US10269733B2
The instant disclosure provides an integrated circuit device including a transmission line which includes a first ground line and a signal line. The first ground line includes a first pad, a second pad and a first bonding wire that is a bond wire structure connecting the first pad and the second pad. The first signal line includes a third pad, a fourth pad and a second bonding wire that is a bond wire structure connecting the third pad and the fourth pad.
US10269730B2
Warpage and breakage of integrated circuit substrates is reduced by compensating for the stress imposed on the substrate by thin films formed on a surface of the substrate. Particularly advantageous for substrates having a thickness substantially less than about 150 μm, a stress-tuning layer is formed on a surface of the substrate to substantially offset or balance stress in the substrate which would otherwise cause the substrate to bend. The substrate includes a plurality of bonding pads on a first surface for electrical connection to other component.
US10269725B2
A semiconductor package includes a substrate including at least one mounted electronic device; a sealer disposed to seal the electronic device; and a conductive blocking film disposed on a surface of the sealer and a side surface of the substrate, wherein the substrate includes a spacer formed along an outer edge of a lower surface of the substrate to space the side surface of the substrate and the lower surface of the substrate to be apart from each other.
US10269707B2
Disclosed are semiconductor structures comprising a field effect transistor (FET) having a low-resistance source/drain contact and, optionally, low gate-to-source/drain contact capacitance. The structures comprise a semiconductor body and, contained therein, first and second source/drain regions and a channel region. A first gate is adjacent to the semiconductor body at the channel region and a second, non-functioning, gate is adjacent to the semiconductor body such that the second source/drain region is between the first and second gates. First and second source/drain contacts are on the first and source/drain regions, respectively. The second source/drain contact is wider than the first and, thus, has a lower resistance. Additionally, spacing of the first and second source/drain contacts relative to the first gate can be such that the first gate-to-second source/drain contact capacitance is equal to or less than the first gate-to-first source/drain contact capacitance. Also disclosed are associated formation methods.
US10269703B2
A semiconductor device includes: a first conductive line disposed on a substrate, a second conductive line disposed on the substrate, and the second conductive line separated with the first conductive line by a trench; an insulating layer disposed on the first conductive line and the second conductive line, and filled the trench between the first conductive line and the second conductive line; and a magnetic film having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the first surface disposed on the insulating layer; wherein the first surface has a first concave directly above the trench, and the first concave has a first obtuse angle of at least 170 degree.
US10269702B2
A method includes forming a coil over a carrier, encapsulating the coil in an encapsulating material, planarizing a top surface of the encapsulating material until the coil is exposed, forming at least one dielectric layer over the encapsulating material and the coil, and forming a plurality of redistribution lines extending into the at least one dielectric layer. The plurality of redistribution lines is electrically coupled to the coil.
US10269684B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure. The structure includes a first substrate; a first dielectric layer having a first surface in proximity to the first substrate and a second surface away from the first substrate; a first interconnect penetrating the first surface of the first dielectric layer; and a protection layer extending along a portion of a sidewall of the first interconnect. A thickness of the protection layer is in a range of from about 0.02 μm to about 0.2 μm.
US10269667B2
A packaged semiconductor device comprising a stack including a die comprising a functional circuit, and a cap which is wafer bonded to the die for protecting the functional circuit as well as a mold component for packaging the stack. At least the cap and/or the die comprises at least one groove at least partially in contact with the mold component, for increasing adhesion of the mold component to the stack. A corresponding method for manufacturing such a packaged device also is described.
US10269657B2
Laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor device integrated with vertical field effect transistor
An electrical device that in some embodiments includes a substrate including a lateral device region and a vertical device region. A lateral diffusion metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) device may be present in the lateral device region, wherein a drift region of the LDMOS device has a length that is parallel to an upper surface of the substrate in which the LDMOS device is formed. A vertical field effect transistor (VFET) device may be present in the vertical device region, wherein a vertical channel of the VFET has a length that is perpendicular to said upper surface of the substrate, the VFET including a gate structure that is positioned around the vertical channel.
US10269654B1
At least one method, apparatus and system disclosed herein involves forming trench silicide region contact. A plurality of fins are formed on a semiconductor substrate. An epitaxial (EPI) feature is formed at a top portion of each fin of the first portion over a first portion of the fins. A gate region is formed over a second portion of the fins. A replacement metal gate (RMG) process is performed in the gate region. A trench is formed in a portion of the gate region. A void is formed adjacent the a portion of the gate region. A first silicon feature is formed in the trench. A second silicon feature is formed in the void. A TS cut region is formed over the trench. The first silicon feature and the second silicon feature are removed. A metallization process is performed in the void to form a contact.
US10269648B1
Methods of fabricating a semiconductor device structure are provided. The method includes forming a fin structure over a substrate. The method also includes forming a gate structure over the fin structure. The method further includes epitaxially growing a source/drain structure covering the fin structure. In addition, the method includes epitaxially growing a capping layer over the source/drain structure. The capping layer has a top portion and a lower portion under the top portion. The top portion has a first thickness and the lower portion has a second. A ratio of the first thickness to the second thickness is in a range of about 1.01 to about 2. The method also includes etching the top portion and the lower portion of the capping layer. The method further includes forming a silicide layer over the source/drain structure and a contact over the silicide layer.
US10269647B2
Methods for forming semiconductor devices, such as FinFETs, are provided. In one embodiment, a method for forming a FinFET device includes removing a portion of each fin of a plurality of fins, and a remaining portion of each fin is recessed from a dielectric surface. The method further includes forming a feature on the remaining portion of each fin, filling gaps formed between adjacent features with a dielectric material, removing the features, and forming a fill material on the remaining portion of each fin. Because the shape of the features is controlled, the shape of the fill material can be controlled.
US10269638B2
A semiconductor apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate having an upper surface on which a semiconductor element is disposed, a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, and a side surface connecting the upper surface and the lower surface. The side surface has a plurality of concavities that each extend along the edge of the upper surface and that are arranged in a direction intersecting with the upper surface and the lower surface, and a plurality of ridges that are each located at the boundary between adjacent two of the plurality of concavities. The plurality of concavities and the plurality of ridges are covered with an insulating film containing carbon and fluorine.
US10269621B2
A method includes forming a transistor including forming a source/drain region on a side of a dummy gate stack, forming a first Inter-Layer Dielectric (ILD) covering the source/drain region, and replacing the dummy gate stack with a replacement gate stack. The method further includes forming a second ILD over the first ILD and the replacement gate stack, and forming a lower source/drain contact plug electrically coupling to the source/drain region. The lower source/drain contact plug penetrates through both the first ILD and the second ILD. A third ILD is formed over the second ILD. A gate contact plug is formed in the second ILD and the third ILD. An upper source/drain contact plug is formed overlapping and contacting the lower source/drain contact plug. The upper source/drain contact plug penetrates through the third ILD. The upper source/drain contact plug and the gate contact plug are formed of different materials.
US10269620B2
Contacts to peripheral devices extending through multiple tier structures of a three-dimensional memory device can be formed with minimal additional processing steps. First peripheral via cavities through a first tier structure can be formed concurrently with formation of first memory openings. Sacrificial via fill structures can be formed in the first peripheral via cavities concurrently with formation of sacrificial memory opening fill structures that are formed in the first memory openings. Second peripheral via cavities through a second tier structure can be formed concurrently with formation of word line contact via cavities that extend to top surfaces of electrically conductive layers in the first and second tier structures. After removal of the sacrificial via fill structures, the first and second peripheral via cavities can be filled with a conductive material to form peripheral contact via structures concurrently with formation of word line contact via structures.
US10269618B2
An embodiment is a structure including a first fin over a substrate, a second fin over the substrate, the second fin being adjacent the first fin, an isolation region surrounding the first fin and the second fin, a gate structure along sidewalls and over upper surfaces of the first fin and the second fin, the gate structure defining channel regions in the first fin and the second fin, a source/drain region on the first fin and the second fin adjacent the gate structure, and an air gap separating the source/drain region from a top surface of the substrate.
US10269613B2
A substrate conveying robot has left and right arms having a common pivot axis line, an arm drive unit for driving the left and right arms, and a control unit for controlling the arm drive unit. A pulley ratio between a turning pulley, a first pulley, a second pulley, and a third pulley is set so that a moving locus of the substrate holding members when the first link member is rotated about the pivot axis line by the first drive portion so as to extend and contract the arm in a state that the turning pulley is fixed is substantially linear. Thereby, the moving locus of the substrate holding member when extending and contracting the arm can be substantially linear.
US10269612B2
A substrate holding device includes robot arms, wherein the robot arm includes a supporting portion for supporting a substrate; a plurality of substrate holding modules disposed on the robot arm. Each substrate holding module includes a linear guide mechanism, a substrate holding member, and a drive device for driving the substrate holding member to move along the linear guide mechanism between a first position in which the substrate holding member clamps the substrate and a second position in which the substrate holding member releases the substrate.
US10269592B1
Matching of coefficient of thermal expansion for heat spreaders and carrier die can facilitate optoelectronic die alignment. In one example, an apparatus comprises a carrier die comprising a first coefficient of thermal expansion, two or more optoelectronic die disposed on the carrier die, and a spreader. The spreader can comprise a second material coefficient of thermal expansion matched to the first coefficient of thermal expansion. Additionally, a thermal interface material is disposed between the spreader and the one or more optoelectronic die.
US10269590B2
The present disclosure discloses an automatic scrubbing apparatus for an electronic module and an automatic scrubbing method thereof. The automatic scrubbing apparatus for an electronic module comprises: a fixing mechanism for limiting and fixing the electronic module, a cleaning brush, a driving mechanism, and a spraying mechanism for spraying the bromine-based cleaning agent on the surface of the electronic module. The fixing mechanism comprises a carrier for providing a groove to hold the electronic module, and the depth of the groove is smaller than the height of the electronic module to expose debris on the side surface of the electronic module. The fixing mechanism further comprises a fixing frame, the fixing frame locates above the electronic module to limit the electronic module. The debris on the side surface and the foreign body on the back of the product can be effectively cleaned, so that the cleaning quality is improved.
US10269589B2
A method includes forming a release film over a carrier, forming a metal post on the release film, encapsulating the metal post in an encapsulating material, performing a planarization on the encapsulating material to expose the metal post, forming a redistribution structure over the encapsulating material and the metal post, decomposing a first portion of the release film to separate a second portion of the release film from the carrier, and forming an opening in the release film to expose the metal post.
US10269587B2
An integrated circuit package and a method of forming the same are provided. A method includes forming a conductive column over a carrier. An integrated circuit die is attached to the carrier, the integrated circuit die being disposed adjacent the conductive column. An encapsulant is formed around the conductive column and the integrated circuit die. The carrier is removed to expose a first surface of the conductive column and a second surface of the encapsulant. A polymer material is formed over the first surface and the second surface. The polymer material is cured to form an annular-shaped structure. An inner edge of the annular-shaped structure overlaps the first surface in a plan view. An outer edge of the annular-shaped structure overlaps the second surface in the plan view.
US10269582B2
A package structure includes a spiral coil, a redistribution layer (RDL) and a molding material. The molding material fills gaps of the spiral coil. The spiral coil is connected to the RDL. A fan-out package structure includes a spiral coil, an RDL and a die. The spiral coil has a depth-to-width ratio greater than about 2. The RDL is connected to the spiral coil. The die is coupled to the spiral coil through the RDL. A semiconductor packaging method includes: providing a carrier; adhering a spiral coil on the carrier; adhering a die on the carrier; dispensing a molding material on the carrier to fill gaps between the spiral coil and the die; and disposing a redistribution layer (RDL) over the carrier so as to connect the spiral coil with the die.
US10269572B2
A semiconductor device includes a fin structure disposed over a substrate, a gate structure and a source. The fin structure includes an upper layer being exposed from an isolation insulating layer. The gate structure disposed over part of the upper layer of the fin structure. The source includes the upper layer of the fin structure not covered by the gate structure. The upper layer of the fin structure of the source is covered by a crystal semiconductor layer. The crystal semiconductor layer is covered by a silicide layer formed by Si and a first metal element. The silicide layer is covered by a first metal layer. A second metal layer made of the first metal element is disposed between the first metal layer and the isolation insulating layer.
US10269567B2
A method includes forming a first insulating layer over a substrate, the first insulating layer having a non-planar top surface, the first insulating layer having a first etch rate. A second insulating layer is formed over the first insulating layer, the second insulating layer having a non-planar top surface, the second insulating layer having a second etch rate, the second etch rate being greater than the first etch rate. The second insulating layer is polished, the polishing partially removing the second insulating layer. The first insulating layer and the second insulating layer are non-selectively recessed.
US10269562B2
The invention provides the use of at least one binary group 15 element compound of the general formula R1R2E-E′R3R4 (I) or R5E(E′R6R7)2 (II) as the educt in a vapor deposition process. In this case, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, an alkyl radical (C1-C10) and an aryl group, and E and E′ are independently selected from the group consisting of N, P, As, Sb and Bi. This use excludes hydrazine and its derivatives. The binary group 15 element compounds according to the invention allow the realization of a reproducible production and/or deposition of multinary, homogeneous and ultrapure 13/15 semiconductors of a defined combination at relatively low process temperatures. This makes it possible to completely waive the use of an organically substituted nitrogen compound such as 1.1 dimethyl hydrazine as the nitrogen source, which drastically reduces nitrogen contaminations—compared to the 13/15 semiconductors and/or 13/15 semiconductor layers produced with the known production methods.
US10269561B2
A method of filling a germanium film in a recess on a substrate to be processed having an insulating film on which the recess is formed on a surface of the substrate, includes forming a first germanium film so as to fill the recess by supplying a germanium raw material gas to the substrate, etching the first germanium film with an etching gas containing an excited H2 gas or NH3 gas, and forming a second germanium film on the first germanium film so as to fill the recess by supplying a germanium raw material gas.
US10269557B2
An apparatus of processing a semiconductor substrate include a chuck, a holder, a liquid supplying system and a positive pressure unit. The chuck has a principal surface and at least a hole formed thereon. The holder is capable of holding a semiconductor substrate at a position above the principal surface. The liquid supplying system is configured to provide a liquid film onto the principal surface through the hole. The positive pressure unit is configured for providing a gas flow to a space over the chuck. A method of processing a semiconductor substrate is disclosed herein as well.
US10269551B2
The invention relates to a high-pressure discharge lamp having an ignition aid and comprising a discharge vessel, which is accommodated in an outer bulb. The ignition aid is a UV enhancer having a can-like container (12), which has an inner electrode (18). At least part of the end-face edge of the inner electrode at least comes close to the end face (24) of the container (12). An external electrode is attached to the outside of the container.
US10269548B1
A system embodiment includes, but is not limited to, a syringe pump operably coupled to a desolvation unit, the desolvation unit coupled to a sample analyzer configured to measure an intensity of one or more analytes in a sample solution provided through operation of the syringe pump; and a controller operably coupled to the syringe pump, the controller configured to receive the intensity of the one or more analytes measured by the sample analyzer, determine whether the intensity exceeds a threshold difference of an intensity of at least one standard measured by the sample analyzer, and adjust one or more control parameters of the syringe pump when the intensity of the one or more analytes exceeds the threshold difference to control a flow rate of the sample solution introduced to the sample analyzer.
US10269546B1
An RF generator in a dual frequency RF generation system. The RF generator detects IMD components resulting from interaction of the two frequencies. The IMD is reduced by adjusting the phase of the RF signal output by the RF generator. In various configurations, the IMD may also be reduced by applying a power adjustment value.
US10269543B2
A lower electrode 2 includes a conductive base member 2a to which a high frequency power is applied; an electrostatic chuck 6, having an insulating layer 6b formed on a top surface of the base member 2a to cover an electrode 6a, configured to electrostatically attract a semiconductor wafer W as a target of a plasma process onto the insulating layer 6b; a focus ring 5 provided on a top surface of the insulating layer 6b of the electrostatic chuck 6 to surround the semiconductor wafer W; and a thermally sprayed film 100, which is conductive and formed on a portion of the insulating layer 6b of the electrostatic chuck 6 positioned between the focus ring 5 and the base member 2a by using a composite material in which titania is added to an insulating material for the insulating layer at a preset weight ratio.
US10269538B2
An example film forming device is provided with: a chamber for forming a film on a substrate; a supply tube for supplying a cleaning gas to the chamber; and a plasma generating unit, which is provided to the supply tube, and which generates plasma from the cleaning gas. The film forming device is characterized by being provided with: a temperature control unit that controls the temperature of the supply tube to temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature; and a supply unit which supplies, each time when a previously set time equal to or shorter than 36 hours elapses, the chamber with the plasma thus generated by the plasma generating unit.
US10269534B2
The present invention relates to adjustment of a mask position by driving an R-axis of an electron microscope in order to adjust the mask position with high accuracy while performing observation by the electron microscope without providing a heat generation source inside the electron microscope. The R-axis originally exists in a sample chamber of the electron microscope, which enables control with high accuracy. The R-axis driving of a sample stage can be substituted by raster rotation, therefore, the mask position can be adjusted with high accuracy while performing observation by the electron microscope according to the present invention.
US10269522B2
A fuse unit includes: a fusible link which is connected to a battery terminal and of which a fuse is fused when overcurrent flows therein; and a holding mechanism including a base portion that is interposed between a post-standing surface and the battery terminal in a state in which the battery terminal is fastened to a battery post provided on the post-standing surface of a battery housing, and a holding portion that is connected to the base portion and holds the fusible link on the post-standing surface. Accordingly, a load acting on the battery post can be suppressed.
US10269521B2
A mounting structure for an energy storage assembly of a circuit breaker comprises an energy storage lever and an energy storage spring, wherein one end of the energy storage lever is an energy storage end which is connected with the energy storage spring, and the other end of the energy storage lever is a driving end. An external force can be applied to the driving end, such that the energy storage lever rotates around a lever fulcrum in the middle of the energy storage lever, thereby extruding the energy storage spring at the energy storage end to finish energy storage. One end of the energy storage spring is connected and mounted with the energy storage lever, and the other end of the energy storage spring is mounted in a base support. An energy storage mounting shaft which can be considered as a rotating fulcrum is also arranged in the middle of the energy storage lever. The driving end is stressed, such that the energy storage lever rotates around the energy storage mounting shaft. The mounting structure for the energy storage assembly of the circuit breaker, which is provided by the present invention, is simple in mounting process, stable in connection structure and high in assembly accuracy.
US10269509B1
Methods and techniques for protection of microgrid energy management system with distributed storage
A microgrid energy management system can include: a bus providing a power; a transmission line connected to the bus; a relay connected to the transmission line, sensing a microgrid according to a state of the transmission line, adjusting a relay setting, and generating a trip signal representing the relay setting; and a circuit breaker receiving the trip signal. In addition, the microgrid energy management system further includes an energy storage device connected to the bus.
US10269502B2
An energy storage device includes: a container; a terminal disposed outside the container or a current collector disposed inside the container; a conductive member penetrating the container and connected to the current collector or the terminal; and a fixing member joining the current collector or the terminal and the conductive member to each other.
US10269500B2
A circuit module includes a multilayer substrate including built-in capacitors and external components mounted on the surface of the multilayer substrate. On the surface of a dielectric layer, an auxiliary electrode is provided. The auxiliary electrode is electrically connected to a capacitor electrode via a via electrode passing through the dielectric layer. On the surface of a dielectric layer, a capacitor electrode is arranged so as to face the capacitor electrode and the auxiliary electrode connected to the capacitor electrode. The auxiliary electrode is arranged in an area in which the capacitor electrodes overlap each other as viewed from a lamination direction.
US10269496B2
A multilayer capacitor includes a body including dielectric layers, and first and second internal electrodes alternately disposed with respective dielectric layers interposed therebetween, first and second groove parts formed in external surfaces of the body in a first direction in which the dielectric layers are stacked, having at least one corner, and contacting the first and second internal electrodes, respectively, and first and second connection electrodes disposed in the first and second groove parts, respectively, and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively.
US10269495B2
A capacitor component includes a body including a plurality of dielectric layers having a layered structure and a first internal electrode and a second internal electrode alternately disposed with respective dielectric layers of the plurality of dielectric layers disposed therebetween. A first external electrode is disposed on a first surface and a second surface of the body opposing each other, and is connected to the first internal electrode. A second external electrode is disposed on at least one of a third surface and a fourth surface of the body connecting the first surface to the second surface and opposing each other, and is connected to the second internal electrode. The first internal electrode and the second internal electrode provide a plurality of resonance frequencies. In some examples, each of the first internal electrode and the second internal electrode is divided into a plurality of regions spaced apart from each other.
US10269489B2
A system and method for providing and programming a programmable inductor is provided. The structure of the programmable inductor includes multiple turns, with programmable interconnects incorporated at various points around the turns to provide a desired isolation of the turns during programming. In an embodiment the programming may be controlled using the size of the vias, the number of vias, or the shapes of the interconnects.
US10269488B2
The present invention provides a method for preparing a permanent magnet material, the method comprising coating step and infiltrating step, wherein, coating a rare earth element-containing substance on the surface of a permanent magnet, the magnet having a thickness of 10 mm or less at least in one direction, then placing the magnet into a container, vacuuming to an atmospheric pressure of below 10 Pa, closing the passageway, and then heat treating the closed container. Using the method of the present invention enables the rare earth element to infiltrate homogeneously with a high permeability. In addition, the present invention may have a lower production cost, significantly increase coercive force of the permanent magnet material, but decrease the remanence very little.
US10269484B2
A magnetic component comprising: a magnetic core comprising an upper magnetic core portion, a lower magnetic core portion, and four core columns; a first winding wound around any two core columns which form a first closed magnetic circuit with the upper and lower magnetic core portions therebetween; and a second winding wound around remaining two core columns which form a second closed magnetic circuit with the upper and lower magnetic core portions therebetween. A sum of an AC flux peak-peak value within single core column of the first closed magnetic circuit, and an AC flux peak-peak value within single core column of the second closed magnetic circuit is larger than not only an AC flux peak-peak value within the upper magnetic core portion, but also an AC flux peak-peak value within the lower magnetic core portion. The first winding and the second winding are not connected in series directly.
US10269477B2
A soft magnetic resin composition contains flat soft magnetic particles, a resin component, and a rheology control agent.
US10269472B2
A heat-shrinkable tube or heat-shrinkable cap includes an adhesive layer disposed on the inner surface thereof, the adhesive layer including a low-viscosity adhesive layer formed of a resin having a viscosity of 10 Pa·s or less at a shear rate of 1 s−1 at the heat shrinkage temperature and a viscosity of 100 Pa·s or more at a shear rate of 1 s−1 at the maximum continuous use temperature. The heat-shrinkable tube or heat-shrinkable cap is used for waterproofing an exposed portion of electrical wires of an electrical wire bundle such as a wire harness, in which merely by placing the heat-shrinkable tube or heat-shrinkable cap over the exposed portion of electrical wires, waterproofing and water blocking between strands can be achieved, and outflow of the resin during heat shrinking does not occur. A method of waterproofing an electrical wire bundle uses the heat-shrinkable tube or heat-shrinkable cap.
US10269467B2
An anisotropic conductive film is thermo-polymerizable and includes an electrically insulating base layer, an adhesive layer, an intermediate layer sandwiched therebetween, and electrically conductive particles retained by any of the layers. The intermediate layer and the adhesive layer each have a melt viscosity higher than the melt viscosity of the electrically insulating base layer. The electrically conductive particles are independent of one another when the anisotropic conductive film is viewed in plan. The modulus of elasticity of the anisotropic conductive film as a whole, at 100° C., after thermal polymerization, is higher than 1800 MPa.
US10269450B2
Probabilistic event classifications systems and method are provided herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an event narrative, the event narrative comprising textual content describing a safety event, parsing the textual content to identify key terms, searching a safety event database for classifications associated with the key terms, selecting a set of classifications based on the key terms using statistical analysis, the set of classifications comprising potential event types for the event narrative, and displaying the set of classifications for the event narrative via a graphical user interface.
US10269448B2
A method and system for providing patient indications to an entity, the method comprising: for each of a set of patients: by way of an application executing at a mobile computing device, accessing a sensor system and a log of use of a communication application executing on the mobile computing device; receiving a survey response dataset; generating a behavioral dataset, derived from the sensor system and the log of use; generating a predictive model derived from at least one of the survey response dataset and the behavioral dataset; generating comparisons of outputs of blocks of the method to threshold conditions; producing a set of indications corresponding to the set of patients, derived from generation of, for each of the set of patients, an indication in response to the comparisons; and transmitting a portion of the set of indications to the entity according to a resource constraint of the entity.
US10269445B1
A memory device includes a memory array, an error correction code (ECC) circuit, and a control circuit. The memory array includes plural memory rows and stores a plurality of data. The control circuit is configured to enter the memory device into a power saving mode with a first refresh rate to refresh the memory array, to control the ECC circuit to generate a first ECC according to first data during refreshing the memory array by the first refresh rate, to reduce the first refresh rate to a second refresh rate, to control the ECC circuit to determine whether an error exists in the first data during refreshing the memory array by the second refresh rate. If the error exists in the first data, the control circuit is further configured to control the ECC circuit to correct the first data.
US10269442B1
Methods, systems, and devices for drift mitigation with embedded refresh are described. A memory cell may be written to and read from using write and read voltages, respectively, that are of different polarities. For example, a memory cell may be written to by applying a first write voltage and may be subsequently read from by applying a first read voltage of a first polarity. At least one additional (e.g., a second) read voltage—a setback voltage—of a second polarity may be utilized to return the memory cell to its original state. Thus the setback voltage may mitigate a shift in the voltage distribution of the cell caused by the first read voltage.
US10269435B1
A memory device and associated techniques for reducing program disturb of memory cells which are formed in a two-tier stack with an increased distance between memory cells at an interface between the tiers. After a verify test in a program loop, a different timing is used for decreasing the word line voltages of the interface memory cells compared to the remaining memory cells. In one aspect, the start of the decrease of the word line voltages of the interface memory cells is delayed. In another aspect, the word line voltages of the interface memory cells is decreased to an intermediate level and held for a time period before being decreased further. In another aspect, the word line voltages of the interface memory cells are decreased at a lower rate.
US10269428B2
Provided are a method for fabricating nano structures which includes: preparing a substrate; preparing a polymer including a plurality of metal atoms; applying the polymer to the substrate to attach the metal atoms onto the substrate; and making one or more metallic nano particles from the metal atoms.
US10269422B2
A storage system includes: a control processor unit, configured to: initiate a read of a raw data page, having correctable errors, calculate a raw bit error rate (RBER) (EQ1) by correcting the correctable errors to become corrected data and comparing raw data with the corrected data, and calculate a correction model characterization based on the RBER (EQ1); and a non-volatile storage array, coupled to the control processor unit, configured to store a processed data page in a physical block with the raw data page; and wherein the control processor unit is further configured to apply the correction model characterization to the raw data page in the physical block.
US10269418B2
A device including a memory cell and write assist circuit is disclosed. The memory cell includes a first inverter and a second inverter cross-coupled with the first inverter. The write assist circuit is coupled to the memory cell. During a write operation of the memory cell, the write assist circuit is configured to adjust a voltage level of an operational voltage provided to the first inverter or the second inverter by a bias voltage difference.
US10269417B2
Described is an apparatus which comprises: a memory; a first power supply node to receive a first power supply; a second power supply node coupled to the memory to provide the memory with second power supply; a circuit coupled to the first and second power supply nodes, the circuit operable to dynamically modulate droop in the second power supply by adaptively adjusting signal characteristics of a write assist pulse.
US10269414B2
To sense an impedance state of one or more correlated electron switch elements, a bit-line may be precharged to a voltage level that is less than a precharge voltage level for a sense amplifier, and a bit-line may be discharged through one or more correlated electron switch elements. A bit-line may be buffered from a sense amplifier via an electronic switch device.
US10269412B2
A memory system includes: a buffer memory device; and a memory controller including a data output driver configured to output data to the buffer memory device, wherein the data output driver includes: a pull-up switching unit coupled to an input/output power voltage, the pull-up switching unit including a PMOS transistor controlled by a data signal that varies according to the output data; a pull-up resistor unit including an NMOS transistor coupled to a DQ pad; a pull-down switching unit controlled by the data signal; and a pull-down resistor unit coupled to the pull-down switching unit.
US10269406B2
A memory device, such as an FeDRAM device, includes a memory array including a plurality of rows, each row having a plurality of storage elements (e.g., FeFETs). The memory device further includes a plurality of refresh trigger circuits, each refresh trigger circuit being associated with a respective one of the rows. Each refresh trigger circuit is structured to produce an output signal indicative of an estimated degradation of a memory window of one or more of the storage elements of the associated one of the rows. The memory device also further includes control circuitry coupled to each of the refresh trigger circuits, wherein the control circuitry is structured and configured to determine whether to initiate a refresh of the storage elements of a particular one of the rows based on the output signal produced by the refresh trigger circuit associated with the particular one of the rows.
US10269401B2
A magnetic memory device includes a substrate, a landing pad on the substrate, first and second magnetic tunnel junction patterns disposed on the interlayer insulating layer and spaced apart from the landing pad when viewed from a plan view, and an interconnection structure electrically connecting a top surface of the second magnetic tunnel junction pattern to the landing pad. A distance between the landing pad and the first magnetic tunnel junction pattern is greater than a distance between the first and second magnetic tunnel junction patterns, and a distance between the landing pad and the second magnetic tunnel junction pattern is greater than the distance between the first and second magnetic tunnel junction patterns, when viewed from a plan view.
US10269396B2
Examples may include techniques to mitigate bias drift for memory cells of a memory device. A first memory cell coupled with a first word-line and a bit-line is selected for a write operation. A second memory cell coupled with a second word-line and the bit-line is de-selected for the write operation. First and second bias voltages are applied to the first word-line and the bit-line during the write operation to program the first memory cell. A third bias voltage is applied to the second word-line during the write operation to reduce or mitigate voltage bias to the second memory cell due to the second bias voltage applied to the bit-line to program the first memory cell.
US10269392B2
A method of playing media on a device includes initiating the playing of audio/video (“A/V”) media on the device, and then identifying the A/V media. The method further includes selecting a pre-defined haptic track that corresponds to the identified A/V media, and playing the selected pre-defined haptic track in synchrony with the playing of the A/V, where the playing of the selected pre-defined haptic track generates haptic effects on the device.
US10269386B2
A tape head writer yoke pole tip and a substrate ground plane are electrically coupled by an electrically conductive wear layer disposed over the pole tip and the ground plane at the tape bearing surface. A magnetic tape is transported across the tape head and wears away the wear layer. It is identified when a circuit that includes the pole tip, the wear layer, and the ground plane becomes open, and the amount of tape travel until the open circuit occurred is transmitted to a host computer for determination of a tape abrasivity measure as a function of the amount of tape travel. The write element can be used for write operations while the wear layer is present, and after the wear layer has been worn away.
US10269384B2
An incident recorder records original and supplemental incident information using a simplified user interface.
US10269380B1
A disk drive including multiple magnetic recording disks and at least one read/write head, wherein the disk drive includes a rotatable center block having a vertical axis and a mounting member, a first motor attached to the center block for rotating the center block about the vertical axis, a vertical threaded rod positioned in the mounting member, a second motor moveable along the vertical threaded rod, at least one head suspension arm extending outwardly from the second motor, and at least one read/write head mounted to a distal end of one of the arms. The disk drive further includes multiple disks in a stack, wherein at least one of the arms is vertically moveable along the vertical threaded rod by the second motor to position the at least one read/write head in a position to access data on one of the disk surfaces of the plurality of disks.
