US10375865B2
The edge shields disclosed herein utilize a plated edge surface of a PCB to form one or more sides of an electronic shield to reduce the amount of top surface area of the PCB occupied by the electronic shield. More specifically, an edge shield lid is mechanically attached to the plated edge surface to remove a need for solder overprint at the edge of the PCB. The edge shield lid is soldered, welded, adhered, or mechanically attached to edge walls where there is no available edge surface for attachment.
US10375862B2
An air handling unit for a data center, a data center comprising such a unit, a method of operating such a unit and a method of cooling IT equipment in a data center using such a unit is disclosed. An indirect air handling unit (IDAHU) (101) for a data center comprises an external air flow path (102) arranged to be in fluid communication with air outside the data center; an internal air flow path (103) arranged to be in fluid communication with air inside the data center, wherein the external air flow path (102) is separated from the internal air flow path (103); and a plurality of heat tube panels (106).
US10375855B2
Systems and methods for zero power automatic thermal regulation are provided. In one embodiment, a method for passive thermal management comprises: establishing thermal conductivity between a self-heating electronic device and a cooling fluid held within a fluid reservoir via a thermal interface; using thermally controlled expansion of the cooling fluid, controlling a length of a column of the cooling fluid extending into at least one channel extending from the fluid reservoir, wherein the channel provides a non-recirculating path for the cooling fluid to expand into, and wherein the length of a column of the cooling fluid is thermally controlled using heat absorbed by the cooling fluid from the self-heating electronic device; and selectively establishing a primary heat path between the electronic device and a heat sink interface thermally coupled to an external environment as a function of the length of the column of the cooling fluid within the channel.
US10375854B2
A liquid cooling system and a control method thereof are disclosed. The liquid cooling system includes at least two second-level liquid circulation loops and a cooling control apparatus. One second-level liquid circulation loop is provided with a circulating pump configured to control a liquid flow and a sensing apparatus configured to acquire liquid sample data. The control method includes acquiring liquid sample data using sensing apparatuses of a liquid cooling system; implementing sharing of the liquid sample data of the sensing apparatuses using a cooling control apparatus, performing analytical processing on the liquid sample data, and calculating a circulation regulation value of circulating pumps; and sending the circulation regulation value to the circulating pumps using the cooling control apparatus, such that the circulating pumps run according to the circulation regulation value.
US10375853B2
In an exemplary electronic device with a cooling fan, a fan assembly is attached to a keyboard assembly of the electronic device. The fan assembly includes an impeller at least partially inside a fan enclosure. The fan enclosure has, on a surface, an inlet opening and an external protrusion. The electronic device further includes a bottom case. The fan assembly is positioned between the keyboard assembly and the bottom case and oriented such that the inlet opening and the external protrusion face the bottom case. The external protrusion maintains a passage between the fan enclosure and the bottom case that allows air to enter the inlet opening and also resists interference between the rotating impeller and the stationary bottom case.
US10375847B2
Methods and apparatus for determining when a tablet has been removed from a blister pack are presented. A method includes measuring an electrical characteristic, such as electrical resistance or impedance, between at least two terminals that are in electrical communication with a lidding film included in the blister pack, wherein the removal of a tablet from the blister pack results in an opening in the lidding film, thereby giving rise to a finite change in the electrical characteristic. Another method determines the state of the blister pack using electrical resistance tomography or electrical impedance tomography.
US10375846B2
A housing includes a first surrounding wall connected around a base wall. The first surrounding wall has a first joint portion opposite to the base wall, a first outer surface and a first inner surface. The first outer and inner surfaces extend from the first joint portion toward the base wall. The first joint portion is stepped and has a first projecting portion adjoining the first outer surface, and a first shoulder portion indented from the first projecting portion and proximal to the first inner surface. The first shoulder portion has a plurality of parallel spaced-apart ribs protruding therefrom in a same direction as the first projecting portion. Each of the ribs has a tip that does not extend beyond a top end of the first projecting portion.
US10375839B2
A cover window of a flexible display device includes a base substrate including an out-folding area, an in-folding area, and peripheral areas disposed on opposing sides of at least one of the out-folding area and the in-folding area, a first hard coating layer at a top surface of the base substrate, the first hard coating layer having a substantially uniform thickness, and a second hard coating layer at a bottom surface of the base substrate opposite to the top surface, the second hard coating layer having a thickness different from the thickness of the first hard coating layer. A thickness of a first area of the second hard coating layer that overlaps with the out-folding area and the in-folding area of the base substrate is less than a thickness of a second area of the second hard coating layer that overlaps with the peripheral areas of the base substrate.
US10375837B2
A method of manufacturing a ceramic substrate includes the steps of preparing a ceramic paste in which a powder of at least one of a metal boride and a metal silicide is added to a raw material powder of a glass ceramic, applying the ceramic paste to a green sheet which is to become a ceramic layer after firing, applying a conductor paste which is to become a conductor trace after firing to the ceramic paste having been applied to the green sheet, and firing the green sheet carrying the ceramic paste and the conductor paste applied thereto.
US10375834B1
Methods of and devices for using additive processes (e.g., 3D printing) to embed components inside an object are disclosed. In some embodiments, the components include active components, such as computer chips. In other embodiments, the components include passive components, such as inductor, resistor, and capacitors. The methods and devices disclosed herein can be used for rapid prototyping and fast manufacturing.
US10375828B2
A printed wiring board includes: a core substrate having a core layer and first and second conductor layers; a first build-up layer including a first insulating layer, an inner first conductor layer, an outermost first insulating layer, and an outermost first conductor layer; and a second build-up layer including a second insulating layer, an inner second conductor layer, an outermost second insulating layer, and an outermost second conductor layer. Each conductor layer includes metal foil, seed layer, and electrolytic plating film, t1/T1, t2/T2, u1/U1 and u2/U2 are smaller than 1, and s1/S1 and s2/S2 are larger than 1, where t1, t2, u1, u2, s1 and s2 are electrolytic plating film thicknesses of the first and second and outermost and inner first and second conductor layers, T1, T2, U1, U2, S1 and S2 are metal foil thicknesses of the first and second and outermost and inner first and second conductor layers.
US10375825B2
This power module substrate includes a copper plate that is formed of copper or a copper alloy and is laminated on a surface of a ceramic substrate 11; a nitride layer 31 that is formed on the surface of the ceramic substrate 11 between the copper plate and the ceramic substrate 11; and an Ag—Cu eutectic structure layer 32 having a thickness of 15 μm or less that is formed between the nitride layer and the copper plate.
US10375821B2
A converter mounting board includes: an electronic component which is supplied an electric current; a high-frequency DC-DC converter that supplies a direct current corresponding to a fast change of the electric current of the electronic component; and a low-frequency DC-DC converter located far away from the electronic component than the high-frequency DC-DC converter and supplies a direct current corresponding to a slow change of the electric current of the electronic component.
US10375818B2
An objective of the present invention is to provide a printed board being capable of suppressing EMI emissions from power supply wirings. To accomplish the objective, a printed board of the present invention includes a plurality of ground layers disposed in a printed board, a power supply layer put between the plurality of the ground layers, and through holes disposed along at least periphery of the printed board and connecting the plurality of the ground layers, wherein the through holes are disposed at intervals according to a wavelength corresponding to a maximum frequency of electromagnetic waves to be suppressed.Further, a printed board of the present invention includes a power supply layer disposed in a printed board and put between ground layers above and below the power supply layers, and a plurality of through holes connecting the ground layers above and below the power supply layers, wherein the plurality of the through holes are disposed at and near the power supply layer and are spaced apart at intervals according to a wavelength corresponding to a maximum frequency of electromagnetic waves to be suppressed.
US10375817B2
An electronic device has a control board having a plurality of wiring layers, a metal-made housing supporting the control board, and a fixing screw for fixing the control board to the housing through a washer. The control board includes a through hole penetrating from a third surface to a fourth surface, a through electrode formed inside the through hole, and a power system GND pattern formed on any wiring layer of the wiring layers. The power system GND pattern and the housing are electrically coupled through the through electrode, the washer, and the fixing screw.
US10375813B2
Ultra-cold atom sensor for measuring a rotational velocity along a measurement axis comprises: means designed to generate a first and a second ultra-cold atom trap, one trap making it possible to immobilize a cloud of ultra-cold atoms in an internal state different from the other trap, at a predetermined distance from the measurement plane, the means comprising, at least one first and one second waveguide that are designed to propagate microwaves with angular frequencies ωa and ωb, the waveguides being non-secant and positioned symmetrically about an axis called the axis of symmetry, conductive wires integrated into the chip and designed to be flowed through by DC currents, the means being configured to modify the energy of the ultra-cold atoms in such a way as to create a potential minimum for the ultra-cold atoms in the internal state |a> and a potential minimum for the ultra-cold atoms in the internal state |b>, thus forming the first and second ultra-cold atom traps, and to move the traps along a closed path, traveled in one direction by the ultra-cold atoms of the first trap and in the opposite direction by the ultra-cold atoms of the second trap.
US10375811B2
Certain embodiments described herein are directed to devices, systems and methods that comprise asymmetric induction devices. In some instances, the device can include a plurality of plate electrodes which can be spaced asymmetrically or a plurality of coils which can be spaced asymmetrically.
US10375805B2
A wired switch allows switching the power supplied to a wirelessly controllable appliance, such as a lamp, which may be controlled by e.g. a smart phone running an app. A wireless switch is retrofitted to the wired switch. The wireless switch comprises one or more sensors arranged to detect both the position of the wired switch and a touch input. A controller, receiving indications based on said detection, determines a reachability of the wirelessly controllable appliance. The controller then associates an OFF command to the area of the wired switch that would normally be pressed to turn the lamp off. This allows the lamp to be turned OFF, when the wired switch is in the ON position, by a user controlling the wired switch as (s)he normally would without the used needing to actually change the position of the wired switch (thereby turning OFF power to the appliance).
US10375799B2
A gesture lighting source output command method for controlling a lighting apparatus, together with an asymmetrical, no facing, gesture decoding device for commanding a lighting source, by decoding gesture translational motions of a heat emitting object, e.g. a human hand, at distances up to 1.5 meters, in geometrical planes that may be not coplanar with the gesture decoding device plane, and comprising a casing with an embedded electronic controller and two dual PIR sensors, geometrically arranged in a special manner, rotated 2α degrees one relatively to the other, fitted with specially designed Fresnel lenses, their beam axis forming an angle of 2γ degrees between each other and an angle β with the vertical.
US10375796B2
A lighting system waveform shaping circuit (WSC) includes a line voltage input, a line voltage output connectable to an input voltage port of a control unit, a neutral line input connectable to a neutral line of a voltage power source, and the WSC including an impedance matching network (IMN) configured to alter an input impedance of the lighting control circuit. In one embodiment, the IMN can include a resistor in series with the line voltage input, and an actively-controlled bypass switch in parallel with the resistor. In another embodiment, the IMN can include respective ferrite chokes surrounding the input and the output voltage lines, a capacitor between the line voltage input and the neutral line input, a capacitor between the neutral line input and a protected earth ground, and a resistor in series between the neutral line input and the lighting control unit neutral line input port.
US10375788B2
The disclosure relates to devices, systems, and methods to set, adjust, and/or maintain lumen levels of luminaires in a lighting system, for example. The lights may be a plurality of Light Emitting Diode (LED)-based luminaires, which are part of a smart illumination system. In certain exemplary embodiments, sensor subsystems detect degradation of luminaire lumen levels and servers/gateways are used to adjust dimming controls to reestablish proper lumen levels and predict a half-life or end of life for the luminaires.
US10375774B2
An integrated device for driving a lighting load, such as a LED, has a first memory element, configured to store a nominal duty-cycle at a nominal supply voltage. An actual voltage acquisition element is configured to detect an actual supply voltage. A processing unit is coupled to the first memory element and to the actual voltage acquisition element and configured to calculate a voltage compensated duty-cycle. A driver unit is coupled to the processing unit and is configured to be supplied according to the voltage compensated duty-cycle.
US10375766B2
A heatable laminated side pane for an openable side window of a vehicle is described. The side pane has an upper edge, a lower edge, a front edge, and a rear edge. The side pane also includes an outer pane and an inner pane, which are bonded to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer. The side pane also has at least one heating wire embedded in the intermediate layer. The heating wire runs between a first busbar and a second busbar and is electrically connected to the busbars, which are arranged along the front edge or the rear edge.
US10375764B2
Method and apparatus are disclosed for determining and controlling a vehicle load current and temperature through the use of a common current sensor. An example vehicle includes a power source, an electrical sensor configured to detect a total current provided by the power source to a plurality of electrical loads, and a processor. The a processor is configured to determine a target load temperature based on the total current, and set a voltage duty cycle of the target load to maintain the target load temperature.
US10375757B2
Provided are a method for a terminal performing physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring for receiving a single-cell point-to-multipoint (SCPTM) service in a wireless communication system, and a device supporting same. A terminal may receive one or more SCPTM discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration for receiving a SCPTM service, and on the basis of the one or more SCPTM DRX configuration, perform PDCCH monitoring for receiving the SCPTM service.
US10375756B2
A communication device is arranged for three main communication states: a detached state, an idle state, and an active state. The communication device connects to the cellular communication network such that a transition from the detached state to any of idle state or active state is made, performs scheduled operations in the active state or idle state, determines, when a transition from the active state to the idle state occurs, a time instant for a next operation in the active state, disconnects from the cellular communication network such that a transition to the detached state is made, and, when the time for next operation in the active state is approaching, connects to the cellular communication network again. A transceiver and a computer program are also disclosed.
US10375754B2
A radio frequency front end (RFFE) is configured to support dual connectivity communications, in which two different radio access technologies such as LTE and NR are used simultaneously for uplink communications from a wireless communications device to a base station. The RFFE has two channels and two respectively associated antennas. The first channel transmits an NR signal from the first antenna. The second channel transmits an LTE signal from the second antenna. For reception, the first channel produces a main NR receive signal and LTE diversity signal. The second channel produces a main LTE receive signal and an NR diversity signal.
US10375753B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a device for associating a user with a group. The method includes: receiving, by a first communications device, a first association request sent by a second communications device, where the first association request includes an identifier of an MCPTT user and identifiers of N MCPTT groups, and N is a positive integer; associating the MCPTT user with M MCPTT groups of the N MCPTT groups according to association subscription information of the MCPTT user; and sending a first association response to the second communications device, where the first association response is used to indicate that the MCPTT user is successfully associated with the M MCPTT groups of the N MCPTT groups, 1≤M≤N, and M is an integer. In this way, the MCPTT user is associated with the M MCPTT groups that the MCPTT user is interested in.
US10375747B2
A method for establishing a radio connection includes selecting a first radio access technology for a first phase of a multi-phase radio connection establishment process to minimize power consumption at a remote device, and participating in the first phase of the multi-phase radio connection establishment process. The method also enables establishing and using a radio connection with the first radio access technology that is selected independently from a selection of a second radio access technology used in a second phase of the multi-phase radio connection establishment process, wherein the second phase may be relayed or direct data communications over the established connection in the first phase between the wearable device and its peer (relay) devices or network equipment.
US10375746B2
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for D2D signal transmission of a first terminal in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of: receiving a resource pool configuration indicating a D2D resource pool; and transmitting a D2D data channel on the basis of a D2D slot number which is re-indexed within the D2D resource pool.
US10375736B2
Methods and apparatuses for random access transmission. A method implemented in a terminal device in a wireless communication system. According to the method, a random access request including a training sequence is generated. The training sequence is configured at least partially based on a requirement of a coverage gain for a predetermined coverage class five (CC5) of the terminal device. The random access request is transmitted to a network device on a random access channel.
US10375716B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for performing a LCP procedure in a carrier aggregation, the method comprising: configuring with a first cell group including at least one first cell and a second cell group including a least one second cell served by an eNB; receiving two priorities for a logical channel for a LCP procedure; receiving a UL grant from the first cell or the second cell; selecting a priority based on whether the UL grant is received from the first cell or the second cell; and performing a LCP procedure for the logical channel using the selected priority.
US10375713B2
A framework to manage coexistence of multiple technologies over multiple channels is desired. The apparatus may be a user equipment (UE). The UE detects whether a second technology different from a first communication technology utilized by the UE is active on a first channel. The UE performs, based on the detection, an action associated with assigning the first communication technology to at least one of the first channel or a second channel.
US10375712B2
A time-division mechanism that a source station uses a proprietary frame for notifying switching from a normal bandwidth operation to a narrow bandwidth operation to at least one destination station in a wireless communication system, and uses a protection frame to reserve the service period for the narrow bandwidth operation without the interference from the normal bandwidth operation, wherein the service period of the narrow bandwidth operation is indicated in the protection frame.
US10375707B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In particular, a backhaul network that may be established between access nodes and/or base stations is shown and described. To support communications via the backhaul network, a synchronized frame structure and unique network topologies may be established. Resources may be allocated to different wireless communication links based on the synchronized frame structure. Occupancy/availability indications are shown and described, which enable the local redistribution of resources to account for variations in signal quality and/or variations in traffic experienced by the backhaul network.
US10375698B2
A memory system is provided. The memory system includes a memory area configured to include a plurality of memory cells; a driving area configured to drive the memory cells; and a control area configured to supply a standby current to the memory area before the memory area records data; a plurality of word lines is crossing to a plurality of bit lines via the plurality of memory cells; and wherein each of the memory cells includes a memory layer, a magnetic fixed layer, an intermediate layer including a non-magnetic material provided between the memory layer and the magnetic fixed layer, a top electrode provided over the memory layer, a bottom electrode provided over the magnetic fixed layer.
US10375691B2
The present invention relates to a method for managing wireless resources, and an access point (AP) using the same. The method for managing wireless resources, according to one embodiment of the present invention, can comprise: a monitoring step of monitoring the use state of an operation channel being used, so as to determine the use state of the wireless resources for the operation channel; and a control step of changing, by the AP, the frequency of the operation channel or handing a terminal connected to the AP over to a neighboring AP according to the determined use state of the wireless resources.
US10375688B2
It is provided a wireless communication system comprising base stations that transmit data to a terminal with cooperation by the base stations. The terminal communicates with the base stations. The terminal periodically transmits, to one of the base stations, information necessary for data transmission from a single base station out of the base stations. Each of the base stations determines whether the terminal needs data transmission through a cooperation among the base stations, and transmits a cooperation information transmission instruction to the terminal, which includes information necessary to execute the data transmission in order to cooperate among the base stations in the case where it is determined that the terminal needs the data transmission through the cooperation among the base stations. The terminal transmits the cooperation information to the base stations in a case of receiving the cooperation information transmission instruction.
US10375686B2
A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives a downlink subframe having multiple component carriers, each component carrier having control information encoded in a physical data control channel (PDCCH). The WTRU performs a blind decoding of control information in a first PDCCH located within a first component carrier to obtain a location of a second PDCCH located within a second component carrier, where the location of the second PDCCH is relative to a location of the first PDCCH as control channel element offset. The WTRU decodes the second PDCCH at the obtained location.
US10375682B2
A method for channel sounding in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system and apparatus for the same is disclosed. An access point (AP) to perform the method for channel sounding broadcasts information on a restricted access window (RAW) for channel sounding included in a beacon, and transmits null data packets (NDP) for channel estimation in the RAW to a station (STA). The STA estimates channel information based on the NDPs, and transmits the estimated channel information to the AP.
US10375681B2
Methods and apparatuses for multiplexing control information in a physical uplink data channel. A method of the UE includes receiving a configuration for a number of hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information bits per data transport block (TB); receiving a downlink control information (DCI) format scheduling a reception of a data TB; and receiving the data TB that includes a number of data code blocks (CBs). The method further includes determining a number of HARQ-ACK information bits for a respective number of CB groups (CBGs); determining CBs per CBG; generating HARQ-ACK information bits; and generating a HARQ-ACK codeword. Additionally, the method includes transmitting the HARQ-ACK codeword in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or in a physical uplink shared data channel (PUSCH).
US10375674B2
Radio network node comprises a plurality of antenna sub arrays, forming a multiple antenna array which is configured for beamforming, spatial multiplexing and Multiple Input Multiple Output, MIMO, transmission/reception, and further comprising an antenna base band processing unit and a central base band processing unit. The radio network node further comprises a plurality of antenna active modules, wherein each active antenna module is connected to one of the antenna sub arrays, comprised in the multiple antenna array, and wherein each active antenna module is configured for pre-processing of signals over the respective antenna sub array, before any forwarding of signals is made to the central base band processing unit.
US10375673B2
A method and apparatus can be configured to receive an indication for support for a broadcast service enhancement layer from a first network node. The method may also comprise transmitting the indication for support for the broadcast service enhancement layer to a second network node. The method may also comprise receiving a broadcast service session request message from the second network node. The broadcast service session request message may indicate that a broadcast service session is for a base layer or for the enhancement layer.
US10375669B2
Techniques described herein are directed to position determination of a user equipment (UE) in an asynchronous wireless network, such as a 4G or 5G network. In one embodiment, a base station measures real time differences (RTDs) to neighboring base stations and a Round Trip signal propagation Time (RTT) to the UE and receives Reference Signal Time Difference (RSTD) measurements from the UE, whereby a location of the UE is determined using the RTD measurements, RTT measurement and RSTD measurements. In other embodiments, the UE may obtain the RTT and RSTD measurements and may receive RTD measurements from a base station, whereby a location of the UE is determined by the UE or by a location server.
US10375668B2
Techniques for locating a mobile device using a time distance of arrival (TDOA) method with disturbance scrutiny are provided. In an aspect, for respective combinations of three base station devices of a number of base station devices greater than or equal to three, intersections in hyperbolic curves, generated using a closed form function with input values based on differences of distances from the device to pairs of base station devices of the respective combinations of three base station devices, are determined. The intersection points are then tested for robustness against measurement errors associated with the input values and a subset of the intersection points that are associated with a degree of resistance to the measurement errors are selected to estimate a location of the device.
US10375664B2
Methods and apparatus to provide extended voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) services are disclosed. An example method comprises determining a location of a cellular communication device, and selecting a route for a call to the cellular communication device or to a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) communication device based upon the location, wherein the VoIP communication device is not implemented by the cellular communication device.
US10375660B2
A system and method are provided for distributed data collection synchronization. Provided are communicating data generation units (DGUs) capable of data storage, having consumable power resources. In response to the DGUs comparing their availability and power resources, a master and slave DGUs are selected, and the slave DGUs synchronize their data collection to a common timing reference supplied by their master DGU. One example of consumable power is battery power. A first DGU may select itself as a master DGU in response to either waiting a first predetermined duration of time after reset, or receiving no link status message from a master DGU for a second predetermined duration of time. Alternatively, a slave first DGU may compare its own available power resources to the available power resources of its master second DGU and select itself as the master DGU when the available power resources of the first DGU are greater.
US10375657B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting a power headroom reporting for LTE-WLAN aggregation system, the method comprising: triggering a PHR if a PHR triggering condition is met; obtaining information for power status for data transmission over LTE network; obtaining information for power status for data transmission over WLAN network; generating a PHR MAC CE including the information for power status for the LTE network and the information for power status for the WLAN network, wherein the PHR MAC CE includes an indication that the power status for data transmission over WLAN network is included or not.
US10375653B2
The present application provides a broadcasting method and device for wireless communications, and relates to the field of communications. The broadcasting method includes: a broadcasting interception step of sending a broadcasting message with a current power and performing interception; a power decrease step of, when a request is intercepted, judging whether a sender of the request is identical with a sender of at least one historical request, and if yes, recording the current power as a historical power, and decreasing the current power; and a power determination step of judging whether a current broadcasting event ends, if yes, determining the historical power as a working reference power; otherwise, returning to the broadcasting interception step. The broadcasting method and device are conductive to reducing power consumption of communications.
US10375649B2
The present invention provides a method for controlling transmission power of an uplink control channel carried out by an user equipment in a wireless communication system and an user equipment using the method. The method comprises: receiving uplink power control information; and determining transmission power of an uplink control channel based on the uplink power control information, wherein the uplink power control information includes a power offset value determined according to whether transmit diversity is applied when the uplink control channel is transmitted through a channel selection scheme.
US10375648B2
The invention is directed to a wireless communication device that includes: a radio unit for performing wireless communications with at least one external device; at least one battery for supplying power to the wireless communication device; and at least one processing unit for controlling the radio unit, wherein the at least one processing unit, includes: host processing unit configured to control execution of one or more active state operations; and a secondary processing unit, coupled to the host processing unit and the radio unit, configured to control execution of one or more low-priority operations while the host processing unit is powered down, wherein the secondary processing unit is further configured to determine if an active-state operation is pending, and if it is determined that an active state operation is pending, to power up the host processing unit to control execution of the active state operation.
US10375630B2
Communication network architectures, systems and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide communication network architectures, systems, and methods for integrating and/or integrating with a communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., the Internet of moving things).
US10375628B2
A method and network node for selecting a most suitable gateway for a User Equipment (UE) located in a wireless communications network. The network includes the network node and at least two gateways configured to provide packet data network connectivity to the UE located within a served cell. The network node detects a presence of a local gateway among the gateways and obtains UE information including a type of the UE. The UE type is either a stationary/fixed type or a mobile type, and the UE type is determined based on UE mobility behavior in relation to a local gateway service area. The network node selects the detected local gateway or another gateway among the at least two gateways for providing packet data network connectivity to the UE based on the determined UE type.
US10375625B1
A system for triangulating a location of a wireless process automation transmitter for use by a smart glass device is provided. A wireless process automation transmitter transmits a join request signal, and a plurality of network receivers receive the join request signal and transmit time of arrival information to a network manager. The network manager uses the information, including network receiver information and corresponding location information, to triangulate a location of the wireless process automation transmitter. A smart glass device location is triangulated in a similar manner but may also use the wireless process automation transmitter to receive a join request signal and transmit time of arrival information to the network manager. With the location information of both devices, along with an orientation angle of the smart glass device, the network manager determines if the wireless process automation transmitter is in a field of view of the smart glass device.
US10375620B2
A host device may include a first wireless communication circuit, a second wireless communication circuit including a proxy router, and a host processor communicatively coupled to the wireless communication circuits. The host device may receive, via the second wireless communication circuit, an advertisement message from a client device. The advertisement message may include a request for communication of data with a network. The host device may determine at least one of a communication policy preference of the host device and a network connection property of the host device. The proxy router may select the first or the second wireless communication circuit for use by the host device to communicate the data with the network. The host device may provide, via the second wireless communication circuit, a connection request to the client device, and then transfer, using the selected wireless communication circuit, the data between the client device and the network.
US10375616B2
A method of establishing a communication link between a mobile terminal of a wireless network and a subscriber of a network, such as an enterprise network, and/or a residential network.
US10375612B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a core network device, an access network device, and a data offloading method and system, and relate to the field of mobile communications. In the system, the access network device receives an offloading inclination indication of service data from the core network device; the access network device allocates, according to the offloading inclination indication, a transmission resource used for transmitting the service data; and the access network device transmits the service data by using the allocated transmission resource. In the present invention, quality of service (QoS) in the transmission process can be ensured even if data is offloaded by using a first resource such as an unlicensed spectrum, a transmission resource provided by Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), or a transmission resource provided by the secondary eNodeB.
US10375611B2
A target communications device receiving from a source communications device a notification that a user communications device is to be handed over from that source communications device, provides the source communications device with multiple component carrier information for use by the user communications device. The multiple component carrier information includes information indicating to the user communications device which of the multiple component carriers is to be used for initial access. The multiple component carrier information may be component carrier indexes. Communication devices may exchange component carrier indexes during a setup or updating procedure such as an X2 setup or updating procedure.
US10375608B2
Systems, methods, and computer readable mediums for configuring a radio system to provide network service access based on a location of the radio system. The radio system can identify the location and send a location signal indicating its location over a first network. The radio system can receive, over the first network, first configuration data for communicating over a second network based on its location. The radio system can configure itself to communicate over the second network using the first configuration data and subsequently provide network service access over the second network according to the first configuration data.
US10375595B2
Reporting and measurements of measurement signals transmitted as a part of LTE/LTE-A networks that include contention-based spectrum is disclosed. In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) performs measurement signal thresholding by estimating the noise associated with the measurement signal. The UE would then use a measured parameter of that signal based on the measurement signal exceeding the threshold as a candidate for a valid measured parameter.
US10375584B2
A radio base station is disclosed that receives an uplink signal using a time division duplexing (TDD) scheme, including an estimation section that estimates an interference level that the uplink signal receives in a plurality of subframes of which a downlink/uplink configuration differs among cells and a transmission section that transmits information about the interference level. The information about the interference level comprises interference levels about the plurality of subframes.
US10375578B2
In the application of TDD and eIMTA to LTE in the unlicensed spectrum, various alterations may be needed to compensate for interference from and the behavior of RATs operating in this range of frequencies. Various UE and base station methods are presented, including modified TDD configurations and UE behaviors to advance operations on unlicensed spectrum. A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided whereby configuration information is conveyed to a UE for communicating on a carrier in the unlicensed spectrum. The configuration information indicates a subframe allocation for at least one frame on the unlicensed carrier. Other aspects are directed to the detection of the transmission, communication of new and modified eIMTA configuration transmissions, and mechanism and behaviors which address unreceived configuration information.
US10375572B2
In some embodiments, a network regulator device protects a local network of client systems (e.g. Internet-of-things devices such as smartphones, home appliances, wearables, etc.) against computer security threats. Various aspects of the operation of the network regulator may be managed remotely via a graphical user interface (GUI) executing on an administration device, such as a mobile phone. The GUI is further configured to display a security notification to a user of the administration device, the security notification indicating the occurrence of a security event caused by an action of a protected client system.
US10375568B2
In a communication method in a wireless communication system configured from a wireless connection providing apparatus (a wireless LAN access point) and a wireless communication apparatus (a wireless LAN client), the wireless connection providing apparatus acquires subscription information for specifying necessary information and includes the subscription information in a control frame notifying surroundings of presence of itself and then transmits the subscription information. The wireless communication apparatus receives the control frame, determines whether the wireless communication apparatus retains information which is specified as being necessary by the subscription information included in the control frame. When the wireless communication apparatus retains the information, the wireless communication apparatus establishes connection to the wireless connection providing apparatus and transmits the information. The subscription information can be stored in an ESSID of a beacon frame, for example.
US10375567B2
The present invention discloses a method for distributing a virtual SIM card, a method for accessing a network, and related devices. The method for accessing a network includes: determining, from at least two primary virtual SIM cards, at least two candidate primary virtual SIM cards that match a network environment parameter of a visited place of a mobile device; downloading a secondary virtual SIM card by using an accessed primary virtual SIM card that is in the at least two candidate primary virtual SIM cards and that successfully registers with and accesses a network; and accessing a target mobile network of the visited place by using the secondary virtual SIM card. Embodiments of the present invention help improve a network access success rate and network access reliability of the mobile device and reduce operation costs.
US10375565B2
In one embodiment, a service receives data indicative of roaming failures along mobility paths in a network. The mobility paths represent ordered series of wireless access points via which wireless clients have accessed the network over time. The service uses, based on the data indicative of the roaming failures, a machine learning-based model to associate mobility path failure metrics with portions of the mobility paths. The service identifies, for a first mobility path, an alternate mobility path that has a lower mobility path failure metric than that of the first mobility path. The service triggers a mobility path reroute for a particular client device in the network on the first mobility path to the alternate mobility path.
