitting/receiving radio signals between the mobile terminal testing device and the mobile terminal, includes a radio signal processing module configured to transmit and receive radio signals to and from the mobile terminal and a controller configured to cause the mobile terminal to switch one from another among the plurality of transmitting antennas by a predetermined radio signal transmitted to the mobile terminal via the radio signal processing module.
US10263706B2
A controller area network (CAN) comprising a plurality of CAN nodes that communicate via a CAN bus that comprises a fiber optical network. The fiber optical network uses a single fiber and a single wavelength for transmit and receive, and comprises a passive reflective optical star. The reflective optical star comprises an optical mixing rod having a mirror at one end. The other end of the reflective optical star is optically coupled to the transmitters and receivers of a plurality of optical-electrical media converters by way of respective high-isolation optical Y-couplers. Each CAN node produces electrical signals (in accordance with the CAN message-based protocol) which are converted into optical pulses that are broadcast to the fiber optical network. Those optical pulses are then reflected back to all CAN nodes by the reflective optical star.
US10263693B2
A deployable feed cluster architecture comprises a support and an array of radiofrequency RF sources, each RF source comprising a radiofrequency RF chain and of a radiating element, the RF chain being provided with input/output ports. The architecture comprises a deployable panel that is rotatably articulated about an axis of rotation, the array of RF sources mounted on the panel, the panel being rotatably movable between a first position in which the array of RF sources is stowed on the support and a second position in which the array of RF sources is deployed.
US10263691B2
A method and apparatus for operating a satellite access network (SAN) of a satellite communication system to schedule communications with a user terminal. In some aspects, the SAN may provision a communication frame, for the user terminal, into a number of forward-link (FL) subframes and a different number of reverse-link (RL) subframes. The SAN then transmits the FL subframes to the user terminal via a forward link of the satellite communication system, and subsequently receives the RL subframes from the user terminal via a reverse link of the satellite communication system.
US10263686B2
A reception device includes receivers and controller. Receivers receive a plurality of modulation signals modulated by a transmission device. Controller selects a communication scheme on the basis of phase difference between reception signals, which are the modulation signals received by the receivers, and of polarization plane deviation of the reception signals from transmission signals, which are the modulation signals transmitted from the transmission device, and sets, for the transmission device, a modulation scheme corresponding to the communication scheme.
US10263667B2
Network hardware devices organized in a wireless mesh network (WMN) in which one network hardware devices includes a first wireless radio and a power line communications (PLC) radio coupled to a processing device. The processing device communicates, using the first wireless radio, first data with a second mesh network device over a wireless link between the first wireless radio and a first wireless radio of the second mesh network device. The processing device also communicates, via the power distribution network via the PLC radio, second data with the second mesh network device over a PLC link between the first PLC radio and a first PLC radio of the second mesh network device. The first data and the second data may be redundant data. The first data may be content data and second data may be control data. The first and second data may be subsets of the same digital content.
US10263666B2
A broadband powerline communication system makes use of knowledge of the spectrum characteristics of a local radio environment in order to improve system performance. A determination is made of the spectrum characteristics of a radio environment in the vicinity of the broadband powerline communication system that is transmitting data on modulated carrier frequencies. In order to avoid interference, certain ones of the carrier frequencies otherwise used by the broadband powerline communication system may be selectively masked based on the determination. The spectrum characteristics may be determined 1) in advance and used to compile a configuration database comprising frequency masking parameters; 2) by monitoring the local radio environment using the transmitter/receiver nodes of the system; or 3) based upon receipt of an indication from a conflicting user that the user is experiencing interference. Various combinations of these spectrum characteristic determination techniques may also be used.
US10263664B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a signal transmission method. The method includes: sequentially rotating phases of to-be-sent signals on a line set 1 by different angles and in relative to phases of to-be-sent signals on a line set 2, and sequentially sending, to a user side, the to-be-sent signals whose phases are rotated. The method also includes receiving a rotation factor that is of a high-quality received signal on the line set 1 and that is fed back by the user side, where the high-quality received signal includes a received signal with a high signal-to-noise ratio or high power. The method also includes using the rotation factor fed back by the user side as a fixed rotation factor, and rotating, according to the fixed rotation factor, a phase of a signal to be subsequently sent on the line set 1.
US10263663B2
Some embodiments include apparatus and methods using an input node, an analog to digital converter (ADC) including an input coupled to the input node, a first feedforward equalizer (FFE) including an input coupled to an output of the ADC, a second FFE including an input coupled to the output of the ADC, and a decision feedback equalizer (DFE) including a first input, a second input, and an output, the first input coupled to an output of the first FFE, and the second input coupled to an output of the second FFE.
US10263649B2
A fully integrated power amplifier (PA) employing a transformer combiner with enhanced back-off efficiency includes a first PA to amplify a first radio frequency (RF) signal and a second PA to amplify a second RF signal. A first variable capacitor is coupled between differential output nodes of the first PA. A second variable capacitor is coupled between differential output nodes of the second PA. The differential outputs of the first PA and the second PA are coupled via respective first and second transformers to a load. Capacitance values associated with the first and second variable capacitors are dynamically adjustable based on an amplitude of the RF signal to achieve a desired power efficiency at an output power level.
US10263644B1
Methods and systems are presented in this disclosure for implementing forward error correction in cloud and data center storage devices based on low-density parity-check (LDPC) channel coding. A forward error correction circuit presented herein includes a first LDPC decoder configured to perform hard-decision LDPC decoding of data read from a storage medium through a first read channel. The forward error correction circuit further includes a hybrid LDPC decoder selectively configurable to perform a selected one of hard-decision LDPC decoding and soft-decision LDPC decoding of data read from the storage medium through a second read channel, wherein, responsive to a control signal generated based, at least in part, on one or more parameters indicative of condition of the storage medium, the hybrid LDPC decoder is switchable between hard-decision LDPC decoding and soft-decision LDPC decoding.
US10263643B2
A first set of data is encoded using a first code to obtain a first-code codeword which includes the first set of data and first-code parity information. The first set of data is stored on a plurality of drives, wherein the first set of data is distributed amongst the plurality of drives. A second set of data is encoded using a second code to obtain a second-code codeword which includes the second set of data and second-code parity information. The second-code codeword is stored on the plurality of drives, wherein the second set of data and second-code parity information are distributed amongst the plurality of drives.
US10263641B2
A transmission apparatus includes an encoder that codes a data sequence with a parity check matrix, wherein the data sequence includes a final information bit sequence and virtual information bits, and outputs the final information bit sequence and a parity sequence, as LDPC codes, and a transmitter that transmits the LDPC codes as a transmission data. A column length of the parity check matrix is longer than a total length of the final information bit sequence and the parity sequence, by a length of the virtual information bits that are set to “0” and are not transmitted. The total length of the final information bit sequence and the parity sequence has a sequence length corresponding to a length from a first column to a determined column of the parity check matrix. The encoder generates the LDPC codes by using the first column to the determined column among one or more column(s) of the parity check matrix.
US10263640B2
Method and apparatus for decoding data. In some embodiments, an LDPC decoder has a variable node circuit (VNC) with a plurality of variable nodes configured to store bit reliability values of m-bit code bits. A check node circuit (CNC) has a plurality of check nodes configured to perform parity check operations upon n-bit messages from the VNC. Each n-bit message is formed from a combination of the bit reliability values and stored messages from the check nodes. A pre-saturation compensation circuit is configured to maintain a magnitude of each n-bit message received by the CNC below a saturation limit comprising the maximum value that can be expressed using p bits, with p less than n and each of the n-bit messages received by the CNC having a different magnitude. The pre-saturation compensation circuit may apply different scaling and/or bias factors to the n-bit messages over different decoding iterations.
US10263637B2
Technologies for performing speculative decompression include a managed node to decode a variable size code at a present position in compressed data with a deterministic decoder and concurrently perform speculative decodes over a range of subsequent positions in the compressed data, determine the position of the next code, determine whether the position of the next code is within the range, and output, in response to a determination that the position of the next code is within the range, a symbol associated with the deterministically decoded code and another symbol associated with a speculatively decoded code at the position of the next code.
US10263624B2
Systems, methods, and circuitries for synchronizing a first phase locked loop (PLL) with a second PLL are provided. In one example a PLL system includes a first PLL configured to generate a first signal; a second PLL configured to generate a second signal; and phase calculation circuitry. The phase calculation circuitry is configured to calculate a phase of the first signal at a given time; and provide the calculated phase to the second PLL for use by the second PLL in synchronizing a phase of the second with the phase of the first signal.
US10263622B2
[Object] To provide a semiconductor apparatus and a method of controlling a MOS transistor, with which a leak current of the MOS transistor can be suppressed. [Solving Means] A semiconductor apparatus includes a MOS transistor and a voltage application unit that applies, when the MOS transistor is off, a voltage for controlling a threshold value of the MOS transistor in a shallower direction onto a substrate of the MOS transistor.
US10263617B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit including: a circuit block having an internal voltage line; an annular rail line forming a closed annular line around the circuit block and supplied with one of a power supply voltage and a reference voltage; and a plurality of switch blocks arranged around the circuit block along the annular rail line, the plurality of switch blocks each including a voltage line segment forming a part of the annular rail line and a switch for controlling connection and disconnection between the voltage line segment and the internal voltage line.
US10263615B2
Methods and circuitry for driving a device through drive cycles wherein each drive cycle has a plurality of drive stages are disclosed. An example of the circuitry includes an output for coupling the circuitry to the device and a plurality of drive slices coupled in parallel to the output. Control circuitry selectively activates individual drive slices in the plurality of drive slices during each stage of a drive cycle.
US10263611B2
A DC switching device has at least one switching unit which is arranged between two terminals. Further, the DC switching device has a control unit for controlling the at least one switching unit. The switching unit has a first and a second semiconductor switching element, which are arranged in parallel with one another, the first switching element being a high-voltage switching element and the second switching element being a low-power-loss switching element. The switching unit is controllable by the control unit in such a way that, when the switching unit is switched off, initially the second switching element is switched to be non-conductive, and subsequently the first switching unit is switched to be non-conductive, and when the switching unit is switched on, initially the first switching element is switched to be conductive and subsequently the second switching element is switched to be conductive.
US10263605B2
The invention discloses a frequency extender, including a preamplifier to receive a RF input signal and output a pre-amplified RF signal, a series frequency multiplier branch, a series frequency divider branch and a multiplexer. The output port of the preamplifier couples to one input port of the multiplexer. The series frequency multiplier branch and the series divider branch are coupled to receive the pre-amplified RF signal. The output port of each frequency multiplier in the series multiplier branch and/or the output port of each frequency divider in the series divider branch are coupled to the input ports of the multiplexer respectively. The multiplexer couples to receive the pre-amplified RF signal, the frequency-multiplied RF signal and the frequency-divided signal, the multiplexer selects a signal from the received signals and outputs a multiplexer output signal based on the selected signal.
US10263602B2
Aspects of this disclosure relate to a surface acoustic wave filter with an integrated temperature sensor. The integrated temperature sensor can be a resistive thermal device configured as a reflective grating for a surface acoustic wave resonator, for example. A radio frequency system can provide over temperature protection by reducing a power level of a radio frequency signal provided to the surface acoustic wave filter responsive to an indication of temperature provided by the integrated temperature sensor satisfying a threshold.
US10263601B2
A tunable BAW filter device operating in an allocated channel of a predetermined frequency band includes a voltage source and multiple BAW resonators. The voltage source selectively provides non-zero DC bias voltage based on a location of the allocated channel within the frequency band. Each BAW resonator has a resonance frequency, and includes a bottom electrode, a piezoelectric layer and a top electrode disposed over the piezoelectric layer, the top electrode being electrically connected to the voltage source via a resistor. The voltage source is activated, applying the non-zero DC bias voltage to the top electrode of each BAW resonator, when the location of the allocated channel is near an upper or lower corner of the frequency band. The resonance frequency of each BAW resonator is shifted in response to the non-zero DC bias voltage toward a center of the frequency band, improving insertion loss of the BAW filter device.
US10263592B2
Reflectionless low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, band-stop, all-pass, all-stop, and multi-band filters, as well as a method for designing such filters is disclosed, along with a method of enhancing the performance of such filters through the use of unmatched sub-networks to realize an optimal frequency response, such as the Chebyshev equal-ripple response. These filters preferably function by absorbing the stop-band portion of the spectrum rather than reflecting it back to the source, which has significant advantages in many different applications. The unmatched sub-networks preferably offer additional degrees of freedom by which element values can be assigned to realize improved cutoff sharpness, stop-band rejection, or other measures of performance.
US10263589B2
A noise filter is provided with a filter circuit including a first condenser and a second condenser; the first condenser and the second condenser are connected in parallel with each other by a first wiring lead for connecting one terminal of the first condenser with one terminal of the second condenser and a second wiring lead for connecting the other terminal of the first condenser with the other terminal of the second condenser; the first wiring lead and the second wiring lead are arranged in such a way as to intersect each other odd-number times.
US10263587B2
A packaged resonator includes a substrate, an acoustic stack, a first polymer layer and a second polymer layer. The acoustic stack is disposed over the substrate. The first polymer layer is disposed over the substrate surrounding the acoustic stack. The first polymer layer also provides a first air gap above the acoustic stack. The second polymer layer is disposed over the acoustic stack and above the first air gap.
US10263584B1
A system may include a digital pulse width modulator subsystem, a first path coupled to an output of the digital pulse width modulator subsystem, a second path coupled to the output of the digital pulse width modulator subsystem and configured to drive a closed-loop analog pulse width modulator, a controller to select between the first path and the second path for processing a signal based on one or more characteristics of the signal, wherein a first gain of the first path and a second gain of the second path are approximately equal at the time of switching selection between the first path and the second path or vice versa, in order to minimize artifacts due to the switching.
US10263582B1
The present disclosure describes variable gain amplifiers with gain-based compensation. In some embodiments, a variable gain amplifier (VGA) includes a gain stage, an output stage, a compensation stage, and a capacitor coupled between respective outputs of the gain stage and compensation stage. A gain of the VGA is configured, based on a gain setting, to amplify signals received by the variable gain amplifier. A gain of the compensation stage is configured, based on the gain setting, to alter an effective capacitance of the capacitor, which is applied to the output of the gain stage for compensation of the VGA. By altering the effective capacitance based on the gain setting of the VGA, compensation capacitance is adjusted continuously with changes in the gain setting and at a similar resolution. In various embodiments, the continuous adjustment of the compensation capacitance across different gain levels prevents discontinuities in amplifier compensation.
US10263576B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a transformer that includes a first winding and a second winding, a low-noise amplifier circuit that includes an input terminal in which at least one end of the second winding of the transformer is connected to the input terminal; and a switch that is provided between the one end and another end of the second winding of the transformer. The switch is opened and the transformer functions as an input impedance matching circuit for the low-noise amplifier circuit in a period in which a reception signal is supplied to the first winding of the transformer. On the other hand, the switch is closed and the transformer is caused to become an element including a predetermined capacitance in a period in which another circuit connected to the predetermined node operates.
US10263559B2
When a failure of current detection parts occurs while a synchronous machine is operating, the failure of the current detection parts is detected and the operation of the synchronous machine is continued. An open-loop control part for performing control without using the detected current values of the current detection parts and a closed-loop control part for performing control using the detected current values are included, and a failure of the current detection parts is detected while the open-loop control part is operating.
US10263555B2
A method of determining angular position (0) of a rotor of an N-phase permanent magnet motor (PMM). A processor having an associated stored angular position determination (APD) algorithm is programmed to implement the algorithm to cause an associated motor controller to execute steps including forcing one vector at a time a phase vector set of current or voltage vectors to stator terminals of windings for the N-phases a positive and negative magnitude vector, wherein the vector magnitude is sufficiently small to not move the rotor, and a time duration for the forcing current or voltage vectors is essentially constant. The resulting stator current or voltage levels are measured for each current or voltage vector. An N-dimension current vector or voltage vector is generated from superposition of the resulting stator current levels or resulting stator voltage levels. The N-dimension current vector or voltage vector is used to determine angular position.
US10263554B2
A power supply device for an internal combustion engine, using a generator driven by an internal combustion engine as a power source and supplying power to a first load that needs to be constantly driven to cause the internal combustion engine to operate and a second load that is permitted not to drive during startup of the engine, wherein a first generation coil for driving the first load and a second generation coil for driving the second load are provided to be magnetically-coupled tightly in the generator, and voltage supplied to a load is boosted to a higher voltage value than conventionally achieved by performing chopper control of an energizing current of the first generation coil and an energizing current of the second generation coil while preventing energization from the second generation coil to a load.
US10263549B2
A driving device includes a case with a cover mounted thereto. A transmission device is received in the case and has a stepper motor and a gear reduction unit which includes multiple gears engaged with each other. The stepper motor drives the gear reduction unit which is connected to an object. A circuit board is connected with the transmission device and provides power to the stepper motor and controls the stepper motor. A sensing device has a sensor and a detector which is connected to one of the gears of the gear reduction unit. When the gear reduction unit drives the detector to pass the sensor, the sensor sends a signal to the circuit board which keeps on providing the power to the stepper motor. When no signal is sent to the circuit board by the sensor, the circuit board cuts off the power to the stepper motor.
US10263542B2
A plate, a transducer, a method for making a transducer, and a method for operating a transducer are disclosed. An embodiment comprises a plate comprising a first material layer comprising a first stress, a second material layer arranged beneath the first material layer, the second material layer comprising a second stress, an opening arranged in the first material layer and the second material layer, and an extension extending into opening, wherein the extension comprises a portion of the first material layer and a portion of the second material layer, and wherein the extension is curved away from a top surface of the plate based on a difference in the first stress and the second stress.
US10263529B2
One or more embodiments of the present disclosure may include a method of power regulation. The method may include determining a peak voltage level on a primary winding of a transformer. The method may also include selecting a particular coarse current level window based on the determined current level. Wherein the particular coarse current level window is one of a plurality of coarse current level windows. The method may additionally include determining a low window value based on the particular coarse current level window. The method may include generating a reference voltage based on the low window value. The method may also include generating a control signal based on the reference voltage. The method may additionally include transmitting the control signal to a switch circuit coupled to the primary winding of the transformer to adjust the current level on the primary winding of the transformer.
US10263521B2
Various methods and devices that involve control circuits for power converters are disclosed. One method comprises controlling a switch using a control signal based on a comparison signal. The switch controls a transfer of power between an input node, which receives an input, and an output node. The method comprises measuring an output of the power converter, generating an error signal based on the output, generating a periodic ramp signal with a varying period, providing the error signal to a first input terminal of a comparator, providing the ramp signal to a second input terminal of the comparator, and generating the comparison signal based on the error signal and the ramp signal using the comparator. The method comprises increasing a slope of the ramp signal in response to an increase in the input, and increasing the slope of the ramp signal in response to a decrease in the varying period.
US10263501B2
A vibration generator including a coil, a plunger including a first shaft and a second shaft, and a frame. The first shaft is received in the coil such as to be movable in a first direction. The second shaft extends in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, is disposed on the other side in the first direction relative to the coil with a gap therebetween. The first and second shafts are partly made of a magnetic material so as to be magnetically attractable to the coil and thereby movable to one side in the first direction. The frame is fixed to the first and second shafts at positions on the one and other sides, respectively, in the first direction relative to the coil, and elastically deformable at least partly as a result of movement of the first and second shafts.