US10269370B2
A sound processing circuit comprises a first input for receiving a first input signal, and a second input for receiving a second input signal. A first adaptive filter receives the first input signal, and an error calculation block calculates an error between the second input signal and the output of the first adaptive filter, and outputting an error signal. A second adaptive filter receives the error signal, and an output calculation block subtracts an output of the second adaptive filter from the first input signal to generate an output signal. The adaptation of first and second adaptive filters is controlled based on a magnitude coherence between the first and second input signals.
US10269369B2
System of noise reduction for mobile devices includes blind source separator (BSS) and noise suppressor. BSS receives signals from at least two audio pickup channels. BSS includes sound source separator, voice source detector, equalizer, and auto-disabler. Sound source separator generates signals representing first sound source and second sound source based on signals from the first and the second channels. Voice source detector determines whether the signals representing the first and second sound sources are voice signal or noise signal, respectively. Equalizer scales noise signal to match a level of the voice signal, and generates scaled noise signal. Auto-disabler determines whether to disable BSS. Auto-disabler outputs signals from the at least two audio pickup channels when the BSS is disabled and outputs the voice signal and the scaled noise signal when the BSS is not disabled. Noise suppressor generates clean signal based on outputs from auto-disabler. Other embodiments are also described.
US10269365B2
An audio decoder provides a decoded audio information on the basis of an encoded audio information including linear prediction coefficients (LPC) and includes a tilt adjuster to adjust a tilt of a noise using linear prediction coefficients of a current frame to acquire a tilt information and a noise inserter configured to add the noise to the current frame in dependence on the tilt information. Another audio decoder includes a noise level estimator to estimate a noise level for a current frame using a linear prediction coefficient of at least one previous frame to acquire a noise level information; and a noise inserter to add a noise to the current frame in dependence on the noise level information provided by the noise level estimator. Thus, side information about a background noise in the bit-stream may be omitted. Methods and computer programs serve a similar purpose.
US10269363B2
A normalization value calculator 12 calculates a normalization value that is representative of a predetermined number of input samples. A normalization value quantizer 13 quantizes the normalization value to obtain a quantized normalization value and a normalization-value quantization index corresponding to the quantized normalization value. An quantization-candidate calculator 14 subtracts a value corresponding to the quantized normalization value from a value corresponding to the magnitude of each of the samples to obtain a difference value and, when the difference value is positive and the value of each of the samples is positive, sets the difference value as an quantization candidate corresponding to the sample. When the difference value is positive and the value of each of the samples is negative, the quantization-candidate calculator 14 reverses the sign of the difference value and setting the sign-reversed value as an quantization candidate corresponding to the sample. When the difference value is not positive, the quantization-candidate calculator 14 sets 0 as an quantization candidate corresponding to the sample. A vector quantizer 15 jointly vector-quantizes a plurality of quantization candidates corresponding to a plurality of samples to obtain a vector quantization index.
US10269361B2
An encoding device according to the disclosure includes a first encoding unit that generates a first encoded signal in which a low-band signal having a frequency lower than or equal to a predetermined frequency from a voice or audio input signal is encoded, and a low-band decoded signal; a second encoding unit that encodes, on the basis of the low-band decoded signal, a high-band signal having a band higher than that of the low-band signal to generate a high-band encoded signal; and a first multiplexing unit that multiplexes the first encoded signal and the high-band encoded signal to generate and output an encoded signal. The second encoding unit calculates an energy ratio between a high-band noise component, which is a noise component of the high-band signal, and a high-band non-tonal component of a high-band decoded signal generated from the low-band decoded signal and outputs the ratio as the high-band encoded signal.
US10269353B2
The disclosure generally relates to transcription of spoken words, and more particularly to a system and method for transcription of spoken words using multilingual mismatched words. The process comprises collection of multi-scripted noisy transcriptions of the spoken word obtained from workers of the multilingual mismatched crowd unfamiliar with the spoken language. The collected words are mapped to a phoneme sequence in the source language using script specific graphemes to phoneme model. Further, it builds a multi-scripted transcription script specific, worker specific and a global insertion-deletion-substitution (IDS) channel. Furthermore, the disclosure also determines reputation of workers to allocate the transcription task. Determination of reputation is based on word belief. The word belief is determined by taking ratio of likelihood probability of mapped phoneme sequence of transcriptions given the current estimate of word to the sum of likelihood probabilities of mapped phoneme sequences of the transcriptions given the phoneme sequence of each dictionary word.
US10269352B2
A system and method for detecting phonetically similar imposter phrases may include using automatic speech recognition (ASR) to search for a first phrase in a set of objects; producing a list of references by searching for the first phrase in the set of objects using phonetic search; using output produced by the ASR to determine whether or not a reference in the list points to a phrase that is the same as the first phrase; and if it is determined that the reference points to a second phrase that is different from the first phrase then marking the second phrase as a potential cause for a phrase search false positive.
US10269342B2
A speech recognition system used in a workflow receives and analyzes speech input to recognize and accept a user's response to a task. Under certain conditions, a user's response might be expected. In these situations, the expected response may modify the behavior of the speech recognition system to improve recognition accuracy. For example, if the hypothesis of a user's response matches the expected response then there is a high probability that the user's response was recognized correctly. An expected response may include expected words and wildcard words. Wildcard words represent any recognized word in a user's response. By including wildcard words in the expected response, the speech recognition system may make modifications based on a wide range of user responses.
US10269340B2
An ultrasound beamformer may include an array of ultrasound transducer elements. Multiple signal transmitters may each generate an ultrasound signal that is different from the ultrasound signal generated by each of the others. The number of ultrasound transmitters may be no more than half the number of ultrasound transducer elements. Each multiplexer may have multiple signal inputs, each connected to a different one of the ultrasound signals; an output that drives the ultrasound transducer element; and a control input that controls which of the ultrasound signals at the signal inputs to the multiplexer is delivered to the output of the multiplexer based on a control signal. The controller may generate the control signals with a collective configuration that causes the array of ultrasound transducer elements to steer an/or focus a beam of ultrasound energy in one or more different ways at one or more different times.
US10269336B2
An arrangement comprising an ultrasonic transducer and a damping element with a longitudinal axis, which damping element connects the ultrasonic transducer with a housing- or measuring tube wall. The transducer has an end piece with a medium-contacting surface, from which ultrasonic signals are transferred into a gaseous or liquid medium. The damping element has at least two annular grooves and an annular mass segment arranged therebetween, characterized in that the damping element has a first eigenfrequency, in which the annular mass segment executes an axial movement parallel to the longitudinal direction of the damping element. This first eigenfrequency is the highest eigenfrequency, in the case that a plurality of eigenfrequencies are present, in the case of which the annular mass segment executes an axial movement parallel to the longitudinal direction of the damping element, and the damping element has a second eigenfrequency, in which the annular mass segment executes a rotary movement. This second eigenfrequency is the lowest eigenfrequency, in the case that a plurality of eigenfrequencies are present, in the case of which the annular mass segment executes a rotary movement, will and wherein the ratio of the first eigenfrequency to the second eigenfrequency is less than 0.75; and a field device of process measurements technology.
US10269323B2
System and method for displaying digital content on a display device, including a display screen, a structural assembly, secured to the rear face of the display screen, and a processing controller within the structural assembly, including a memory, display processor, and power distribution and adaptation module. An external power assembly configured to connect to an external power supply, a connector cord configured to connect the power assembly and the power distribution and adaptation module, and a case for the display device, configured to couple to the display screen to provide structural rigidity during shipping, are also presented. An application is provided, configured to run on a computer with memory, processor, and user input device, and configured to communicate via the internet with the processing controller of the display device and a service cloud including a server, memory, and processor, to control the display of digital content on the display screen.
US10269319B2
A display device and a driving method thereof are provided. The driving method includes supplying a first voltage Vp1 to a sub-pixel of the display device through data lines in a first stage of a control period for displaying an image. A time for displaying the image includes a plurality of control periods, and the control period includes the first stage and at least a second stage following the first stage. The driving method also includes supplying a second voltage Vp2 to the sub-pixel through the data lines in the second stage. A gate scanning frequency of the first stage is F1 and a gate scanning frequency of the second stage is F2. When the first stage ends, the sub-pixel has a pixel voltage Vp3, F1
US10269300B2
An organic light-emitting display panel, driving method thereof, and an organic light-emitting display device are provided. The organic light-emitting display panel comprises a plurality of pixel driving circuits including a first, a second and a third pixel driving circuits along a row direction. The first and the second pixel driving circuits share a same reference voltage signal line. The second and the third pixel driving circuits share a same data voltage signal line. A plurality of reference voltage signal lines is connected to the plurality of pixel driving circuits. A plurality of data voltage signal lines is connected to the plurality of pixel driving circuits. A first control signal line is connected to the first and third pixel driving circuits. A second control signal line is connected to the second pixel driving circuit. A light-emitting control signal line is connected to the first, second, and third pixel driving circuits.
US10269299B2
A display driving method and device, and a display device are provided. The method comprises: obtaining a data voltage to be output to each of successive k rows of pixel circuits by a source driving integrated circuit, where k is an integer and not less than 1; determining a maximum voltage of the data voltage to be output to each of the successive k rows of pixel circuits; determining a magnitude of a power supply voltage required for the source driving integrated circuit to output the data voltages to the successive k rows of pixel circuits in accordance with the maximum voltage; and supplying the required power supply voltage to the source driving integrated circuit in accordance with the determined magnitude of the required power supply voltage when the source driving integrated circuit outputs the data voltages to the successive k rows of pixel circuits. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, when a power supply voltage required for an actual operation of the source driving integrated circuit is relatively small, the power supply voltage supplied to the source driving integrated circuit is also relatively small, such that power consumption of the source driving integrated circuit can be reduced.
US10269296B2
An active-matrix display device employs current-programmed-type pixel circuits and performs the writing data to each of pixels on a line-by-line basis. The active-matrix display device having a matrix of current-programmed-type pixel circuits includes a data line driving circuit 15 formed of m current driving circuits (CD) 15-1 to 15-m arranged corresponding to respective data lines 13-1 to 13-m. The data line driving circuit (CD) 15-1 to 15-m holds image data (luminance data herein) in the form of voltage, and then converts the voltage of the image data into a current signal. The current signal is then fed to the data lines 13-1 to 13-m at a time. The image information is thus written on the pixel circuits 11.
US10269291B2
An apparatus is described that includes an LED driver circuit having a series of frequency dividers to divide a clock signal's frequency to produce a frequency divided clock signal. The series of frequency dividers are coupled to a frequency multiplier circuit. The frequency multiplier circuit is to multiply the frequency divided clock signal's frequency by an amount proportional to a desired LED intensity.
US10269286B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide gamma correction method and device for a display module. The gamma correction method includes: determining, for each sub-pixel of a display module to be corrected, the highest data voltage and the lowest data voltage after gamma correction of the highest gray scale and the lowest gray scale of the display module; determining at least one set of alternative gamma register values that are capable of performing gamma correction of the display module; determining at least one set of gamma register values to be corrected for respective gray scales before the gamma correction of the display module; and performing gamma correction of the display module by adjusting the gamma register value corresponding to the gray scale to be corrected which needs to perform gamma correction.
US10269281B2
A voltage control circuit and method, a gate driving circuit and a display device are provided. The voltage control circuit includes a gate-source voltage control unit (21), which is connected to the gate electrode of an output transistor (MO) and a pull-up node (PU) and configured to control the gate-source voltage of the output transistor (MO) to be less than a predetermined gate-source voltage by controlling the potential at the gate electrode of the output transistor (MO) when the potential at the pull-up node (PU) is at a low level in the output-off holding period of every display cycle. The predetermined gate-source voltage is less than or equal to 0. All the transistors included by the gate-source voltage control unit (21) are N-type transistors. In every display cycle, the output-off holding period is set to follow an output period. The voltage control circuit can solve the problem of abnormal display at high temperatures caused by a relatively higher reverse turning-off gate-source voltage and at the same time improves the process compatibility.
US10269279B2
A display system includes one or more multi-view (MV) pixels, each configured to emit beamlets in different directions in a beamlet coordinate system. The display system includes an input node which receives a specification of multiple viewing zones located relative to the MV pixels in a viewing zone coordinate system, and a processor coupled to the input node. The processor associates multiple contents with the multiple viewing zones, respectively, and determines a mapping that translates between the viewing zone coordinate system and the beamlet coordinate system. For each of multiple images generated from the multiple contents, the processor, using the mapping, identifies a bundle of beamlets from each of the MV pixels directed to one viewing zone to form the image. The processor outputs control signaling that defines color and brightness of each of the beamlets in each bundle to project the corresponding image to the corresponding viewing zone. The MV pixels, in response to the control signaling, project the multiple images to the multiple viewing zones, respectively.
US10269276B2
Provided are a timing controller and a display device including the same. The timing controller in one embodiment includes a bit selecting unit, an error calculating unit, and a dithering unit. The bit selecting unit is configured to fix an m bit data value of n+m bit input image data for a plurality of subpixels as a fixed data value, where n and m are integers. The error calculating unit is configured to calculate an error between the fixed data value fixed by the bit selecting unit and the m bit data value of the input image data before fixed by the bit selecting unit. The dithering unit is configured to generate n bit output image data dithered to correct the error.
US10269273B1
A mobile truck body has a first panel extending forward from the front of a right side truck body panel and a second panel extending rearward from the rear of the right side truck body panel. The first and second panels extend the display area of the right side truck body panel. An upper panel and/or a lower panel are also provided at the right side truck body panel to provide access to an interior space of the truck body for showcasing products or services, and a lower platform is provided to facilitate customer ingress and egress into and out of the showcase.
US10269262B2
The present invention is directed to systems and related methods of teaching pre-keyboarding and keyboarding on a QWERTY-style keyboard wherein a color-coded row-based metaphorical and visual cuing system is used in a curriculum to make foundational keyboarding skills easy-to-teach and easy-to-learn, including: unilateral hand/finger skills, Home Row hand/finger positions, relational position of symbol location, and the essential keystroke spectrum of Home Row positioning-based finger movements of the left and right hand. The invention provides a dynamic virtual keyboard with colored rows which hexfurcates the QWERTY layout into left- and right-handed row sections, independently toggling the visibility of each in a developmental order to teach keyboarding skills in incremental steps rather than all at once. The invention further provides a dynamic cursor that uses visual indicators that mirror the visual cuing system to reinforce instruction with the dynamic virtual keyboard and aid keyboarding accuracy.
US10269249B2
[Problem] To provide a vehicle notification device that allows others to easily recognize the vehicle.[Solution] A vehicle notification device comprises a base portion, an attaching portion that is provided on the base portion and that can be attached to or detached from a rotating body of a vehicle that is configured to be run by a manual drive force, a wireless transmitter configured to transmit a wireless signal that notifies the presence of itself to an external device that is external to the vehicle, and a power generator that generates electric power supplied to the wireless transmitter.
US10269237B2
Upon receiving a command signal transmitted from a remote controller (100), based on contents of the received command signal, a setter of an electrical apparatus sets a time interval for prohibition of operation from an operation terminal. During the time interval set by the setter, an operation controller of the electrical apparatus does not control based on the received command signal, even if a command signal transmitted from the operation terminal is received via a HEMS controller.
US10269235B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for operating a Building Automation System (BAS) that communicates with end devices via a master-slave token passing network (MSTP), e.g., BACNet, a local operating network (LON), or any other suitable communications protocol to receive alarm messages. The BAC enables a user to rapidly and effectively respond to an alarm by providing an alarm assistance message that provides the user with detailed remediation procedures concerning the current alarm. The nature and content of the alarm assistance message and/or the attachments is determined based upon on a combination of alarm and system parameters, and may be tailored by an administrator to meet local requirements. The alarm assistance message may include one or more remedial or diagnostic attachments, such as a troubleshooting guide, user manual, a video, graphics, or a firmware update, and may include links to external media or cloud-hosted documents.
US10269232B2
An article of safety clothing that comprises sensors and an electronic module coupled to the sensors to detect at least one of ambient electric fields or electro-magnetic fields above a predefined threshold, whereby a wearer of the vest may be alerted to electrical hazards.
US10269222B2
A system includes a wearable device, a second device remote from and in communication with the wearable device, a processor configured to generate a control signal representative of an event occurring in an environment related to the wearable device and/or the second device, and a haptic output device configured to provide haptic feedback based on the generated control signal.
US10269220B2
A gaming server device may conduct a networked bingo game with client devices, each client device associated with a respective bingo ticket. Conducting the game may involve: (i) randomly selecting symbols from the symbol set, (ii) marking the selected symbols on any bingo tickets that contain the selected symbols, and (iii) repeating the random selecting and marking until one or more of the bingo tickets are marked with a winning pattern. The gaming server device may transmit an offer to a particular client device associated with a particular bingo ticket that is not marked with the winning pattern. The offer may be for the gaming server device to randomly select a further symbol from the symbol set at a cost to the particular client device, where the cost is based on an expected gain that acceptance of the offer provides to the particular client device.
US10269219B2
A bingo game system provides for new features and functionality for a bingo game platform, including a bingo game server configured to provide a temporary daub function for one or more bingo games.
US10269198B2
A suspicious person report system includes: a biometric sensor detecting biometric data of a person in a first region; a presuming unit calculating, from the biometric data, a stress index and presuming that the person is a suspicious person when the calculated stress index is higher than a reference value; a first camera acquiring first image data of the person in the first region; a second camera acquiring second image data of the person in a second region, the second region being a route after the first region before a third region; a monitoring unit checking the second image data with the first image data corresponding to the suspicious person to thereby track the suspicious person in the second region and determine whether the suspicious person enters the third region; and a warning unit emitting a warning when the monitoring unit determines that the suspicious person enters the third region.
US10269196B1
Techniques are described for controlling access based on pattern repetition. A rhythmic pattern may be communicated to a portable computing device of an individual, and played on the device using haptic and/or audio output. In response to the played pattern, the individual may attempt to repeat the pattern by tapping on a touchpad or other haptic input on a computing device. The entered pattern may be compared to the original pattern and, if the patterns correspond, the individual may be provided with requested access to a secure area and/or secure data. In some implementations, the pattern repetition technique may be employed to unlock a secure device based on a rhythmic pattern received at a different device such as an epidermal patch or other wearable computer.
US10269194B2
It is possible to achieve monitoring of a processor element while suppressing the cost. A multiprocessor system 1 includes a bus mechanism including a storage unit 6 configured to store bus access information when a first processor element 2 has executed a process to be monitored, a requesting unit 7 configured to request a second processor element 3 to execute a monitoring process after the first processor element 2 has completed the execution of the process to be monitored, and a comparing unit 8 configured to compare bus access information regarding access of the first processor element 2 stored in the storage unit 6 with bus access information input from the second processor element 3 when the second processor element 3 has executed the monitoring process. The second processor element 3 executes the monitoring process in an idle time.
US10269187B2
An example computer-implemented method of assessing damage to a structure includes receiving information of damage to the structure, and identifying a damage type for the damage. Following, the damage type and the information is compared with a first reference having allowable damage limits of the structure for that damage type, a second reference having damage repair information and associated damage repair processes, and a database having historical repair information for the damage type. Based on the damage type and the information indicating that the damage is outside the allowable damage limits described in the first reference and also does not have any associated damage repair process described in the second reference and the database does not include historical repair information for the damage type, expanded repair information is provided for a repair solution based on a material type and loading of the structure.
US10269184B2
A wide angle image to be displayed on a screen fixed on the head or the face of a user is processed. When a display view angle reaches a boundary of an original wide angle image 701, an indicator 703 indicating reaching the boundary is added to a free viewpoint image 702. The indicator 703 is apart of the free viewpoint image 702 which is in contact with a boundary 704 of the wide angle image 701 or protrudes from the boundary 704 and is displayed as a black-painted frame. By observing such the indicator 703, the user can intuitively understand that the display area reaches the limit of the wide angle image.
US10269179B2
Computationally implemented methods and systems include registering one or more first augmentations that were shown to a user through a first augmented view of a first actual scene, the one or more first augmentations having been shown at least at end of a segment of time, detecting, following the showing of the one or more first augmentations up to the end of the segment of time, one or more user behaviors of the user that when detected as occurring infers user's interest in seeing the one or more first augmentations; and displaying, in response at least in part to said detecting, one or more second augmentations through a second augmented view of the first actual scene or of a second actual scene, the one or more second augmentations to be displayed being based, at least in part, on the registering of the one or more first augmentations. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.
US10269177B2
A camera captures an image of a user wearing a head mounted device (HMD) that occludes a portion of the user's face. A three-dimensional (3-D) pose that indicates an orientation and a location of the user's face in a camera coordinate system is determined. A representation of the occluded portion of the user's face is determined based on a 3-D model of the user's face. The representation replaces a portion of the HMD in the image based on the 3-D pose of the user's face in the camera coordinate system. In some cases, the 3-D model of the user's face is selected from 3-D models of the user's face stored in a database that is indexed by eye gaze direction. Mixed reality images can be generated by combining virtual reality images, unoccluded portions of the user's face, and representations of an occluded portion of the user's face.
US10269175B2
A three dimensional (3D) content generating apparatus includes an inputter configured to receive a plurality of images of an object captured from different locations; a detector configured to identify the object and detect a predetermined feature point of the object from each of the plurality of images; a map former configured to extract 3D location information of the detected feature point, and configured to form at least one depth map with respect to a surface of the object based on the extracted 3D location information of the feature point; and a content generator configured to generate a 3D content of the object using the at least one depth map and the plurality of images.
US10269169B2
In one general aspect, a method is described. The method includes generating a positional relationship between one or more support structures having at least one motion capture mark and at least one virtual structure corresponding to geometry of an object to be tracked and positioning the support structures on the object to be tracked. The support structures has sufficient rigidity that, if there are multiple marks, the marks on each support structure maintain substantially fixed distances from each other in response to movement by the object. The method also includes determining an effective quantity of ray traces between one or more camera views and one or more marks on the support structures, and estimating an orientation of the virtual structure by aligning the determined effective quantity of ray traces with a known configuration of marks on the support structures.
US10269165B1
A system includes a computing device that includes a memory and a processor configured to execute instructions to perform a method that includes receiving multiple representations of one or more expressions of an object. Each representation includes position information attained from one or more images of the object. The method also includes producing an animation model from one or more groups of controls that respectively define each of the one or more expressions of the object as provided by the multiple representations. Each control of each group of controls has an adjustable value that defines the geometry of at least one shape of a portion of the respective expression of the object. Producing the animation model includes producing one or more corrective shapes if the animation model is incapable of accurately presenting the one or more expressions of the object as provided by the multiple representations.
US10269158B2
Systems and methods for presenting augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR) representations of digital content entitlements owned by a user are provided. An AR or VR environment is generated in which the AR or VR representations are presented to simulate a physical collection of media. The user is allowed to interact with the AR or VR representations, thereby triggering one or more actions, such as presentation of the corresponding digital content, presentation of additional, related content, presentation of an option to engage in a purchase transaction for related content or products, etc.
US10269154B2
A pixel input is divided into blocks. The a number of blocks is determined based on the maximum number of partial spans. Finally, the blocks are rasterized.
US10269151B1
The present disclosure relates to a rendering system that that accurately and efficiently renders regions bounded by cubic Bezier splines. For example, in some embodiments, the rendering system generates control triangles, interior triangles, and anti-aliasing triangles from cubic Bezier spline segments of a vector-based convex object. Based on the generated triangles, the rendering system renders anti-aliased cubic Bezier splines as well as the geometry within the cubic Bezier splines. In one or more embodiments, the rendering system efficiently allocates computations between a central processing unit (CPU) and graphics processing unit (GPU) of a computing device in a manner that significantly reduces computational and memory resources.
US10269143B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described herein for rendering and blending variable opacity ink strokes on a touchscreen device. In one aspect, blending variable opacity ink strokes may include receiving a touch input including a stroke associated with variable opacity, and converting the stroke to a plurality of segments, including arc segments, line segments, or a combination thereof. Next, a plurality of stamps corresponding to the plurality segments may be generated and combined with a static texture and a varying texture. The plurality of stamps may be rendered on the touchscreen of the device to represent the stroke. In another aspect, the received stroke may at least partially overlap other visual data. In this case, the stamps associated with the stroke may be blended with the other visual data using source-over blending The blended plurality of stamps may be rendered on the touchscreen of the device to represent the stroke.
US10269142B2
The present disclosure is directed towards methods and systems for providing a digital mixed output color of two reference colors defined in an RGB model where the digital mixed output color at least generally reflects a color produced by mixing physical pigments of the two reference colors or a custom user-defined color. The systems and methods receive a selection of two reference colors to mix. Additionally, the systems and methods can determine a mixing ratio of the two reference colors. Moreover, the systems and methods query at least one predefined mixing table and identify from the at least one predefined mixing table a mixed output color correlating to a mixture of the two reference colors.
US10269140B2
The present disclosure relates to a high precision method, model, and apparatus for calibrating the intrinsic camera parameter values of one or more intrinsic parameters of a camera. The intrinsic parameters include focal lengths, skew, optical center, and radial distortion coefficients. The practical implementation of the solution consists of a camera capturing several images of a planar calibration pattern from different viewpoints, and a computer implemented processing pipeline. The solution does not require additional human input and is robust to misdetection of the calibration pattern in some of the images.
US10269138B2
This invention discloses a UAV inspection method for power line based on human visual system. Image preprocessing module preprocesses the power line image of the input system. Power line detection module uses human visual attention mechanism to complete segmentation of the power line in the image. Binocular image registration module uses SURF algorithm to provide exact match of the feature points. The obstacle detection and early warning module uses binocular visual principle to calculate the three-dimensional coordinates of the matching point and the power line. The result output and feedback module calculates the vertical distance from the matching point to the power line according to the information about the space coordinates to complete feedback of the information about the obstacle with a threat to the power line. The method can accurately analyze the obstacle of power line in a quantitative manner, and the analysis result is stable and objective.
US10269134B2
A method of determining a region of interest of a user in a virtual environment. The method includes providing at least one first image associated with the virtual environment on a virtual pattern and mapping an RGB texture including an alpha channel on the virtual pattern, wherein the RGB texture comprises a plurality of color channels. Furthermore, the method includes modifying color values of one or more pixels of a first color channel along a change in viewing direction of the user, and of one or more pixels of a second color channel based on a gaze duration along the change in viewing direction of the user. Moreover, the method includes generating an at least one second image based on the modified alpha value of the one or more pixels of the second color channel for determining the region of interest of the user in the virtual environment.
US10269131B2
According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus is provided with a first arithmetic unit, a second arithmetic unit, a third arithmetic unit, and a search unit. The first arithmetic unit calculates a first cost function. The first cost function represents a relation between a disparity value and a cost in a search range of a second image. The second arithmetic unit calculates a second cost function. The second cost function is a sum of first cost functions regarding a plurality of paths. The third arithmetic unit calculates a representative value of intermediate data. The intermediate data is an addition result of first cost functions regarding a first path group among the plurality of paths.
US10269130B2
Embodiments of the present application disclose methods and apparatus for control of light field capture. A depth range of a first zone, which is at least a part of a scene to be shot, is acquired. An object distance adjustment range from a pixel point of at least one imaging zone to a reference point of a sub-lens is determined according to the acquired depth range. The at least one imaging zone is an imaging zone that affects light field capture of the first zone in an image sensor of a light field camera. The sub-lens corresponds to the at least one imaging zone in a sub-lens array of the light field camera. A bending degree of the at least one imaging zone is adjusted according to the object distance adjustment range. After being adjusted, the image sensor captures the light field emanating from the scene to be shot.
US10269129B2
A color adjustment method and device are provided. The color adjustment method comprises: obtaining frame data from a frame buffer; mapping the frame data from an original color space to a linear original color space via a de-gamma correction process, so as to obtain frame data in the linear original color space; mapping the frame data in the linear original color space to a linear target color space, so as to obtain frame data in the linear target color space; and performing a gamma correction process on the frame data in the linear target color space by using a target gamma coefficient, so as to obtain frame data in a target color space.
US10269125B1
A method for tracking an object by using a CNN including a tracking network is provided. The method includes steps of: a testing device (a) generating a feature map by using a current video frame, and instructing an RPN to generate information on proposal boxes; (b) (i) generating an estimated state vector by using a Kalman filter algorithm, generating an estimated bounding box, and determining a specific proposal box as a seed box, and (ii) instructing an FCN to apply full convolution operations to the feature map, to thereby output a position sensitive score map; (c) generating a current bounding box by referring to a regression delta and a seed box which are generated by instructing a pooling layer to pool a region, corresponding to the seed box, on the position sensitive score map, and adjusting the current bounding box by using the Kalman filter algorithm.
US10269116B2
Methods, apparatus, and system to identify a memory contention with respect to a process, re-write the process to form a transactional process, and execute the transactional process in a speculative execution.
US10269115B2
A method includes obtaining an image of a subject to process via statistical testing. The method further includes obtaining a subject personalized template image, which is personalized to the subject based on a predetermined characteristic of the subject. The method further includes registering the subject personalized template image to the image of the subject. The method further includes performing statistical testing using the subject personalized template image registered to the image of the subject. A computing system (304) includes a memory (320) that stores a statistical testing module (320) and data (324). The computing system further includes a processor (318) that executes the one or more instructions, which causes the processor to: perform voxel-wise statistical testing of a functional image using a subject personalized template image for stereotactical normalization of the voxel-wise statistical testing.
US10269109B2
A label inspection and rejection system and method for positioning a product package having at least two labels provided thereon relative to at least two cameras to facilitate capturing pictures and/or video of the at least two labels on the product package and for rejecting the product package if the product package is mislabeled. First and second carriers move the product package through a product-transit area such that a first label on the product package passes underneath the first camera and a second label on the product package passes overtop the second camera, and, if the product package is mislabeled, the actuator of the rejection mechanism moves the actuator arm moves to contact the product package to remove the product package from the third carrier.
US10269107B2
A field image is formed using a tristimulus color model and used to detect target plants or entities on a field. Through the use of a luminance parameter floor, hue and saturation selection steps, feature recognition, a sizing floor and an aspect ratio ceiling, a very fast way is devised to recognize a target plant without need for consulting plant attribute databases, or to analyze spectral or other specialized data for comparison with known attributes. This allows a low calculational processing load and use of simple hardware such as a single board computer to handle machine vision in real time. Treatment steps can include a spray event, a light treatment, and a thermal/mechanical trauma.
US10269104B2
It is inter alia disclosed a method comprising: projecting a distance value and position associated with each of a plurality of pixels of an array of pixel sensors in an image sensor of a time of flight camera system onto a three dimensional world coordinate space as a plurality of depth sample points; and merging pixels from a two dimensional camera image with the plurality of depth sample points of the three dimensional world coordinate space to produce a fused two dimensional depth mapped image.
US10269098B2
According to embodiments of the invention, systems and methods are provided for computer-implemented removal of haze, fog, cloudiness and/or other undesired noise from digital imagery. The disclosed technology may be carried out automatically or semi-autonomously, with input from a user. Systems and methods generally involve detecting and isolating certain portions, regions, and/or objects found in a digital image. Depending on their detected depth of field and/or other parameters, certain changes are selectively implemented to reduce the appearance of the detected haze, fog, cloudiness and/or other undesired noise. User input may be employed to further improve certain characteristics of the digital image.
US10269097B2
A microscope (10) for generating a combined image (34; 54; 64) from multiple individual images (28a to 28d; 52a to 52d; 62a to 62d) of an object (30; 50; 60) encompasses at least one illumination device (22) for illuminating the object (30; 50; 60) from at least two different illumination directions (24a, 24b); an image acquisition unit (26) for acquiring multiple individual images (28a to 28d; 52a to 52d; 62a to 62d) of the object (30; 50; 60) illuminated from the at least two different illumination directions (24a, 24b); and an image combination unit (32) for combining the individual images (28a to 28d; 52a to 52d; 62a to 62d) in order to obtain the combined image (34; 54; 64). The image combination unit (32) is embodied to combine the individual images (28a to 28d; 52a to 52d; 62a to 62d) so that an information loss connected with an image artifact of one of the individual images (28a to 28d; 52a to 52d; 62a to 62d) is compensated for utilizing an image datum of at least one other of the individual images (28a to 28d; 52a to 52d; 62a to 62d) in the combined image (34; 54; 64).