US10375558B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and media capable of generating and implementing emergency flows. The emergency flow is highly customizable and can connect with various stakeholders (user, emergency contacts, corporate representatives, emergency service provider personnel, etc.). The systems, methods, and media can be triggered in various ways including user input (e.g. voice command) or by sensors (e.g. by using sound detection capabilities).
US10375554B2
A wireless distribution system (WDS) is configured for transmitting a downlink signal or for receiving an uplink signal. A computing device configured to serve as a client device to the WDS includes a memory; a multiple applications processor in communication with the memory and configured to execute one or more mobile applications; and a wireless service processor in communication with the multi applications processor for communicating via a corresponding wireless service with the WDS. The multi applications processor is configured to execute an instance of a data service to establish a connection with the WDS for a specified application process utilizing the wireless service to provide at least one datum on the WDS. In the method, an instance of a data service is executed to establish a connection with a WDS for a specified application process utilizing a wireless service to provide at least one datum on the WDS.
US10375549B2
An information transceiving method, apparatus and storage medium are provided. The method includes: establishing a connection with a base station; and during establishing the connection with the base station, sending terminal capability information to the base station for connecting the terminal to a mobile data network in accordance with the terminal capability information, wherein the terminal capability information comprises at least one field representing terminal capability comprising data throughput capability and at least one of latency capability, power consumption capability, reliability capability, enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) capability, massive Machine-Type Communication (mMTC) capability and Ultra Reliable and Low Latency Communication (URLLC) capability.
US10375534B2
Techniques for transmitting and sharing a video sequence over an ultra-low bandwidth channel, such as a short message service (SMS) channel, are disclosed herein. A video is segmented into regions of various interest levels. A set of parameters is developed from a video region of a high interest, wherein the parameters represent a mapping function of a database to model the video region. The set of parameters is transmitted over the ultra-low bandwidth channel to a remote device, wherein the remote device also has access to an instance of the database. The remote device synthesizes the video by using the mapping function of the database, which is represented by the transmitted set of parameters.
US10375533B1
An apparatus and method for sending video content to a mobile device is described. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprising embedding a widget in a website, the widget generating a form. The form is provided when a user visits the website so as to execute the widget. The form includes a first field to enter a recipient phone number, a send selector, and one or more non-visible fields, the non-visible fields containing a content service provider identifier, and a video URL. A data packet is generated with the widget when the user selects the send selector, the data packet including the recipient phone number, the video URL, and the content service provider identifier. An encoded version of the data packet is sent to the content service provider and a video link message is sent to the recipient phone number.
US10375527B1
Disclosed embodiments provide techniques for notification of potential entry into an incorrect location. A user location is monitored via a mobile electronic device and an indoor positioning system. An intended floorplan zone is obtained via calendar information, social media information, ticketing information, manual entry, or other suitable mechanism. User speed is monitored. Based on user speed and/or deceleration, nearby floorplan zone categories are checked. If the floorplan zone does not match the intended floorplan zone, but the category is identical to that of the intended floorplan zone, an alert is issued to the user via the mobile electronic device that is associated with the user. This provides an unobtrusive way to alert users before entering a room. Thus, disclosed embodiments can prevent disruptions, thereby increasing productivity and also serving to reduce embarrassment of users caused by entering the wrong location within a venue.
US10375524B2
A method includes a mobile device traveling in a vehicle scanning for Bluetooth devices. When the mobile device detects a Bluetooth device, it then determines that the Bluetooth device is a work zone tag. The mobile device then issues a warning that indicates that the vehicle is near a work zone based on the work zone tag.
US10375523B2
Embodiments provide a location information obtaining method and a device, and relates to the communications field. The method includes: obtaining, by a network device, location information of a reference point and location information of first user equipment; determining, by the network device, relative location information of the first user equipment relative to the reference point; and sending, by the network device, the location information of the reference point and the relative location information of the first user equipment relative to the reference point.
US10375511B2
Technologies for performing an automated application exchange negotiation in an operator network include an endpoint device, a mobile edge computing device, a core computing device, an application provider computing device, and a network operator computing device. The mobile edge computing device is configured to receive a request to access an application and/or service stored at the mobile edge computing device and/or the application provider computing device. The mobile edge computing device is further configured to initiate the automated application exchange negotiation between the application provider computing device and the network operator computing device to determine one or more terms of the negotiation, including one or more terms of a service level agreement (SLA). Other embodiments are described herein.
US10375500B2
A propagation delay tune correction apparatus comprising a means for generating a frequency spectrum signal by performing short-term Fourier transform on an audio signal; a means for setting a propagation delay time for each of a plurality of predetermined frequency bands; a means for calculating a phase control amount for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands on a basis of the propagation delay time set for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands; a means for generating a phase control signal by smoothing the calculated phase control amount for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands; a means for controlling a phase of the frequency spectrum signal for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands on a basis of the generated phase control signal; and a means for generating an audio signal on which a propagation delay correction is performed by performing inverse short-term Fourier transform on the frequency spectrum signal of which the phase is controlled for each of the plurality of predetermined frequency bands.
US10375499B2
A sound signal processing apparatus includes a sound acquisition unit, a processing unit, an output unit, and a control unit. The sound acquisition unit is configured to acquire sound data generated by collecting a sound from a sound-collecting target space. The processing unit is configured to execute, on the sound data acquired by the sound acquisition unit, signal processing corresponding to each of a plurality of areas included in the sound-collecting target space. The output unit is configured to output processed data generated based on the signal processing executed by the processing unit. The control unit configured to perform control such that an amount of processing performed by the processing unit does not exceed a predetermined amount of processing.
US10375497B2
A method for dynamically changing the master audio playback device of a set that includes at least two audio playback devices, wherein one audio playback device of the set is a set master audio playback device that controls the play of audio data by at least one other slave audio playback device of the set. A first slave audio playback device receives its selection as a new recipient of audio data and, in response, the first slave audio playback device is designated as a new set master audio playback device and the set master audio playback device is designated as a new slave audio playback device. The new set master audio playback device controls the play of audio by the new slave audio playback device.
US10375496B2
Methods for dialog enhancing audio content, comprising providing a first audio signal presentation of the audio components, providing a second audio signal presentation, receiving a set of dialog estimation parameters configured to enable estimation of dialog components from the first audio signal presentation, applying said set of dialog estimation parameters to said first audio signal presentation, to form a dialog presentation of the dialog components; and combining the dialog presentation with said second audio signal presentation to form a dialog enhanced audio signal presentation for reproduction on the second audio reproduction system, wherein at least one of said first and second audio signal presentation is a binaural audio signal presentation.
US10375492B2
There is provided a method of fitting a hearing assistance device (10, 11) by using a fitting station (40), the hearing assistance device and the fitting station both having a wireless communication interface (20), comprising: generating, separately from the hearing assistance device and the fitting station, a production key, distributing the production key to both the fitting station and the hearing assistance device, and storing the production key on both the fitting station and the hearing assistance device; initiating, via the fitting station, a connection with the hearing assistance device, with the hearing assistance device accepting the connection in order to establish a non-encrypted connection between the fitting station and the hearing assistance device via the wireless communication interfaces; determining, by the fitting station, whether the fitting station has been previously paired with the hearing assistance device, and, if the fitting station has not already been paired with the hearing assistance device, using the production key in both the fitting station and the hearing assistance device as a shared secret in order to pair the fitting station and the hearing assistance device, thereby establishing a secure connection (30) via the wireless communication interfaces between the fitting station and the hearing assistance device; and conducting a fitting session via a secure connection between the fitting station and the hearing assistance device via the wireless communication interfaces.
US10375488B2
Disclosed are various embodiments of systems, devices, components and methods for reducing feedback between a transducer and one or more microphones in a magnetic bone conduction hearing device. Such systems, devices, components and methods include acoustically sealing or welding first and second compartments of the hearing device from one another, where the first compart contains the one or more microphones, and the second compart contains the transducer.
US10375481B2
A MEMS capacitive transducer with increased robustness and resilience to acoustic shock. The transducer structure includes a flexible membrane supported between a first volume and a second volume, and at least one variable vent structure in communication with at least one of the first and second volumes. The variable vent structure includes at least one moveable portion which is moveable in response to a pressure differential across the moveable portion so as to vary the size of a flow path through the vent structure. The variable vent may be formed through the membrane and the moveable portion may be a part of the membrane, defined by one or more channels, that is deflectable away from the surface of the membrane. The variable vent is preferably closed in the normal range of pressure differentials but opens at high pressure differentials to provide more rapid equalisation of the air volumes above and below the membrane.
US10375473B2
A device, system, and method whereby a speech-driven system used in an industrial environment distinguishes speech obtained from users of the system from other background sounds. In one aspect, the present system and method provides for a first audio stream from a user microphone collocated with a source of human speech (that is, a user) and a second audio stream from a environmental microphone which is proximate to the source of human speech but more remote than the user microphone. The audio signals from the two microphones are asynchronous. A processor is configured to identify a common, distinctive sound event in the environment, such as an impulse sound or a periodic sound signal. Based on the common sound event, the processor provides for synchronization of the two audio signals. In another aspect, the present system and method provides for a determination of whether or not the sound received at the user microphone is suitable for identification of words in a human voice, based on a comparison of sound elements in the first audio stream and the second audio stream, for example based on a comparison of the sound intensities of the sound elements in the audio streams.
US10375472B2
Input audio data, including first microphone audio signals and second microphone audio signals output by a pair of coincident, vertically-stacked directional microphones, may be received. An azimuthal angle corresponding to a sound source location may be determined, based at least in part on an intensity difference between the first microphone audio signals and the second microphone audio signals. An elevation angle corresponding to a sound source location may be determined, based at least in part on a temporal difference between the first microphone audio signals and the second microphone audio signals. Output audio data, including at least one audio object corresponding to a sound source, may be generated. The audio object may include audio object signals and associated audio object metadata. The audio object metadata may include at least audio object location data corresponding to the sound source location.
US10375471B2
An apparatus including a housing and a sleeve that engages and at least partially encloses the housing. The housing may include a top portion having a loudspeaker and an exterior surface and a bottom portion having a loudspeaker and an exterior surface. An audio diffuser may be positioned between the top portion of the housing and the bottom portion of the housing so as to radially disperse sound from the loudspeakers. A light ring on the housing may indicate a functional state of the apparatus. Protrusions on the housing may interact with indentations on the sleeve to position and align the housing within the sleeve. The sleeve may include holes to allow sound to be outputted from the loudspeakers. Magnets and alignment elements may further situate and secure the housing to the sleeve.
US10375467B2
Systems, apparatus, and methods for filtering acoustic energy include a first conduit substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis and defining a first opening for receiving incident acoustic energy from the environment. A cavity in fluid communication with the first conduit selectively amplifies and/or dampens the acoustic energy based on an associated resonance frequency. A moving element disposed in the cavity may be displaced relative to the cavity in a direction substantially aligned with the longitudinal axis and in an amount related to a sound pressure level of acoustic energy in the cavity. A second conduit substantially aligned with the longitudinal axis and in fluid communication with the cavity selectively attenuates acoustic energy from the cavity based on the sound pressure level by receiving at least some of the acoustic energy from the cavity and/or the moving element when it is displaced from the cavity.
US10375466B2
In one embodiment, a gain redistribution application restructures gains associated with multiple microphones included in a head-worn audio system to minimize near field noise. In response to a sound generated by a sound source, the microphones generate input signals. The gain redistribution application performs mixing operations on the input signals to generate an output signal that mitigates near field noise associated with the same side of the head as the sound source. Subsequently, the gain redistribution application transmits the output signal to a speaker that targets the same side of the head as the sound source. Advantageously, by reducing the gain associated with an input signal received via a microphone located on the same side of the head as the sound source, the gain redistribution application reduces near field noise transmitted to the user during operation in a more comprehensive fashion relative to conventional designs.
US10375461B2
Disclosed is a mounting assembly for use in a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a main frame on which a motherboard is mounted. The mounting assembly includes a rack for mounting thereon at least one of a speaker or a vibrator, and the rack is detachably connectable to the main frame. By means of the mounting assembly, the speaker or the vibrator is not directly mounted on the motherboard of the mobile terminal.
US10375453B2
A device for industry-specific content streaming includes a network interface, a display, a memory, and at least one processor coupled to the network interface and the memory. The at least one processor is configured to transmit a request for a digital content item to a remote server, wherein the digital content item is classified according to a specific classification code, receive a manifest file associated with the digital content item, wherein the manifest file includes a location for at least one segment file associated with the digital content item, determine using the manifest file a location on the remote server of a segment file, transmit to the remote server a request for the segment file stored on the remote server, receive the segment file in response to the request for the segment file, and present contents of the segment file on the display of the electronic device.
US10375449B2
Systems, computer-readable storage mediums, and methods for discovering and displaying media content related to an electronic document. At a first computing device, document identifying information—which is one of: at least a portion of a network identifier or source code for the electronic document—for the electronic document is obtained. One or more media entities associated with the electronic document are then obtained from a server. The media entities correspond to media content including scheduled TV programming, streaming media or locally stored media. A representation of a subset of the media entities is displayed, and a user selection from the representation of a respective media entity from the subset is obtained. In response, selection information identifying the respective media entity is sent to a second computing device, which is configured to access and display respective media content corresponding to the respective media entity based on the selection information.
US10375448B2
To enable subtitles (graphics) to be favorably superimposed and displayed on video.A container in a predetermined format is received, the container including a video stream having video data and a subtitle stream having subtitle data. The video stream is decoded to acquire the video data. The subtitle stream is decoded to acquire bitmap data of subtitles. Processing of correcting at least one of a size of the subtitles and a display position of the subtitles, is performed to the bitmap data of the subtitles. The bitmap data of the subtitles to which the processing has been performed, is superimposed on the video data to acquire display video data.
US10375443B2
Methods and systems are described for a media guidance application that enhances the viewing experiences of users consuming a sequence of media. In particular, the media guidance application may enhance the viewing experiences of users consuming a sequence of media by removing portions of redundant media that were previously consumed by the user.
US10375433B2
The present invention provides an audiovisual access criterion updating method, for updating an audiovisual access criterion in an audiovisual access criterion managing device, the audiovisual access criterion managing device managing the audiovisual access criterion of a content signal, the audiovisual access criterion updating method includes: a step of receiving update information descriptive of update content of the audiovisual access criterion and identification information of the audiovisual access criterion managing device by an updating code generating system; a step of generating an updating code by the updating code generating system according to the update information and the identification information; a step of receiving the updating code by the audiovisual access criterion managing device; and a step of updating the audiovisual access criterion by the audiovisual access criterion managing device according to the updating code.
US10375414B2
Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for filtering a reference pixel. A method of smoothing a reference pixel may include determining whether or not to perform smoothing on a reference pixel based on the size of a transform block and information about an intra-prediction mode for the transform block and determining a smoothing method by comparing the size of the transform block with the size of a maximum transform block. Accordingly, image coding efficiency can be increased, and picture quality can be improved.
US10375403B2
An image processing apparatus, including processing circuitry configured to decode a bit stream to generate quantized data. The bit stream includes a flag, for each block, that specifies whether or not a difference quantization parameter is present in the bit stream. The flag is included in a first layer that is higher than a second layer in which the difference quantization parameter is set. The processing circuitry is configured to set, according to the flag, a current quantization parameter for a current sub block formed by block partitioning, which splits a block into smaller sub blocks. The processing circuitry is configured to inversely quantize the generated quantized data using the set current quantization parameter.
US10375394B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an encoder comprising a quantization stage, an entropy encoder, a residual quantization stage and a coded signal former. The quantization stage is configured to quantize an input signal using a dead zone in order to obtain a plurality of quantized values. The entropy encoder is configured to encode the plurality of quantized values using an entropy encoding scheme in order to obtain a plurality of entropy encoded values. The residual quantization stage is configured to quantize a residual signal caused by the quantization stage, wherein the residual quantization stage is configured to determine at least one quantized residual value in dependence on the dead zone of the quantization stage. The coded signal former is configured to form a coded signal from the plurality of entropy encoded values and the at least one quantized residual value.
US10375391B2
An image encoding method, decoding method and corresponding device, and intraframe pixel prediction method are disclosed. The image encoding method comprises: pixel segmentation, segmenting pixels in an image frame; pixel value prediction, respectively performing a pixel value prediction process to obtain a first prediction value for each of pixels in a current block to be encoded; a step of residual calculation, calculating a residual for each of the pixels in the current block to be encoded; a step of discrete cosine transform, quantization and entropy encoding, performing discrete cosine transform, quantization and entropy encoding with respect to a residual block corresponding to the current block to be encoded obtained in the residual calculation step, and the entropy encoded residual block is sent to a decoding end; and a pixel value reconstruction step, reconstructing a pixel value of the previously-encoded pixel.
US10375385B1
A video timing test equipment for measuring light integration time of a camera. The video timing test equipment may comprise: a control unit and shutter timing test unit. The control unit may generate input timing signals adjustable by a user. The shutter timing test unit may comprise a single timing light emitting diode (LED), a single timing infrared (IR) LED, and an output controller. The output controller may regulate the illumination of the timing LED and timing IR LED based on the input timing signals. The shutter timing test unit may also comprise a UTC time display, edge time display, and pulse width display. The UTC time display may depict a UTC time as to when light integration begins or ends. The edge time display may depict an offset time associated with the start or end of light integration. The pulse width display may depict the duration of light integration.
US10375375B2
A method and apparatus of/for providing subtitles for a 360-degree content, the method including generating 360-degree video data captured by at least one camera; stitching the 360-degree video data; projecting the 360-degree video data to a 2D image; encoding the 2D image into a video stream; generating a 360-degree subtitle Supplemental Enhancement Information (SEI) message for signaling a subtitle for the 360-degree content; inserting the 360-degree subtitle SEI message into the video stream; and generating a signal including the video stream, and transmitting the signal.
US10375374B2
The invention relates to capturing a still or moving image as well as object position and displacement data for the image, storing the image and the data as a dimension extractable object, and utilizing the dimension extractable object.
US10375373B2
Disclosed is a method of encoding three-dimensional (3D) content. The method of encoding 3D content according to an embodiment may include setting a dependency between texture information and depth information of the 3D content, and generating a bitstream comprising the dependency.
US10375370B2
Audio capture techniques on mobile client devices are described. Video data is obtained by one or more computing devices from a first client device associated with a first user, the video data captured by the first client device of a video scene. Audio data is obtained by the one or more computing devices from a second client device associated with a second user, the second user included in the video data of the video scene. The one or more computing devices ascertain that the audio data is associated with the video data. The association is exposed by the one or more computing device of the audio data to the video data as indicating availability of at least a portion of the audio data as a replacement to audio data captured by the first client device as part of the video data.
US10375361B1
Video camera and sensor integration, in which an event is detected at a property based on sensor data and, based on the detected event, multiple cameras are controlled to operate in a tracking mode. One or more moving objects are detected in images captured by the cameras and metadata related to capture of the one or more moving objects is determined. Tracking operations of the cameras is coordinated based on the metadata.
US10375354B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request to establish an audiovisual streaming session between a first device and a second device; determining a level of network connectivity for a network associated with the first device or the second device; receiving data from the first device. The data may the data represent facial expressions of a user in a video captured by the first device. The data may be generated by the first device using the video based on: detections of a face and facial features of the user in the video and application of one or more subtractive filters using the detected face and facial features. The subtractive filters may be selected based on the level of network connectivity. The method may also include sending the data to the second device with instructions to process the data and display a representation of the user's facial expressions.
US10375352B2
Location-weighted remuneration for audio/video recording and communication devices in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure are provided. In one embodiment, a method for transferring a location-weighted remuneration is provided, the method comprising: assigning an identifier to an owner of a first A/V recording and communication device, receiving a purchase order for a second A/V recording and communication device, wherein the purchase order includes the identifier assigned to the owner of the first A/V recording and communication device, determining a distance between locations of the first and second A/V recording and communication devices, determining an amount of remuneration, wherein the amount of remuneration is inversely proportional to the determined distance between the locations of the first and second A/V recording and communication devices, and transferring the determined amount of remuneration to the owner of the first A/V recording and communication device.
US10375343B2
A gateway for location at a user premises is provided. Bother users and user devices are registered with the gateway which is provided by a service provider. Users access services, such as video streaming, on their user devices via the gateway. The gateway allows users to share content. The gateway collects information about the user's patterns of behavior for the system provider, and can be used to directly obtain feedback from the users.
US10375337B2
A method of controlling parameters for image sensors includes; receiving a first image and a second image, calculating first feature values related to the first image and second feature values related to the second image; generating comparison results by comparing the first feature values of fixed regions and first variable regions of the first image with the second feature values of fixed regions and first variable regions of the second image, and controlling at least one parameter on the basis of the comparison results.
US10375336B2
Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise methods and apparatus for a track-and-hold amplifier configured to sample and amplify an analog signal. Methods and apparatus for a track-and-hold amplifier according to various aspects of the present invention may comprise an isolation circuit configured to isolate transient current in a track-and-hold capacitor during a track phase. According to various embodiments, selective activation of the isolation circuit provides a settling time that is independent of the gain of the amplifier.
US10375333B2
An image sensing device including a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in an array and configured to sense images and temperatures is provided. Each of the pixel circuits includes a photo sensing device, a transmission gate transistor, a reset transistor and an output stage circuit. The first end of the transmission gate transistor is coupled to the first end of the photo sensing device. The second end of the photo sensing device is coupled to a first voltage or a second voltage. The first end of the reset transistor is coupled to a first power, a first current bias or a second current bias. The second end of the reset transistor is coupled to the second end of the transmission gate transistor. The input end of the output stage circuit is coupled to the second end of the reset transistor. The output end of the output stage circuit outputs a temperature sensing signal or an image sensing signal.
US10375331B2
An image processing device includes a bad pixel masking unit and a noise reduction unit. The bad pixel masking unit detects bad pixels in a plurality of blocks and masks the determined bad pixels. The noise reduction unit removes noise from the pixels in the plurality of blocks excluding the masked pixels using a pattern matching method and corrects bad pixels by obtained an average pixel value.
US10375329B2
An imaging device including: unit pixel cells each including a first electrode, a second electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, a charge accumulation region connected to the first electrode, and a signal detection circuit connected to the charge accumulation region; and a voltage supply circuit connected to the second electrode, the voltage supply circuit supplying a first voltage to the second electrode in a first period, the voltage supply circuit supplying a second voltage that is different from the first voltage to the second electrode in a second period. Each unit pixel cells includes a reset transistor which switches between supply and cutoff of a reset voltage initializing the charge accumulation region, and a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode when the reset voltage is supplied is greater than a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode after the reset voltage is cut off.
US10375328B2
The present technology relates to an image sensor capable of improving a reading speed of signals of a plurality of same-color pixels that shares floating diffusion (FD), a method of reading control, and an electronic device. After resetting the FD, the image sensor transfers to the FD an electric charge of a first pixel. The image sensor then transfers an electric charge of a second pixel to the FD. In addition, the image sensor performs A/D conversion of a signal level of the first pixel by an A/D converter in accordance with a clock signal of a first frequency, and performs A/D conversion of a signal level of the second pixel by the A/D converter in accordance with a clock signal of a second frequency obtained by dividing the first frequency by a predetermined division ratio. The present technology is applicable to CMOS image sensors.
US10375326B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to eye tracking systems and methods which track eyes by illuminating the eyes using a light source and detecting the eye illuminations using a sensor. Implementations of the present disclosure may utilize wide angle lighting via a plurality of individual light sources which are each oriented in different orientations. A wide area may be illuminated by the different light sources, and these light sources may be selectively turned on and off based on a current location of a user.
US10375325B2
Systems and methods can be used to detect thermal anomalies in a target scene of an infrared image. Acquired thermal image data can be compared to a statistical thermal profile to detect thermal anomalies in the image data. Anomaly data based on the comparison can be used to generate an image representing locations and/or severity of detected anomalies. Systems can be used to acquire thermal image data for generating and/or updating statistical thermal profiles for use in anomaly detection processes. Auxiliary measurement devices can provide measurement data representative of one or more parameters of the target scene. The measurement data can be used to select from a plurality of possible statistical thermal profiles associated with the target scene to best match the current parameters of the scene.
US10375323B2
Embodiments facilitate in-time registration of temporally separated image acquisition sessions to obtain highly comparable images without physical restraint of the camera and/or subject. For example, while displaying a live view being acquired of a subject in real time in a viewfinder window of an image acquisition system, a live position of the system can be measured, a real-time offset can be computed between the live position and a guide position (corresponding to a position from which a prior image of the subject was acquired at a prior acquisition time), and a guide can be overlaid on the viewfinder window to indicate a real-time positional offset between the live view and the prior image according to the real-time offset. A present image of the subject can be acquired when the guide indicates an in-time registration between the live view and the prior image.
US10375310B2
In general, the subject matter can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for identifying, by a computing system and using first and second frames of a video, a transformation that indicates movement of a camera with respect to the frames. The computing system generates a modified transformation so that the transformation is less representative of recent movement. The computing system uses the transformation and the modified transformation to generate a second transformation. The computing system identifies an anticipated distortion that would be present in a stabilized version of the second frame. The computing system determines an amount by which to reduce a stabilizing effect. The computing system applies the second transformation to the second frame to stabilize the second frame, where the stabilizing effect has been reduced based on the determined amount by which to reduce the stabilizing effect.
US10375305B2
A system that suggests candidate installation states corresponding to each of a plurality of imaging devices based on a relationship between current installation states of each of the plurality of imaging devices; and outputs a suggested candidate installation state corresponding to at least one of the plurality of imaging devices based on the current installation state of each of the plurality of imaging devices and the determined candidate installation states.
US10375300B2
A method for processing a plurality of input images associated with a respective plurality of input times, the input images and input times being provided by an event timing system, comprises: selecting an output frame rate; generating a plurality of output images, corresponding to the output frame rate, from the plurality of input images; and assigning to each output image a final output time provided by the event timing system, the final output time being the input time associated with an input image contributing to the output image.
US10375291B2
Provided is a camera registering apparatus including: a power over Ethernet (PoE) port configured to receive a first camera registration request from a first camera forming a first network; a network port configured to receive a second camera registration request from a second camera forming a second network different from the first network; and a processor configured to, when an allocable channel exists, register the first camera or the second camera in the allocable channel according to an order of receiving the first camera registration request and the second camera registration request.
US10375287B2
Systems and methods for analyzing scenes from cameras imaging an event, such as a sporting event broadcast, are provided. Systems and methods include detecting and tracking patterns and trails. This may be performed with intra-frame processing and without knowledge of camera parameters. A system for analyzing a scene may include an object characterizer, a foreground detector, an object tracker, a trail updater, and a video annotator. Systems and methods may provide information regarding centers and spans of activity based on object locations and trails, which may be used to control camera field of views such as a camera pose and zoom level. A magnification may be determined for images in a video sequence based on the size of an object in the images. Measurements may be determined from object trails in a video sequence based on an effective magnification of images in the video sequence.
US10375284B2
A mobile device case is configured to facilitate coupling of an auxiliary lens assembly along an optical path of a miniature camera module of a mobile device. A case processor and electrical circuitry embedded within the case are configured to detect the presence of the auxiliary lens assembly that is coupled to the lens attachment interface. A lens recognition sensor is coupled to the case processor and electrical circuitry and is configured to identify the auxiliary lens with a specific lens type.
US10375281B2
An image-capture-scope indication device for an image-capture apparatus. The image-capture-scope indication device includes: a light source, fixed on a surface of the image-capture apparatus on which a lens of the image-capture apparatus is provided; a light ray selection member, which is provided in front of the light source and has a light transmission portion; and a drive member. The drive member is configured for moving the light ray selection member so that a scope surrounded by light rays emitted from the light source and passing through the light transmission portion of the light ray selection member is provided that is consistent with an image-capture-scope of the image-capture apparatus.
US10375280B2
An imaging device including a board section on which imaging element is loaded, a first housing section for fixing board section from a surface on which imaging element is loaded; a second housing section for fixing board section from a surface opposite to the surface on which imaging element is loaded; and a lens section attached to the first housing section side; and the first housing section and the second housing section are fixed by attachment members so as to sandwich board section. The first housing section may be configured from board fixing member for fixing board section, and the lens attachment member for attaching lens section that is fixed to board fixing member in a positionally adjustable manner.
US10375264B2
Systems and techniques for multispectral lighting reproduction, in one aspect, include: one or more light sources having different lighting spectra; and one or more computers comprising at least one processor and at least one memory device, the one or more computers programmed to drive the one or more light sources directly using intensity coefficients that have been determined by comparing first data for a multi-color reference object photographed by a camera in a scene with second data for the multi-color reference object photographed when lit by respective ones of the different lighting spectra of the one or more light sources.
US10375262B2
An image scanning device includes a placement-area image data capturing unit that captures placement-area image data corresponding to an area where documents are placed on a platen, a document image data capturing unit that captures pieces of document image data, each of which corresponds to one of the documents, and acquires positions of the pieces of document image data, in accordance with the placement-area image data captured by the placement-area image data capturing unit, a placement order acquiring unit that acquires an order in which the documents, each of which corresponds to one of the pieces of document image data, have been placed in accordance with at least the positions of the pieces of document image data, each of which corresponds to one of the documents, and a sequencing unit that assigns to the pieces of document image data the order acquired by the placement order acquiring unit.
US10375260B2
There is provided an image reading device including a power transmission unit that transmits power of a driving source to a transportation roller and a discharging roller, in which the power transmission unit is configured to include a first gear group that constitutes a first power transmission route and a second gear group that constitutes a second power transmission route and that is configured to include a smaller number of gears than the first gear group, the second gear group includes a transportation roller driving gear and is disposed inside a curved inversion route as seen from an axial direction of a rotation shaft, and at least a portion of the transportation roller driving gear is positioned inside a medium transportation region in a width direction of a medium.
US10375258B2
An information processing apparatus includes a controller. If images related to devices that have been identified are superimposed on one another, the controller causes information about one or plural cooperative functions that use functions of the devices to be displayed.
US10375257B2
A data processing apparatus is configured to receive a selection of a first function and search for one or more devices which has the capability to perform that first function. The apparatus may then receive a selection of the one or more devices for performing that first function and, in conjunction, determine whether the selected device has the capability to execute a second function. The device identification data may be stored. Subsequently, if the selected device is determined to be capable of executing the second function, which is different from the first function selected, and the second function is further selected, the previously selected device may be displayed as having the capability to execute the selected second function. Otherwise, the apparatus does not display the previously selected device as being able to execute the selected second function.
US10375254B2
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image formers each capable of forming, on a sheet, an overlap image and a non-overlap image, a fixer that fixes, on the sheet, a whole image composed of the overlap images and the non-overlap images, and a hardware processor that controls each of the plurality of image formers such that a difference in image at a boundary between the overlap image and the non-overlap image is reduced in the whole image.
US10375250B2
A gateway device including: a plurality of control units configured to respectively notify first data received from the plurality of communication devices or/and second communication networks and notify the plurality of communication devices or/and second communication networks of second data; and a data analysis and management unit configured to analyze data received from the first communication network and notify a control unit included in the plurality of control units of a result of the analysis, the control unit being related to result of the analysis, and analyze the first data received from the plurality of control units respectively and notify the first communication network, the data analysis and management unit generating a plurality of local MAC addresses from a MAC address given to the gateway device and assigning the local MAC addresses to the plurality of control units.