US10263500B2
An electric machine includes a rotor having a magnetic field generating device for generating a magnetic flux. A flux changing apparatus of the electric machine includes an axially displaceable body that is disposed axially outside the magnetic field generating device for changing a magnetic flux within a gap between the rotor and a stator in dependence upon an axial position of the body relative to the rotor. The flux changing apparatus includes an adjusting device for axially adjusting the axial position of the body relative to the rotor. The adjusting device includes an actuator and an adjusting element. The actuator acts on the body via the adjusting element. The adjusting element engages the body and/or the actuator in such a manner that a rotational movement of the body can be decoupled from the adjusting element, a housing of the electric machine, the rotor and/or the actuator.
US10263486B2
A plurality of coil groups are each configured by connecting a tip portion of a first conductor terminal and a tip portion of a second conductor terminal that is subject to connection therewith using a connecting conductor, and the connecting conductors include: a pair of connecting portions that are respectively disposed so as to contact the tip portion of the first conductor terminal and the tip portion of the second conductor terminal that is subject to connection therewith in a circumferential direction of the tip portions so as to be parallel to the tip portions, and that are joined together with the tip portions; and a linking portion that links the pair of connecting portions.
US10263483B2
The invention relates to a stator winding for a transversal flow machine, the stator winding (98) being embodied as a cord (244) and said cord (244) having a plurality of individual wires (242). Said stator winding (98) is embodied as a coil with several windings (245), characterized in that one or more windings (245) are layered in the axial direction or radial direction.
US10263464B2
Method and system for communicating between a first piece of equipment and a second piece of equipment connected to the first piece of equipment via a single-conductor transmission line, wherein data (DATA1, DATA2) are transmitted from the first piece of equipment to the second piece of equipment by pulse width modulation of a transmission signal emitted on the transmission line, and wherein data are transmitted from the second piece of equipment to the first piece of equipment by amplitude modulation of said transmission signal.
US10263458B2
A distributed low voltage power system can include a primary power source that distributes line voltage power during a first mode of operation and fails to distribute the line voltage power during a second mode of operation. The system can also include a secondary power supply coupled to the primary power source, where the secondary power supply includes a controller and an energy storage device. The system can further include a power distribution module (PDM) coupled to the primary power source and the secondary power supply, where the PDM includes a first power transfer device and a first output channel. The system can also include at least one first LV device coupled to the first output channel of the PDM, where the at least one first LV device operates using a reserve LV signal based on the reserve signal during the second mode of operation.
US10263445B2
A rapid discharge circuit comprises a detection circuit that is coupled to a power supply and that is configured to detect a voltage of a signal output by the power supply; a control circuit that is configured to generate a start signal in response to the detected voltage decreasing below a specified threshold value; an executing circuit having a first node that is coupled to the power supply and a second node that receives the start signal; a blocking circuit that has a first terminal coupled to a third node of the executing circuit and a second terminal coupled to an external circuit, where the executing circuit and the blocking circuit are configured to switch on in response to the start signal to form a current path for discharging the external circuit.
US10263440B2
In an electronic device, a monitoring circuit monitors a voltage change with regard to each of an RX2+ terminal and an RX2− terminal in a state where a charging device is connected to a Type-C connector. A determining circuit determines whether a short-circuit between a VBUS terminal and the RX2+ and RX2− terminals has occurred using the voltage change at each of the RX2+ terminal and the RX2− terminal.
US10263437B1
A tabletop mobile device recharging station is capable of simultaneously recharging a plurality of electronic devices including laptops, mobile phones, and tablets. A plurality of retractable power harnesses enable recharging through USB cables by transmission of a variable quantity of electrical energy following compliance with a predetermined condition, i.e., payment of a fee. The recharging station is also capable of wireless recharging and direct conversion of AC to appropriate levels of DC current to effect recharging.
US10263435B2
A battery pack charging apparatus includes battery modules assigned to charging groups, the battery pack charging apparatus includes a charging factor setter configured to set charging factors of charging groups of the battery pack based on battery information; a sequential charger configured to sequentially charge the charging groups of the battery pack based on the charging factors of the set charging groups; and a charging controller configured to control charging of the charging groups based on either one or both of an individual group control factor and a pack control factor while the charging groups are sequentially charged.
US10263433B2
According to one embodiment, a power supply device includes a voltage conversion circuit configured to convert a voltage of power generated by a power generation element; a plurality of power storage elements connected in parallel with respective load circuits; a switch circuit configured to switch an electrical connection between the voltage conversion circuit and each of the plurality of power storage elements; and a control circuit configured to measure voltages of the plurality of power storage elements and to control the switch circuit based on the measured voltages.
US10263429B2
A low-voltage circuit in a bidirectional DC-DC converter converts output AC power from a high-voltage circuit to DC power to charge a smoothing reactor and discharge the smoothing reactor, and includes an active snubber circuit including switching elements and each having a backward diode and a snubber capacitor. The snubber capacitor of the active snubber circuit has its one end connected to a drain end of the switching elements, and has its other end connected to a node between a center tap of a high-frequency transformer and a smoothing reactor.
US10263420B2
An ESD protection circuit having a discharging transistor and a body snatching circuit. The discharging transistor is electrically coupled between a first node and a second node. The gate and the body of the discharging transistor are electrically coupled together. The body snatching circuit receives the voltages at the first and second nodes and outputs either the voltage at the first node or the voltage at the second node based on which of these two voltages have a lower value. The output voltage of the body snatching circuit is provided to the body of the discharging transistor.
US10263419B2
A transient voltage protection circuit includes a first input/output pad, a second input/output pad, and a trigger circuit coupled between the first input/output pad and the second input/output pad. The trigger circuit includes a first trigger element which includes a first input/output node, a second input/output node, a third input/output node, and a first substrate diode coupled to the third input/output node of the first trigger element. The trigger circuit further includes a first resistor coupled between the first input/output node of the first trigger element and the second input/output node of the first trigger element. The trigger circuit further includes a second trigger element which includes a first input/output node, a second input/output node, a third input/output node, wherein the second input/output node of the first trigger element is coupled to the first input/output node of the second trigger element, and a second substrate diode coupled to the third input/output node of the second trigger element. The trigger circuit further includes a second resistor coupled between the first input/output node of the second trigger element and the second input/output node of the second trigger element.
US10263418B2
ESD protection circuitry that includes one, or more, of the following features, characteristics and/or advantages: (i) use of different “diode types” (for example, Schottky type, PN type, p-type diode-connected field-effect transistor (FET) type, NFET type)) in a series-connected diode set (connected in series with respect to a device-under-protection) and a parallel-connected diode set (connected in parallel with respect to a device-under-protection and the series-connected diode set); (ii) a FET is connected in series with a target device such that the FET's gate can be turned on during normal operation and the FET's gate is resistively coupled to the FET's source; and/or (iii) two FETs are connected in series with a target device such both FETs gates can be turned on during normal operation, one FET's gate is resistively coupled to its source, and the other FET's gate is electrically coupled to its drain.
US10263409B2
A cable connecting assembly includes a tubular member, a securing member, a seal unit, and a hollow barrel member that defines an accommodating space. The tubular member is disposed in the accommodating space and has two annular grooves. The securing member has a coupling portion abutting against the tubular member and threadedly engaging the barrel member, and an abutment portion abutting against the barrel member. The seal unit includes two first seal rings respectively disposed in the annular grooves and sealingly contacting an inner surface of the barrel member, and a second seal ring sleeved on the coupling portion of the securing member and sealingly contacting the inner surface of the barrel member and the abutment portion of the securing member.
US10263387B2
A light-emitting device includes: a base having a depressed portion upwardly opening, the depressed portion having a bottom surface, surrounding surfaces and at least one placement surface disposed at a position higher than the bottom surface; at least one semiconductor laser element mounted on or above the bottom surface; and a wavelength conversion member enclosed in the depressed portion to convert a wavelength of light from the at least one semiconductor laser element, the wavelength conversion member having a lower surface disposed on the at least one placement surface and a circumferential edge partly surrounded by the surrounding surfaces.
US10263384B2
A single loop hardware-based system for producing laser pulses in a microsecond scale operational mode includes a GUI to enable a user to select the operational mode of the system; a laser source for producing one or more laser beam pulses, the laser source being a diode laser pump source module; a DSP which enables and disables a hardware-based FPGA. The FPGA controls the diode pump source module. When a user selects one or more microsecond scale laser sub-pulses on the GUI, the DSP transmits to the FPGA the sub-pulse energy level and the sub-pulse on-time selected by the user on the GUI. A photodetector operatively connected to the hardware-based system measures the power of the laser pulse beam that was transmitted to the photodetector and, in a feedback mode, transmits a feedback signal of that power measurement to the FPGA. The FPGA compares the power of the laser beam measured by the photodetector to the power of the laser beam selected by the user on the GUI. If the power level read by the FPGA is higher than the selected power level, the FGPA decreases the power level to the pumping source module for any subsequent laser pulses; and if the power level read by the FPGA is less than the selected power level, the FGPA increases the power level to the pumping source module for subsequent laser pulses.
US10263378B2
A method is provided for manufacturing a terminal member that is electrical conductive with a conductive member. The terminal member is formed by working a workpiece having a plate shape with a first surface and a second surface extending from one end toward the other end, by cutting out a recessed portion at the one end from the first surface to the second surface. In this method, the recessed portion is supported by being abutted against a supporting member, and a portion spaced from the recessed portion toward the other end side is fixed, and both side portions along the one end from the recessed portion are bent while being pressed from the first surface toward the second surface side, thereby forming, as a pair of conductive surfaces for conduction with the conductive member, second surface portions facing each other with the supporting member interposed therebetween.
US10263375B1
An apparatus includes first and second struts, each of which defines a channel and has an open side. The struts together define a juncture at which one of the struts crosses the other. First and second electrical contacts engage busbars in the channels. Wires interconnect the first electrical contacts with the second electrical contacts. A housing contains the wires. The housing has a first elongated portion reaching along the open side of the first strut in a direction from the first electrical contacts toward the juncture, a second elongated portion reaching along the open side of the second strut in a direction from the juncture toward the second electrical contacts, and a corner at which the first and second elongated portions meet in vertical alignment with the juncture.
US10263372B2
An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing comprising a base portion defining a rearward surface and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion; plural conductive terminals affixed to the insulative housing and each having a contacting portion exposed to the top and bottom surfaces of the tongue portion, a fixing portion embedded in the base portion, and a soldering portion extending backwardly out of the base portion; a shielding plate affixed to the insulative housing; a shielding shell covering the insulative housing and defining a sol space with the rearward surface of the base portion; and a waterproof sheet; wherein the base portion further comprises a stepped portion in the sol space, the waterproof sheet is formed by solidification of liquid insulative material flowing from the stepped portion to the rearward surface, and the waterproof sheet encloses the stepped portion.
US10263371B2
Coaxial connector for electronic card having at least one principal face and a side substantially perpendicular to the principal face, the connector comprising a base fixed to a front panel of an electromagnetic shielding housing and a pin passing through a first opening of the front panel in such a way that the pin has a free end portion which extends by projecting into the housing flush with a plane of a second opening delimited by a lower edge of a strap of the housing, the lower edge of the strap bearing against the principal face of the electronic card while the front panel bears against the side of the electronic card, the housing comprising two internal rims extending along the front panel on either side of the free end portion of the pin so as to bear on said principal face of the electronic card.
US10263370B2
An internally switched female receptacle or connector for use with IEC 60309-2 configuration plugs and the like. Various plug-latching and plug-actuated safety interlock arrangements coordinate strictly axial plug movement relative to the receptacle with the closing and opening of sleeve contacts and terminal pressure contacts. A continuous ground feature ensures grounding of the primary electrical circuit throughout plug insertion and withdrawal. An optional low-current lighting control circuit powers an LED status indicator. A modular clocking design enables variable angular positioning of the terminals during manufacture.
US10263356B2
The present disclosure discloses a secondary lock and a receptacle. The secondary lock may be mounted to a receptacle housing. The secondary lock has a lock body, a locking portion and a terminal retaining portion. The lock body has a longitudinal insertion direction. The locking portion is protrudingly arranged on the lock body to be configured for being longitudinally block-fittable with the receptacle housing. The terminal retaining portion is arranged on the lock body to be configured for being block-fittable with a connecting terminal along an axial direction of the connecting terminal. The secondary lock according to the present disclosure may be pre-assembled on the receptacle housing to be integrally retained and conveniently transported.
US10263349B2
An electrical connector includes a housing holding electrical conductors and a coupling device mounted to the housing for coupling the electrical connector to a mating connector. The coupling device includes an elongated stem and first and second latch arms that are located at least proximate to ends of the stem. The latch arms extend from the stem and have hook tips at distal ends thereof. The coupling device further includes a return spring beam extending from the stem and located between the latch arms. The coupling device pivots between a locking position and a depressed position. The hook tips of the latch arms protrude beyond a mating interface surface of the housing a greater extent when in the locking position than when in the depressed position to latch onto the mating connector. The return spring beam engages the housing to bias the coupling device to the locking position.
US10263344B2
A high-frequency antenna module includes: a substrate; an input port to which an RF signal is inputted; a distribution circuit configured to distribute the RF signal inputted to the input port; a plurality of amplification units which each have a plurality of cascade-connected amplifiers configured to amplify the RF signal distributed by the distribution circuit, and which are arranged on a side of the substrate provided with the distribution circuit to be rotationally symmetric about the distribution circuit; a plurality of antennas provided on a side of the substrate opposite to the side provided with the amplification units, and each configured to emit the RF signal amplified by the amplification unit corresponding thereto to a space; and a plurality of RF signal supplying portions each configured to supply the RF signal amplified by the amplification unit to the antenna corresponding thereto.
US10263342B2
One embodiment describes a reflectarray antenna system. The system includes an antenna feed configured to at least one of transmit and receive a wireless signal occupying a frequency band. The system also includes a reflector comprising a reflectarray. The reflectarray includes a plurality of reflectarray elements, where each of the reflectarray elements includes a dipole element. The dipole element of at least a portion of the plurality of reflectarray elements comprises a crossed-dipole portion and a looped-dipole portion. The plurality of reflectarray elements can be configured to selectively phase-delay the wireless signal to provide the wireless signal as a coherent beam.
US10263336B1
A multi-band multi-antenna array includes a ground conductor plane and a dual antenna array. The ground conductor plane includes a first edge and separates a first side space and a second side space. The dual antenna array has a maximum array length extending along the first edge and includes a first antenna and a second antenna. The first antenna includes a first resonant loop and a first radiating conductor line exciting the first antenna generating a first resonant mode and a second resonant mode, respectively, wherein frequencies of the first resonant mode are lower than frequencies of the second resonant mode. The second antenna includes a second resonant loop and a second radiating conductor line exciting the first antenna generating a third resonant mode and a fourth resonant mode, respectively, wherein frequencies of the third resonant mode are lower than frequencies of the fourth resonant mode.
US10263319B2
An antenna with swappable and selective radiation direction includes a first arm, a second arm electrically connected to the first arm, a third arm is electrically connected to the first arm, a first impedance tuning circuit coupled to the second arm for connecting the second arm to a ground or a first matching component according to a control signal, and a second impedance tuning circuit coupled to the third arm for connecting the third arm to the ground or a second matching component according to the control signal. By tuning impedance of the antenna, the antenna operates in a first mode corresponding to a first radiation direction or a second mode corresponding to a second radiation direction.
US10263315B2
A directional coupler includes a first signal transmission line disposed between a signal input terminal and a signal output terminal, a coupled line disposed between a coupled output terminal and a resistance connection terminal and electromagnetically coupled to the first signal transmission line, switching terminals connected to a switching element of an IC chip, and a second signal transmission line in which a connection state with respect to the first signal transmission line is switched in accordance with a connection switching operation between the switching terminals by the switching element. The second signal transmission line is connected in parallel to the first signal transmission line in accordance with the connection switching operation between the switching terminals by the switching element when an electric signal in a first frequency band at low frequency is input to the signal input terminal.
US10263310B2
A microwave device, such as a waveguide, transmission line, waveguide circuit, transmission line circuit or radio frequency part of an antenna system, is disclosed. The microwave device comprises two conducting layers arranged with a gap there between, and a set of periodically or quasi-periodically arranged protruding elements fixedly connected to at least one of said conducting layers, thereby forming a texture to stop wave propagation in a frequency band of operation in other directions than along intended waveguiding paths, thus forming a so-called gap waveguide. All protruding elements are connected electrically to each other at their bases at least via the conductive layer on which they are fixedly connected, and some or all of the protruding elements are in conductive or non-conductive contact also with the other conducting layer. A corresponding manufacturing method is also disclosed.
US10263307B2
Provided herein is an anode for a lithium air battery with a long lifetime and high lithium ion conductivity and a method for preparing thereof. The anode includes a lithium metal and a protective layer disposed on one surface of the lithium metal, in which the protective layer includes an inorganic material-based solid electrolyte powder dispersed in a polymer matrix.
US10263294B2
Provided is a lithium ion secondary battery which has a low internal resistance in a low-SOC region and a sufficiently large amount of gas generated during overcharge. The lithium ion secondary battery disclosed herein includes an electrode body having a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution. The lithium ion secondary battery further includes a pressure-type safety mechanism. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution includes a gas generating agent. The positive electrode has a positive electrode active material layer including a positive electrode active material. The positive electrode active material includes a lithium transition metal composite oxide represented by LiNiaCobMncO2 wherein a, b and c satisfy the following conditions: 0.35≤a≤0.45, 0.15≤b≤0.25, 0.35≤c≤0.45, and a+b+c=1, and a lithium transition metal composite oxide represented by LiNixCoyMnzO2 wherein x, y and z satisfy the following conditions: 0.35≤x≤0.45, 0.45≤y≤0.55, 0.05≤z≤0.15, and x+y+z=1, and the mass ratio of the oxides is 60:40 to 85:15.
US10263293B2
Provided is a method of preparing a lithium secondary battery which may simultaneously improve output characteristics and lifetime characteristics of the lithium secondary battery by preparing an electrode on which an SEI film is formed through a pretreatment process, putting an electrode assembly including the electrode in a battery case, and injecting an electrolyte thereinto.
US10263291B2
A method of producing a prismatic battery cell includes forming an initial arrangement by spatially arranging one or two wiring boards, a cathode layer, an anode layer, and at least two separator layers so as to be in parallel with each other and with respect to a winding axis. The initial arrangement is wound about the winding axis to form a battery winding. The battery winding is inserted in a cell housing, and a respective current connector is connected to each of the cathode layer and anode layer. The cell housing is filled with a liquid electrolyte, and is closed. A prismatic battery cell of this type can be included in a battery, such as a battery included with an automotive vehicle.