US10269091B1
Techniques are disclosed relating to storage techniques for storing primitive information with vertex re-use. In some embodiments, graphics circuitry aggregates primitive information (including vertex data) for multiple primitives into a primitive block data structure. This may include storing only a single instance of a vertex for multiple primitives that share the vertex. The graphics circuitry may switch between primitive blocks, with one being active and the others non-active. For non-active primitive blocks, the graphics circuitry may track whether vertex identifiers have been used for a new vertex, which may prevent vertex re-use. If an identifier is not used for a new vertex, however, a vertex may be re-used across deactivation and reactivation of a primitive block.
US10269090B2
One embodiment of the present invention includes techniques for processing a multi-resolution hierarchy, where an application configures a ROP unit to render all the levels included in the multi-resolution hierarchy to a single composite render target. The ROP unit renders memory pages to the composite render target in pitch order. In contrast, the texture unit accesses the composite render target with memory pages in pitch order for each level of the hierarchy. The application configures the MMU to ensure that the composite render target is correctly interpreted by the texture unit. Notably, the MMU translates ROP unit virtual addresses and texture unit virtual addresses using different mapping strategies to the same physical address space. One advantage of the disclosed embodiments is that rendering to the multi-resolution hierarchy does not require the CPU to execute the state parameter changes that are associated with rendering the different hierarchical levels using prior-art techniques.
US10269087B2
A method is provided for providing consistent logical code across specific programming languages. The method incorporates preprocessor macros in a source computer program code to generate a program control flow. The preprocessor macros can be used to describe program control flow in the source programming language for execution in the source computer program code. The preprocessor macros can also be used to generate control flow objects representing the control flow, which converts the source computer program code into a general language representation. The general language representation when executed is used to output computer programming code in specific programming languages representing the same logical code as that of the source computer program code.
US10269086B2
A thin high strength steel sheet having excellent formability has a composition which includes, by mass %, 0.08 to 0.15% of C, 0.5 to 1.5% of Si, 0.5 to 1.5% of Mn, 0.01 to 0.1% of Al, and 0.005% or less of N.
US10269077B2
A system and method to detect changes in transaction parameters for the identification of a store of the merchant in a payment processing network. The system is configured to monitor input data, such as acquirer's merchant master file (AMMF), transaction records, to detect transaction parameters of a processing entity that partially match with the transaction parameters associated with an external, persistent identifier of the merchant and/or the store of the merchant, determine a change or difference introduced in the detect transaction parameters, and update the set of transaction parameters associated with the persistent identifier of the store of the merchant that can be used to identify the set of transaction parameters of the store in a communication external to the communication system of the payment processing network.
US10269075B2
A system for determining a subjective risk score may include a vehicle and/or a computing device associated with a user travelling within the vehicle. The computing device may receive input from the user when the user feels a sense of unease regarding a particular road segment upon which the vehicle is traveling. The system may further include a subjective risk analysis computing system that may be communicatively coupled to the computing device. The subjective risk analysis computing system may receive subjective risk information corresponding to the user's sense of unease regarding particular road segments and may process the subjective risk information to determine a subjective risk score for each of a plurality of road segments along a route. An insurance company may use this information to determine whether to adjust a quote or premium of an insurance policy.
US10269071B1
Methods and systems for performing risk checks on electronic orders for securities. According to one embodiment, the method comprises performing risk checks on an electronic order for a security, the electronic order being issued from a client computer to an exchange computer via a network, wherein a risk check engine is logically interposed between the client computer and the exchange computer on the network. According to the illustrative method, at the risk check engine, the electronic order is received and parsed into one or more fields and data within the fields is identified at a network layer. The risk check engine performs one or more risk checks on the data using a processing element at the network layer. If the risk checks are passed, the risk check engine permits the electronic order to be transmitted to the exchange computer. If one or more of the risk checks are violated, the risk check engine rejects the order.
US10269067B2
Auctioning mechanisms adapted to improve the integrity of dark order block trading is provided.
US10269066B2
A system that automatically manages a collateral risk and a business performance of an entity is provided. The system generates a customizable database to store critical accounting and ancillary business information. The system automatically updates the customized database at predefined time periods based on new accounting and ancillary business information. The system automatically enables the customized database for scalable assessment of a collateral risk and a business performance of an entity. The system determines the collateral risk and business performance of an entity and provides the collateral risk, and business performance of the entity and an analytical summary of the accounting and the ancillary business information to a machine learning model. The system recommends actions to be performed to reduce the collateral risk and to improve the business performance based on the accounting and ancillary business information. The system enables a user to perform the actions to reduce the collateral risk and to improve the business performance of the entity.
US10269052B2
Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, methods, software, and data flows for customized order processing. One example embodiment includes receiving data representative of an ordered item and retrieving data representative of components of the ordered item based on the received data representative of the ordered item. This embodiment further includes assembling at least one aggregate dataset of the retrieved data representative of the components, at least one aggregate dataset being a dataset providing a representation of the ordered item when rendered. Each of the at least one aggregate datasets may then be rendered. The rendering may include rendering a label or a wrapper for the ordered item. The rendering may also or alternatively include publishing the rendered data to one or both of a customer loyalty and social media account.
US10269050B1
A method includes receiving, from a computing device of a customer, a request that specifies allocation of an insurance premium to a plurality of locations of the customer. The method includes generating, in response to the request and by an invoice distribution server, one or more rules to implement the request. The method also includes receiving, by the invoice distribution system, an amount of the insurance premium. The method also includes executing the one or more rules to allocate the insurance premium to the plurality of locations of the customer in accordance with the request. The method further includes generating a plurality of invoices indicative of the allocation of the insurance premium.
US10269042B2
A method for outputting information about a person includes identifying the person utilizing a wireless system upon entry into a physical location, and also includes locating the person within the physical structure. An engagement plan is retrieved based on the identification of the person and output. The engagement plan has information useful for interacting with the person. The engagement plan is created based at least in part on personal information of the person, the preferences of the person, and the past transactions of the person. A system for outputting information about a person, such as a customer, includes an object carried by the person, which is capable of being identified by a wireless system. A wireless interface communicates with the object. A computing device correlates the identification of the object with the person. An output device outputs information relating to the person.
US10269041B1
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods, apparatuses, systems and computer program products that are configured to select an image associated with a promotion for presentation to a consumer. In an embodiment of the method includes associating a promotion with at least one set of images of a plurality of images, receiving at least one user selection indication, updating a user record based on the at least one user selection indication, selecting, using a processor, at least one image from the at least one set of images for presentation in association with the promotion based at least in part on the user record, and causing a transmission of the selected at least one image in association with the promotion.
US10269038B2
A system for tracking and analyzing consumption of consumer goods is disclosed. A transparent electronic display displays advertising content and a sensor tracks whether any of the consumer goods have been selected. A CPU in electrical communication with the sensor and the transparent electronic display stores consumption data regarding the content displayed on the transparent electronic display when the sensor detects that any of the consumer goods have been selected.
US10269029B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for application monetization based on application fingerprinting and lifestyle fingerprinting. Application fingerprints are determined for multiple applications. A respective application fingerprint is generated based at least in part on a static analysis, a dynamic analysis, and a behavioral analysis, and is indicative of one or more features of an application. Lifestyle fingerprints are determined for multiple users. A respective lifestyle fingerprint is indicative of one or more preferences of a user. An action is implemented to market a selected application based at least in part on a correlation between the lifestyle fingerprints and a set of application fingerprints that are determined to be similar to the application fingerprint of the selected application.
US10269028B2
The present invention provides a system and method for optimizing a message. Components of a starting message are identified, and at least one rule is applied for modifying at least one message component to create at least one variation of the starting message. Message variants are tested by sending each variant to a sample of people and measuring a response rate for each sent message variant. The measured response rates are used to create an optimal version of the message. In one embodiment, message variants may be created and tested in multiple rounds.
US10269027B2
A method and system are configured to assess a fee for communication facilitation. An electronic publication system includes a publication module configured to generate a user interface. The user interface includes search result information associated with a first entity and communication initiation information associated with the first entity. The communication initiation information includes identification information configured to identify a contact module of the first entity. The communication initiation information may be selectable to facilitate communication with the first entity. The publication system also includes a receiving module configured to receive a lead data record from a communication system for communication between the first entity and a second entity via the contact module. The publication system also includes a fee assessment module configured to receive the lead data record and to assess a fee to the first entity.
US10269024B2
Embodiments of the invention can provide systems and methods for identifying and measuring trends in consumer content demand within a vertical network of websites and related content. In one embodiment, a method can include receiving content from webpages in at least one vertical; receiving data associated with a plurality of selected keywords associated with the at least one vertical, wherein one or more associations between at least a portion of the plurality of selected keywords can be generated; receiving session data associated with a plurality of consumers accessing content in webpages in the at least one vertical; determining third party data associated with the plurality of consumers accessing at least a portion of webpages comprising at least one of the selected keywords; and aggregating, based at least in part on the third party data, session data associated with visits to the webpages comprising at least one of the selected keywords.
US10269011B2
Configuring a plurality of security isolated wallet containers on a single mobile device includes configuring at least one mobile transaction platform-specific application programming interface for facilitating access to secure mobile transaction platform resources by a wallet container executing on a mobile device; disposing a plurality of distinct wallet containers in a memory of the mobile device, wherein each wallet container interfaces with secure mobile transaction platform resources via the at least one application programming interface; disposing at least one service provider-specific wallet in each of the plurality of distinct wallet containers; and enforcing service-provider specific wallet security by a distinct wallet container accessing a portion of the secure mobile transaction platform resources via the at least one application programming interface.
US10269005B2
According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device may include a housing, a conductive pattern that is arranged within the housing and is formed to generate a magnetic field, a plate that forms at least a part of a first surface of the housing and includes a material that at least partially transmits the magnetic field generated by the conductive pattern, and a communication circuit that is configured to transmit at least one transaction information to an external device by using the conductive pattern. The conductive pattern may include a first end that is electrically connected to the communication circuit, a second end that is electrically connected to the communication circuit, and a coil that is connected between the first end and the second end and includes a plurality of turns that are substantially parallel to a surface of the plate.
US10268999B2
In some examples, a merchant device at a point of sale (POS) location may present information to a merchant in a first language preferred by the merchant, and may present information to a buyer in a second language preferred by the buyer. The merchant device may switch between the different languages in response to detecting a change in the physical orientation of a display. For instance, in a first orientation in which the display is viewable from a merchant direction, the merchant device may present information in the language preferred by the merchant. When the orientation of the display is changed to a second orientation in which the display is viewable from a buyer direction, the merchant device may present information in the language indicated to be preferred by the buyer. Various techniques may be used for determining the preferred language of a particular buyer.
US10268996B1
A method for payment management includes identifying an invoice for a target financial transaction between a customer and a target vendor, and obtaining financial transaction records for completed financial transactions between the customer and vendors. The vendors include comparable vendors and the target vendor. The method further includes generating, using the financial transaction records, a payment prediction for the customer to pay the target vendor, analyzing a subset of the financial transaction records for the comparable vendors to generate a recommendation, and presenting, in a graphical user interface, the payment prediction and the recommendation.
US10268991B1
Examples of systems and methods are described for managing payment transaction requests. A request for payment may be received and then routed to one or more payment processors. For a given request, more than one payment processor may be used. The particular payment processor selected for processing the payment may be based on a decision rule that is associated with the more than one payment processor. A decision engine may utilize the decision rule, select a payment processor, and process the payment with the selected payment processor.
US10268974B2
A system and/or a method based on a scalable requirement, compliance and resource management methodology for designing a product/service, optimizing relevant processes and enhancing real time and/or near real time collaboration between many users is disclosed. Utilizing, a learning (self-learning) computer, a requirement, compliance and resource management methodology is further integrated with (a) a machine learning/fuzzy/neuro-fuzzy logic algorithm and/or (b) statistical algorithm and/or (c) weighting logic algorithm and/or (d) game theory algorithm and/or (e) a blockchain and enhanced with a graphical user interface/chatbot interface.
US10268971B2
A display method of a manufacturing status to visualize a manufacturing status of products each manufactured through processing performed by a plurality of apparatuses included in a manufacturing line includes identifying, for each product to be manufactured in a certain manufacturing unit, a starting time or an ending time or both of the processing performed on the product by a first apparatus and a starting time or an ending time or both of the processing performed on the product by a second apparatus based on log information of the first apparatus and log information of the second apparatus, the first and the second apparatuses being included in the manufacturing line, the second apparatus performing the processing after the processing performed by the first apparatus, using a processor.
US10268967B2
In this statement, realization of “Non-volatile molecular multiple quantum bit (NVQB)” is described. NVQB is the long-term macroscopic time scale analog of MMQB. To realize NVQB, while inverted population of the gas is kept, entanglement generation and coherent state keeping must be carried out for a long-term quantum computation. Operating principle of molecular quantum computer is entanglement generation among huge-number of molecular ro-vibronic eigenstates by emission and absorption of photons due to the Fermi golden rule. Each single photon generated in induced absorption and induced emission sews many quantum states of many molecules by the Fermi golden rule. This results entanglement. When NVQB is realized, NVQB is not only used as “quantum storage device” up to 2Na, but also NVQB itself makes practical reasonable commercial molecular quantum computer be realized at once. NVQB is an alias of long-term successfully operating molecular quantum computer.
US10268956B2
A method and system applies a probabilistic topic model to content in a tax environment to improve user satisfaction with a question and answer customer support system, according to one embodiment. The probabilistic topic model may be the Latent Dirichlet allocation algorithm or other implementations of probabilistic topic models, according to various embodiments. The method and system include receiving submission content from a user, according to one embodiment. The method and system include applying a probabilistic topic model to the submission content to determine submission content topics and submission content statistics, according to one embodiment. The method and system include generating and providing customer support content at least partially based on the submission content topics and at least partially based on the submission content statistics, to facilitate use of the question and answer customer support system by the user, according to one embodiment.
US10268953B1
Roughly described, a computer-implemented evolutionary data mining system includes a memory storing a candidate gene database in which each candidate individual has a respective fitness estimate; a gene pool processor which tests individuals from the candidate gene pool on training data and updates the fitness estimate associated with the individuals in dependence upon the tests; and a gene harvesting module for deploying selected individuals from the gene pool, wherein the gene pool processor includes a competition module which selects individuals for discarding in dependence upon their updated fitness estimate. The system maintains the ancestry count for each of the candidate individuals, and may use this information to adjust the competition among the individuals, to adjust the selection of individuals for further procreation, and/or for other purposes.
US10268952B2
As provided herein, a domain model, corresponding to a domain of an image, may be merged with a pre-trained fundamental model to generate a trained fundamental model. The trained fundamental model may comprise a feature description of the image converted into a binary code. Responsive to a user submitting a search query, a coarse image search may be performed, using a search query binary code derived from the search query, to identify a candidate group, comprising one or more images, having binary codes corresponding to the search query binary code. A fine image search may be performed on the candidate group utilizing a search query feature description derived from the search query. The fine image search may be used to rank images within the candidate group based upon a similarity between the search query feature description and feature descriptions of the one or more images within the candidate group.
US10268949B2
Artificial neuron apparatus includes a resistive memory cell connected in an input circuit having a neuron input, for receiving neuron input signals, and a current source for supplying a read current to the cell. The input circuit is selectively configurable in response to a set of control signals, defining alternating read and write phases of operation, to apply the read current to the cell during the read phase and to apply a programming current to the cell, for programming cell resistance, on receipt of a neuron input signal during the write phase. The cell resistance is progressively changed from a first state to a second state in response to successive neuron input signals. The apparatus further includes an output circuit comprising a neuron output and a digital latch which is connected to the input circuit for receiving a measurement signal dependent on cell resistance.
US10268947B2
Embodiments described herein provide various examples of a face detection system, based on using a small-scale hardware convolutional neural network (CNN) module configured into a multi-task cascaded CNN. In some embodiments, a subimage-based CNN system can be configured to be equivalent to a large-scale CNN that processes the entire input image without partitioning such that the output of the subimage-based CNN system can be exactly identical to the output of the large-scale CNN. Based on this observation, some embodiments of this patent disclosure make use of the subimage-based CNN system and technique on one or more stages of a cascaded CNN or a multitask cascaded CNN (MTCNN) so that a larger input image to a given stage of the cascaded CNN or the MTCNN can be partitioned into a set of subimages of a smaller size. As a result, each stage of the cascaded CNN or the MTCNN can use the same small-scale hardware CNN module that is associated with a maximum input image size constraint.
US10268943B2
The present specification describes an ultra-high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) device, having a wire inlay bonded with a plastic material; and, an electronic integrated circuit attached thereto. The wire inlay is formed by looping and embedding the wire in a predefined circular design on a substrate. The UHF RFID device operates within frequencies ranging from 840 MHz to 960 MHz. The electronic integrated circuit comprises a transponder chip operating at frequencies ranging from 840 MHz to 960 MHz; and the transponder chip is a Class 1 Generation 2 UHF RFID transponder chip.
US10268940B2
According to the embodiments described herein, a stretchable RFID device can include an RFID chip and an RFID antenna. The RFID antenna can be electrically coupled and mechanically attached to the RFID chip. The RFID antenna can be impedance matched to the RFID chip across a broad bandwidth and can include two arms. Each of the two arms can include an end-loading body that at least partially surrounds an end-loading orifice. The end-loading body can stretch without consuming the end-loading orifice.
US10268932B2
Modular print engines and print engine components that are usable in desktop card printers for personalizing plastic cards such as financial cards including credit and debit cards, identification cards, driver's licenses, and other personalized plastic cards. The modular nature of the print engines and print engine components permit alteration in the specific functionality of the desktop card printers depending upon, for example, the personalization requirements of the plastic cards and intended applications of the desktop card printers. In addition, the modular print engine components can be completely tested prior to installation into the modular print engines to ensure that the modular print engine components are working correctly prior to installation. Furthermore, the modular print engine components add flexibility to the desktop card printers as upgraded functionality and features can be introduced by developing new modular components.
US10268929B2
A method generates a binary descriptor associated with a given point in a current frame of a succession of video frames obtained by an apparatus such as an image sensor. The method includes determining a pattern of points pairs around said given point in the current frame, and performing intensity comparison processing between the two points of each pair. The apparatus is likely to move in a rotation between the previous frame and the current frame. The method includes processing the pattern of points of the current frame with tridimensional rotation information representative of the apparatus rotation between the previous frame and the current frame and obtained from inertial measurements provided by at least one inertial sensor.
US10268928B2
A combined structure and style network is described. Initially, a large set of training images, having a variety of different styles, is obtained. Each of these training images is associated with one of multiple different predetermined style categories indicating the image's style and one of multiple different predetermined semantic categories indicating objects depicted in the image. Groups of these images are formed, such that each group includes an anchor image having one of the styles, a positive-style example image having the same style as the anchor image, and a negative-style example image having a different style. Based on those groups, an image style network is generated to identify images having desired styling by recognizing visual characteristics of the different styles. The image style network is further combined, according to a unifying training technique, with an image structure network configured to recognize desired objects in images irrespective of image style.
US10268924B2
A system for integrated cargo inspection includes a non-invasive imaging system scanning a cargo container during an offload operation to obtain a digital image of its contents, a server including a control processor to control components of the system. The components including a computer vision system to perform vision system recognition techniques on the digital image and prepare a report having image icons representing the contents, a machine learning system analytically reviewing the report to generate heuristic analysis used to train the vision system, a computing device displaying at least one of a port plan, a scan view, a results list form dialog, and a results history log graphical displays. A method to implement the system and a non-transitory computer-readable medium are also disclosed.
US10268921B2
Systems, devices, and methods are presented for segmenting an image of a video stream with a client device by accessing a set of images within a video stream, identifying an object of interest within one or more images of the set of images, and detecting a region of interest within the one or more images. The systems, devices, and method identify a first set of median pixels in a first portion of the object of interest and a second set of median pixels in a second portion of the object of interest. The systems, devices, and methods determine a polyline approximating the first and second sets of median pixels and generate a model for the polyline.
US10268918B2
An image processing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain corresponding points group information for associating a position in an image captured in a first deformation state with a position in an image captured in a second deformation state; a calculation unit configured to calculate deformation from the image captured in the first deformation state to the image captured in the second deformation state based on the corresponding points group information; a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, deformation progress information of an image based on the deformation calculated by the calculation unit; and a correction unit configured to correct the corresponding points group information. The calculation unit calculates the deformation based on the corresponding points group information corrected by the correction unit.
US10268913B2
A generative adversarial network (GAN) system includes a generator sub-network configured to examine one or more images of actual damage to equipment. The generator sub-network also is configured to create one or more images of potential damage based on the one or more images of actual damage that were examined. The GAN system also includes a discriminator sub-network configured to examine the one or more images of potential damage to determine whether the one or more images of potential damage represent progression of the actual damage to the equipment.
US10268908B2
A side safety assistant device for a large vehicle may include: a rear camera module mounted at the rear of at least one side surface of a large vehicle and configured to image an object while facing the front of the large vehicle; a front camera module mounted at the front of at least one side surface of the large vehicle and configured to image an object while facing the rear of the large vehicle; one or more image recognition modules configured to receive an image taken by the rear and front camera modules, extract an object included in the image, determine whether the extracted object is a moving object, determine whether the moving object is located in a preset dangerous zone, and output a collision risk signal; a warning unit configured to output a visual or auditory warning signal; and a control unit configured to operate the warning unit.
US10268905B2
A parking assistance apparatus mounted on a vehicle includes a display processor that displays an image on a right-side display disposed on a right side with respect to a driver, and displays an image on a left-side display disposed on a left side with respect to the driver located in the interior of the vehicle, and a calculator that recognizes boundary lines of a parking area located in the rear of the vehicle, and specifies a gap in a vehicle width direction between the vehicle and one of the boundary lines on each of the left side and the right side to determine a leftward off-center or a rightward off-center. The display processor displays a vehicle off-center image indicating a result determined by the calculator on each of the right-side display and the left-side display together with the image captured.
US10268899B2
In an approach for determining an available parking space, a computer accesses a streaming video. The computer identifies a vehicle and a corresponding identification characteristic within the accessed streaming video. The computer retrieves historical data associated with the identified identification characteristic, wherein the historical data includes previous parking locations. The computer determines a preferred parking space within the retrieved historical data associated with the identified identification characteristic. The computer determines whether the identified preferred parking space is available based on a parking database.
US10268898B1
System and/or method configured to determine a sample frame order for analyzing a video. The video may have multiple frames ordered in a sequence from a beginning to an end. Segments of the video may be determined based on an analysis of the frames of the video. A first sample frame order for analyzing the video may be determined based on multiple iterations performed on individual ones of the segments of the video. Determining the first sample frame order may include determining initial frames for a first iteration, and determining secondary frames for a second iteration based on a function of frame position in the sequence of frames. The initial frames and the secondary frames may be associated with sample positions in the sample frame order. A first feature of the video may be determined based on an analysis of the frames performed in the first sample frame order.
US10268895B2
Techniques and systems are provided for maintaining blob trackers for one or more video frames. For example, a blob tracker is identified for a current video frame. The blob tracker is associated with a blob detected for the current video frame. The blob includes pixels of at least a portion of one or more objects in the current video frame. A current characteristic of pixels in a region of the current video frame associated with the blob tracker is determined. A previous characteristic of pixels in a region of a previous video frame associated with the blob tracker is also determined. A difference is determined between the current characteristic and the previous characteristic, and a status of the blob tracker is determined based on the determined difference. The status of the blob tracker indicating whether to maintain the blob tracker for the one or more video frames.
US10268892B1
A system and related methods for volume dimensioning may be implemented by a smartphone, pad, tablet, or similar mobile computing device configured with a three-dimensional imaging system. The system may recognize the edges and corners of an object and infer its dimensions, from which a volume and dimensional weight can be calculated. The system may utilize the determined dimensions to allocate shipping resources to most efficiently and safely transport a shipment through a supply chain, assess damage to an object, assess the compliance of carry-on baggage to size requirements, and quickly assess the stocking of a retailer's and a competitor's products.
US10268883B2
A method and system for detecting and extracting accurate and precise structure in documents. A high-resolution image of documents is segmented into a set of tiles. Each tile is processed by a convolutional network and subsequently by a set of recurrent networks for each row and column. A global-lookup process is disclosed that allows “future” information required for accurate assessment by the recurrent neural networks to be considered. Utilization of high-resolution image allows for precise and accurate feature extraction while segmentation into tiles facilitates the tractable processing of the high-resolution image within reasonable computational resource bounds.
US10268878B2
In real biometric systems, false match rates and false non-match rates of 0% do not exist. There is always some probability that a purported match is false, and that a genuine match is not identified. The performance of biometric systems is often expressed in part in terms of their false match rate and false non-match rate, with the equal error rate being when the two are equal. There is a tradeoff between the FMR and FNMR in biometric systems which can be adjusted by changing a matching threshold. This matching threshold can be automatically, dynamically and/or user adjusted so that a biometric system of interest can achieve a desired FMR and FNMR.
US10268875B2
A method and an apparatus for registering a face, and a method and an apparatus for recognizing a face are disclosed, in which a face registering apparatus may change a stored three-dimensional (3D) facial model to an individualized 3D facial model based on facial landmarks extracted from two-dimensional (2D) face images, match the individualized 3D facial model to a current 2D face image of the 2D face images, and extract an image feature of the current 2D face image from regions in the current 2D face image to which 3D feature points of the individualized 3D facial model are projected, and a face recognizing apparatus may perform facial recognition based on image features of the 2D face images extracted by the face registering apparatus.
US10268872B2
A fingerprint sensor package and method are provided. Embodiments include a sensor and a sensor surface material encapsulated within the fingerprint sensor package. An array of electrodes of the sensor are electrically connected using through vias that are located either in the sensor, in connection blocks separated from the sensor, or through connection blocks, or else connected through other connections such as wire bonds. A high voltage die is attached in order to increase the sensitivity of the fingerprint sensor.
US10268864B2
A fingerprint sensor is described that includes a thin protective cover layer on a sensor glass layer with receive circuitry between the thin protective cover layer and the sensor glass layer. In an implementation, a fingerprint sensor assembly includes a controller; a metal layer configured to be electrically coupled to the controller; a transmit layer electrically connected to the metal layer and the controller; a sensor glass layer, where the transmit layer is disposed on a first side of the sensor glass layer, and where the transmit layer is electrically coupled to the controller; a receive layer disposed on a second side of the sensor glass layer, where the receive layer is electrically coupled to the controller; and a protective cover layer disposed on the receive layer.
US10268861B2
A screen module, a fingerprint acquisition method, and an electronic device are provided. The screen module includes: a fingerprint unit comprising a plurality of fingerprint sensors, which are located in a content display area of the screen module and configured to perform fingerprint acquisition; a processing component connected with the fingerprint unit, the processing component being configured to, after a triggering operation of a user's finger on the content display area is detected, actuate fingerprint sensors in a scanning area corresponding to the triggering operation to acquire fingerprint data of the user in the scanning area; and data transmission lines connected to the plurality of fingerprint sensors, and configured to transmit fingerprint data acquired by the fingerprint sensors in the scanning area to the processing component.
US10268860B2
One embodiment of a system and method for imaging objects from a barcode scanner may include generating a first color light source drive signal having a first duty cycle and a second color light source drive signal having a second duty cycle that is greater than the first duty cycle. In response to applying the first and second color light source drive signals to first and second color light sources, respectively, combining light beams generated by the first and second color light sources to produce a white illumination beam. An image sensor may generate image data of an object inclusive of a chine readable indicia captured in an image by the image sensor while illuminated by the white illumination beam. The machine readable indicia of the object in the image data may be read.
US10268853B2
[Object] To enhance a reading accuracy of a code even when a light amount, which can be received by an imaging element, varies greatly. [Means to solve the problems] A plurality of second images in response to a plurality of different conversion characteristics is generated by using the first image obtained at the time of setting of an optical information reading device. The results, in which codes included in the generated second images are respectively decoded by a decoding part, are analyzed, and one of the conversion characteristics is selected. The second image in response to the selected conversion characteristic is generated by using the first image at the time of operation of the optical information reading device.
US10268848B2
A displacement sensor that includes a stationary printed circuit board which includes a first capacitor pad, an indicator, and a battery electrically communicating with the first capacitor pad and the indicator and a sliding card which includes a second capacitor pad, the first capacitor pad and the second capacitor pad being orientated to face each other and in an overlapping relation to each other. An overlap being defined by the first capacitor pad and the second capacitor pad, wherein the overlap of the first capacitor pad and the second capacitor pad generates a capacitance, the generated capacitance changes as the sliding card moves as a result of a change in the overlap of the first capacitor pad and the second capacitor pad. The indicator is activated when the generated capacitance change reaches a threshold value.
US10268842B2
An electronic device to operate a camera in a private mode and non-private mode is provided. The electronic device includes a user interface (UI) including a first UI component and a second UI component, and an electronic processor coupled to the UI and the camera. The electronic processor controls the camera to be operated in a private mode in response to detecting an input selecting the first UI component, and a non-private mode in response to detecting an input selecting the second UI component. The electronic processor also tags the images captured in private mode as private images and non-private mode as non-private images. The electronic processor further applies different access policies for accessing the private and non-private images. Further, the first and second UI component are generated as graphical user interface components within a touch screen display of the electronic device.
US10268841B1
This disclosure includes techniques for using distributed computing over a network to resolve difficult computational problems. Anonymization of the data allows computing devices in the distributed computing system to solve the computational problem without exposing private aspects of the data. Individual computing devices receive instructions and data that correspond to a piece of a larger computational problem. In one implementation, a user may request a webpage from a web server and receive the webpage along with commands in a scripting language that instructs the user's computer to process a piece of the larger computational problem. The web server may assign the piece of the problem to the user's computer based on processing capabilities of the user's computer. Combining solutions received from multiple distributed computing devices and reversing the anonymization process yields a solution to the computational problem.
US10268839B1
In an example embodiment, confidential data submitted by a user and one or more attributes of the user are obtained from one or more submission tables in a confidential information database. It is then determined that the one or more attributes of the user correspond to a first slice. In response to the determining, a count associated with the first slice is incremented. The count associated with the first slice is compared with a first threshold. In response to a determination that the count associated with the first slice transgresses the first threshold, the confidential data and the one or more attributes are added to a backend queue. Then, extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) of the confidential data in the backend queue is performed and the confidential data is placed in an ETL table, in the confidential information database corresponding to the first slice.
US10268833B2
A method, a computer program product, and a computer system for conditional permission control in a digital data sheet based on permission formulas. A computer checks permission formulas of data cells in the data sheet, in response that a user opens the data sheet. The computer sets cell permissions for the data cells based on the permission formulas. The computer rechecks the cell permissions, in response to that the user edits one or more of the data cells. The computer resets the cell permissions based on the permission formulas.
US10268832B1
Systems are provided for the streamlining authentication of encrypted data. In streaming authentication, the authentication and decryption of a data file is performed in a streaming manner. The data file can be stored as a collection of discrete encrypted portions. When the data file is to be accessed, it can be authenticated in a streaming manner, as discrete portions of the large file are loaded from storage or transmitted to other systems.