US10375249B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for providing real-time voice communication between devices connected to an Internet Protocol (IP) network and devices connected to a public switched telephone network (PSTN). In one implementation, the system includes a computer-controlled switch for connection to a local PSTN, for receiving calls from the IP network and the PSTN, and for routing calls to the PSTN and the IP network; and gate interface circuitry connected to the switch and adapted for connection to the IP network. The gate interface circuitry includes gateway circuitry for interfacing the IP network and PSTN voice circuits, and gatekeeper circuitry for performing address translation, admission control, bandwidth management, and zone management. The switch stores at least one PSTN destination address and at least one IP network destination address for each subscriber. The switch routes an incoming call to any one of the destination addresses stored for the subscriber.
US10375244B2
A contact center is provided that can service customers on premises via a mobile kiosk. The mobile kiosk may be carried by the customer or by an on-site customer service representative. The mobile kiosk may be enqueued in the contact center contact queue such that enhanced customer service can be provided through interfacing with the enterprise database, vendor databases, as well as assigning an appropriately skilled contact center agent to the customer contact.
US10375241B2
A method for automatically managing a recorded interaction between a customer and an agent of a contact center includes: extracting, by a processor, features from the recorded interaction; computing, by the processor, a score of the recorded interaction by supplying the features to a prediction model; detecting, by the processor, a condition based on the score; matching, by the processor, the condition with an action; and controlling, by the processor, a workforce management server to assign a training session to the agent of the contact center.
US10375237B1
A system for data recording across a network includes a session border controller connecting incoming data from the network to an endpoint recorder. A load balancer is connected to the network between the session border controller and the endpoint and receives the incoming data from the session border controller, wherein the load balancer comprises computer memory and a processor configured to parse the incoming data into video data and audio data according to identification protocols accessible by the processor from the computer memory. A recording apparatus includes recording memory that receives the incoming data from the load balancer, stores a duplicate version of the incoming data in the recording memory, and connects the incoming data to the endpoint.
US10375235B2
The present disclosure describes a system, method, and computer readable medium for providing information to a receiving party in a communications network. The method includes receiving a message from a sending party and performing a lookup of information relating to the sending party in a database via an Internet Protocol connection. The lookup is based on an identifier of at least one of the sending party and the receiving party. Subsequently, the information is provided to the receiving party based on the availability of the information in the database.
US10375232B2
A voicemail system for providing voicemail services to a secure facility. An embodiment of the voicemail system includes an internet router provided at a facility for communicating with a call processing center that is located outside the facility. A database at the call processing center stores voicemail messages, a call interface receives and stores voicemail messages for residents of the facility, a resident interface provides a plurality of residents of the facility with access to the stored voicemail messages via a telephone located at the facility, and a web server provides a plurality of authorized users access to the stored voicemail messages via a website.
US10375229B2
A wearable computing device is described that detects an indication of movement associated with the wearable computing device when a user of the wearable computing device detected being located within a moving vehicle. Based at least in part on the indication of movement, a determination is made that the user of the wearable computing device is currently driving the moving vehicle. An operation is performed based on the determination that the user of the wearable computing device is currently driving the moving vehicle.
US10375222B2
Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for wireless communication of analyte data. One such method includes, during a first interval, establishing a first connection between an analyte sensor system and a display device. During the first connection, the method includes exchanging information related to authentication between the analyte sensor system and the display device. The method includes making a determination regarding whether authentication was performed during the first interval. During a second interval, the method may include establishing a second connection between the analyte sensor system and the display device for transmission of an encrypted analyte value, and bypassing the exchanging of information related to authentication performed during the first connection. The method also includes, during the second interval, the analyte sensor system transmitting the encrypted analyte value to the display device, if the determination indicates that the authentication was performed during the first interval.
US10375214B2
A Fiber Connection (FICON) information unit is received by a host processor executing a host internet protocol (IP) software library. The FICON information unit is written to a transport layer. Data including the FICON information unit is then transmitted to a storage control unit over an IP network.
US10375205B2
A data delivery system capable of reducing processing load of a server is provided. A control server includes a selecting unit selecting a TCU to which update data is to be delivered based on priority levels set in association with TCUs which are delivery targets, a message generating unit generating and transmitting a message inquiring as to whether or not the TCU is ready to accept update data to the TCU selected by the selecting unit, and a delivery control unit receiving a response message transmitted from the TCU in response to the transmitted message, selecting a TCU to which update data is to be delivered based on the received response message and requesting a delivery server to deliver update data to the selected TCU.
US10375204B2
In one example, a user device may implement a browser that identifies and presents dominant content in a bookmarked website or a frequently visited website. The user device may store a page history profile describing interactions with a featured hub of content. The user device may execute a browser to identify a historical focus describing a historical hub element of the featured hub. The user device may determine a current hub element acting as a current focus specific for a user based on the historical focus. The user device may present an element representation of the current hub element.
US10375203B2
Embodiments relate to systems and methods for generating a selection of cloud data distribution service from alternative providers for staging data to host clouds. In aspects, a user can maintain a user premise network including servers, clients, local area networks, data stores, and/or other network assets. An administrator or other user of the premise network may wish to extract data from the premise network and transfer that data to host storage clouds to leverage cost, redundancy, consolidation, or other cloud advantages. A set of cloud data delivery (CDD) services can be established to stage the upload of the data payload to the set of destination host storage clouds. Uploads to the one or more intermediate CDD services can be made using a set of high-bandwidth managed or dedicated lines. The user can interrogate the set of alternative CDD services accessible to the premise network, and identify CDD services capable of staging the premise data to data stores in those intermediate services. Multiple CDDs can be rated and/or selected according to cost, schedule, capacity, and/or other transport parameters, and in cases the data payload can be divided for delivery over multiple CDD services.
US10375202B2
Techniques for database selection during site provisioning in distributed computing systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method can include receiving a user request for a site to be hosted on one or more nodes in the distributed computing system. In response to the received user request, one of the databases is selected by randomly selecting a set of databases from a list of available databases, determining a subset of databases each having a lower level of database load than the other databases from the set of databases, and randomly selecting one database from the subset of databases. The method further includes storing a configuration file for the site in the randomly selected one database to enable the site to be accessible, the configuration file containing data representing one or more of module loading control, security configuration, session state configuration, application language, or compilation setting of the site.
US10375199B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine at least one survey to be presented to users of the social networking system, wherein the survey is targeted to a number of users at each time interval. A uniform distribution of users that may be surveyed is determined, wherein users in the uniform distribution are each assigned a numerical value. A sampling window that references a numerical range that is adjusted upon completion of each time interval is determined, wherein users that have been assigned a numerical value within the numerical range are eligible for the survey.
US10375194B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to prevent illicit proxy communications from affecting a monitoring result are disclosed. An example method includes accessing a log of communications from a proxy. A subnet represented in the log of communications is identified. The subnet is identified as having originated an illicit network communication if the log of communications does not include at least one record matching a signature of a mobile device heartbeat originating from the subnet. A blacklist of subnets not to be serviced by the proxy is generated, the blacklist including the subnet when the subnet is identified as having originated the illicit network communication. The blacklist is provided to the proxy. The blacklist is to prevent a subnet that originated the illicit network communication from affecting the monitoring result.
US10375181B2
A method and system for improving network delivery is provided. The method includes receiving an Internet based event for a user. The Internet based event is associated with user attributes, of the user, retrieved from a specialized network and it is determined that the user is associated with the Internet based event. A functionality status of a mobile hardware device of the user is determined and current parameters of the user and current characteristics of the user are analyzed. Resulting network based delivery options associated with the Internet based event for the user are determined.
US10375179B2
In some embodiments, a wireless station may be configured to transmit a request to one or more access points and receive from at least one access point of the one or more access points, a response. The request may be a GAS or probe request and the response may be a GAS or probe response. The request may include an indication of one or more services sought by the wireless station and the response may include information regarding at least one service of the one or more services sought. In addition, the response may be an indication that the at least one access point has determined a match between a provided service and at least one service sought. The wireless station may be further configured to determine, based, at least in part, on the information, to associate with the access point in order to consume the at least one service.
US10375173B2
Methods and registrar computers for determining the integrity of a data feed provided by a virtual device. In an example, the method includes maintaining a control directory of virtual devices registered with the registrar computer and a data feed directory comprising entries indicating data feeds available from the registered virtual devices. Each data feed in the data feed directory is assigned an integrity indicator based on the provenance of the data feed.
US10375169B1
A system and method maximize the availability of cloud services in the event of a disruption to one or more cloud servers by automatically triggering the live migration of selected cloud services and automatically performing the triggered migration of such services. The operational state of virtual machines operating on a cloud server and the services that are associated with the virtual machines is monitored. Different techniques are used for deciding when to migrate cloud services based on the automatic detection of anomalies, for deciding what cloud services to migrate so as to maximize the availability of high priority services during migration under time and network bandwidth constraints, and for deciding where to migrate the selected cloud services based on a determination of the best location for migration.
US10375160B2
A computer-implemented method of deploying a cloud application comprises accessing, by one or more processors, a first factor graph that represents a first component of the cloud application, the first factor graph comprising a first set of nodes; accessing a second factor graph that represents a second component of the cloud application, the second factor graph comprising a second set of nodes; determining a third set of nodes that are present in both the first set of nodes and the second set of nodes; joining, by the one or more processors, the first factor graph and the second factor graph into a third factor graph, wherein the joining includes unifying the third set of nodes in the first factor graph and the second factor graph; based on the third factor graph, selecting computing resources; and deploying at least a portion of the cloud application to the selected computing resources.
US10375155B1
Performance of connection flow management between a hardware-based network interface and a software module of a network traffic management device is disclosed. A flow connection setup for a flow connection is established between a client device and a server at the network traffic management device. It is then determined if the flow connection is symmetrical or asymmetrical in nature. A flow signature entry and a transformation data entry for the flow connection is generated, by software executed by the network traffic management device, in opposing first and second symmetric or asymmetric flow directions. The flow signature entry and the transformation data entry for the first and second flow directions is sent from the software module to the network interface. The network interface stores and utilizes the flow signature entry and the transformation data entry to perform acceleration on data packets in the first and second flow directions.
US10375154B2
The present disclosure provides for improved computational efficiency in systems used to provide content over a network. Hybrid content sourcing is enabled to provide content via a Content Distribution System (CDN) and a centralized service in conjunction with one another via a single URL provided to client devices. A hash map is updated and provided to the client devices to allow a tenant to control and change how content is distributed without needing to modify the applications or multiple content items that are used by the client devices. Tenants are thereby enabled to include or exclude the CDN as an available source of content without disrupting operation of the centralized service or the client devices. Individual content assets or libraries of content assets may thereby be interchangeably provisioned via a single Uniform Resource Locator.
US10375152B2
A system and a method are provided for enabling a user to connect a serial port of a device server to a serial device, query and capture data and settings pertaining to the serial device such that the device server can communicate and exchange data with the serial device without requiring customized programming. The device server may periodically query and capture user-specified data from the serial device. A poll configuration feature may be used to specify one or more commands which the device server will periodically query from the serial device. The response to each poll may be further sliced into a multiplicity of smaller portions according to user-specified filter rules. The captured data may be presented to other users online by way of a Web Manager, and the device server may establish machine-to-machine communications by way of XML and a Command Line Interface.
US10375151B2
A gateway, operable in a hierarchical heterogeneous network, includes at least two interfaces of which at least one is connectable to a lower network level, and the communication protocols in the network provide a message for offering a service and a message for searching for a service, receipt of a message coming in from a lower network level in the gateway at an interface for offering a service, and/or an item of information identifying the offered service, is noted in the interface receiving this message or in a management unit assigned thereto, and receipt of a message from a lower network level in the gateway at an interface for searching for a service and/or an item of information identifying the sought service is noted in the interface or management unit, and if the messages relate to the same service, a message for the service availability is sent via the interface.
US10375150B2
An electronic device may that communicates with a plurality of electronic devices may include a network interface and a processor. The network interface may receive a first set of data from a first electronic device and a second set of data from a second electronic device. The processor may then determine a first trust value for the first set of data based on a first corroboration of the first set of data using the second set of data. The first corroboration may include using the second set of data to verify the first set of data.
US10375148B2
The invention relates to a method of selecting the most probable variant of a matching paint candidate color standard for vehicle repair using a mobile device having a color display and an input unit and which is capable of data exchange with a central computer via an at least partly wireless communication line, wherein verbal or symbolic characterizations describing visual differences between a selected candidate color standard and identified variants are displayed on the display of the mobile device.
US10375143B2
Presented herein are techniques for classifying devices as being infected with malware based on learned indicators of compromise. A method includes receiving at a security analysis device, traffic flows from a plurality of entities destined for a plurality of users, aggregating the traffic flows into discrete bags of traffic, wherein the bags of traffic comprise a plurality of flows of traffic for a given user over a predetermined period of time, extracting features from the bags of traffic and aggregating the features into per-flow feature vectors, aggregating the per-flow feature vectors into per-destination domain aggregated vectors, combining the per-destination-domain aggregated vectors into a per-user aggregated vector, and classifying a computing device used by a given user as infected with malware when indicators of compromise detected in the bags of traffic indicate that the per-user aggregated vector for the given user includes suspicious features among the extracted features.
US10375141B2
A server includes a processor and a storage unit, where the storage unit stores a program code, and when the processor executes the program code, the processor performs the following steps: receiving a URL from a device external to the server; determining whether the URL has a user account, and converting the URL to a file path; when the URL has the user account, utilizing a first PHP mode to execute the file path; and when the URL does not have the user account, utilizing a second PHP mode to execute the file path.
US10375139B2
A method of enabling communication over a network by maintaining a server on a network and receiving a request at the server from a user of a communication device. In response to the request, a communication application is downloading over the network to the communication device. The communication application enabling the user to participate in a conversation on the communication device in either (i) a real-time mode or (ii) a time-shifted mode and (iii) to seamlessly transition the conversation between the two modes (i) and (ii).
US10375129B2
Individuals may utilize devices to engage in conversations about topics respectively associated with a location (e.g., restaurants where the individuals may meet for dinner). Often, the individual momentarily withdraws from the conversation in order to issue commands to the device to retrieve and present such information, and may miss parts of the conversation while interacting with the device. Additionally, the individual often explores such topics individually on a device and conveys such information to the other individuals through messages, which is inefficient and error-prone. Presented herein are techniques enabling devices to facilitate conversations by monitoring the conversation for references, by one individual to another (rather than as a command to the device), to a topic associated with a location. In the absence of a command from an individual, the device may automatically present a map alongside a conversation interface showing the location(s) of the topic(s) referenced in the conversation.
US10375128B2
Organizing a synchronous communication session can include determining, using a processor of a data processing system, a context responsive to detecting a trigger event. The context specifies a foreground application executing within the data processing system. Candidate participants can be determined from the context. A user interface is displayed separate from the foreground application. The user interface lists the candidate participants. Further, responsive to a user input received within the user interface, an invite to the candidate participants is sent. The invite specifies access information for the synchronous communication session.
US10375127B2
Systems and methods for preventing a robocall from leaving a voicemail are described. When an incoming call without a history information header (HIH) destined for a subscriber is detected, the incoming call is prevented from leaving a voicemail if the subscriber does not answer the incoming call. If the incoming call has the HIH, additional determination process based on a visited network address of the subscriber is performed to determine whether the incoming call is to be prevented from leaving a voicemail.
US10375118B2
Methods and apparatus for providing a mechanism that uses attribution information present in some network traffic to provide enhanced security for all network services protected by an attribution security system are disclosed.
US10375115B2
Disclosed aspects relate to compliance configuration management for asset migration on a shared pool of configurable computing resources having a set of compute nodes. A migration request to migrate an asset coupled with a first compliance configuration from a source compute node to a target compute node may be detected. The first compliance configuration coupled with the asset on the source compute node may be compared with an expected compliance configuration for the target compute node. Based on and in response to the comparing, a mismatch of the first compliance configuration with respect to the expected compliance configuration may be determined. A set of response actions may be performed with respect to the migration request.
US10375112B2
A system for decrypts encrypted Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) data from packet traces without using private keys or a proxy. Decryption of encrypted SSL data is accomplished by intercepting a session key associated with a communication session transmitted from a user device to a server during handshaking between the user device and the server. The session key is then used to decrypt packet level traces of the communication session. The decrypted packet level traces are then used to measure traffic.
US10375111B2
Anonymous containers are discussed herein. An operating system running on a computing device, also referred to herein as a host operating system running on a host device, prevents an application from accessing personal information (e.g., user information or corporate information) by activating an anonymous container that is isolated from the host operating system. In order to create and activate the anonymous container, a container manager anonymizes the configuration and settings data of the host operating system, and injects the anonymous configuration and settings data into the anonymous container. Such anonymous configuration and settings data may include, by way of example and not limitation, application data, machine configuration data, and user settings data. The host operating system then allows the application to run in the anonymous container.
US10375109B2
Protecting personally identifiable information data collected and/or stored in physical objects with embedded electronic devices by performing at least the following: obtaining a plurality of personally identifiable information algorithms for a plurality of electronic user devices, determining a relevant personally identifiable information algorithm from the plurality of personally identifiable information algorithms, executing the relevant personally identifiable information algorithm over the relevant personally identifiable information from one of the electronic user devices to construct a personally identifiable information data result, and transmitting the personally identifiable information data result without transmitting the relevant personally identifiable information to a remote computing system.
US10375104B1
According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising determining a threat score for a user action in a computer application and calculating a decayed threat score based on the determined threat score and a damping factor. The threat score being indicative of a risk presented by the user action, the decayed threat score being a modified threat score for the user action, and the damping factor being a constant value used to reduce the determined threat score.
US10375100B2
Various implementations disclosed herein enable identifying anomalies in a network. For example, in various implementations, a method of identifying anomalies in a network is performed by a network node. In various implementations, the network node includes one or more processors, and a non-transitory memory. In various implementations, the method includes generating a characteristic indicator that characterizes a device type based on communications associated with a first device of the device type. In various implementations, the method includes determining, based on communications associated with the first device, a performance indicator that indicates a performance of the first device. In various implementations, the method includes synthesizing an anomaly indicator as a function of the performance indicator in relation to the characteristic indicator.
US10375099B2
A system that includes a threat management server configured to store a device log identifying location information for endpoint devices that have passed authentication. The threat management server identifies a first instance and a second instance of an endpoint device in the device log file. The threat management server identifies a first switch connected to the first instance of the endpoint device and a second switch connected to the second instance of the endpoint device. The threat management server sends location information request to the first switch and the second switch requesting location information for the first instance and the second instance of the endpoint device, respectively. The threat management server compared the received location information to the information in the device log file to identify a spoofed instance of the endpoint device and blocks the spoofed instance of the endpoint device from accessing the communications network.
US10375098B2
In some implementations, sequences of time series values determined from machine data are obtained. Each sequence corresponds to a respective time series. A plurality of predictive models is generated for a first time series from the sequences of time series values. Each predictive model is to generate predicted values associated with the first time series using values of a second time series. For each of the plurality of predictive models, an error is determined between the corresponding predicted values and values associated with the first time series. A predictive model is selected for anomaly detection based on the determined error of the predictive model. Transmission is caused of an indication of an anomaly detected using the selected predictive model.
US10375095B1
A framework is provided for modeling the activity surrounding user credentials and/or machine level activity on a computer network using computer event logs by viewing the logs attributed to each user as a multivariate data stream. The methodology performs well in detecting compromised user credentials at a very low false positive rate. Such a methodology may detect both users of compromised credentials by external actors and otherwise authorized users who have begun engaging in malicious activity.
US10375085B2
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, receive secret information and non-secret information from a secure download application function, provide a request for a first verification to a secure element where the first verification is associated with access to content and/or an application that is accessible via the secure download application function, receive the first verification which is generated by the secure element based on the secret information without providing the secret information to the secure device processor, receive the non-secret information from the secure element, and generate a second verification for the access based on the non-secret information, where the content and/or application is accessible from the secure download application function responsive to the first and second verifications. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10375083B2
A computer-implemented information verification method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium, include acquiring a first measurement from a user device specific to a user device location, acquiring a second measurement from a second device specific to a second device location, comparing the first measurement with the second measurement, and verifying the user device is within a proximity of the second device to grant access for the user device to the second device, based on a result of the comparing.
US10375082B2
Provided herein are embodiments directed to facilitating an authentication process before allowing an action. An example apparatus may be configured to receive a request, via an authentication session established during a log-in process, to cause the action, send alert to a first device associated with an account associated with the requested action, cause the first device to communicate, via the short range wireless communication protocol, with a second device to verify a proximity, receive verification of the proximity, receive a first identifying data originating in a browser having been used to start the authentication session, receive a second identifying data string originating from a trusted agent, configured as software or hardware, residing on the second device, and upon confirmation of a match of the first identifying data string and the second identifying data string, authorize the action.
US10375063B2
Certain implementations include systems and methods for combined one-time-passcode (OTP) and knowledge-based-authentication (KBA) identity authentication. A method is provided that includes receiving a set of identity information associated with a subject; querying one or more databases; receiving personally identifiable information; producing at least one knowledge based authentication (KBA) identity proofing question having a personally identifiable correct answer; generating a unique correct one-time pass (OTP) code for the personally identifiable correct answer; generating one or more incorrect answers with corresponding incorrect codes; outputting, the at least one KBA identity proofing question; outputting the personally identifiable correct answer with the unique correct OTP code, and the one or more incorrect answers with corresponding incorrect codes; receiving a response code; comparing the response code and the unique correct OTP code; and responsive to a match between the response code and the unique correct OTP code, outputting a first indication of authentication.
US10375062B2
In one embodiment of the present invention a computerized method includes receiving at a personal-mobile device a first communication, which includes information for requesting user verification for logging into an account of a user, via a computing device. The account is with a service provided by an application server. The method includes starting a personal-authentication application on the personal-mobile device in response to receiving the first communication, and receiving in the personal-authentication application a user verification for confirming logging into the account. The method includes logging into the account via the computing device based on receipt of the user verification. Embodiments of the present invention provide enhanced security for logging into an account that a user may have with a service by providing that a personal-mobile device, such as a mobile telephone, which is personal to a user, is configured as a security token for login to the account.
US10375060B1
A mobile content management system includes a plurality of content source devices (beacons, QR codes, NFC tags) at respective fixed locations, each associated with a source URL comprising a hosted server domain and a unique identifier. The hosted server generates a hosted user interface enabling authorized designation of destination URLs and optionally associated preview metadata for respective content source devices. A hosted SDK-implemented mobile application residing on a client device, upon obtaining source URL(s), generates selectable tokens comprising the preview metadata corresponding to each of the respective content source devices, and further upon user selection of one of the tokens, generates a request to the hosted server comprising at least the associated source URL. The hosted server, upon receiving the request from the client device, generates a return message to the client device comprising at least one of the destination URLs designated for the respective content source device.
US10375057B2
In certificate chain validation, a parent certificate is used to validate a child certificate. The child certificate can indicate which parent certificate can be used to validate it. In some situations, a child certificate may not contain a certificate authority identifier that can be used to identify the parent certificate. Instead, the child certificate can contain a hash value of a modulus of the parent public key that can be used to identify the parent certificate. The hash value of the modulus of the parent public key can be associated with the parent public key. As such, the parent public key used in certificate chain validation of the child certificate can be identified using the hash value of the modulus of the parent public key.
US10375052B2
Disclosed are various examples for single-sign on by way of managed mobile devices. For example, an identity provider service can receive a request for an identity assertion from an email client executed in a client device. The identity provider service can then detect a platform associated with the client device. The device and the user's identity can be authenticated so that an IT administrator can specify that only authorized devices can access email using the email client.
US10375049B2
A secure control system includes a network of multiplexers that control end/field devices of an infrastructure system, such as an electric power grid. The multiplexers have a default secure lockdown state that prevents remote access to data on the multiplexers and prevents modification of software or firmware of the multiplexer. One or more of the multiplexers include a physical authentication device that confirms the physical proximity of a trusted individual when remote access is requested. A user accesses the network and one of the multiplexers remotely by way of login credentials. The trusted individual confirms the identity of the remote user and operates the physical authentication device connected with and in proximity to that multiplexer, thereby confirming that the remote user can be trusted to access data and reconfigure the multiplexers. The multiplexer connected with the physical authentication device generates a token that is passed to each of the multiplexers that the remote user needs access to. The token may specify a time period, after which, the multiplexers will reenter secure lockdown mode.
US10375047B2
The CLOUD-AUTHENTICATED SITE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DEVICES, APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“CASRM”) transforms resource-use, weather, and user settings inputs into resource management schedule and control outputs. The CASRM achieves data transformation via using a building automation management device, comprising at least a processor a memory storing processor-executable instructions to receive, at a virtual cloud network controller, a data packet from a source building resource control device and to access a virtual routing table corresponding to a local virtual network associated with a control entity. The building automation management device may also determine a destination building resource control device based on the virtual routing table and at least one destination address in the data packet, and may send the data packet to the destination building resource control device.
US10375034B2
In various embodiments, a method of transferring data between datacenters may be performed. The method may include running a first plurality of host programs and a first plurality of encryption units at a first datacenter. The method may further include establishing, between the first datacenter and a second datacenter, secure communication connections between each of the first plurality of encryption units and a corresponding one of a second plurality of encryption units running at the second datacenter. The method may further include transferring, by the first datacenter, data from the first plurality of host programs to a second plurality of host programs running at the second datacenter.
US10375022B2
An apparatus, system, method, and machine-readable medium are disclosed. In one embodiment the apparatus is a network interface controller that includes one virtual function owned by a virtual machine present in the computer system. The controller includes a simple filtering agent that is associated with the first virtual function. The agent enforces simple filter rules for received network packets. The simple filter rules are capable of blocking the network packets from reaching the virtual machine. The apparatus also includes another virtual function that is owned by a virtual machine monitor present in the computer system. The controller also includes a side bounce filtering agent to forward the first network packet to the second virtual function if the first packet is blocked by the at least one of the one or more simple filter rules.
US10375014B2
A network device may be configured to cause one or more network address allocation communications broadcast in a network to be communicated as directed unicast communications. More particularly, in a Local Area Network, a routing device such as a switch may be modified to receive broadcast communications for network address allocation, and instead of propagating the broadcast communications as broadcast communications, the routing device may route the network address allocation communications as directed unicast communications in the Local Area Network.
US10375010B1
Systems and methods are described for selecting recipients, channels, and messages for delivery via multi-channel communications. A message may be delivered to a recipient via multiple delivery channels, and the recipient may engage in a conversion event or activity associated with the message. Each potential delivery of the message may be associated with an incremental probability of causing the conversion event. The incremental probabilities may be used to determine the channel and recipient with the highest incremental probability of causing a conversion event for a given message, the recipient and message having the highest incremental probability of causing a conversion event when delivered via a given channel, and other combinations. Profiles may be used to compare messages, channels, and recipients in order to predict incremental probabilities, and messaging resources may be allocated according to budgets, cost-benefit analyses, or other criteria.
US10375009B1
An augmented reality based social network is described. In an example scenario, an augmented reality (AR) service stores user generated upon receiving the content from the user. The content includes two and/or three article(s). The AR service also receives a selected location from the user as another input. The user content is next processed for an overlay on the selected location. The user content is subject to an expiration after an initial time period. In addition, the user content is provided for a presentation on an AR display in relation to the selected location. An evaluation of the user content is also received from a viewer viewing the user content on the AR display. The time period is extended or reduced based on the evaluation.
US10374997B2
A method for using a unique identifier in the email address format (generalized email address) to prevent spam email from reaching an email system is described. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for sending and receiving emails in the email system is provided. The method includes using any valid regular email address to send an email to a group of recipients by a sender of the system. If recipient's email address is not in the system, the recipient receives a request email via regular email service for joining the system. After joining the system, the recipient needs to make a contact connection with the sender for retrieving the email by using generalized email address. The spam email cannot reach the system that based on generalized email address.
US10374992B2
A lead user may share an on-line media content experience with one or more followers by identifying content of interest being experienced on the lead user system, identifying one or more followers with whom to share the content of interest, inviting the followers to experience the content of interest, and enabling the followers to access the content of interest.
US10374977B2
Some embodiments of the invention provide a method of tunneling a data packet by encapsulating the data packet with a protocol header and specifying information in the fields of the header in a manner that a network switch can offload processing tasks to its network interface controller. The switch on a transmit side sends the processed data packet through the tunnel to another switch on a receive side. The two sides represent the two ends of the tunnel established between the two switches. Each of the transmit and received side switches is controlled by a switch controller, which in some embodiments is implemented as software. The switch controllers and network interface controllers together process the data packet which is being transferred through the tunnel between the switches.
US10374974B2
Embodiments of the present invention monitor and dynamically allocate computing resources to a game service. A game service provides a remote gaming environments to which users connect over a wide area network, such as the internet. A game session runs a single instance of a game title. The game session runs the video game code responsible for creating the playing experience for the users. In another embodiment, the number of active game sessions is monitored and computing resources are allocated dynamically as the number of sessions increases or decreases.
US10374971B2
According to one aspect of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a cloud computing system can include a load adaptation architecture framework that performs operations for orchestrating and managing one or more services that may operate within at least one of layers 4 through 7 of the Open Systems Interconnection (“OSI”) communication model. The cloud computing system also can include a virtual resource layer. The virtual resource layer can include a virtual network function that provides, at least in part, a service. The cloud computing system also can include a hardware resource layer. The hardware resource layer can include a hardware resource that is controlled by a virtualization layer. The virtualization layer can cause the virtual network function to be instantiated on the hardware resource so that the virtual network function can be used to support the service.
US10374967B2
A client placement module and method for placing a client in a distributed computer system uses at least one requirement profile with profile parameters to determine whether any host computer in the distributed computer system satisfies resource requirements of the client and also matches the profile parameters in the at least one requirement profile.
US10374962B2
Data is routed in a mesh network of devices that can communicate wirelessly through a plurality of technologies. One or more of such devices receive broadcast message(s) from a destination device intended to receive the data, and generate a first radio link quality metric (RLQM) value based on the broadcast message(s). A source device originates and delivers a quantum of data with an embedded first RLQM value. A set of intermediate devices relays the quantum of data if a forwarding criterion is fulfilled; the forwarding criterion is based in part on the first RLQM value and a second RLQM value generated by an intermediate device in the set of intermediate devices based on the broadcast message(s). The intermediate device exploits an optical interface to transmit the quantum of data. The destination device broadcasts an acknowledgement signal in response to receiving intended data.
US10374954B1
The disclosed apparatus may include a processing unit that (1) identifies an initial forwarding key that corresponds to a forwarding feature of a network device, (2) identifies an initial hash value that represents the initial forwarding key and is derived from the initial forwarding key, (3) identifies an additional forwarding key that corresponds to the forwarding feature of the network device, (4) determines that the initial forwarding key and the additional forwarding key exceed a threshold level of similarity relative to one another, (5) derives an additional hash value that represents the additional forwarding key by applying the initial forwarding key and the initial hash value as inputs to a hash function, and then (6) implements the additional hash value in connection with the forwarding feature of the network device and the forwarding information stored in the storage device. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US10374949B2
Methods and apparatus that allow clients to connect resource instances to virtual networks in provider network environments via private IP. Via private IP linking methods and apparatus, a client of a provider network can establish private IP communications between the client's resource instances on the provider network and the client's resource instances provisioned in the client's virtual network via links from the private IP address space of the virtual network to the private IP address space of the provider network. The provider network client resource instances remain part of the client's provider network implementation and may thus also communicate with other resource instances on the provider network and/or with entities on external networks via public IP while communicating with the virtual network resource instances via private IP.