US10263285B2
Nonaqueous electrolyte, capacitor device using same, and carboxylic acid ester compound used in same
The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolytic solution capable of improving electrochemical characteristics in the case of using an energy storage device at a high temperature and at a high voltage and further capable of inhibiting the gas generation while maintaining a capacity retention rate after storage at a high temperature and at a high voltage and also provides an energy storage device using the same. Disclosed is a nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing a carboxylic acid ester compound represented by the following general formula (I). In the formula, each of R1 and R2 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a —C(═O)—OR4 group, or the like, and R1 and R2 may be bonded to each other to form a ring structure. R3 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3. When n is 1, then L and R4 represent an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or the like; and when n is 2 or 3, then L represents an n-valent connecting group, X represents a —C(═O)— group, an —S(═O)— group, an —S(═O)2— group, an —S(═O)2—R5—S(═O)2— group or a CR6R7 group, R5 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and each of R6 and R7 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
US10263281B2
The present invention provides an all-solid ion battery having improved stability and power characteristics and comprising: a powder-form solid electrolyte; a powder-form electrode active material; a first conductive polymer coating film coated on at least a portion of the solid electrolyte and capable of transporting ions; and a second conductive polymer coating film coated on at least a portion of the electrode active material and capable of transporting ions and electrons.
US10263277B2
Exemplary flexible thin film solid state lithium ion batteries (10) and methods for making the same are disclosed. An exemplary flexible solid state thin film electrochemical device (10) may include a flexible substrate (12), first (14) and second electrodes (18), and an electrolyte (16) disposed between the first (14) and second electrodes (18). The electrolyte (16) is disposed on the flexible substrate (12). The first electrode (14) is disposed on the electrolyte (16), and the second electrode (18) having been buried between the electrolyte (16) and the substrate (12).
US10263266B2
An evaporative cooling type fuel cell system and a cooling control method for the same are provided. The fuel cell system includes a stack that generates electric power by reacting hydrogen as fuel with air as an oxidant. The method includes adjusting an operation pressure of the stack based on a current operation temperature of the stack and adjusting the amount of water supplied to the stack from a water reservoir based on the current operation temperature. The water is supplied to a cathode of the stack. Thus, a compact-simplified fuel cell system is provided, thereby reducing manufacturing costs and weight.
US10263263B2
There is provided a frame body used for a cell of a redox flow battery, that can improve heat dissipation of an electrolyte in a slit and can suppress rise of the temperature of the electrolyte. It is a frame body used for a cell of a redox flow battery, comprising: an opening formed inside the frame body; a manifold allowing an electrolyte to pass therethrough; and a slit which connects the manifold and the opening and forms a channel of the electrolyte between the manifold and the opening, the slit having a pair of sidewalls facing each other in a cross section orthogonal to a direction in which the electrolyte flows, the slit having, at at least a portion thereof in the slit's depthwise direction, a width narrowing portion allowing the sidewalls to have a spacing narrowed in the depthwise direction.
US10263259B2
The present invention is to provide a method for producing core-shell catalyst particles with high catalytic activity per unit mass of platinum. Disclosed is a method for producing core-shell catalyst particles including a core containing palladium and a shell containing platinum and covering the shell, wherein the method includes: a step of depositing copper on the surface of the palladium-containing particles by applying a potential that is nobler than the oxidation-reduction potential of copper to the palladium-containing particles in a copper ion-containing electrolyte, and a step of forming the shell by, after the copper deposition step and inside the reaction system kept at −3° C. or more and 10° C. or less, substituting the copper deposited on the surface of the palladium-containing particles with platinum by bringing the copper into contact with a platinum ion-containing solution in which platinum ions and a reaction inhibitor that inhibits a substitution reaction between the copper and the platinum, are contained.
US10263258B2
An air electrode material according to the present disclosure contains a plurality of composite particles, wherein each of the composite particles contains a core particle and a plurality of covering particles covering the core particle, the core particle is formed of a material with catalytic activity for an oxygen reduction reaction, the covering particles are formed of an electrically conductive material and are mechanically bonded to the core particles or other covering particles, and the median size of the core particles ranges from 100 to 1000 times the average primary particle size of the covering particles.
US10263253B2
Electrochemical cell comprising an anode and a cathode is provided. The anode and the cathode independently comprises or consists essentially of a vanadium oxide compound having general formula MnV6O16, wherein M is selected from the group consisting of ammonium, alkali-metal, and alkaline-earth metal; and n is 1 or 2. Method of preparing a vanadium oxide compound having general formula MnV6O16 is also provided.
US10263252B2
A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a silicon material as a negative electrode active material has good discharge rate characteristics. A negative electrode according to an exemplary embodiment includes a negative-electrode current collector and a negative-electrode mixture layer formed on the current collector. The negative-electrode mixture layer contains graphite and a silicon material. A first region that extends from the surface of the mixture layer remote from the negative-electrode current collector in the thickness direction of the negative-electrode mixture layer and has a thickness equal to 40% of the thickness of the mixture layer contains a larger amount of the silicon material than a second region that extends from the surface of the mixture layer adjacent to the negative-electrode current collector and has a thickness equal to 40% of the thickness of the mixture layer. The first region has a lower density than the second region.
US10263236B2
An exemplary battery assembly includes, among other things, a rail of a first cell assembly received within a slot of a second cell assembly to secure the first and a second cell assemblies relative to each other. A rail terminal is disposed within a rail surface that faces back toward an electrode structure of the first cell assembly. An exemplary battery cell securing method includes, among other things, positioning a rail of a first cell assembly within a slot of a second cell assembly to secure the first and second cell assemblies relative to each other. The rail has a rail surface that faces back toward an electrode structure of the first cell assembly, and a rail terminal disposed within the rail surface.
US10263230B2
A battery package includes a card and multiple battery packs. Each battery pack includes a cover attached to a portion of the card, and a tray positioned between the portion of the card and the cover. The cover includes an opening and a door. The door is movable between an open position and a closed position. The tray includes multiple receptacles. Each battery pack further includes multiple batteries and multiple tabs. Each battery is positioned within one of the receptacles. Each tab is removably attached to one of the batteries. The tray is rotatable relative to the portion of the card and the cover to selectively align one of the receptacles with the opening in a battery removal position. With the door in the open position, the tab attached to the battery in the receptacle in the battery removal position is accessible through the opening.
US10263225B2
A thin sheet or film excellent in flame retardancy and light-blocking properties is provided. A battery pack case and others with high flame retardancy are each molded from this thin film. A thin sheet or film Including a specific phosphorus-containing flame retardant in a polycarbonate resin is excellent in thickness accuracy, flame retardancy and appearance. A thin sheet or film excellent in flame retardancy and also having a thickness of 0.01 to 0.25 mm was formed when controlling its thickness uniformly during sheet or film molding. Further, upon addition of carbon black, the resulting sheet or film was found to have good light-blocking properties and higher flame retardancy. Moreover, when used as a film packaging material for battery packs, the sheet or film of the present invention was found to be excellent in film strength and ultrasonic weldability.
US10263216B2
A rollable display apparatus includes a rolling drum; and a flexible display panel comprising an end bonded to the rolling drum, the flexible display panel being windable around an outer circumferential surface of the rolling drum, the flexible display panel including a flexible substrate including a first surface on which a display device is arranged; and a first protection film over the first surface of the flexible substrate, the first protection film including a first layer including an elastic polymer, and a second layer on the first layer and having a smaller surface frictional force than the first layer, and the second layer includes a plurality of first grooves each indented in a depth direction of the second layer from a surface of the second layer.
US10263214B2
In various embodiments, an optoelectronic component is provided. The optoelectronic component includes an optically active layer structure on a surface of a planar substrate. The surface in a predefined region is free of optically active layer structure. The optoelectronic component further includes an encapsulation structure having an inorganic encapsulation layer. The inorganic encapsulation layer is formed on or above the optically active layer structure and the surface of the substrate in the predefined region. The inorganic encapsulation layer at least in the predefined region is formed in direct contact with the surface of the substrate. The surface of the substrate at least in the predefined region includes a structuring. The structuring is configured to increase the roughness of the surface. The substrate at least in the predefined region at the surface thereof includes or is formed from an inorganic material.
US10263208B2
An organic electroluminescent display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a lower electrode, an upper electrode, an organic EL layer positioned between the lower electrode and the upper electrode and a light emitting material containing layer that contains a light emitting material and is arranged on an opposite side of the upper electrode from the organic EL layer.
US10263202B2
The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a flexible base plate of an OLED display panel, comprising following steps: a step S10 of providing a glass substrate; a step S20 of forming a first polyimide layer on the surface of the glass substrate; and a step S30 of forming a buffer layer on a surface of the first polyimide layer; wherein the step S30 comprises: a step S301 of forming a silicon oxide layer on a surface of the first polyimide layer; and a step S302 of using ion implantation to implant a plurality of titanium ions into the silicon oxide layer for forming a mixed layer of titanium dioxide and silicon oxide.
US10263201B2
A flexible display panel attaching device is provided, and includes: a profile modeling fixture, a first sucking-attachment platform, a second sucking-attachment platform, a first pressing clamp assembly, a second pressing clamp assembly, a roller, a first air blow gun, and a second air blow gun. A portion of a flexible display layer is attached to a main body portion of a cover glass by a roll-pressing of the roller, and then two regions of the flexible display layer which the roller cannot reach are blown by using two air blow guns, so that the two regions of the flexible display layer are attached to two bending portions of the cover glass.
US10263197B2
Synthesis of four coordinated palladium complexes and their applications in light emitting devices thereof.
US10263195B2
A novel substance with which an increase in life and emission efficiency of a light-emitting element can be achieved is provided. A carbazole compound having a structure represented by General Formula (G1) is provided. Note that a substituent which makes the HOMO level and the LUMO level of a compound in which a bond of the substituent is substituted with hydrogen deep and shallow, respectively is used as each of substituents in General Formula (G1) (R1, R2, Ar3, and α3). Further, a substituent which makes the band gap (Bg) and the T1 level of a compound in which a bond of the substituent is substituted with hydrogen wide and high is used as each of the substituents in General Formula (G1) (R1, R2, Ar3, and α3).
US10263187B2
An example provides a method for forming an apparatus including a substrate imprinted with a pattern for forming isolated device regions. A method may include imprinting an unpatterned area of a substrate with a pattern to form a patterned substrate having a plurality of recessed regions at a first level and a plurality of elevated regions at a second level, and depositing a first layer of conductive material over the patterned substrate with a plurality of breaks to form a plurality of bottom electrodes. The method may include depositing a layer of an active stack, with a second layer of conductive material, over the plurality of bottom electrodes to form a plurality of devices on the plurality of recessed regions isolated from each other by the plurality of elevated regions.
US10263181B2
To provide a laminated structure and a spin modulation element capable of stably modulating spin polarizability of a ferromagnetic material by an electric field. A laminated structure according to an embodiment includes: a ferromagnetic layer; and a multiferroic layer formed on one surface of the ferromagnetic layer, wherein the multiferroic layer includes a first region having a rhombohedral crystal structure formed on a surface side on the ferromagnetic layer side and a second region having a tetragonal crystal structure formed further inside than the first region.
US10263176B2
A vertical Hall element having an improved sensitivity and reduced offset voltage includes: a second conductivity type semiconductor layer formed on a semiconductor substrate and having an impurity concentration that is distributed uniformly; a second conductivity type impurity diffusion layer formed on the semiconductor layer and having a concentration higher than in the semiconductor layer; a plurality of electrodes formed in a straight line on a surface of the impurity diffusion layer, and each formed from a second conductivity type impurity region that is higher in concentration than the impurity diffusion layer; and a plurality of first conductivity type electrode isolation diffusion layers each formed between two electrodes out of the plurality of electrodes on the surface of the impurity diffusion layer, to isolate the plurality of electrodes from one another.
US10263175B2
A piezoelectric element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric layer provided between the first and second electrodes. In the piezoelectric element, the piezoelectric layer is made from a perovskite composite oxide represented by Pb(Ni, Nb, Zr, Ti)O3 and the total of the Ni and Nb contents in the perovskite composite oxide is not less than 1 [mol %] and not more than 5 [mol %] based on a total content of elements contained in a B site.
US10263172B2
To improve both of the mechanical reliability and electrical reliability of an electronic apparatus including a piezoelectric body, a vibrator, and a vibration wave motor. The piezoelectric body is configured by bonding a piezoelectric element and a flexible printed circuit substrate FPC, a coverlay has an end N made up of a first outline part and a second outline part that intersect with wiring layers, the first outline part coming in contact with an electrode F1 of electrodes F, and the second outline part coming in contact with another electrode of the electrodes F. Length L1 from an outer-shape line M of the piezoelectric element that intersects with the FPC to the first outline part is shorter than length L2 from the outer-shape line M to the second outline part, and the electrode F1 is located closer to the outer-shape line than the other electrode of the electrodes F.
US10263169B2
A PEDOT:PSS film having enhanced thermoelectric properties is doped with DMSO and a binary secondary dopant, such as PEO. The composition of such film causes the ratios of PEDOT in bipolaron states to be increased. As a result, the Seebeck coefficient, the electrical conductivities, and power factor of the film are increased, thereby increasing the efficiency of the film. Thus, a thermoelectric device that uses the film is able to achieve enhanced operating performance.
US10263156B2
A light emitting diode structure including a substrate, a semiconductor epitaxial structure, a first insulating layer, a first reflective layer, a second reflective layer, a second insulating layer and at least one electrode. The substrate has a tilt surface. The semiconductor epitaxial structure at least exposes the tilt surface. The first insulating layer exposes a portion of the semiconductor epitaxial structure. The first reflective layer is at least partially disposed on the portion of the semiconductor epitaxial structure and electrically connected to the semiconductor epitaxial structure. The second reflective layer is disposed on the first reflective layer and the first insulating layer, and covers at least the portion of the tilt surface. The second insulating layer is disposed on the second reflective layer. The electrode is disposed on the second reflective layer and electrically connected to the first reflective layer and the semiconductor epitaxial structure.
US10263149B2
The present invention relates to nanostructured light emitting diodes, LEDs. The nanostructure LED device according to the invention comprises an array of a plurality of individual nanostructured LEDs. Each of the nanostructured LEDs has an active region wherein light is produced. The nanostructured device further comprise a plurality of reflectors, each associated to one individual nanostructured LED (or a group of nanostructured LEDs. The individual reflectors has a concave surface facing the active region of the respective individual nanostructured LED or active regions of group of nanostructured LEDs.
US10263116B2
For improved high-definition of liquid crystal display devices and the use thereof in bright places, luminance of backlights is being increased. Thus, when a light-shielding layer is employed for suppressing a light leakage current, characteristic fluctuations of transistors are caused, which may result in showing faulty display. In a dual-gate thin film transistor having a floating light-shielding layer, the layout is designed in such a manner that the film thickness of the insulating layer is equal to or more than 200 nm and equal to or less than 500 nm and that Sg/Sd becomes 4.7 or more, provided that an opposing area between the light-shielding layer and a drain region in a place at the outermost side of the active layer is Sd and the opposing area between the light-shielding layer and the gate electrode is Sg.
US10263115B2
A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor includes: providing a substrate having a first surface and a second surface which are opposed to each other; forming a metal layer on the first surface of the substrate and patterning the metal layer to form a source electrode and a drain electrode; forming a semiconductor layer on the metal layer; forming a first insulating area and a gate electrode on the semiconductor layer; forming a second insulating layer on the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode; and forming a source lead and a drain lead on the second insulating layer, wherein the source lead passes through the second insulating layer and the semiconductor layer and is coupled to the source electrode, and the drain lead passes through the second insulating layer and the semiconductor layer and is coupled to the drain electrode.
US10263107B2
A strain gated transistor and associated methods are shown. In one example, a transistor channel region includes a metal dichalcogen layer that is stressed to improve electrical properties of the transistor.
US10263097B2
Methods of semiconductor arrangement formation are provided. A method of forming the semiconductor arrangement includes forming a first nucleus on a substrate in a trench or between dielectric pillars on the substrate. Forming the first nucleus includes applying a first source material beam at a first angle relative to a top surface of the substrate and concurrently applying a second source material beam at a second angle relative to the top surface of the substrate. A first semiconductor column is formed from the first nucleus by rotating the substrate while applying the first source material beam and the second source material beam. Forming the first semiconductor column in the trench or between the dielectric pillars using the first source material beam and the second source material beam restricts the formation of the first semiconductor column to a single direction.
US10263090B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is provided including an opening in a gate electrode layer to form two spaced apart gate electrode layers. An oxidation or nitridation treatment is performed in a region between the two spaced apart gate electrode layers. A first insulating layer is formed in the opening between the two spaced apart gate electrode layers.
US10263080B2
An integrated circuit (IC) device may include a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure may include a source contact, a drain contact, and a gate. A first fluorocarbon spacer may be between the gate and the source contact. A second fluorocarbon spacer may be between the gate and the drain contact.
US10263079B2
Embodiments of an apparatus and methods for providing three-dimensional complementary metal oxide semiconductor devices comprising modulation doped transistors are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed, which may include forming a modulation doped heterostructure, comprising forming an active portion having a first bandgap and forming a delta doped portion having a second bandgap.
US10263075B2
Methods of forming integrated chips include forming a respective stack of sheets in two regions, each stack having first layers and second layers. The second layers are etched away in the first region. The second region is annealed to change the composition of the first layers in the second region by interaction with the second layers in the second region. A gate stack is formed in the first and second region.
US10263073B2
A gate-all-around field effect transistor (GAA FET) includes an InAs nano-wire as a channel layer, a gate dielectric layer wrapping the InAs nano-wire, and a gate electrode metal layer formed on the gate dielectric layer. The InAs nano-wire has first to fourth major surfaces three convex-rounded corner surfaces and one concave-rounded corner surface.
US10263070B2
Aspects of the present disclosure disclose a superjunction trench MOSFET device for low voltage or medium voltage devices and a method of fabricating the same. The superjunction trench MOSFET device according to aspects of the present disclosure comprises an active cell region and a termination region disposed at an outer periphery of the active cell region. The active cell region comprises an array of device cells with the superjunction structure. The termination region may comprise a termination structure. In one embodiment, the termination structure includes guard rings in an intrinsic epitaxial layer. In one embodiment, the termination structure includes an array of floating P columns. In another embodiment, the termination structure includes an array of floating P columns and floating termination trenches.
US10263067B2
A radio frequency (RF) chip capacitor circuit and structure are provided. The circuit and structure include a plurality of capacitors connected in series. Each capacitor of the plurality includes a first plate formed from a first metal layer and a second plate formed from a second metal layer. A first two adjacent capacitors of the plurality include first plates formed in a first contiguous portion of the first metal layer or second plates formed in a second contiguous portion of the second metal layer. Each capacitor of the plurality may include a dielectric layer disposed between the first plate and the second plate.
US10263065B2
Methods of forming a metal resistor are provided. The methods may include: depositing a metal layer, e.g., tungsten, on a substrate; and forming the metal resistor by implanting a semiconductor species, e.g., silicon and/or germanium, into the metal layer to form a semiconductor-metal alloy layer from at least a portion of the metal layer. In certain embodiments, an adhesion layer may be deposited by ALD prior to metal layer depositing. The metal resistor has a sheet resistance that remains substantially constant prior to and after subsequent annealing.
US10263053B2
Provided is an OLED display that includes, for example, a substrate having a plurality of pixel regions defined in a matrix; a thin film transistor in each pixel region; an anode connected to the thin film transistor in each pixel region; and a bank covering an edge of the anode and having an inside boundary at a first distance from the edge of the anode and an outside boundary at a second distance from the edge of the anode.
