US10433470B2
A method for manufacturing a carrier tape housing a plurality of electronic components with seal materials includes forming housing holes in tape-shaped main body with first and second principal surfaces along a longitudinal direction of the tape-shaped main body, the housing holes penetrating from the first principal surface to the second principal surface, affixing an adhesive layer of a tape-shaped seal material to the second principal surface of the tape-shaped main body to cover the housing holes, forming cuts in the tape-shaped seal material to separate portions defining and functioning as the seal materials including portions at least partially overlapping with the respective housing holes in a planar view from the other portions, and providing chip-shaped electronic component into each of the housing holes of the tape-shaped main body and fixing the electronic component to the adhesive layer of the seal material exposed in each of the housing holes.
US10433462B2
There is disclosed a digital signage including a display panel, a housing having the display panel arranged in one surface, the housing comprising a closed inner space, a cooling unit provided in a predetermined portion of the housing, the cooling unit comprising a hole configured to suck and exhaust external air, a heat pipe comprising one end positioned in the inner space of the housing to be coupled to a back surface of the display and the other end positioned in the cooling unit, with a liquid flowing therein to move heat, and a driving circuit board coupled to a back surface of the heat pipe to control driving of the display panel, such that the digital signage having a slim design can exhaust the heat generated from a display panel and a driving circuit board effectively.
US10433461B2
A cooling system for an electronic circuit package is provided. The cooling system includes a heat transfer plate positioned in thermal contact with an electronic circuit package surface and forming the bottom surface of an evaporative region of the cooling system. The cooling system also includes a plurality of condensing tubes in fluid communication with, and extending away from, the evaporative region, such that the evaporative region and the condensing tubes together form a single, uninterrupted, sealed enclosure. The cooling system also includes a fluid within the sealed enclosure. The cooling system also includes a plurality of spacers filling gaps between the heat transfer plate and the condensing tubes, such that each spacer is configured as an independent component to allow the passage of fluid through the interior space of each spacer. The cooling system also includes a plurality of wicks, where each wick is positioned partially within a corresponding spacer to which it is fluidically coupled.
US10433450B2
A mounting mechanism for securing a panel to an equipment rail includes a bezel assembly and a mounting plate assembly, where the bezel assembly includes a bezel frame, a bezel internal metal plate and a pair of latch handles connected to the bezel frame by latch handle fasteners at a set of pivot points and where the mounting plate assembly includes a mounting plate, a set of spring sheets that are secured to the mounting plate by a plurality of screws and a plurality of custom quarter-turn fasteners adapted to secure the mounting plate assembly to a pair of equipment rails.
US10433449B2
A locking bracket system for a pair of line replaceable modules (LRMs) includes a locking bracket assembly including an expanding member configured to be actuated to expand; and an extension bracket attached to the expanding member. The extension bracket extends from the expanding member in a direction opposite that the expanding member expands. Each of the expanding member and the extension bracket are configured to compress against a LRM to retain the pair of LRMs to a chassis when the expanding member is in an expanded position.
US10433441B2
A housing, a method for manufacturing the housing, and a mobile terminal having the housing include a substrate including a metal area, a slot defined in the metal area of the substrate and penetrating through the substrate, and a filling layer received in the slot and including an insulating layer and a paint layer on the insulating layer.
US10433437B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing comprising a first surface opened while facing a first direction, a second surface facing a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and one or more side parts disposed in different directions between the first surface and the second surface, a nonconductive structure disposed along at least a portion of the at least one side wall within the housing, and one or more stop recesses including at least one recess formed on one surface of the one or more side parts and a portion of the nonconductive structure surrounding a peripheral portion of the at least one recess.
US10433432B2
The printed circuit board with at least one substrate layer having signal lines on a corresponding upper surface and on a corresponding lower surface has a sleeve-sized conductive layer on a circumference of at least one via hole between the upper and lower surface for a conductive connection between at least one signal line on the upper surface and at least one signal line on the lower surface. An axial enlargement of the sleeve-sized conductive layer is radially bent above a base layer of copper on the upper surface and below a base layer of copper on the lower surface.
US10433430B2
A memory module card structure includes a main board, a plurality of adhesive layers and a plurality of conduction skirting boards. Two surfaces of the main board respectively are divided into a mounting section and an inserting section. The inserting section is formed with a binding region, and a soldering region having solder pads electrically connected to the mounting section. The conduction skirting boards are correspondingly fixed to the inserting section, and each has a rigid substrate and a plurality of conductive pads. The conductive pad has an outer contacting part disposed on an outer surface of the rigid substrate and an adapting part formed through the rigid substrate and connecting the outer contacting part. A part of the conductive pad correspondingly is soldered to the solder pad. A part of the rigid substrate is fixed connected to the binding region by the adhesive layer.
US10433427B2
To provide a method for firing a copper paste, which improves sinterability of copper particles for the purpose of forming a copper wiring line that is decreased in the electrical conductivity. A method for firing a copper paste, which comprises: an application step wherein a copper paste is applied over a substrate; a first heating step wherein the substrate is heated in a nitrogen gas atmosphere containing from 500 ppm to 2,000 ppm (inclusive) of an oxidizing gas in terms of volume ratio after the application step, thereby oxidizing and sintering copper particles in the copper paste; and a second heating step wherein the substrate is heated in a nitrogen gas atmosphere containing 1% or more of a reducing gas in terms of volume ratio after the first heating step, thereby reducing the oxidized and sintered copper oxide.
US10433417B2
An electronic apparatus includes a conductive member and a printed circuit board, wherein the printed circuit board includes a printed wiring board having a signal wiring formed thereon, a first semiconductor device configured to output a digital signal to the signal wiring, and a second semiconductor device configured to input the digital signal output from the first semiconductor device via the signal wiring, wherein the signal wiring has a signal wiring pattern formed on a surficial layer located opposite the conductive member in the printed wiring board, and wherein the conductive member has an aperture formed therein and located opposite the signal wiring pattern or includes a flat plate portion and a recessed portion recessed in a direction more away from the printed wiring board than the flat plate portion.
US10433408B2
A system and method for misbalancing or suppressing spinning atmospheric phenomena such as tornadoes, landspouts, waterspouts, gustnadoes and whirlwinds. The systems and methods misbalance or suppress such phenomena utilizing electromagnetic fields; irradiation; neutralizing charges; or chemical reactions, thus destabilizing or disrupting the phenomenon.
US10433407B2
An illumination system includes an alert unit connected to a control device. During work to connect the illumination equipment to the relay, the control device searches whether or not the illumination equipment is connected, through the relay; when the connection of the illumination equipment is detected, sends an inquiry on a type of the illumination equipment to the illumination equipment and acquires information on the type of the illumination equipment; when the information on the type of the illumination equipment is the same as the planned connection equipment type stored in advance, sets an identification number for the illumination equipment connected to the control device; and, when the information on the type of the illumination equipment differs from the planned connection equipment type stored in advance, causes the alert unit to generate a first alert.