US10374938B1
In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided, comprising: at least one non-transitory memory configured to store instructions; and one or more processors in communication with the at least one non-transitory memory, wherein the one or more processors is configured to execute the instructions to: receive a packet at a current node in a network path between a source node and a destination node, the network path including a path node between the current node and the destination node that is not the destination node and that is reachable by a plurality of path portions including a first path portion that includes multiple hops, and a second path portion; in response to the receipt of the packet at the current node, identify a header and data of the packet, the header including a segment identifier that identifies the path node that is not the destination node, where the destination node is outside a domain of a multiple protocol-labeling switch (MPLS) network protocol in accordance with which the path node operates and the segment identifier identifies the path node in the domain of the MPLS network protocol; detect the segment identifier that identifies the path node that is not the destination node; determine, based on the segment identifier that identifies the path node that is not the destination node, that the data is to be sent to the path node; and based on the determination, send the data to the path node via at least one of the plurality of path portions.
US10374932B2
System for testing a protocol, which is active on an item of equipment, testing system including a monitor to continuously capture traces, corresponding to sequences of messages of protocol under test, a filter of the traces captured using formalized properties of the demands of protocol under test, to separate the traces into data and control parts, a temporary storage, and transfer module to transfer the filtered traces to a tester so as to emit verdicts by verifying whether the traces satisfy the demands of the formalized properties of the protocol under test, in the event of saturation of the tester leading to the emission of a notification of load, the transfer module interrupts the transfer of filtered traces to the tester and stores the traces at least partially in the temporary storage, particularly only their control parts, before resuming the transfer of filtered traces when the tester is again available.
US10374931B2
Disclosed herein are hub-based wireless networks employing end-devices at intermediate wireless at ranges of thousands of meters. End-devices may be such things as keypads, door latches, occupancy monitors, sprinkler controllers and other devices controlled or monitored in a campus or a collection of buildings. A synchronous mode is used requiring each paired end-device to timely respond to regular packets initiated at a hub. The hub monitors the quality of a communications link on a channel to each end-device, and applies varying levels of redundancy based upon a recent history of success and failure of packet exchanges, which measurement may be a value of badness increased as errors are encountered and decreased as packet communication is successful. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description below, and the inventions are defined by the appended claims.
US10374917B2
Embodiments of the inventive subject matter include gathering, from a plurality of sensors of a computer system, information about the computer system. Embodiments further include generating a profile of performance of the computer system indicating a state of components of the computer system during use. Embodiments further include generating a profile of usage of the computer system indicating current activities and usage of the computer system. Embodiments further include analyzing the profile of performance of the computer system against the profile of usage of the computer system to determine if the state of the components of the computer system during use is acceptable for the current activities and usage of the computer system. Embodiments further include determining that productivity of the computer system is inhibited based, at least in part, on the analyzing the profile of performance of the computer system against the profile of usage of the computer system.
US10374904B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for network visualization. A system analyzes traffic associated with network elements and generates a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI can include graphical segments representing the network elements and contiguously arranged in a first graphical structure. Each of the graphical segments can represent a category of network elements and indicate a number of network elements in the category. The GUI can also include a second set of graphical segments representing the network traffic and contiguously arranged in a second graphical structure. Each of the second set of graphical segments can represent a type of traffic associated with respective network elements and indicate an amount of traffic associated with the type of traffic. Moreover, the GUI can include visual indication(s) representing respective amounts of traffic for each specific type of traffic and/or an amount of bandwidth between the collector engine and a remote destination.
US10374901B2
A method for determining time to live (TTL) of a path of a node including receiving a routing control packet, which includes a first link quality indicating a link quality of a path from the neighbor node to a source node transmitting the routing control packet, from a neighbor node of the node, acquiring a third link quality indicating a link quality of a path from the node to the source node according to a second link quality indicating a link quality of a path from the node to the neighbor node and the first link quality, and determining the TTL of the path from the node to the source node according to the third link quality may be provided. Accordingly, the TTL of the path can be determined more accurately according to a link quality of the path, thereby contributing to ensuring performance and stability of a routing algorithm.
US10374898B2
A process may include a step of receiving a request to perform a revision on plural network devices. The process may include a step of identifying at least a first group of the plural network devices according to a first predetermined criterion including at least a first feature with a same first predefined characteristic. The process may include a step of determining whether the requested revision can be successfully performed on network devices in the first group of the plural network devices. The process may include a step of storing on an electronic storage device a record of whether the requested revision can be successfully performed on the network devices in the first group of the plural network devices.
US10374887B2
In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, an exemplary system or computer implemented method for implementing the virtualization of access node functions may include, for example: a memory to store instructions for execution; one or more processors to execute the instructions; a control plane interface to communicably interface the system with an access node over a network, in which the access node is physically coupled with a plurality of broadband lines; a virtualized module to provide a virtualized implementation of a plurality of functions of the access node at the system, in which the virtualized module executes on a virtualized computing infrastructure; the control plane interface of the system to receive current operational data and current operating conditions for the plurality of broadband lines from the access node; the virtualized module to update the virtualized implementation of the plurality of functions of the access node at the system according to the current operational data and the current operating conditions received from the access node; an analysis module to analyze the current operational data and the current operating conditions received from the access node; an instruction module to generate control parameters to affect operation of the access node based on the analysis of the current operational data and the current operating conditions received; and the control plane interface to send the control parameters to the access node for adoption at the access node. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
US10374880B1
Methods and apparatus for reconfiguring hosts in provider network environments in which hosts are evaluated to determine if steps of a full rebuild can be skipped. The hosts may implement slots of different types for virtual machines (VMs). Upon detecting that slots of a particular type are needed, a host that implements slots of another type may be selected for reconfiguration. The host may be evaluated to determine if one or more steps of a full rebuild can be skipped. The host may then be reconfigured to implement slots of the target type according to results of the evaluation. In at least some reconfigurations, at least one step of a full rebuild procedure is not performed for the respective host. Results of previous reconfigurations may be fed back into the evaluation process and used as one of the criteria for determining if steps can be skipped.
US10374873B2
A platform-to-platform communication architecture for a process control messaging service in a process control system or other industrial setting allows stationary and portable industrial computing units to communicate with each other, in one-to-one and one-to-many communications, and across networks, including isolated networks inside the process control system or industrial setting and external networks. A requesting industrial computing device platform generates a message for a destination, or responding, industrial computing device in the communication protocol of the destination platform, and wraps the message in a communication protocol of the process control messaging service. The communication architecture decodes the wrapped message into the communication protocol of the destination industrial computing device and forwards the decoded wrapped message to the destination. The communication architecture allows for a variety of communication services, including, but not limited to, instant/real-time peer-to-peer messaging, time synchronization, automatic data transfer with an asset management system, communication with field devices via an asset management system and large data transfers.
US10374867B2
The present disclosure includes: establishing, by a network management system (NMS), a network configuration protocol (NETCONF) configuration template library including a plurality of configuration templates, based on a network configuration protocol (NETCONF). Each configuration template includes a type of a network device which supports the NETCONF, transport layer protocols which are supported by the network device, and configuration parameters corresponding to each of the transport layer protocols to set up NETCONF sessions of the network device. In response to a network device joining the NMS, searching the NETCONF configuration template library to find a matching NETCONF configuration template which matches a type of the network device which has joined the NMS. Establishing a NETCONF session with the network device which has joined the NMS, based on a transport layer protocol and corresponding configuration parameters of the matching NETCONF configuration template.
US10374864B2
Novel tools and techniques for providing enhanced services to telephone subscribers with multiple telephone lines, which can include one or more traditional telephone lines, wireless telephone lines, Internet protocol-based telephone lines, and/or the like. For example, certain tools can provide a subscriber with a unified voice mailbox for a plurality of the subscriber's telephone lines. In some cases, the subscriber does not need to check multiple voice mailboxes (each associated with one of the subscriber's telephone numbers) in order to ensure that the subscriber has received all messages intended for that subscriber. Instead, any incoming call on any of the subscriber's lines can be routed to a converged voice mailbox for easy retrieval by the subscriber of all messages from one location. Some tools employ a VoIP switch to handle routing of the incoming call to the correct voice mailbox.
US10374863B2
Apparatus, systems and methods for recognizing and classifying events in a venue based on a wireless signal are disclosed. In one example, a disclosed system comprises a first transmitter, a second transmitter, at least one first receiver, at least one second receiver, and an event recognition engine, in the venue. The first transmitter transmits a training wireless signal through a wireless multipath channel impacted by a known event in the venue in a training time period associated with the known event. Each first receiver receives asynchronously the training wireless signal, and obtains, asynchronously based on the training wireless signal, at least one time series of training channel information of the wireless multipath channel between the first receiver and the first transmitter. The second transmitter transmits a current wireless signal through the wireless multipath channel impacted by a current event in a current time period associated with the current event. Each second receiver receives asynchronously the current wireless signal, and obtains, asynchronously based on the current wireless signal, at least one time series of current channel information of the wireless multipath channel between the second receiver and the second transmitter. The event recognition engine trains a classifier based on the training channel information; and apples the classifier to: classify the current channel information and associate the current event with at least one of: a known event, an unknown event and another event.
US10374858B2
A transceiving system using a joined modulation alphabet A having a size M the symbols of which are distributed on a plurality N of orthogonal dimensions, the symbols carried by a dimension belonging to a linear sub-alphabet An having a size P, with M=NP. The transmitter performs a turbocoding of a block of information bits, the code words provided by the turbocoder being mapped to symbols of the joined modulation alphabet before modulating the signal to be transmitted. The receiver performs turbodecoding from the projection of the symbols received on the orthogonal dimensions of the alphabet.
US10374856B2
Pilot, preamble and midamble patterns are provided that are particularly suited for four transmit antenna OFDM systems. Pilots are inserted in a scattered manner for each of the four antennas, either uncoded, space-time coded in pairs, space-time frequency coded in pairs, or space-time-frequency coded.
US10374846B2
Vector signaling codes providing guaranteed numbers of transitions per unit transmission interval are described, along with methods and systems for their generation and use. The described architecture may include multiple communications sub-systems, each having its own communications wire group or sub-channel, clock-embedded signaling code, pre- and post-processing stages to guarantee the desired code transition density, and global encoding and decoding stages to first distribute data elements among the sub-systems, and then to reconstitute the received data from its received sub-system elements.
US10374843B2
Embodiments herein disclose a method and system for designing a waveform for data communication. The method includes applying, by a phase rotation applying unit, a constellation specific phase rotation between consecutive data symbols in a data stream to obtain a constellation rotated data stream. Further, the method includes introducing, by a frequency domain pulse shaping filter, an inter symbol interference (ISI) between modulated data symbols of the constellation rotated data stream, such that the ISI develops the waveform of the constellated rotated data stream to be transmitted.
US10374833B2
Some examples herein disclose identifying a service function chain based on a switch address from a packet. The examples disclose modifying the switch address to an address corresponding to a service function based on the identified service function chain. The examples also disclose forwarding the packet to the service function according to the modified switch address.
US10374832B2
The present invention addresses method, apparatus and computer program product for resource management within a distributed system in a core network element, comprising organizing computing resources of the core network element into sets, wherein a first set is always active, setting an upper threshold and a lower threshold for the load of the sets, wherein the sets in operation are loaded as long as the average load of the sets in operation reaches the upper threshold, and when the upper threshold is exceeded, a new set is activated, whereas, when the load thereof falls below the lower threshold, the last activated set is deactivated, assigning a priority number to each set, segmenting an interval of random numbers for randomizing a request distribution in subintervals which are allocated to the computing resources of the active sets, wherein the length of each subinterval is determined based on the priority number of the set of the respective computing resource, and allotting a random number out of the interval to an incoming request, and forwarding the request to such computing resource which belongs to the subinterval that contains the allotted random number.
US10374826B2
A method carried out by a first communication gateway for transmitting broadcast data. Broadcast data is first received through a first network interface. The first communication gateway determines whether the broadcast data satisfies at least one condition, and forwards the broadcast data through at least one tunnel and through a second network interface to a second communication gateway if the broadcast data satisfies the at least one condition. The broadcast data is encapsulated in at least one encapsulating packet and the at least one encapsulating packet is decapsulated by the second communication gateway in order to retrieve the broadcast data. The broadcast data is then distributed by the second communication gateway to a second network.
US10374823B2
A dual-mode controller may include a communication interface between a handheld electronic device and subsystems on a computing bus or network. The dual-mode controller may operate in a “master mode” when a user directly manipulates the dual-mode controller to communicate with any subsystem(s). In this mode, the dual-mode controller may serve as a master controller and accesses and controls various subsystems on the bus or network (such as audio/visual subsystems, temperature control subsystems, alarm subsystems, sensors and transducers) as a master controller. In a slave mode, the interface may act as an adapter or interface between the handheld device and the subsystems.
US10374809B1
A server obtains response data for an asynchronous response to a request from a client. The server generates, in response to obtaining the response data, a digital signature for the response data. The server makes available the response data, the digital signature, and location information that indicates a location from which a digital certificate usable to verify the digital signature can be obtained.
US10374808B2
Systems, computer products, and methods are described herein for an improved secure certificate system that utilizes multiple digital signatures, and in some cases multiple public keys within one or more certificates. The improved secure certificate systems allows for additional security by having multiple certification authorities validate the organization as the owner of the organization application (e.g., website, dedicated application, or the like), as well as allowing for the use of the multiple digital signatures and/or certificates to provide seamless verification of the organization application should one or more of the digital signatures and/or certificates become compromised. Moreover, security may be improved by utilizing multiple public keys to encrypt a session key for use in sending and receiving data.
US10374803B2
The present disclosure relates to network security software cooperatively configured on plural nodes to authenticate and authorize devices, applications, users, and data protocol in network communications by exchanging nonpublic identification codes, application identifiers, and data type identifiers via pre-established communication pathways and comparing against pre-established values to provide authorized communication and prevent compromised nodes from spreading malware to other nodes.
US10374802B2
A method relates to receiving, by a processing device of an authentication server over a public network, an authentication request from a client device, the authentication request comprising a user identifier associated with first factor data, in which the first factor data comprises a password stored in a storage associated with the authentication server, calculating a generator value in view of the first factor data and a second factor data associated with the user identifier, and generating a session key in view of the generator value and a first public key received from the client device.
US10374801B2
An apparatus includes a tokenizer and a validator. The tokenizer divides a file into first, second, and third portions. The tokenizer also encrypts the first, second, and third portions using a first key to produce first, second, and third tokens. The validator receives a fourth token with a signature of a first user and receives a fifth token with a signature of a second user. The validator also combines the first token, the fourth token, and the fifth token to produce a second key and determines whether the second key matches the first key. If the second key does not match the first key, the validator communicates an alert indicating that the first key does not match the second key. If the second key does match the first key, the validator decrypts first, fourth, and fifth tokens to reproduce the file.
US10374788B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a phase locked loop (PLL)-less millimeter wave (mmWave) power head. The mmWave power head receives a multiplexed signal including a pilot signal at a base frequency and a communication signal at the IF frequency. The mmWave power head separates the pilot signal from the communication signal and multiplies the pilot signal to generate a local oscillator (LO) clock signal(s) at a harmonic frequency(ies) relative to the base frequency of the pilot signal. A selected LO clock signal is provided to a mixer circuit(s) for up and down conversions between the IF frequency and the mmWave carrier frequency. By eliminating the PLL frequency synthesizer from the mmWave power head, it is possible to avoid spur and coupling issues associated with collocating the PLL frequency synthesizer with an antenna front end module (FEM), thus helping to improve reliability and performance of the mmWave power head.
US10374785B2
Some embodiments include apparatus and methods using clock generation circuitry to generate a first clock signal and a second clock signal based on an input clock signal, the first and second clock signals having different phases, sampler circuitry to sample an input signal based on timing of the first and second clock signals and provide data information and error information associated with sampling of the input signal, a clock and data recovery unit to generate first control information based on the data information and the error information, and a phase error detection unit to generate second control information based on the data information and the error information, the clock generation circuitry to control timing of the input clock signal based on the first control information and to control timing of the first and second clock signals based on the second control information.
US10374781B2
A full-duplex transceiver is provided with componentry and methods for cancellation of nonlinear self-interference signals. The transceiver is capable of receiving an incoming radio-frequency signal that includes both a desired radio-frequency signal component and a self-interference component caused by the transceiver's own radio-frequency transmission. The transceiver demodulates the incoming radio-frequency signal to generate a first demodulated signal. The transceiver combines an analog corrective signal with the first demodulated signal to generate a second demodulated signal with reduced self-interference. The transceiver processes the first and second demodulated signals to determine a desired incoming baseband signal and to determine nonlinear components of the self-interference signal, such as nonlinearities introduced by the transceiver's power amplifier.
US10374777B2
Techniques for communication are disclosed. A method may include selecting from a subframe two or more resource elements for control signaling, wherein the subframe includes a plurality of symbol periods and each symbol period includes a plurality of resource elements, wherein the selected two or more resource elements are associated with a concurrent symbol period, and transmitting a resource allocation message to an access terminal, wherein the resource allocation message indicates that the selected two or more resource elements are allocated for control signaling.
US10374774B2
A downlink data transmission is performed in a downlink subframe. One or more resources are determined. The one or more resources are to be used for transmission or reception of error information for the received transmission in an uplink subframe based at least on an association set between one or more downlink or special subframes and an uplink subframe. The determined association set depends on a downlink reference configuration. The association set for each uplink subframe comprises a grouping of the downlink or special subframes into at least two groups. An association set is defined only for the subframes which are uplink subframes in a corresponding downlink reference configuration. The error information is transmitted or received using the determined one or more resources in the uplink subframe. Methods, apparatus, programs, and program products are disclosed.
US10374751B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems for preventing false packet acceptance in high-speed links. Under one aspect, correctable symbol errors are detected, and determination is made to whether a symbol error rate or ratio (SER) exceeds an SER threshold. In response to detection of such a condition, the link is disconnected or temporarily paused. The value for the SER threshold is determined using a statistical analysis of various link parameters to meet desired performance levels, such as a mean time to false packet acceptance (MTTFPA) of >approximately 15 billion years while providing a mean time to disconnect of >100 years.
US10374743B2
Optical signal receivers and methods are provided that include an optical resonator that allows optical signal energy of multiple wavelengths to enter and accumulate inside the optical resonator. A portion of optical signal energy of each wavelength is emitted from the optical resonator at an output, and the individual wavelengths may be separated. A detector aligned with the output detects the emitted optical signal energy of at least one of the wavelengths. The detector is configured to detect disturbances to the emitted optical signal energy and determine a modulated characteristic in the received optical signal energy of the wavelength.
US10374726B2
Apparatus and methods for rack level pre-installed interconnect for enabling cableless server, storage, and networking deployment. Plastic cable waveguides are configured to couple millimeter-wave radio frequency (RF) signals between two or more Extremely High Frequency (EHF) transceiver chips, thus supporting millimeter-wave wireless communication links enabling components in the separate chassis to communicate without requiring wire or optical cables between the chassis. Various configurations are disclosed, including multiple configurations for server chassis, storage chassis and arrays, and network/switch chassis. A plurality of plastic cable waveguide may be coupled to applicable support/mounting members, which in turn are mounted to a rack and/or top-of-rack switches. This enables the plastic cable waveguides to be pre-installed at the rack level, and further enables racks to be installed and replaced without requiring further cabling for the supported communication links. The communication links support link bandwidths of up to 6 gigabits per second, and may be aggregated to facilitate multi-lane links.
US10374721B2
Consistent with the present disclosure, an optical communication system is provided in which data is carried over optical signals including subcarriers. The subcarriers may be modulated with the standard modulation formats noted above, but the modulation formats are selectively assigned to the subcarriers, such that some subcarriers are modulated with different standard modulation formats than others. As used herein, a “standard modulation format” is one of BPSK, and n-QAM, where n is an integer greater than one. Such n-QAM modulation formats include of 3-QAM, 4-QAM (QPSK), 8-QAM, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 128-QAM, and 256-QAM. By selecting the number of subcarriers and the types of modulation formats employed, an optical signal with an effective SE that is between that of the standard modulation formats can be generated for transmission over a distances that more closely matches the link distance. Such custom or intermediate SE signals can be tailored to a particular optical link SNR to provide data transmission rates that are higher than the low order modulation formats that would otherwise be employed for optical signals carried by such links. As a result, more efficient data transmission can be achieved.
US10374720B2
A light guide arrangement for a mobile communications device for optical data transmission by an optoelectronic interface component of the communications device is provided. The light guide arrangement includes a light guide body with a greatest extent in the principal light guiding direction, a first optical coupling member for coupling the optoelectronic interface component to the light guide body, a second optical coupling member with a first lens element that has a first optical axis transverse to the principal light guiding direction and with a first optical deflection element arranged along the first optical axis, and a third optical coupling member with a second lens element that has a second optical axis transverse to the principal light guiding direction and with a second optical deflection element arranged along the second optical axis. The second optical axis differs from the first optical axis.
US10374713B1
A satellite system may have a constellation of communications satellites that provides services to users with electronic devices such as portable electronic devices and home/office equipment. The satellites may support communications between the electronic devices of the users and gateways. Each gateway may have satellite transceiver circuitry that transmits and receives satellite signals. Each gateway may also have an optical add-drop multiplexer coupled to a fiber ring and radio-frequency-over-fiber circuitry coupled between the satellite transceiver circuitry and the optical add-drop multiplexer. A metropolitan point-of-presence may be in communication with the fiber ring and may have modems for centrally processing communications (received and transmitted in an intermediate frequency) in the satellite system.
US10374711B2
A communications system, a method for managing a communications system, and a controller, where the communications system includes a front-end device and a remote device, where the remote device includes at least one coaxial media converter (CMC), where each CMC includes a data over cable service interface specification (DOCSIS) processor supporting a broadband access service and an edge quadrature amplitude modulation (EQAM) processor supporting a video service, and the at least one CMC and the front-end device are connected using a digital fiber, and the front-end device includes a controller, where the controller is configured to manage the at least one CMC.
US10374708B1
An optical communication device and related method are provided for reducing power variations among wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) signals. The device includes a dynamic gain equalizer (DGE) coupled to an optical communication path carrying WDM optical signals. The DGE is controlled in response to signals generated by an optical channel monitor (OCM). The OCM monitors signals coming into the DGE and monitors the signals leaving the DGE to thus monitor the WDM spectrum for optical signal power variations and adjust the DGE to reduce the signal power variations.
US10374702B1
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an optical transceiver having a photo diode and a processor configured to be operatively coupled to the photo diode. The photo diode is configured to measure a set of receiver optical power (ROP) values at a set of baud rate values. The processor is configured to measure a set of bit error rate (BER) values of a digital modulated signal at the set of baud rate values. The processor is configured to determine an estimated optical signal noise ratio (OSNR) value at a baud rate value from the set of baud rate values based on the set of ROP values and the set of BER values. The processor is configured to send a signal indicating the estimated OSNR value at the baud rate value such that a planned route is selected to send data signals based on the estimated OSNR value.
US10374701B2
An optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) measuring device includes a processor, wherein the processor executes a process. The process includes: converting an optical signal to an electrical signal; first acquiring a signal intensity from the electrical signal; second acquiring a noise intensity of a predetermined frequency band from the electrical signal; performing a digital conversion on the noise intensity; and computing an OSNR of the optical signal based on the signal intensity and the converted noise intensity. The predetermined frequency band is a frequency band including a folding noise that occurs when the digital conversion is performed.
US10374700B2
An integrating sphere-equipped optical measurement device and optical connector polarity and type identification and loss measurement are provided. The optical measurement device receives one or more optical signals that respectively emanate from one or more optical fibers of a plurality of optical fibers of an optical fiber cable. The optical measurement device determines one or more respective positions where the one or more optical signals impinged on a sensor. The optical measurement device determines based on the one or more positions, one or more receiving positions of the one or more optical signals, respectively. The optical measurement device determines a polarity of the optical fiber cable based on both the one or more receiving positions and one or more or transmitting positions of the one or more optical signals, respectively.
US10374699B2
A photonic integrated circuit includes a main light source, a redundant light source, a controller, an optical switch, and a modulator. The main light source outputs main light through a main light input waveguide. The redundant light source outputs redundant light through a redundant light transmission waveguide. The controller generates a first switch signal based on a fault state of the main light source. The optical switch selectively provides the redundant light from the redundant light transmission waveguide to a redundant light input waveguide based on the first switch signal. The modulator modulates main light from the main light input waveguide or redundant light from the redundant light input waveguide and outputs a first optical signal.
US10374696B2
Particular embodiments may provide a transceiver in geosynchronous orbit. The transceiver may include a plurality of forward channel receivers. At least one of the forward channel receivers may receive (1) a forward channel laser communication beam transmitted from a ground station and (2) an E-band frequency having a bandwidth of 81-86 GHz. The transceiver may also include a plurality of forward channel transmitters having different frequencies. The forward channel transmitters may transmit user beams to endpoint devices, wherein the user beams are derived from the forward channel laser and MMW communication beams. The transceiver may also include a plurality of return channel receivers, wherein the return channel receivers receive user beams from the endpoint devices. The transceiver may also include at least one return channel transmitter, wherein the return channel transmitter transmits a return channel laser communication beam to a ground station.
US10374690B2
An airborne cell tower system for providing wireless communication in remote and sparsely populated areas provides wireless communication coverage in that region. The system 10 has an airborne cell tower unit assembly, where the assembly is airborne with the help of a helium balloon. Multiple units are positioned in an air region in a pattern to provide wireless coverage for a specified geographic region to provide wireless communication coverage in that region.
US10374689B2
An aspect refers a controller of a SUDA system, the SUDA system having a first base station network group and a second base station network group, at least a first SUDAC (SUDA Component, which may be simplified described as configurable relay forwarding data) as well as a first user equipment assigned to the first base station network group and a second user equipment assigned to the second base station network group (e.g. both belonging to the same telecommunication provider).
US10374678B2
The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4G communication system such as LTE. A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving channel state information are disclosed. The method comprises: a step of transmitting, to a terminal, a signaling message including first information indicating at least one precoding matrix which is applicable to a symbol vector to be transmitted; a step of transmitting, to the terminal, a channel status information-reference signal (CSI-RS) for the terminal; and a step of receiving channel state information including a channel quality indicator (CQI) which is calculated using the selected precoding matrix on the basis of second information from the terminal.
US10374676B2
In general, this disclosure describes techniques for beamforming using limited feedback that exploit the spatio-temporal channel correlation and avoid the limitations of codebook-based feedback and Markov chain modeling. In one example, a receiving device includes a plurality of receive antennas for receiving communication information, a memory for storing the communication information, and one or more processors for processing the communication information. The one or more processors are configured to receive, through a wireless communication channel, a pilot signal transmitted by a transmitting device, determine, based on the received pilot signal, channel state feedback comprising a quantized representation of the pilot signal as received at the receiving device, and send, through the wireless communication.
US10374664B2
A method for reporting an aperiodic channel condition in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, is performed by a terminal. The method comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, setting for one or more channel state information (CSI) processes including a plurality of channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RS) resources, wherein precoding is applied to each of the plurality of CSI-RS resources; receiving an aperiodic CSI report request from the base station; and transmitting, to the base station, an aperiodic CSI for a CSI process indicated by the aperiodic CSI report request, wherein, if a certain time has not elapsed after a CSI-RS resource index for the CSI process indicated by the aperiodic CSI report request is reported, the transmitted aperiodic CSI may include a CSI-RS resource index for a CSI process which has not been updated.
US10374663B2
Digital dithering for reduction of quantization errors and side-lobe levels in phased array antennas
Systems and methods disclosed herein provide techniques for reducing quantization errors and side lobe levels in phased array antennas. The states of a quantized phase shifter of a phased array antenna may be dithered to achieve a time-averaged value that reduces quantization errors. By rapidly switching between the different states of the quantized phase shifter, a time-average value close to a desired phase state may be achieved with a low resolution phase shifter.
US10374653B2
Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of V2X antenna systems. In an exemplary embodiment, a V2X antenna system comprises a coupler and a microcontroller. The coupler is operable for sensing radio frequency (RF) power and relaying the information to the microcontroller. The microcontroller is operable for controlling RF switches to selectively activate either a transmit path (Tx-path) or a receive path (Rx-path) based on the information from the coupler. The microcontroller may also be operable for controlling one or more attenuators to control attenuation of signals.
US10374652B2
Aspects disclosed in the detailed description include antenna switching for a communication circuit. A communication circuit includes an antenna switching circuit that couples the communication circuit to a first antenna and/or a second antenna for radio frequency (RF) signal transmission and reception. The antenna switching circuit is configured to include fewer antenna switches compared to a conventional antenna switching circuit to reduce the cost and footprint of the communication circuit. Furthermore, by reducing the number of antenna switches in the antenna switching circuit, it is possible to improve RF isolation between the first antenna and the second antenna, thus leading to improved RF performance of the communication circuit.
US10374651B1
An apparatus is disclosed for relocking of a locked loop. In an example aspect, the apparatus includes a locked loop, and the locked loop includes a loop and a locked-loop controller that is coupled to the loop. The loop is configured to run responsive to a run signal. The loop includes a memory state component and signal characteristic adjustment circuitry coupled to the memory state component. The signal characteristic adjustment circuitry is configured to produce an output signal having a characteristic that is based on the memory state component. The locked-loop controller is configured to receive an external power mode signal (EPMS). The locked-loop controller is also configured to generate the run signal to have an enable value at a first time when the EPMS is indicative of an external normal mode and at a second time when the EPMS is indicative of an external standby mode.
US10374646B1
Methods and devices for detecting wireless signal absorption using power sensing circuitry. One method includes receiving, by a receiving device having power sensing circuitry, a plurality of wireless signals from a plurality of transmitting devices. The power sensing circuitry may include a local oscillator, a mixer, and a band-pass filter. The method may also include detecting, by the power sensing circuitry, a plurality of power levels for the plurality of wireless signals, where each power level of the plurality of power levels corresponds one of the plurality of wireless signals. The method may further include analyzing, by one or more processors, the plurality of power levels to determine three characteristic power levels of the plurality of power levels. The method may further include calculating, by the one or more processors, an absorption amount based on the three characteristic power levels.
US10374645B2
A device is provided that includes a plurality of walls and at least one holding slot on a wall for temporarily holding the printed circuit board during assembly of the device at an angle with respect to the wall.
US10374638B2
An error correction circuit includes a control unit suitable for receiving a data chunk including a plurality of data blocks, each of the data blocks being included in a corresponding codeword of a first direction and a corresponding codeword of a second direction; and a decoder suitable for performing a decoding operation on a codeword, which is selected by the control unit, in the data chunk, wherein the control unit calculates a first reference value by applying a correction capability value of the first direction to a flag of the first direction, calculates a second reference value by applying a correction capability value of the second direction to a flag of the second direction, selects a priority direction from the first direction and the second direction based on the first reference value and the second reference value, and preferentially selects codewords of the priority direction for decoding operations.