US10263052B2
A display panel, a display method thereof, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixel units. Each of the sub-pixel units includes a first display area and a second display area; the first display area includes an active emitting display unit; and the second display area is configured to switch between a transparent state and an opaque state.
US10263045B2
Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device. The organic light emitting display device includes a substrate in which at least three pixel areas are defined, a first electrode and a hole transporting layer formed on the substrate, a light-emitting material layer formed on the hole transporting layer in each of the pixel areas, and an electron transporting layer and a second electrode formed on the light-emitting material layer. An optical assistant transporting layer is formed on the light-emitting material layer at a position corresponding to one of the pixel areas, and formed of an electron transporting material. Accordingly, provided can be a high-resolution organic light emitting display device that solves an imbalance of electric charges and has an excellent light output efficiency and an enhanced service life.
US10263043B2
The present disclosure relates to coated particles. The teachings thereof may be embodied in coated particles, a method for their production, and the use of the coated particles in X-ray detectors, gamma detectors, UV detectors, or solar cells. For example, some embodiments include particles comprising: perovskite crystals of the type ABX3 or AB2X4; wherein A comprises at least one monovalent, divalent, or trivalent element from the fourth or a higher period in the periodic table or mixtures thereof; B comprises a monovalent cation, the volumetric parameter of which is sufficient, with the respective element A, for perovskite lattice formation; and X is selected from the group consisting of halides and pseudohalides, and mixtures thereof; and a coating of at least one semiconductor material surrounding a nucleus comprising the perovskite crystals.
US10263042B2
An organic photoelectric device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, and an active layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the active layer includes an n-type semiconductor compound that is transparent in a visible ray region and represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a p-type semiconductor compound having a maximum absorption wavelength in a wavelength region of about 500 nm to about 600 nm of a visible ray region.
US10263040B2
A memory device includes a first electrode line layer including a plurality of first electrode lines extending on a substrate in a first direction and being spaced apart from each other, a second electrode line layer including a plurality of second electrode lines extending on the first electrode line layer in a second direction that is different from the first direction and being spaced apart from each other, and a memory cell layer including a plurality of first memory cells located at a plurality of intersections between the plurality of first electrode lines and the plurality of second electrode lines, each first memory cell including a selection device layer, an intermediate electrode and a variable resistance layer that are sequentially stacked. A side surface of the variable resistance layer is perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate or inclined to be gradually wider toward an upper portion of the variable resistance layer. The first memory cell has a side surface slope so as to have a width gradually decreasing toward its upper portion.
US10263030B2
Implementations of image sensors may include: a first die including a plurality of detectors adapted to convert photons to electrons; a second die including a plurality of transistors, passive electrical components, or both transistors and passive electrical components; a third die including analog circuitry, logic circuitry, or analog and logic circuitry. The first die may be hybrid bonded to the second die, and the second die may be fusion bonded to the third die. The plurality of transistors, passive electrical components, or transistors and passive electrical components of the second die may be adapted to enable operation of the plurality of detectors of the first die. The analog circuitry, logic circuitry, and analog circuitry and logical circuitry may be adapted to perform signal routing.
US10263024B2
The present technology relates to an imaging element, an electronic device, and a manufacturing method that make it possible to prevent color mixing in a pixel adjacent to a phase difference detection pixel and to make the light receiving sensitivity high or more. An anti-reflection film is formed only on the side wall of a light blocking unit that blocks part of the incident light on a photo diode of phase difference detection pixels for detecting the phase difference out of a plurality of pixels. Thereby, the light reflected at the side wall of the light blocking unit does not enter a photo diode of an adjacent pixel, and therefore color mixing is prevented. Furthermore, since the anti-reflection film is not formed on an interlayer layer, the light receiving sensitivity of the light that directly enters the photo diode is not reduced. The present technology can be applied to imaging elements.
US10263019B2
A flexible panel includes a substrate, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a sacrificial layer, and a metal wiring layer. The substrate has an active area, a peripheral area, and an intermediate area. The first insulating layer is in the three areas of the substrate, and the first insulating layer in the intermediate area has a first pattern. The second insulating layer is on the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer in the intermediate area has a first opening extending along a first direction, so that the second insulating layer does not cover the first pattern of the first insulating layer. The sacrificial layer is between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer in the intermediate area, and does not cover the first pattern of the first insulating layer. The metal wiring layer extends between the active area and the peripheral area.
US10263015B2
A semiconductor device includes a first electrode, a first insulating layer on the first electrode, a second electrode on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer on the second electrode, a first opening in the first insulating layer, the second electrode and the second insulating layer, the first opening reaching the first electrode, a first oxide semiconductor layer in the first opening, the first oxide semiconductor layer being connected with the first electrode and the second electrode, a first gate electrode facing the first oxide semiconductor layer, and a first gate insulating layer between the first oxide semiconductor layer and the first gate electrode.
US10263011B1
An improved standard cell chip, library and/or process ensures that there is adequate spacing between TSCUT jogs and nearby gate contacts to avoid inadvertent shorts/leakages that can degrade manufacturing yield or performance.
US10263006B2
A semiconductor memory device may include: a stacking structure including a plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of gate electrodes alternately stacked on a substrate; a lower semiconductor pattern that protrudes from the top of the substrate; a vertical insulating pattern that extends in a vertical direction from the substrate and penetrates the stacking structure; and a vertical channel pattern on the inner surface of the vertical insulating pattern and contacting the lower semiconductor pattern, wherein an upper part of the lower semiconductor pattern includes a recess region including a curve-shaped profile, and in the recess region, the outer surface of a lower part of the vertical channel pattern contacts the lower semiconductor pattern along a curve of the recess region.
US10263005B2
A control gate electrode and a memory gate electrode of a memory cell of a non-volatile memory are formed in a memory cell region of a semiconductor substrate, and a dummy gate electrode is formed in a peripheral circuit region. Then, n+-type semiconductor regions for a source or a drain of the memory cell are formed in the memory cell region and n+-type semiconductor regions for a source or a drain of MISFET are formed in the peripheral circuit region. Then, a metal silicide layer is formed over the n+-type semiconductor regions but the metal silicide layer is not formed over the control gate electrode, the memory gate electrode, and the gate electrode. Subsequently, the gate electrode is removed and replaced with the gate electrode for MISFET. Then, after removing the gate electrode and replacing it with a gate electrode for MISFET, a metal silicide layer is formed over the memory gate electrode and the control gate electrode.
US10263003B2
Provided is a semiconductor device which has a non-volatile memory including: a semiconductor substrate; a tunnel insulating film formed on a surface of the semiconductor device; a floating gate formed on the tunnel insulating film; a memory cell transistor drain region and a memory cell transistor source region formed from the surface to an inside of the semiconductor substrate in a vicinity of both ends of the floating gate; a first interface formed between the semiconductor substrate and the tunnel insulating film; and a second interface formed between the floating gate and the tunnel insulating film. The first interface and the second interface form an uneven structure having a curvature that changes at an identical period with respect to a place in sectional view.
US10262997B2
A high-voltage semiconductor device including a semiconductor layer formed on a substrate is provided. A first well region having a first conductivity type and a second well region having a second conductivity type are formed in the semiconductor layer. Source and drain regions are respectively formed in the first and second well regions. A gate structure is disposed on the semiconductor layer. A first isolation trench structure is disposed in the semiconductor layer and surrounds the first and second well regions. The first isolation trench structure includes a first polysilicon layer filling a first trench and having the second conductivity type, a first heavy doping region formed in an upper portion of the first polysilicon layer and having the second conductivity type, and a first insulating liner disposed on sidewalls of the first trench and surrounding the first polysilicon layer.
US10262992B2
A semiconductor device having a first stack and a second stack of device components. The first stack has a transistor switching element having a channel, a source in contact with the channel, a drain in contact with the channel, and a gate structure at least partially disposed in a space defined between and separating the source and the drain. The first stack has a source connection to the source, and a drain connection to the drain. The second stack of device components is disposed underneath the first stack and has a semiconductor substrate of a doping type the same as the drain, and a pair of electrical contacts spaced apart on the semiconductor substrate and contacting a conduction path in the semiconductor substrate extending between the pair of electrical contacts. The drain connection is connected to one of the pair of electrical contacts.
US10262991B2
The electrical device includes a plurality of fin structures, the plurality of fin structures including at least one decoupling fin and at least one semiconductor fin. Each of the plurality of fin structures having substantially a same geometry. The electrical device includes at least one semiconductor device including a channel region present in the at least one semiconductor fin, a gate structure present on the channel region of the at least one semiconductor fin, and source and drain regions present on source and drain region portion of the at least one semiconductor fin. The electrical device includes at least one decoupling capacitor including the decoupling fin structure as a first electrode of the decoupling capacitor, a node dielectric layer and a second electrode provided by the metal contact to the source and drain regions of the semiconductor fin structures, wherein the decoupling capacitor is present underlying the power line to the semiconductor fin structures.
US10262987B2
The present invention provides an ESD protection circuit electrically connected between a high voltage power line and a low voltage power line, and the ESD protection circuit includes a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) and a trigger source. A collector of the BJT is electrically connected to the high voltage power line, and an emitter and a base of the BJT are electrically connected to the low voltage power line. The trigger source is electrically connected between the base of the BJT and the high voltage power line.
US10262985B2
A block of logic gates has MOS transistors whose body terminals are connected with a body voltage rail and whose source terminals are connected with a logic reference voltage rail. The logic reference voltage rail is connected to the body voltage rail via a resistor. The resistor creates a negative feedback loop for leakage currents that stabilizes a reverse body bias voltage and reduces the influence of temperature, voltage, and process variations.The block may be NMOS, PMOS, or CMOS. In the case of CMOS, there are two body voltage rails, powered by a voltage source, two logic reference voltage rails, and two resistors. The reverse body bias voltages over the two resistors may be stabilized by decoupling capacitors. The two resistors may be trimmable. The resistors may be calibrated such that leakage currents are at a minimum value and the logic gates can switch just fast enough.
US10262979B2
A light emitting device includes: a first light emitting element configured to emit light of a first peak wavelength; a second light emitting element configured to emit light of a second peak wavelength that is different from the first peak wavelength; a first light reflecting member disposed in contact with at least one lateral surface of the first light emitting element, the first light reflecting member having an upper surface from which an upper surface of the first light emitting element is exposed; a wavelength conversion member covering the upper surface of the first light emitting element; and a second light reflecting member disposed on the upper surface of the first light reflecting member, the second light reflecting member being located between the second light emitting element and the wavelength conversion member in a plan view.
US10262977B2
An image generator for use in a display device, the image generator comprising: a plurality of ILED array chips each comprising a plurality of ILED emitters and arranged in an array such that each of a plurality of pixels of the image generator comprises an ILED emitter from each of a plurality of adjacent ILED array chips. The total area of ILED emitter material may be less than 50% of the area of each pixel. The image generator may comprise secondary optics in optical communication with an output of the plurality of ILED emitters of an ILED array chip and configured to direct light from the ILED emitters towards an emission region of the associated pixel.
US10262975B1
A system can include a first semiconductor device including a first capacitor with a first terminal coupled to receive a power supply potential; and a second semiconductor device including a first voltage generator coupled to the first terminal of the first capacitor, the first voltage generator provides a first voltage generator output potential at an output terminal. The first capacitor can include a first capacitor node and a second capacitor node, the first capacitor node and the second capacitor node each include at least one substantially vertically formed conductive portion in a substrate of the first semiconductor device that are separated from one another by at least one capacitor dielectric, the first capacitor node is electrically connected to the first terminal of the first capacitor.
US10262972B2
A semiconductor package may include a first chip stack including first chips which are stacked on a package substrate. The semiconductor package may include a second chip stack including second chips which are stacked on the package substrate. The semiconductor package may include a third chip disposed on the first and second chip stacks.
US10262964B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include interconnect structures and methods of forming interconnect structures. An embodiment is an interconnect structure including a post-passivation interconnect (PPI) over a first substrate and a conductive connector on the PPI. The interconnect structure further includes a molding compound on a top surface of the PPI and surrounding a portion of the conductive connector, a top surface of the molding compound adjoining the conductive connector at an angle from about 10 degrees to about 60 degrees relative to a plane parallel with a major surface of the first substrate, the conductive connector having a first width at the adjoining top surface of the molding compound, and a second substrate over the conductive connector, the second substrate being mounted to the conductive connector.
US10262957B2
An integrated circuit (IC) package includes an IC die and a wave channel that electrically couples the IC die to a solder ball array. The wave channel is configured to resonate at an operating frequency band of the IC die.
US10262953B2
A semiconductor device includes a heat dissipating unit that includes a primary part made of a first metal material and an embedded part that is embedded in a front surface of the primary part and that is made of a second metal material, a front surface of the heat dissipating unit having a mounting region on which a rear surface of a semiconductor element substrate is mounted so as to dissipate heat generated by the semiconductor element; and a sealing member that seals the semiconductor element, the substrate, and a sealed region of the front surface of the heat dissipating unit, wherein the embedded part is formed in the sealed region, and an absolute difference of the linear expansion coefficient of the second metal material and that of the sealing member is less than or equal to 25% of a value of the linear expansion coefficient of the sealing member.
US10262952B2
A die includes a metal pad, a passivation layer over the metal pad, and a polymer layer over the passivation layer. A metal pillar is over and electrically coupled to the metal pad. A metal ring is coplanar with the metal pillar. The polymer layer includes a portion coplanar with the metal pillar and the metal ring.
US10262949B2
The present disclosure relates to a fan-out semiconductor package and a method of manufacturing the same. The fan-out semiconductor package includes: a first connection member having a through-hole; a semiconductor chip disposed in the through-hole; an encapsulant encapsulating at least portions of the first connection member and the semiconductor chip; and a second connection member disposed on the first connection member and the semiconductor chip. The first connection member includes a first insulating layer, a first redistribution layer and a second redistribution layer disposed on one surface and the other surface of the first insulating layer opposing the one surface thereof, respectively, a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer and covering the first redistribution layer, and a third redistribution layer disposed on the second insulating layer. A fan-out semiconductor package may include one or more connection units instead of the first connection member.
US10262936B2
A semiconductor device according to the present embodiment includes a stacked body having an end which is step-shaped and a contact in each of the steps of the end. Each of the steps includes alternating a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of insulating layers. The contact includes a plurality of conductive films contacting each of the conductive layers, and a plurality of insulating films contacting each of the insulating layers, the insulating films being provided between the conductive films.
US10262935B2
A memory device including a memory cell array region, includes, column selection signal lines formed in a first column conduction layer of the memory cell array region and extending in a column direction, global input-output data lines formed in a second column conduction layer of the memory cell array region different from the first column conduction layer and extending in the column direction and power lines formed in a shield conduction layer of the memory cell array region between the first column conduction layer and the second column conduction layer. The noises in the signal lines and the power lines may be reduced and performance of the memory device may be enhanced by forming the column selection signal lines and the global input-output data lines in different column conduction layers and forming the power lines in the shield conduction layer between the column conduction layers.
US10262930B2
An interposer includes an insulating layer, conductor circuits formed in grooves formed on a first surface of the insulating layer respectively, and metal posts formed in openings extending from the grooves to a second surface of the insulating layer on the opposite side with respect to the first surface such that the metal posts are connected to the conductor circuits respectively. The insulating layer has an opening portion which accommodates an electronic component and is extending from the first surface to the second surface of the insulating layer, and each of the metal posts has an upper surface and a bottom surface on the opposite side of the upper surface such that the upper surface is connected to a respective one of the conductor circuits and that the bottom surface is exposed from the second surface of the insulating layer.
US10262926B2
A semiconductor die has internal circuitry formed on two more internal layers, and die bonding pads arranged on a top surface of the die. The bonding pads are connected to the internal circuitry for providing input and output signals to the internal circuitry. One or more connecting lines electrically connect one or more pairs of the die bonding pads, thereby defining a bonding pad layout. The die bonding pads are arranged and connected with the connecting lines such that the bonding pad layout is reversible, which allows the die to be used in different package types (e.g., TSSOP or DFN) yet maintain a standardized pin arrangement without the necessity for long or crossed bond wires.
US10262925B2
A semiconductor device includes a base plate to which a stacked substrate is bonded, the stacked substrate being mounted on a semiconductor chip. The semiconductor device further includes a heat sink mounted to the base plate, via thermal paste and a metal ring. A center hole of the metal ring is provided to face the semiconductor chip and the thermal paste fills the center hole. Further, the metal ring is formed using a material having about a same hardness as the heat sink, or a material having a lower hardness than the hardness of the heat sink.
US10262913B2
An electronic device and methods of manufacture thereof. One or more methods may include providing a lid wafer having a cavity and a surface surrounding the cavity and a device wafer having a detector device and a reference device. In certain examples, a solder barrier layer of titanium material may be deposited onto the surface of the lid wafer. The solder barrier layer of titanium material may further be activated to function as a getter. In various examples, the lid wafer and the device wafer may be bonded together using solder, and the solder barrier layer of titanium material may prevent the solder from contacting the surface of the lid wafer.
US10262906B2
The method of manufacturing a functional inlay, comprises at least the steps of: (1) providing a substrate with a wire antenna embedded therein and with an aperture wherein two wire antenna portions are positioned over said aperture; (2) acquiring the positions and the dimensions of said wire antenna portions and of said aperture; (3) determining if the acquired positions and dimensions meet predetermined tolerances; (4) if the acquired dimensions and positions meet said tolerances, then placing a chip in fie aperture so that said wire portions are positioned over connections pads of said chip and then bonding said wire portions to said connection pads.
US10262904B2
An nFET vertical transistor is provided in which a p-doped top source/drain structure is formed in contact with an n-doped semiconductor region that is present on a topmost surface of a vertical nFET channel. The p-doped top source/drain structure is formed utilizing a low temperature (550° C. or less) epitaxial growth process.
US10262903B2
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to an N-P boundary spacer structure used with finFET devices and methods of manufacture. The method includes forming a plurality of first fin structures, forming a blocking layer between a first fin structure of the plurality of fin structures and a second fin structure of the plurality of fin structures, and forming an epitaxial material on the first fin structure, while blocking the epitaxial material from extending onto the second fin structure by at least the blocking layer formed between the first fin structure and the second fin structure.
US10262902B2
The multiplexer includes a plurality of transmission gates each formed by four-terminal double insulated gate N-type and P-type field effect transistors connected in parallel. One of gates of the N-type gate field effect transistor is connected to a first threshold voltage control node, and a first resistor is connected between the first threshold voltage control node and a first threshold voltage control voltage source. One of gates of the P-type gate field effect transistor is connected to a second threshold voltage control node, and a second resistor is connected between the second threshold voltage control node and a second threshold voltage control voltage source.
US10262894B2
Provided is a FinFET device including a substrate having at least one fin of the FinFET device, a gate stack, a spacer, a strained layer, a composite etching stop layer, a dielectric layer and a connector. The gate stack is across the at least one fin of the FinFET device. The spacer is on a sidewall of the gate stack. The strained layer is in the substrate aside the gate stack. The composite etching stop layer is on the spacer and on the strained layer. Besides, the composite etching stop layer is thicker on the spacer but thinner on the strained layer. The dielectric layer is on the composite etching stop layer. The connector is over and electrically connected to the strained layer. A first upper portion of a first sidewall of the connector is in contact with the composite etching stop layer, and a second upper portion of a second sidewall of the connector is separate from the composite etching stop layer by the dielectric layer therebetween.