US10433394B2
A sensory networking device is provided that enables a sensory effect to be implemented across a sensory network. The sensory networking device includes a processor, a sensory output unit, a motion sensor and a transceiver that permits the device to detect a trigger movement and transmit a trigger signal that causes a sensory effect to be implemented on neighboring sensory networking devices and to re-transmit the trigger signal in order to propagate a sensory effect across a sensory network.
US10433392B2
A lighting system includes multiple light sources and a control system. The light sources have different emission spectra, and the control system may be configured to process a file containing lighting data to select respective intensities for emissions from the light sources. The file may particularly represent a light track that is synchronized with video content, to create a time-varying lighting ambiance for a movie or a video game.
US10433388B2
Apparatuses and systems are provided for changing the spectrum of light emission from a light-emitting diode (LED) light set. The LED light set may include LEDs, each of which having at least a first LED chip and a second LED chip configured to emit light at differing wavelengths. The first and second LED chips may be connected in series with opposite polarities. Responsive to receiving a power flow in a first direction from a power terminal, the first LED chip may emit light of a first color while the second LED chip may remain powered off. Responsive to receiving the power flow in a second direction opposite the first direction from the power source, the second LED chip may emit light of a second color different from the first color while the first LED chip may remain powered off.
US10433387B2
A light emitting device including: a light emitting element; a molded resin portion configured to seal at least a portion of the light emitting element; a temperature information acquiring unit configured to acquire temperature information; a humidity information calculating unit configured to calculate humidity information, based on information relating to at least either electrical characteristics or optical characteristics of the light emitting element and the temperature information; and a controlling unit configured to control the light emitting element, based on the temperature information and the humidity information.
US10433385B2
A dimming system for LED lamps, comprising a DC/DC converter, a dimming signal input module, a brightness value conversion module electrically connected to the dimming signal input module, and a dimming signal switching threshold setting module, a first signal output module, and a second signal output module. The dimming signal input module is configured to input a dimming signal. And when the brightness value is greater than or equal to the dimming signal switching threshold, the value of the amplitude dimming voltage output by the first signal output module is equal to the dimming signal switching threshold and the second signal output module outputs one PWM signal. The PWM signal modulates the amplitude dimming voltage having a magnitude equal to the dimming signal switching threshold to adjust the output of the DC/DC converter.
US10433380B2
A triac driving circuit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a phototriac coupler, a first resistive element, and a second resistive element, which are connected in series to a gate terminal of a triac. A minimum resistance of the first resistive element including tolerance is higher than a maximum resistance of the second resistive element including tolerance.
US10433379B2
Several aspects of power distribution systems are described. One aspect relates to apparatus for providing a direct current to a load comprising one or more light emitting diodes. The apparatus comprises: a rectifier operatively connectable to a secondary winding of a transformer whose primary winding is for carrying a high-frequency alternating current; a first capacitor operatively connectable to the secondary winding; and a second capacitor operatively connectable, at least partly via the rectifier, to the secondary winding. The first and second capacitors together provide a reactance referred to the primary winding which substantially compensates for the reactance of the primary winding.
US10433370B2
A micro multi-array heater and a micro multi-array sensor provided with the micro multi-array heater are provided. The micro multi-array heater includes a substrate and a heater electrode formed on the substrate. The heater electrode includes a first heater electrode having a first heat generation pattern and a second heater electrode having a second heat generation pattern. The first heat generation pattern and the second heat generation pattern are formed to have different heat generation amounts.
US10433362B2
A computer system to continuously maintain a user session when a display device is mechanically connected and disconnected with a base processing device is described. The computer system allows the user to run applications during the user session on the base processing device and use the display device as a monitor. The display device can be detached from the base processing device, and the base processing device can continue running the applications for the user session. In this mode, the separated display device can be used as a tablet form factor computing device which can accept user input and send the user input to the base processing device. Among other functions, the base processing device can operate with the display device disconnected by generating session content for the display device, including, for example, sending application content, video streams, and other content to the display device.
US10433358B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for establishing a device-to-device (D2D) group amongst a plurality of user equipments (UEs). In one embodiment a target UE transmits, using D2D communication, a request message inviting at least one other UE to be part of a D2D group with the target UE. A neighbor UE receives the request message and transmits a report message indicating that the neighbor UE will be part of the D2D group with the target UE. A base station receives the report message and transmits to the target UE and to the neighbor UE a confirmation message indicating that the neighbor UE is in the D2D group with the target UE.
US10433351B2
The disclosure relates to a method for monitoring an internet connection, which is provided in a motor vehicle by means of a mobile wireless connection established between the motor vehicle and a mobile wireless network, wherein the mobile wireless connection has switched into roaming operation is detected by way of a roaming signal. A predetermined connectivity test is performed by means of a control apparatus in the motor vehicle after receipt of the roaming signal in order to detect an interruption of the internet connection and, if an interrupted internet connection is detected, an indication signal is sent to a user of the motor vehicle.
US10433349B2
A method includes, responsive to a trigger event, establishing a session between a first device and a set of second devices. Session data is exchanged with the second devices in the session. The session data includes identity data and position data. A relative position of each of the second devices in the session relative to the first device is determined based on the position data. Event data and data including the relative position associated with the session are logged. A selected one of the set of second devices is removed from the session responsive to a termination event and the exchanging of the session data with the selected one of the second devices is terminated.
US10433346B1
A method includes receiving an absence schedule and storing the absence schedule in a memory. The absence schedule indicates a plurality of absence periods during which a group owner device in a wireless network will be unavailable for receiving transmissions in a frequency band. The method further includes controlling a primary radio transceiver of a wireless device based on the absence schedule, receiving a first request from a secondary radio transceiver of the wireless device to transmit a first wireless message in the frequency band, and granting the first request in response to determining based on the stored absence schedule that a transmission time of the first wireless message is within one of the plurality of absence periods.
US10433345B2
When an AP detects a collision between a neighbor BSS and a BSS color in a wireless LAN system, the AP can inform an STA of the same through information indicating whether the BSS color is disabled, and set and transmit a TXOP_duration field of a transmitted frame to a specific value differentiated from a normal duration value in order to prevent an erroneous NAV setting of the STA.
US10433336B2
Disclosed are method for transmitting and receiving frame in wireless local area network and apparatus for the same. A communication method performed in a first station, the communication method comprises receiving, through a channel from an access point, a first frame notifying a first period for transmission or reception of a frame; and processing the first frame, wherein a second period exists between the first frame and the first period, and wherein the second period is a contention period during which stations are allowed to contend for the channel. Therefore, performance of WLAN can be enhanced.
US10433335B2
A method in a wireless device for performing random access to a network node. The method comprises receiving a set of downlink beam-specific reference signals, BRS, from the network node, and determining a preferred BRS BRS based on the received signal power for each BRS. The method also comprises selecting, based on the preferred BRS, a random-access resource to be used for transmitting a random-access attempt to the network node, as well as using the selected random-access resource when transmitting a random-access attempt to the network node, whereby the selection of random-access resource indicates to the network node which downlink beam is preferred by the wireless device to be used for downlink transmissions.