US10374635B2
An interleaving and mapping method and a deinterleaving and demapping method for an LDPC codeword are provided. The interleaving and mapping method comprises: performing first bit interleaving on a parity bits part of the LDPC codeword to obtain interleaved parity bits; splicing an information bit part of the codeword and the interleaved parity bits into a codeword after the first bit interleaving; dividing the codeword after the first bit interleaving into multiple consecutive bit subblocks in a predetermined length, and changing the order of the bit subblocks according to a corresponding permutation order (bit-swapping pattern) to form a codeword after second bit interleaving; dividing the codeword after the second bit interleaving into two parts, and writing the two parts into storage space in a column order respectively and reading the two parts from the storage space in a row order respectively to obtain a codeword after third bit interleaving.
US10374634B2
An individual latency indicator is determined for each Data Storage Device (DSD) or memory portion of a DSD storing one or more erasure coded shards generated from an erasure coding on initial data. Each individual latency indicator is associated with a latency in retrieving an erasure coded shard stored in a respective DSD or memory portion. At least one collective latency indicator is determined using determined individual latency indicators, with the at least one collective latency indicator being associated with a latency in retrieving multiple erasure coded shards. The at least one collective latency indicator is compared to a latency limit, and a subset of erasure coded shards is selected to retrieve based on the comparison of the at least one collective latency indicator to the latency limit.
US10374628B2
Method and apparatus for performing in-place compression is provided. The in-place compression system transfers source data from a partition of a memory to a data buffer based on a read address. Compressed data is created by referencing the source data stored in the data buffer. The system writes the compressed data to the memory partition based on a write address. When the write address points at an address location that stores source data that has not been transferred to the data buffer, the system overwrites the compressed data stored in the memory partition with the source data stored in the data buffer.
US10374613B2
An oscillator includes an oscillation circuit, an operation state signal generation circuit that generates an operation state signal based on an operation state of the oscillation circuit, and a first integrated circuit, the oscillation circuit and the operation state signal generation circuit are disposed outside the first integrated circuit, and the first integrated circuit includes a first digital interface circuit, a D/A conversion circuit that converts a digital signal input via the first digital interface circuit into an analog signal to generate a frequency control signal that controls a frequency of the oscillation circuit, and a terminal to which the operation state signal is input.
US10374598B2
A power on reset circuit according to the present disclosure includes: a reference voltage generating circuit that generates a reference voltage, and also outputs, as a control voltage, a voltage at a node at which a voltage rise is slower than the reference voltage; a comparison voltage generating circuit that operates in response to the control voltage output from the reference voltage generating circuit, and outputs a comparison voltage depending on a power source voltage; and a comparison circuit that compares the comparison voltage output from the comparison voltage generating circuit to the reference voltage output from the reference voltage generating circuit, and outputs an operation signal while the comparison voltage exceeds the reference voltage.
US10374596B2
Provided is a semiconductor device for radio frequency switch that includes an SOI substrate and a gate electrode. The SOI substrate includes a buried oxide film and a semiconductor layer on a carrier substrate. The gate electrode is provided on the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer includes a first area below the gate electrode and a second area other than the first area. A third area is provided in at least part of the second area. A fourth area is provided in at least part of the first area. The fourth area has a different thickness from a thickness of the third area.
US10374589B2
A temperature detecting circuit comprising: a comparator, comprising a first comparing terminal and a second comparing terminal; a time interval computing unit; a switch module, coupled to the first comparing terminal and the second comparing terminal, comprising a reference voltage terminal coupled to a reference voltage source, and comprising a first input terminal, a second input terminal and a third input terminal; a first current source, comprising a first charging terminal coupled to the first input terminal and the second input terminal; a first capacitor, coupled to the first current source at the first charging terminal; a capacitance adjusting unit, coupled to the first capacitor; a second current source, comprising a second charging terminal coupled to the third input terminal, wherein the second current source is a current source which provides a constant current; and a second capacitor, coupled to the second current source at the second charging terminal.
US10374587B2
The techniques of this disclosure may digitally generate a driver signal with a period (or frequency) at a finer resolution than can be achieved by simply counting clock cycles of a system clock. The driver signal may be configured to trigger based on single output clock signal that may be phase-shifted relative to the master system clock. A clock phase shift circuit may increment the phase shift of the output clock signal to any fraction relative to the master system clock. A driver signal generated based on the phase-shifted output clock may achieve the high resolution in frequency desirable when controlling some pulse-width modulated circuits, such as an LLC converter.
US10374583B1
A method is described and in one embodiment includes detecting a transition of a data signal comprising a data packet received at a circuit while the circuit is in a first hysteresis mode; placing the circuit in a second hysteresis mode subsequent to the detecting; and returning the receiver to the first hysteresis mode subsequent to completion of receipt of the data packet to await receipt of a next data packet. In certain embodiments, the first hysteresis mode is a high hysteresis mode and the second hysteresis mode is a standard hysteresis mode. In some embodiments, a level of each of the first and second hysteresis modes is dynamically tunable.
US10374574B2
A wafer-level chip-scale package includes a body, a conductive via passing through the body, a contact bump formed at a lower portion of the body and in electrical connection with a lower end of the conductive via, a piezoelectric substrate directly bonded to an upper end of the conductive via, and a cavity defined between a portion of the body and the piezoelectric substrate.
US10374569B2
A resonance device that includes a lower cover formed from non-degenerate silicon; a resonator having a degenerate silicon substrate with a lower surface facing the lower cover, and including first and second electrode layers laminated on the substrate with a piezoelectric film formed therebetween and having a surface opposing an upper surface of the substrate. Moreover, the lower surface of the substrate has an adjustment region where a depth or height of projections and recesses formed on the surface is larger than that in another region of the lower surface of the substrate or is a region where an area of the projections and recesses is larger than that in the other region of the lower surface of the substrate.
US10374558B1
A power amplifier includes a transistor operating in a range of frequencies from a lower operating frequency to a higher operating frequency to provide a relatively linear gain between the lower operating frequency and the higher operating frequency, an input transmission line circuit coupled to a gate terminal of the transistor, and an output transmission line circuit coupled to a drain terminal of the transistor. The input transmission line includes an inductor-capacitor (LC) circuit that resonates at a first resonant frequency equaled to or higher than the higher operating frequency. The output transmission line includes an inductor-capacitor-inductor (LCL) circuit and a capacitor-inductor-capacitor (CLC) circuit. The LCL circuit resonates at a second resonant frequency equaled to or lower than the lower operating frequency. The CLC circuit resonates at a third resonant frequency equaled to or higher than the higher operating frequency.
US10374553B2
An RF amplifier module comprises a package having a package base, at least one RF amplifier chip attached to the package base, and an RF power combiner chip attached to the package base. The RF amplifier chip comprises a substrate and at least one transistor disposed on an epilayer overlying the substrate. The substrate comprises a first layer of synthetic diamond characterized by an average value of thermal conductivity.An RF amplifier module comprises a package having a package base, at least one RF amplifier chip attached to the package base, and an RF power combiner chip attached to the package base. The RF amplifier chip comprises a substrate and at least one transistor disposed on an epilayer overlying the substrate. A first layer of synthetic diamond is at least partially disposed on top of the electronic device.
US10374546B2
A solar power system includes a plurality of solar power cells mounted on a spherical frame; a hemispherical reservoir mounted to the spherical frame to enclose at least a portion of the spherical frame such that a gap is defined between the spherical frame and an interior surface of the reservoir, the reservoir configured to hold a fluid that includes a solar cell cleaning solution; and at least one actuator mounted to the spherical frame and operable to rotate a portion of the spherical frame that supports the plurality of solar power cells through the gap.
US10374545B2
A rotor temperature monitoring method and system for a permanent magnet synchronous motor are provided. According to the method and system, an a-phase line current and a b-phase line current of a stator of a permanent magnet synchronous motor are obtained as a first line current and a second line current; further, a line voltage between the a-phase and the b-phase of the stator is obtained and a rotating speed of the rotor of the permanent magnet synchronous motor is obtained; and then, the first line current, the second line current, the line voltage, the rotating speed of the rotor, an inductance parameter of the permanent magnet synchronous motor and a temperature characteristic equation of a permanent magnet of the rotor are substituted into a preset rotor permanent magnet temperature expression to calculate and obtain the temperature of the rotor.
US10374544B2
A method for estimating a service life of a motor that is driven by variable duty cycle control. The method includes calculating an elapsed service life ratio representing a ratio of an elapsed service life to all service life according to the following formula to estimate the service life of the motor: L s = ∑ i ( t i L i × ( 1.5 ) m ) m = 40 - max ( 40 , K i ) 10 , where Ls represents the elapsed service life ratio, ti represents a driving time in a section i, Li represents a service life expectancy at a duty cycle Di in the section i and at an environmental temperature of the motor being 40° C., and Ki represents a temperature in the section i.
US10374540B2
A synchronous motor is driven by three phase alternate current. The rotor core includes a laminated body configured by laminating plate members made of electrical steel sheet. Each plate member is formed in a substantially circular shape in a plan view and formed with projections along an outer circumference thereof. The number of slots of the stator is 3xy when variable x is a natural number and variable y is a positive odd number. The number of poles of the rotor is (3y+1)x or (3y−1)x. The number of projections of each plate member is a common measure of (3y+1)x and (3y−1)x. The laminated body has a structure in which the plate members are laminated so that the projections are shifted relative to one another.
US10374536B2
A method for controlling a ceiling fan motor includes: setting a target value of rotational speed and a limited value of rotational torque; controlling the ceiling fan motor to operate; obtaining operation information of the ceiling fan motor; calculating a current rotational speed and a current rotational torque according to the operation information; determining whether the current rotational torque is greater than or equal to the limited value of rotational torque; performing a constant rotational torque operation when the current rotational torque is greater than or equal to the limited value of rotational torque; determining whether the current rotational speed reaches the target value of rotational speed when the current rotational torque is less than the limited value of rotational torque; performing a constant rotational speed operation when the current rotational speed reaches the target value of rotational speed; and increasing torque current of the ceiling fan motor.
US10374530B2
A dual axis linear motion system utilizing one or more printed circuit boards embedded within a stage wherein the system components, including the controller, drive, and controller, may be mounted to a printed circuit board (PCB), and the electrical communications between the system components and the power to the system components are supplied through traces or etchings on the printed circuit board, thereby omitting the need for additional power and communication cables.
US10374520B2
The present invention proposes a control circuit and a method of controlling a resonant converter comprising a full-bridge configuration in the following manner: during each half period of a plurality of periods of a resonant current of the resonant converter, starting from an initial state (500) in which a diagonal pair are conductive, turning off (510) a first switch member of the diagonal pair on the basis of the voltage control signal; turning on (520), after the turn-off of the first switch member, a switch member in series connection with the first switch member prior to a zero crossing (E5) of the resonant current; turning off (530), after the turn-off of the first switch member, a second switch member of the diagonal pair prior to the zero crossing (ES); and turning on (540), after the turn-off of the second switch member, a switch member in series connection with the second switch member prior to the zero crossing event of the resonant current.
US10374517B2
An apparatus for controlling a power converter includes a first converter configured to convert an AC voltage into a DC voltage by operations of an input side switch, a DC link capacitor charged with the DC voltage from the first converter, and a second converter configured to step down the DC voltage across the DC link capacitor by operations of one or more output side switches. In the apparatus, a lower limit calculator calculates a lower limit of the DC voltage across the DC link capacitor based on an output voltage of the second converter, a turns ratio of a transformer of the second converter, and a ratio of a turn-on period to one switching period for the one or more output side switches. A switch controller operates the input side switch to control the voltage across the DC link capacitor to a command voltage higher than the lower limit.
US10374509B2
In a control circuit for controlling a power converter that includes a switch, a power supply circuit outputs electrical power, and a command generator generates a switching command that controls switching operations of the switch, based on the electrical power output from the power supply circuit. A failure mode determiner executes a determination of whether which of failure modes has occurred in the power supply circuit, and outputs a result of the determination. A switch controller selectively executes, based on the result of the determination, a first switch control task and a second switch control task. The first switch control task forcibly shuts down the switch independently of the switching command, and the second switch control task enables the switching operations of the switch to be continuously controlled based on the switching command.
US10374505B2
We disclose herein a power coupler for connecting AC or DC electrical circuits having different voltages, current or impedance levels. The power coupler comprise a first switching device; a second switching device coupled with the first switching device; a power transformer comprising a first core winding and a second core winding; a first capacitance coupled between the terminals of the first core winding; a second capacitance coupled between the terminals of the second core winding; and a third capacitance coupled between the first and second cores windings. The power transformer is coupled with the first and second switching devices. The power coupler is configured to reduce switching power loss using an adiabatic technique and by selecting appropriate switching time of the switching devices.
US10374502B2
A permanent magnet speed governor having a fixed magnetic gap. The permanent magnet speed governor has an outer magnetic rotor connected to a drive shaft and an inner magnetic rotor connected to a driven shaft, at least one outer permanent magnet being evenly distributed along the circumferential direction of the inner circumferential surface of the outer magnetic rotor, at least one inner permanent magnet being evenly distributed along the circumferential direction of the outer circumferential surface of the inner magnetic rotor, two magnetic pole sides of the inner permanent magnet being respectively fixed to an iron yoke, another two sides each being provided with a magnetically conductive body, one end of the inner magnetic rotor being provided with a magnetic circuit regulator used for moving each magnetically conductive body along the axial direction. Adoption of the fixed magnetic gap structure reduces the difficulty of assembly.
US10374500B2
A rotor for a permanent magnet machine includes first and second axially successive rotor sections each including permanent magnets generating magnetic field having a pole pitch. The rotor includes a first coupling system for connecting the first rotor section to a shaft and a second coupling system for connecting the second rotor section to the shaft or to the first rotor section. The second rotor section is rotatable with respect to the first rotor section by an angle corresponding to the pole pitch in response to releasing the second coupling system so as to set the stator flux-linkages generated by the first and second rotor sections to be substantially zeroes. Thereafter, the permanent magnets do not substantially induce voltages on the stator windings even if the rotor is rotating during for example an internal fault of stator windings.
US10374498B2
An electric motor unit includes a casing, a first electric motor and a second electric motor, housed within the casing, a drive shaft operatively connected to the first electric motor and a drive shaft operatively connected to the second electric motor, in which the drive shafts can be rotatably actuated in an independent way with respect to each other around a same rotational axis.
US10374485B2
Providing mobile electric power comprising a power generation transport configured to convert hydrocarbon fuel to electricity and an inlet and exhaust transport configured to: couple to at least one side of the power generation transport such that the inlet and exhaust transport is not connected to a top side of the power generation transport, provide ventilation air and combustion air to the power generation transport, collect exhaust air from the power generation transport, and filter the exhaust air.
US10374473B2
A stator includes a yoke, teeth, insulating members, a first ribs, coils, annular members and adhesive bodies. The insulating members each have circumferential wall and a flange. The flange includes a plate wall. The first ribs protrude from the respective flanges. The coils each wound on the outsides of the circumferential wall and the first ribs of each of the teeth. The annular members close teeth distal end sides of cavities. A first hole and a second hole are provided in the plate wall. The turning passage contains varnish charged through the injection hole.
US10374469B2
The present disclosure provides a wireless power receiver including: a power receiver configured to receive electrical power that is wirelessly transmitted from a wireless power transmitter; a power reception-side communication section configured to wirelessly communicate with the wireless power transmitter; a storage section to which data received by the power reception-side communication section is written by using the electrical power received by the power transmitter; and a monitoring section configured to monitor the electrical power or a voltage that corresponds to the electrical power supplied to the storage section in a case in which the data is being written to the storage section, the monitoring section transmits write information, which indicates whether or not the data was correctly written to the storage section based on a monitoring result, from the power reception-side communication section to the wireless power transmitter information.
US10374464B2
A wireless charging coil assembly comprises a first stamped coil having a first trace, a second stamped coil having a second trace, and a film having a first side and a second side. The first stamped coil is adhered to the first side of the film and the second stamped coil is adhered to the second side of the film. At least a first portion of the first trace of the first stamped coil and at least a first portion of the second trace of the second stamped coil are electrically connected.
US10374461B2
A power receiver includes: a secondary-side resonant coil including a resonant coil part to receive electric power from a primary-side resonant coil through magnetic field resonance; a capacitor inserted in series in the resonant coil part; a series circuit of a first switch and a second switch; a first rectifier having a first rectification direction; a second rectifier having a second rectification direction; a detector to detect a voltage waveform or a current waveform of the power; and a controller to adjust, in a state of adjusting a phase difference between the waveform and a driving signal that includes a first signal for switching on/off the first switch and a second signal for switching on/off the second switch to be a predetermined phase difference, a length of a period, during which the switches are both on, to adjust an amount of the power received by the secondary-side resonant coil.
US10374460B2
A wireless power transfer system includes a first transmitter coil, a second transmitter coil and a third transmitter coil arranged such that normal directions to planes of the first, the second and the third transmitter coils are orthogonal to each other in a three-dimensional space, and a controller that controls electric currents supplied to the first, the second and the third transmitter coils such that a synthetic magnetic field vector produced by the first, the second and the third transmitter coils rotates in a plane of rotation at a first angular frequency “ω”, and that a normal vector to the plane of rotation rotates about an axis of rotation perpendicular to the normal vector at a second angular frequency “a” equal to or smaller than the first angular frequency (a≤ω).
US10374459B2
In one embodiment of a wireless power transmitter, two coils are magnetically coupled together by placing both coils on a magnetic layer. A power circuit generates an AC signal of a defined voltage magnitude that causes a current to flow through the first coil, which generates a magnetic field having a first polarity. The second coil is coupled to the first coil. Current flows through the second coil and generates a magnetic field having a second polarity that is opposite from the first polarity. Because the magnetic field generated by each coil has a different polarity, the magnetic fields attract and form a strong magnetic field that flows from the first coil to the second coil. The strong magnetic field can transfer greater amounts of power to a receiver in comparison to coil configurations that emit magnetic fields in the same direction that repel one another.
US10374453B2
An uninterruptible power supply, including a plurality of power supply units, a plurality of battery units and an information integration management unit. Each power supply unit belongs to one of an operating system and a standby system. Each battery unit belongs to one of a power failure standby system and a power failure backup system. The information integration management unit manages the power supply units and the battery units, by receiving an instruction from an externally connected management device, and setting each of the power supply units to be in the operating system or the standby system, and setting each of the battery units to be in the power failure standby system or the power failure backup system, in accordance with the received instruction.
US10374446B2
The present disclosure provides a battery pack including a battery cell array in which a plurality of battery cells are arranged in a state in which side surfaces thereof face each other, a heater disposed between the battery cells, a battery management system (BMS) configured to control an operation of the battery cells, and a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the battery cells to transmit the measured temperature to the BMS. Here, when the temperature of the battery cells, which is measured from the temperature sensor, is equal to or less than a critical temperature, the BMS provides a current to the heater to increase the temperature of the battery cells.
US10374434B2
An energy management system that includes a power generating device, bidirectional DC-DC converter, and inverter connected to an HVDC bus. A gain of a voltage change to a current change in the bidirectional DC-DC converter is equal to the gain in the inverter. When an output power of the inverter or the bidirectional DC-DC converter varies in response to a variation in an output current of the power generating device, the energy management system can control the output power of the inverter to conform to a target value by adjusting an offset of gain characteristics of the bidirectional DC-DC converter to gain characteristics of the inverter. As a result, the energy management system is capable of stabilizing the output power of the inverter.
US10374431B2
A converter system for interconnecting renewable energy sources with a DC distribution bus comprises a converter unit which comprises an isolated DC-to-DC converter connectable to the renewable energy source, and a non-isolated DC-to-DC converter connectable to the DC distribution bus, which is cascade connected with the isolated DC-to-DC converter.
US10374428B2
A storage battery system relating to the present invention includes first and second PCSes. The first PCS performs charge and discharge to/from a first storage battery. The second PCS performs the charge and the discharge to/from a second storage battery. The second storage battery has a shorter service life than the first storage battery. A controllers controls the first and second PCSes on the basis of a charge/discharge request and storage battery information. The controller includes an SOC correction unit and a charge/discharge command unit. The SOC correction unit calculates SOCs of the first and second storage batteries, corrects the SOC of the second storage battery upwards in the case that the charge/discharge request is a charge request, and corrects the SOC of the second storage battery downwards in the case of a discharge request. The charge/discharge command unit determines charge/discharge commands so as to preferentially perform the charge from the storage battery of a low SOC in the case that the charge/discharge request is the charge request and to preferentially perform the discharge from the storage battery of a high SOC in the case of the discharge request.
US10374418B2
A circuit and a method for electrostatic discharge clamping are provided. The circuit includes a detection module, a control module, and a clamping module. The detection, control, and clamping modules are coupled with a first power line of a first power source and a second power line of the first power source. Third terminals of the detection, control and clamping modules are coupled to a first power line of a second power source, a voltage division terminal of the detection module, a fourth terminal of the control module respectively. According to an electrostatic discharge event on the first power line of the first power source, the division voltage terminal of the detection module provides a voltage to the control module. Then, the control module controls the clamping module to couple the first power line of the first power source to the second power line of the first power source.
US10374404B1
An assembly including an electrical junction box and an accompanying shroud plate wherein the latter is aligned with the mounting elements found in a typical junction box so as to maintain a relationship between the shroud plate and the junction box such that when the assembly is installed, stray nails and/or screws used to secure sheetrock or the like to framing members such as wall studs does not penetrate a rear wall of the junction box or the surface covering of cables connected to the box.
US10374401B1
The device and process disclosed relates to hot sticks suitable for working on high voltage conductors in high temperatures. The enhanced hot sticks include a thermal insulating piece between the pole and the end tool. The disclosed hot stick retains electrical and mechanical properties at least as good as those of regular hot sticks and can be used on high temperature lines in the same way as regular hot sticks are presently used to perform live work on normal lines.
US10374399B1
A tool facilitates removal of a splice used to serially connect lengths of cable into an electrical power line. The tool has an elongated slide of semi-circular cross-section with outer and inner diameters suited to saddle the cable and snugly enter into an open end of the splice and into abutment against a spring-biased split-ring vise grip in the splice. With the leading end of the tool butted against the spring-biased vise grip, application of manual force to a handle on the trailing end of the tool drives the vise grip to compress its biasing spring, expanding the vise-grip and releasing the cable for removal from the vise grip and the splice without damaging the splice or cutting the cables connected to the splice.
US10374398B2
A subsea power distribution device and system. The subsea power distribution device includes a first watertight housing accommodating at least one transformer having a primary winding and at least one secondary winding, input terminals electrically connected to the primary winding and arranged to be connected to a remote power supply, an output terminal electrically connected to the at least one secondary winding, and switches located within the first watertight housing and arranged to open and close the connections between each secondary winding and a corresponding output terminal. Each output terminal is further connected to an overcurrent breaking device which is further arranged to be connected to a subsea power consuming device. The overcurrent breaking device is arranged in a second watertight housing separate from the first watertight housing and is filled with insulating liquid.
US10374394B2
A core-shell nanowire laser structure comprises a substrate (12), an elongated support element (14) extending from the substrate, the support element having a first diameter, and an elongated body element (16) extending on and/or around the support element, the body element having a second diameter at least two times larger than the first diameter, wherein the body element is spaced apart from the substrate.
US10374390B2
The present disclosure provides a beam projector module including: a PCB on which a cathode wire and an anode wire are positioned; a conductive pad that is made of a conductive material or coated with a conductive material and has one side surface; a first frame that is made of a non-conductive material and has one side surface which is in contact with the PCB; a light source having a cathode electrode and an anode electrode, the cathode electrode being in contact with the other side surface of the conductive pad; the anode electrode being connected to the anode wire through at least one electric wire passing through the opening; a diffuser configured to diffuse a light beam output from the light source; and a second frame configured to support the diffuser so that the diffuser is spaced from the light source by a predetermined distance.
US10374386B1
A chip may include a first substantially planar isolation layer with a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The chip may include a first substantially planar conduction layer with a first surface positioned adjacent to the second surface of the first isolation layer and a second surface opposite the first surface. The chip may include a second substantially planar isolation layer with a first surface positioned adjacent to the second surface of the first conduction layer and a second surface opposite the first surface. The chip may include a second conduction layer etched on the second surface of the second isolation layer. The second conduction layer may include an anode trace, a cathode trace, and an optical transmitter positioned on the cathode trace. The chip may include one or more vias through the second isolation layer electrically coupling the anode trace with the first conduction layer.
US10374385B2
Hybrid silicon lasers and amplifiers having resonator cavities within a silicon substrate and a two-dimensional material film on the substrate as an optical gain medium are described. The two-dimensional material film may be formed of one or more atomic layers of phosphorene (BP). The number of phosphorene layers may be adjusted to tune the emission wavelength of the hybrid devices.
US10374372B2
A connector assembly can be provided. A receptacle includes terminals that can be positioned in a card slot on a 0.60 mm pitch (or greater). A biasing element can be provided in the card slot to engage a mating paddle card. The receptacle can be configured to allow air to flow from a front face to a rear face, the air passing through a middle wall. A plug assembly can be provided that includes a conductive body and is configured to generate some amount of heat. The body can include a surface that has cooling grooves. The cooling grooves allow air flow over the plug assembly so that the plug assembly can be cooled directly.
US10374362B2
Connector receptacles having protective doors. A protective door can block a card, module, or connector insert from being inserted at an oblique angle to protect contacts in a connector receptacle from damage due to an improper insertion. The protective door can normally be closed in the absence of a card inserted in the connector receptacle. The door can be a front of a cam. A spring or magnet can bias the door in the closed position when no card is inserted. The door can be arranged to stay closed when a card is inserted at an oblique angle. When the card is inserted properly, the cam can rotate about an axis and the door can open allowing the card to access to the contacts of the connector receptacle. A second door in front of the protective door can be included to provide enhanced functionality and to provide a more uniform appearance.
US10374358B2
A feeder-cover structure includes a power feeder including a socket and a plug fitted together, a cover structure that covers and seals the power feeder, and a supply mechanism that supplies dry air or an inert gas into the cover structure. A gap is formed between the power feeder and the cover structure such that the dry air or the inert gas is supplied through the gap into the cover structure.
US10374340B2
A multi-line electrical assembly that includes a multi-line cable (14), including a multiplicity of insulated conductive wires (59); and a multi-line electrical plug (16), physically connected to the cable. The plug has a housing (56) and a plurality of spaced-apart printed circuit boards (PCBs, 48), housed in the housing and having a first end (47) that is connected to the cable and having a second end (46), separated from the first end. Further, the PCBs bear a plurality of conductive traces (50), at least some of the traces being electrically connected to the wires proximal to the first end. The traces terminate proximal to the second end.
US10374330B1
A window assembly includes a transparent substrate, an electrical conductor provided on a surface of the substrate, and a solderless electrical connector for energizing the electrical conductor. The solderless electrical connector includes a cover adhered to the substrate to define a hollow volume, and a biasing member disposed within the hollow volume and elastically compressed between the cover and the electrical conductor. The biasing member is formed from a polymeric material and is electrically conductive.
US10374329B2
A method for litz wire termination includes placing a ferrule over exposed conductors on an end of litz wire. The exposed conductors include a portion of the litz wire without an external insulation layer, and a portion at the end of the litz wire protrude past the ferrule. The method includes crimping the ferrule to the litz wire and placing the end of the litz wire with the ferrule in molten solder past the end of the ferrule. The method includes maintaining the litz wire in the molten solder until insulation on conductors of the litz wire is removed from the conductors in the molten solder and solder bonds to the conductors that are within in the molten solder. The method includes removing the litz wire from the molten solder and allowing the litz wire to cool until molten solder bonded to the conductors transitions to a solid state.
US10374310B2
A tunable antenna device includes a substrate, a switch, a control circuit, an antenna and a frequency adjustment portion. The substrate includes first and second surfaces and first and second through-holes. The switch is on the first surface and includes first, second and first control terminals. The control circuit is on the first surface and electrically coupled to the first control terminal. The antenna is on the second surface and includes first and second radiation members. The frequency adjustment portion is on the second surface and includes first and second metal portions. The first metal portion includes a first interdigital structure electrically coupled to the first radiation member. The second metal portion includes second and third interdigital structures electrically coupled to the second radiation member. The second and third interdigital structures are electrically coupled to the first and second terminals through the first and second through-holes respectively.
US10374297B2
An antenna assembly includes a radome, a camera, and a plug assembly. The radome defines an opening. The camera is positionable at least partially within the opening. The camera and the radome define a passage when the camera is positioned at least partially within the opening of the radome. The plug assembly is positionable at least partially within the passage. The plug assembly includes a plug having one or more first coupling structures and a seal having one or more second coupling structures. At least one of the first coupling structures and at least one of the second coupling structures are mateable to detachably couple the seal to the plug to substantially prevent contaminants from passing into the radome via the opening of the radome. Other antenna assemblies, plug assemblies, and methods relating to assembling antenna assemblies and/or plug assemblies are also disclosed.
US10374293B2
Multi-band antennas include one or more duplexers configured to provide isolation of non-linearities generated along a downlink path of RF signals transmitted from the multi-band antenna from an uplink path of RF signals received by the multi-band antenna.
US10374287B2
An antenna system with a full metal back cover is provided in the present disclosure. The antenna system includes a metal back cover with a main body, a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite to each other, a circuit board with a main ground point, a first antenna module and a second antenna module electrically connected to the circuit board. A first gap is formed between the first sidewall and the main body, and a second gap is formed between the second sidewall and the main body; the metal back cover is divided into a first metal portion including the first sidewall and a second metal portion including the second sidewall. The first metal portion includes a top slit penetrating through an edge of the first sidewall, and the second metal portion includes a bottom slit penetrating through an edge of the second sidewall.
US10374286B2
An electronic device comprising: a housing; a wireless communication transceiver provided within the housing; an antenna radiator provided within the housing; and a cover arranged to cover at least a portion of the antenna radiator and form at least a portion of a surface of the housing, wherein the cover includes a conductive material, and the cover is at least partially detachable from the housing.
US10374283B2
A coil for an antenna includes a ferrite core; and a winding conductor configured to have a conducting wire wound around the ferrite core as a core bar. The winding conductor includes an inner winding positioned inside when viewed from a plane perpendicular to the core bar, and an outer winding positioned outside of the inner winding. A length of the outer winding when viewed from a plane parallel to the core bar is different from a length of the inner winding.
US10374282B2
An antenna assembly includes a radio frequency (RF) connector having a connector plug electrically connected to an antenna receptacle. The connector plug has a central terminal configured for connection to a wireless transceiver, and an end of the wire antenna is inserted in the antenna receptacle. Examples of RF connectors include U.FL, IPEX, IPAX, IPX, AMC, MHF and UMCC connectors that allow the wire antenna to be removably attached to a printed circuit board (PCB) of a lighting control device and to avoid hardwiring the antenna to the PCB. The wire antenna may be made of a shape memory alloy, such as nitinol. The device that includes the antenna assembly may be incorporated into a luminaire for wireless control of the luminaire, such that the wire antenna is positioned between a light source and a diffuser. A number of such luminaires may be combined to provide an intelligent lighting system.