US10262890B1
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes patterning a plurality of fins on a semiconductor substrate, wherein a hardmask is formed on each of the plurality of fins, forming a dielectric layer on the semiconductor substrate between the plurality of fins, removing the hardmasks from each of the plurality of fins, forming a plurality of cap layers in place of the removed hardmasks on each of the plurality of fins, wherein the plurality of cap layers comprise at least one of amorphous silicon and polycrystalline silicon, and selectively recessing the dielectric layer with respect to the plurality of cap layers.
US10262885B2
A multifunction wafer and film frame handling system includes a wafer table assembly having a wafer table providing an ultra-planar wafer table surface configured for carrying a wafer or a film frame, and at least one of: a flattening apparatus configured for automatically applying a downward force to portions of a warped or non-planar wafer in a direction normal to the wafer table surface; a displacement limitation apparatus configured for automatically constraining or preventing uncontrolled lateral motion of a wafer relative to the wafer table surface after cessation of an applied negative pressure and application of a positive pressure to the underside of the wafer via the wafer table; and a rotational misalignment compensation apparatus configured for automatically compensating for a rotational misalignment of a wafer mounted on a film frame.
US10262884B2
Embodiments provide systems, apparatus, and methods for an improved load port that includes a frame supporting a dock and a carrier opener; an elevator operable to raise and lower the carrier opener; an isolation compartment within which the elevator is operable to move, the isolation compartment including a volume isolated from a volume of an equipment front end module (EFEM); and a purge supply within the isolation compartment operable to purge the isolation compartment of reactive gas trapped within the isolation compartment. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed.
US10262880B2
Techniques disclosed herein provide an apparatus and method of spin coating that inhibits the formation of wind marks and other defects from turbulent fluid-flow, thereby enabling higher rotational velocities and decreased drying times, while maintaining film uniformity. Techniques disclosed herein include a fluid-flow member, such as a ring or cover, positioned or suspended above the surface of a wafer or other substrate. The fluid-flow member has a radial curvature that prevents wind marks during rotation of a wafer during a coating and spin drying process.
US10262877B2
Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for processing a substrate includes: a substrate support having a substrate supporting surface including an electrically insulating coating; a substrate lift mechanism including a plurality of lift pins configured to move between a first position disposed beneath the substrate supporting surface and a second position disposed above the substrate supporting surface; and a connector configured to selectively provide an electrical connection between the substrate support and the substrate lift mechanism before the plurality of lift pins reach a plane of the substrate supporting surface.
US10262873B2
Preheat processes for a millisecond anneal system are provided. In one example implementation, a heat treatment process can include receiving a substrate on a wafer support in a processing chamber of a millisecond anneal system; heating the substrate to an intermediate temperature; and heating the substrate using a millisecond heating flash. Prior to heating the substrate to the intermediate temperature, the process can include heating the substrate to a pre-bake temperature for a soak period.
US10262868B1
A method of forming a uniform self-aligned low-k layer with a large process window for inserting a memory array with pillar/convex topography and the resulting device are provided. Embodiments include forming a substrate with a first region and a second region; forming a first low-K layer over the substrate; forming an oxide layer over the first low-K layer; forming a spacer over the oxide layer; etching the spacer to expose the oxide layer in the first region; removing the oxide layer and a portion of the first low-K layer in the first region and a portion of the oxide layer and a portion of the spacer in the second region; removing the spacer in the second region; cleaning the first low-K layer and the oxide layer, a triangular-like shaped portion of the oxide layer remaining; and forming a second low-K layer over the substrate.
US10262866B2
A chemical mechanical planarization for indium phosphide material is provided in which at least one opening is formed within a dielectric layer located on a substrate. An indium phosphide material is epitaxially grown within the at least one opening of the dielectric layer which extends above a topmost surface of the dielectric layer. The indium phosphide material is planarized using at least one slurry composition to form coplanar surfaces of the indium phosphide material and the dielectric layer, where a slurry composition of the at least one slurry composition polishes the indium phosphide material selective to the topmost surface of the dielectric layer, and includes an abrasive, at least one pH modulator and an oxidizer, the at least one pH modulator including an acidic pH modulator, but lacks a basic pH modulator, and where the oxidizer suppresses generation of phosphine gas.
US10262863B2
A method for manufacturing a SiC epitaxial wafer according to one aspect of the present invention includes separately introducing, into a reaction space for SiC epitaxial growth, a basic N-based gas composed of molecules containing an N atom within the molecular structure but having neither a double bond nor a triple bond between nitrogen atoms, and a Cl-based gas composed of molecules containing a Cl atom within the molecular structure, and mixing the N-based gas and the Cl-based gas at a temperature equal to or higher than the boiling point or sublimation temperature of a solid product generated by mixing the N-based gas and the Cl-based gas.
US10262861B2
A method of fabricating a hard mask structure is provided. According to the method, a hard mask layer is disposed over a substrate. The hard mask layer includes a lower hard mask layer disposed over the substrate and an upper hard mask layer disposed over the lower hard mask layer. The hard mask layer is patterned and the upper hard mask layer is removed by selectively etching the upper hard mask layer until reaching the lower hard mask layer to form a top portion of the hard mask structure having a first dimension. A spacer material is disposed on a sidewall of the top portion of the hard mask structure. The lower hard mask layer is removed by selectively etching the lower mask layer until reaching the substrate to form a bottom portion of the hard mask structure having a second dimension.
US10262854B2
Methods and precursors for forming silicon nitride films are provided. In some embodiments, silicon nitride can be deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD), such as plasma enhanced ALD. In some embodiments, deposited silicon nitride can be treated with a plasma treatment. The plasma treatment can be a nitrogen plasma treatment. In some embodiments the silicon precursors for depositing the silicon nitride comprise an iodine ligand. The silicon nitride films may have a relatively uniform etch rate for both vertical and the horizontal portions when deposited onto three-dimensional structures such as FinFETS or other types of multiple gate FETs. In some embodiments, various silicon nitride films of the present disclosure have an etch rate of less than half the thermal oxide removal rate with diluted HF (0.5%). In some embodiments, a method for depositing silicon nitride films comprises a multi-step plasma treatment.
US10262844B2
There is provided an oxide sintered body including indium, tungsten and zinc, wherein the oxide sintered body includes a bixbite type crystal phase as a main component and has an apparent density of higher than 6.6 g/cm3 and equal to or lower than 7.5 g/cm3, a content rate of tungsten to a total of indium, tungsten and zinc in the oxide sintered body is higher than 0.5 atomic % and equal to or lower than 5.0 atomic %, a content rate of zinc to the total of indium, tungsten and zinc in the oxide sintered body is equal to or higher than 1.2 atomic % and equal to or lower than 19 atomic %, and an atomic ratio of zinc to tungsten is higher than 1.0 and lower than 60. There are also provided a sputtering target including this oxide sintered body, and a semiconductor device.
US10262840B2
A plasma processing apparatus including: a monitor device which monitors a process quantity generated at plasma processing; a monitor value estimation unit which has monitor quantity variation models for storing change of a monitor value of the process quantity in accordance with the number of processed specimens and which estimates a monitor value for a process of a next specimen by referring to the monitor quantity variation models; and a control quantity calculation unit which stores a relation between a control quantity for controlling the process quantity of the vacuum processing device and a monitor value and which calculates the control quantity based on a deviation of the estimated monitor value from a target value to thereby control the process quantity for the process of the next specimen. Thus, stable processed results can be obtained even when variation occurs in processes.
US10262807B2
An electrode foil that progresses an enlargement of the surface area of a dielectric film and that barely causes cracks which would even break a core part at the time of winding, a winding capacitor obtained by winding the electrode foil, an electrode foil manufacturing method, and a winding capacitor manufacturing method are provided. An electrode foil is formed of a belt-like foil, and has a surface enlarged part, a core part, and a plurality of separation parts. The surface enlarged part is formed on the surface of the foil, and the core part is a part remained when excluding the surface enlarged part within the foil. The separation part extends in a width direction of the belt in the surface enlarged part, dividing the surface enlarged part. The plurality of separation parts share bending stress when the electrode foil is wound, preventing concentration of stress.
US10262804B2
The present disclosure discloses an electric vehicle and a capacitor, the capacitor is configured to be connected to a DC bus of an electric vehicle and an insulated gate bipolar transistor, comprising a housing, groups of capacitor cores and groups of connecting terminals. The capacitor comprises a plurality of groups of capacitor cores, multiple groups of capacitor cores are independently disposed in the housing, each group of the capacitor cores comprises at least one capacitor core; the capacitor comprises a plurality of groups of connecting terminals, multiple groups of connecting terminals are disposed on the housing and connected to multiple groups of capacitor cores in an one-to-one manner, and each group of connecting terminals comprises a pair of electrodes protruding from the housing such that the pair of electrodes can be connected to a DC bus of an electric vehicle and an insulated gate bipolar transistor.
US10262797B2
A multilayer body includes a multilayer structure including a glass ceramic layer including a glass and a filler and a ferrite layer including a ferrite, in which the glass ceramic layer has a glass content of about 30.0% or more by weight and about 80.0% or less by weight and a filler content of about 20.0% or more by weight and about 70.0% or less by weight, the glass included in the glass ceramic layer includes about 0.5% or more by weight and about 5.0% or less by weight R2O (R represents at least one selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, and K), about 0% or more by weight and about 5.0% or less by weight Al2O3, about 10.0% or more by weight and about 25.0% or less by weight B2O3, and about 70.0% or more by weight and about 85.0% or less by weight SiO2 based on the total weight of the glass, and the filler included in the glass ceramic layer includes at least one of SiO2 and Al2O3 and also includes about 5.0% or more by weight and about 15.0% or less by weight of a ferrite based on the total weight of the glass and the filler.
US10262794B2
A method includes bending back a wire fed to a first end side of a magnetic pole in a winding position by guiding the wire from a first end side to a second end side of a multi-pole armature, so that a first extending portion, a second extending portion, and an arc portion are formed. The first extending portion and the second extending portion are continuous via the arc portion. The first extending portion and the second extending portion are parallel to each other. The first extending portion and second extending portion are simultaneously inserted into slots on both sides of one or more of the magnetic poles in the winding position by moving the wire in a radial direction of the multi-pole armature. The slots are parallel to each other. The bending back the wire step and the simultaneous insertion step are performed repeatedly.
US10262786B2
A stepped-width, co-spiral inductor structure includes a first exterior layer having a first exterior width. The stepped-width, co-spiral inductor structure also includes a first interior layer coupled to the first exterior layer. The first interior layer includes a first interior width that is wider than the first exterior width of the first exterior layer. The stepped-width, co-spiral inductor structure further includes a second exterior layer coupled to the first interior layer. The second exterior layer includes a second exterior width that is narrower than the first interior width of the first interior layer.
US10262781B2
Included are: a first superconducting wire rod having a first front surface, and a first back surface, and also having a first superconducting layer, and first reinforcing layers; a second superconducting wire rod having a second front surface, and a second back surface, and also having a second superconducting layer, and second reinforcing layers; and a connection member joining the first superconducting wire rod to the second superconducting wire rod. The first superconducting wire rod has a first edge portion, and the second superconducting wire rod has a second edge portion. The first front surface located at the first edge portion is joined by the connection member to the second front surface located at other than the second edge portion, and the second front surface located at the second edge portion is joined by the connection member to the first front surface located at other than the first edge portion.
US10262780B2
Analytical instrument inductors are provided that can include bundled wired conductive material about a substrate. Analytical instrument inductors are also provided that can include: a tubular substrate defining a plurality of flanges extending outwardly from a core of the substrate wherein opposing flanges define portions of the core; at least one pair of wires wound about a first portion of the core and between at least two flanges, the pair of wires extending to and wound about a second portion of the core; and wherein the one pair of wires are operatively coupled to an analytical instrument to provide inductance. Methods for preparing an instrument inductor are provided. The methods can include bundling wires about and within multiple exterior openings of a hollow-cored substrate; and connecting each of the bundles across the openings.
US10262772B2
A filler and a multicore cable includes a plurality of core portions, which includes a conductor, and a protective layer that surrounds the core portions, the filler being provided between the core portions and the protective layer of the multicore cable, the filler being characterized by including: frame portions including a first frame portion and a second frame portion, which are rotated by predetermined angles towards both sides about the center portion thereof and then incised; and a support portion provided between the frame portions so as to connect the frame portions to each other.
US10262767B2
The present disclosure is directed to a plasticizer, a polymeric composition containing the plasticizer, and conductors coated with the polymeric composition. The plasticizer includes a blend of an epoxidized soybean oil and a trans-esterified epoxidized fatty acid methyl ester. The trans-esterified epoxidized fatty acid methyl ester has an oxirane value greater than or equal to 6.8%. The plasticizer, the polymeric composition, and the coated conductor retain color during heat aging.
US10262760B2
System and method for monitoring a subject's condition. The system comprises a data input utility for receiving medical data indicative of a first condition of a subject; a communication utility for obtaining reference data comprising at least two predefined multi-dimensional functions and a multi-parameter space within said functions corresponding to a normal condition of a subject; a processing utility for processing said medical data of a subject by identifying a plurality of individual medical parameters describing said at least two predefined multi-dimensional functions, analyzing the identified plurality of individual parameters and determining a relation between the parameters and said multi-parameter space, for determining a treatment plan for navigating the subject from said first condition to a second subject condition in which values of said plurality of medical parameters define a parametric space matching the multi-parameter space of the normal condition; and an output utility for outputting said treatment plan.
US10262757B2
A system includes a microscope configured to magnify a pathology sample, a camera positioned to record magnified pathology images from the microscope, a pathology database including reference pathology images, and a display configured to show the magnified pathology images. A processing apparatus is coupled to the camera, the pathology database, and the display. The processing apparatus includes instructions that when executed by the processing apparatus cause the system to perform operations. The operations include comparing the magnified pathology images to the reference pathology images included in the pathology database; identifying one or more regions of interest in the magnified pathology images; and alerting, using the display, a user of the microscope to the one or more regions of interest in the magnified pathology images while the pathology sample is being magnified with the microscope.
US10262745B2
Apparatuses and methods for reducing capacitive loading are described. One apparatus includes a first memory string including first and second dummy memory cells, a second memory string including third and fourth dummy memory cells, and a control unit configured to provide first and second control signals to activate the first and second dummy memory cells of the first memory string and to further deactivate at least one of the third and fourth dummy memory cell of the second memory string.
US10262740B2
A semiconductor memory device includes memory cell transistors, a word line connected to the plurality of memory cell transistors, bit lines that are respectively connected to the memory cell transistors, and a control circuit. The control circuit carries out a write operation on the memory cell transistors connected to the word line by performing, in sequence, a first loop of operations, including a first program operation followed by at least one verification operation, that are carried out until all memory cell transistors targeted by the first program operation have passed the at least one verification operation, a second loop of operations, including a second program operation and no verification operation, that are carried out for a fixed number of loops and a third loop of operations, including a third program operation and no verification operation, that are carried out for a fixed number of loops.
US10262739B2
Some embodiments include a device having an array of memory cells, a memory control unit at least partially under the array, row decoder circuitry in data communication with the memory control unit, and column decoder circuitry in data communication with the memory control unit. Some embodiments include a device having an array of memory cells, row decoder circuitry and column decoder circuitry. One of the row and column decoder circuitries is within a unit that extends at least partially under the array of memory cells and the other within a unit that is laterally outward of the array of memory cells.
US10262738B2
In order to provide a technique for reducing an area of a content addressable memory cell and suppressing a leak current in a content addressable memory which calculates similarity, a content addressable memory cell of the present invention, comprising: a resistance network which includes plural current paths, a logic circuit for selecting a current path in response to input data, and a variable-resistance-type non-volatile memory element that is arranged on at least one current path and stores data and whose resistance value is changed according to a result of logical calculation based on the input data and the stored data; and a charge/discharge circuit which is connected with the resistance network and a match line and whose delay time from inputting a signal through the match line until outputting the signal is changed according to the result of logical calculation based on the input data and the stored data.
US10262737B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor integrated circuit includes a ROM, an SRAM, a memory and a selector. The ROM stores initialization data. At least part of the initialization data is writable to the SRAM. The memory stores information indicating whether data is written to the SRAM. The selector outputs one of data supplied from the SRAM and data supplied from the ROM in accordance with the information stored in the memory.
US10262734B2
Embodiments disclosed include memory cell operating methods, memory cell programming methods, memory cell reading methods, memory cells, and memory devices. In one embodiment, a memory cell includes a wordline, a first bitline, a second bitline, and a memory element. The memory element is electrically connected to the wordline and selectively electrically connected to the first bitline and the second bitline. The memory element stores information via a resistive state of the memory element. The memory cell is configured to convey the resistive state of the memory element via either a first current flowing from the first bitline through the memory element to the wordline or a second current flowing from the wordline through the memory element to the second bitline.
US10262732B2
This disclosure introduces a programmable array logic (PAL) circuit and a method which are capable of preventing a read disturbance effect on memory cells of the PAL circuit. The PAL circuit comprises a memory array coupled to a plurality of input lines and a plurality of source lines, a plurality of input transition detection (ITD) circuits, a pulse generator and a plurality of sense amplifiers. The plurality of ITD circuits detect a transition in level of the plurality of input signals in the input lines. The pulse generator generates an enable signal according to the transition in level of the input signals. The sense amplifiers are enabled to sense the voltage levels of the source lines when the transition in levels of the input signals is detected, and the sense amplifiers are disabled when no transition in levels of the input signals is detected.
US10262730B1
A non-volatile memory uses phase change memory (PCM) cells in a three dimensional vertical cross-point structure, in which multiple layers of word lines run in a horizontal direction and bit lines run in a vertical direction. The memory cells are located in a recessed region of the word lines and are separated from the bit line by an ovonic threshold switch. A surfactant lining of the word line recess in which the phase change memory material is placed improves stability of the resistance state of the memory cells, allowing for improved multi-state operation.
US10262725B1
A selective bit-line sensing method is provided. The selective bit-line sensing method includes the steps of: generating a neuron weights information, the neuron weights information defines a distribution of 0's and 1's storing in the plurality of memory cells of the memory array; and selectively determining either the plurality of bit-lines or the plurality of complementary bit-lines to be sensed in a sensing operation according to the neuron weights information. When the plurality of bit-lines are determined to be sensed, the plurality of first word-lines are activated by the artificial neural network system through the selective bit-line detection circuit, and when the plurality of complementary bit-lines are determined to be sensed, the plurality of second word-lines are activated by the artificial neural network system.
US10262722B2
The disclosure provides an input/output (IO) circuit powered by an input/output (IO) supply voltage. The IO circuit includes a cutoff circuit that receives a first invert signal, the IO supply voltage, a bias voltage and a pad voltage. An output stage is coupled to the cutoff circuit. The output stage receives a first signal, a second signal and the bias voltage. A pad is coupled to the output stage, and a voltage generated at the pad is the pad voltage. The cutoff circuit and the output stage maintain the pad voltage at logic high when the IO supply voltage transition below a defined threshold.