US10433334B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a data transmission method and apparatus. The method includes generating a configuration message. The configuration message is used to configure, for user equipment UE, a function of receiving downlink bundled data, and the downlink bundled data is downlink data that is repeatedly transmitted at least twice. The configuration message to the UE and the downlink bundled data are sent to the UE. According to the data transmission method and apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present invention, downlink data is sent to user equipment in a downlink bundling manner, thereby shortening a delay of the downlink data transmission. If the downlink data is PDCCH control signaling, timeliness of an operation indicated by the PDCCH control signaling is improved.
US10433330B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) configured with several component carriers (CCs) may select one or more CCs for fast activation. The UE may, in various examples, autonomously select the CCs for fast activation or may receive signaling indicating such CCs. In some cases, the UE may place the selected CCs in a semi-active state by detecting and synchronizing the CCs while refraining from control channel monitoring. In other examples, the UE may identify a set of CCs that may be activated quickly based on channel conditions or that have activation interdependency, such as CCs in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) group. The UE may then trigger an activation for one of the selected CCs, determine it is capable of fast activation, and begin monitoring, e.g., for control information, after a reduced delay period based on the fast activation.
US10433328B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for receiving a signal in wireless communication system, the method comprising: configuring a plurality of cells; receiving information indicating a mapping relation between types of data and a plurality of cells; and transmitting a data only on at least one cell which is mapped to a first type of data according to the information, if the data belongs to the first type of data.
US10433327B2
Technology for distributing presence information by a presence server in an Internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) based dynamic adaptive streaming over hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) (DASH) service is disclosed. In an example, a user equipment (UE) can be operable to act as a presentity and include computer circuitry configured to: Generate a trigger event during a DASH session; and publish presence information including content being consumed to a presence server. The published content can include DASH content.
US10433324B2
A communication method and a system for converging a 5th-generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-generation (4G) system with a technology for internet of things (IoT) are provided. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for allocating resources and a method of a base station is provided. The method includes receiving from a terminal a resource allocation request, receiving from the terminal a control message including location information of a zone where the terminal is located, and allocating a resource group based on the location information.
US10433318B2
Provided are a method for operating user equipment (UE) having multiple serving cells set therefor in a wireless communication system and UE using the method. The method comprises: receiving a higher-level signal indicating a mapping between the values of the serving cell index (ServingCellID) of a serving cell and a carrier index field (CIF); and identifying the serving cell on the basis of the higher-level signal.
US10433307B2
A head-mounted display (HMD) is wirelessly coupled to a console or a relay depending on the relative positions of the HMD, the console, and the relay. The HMD communicates wirelessly with the console using a beam that is oriented in a particular direction. As the position of the HMD changes, the quality of the communication link between the HMD and the console may degrade. In response to the degradation, the HMD forms a communication link with a relay, which operates as an intermediary between the HMD and the console. The relay communicates with the HMD over a dedicated communication channel that is isolated from the communication channel over which the relay communicates with the console.
US10433300B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a resource allocation method and apparatus. In an embodiment, the method may include receiving, by a base station, a downlink signal interference value that is sent by at least one UE associated with the base station and capability information of the at least one UE. The method may also include determining, by the base station, a belonging type of the at least one UE according to the downlink signal interference value and the capability information, and determining a duplex mode of the at least one UE according to the belonging type. Furthermore, the method may include allocating, based on the duplex mode, a resource to the at least one UE, and then sending the resource to the UE.
US10433296B2
A user terminal carries out radio communication with a plurality of cells by employing carrier aggregation, and has a receiver that, when a connection is established with a TDD cell, receives information about a given DL/UL configuration that is selected from a plurality of DL/UL configurations, and a processor that controls transmission and reception to and from the TDD cell, and a DL/UL configuration to carry out DL communication in all subframes is included as one in the plurality of DL/UL configurations, and the processor uses the DL/UL configuration to carry out DL communication in all subframes as one of the DL/UL configurations only when the connecting TDD cell is a secondary cell. If so, the processor feeds back an A/N in response to each DL subframe of the secondary cell by using a given UL subframe of a primary cell.
US10433294B2
Method and device for transmitting/receiving signal of V2X terminal in wireless communication system
In one embodiment of the present invention, a method by which a terminal transmits a signal in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: generating a sequence having a length of 63 and having a punctured central element; inserting one or more zeros among respective elements of the sequence and mapping the sequence to RE; and transmitting the mapped sequence, wherein the number of one or more zeros inserted among the respective elements of the sequence corresponds to (a repetition factor—1), and zeros are additionally inserted such that the sequence is symmetrical with respect to the central element of the sequence, when the repetition factor is an even number.
US10433293B2
A method for receiving a downlink signal according to a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS)-based transmission scheme, performed by a mobile terminal, in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes receiving indication information indicating whether rate matching or timewise Resource Element (RE) pairing is allowed for REs that do not constitute frequency-wise RE pairs for Space Frequency Block Coding (SFBC) on symbols to which DMRSs are mapped in a Resource Block (RB) for a DL data channel, and decoding the downlink data channel, on assumption that the REs that do not constitute frequency-wise RE pairs for SFBC are rate-matched, or constitute time-wise RE pairs to which transmission data is mapped, according to the indication information.
US10433289B2
[Object] To provide a communication apparatus and a communication method which are capable of suppressing a decrease in communication efficiency in UL communication of a random access scheme.[Solution] Provided is a communication apparatus, including a communication unit configured to transmit a first frame including wireless communication resource information in which resources selectable as uplink resources are specified from a plurality of resources and attribute information related to transmission of a second frame and receive the second frame transmitted as a response to the first frame. Provided is a communication apparatus, including a communication unit configured to receive a first frame including wireless communication resource information in which resources selectable as uplink resources are specified from a plurality of resources and attribute information related to transmission of a second frame and transmit the second frame as a response to the first frame.
US10433288B2
The present invention provides a method and device for transmitting/receiving an uplink signal. When an Scell group including only Scells is set for a user equipment of the present invention and one of the Scells included in the Scell group is set as a cell (hereinafter, “Acell”) in which a PUCCH can be transmitted, UCI of a particular cell group can be transmitted through a Pcell if the particular cell group is a Pcell group having the Pcell and can be transmitted through the Acell of the Scell group if the particular cell group is an Scell group.
US10433285B2
A method and apparatus is provided that controls other electronic devices through one electronic device in a communication system. The electronic device for executing control commands includes a communication unit configured to communicate with at least one of other electronic devices, a memory configured to store identification information about other electronic devices to execute a group control command, and a controller configured to execute, when receiving the control command, the received control command, determine whether the received control command is a group control command that other electronic devices need to execute in the same way as the electronic device, read, when the received control command is a group control command, identification information about at least one of other electronic devices as group control objects from the memory, and transmit the identification information to other electronic devices.