US10374281B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system having an absorber and a coupling device. The absorber includes absorbent material that absorbs radiation. The coupling device is positioned in and surrounded by the absorber. The coupling device facilitates transmitting or receiving of an electromagnetic wave along a transmission medium, where the electromagnetic wave propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10374280B2
A quadrature coupler having: a pair of overlying strip conductors separated by a first dielectric layer to provide a coupling region between the coupling region of overlying strip conductors; a pair of opposing ground pads, the coupling region being disposed between the pair of opposing ground pads; a second dielectric layer disposed over the coupling region and between the pair of opposing ground pads; and an electrically conductive shield layer disposed over the second dielectric layer, extending over opposing sides of the dielectric layer and onto the pair of opposing ground pads. Portions of coupler are formed by printing or additive manufacturing.
US10374275B2
A circulator plate for a microwave radio system is disclosed. The circulator plate includes a circulator including a first port, a second port, and a third port; a first isolator including an input port and an output port; a second isolator including an input port and an output port; and a splitter including an input port, a first output port, and a second output port. The output port of the first isolator is coupled to the first port of the circulator. The input port of the second isolator is coupled to the third port of the circulator. The input port of the splitter is coupled to the output port of the second isolator. The first output port of the splitter is configured to be coupled to a first receiver. The second output port of the splitter is configured to be coupled to a second receiver.
US10374269B2
A battery pack includes a plurality of battery stacks integrated by stacking a plurality of unit batteries, a fluid passage where fluid flows for cooling the unit batteries disposed between the battery stacks, a blower for circulating the fluid in the fluid passage, and a plurality of heat conducting plates. The heat conducting plate is thermally connected to an outer casing of the unit batteries constituting the battery stacks adjacent to each other, and disposed so as to constitute a plurality of cooled portions of which parts thereof exist in the fluid passage. The battery pack includes a passage forming member that demarcates the fluid passage as an independent passage from the area near the outer casing of the unit battery, and includes a partition wall for supporting the heat conducting plate.
US10374268B2
A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells each having two electrode terminals, i.e., positive and negative electrode terminals; a first housing case that houses a first battery cell group; a second housing case that houses a second battery cell group; and a fixing tool that fixes the first and the second housing cases by making the electrode terminals in the first battery cell group face the electrode terminals in the second battery cell group. The second battery group is housed in the second housing case while being inclined relative to the first battery cell group, connected to the negative electrode terminal of each battery cell in the first battery cell group facing the positive electrode terminal of the battery cell, and connected to the positive electrode terminal of each battery cell in the first battery cell group facing the negative electrode terminal of the battery cell.
US10374264B2
An air plenum assembly includes a first plenum for cooling, where the first plenum includes an inlet for air intake located at a first side of the first plenum. The air plenum assembly further includes a second plenum for exhausting heated air, where the second plenum includes an outlet for exhausting air located at a first side of the second plenum. The air plenum assembly further includes a first aperture located on a first side of the first plenum for directing air from the inlet at the first side of the first plenum to a first compartment and includes a first vent located on a first side of the second plenum for exhausting air away from the first compartment towards the outlet at the first side of the second plenum. The first compartment is isolated from surrounding battery compartments by at least two thermal separators.
US10374263B2
An air plenum assembly includes a first plenum for cooling, where the first plenum includes an inlet for air intake located at a first side of the first plenum. The air plenum assembly further includes a second plenum for exhausting heated air, where the second plenum includes an outlet for exhausting air located at a first side of the second plenum. The air plenum assembly further includes a first aperture located on a first side of the first plenum for directing air from the inlet at the first side of the first plenum to a first compartment and includes a first vent located on a first side of the second plenum for exhausting air away from the first compartment towards the outlet at the first side of the second plenum. The first compartment is isolated from surrounding battery compartments by at least two thermal separators.
US10374258B2
A nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprising a cyclobutenedione derivative represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R1 represents an organic group having a carbon-carbon double bond or a carbon-carbon triple bond in its structure, and R2 represents an alkyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1-6 carbon atoms, a thioalkyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted thioaryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group.
US10374253B2
A sulfide solid electrolyte that contains lithium, phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine and bromine, wherein in powder X-ray diffraction analysis using CuKα rays, it has a diffraction peak A at 2θ=25.2±0.5 deg and a diffraction peak B at 2θ=29.7±0.5 deg, the diffraction peak A and the diffraction peak B satisfy the following formula (A), and a molar ratio of the chlorine to the phosphorus “c (Cl/P)” and a molar ratio of the bromine to the phosphorus “d (Br/P)” satisfies the following formula (1): 1.2
US10374245B2
In an manufacturing apparatus, a belt-shaped electrolyte polymer is conveyed in a state disposed to a back sheet. A first reinforcement membrane is conveyed in a state disposed to a back sheet, and, in a first sticking section, stuck with the belt-shaped electrolyte polymer. In a first thermocompression bonding section, the belt-shaped electrolyte polymer and the first reinforcement membrane are thermally compressed. At this time, a molten electrolyte polymer reaches between the first reinforcement membrane and the back sheet thereof, and the first adhesiveness between the first reinforcement membrane and the back sheet thereof becomes higher than the second adhesiveness between the belt-shaped electrolyte polymer and the back sheet thereof. A first peel section peels, in this state, the back sheet from the belt-shaped electrolyte polymer.
US10374237B2
A bipolar plate for a fuel cell, including a profiled anode plate and a profiled cathode plate each having an active region and two distributor regions with an anode gas main port for feeding and discharging fuel, a cathode gas main port for feeding and discharging oxidation agents, and a coolant main port for feeding and discharging coolant, these being arranged along a side edge. The bipolar plate includes distributor regions including at least one overlap section in which channels intersect one another in a non-fluidically connecting manner. The cathode gas main port is arranged between the anode gas main port and the coolant main port, cathode channels extend linearly from the port at least across the distributor region of the bipolar plate and, in a first overlap section, anode channels, and cathode channels intersect one another and form an angle of between 0° and 90°.
US10374236B2
Systems and methods drawn to an electrochemical cell comprising a low temperature ionic liquid comprising positive ions and negative ions and a performance enhancing additive added to the low temperature ionic liquid. The additive dissolves in the ionic liquid to form cations, which are coordinated with one or more negative ions forming ion complexes. The electrochemical cell also includes an air electrode configured to absorb and reduce oxygen. The ion complexes improve oxygen reduction thermodynamics and/or kinetics relative to the ionic liquid without the additive.
US10374228B2
The present invention provides a lithium metal powder protected by a wax. The resulting lithium metal powder has improved stability and improved storage life.
US10374221B2
A battery electrode composition is provided comprising composite particles, with each composite particle comprising active material and a scaffolding matrix. The active material is provided to store and release ions during battery operation. For certain active materials of interest, the storing and releasing of the ions causes a substantial change in volume of the active material. The scaffolding matrix is provided as a porous, electrically-conductive scaffolding matrix within which the active material is disposed. In this way, the scaffolding matrix structurally supports the active material, electrically interconnects the active material, and accommodates the changes in volume of the active material.
US10374209B2
A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly having a first electrode and a second electrode on either side of a separator, a case accommodating the electrode assembly, a cap plate sealing the case and electrically connected to the second electrode, a first terminal electrically connected to the first electrode and located with a terminal hole of the cap plate, and a second terminal directly connected to the cap plate, wherein the second terminal includes a spacing part spaced from the cap plate and configured to be connected to a bus bar, and a connection part connected to the spacing part through a round part and connected to the cap plate, wherein a curvature radius of an outer surface of the round part is less than a first thickness of the connection part.
US10374206B2
A lithium battery according to the inventive concept may comprise a cathode, an anode separated from the cathode, a first separator disposed between the cathode and the anode, the first separator having first pores, a second separator disposed on the first separator, the second separator having second pores, and an electrolyte filling a gap between the cathode and the anode. Diameters of the second pores may be smaller than those of the first pores. A standard deviation of the diameters of the second pores is smaller than that of the first pores.
US10374203B2
The present disclosure provides a heat-diffusible separator including a separator, and a porous heat transfer film formed on at least one surface of the separator.
US10374202B2
The objective of the present invention is to provide a hydrogen-releasing film, a composite hydrogen-releasing film and a hydrogen-releasing laminated film that are not prone to embrittlement in the usage environmental temperatures of electrochemical elements. The hydrogen-releasing film containing an alloy, wherein the alloy is a Pd—Au alloy, and the Au content in the Pd—Au alloy is 15 mol % or more.
US10374199B2
A display device includes: a pixel electrode formed in a display area; an organic layer formed on the pixel electrode and including a light emitting layer; a counter electrode formed on the organic layer; a sealing layer formed on the counter electrode; a drive circuit formed in a picture-frame area as an area outside the display area and controlling light emission of the light emitting layer; a first test electrode formed in the picture-frame area and electrically separated from the drive circuit; and a picture-frame insulating layer formed on the first test electrode.
US10374196B2
A lighting device and a method for producing a lighting device are disclosed. In an embodiment, the lighting device includes a carrier, at least one optoelectronic illuminant arranged on the carrier, the illuminant configured to emit light into an emission area and a color scattering layer located in the emission area, the color scattering layer configured to generate a color by scattering of light at a surface of the color scattering layer facing away from the illuminant.
US10374194B2
A flexible display device comprises a flexible substrate including a display area and a non-display area; a display layer in the display area on a first surface of the flexible substrate; a polarizing plate on the display layer; and a cover coat in the non-display area on the first surface of the flexible substrate, the cover coat including a first end portion overlapping with the polarizing plate. At least a portion of the non-display area of the flexible substrate and the cover coat are bendable in a bending direction.
US10374184B2
An object of the invention is to improve the reliability of a light-emitting device. Another object of the invention is to provide flexibility to a light-emitting device having a thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor film. A light-emitting device has, over one flexible substrate, a driving circuit portion including a thin film transistor for a driving circuit and a pixel portion including a thin film transistor for a pixel. The thin film transistor for a driving circuit and the thin film transistor for a pixel are inverted staggered thin film transistors including an oxide semiconductor layer which is in contact with a part of an oxide insulating layer.
US10374180B2
A thin film transistor includes a gate, an insulating medium layer and a Schottky diode. The Schottky diode includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a semiconducting structure. The first electrode is located on the surface of the insulating medium layer and includes a first metal layer and a second metal layer. The second electrode is located on the surface of the insulating medium layer and includes a third metal layer and a fourth metal layer. The semiconductor structure includes a first end and a second end. The first end is sandwiched by the first metal layer and the second metal layer, the second end is sandwiched by the third metal layer and the fourth metal layer. The semiconductor structure includes a carbon nanotube structure.
US10374174B2
An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: wherein in Formula 1, groups and variables are the same as described in the specification.
US10374170B2
The invention relates to materials, to electroluminescence devices comprising said materials and to the use thereof.
US10374168B2
The present application relates to heterospirobifluorene compounds, to a process for the preparation thereof, and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising the heterospirobifluorene derivatives.
US10374167B2
The present invention relates to novel compounds according to formula (I) having a six-membered ring structure substituted with electron donor, electron acceptor and sterically demanding groups. Said compound is suited for use in organic electronic devices, particularly in organic electroluminescent devices (OLEDs). Formula (I) wherein Q1 and Q2 are independently of each other selected from the group consisting of N, CRA, CRD, and CRS; Z1 and Z2 are independently of each other selected from the group consisting of N, CRA and CRD; RA is a group with −M-effect; RD is a group with +M-effect; and RS is a sterically demanding group, with the provision that the compound of general formula (I) comprises at least one group CRA and at least one group CRD.
US10374163B2
A field effect transistor includes a carbon nanotube layer formed adjacent to a gate structure. Two intermetallic contacts are formed on the carbon nanotube layer. The two intermetallic contacts include an oxidation resistant compound having a work function below about 4.4 electron-volts.
US10374162B2
The invention relates to fullerene derivatives of formula I, to mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the fullerene derivatives, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of electronic devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to electronic devices comprising, or being prepared from, these fullerene derivatives, mixtures or formulations.
US10374159B2
A method for fabricating an optoelectronic device includes forming an adhesion layer on a substrate, forming a material layer on the adhesion layer and applying release tape to the material layer. The substrate is removed at the adhesion layer by mechanically yielding the adhesion layer. A conductive layer is applied to the material layer on a side opposite the release tape to form a transfer substrate. The transfer substrate is transferred to a target substrate to join the target substrate to the conductive layer of the transfer substrate. The release tape is removed from the material layer to form a top emission optoelectronic device.
US10374154B1
One illustrative method disclosed herein includes forming an MRAM memory array and a plurality of peripheral circuits for an integrated circuit product above a semiconductor substrate, forming a patterned layer of a metal-containing shielding material above the substrate, the patterned layer of metal-containing shielding material covering the MRAM memory array while leaving an area above the plurality of peripheral circuits exposed, and, with the patterned layer of metal-containing shielding material in position, performing a silicon dangling bond passivation anneal process on the integrated circuit product.
US10374149B2
A magnetic tunnel junction comprises a conductive first magnetic electrode comprising magnetic recording material, a conductive second magnetic electrode spaced from the first electrode and comprising magnetic reference material, and a non-magnetic tunnel insulator material between the first and second electrodes. The magnetic reference material of the second electrode comprises a synthetic antiferromagnetic construction comprising two spaced magnetic regions one of which is closer to the tunnel insulator material than is the other. The one magnetic region comprises a polarizer region comprising CoxFeyBz where “x” is from 0 to 90, “y” is from 10 to 90, and “z” is from 10 to 50. The CoxFeyBz is directly against the tunnel insulator. A non-magnetic region comprising an Os-containing material is between the two spaced magnetic regions. The other magnetic region comprises a magnetic Co-containing material. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10374140B2
A piezoelectric device includes a substrate with a cavity, a vibrating plate which is provided on the substrate so as to block an opening surface of the cavity, and a piezoelectric element which is provided on a surface of the vibrating plate opposite to the cavity, including a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode, in which the second electrode has a laminated structure including a Pt layer (lower layer side electrode) and an Ir layer (upper layer side electrode), in which the Pt layer is in contact with the piezoelectric layer, and in which, if it is assumed that two directions which are parallel to a surface of the substrate and mutually perpendicular are defined as an X direction and a Y direction, the Ir layer is extended to an outside of the cavity at least in the X direction on an X-Y plane view.
US10374136B2
A light emitting apparatus includes a positive lead terminal and a negative lead terminal, each of which includes a first main surface, a second main surface, and an end surface including a first recessed surface area extending from a first point of the first main surface in cross section, and a second recessed surface area extending from a second point of the second main surface in cross section. A distance between a first part of the end surface of the positive lead terminal and a second part of the end surface of the negative lead terminal than a first distance between the first points of the positive lead terminal and the negative lead terminal and a second distance between the second points of the positive lead terminal and the negative lead terminal. The first part and the second part are separated from the first point and the second point.
US10374134B2
A light emitting device includes: a covering member including a first light-reflective member having a through-hole, and a light-transmissive resin disposed in the through-hole; a light-emitting element arranged to face the light-transmissive resin; a second light-reflective member arranged to face the first light-reflective member around the light-emitting element, the second light-reflective member covering a lateral surface of the light-emitting element; and a bonding member bonding the light-transmissive resin and the light-emitting element, the bonding member covering at least a part of the lateral surface of the light-emitting element. The light-transmissive resin contains a wavelength-conversion material distributed predominantly on either (i) a side of a lower surface of the light-transmissive resin facing the light-emitting element, or (ii) a side of an upper surface of the light-transmissive resin apart from the light-emitting element.
US10374131B2
The invention relates to an optoelectronic component. The component includes a semiconductor layer sequence having an active layer that is designed to emit electromagnetic radiation during operation of the component, at least one current-spreading layer on a radiation outlet surface of the semiconductor layer sequence, wherein the current-spreading layer is connected to a contact structure in an electrically conductive manner by means of an adhesion layer. The adhesion layer comprises a titanium oxide, wherein in the titanium oxide the oxygen has the oxidation state W0, with W0=−2, and the titanium has the oxidation state WT, with 0
US10374127B2
Systems and methods for electronic devices are presented. A device includes a substrate. An Indium Gallium Nitride (InGaN) nanoring is formed over the substrate. The InGaN nanoring includes an alloy of Indium Nitride (InN) and Gallium Nitride (GaN). The alloy includes at least 6 percent Indium. A GaN layer may be formed over the InGaN nanoring, and a first electrode is formed over the GaN layer. In one embodiment, the alloy includes less than about 70 percent Indium.
US10374125B2
A light-emitting device comprises a textured substrate comprising a plurality of textured structures, wherein the textured structures and the textured substrate are both composed of sapphire; and a light-emitting stack overlaying the textured substrate, comprising a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, wherein each of the plurality of textured structures comprises a top portion having a first top-view shape, and a bottom portion parallel to the top portion and having a second top-view shape, wherein the first top-view shape comprises a circle or an ellipse, the first top-view shape comprises a first periphery and the second top-view shape comprises a second periphery, the first periphery is enclosed by the second periphery, and various distances are between each of the first periphery and the second periphery.
US10374122B2
Techniques for controlling oxygen concentration levels during annealing of highly-reflective contacts for LED devices together with lamps, LED device and method embodiments thereto are disclosed.
US10374112B2
A multijunction solar cell includes an upper first solar subcell, a second solar subcell adjacent to the first solar subcell, a third solar subcell adjacent to the second solar subcell, and a graded interlayer adjacent to the third solar subcell. The graded interlayer has a band gap that is greater than the band gap of the third solar subcell and is composed of a compositionally step-graded series of (InxGa1-x)yAl1-yAs layers with monotonically changing lattice constant, with x and y having respective values such that the band gap of the graded interlayer remains constant throughout its thickness, and wherein 0
US10374111B1
A method and system for collecting and distributing generated and/or solar radiation. The distribution is a pulsed distribution. A pulsed distribution subsystem combining a generated radiation source with a solar radiation collector is provided. Radiation from the pulsed distribution subsystem is provided to one or more discrete distribution systems; the discrete distributions systems transmit and distribute radiation, such as visible light, to one or more end use points in a facility.
US10374109B2
In one aspect, the present invention provides a silicon photodetector having a surface layer that is doped with sulfur inclusions with an average concentration in a range of about 0.5 atom percent to about 1.5 atom percent. The surface layer forms a diode junction with an underlying portion of the substrate. A plurality of electrical contacts allow application of a reverse bias voltage to the junction in order to facilitate generation of an electrical signal, e.g., a photocurrent, in response to irradiation of the surface layer. The photodetector exhibits a responsivity greater than about 1 A/W for incident wavelengths in a range of about 250 nm to about 1050 nm, and a responsivity greater than about 0.1 A/W for longer wavelengths, e.g., up to about 3.5 microns.
US10374098B2
A high-performance and highly reliable semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes: a first oxide; a source electrode; a drain electrode; a second oxide over the first oxide, the source electrode, and the drain electrode; a gate insulating film over the second oxide; and a gate electrode over the gate insulating film. The source electrode is electrically connected to the first oxide. The drain electrode is electrically connected to the first oxide. Each of the first oxide and the second oxide includes In, an element M (M is Al, Ga, Y, or Sn), and Zn. Each of the first oxide and the second oxide includes more In atoms than element M atoms. An atomic ratio of the In, the Zn, and the element M in the first oxide is equal to or similar to an atomic ratio of the In, the Zn, and the element M in the second oxide.
US10374084B2
The disclosed technology generally relates to semiconductor devices and more particularly to vertical channel devices and a method of making the same. In one aspect, a method of forming vertical channel devices includes forming a first vertical channel structure extending from a first bottom electrode region and a second vertical channel structure extending from a second bottom electrode region. The first and the second vertical channel structures protrude from a dielectric layer covering the first and second bottom electrode regions. The method additionally comprises forming a first hole exposing the first bottom electrode region and a second hole exposing the second bottom electrode region, where the first and the second holes extending vertically through the dielectric layer. The method additionally includes forming a conductive pattern including a set of discrete pattern parts on the dielectric layer. Forming the conductive pattern includes forming a first pattern part including a first gate portion wrapping around a protruding portion of the first vertical channel structure, where a first bottom electrode contact portion is arranged in the second hole, and a first cross-coupling portion extending between the first bottom electrode contact portion and the first gate portion. Forming the conductive pattern additionally includes forming a second pattern part including a second gate portion wrapping around a protruding portion of the second vertical channel structure, where a second bottom electrode contact portion is arranged in the first hole, and a cross-coupling portion extending between the second bottom electrode contact portion and the second gate portion.
US10374075B2
A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes: a pair of first well regions separated by distance W1 in surface layer portions of a silicon carbide drift layer and having p-type impurity concentration higher than n-type impurity concentration of the silicon carbide drift layer; a pair of second well regions provided adjacent to bottom faces of the first well regions, separated by distance W2 larger than the distance W1 by 0.8 μm or more, and having p-type impurity concentration higher than n-type impurity concentration of the silicon carbide drift layer from 1.1 times to 4.2 times lower than the first well regions; and a highly concentrated JFET region provided between the pair of first well regions and between the pair of second well regions and having n-type impurity concentration higher than that of the silicon carbide drift layer and lower than p-type impurity concentration or the second well regions.
US10374072B2
The invention provides methods and devices for fabricating printable semiconductor elements and assembling printable semiconductor elements onto substrate surfaces. Methods, devices and device components of the present invention are capable of generating a wide range of flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices and arrays of devices on substrates comprising polymeric materials. The present invention also provides stretchable semiconductor structures and stretchable electronic devices capable of good performance in stretched configurations.
US10374064B2
A method of forming semiconductor devices that includes forming an oxide that is doped with a punch through dopant on a surface of a first semiconductor material having a first lattice dimension, and diffusing punch through dopant from the oxide into the semiconductor material to provide a punch through stop region. The oxide may then be removed. A second semiconductor material may be formed having a second lattice dimension on the first semiconductor material having the first lattice dimension. A difference between the first lattice dimension and the second lattice dimension forms a strain in the second semiconductor material. A gate structure and source and drain regions are formed on the second semiconductor material.
US10374059B2
Structures and formation methods of a semiconductor device structure are provided. The method includes providing a substrate having a base portion and a fin portion over the base portion. The fin portion has a channel region and a source/drain region. The method also includes forming a stack structure over the fin portion. The stack structure includes first and second semiconductor layers. The method also includes forming a source/drain portion in the stack structure at the source/drain region, and removing a portion of the second semiconductor layer in the channel region in an etching process. The remaining portion of the first semiconductor layer in the channel region forms a nanowire. The method further includes forming a gate dielectric layer surrounding the nanowire, forming a high-k dielectric layer surrounding the gate dielectric layer, and forming a gate electrode surrounding the high-k dielectric layer.
US10374044B2
A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes a silicon carbide layer having a first plane and a second plane; a trench having a first side face, a second side face, and a bottom face; a first silicon carbide region of a first conductivity type; a second silicon carbide region and a third silicon carbide region of a second conductivity type, the third silicon carbide region and the second silicon carbide region sandwiching the trench; a sixth silicon carbide region of a second conductivity type in contact with the second side face and the bottom face; and a gate electrode in the trench. The first side face has a first region having a first inclination angle. The off angle of the first region with respect to a {0-33-8} face is no more than 2 degrees. A second inclination angle of the second side face is larger the first inclination angle.
US10374039B1
A resistive random access memory stack is formed on a surface of a faceted drain-side structure that is present on one side of a functional gate structure. The functional gate structure and the faceted drain-side structure are located on a topmost surface of a fully depleted semiconductor channel material layer. In some embodiments, the resistive random access memory stack includes a bottom electrode, a resistive switching layer and a top electrode. In other embodiments, the resistive random access memory stack includes a resistive switching layer and a top electrode. In such an embodiment, a drain-side metal semiconductor alloy of the faceted drain-side structure is used as the bottom electrode of the resistive random access memory device.
US10374038B2
The present disclosure relates generally to an epitaxy scheme for forming source/drain regions in a semiconductor device, such as an n-channel device. In an example, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an active area on a substrate. The active area includes a source/drain region. The formation of the source/drain region includes forming a barrier region along a bottom surface and side surface of a recess in the active area. The barrier region includes arsenic having a first dopant concentration. The formation of the source/drain region further includes forming an epitaxial material on the barrier region in the recess. The epitaxial material includes phosphorous having a second dopant concentration.
US10374033B1
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a region of first semiconductor material. The region has an upper surface along a cross-section. The upper surface has a flat-topped peak and a concavity adjacent the flat-topped peak. A pillar of second semiconductor material is over the region and directly against the region. The pillar extends vertically from the upper surface. Some embodiments include a method of forming an integrated assembly. A construction is formed to have a semiconductor region, and to have an insulative region extending over the semiconductor region and alongside the semiconductor region. A combination of three etches is utilized to expose an upper surface of the semiconductor region and to modify the upper surface of the semiconductor region to form said upper surface to include, along a cross-section, a flat-topped peak portion and an adjacent concavity portion.
US10374031B2
Provided is a semiconductor device including at least two isolation trench portions; a mesa region that is provided between the at least two isolation trench portions and includes a source region having a first conduction type, a base region having a second conduction type and at least a portion thereof provided below the source region, and a gate trench portion; and a contact layer that is an epitaxial layer provided at least in contact with side portions of the mesa region and bottom portions of the isolation trench portions positioned lower than the gate trench portion, and having a second-conduction-type impurity concentration higher than that of the base region, wherein the same impurities as in the contact layer are present in the source region, or the contact layer is provided higher than the source region.
US10374026B2
A display device includes first, second, and third insulating layers sequentially disposed on a substrate, a scan line disposed on the first insulating layer, an auxiliary power source line disposed on the second insulating layer, a data line disposed on the third insulating layer, a power source line disposed on the third insulating layer, a pixel circuit unit that includes transistors connected to the scan line, the data line, and the power source line, a bridge pattern disposed on the third insulating layer, and a light emitting diode connected to the pixel circuit unit through the bridge pattern, wherein the bridge pattern and the auxiliary power source line overlap each other to form an additional capacitor with the third insulating layer interposed therebetween.
US10374023B2
A display device includes: a flexible substrate; a pixel over the flexible substrate, the pixel including a transistor and a display element; a first wiring for transmitting a signal to the pixel, the first wiring extending in a first direction; a second wiring extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; an inorganic insulating layer on a higher level than the first wiring or the second wiring; and an organic insulating layer on a higher level than the inorganic insulating layer, wherein the inorganic insulating layer has an opening exposing a part of the upper surface of the first wiring or the second wiring is exposed, and the organic insulating layer is provided in such a way as to fill the opening.
US10374018B2
A display device with improved viewing angle characteristics is provided. A display device with suppressed mixture of colors between adjacent pixels is provided. The display device includes a first coloring layer, a second coloring layer, and a structure body therebetween. The structure body has a portion closer to a display surface side than a bottom surface of the first coloring layer or a bottom surface of the second coloring layer.
US10374010B2
Present disclosure provides a phase change memory structure, including a transistor region, a phase change material over the transistor region, a heater over the transistor region and in contact with the phase change material, and a dielectric layer surrounding the heater and the phase change material. The heater includes a first material having a first thermal conductivity, the first material disposed at a periphery of the heater, and a second material having a second thermal conductivity greater than the first thermal conductivity, the second material disposed at a center of the heater. Present disclosure also provides a method for manufacturing the phase change memory structure described herein.
US10374007B2
Embodiments include but are not limited to apparatuses and systems including memory having a memory cell including a variable resistance memory layer, and a selector switch in direct contact with the memory cell, and configured to facilitate access to the memory cell. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10374006B1
The present invention provides a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) structure, the MRAM structure includes a transistor including a gate, a source and a drain, and a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device, the MTJ device includes at least one free layer, an insulating layer and a fixed layer, the insulating layer is disposed between the free layer and the fixed layer, and the free layer is located above the insulating layer. The free layer of the MTJ device is electrically connected to a bit line (BL). The fixed layer of the MTJ device is electrically connected to the source of the transistor, and the drain of the transistor is electrically connected to a sense line (SL). And a first conductive via, directly contacting the MTJ device, the material of the first conductive via comprises tungsten.
US10374005B2
Methods of forming a MTJ dummy fill gradient across near-active-MRAM-cell periphery and far-outside-MRAM logic regions and the resulting device are provided. Embodiments include providing an embedded MRAM layout with near-active-MRAM-cell periphery logic and far-outside-MRAM logic regions; forming a MTJ structure within the layout based on minimum space and distance rules relative to a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and/or both the first and second metal layers; forming a high-density MTJ dummy structure in the near-active-MRAM-cell periphery logic region based on second minimum space and distance rules relative to a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and/or both the first metal layer and the second metal layer; and forming a low-density MTJ dummy structure in the far-outside-MRAM logic region based on third minimum space and distance rules relative to a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and/or both the first metal layer and the second metal layer.
US10374003B2
A semiconductor light emitting device includes a plurality of light emitting cells having first and second surface opposing each other, the plurality of light emitting cells including a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer, and an active layer therebetween, an insulating layer on the second surface of the plurality of light emitting cells and having first and second openings defining a first contact region of the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer and a second contact region of the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer, respectively, a connection electrode on the insulating layer and connecting a first contact region and a second contact region of adjacent light emitting cells, a transparent support substrate on the first surface of the plurality of light emitting cells, and a transparent bonding layer between the plurality of light emitting cells and the transparent support substrate.
US10374000B2
A hybrid device package comprising a baseplate, a balanced composite structure (BCS) on the baseplate, a first IC on the BCS, and at least one additional IC physically coupled to the first IC. The coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) for the stack formed from the BCS and the first IC is arranged to be approximately equal to that of the baseplate, thereby reducing the thermal stress to which the at least one additional IC is subjected when cooled to its operating temperature which might otherwise result in physical damage to the IC. The baseplate is preferably an alumina ceramic baseplate. In one embodiment, the first IC is a readout IC (ROIC), the at least one additional IC is a detector array IC which is on the ROIC, and the hybrid device package is a focal plane array (FPA).
US10373993B2
A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes a photoelectric conversion unit, a charge storage unit, and a floating diffusion unit, all disposed on a semiconductor substrate. The solid-state image pickup apparatus further includes a first gate electrode disposed on the semiconductor substrate and extending between the photoelectric conversion unit and charge storage unit, and a second gate electrode disposed on the semiconductor substrate and extending between the charge storage unit and the floating diffusion unit. The solid-state image pickup apparatus further includes a light shielding member including a first part and a second part, wherein the first part is disposed over the charge storage unit and at least over the first gate electrode or the second gate electrode, and the second part is disposed between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode such that the second part extends from the first part toward a surface of the semiconductor substrate.
US10373988B2
A display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display panel are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate, a display region on the base substrate and a wiring region surrounding the display region. The wiring region includes at least one signal line and at least one dummy line arranged parallel to the signal line. A distance between a surface of the dummy line away from the base substrate and the base substrate is greater than a distance between a surface of the signal line away from the base substrate and the base substrate. The dummy line is arranged along the signal line, and the distance between the surface of the dummy line and the base substrate is larger than the distance between the surface of the signal line and the base substrate, i.e., a height of the signal line is greater than a height of the signal line.