US10262715B2
Methods, systems, and devices for multiple plate line architecture for multideck memory arrays are described. A memory device may include two or more three-dimensional arrays of ferroelectric memory cells overlying a substrate layer that includes various components of support circuitry, such as decoders and sense amplifiers. Each memory cell of the array may have a ferroelectric container and a selector device. Multiple plate lines or other access lines may be routed through the various decks of the device to support access to memory cells within those decks. Plate lines or other access lines may be coupled between support circuitry and memory cells through on pitch via (OPV) structures. OPV structures may include selector devices to provide an additional degree of freedom in multideck selectivity. Various number of plate lines and access lines may be employed to accommodate different configurations and orientations of the ferroelectric containers.
US10262710B2
An address control circuit may be provided. The address control circuit may include a first path circuit configured to generate a block select signal according to a control signal and an address signal. The address control circuit may include a second path circuit configured to generate, using the control signal, a dummy address signal making a transition at a timing substantially identical with a transition timing of the address signal, and generate, using the dummy address signal, an address latch signal for latching the block select signal.
US10262706B1
An anti-floating circuit including a first pull-high circuit, a first pull-low circuit and a first control circuit is provided. The first pull-high circuit includes a first P-type transistor and a second P-type transistor and is coupled to a first power terminal. The first pull-low circuit includes a first N-type transistor and a second N-type transistor and is coupled to a second power terminal. A first path is between the first P-type transistor and the first N-type transistor. A second path is between the second P-type transistor and the second N-type transistor. A third path is between the first P-type transistor and the second power terminal. In the first mode, the control circuit turns on the first and second paths and turns off the third path. In the second mode, the control circuit turns off the first and second paths and turns on the third path.
US10262701B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for data transfer between subarrays in memory. An example may include a first subarray of memory cells and a second subarray of memory cells, wherein a first portion of memory cells of the first subarray and a first portion of memory cells of the second subarray are coupled to a first sensing circuitry stripe. A third subarray of memory cells can include a first portion of memory cells coupled to a second sensing circuitry stripe. A second portion of memory cells of the second subarray and a second portion of memory cells of the third subarray can be coupled to a third sensing circuitry stripe. A particular row of the second array can include memory cells from the first portion of memory cells in the second array coupled to memory cells from the second portion of memory cells in the second array.
US10262695B2
Video and corresponding metadata is accessed. Events of interest within the video are identified based on the corresponding metadata, and best scenes are identified based on the identified events of interest. A video summary can be generated including one or more of the identified best scenes. The video summary can be generated using a video summary template with slots corresponding to video clips selected from among sets of candidate video clips. Best scenes can also be identified by receiving an indication of an event of interest within video from a user during the capture of the video. Metadata patterns representing activities identified within video clips can be identified within other videos, which can subsequently be associated with the identified activities.
US10262691B1
Video information may define spherical video content having a duration. Spherical video content may define visual content viewable from a point of view as a function of progress through the spherical video content. Path information may define a path selection for the spherical video content. Path selection may include movement of a viewing window within the spherical video content. The viewing window may define extents of the visual content viewable from the point of view as the function of progress through the spherical video content. Time lapse parameter information may define at least two of a time portion of the duration, an image sampling rate, and a time lapse speed effect. A time lapse video may be generated based on the video information, the path information, and the time lapse parameter information.
US10262690B2
Reduction in reproduction quality is suppressed in an imaging device that images a sound and a moving image. A frame rate converter converts a frame rate of a frame captured outside a predetermined period among a plurality of frames captured at a predetermined frame rate to a low frame rate lower than the predetermined frame rate. A duplication unit duplicates an original sound signal recorded over the predetermined period to generate a plurality of duplicated sound signals each of which is identical to the original sound signal. The audio signal processing unit performs different signal processing on each of the plurality of duplicated sound signals.
US10262686B2
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium includes a tape having a plurality of partitions configured for storing data, and a plurality of read-only partition identifiers, each read-only partition identifier associated with one of the plurality of partitions and readable by a tape drive having a processor and memory for writing and reading tape data. Each read-only partition identifier selectively designates a corresponding one of the partitions as read-only to prevent data from being written to the designated read-only partition by the tape drive.
US10262678B2
According to one embodiment, a signal processing system senses and receives generated signals of a plurality of signal sources, estimates a separation filter based on the received signals of the sensor for each frame, separates the received signals based on the filter to obtain separated signals, computes a directional characteristics distribution for each of the separated signals, obtains a cumulative distribution indicating the directional characteristics distribution for each of the separated signals output in a previous frame, computes a similarity of the cumulative distribution to the directional characteristics distribution of the separated signals of a current frame, and connects to a signal selected from the separated signals based on the similarity.
US10262674B1
Systems and methods are provided for conducting conference calls using doppler-based, i.e., reverberation-based techniques. The embodiments comprise a call device performing operations to join a call session hosted on a session server; receive sensor data comprising an audio signal from a first microphone and location information associated with the first microphone; determine a reverberation parameter associated with the location information; generate a first processed audio signal based on the audio signal and the reverberation parameter; and transmit the first processed audio signal to the session server. The session server may perform operations to receive a respective processed audio signal; determine a sound quality parameter of the respective processed audio signal; generate a balanced audio signal based on the sound quality parameter and the received processed audio signal; and transmit the balanced audio signal to a remote call device belonging to a second party.
US10262669B1
Embodiments relate to an audio processing unit that includes a buffer, bitstream payload deformatter, and a decoding subsystem. The buffer stores at least one block of an encoded audio bitstream. The block includes a fill element that begins with an identifier followed by fill data. The fill data includes at least one flag identifying whether enhanced spectral band replication (eSBR) processing is to be performed on audio content of the block. A corresponding method for decoding an encoded audio bitstream is also provided.
US10262662B2
An audio decoder for providing a decoded audio information on the basis of an encoded audio information includes an error concealment configured to provide an error concealment audio information for concealing a loss of an audio frame following an audio frame encoded in a frequency domain representation using a time domain excitation signal.
US10262655B2
Examples for augmenting user recognition via speech are provided. One example method comprises, on a computing device, monitoring a use environment via one or more sensors including an acoustic sensor, detecting utterance of a key phrase via data from the acoustic sensor, and based upon the selected data from the acoustic sensor and also on other environmental sensor data collected at different times than the selected data from the acoustic sensor, determining a probability that the key phrase was spoken by an identified user. The method further includes, if the probability meets or exceeds a threshold probability, then performing an action on the computing device.
US10262653B2
A device including a speech recognition function which recognizes speech from a user, includes: a loudspeaker which outputs speech to a space; a microphone which collects speech in the space; a first speech recognition unit which recognizes the speech collected by the microphone; a command control unit which issues a command for controlling the device, based on the speech recognized by the first speech recognition unit; and a control unit which prohibits the command issuance unit from issuing the command, based on the speech to be output from the loudspeaker.
US10262652B2
A voice control method and a computer program product, in particular for controlling a personal computer, a smartphone, an onboard computer of a vehicle, or other devices, wherein it is determined whether a control request can be determined from spoken language that is recorded by means of a recording apparatus and processed by a voice detection apparatus, wherein a voice control apparatus is operated by software, which can be changed by at least one piece of expansion software, which is provided for downloading from a server. The voice control apparatus includes an apparatus for changing the software, which, provided that it has been established that the voice control apparatus is not set up to determine and process the control request, checks if the voice control apparatus can be set up to determine and to process the control request by means of the at least one piece of expansion software.
US10262645B1
In general, the present invention relates to a method and system for synthesizing artificial reverberation using modal analysis of a room or resonating object. In one embodiment of the inventive system, a collection of resonant filters is employed, each driven by the source signal, and their outputs summed. With filter resonance frequencies and dampings tuned to the modal frequencies and decay times of the acoustic space or resonating object being simulated, and filter gains set according to the source and listener positions within the space or object, any number of acoustic spaces and resonant objects may be simulated.
US10262643B1
Systems and processes that use MIDI mapping technology for multiple chord and arpeggio triggering are disclosed, including a multiple chord and arpeggio triggering MIDI mapping system and process that assigns, selects, and records chord and multi-arpeggio functions into a digital audio workstation (DAW) host program or an internalized sequencer and a two-phase multiple chord and time-delayed arpeggio triggering MIDI mapping process for recording a chord progression and enabling multi-arpeggio functions of the chords in the chord progression to be worked on at any time-delayed instance after recording the chord progression. The system divides output from a MIDI controller into chord generators and arpeggiators to allow users to define full chords with a single key selection, while also making immediate or time-delayed single key selections for different arpeggios.
US10262642B2
Systems and methods for re-arranging a musical composition using augmented reality are disclosed. A user can be provided with one or more physical image markers representative of at least one of a musical entity and a musical style in which a musical track has been pre-recorded. Upon capturing a visual scene in which one or more of these physical image markers are included, an augmented reality version of the visual scene is displayed along with audio corresponding to the musical style(s) and/or entities represented by the one or more physical image markers.
US10262641B2
A toy musical instrument having a compact housing supporting an automated music composition and generation engine that is driven by icon-based musical experience descriptors and musical style descriptors, selected by a child or adult during a video scoring process.
US10262635B2
A floating bridge hand rest. The floating bridge hand rest includes a central body having a pair of opposing ends. The pair of opposing ends curve away from the central body to create an arcuate shape. A securing member is affixed to at least one of the pair of opposing ends, wherein the securing member can removably secure the central body to an instrument. A plurality of risers are removably securable to the securing members, wherein the plurality of risers can elevate the central body to a desired height. In some embodiments, a track is disposed on the instrument, such that one of the pair of opposing ends is slidably engaged therein.
US10262633B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relates to a string instrument, such as a guitar, having a neck support-fingerboard brace unit. The neck support-fingerboard brace unit is formed as a unitary unit or formed by fixedly attaching a neck support to a fingerboard brace before attaching the fingerboard brace to a guitar top. The solid connection between the neck support and the fingerboard brace allows the fingerboard brace, which rests on a guitar side, to provide support to the guitar neck, thus, reducing deformation in the guitar neck and the fret board.
US10262624B2
Embodiments of the invention generally provide a display device that includes a controller that is communicatively coupled between a display source and source drivers. The controller and source drivers include respective decompression engines that can decompress the compressed data received from the display source. Instead of sending all of the compressed data to the source drivers, the controller evaluates the uncompressed data and identifies what portion of the compressed data corresponds to each of the source drivers. Moreover, the controller may determine a decompression engine state that corresponds to each portion of the compressed data. The saved engine state is transmitted to the source drivers which then initialize their decompression engines using the engine states.
US10262613B2
The present disclosure provides a gate driver on array (GOA) circuit. A low level signal source is used to output a low level signal, a first high level signal source is used to output a first high level signal, and the second high level signal source is used to output the second high level signal. A cascade signal latch module is used to latch a cascade signal of a current grade. A gate driving signal generating module generates a preparation gate driving signal of the current grade. A gate driving signal outputting module is used to output a gate driving signal of the current grade.
US10262610B2
There is provided a backlight unit including a backlight configured to generate light, and a backlight driving circuit configured to drive the backlight in a dimming mode on a basis of a dimming signal, the backlight driving circuit including a first comparator configured to detect a frequency of the dimming signal and to compare the frequency of the dimming signal with a reference frequency to determine a compared result, and a driver configured to selectively drive the backlight, based on the compared result, in an analog dimming mode in which a driving current of the backlight is controlled, or a mixed dimming mode by mixing the analog dimming mode and a digital dimming mode in which an on state and an off state of the backlight is controlled.
US10262609B2
The disclosure discloses a scanning driving circuit and a liquid crystal display apparatus, the scanning driving circuit including a first driving circuit and a second driving circuit, each of the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit including a number of driving units in cascade connections, and each of the driving units including: a forward and reverse scanning module to output a forward scanning signal, a reverse scanning signal and an optional signal; a pull-down maintain module connected to the forward and reverse scanning module and to receive the optional signal from the forward and reverse scanning module and output a pull down signal according to the optional signal; a control module connected to the forward and reverse scanning module and the pull-down maintain module; a reset module connected to the pull-down maintain module and the control module to reset the electrical potential of the scanning line.
US10262607B2
The present disclosure relates to a driving circuit for liquid crystal panels and a liquid crystal display. The driving circuit of a liquid crystal panel includes a demultiplexer circuit and an inversion switching circuit. Two input ends of the inversion switching circuit input two kinds of data signals having opposite polarity. The output ends of the inversion switching circuit respectively connect to the input end of the demultiplexer circuit. The output end of the demultiplexer circuit respectively connects to the data lines in the odd rows and the even rows. By adding the inversion switching circuit in the input side of the data signals of the demultiplexer circuit, the two input ends of the inversion switching circuit are alternatively connected with the two output ends of the inversion switching circuit while scanning a row of sub-pixels.
US10262595B2
A pixel circuit is disclosed, including an electroluminescent element, first, second, third, fourth and fifth switching tubes, first and second capacitors. The first switching tube has first end connected to second end of fourth switching tube, second end connected to first end of electroluminescent element, first control end connected to second end of second switching tube; the second switching tube has first end inputting first timing signal, control end inputting second timing signal; the first capacitor has first end connected to first control end of first switching tube; the third switching tube has second end connected to second control end of first switching tube, control end inputting third timing signal; the second capacitor has first end connected to second control end of first switching tube, second end connected to first end of electroluminescent element; the fourth switching tube has control end inputting fourth timing signal.
US10262590B2
An array substrate includes pixels PX, source wires, a first column circuit portion connected to the source wires, first column connection wires connected to the first column circuit portion, a second column circuit portion, panel-side input terminal portions, second column connection wires, and diagonally arrayed circuit portions. The second column circuit portion includes unit circuits connected to the first column connection wires. Some of the panel-side input terminal portions are displaced in the row direction with respect to the corresponding unit circuits. The second column connection wires include second diagonally extending portions extending from the unit circuits to the panel-side input terminal portions. The diagonally arrayed circuit portions include the unit circuits disposed such that the closer to the middle of the second circuit portion with respect to the row direction, the closer to the first column circuit portion with respect to the column direction.
US10262588B2
Provided are a pixel, a display device including the same, and a driving method thereof. A pixel includes: an organic light-emitting diode including an anode and a cathode, a first transistor configured to provide a driving current flowing through the organic light emission diode, a second transistor configured to provide data to a gate of the first transistor in response to a scan signal, a capacitor configured to maintain a difference between a voltage level of the data and a threshold voltage of the first transistor, and a third transistor configured to: sense a change of the threshold voltage of the first transistor in response to a sensing signal, and transfer a reference voltage to a node coupled to the anode when the sensing signal is enabled, wherein a level of the reference voltage is lower than a threshold voltage of the organic light-emitting diode.
US10262580B2
Provided are a display panel including a scan driver and a method of operating the same. The display panel includes a shift register including a plurality of stages that shifts and outputs a clock signal. A display area in the display panel is divided into a plurality of driving areas. The stages of the shift register corresponding to each driving area form a stage group. In each stage group, the stages included in the stage group sequentially output a scan signal by using an independent start signal.
US10262579B2
There provides a drive system for a liquid crystal display, which includes: a timing controller for generating a scanning start signal; a level shifter for boosting the generated scanning start signal and generating at least one clock signal according to the boosted scanning start signal; and a gate driver for scanning and driving gate lines according to the boosted scanning start signal and the generated clock signal. There also provides a drive method of a liquid crystal display. With the drive system and drive method of a liquid crystal display provided in the present invention, it can reduce the pins required by the timing controller and the level shifter, thus the packages of the timing controller and the level shifter get smaller, thereby reducing the package cost.
US10262574B2
A driver signal control circuit for a display panel is proposed. A timing controller is connected to an input terminal of a gate voltage shaping controller and a first FET. A first output terminal of the gate voltage shaping controller is connected to a gate of the first FET. A drain of the first FET is connected to the output terminal of the control circuit. A second output terminal of the gate voltage shaping controller is connected to a gate of the second FET, and a source of the second FET is connected to the output terminal of the control circuit. A second terminal of the discharge passage is connected to an output terminal of the control circuit. The control circuit effectively prevents the production costs when display panels with different production batches are fabricated using different fabrication processes.
US10262572B2
GOA driving unit includes an input end, a starting module, a control module, an output module and a gate driving signal output end. The starting module is configured to, within a starting time period, input a triggering signal from the input end into the control module under the control of a first clock signal. The control module is configured to, within an output time period, output a second clock signal to the output module. The output module is configured to output a first level to the gate driving signal output end within the starting time period, output the second clock signal to the gate driving signal output end within the output time period, and output the first level to the gate driving signal output end within a maintenance time period. The first clock signal is of a phase reverse to the second clock signal.
US10262564B2
The present invention provides a test circuit of gate driver on array (GOA) and a test method of GOA. The test circuit of GOA comprises a first wiring arranged outside the area where the plurality of display panels is located; a second wiring located between two of the adjacent regions; a switch unit arranged between the first wiring and the second wiring, wherein the area is divided into a plurality of areas where the display panel is located.
US10262559B2
A foldable display comprising: a sleeve, two inserts spaced apart in an interior of the sleeve, and an elastic member comprising a first end coupled to one insert and a second end coupled to the other insert such that the elastic member extends between the two inserts. Each insert is coupled to an interior surface of the sleeve. When the display is in a collapsed position, the sleeve is in a flattened state and each insert is in a folded position that increases a distance between the two inserts. When the display is in a deployed position, each insert is in an unfolded position that decreases the distance between the two inserts. One or more sections of an outer perimeter of each insert contact one or more adjacent sections of the interior surface of the sleeve and bias the sleeve outward such that the sleeve forms a three-dimensional figure.
US10262555B2
Speech generating devices, communication systems, and methods for communicating using the devices and systems are disclosed herein. In certain examples, a communication system is configured to receive a generated communication, establish a connection between a speech generating device and a computing device subsequent to receipt of the generated communication, and transmit the generated communication to the computing device. In other examples, a computing device is configured to establish a connection with a speech generating device, and receive a transmission generated by the speech generating device following the connection, the transmission including previously generated communications or real-time communication segments or proxies. In other examples, a speech generating device is configured to establish a connection with one or more computing devices, receive one or more suggestions from at least one computing device during generation of the communication, and display a suggestion on the display device as a shortcut input key.
US10262554B2
A method of learning English using teaching English word order has the features of dividing a sentence input by a learner into a main subject, a main event including an action and an object, and an auxiliary condition including an auxiliary condition and a criterion thereof; and classifying and displaying a part representing the main subject as a Step 1 sentence segment, a part representing the action as a Step 2 sentence segment, a part representing the object as a Step 3 sentence segment, a part representing the auxiliary condition as a Step 4 sentence segment and a part representing the criterion of the auxiliary condition as a Step 5 sentence segment. The words forming the Step 1 to the Step 5 sentence segments comply with a part of speech criterion assigned for each sentence segment.
US10262541B2
This convoy travel control apparatus includes: a communication portion; a travel control portion; and a joining control portion, wherein when an own vehicle is travelling in convoy, if the communication portion has received, from an independent vehicle not incorporated in group of convoy vehicles travelling in convoy, request information to incorporate the independent vehicle into the group of convoy vehicles, then the joining control portion determines a positional relationship between a position of the group of convoy vehicles and a position of the independent vehicle, and wherein according to the determined positional relationship, then the joining control portion exercises control, which is for incorporating the independent vehicle into the group of convoy vehicles, on the group of convoy vehicles via the communication portion.