US10433275B2
Techniques described herein are directed toward enabling location support for 5G New Radio (NR) wireless access by a user equipment (UE) by utilizing existing LTE location support. More specifically, LTE positioning protocol (LPP) messages may be communicated between a UE with NR wireless access and a location server (e.g. an LMF) in a 5G Core Network via an NG-RAN. The LPP messages may support RAT-independent and E-UTRA position methods by the UE such as A-GNSS or OTDOA for E-UTRA. The location server may obtain OTDOA related information from eNBs and ng-eNBs supporting LTE wireless access. A UE may request measurement gaps from a 5G base station (e.g. gNB) in order to obtain measurements for RAT-independent and E-UTRA position methods and may request an idle period in order to obtain LTE timing needed for E-UTRA measurements.
US10433272B2
In embodiments of distributed coordination of mesh network configuration updates, pending commissioning datasets are managed and distributed to coordinate configuration changes of parameters that control participation in, and secure communication over, a mesh network. Pending network commissioning datasets are managed across fragmentation of the mesh network into multiple partitions and subsequent merging of the fragments to ensure that the most recent updates to pending commissioning datasets are propagated to mesh network devices and that all mesh network devices will receive pending commissioning datasets before the time that the pending commissioning dataset becomes the active commissioning dataset for the mesh network.
US10433252B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to techniques that may help optimize scheduling target wake-up times (TWTs) of wireless nodes.
US10433239B2
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, an application function module interacts with an application on a remote device that utilizes dynamic policy and charging control to receive an adaptive multimedia stream. A policy and charging rules function (PCRF) module implements policy and charging control decisions, and a policy and charging enforcement function (PCEF) module enforces policy decisions received from the PCRF. The remote device provides session information including a media presentation description to the application function module to provide the multimedia stream to the remote device at a specified quality of service.
US10433234B2
A SDN controlled Overlay Network. Embodiments disclosed herein relate to multi-RAT (Radio Access Technology) wireless communication network and more particularly to a SDN (Software Defined Networking) controlled network overlaid on a multi-RAT wireless communication network. Embodiments herein enhance relay functionality in wireless communication networks using overlay networks, wherein the overlay network is controlled and managed by a SDN (Software Defined Networking) controller.
US10433233B2
A method and apparatus for determining a position of a routing node and terminal equipment. Where the method includes: generating a 0-th generation routing node deployment scheme set according to a link connection relationship among sensor nodes, a gateway node and deployable routing nodes in a network; calculating a fitness of each routing node deployment scheme in a j-th generation routing node deployment scheme set; processing the j-th generation routing node deployment scheme set according to the fitness; and selecting a routing node deployment scheme from the routing node deployment scheme set satisfying the predetermined condition. In determining a position of a routing node, optimizing the number of routing nodes and optimizing routing paths are both taken into account, thereby obtaining a routing node deployment scheme with minimum routing nodes and which can also ensure data transmission performance of the network.
US10433230B2
A method for supporting wireless roaming among coverage areas of a plurality of access points may comprise detecting, by a first access point of the plurality of access points, signal strength of signals from a client device that is wirelessly connected to the first access point; comparing the signal strength with a threshold, and if the signal strength is less than the threshold, disconnecting, by the first access point, the client device from the first access point; transmitting, by the first access point, a signal indicating the disconnection of the client device to an access controller; updating, by the access controller, connection status information to indicate the disconnection of the client device from the first access point; transmitting, by the access controller, the connection status information of the client device to the plurality of access points; and connecting the client device with a second access point of the plurality of access points.
US10433215B2
A method in a wireless terminal operating in a 3GPP wireless communications network for controlling using MPTCP with a WLAN network, The method comprises receiving from the 3GPP wireless communications network system information comprising a condition for MPTCP with a WLAN network, the condition being associated with mobility characteristics of the wireless terminal. The method further comprises determining a parameter indicative of mobility characteristics of the wireless terminal and disabling MPTCP with a WLAN network if the parameter indicative of mobility characteristics indicates that mobility of the wireless terminal is at or above a value defined in the condition.
US10433214B2
A synchronization method for call supplementary service configuration includes: receiving an entered supplementary service configuration instruction, and obtaining a configuration parameter corresponding to the supplementary service configuration instruction; uploading the configuration parameter to a mobile switching center by using a circuit switched domain, so that the mobile switching center stores the configuration parameter as call supplementary service configuration of the circuit switched domain into a home location register; receiving returned configuration feedback information; and determining, according to the configuration feedback information, whether configuration succeeds, and storing the configuration parameter as on-terminal call supplementary service configuration if the configuration succeeds.
US10433213B2
Described herein are apparatus, systems and methods for adaptive segment size for data transmissions. A method may comprise, at a user equipment (“UE”), identifying a current size setting of a data segment (e.g., a transmission control protocol (“TCP”) maximum segment size (“MSS”)) for communication over a network, receiving current physical layer conditions, receiving historical data, and adjusting the current size setting based on at least one of the current physical layer conditions and the historical data.
US10433200B2
A method for a user equipment for reporting aperiodic channel status information in a carrier aggregation system according to one embodiment of the present invention is carried out by the user equipment and may comprise the steps of: receiving downlink control information, comprising a CSI request field, for approving an uplink from a base station; selecting one triggering set from among a plurality of triggering sets corresponding to the particular bit value of the CSI request field; and transmitting, to the base station, CSI for at least one CC or CSI process included in the selected triggering set.
US10433191B2
In one embodiment, a supervisory device in a network forms a first virtual access point (VAP) for a first node in the network. A plurality of access points (APs) in the network are mapped to the first VAP as part of a VAP mapping and the first node treats the APs in the VAP mapping as a single AP for purposes of communicating with the network. The supervisory device determines a communication schedule for the first node based on a radio chain of at least one of the APs in the VAP mapping for the first VAP being shared by the first VAP and a second VAP for a second node in the network. The supervisory device, according to the communication schedule for the first node, causes one or more of the APs in the VAP mapping for the first VAP to instruct the first node to stop transmitting for a period of time.
US10433190B2
The present invention provides apparatuses, methods, computer programs, computer program products and computer-readable media regarding signaling physical cell identifier problems. Certain aspects of the present invention include receiving, at a network node, information regarding a suspected identifier problem from a first base station, the information indicating the suspected identifier problem between the first base station and a second base station, and analyzing the suspected identifier problem based on the received information.
US10433188B2
A control apparatus (1) is configured to automatically update a neighbour relation table (40, 131) of a source cell (10A). The control apparatus (1) is further configured to add, to the neighbour relation table (40, 131), a new entry (41) indicating a neighbour-cell relation from the source cell (10A) to another cell (10B) different from both the source cell (10A) and a target cell (10C) of a handover from the source cell (10A), in response to receiving a first message (S105) that is issued when a radio terminal (2) that has experienced a failure involving disconnection of a radio link connection in the source cell (10A) or in the target cell (10C) attempts to re-establish the radio link connection to the other cell (10B). This contributes to updating the neighbour-cell relations in response to detection of a handover failure.
US10433186B2
A method includes: modulating, by using a binary phase shift keying BPSK manner of rotation by a first angle, at least partial signaling information carried in at least one signaling symbol in a signaling field of a data packet, to obtain modulated signaling information, where the first angle is not equal to 0 degrees or 90 degrees; and sending, to a receive end, the data packet that carries the modulated signaling information.