US10268831B2
A self-protection device includes a flexible display having a display side. One or more actuating devices are arranged on a back side of the flexible display opposite the display side. A monitoring mechanism is configured to monitor one or more conditions such that if a triggering event occurs, the monitoring mechanism triggers the one or more actuating devices to obtain a self-protecting pose to protect the flexible display.
US10268827B2
Disclosed is a method of supporting security policies and security levels associated with processes and applications. A security level is associated with a process independent of a user executing the process. When secure data is to be accessed, the security level of the process is evaluated to determine whether data access is to be granted. Optionally, the security level of a user of the process is also evaluated prior to providing data access.
US10268815B2
An apparatus is described herein. The apparatus includes a controller and a proxy entity. The controller is to detect a peripheral device and authenticate the peripheral device according to a first protocol. The proxy entity that is to configure the peripheral device in an operable protocol in response to the authentication.
US10268812B2
In physical token-less security screening using biometrics, a person provides biometric data to a security computing device as part of a security screening. The biometric data is used by the security computing device to look up an identifier (such as an airline account identifier or a security status identifier) for the person from a security back end. The identifier is used by the security computing device to obtain electronic pass information (such as an electronic boarding pass or a security screening status indicator) from a third party computing system (such as an airline computing system or a clearinghouse), which may be used to clear the person and/or otherwise facilitate the security screening. In some implementations, these techniques may also be used for physical token-less pass processing (such as boarding pass-less airline processing, confirmation of assigned traveling credentials, or determination of security protocols).
US10268811B2
A system, apparatus, method, and machine readable medium are described for delegating trust to a new client device or a new authenticator on a trusted device. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: implementing a series of trust delegation operations to transfer registration data associated with one or more trusted authenticators on a trusted client device to one or more new authenticators on a new client device or on the trusted client device.
US10268804B2
A medication dispensing cabinet provides controlled access to medications and supplies stored in it. The cabinet may include at least one lockable storage compartment, and a controller that controls access to the at least one lockable storage compartment. The cabinet may include multiple printers integrated into the cabinet. The cabinet may include a camera operably coupled to the controller. The cabinet may include a set of cabinet electronics, and a power distribution and communications circuit board. The cabinet may include a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader, wherein the controller conditions access to the at least one lockable storage compartment on receipt of information from the RFID reader. Data may be stored in the controller according to an implementation of RAID technology. The controller may include multiple electronic communications network interfaces, and may include an out of band network communication channel. A dispensing cabinet may facilitate printing of labels for medications.
US10268798B2
A method for condition analysis comprises receiving an algorithmic description of a hardware design, wherein the algorithmic description is specified using a programming language, generating an intermediate representation based on the algorithmic description, wherein the intermediate representation includes a plurality of nodes and a plurality of paths, wherein each path connects at least one node to at least one other node, computing a plurality of relationships between the plurality of nodes, wherein the plurality of relationships are based on the plurality of paths connecting the plurality of nodes and each relationship includes at least one of a dominance relationship and a post-dominance relationship between two or more nodes, partitioning the intermediate representation based on the computed relationships, performing an optimization using the partitioned intermediate representation, and converting results of the optimization to the hardware design.
US10268797B2
Methods and apparatuses to design an integrated circuit are discussed. In one embodiment, the method of designing an integrated circuit comprises partitioning a chip resource into a plurality of sections, and calculating the rank of the sections based on a quality metric. The method further comprises removing the sections with the lowest ranks from consideration by a placement transform.
US10268796B2
A method performed by at least one processor includes selecting a pin in a cell, determining a type of the pin, assigning a first pin access and a second pin access of the pin to a same patterning group at different patterning tracks when the pin is determined to be a cross-track pin, determining whether a pin access of a first pin and a pin access of a second pin disposed adjacent to the first pin in the cell are on a same patterning track, separating the first pin and the second pin from each other by a first predetermined distance when the pin accesses are determined to not be on a same patterning track, and separating the first pin and the second pin from each other by a second predetermined distance when the pin accesses are determined to be on a same patterning track.
US10268794B2
A NoC topology is represented on top of a physical view of a chip's floorplan. The NoC topology is edited, such as by adding switches, removing switches, and adding and removing switches on routes. An initial location of switches within the floorplan is automatically computed. Locations can also be edited by a user. Statistical metrics are calculated, including wire length, switch area, NoC area, and maximum signal propagation delay for logic in each of multiple clock domains. Wire density can also be overlaid on chip's floorplan on the display. The NoC topology is represented by a data structure indicating connections between initiator and target endpoints with ordered lists of switches in between. The data structures are written and read from memory or a non-transient computer readable medium. The locations of endpoint and switches are also written out, as scripts for place & route tools.
US10268784B2
Methods, systems, and computer storage media are provided for generating simulation graphs using real-time clinical data. A user may indicate one or more scenario variables to apply to an area of interest. A simulation graph is then generated that includes at least an indication of a scenario status. The scenario status indicates an expected result based on the one or more scenario variables selected by the user. The simulation graph may also include a baseline status indicating an expected result should no changes be made to a current environment. Multiple simulation graphs for varying areas of interest may be generated and compared to one another such that a user is able to quickly identify efficient solutions.
US10268777B2
Data are received at a worker system in a distributed computing system that describe a graph representing relationships among a set of items. The graph models a condition having an associated problem. The graph has graph components having associated data fields. The received data are stored in a backup table, and the relationships are analyzed to identify a solution to the problem. As part of the analysis, a new value for the data field associated with a graph component is identified and compared with an existing value of the data field, and the data field is modified. The modified data field is stored in a delta table representing a change to the backup table.
US10268767B2
In an approach for transferring data between user accounts, a computer receives a request to transfer data from a first user account to at least a second user account. The computer identifies the first user account and the at least second user account. The computer determines activity associated with the first user account. The computer determines relevant activity from the determined activity associated with the first user account based on the received request.
US10268765B2
In one embodiment, a method includes presenting, by a client system, grammar tokens, each grammar token being based on a natural-language string and comprising references to objects associated with an online social network, receiving, at the client system, a selection of one of the presented grammar tokens, the selected grammar token being based on a first natural-language string, presenting, by the client system, completion tokens, wherein each completion token is based on a natural-language string corresponding to the first natural-language string and comprises references to objects associated with the online social network, receiving, at the client system, a selection of one of the completion tokens, the selected completion token being based on a second natural-language string, and generating, by the client system, a structured query corresponding to the selected grammar and completion tokens, the structured query comprising references to the objects referenced in the selected grammar and completion tokens.
US10268761B2
A panoptic visualization document collection system includes a document parser and a colligater, and is configured to collect components of a document collection in a manner that that captures logical relationships between their content, which may in turn reflect relationships between the subjects or their objects depicted by the content. These logical relationships may be established by links between document components, which may be identified by information provided in associated metadata for the document components. The content may then be exploited according to these relationships, such as in a panoptic arrangement of the content in a manner that reflects the relationships. This type of arrangement may enable a user to see the content in a single view, and in an arrangement that facilitates a better understanding of the relationships between the content and their subjects or objects, which may be otherwise difficult to comprehend.
US10268756B2
An approach is provided for classifying natural language input into plurality of query processing levels. The approach involves parsing at least one natural language input into one or more words, wherein the at least one natural language input represents at least one cartographic query. The approach also involves mapping the one or more words to at least one function of a cartography system. The approach further involves determining an availability of the at least one function, one or more parameters associated with the at least one function, or a combination thereof with respect to at least one component of the cartography system. The approach also involves classifying the at least one cartographic query into at least one of a plurality of query processing levels based, at least in part, on the availability. The approach further involves initiating an execution of the at least one function at the classified at least one query processing level, wherein the execution of the at least one function generates one or more results of the at least one cartographic query based, at least in part, on the one or more parameters. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, a presentation of the one or more results as cartographic information in a user interface of the cartography system.
US10268751B2
Provided is a method of providing a plurality of pieces of data related to at least one of a plurality of pieces of content released through or generated from an event, the method including: collecting the plurality of pieces of data related to at least one of the plurality of pieces of content from at least one source; classifying the plurality of pieces of data based on which data is related to which content; and determining an order of the plurality of pieces of content and providing the classified plurality of pieces of data according to the determined order.
US10268747B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a mobile or computer reader application that obtains articles or other computer files from a central database and displays the articles to a user of the device. The reader application may be customizable around one or more characteristics of the user of the device. In one embodiment, the type and number of articles provided to the device and displayed in the reader application may be based on the determination of a category or type of usage of the application is performed by the user. Further, the determination of the use of the reader application on the device is performed by and contained within the device such that usage information is not shared with overall article providing system. In another embodiment, the article providing system and/or device may determine recommendations to provide to a user of the reading application. These recommendations may be based on one or more selected interests or topics of the user of the reading application.
US10268734B2
A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computing device, a search query from a client device; obtaining, by the computing device, classification and confidence information by applying natural language classification to the search query; generating, by the computing device, search results based on the classification and confidence information, wherein a ratio of the search results is based on the classification and confidence information; and providing, by the computing device, the search results to the client device.
US10268727B2
A technique of batching tuples can include determining a plurality of key-attributes for a plurality of tuples, creating a batch tuple, and calculating a hash value for the batch tuple.
US10268715B2
Systems and methods are provided for data processing. For example, first digest values associated with first contents of a plurality of first data points are calculated, the plurality of first data points including a second data point and one or more third data points; a second digest value associated with a second content of the second data point is compared with one or more third digest values associated with third contents of the third data points, the third data points preceding the second data point; in response to the second digest value being the same as a fourth digest value associated with a fourth content of a fourth data point, the second content of the second data point is deleted, the fourth data point being within the one or more third data points; and a mapping between the second digest value and the fourth content is established.
US10268709B1
Database servers may maintain a database according to a database schema. A database change management system can include a profile service configured to collect database profile information and a simulation service configured to receive a set of changes to be simulated for the database and simulate an application of the set of changes to the database. A forecast service can be configured to receive a result of a simulation from the simulation service and database profile information and generate a report indicative of a prediction of a failure or success of an implementation of the set of changes.
US10268704B1
A client system can improve processing speeds by executing queries locally. A remote database can have a partitioned, columnar database. Queries from the client can be executed on the remote database, and blocks of a partition of the partitioned, columnar database can be sent to the client. Once the client has enough blocks to form the partition, the client can execute queries that reference the partition. The queries can be executed using templates for specialized expression evaluators.
US10268703B1
A system and computer-implemented method for associating images with semantic entities and providing search results using the semantic entities. An image database contains one or more source images associated with one or more images labels. A computer may generate one or more documents containing the labels associated with each image. Analysis may be performed on the one or more documents to associate the source images with semantic entities. The semantic entities may be used to provide search results. In response to receiving a target image as a search query, the target image may be compared with the source images to identify similar images. The semantic entities associated with the similar images may be used to determine a semantic entity for the target image. The semantic entity for the target image may be used to provide search results in response to the search initiated by the target image.
US10268700B2
An information management system including at least one data storage device and at least one processor coupled to the at least one data storage device. The at least one processor is configured to receive at least one object, the object having a location in a hierarchical file organizational structure. The processor also generates at least one prospective keyword for the at least one object based upon the location of the object in the hierarchical organization structure, and associates the at least one object with at least one of the prospective keywords.
US10268684B1
Technologies are disclosed herein for statistical machine translation. In particular, the disclosed technologies include extensions to conventional machine translation pipelines: the use of multiple domain-specific and non-domain-specific dynamic language translation models and language models; cluster-based language models; and large-scale discriminative training. Incremental update technologies are also disclosed for use in updating a machine translation system in four areas: word alignment; translation modeling; language modeling; and parameter estimation. A mechanism is also disclosed for training and utilizing a runtime machine translation quality classifier for estimating the quality of machine translations without the benefit of reference translations. The runtime machine translation quality classifier is generated in a manner to offset imbalances in the number of training instances in various classes, and to assign a greater penalty to the misclassification of lower-quality translations as higher-quality translations than to misclassification of higher-quality translations as lower-quality translations.
US10268674B2
A language validation system includes a language validation module (LVM) and a linguistic intelligence engine (LIE). The LVM may perform language validation on text in a source document. The LVM may identify a language of origin for each word or sentence in the document. The LVM may determine whether a word/sentence not of the expected language constitutes a true defect. The LVM may provide input to an LIE database as the LVM identifies new words/sentences. The LIE may remain dormant for an initial interval until it obtains a sufficient vocabulary. Eventually, the LIE may be sufficiently knowledgeable to perform automated translations requests to translate original documents in the original language into one or more source documents in one or more source language. The LIE may adapt or otherwise implement a particular style in accordance with a style guide or analogous information.
US10268671B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating parse trees for input text segments. One of the methods includes obtaining an input text segment comprising a plurality of inputs arranged according to an input order; processing the inputs in the input text segment using an encoder long short term memory (LSTM) neural network to generate a respective encoder hidden state for each input in the input text segment; and processing the respective encoder hidden states for the inputs in the input text segment using an attention-based decoder LSTM neural network to generate a linearized representation of a parse tree for the input text segment.
US10268654B2
Systems, methods and devices are provided for generating and suppressing indexes that are utilized for navigating content. After a search query is processed, search results are received. These search results comprise a URL listing, or other webpage listing, identified in the search results. Then, prior to and without rendering the particular URL/webpage listing, a particular webpage is identified from the search results. The system initiates a request for the particular webpage prior to rendering the URL/webpage listing. That URL/webpage is then accessed and displayed automatically, while providing a one input link to the URL/webpage listing, and sometimes without or at least prior to displaying the URL/webpage listing.
US10268653B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for goal-based user matching among social networking environments. In a typical embodiment, a querying user is asked to respond to a series of questions related to goals, criteria, and criteria priorities (and, optionally, a desired “degree” of separation among other users). The querying user will submit his/her responses, which are then parsed and prioritized accordingly. Based on the responses, social networking sites are then searched to identify a set (e.g., at least one) of candidate users that are potential collaboration partners with the querying user. This set of candidate users may be arranged in a list and sorted according to a best match to the querying user's responses. The list can then be provided to the querying user. In addition, invites can be sent to the set of candidate users to invite such users to connect/collaborate with the querying user.
US10268650B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can identify a verified entity who is verified based on a verification process. A set of questions directed to the verified entity can be received from a set of question providers. The set of questions can be ranked based on question ranking criteria. At least one response to at least one question in the set of questions can be received from the verified entity. Access to the at least one response can be provided.
US10268647B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for authoring, deploying, and executing layer stack images for applications directed to a plurality of target devices. Resources to implement the layer stack images are compiled into an asset catalog database for each image in each layer stack image for each target device. Derivative resource products, such as a flattened version of the layer stack images and a “blurred” version of layer stack images can be generated and stored in the asset catalog at compile and build time. Three-dimensional effects implemented using the layer stack images can be implemented using an application programming interface that accepts legacy two dimensional images can be used to receive the layer stack images. An platform framework implements logic that detects the type of image requested via the API is a layer stack image or a conventional flat image. Third party layer stack images can be received and displayed at run-time or compile time. Images that make up a layer stack image can be locally-stored, externally referenced, or both. A layer stack image can, itself, refer to other layer stack images.
US10268646B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a client system associated with a user, a search query comprising a number of query terms, generating a query match-matrix for the search query, identifying a number of objects matching the search query, retrieving, for each identified object, an object match-matrix for the identified object, constructing, for each identified object, a three-dimensional tensor for the identified object, computing, for each identified object, a relevance score based on the tensor for the identified object, ranking the identified objects based on their respective relevance scores, and sending, to the first client system in response to the search query, instructions for generating a search-results interface for presentation to the user.
US10268645B2
A user uploads date sets through a client to a database. The data sets are provisioned in the database for in-database searching. The data sets are evaluated and classifications for the columns of the tables that include the data set are detected. Columns content may be classified into different analysis types, aggregation types, formats, categories, hierarchies, etc. Metadata is generated based on the evaluation of the data sets. A schema is used to store the metadata that describes the detected classification of the columns. The schema is stored in the database and is used when a search in the database is performed.
US10268644B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor converts data of a hierarchical structure including a nested structure inputted in a first data format into a second data format representing the data using a plurality of tables and stores the converted data into a storing unit. The processor generates, for each information element of the inputted data, a first table including a value of the information element, and associates each of a plurality of the first tables with a corresponding another first table according to the nested structure of the data and generates a second table by integrating the first tables that satisfy a predetermined condition among the plurality of the first tables.
US10268641B1
A search engine system provides search results that are ranked according to a measure of the trust associated with entities that have provided labels for the documents in the search results. A search engine receives a query and selects documents relevant to the query. The search engine also determines labels associated with selected documents, and the trust ranks of the entities that provided the labels. The trust ranks are used to determine trust factors for the respective documents. The trust factors are used to adjust information retrieval scores of the documents. The search results are then ranked based on the adjusted information retrieval scores.
US10268634B1
Some embodiments of the invention provide novel methods for storing data in a hash-addressed memory and retrieving stored data from the hash-addressed memory. In some embodiments, the method receives a search key and a data tuple. The method then uses a first hash function to generate a first hash value from the search key, and then uses this first hash value to identify an address in the hash-addressed memory. The method also uses a second hash function to generate a second hash value, and then stores this second hash value along with the data tuple in the memory at the address specified by the first hash value. To retrieve data from the hash-addressed memory, the method of some embodiments receives a search key. The method then uses the first hash function to generate a first hash value from the search key, and then uses this first hash value to identify an address in the hash-addressed memory. At the identified address, the hash-addressed memory stores a second hash value and a data tuple. The method retrieves a second hash value from the memory at the identified address, and compares this second hash value with a third hash value that the method generates from the search key by using the second hash function. When the second and third hash values match, the method retrieves the data tuple that the memory stores at the identified address.
US10268632B2
Time based protection of data stored in a source volume of a computer system uses a directory structure to store backups from a storage system. A first backup from a storage system is received. The first backup contains an image of the source volume for a first time. A first time stamp representing the first time is associated with the first backup. The first backup is stored as a first directory indexed by the first time stamp in a top backup directory. A second backup is received from the storage system. The second backup contains an image of the source volume for a second time. A second time stamp representing the second time is associated with the second backup. The second backup is stored as a second directory indexed by the second time stamp in the top backup directory. The first and second directories are linked to a section of the top backup directory at a root of the top directory.
US10268622B2
Topologies for analog computing systems are provided. Qubits in the topology are grouped into cells, and cells are coupled to adjacent cells by inter-cell couplers. At least some cells are coupled to non-adjacent cells via long-range couplers. Long-range couplers may be arranged into coverings so that certain sets of qubits within a covering region may be coupled with a reduced number of couplers. Each cell within a covering region without a long-range coupler may be proximate to a cell with a long range coupler so that each cell within the covering region is no more than a certain coupling distance away from a long-range coupler. Long-range couplers may couple over a greater physical distance than inter-cell couplers. Long-range couplers may couple to qubits over a larger coupling region, and may extend across multiple crossing regions between qubits.
US10268621B2
Provided are an application processor and a semiconductor system including the same. The semiconductor system includes the application processor, which may include a first register value and of which an operation is controlled by the first register value. The semiconductor system also includes a semiconductor device, which may include a second register value and of which an operation is controlled by the second register value, and a memory storing a third register value that is a copy of the first register value and a fourth register value that is a copy of the second register value. If the stored third register value is changed, the changed third register value is mapped onto the first register value of the processor, and if the fourth register value is changed, the changed fourth register value is mapped onto the second register value.
US10268616B2
Embodiments of systems and methods for selectively enabling and disabling protocols of a USB-C port are provided herein. According to one embodiment, a method for selectively enabling one or more protocols of a USB-C port on an information handling system (IHS) includes determining, upon system boot, if the IHS is connected via the USB-C port to a peripheral device that is authorized for use with the information handling system. If the peripheral device is not authorized for use with the IHS, the method may disable all protocols of the USB-C port. If the peripheral device is authorized for use with the IHS, the method may enable one or more protocols of the USB-C port.
US10268614B2
A method and architecture for operating with distributed (or segmented) on-chip digital interfaces such as the Inter-Integrated Circuit protocol and a Serial Peripheral Interface protocol. This method and architecture, illustratively, divides the available address space of the digital interface register arrays of a device into one or more segments referred to as a fundamental digital interface circuit. Such segmentation allows for each fundamental digital interface circuit to be placed in proximity of the digitally controlled circuit(s) (e.g., analog circuit(s)) which share some operational connection and for exchanging communication in accordance with a plurality of inputs to the device.
US10268608B2
A memory module is operable in a memory system with a memory controller. The memory module comprises memory devices, a module control circuit, and a plurality of buffer circuits coupled between respective sets of data/strobe signal lines in a data bus and respective sets of the memory devices. Each respective buffer circuit includes a data path corresponding to each data signal line in the corresponding set of data/strobe signal lines, and a command processing circuit configured to decode module control signals from the module control circuit and to control the data path in accordance with the module control signals. The data path corresponding to the each data signal line includes at least one tristate buffer controlled by the command processing circuit and a delay circuit configured to delay a signal through the data path by an amount determined by the command processing circuit in response to at least one of the module control signals.
US10268605B1
Systems and methods for configuring a SPA are disclosed. The SPA comprises a plurality of input ports, a plurality of data memory units, signal processing circuitry, and an enable block including at least two counters. Each counter determines an amount of unprocessed data that is stored in a respective one of the plurality of data memory units, and the enable block is configured to disable the signal processing circuitry until a predetermined amount of data is received over the input ports.
US10268595B1
A system and method of emulating page table modification logging includes a host hypervisor identifying a first mapping in a nested extended page table and identifying a first bit in a first page table entry of the nested extended page table. The host hypervisor creates a second write-protected mapping in a shadow extended page table. The nested guest performs a first write access to a first page in the nested guest. The first page has a first nested guest physical address corresponding to the second mapping. The host hypervisor triggers an exit from the nested guest to the host hypervisor. The host hypervisor identifies that the first write access occurred and stores the first nested guest physical address in a page modification log (PML) buffer of the nested hypervisor. The host hypervisor sets the first bit as a dirty bit and returns to the nested guest.
US10268594B2
A method, system and computer program product for implementing paging device selection based on wear-level factor data in a computer system. Paging is used to store the temporary memory pages in a virtualization environment. Wear-level factor data is identified for each paging device. Selection of a paging device is based on the identified wear-level factor data.
US10268592B2
Applications that use non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM), such as those that apply file system journal writes and database log writes where write operations apply data sequentially over the NVRAM, map the available capacity of the NVRAM in a virtual address space without compromising performance. The NVRAM is segmented into regions with multiple such regions fitting within a volatile RAM element accessible to the application and the NVRAM. One or more regions are loaded in the volatile RAM and reflected in page tables that reference the regions. The page tables are managed on a host computer executing the application. One region space in the volatile RAM is unused and available for transferred information. Mechanisms are provided for dynamically transferring regions and interfacing with the host computer. As the application sequentially accesses information in the stored regions, older regions are removed and new regions loaded from NVRAM to the volatile RAM.
US10268588B2
A scheme referred to as a “Region-based cache restoration prefetcher” (RECAP) is employed for cache preloading on a partition or a context switch. The RECAP exploits spatial locality to provide a bandwidth-efficient prefetcher to reduce the “cold” cache effect caused by multiprogrammed virtualization. The RECAP groups cache blocks into coarse-grain regions of memory, and predicts which regions contain useful blocks that should be prefetched the next time the current virtual machine executes. Based on these predictions, and using a simple compression technique that also exploits spatial locality, the RECAP provides a robust prefetcher that improves performance without excessive bandwidth overhead or slowdown.
US10268585B2
An apparatus having a memory controller is described. The memory controller includes prefetch circuitry to prefetch, from a memory, data having a same row address in response to the memory controller's servicing of its request stream being stalled because of a timing constraint that prevents a change in row address. The memory controller also includes a cache to cache the prefetched data. The memory controller also includes circuitry to compare addresses of read requests in the memory controller's request stream against respective addresses of the prefetched data in the cache and to service those of the requests in the memory controller's request stream having a matching address with corresponding ones of the prefetched data in the cache.
US10268584B2
A storage device includes a nonvolatile memory. The storage device further includes a hint derivation module for automatically deriving, from host accesses to the storage device, hints regarding expected future host accesses to a table that maps logical memory addresses to physical memory addresses in the nonvolatile memory. The storage device further includes an adaptive host memory buffer (HMB) caching module for using the hints to identify portions of the table to cache in the HMB and for caching the identified portions in the HMB, which is external to the storage device and accessible by the storage device via a bus.
US10268576B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device and a control method thereof that can suppress a circuit scale from being increased while maintaining a high interruption response performance.According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a flash memory in which N interruption subroutine programs are stored, an interruption control circuit that detects occurrence of an interruption, counters that determine the respective occurrence probabilities of N interruption factors on the basis of the detection result of the interruption control circuit, an interruption buffer memory in which the M (M
US10268572B2
In some examples, a method to interactively repair a software program using one or more automatically generated tests with human-provided test oracles may include identifying a fault location in a software program, generating a potential repair at the fault location based on a repair candidate, automatically generating a first test to test the potential repair, and generating a first query for a first test oracle based on the first test. The method may also include obtaining a response to the first query from a human, generating a first human-provided test oracle based on the first query and the obtained response to the first query, augmenting a test suite to include the first automatically generated test with the first human-provided test oracle, and testing the potential repair using the augmented test suite including the first automatically generated test with the first human-provided test oracle.
US10268570B2
The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer readable media for automated generation of test files and for related testing. According to one method, the method includes receiving a configuration file, where the configuration file indicates a test case or a test plan to be generated, wherein the configuration file includes a feature identifier or a bug identifier and information about a system under test (SUT). The method also includes generating at least one test file based on the configuration file, wherein the at least one test file is for testing a feature or a bug in the SUT associated with the feature identifier or the bug identifier in the configuration file. The method further includes generating at least one directory based on the configuration file and storing the at least one test file in the at least one directory. The method also includes testing the feature or bug in the SUT using the at least one test file.
US10268569B2
Various embodiments include at least one of systems, methods, and software to receive input configuring tests within a computing environment to expose users to standard application or website experiences or test experiences. In some embodiments, multiple tests may be configured to run orthogonally within user experiences without affecting the results of one another. Some such embodiments preserve the ability to execute certain tests in a non-orthogonal manner while other tests are allowed to execute orthogonally.
US10268568B2
A method and system of a method of tracing a data element for flow analysis includes receiving an input of a data element to be traced, tagging the data element to be traced and selecting one or more tiers of an application to trace the flow of the tagged data element. The selected one or more tiers of the application are parsed through a plugin associated with a software programming language and an entry is recorded at the plugin associated with a software programming language, when an instance of traced data element is encountered. A database entry is created for every encounter of the tagged data element. Further, a data flow graph is generated to trace the data element across the at least one application tier.
US10268560B2
The present invention includes an abnormality detector which detects abnormality which is being transferred and issues an error notification to a connection monitor, and a disconnection processor which, when receiving the error notification, disconnects connection made via a bus switch, so that it is possible to prevent propagation of abnormality when abnormality is detected in data which is being transferred.
US10268559B2
A computing device includes a memory, a communication interface, and a controller. The controller is configured to store, in the memory, one or more logs that meet a predetermined condition, during operation of the computer device, detect establishment of a local wireless or wired connection to a mobile computing device, detect a triggering event to trigger an output of said one or more logs stored in the memory, and upon detection of the triggering event, control the communication interface to transmit said one or more logs stored in the memory to the mobile computing device.
US10268557B2
According to an embodiment, a network monitoring device that monitors a network includes a software storage and a controller. The software storage is configured to store software applied to a first electronic device connected to the network. The controller is configured to determine, in response to reception of verification result data indicating software verification failure from the first electronic device, whether a recovery condition determined in advance as a condition of recovering software in the first electronic device is satisfied, and perform a control of transmitting the software stored in the software storage to the first electronic device when it is determined that the recovery condition is satisfied.
US10268546B2
For single-level cell flash memories and multi-level cell flash memories, different operations can be performed according to their stability when an abnormal status is terminated. Specifically, for the multi-level cell flash memories, when the abnormal status is terminated, a now physical block is used to proceed with write operation, and the previous physical block(s) would not be written any more. On the contrary, for the single-level cell flash memories, when the abnormal status is terminated, the controller needs to perform corresponding operations on the last physical page of the previous physical block(s).
US10268541B2
A method of correcting a memory error of a dynamic random-access memory module (DRAM) using a double data rate (DDR) interface, the method includes conducting a memory transaction including multiple bursts with a memory controller to send data from data chips of the DRAM to the memory controller, detecting one or more errors using an ECC chip of the DRAM, determining a number of the bursts having the errors using the ECC chip of the DRAM, determining whether the number of the bursts having the errors is greater than a threshold number, determining a type of the errors, and directing the memory controller based on the determined type of the errors, wherein the DRAM includes a single ECC chip per memory channel.
US10268539B2
An apparatus and method are described for multi-bit error correction and detection. For example, one embodiment of a processor comprises: error detection logic to detect one or more errors in data when reading the data from a storage device, the data being read from the storage device with parity codes and error correction codes (ECCs); error correction logic to correct the errors detected by the error detection logic; and a matrix usable by both the error detection logic to detect the one or more errors and the error correction logic to correct the errors, the matrix constructed into N regions, each region having M columns forming a geometric sequence, wherein each successive region is a shifted version of a prior region.
US10268538B2
Storing data is described herein, including: receiving a first data, wherein the first data comprises a portion of a data block; encoding at least a portion of the first data to generate a codeword; dividing the codeword into a plurality of codeword portions; storing a first codeword portion; and sending at least a subset of codeword portions other than the first codeword portion among the plurality of the codeword portions to a plurality of nodes. Receiving acknowledgement of storage of data is also described herein, including: determining whether a first acknowledgement from a first node is received, wherein the first data comprises a portion of a data block; determining whether a second acknowledgement from the first node is received; and in response to receipt of the first acknowledgement and receipt of the second acknowledgment, determining that the first data has been stored.
US10268535B2
A vehicular image display system includes: an image writing control part that writes first image data generated by a first application operating under a first operating system sequentially in image storage parts by switching of the image storage parts; an image reading control part that reads the first image data from the image storage parts sequentially by switching of the image storage parts; a display data generation part that combines the first image data and second image data generated by a second application operating under a control of a second operating system with higher reliability than the first operating system; an error detection part that checks the first image data; and a switching control part that suspends the switching of the image storage parts by the image writing control part and by the image reading control part, when an error is detected.
US10268532B2
The present disclosure provides an application message processing system, method, and application device. The processing system includes an application device and a message forwarder. The application device is configured to perform authentication on a transmitting-end corresponding to a received first-type application message, send the first-type application message to the message forwarder if the transmitting-end has a message sending permission; perform authentication on a target receiving-end corresponding to a received second-type application message, and initiate a consumption operation of the second-type application message to the target receiving-end if the target receiving-end has a message receiving permission. The message forwarder is configured to receive the first-type application message from the application device, or to send the second-type application message to the application device.
US10268526B1
Techniques are described determining data movements. A first plurality of performance goals for a plurality of storage pools are received. Each of the first plurality of performance goals specifies a performance goal for one of the plurality of storage pools. A second plurality of performance goals for a plurality of applications are received. Each of the second plurality of performance goals specifies a performance goal with respect to I/O operations directed to one or more logical devices used by one of the plurality of applications. A set of proposed data movements between a first of the plurality of storage pools and a second of the plurality of storage pools is determined in accordance with criteria including any of the first plurality of performance goals and the second plurality of performance goals.
US10268525B2
A visual software development system in which a user can graphically build a design or software solution without having to write software code includes one or more adapters that interrogate interfaces of the software platform that a software system or systems is built in accordance with and generate descriptions that the user can then incorporate into the design. The software systems can be of disparate technology platforms, an adapter provided that suits each platform. The descriptions can be represented graphically for the user with icons in an integrated development environment (IDE), and the user can build the design by dragging or otherwise selecting descriptions to be used and connecting them together to graphically represent the flow of information or communication of events among the descriptions.