US10373987B2
An electronic device, including an array substrate, a pad portion disposed on the array substrate, and an integrated circuit disposed on the pad portion and comprising a bump portion. The pad portion includes a first sub-pad unit including a first pad having an inclined shape and a second sub-pad unit including a second pad having an inclined shape. The first pad and the second pad are symmetrically arranged with respect to an imaginary line that divides the pad portion. The pad portion is electrically connected with the bump portion.
US10373986B2
An array substrate, a display panel and a display device, including at least two gate lines in a display area, a gate driving circuit and at least two gate fan-out lines in a non-display are described. One end of each of the gate fan-out lines are electrically connected with one signal output of the gate driving circuit and the other end of each of the gate fan-out lines are electrically connected with the gate lines. By configuring a first gate fan-out line of the gate fan-out lines and the gate driving circuit to have an overlapping area outside a mutual connection area, an area where the gate fan-out lines are overlaps the gate driving circuit, space occupied by the first gate fan-out line outside the gate driving circuit is decreased to shorten a distance between the gate driving circuit and the display area.
US10373981B2
A semiconductor device includes a transistor and a capacitor. The transistor includes a first conductive film; a first insulating film including a film containing hydrogen; a second insulating film including an oxide insulating film; an oxide semiconductor film including a first region and a pair of second regions; a pair of electrodes; a gate insulating film; and a second conductive film. The capacitor includes a lower electrode, an inter-electrode insulating film, and an upper electrode. The lower electrode contains the same material as the first conductive film. The inter-electrode insulating film includes a third insulating film containing the same material as the first insulating film and a fourth insulating film containing the same material as the gate insulating film. The upper electrode contains the same material as the second conductive film. A fifth insulating film containing hydrogen is provided over the transistor.
US10373959B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor memory device includes etching a substrate that forms a trench that crosses active regions of the substrate, forming a gate insulating layer on bottom and side surfaces of the trench, forming a first gate electrode on the gate insulating layer that fills a lower portion of the trench, oxidizing a top surface of the first gate electrode where a preliminary barrier layer is formed, nitrifying the preliminary barrier layer where a barrier layer is formed, and forming a second gate electrode on the barrier layer that fills an upper portion of the trench.
US10373953B2
A semiconductor device includes a first active region and a second active region, which are disposed in a semiconductor substrate and have side surfaces facing each other, an isolation pattern disposed between the first and second active regions, a semiconductor extension layer disposed between the first and second active regions, a first source/drain semiconductor layer disposed on the first active region, and a second source/drain semiconductor layer disposed on the second active region. The facing side surfaces of the first and second active regions are closer to the semiconductor extension layer than the isolation pattern.
US10373949B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate and a passive component. The passive component is formed on the semiconductor substrate and includes a first polysilicon (poly) layer, a salicide blockage (SAB) layer and a first salicide layer. The SAB layer is formed on the first poly layer. The first salicide layer is formed on the SAB layer.
US10373933B2
The present disclosure relates to a microelectronics package with a self-aligned stacked-die assembly and a process for making the same. The disclosed microelectronics package includes a module substrate, a first die with a first coupling component, a second die with a second coupling component, and a first mold compound. The first die is attached to the module substrate. The first mold compound resides over the module substrate, surrounds the first die, and extends above an upper surface of the first die to define a first opening. Herein, the first mold compound provides vertical walls of the first opening, which are aligned with edges of the first die in X-direction and Y-direction. The second die is stacked with the first die and in the first opening, such that the second coupling component is mirrored to the first coupling component.
US10373929B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an insulation layer on a support body, selectively forming openings through the insulation layer, forming a conductor pattern in the openings, and above selected portions of, the insulation layer, mounting a first semiconductor element on the insulation layer and electrically connecting the first semiconductor element to the conductor pattern, forming a resin over the first semiconductor element and the insulation layer, removing the support body after the resin is formed to expose a surface of a portion of the conductor pattern, etching the exposed surface of the portion of the conductor pattern to form a recess over the portion of the conductor pattern, and forming a pad containing a metal different than the metal of the conductor pattern in the recess in contact with the conductor pattern.
US10373925B2
The present invention provides a structure. In an exemplary embodiment, the structure includes a base material, at least one metal pad, where a first surface of the metal pad is in contact with the base material, and a metal pedestal, where the metal pedestal is in contact with the metal pad, where a radial alignment of the metal pad is shifted by an offset distance, with respect to the metal pedestal, such that the metal pad is shifted towards a center axis of the base material, where a first dimension of the metal pad is smaller than a second dimension of the metal pad, where the second dimension is orthogonal to a line running from a center of the metal pad to the center axis of the base material, where the first dimension is parallel to the line.
US10373923B2
An embodiment is a device comprising a substrate, a metal pad over the substrate, and a passivation layer comprising a portion over the metal pad. The device further comprises a metal pillar over and electrically coupled to the metal pad, and a passive device comprising a first portion at a same level as the metal pillar, wherein the first portion of the passive device is formed of a same material as the metal pillar.
US10373909B2
Semiconductor structures including copper interconnect structures and methods include selective surface modification of copper by providing a CuxTiyNz alloy in the surface. The methods generally include forming a titanium nitride layer on an exposed copper surface followed by annealing to form the CuxTiyNz, alloy in the exposed copper surface. Subsequently, the titanium layer is removed by a selective wet etching.
US10373905B2
Semiconductor devices are provided which have MIM (metal-insulator-metal) capacitor structures that are integrated within air gaps of on-chip interconnect structures, as well as methods for integrating MIM capacitor formation as part of an air gap process flow for fabricating on-chip interconnect structures. For example, a semiconductor device includes a dielectric layer with a first pattern of metal lines and second pattern of metal lines. Air gaps are disposed in spaces between the metal lines. Portions of the spaces between the metal lines of the first pattern of metal lines include a conformal layer of insulating material disposed on sidewalls of the metal lines and metallic material that fills the spaces between the metal lines. The first pattern of metal lines comprises a first capacitor electrode, the metallic fill material comprises a second capacitor electrode, and the conformal layer of insulating material comprises an insulating layer of a MIM capacitor structure.
US10373904B2
A semiconductor device includes a capacitor structure. The capacitor structure comprises conductive vias extending through openings in a stack of alternating dielectric materials and first conductive materials, each conductive via comprising a second conductive material extending through the openings and another dielectric material on sidewalls of the openings, first conductive lines in electrical communication with a first group of the conductive vias, and second conductive lines in electrical communication with a second group of the conductive vias. Related semiconductor device, electronic systems, and methods are disclosed.
US10373901B1
A semiconductor structure includes a first substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a second substrate including a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface; a polymeric layer disposed between the second surface of the first substrate and the third surface of the second substrate; a first conductive via extended through the first substrate, the second substrate and the polymeric layer; a second conductive via extended through the first substrate, the second substrate and the polymeric layer; and a third conductive via extended through the first substrate, the second substrate and the polymeric layer, wherein the second conductive via is disposed between the first conductive via and the third conductive via, the second conductive via is configured to connect to a signal source, the first conductive via and the third conductive via are configured to connect to electrical ground.
US10373885B2
Disclosed herein is a package comprising a first die having a first redistribution layer (RDL) disposed on a first side of a first substrate and a second die having a second RDL disposed on a first side of a second substrate, with the first RDL bonded to the second RDL. A third die having a third RDL is disposed on a first side of a third substrate, the third die mounted over the second die, with the second die disposed between the first die and the third die. First vias extend through, and are electrically isolated from, the second substrate, with the first vias each contacting a conductive element in the first RDL or the second RDL. Second vias extend through, and are electrically isolated from, the third substrate, with the second vias each contacting a conductive element in the third RDL or one of the first vias.
US10373881B2
A system for analyzing defects comprises determining coordinates of a defect using a wafer inspection tool; identifying a structure of interest near the defect coordinates; directing a focused ion beam toward the wafer to expose the structure of interest; and forming an image of the exposed structure of interest, wherein the focused ion beam is directed to the mill at a location corresponding to the identified structure of interest rather than at the coordinates of the defect.
US10373874B2
A method for forming contacts on a semiconductor device includes forming trenches by etching an etch stop layer formed on an interlayer dielectric and etching the interlayer dielectric to expose source and drain regions between gate structures and depositing conductive material in the trenches and over the etch stop layer to a height above the etch stop layer. A resist is patterned on the conductive material with shapes over selected source and drain regions. The conductive material is subtractively etched to remove the conductive material from over the etch stop layer and to recess the conductive material into the trenches without the shapes to form self-aligned contacts below the shapes and lines in the trenches.
US10373870B2
A semiconductor device may comprise a semiconductor die comprising an active surface and contact pads disposed. Conductive interconnects comprising first ends may be coupled to the contact pads and second ends may be disposed opposite the first ends. An encapsulant may comprise a planar surface disposed over the active surface of the semiconductor die. The planar surface may be offset from the second surface of the conductive interconnects by a distance greater than or equal to 1 micrometer. A build-up interconnect layer may be disposed over the planar surface and extend into the openings to electrically connect with the conductive interconnects. A method of making the semiconductor device may further comprise grinding a surface of the encapsulant to form the planar surface and the conductive residue across the planar surface. The conductive residue may be etched to remove the conductive residue and to reduce a height of the conductive interconnects.
US10373869B2
A method of processing a substrate includes providing a substrate having die formed as part of the substrate and separated from each other by spaces, wherein the substrate has first and second opposing major surfaces, and wherein a layer of material is formed atop the second major surface. The method includes placing the substrate onto a carrier substrate and removing portions of the substrate through the spaces to form gaps between adjoining die. The gaps extend at least partially through the substrate towards the second major surface. The method includes exposing the layer of material to a reduced temperature while the substrate is constrained in a first direction between a plate structure and a support structure, wherein the exposing step expands the gaps between the adjoining die in a second direction to separate at least portions of the layer of material. The method provides a reliable and efficient way to bulk separate at least the layer of material.
US10373864B2
Methods of wetting a semiconductor substrate may include forming a controlled atmosphere in a processing chamber housing the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate may define a plurality of features, which may include vias. The methods may include flowing a wetting agent into the processing chamber. A chamber pressure may be maintained below about 100 kPa. The methods may also include wetting the plurality of features defined in the substrate.
US10373863B2
Provided are a method of manufacturing a porous body capable of easily manufacturing a porous body, a porous body, a method of manufacturing a device, a device, a method of manufacturing a wiring structure, and a wiring structure.A photocurable composition including a condensing gas and a polymerizable compound is applied to a substrate or a mold, the photocurable composition is sandwiched between the substrate and the mold and then the photocurable composition is irradiated with light to cure the photocurable composition, and the mold is released from a surface of the cured photocurable composition.
US10373848B2
An LED display device includes a substrate and an LED encapsulation unit disposed on a side of the substrate, the LED encapsulation unit includes an LED stent and an LED chip encapsulated in the LED stent, a epoxy resin encapsulates the side of the substrate on which the LED encapsulation unit is disposed and the LED encapsulation unit to form a protection layer shielding the LED encapsulation unit. The epoxy resin completely encapsulates the substrate and the LED encapsulation unit to protect effectively the substrate and the LED encapsulation unit, which is sufficient to resist severe environment. Compared with the prior art, the service life of the LED display device is effectively prolonged, cost is reduced. The invention also provides a molding module for preparing the LED display device, and a preparation method thereof.
US10373841B2
A photomask manufacturing method relating to semiconductor technology is presented. The manufacturing method involves providing a substrate structure comprising an etch material layer, a first sacrificial layer on a portion of the etch material layer, and a photomask layer on an upper surface of the etch material layer and on an upper surface and a side surface of the first sacrificial layer; forming a second sacrificial layer covering the photomask layer on the etch material layer and on the side surface of the first sacrificial layer; etching the photomask layer not covered by the second sacrificial layer to expose the first sacrificial layer; removing the first sacrificial layer and the second sacrificial layer; and removing the photomask layer on the etch material layer. This photomask manufacturing method offers a photomask of better symmetricity than those from conventional methods.
US10373840B2
Various embodiments herein relate to methods, apparatus and systems for forming a recessed feature in dielectric material on a semiconductor substrate. Separate etching and deposition operations are employed in a cyclic manner. Each etching operation partially etches the feature. Each deposition operation forms a protective coating on the sidewalls of the feature to prevent lateral etch of the dielectric material during the etching operations. The protective coating may be deposited using methods that result in formation of the protective coating along substantially the entire length of the sidewalls. The protective coating may be deposited using particular reactants and/or reaction mechanisms that result in substantially complete sidewall coating at relatively low temperatures without the use of plasma. In some cases the protective coating is deposited using molecular layer deposition techniques.
US10373833B2
A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes a first GaN-based semiconductor layer, a second GaN-based semiconductor layer provided on the first GaN-based semiconductor layer and having a larger bandgap than the first GaN-based semiconductor layer, a source electrode provided on the second GaN-based semiconductor layer, a drain electrode provided on the second GaN-based semiconductor layer, a recess provided between the source electrode and the drain electrode in the second GaN-based semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film provided on a surface of the recess, and a gate electrode provided on the gate insulating film and having an end portion in a gate width direction, located in the recess.
US10373813B2
Mass spectra acquired by imaging mass spectrometry (IMS), in particular MALDI imaging of tissue sections, are each normalized by one of: the p-norm of the mass spectrum transformed by applying an exclusion list, the p-norm of the mass spectrum transformed by square rooting the intensity values, the median of the mass spectrum, and the median absolute deviation of the noise level of the mass spectrum.
US10373811B2
A system and method for single magnetron sputtering are described. One example includes a system having a power supply, a plasma chamber enclosing a substrate, an anode, and a target for depositing a thin film material on the substrate. This example also has a datastore with uncoated anode characterization data and an anode sputtering adjustment system including an anode analysis component to generate a first health value. The first health value is indicative of whether the anode is coated with a dielectric material. This example also has an anode power controller to receive the first health value and provide an anode-energy-control signal to the pulse controller of the pulsed DC power supply to adjust a second anode sputtering energy relative to a first anode sputtering energy to eject at least a portion of the dielectric material from the anode.
US10373797B2
In order to improve visibility of a measurement/inspection image in an inspection measurement apparatus inspecting or measuring a fine pattern, a charged particle beam device is configured to include a charged particle optical system that irradiates a surface of a sample with a converged charged particle beam so as to perform scanning, a detection unit that detects secondary charged particles generated from the sample irradiated with the charged particle beam by the charged particle optical system, an image forming unit that receives a detection signal from the detection unit and forms an image of the sample, an image processing unit that processes the image formed in the image forming unit, and a display unit that displays a result processed by the image processing unit, in which the image forming unit includes an analog signal processing portion that processes an analog signal component of the detection signal in the detection unit so as to form an image, a pulse count method signal processing portion that processes a pulse signal component of the detection signal in the detection unit so as to form an image, and an image combination processing portion that combines the image formed in the analog signal processing portion with the image formed in the pulse count method signal processing portion.
US10373791B2
A switch matrix, a switch matrix assembly, and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus are disclosed. The switch matrix includes a first path to which an electric signal is applied; a first switching unit configured to selectively and electrically interconnect a first input unit and a first end of the first path or to open the first end of the first path; and a second switching unit configured to selectively and electrically connect a second input unit to a second end of the first path or to open the second end of the first path.
US10373790B2
A micro-electro-mechanical system includes a deflectable actuator plate and an abutment area. An integral piezoelectric functional layer of the deflectable actuator plate is configured across an area APS of the actuator plate. The deflectable actuator plate is configured to effect a hollow warp in at least a controlled or non-controlled state, wherein the abutment area is disposed facing a hollow side of the deflectable actuator plate defined by the hollow warp. The deflectable actuator plate is configured to provide, in the state in which the same effects the hollow warp, mechanical contact between the deflectable actuator plate and the abutment area. In the other state, the deflectable actuator plate is disposed spaced apart from the abutment area.
US10373789B2
An electromagnetic relay includes a terminal electrically connected to a fixed contact or a movable contact, and a case accommodating a contact point. The terminal includes a terminal piece having at least a portion located outside the case. The case includes a bottom surface section (first peripheral wall section) and a side surface section (second peripheral wall section). The bottom surface section has a gap to be closed with a sealant and an outer surface to which the sealant is applied. The side surface section has a through hole through which the terminal piece is inserted. The case has a flow path along which the sealant applied to the outer surface flows from the outer surface to the through hole.
US10373784B2
A superconducting arcing induction type DC circuit breaker includes a superconducting fault current limiter and an arcing induction type DC circuit breaker connected in series to each other. The arcing induction type DC circuit breaker includes an induction member that has a through-hole, is continuously formed in a 360-degree direction, and has a certain shape and thickness, and an induction needle that protrudes from an inner surface of the induction member toward a center of the induction member. A contact point where an anode and a cathode, which are mechanical contacts, approach from opposite directions and come into contact with each other is formed in the through-hole of the induction member, and the anode and the cathode are separated in a direction far away from each other. The induction needle induces arc generated upon contact opening when the anode and the cathode are separated from each other in the event of system accident of DC power or AC power, and the induction member quenches the induced arc by the flow of the induced arc to ground through a ground line.
US10373782B2
Provision is made for a switching device for a wireless switch. The switching device comprises actuating means for receiving a mechanical energy, which can be introduced during a switching operation into the switching device. Furthermore, the switching device with the actuating means and with an energy conversion device comprises mechanically connectible switching means for transmitting the mechanical energy from the actuating means to the energy conversion device, in order to convert the mechanical energy to an electrical energy for transmitting a switching signal. At the same time, the switching means are designed to be actuated during a switching operation by means of the actuating means, in order to transfer, when connected with the energy conversion device, the energy conversion device at least from a first stable condition to a second stable condition, which is different from the first stable condition, in order to produce at least one electrical energy impulse.
US10373777B1
A keyboard includes a base plate, a keycap, and at least one balance assembly. The base plate has a plurality of connecting structures. The keycap is above the base plate. The balance assembly includes a balance bar and two silencing members. The balance bar is between the base plate and the keycap and is engaged with the keycap. The silencing members are connected to the balance bar and engaged with the connecting structures. The balance assembly is configured to guide the keycap to move relative to the base plate. Hardnesses of the base plate and the balance bar are greater than a hardness of the silencing members.
US10373762B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body including an active portion including dielectric layers and internal electrodes that are alternately stacked and a margin portion disposed on outer surfaces of the active portion; and external electrodes disposed on outer surfaces of the ceramic body. The margin portion includes an inner half adjacent to the active portion and an outer half adjacent to the edge of the ceramic body, and a porosity of the inner half is greater than a porosity of the outer half.
US10373760B2
A capacitor component includes a plurality of unit laminates, each comprising a body with a stacked structure including a plurality of internal electrodes and connection electrodes that extend in a stacking direction of the body and electrically connect to the plurality of internal electrodes, and pad portions between adjacent unit laminates to electrically connect the respective connection electrodes of the unit laminates above and below the pad portions to each other.
US10373744B2
A resistor includes a resistive element, a protective film, and a pair of electrodes. The resistive element is made of a metal plate. The protective film is formed on the upper surface of the resistive element. The plated layers are formed to cover the electrodes. The electrodes are separated from each other with the protective film therebetween and are formed at both ends of the upper surface of the resistive element. The electrodes are formed by printing metal-containing paste.
US10373743B1
An insulator for a bus bar of a breaker panel may be modularly sacrificed for the installation of a breaker. The ability to modularly sacrifice insulating portions enables protection of the electrical service worker while installing a new breaker panel or modifying an existing breaker panel.
US10373741B2
An electrical cable includes a first conductor assembly having a first inner conductor and a first insulator engaging and surrounding a surface of the first inner conductor and a second conductor assembly having a second inner conductor and a second insulator engaging and surrounding a surface of the second inner conductor. The electrical cable includes a non-conductive buffer layer surrounding the conductor assemblies having an inner surface engaging the insulators and a conductive shield layer engaging and surrounding an outer surface of the non-conductive buffer layer and providing electrical shielding for the conductor assemblies. An outer jacket engages and surrounds the conductive shield layer.
US10373740B2
A communications cable having a plurality of twisted pairs of conductors and various embodiments of a metal foil tapes between the twisted pairs and a cable jacket is disclosed. In some embodiments, a metal foil tape includes a discontinuous metal layer and a polymer layer bonded to the metal layer. Portions of the metal layer and the polymer layer are deformed to form a plurality of dimples, the dimples forming air gaps between the polymer layer and the cable core or a barrier layer if used. The air gaps lower the overall dielectric constant between the metal layer and the cable core, thereby lowering the alien capacitance of the communications cable.
US10373737B2
There is provided a grommet with water-blocking performance improved by suppression of deformation of a rear end caused by deformation of a fastening fixing portion. The grommet includes: a rear band mounting portion 415 which fastens and fixes a portion displaced from the rear end and overlapping a corrugated tube 5 fitted in the grommet by using a band-shaped binding band 8; and a plurality of rear end-side annular protruding portion 411, first fixed-side annular protruding portion 412, and second fixed-side annular protruding portion 413 protruding from an inner peripheral face and extending in a circumferential direction and disposed along a front-rear direction X so as to be fitted with the corrugated tube 5 by use of protruding and recessed shapes. The rear end-side annular protruding portion 411 is disposed close to the rear end, the first fixed-side annular protruding portion 412 and the second fixed-side annular protruding portion 413 are disposed at a predetermined interval on an inner peripheral face of the rear band mounting portion 415, and a highly deformation absorbable portion 414 having higher deformation absorbing performance than the rear band mounting portion 415 is provided between the rear end-side annular protruding portion 411 and the first fixed-side annular protruding portion 412.
US10373719B2
A method for modeling a patient anatomy includes applying a first modeling function to a set of volumetric image data for a patient anatomy to produce a first model of the patient anatomy, presenting the first model to a user, receiving an input from the user, and generating a revised model based upon the input.
US10373708B2
Described herein are systems and methods for classifying a data set using an ensemble classification technique. Classifiers are iteratively generated by applying machine learning techniques to a training data set, and training class sets are generated by classifying the elements in the training data set according to the classifiers. Objective values are computed based on the training class sets, and objective values associated with different classifiers are compared until a desired number of iterations is reached, and a final training class set is output.
US10373695B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatus for handling Read Disturb and block errors in a non-volatile memory (NVM) device. An error level of both an aggressor page that causes Read Disturb errors and an error level of adjacent victim pages are obtained. The error level of the victim page is compared against a predetermined threshold error level to determine if the victim page is experiencing a high level of bit errors. If so, then the error level of the aggressor page is compared to the error level of the victim page to determine whether Read Disturb errors are actually occurring due to host reads of the aggressor page. By looking at both the aggressor and victim error levels, a more accurate determination of Read Disturb errors may be obtained, resulting in less unnecessary relocations of pages and blocks within an NVM for mitigating Read Disturb effects.
US10373694B2
Methods of operating apparatus, and apparatus configured to perform similar methods, include obtaining information indicative of a data value stored in a particular memory cell of an array of volatile memory cells of the apparatus, determining if a power loss to the apparatus is indicated, and, if a power loss to the apparatus is indicated, selectively programming one memory cell of a pair of gate-connected non-volatile memory cells of the apparatus responsive to the information indicative of the data value stored in the particular memory cell. A resulting combination of threshold voltages of the one memory cell of the pair of gate-connected non-volatile memory cells and of the other memory cell of the pair of gate-connected non-volatile memory cells is representative of the information indicative of the data value stored in the particular memory cell.
US10373693B2
A method of operating a storage device includes: performing a background read operation on a nonvolatile memory by using a default read voltage level; performing a read retry operation on the nonvolatile memory by using a corrected read voltage level when the background read operation fails; storing the corrected read voltage level in a history buffer when the read retry operation succeeds; and performing a host read operation on the nonvolatile memory by using the history buffer in response to a read request received from a host.
US10373683B2
A DRAM device with embedded flash memory for redundancy is disclosed. The DRAM device includes a substrate having a DRAM array area and a peripheral area. The peripheral area includes an embedded flash forming region and a first transistor forming region. DRAM cells are disposed within the DRAM array area. Flash memory is disposed in the embedded flash forming region. The flash memory includes an ONO storage structure and a flash memory gate structure. A first transistor is disposed in the first transistor forming region.
US10373676B2
Objects are to provide a semiconductor device with a novel structure, to provide a semiconductor device with high resistance to noise, to provide a semiconductor device with a small chip area, and to provide a semiconductor device with low power consumption. In a memory cell included in a frame memory, a transistor containing an oxide semiconductor and a transistor containing silicon are used in combination to retain charge, whereby data is retained. In this structure, turning off the transistor containing an oxide semiconductor can prevent data fluctuations even if power noise through a wiring is generated.
US10373670B1
A memory device includes a memory array including a plurality of memory cells; and an array timer coupled to the memory array, configured to generate an output timing signal based on a V-I stable input and an analog reference signal, wherein: the V-I stable input is from a bandgap supply circuit, the analog reference signal is from an analog reference block, and the output timing signal is configured to control the memory array.
US10373668B2
A common memory device shared by a first processor and a second processor is provided. The common memory device includes a memory cell array including a first memory region allocated for the first processor and a second memory region allocated for the second processor, a refresh masking information storage circuit configured to store refresh masking information indicating whether a refresh is performed on at least one of the first and second memory regions, and a refresh circuit configured to selectively perform the refresh on the first memory region and the second memory region according to the refresh masking information.
US10373655B2
Apparatuses and methods for providing bias signals in a semiconductor device are described. An example apparatus includes a power supply configured to provide a supply voltage and further includes a bias circuit coupled to the power supply to produce a bias current. The bias circuit is configured to decrease the bias current as the supply voltage increases from a first value to a second value. The bias circuit continues to decrease the bias current as the supply voltage further increases from the second value in a first operation mode. The bias circuit also prevents the bias current from decreasing against a further increase of the supply voltage from the second value in a second operation mode.
US10373651B2
A disk device includes a top cover and a disk medium with a recording surface. The top cover includes a center horizontal portion having a surface which extends from a center point of the disk medium along the recording surface to an outer peripheral portion, a curved portion having a surface which extends from the outer peripheral portion of the center horizontal portion in a direction away from the recording surface, and an outer horizontal portion having a surface which extends from the curved portion in a direction away from the center point and along the recording surface. The recording surface includes a first zone in which data is set to be written, and a second zone in which data is set not to be written, the second zone being disposed adjacent to the first zone on an outer edge side of the disk medium from the first zone.
US10373648B2
A system and a method for editing moving image content are provided. The method includes acquiring moving image content, mapping an image of a person included in the moving image content and speech data of the person, selecting at least one frame among frames included in the moving image content, and creating edited content of the moving image content using the mapped image and speech data, and the selected at least one frame.
US10373638B2
Hexagonal ferrite powder has an average particle size falling within a range of 10 nm to 50 nm, a switching field distribution SFD23° C. measured at a temperature of 23° C. that is less than or equal to 0.80, and a ratio of a switching field distribution SFD−190° C. that is measured at a temperature of −190° C. to the SFD23° C. (SFD−190° C./SFD23° C.) that is greater than 0.80.
US10373637B2
Provided herein is an apparatus including a layer stack. A first granular metal layer overlies the layer stack, wherein the first granular metal layer includes first metal grains separated by voids. A first granular non-metal layer overlies the first granular metal layer, wherein the first granular non-metal layer includes first non-metal grains separated by a first segregant. A second granular non-metal layer overlies the first granular non-metal layer, wherein the second granular non-metal layer includes second non-metal grains separated by a second segregant. A second granular metal layer overlies the second granular non-metal layer, wherein the second granular metal layer includes second metal grains separated by a third segregant.
US10373633B2
The magnetic tape device includes: a magnetic tape; and a servo head, in which a magnetic tape transportation speed of the magnetic tape device is equal to or lower than 18 m/sec, the servo head is a magnetic head including a tunnel magnetoresistance effect type element as a servo pattern reading element, the magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, the magnetic layer includes a servo pattern, and a coefficient of friction measured regarding a base portion of a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 0.30.
US10373626B2
Certain example embodiments relate to speech privacy systems and/or associated methods. The techniques described herein disrupt the intelligibility of the perceived speech by, for example, superimposing onto an original speech signal a masking replica of the original speech signal in which portions of it are smeared by a time delay and/or amplitude adjustment, with the time delays and/or amplitude adjustments oscillating over time. In certain example embodiments, smearing of the original signal may be generated in frequency ranges corresponding to formants, consonant sounds, phonemes, and/or other related or non-related information-carrying building blocks of speech. Additionally, or in the alternative, annoying reverberations particular to a room or area in low frequency ranges may be “cut out” of the replica signal, without increasing or substantially increasing perceived loudness.
US10373625B2
According to an aspect of the present invention an encoder for encoding an audio signal has an analyzer configured for deriving prediction coefficients and a residual signal from a frame of the audio signal. The encoder has a formant information calculator configured for calculating a speech related spectral shaping information from the prediction coefficients, a gain parameter calculator configured for calculating a gain parameter from an unvoiced residual signal and the spectral shaping information and a bitstream former configured for forming an output signal based on an information related to a voiced signal frame, the gain parameter or a quantized gain parameter and the prediction coefficients.
US10373615B2
A method include placing a first processor in a sleep operating mode and running a second processor that is operative to wake the first processor from the sleep operating mode in response to a speech command phrase. The method includes identifying, by the second processor, a speech command phrase segment and performing a control operation in response to detecting the segment in detected speech. The control operation is performed while the first processor is maintained in the sleep operating mode.
US10373607B2
A method, for testing words defined in a pronunciation lexicon used in an automatic speech recognition (ASR) system, is provided. The method includes: obtaining test sentences which can be accepted by a language model used in the ASR system. The test sentences cover words defined in the pronunciation lexicon. The method further includes obtaining variations of speech data corresponding to each test sentence, and obtaining a plurality of texts by recognizing the variations of speech data, or a plurality of texts generated by recognizing the variation of speech data. The method also includes constructing a word graph, using the plurality of texts, for each test sentence, where each word in the word graph corresponds to each word defined in the pronunciation lexicon; and determining whether or not all or parts of words in a test sentence are present in a path of the word graph derived from the test sentence.
US10373602B2
An active noise cancellation system and method, in which an active noise controller generates an anti-noise signal based on an error signal, and a loudspeaker operatively coupled to the active noise controller converts the anti-noise signal into anti-noise sound. An acoustic error sensor operatively coupled to the active noise controller picks up sound and converts the picked-up sound into the error signal. The acoustic error sensor is disposed at a front face of the loudspeaker.
US10373601B2
A system and method for active noise compensation in a vehicle is provided. The system has at least one apparatus for detecting a noise, a computer unit for calculating a compensation sound, at least one apparatus for generating a compensation sound which interferes with the noise, and a device for detecting at least one driver-specific parameter. The compensation sound is calculated depending on the at least one driver-specific parameter. Also provided is a motorcycle having a system for active noise compensation.
US10373581B2
A semiconductor device having a normal function means is provided, in which the amplitude of an output signal is prevented from being decreased even when a digital circuit using transistors having one conductivity is employed. By turning OFF a diode-connected transistor 101, the gate terminal of a first transistor 102 is brought into a floating state. At this time, the first transistor 102 is ON and its gate-source voltage is stored in a capacitor. Then, when a potential at the source terminal of the first transistor 102 is increased, a potential at the gate terminal of the first transistor 102 is increased as well by bootstrap effect. As a result, the amplitude of an output signal is prevented from being decreased.