US10433170B2
A attach request for a device may be received. The request may include a subscriber identity for the device. The subscriber identity may be matched to a subscriber identity pattern. The subscriber identity pattern may be used to retrieve a subscriber record. Subscriber data from the subscriber record may be returned in response to the attach request.
US10433161B2
In the context of facilitating a circuit switched to packet switched handover of a call in a cellular communication system, a first node (e.g., packet switched target node) generates a security context for a client whose call is being handed over. This involves the first node receiving at least one cryptographic key from a second node (e.g., a circuit switched node supporting the existing connection) and receiving identities of security algorithms supported by the client from a third node (e.g., a packet switched node supporting the existing connection); The first node uses the at least one cryptographic key and the identities to generate the security context for the client.
US10433152B1
An apparatus and method is disclosed to receive location data identifying the current location of a vehicle. A database, storing radio device records, is then queried. Each radio device record in the database identifies a radio device (e.g., a transmitter, receiver, transceiver, transponder, etc.) and a location of the radio device using a suitable coordinate system. Radio device records associated with radio devices likely to be within communication range of the vehicle may then be retrieved from the database. The radio device records may be used to generate information for individual ones of radio devices, or lists of radio devices, which are likely to be within range of the vehicle and display that radio device information to a vehicle operator via an electronic display such as a GPS moving map. The display may be updated as the vehicle travels to display radio device information as the radio devices come into range of the vehicle and remove radio device information from the display as the vehicle travels out of range.
US10433149B2
A technique for a communication apparatus to automatically connect to a device that has a function for wireless communication by an infrastructure connection and by a direct connection, in conformity with a connection setting of the device is provided. A mobile terminal (communication apparatus) searches for surrounding MFPs (devices) and accepts a selection by a user of an MFP by displaying, on the operation panel, a screen of a list of MFPs discovered by the search. The mobile terminal first performs an infrastructure connection to an MFP selected by the user in the list screen displayed on the operation panel. When the infrastructure connection to the selected MFP fails, the mobile terminal performs a direct connection to that MFP.
US10433147B2
A method for assessing a safety of a user of an application executing on a mobile device, including collecting a location data, a motion data, and a location data source from the application; transmitting, at a time, the location data, the motion data, and the location data source to a server; obtaining, from the server, a normal behavior data associated with the user; determining an abnormality score; determining a confidence score; determining a threat score; determining a threat type; calculating a safety score for the user; determining that the safety score is less than a safety score threshold; and transmitting a message to the mobile device of the user requesting a reply.
US10433119B2
A position determining device is equipped with a matching unit. The matching unit matches a random pattern in a photographed image of a portion of a ceiling or floor photographed by a portable terminal against a random pattern in a photographed image of a larger area of the ceiling or floor than the aforementioned portion so as to determine the position of the photographed image of the aforementioned portion on the photographed image of the larger area. The matching unit determines the position of the ceiling located above the portable terminal or the position of the floor located therebelow on the basis of the identified position on the photographed image of the larger area.
US10433111B2
Systems and methods for determining user equipment (UE) locations within a wireless network using reference signals of the wireless network are described. The disclosed systems and methods utilize a plurality of in-phase and quadrature (I/Q) samples generated from signals provided by receive channels associated with two or more antennas of the wireless system. Based on received reference signal parameters the reference signal within the signals from each receive channel among the receive channels is identified. Based on the identified reference signal from each receive channel, an angle of arrival between a baseline of the two or more antennas and incident energy from the UE to the two or more antennas is determined. That angle of arrival is then used to calculate the location of the UE. The angle of arrival may be a horizontal angle of arrival and/or a vertical angle of arrival.
US10433106B2
A platform generates a personalized itinerary and corresponding map for a user within a venue. The personalized itinerary includes at least one recommended point of interest, the recommendation generated based on a location of the recommended point of interest relative to a location of the user, and based on a comparison between user profile information concerning the user and point of interest information concerning the recommended point of interest.
US10433103B2
A method and apparatus for a wireless device that can adapt a rate of related wireless network unit scans for adjacent networks is disclosed. In one embodiment, the wireless device can include a wireless network unit and a co-located geo-location signal receiver, and a processor. The processor can determine the position and speed of the wireless device from data received from the geo-location signal receiver. The processor can configure the wireless network unit to adapt the rate of related wireless network scans based upon determined speed and position. In one embodiment, the wireless network unit scans can be wireless scans for other nearby networks for roaming or location based services.
US10433099B2
The present invention relates to a method for generating a filter for an audio signal and a parameterization device for the same, and more particularly, to a method for generating a filter for an audio signal, to implement filtering of an input audio signal with a low computational complexity, and a parameterization device therefor.To this end, provided are a method for generating a filter for an audio signal, including: receiving at least one binaural room impulse response (BRIR) filter coefficients for binaural filtering of an input audio signal; converting the BRIR filter coefficients into a plurality of subband filter coefficients; obtaining average reverberation time information of a corresponding subband by using reverberation time information extracted from the subband filter coefficients; obtaining at least one coefficient for curve fitting of the obtained average reverberation time information; obtaining flag information indicating whether the length of the BRIR filter coefficients in a time domain is more than a predetermined value; obtaining filter order information for determining a truncation length of the subband filter coefficients, the filter order information being obtained by using the average reverberation time information or the at least one coefficient according to the obtained flag information and the filter order information of at least one subband being different from filter order information of another subband; and truncating the subband filter coefficient by using the obtained filter order information and a parameterization device therefor.
US10433098B2
An apparatus for generating a filtered audio signal from an audio input signal includes a filter information determiner being configured to determine filter information depending on input height information wherein the input height information depends on a height of a virtual sound source. Moreover, the apparatus includes a filter unit being configured to filter the audio input signal to obtain the filtered audio signal depending on the filter information. The filter information determiner is configured to determine the filter information using selecting, depending on the input height information, a selected filter curve from a plurality of filter curves, or the filter information determiner is configured to determine the filter information using determining a modified filter curve by modifying a reference filter curve depending on the elevation information.
US10433096B2
A method including, during a free-viewpoint rendering to a user, where the free-viewpoint rendering comprises rendering of an audio object, and during relative movement between a location of the user and the audio object in the free-viewpoint rendering, detecting a locational conflict abnormality between the audio object and the location of the user; and based upon the detecting of the locational conflict abnormality, changing the rendering of the audio object, where the changing is based upon at least one predetermined abnormality modification parameter.
US10433094B2
A method improves performance of a computer that provides binaural sound to a listener. A memory stores coordinate locations that follow a path of how the head of the listener moves. This path is retrieved in anticipation of subsequent head movements of the listener to improve computer performance of executing binaural sound.