US10268523B2
A method for operating a server farm with a plurality of servers operably connected with each other includes the steps of: sorting the plurality of servers according to a respective energy efficiency value associated with each of the plurality of servers; defining a virtual server by selectively joining two or more of the servers with the highest energy efficiency values; receiving a job request of a computational task to be handled by the server farm; and assigning the computational task to one of the plurality of servers for processing based on a job assignment policy, the job assignment policy being arranged to give preference to assigning the computational task to the servers of the virtual server for processing so as to maximize an energy efficiency of the server farm.
US10268518B2
Operation of a multi-slice processor that includes a plurality of execution slices, a plurality of load/store slices, and one or more instruction sequencing units, where operation includes: receiving, at a load/store slice from an instruction sequencing unit, a instruction to be issued; determining, at the load/store slice, a rejection condition for the instruction; and responsive to determining the rejection condition for the instruction, maintaining state information for the instruction in the load/store slice instead of notifying the instruction sequencing unit of a rejection of the instruction.
US10268508B1
To enable continuous execution of an application, a system and method for transferring an application state is provided. A gesture corresponding to a transfer act is detected by a gesture detection module in a first device executing the application. The first device communicates with a registration and relay server to determine eligible transfer recipients based on criteria such as location and/or devices that are currently executing the application. A transfer recipient is selected and platform independent application state Data Transfer Objects are generated that describe the state of execution on the first device. The application state DTOs are transferred via the server to the recipient device which enacts the application state DTOs to continue the execution of the application on the recipient device. Because the application state DTOs are platform independent, the application state can be transferred to almost any device that is able to execute the application.
US10268502B2
A method to perform atomic transactions in non-volatile memory (NVM) under hardware transactional memory is disclosed. The method includes tracking an order among transaction log entries that includes arranging transaction logs in an order that is based on when corresponding transactions were executed. Moreover, the method includes, using the ordered transaction logs to recover data states of the nonvolatile memory, by identifying a first unconfirmed transaction associated with a transaction completion uncertainty event based on a corresponding one of the transaction logs including a first commit marker but not including a confirm marker, undoing first ones of the transactions in reverse time order starting at a last transaction that recorded a second commit marker, up to and including the first unconfirmed transaction that recorded the first commit marker, and redoing second ones of the transactions in forward time order from a first confirmed transaction up to but not including the first unconfirmed transaction that recorded the first commit marker.
US10268501B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide memory optimization by phase-dependent data residency. Application programs are profiled a priori or in real time for temporal memory usage. Memory regions such as initialization data are proactively removed from memory when the application transitions to a new phase. A hypervisor monitors application activity and coordinates the removal of memory regions that are no longer needed by the application. Additionally, memory regions that are anticipated to be needed in the future are proactively preloaded.
US10268494B2
There is provided an information processing device including a receiving unit for receiving a command to be input to a first operating system and a command to be input to a second operating system different from the first operating system, a storage unit for storing a table in which given information included in the given command received by the receiving unit and information for identifying an application are related to each other, a generation unit for generating an application selection command for selectively executing the application based on the given command received by the receiving unit and the table stored in the storage unit, and an execution unit for executing the application selection command generated by the generation unit to selectively execute the application.
US10268487B2
Fast computer startup is provided by, upon receipt of a shutdown command, recording state information representing a target state. In this target state, the computing device may have closed all user sessions, such that no user state information is included in the target state. However, the operating system may still be executing. In response to a command to startup the computer, this target state may be quickly reestablished from the recorded target state information. Portions of a startup sequence may be performed to complete the startup process, including establishing user state. To protect user expectations despite changes in response to a shutdown command, creation and use of the file holding the recorded state information may be conditional on dynamically determined events. Also, user and programmatic interfaces may provide options to override creation or use of the recorded state information.
US10268486B1
Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for readying a device from hibernation with reduced user-perceived latency. For example, data likely to be accessed may be selected as preload data that is loaded into volatile memory prior to the device resuming system interactivity (e.g., being responsive to user input), thus “anticipating” user demand by loading memory pages that the user will likely request. The device may determine additional data to add to the preload data based on processes running on the device and virtual memory areas (VMAs) associated with the processes, may weight the processes and may intelligently determine the data so that the device more rapidly reaches system interactivity.
US10268477B1
Techniques are described herein that are capable of modeling a lifetime of a hybrid software application using an application manifest. For instance, workflows and input-output information may be received (e.g., from an independent software vendor). The workflows are configured to implement respective heterogeneous software products that are included in a hybrid software application. The input-output information specifies inputs of the heterogeneous software products and a mapping between output(s) of first heterogeneous software product(s) and input(s) of second heterogeneous software product(s). Operations that are to be performed to execute the workflows are determined based at least in part on the inputs and the mapping. A lifetime of the hybrid software application is modeled by generating an application manifest that defines the lifetime based at least in part on the operations.
US10268473B2
An update installer generates an update display for a user that displays available updates associated with a target application. The user can select updates, and the update installer accesses processes corresponding to the target application and displays an impact analysis indicating the impact that the selected updates will have on the target application.
US10268470B2
A method of upgrading nodes of a network virtualization platform is provided. The method receives a definition of an upgrade plan to upgrade a group of upgrade units. Each upgrade unit includes a set of nodes of the network virtualization platform. The plan groups sets of upgrade units into one or more upgrade groups and specifies a set of parameters for upgrading each upgrade unit. The method sends upgrade instructions to each upgrade unit to trigger upgrade for the upgrade unit. The method receives upgrade status from the upgrade units. The method aggregates and displays the status for the upgrade units of each upgrade group. When upgrade is in paused state, the method allows modifications to the upgrade plan. The method re-computes the upgrade plan before starting or resuming the upgrade. The upgrade plan is persisted by storing a portion of the upgrade plan needed to re-compute the upgrade plan.
US10268469B2
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products for managing connections between a mobile device and a network server over a network connection in a bandwidth-efficient manner. In one embodiment, a mobile device includes a processor, and there are a plurality of services executed by the processor, each of the services receiving information updates over a network connection from a server. At least one update interval function executed by the processor assigns an update interval to each of the services, the update intervals governing when each of the respective services request updated information over the network connection.
US10268450B2
A binary logic circuit for approximating a mathematical function over a predefined range as a series of linear segments, each linear segment having one of a predetermined set of fixed gradients and a corresponding base value, the binary logic circuit comprising: an input for receiving an input variable in the predefined range; a plurality of logic chains each comprising: a binary multiplier adapted to perform multiplication by a respective one of the set of fixed gradients using h-1 binary adders, where h is the extended Hamming weight; and a binary adder adapted to add a base value to the input or output of the binary multiplier; and selection logic configured to select one of the logic chains in dependence on the input variable so as to provide, for the received input variable, an approximate value of the mathematical function.
US10268433B2
Provided is a display system capable of displaying the contents of a larger number of windows. In this display, an operator wears a head-mounted display device on his/her head, a first display is on the front side, and the eyes of the operator is directed to the first display. With the head-mounted display device, the operator can see an enlarged image on the right side by a right-side display unit and can see an enlarged image on the left side by a left-side display unit.
US10268432B2
Method and apparatus for generating screen design are provided, in some embodiments, one of methods comprises, determining at least one user-preferred watch screen design from previously-registered watch screen designs based on at least one of a watch screen design evaluation history and a watch screen design generation history of a user, acquiring tag information previously-matched to each element included in the at least one user-preferred watch screen design, determining elements to be included in a random watch screen design based on the acquired tag information, and generating the random watch screen design by combining the determined elements.
US10268424B2
An image forming apparatus includes: rasterization processors that rasterize input image data and generate raster image data; a predictor that predicts a rasterization processing time required for the rasterization processors to rasterize input image data of a unit to be subjected to an image formation process on each recording paper sheet; a hardware processor that determines an order in which the rasterization processors rasterize the input image data of the unit; an image former that performs the image formation process based on the raster image data; a sheet ejection processor that acquires, from the image former, each recording paper sheet subjected to the image formation process, and performs a sheet ejection process; and the hardware processor that determines an order of the recording paper sheets to be ejected by the sheet eject processor, to adjust the order of the recording paper sheets to an order of pages.
US10268413B2
A memory module includes a host interface configured to provide an interface to a host computer; one or more memory devices; a deduplication engine configured to provide a virtual memory capacity of the memory module that is larger than a physical size of the one or more memory devices; a memory controller for controlling access to the one or more memory devices; a volatile memory comprising a hash table, an overflow memory region, and a credit unit, wherein the overflow memory region stores user data when a hash collision occurs or the hash table is full, and wherein the credit unit stores an address of an invalidated entry in the overflow memory region; and a control logic is configured to control the overflow memory region and the credit unit and generate a warning indicating a status of the overflow memory region and the credit unit.
US10268412B2
A compute device to generate deterministic compressed streams receives a current string to be matched to one or more prior instances of the current string, the current string being located within an input buffer and the one or more prior instances located within a history buffer. The compute device identifies a limited subset of index memory designated for storing pointers to the prior instances, identifying a reserved slop region in the index memory, and compares the current string to a prior instance, locating the at least one prior instance using at least one pointer to the at least one prior instance. The at least one pointer is stored within the limited subset of the index memory, and the compute device also prohibits use of any pointers stored in the reserved slop region of the index memory. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10268407B1
In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a memory array and a controller. The controller is to receive a first read command specifying a read voltage offset profile identifier; identify a read voltage offset profile associated with the read voltage offset profile identifier, the read voltage offset profile comprising at least one read voltage offset; and perform a first read operation specified by the first read command using at least one read voltage adjusted according to the at least one read voltage offset of the read voltage offset profile.
US10268406B2
An information storage device is a device that communicates over a network with another device that is used by another user different from an own user who uses an own device, and includes a storage unit including a first storage area available to the own user and a second storage area available to the other user, an information output unit that outputs information of the own user stored in the first storage area to the other device over the network, an information writing unit that stores information of the other user output by the other device over the network, in the second storage area, and a use control unit that controls whether the second storage area is available to the own user on the basis of an instruction of the other user.
US10268399B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a first memory including a message queue having first to nth addresses (n≥2, n is natural number), a first pointer showing one of the first to nth addresses, and a second pointer showing one of the first to nth addresses, a monitor unit which detects whether the first and second pointers show the first address, and a processing unit which changes an address shown by the first pointer from the first address to an ith address (n≥i≥2, i is natural number) when the first and second pointers show the first address. An address shown by the second pointer is incremented from the first address to a (j+1)th address (j≥1, j is natural number) when first to jth messages are queued in the first to jth addresses.
US10268398B2
A storage system includes a storage device that stores divided data which represents data which is obtained by division of data in a time series; a server device that acquires a first time, searches interval-related information for an interval that overlaps an interval between the first time and a second time following the first time by a specified duration of time, the interval-related information storing information in which identifying information that identifies the divided data and information that relates to intervals which indicate start times and end times of the divided data are associated, and acquires identifying information for the divided data that corresponds to the interval for which the search was performed; and a terminal device that acquires from the storage device the divided data that corresponds to the acquired identifying information and reads out the acquired divided data in chronological order.
US10268392B2
Integrated circuits that include memory interface and controller circuitry for communicating with external memory are provided. The memory interface and controller circuitry may include a user logic interface, a memory controller, and a physical layer input-output interface. The user logic interface may be operated in a first clock domain. The memory controller may be operated in a second clock domain. The physical layer interface may be operated in a third clock domain that is an integer multiple of the second clock domain. The user logic interface may include only user-dependent blocks. The physical layer interface may include memory protocol agnostic blocks and/or memory protocol specific blocks. The memory controller may include both memory protocol agnostic blocks and memory protocol dependent blocks. The memory controller may include one or more color pipelines for scheduling memory requests in a parallel arbitration scheme.
US10268389B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for in-memory operations. An example apparatus includes a memory device including a plurality of subarrays of memory cells, where the plurality of subarrays includes a first subset of the respective plurality of subarrays and a second subset of the respective plurality of subarrays. The memory device includes sensing circuitry coupled to the first subset, the sensing circuitry including a sense amplifier and a compute component. The apparatus also includes a controller configured to direct a first movement of a number of data values from a subarray in the second subset to a subarray in the first subset and performance of a sequential plurality of operations in-memory on the number of data values by the first sensing circuitry coupled to the first subset.
US10268388B2
An access control method includes: determining a number of a plurality of commands to be continuously transferred; transferring to a storage device, a transfer preparation completion command indicating that preparation for transfer of the plurality of commands is completed, when it is determined that the number is greater than or equal to a threshold value; transferring, in sequence, to the storage device, the plurality of commands when it is determined that the number is less than the threshold value; when a command transferred from the host device is the transfer preparation completion command, issuing a direct memory access request to the host device based on the transfer preparation completion command and receiving the plurality of commands transferred from the host device by a direct memory access method based on the direct memory access request; and accessing the storage, based on each of the plurality of commands received.
US10268385B2
Techniques and systems are provided for tracking commands. Such methods and systems can include receiving a data access request in a controller coupled to (a) a non-volatile memory configured to store a set of physical data pages, and (b) a volatile memory configured to store a plurality of physical data page addresses, wherein each physical data page address corresponding to a physical data page in the set of physical data pages, and each physical data page address is accessed via a corresponding logical address in a set of logical addresses; accessing, by the controller based on the received data access request, a bitmap stored on the volatile memory, the bitmap including a set of bits, each bit configured to indicate a validity state of a different plurality of logical addresses in a set of logical addresses; and determining, via the controller, an invalid state of at least one of a selected (a) logical address, or (b) plurality of logical addresses, based on a bit in the bitmap.
US10268384B2
Techniques for transferring files between machines include creating a zero-length target file on non-volatile storage, truncating the file to a desired size, and allocating storage on the non-volatile storage for each block of the target file. The technique also includes determining a logical block address (LBA) for each location in the target file. The technique further includes sending a request to an input/output (I/O) node to transfer a source file to the non-volatile storage, where the request includes a mapping between the LBAs and file offsets. The technique includes opening the source file and a block device at the I/O node. The technique further includes reading each block from the source file and writing each block to the target file on the non-volatile storage utilizing the block device, and then closing the source file and the block device.
US10268383B2
Two or more read modes of a data storage system and device are defined. The data storage device is capable of concurrently reading from two or more tracks using two or more read transducers. The read modes utilize different numbers of the two or more read transducers while reading data. The read modes are selected based on an operating condition of the data storage system or device.
US10268378B2
A system comprises a plurality of computing devices that are communicatively coupled via a network and have a file system distributed among them, and comprises one or more file system request buffers residing on one or more of the plurality of computing devices. File system choking management circuitry that resides on one or more of the plurality of computing devices is operable to separately control: a first rate at which a first type of file system requests (e.g., one of data requests, data read requests, data write requests, metadata requests, metadata read requests, and metadata write requests) are fetched from the one or more buffers, and a second rate at which a second type of file system requests (e.g., another of data requests, data read requests, data write requests, metadata requests, metadata read requests, and metadata write requests) are fetched from the one or more buffers.
US10268375B2
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and device that assists with identifying failure of a storage disk includes obtaining performance data and a threshold value associated with each of the obtained performance data for a plurality of storage disks. Next, the obtained performance data is compared with the corresponding threshold value associated with each of the obtained performance data to determine for one or more initial failures in the plurality of storage disks. Next, one or more operational test cases are executed on each of the determined one or more initial failures in the plurality of storage disks to determine for one or more false positives in the determined one or more initial failures in the plurality of storage disks. A notification is sent based on the determination of the one or more false positives.
US10268371B2
A method, device and storage medium for inputting characters are provided. The method includes: presenting a user interface on the touch screen, the user interface comprising a soft keyboard; identifying a location of a first touch point upon detection of a first touch acted on the soft keyboard; judging, based on the location of the first touch point, whether it is needed to select a plurality of candidate characters from the soft keyboard; when it is needed to select the plurality of candidate characters, presenting the plurality of candidate characters on a currently provided user interface, wherein a first area occupied by each of the candidate characters on the currently provided user interface is larger than a second area occupied by each of the candidate characters on the soft keyboard; and determining a target character from the plurality of candidate characters.
US10268366B2
In an example method, a user interface is presented by a device on a touch sensitive surface of the device. The device receives a first touch input selecting a numeral presented in the user interface. Responsive to receiving the first touch input, a numeric keypad interface and a display element are presented. The device receives a second touch input selecting the display element. Responsive to receiving the second touch input, a rotary interface including the display element is presented. While the user is maintaining physical contact with the touch sensitive surface, the device receives a rotational touch gesture dragging the display element about the rotary interface. Responsive to receiving the rotational touch gesture, the numeral is modified.
US10268364B2
An electronic device includes a display, a sensor and a processor. The processor is configured to activate the display in a first input mode to acquire a first touch input through the display, and to identify context information related to the electronic device through the display or the sensor. The processor also is configured to change the display to a second input mode to acquire a second touch input through one or more areas of the display when the context information meets a predetermined condition. In addition, the processor is configured to execute a predetermined function related to at least one object displayed on the display based on the second touch input acquired through the one or more areas while the display is in the second input mode.
US10268362B2
A method and a system for implementing a side function key is provided, comprising: detecting whether a side of a mobile terminal simultaneously has at least two finger touch points, if yes, displaying an icon of the function key on a side of the touchscreen of the mobile terminal, and implementing a corresponding function in response to a clicking of the icon of the function key. The method and system may comprise: detecting whether one side of a mobile terminal has finger touch points, if at least two finger touch points are simultaneously detected, then displaying a function key, thereby achieving a function of the function key on a side of the mobile terminal.
US10268355B2
Systems and methods for providing one or more user interface layouts are disclosed. The method includes receiving one or more user interface parameters from an input device of a web designer device; identifying, by the web designer device, one or more user interface layouts based on the one or more user interface parameters received; and providing the one or more user interface layouts identified to be stored in a user interface layout library database, the one or more user interface layouts being configurable by the web designer device.
US10268344B2
A method for providing a content based on a user's preference(s) includes analyzing meta-data information of a pre-stored content, determining at least one preference based on the analyzed meta-data information, transmitting the at least one preference to a content-providing server; searching, at the content-providing server, for at least one content corresponding to the at least one preference, extracting general information of at least one content found to correspond to the at least one preference and transmit the general information to the portable terminal.
US10268342B2
An electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface: displays a first user interface that includes a plurality of selectable objects; while a focus selector is at a location that corresponds to a respective selectable object, detects an input that includes detecting a contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and in response to detecting the input: in accordance with a determination that detecting the input includes detecting an increase in intensity of the contact that meets intensity criteria, displays a menu that includes contact information for the respective selectable object overlaid on top of the first user interface; and in accordance with a determination that detecting the input includes detecting a liftoff of the contact without meeting the intensity criteria, replaces display of the first user interface with display of a second user interface.
US10268329B2
A method for making a touch panel, the method comprises the following steps. Carbon nanotubes, a first substrate and a second substrate are provided. A carbon nanotube floccule structure is obtained by flocculating the carbon nanotubes. A first conductive layer is formed on the first substrate. A second conductive layer is formed on the second substrate. Two first-electrodes are located on opposite ends of a first electrode plate and two second-electrodes are located on opposite ends of a second electrode plate. The first electrode plate is spaced from the second electrode plate.
US10268320B2
A touch sensor panel is disclosed. The touch sensor panel includes a plurality of rows, at least one of the rows being a split row including a plurality of row subsections; and a plurality of columns, at least one of the columns being a split column including a plurality of column subsections. The touch sensor panel is configured with at least one split row and at least one split column located to increase a likelihood that a touch anywhere on the touch sensor panel overlaps with at least one split row and at least one split column. The rows and columns are individually charged electrodes capable of detecting a change in capacitance in a corresponding area of the touch sensor panel.
US10268317B2
An apparatus for sensing a touch pressure includes a display panel configured to display images, a window located on the display panel, the window including a display area and a non-display area at the outside of the display area, a first sensor disposed to align with the non-display area, the first sensor including a first optical filter and a first photo detector configured to generate a first sensing value corresponding to an intensity of light transmitted through the first optical filter from the display panel, and a controller configured to calculate a magnitude of a touch pressure based on the first sensing value.
US10268316B2
Examples of a touch screen are disclosed herein. One example of the touch screen includes a plurality of light emitting diodes positioned adjacent a perimeter of a panel and a circuit electrically connected to the plurality of light emitting diodes to individually and sequentially illuminate the light emitting diodes. This example of the touch screen additionally includes a plurality of photodiodes positioned adjacent the perimeter of the panel so that each photodiode receives light from at least one of the light emitting diodes when illuminated by the circuit. Photodiodes that receive light from different light emitting diodes are electrically connected in parallel.
US10268308B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an input panel configured to periodically sense touch coordinates corresponding to a touch manipulation of a user; and a processor configured to periodically receive the touch coordinates from the input panel, calculate a variation of the touch coordinates based on the touch coordinates, change a reference value for determining movement of the touch manipulation based on the variation of the touch coordinates, and determine whether the touch manipulation moves, based on the reference value.
US10268306B2
A shift register unit is provided. The shift register unit includes a precharging module, a resetting module, a pull-up control module and a noise reduction module. The precharging module is connected to the resetting module and a pull-up node, the resetting module is connected to the pull-up node, the noise reduction module and an output end, the pull-up control module is connected to the pull-up node, the noise reduction module and the output end, and the noise output module is connected to the output end.
US10268298B2
A mutual-capacitance touch apparatus and highly sensitive mutual-capacitance touch sensing method thereof, the method includes: providing a touch apparatus including: a plurality of first touch electrodes and a plurality of second touch electrodes, a touch controller including a touch driving signal generator, a touch receiver, and an amplifier with gain larger than zero. The touch controller sequentially or randomly applies a touch driving signal to a selected first touch electrode, and senses a touch sensing signal at a second touch electrode by the touch receiver, and processes the touch sensing signal by the amplifier with gain larger than zero, then outputs the processed touch sensing signal to at least a conductor close to the second touch electrode.
US10268296B2
A display apparatus including a substrate having a display area in which a display device is provided to display an image, and a non-display area around the display area. The non-display area includes a bending area that is bent about a bending axis; an encapsulation layer arranged above the display area; a touch electrode arranged above the encapsulation layer; a touch wire connected to the touch electrode and extending to the non-display area; and a fan-out wiring connected to a signal wiring that applies electric signals to the display area. At least a portion of the fan-out wiring is arranged in the bending area, and the fan-out wiring includes the same material as the touch wire.
US10268288B1
According to some embodiments, an accessory device for use with a touch sensitive portion of an electronic device is described. The accessory device can include a housing having walls that carry operational components, where the operational components include a processor coupled to a feedback component arranged to provide feedback and a distal tip coupled to the feedback component. The distal tip is capable of engaging with and transmitting a load applied to the housing to an external surface of the touch sensitive portion. The processor can be further coupled to a sensor in communication with the distal tip, the sensor being capable of (i) detecting a physical change when the distal tip engages with the external surface, and (ii) responding to the physical change by providing a detection signal to the processor, that, in response, instructs the feedback component to provide the feedback to the distal tip.
US10268287B2
A keystroke type mouse with digital and analog signal outputs, comprises a mouse body, circuit board, switch module, button module, elastic element, magnetic sensor and magnetic element. The circuit board is disposed on the mouse body, the switch module is disposed on the circuit board, the button module is disposed on the mouse body. The elastic element is disposed between the circuit board and mouse body so the circuit board is movable. The magnetic sensor and the magnetic element are disposed on the circuit board and the mouse body respectively. The mouse outputs a digital signal when the button module is clicked by a force lower than a preset value; and the mouse outputs an analog signal when the button module is clicked by a force higher than the preset value that moves the circuit board downward and changes the space between the magnetic sensor and the magnetic element.
US10268278B2
A hand gesture control system to be operated via hand gestures to receive a call from a mobile phone includes: a casing; a control unit installed inside the casing; a hand gesture recognition unit installed inside the casing, including an image capturing module and a hand gesture recognition module, wherein the image capturing module captures an image of a hand gesture of a user and transmits to the gesture recognition module for comparison, which feeds back an operation instruction to the control unit corresponding to the comparison; a wireless transmission unit communicates with the mobile phone via a wireless communication protocol for establishing communication between the mobile phone and the control unit; a microphone disposed at an exterior of the casing in order to receive a user's voice; and a loudspeaker disposed at an exterior of the casing in order to output the user's voice from the microphone.
US10268274B2
A haptic actuator may include a housing having a top and a bottom. At least one of the top and the bottom may have a shape defining an internal recess therein. The haptic actuator may include a coil carried within the internal recess, and a field member having opposing first and second sides and that includes at least one permanent magnet adjacent the coil. The haptic actuator may also include a respective flexure bearing mounting each of the first and second sides of the field member to be reciprocally movable within the housing responsive to the coil.
US10268273B1
According to some embodiments, an electronic stylus including flexible contact members disposed at a distal end of the housing, and at least some of which are capable of independently flexing relative to one another when contacting a protective layer of an electronic device. The components further include a sensor capable of (i) detecting a change in flexure of the flexible contact members in accordance with the contacting, and (ii) responding to the change in flexure by providing a corresponding detection signal. The components can include a processor capable of generating a feedback instruction that is based upon the change in flexure. The component can include a communications unit that responds to the feedback instruction by transmitting a feedback parameter to the electronic device such that a graphical output is presented at a display of the electronic device in accordance with the change in flexure.
US10268266B2
A user may select or interact with objects in a scene using gaze tracking and movement tracking. In some examples, the scene may comprise a virtual reality scene or a mixed reality scene. A user may move an input object in an environment and be facing in a direction towards the movement of the input object. A computing device may use sensors to obtain movement data corresponding to the movement of the input object, and gaze tracking data including to a location of eyes of the user. One or more modules of the computing device may use the movement data and gaze tracking data to determine a three-dimensional selection space in the scene. In some examples, objects included in the three-dimensional selection space may be selected or otherwise interacted with.
US10268260B2
An ATX dual-output power supply unit with buck detection compensation ability has a voltage compensation unit connected to a first motherboard and a second motherboard. The power supply unit includes a circuit buck detection unit, a switch buck detection unit, a summarizing unit and a gain-lag comparison unit. The circuit buck detection unit serves to detect the circuit voltage loss between the first and second motherboards to output a circuit loss signal. The switch buck detection unit serves to detect the switch voltage loss between the power supply unit and the first and second motherboards to output a switch loss signal. The summarizing unit serves to summarize the circuit loss signal and the switch loss signal to generate a total buck loss signal. According to the total buck loss signal, the gain-lag comparison unit drives the voltage compensation unit to perform voltage compensation.
US10268259B2
A board-level assembly that is useful to expand functions of a valve positioner on a valve assembly. The board-level assembly can incorporate a main circuit board and a peripheral “smart” circuit board. The main circuit board may be configured to communicate with the smart circuit board, find a storage memory on the second circuit board, retrieve data from the storage memory, and use the data to configure functions on the first circuit board. In one implementation, the smart circuit board can release and engage the main circuit board. This configuration can allow different configurations of the smart circuit board to swap into the board-level assembly, each of the different configurations providing data the main circuit board can exploit to change the functions of the valve positioner.
US10268258B2
A storage device includes a storage unit, a communication port configured to perform serial communication with an external device, and a controller configured to access the storage unit based on a command communicated from the external device through the communication port, and set the communication port to a power-saving mode before the communication port receives any signal for synchronization.
US10268254B2
The disclosed technology includes techniques for preserving battery life of a mobile device by monitoring a mobile application to determine a state of inactivity. An inactive mobile application may be placed in an idle state that may prevent the mobile application from utilizing one or more resources of the mobile device that may tend to drain the battery.
US10268243B2
A connector and an electronic device having the connector are described. The connector includes a first connecting sheet and a second connecting sheet, each having a connecting portion and a non-connecting portion, wherein, each of the connecting portions of the first and second connecting sheets includes a plurality of teeth for mutual engagement and cooperation to effect a relative rotary motion of the first and second sheets, and each of the non-connecting portions of the first and second connecting sheets includes an external planar surface.
US10268236B2
An electronic device may have a metal housing. The metal housing may have an upper housing in which a component such as a display is mounted and a lower housing in which a component such as a keyboard is mounted. Hinges may be used to mount the upper housing to the lower housing for rotation about a rotational axis. A slot-shaped opening may separate the upper and lower housing. Flexible printed circuits with ground traces may bisect the slot-shaped opening to form three electrically isolated slots each of which is aligned with a respective cavity antenna. The antennas may have antenna grounds formed from portions of the metal housing and other conductive structures. Resonating elements for the antennas may be supported by an elongated ventilation port structure along the rear edge of the lower housing.
US10268235B2
A device (100) for handheld operation, such as a mobile phone, a mobile terminal, a smartphone, a User Equipment (UE), a tablet, a phablet, a media player, a remote control, or a gaming console, is provided. The device is operative to detect an imminent or prevailing indication of an unstable operation of the device when being held by a hand (110) of a user of the device, and, in response thereto, to increase a grip between an outer surface (101, 103) of the device and one or more fingers (111-114) of the hand. The grip may, e.g., be increased by generating an adhesive force, or by increasing a friction, between the outer surface and the one or more fingers. Thereby, the risk for the user dropping the device is reduced, and a more convenient operation of the device is achieved, in particularly if operated single-handedly.
US10268232B2
An optical neural network is constructed based on photonic integrated circuits to perform neuromorphic computing. In the optical neural network, matrix multiplication is implemented using one or more optical interference units, which can apply an arbitrary weighting matrix multiplication to an array of input optical signals. Nonlinear activation is realized by an optical nonlinearity unit, which can be based on nonlinear optical effects, such as saturable absorption. These calculations are implemented optically, thereby resulting in high calculation speeds and low power consumption in the optical neural network.
US10268227B2
A transmission apparatus including: a branch circuit that branches a signal including first data and second data superimposed on the first data into two signals; a limiting amplifier that amplifies one signal in the two signals; a linear amplifier that amplifies another signal in the two signals; a first detector that detects the first data from the amplified one signal; and a second detector that detects the second data from the amplified another signal and the amplified one signal.
US10268223B2
A method of managing energy consumption in an enclosed spaced includes the step of providing temperature and foot traffic data to a plan generator. The method further includes the steps of generating an energy plan based on the temperature and foot traffic data and controlling one or more energy consuming devices based on the energy plan.
US10268219B1
An adapter to connect an industry standard low-voltage thermostat to a central HVAC system with a mains-voltage fan coil unit. The adapter detects the operating conditions of the thermostat, and only switches a power connection to the fan coil unit on if it is capable of heating while in heating mode or cooling while in cooling mode.
US10268208B1
A location marker may be used to provide information to a vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The location marker may be configured with folds and or apertures to provide aerodynamics that prevent or minimize movement of the location marker when subjected to moving air, such as wind or downwash created by the UAV. A location marker may be delivered to an address prior to a parcel delivery by a UAV, and may form a part of the packaging of a prior parcel delivery. Alternatively, a location marker may be delivered to an address electronically and printed and configured into a gust-resistant shape and placed in a suitable location to provide information to a UAV.
US10268205B2
A method of visual odometry for a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs is disclosed. The one or more programs include instructions, which when executed by a computing device, causes the computing device to perform the following steps comprising: in response to images in pairs, generating a prediction of static scene optical flow for each pair of the images in a visual odometry model; generating a set of motion parameters for each pair of the images in the visual odometry model; training the visual odometry model by using the prediction of static scene optical flow and the motion parameters; and predicting motion between a pair of consecutive image frames by the trained visual odometry model.