US10262538B1
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for creating a database of pull-off areas for a vehicle based on aggregated pull-off information received from a plurality of vehicles and other sources. In one embodiment, the aggregated, crowd-sourced pull-off information may be available to a mobile device (such as an autonomous vehicle or mobile communication device) for reference by the device to understand the condition, location, and availability of potential pull-off areas near a roadway.
US10262536B2
A system includes a processor configured to receive indication that a chargeable vehicle is within proximity to a known charging point. The processor is also configured to determine if the charging point is available for immediate use. The processor is further configured to notify a vehicle driver if the charging point is available for immediate use and offer an option to receive notification when a charging point is available for use if the charging point is not available for immediate use.
US10262532B2
A method of providing forward traffic light information during a stop includes capturing a front image in a vehicle, detecting traffic light information from the front image, and outputting a notification corresponding to the traffic light information to a mobile terminal or the vehicle depending on at least one of a communication state with the mobile terminal and a monitor state of the mobile terminal. A system for providing forward traffic light information during a stop includes a mobile terminal, and a vehicle that captures a front image and to detect traffic light information from the front image, where a notification corresponding to the traffic light information is output to the mobile terminal or the vehicle depending on at least one of a communication state with the mobile terminal and a monitor state of the mobile terminal.
US10262530B2
Customize safe speeds for vehicles are determined from information that is collected from multiple trips and multiple drivers across many road segments. The information collected includes the speed traveled along the road segment, possibly along with additional information, such as (for example) driver, time of day, day of week, weather and road conditions, angle of the sun or other factors. Given information from a new trip, the driver's speed can be compared on each road segment with relevant data from previous trips (from e.g., similar roads, weather conditions, drivers). The comparison yields a score representing the safety of the driver's speed.
US10262522B1
A solar powered emergency alert device, including a casing body, a button disposed on the casing body to be depressed by a user, and a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed within the casing body to generate and transmit a signal to a third party device in response to the depression of the button.
US10262519B2
A lighting apparatus with an image-projecting function that is convenient for a user can be provided. The lighting apparatus includes: an illuminating unit that emits illumination light; and a projection-type image display unit that projects an image. The projection-type image display unit is configured so that a setting menu screen settable about an image displayed by the projection-type image display unit can be displayed.
US10262517B2
A system for processing of information of an environment containing objects and a person. One or more cameras are used to view and capture an image of an environment in which a person is located. The images may be masked to maintain privacy during remote viewing by a third-party.
US10262503B2
Embodiments of the invention comprise skill-based wagering games, systems and devices. In one embodiment of the invention, the configuration of a skill-based game is dependent upon the skill level of the player or players. In one embodiment, the game is configured so that the odds of winning the game, and thus the payout for a winning outcome, depends upon the player's skill level. In other embodiments, the payouts or awards offered to players are fixed and the difficultly level for achieving a winning outcome is adjusted based upon the skill levels of the players.
US10262499B2
Systems and methods for integrating graphic animation technologies with fantasy sports contest applications are provided. This invention enables a fantasy sports contest application to depict plays in various sporting events using graphic animation. The fantasy sports contest application may combine graphical representation of real-life elements such as, for example, player facial features, with default elements such as, for example, a generic player body, to create realistic graphic video. The fantasy sports contest application may provide links to animated videos for depicting plays on contest screens in which information associated with the plays may be displayed. The fantasy sports contest application may play the animated video for a user in response to the user selecting such a link. In some embodiment of the present invention, the fantasy sports contest application may also customize animated video based on user-supplied setup information. For example, the fantasy sports contest application may provide play information and other related data to allow a user to generate animated videos using the user's own graphics processing equipment and graphics animation program.
US10262484B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable media for wireless key management for authentication. Authentication includes transmitting a request to a locking device, transmitting a security challenge to the mobile device, and transmitting a response to the challenge and an encrypted user profile for the locking device. The response includes data generated with an access key that is stored by both the mobile device and the locking device, and the user profile is encrypted by a server using a secret key that is stored by the server and the locking device. Authentication further includes verifying the response to the challenge, where the response is verified using the access key, and validating additional data from the mobile device. An action of the locking device may be initiated as specified by the request.
US10262481B2
A system and method of performing identity verification based on the use of mobile phones or mobile computing devices in conjunction with a secure identity authority; said method to be used as an alternative to conventional identity verification using paper-based documents such as driver's licenses and passports. The new method improves speed, accuracy, cost, and reliability of identity verification for entities that need to verify identity, as well as convenience for end-users.
US10262475B2
Techniques and examples pertaining to vehicle sensor health monitoring are described. A processor of a road-side station may receive first data from a vehicle and receive second data from one or more sensors associated with the road-side station. The processor may compare the first data and the second data. In response to a result of the comparing indicating a difference between the first data and the second data, the processor may generate a report.
US10262465B2
A mixed reality system for creating a terminal control station enabling communication with and/or control of remote functions and applications, the system comprising a headset (100) for placing over a user's eyes, in use, said headset including a screen (102), the system further comprising a processor (104) configured to receive data from multiple sources and display said data on said screen within a three-dimensional virtual environment, and an input for receiving control information data from an external data source within the real world environment, said processor (104) being further configured to receive image data representative of said external data source and blend said image data into said three-dimensional virtual environment to create a mixed reality environment, including a representation of said external data source and said control information data, to be displayed on said screen (102), the system being configured to allow a user, in use, to manipulate data displayed within said mixed reality environment.
US10262458B2
Techniques associated with three-dimensional object modeling are described in various implementations. In one example implementation, a method may include receiving a plurality of two-dimensional images depicting views of an object to be modeled in three dimensions. The method may also include, processing the plurality of two-dimensional images to generate a three-dimensional representation of the object, and analyzing the three-dimensional representation of the object to determine whether sufficient visual information exists in the plurality of two-dimensional images to generate a three-dimensional model of the object. The method may also include, in response to determining that sufficient visual information does not exist for a portion of the object, identifying the portion of the object to a user.
US10262454B2
An image processing apparatus includes a first shader configured to perform a light shading operation associated with at least one light source on a three-dimensional (3D) model at a first resolution to obtain a light shading result of the first resolution; a second shader configured to perform a surface shading operation on the 3D model at a second resolution different from the first resolution to obtain a surface shading result of the second resolution; and a processor configured to generate a rendering result by combining the light shading result of the first resolution with the surface shading result of the second resolution.
US10262448B2
Systems and methods for automatically animating a character based on an existing corpus of animation are described. The character may be from a previously produced feature animated film, and the data used for training may be the data used to animate the character in the film. A low-dimensional embedding for subsets of the existing animation corresponding to different semantic labels may be learned by mapping high-dimensional rig control parameters to a latent space. A particle model may be used to move within the latent space, thereby generating novel animations corresponding to the space's semantic label, such as a pose. Bridges may link a first pose of a first model within the latent space that is similar to a second pose of a second model of the space. Animations corresponding to transitions between semantic labels may be generated by creating animation paths that traverse a bridge from one model into another.
US10262447B2
Systems and methods of virtual entity animation are presented herein. A virtual entity may have virtual skin defined by a model having a set of vertices. A skeletal-based skin deformation method of animation may be used wherein individual vertices in the model may have individually and independently determined centers of rotation.
US10262444B2
Image processing for creating a composite image by using a plurality of input images is performed in the following manner. An ID map is created in which each pixel on a coordinate system of the composite image is assigned an ID value among ID values each of which identifies a corresponding one of the plurality of input images. The composite image is created based on the ID map. The composite image and the ID map are caused to be superimposed and displayed on a display device. User input that is a drag operation performed on the ID map that is superimposed and displayed together with the composite image is obtained. The ID map is changed in accordance with the user input. The composite image is updated in accordance with the change in the ID map.
US10262438B2
The representation of content, in a scene representation, is enriched with a view to the adaptive use of the latter according to a set of common parameters. A sub-graph of the scene graph, which is susceptible to variable processing, is identified. For this purpose, two new types of scene element can be defined, one of which allows the identification of the sub-graph and the second enables application of the set of common parameters in relation to the sub-graph. An example of the first type is a node of so-called “AdaptivityControl” type which encompasses the entire sub-graph, a list of the nodes describing the set of common parameters and a group of fields for dynamic updating of the content of this node. An example of the second type is a node of so-called “CompressedImageStrategy” type which comprises information relating to the object to be coded and the coding parameters.
US10262435B2
To provide a surveying instrument capable of evaluating tracking performance without using a device other than the surveying instrument. In order to attain the object described above, a surveying instrument includes a tracking section that detects a position of a target from a shot image, a virtual target position calculating section, a virtual tracking section that converts a position of a virtual target as if it was captured by the tracking section, a tracking arithmetic section that handles an output of the virtual tracking section the same as an output of the tracking section and determines rotational movements of a horizontal shaft and a vertical shaft, a motor control section, motors that rotate the horizontal shaft and the vertical shaft, and encoders that detect rotation amounts of the horizontal shaft and the vertical shaft.
US10262434B2
A vehicle localization method includes obtaining a stereo image while a vehicle is driven, extracting a matching vector from the stereo image while the vehicle is driven, loading a map vector of a current location based on GPS information in previously constructed map data, matching the extracted matching vector with the map vector, and estimating a positioning coordinate corresponding to the extracted matching vector as a current location of the vehicle when the extracted matching vector and the map vector meet a condition.
US10262431B2
A three-dimensional measurement device which is capable of superimposing and displaying, on a three-dimensional shape, distributions of deviations from a plurality of geometric elements is provided. There are included a deviation calculation unit for determining first deviations from the first geometric element with respect to the first point cloud, and determining second deviations from the second geometric element with respect to the second point cloud. The three-dimensional shape display unit superimposes and displays, on the three-dimensional shape, a distribution of the first deviations from the first geometric element and a distribution of the second deviations from the second geometric element.
US10262427B2
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a technique for determining the authenticity of a product without requiring a special device such as an integrated circuit (IC) tag. A means for solving this problem according to the invention is characterized by determining the authenticity of a target product on the basis of the validity of the association between the body of the product and a surface-treated component that is mounted to the body and that has been validated.
US10262423B2
An apparatus, system and process for tracking and analyzing target person movements, captured while the target person is performing ordinary tasks outside of a medical context, for medical diagnosis and treatment review are described. The method may include constructing a model of a target person from three-dimensional (3D) image data of the target person performing an activity over a period of time. The method may also include tracking movement of the model of the target person in the 3D image data over the period of time, and detecting one or more motion features in the movement of the model of the target person that are relevant to diagnosis, treatment, care, or a combination thereof, of a potential chronic neurodegenerative or musculoskeletal medical condition. The method may also include computing a risk score associated with likelihood of the target person having the medical condition based on the detected motion features.
US10262416B2
A system and method for planning a pathway through an anatomical luminal network of a patient including memory storing a computer program that is configured to analyze and manipulate CT images, a processor configured to execute the computer program and a display device configured to display a user interface of the computer program. The user interface includes an airway finder window displaying a CT image including a target. The CT image is rotatable about a pre-defined axis of rotation to assist a user in identifying an airway of the anatomical luminal network.
US10262413B2
A soil imaging system having a work layer sensor disposed on an agricultural implement to generate an electromagnetic field through a soil area of interest as the agricultural implement traverses a field. A monitor in communication with the work layer sensor is adapted to generate a work layer image of the soil layer of interest based on the generated electromagnetic field. The work layer sensor may also generate a reference image by generating an electromagnetic field through undisturbed soil. The monitor may compare at least one characteristic of the reference image with at least one characteristic of the work layer image to generate a characterized image of the work layer of interest. The monitor may display operator feedback and may effect operational control of the agricultural implement based on the characterized image.
US10262407B2
A system and method for identifying developmental anomalies. The method includes obtaining a first set of at least one multimedia content element showing at least one crop and captured using a first set of at least one capturing parameter; obtaining normal development data for the at least one crop, wherein the normal development data represents at least one normal development characteristic of the at least one crop; analyzing, via machine vision, the first set of at least one multimedia content element to identify a first set of at least one characteristic of the at least one crop; determining, based on the first set of at least one characteristic and the normal development data, whether a suspected anomaly is identified; and verifying if the suspected anomaly is an anomaly using a second set of at least one multimedia content element captured using a second set of at least one capturing parameter.
US10262405B2
An optical inspection method for containers. A container is at least partly illuminated or transilluminated with light of an illuminating device and captured from different viewing directions (R4-R6) as a camera image in each case by at least one camera. In a first image analysis step, first image information of a first inspection zone (A) of the container, for example a stain on a container front face, is ascertained from at least two of the camera images by stereoscopically pairing image points. In a second image analysis step, an individual camera image of the two camera images is analyzed, wherein the first image information is first excluded and second image information of a second inspection zone (B) of the container, for example a crack of a container rear face, is then ascertained.
US10262403B2
Provided is an apparatus for geometrically correcting an image from a geostationary remote sensing satellite, the apparatus being configured to perform the image navigation and registration on image data from a geostationary remote sensing satellite. The apparatus includes the landmark determination part configured to acquire landmark information associated with a first image and the navigation filter configured to calculate a state vector for correcting at least one of the attitude error, the orbit error, and the payload misalignment error with respect to the first image based on the landmark information.
US10262400B2
The present disclosure discloses an image processing method including acquiring a distorted image of a photographed object; selecting according to a mapping relationship between at least one group of lens optical distortion models and reprojection error values, a lens optical distortion model whose reprojection error value is less than a specified threshold; and correcting, by using the lens optical distortion model, an optical distortion of the acquired distorted image, and obtaining an image with the optical distortion corrected disclosure.
US10262398B2
An image correction method includes: estimating a 3D model of an object as when an imaging device takes an image of the object; calculating the light intensity of each point of a simulated image as it would be taken by the imaging device, using the estimated 3D model of the object, a model of illumination of the object illuminated by a lighting system that illuminates the object, a model of reflection on a surface of the object, and a model of the imaging device, to obtain a simulated image of the object; and correcting the taken image by modifying the light intensity of each point on the taken image or on at least one area of interest of the taken image, according to the light intensity of the corresponding point in the simulated image or the respective light intensities of points adjacent to the corresponding point in the simulated image.
US10262392B2
A technique for rendering database data in visualized form using a distributed computer system including a plurality of networked worker nodes each including a graphics processing unit (GPU) is disclosed. The technique includes receiving, at a head node, a user request to render data, forwarding the request to the worker nodes, processing, in parallel, by the worker nodes, chunks of respective shards of data to be rendered. The technique also includes merging, in parallel, by each of the worker nodes, initial images formed by the processing within respective shards, to form a plurality of integrated images, merging, in parallel, respective integrated images to form worker node images, and transmitting respective worker node images to the sink node. The technique also includes merging the worker node images to form a final image, converting the final image to an output image, and providing the output image to the user.
US10262391B2
A graphics processing unit (GPU) configured to perform a graphics pipeline may generate operation data based on base operation data representing a base state of a plurality of components and implement the plurality of components to perform the graphics pipeline according to the generated operation data. The GPU may determine a priority of a plurality of instances of state version data based on frequencies of use associated with the plurality of instances of state version data, maintain first state version data having a determined highest priority from among the plurality of instances of state version data, and control second state version data having a determined lower priority than the first state version data to be updated based on a graphics pipeline being performed. The state version data may include code associated with performing the graphics pipeline in each of a plurality of states of the plurality of components.
US10262380B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system for processing data. During operation, the system obtains a count of actions associated with a member of a social network, wherein the count comprises a set of action types and a number of actions associated with the member for each of the action types. Next, the system uses the count to calculate a set of scores for measuring the value of the social network to the member, wherein the set of scores is associated with researching and contacting people, building a network, keeping up with connections, staying informed and building knowledge, establishing and managing a reputation, and getting hired. The system then outputs the scores for use in characterizing and improving the value of the social network for the member.
US10262379B2
A system and computing instructions may include a user device, a social network database, and a processor. The user device may include a user interface configured to display a web browser. The social network database may be configured to store social network information related to an entity. The processor may be configured to identify the entity based on content of a webpage displayed on the web browser of the user device, obtain social network information related to the entity from the social network database based on a social network relationship between the user and the entity, and display the social network information on the web browser of the user device.
US10262375B1
Techniques for providing information related to insurance services solicit interaction from a user (e.g., during video game play). The solicited interaction identifies a real property. A virtual environment gaming landscape is generated. The gaming landscape includes a virtual representation of the identified real property. Additional interaction from the user with the virtual environment gaming landscape is solicited. A risk assessment related to the identified real property is performed based on user's interaction with the virtual environment gaming landscape. A recommendation regarding one or more services is provided based on the performed risk assessment.
US10262368B2
An apparatus (100) for proprietary trading financial instruments (F1, F2) in a financial trading system (20) of at least a first trading agent (A1) providing at least first financial instrument (F1) and a second trading agent (A2) providing at least a second financial instrument (F2) and a crowd of trading customers (TC), which apparatus (100) further comprises a monitoring unit (130) configured to automatically monitor opportunities to perform proprietary trading in said trading system (20) based on a plurality of systematic strategies running over the plurality of trading agents and financial instruments and based on behavioral patterns emerged by interaction of individual long- or medium term trading, and further comprising an automated trading unit (180) configured to automatically control multi-agent trading of the plurality of trading agents (A1, A2) and the plurality of financial instruments (F1, F2), wherein the trading unit (180) is configured to automatically provide a time frame (TF) within which the crowd of clients (23) are offered to trade collectively thereby founding the trade in collectively automatically based on the behavioral patterns. An advantage is that the various embodiments of the present disclosure will contribute to change this rigid structure in the favor of those customers/investors with less knowledge about the financial markets.
US10262367B2
A system comprising an analog liber optic cable or cables with embedded or attached interferometric detectors along its length configured to detect a predetermined security trading opportunity by interferometric constructive or destructive interference. Upon detection of the predetermined trading opportunity the system is configured to send trading instructions to the opposite ends of the fiber optic network and to translate those trading instructions from analog to digital encoding.
US10262365B2
Methods and computerized exchange systems 100 for processing trade orders are disclosed. In the computerized exchange system 100, a sequencer 130 is configured to sequence incoming order entry messages for thereby putting incoming order entry messages in a sequenced order and to send, from the sequencer, order entry message(s) in a sequenced order to a plurality of order book engines 120a-c. Upon receipt of the sequenced order entry message(s) in the various order book engines 120-c, the plurality of order book engines process the sequenced order entry message(s) substantially in parallel. Various embodiments of the disclosed methods and computerized exchange systems allow for better performance, e.g. in terms of lower latency.
US10262359B2
Systems and methods are provided for displaying account information. The systems and methods may include a status display device connected to a network in a home or office environment. The status display may be configured to provide a constant status indicator, to provide a user with a quick and simple account status, without the need for multi-step login and verification processes. The status display may receive account status information from a server, the account status information excluding sensitive information identifying the user or the account. The status display may provide colored indicators to inform the user of their financial situation while reducing security risks and reducing processing capability requirements, thereby allowing for a simple status display device that can be placed throughout a household or integrated into common household items.