US10433085B2
Provided are method and apparatus for evaluating audio device for evaluating performance of an audio device by inputting into the audio device an audio signal having a waveform in which a plurality of waves with different frequency components are superimposed, comparing the sound waveform before the input and the sound waveform after the input, and finding the degree of conformity therebetween. An audio device of the present invention is characterized in that, with sound field correction as a precondition, low-pitch ranges can be reproduced by using numerous small-diameter speakers, a single one of which is insufficient to reproduce low-pitch ranges despite good group delay characteristic, and outstanding waveform reproducibility can be achieved by covering the periphery of the speakers with sound-absorbent material so as to remove noise emitted by surfaces other than the front surface of cone paper.
US10433075B2
A hearing aid system and method is disclosed. Disclosed embodiments provide for low latency enhanced audio using a hearing aid earpiece and an auxiliary processing unit wirelessly connected to the earpiece. These and other embodiments are disclosed herein.
US10433072B2
The equipment of micro-acoustic detection analysis and the processing method of audio signal array based on this equipment, which is the field of micro-acoustic detection, could give a solution that having an excessive sound intensity lower limit using capacitor micro-acoustic detector, and using current way of audio signal processing could not identification and positioning for sound source from micro-acoustic detector at same time. This equipment detects sound pressure based on micro-acoustic detection cell of graphene membrane. The method includes separate the noise from audio signal, compare the extract audio feature and sound source position information with multi sound source signal stored in memory, identifying the target sound source, and the procedure of positioning the sound source according the sound source position information. This invention could be applied to the micro-acoustic detection and then identification and positioning using the detected sound source.
US10433067B2
There is provided a DSR speaker comprising at least a central moving element, a plurality of peripheral flexure benders, each flexure bender comprising at least a pair of electrodes and at least a piezoelectric material layer, the flexure benders being connected to said moving element and being configured to move said moving element along an axis perpendicular to a moving element surface, in response to an electrical stimulus applied to said electrodes, in order to produce sound, and at least a mechanical stopper which is configured to limit the motion of said moving element. Various manufacturing methods are also described.
US10433064B2
A suspension element coupled to a diaphragm and to a frame of an acoustic device. The suspension element includes a first surround element and a second surround element that are located adjacent to each other. At least one of the surround elements includes at least one or more openings. The at least one or more openings have features of being located at an edge of the at least one of the surround elements adjacent to the other surround element, or being located in both of the surround elements.
US10433061B2
An ear unit and a portable sound device having the same are provided. The ear unit includes a driver unit, an ear housing configured to form an electric part in which the driver unit is mounted and including a bass hole and a flat hole formed in a first surface of the electric part, a rotator including a second surface opposite the first surface and rotatably coupled to the ear housing, and an opening/closing hole provided in the second surface of the rotator to open or close the bass hole or the flat hole according to rotation of the rotator. The flat hole is connected to an inner hole formed in one position inside the first surface so as to form a duct.
US10433060B2
There may be provided a system that may include a processor and an audio hub; wherein the audio hub may include first communication interfaces, a second communication interface, a processor, and a memory; wherein the first communication interfaces may be configured to exchange audio signals with a group of audio components of different types; wherein an aggregate number of first communication interface bits exceeds a number of second communication interface bits; wherein the audio signals may include input audio signals received from the group and output audio signals transmitted to the group; wherein the processor may be configured to generate an input multiplex of input audio signals; and wherein the second communication interface may be configured to transmit the input multiplex to the processor and to receive an output multiplex from the processor.
US10433058B1
Content rules engines for playback devices are disclosed herein. A media playback system receives a first command to form a synchrony group comprising a plurality of playback devices. The system receives a second command for the synchrony group to play back first audio content. In response to the second command, the first audio content is played back via the synchrony group. The system receives (i) second audio content to be played back by one or more of the playback devices of the synchrony group and (ii) content source properties associated with an audio source of the second audio content. The system accesses a rules engine to determine playback restrictions based at least in part on the content source properties. Based at least in part on the playback restrictions, operation of one or more of the playback devices is restricted.
US10433056B2
An input audio signal is separated into input audio signal components (X(k,b)). A set of two or more band branches provides output audio signal components (Y(k,b)). The set of band branches comprises one or more compressor branches Each compressor branch compresses a respective input audio signal component (X(k,b)) into a respective output audio signal component (Y(k,b)). A summed audio signal (y(t)) is generated by summing the output audio signal components (Y(k,b)). A residual audio signal (v(t)) is a difference between the input audio signal and the summed audio signal(y(t)) A virtual bass signal (w(t)) comprises one or more harmonics of the residual audio signal (v(t)). An output audio signal is generated by summing the summed audio signal (y(t)) and the virtual bass signal (w(t)).
US10433054B1
The present disclosure relates to a protection system for protecting a MEMS transducer of a MEMS device from electrostatic capture, wherein the MEMS transducer is operable in a normal-sensitivity, mode and in a reduced-sensitivity mode. The protection system comprises: an overload detector for detecting an overload condition arising as a result of an excessive sound pressure level at the MEMS transducer; a signal estimator configured to generate an estimate of a sound pressure level at the MEMS transducer; and a controller configured, in response to detection by the overload detector of an overload condition, to: disable an output of the MEMS transducer; and after a delay of a first predetermined period of time: cause the MEMS transducer to operate in the reduced-sensitivity mode; enable the output of the MEMS transducer; and cause the MEMS transducer to return to the normal-sensitivity mode if the estimate of the sound pressure level generated by the signal estimator while the MEMS transducer is operating in the reduced-sensitivity mode is below a safe sound pressure level threshold for a second predetermined period of time.
US10433049B2
A sound-reproducing device has a DSP and a μCom performing a predetermined calculation to an input signal, and an AMP amplifying the calculated signal and outputting the signal to a speaker unit. The DSP and the μCom cuts a part of a reverse characteristic of a frequency characteristic of the speaker unit in a low frequency, and superimposes the reverse characteristic on the input signal. The sound-reproducing device can overcome a shortage of low sound during reproduction of low to medium volume in the speaker unit having a relatively small diameter, and can keep reproduction sound quality without loss of the reproduction sound quality during reproduction of large volume.
US10433043B2
An in-ear hearing device having an ear interfacing portion integrally formed with an elongated stem portion, wherein the ear interfacing portion extends away from the elongated stem portion; a first acoustic port formed in the ear interfacing portion; a speaker disposed in the ear interfacing portion and aligned to emit sound from the acoustic port; a plurality of electrical contacts disposed at an end of the stem portion, the plurality of electrical contacts including first and second contacts; a second acoustic port formed at the end of the elongated stem portion between the first and second contacts; a microphone disposed in the stem portion; and a channel that fluidically couples the microphone to the second acoustic port.
US10433041B2
An outdoor loudspeaker that is weather resistant and includes environmental lighting is described. The lamp is mounted to a cap at the top of the loudspeaker. An audio driver is mounted below the lamp. A system outdoor loudspeakers is also described. The lighting circuitry and the audio circuitry is separate, e.g., separate conduits and wiring in the loudspeaker. The cap can include a light guide, e.g., a lens centrally mounted in the cap or an opaque cover to direct the light downwardly and outwardly. At least part of the loudspeaker can be mounted underground and, in the case of a sub-woofer, the entire chamber can be mounted below ground.