US10268203B2
Systems and method are provided for controlling a vehicle. In one embodiment, a vehicle includes: an imaging device, a reference data source, one or more sensors, one or more actuators, and a controller. The controller detects a stationary condition based at least in part on the sensor output, obtains an image during the stationary condition, identifies a reference position for a reference object based on reference data for a field of view of the imaging device during the stationary condition, identifies the reference object at a second position within the image, validates a transformation associated with the imaging device based on a difference between the reference position and the second position, and thereafter autonomously operates the one or more actuators in a manner that is influenced by the validated transformation.
US10268199B2
A computer for a vehicle is programmed to receive fuel level data over a period of time during a refueling operation. Based on the fuel level data, the computer determines that fuel flow rate during one portion of the refueling operation is materially reduced relative to other portions of the refueling operation. The computer is programmed to output a failure mode based on the determination.
US10268195B2
In an embodiment, a vehicle controller determines a predicted driving performance level of a vehicle driving control entity (VDCE) while the vehicle is controlled by a different VDCE. Driving control is transitioned to the VDCE, after which an actual driving performance level of the VDCE is monitored. The vehicle controller determines whether to transition driving control away from the VDCE based on the actual driving performance level. In another embodiment, after transition driving control to a VDCE, a period of heightened scrutiny used to evaluate the actual driving performance level of the VDCE specifically after the transition.
US10268191B1
A teleoperator device may be configured to obtain a request for teleoperator assistance from a driverless vehicle and obtain teleoperator data in response to the request. The teleoperator device may also be configured to record at least some of the teleoperator input and/or guidance transmitted to the driverless vehicle based on the teleoperator input. Upon receiving a subsequent request, the teleoperator device may be configured to reproduce at least part of the former teleoperator input and/or to provide an option to activate guidance associated with the teleoperator input. The teleoperator device may also be configured to train a model and/or use a model to determine from vehicle data an option for presentation via a teleoperator interface and/or a presentation configuration of the teleoperator interface.
US10268189B2
The present application provides a signal guided cleaning device and a signal guided cleaning system thereof. The signal guided cleaning system includes a signal emitter and a signal guided cleaning device. The signal emitter is used to emit at least one first emission signal. And the signal guided cleaning device includes a body, at least one mobile element, at least one driver, and a controlling unit. Each first signal receiver received the first emission signal in receiving range and provides a first reception instruction. Each mobile element connects with the corresponding driver. Controlling unit connects with the first signal receivers and drivers, provides a corresponding first controlling instruction according to the received first reception instruction, and drives the corresponding drivers so as to make the mobile elements drive the body forward an emitting direction of the first emission signal.
US10268187B2
A manufacturing management system capable of appropriately evaluating a degree of consumption of each component of a manufacturing machine, and efficiently operating a manufacturing cell including the manufacturing machines. A control unit of a cell controller has: a manufacturing machine information receiving part configured to receive manufacturing machine information regarding an operational history of each component constituting the manufacturing machine; a component degree of consumption calculating part configured to calculate a weighed degree of consumption of each component, based on the manufacturing machine information and a predetermined weight of each component; a manufacturing machine degree of consumption calculating part configured to calculate a degree of consumption of each manufacturing machine, based on the weighed degree of consumption of each component; and a manufacturing machine selecting part configured to select a manufacturing machine to be used in the manufacturing cell, based on the degree of consumption of each manufacturing machine.
US10268180B2
A handheld field maintenance tool includes a training mode. The handheld field maintenance tool has a process communication module operably coupleable to a field device, a user interface, and a controller coupled to the process communication module and the user interface. The controller is configured to interact with a user through the user interface, and is configured to provide a simulation function where at least one characteristic of the field device, indicated through the user interface, is generated by the controller instead of the field device.
US10268177B2
A method of coordinating automated systems, the method includes providing a first automated system that is programmed with a set of predetermined operating instructions that correspond with automated system processing requirements, monitoring an operational status of the first automated system with a second automated system, automatically generating a second system action, with the second automated system, that is complementary to a first system action of the first automated system, where the first system action corresponds to the set of predetermined operating instructions and the second system action depends on the operational status of the first automated system, and performing the second system action with the second automated system so that the second automated system cooperates with the first automated system to perform a predetermined operation.
US10268172B2
A remote controller controlling an air-conditioning apparatus includes: a main part, a three-axis acceleration sensor; a normality determination part that determines whether an installation state of the remote controller is in a normal installation state or in an abnormal installation state, based on a detection value of the acceleration sensor; a stationary state determination part that determines whether the installation state is in a stationary state; a vibration determination part that determines whether a vibration occurs; a thermo sensor; and a control part that controls the air-conditioning apparatus. The main part includes a back face, a front face, and a bottom. The remote controller is in the abnormal installation state due to a shape and a centroid when the remote controller is placed on a horizontal surface. The control part performs a limited control that includes limitation of a control of the air-conditioning apparatus based on the environment temperature.
US10268171B2
A demand response control result presentation apparatus is used in an energy consumption amount management system granting an incentive to a user of a facility device when the facility device performs a demand response control to adjust an energy consumption amount in response to a control request. The demand response control result presentation apparatus is configured to present a control result of the demand response control performed by the facility device. The demand response control result presentation apparatus includes a control result acquiring unit configured to acquire information relating to the control result, an incentive amount acquiring unit configured to acquire information relating to an amount of the incentive, and a control result presentation unit configured to present the control result. The control result corresponds to a variation in the amount of the incentive in a predetermined period.
US10268170B2
According to some embodiments, a validation platform computer may interpret at least one received data packet to identify a control command for a controller of an industrial asset control system. The at least data packet being might be received, for example, from a network associated with a current operation of the industrial asset control system. The control command may then be introduced into an industrial asset simulation executing in parallel with the industrial asset control system. A simulated result of the control command from the industrial asset simulation may be validated, and, upon validation of the simulated result, it may be arranged for the control command to be provided to the controller of the industrial asset control system. Additionally, in some embodiments failed validation of a simulated result will prompt a threat-alert signal as well as prevent the command (e.g., data packet) from continuing to the controller.
US10268164B2
A circuit device includes a first PLL circuit to which a first clock signal having a first clock frequency generated using a first resonator and a reference clock signal are input, and which performs phase synchronization between the first clock signal and the reference clock signal, a second PLL circuit to which a second clock signal generated using a second resonator and having a second clock frequency different from the first clock frequency and the reference clock signal are input, and which performs phase synchronization between the second clock signal and the reference clock signal, and a time-to-digital conversion circuit adapted to convert time into a digital value using the first clock signal and the second clock signal.
US10268159B2
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: a printing paper transport path in which printing paper is transported; a secondary transfer unit and a fixing section both disposed on the printing paper transport path; an open/close cover that, when opened, exposes the printing paper transport path in a main body of the apparatus; a pressure roller, disposed in the fixing section, that presses the printing paper on a side thereof facing the open/close cover against the printing paper transport path; and cooling fans that cool down the pressure roller, wherein the secondary transfer unit and the cooling fans are attached to the open/close cover and disposed at such positions that the secondary transfer unit and the cooling fans move following overlapping paths when the open/close cover is opened/closed.
US10268155B2
A waste toner transport unit includes a waste toner transport path through which waste toner removed from a circumferential surface of an image carrier is transported, a transport member that transports the waste toner along the waste toner transport path, and a movement restrictor that restricts the movement of the waste toner in a process of waste toner transportation. The waste toner transport path includes an area in which an inner bottom surface is inclined and the area constitutes the movement restrictor. The transport member is disposed such that a rotation shaft extends along the inclined inner bottom surface.
US10268133B2
This conductive roll includes: at least one elastic layer 12 including primarily a conductive rubber body and provided along the outer periphery of a core 11; and a coating layer 14 provided along the outer periphery of the elastic layer 12. The conductive roll satisfies the following expressions: circumference Sm1≤135 μm and circumference Sm1
US10268130B2
The instant disclosure describes methacrylate coated carrier resins with hydrophobic substituents for charge control and improved RH sensitivity.
US10268126B2
An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate with illumination light via an optical system. A detection system supported in a measurement station detects a mark of the substrate. A stage disposed below the optical system and the detection system holds the substrate with a holder. A carrier system has a first support member supporting the substrate in a noncontact manner and carries the substrate to a loading position in the measurement station. A second support member supports the substrate supported by the first support member, from a rear surface side of the substrate and is vertically movable independently from the first support member. A drive device relatively moves the first support member, the second support member and the holder at least in a vertical direction, at the loading position where the stage is placed. The substrate is carried from the carrier system to the holder via the first support member.
US10268123B2
A photolithography method includes producing, from an optical source, a pulsed light beam; and scanning the pulsed light beam across a substrate of a lithography exposure apparatus to expose the substrate with the pulsed light beam including exposing each sub-area of the substrate with the pulsed light beam. A sub-area is a portion of a total area of the substrate. For each sub-area of the substrate, a lithography performance parameter associated with the sub-area of the substrate is received; the received lithography performance parameter is analyzed, and, based on the analysis, a first spectral feature of the pulsed light beam is modified and a second spectral feature of the pulsed light beam is maintained.
US10268118B2
An extreme ultraviolet light generating apparatus includes a light collecting mirror that reflects and focuses extreme ultraviolet light, and a magnet that generates a magnetic field. The light collecting mirror includes a first mirror portion that includes a first reflective surface formed by a portion of a spheroidal surface, and a second mirror portion that includes a second reflective surface having a focal point at substantially the same position as a focal point of the first reflective surface, formed by a portion of a spheroidal surface different from that of the first reflective surface. The second reflective surface is provided at a position at which a magnetic flux density caused by the magnetic field is lower than that of the first reflective surface.
US10268115B2
A process for manufacturing a timepiece component, in particular a multi-level timepiece component, comprising a step of manufacturing at least one metal layer (13) of the timepiece component having an upper surface (15), wherein it comprises the following steps: E3: forming at least one cavity (14) in the upper surface (15) of the metal layer (13) of the timepiece component; E5: forming another metal layer (23) at least partially superposed on said upper surface (15) comprising a cavity (14), by a galvanic deposition of a metal or of an alloy, filling at least said cavity (14).
US10268112B2
An illumination optical system illuminates an image display element and includes a first lens array configured to divide light emitted from a light source, a second lens array configured to receive light from the first lens array, and a condenser optical system configured to guide light from the second lens array to the image display element, and a conjugate point of the image display element is located between an incident surface of the first lens array and an incident surface of the second lens array.
US10268108B2
Provided is a technique capable of flexibly incorporating a function according to needs, taking into consideration a user's selection of a function to be enhanced.According to the technique, provided is a function enhancement device 3 detachably interposed between an imaging device 1 configured to image a subject and acquire image data, and an interface device 2 configured to perform data communication with an external device so as to enhance a function of the imaging device 1. The function of the imaging device 1 to be enhanced is selectable from at least one of an image processing function of processing the image data, an operation environment retaining function of retaining an operation environment of the imaging device 1, a transmission method changing function of changing a transmission method of image data, and a subject recognition function of recognizing a subject from image data.
US10268106B2
The system of backstage installation contains at least one vertical rack, which supports a tool that forms the backstage. System that forms the backstage, includes at least one movable structure for the installation of backstage connected with stationary vertical rack with the help of at least one rotating element. Movable structure is made with the possibility of rotation in the horizontal plane to transfer from the folded position into unfolded and to be rotated to the specified angle for formation of functional decorated zone. The system contains the backstage facility to form the front decorative backstage surface construction for the installation of the backstage.
US10268104B2
A lens apparatus includes: an image pickup optical system; a holding frame that holds the image pickup optical system; and an illumination apparatus that is attached to an outer peripheral portion of an object side of the holding frame and applies light. The illumination apparatus includes light sources and a light guide member that causes internal reflection of light from the light sources so that the light propagates. The light guide member has an annular shape and has a light exit surface from which light is emitted toward an object side. A distance DL between two closest light sources in the light sources, an internal diameter D of the plurality of light guide member, and a distance WD from the light guide member to an object at a closest distance when the image pickup optical system is focused on the object at the closest distance are appropriately set respectively.
US10268103B2
According to the invention, there is provided a camera device including a light transmitting cover, a rotatable camera unit that is provided in the cover, a light shielding plate unit that can move the positions of a plurality of light shielding plates each of which blocks a portion of light incident on the camera unit, and a control unit that controls the light shielding plate unit, in which the control unit changes a light shielding range of each of the plurality of light shielding plates according to a tilt angle of the camera unit.
US10268099B2
An optical modulator connected to a first optical fiber and a second optical fiber arranged in parallel includes an optical-path changing unit that redirects light emerging from a tip of the first optical fiber toward a tip of the second optical fiber and an optical modulation chip that modulates the light redirected by the optical-path changing unit and outputs a light beam obtained by modulating the light to a tip of the second optical fiber.
US10268097B2
In one aspect of the present invention is a substrate comprising multiple, independently controllable electrochromic zones, wherein each of the electrochromic zones share a common, continuous bus bar. In one embodiment, of the electrochromic zones are not completely isolated from each other. In another embodiment, each of the electrochromic zones have the same surface area. In another embodiment, each of the electrochromic zones have a different surface area.
US10268095B2
The array substrate, the liquid crystal display panel and the liquid crystal display device of the present disclosure are designed to from the MIS storage capacitor by the P-Si semiconductor layer, the first metal layer and the insulating layer between above or the P-Si semiconductor layer, the second metal layer and the dielectric spacer layer between above, when one side of the first metal layer or the second metal layer receiving the negative gray voltage, the P-Si in the P-Si semiconductor layer will gather to form the hole, when receiving the positive gray voltage, will form the depletion layer on the upper layer of the P-Si to reduce the capacity of the MIS storage capacitor, thereby reducing the difference of the capacitance when the MIS storage capacitor in the positive and negative gray voltage, improving the flicker phenomena and ensuring the display effect.
US10268089B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel, a light source, a light guide and a prism sheet. The display panel includes a display area in which unit pixels each containing first sub-pixels and second sub-pixels are arranged along a first direction and a second direction. In the display area, the first sub-pixels have a width different from that of the second sub-pixel in at least one of the first direction and the second direction, or each unit pixel contains different numbers of first sub-pixels and second sub-pixels. The prism sheet is interposed between the light guide and the display panel and includes prisms extending along a third direction inclined with respect to the second direction by an acute angle of inclination.
US10268086B2
Disclosed is an electronic device in which a defect, where air bubbles occur in an OCR or a gap space is not filled in a D/B process, is prevented and a gap filling tape is adhered to a display module without a gap, thereby solving a problem where a crack or yellowing occurs in the display module. The electronic device includes a display panel including a first substrate and a second substrate bonded to a portion other than one edge of the first substrate, a panel supporting part supporting the display panel, a cover window attached on a front surface of the second substrate, a housing accommodating the panel supporting part and supporting the cover window, a gap between the one edge of the first substrate and the cover window, and a gap sealing member attached on a side surface of the panel supporting part to seal the gap.
US10268083B2
A curved surface display panel and a display device are disclosed. The curved surface display panel includes a first substrate a second substrate disposed as opposed to the first substrate, a plurality of spacer formed on the first substrate and a plurality of spacer bases formed on the second substrate in one to one correspondence to the spacers. An end of the spacer distal to the first substrate has a first inclined surface, an end of the spacer base distal to the second substrate has a second inclined surface, and the first inclined surface abuts on the second inclined surface.
US10268080B2
A phase modulator for polarized light, comprising a first substrate with a first surface and a second substrate with a second surface, a liquid crystal layer between the two substrates and an electrode arrangement. The phase modulator is usable as a variable deflection grating, and liquid crystal materials which are currently conventional are usable for its production. A phase modulator has an out-of-plane angle of the liquid crystal molecules next to the two surfaces whose magnitude is greater than 0 but less than or equal to 45 degrees, and an electrode arrangement controllable such that an in-plane component of the liquid crystal molecule orientation is adjustable in an angle range of up to 180 degrees, and the rotation sense of the liquid crystal molecules next to the first surface is opposite to the rotation sense of the liquid crystal molecules next to the second surface.
US10268067B2
The present application discloses a display substrate comprising a base substrate having at least a first region, a second region adjacent to the first region, a third region adjacent to the second region and spaced apart from the first region by the second region on one side, and a black matrix region; a black matrix in the black matrix region on the base substrate comprising a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns intersecting each other; a first color filter layer in a first region and extending into the black matrix region, the first color filter layer overlapping with the black matrix throughout the plurality of columns of the black matrix; a second color filter layer in the second region; and a third color filter layer in the third region.
US10268066B2
Provided is a photosensitive resin composition including: a nanophosphor, a photopolymerization initiator, a photopolymerization compound, an antioxidant, and a solvent, in which the antioxidant includes one kind or more selected from phenol-based, phosphorus-based, and sulfur-based compounds.
US10268060B2
An adhesive-free frameless display device comprises a backplane, an optical element secured to a surface of the backplane, a display panel secured to a side of the optical element away from the backplane, and a fixing assembly. The fixing assembly comprises a middle frame, a combining member removably secured to the middle frame, and a fixing member removably secured to the middle frame. The fixing member fixes the backplane, the display panel, and the combining member together. An electronic device using the frameless display device is also provided.
US10268051B2
An eye-mountable device (EMD) includes a lens enclosure, liquid crystal material, first and second electrodes, a substrate, and a controller. The lens enclosure includes a first encapsulation layer and a second encapsulation layer sealed to the first encapsulation layer. The liquid crystal material is disposed across a central region of the lens enclosure. The first electrode is disposed within the lens enclosure between the first encapsulation layer and the liquid crystal material. The second electrode is disposed within the lens enclosure between the second encapsulation layer and the liquid crystal material. The substrate is disposed within the lens enclosure between the first and second encapsulation layers. The controller is disposed on the substrate and electrically coupled to the first and second electrodes to apply a voltage across the liquid crystal material.
US10268048B2
A projector that projects image light on a projection surface and including a light modulator that modulates light emitted from a light source to form the image light, an optical path deflecting section that changes the projection direction of the image light modulated with the light modulator, a projection system that projects the image light outputted from the optical path deflecting section on the projection surface, a vibration detecting section that detects vibration acting on the projector, and an optical path deflection controlling section that controls the amount of change in the projection direction deflected by the optical path deflecting section based on the vibration detected by the vibration detection section.
US10268031B2
The present invention relates to digital pathology. In order provide enhanced use of available imaging radiation, a digital pathology scanner (10) is provided that comprises a radiation arrangement (12), a sample receiving device (14), an optics arrangement (16), and a sensor unit (18). The radiation arrangement comprises a source (20) that provides electromagnetic radiation (22) for radiating a sample received by the sample receiving device. Further, the optics arrangement comprises at least one of the group of a lens (24) and a filter (26) that are arranged between the sample receiving device and the sensor unit. The sensor unit is configured to provide image data of the radiated sample. Still further, a lens array arrangement (28) is provided that comprises at least one lens array (30) arranged between the source and the sample receiving device. The at least one lens array comprises a plurality of linear cylindrical lenses (32) that modulate the electromagnetic radiation from the source such that, in an object plane, a radiation distribution pattern (34) is generated with a plurality of first parts of intensified radiation and a plurality of second parts of weak radiation.
US10268027B2
An imaging optical system that conjugates a reduced-side conjugate point, a magnified-side conjugate point, and a position of an internal intermediate image with each other includes, continuously in order from a most magnified side, a negative lens group and a positive lens. The negative lens group consists of three or more negative lenses. The imaging optical system includes a first cemented lens which is a lens component closest to the intermediate image, a positive second cemented lens disposed immediately after a reduced side of the first cemented lens, and one or more sets of cemented lenses disposed between the positive lens on the most magnified side and the first cemented lens.
US10268025B1
The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The first lens is made of plastic material, the second lens is made of glass material, the third lens is made of plastic material, the fourth lens is made of plastic material, the fifth lens is made of glass material, the sixth lens is made of plastic material, and the seventh lens is made of plastic material. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US10268024B1
The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US10268013B2
A high density fiber enclosure system includes a chassis, cassette trays, an optional unification clip, cassettes, and an optional trunk cable management system. The chassis, cassette trays, and cassettes are configured such that individual cassettes may be installed, removed, and otherwise positioned for easy access by a user. The unification clip allows two adjacent cassette trays to be connected to one other such that cassette trays move as one unit. The trunk cable management system is designed to organize trunk cables and trunk cable furcation legs as well as relieve strain on the trunk cables and trunk cable furcation legs.
US10268005B2
A method for manufacturing an active optical cable comprises (a) flip-chip packaging chips onto a circuit board to form a OE circuit board, (b) integrating the OE circuit board onto an optical bench to form a OE bench, (c) integrating the OE bench onto a printed circuit board to form a OE module, (d) molding encapsulant onto the OE bench, (e) coupling a hybrid cable onto the OE module, and (f) utilizing low temperature, low pressure injection molding process to form the active optical cable.
US10268001B2
An optical communication module contains: a lens element, a fixer, and at least one optical fiber. The lens element includes a groove, a body, a top face, a light input face, at least one collimator lens, and a reflective bevel face. The at least one collimator lens is located within an orthographic projection range of a vertical viewing angle of the reflective bevel face, and the body has a light output face. The fixer is mounted beside the body and includes an accommodation recess and at least one focus face, wherein the at least one focus face corresponds to an orthographic projection range of a horizontal viewing angle of the light output face. The at least one optical fiber is inserted into the accommodation recess, and a glue is filled into the accommodation recess so that the at least one optical fiber is adhered in the lens element.
US10267997B2
A scene projector including an array of light emitting pixels, a tunable filter element, and a spatial light modulator. The tunable filter element is optically coupled to the array of light emitting pixels such that light emitted from the array of light emitting pixels is passed through the tunable filter element as filtered light. The spatial light modulator is optically coupled to the array of light emitting pixels and is configured to generate transmitted light by interacting with the filtered light to control at least one of an amplitude, a phase, and a polarization of the filtered light.
US10267994B2
A wavelength selective switch (WSS) apparatus is disclosed, which includes: a liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) phase array configured for selectively diverting a certain wavelength component of light beams to continue to propagate and keeping another wavelength component of the light beams from propagating by controlling a voltage applied thereto and/or a polarization of the light beams, the LCOS phase array being provided with a first liquid crystal (LC) domain, a second liquid crystal (LC) domain, and a reflection component, the reflection component being configured to reflect a light beam input through the first LC domain back to the first LC domain and reflect a light beam input through the second LC domain back to the second LC domain; and a reflective element that is arranged to reflect the light beams output from the LCOS phase array back to the LCOS phase array.
US10267993B2
A fiber connector, comprising a housing comprising a region extending in a lengthwise direction an optical fiber disposed in the region, a first portion of the optical fiber comprising an inner core, a cladding layer surrounding the core, and a first outer polymer layer surrounding the cladding layer and a second portion of the optical fiber comprising the inner core, the cladding layer surrounding the core and a second outer polymer layer that is different from the first polymer layer.
US10267986B2
An optical fiber plate manufacturing apparatus using vibration, includes: an optical fiber supply unit configured to supply an optical fiber; an optical fiber cutting unit configured to cut the optical fiber, supplied from the optical fiber supply unit, to a preset size; an optical fiber storage case configured to collect and store optical fibers, cut to the preset size, in a predetermined direction; and an optical fiber arranging unit configured to arrange the optical fibers, stored in the optical fiber storage case, using vibration so as to minimize a gap between the optical fibers.
US10267964B2
The present disclosure provides a color filter substrate, a method for producing the same and a display apparatus. The color filter substrate includes a base substrate; a photonic crystal layer located on the base substrate; a plurality of light emitting medium layers corresponding to pixels of different colors located on the photonic crystal layer, wherein the light emitting medium layer is capable of emitting light of corresponding color under excitation of light from a backlight source; a transflective layer located on the light emitting medium layers; wherein the photonic crystal layer is used to reflect the light emitted from the light emitting medium layers to the transflective layer, so that the light is oscillated and interferes between the photonic crystal layer and the transflective layer and finally exits from the transflective layer.
US10267963B2
Provided are a wavelength conversion member and a wavelength conversion element which are capable of reducing the decrease in luminescence intensity with time and the melting of a component material when irradiated with light of a high-power LED or LD, and a light emitting apparatus using the wavelength conversion member or the wavelength conversion element. A wavelength conversion member contains, in % by mass, 70 to 99.9% inorganic phosphor particles and 0.1 to 30% easily sinterable ceramic particles, wherein the easily sinterable ceramic particles are interposed between the inorganic phosphor particles and the inorganic phosphor particles are bound together by the easily sinterable ceramic particles.
US10267962B2
A method of making a pine shaped metal nano-scaled grating, the method including: forming a first metal layer on a substrate, forming an isolation layer on the first metal layer, and locating a second metal layer on the isolation layer; placing a first mask layer on the second metal layer, wherein the first mask layer comprises a body, and the body defines a plurality of openings parallel with and spaced apart from each other; etching the first mask layer and the second metal layer to obtain a plurality of triangular prism structures; etching the isolation layer to obtain a plurality of second rectangular structures using the plurality of triangular prism structures as a first mask; and etching the first metal layer to obtain a plurality of first rectangular structures using the plurality of second rectangular structures as a second mask.
US10267961B2
A display device includes a display panel and a grating layer inside or outside the display panel. The display panel includes R pixels, G pixels and B pixels. The grating layer includes a R grating region, a G grating region and a B grating region; along a direction from a center of a central area of the view field of the display device to a non-central area of the view field, each of grating periods of the R, G and B grating regions gradually decreases; and lights emitted from positions of the display device corresponding to the R pixel, the G pixel and the B pixel are emitted respectively along straight lines formed by the position of the R pixel and the viewer, formed by the position of the G pixel and the viewer and formed by the position of the B pixel and the viewer.
US10267952B2
This invention relates to comfortable ophthalmic devices and methods of producing such devices by treating unhydrated, polymerized ophthalmic lens with a polymeric wetting agent, wherein the ophthalmic lens formulation does not comprise said wetting agent prior to its polymerization.
US10267941B2
Various embodiments include apparatus and methods to estimate formation mobility from Stoneley waveforms. An objective function can be generated that represents misfit between measured Stoneley pressure values and synthetic pressure values. A minimization process can be applied to the objective function to estimate formation mobility and intrinsic attenuation. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US10267939B2
Disclosed are methods of marine 3D seismic data acquisition that do not require compensation for winds and currents.
US10267934B2
A method of generating a depositional sequence volume from seismic data is performed at a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing programs to be executed by the one or more processors. The method includes the following steps: receiving a seismic dataset, wherein the seismic dataset includes image values at a plurality of grid points of a 3-D subsurface model; identifying reflections at a first subset of the plurality of grid points and geological constraints at a second subset of the plurality of grid points of the 3-D subsurface model from processing the image values of the seismic dataset; and generating a depositional sequence volume for the 3-D subsurface model from the reflections at the first subset of grid points and the geological constraints at the second subset of grid points.
US10267933B2
A system may include a message server. The system may include a telemetry unit in communication with the message server. The telemetry unit may be configured to discover an identification of an auxiliary device coupled thereto. The telemetry unit may be configured to report the identification to the message server. The telemetry unit may be configured to request the message server to send messages associated with the identification to the telemetry unit. The telemetry unit may be configured to forward the messages to the auxiliary device.
US10267932B2
Disclosed are circuits for automatic calibration of the gain of electronic amplification and digitization systems for use with X-ray detectors. The calibration is based on injecting predetermined pulses into the electronic system and deriving a calibration ratio based the digital value of their amplitude with the digital value of the same pulses, unamplified and digitized with a high accuracy reference ADC. All ADCs, as well as the DACs used to control the pulser amplitude are referenced to a single common reference voltage. Calibration for non-linearity of the gain is disclosed with an alternative embodiment for the same circuits.
US10267926B2
Provided is a radiation detector 1 which is high in radiation detection sensitivity and is capable of preventing a loss of fluorescence by integrating scintillator crystals C and reflection plates rx and ry without using a permeable material. According to the present invention, the adhesive sheets Sa and Sb are adhered to the ends of scintillator crystals C arranged in a matrix in the height direction. The scintillator crystals C are integrated by the adhesive sheets Sa and Sb. According to the present invention, there is no need to form a scintillator 2 by securing the scintillator crystals C and the reflection plates ry by an adhesive. Therefore, an adhesive before curing does not enter gaps between the scintillator crystal C and the reflection plate ry, and therefore the gap forms an air layer. With such a configuration, a phenomenon that the fluorescence generated inside the scintillator crystal C is emitted out of the scintillator crystal C becomes less likely occur, which in turn can minimize a decrease in the intensity of fluorescence.
US10267916B2
A 3D construction system for creating an object includes, among other components, an online 3D blueprint model for the object and a 3D print head. An online control plan for controlling operation of the 3D print head to create the object according to the online 3D blueprint model is also provided. At least one 3D perception sensor scans a constructed portion of the object to generate sensor readings. A processing device, which is part of a computer system, creates an online 3D replica model of the constructed portion of the object using the sensor readings, and compares the online 3D replica model to the online 3D blueprint model or an ideal printed 3D model to identify a difference. The online control plan is modified responsive to the difference.
US10267911B2
A computing device in a vehicle can be programmed to determine a time to a collision and a field of safe travel, select one of a first and a second haptic output based on (a) the field of safe travel and (b) a predetermined time threshold. The computing device can deliver the first haptic output via a steering wheel when the time to collision is greater than the predetermined time threshold and deliver the second haptic output via the steering wheel when the time to collision is less than or equal to the predetermined time threshold.
US10267902B2
A method includes acquiring a pulse detection bitmap from an imaging sensor array into a digital read out integrated circuit (DROIC), filtering the pulse detection bitmap within the DROIC to convert the pulse detection bitmap into a filtered pulse detection bitmap, and determining for a given pixel in the filtered pulse detection bitmap whether the pixel has a value that exceeds a threshold, indicating a true laser pulse return has been detected in the pixel.
US10267888B2
An anticipated direction to a signal source is determined by a communication device having an antenna. The communication device receives video images in a field of view of a camera and determines, using sensors of the communication device, an antenna direction. The antenna direction is the direction that the antenna of the communication device is pointing. The communication device displays, using a display screen, the video images, an antenna direction indicator, and a guiding icon. The antenna direction indicator indicates the antenna direction relative to the field of view of the camera, and the guiding icon represents a direction offset from the anticipated direction. An energy value of a signal received from the signals source is determined by the communication device using the antenna, and a position of the guiding icon on the display screen is updated based on the anticipated direction.
US10267886B2
A system and method for simultaneously reconstructing magnetic resonance images and correcting those imaged for gradient nonlinearity effects are provided. As opposed to conventional methods for gradient nonlinearity correction where distortion is corrected after image reconstruction is performed, the model-based method described here prospectively accounts for the effects of gradient nonlinearity during reconstruction and implements a spatial support constraint to reduce noise amplification effects.
US10267885B2
To enable improved magnetic resonance imaging in the vicinity of an interference object that produces a magnetic interference field in an examination region, in a method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging of the examination region magnetic resonance raw data are acquired from the examination region by execution of a magnetic resonance sequence having multiple repetition intervals and refocusing of spins in the examination region at the end of each repetition interval repetition intervals. During at least part of the duration of the acquisition of the magnetic resonance raw data, a magnetic compensation gradient is activated that is opposed to the magnetic interference field.
US10267881B2
CEST MR imaging, called Multi-echo Parametric VARiation Saturation (Me-PaVARS) CEST places multiple image readouts in between a series of saturation pulses. The saturation pulse parameters are varied in a designated systematic pattern, which allows the generation of CEST contrast maps by encoding the patterns of signal loss into the images for better discrimination between various CEST imaging agents. The saturation parameter changes include, but are not limited to, saturation amplitude (B1), saturation length (tsat), number of pulses, shape of saturation pulses, amplitude of saturation pulses, saturation offset frequency, or a combination of these variations.