US10373578B2
Disclosed is a GOA driving circuit, which includes: an input control module, a latch module, a processing module, and a buffer module. A clock control signal is not used to control the input control module, so that the load for generating the clock control signal and power consumption of the circuit can be effectively reduced.
US10373574B2
Dual modulator displays are disclosed incorporating a phosphorescent plate interposed in the optical path between a light source modulation layer and a display modulation layer. Spatially modulated light output from the light source modulation layer impinges on the phosphorescent plate and excites corresponding regions of the phosphorescent plate which in turn emit light having different spectral characteristics than the light output from the light source modulation layer. Light emitted from the phosphorescent plate is received and further modulated by the display modulation layer to provide the ultimate display output.
US10373572B2
A display device includes an image display panel, a light source unit, and a signal processing unit. The tentative expansion coefficient calculating unit calculates a tentative expansion coefficient. The tentative index value calculating unit calculates a tentative index value serving as an index of the irradiation amount of light based on the tentative expansion coefficient. The low-saturation pixel detecting unit detects low-saturation pixels in a certain region on an image display surface. The light irradiation amount calculating unit calculates a comparative light irradiation amount based on a detection by the low-saturation pixel detecting unit, a display quality maintenance reference value at which the display quality of colors displayed by the low-saturation pixels is maintained, and an index value calculated based on the tentative index value and calculates, based on the comparative light irradiation amount, a light irradiation amount serving as the irradiation amount of light.
US10373550B2
A light emitting device that achieves long life, and which is capable of performing high duty drive, by suppressing initial light emitting element deterioration is provided. Reverse bias application to an EL element (109) is performed one row at a time by forming a reverse bias electric power source line (112) and a reverse bias TFT (108). Reverse bias application can therefore be performed in synchronous with operations for write-in of an image signal, light emission, erasure, and the like. Reverse bias application therefore becomes possible while maintaining a duty equivalent to that of a conventional driving method.
US10373549B2
A display comprises a plurality of autonomous pixels on a stretchable substrate. Each autonomous pixel comprises a display element and a control element arranged to sense an external stimulus and to generate, entirely within the autonomous pixel, a control signal to drive the display element based, at least in part, on a magnitude of the sensed external stimulus. The stretchable substrate comprises a plurality of less elastic regions separated by stretchable areas, where the less elastic regions are less stretchable than the surrounding stretchable areas and each control element of an autonomous pixel is located in or on a less elastic region of the stretchable substrate.
US10373536B2
An improved three-dimensional sign includes three light boxes each having a light box housing, a light or lights, a light diffuser, and a bezel configured to releasably secure a graphical image in contact with the respective diffuser. Each of the three bight box housings and the respective diffusers are formed with respective selectively-shaped peripheries. The first, second, and third light boxes are selectively positioned with respect to each other within a fixture housing that provides a dark background tot the backlit graphics, for the three selectively shaped peripheries and graphics to create a particular inverse cube illusion. The structural arrangement also provides the illusion that the statically displayed advertise lent graphic(s) is/are directed towards and follows the consumer as he/she approaches and then walks past the sign. The dark environment is provided by a housing of sufficient depth, having a dark surface that is preferably black.
US10373528B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a method of burning a file in a memory device after the file has been read. Once a file has been read, an algorithm uses the memory device to create errors that the error correction code (ECC) cannot decode the error. In creating the error, the entire word line is destroyed physically rather than logically so that retrieving information from that particular word line is no longer possible. In creating the error, adjacent word lines are not affected. The error renders the file burned.
US10373523B1
During driving sessions, data may be collected via one or more sensors that are incorporated within a vehicle or as part of a device carried within the vehicle. Using this data, a driving session report may be generated and a driving session feedback score may be calculated, which provides feedback regarding a students' driving skills Driver profiles may be generated for each student including contact information and/or any number of driving session reports saved over the course of several driving sessions. A user interface is described that facilitates interaction by allowing a user to create driver profiles, group driver profiles, display driver profiles as a single list view or as a grouped list view, select driver profiles from these displayed lists, edit driver information and/or delete driver profiles, and display driving session reports stored as part of a driver profile together such that comparisons may be made.
US10373520B1
A method for automatically analyzing and teaching optimal sport swings to users having the steps of: a user records a swing video of the user's sports swing with a video recorder or mobile device; the user uploads the swing video to an internet portal; the user answers a questionnaire on the internet portal; video recognition software on the internet portal uses an algorithm to compare the swing video to pre-established swing parameter values and to analyze and determine errors in the swing; the internet portal prepares a swing analysis explanation, a swing error explanation, a swing correction explanation, and pre-recorded video guides; and the internet portal sends the swing analysis explanation, the swing error explanation, the swing correction explanation, and pre-recorded video guides to the user.
US10373512B2
Mechanisms for automatically grading a large number of solutions provided by learners in response to an open response mathematical question. Each solution is mapped to a corresponding feature vector based on the mathematical expressions occurring in the solution. The feature vectors are clustered using a conventional clustering method, or alternatively, using a presently-disclosed Bayesian nonparametric clustering method. A representative solution is selected from each solution cluster. An instructor supplies a grade for each of the representative solutions. Grades for the remaining solutions are automatically generated based on their cluster membership and the instructor supplied grades. The Bayesian method may also automatically identify the location of an error in a given solution. The error location may be supplied to the learner as feedback. The error location may also be used to extract information from correct solutions. The extracted information may be supplied to a learner as a solution hint.
US10373506B2
There is provided systems and methods for pilot alertness and awareness of target aircraft and target obstacle that are flying within a proceeding flight path collision. Transmitted guiding sound signals consisting of three dimensional effects and tonal sounds are generated by a flight unit, and sent to the pilot's headset for the desired purpose of directing the pilot's head position to locate the target aircraft and target obstacle. The flight unit processes time of collision from received target aircraft broadcast, and contain at least GPS data and target obstacle information from stored navigational maps. The flight unit further receives the pilot's head position through means of a head tracker. Furthermore, the flight unit is able to perform the functions of, storing piloted flight information, voice language instruction, flight assisted notification, and communicating with one or multiple mobile devices such for the information to be displayed visually, and is upgradable remotely.
US10373503B2
A trainable transceiver for controlling a device and providing vehicle position information to a vehicle occupant includes a transceiver circuit, an output device, and a control circuit coupled to the transceiver circuit and the output device. The control circuit is configured to receive, using the transceiver circuit or a secondary transceiver, image data corresponding to a position of the vehicle. The control circuit is further configured to determine a vehicle position status based on the image data and to control the output device to convey information to the vehicle occupant based on the vehicle position status.
US10373496B2
A technique for managing parking of vehicles at a lower cost is disclosed. A parking management system includes a terminal device and a server device. The terminal device includes: a storage unit that stores user information; a reading unit that reads identification information of a parking space from a code associated with the parking space, and a transmission unit that transmits, to the server device, parking position information which includes the stored user information and the read identification information. The server device includes: a receiving unit that receives the parking position information from the terminal device; and an identifying unit that identifies a position where a vehicle is parked and a user of the parked vehicle, based on the received parking position information.
US10373490B2
System, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, including: a sensor installed on a section of a road and configured to collect traffic data related to movements of vehicles on the section of the road, wherein the sensor samples the traffic data at a certain interval long enough to substantially reduce the amount of the collected traffic data; a plurality of narrowband network towers configured to relay the collected traffic data received from a plurality of sensors installed on a designated area encompassing multiple sections; and a central server configured to receive and process the collected traffic data from the plurality of narrowband network towers to generate traffic information sufficient to provide accurate real-time traffic information of the designated area.
US10373485B2
An ultrasonic source controlled by a controller to cause the ultrasonic source to emit one or more sound pulses in a direction of a surface in order to obtain one or more reflected sound pulses that are used to determine one or more properties of the surface. The ultrasonic source receives one or more control signals based on the one or more properties of the surface that are determined. Further, the ultrasonic source emits one or more ultrasonic sound waves in the direction of the surface based upon the one or more control signals. The one or more ultrasonic sound waves exert a force which causes visible particles to move to modify an opacity of the surface.
US10373474B2
A data acquisition system, including an input configured to receive a signal on a port and a processor. The processor determines, during an initial scan, a first measurement value of the signal on the port, sets at least one alarm value based on the first measurement value, the at least one alarm value being within a predetermined amount of the first measurement value, receives, during a subsequent scan, a second measurement value of the signal on the port, and generates an alert when the second measurement value violates the at least one alarm value.
US10373467B2
One variation of a method for detecting breach events by residents of an assisted living facility includes: defining an access perimeter containing a first space and excluding a second space within a facility, the first space and the second space separated by a door; assigning the first individual access perimeter to a first resident, in a set of residents, occupying the facility; maintaining the door in an unlocked state by default during a first period of time; tracking locations of resident wearable devices associated with residents, in the set of residents, within the facility during the first period of time; and, in response to a first location of a first resident wearable device associated with the first resident falling inside the individual access perimeter and within a threshold distance of the door at a first time during the first period of time, triggering the door to enter a locked state.
US10373465B2
Object: To propose an information processing device capable of properly notifying a current state of a wearer on the basis of a result of determining whether or not the wearer is safe. Solution: Provided is the information processing device including: a determination result acquisition unit configured to acquire a determination result of a safety state of a user carrying a sensing unit for sensing a peripheral environment; and a frequency determination unit configured to determine a processing frequency for recording information based on the sensing, on a basis of the determination result acquired by the determination result acquisition unit.
US10373463B1
A physical wallet separation alert system capable of detecting, alerting, and defining a potentially-dangerous separation between a physical wallet and a mobile communication device is disclosed. In one example, the potentially-dangerous separation involves a user-defined “excessive” separation (e.g. a few meters, ten meters, twenty meters, etc.) between the physical wallet and the mobile communication device that may suggest a potential loss or theft of the physical wallet or the mobile communication device during a real-time tracking of the separated distance by a wallet separation prevention application executed by the mobile communication device. A physical wallet separation alert may be visual, aural, textual, or a combination thereof. The physical wallet separation alert system is capable of simultaneously tracking multiple physical wallets that are registered with the system. Furthermore, each registered physical wallet integrates a wireless tag configured to be accessed by an RFID reader incorporated into the mobile communication device.
US10373458B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to identifying objects of interest and detecting motion to automatically detect a security threat as a function of video frame delta information received from a video encoder. In an illustrative example, the video encoder may be an H.264 encoder onboard a video camera. A cloud server may receive the video frame delta information in a compressed video stream from the camera. Threats may be detected by the cloud server processing the video frame delta information in the compressed video stream, without decompression, to identify objects and detect motion. The cloud server may employ artificial intelligence techniques to enhance threat detection by the cloud server. Various examples may advantageously provide increased capacity of a computer tasked with detecting security breaches, due to the significant reduction in the amount of data to be processed, relative to threat detection based on processing uncompressed video streams.
US10373442B2
A gaming system includes a central server or controller operable to communicate a plurality of different commands to a plurality of gaming machines to provide non-tournament game play and to provide tournament game play on the same gaming machines.
US10373441B1
Various embodiments of a gaming system and method are disclosed as having placeholder symbols and replacement symbols. In some embodiments, the gaming system generates a plurality of replacement symbols. If the gaming system also randomly generates a placeholder symbol, the gaming system randomly determines which one of the generated plurality of replacement symbols to associate with the generated placeholder symbol. The gaming system may replace the generated placeholder symbol with the associated replacement symbol. In some embodiments the plurality of replacement symbols are generated and displayed above the generated placeholder symbol such that the associated replacement symbol is pulled down to be applied in place of the generated placeholder symbol.
US10373437B2
Embodiments of the present invention set forth systems, apparatuses and methods for implementing a dice game having a re-roll feature on a gaming device. Accordingly, a gaming device can be configured to roll multiple virtual dice on a game display and determine if the result of the dice roll satisfies a predefined criterion. When the result of the initial dice roll satisfies the predefined criterion, one or more of the multiple virtual dice is re-rolled. The gaming device then evaluates a game result after the re-roll, where the combination of the displayed faces from any initially rolled dice that were not re-rolled and the displayed faces from the re-rolled dice are used in the evaluation.
US10373423B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a gaming system and method providing a multiplayer secondary game having an outcome determined based on play of a primary game of at least one, but not all, of the secondary game players. In various embodiments, play of a primary game of a designated one of a plurality of players of a secondary game controls play of the secondary game independent of any play of any primary games of the other players of the secondary game. Put differently, play of the secondary game depends on play of the primary game of the designated player and does not depend on any play of any primary games of the other. Thus, while multiple players participate in the secondary game and may concurrently play individual primary games, play of the primary game of one, but not all, of those players controls play of the secondary game.
US10373418B1
A vending machine to dispense ice into a container, the vending machine including a body, a container receiving compartment disposed at a front portion of the body to house the container therein, an ice dispensing spout disposed at a top portion of the container receiving compartment to dispense the ice into the container, a start button to cause the ice to be dispensed from the ice dispensing spout, and at least one of a credit card slot, a dollar bill slot, and a coin slot to activate the start button when the vending machine senses that money has been received within the vending machine via the at least one of the credit card slot, the dollar bill slot, and the coin slot, such that the ice is dispensable from the ice dispensing spout when the start button is activated.
US10373417B1
Systems, methods and devices for detecting unauthorized devices at transaction devices are disclosed. A method for detecting an unauthorized device in a card slot of a transaction device may include inserting a card slot insert into a card slot for a transaction device, wherein the card slot insert has a width and thickness based on a manufactured width and thickness of the transaction device, and comprises a first indicator indicating that the card slot is secure and a second indicator indicating that the card slot is not secure. When the card slot insert is inserted to a manufactured depth of the card slot, the first indicator is visible outside the card slot, and the second indicator is not visible outside the card slot. When an object is in the card slot, the first indicator and at least a portion of the second indicator are visible outside the card slot.
US10373411B2
In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for regulating access to electronic entertainment to incentivize desired behavior. For instance, in one example, the behavior of an individual is monitored through data received from an electronic device. The behavior is compared to a predefined behavioral goal stored in a profile for the individual, and a predefined incentive associated with satisfaction of the predefined behavioral goal by the user is identified. The predefined incentive comprises access to an electronic entertainment medium. An instruction to the electronic entertainment medium is generated to grant access to the individual when it is determined that the individual has satisfied the predefined behavioral goal.
US10373397B2
The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, a program, and an information processing system realizing smooth entrance with an electronic ticket. ID information used for determining admittance or non-admittance of entrance with an electronic ticket is extracted from a captured image of a superimposition image which contains a predetermined image and the ID information superimposed on the predetermined image to determine admittance or non-admittance of entrance with the electronic ticket on the basis of the electronic ticket and the ID information. For example, the present technology is applicable to an entrance gate system or others provided to check entrance into an event site or the like.
US10373395B1
A ticketing system includes a stick-on ticket, one or more stick-on ticket printers, and a stick-on ticket control system. The stick-on ticket includes a stick-on ticket carrier having a barcode disposed thereon and includes a sticker that has an identification tag and is configured to be removable from the stick-on ticket carrier and adhered to another surface. Each stick-on ticket printer is configured to read barcode information from the barcode to associate the barcode information with a user account and configured to read identification tag information from the identification tag, write identification tag information to the identification tag, or a combination thereof, to associate the identification tag with the user account such that the barcode and the identification tag are associated with the same user account. The stick-on ticket control system is configured to authenticate access to an amusement park based at least in part on the barcode information or the identification information read by the stick-on ticket reader.
US10373390B2
An example of an augmented reality based social platform can include the computer implemented modules of: an avatar creation module for creating user based avatars which can be manipulated within the social platform, a map generation module for creating an augmented map of a real-world location, said map generation module capable of integrating platform user interactable objects with corresponding real-world objects, an auxiliary application integration module capable of integrating a non-platform based application with its platform based counterparts, and a commercial conversion module capable of spatially reserving area, surfaces, pathways, interactable objects or a combination thereof within the augmented map for exclusive usage rights of one, or a collection of, avatar(s). A platform can also include a user data integration module capable of integrating non platform based user information with its platform based counterpart.
US10373389B2
A mobile terminal includes a camera, a display configured to display a real image projected by the camera, and a controller configured to recognize the real image to request a traveling path corresponding to the real image from a robot cleaner, to generate an augmented reality (AR) image of the traveling path based on the traveling path received from the robot cleaner, and to display the AR image to be superimposed on the real image.
US10373383B1
Provided herein are method, apparatus, and computer program products for generating a first and second three dimensional interactive environment. The first three dimensional interactive environment may contain one or more engageable virtual interfaces that correspond to one or more items. Upon engagement with a virtual interface the second three dimensional interactive environment is produced to virtual simulation related to the one or more items.
US10373381B2
A method, computing device and head-mounted display device for manipulating a virtual object displayed via a display device are disclosed. In one example, image data of a physical environment comprising physical features is received. A three dimensional model of at least a portion of the environment is generated. Candidate anchor features that each correspond to one of the physical features are extracted from the image data. User input is received that manipulates the virtual object as displayed within the environment. Based on the manipulation, a correspondence between a virtual anchor feature of the virtual object and a corresponding candidate anchor feature is identified. An indication of the corresponding candidate anchor feature at its corresponding physical feature within the environment is displayed to the user.
US10373374B2
The present invention relates to device and method for correction of a medical breast image. To provide for an improved correction, said device comprises a medical image input (31) for obtaining a medical breast image of subject's breast potentially showing artificial deformations of the breast, a scan image input (32) for obtaining a scan image of the same subject's breast showing the breast in a predetermined position of the subject and comprising surface information of the breast, a simulation unit (33) for generating a simulated medical breast image from the obtained medical breast image, said simulated medical breast image showing the breast in the same predetermined position of the subject as the scan image and representing the breast surface by a surface mesh, wherein said simulation unit (33) is configured to generate said simulated medical breast image based on a volumetric biomechanical model, and wherein material parameters of the biomechanical model are varied for aligning the biomechanical model with the breast surface extracted from the scan image, and a correction unit (34) for determining corrections for correcting the simulated medical breast image for said artificial deformations by use of the scan image by applying a surface matching between said surface mesh and said scan image and for applying the determined corrections to the obtained medical breast image to obtain a corrected medical breast image.
US10373367B2
A method for rendering a three-dimensional (3D) image and an image outputting device that is configured to perform the method are provided. The method includes: loading a 3D screen; calculating a ray density of each region of the loaded 3D screen in order to generate a rendering map; rendering the 3D screen by using the rendering map; and outputting the rendered 3D screen.
US10373341B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can identify an object depicted in an image. True color information associated with the object is obtained from a true color database comprising true color information for a plurality of objects. A color delta associated with the object is determined based on the true color information and captured color information associated with the object. The image is modified based on the color delta.
US10373339B2
A method for determining structure from motion in hyperspectral imaging includes acquiring hyperspectral data cubes containing intensity data, the intensity data being stored in dimensions of the hyperspectral data cube including a first spatial dimension, a second spatial dimension, and a spectrum dimension; establishing a set of baseline spectral features from a data cube for tracking between data cubes; establishing a set of standard features from a data cube for tacking between data cubes; matching, between data cubes, respective baseline features and standard features; and extracting imaging device motion information based on relative positions of matched baseline and standard features.
US10373336B1
A robot control system and a method for automatic camera calibration is presented. The robot control system includes a control circuit configured to control a robot arm to move a calibration pattern to at least one location within a camera field of view, and to receive a calibration image from a camera. The control circuit determines a first estimate of a first intrinsic camera parameter based on the calibration image. After the first estimate of the first intrinsic camera parameter is determined, the control circuit determines a first estimate of a second intrinsic camera parameter based on the first estimate of the first intrinsic camera parameter. These estimates are used to determine an estimate of a transformation function that describes a relationship between a camera coordinate system and a world coordinate system. The control circuit controls placement of the robot arm based on the estimate of the transformation function.
US10373330B2
A method for predicting the location of mark is performed for a substrate which includes a plurality of electronic device regions each electronic region includes a mark and a reference indication on a first surface and a sawing indication on a second surface opposite to the first surface. The method includes obtaining first and second image information for the first and second surfaces, extracting a sawing line based on the sawing indication in the second image information, calculating a first spaced distance between the sawing line and the reference indication in the first information, calculating a second spaced distance between the sawing line and the reference indication, and predicting the location of the mark based on whether the first and second spaced distances correspond to a predetermined reference distance. The mark is on each of the electronic device regions separated from each other along the sawing line.
US10373324B2
A measurement apparatus that is capable of positively generating a projection pattern suitable for a to-be-read object. A camera scanner as the measurement apparatus projects a projection pattern formed by a plurality of projection lines on a to-be-read object to thereby measure the bending of the to-be-read object. A distance to the to-be-read object is measured, and distance distribution information of the to-be-read object for identifying a shape, a size, and a position of the to-be-read object is generated based on the measured distance. The projection pattern is generated based on the generated distance distribution information of the to-be-read object.
US10373320B2
Method and system for tracking moving objects in a video with non-stationary background is provided. The method comprises estimation of non-stationary background and determining an approximate foreground for each image that learns the background model over time by incorporating various constraints on image pixels. Then, weights based upon spatio-temporal statistical properties of the extracted foreground blobs and blob edge overlap are used to identify and track with bounding boxes displayed for one or more true objects.
US10373319B2
Approaches presented herein enable tracking a physical object with a holographic projection, and, more specifically, enhancing a view of an object by tracking the object with a 3-D holographic projection. A holographic object tracking projection system receives, from a sensor, a feed of an area containing a physical object and locates a position of the physical object in the area based on the feed. The system creates a visible holographic object to mark the physical object, and projects the holographic object, using a holographic projector, at the position of the physical object. The holographic object can be a shape that surrounds the physical object in order to increase a visibility of the physical object. The physical object may move, and, as the physical object moves, the holographic object tracking projection system tracks this movement and adjusts the holographic object to match the movement of the physical object.
US10373318B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for segmenting an image. First and second frames of image data are generated at different times. A first portion of the first frame is compared to image data of the second frame, and a second portion of the second frame is selected based on the comparison. A displacement vector between the first portion and the second portion is calculated, where the displacement vector represents relative movement over time between the image data represented by the first portion and the image data represented by the second portion. An image is output with an indicator, and the location of the indicator on the image is determined by using the calculated displacement vector. The indicator can serve to distinguish between items in an imaging view.
US10373317B1
A method for an attention-driven image segmentation by using at least one adaptive loss weight map is provided to be used for updating HD maps required to satisfy level 4 of autonomous vehicles. By this method, vague objects such as lanes and road markers at distance may be detected more accurately. Also, this method can be usefully performed in military, where identification of friend or foe is important, by distinguishing aircraft marks or military uniforms at distance. The method includes steps of: a learning device instructing a softmax layer to generate softmax scores; instructing a loss weight layer to generate loss weight values by applying loss weight operations to predicted error values generated therefrom; and instructing a softmax loss layer to generate adjusted softmax loss values by referring to initial softmax loss values, generated by referring to the softmax scores and their corresponding GTs, and the loss weight values.
US10373315B2
A system for computer-aided triage can include a router, a remote computing system, and a client application. A method for computer-aided triage can include determining a parameter associated with a data packet, determining a treatment option based on the parameter, and transmitting information to a device associated with a second point of care.
US10373311B2
Inspection of a shape-fixed medicine is performed before packing. A medicine inspection assistance device includes: a medicine support part for rotatably supporting a shape-fixed medicine by a first rotating roller and a second rotating roller, and a medicine imaging part having an imaging means for imaging the shape-fixed medicine supported by the medicine support part from above. The medicine support part is configured such that a contact position between the first rotating roller and the shape-fixed medicine is located above the second rotating roller and the contact position is closer to an axis of the first rotating roller than a gravity center position of the shape-fixed medicine.
US10373308B2
The invention provides a sliced image processing method including following steps: analyzing a sliced object in a sliced image to determine whether the sliced object has a first contour line segment and a nearest second contour line segment, where the second contour line segment is located within a region encircled by the first contour line segment; determining whether vector directions of the first contour line segment and the second contour line segment are opposite when the sliced object has the first contour line segment and the second contour line segment, and correcting the vector direction of at least one of the first contour line segment and the second contour line segment when the vector directions of the first contour line segment and the second contour line segment are not opposite.
US10373305B2
A feature portion desired by a user out of an inspection target image is accurately positioned. A standard region is set so as to surround a standard pattern in a standard image of a product to be a standard for an inspection target. A sorting region, which is a region for sorting a plurality of candidates similar to the standard pattern, is set in the inspection image. The standard pattern is searched from the inspection image, to extract a plurality of candidates similar to the standard pattern. The sorting region is disposed with respect to each of the plurality of candidates for the standard pattern, extracted in the extraction step, to sort a candidate for the standard pattern based on an evaluation value of the sorting region disposed with respect to each of the plurality of candidates for the standard pattern.
US10373303B2
A method for monitoring live poultry intended for slaughter includes checking managing parameters and process parameters of poultry flocks from breeding farms, and monitoring transportation of the flocks to a slaughterhouse and handling thereof at the slaughterhouse. Gas stunning parameters of the poultry are checked prior to throat-cutting thereof. Video shooting of the poultry's reactions during the stunning step is done to visually verify a degree of well-being thereof. Computer records are made available wherein a single video file corresponds to each poultry flock or group of flocks in which images of the visible reactions of the poultry are combined and synchronized with said managing and process parameters.
US10373301B2
A method for detecting a crack in a structural component includes receiving, with a processor, signals indicative of at least one image for a critical location in the structural component; determining, with the processor, at least one shape in the at least one image, the at least one shape being representative of a structure of the critical location; representing, with the processor, at least one region around the structure into a matrix; and applying, with the processor, image processing on the matrix to detect cracks in the at least one region of the structural component.
US10373290B2
Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores a program. The program reads a file representing a source image. The file specifies an interior image and a set of successive exterior images that correspond to a set of successive zoom levels. The interior image includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel in the interior image has a particular size. Each exterior image in the set of successive exterior images includes a plurality of pixels configured to encompass the interior image. The plurality of pixels of each successive interior image have a successively larger size than the particular size. The program generates the source image based on the interior image and the set of successive exterior images. The program receives a selection of a zoom level in the set of successive zoom levels. The program generates a target image based on the selected zoom level and the source image.
US10373279B2
Embodiments measure knowledge levels of students with respect to knowledge entities as they proceed through a course datagraph macrostructure, and dynamically adapt aspects of the macrostructure (and/or its embedded microstructures) to optimize knowledge acquisition of the students in accordance with their knowledge level. For example, a course consumption platform can parse the macrostructure and embedded microstructures to identify next microstructures to present to the student in such a way that dynamically adapts knowledge entities of the course to a student as a function of the student's present knowledge level associated with the student and difficulty levels of the presented microstructures. The platform can dynamically compute an updated knowledge level for the student throughout acquisition of the knowledge entity as a function of the student's responses to the microstructures, the student's present knowledge level at the time of the responses, and the difficulty levels of the presented microstructures.
US10373277B2
Disclosed subject matter includes systems and methods for providing a witnessed an electronically executed legal instrument, such as a limited power of attorney. The technology disclosed herein allows for the immediate transfer of a witnessed electronic document meeting today's current standards for witnessing of a document, including proximity of parties, and multiple forms of party identity authentication.
US10373259B1
Methods and systems for determining risk associated with operation of fully autonomous vehicles are provided. According to certain aspects, autonomous operation features associated with a vehicle may be determined, including types and version of sensors, control systems, and software. This information may be used to determine a risk profile reflecting risk levels for a plurality of features, which may be based upon test data regarding the features or actual loss data. Expected use levels may further be determined and used with the risk profile to determine a total risk level associated with operation of the vehicle by the autonomous operation features. The expected use levels may indicate expected vehicle use, as well as traffic, weather, or other conditions in which the vehicle is likely to operate. The total risk level may be used to determine or adjust aspects of an insurance policy associated with the vehicle.
US10373250B2
A client terminal displays on a graphical interface a first indicator of a price associated with a lowest traded price of a tradable object during a predetermined period of time, a second indicator of a price associated with a highest traded price of the tradable object during the predetermined period of time, along with at least one quantity indicator associated with at least one order to buy/order the tradable object. The first indicator, the second indicator, and the at least one quantity indicator are displayed in relation to a static axis of price, and the client terminal dynamically updates the first and second indicator to new lowest and highest traded prices based on market updates received from an exchange.
US10373249B2
Systems and methods for management of an account switch are disclosed. An account switch management system may include one or more memory devices storing software instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the software instructions to receive a list of transaction entries to be switched from a first account to a second account and account information associated with the first account and the second account. The one or more processors may also determine a recommendation relating to a customer action based on the transaction entries and the account information. The one or more processors may provide the list of transaction entries and account information and the recommendation to the client device. The one or more processors may also receive a request from the client device to complete an action and transmit a notification to a processing device to complete the action.
US10373247B2
Based at least in part on an optimization goal determined for a storage group comprising a plurality of data stores for which writes requests are coordinated by a log-based transaction manager, one or more lifecycle transitions are identified for data objects stored in a first data store. In accordance with a first lifecycle transition, a data object is to be transferred from the first data store to a second data store based at least in part on a duration for which the data object has been resident at the first data store. A transition agent is assigned by a configuration manager to implement the first lifecycle transition.
US10373240B1
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a requestor, a request for an on-demand product. The method further includes determining an eligibility token format applicable to the request, wherein the eligibility token format comprises a plurality of partial segments of identifying information. The method also includes prompting the requestor to provide a plurality of partial-segment values corresponding to the plurality of partial segments. In addition, the method includes receiving the plurality of partial-segment values in response to the prompting. Moreover, the method includes generating an eligibility token from the plurality of partial-segment values. The method also includes determining the requestor's eligibility for the on-demand product based, at least in part, on a lookup of the eligibility token in an eligibility token repository. The eligibility token repository includes a plurality of eligibility tokens of the eligibility token format.
US10373238B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for replenishing the power source of a user vehicle. The system may comprise at least one power source transport vehicle, the power source transport vehicle having at least one power source container; a vendor device; and a platform having at least a vendor interface for display on the vendor device and a user interface for display on a user device. The platform receives a user request through the user interface regarding the user vehicle. The power source transport vehicle is then deployed to the location of the vehicle based on the user request and replenishes the power source of the user vehicle based on the user request.
US10373230B2
A user-centric computer-implemented method and system for managing inputs and creating, modifying, importing, and sharing one or more user lifestyle preference profiles as input into a relevance assessment engine to determine a user's product or service preferences comprises a personalized recommendation software for assessing and aggregating lifestyle items via style dimension mapping of one or more computer-implemented algorithms to process image-associated metadata to create unique vector inputs, individualized lifestyle preference indices, and lifestyle preference outputs, associated with a plurality of correlated products, services and experiences. The recommendation system then directly matches each user to discrete relevant items without the need for management of historical data from other users.
US10373229B2
An in-app recommending system is provided. The in-app recommending system includes an in-app module interworking unit configured to periodically collect state information of a particular application having an in-app module from a user terminal in which the in-app module is installed, the in-app module being an application in the form of a component which can be inserted into a plurality of unspecified applications to provide a common service, a user analyzing unit configured to generate recommendation information of multimedia content on the basis of the state information of the particular application, the multimedia content including an application and digital content, and a transmission unit configured to push-transmit the recommendation information to the in-app module of the user terminal.