US10433028B2
There are provided an apparatus and method for tracking temporal variation of a video content context using dynamically generated metadata, wherein the method includes generating static metadata on the basis of internal data held during an initial publication of video content and tagging the generated static metadata to the video content, collecting external data related to the video content generated after the video content is published, generating dynamic metadata related to the video content on the basis of the collected external data and tagging the generated dynamic metadata to the video content, repeating regeneration and tagging of the dynamic metadata with an elapse of time, tracking a change in content of the dynamic metadata, and generating and providing a trend analysis report corresponding to a result of tracking the change in the content.
US10433026B2
Systems and methods for replacing a portion of a broadcast content with a customized, live-streaming alternate media stream are provided. Usable by applications developed for the Web, mobile devices, laptop or desktop computers, or broadcast television, the system includes a broadcast server to prepare customized media streams for a particular broadcast in communication with a client receiver capable of receiving a customized media stream and synching the stream with the particular broadcast of interest. Thus, the user may view the original broadcast with the alternative audio or video stream, in some cases in near real-time, and enjoy the alternative media stream seamlessly with the original broadcast. In order to provide the capabilities disclosed herein, a fingerprinting method is used to analyze the original broadcast and synchronize timing, without modifying the original broadcast data.
US10433025B2
Systems and methods are disclosed to receive a request for a virtual reality render project that includes information specifying virtual reality video data to be used to create a virtual reality render; determine a plurality of virtual reality jobs required to create the virtual reality render from the virtual reality video data; determine the availability of a plurality of virtual reality nodes across the network; create a virtual reality render map that specifies a processing sequence of the plurality of virtual reality jobs across the one or more virtual reality nodes to create the virtual reality render, the virtual reality render map being created based on at least the availability of the plurality of virtual reality nodes; and process the plurality of virtual reality jobs at the plurality of virtual reality nodes to create the virtual reality.
US10433017B2
A system for managing content distributed over an electronic network includes a multichannel video programming distributor server for distributing and managing content, and an authorization server for establishing and managing permissions for subscriber access to the content. Each of the servers are in operable communication with the electronic network. The system further includes at least one subscriber device in operable communication with the electronic network. The subscriber device includes a processor, a device memory, and a display, and also an MVPD application stored within the device memory and configured to run on the processor when executed. The MVPD application is configured to display for viewing, upon invocation of a deep link within the MVPD application, content from the multichannel video programming distributor server.
US10433004B2
The present disclosure relates to a reception apparatus, a reception method, and a program for generating a time stamp with a simple circuit structure that is realized at low cost. In one example, a reception apparatus includes a reception unit, an obtaining unit, a time stamp increment value specifying unit, a time stamp calculating unit and a time stamp adding unit. The reception unit receives a data stream formed of a series of packets. The obtaining unit obtains a transmission parameter from the received data stream. The time stamp increment value specifying unit specifies a time stamp increment value corresponding to the obtained transmission parameter. The time stamp calculating unit updates the time stamp by adding the specified time stamp increment value to a previous time stamp, and the time stamp adding unit adds the updated time stamp to the packets configuring the data stream.
US10433002B1
Various devices, systems, products and methods for synchronizing video displayed on multiple display devices are presented. The systems, methods, devices and products described herein optionally utilize one or more techniques for synchronizing two or more displays of video of an event filmed from two or more cameras. Synchronization signals are optionally used to allow the video displays to be matched precisely to account for differences in display time, transmission time, delivery time and processing time.
US10433001B2
A broadcast receiving apparatus includes a plurality of tuners configured to be tuned for a broadcast signal; and a processor configured to: make a plurality of operations be assigned to and performed in the plurality of tuners, the plurality of operations being different from one another and being performed in sequence to receive content involved in the broadcast signal, make the assignment of the plurality of operations to the plurality of tuners be varied depending on progress with the plurality of operations, and perform control to receive the content from the broadcast signal.
US10432996B2
A distributed application is executed by a client device, sampling output by a player device that is playing audio-video content, and obtains information (e.g., advertising) relating to an object that is imaged or referenced in a portion of the playing content. The client device outputs the information on the client device while the content is playing on the player device, and optionally receives user input responsive to the information. The user of the client device receives the advertising or other information without any interruption of the content playing on the player device. Associating and providing user interface objects (information “cards”) in connection with limited portions of video content enables more user-friendly, less distracting advertising in connection with video content.
US10432987B2
Real-time metadata about a plurality of video streams, and information associated with a directed stream, is received. The information includes a plurality of time segments, where time segments correspond to a respective video stream selected by a director for display in the directed stream during the time segment. Additionally, it is determined, based on the information, that the directed stream will display a first video stream during a first time segment. Further, a subsidiary stream is generated for a first group of users. This involves determining to substitute a second video stream for the first video stream during the first time segment, based on real-time metadata and further based on a first set of rules associated with the first group of users. When the first time segment begins, the second video stream is outputted for display in the subsidiary stream.
US10432979B2
A better compromise between encoding complexity and achievable rate distortion ratio, and/or to achieve a better rate distortion ratio is achieved by using multitree sub-divisioning not only in order to subdivide a continuous area, namely the sample array, into leaf regions, but using the intermediate regions also to share coding parameters among the corresponding collocated leaf blocks. By this measure, coding procedures performed in tiles—leaf regions—locally, may be associated with coding parameters individually without having to, however, explicitly transmit the whole coding parameters for each leaf region separately. Rather, similarities may effectively exploited by using the multitree subdivision.
US10432970B1
A system and method for effectuating optimized 360° immersive video viewing experience. A media input stream is coded into a first set of bitstreams having different qualities, wherein each GOP starts with an intra-coded (I) frame followed by a set of frames including at least one predictive-coded (P) frame. The media input stream is also coded into a second set of bitstreams having different qualities, wherein each GOP starts with an I-frame followed by a plurality of X-frames, each X-frame having a slice header of a P-frame and comprising blocks of intra-coded data only (e.g., I-blocks). During playout of the 360° immersive video content, when a viewport changes during mid-GOP and/or if bandwidth allocation changes, higher quality data in an X-frame is muxed into the coded video sequence for providing enhanced viewing experience with minimum latency.
US10432953B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for compressing images using neural networks. One of the methods includes receiving an image; processing the image using an encoder neural network, wherein the encoder neural network is configured to receive the image and to process the image to generate an output defining values of a first number of latent variables that each represent a feature of the image; generating a compressed representation of the image using the output defining the values of the first number of latent variables; and providing the compressed representation of the image for use in generating a reconstruction of the image.
US10432949B2
Image decoding method, image encoding method, image decoding apparatus, and image encoding apparatus
An image decoding method includes a constraint information decoding step of decoding constraint information indicating prohibition of reference from a target tile, which is one of a plurality of tiles obtained by partitioning a picture, to another tile, and a list generation step of generating a prediction motion vector list including a plurality of prediction motion vector candidates and a plurality of prediction motion vector indices each associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of prediction motion vector candidates. In the list generating step, a prediction motion vector list not including a temporal motion vector of a block on a lower right side of the target block is generated.