US10267872B2
A device for streaming magnetic flux data generated by an electrical generator for a power plant. The device includes a flux probe located on the generator to enable detection of a magnetic flux of the generator. The device also includes a computer having an interface, wherein the computer includes an analog-to-digital converter. In addition, the device includes a calibration circuit attached to the flux probe by a first cable and the interface by a second cable. The calibration circuit measures a resistance of the second cable and a voltage of the flux probe wherein ends of the second cable are shorted when measuring the cable resistance and the flux probe voltage. A gain is determined based on the cable resistance and flux probe voltage to provide a suitable input voltage at the interface to deliver the magnetic flux data to the computer.
US10267871B2
Provided are magnetic sensors, which include a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) magnetoresistive element, a first electrode contacting at least a portion of a surface of the MTJ magnetoresistive element and extending beyond an edge of the surface of the MTJ magnetoresistive element, and a second electrode contacting at least a portion of an opposing surface of the MTJ magnetoresistive element and extending beyond an edge of the opposing surface of the MTJ magnetoresistive element, where facing surfaces of the extending portions of the first and second electrodes are non-overlapping. Also provided are devices, systems and methods in which the subject magnetic sensors find use.
US10267870B2
Sensor error detection with an additional sensing channel is disclosed herein. First, second, third sensing elements can be disposed at angles relative to one another. In some embodiments, the first, second, and third sensing elements can be magnetic sensing elements, such as anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) sensing elements. Sensor data from first, second, and third sensing channels, respectively having the first, second, and third sensing elements, can be obtained. Expected third sensing channel data can be determined and compared to the obtained third sensing channel data to indicate error.
US10267869B2
A MEMS triaxial magnetic sensor device includes a sensing structure having: a substrate; an outer frame, which internally defines a window and is elastically coupled to first anchorages fixed with respect to the substrate by first elastic elements; a mobile structure arranged in the window, suspended above the substrate, which is elastically coupled to the outer frame by second elastic elements and carries a conductive path for flow of an electric current; and an elastic arrangement operatively coupled to the mobile structure. The mobile structure performs, due to the first and second elastic elements and the arrangement of elastic elements, first, second, and third sensing movements in response to Lorentz forces from first, second, and third magnetic-field components, respectively. The first, second, and third sensing movements are distinct and decoupled from one another.
US10267866B2
A method of driving a crack detector of an organic light emitting display device according to example embodiments includes: determining an image load of a display panel with respect to image data corresponding to an emission period of the organic light emitting display device when it is driven according to a simultaneous emission driving method, calculating a first sensing value corresponding to a power current that flows into a power supply during the emission period, determining a first crack reference value based on the image load, and determining whether the display panel is cracked by comparing the first crack reference value with the first sensing value.
US10267862B2
A fuel cell system comprises: a fuel cell formed of a plurality of cells stacked therein, each cell generating electric power through an electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas and an oxidant gas; a cell monitor capable of detecting a group voltage for each group wherein each group is composed of two or more cells; and an estimation device that estimates a minimum cell voltage. The estimation device comprises a maximum cell voltage estimation part that estimates a maximum cell voltage, and the estimation device estimates the minimum cell voltage by using an estimated value of the maximum cell voltage and a minimum group-average voltage, where an average voltage of a group having the lowest voltage value among the group voltages is defined as the minimum group-average voltage.
US10267859B2
A method and apparatus for identifying an open phase of a circuit breaker on the basis of voltage. The method comprises: a protection apparatus measures three-phase voltages at two sides of a circuit breaker; respectively calculates a vector difference and an effective value of the voltages at two sides of the circuit breaker; when the phase voltages at two sides are both greater than 80% to 90% of a rated voltage, and the voltage vector difference at two sides of the one-phase or two-phase circuit breaker is greater than a set voltage, it is determined that the circuit breaker has an open phase; and actuates an alarming or tripping operation after a short time delay t.
US10267853B2
A diagnostic system includes a location extractor, a file generator, and a chip diagnostic tool. The location extractor is arranged to extract at least a coordinate of at least one component in an intellectual property design layout of an integrated circuit design layout according to at least one tagging text labeling the at least one component in the intellectual property design layout. The file generator is arranged to generate a format file according to the at least coordinate. The chip diagnostic tool is arranged to scan a physical intellectual property circuit in a physical integrated circuit to determine a defect component in the physical intellectual property circuit according to the format file. The physical intellectual property circuit corresponds to the intellectual property design layout, and the physical integrated circuit corresponds to the integrated circuit design layout.
US10267846B1
A system, computer program product, and computer-executable method for detecting defects in an interconnect, the system, computer program product, and computer-executable method comprising receiving a data measurement relating to the interconnect, analyzing the data measurement, and determining whether the interconnect includes a defect based on the analyzing of the data measurement isolated from the impedance of the interconnect.
US10267832B2
A power detection device for a facility monitoring system provides non-contact power detection in a power supply line for determining a powered up or energized state of equipment connected to the power supply line. The power detection device is adapted to be disposed in communication with a live power supply line without disconnecting or interrupting the power supply to the powered equipment. A hinged casing including a sensor circuit for detecting electrical current is frictionally engaged to the power supply line by closing the hinge and drawing opposed sides of the casing together. Sensor signals are aggregated and amplified such that an amplified signal above a threshold is indicative of a current flow sufficient to power the equipment and render a determination of an energized, or “equipment on” state. Conversely, the lack of a threshold signal indicates inactive equipment such that remedial measures may be commenced.
US10267828B2
A device such as a laser diode is provided with a monitoring arrangement. The monitoring arrangement has voltage to current converters arranged to provide respectively currents which are proportional to the respective voltages on an anode and on a cathode of the laser diode. The monitoring arrangement provides a first output signal when the laser diode is on too long. That output signal is used to cause the laser diode to be switched off.
US10267817B2
Provided is an automatic analysis apparatus for inspecting blood coagulation, which is capable of miniaturizing device configuration and reducing device costs. The automatic analysis apparatus includes: a reaction container in which a specimen and a reagent are mixed with each other and the mixed solution is reacted; a sample dispensing mechanism which dispenses the specimen into the reaction container; a blood coagulation time measuring unit in which the reaction container is mounted to measure a coagulation time of the mixed solution within the reaction container; a reaction container accommodating unit which accommodates a plurality of reaction containers provided to the blood coagulation measuring unit; a reaction container transfer mechanism which grasps the reaction container and transfers the reaction container to the blood coagulation measuring unit; and a control unit which controls the reaction container transfer mechanism.
US10267812B2
A method of positioning a tape that includes determining an estimated position of a test element on the tape and rotating a spool that carries the tape in order for the test element to be positioned at a reading station. The estimated position of the test element is determined based on detected rotation of the spool, which can be measured at any shaft in the drive train. Also disclosed is a testing process for testing a sample deposited on a test element of a tape held on a spool of a cassette, a system for determining an estimated position of a test element on a tape which is carried by a cassette, and a memory storage medium associated with an in vitro diagnostic test cassette.
US10267810B2
Provided are methods of detecting the presence or amount of a vitamin D metabolite in a sample using mass spectrometry. The methods generally directed to ionizing a vitamin D metabolite in a sample and detecting the amount of the ion to determine the presence or amount of the vitamin D metabolite in the sample. Also provided are methods to detect the presence or amount of two or more vitamin D metabolites in a single assay.
US10267809B2
Provided is a method of bioassay for the quantification of N- or C-terminal neo-epitope biomarkers formed by cleavage of a CRP, ApoE, lumican, versican, perlecan, decorin, biglycan or elastin by a proteinase. The method includes contacting a biofluid sample with an antibody reactive with the neo-epitope biomarker and determining the level of binding of the antibody to the biomarker in the sample. The assay is predictive of risk of cardiovascular disease events.
US10267805B1
This disclosure relates generally to detection and, in particular, to detecting objects within a sample or fraction thereof.
US10267791B2
A biological test strip with isolation structure includes a substrate having a testing portion and a measuring portion; an electrode disposed on the substrate and including an operation electrode and an auxiliary electrode, the operation electrode having a first operating end and a first reading end, the auxiliary electrode having a second operating end and a second reading end; a first flow confining member surrounding the first operating end; and a second flow confining member surrounding the first flow confining member and the second operating end, with a height of the second flow confining member larger than a height of the first flow confining member. Therefore, the flowing scope of the dropped liquid is confined, so as to fix the square measure of the dropped liquid contacting the electrode and thereby improve the analysis repeatability.
US10267788B1
A method including identifying one or more structures in adjacent sequences of one or more proteins that can be mimicked by a peptide; and assembling a peptide that mimics the one or more secondary structures. A method including assembling epitopes of linked pairs of discontiguous peptide subsequences that mimic one or more structures in sequences of a protein; and assaying antibodies against the epitopes.
US10267785B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to methods, systems and devices, for analyzing the molecules. For example, in some embodiments, a system is provided which includes a first volume of conducting fluid, a second volume of conducting fluid, an orifice in communication with the first and second volumes of fluid, and means for applying an electric potential difference between the first and second volumes of fluid. In some such embodiments, a conjugate product is provided which includes charged polymers each having attached thereto at least one first molecule for analysis, where the product carries a predetermined charge greater than the charge on the first molecule, and upon dissolving the product in the first volume of fluid, the product is directed into the orifice.
US10267774B2
A noisemaker system includes: a node of an infrastructure system; and a noisemaker including a vibrating plate, the vibrating plate including a top surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface of the vibrating plate in contact with an exterior surface of the node, and an actuator configured to engage the top surface of the vibrating plate and generate an acoustic signal.
US10267762B2
A sensor element includes an element body having an elongate rectangular parallelepiped shape and including solid electrolyte layers with oxygen ion conductivity, an outer pump electrode disposed on a first surface of the element body, and a protective layer covering at least a part of a second surface of the element body on a side opposite to the first surface and including one or more spaces (a lower space) that are present apart from the second surface in a direction perpendicular to the second surface.
US10267760B2
A method for determining orthophosphate content of a liquid, comprising: registering a first measurement signal (ISE1) of an ion selective dihydrogen phosphate sensor; registering a second measurement signal (ISE2) of an ion selective hydrogen phosphate sensor; and determining the orthophosphate content of the liquid based on the first (ISE1) and second (ISE2) measurement signals. The dihydrogen phosphate sensor can comprise an ion selective dihydrogen phosphate electrode and the hydrogen phosphate sensor an ion selective hydrogen phosphate electrode. In the step of determining the orthophosphate content of the liquid, a cross-sensitivity of the dihydrogen phosphate electrode to hydrogen phosphate present in the liquid and a cross-sensitivity of the hydrogen phosphate electrode to dihydrogen phosphate present in the liquid can be taken into consideration.
US10267756B2
Dryness/wetness responsive sensor having first and second wires spaced 5 nm to less than 20 μm apart
A dryness/wetness responsive sensor having decreased size, and improved sensitivity and responsiveness. The present invention comprises a thin wire of a first metal and a thin wire of a second metal, which is different from the first metal, wherein the thin wires run in juxtaposition with each other on an insulating substrate, and wherein the spacing between the first thin wire and the second thin wire is in the range of 5 nm or more and less than 20 μm.
US10267753B2
The present disclosure relates to a multi-spectrum X-ray grating-based imaging system and imaging method. In one illustrative implementation, an exemplary multi-spectrum X-ray grating-based imaging system according to the present disclosure may comprise an incoherent X-ray source for emitting X-rays to irradiate an object to be detected, a grating module comprising a first absorption grating and a second absorption grating which are disposed in parallel to each other and are sequentially arranged in an X-ray propagation direction, and an energy-resolved detecting device for receiving the X-rays that have passed through the first absorption grating and the second absorption grating.
US10267751B2
An image acquisition device is an image acquisition device that acquires an X-ray transmission image of an object conveyed in a conveyance direction, and the image acquisition device includes an X-ray irradiator that outputs an X-ray, a belt conveyor that conveys the object in the conveyance direction, an X-ray detection camera having a scintillator that converts an X-ray penetrating the object into scintillation light, a line scan camera that detects the scintillation light and outputs a detection signal, and an amplifier that amplifies the detection signal at a predetermined set amplification factor and outputs a amplified signal, a controller that generates an X-ray transmission image based on the amplified signal, and an amplifier controller that sets one of a first amplification factor or a second amplification factor corresponding to an amplification factor lower than the first amplification factor as the set amplification factor based on a predetermined imaging condition.
US10267745B2
Defect detection method and defect detection device and defect observation device provided with same
The disclosed device, which, using an electron microscope or the like, minutely observes defects detected by an optical appearance-inspecting device or an optical defect-inspecting device, can reliably insert a defect to be observed into the field of an electron microscope or the like, and can be a device of smaller scale. The electron microscope, which observes defects detected by an optical appearance-inspecting device or an optical defect-inspecting device, has a configuration incorporating an optimal microscope that re-detects defects, and a spatial filter and a distribution polarization element are inserted at the pupil plane when making dark-field observations using this optical microscope. The electron microscope, which observes defects detected by an optical appearance-inspecting device or an optical defect-inspecting device, has a configuration incorporating an optimal microscope that re-detects defects, and a distribution filter is inserted at the pupil plane when making dark-field observations using this optical microscope.
US10267740B2
A method of detecting a tracer compound dissolved in a liquid composition via surface-enhanced spectroscopy includes the steps of: a. optionally, diluting the liquid composition or the separated liquid by mixing with a diluent liquid; b. bringing a sample of the separated liquid into contact with, a spectroscopy-enhancing surface including gold, silver or copper; c. obtaining a Raman spectrum from the sample; and d. calculating, from the spectrum, the concentration of the tracer in the sample relative to the concentration of a second component of the composition.
US10267738B2
A method for assigning chirality of carbon nanotube is provided. Firstly, carbon nanotube sample, an optical microscope with a liquid immersion objective and a liquid are provided. Secondly, the carbon nanotube sample is immersed in the liquid. Thirdly, the carbon nanotube sample is illuminated by an incident beam to generate resonance Rayleigh scattering. Fourthly, the liquid immersion objective is immersed into the liquid to get a resonance Rayleigh scattering (RRS) image of the carbon nanotube sample. Fifthly, spectra of the carbon nanotube sample are measured to obtain chirality of the carbon nanotube sample.
US10267731B2
This fluorescence observation method is a method of observing a living organism into which a fluorescent dye is injected. The method includes the steps of: irradiating the living organism with excitation light including a wavelength for exciting the fluorescent dye using a light irradiation means, acquiring a first fluorescence image of the living organism generated by the irradiation with the excitation light using an image acquisition means, specifying an observation object in the living organism on the basis of the first fluorescence image; acquiring a second fluorescence image of the observation object generated by the irradiation with the excitation light using the image acquisition means; and specifying a linear fluorescence pattern appearing in the second fluorescence image.
US10267728B2
A measurement system to measure a concentration of neutral gas species above a substrate includes a substrate support located in a chamber to support a substrate. A plasma source generates plasma in the chamber above the substrate. The plasma generates metastable species having higher ionization energy than a neutral gas species. The metastable species excite the neutral gas species located above the substrate. An optical emission spectrometer (OES) sensor measures spectra from a location above the substrate while the plasma is generated by the plasma source. A controller is configured to determine a concentration of the neutral gas species in a region above the substrate based on the measured spectra and to selectively process the substrate based on the concentration.
US10267724B2
The invention relates to a device (1) and a method for the optical stimulation of an optically activatable biological sample (3), comprising at least one light source (13; 13′, 13″), which emits light of at least one predetermined wavelength that impinges directly or indirectly on the sample (3). The invention is characterized in that: the at least one light source (13; 13′, 13″) is thermally coupled to a hollow channel section (4); the hollow channel section (4) is part of a fluid circuit through which fluid flows; a temperature-control unit (12) and a conveying pump are arranged along the fluid circuit; and the hollow channel section (4) has at least one limiting wall (5) onto which the optically activatable biological samples (3) are thermally coupled in a direct or indirect manner.
US10267720B2
Apparatus (3) for electrically measuring individual particles (4) flowing in a liquid (6), which apparatus (3) comprises: (i) a fluidic channel (5) for receiving a liquid (6) having the individual particles (4) in suspension in the liquid (6); (ii) a first electrode arrangement (8) having at least one measurement electrode (16) and at least one signal electrode (11); (iii) at least one other electrode arrangement (9) having at least one measurement electrode and at least one signal electrode (13); (iv) at least one signal conditioning electrode (10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19) positioned adjacent to at least one of the measurement electrodes (16, 18) or at least one of the signal electrode (9); and (v) measuring means (20, 21) for measuring electrical signal changes; and the apparatus (3) being such that: (vi) the first and the other electrode arrangements (8, 9) are connected to the measuring means (20, 21) whereby individual particles passing between the first and other electrode arrangements (8, 9) cause a change in electrical signal which is measured; and (vii) the electrical potential of the signal conditioning electrode (10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19) is controlled to substantially prevent current flow between the first electrode arrangement (8) and the other electrode arrangement (9).
US10267713B2
A sample preparation system includes a slicing module, a first tank, a sequencing module and a pickup module. The slicing module is utilized to sequentially slice a sample block into a plurality of sample slices. The first tank is utilized to receive the sample slices. The sample slices float on a fluid in the first tank, and the sample slices are moved by the flowing fluid. The sequencing module is disposed at a side of the first tank, so as to separate the sample slices sequentially. The pick module is coupled with the first tank, so as to pick up the sample slices sequentially and place the sample slices on corresponding sample holders. In addition, a sample preparation method is also provided.
US10267711B2
There is described a duct detector (1) and components (2, 3, 6) for duct detectors. In one form the duct detector (1) includes: a port unit (3) and detector unit (2). The port unit (3) is mountable to a duct in use so as to position one or more ports in the duct. The detector unit (2) includes a detection region. The port unit (3) and detector unit (2) are reconfigurable between a close coupled configuration and a separated configuration in which the units (2,3) are mountable with a variable separation between them and coupled by one or more elongate conduits (12A, 12B) to provide fluid communication between the units (2,3).
US10267703B2
A procedure defining a balancing strategy includes: providing a computer model which predicts the vibration amplitude at a given axial position along the spool when the spool is rotated at a given rotational speed; using the model to predict respective vibration amplitudes at the given axial position for different axial positions of a unit unbalance applied to the spool; plotting the predicted vibration amplitudes as data points on a graph of vibration amplitude against axial position of the applied unit unbalance; using the graph to identify axial positions which are more or less likely to contribute to flexing of the spool at the given rotational speed when mass is added or removed from the first rotor module to reduce imbalances at the axial positions; and defining a balancing strategy based on the identification.
US10267700B2
A high-precision pressure sensor, having a first base body that has two electrically conductive layers and an insulation layer arranged between the two layers and electrically insulating the two layers from one another, an electrically conductive measurement membrane arranged on the first base body with inclusion of a pressure chamber, which measurement membrane can be charged with a pressure to be measured, and an electrode provided in the membrane-facing layer and spaced apart from the measurement membrane, which electrode together with the measurement membrane forms a capacitor having a capacitance that varies according to the pressure acting upon the measurement membrane. The first base body is characterized in that it has a measurement membrane terminal via which a reference potential can be applied to the measurement membrane, an electrode terminal via which an electrode potential of the electrode can be tapped, and a shield terminal via which a shield potential that can be predetermined independently of the reference potential especially, a shield potential corresponding to the electrode potential can be applied to the layer facing away from the membrane.
US10267699B2
A pressure sensor element includes a die; a cavity and a trench formed in one surface of the die and defining therebetween a partition wall integral with and formed of the same material as the die; and a membrane formed on the die and covering the cavity and the trench.
US10267687B2
Techniques for controlling an optical system include accessing a measured value of a property of a particular pulse of a pulsed light beam emitted from the optical system, the property being related to an amount of coherence of the light beam; comparing the measured value of the property of the light beam to a target value of the property; determining whether to generate a control signal based on the comparison; and if a control signal is generated based on the comparison, adjusting the amount of coherence in the light beam by modifying an aspect of the optical system based on the control signal to reduce an amount of coherence of a pulse that is subsequent to the particular pulse.
US10267684B1
An apparatus, system, and method to characterize a focal plane array. The apparatus includes a speckle field source to generate and emit a plurality of uniform speckle fields, a diamond-shape aperture, and a pedestal to mount the focal plane array at a predetermined distance from the aperture. The diamond-shape aperture shapes the uniform speckle fields from the speckle field source so that the uniform speckle fields have a desired power spectral density at the focal plane array. The desired power spectral density has recoverable aliased regions out to two times the Nyquist frequency of the focal plane array. The system includes a controller to characterize, by computing a modulation transfer function, the focal plane array based on the desired power spectral density of the uniform speckle fields impinging on the focal plane array.
US10267682B2
A method for imaging one dimension nanomaterials is provided. Firstly, one dimension nanomaterials sample, an optical microscope with a liquid immersion objective and a liquid are provided. Secondly, the one dimensional nanomaterials sample is immersed in the liquid. Thirdly, the one dimensional nanomaterials sample is illuminated by an incident beam to generate resonance Rayleigh scattering. Fourthly, the liquid immersion objective is immersed into the liquid to get a resonance Rayleigh scattering (RRS) image of the one dimensional nanomaterials sample. Fifthly, spectra of the one dimensional nanomaterials sample are measured to obtain chirality of the one dimensional nanomaterials sample.
US10267677B1
Calibrated brightness estimation using an ambient color sensor, involving determination and use of lighting cluster parameters effective for automatically identifying which of multiple lighting clusters is associated with a color measurement obtained for the ambient color sensor, and per-cluster sensor brightness estimation factors for each of the first plurality of lighting clusters.
US10267669B2
Embodiments are directed to obtaining data from at least one sensor, the data pertaining to rotor loads and motion, processing, by a device comprising a processor, the data to obtain an estimate of at least one of gross weight (GW) and center of gravity (CG) for a rotorcraft, and outputting the estimate.
US10267664B2
A flow meter for a fluid, the flow meter including at least two channels which each comprise a floor, a ceiling and two walls, wherein at least one of the channels is a measuring channel in which a measuring device is arranged, wherein the flow meter includes a channel unit which realizes the channels, wherein the channel unit consists of at least one first component and at least one second component which are fitted into one another and in the joined state complement one another thus forming the channels.
US10267663B2
Apparatus for providing a mass flow measurement in respect of a fluid flowing in a conduit (11, 30), the apparatus comprising at least one non-intrusive device configured to obtain, in use, data representative of the total volumetric flow of said flowing fluid 32a,b, 20a,b), at least one device (16, 42) configured to obtain, in use, data representative of density of said flowing fluid, at least one device (38, 42, 44, 46, 43) configured to obtain, in use, data representative of the level of said fluid in said conduit, and a device (22, 40) configured to calculate, in use, a corrected mass flow of said flowing fluid using said total volumetric flow, corrected using said fluid level data, and said density data.
US10267662B2
A system supporting enhanced programmable signal adjustments may include a plurality of circuits configured to generate a corresponding plurality of input signals; a signal conditioner configured to condition the plurality of signals; and a controller configured to control the signal conditioner. The controller may generate one or more control signals for the controlling of the signal conditioner. The signal conditioner may select one or more input signals from the plurality of input signals, based on a first control signal generated by the controller; may generate an adjustment signal based on a second control signal generated by the controller; and may adjust at least one of the selected one or more input signals based on the adjustment signal and a third control signal generated by the controller.
US10267660B2
A sensor device includes: a sensor portion having a movable thin film and a detection element configured to output a signal corresponding to displacement of the movable thin film; a frame portion disposed to surround an outside of the sensor portion; a circuit board including a circuit configured to process the signal output from the detection element; and a lid portion which is attached onto the frame portion and has a through-hole, in which a functional film having higher hydrophobicity than a surface of the lid portion is provided on at least an inner surface of the through-hole in the lid portion.
US10267656B2
A human machine interface includes a capacitive sensor disposed on an interior side of a face plate. A control device is rotatably coupled to the face plate and is disposed on an exterior side of the face plate. The control device includes at least one electrically conductive element. The control device rotates about an axis substantially perpendicular to the face plate such that the at least one electrically conductive element follows the rotation of the control device. The capacitive sensor senses a rotational position of the at least one electrically conductive element.
US10267654B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) having at least one a flexible element attached to a bobbin, where the bobbin is made from thermoplastic material having a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) matched to a coil wire of the LVDT. In an illustrative example, the flexible element may include a flexible substrate located between the bobbin and an enclosure of the LVDT. The flexible element provides temperature compensation by absorbing mechanical stresses and/or electro-thermal stresses for the LVDT, while the thermoplastic bobbin provides thermal stability to the LVDT by mitigating breakage of the LVDT coils due to expansion of the bobbin in response to temperature variations.
US10267651B2
Water meter sensing systems and methods of use are provided herein. A system includes a sensor that mounts to a fluid meter, the sensor measuring analog or digital fluid flow measurements of the fluid meter, a communications interface that transmits and receives data, a microprocessor that is communicatively coupled with the fluid sensor and the communications interface, and a component enclosure that includes a power source that powers both the fluid sensor and a communications interface. The microprocessor infers a flow rate based on the analog or digital fluid flow measurements and generates fluid flow signals, the fluid flow signals being transmitted to a receiving system.
US10267641B2
A navigation method and device are provided. The method includes: receiving start point information and end point information sent by a target device; acquiring a target path navigation video from a start point to an end point based on the start point information and the end point information; and sending the target path navigation video to the target device. Accordingly, the target path navigation video is broadcasted in real time, thereby the user may determine whether a deviation occurs between the target path and the actual route in real time, and an accuracy of navigation is improved.
US10267629B2
The present invention provides a dimensional measurement probe unit (100) for attachment to a probe head (200) of a localizer (300), comprising: a measurement probe (150) for dimensional measurement of an object (400); a revolute joint (170) integrated into the measurement probe (150); and a probe unit interface (120) for repeated dismountable connection to a probe head (200) wherein the probe unit interface (120) is revolutely connected to the measurement probe (150) by the revolute joint (170).
US10267626B2
A phase of a specific frequency component of an image of a grid image on the surface of an object taken by a camera is found, and the location of the surface of the object is found from the phase. As a result, measurement that is strong against noise can be carried out without projecting a grid having a brightness distribution of precise cosine waves. In addition, the process is simple and can be used for the surface of a moving object. The number of pixels used for the measurement is smaller than that in the sampling moire method.
US10267625B2
System and method for monitoring of performance of a mirror array of a digital scanner with a use of a lateral shearing interferometer (operated in either static or a phase-shifting condition) to either simply identify problematic pixels for further troubleshooting or measure the exact magnitude of the mirror's deformation.
US10267623B2
A distance information processing apparatus includes: a distance calculator configured to calculate object distances, which are distances to an object in ae depth direction, for a plurality of pixel positions on the basis of a first image signal and a second image signal, so as to calculate a distance image signal constituted by a plurality of object distances; a first confidence calculator configured to calculate a first confidence representing certainty of an object distance value in the distance image signal; and a range calculator configured to calculate a distance range, which is a range of an object distance, on the basis of the distance image signal and the first confidence.
US10267617B2
Method include using an apparatus to measure a first surface field, at a first surface of the apparatus, of an artifact having one or more surface features with known topography. The method includes determining a first focus metric at the first surface based on at least a portion of a first surface profile containing the one or more surface features. Methods include digitally transforming, the first surface field into a second surface field at a second surface of the apparatus, deriving, a second surface profile from the second surface field and computing a second focus metric for the second surface profile, and determining, based on two or more focus metric values, an optimum surface for evaluating the instrument transfer function. Method include determining the instrument transfer function of the apparatus based on at least a portion of the surface profile derived from the surface field of the optimum surface.
US10267615B2
The subject invention reveals a distance measuring device comprising: a sensing module, a target module, and an evaluating module, wherein the sensing module and the target module are mountable so as to execute a movement with respect to each other along a movement trajectory, wherein the target module comprises a magnetic field generating element having a magnetic pole axis, wherein the sensing module comprises a first magnetic field sensing array being arranged distant to the movement trajectory. The sensing module and the target module can advantageously be situated within the pressurizable chamber of an air spring which is defined by (contained within) a first mounting plate, a second mounting plate, and a flexible member of the air spring.
US10267613B2
A detonator system wherein a detonator is connected via a down-hole harness to a bus extending from a blast controller and wherein a component is connected in series with the down-hole harness to limit leakage current in the harness to a level which can be accommodated by the blast controller.
US10267607B2
A munition may include a warhead, such as a penetrator warhead, enclosed in airframe. The airframe may enable connection to standard mountings, and/or to standard nose kits or tail kits. The airframe may have preformed fragments in it, packed between the airframe and the warhead. The preformed fragments may be loose, may be packed in a potting material, or may be in flexible bags. The fragments may enhance performance of the munition. The warhead may also contain preformed fragments.
US10267598B2
A network of scopes, including one or more lead scopes and one or more follower scopes, is provided to allow scope operators of the respective scopes to track the same presumed target. A lead scope locates a target and communicates target position data of the presumed target to the follower scope. The follower scope uses the target position data and its own position data to electronically generate indicators for use to prompt the operator of the follower scope to make position movements so as to re-position the follower scope from its current target position to move towards the target position defined by the target position data received from the lead scope.
US10267592B2
Provided is a bow assembly comprising a main beam elongated in a first direction to define a distal end, and a proximal end, wherein the distal end has a distal end facing surface from which extend, an upper member, and a lower member having a first set of threads thereon; and a riser having a proximate facing surface, an upper groove dimensioned to engage the upper member, and a lower opening through hole dimensioned to engage the lower member; a threaded fastener adapted to threadedly engaged the first set of threads; and wherein the riser is assembled with the main beam and the threaded fastener such that the upper member is inserted within the upper groove, the lower member is inserted within the lower opening, the distal end facing surface faces the proximate facing surface, and the threaded fastener is threadedly engaged with the first set of threads.
US10267590B1
A pulley assembly for a compound archery bow comprises an axle, a draw cable pulley, and a pair of split-buss let-out pulleys positioned on opposite sides of the draw cable pulley. Each secondary cable of a split-buss end of a power cable is wound in a spiral arrangement around a corresponding split-buss let-out pulley. As the bow is drawn, the pulley assembly rotates, the draw cable pulley lets out a draw cable, and each split-buss let-out pulley lets out the corresponding secondary cable. The spiral arrangement results in lateral movement, away from the draw cable pulley, of a contact point of the corresponding secondary power cable on each split-buss let-out pulley as the bow is drawn. The spiral arrangement can include a corresponding spiral groove on each split-buss let-out pulley.
US10267586B1
A suppressor for a firearm includes a casing that defines an axis, and a baffle is in the casing. The baffle has upstream and downstream surfaces and a frustoconical surface between the upstream and downstream surfaces. The baffle defines a fluid pathway through the upstream, downstream, and frustoconical surfaces along the axis. An annular chamber is located between the frustoconical surface and the casing. A first contoured wall extends upstream a first height from the upstream surface, and the first contoured wall defines a perimeter around a first damping well in the upstream surface. A second contoured wall extends upstream a second height from the upstream surface, and the second contoured wall defines a perimeter around a second damping well in the upstream surface. The first height of the first contoured wall is larger than the second height of the second contoured wall.
US10267583B2
A firearm grip with selector switch lock includes a handgrip for engaging a firearm receiver having a selector switch. A switch engagement unit is positioned within the handgrip. The switch engagement unit including a motor, piston, spring and detent for selectively engaging the selector switch of the receiver to which the handgrip is located. An RFID interrogator is positioned within the handgrip and communicates with a portable RFID chip. Upon detecting the presence of the RFID chip, the switch engagement unit moves the piston to the retracted position for manual free operation of the selector switch. Upon detecting the RFID chip is not within the proximity of the handgrip, the switch engagement unit moves the piston to the extended/SAFE position. A replacement selector switch having a torque limiter is provided.