US10262352B2
Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring user preference information of a user that indicates one or more customized food preferences of the user including at least one or more preferences related to integrity of one or more ingredients for use in generating one or more customized food items; identifying one or more capable automated customized food generation machines that have one or more ingredients in one or more sufficient quantities to be able to currently generate at least one customized food item in accordance with the one or more customized food preferences of the user; and presenting, in response at least in part to the identification, one or more indicators that direct the user to at least one automated customized food generation machine. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.
US10262349B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for location based call routing to a subject matter specialist. A call request is obtained from a computing device. The call request pertains to a topic and includes a current location of the computing device. A topic specialist for the topic is identified based at least in part upon the current location of the computing device. The call request is completed by establishing a call between the computing device and a computing device used by the topic specialist.
US10262343B1
Ad-blocking method, system, and computer program (the system) of the present invention uses rule-based filtering of Internet traffic through a set of interacting modules functioning at the system and user level to allow to exclude graphic, video, audio or text advertising content from the user-requested web content by filtering Internet traffic at the request stage and a response using the rules data base. The system provides the end user with the requested web content in the form of Internet pages in browsers or other representations in other applications (including instant messengers, platforms for streaming, etc.) excluding graphic, video, audio or text advertising content by filtering Internet traffic using the rules data base.
US10262342B2
Embodiments disclosed herein can leverage dynamic data, fields and implied information from arbitrary web sites, mobile apps and other forms of online media to create a universal variable map and automatically generate deep-linked ads utilizing the universal variable map, linking any arbitrary web site, mobile app, network, Internet TV channel, and other forms of online media to any other such arbitrary web site, mobile app, network, Internet TV channel, and other forms of online media. The automatically generated deep-linked ads can be inserted into any ad server and served out from there in real-time. A deep-linked ad thus presented to a user can take the user from a starting page on one site or application where the ad is displayed directly to a resulting page such as a checkout page on another site or mobile application, with pertinent information already pre-populated, and action already initiated for the user.
US10262341B2
The present invention discloses a resource downloading method and device. The above method includes: performing a dynamic detection on a DOM tree of a web page where resources to be downloaded are located, acquiring a plurality of URL resources; filtering out a part of URL resources corresponding to advertisement data from the plurality of URL resources; and prompting a user to download remaining URL resources after the advertisement data are filtered out. With the technical solution provided by the present invention, a user can acquire media files which the user is interested in from web pages that provide online playing only at will, thereby greatly improving user experience.
US10262329B2
Systems and methods for initiating and conducting an automated survey are disclosed herein. According to some implementations, a processing device of a computer may receive a notification of an occurrence of a trigger event after the occurrence of the trigger event, initiate an automated survey to be offered to the customer, conduct the automated survey with the customer, and receive survey result information from the customer in response to the automated survey.
US10262328B2
A system and method for detecting customer drive-off/walk-off from a customer queue. An embodiment includes acquiring images of a retail establishment, said images including at least a portion of a customer queue region, determining a queue configuration within the images, analyzing the images to detect entry of a customer into the customer queue, tracking a customer detected in the customer queue as the customer progresses within the queue, analyzing the images to detect if the customer leaves the customer queue, and generating a drive-off notification if a customer leaves the queue.
US10262320B2
A user enables a communication, such as through a tap, between an NFC-enabled payment or funding card and a mobile device. Card information, such as the card number, type, and expiration date, are read by the mobile device. The user is then authenticated through the user device, such as by entering a CVV code, a PIN for the card, a cardholder name, and/or a billing address for the card. If confirmed, the card is added to the user's mobile/cloud wallet.
US10262319B1
A first device may be implemented within a package that is for transporting a second device requiring activation. The first device may determine whether the package has been opened based on whether a trigger condition has been satisfied. The trigger condition may be satisfied when a value identifying an amount of an electrical property of a conductive structure sealing the package satisfies a first threshold value or when a value identifying an amount of a measurable property associated with the package satisfies a second threshold value. The first device may provide, to a server, a request to activate the second device based on determining that the package has been opened. The request may cause the server to initiate an activation procedure and to activate the second device if the activation procedure succeeds.
US10262306B2
A system and method are disclosed for continuous intraday final settlement of payment orders among a plurality of participants, each participant having facilities configured to electronically send and receive the payment orders in the form of payment messages. Primary positions, corresponding to balances in a prefunded balance account, are stored. Supplemental positions, corresponding to balances in the prefunded balance account, are stored. Payment messages are received from sending participants. A selected payment message is released, such that the sending participant's supplemental position is decreased by the payment amount and the receiving participant's supplemental position is increased by the payment amount, if it is determined that: (i) the sending participant's supplemental position, after subtraction of the payment amount, is greater than or equal to the predetermined minimum for the sending participant's supplemental position, and (ii) the receiving participant's supplemental position, after addition of the payment amount, is less than or equal to the predetermined maximum for the receiving participant's supplemental position.
US10262297B1
A part chain management system and method for generating chain sequences for parts in the aftermarket services industry is disclosed. Data on various parts and their substitutes is obtained from an engineering data management (EDM) team and translated into pair wise substitutional relationships represented in a known part substitutional relationship network. The system and method derive a part chain representation from known part substitutional relationships and inferences determined therefrom. The system and method can refine or filter the part chain representation based on rules such as business relationships. The system and method analyzes inferred part substitutional relationships for conflicts, which are either resolved automatically using conflict resolution rules or are referred for manual resolution. Following conflict resolution, the inferred links are finalized and used along with known links to generate a final part substitutional relationship network. Planning/inventory management tools can utilize the final network to plan and manage part substitutions.
US10262291B2
A system for delivering shipping items in vehicles includes a first communication module establishing a communication link to a communication terminal of a delivery person, the communication terminal receiving authorization data via a communication network; a first identification routine unambiguously identifying a delivery person; a second communication module establishing, via a wireless communication network, a communication link to a communication device of a control unit of the access arrangement on a vehicle; a second identification routine for unambiguously identifying the system by the access arrangement; a third communication module for receiving update request data from the driver; and an update routine for updating authorization data in a memory of the system. Upon updating authorization data, information is wirelessly transmitted relating to the successful delivery and the content of the delivery to the access arrangement. The driver assistance system displays an alert message about the delivery.
US10262285B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for correlating resource utilization requirements based on utilization of affiliated resources. The present invention is configured to retrieve information associated with one or more resources associated with a user; receive a query, wherein the query is associated with a resource distribution goal; determine one or more peers associated with the user; retrieve one or more resource distribution profiles associated with each of the one or more peers associated with the user from one or more network platforms; determine a first resource distribution profile determined to enable the user to achieve the resource distribution goal from the distribution profiles of the one or more peers; and implement the first distribution profile to the one or more resources associated with the user.
US10262278B2
Systems and methods differentiate and uniquely identify electronic devices to enable their virtual interaction with an augmented reality device. According to certain aspects, an augmented reality device can differentiate between electronic devices in an environment that have a substantially similar appearance. A user can subsequently use the augmented reality device to virtually interact with the uniquely identified electronic devices. An improved user experience and greater user satisfaction with the augmented reality device may result through the use of these systems and methods.
US10262266B2
The present invention provides a computer implemented method, a system, and a computer program product of identifying and analyzing the impact of an event associated with an entity on relationships of the entity. In an exemplary embodiment, the present invention includes storing data that identifies relationships with entities associated with the entity, based on data about the entity and data about the entities from at least one online website, storing data that identifies entity relationships, among the entity relationships identified in an entity relationship data structure, that are determined by the computer system to be affected by events associated with event categories, receiving data about events related to the entity, and outputting data related to a recommendation for a second entity among the entities associated with the entity, wherein the second entity corresponds to a most affected relationship, based on data associated with the second entity.
US10262265B2
A method for generating an application recommendation includes receiving a signal from an electronic device indicating that uninstallation of a first application has been initiated by a user on the electronic device, obtaining contextual information of the application, the contextual information including data indicating when the application was installed and frequency of use of the application, obtaining utilization data, the utilization data including data indicating applications that have been installed on the electronic device, determining a plurality of applications that are similar to the first application; generating a first predictive model using the contextual information and the utilization data, the first predictive model being configured to predict a likelihood of uninstallation of an application; and automatically recommending, at the time of uninstallation of the application, one or more of the plurality of applications, the recommending being based at least in part on the first predictive model.
US10262225B2
In an image representing an observed ground surface area, the device calculates an optical-path-radiance with a high degree of accuracy. An image information processing device 3 includes: a storage unit 31 that associates and stores observation images representing the results of observing electromagnetic waves of a plurality of different wavelength bands reflected from a ground surface, information representing the wavelength bands, and information representing the observation environment; a first intermediate-optical-path-radiance calculation unit that, for each of the wavelength band, makes the radiance of a dark pixel meeting a radiance standard from among pixels composing an associated observation image an intermediate-optical-path-radiance; an irradiance calculation unit that calculates the irradiance from sunlight for each of the wavelength band on the basis of the information representing the observation environment; and a final-optical-path-radiance calculation unit that calculates a final-optical-path-radiance for each of the wavelength band on the basis of the irradiance and intermediate-optical-path-radiance.
US10262218B2
A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus for object detection are provided. The apparatus may determine a regression vector using a neural network based on an input image that contains an object. The object may have a planar surface with a known shape. The apparatus may derive a transform matrix based on the regression vector. The apparatus may identify a precise boundary of the object based on the transform matrix. The precise boundary of the object may include a plurality of vertices of the object. To identify the boundary of the object, the apparatus may apply the transform matrix to a determined shape of the object.
US10262214B1
A learning method of a CNN for detecting lanes is provided. The method includes steps of: a learning device (a) instructing convolutional layers to generate feature maps by applying convolution operations to an input image from an image data set; (b) instructing an FC layer to generate an estimated result vector of cluster ID classifications of the lanes by feeding a specific feature map among the feature maps into the FC layer; and (c) instructing a loss layer to generate a classification loss by referring to the estimated result vector and a cluster ID GT vector, and backpropagate the classification loss, to optimize device parameters of the CNN; wherein the cluster ID GT vector is GT information on probabilities of being cluster IDs per each of cluster groups assigned to function parameters of a lane modeling function by clustering the function parameters based on information on the lanes.
US10262211B2
Disclosed herein is a method for mitigating glare from a windshield of an automobile. Plurality of images, captured from plurality of image capturing devices placed at predefined locations of automobile, are collected. Various image processing techniques are applied on the plurality of collected images to identify line of sight of driver of the automobile, presence of glare on the windshield and position of glare. A free floating opaque matter placed within the windshield is moved to the position of glare on windshield, thereby preventing the glare from affecting the driver. Movement of opaque matter on to the position of the glare is achieved by varying electrostatic potential to be applied across metal frame encircling the windshield. The windshield disclosed hereinabove is capable of adaptively positioning the opaque matter over the position of the glare without requiring any intervention from the driver, thereby facilitating in a smooth drive of the automobile.
US10262190B2
A method, system and computer program product for recognizing a face are provided, comprising: acquiring an image for the face; detecting a set of first feature points representing detail features of the image; extracting, for each first feature point in the set of first feature points, a first descriptor describing feature information on the first feature point; acquiring, for each second feature point in a set of second feature points, a second descriptor describing feature information on the second feature point; detecting matched feature point pairs between the set of first feature points and the set of second feature points, based on the first descriptor and the second descriptor; calculating the number of the matched feature point pairs; and recognizing the image as being consistent with the registered image, if the number of the matched feature point pairs is larger than a first preset threshold.
US10262182B2
Device, method, and graphical user interface for manipulating user interfaces based on unlock inputs
An electronic device with a display and a fingerprint sensor displays a fingerprint enrollment interface and detects, on the fingerprint sensor, a plurality of finger gestures performed with a finger. The device collects fingerprint information from the plurality of finger gestures performed with the finger. After collecting the fingerprint information, the device determines whether the collected fingerprint information is sufficient to enroll a fingerprint of the finger. When the collected fingerprint information for the finger is sufficient to enroll the fingerprint of the finger, the device enrolls the fingerprint of the finger with the device. When the collected fingerprint information for the finger is not sufficient to enroll the fingerprint of the finger, the device displays a message in the fingerprint enrollment interface prompting a user to perform one or more additional finger gestures on the fingerprint sensor with the finger.
US10262160B2
A computer system encodes a plurality of components of a data set into a probabilistic data structure and digitally signs the probabilistic data structure. The computer system provides the digital signature for the probabilistic data structure and the probabilistic data structure to various entities. An entity can verify an individual component of the data set within the probabilistic data structure by verifying the individual component against the probabilistic data structure and the digital signature of the probabilistic data structure.
US10262157B2
One embodiment provides a method, including: tracking behavior of a user when the user is providing input to a permission request of an application, wherein the permission request comprises at least one application permission requesting access for the application to information accessible by an information handling device; identifying at least one undesired application permission, wherein the identifying comprises detecting, based upon the behavior of the user, that the user is uncomfortable with the at least one undesired application permission; determining whether another similar application, having a permission set the user is comfortable with, is available, wherein the determining comprises searching for applications similar to the application and filtering the similar applications by removing applications having a permission similar to the undesired application permission; and providing a recommendation, if there is another similar application, to the user, wherein the recommendation comprises the another similar application.
US10262154B1
In an example embodiment, an anonymized set of confidential data values is obtained for a plurality of combinations of cohorts having a first attribute type and a second attribute type. A matrix of the confidential data values having the first attribute type as a first axis and the second attribute type as the second axis is constructed. A set of candidate low rank approximations of the matrix is calculated using an objective function evaluated using a set of candidate data transformation functions, the objective function having one or more parameters and an error function. One or more parameters that minimize the error function of the objective function are minimized to select one of the candidate low rank approximations of the matrix. Then one or more cells that are missing data, of the selected one of the candidate low rank approximations of the matrix, are inferred.
US10262149B2
The program controls access to data objects stored on a tangible device of a computer system within an enterprise. A user request to access a data object identifies a user role by looking up the user identification in an enterprise directory. The program determines whether the role of the user is permitted access to a system and also determines a risk score representing a risk of dissemination of the requested data object. The program compares the risk score of the requested data object to a pre-configured threshold value of the requested data object and controls access to the requested data object, based on the role of the user, and the risk score associated with the risk of disseminating the requested data object.
US10262145B2
Provided herein are systems and methods for monitoring and assessing the security and risk presented by applications deployed in a complex computing environment. An exemplary application security system an application security server having a processing device in communication with one or more storage systems and includes a security testing system with a plurality of security test modules. The test modules include a first module associated with a first application associated with one or more application instances configured to receive and transmit over a network. The processing device calculates a security risk score for the first application based on information about the first application, determines a security priority level associated with first application, the security priority level of the first application being based on the security risk score for the first application, and associates the security priority level of the first application with the first application in a database of application security information.
US10262144B2
A computer-implemented method includes executing one or more tests on a computing device. The computing device has Instruction Execution Protection (IEP), and each test of the one or more tests includes selectively setting one or more IEP bits of one or more page tables, where each IEP bit prevents code in a respective storage block from being executed. During the one or more tests, an IEP exception is detected, by a computer processor, each time an attempt is made to execute code in a storage block for which a respective IEP bit is set. Test results of the one or more tests are determined based on the detecting. A remedial action is performed in response to the test results of the one or more tests.
US10262137B1
A method for providing security recommendations is described. In one embodiment, the method may include identifying a set of monitored customers. In some cases, each monitored customer may include one or more computing devices. The method may include identifying a first computing device of a monitored customer for evaluation, selecting a potential security product to install on the first computing device, and quantifying the ability of the monitored customer to detect or prevent malware incidents based at least in part on the selected potential security product.
US10262135B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for detecting and addressing suspicious file restore activities may include (i) detecting a restore activity during which files are restored to a client device from a previously stored backup of the files, (ii) determining that a total number of the files restored during the restore activity exceeds a threshold number, and (iii) performing, based on the total number of the files exceeding the threshold number, a security action to protect the client device from a malicious threat associated with the restore activity. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10262131B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method for obtaining information about security threats on endpoint devices may include (1) detecting, by a security program on a computing device, an attempt to access at least one suspicious file, (2) before permitting the computing device to access the suspicious file, identifying, by the security program, at least one third-party resource not associated with the security program that contains information potentially indicative of the trustworthiness of the suspicious file, (3) obtaining, by the security program from the third-party resource, the information potentially indicative of the trustworthiness of the suspicious file, and then (4) determining, by the security program based at least in part on the information potentially indicative of the trustworthiness of the suspicious file, whether the suspicious file represents a security threat to the computing device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10262125B2
A system may include a sensing device and an application device. The sensing device includes an imaging device, an image processing unit that detects a whole or part of a person from an image captured with the imaging device as a sensing target and extracts information on the detected sensing target, and a wireless communication unit that transmits the sensing result including the information extracted by the image processing unit through wireless communication. The application device includes a communication unit that receives the sensing result from the sensing device and an application processing unit that performs processing using information included in the sensing result received by the communication unit. The information transmitted from the sensing device as the sensing result includes neither a person's image nor information that can directly identify an individual.
US10262120B1
Access to a device that is associated with a display such as a visual projection device, is permitted based on data included in data bearing records. The device operates as a receiver and has an address associated with receiver circuitry in the device. The device operates to generate at least one data bearing record including a quick connect code value that corresponds to the receiver device address. The quick connect code value in the data bearing record is used by a transmitter device to send wireless signals to the receiver device to produce visual outputs from the display associated with the receiver that correspond to current visual outputs from a display associated with the transmitter.
US10262115B2
An embodiment of the invention provides a method including accessing a portal pursuant to instructions from a digital media device and identifying the digital media device to the portal to enable the portal to obtain a security code. Information having the security code is received; and, it is confirmed that the security code corresponds to a security key stored in the digital media device. The information is provided to a secure application environment in the digital media device if the security code corresponds to the security key. A copy of the security key is sent to a clearinghouse; and, the security code is received from the clearinghouse. The security code is sent to a provider of the information if the information satisfies a predetermined criteria.
US10262111B2
A system and method providing outpatient ECG monitoring and safe home based cardiac tele-rehabilitation. The system includes a recordation module for recording ECG signals using at least one lead, a tele-rehabilitation module for home based exercise management for a patient's recovery, the tele-rehabilitation module including a processing module for recognizing erroneous data from the ECG signals and an analysis module for calculating beat-to-beat annotations and determining if an ECG event and/or if a QT interval duration change has occurred. The system can include an exercise module for guiding the patient during an exercise session, a visual display that informs the patient to start and/or to stop the tele-rehabilitation exercise, a visual display and/or audible signal that informs the patient of an incoming or a missed tele-rehabilitation exercise session, and/or a communication module for transmitting/receiving data between the a cardiac tele-rehabilitation module and a physician/monitoring center.
US10262106B2
A method of creating medical documentation uses selection of images representing synonyms for complex medical concepts. The images can be of two types, one corresponding to a parameter or Key in a Key/Value pair and the other corresponding to possible values of the selected parameter or Key. The user first selects an image or portion thereof corresponding to the parameter they wish to record observations, such as the heart or a valve of the heart. A set of images representing possible values of the parameter is then displayed e.g., images representing possible murmurs the selected valve may have. The user selects the image representing the value corresponding to the observation of the patient. A document is created by recording either the Key/Value image pairs or, alternative, text representing the synonyms for the images. Other methods of recording the document are possible, such as instantiating a set of class objects.