US10267581B2
Disclosed is a firearm configuration for a handgun. The firearm configuration is designed to reduce the recoil forces encountered by a user upon firing the weapon. It further includes a recoil plate that absorbs forces generated by the slide during firing. Recoil forces are reduced by lowering the firearm's center of mass and by aligning a recoiling mass with the user's arm and trigger finger. The firearm configuration further includes a locking block which prevents rotational and lateral movement of the barrel upon firing.
US10267575B2
A header of a heat exchanger including a first wall connected with a plurality of heat transfer tubes of the heat exchanger, a second wall facing the first wall with an interval therebetween, and a circumferential wall connecting outer circumferential edges of the first and the second walls in such a manner that an area between the first and the second walls constitutes a chamber for inflow of fluid, the chamber communicating with each of the heat transfer tube. At least one of the first and the second walls is configured to curve in such a manner that a central area of the wall is positioned close to an inside of the chamber than an outer circumferential area of the wall. The thickness of the header is reduced and enough strength of the header is obtained, thereby preferably enduring repeating water hammer.
US10267571B2
In some embodiments, a thermal energy storage system includes multiple thermal energy storage containers adapted to store thermal energy storage media, the containers having high emissivity inner surfaces that are adapted to radiate heat into the stored thermal energy storage media.
US10267567B1
A monolithic heat-transfer device can include a container wall configured to retain a working fluid, where the container wall is formed of a single material. The container wall also includes an interior surface configured to be in fluid communication with the working fluid. The monolithic heat-transfer device also includes a channel disposed in the interior surface of the container wall, where the channel comprises a microstructure and a nanostructure. The microstructure and the nanostructure are materially contiguous with the single material forming the container wall. In some embodiments, the nanostructure comprises one or more layers of nanoparticles. The monolithic heat-transfer device can be configured as a heat pipe, which can be constructed from the container wall and a second container wall joined together and sealed to one another to contain the working fluid (e.g., using laser welding, electron beam welding (EBW), and so forth).
US10267566B2
A heat exchanger in one aspect of the present disclosure comprises a plurality of plate parts. The plurality of plate parts is arranged such that respective outer surfaces of mutually-adjacent plate parts of the plurality of plate parts are in a non-contact state having a gap between the respective outer surfaces, and apexes, each of which is an apex of the at least one convex protruding from each of respective mutually-facing outer surfaces of the mutually-adjacent plate parts, do not face each other in an arrangement direction of the plurality of plate parts.
US10267565B1
Interlaced tubing elements form a spiral shaped heat exchange element. The tubing elements are tilted while being helically wound, forming a substantially overall cylinder or cone spiral structure having a central longitudinal axis. Tubing elements are tilted with respect to the central longitudinal axis, and may be continuously tilted or variably tilted. A heat exchange element is formed by a continuous tubing element that spirals around a central longitudinal axis, or by several interlaced tubing elements that are spaced adjacent to each other in a conic spiral shape. The tubing elements may have a plurality of fins on at least one of the outer surfaces or first and/or second side walls.
US10267563B2
A UV curing system and method for providing an adjustable beam profile are disclosed for UV curing for ultra high speed industrial applications, such inkjet printing with improved print quality and efficiency. Also provided is a lamp head assembly for a UV source for such a system, which provides an adjustable beam profile for optimizing UV curing. The lamp head assembly comprises one or more light sources and reflectors or other optical elements, which may be relatively movable and adjustable, to adjust the beam profile to processing conditions and requirements for consistent curing efficiency and print quality at different print speeds. Specific features of such a lamp head assembly may permit adjustment of the spectral, spatial and temporal distribution of light for improved or optimized curing efficiency in ultra-fast UV curing applications.
US10267553B2
A household refrigerator has a housing formed with a receiving space. An icemaker unit for dispensing ice is arranged in the receiving space. The icemaker unit has a tray in which shaping regions are formed for specifying a shape of shaped ice elements that are produced from liquid poured into the tray. The icemaker unit has a cooling device with which a cooling air flow is produced for cooling the tray. The cooling device has an evaporator and a fan. A fan wheel of the fan blows the cold produced by the evaporator in a cooling air flow. The fan wheel is arranged in a separate pressure chamber.
US10267549B2
An air conditioner which includes a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an outdoor expansion valve, and an indoor heat exchanger that have been successively connected by a pipeline, and in which a hydrofluoroolefin-containing refrigerant is to be used, the air conditioner being characterized in that an oxygen adsorption device in which a synthetic zeolite is used as an adsorbent has been disposed somewhere in the pipeline, the synthetic zeolite having a pore diameter which is larger than the size of the oxygen molecule but smaller than the size of the hydrofluoroolefin molecule.
US10267543B2
An adsorption refrigerator comprising a first adsorber containing a first adsorbent capable of adsorbing and desorbing a first adsorbent refrigerant, a second adsorber containing a second adsorbent capable of adsorbing and desorbing the first adsorbent refrigerant, a first evaporator capable of evaporating the first adsorbent refrigerant under reduced pressure to cool a first working fluid, a first condenser capable of condensing the first adsorbent refrigerant in gaseous state, a third adsorber containing a third adsorbent capable of adsorbing and desorbing a second adsorbent refrigerant, a fourth adsorber containing a fourth adsorbent capable of adsorbing and desorbing the second adsorbent refrigerant, a second evaporator capable of evaporating the second adsorbent refrigerant under reduced pressure to cool a second working fluid, a second condenser capable of condensing the second adsorbent refrigerant in gaseous state, a first heat exchanger capable of applying heat absorbed from a first heat source to a first heating medium, a second heat exchanger capable of removing and releasing heat from a second heating medium, and a heat recovery path where a third heating medium performs recovery of adsorption heat generated by adsorption-driving of the first adsorber or the second adsorber and performs heat application of regeneration-driving of the third adsorber or the fourth adsorber.
US10267537B2
A dual energy electric and gas water heater with an igniter shutoff circuit provides the user with a quick connect by which the electrical heating system may be selectively enabled or disabled. A transformer and relay limit the function of the gas igniter to only function when the electrical heating system is not energized, whether by manual disconnection or power loss.
US10267536B1
A siphon is adapted for thoroughly cleaning fluid vessels. The siphon is capable of elevating discharge waste fluid through a transfer of kinetic energy provided by a pressurized fluid source, thereby obviating any need for undesirable electrical, chemical, or other mechanical power sources. An inlet couples pressurized fluid to a divider that splits the pressurized fluid between a jet port outlet and a tank flush source conduit. A siphon return conduit is operative to carry waste fluid from the fluid vessel, with the cleaning attachment protruding from the siphon return conduit. By slightly protruding, the cleaning attachment operatively blocks the siphon return conduit from being held by siphon vacuum against a surface of the fluid vessel while developing a beneficial eddy current flow path. A drain conduit is provided, as is a mixing chamber at a junction between the jet port outlet and an outlet from the siphon return conduit.
US10267535B2
A water purifier includes a hot water tank for receiving and heating received water by induction heating, a water outlet portion that is at least partially exposed to an outside of the water purifier for discharging hot water, a hot water line that is connected to the water outlet portion to communicate the hot water from the hot water tank to the water outlet portion, a hot water outlet valve that is located at the hot water line and that opens or closes the hot water line based on a control command, a connector that includes a hot water inlet connected to a water outlet pipe of the hot water tank and a hot water outlet connected to the hot water line, and a temperature sensor that is connected to the connector and that is configured to measure a temperature of the hot water that passes through the connector.
US10267532B2
A thermostat or other in-line, two-conductor control device employs a power-stealing technique to obtain DC power for its electronic controls where the thermostat wire run has an R wire but no C (common) wire. The controlled switch for a reactive load, such as the gas valve relay or compressor contactor, is formed of a pair of power capacitors and a pair of switching transistors or other electronic controlled switches. The conductors for feeding DC power to control electronics are connected with the junctions of the power capacitors and their respective switching transistors. The power capacitors and switching transistors can be configured in respective series combinations, with the series combinations forming a parallel combination. The control device can be considered to have an energy storage and switching arrangement that forms with the load an L-C circuit and an electronic switch in circuit between the energy storage arrangement and the load and can be switched on and off to provide an input to a DC power supply.
US10267522B2
The present invention relation to a burner for a combustion chamber of a gas turbine with a mixing and injection device. The mixing and injection device includes a limiting wall that defines a gas-flow channel and at least two streamlined bodies, each extending in a first transverse direction into the gas-flow channel. Each streamlined body has two lateral surfaces that are arranged essentially parallel to the main-flow direction, the lateral surfaces being joined to one another at their upstream side to form a leading edge of the body and joined at their downstream side to form a trailing edge of the body. Each streamlined body has a cross-section perpendicular to the first transverse direction that is shaped as a streamlined profile. At least one of the streamlined bodies is provided with a mixing structure and with at least one fuel nozzle located at its trailing edge for introducing at least one fuel essentially parallel to the main-flow direction into the flow channel, wherein at least two of the streamlined bodies have different lengths along the first transverse direction such that they may be used for a can combustor. The invention also relates to a method of using said burner in a gas turbine.
US10267521B2
A gas turbine engine combustor has a dome and a shell extending axially from the dome. The dome and the shell cooperates to define a combustion chamber. A dome heat shield is mounted to the dome inside the combustion chamber. A front heat shield is mounted to the shell inside the combustion chamber. The dome heat shield and the front heat shield have axially overlapping portions cooperating to define a flow guiding channel. The flow guiding channel has a length (L) and a height (h). The length (L) is at least equal to the height (h).
US10267520B2
Combustor panel bodies with first and second sides, a pin array of cooling pins extending from the first side, with each pin extending a first height from the first side and having a pin diameter, each pin separated from adjacent pins by a pin array separation distance. A structural protrusion extending from the first side with no pins located at a position within a flashing distance that is equal to a protrusion separation distance plus one half of the pin diameter. A location of the pin is measured from a center point of the pin to a closest point on the exterior surface of the structural protrusion. A pin array scallop is integrally formed with the structural protrusion forming a reduction in material such that each pin of the array that is closest to the structural protrusion is positioned the pin array separation distance from the structural protrusion.
US10267517B2
A method for improving effectiveness of a steam generator system includes providing air to an air preheater in excess of that required for combustion of fuel and providing the air at a mass flow such that the air preheater has a cold end metal temperature that is no less than a water dew point temperature in the air preheater and such that the cold end metal temperature is less than a sulfuric acid dew point temperature. The method includes mitigating SO3 in the flue gas which is discharged directly from the air preheater to a particulate removal system and then directly into a flue gas desulfurization system. Flue gas reheat air is fed from the air preheater to heat the flue gas prior to entering a discharge stack to raise the temperature of the flue gas to mitigate visible plume exiting and to mitigate corrosion in the discharge stack.
US10267516B2
A method for controlling the Btu content of a flare gas to combusted in a flare stack comprising a flare tip is provided. The method includes, introducing a first gas stream including nitrogen to be flared, the first gas stream having an initial Btu content, providing a supplemental fuel gas stream, and combining the first gas stream with the supplemental fuel gas stream, thereby obtaining a flare gas stream having a final Btu content measured at the flare tip.
US10267509B2
A container apparatus can include a container and an insert assembly. The insert assembly can include four elongate members. The four elongate members can include light emitting devices for illuminating the interior of the container and/or temperature altering elements for cooling and/or heating the interior of the container. The container can have a rectangular base and a rectangular sidewall extending upwardly from the base. The sidewall can define four corners of the container, and four elongate recesses can be formed in the sidewall proximate the four corners of the sidewall to receive the elongate light members. The recesses can be sized and shaped to conform to the elongate insert members so that the insert members can be releasably retained within the elongate recesses.
US10267507B2
A luminous means comprising a substrate having a first main surface, to which a first electrode is applied, a second electrode, an organic layer stack within an active region of the substrate between the first and the second electrode, wherein the organic layer stack comprises at least one organic layer which is suitable for generating light, and at least one reflective element, which is formed along a main plane of the luminous means, wherein the luminous means has two operating states, such that the luminous means is an illumination source in a first operating state and the luminous means is a mirror in a second operating state.
US10267503B2
A light apparatus for being installed in an accommodating space of the wall includes following components. A light source circuit generates light for lighting when being energized. A main shell is set with an exposed portion and an embedded portion, at least a portion of the exposed portion is located out of the wall, and the embedded portion is located in the accommodating space. A cup body is set with a bottom part and a side surrounded part, the side surrounded part is connected to the embedded portion of the main shell, the light source circuit is located on the bottom part. A driving circuit box for placing the driving circuit, wherein the driving circuit generates current for driving the light source circuit after power supply, and at least a connecting structure is used to sequentially fix the cup body, the main shell and the driving circuit box together.
US10267499B2
The invention discloses wall lamp with a variable illumination direction, including lamp beads, a lamp bead seat, a mounting box, and a power adapter. The power adapter is installed within the mounting box; the lamp bead seat is of a cuboid structure, and an accommodating cavity is formed in the cuboid structure, the mounting box is located in the accommodating cavity. The lamp beads are arranged on an outer wall of one side surface of the cuboid structure. A first connector is arranged on an inner side wall of the lamp bead seat, and a second connector is arranged on the mounting box. The first connector is connected to the second connector in a pivotal way. A side surface of the first connector pushes against a side surface of the second connector, so that a level adjusting knob is formed by the mounting box and the lamp bead seat.
US10267497B2
Described are embodiments of a light engine installation kit and methods of installation that allow a single technician to install large, heavy, or awkwardly shaped light engines into new or existing fixture housings. The installation kits include mounting brackets that install into the fixture housing. The mounting brackets can then support the light engine by a retention tab at one end, and a tether at the other. In this intermediate position, an installer can complete the wiring before raising the light engine into its final position. Also described are lenses, wireway covers, reflectors, and end caps that provide improved sealing of the lens compartment of a light engine. The fitting of the parts provides better sealing to prevent dirt, debris, or insects from migrating into the lens compartment of the light engine and causing reduced light output or unsightly dark spots in the lens.
US10267496B2
A translucent cover for an LED light bulb is disclosed. The translucent cover includes a cover body made from a light-transmissive material, light-scattering particles in the light-transmissive material, and a series of micro-structure features on and inner surface of the cover body. The micro-structure features are configured to refract and reflect light emitted from the LED light bulb to increase the emission angle of the light emitted from the cover.
US10267486B1
An example lighting device has a luminaire. The luminaire includes an illumination light source matrix including illumination light sources configured to be driven by electrical power to emit light rays for illumination lighting. The luminaire further includes an optical lens positioned and configured to extend over the illumination light source matrix and including an input surface coupled to receive incoming light rays emitted by the illumination light sources and an output surface. Both the input surface and the output surface each include various portions to refract or total internally reflect the incoming light rays emitted by the illumination light sources passing through to shape or steer the illumination lighting into an outputted beam pattern. A coupled illumination light source driver selectively controls the illumination light sources individually or in combination to adjust the outputted beam pattern from the optical lens.
US10267482B2
Vehicular lighting assemblies and headlamps with condenser lenses configured to prevent solar damage
A vehicular lighting assembly (and methods of making the same) that includes a parabolic reflector; a condenser lens comprising a non-planar rear surface; an outer lens; a bezel between the lenses; and a light source that emanates light that strikes the reflector and exits the assembly through the condenser lens and the outer lens. Further, the non-planar rear surface of the condenser lens refracts ambient light entering the condenser lens away from the bezel. In embodiments, the non-planar rear surface can comprise a convex or a concave surface.
US10267479B2
A light module, in particular for lighting and/or signalling, in particular for a motor vehicle, including a light source and a plurality of light-emitting units of submillimetric size, at least a first set of light-emitting units projecting from a first face of a first substrate; and, a first carrier designed to dissipate heat from the first set of light-emitting units, the first carrier being linked to a second face of the first substrate; wherein the first carrier is furthermore designed to form a first electrode of the first set of light-emitting units so as to conduct a current to the first set of light-emitting units.
US10267475B2
A light module includes at least one light source, a light source support, and an optical element suitable for receiving rays emitted by the light source. The optical element includes structure for positioning the optical element in a predefined position on the support and an elastic attachment device for attaching the optical element in the predefined position on the support.
US10267473B2
A lighting device for a vehicle includes a lens; a prism that is disposed on a rear side of the lens and that is configured to totally reflect an incident light and to then emit the light; a light source device configured to emit light toward the prism; and a reflective fluorescent body disposed on the rear side of the lens and configured to convert a wavelength of light emitted by the prism and to then reflect the wavelength-converted light to the lens. The prism includes an emitting surface that is spaced apart from an optical axis of the lens. A distance between the reflective fluorescent body and a rear surface of the lens is greater than a distance between the emitting surface of the prism and the rear surface of the lens.
US10267444B2
A rapid engagement/release coupling having a female connector, a male connector, and a retaining ring. The female connector having an insertion end, a cylindrical sealing portion, and an annular groove having a first stop surface. The male connector carrying a sealing ring configured to cooperate with the cylindrical sealing portion and having a recessed annular portion having a second stop surface. The retaining ring having a collar and a tubular portion equipped with a plurality of longitudinal splits which divide the tubular portion into a plurality of sectors. The sectors having teeth configured to engage the annular groove, wherein the teeth have outer conical surfaces and inner conical surfaces. The inner and outer conical surfaces of the teeth having different inclination angles with respect to a longitudinal axis. The inclination angle of the outer conical surfaces is greater than the inclination angle of the inner conical surfaces.
US10267440B2
An apparatus and method for reinforcing a welded-lap pipe joint includes a first pipe segment having a bell-end presenting a receptacle, a spigot-end of a second pipe segment extending into and welded to the bell-end receptacle to form a welded-lap joint, and a bell-shaped reinforcing sleeve surrounding the welded-lap joint. In exemplary embodiments the reinforcing sleeve is welded to the first or second pipe segments. Also disclosed are a method of assembling a reinforced welded-lap pipe joint.
US10267438B2
A flexible hose liner is provided having a cylindrical body extending along a longitudinal axis from a first end to a second end. First and second sleeves form the cylindrical body by separate continuous ribbons having a plurality of convolutions formed in a helical pattern along the cylindrical body from the first end to the second end. A ring is formed in each revolution about the longitudinal axis of the continuous ribbon of the first and second sleeves. A plurality of rings form the cylindrical body, each ring has a first convolution and an ending convolution such that a mechanical connection is formed between the ending convolution of a preceding ring and the first convolution of a succeeding ring. The mechanical connection of the between the rings of the first sleeve being different from the mechanical connection of the rings of the second sleeve.
US10267421B2
A seal ring includes a center axis, an outer peripheral surface, an inner peripheral surface, a side surface, and a groove. The center axis is a rotation center. The outer peripheral surface is an outward cylindrical surface whose center is positioned at the central axis. The inner peripheral surface is an inward cylindrical surface disposed between the center axis and the outer peripheral surface whose center is positioned at the central axis. The side surface connects the outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface. The groove is formed in a dented groove from the side surface, extends along a radial direction spaced from the outer peripheral surface, has a first end connected to the inner peripheral surface and a second end at an opposite side of the first end, and returns oil entered from the first end to an inner peripheral surface side via the second end.
US10267419B2
An engine piston wrist pin installation tool, kit and method provide the ability to install a piston in an engine block while the corresponding piston rod is assembled to the crankshaft. The wrist pin aperture is first aligned with an access hole provided on the engine block, which may be performed by using a tapered alignment tool provided in the tool kit. A mounting flange configured for bolting to preformed holes in the engine block is first attached over the access hole, the alignment performed, and a tool including a cylindrical sheath that holds a wrist pin clip compressed and a rod that holds the wrist pin and clip is slid through a locking collar of the flange and secured in place. The rod is then pressed through the sheath to extend the wrist pin and wrist pin clip into the piston until the wrist pin clip snaps into place.
US10267414B2
In a controller for an automatic transmission, when a jump gear shift via a plurality of intermediate shift stages is executed, a first and a second target intermediate shift stages are extracted, and a target input shaft rotation speed change rate is calculated from a difference in synchronous rotation speed between a shift stage before a current gear shift and the second target intermediate shift stage as a target shift stage of a gear shift which is executed after the current gear shift. Accordingly, it is possible to avoid a situation in which a shifting time in the gear shift control of the step before the second target intermediate shift stage becomes very short and thus packing of a clutch pack is not executed in a timely manner.
US10267403B2
A method for designing a spline surface contour of a roller-type wave-motion includes of the steps of slicing radial movement track of a roller between a cam and a spline aperture and circumference rotation track at equal proportion at equal time intervals to sequentially obtain circle centers and points of tangency of the track circles during movement of the roller; connecting the points of tangency to form a unit cam circumference segment of a cam periphery in order to draw and form a single-sided tooth flank contour; and forming a correspondent side tooth flank contour by mirroring and projecting the single-sided tooth flank contour. A method of forming a spline wheel contour and a method of forming a cam periphery are obtained.
US10267400B2
A differential apparatus includes a differential mechanism, a differential case that accommodates the differential mechanism, and a clutch mechanism that transmits a driving force between the differential case and the differential mechanism. The clutch mechanism includes a side member movable inside the differential case in an axial direction and an actuator for moving the slide member to the axial direction. The slide member has a first meshable portion at one end in the axial direction, is allowed to move relative to the differential mechanism, and is prevented from rotating relative to the differential mechanism. The differential case has a second meshable portion facing the first meshable portion in the axial direction. When the slide member moves toward the second meshable portion by actuation of the actuator, the first meshable portion meshes with the second meshable portion so that the differential case and the slide member are coupled to prevent a relative rotation between the differential case and the slide member.
US10267397B2
A turbine assembly for a hydrokinetic torque converter. The turbine assembly is rotatable about a rotational axis and hydrokinetic torque converter and comprises a first turbine component coaxial with the rotational axis, and a second turbine component non-moveably secured to the turbine component coaxially therewith. The first turbine component is formed separately from the second turbine component. The first turbine component has a plurality of first turbine blade members integrally formed therewith.
US10267391B2
A continuously variable transmission (CVT comprises a shaft rotatable about an axis, and variator assembly, and an actuator mechanism. The variator assembly includes a pulley supported on the shaft and having a ramp surface, and an endless rotatable device frictionally engaged with the pulley. The ramp surface inclines in an axial direction along the axis toward the endless rotatable device. The CVT further comprises an actuator mechanism that includes a wedge component that has a wedge surface interfacing with the ramp surface, and a rotary piston operatively connected to the wedge component. The rotary piston defines a first fluid chamber pressurizable to apply a rotational force that provides relative motion between the ramp surface and the wedge surface resulting in a wedge force on the ramp surface and a clamping force of the endless rotatable device on the pulley.
US10267388B2
A planetary gear train may include input and output shafts, first to fourth planetary gear sets respectively having first to third, fourth to sixth, seventh to ninth, and tenth to twelfth elements, a first shaft connected with the ninth element and selectively connected with the input shaft, a second shaft connected with the twelfth element and selectively connected with the input shaft, a third shaft connected with the eighth and tenth elements and the output shaft, a fourth shaft connected with the first, fifth, and eleventh elements, a fifth shaft connected with the third, sixth, and seventh elements, and a plurality of additional shafts each selectively connecting a corresponding element to a transmission housing, the corresponding element being an element of the first or second planetary gear sets that is not interconnected.
US10267387B1
A planetary gear train may include input and output shafts, first to fourth planetary gear sets respectively having first to third, fourth to sixth, seventh to ninth, and tenth to twelfth elements, a first shaft connected to the first, sixth, and seventh elements, and selectively connected to the input shaft, a second shaft connected to the ninth element and selectively connected to the input shaft, a third shaft connected to the eleventh element and the output shaft, a fourth shaft connected to the third and fourth elements, a fifth shaft connected to the fifth, eighth, and twelfth elements, and a plurality of shafts each selectively connecting a corresponding element to a transmission housing, the corresponding element being an element of the first and fourth planetary gear sets which is not interconnected.
US10267386B2
The present disclosure provides a multiple speed transmission having an input member, an output member, a plurality of planetary gearsets, a plurality of interconnecting members and a plurality of torque-transmitting mechanisms. Each of the plurality of planetary gearsets includes a sun gear, a ring gear, and a carrier member with pinion gears. The input member is selectively interconnected with at least one member of one of the plurality of planetary gear sets, and the output member is continuously interconnected with another member of one of the plurality of planetary gear sets. At least ten forward speeds and one reverse speed are achieved by the selective engagement of the plurality of torque-transmitting mechanisms.
US10267381B2
A method for attaching a connector element to a belt end of a conveyor belt, wherein the connector element has a base tier provided with central passages and an adhesive tier disposed on one side of the base tier that produces adhesive under the effect of heat, including (i) disposing the connector element on the belt end of the conveyor belt positioned in a U-shaped deflection that is disposed on averted sides of the belt and on one end side of the belt with the passages positioned in the region of the U-shaped deflection and the adhesive tier disposed so as to face the averted sides of the belt; and (ii) connecting the connector element to the averted sides of the belt, wherein the connector element is adhesively bonded to the belt under the effect of a heated pressing installation on both sides of the belt.
US10267380B2
A power transmission belt and a method for manufacturing said belt. The belt includes: a backing layer made of a material with elastomeric behavior; a ventral layer made of a material with elastomeric behavior; a mechanical reinforcement means inserted between the backing layer and the ventral layer comprising a film with thermoplastic transformation surrounding the mechanical reinforcement means, said film comprising at least: a first component physically and/or chemically bonded to at least one component of the backing layer; a second component physically and/or chemically bonded to at least one component of the mechanical reinforcement means; and a third component physically and/or chemically bonded to at least one component of the ventral layer. The method for manufacturing said belt may advantageously use an anti-sticking means.
US10267369B2
A brake piston that includes a body and a cap. The cap is free to move or pivot relative to the body. The body is adapted to generally maintain axial alignment with a piston bore that is adapted to support the brake piston, and the cap is free to move or pivot relative to the body and the piston bore.
US10267365B2
A planet gearbox has a planet gear rotatable on a planet bearing that includes an inner ring that is mounted to a carrier of an epicyclic gearing arrangement. A respective cylindrical inner surface of each opposite respective end of the inner ring is non-rotatably connected to a respective cylindrical outer surface of a respective one of a pair of support plugs that are fixed to the carrier of the epicyclic gearing arrangement. A gas turbine engine includes a fan and LP shaft, which couples a compressor to a turbine. An epicyclic gearing arrangement has a single input from the LP shaft coupled to a sun gear, a single output coupled to the fan's shaft, and at least one planet bearing as described above.
US10267357B2
A tapered roller bearing is used in a planetary gear speed reducer, and includes an outer race, and a retainer formed with a first annular portion, a second annular portion, and pillars. At least one retainer guiding surface (raceway) which guides the retainer in a radial direction is formed only on an inner periphery of the outer race. Guided surfaces are formed at least either on the pillars or on the first and second annular portions, and guided by the at least one retainer guiding surface. Therefore, it is possible to guide an axial central portion or both side portions of the retainer, to make the retainer less likely to tilt due to a centrifugal force, and to apply a preload to both side surfaces of the outer race.
US10267351B2
A fail-safe push-pull rod has two load paths that are separated from each other, of which always only one takes up the load transmission and which automatically detects possible damage to or functional failure of the first load path so that in such a case then the second load path takes over the load transmission, whereby the functional change from the first to the second load path can be determined during the routine maintenance inspection by an inspection hole irreversibly showing the damage or the failure of the first load path.
US10267345B2
A splice component for tubular members includes a splice plate having a linear arrangement of spaced apart openings extending along a length of the splice plate, and a plurality of nuts aligned with the splice plate openings and loosely retained in place by a nut capture arrangement. The nut capture arrangement is formed at least in part by an elongated U-shaped cover plate having spaced apart side support legs on opposite sides of the linear arrangement openings, and a bridging part extending between the spaced apart side support legs and over the linear arrangement of openings. At least one elongated retaining plate extends between and is fixed to the spaced apart side support legs.
US10267337B2
A vacuum pump comprises a cylindrical rotor; a cylindrical stator which discharges gas in cooperation with the rotor; and a tubular base to which the stator is fixed. The stator has no fitting structure with respect to the base and is fixed to the base in a concentric state. A pin hole is formed on the stator and the base respectively, and a positioning pin for achieving the concentric state is inserted into each pin hole.
US10267334B2
A fan section includes a fan inlet case, fan bearing assembly, and an annular heatshield. The fan bearing assembly may be coupled to the fan inlet case and the annular heatshield may be mounted to the fan inlet case. In various embodiments, the annular heatshield is configured to reduce convective heat transfer from heated fluid to the fan bearing assembly.
US10267328B2
According to one aspect, a rotor structure and method of assembling a rotor structure for rotating machinery include a first rotor portion assembled on a tie bolt in abutment with a stop surface and a fastener assembled on the tie bolt at a second axial location spaced from the first axial location to capture the first rotor portion on the tie bolt between the first and second axial locations. A second rotor portion is secured on the tie bolt in abutment with a second stop surface spaced from the first stop surface.
US10267313B2
A centrifugal pump impeller in an electromotive centrifugal pump, the impeller including a base body having a bearing to which is attached, on a first end, a permanent-magnetic rotor and, on a second end, a cover disk that is mounted on the base body; and a plurality of pump blades made of first and second parts, the first part being a base blade segment attached to the base body thus forming a first unitary piece and a cover disk blade segment attached to the cover disk thus forming a second unitary piece.
US10267310B2
A variable capacity pump includes a control ring moveable within a pump chamber to alter the volumetric capacity of the pump. First and second control chambers individually receive pressurized fluid to create forces to bias the control ring in a predetermined direction. A return spring urges the control ring toward a maximum volumetric capacity pump position. The control ring connects and disconnects the second control chamber from a source of pressurized fluid based on a position of the control ring. Forces from the control chambers and the spring act in combination with one another or against one another and against the spring force to establish first and second equilibrium pressures based on a pressurized or vented condition of the second control chamber.
US10267299B2
A double-headed piston type swash plate compressor includes a rotation shaft, a housing, a swash plate, two cylinder bores, a double-headed piston, and two shoes. The double-headed piston includes two shoe holders, a neck, two heads, and two coupling portions. Each of the coupling portions includes an outer portion and an inner portion. A direction orthogonal to both of an opposing direction of the inner portion and the outer portion and the axial direction of the double-headed piston is referred to as a widthwise direction. The neck is larger in the widthwise direction than in the opposing direction so that the neck is deformable in the opposing direction. Each of the two coupling portions has a width that is less than or equal to a width of the neck. The inner portion includes a narrow portion. The narrow portion is at least partially located closer to the head than the shoe holder in the inner portion. The two coupling portions are deformable in the widthwise direction when the swash plate applies load to the double-headed piston.
US10267284B2
A system for enabling an engine to be safely cranked may include a single cranking relay configured to enable the engine to be cranked when activated, a contactless angle sensor for detecting a gear state of a transmission connected with the engine, and a controller. The controller may be configured to check the gear state of the transmission detected by the angle sensor and may allow for activation of the cranking relay when the gear state of the transmission is at one of a Neutral gear state or a Park gear state.
US10267282B2
Various methods and systems are provided for a pressure relief valve of a fuel system. In one example, a valve includes a first chamber in fluid communication with a first fuel line, a second chamber in fluid communication with a second fuel line and in fluid communication with a fuel storage tank, a piston separating the first chamber from the second chamber, and a needle coupled to the piston and controlling a flow passage between the second fuel line and the second chamber, where the piston and needle are sized such that a force applied on the piston by the first chamber parallel to an axis of movement of the piston maintains the needle in a closed position when the first fuel line flows fuel at a first pressure and the second fuel line flows fuel at a second pressure, the second pressure greater than the first pressure.