US10432946B2
Judder artifacts are remedied in video coding system by employing frame rate conversion at an encoder. A source video sequence may be coded as base layer coded video at a first frame rate. An encoder may identify a portion of the coded video sequence that likely will exhibit judder effects when decoded. For those portions that likely will exhibit judder effects, video data representing the portion of the source video may be coded at a higher frame rate than a frame rate of the coded base layer data as enhancement layer data. Moreover, an encoder may generate metadata representing “FRC hints”—techniques that a decoder should employ when performing decoder-side frame rate conversion. An encoding terminal may transmit the base layer coded video and either the enhancement layer coded video or the FRC hints to a decoder. Thus, encoder infrastructure may mitigate against judder artifacts that may arise during decoding.
US10432945B2
A probably update method used in context-based adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) is disclosed. The probably update method for binary arithmetic decoding obtains an autocorrelation value of each bin by using values of received bins, determines at least one scaling factor used to update a probability of a binary value based on the autocorrelation value, and updates a probability used in context-based adaptive binary arithmetic decoding by using the determined at least one scaling factor.
US10432942B2
Techniques are described for signaling information used to generate three-dimensional (3D) color lookup tables for color gamut scalability in multi-layer video coding. A lower layer of video data may include color data in a first color gamut and a higher layer of the video data may include color data in a second color gamut. To generate inter-layer reference pictures, a video encoder and/or video decoder performs color prediction to convert the color data of a reference picture in the first color gamut to the second color gamut. The video coder may perform color prediction using a 3D lookup table. According to the techniques, a video encoder may encode partition information and/or color values of a 3D lookup table generated for color gamut scalability. A video decoder may decode the partition information and/or color values to generate the 3D lookup table in order to perform color gamut scalability.
US10432939B2
A decoder for decoding a data stream into which media data is coded has a mode switch configured to activate a low-complexity mode or a high-efficiency mode depending on the data stream, an entropy decoding engine configured to retrieve each symbol of a sequence of symbols by entropy decoding using a selected one of a plurality of entropy decoding schemes, a desymbolizer configured to desymbolize the sequence of symbols to obtain a sequence of syntax elements, a reconstructor configured to reconstruct the media data based on the sequence of syntax elements, selection depending on the activated low-complexity mode or the high-efficiency mode. In another aspect, a desymbolizer is configured to perform desymbolization such that the control parameter varies in accordance with the data stream at a first rate in case of the high-efficiency mode being activated and the control parameter is constant irrespective of the data stream or changes depending on the data stream, but at a second lower rate in case of the low-complexity mode being activated.
US10432937B2
A method for reducing the entropy of an original matrix, includes a step using a wavelet transformation of the original matrix into a transformed matrix, a quantization coefficient corresponding to each wavelet level, the wavelet transformation being calculated in fixed decimal point using a first number of digits at least equal to 1, for example 3 digits, after the decimal point. Such a method is particularly advantageous for image compression.
US10432934B2
A video encoding device includes: a quantization step size encoding unit 11 for encoding a quantization step size for controlling quantization granularity; and a quantization step size downsampling unit 12 for downsampling one or more encoded quantization step sizes to generate a quantization step size representative value. The quantization step size encoding unit 11 predicts the quantization step size using the quantization step size representative value.
US10432925B2
The present application discloses a light field display control method and apparatus. The techniques of this disclosure provide a differentiated spatial resolution of different regions of a light field display image. The display pixel density distribution of the display of the light field display device is adjusted from original uniform distribution of display pixels to adjusted non-uniform distribution. The adjusted display pixels of the display includes non-uniform differentiated distribution. Sampling processing is then performed on a to-be-displayed light field image according to actual locations of the display pixels of the display, such that the light field image undergone the sampling processing corresponds to the actual locations of the display pixels of the display. The adjusted display displays the light field image that includes non-uniform differentiated distribution of pixels.
US10432920B2
A display generates a real image of object pixels, from which an optical system with lenslets generates an immersive virtual image of image pixels, by each lenslet projecting light from the display to a respective pupil range on an imaginary eyeball subtending 15 degrees whole angle at the center of the eyeball. Object pixels are in clusters, each associated with a lenslet that produces from the object pixels a partial virtual image. The partial virtual images combine to form the immersive virtual image. Imaging light rays on the pupil range via a given lenslet come from the associated cluster. Imaging light rays falling on the pupil range from a given cluster pass through the associated lenslet. Imaging light rays exiting a given lenslet towards the pupil range from one image pixel of the immersive virtual image are from a single object pixel of the associated cluster.
US10432911B2
A method for identifying contamination upon a lens of a stereoscopic camera is disclosed. The stereoscopic camera is arranged such that it has the same capturing area over time, and is provided with a first camera providing first images of said capturing area and a second camera providing second images of said capturing area. The first and second images are divided into at least one evaluation area correspondently located in respective image. A traffic surveillance system is also disclosed where contamination upon a lens of a stereoscopic camera is identified according to said method.
US10432910B2
Methods and apparatus for allowing a user to switch viewing positions and/or perspective while viewing an environment, e.g., as part of a 3D playback/viewing experience, are described. In various embodiments images of the environment are captured using cameras placed at multiple camera positions. During viewing a user can select which camera position he/she would like to experience the environment from. While experiencing the environment from the perspective of a first camera position the user may switch from the first to a second camera position by looking at the second position. A visual indication is provided to the user to indicate that the user can select the other camera position as his/her viewing position. If a user input indicates a desired viewing position change, a switch to the alternate viewing position is made and the user is presented with images captured from the perspective of the user selected alternative viewing position.
US10432909B2
A digital signage system including a first display device; a second display device arranged a first spatial interval from the first display device and having a display screen that at least partially overlaps a display screen on the first display device; and a controller configured to control the first display device to display single image data at a first time, and control the second display device to display the single image data at a second time based on the first spatial interval between the first display device and the second display device. Further, at least one of the first display device and the second display device is a transparent display.
US10432905B2
An image processing method is provided. The image sensor is controlled to output the merged image. It is determined whether there is a target object in the merged image. When there is the target object in the merged image, the merged image is converted into a merged true-color image. An image processing apparatus and an electronic device are provided. With the image processing method, the image processing apparatus and the electronic device, by determining whether there is a target object in the merged image, the image sensor is controlled to output a suitable image. The situation that the image sensor needs to take a long work to output a high quality image can be avoided, such that the work time is reduced, the work efficiency is improved, thus improving the user satisfaction.
US10432901B2
To prevent visibility of content from being partially lowered due to existence of a projection unsuitable area while effectively utilizing a projection suitable area. Provided is a content projection control method including the steps of obtaining content data indicating content including a plurality of objects, each object including one or more images or a plurality of characters, obtaining projection area data indicating a projection area, determining a projection unsuitable area, which is not suitable for projection in the projection area, based on the projection area data, generating a plurality of arrangement units from the content indicated by the content data, each arrangement unit including one object or a plurality of adjacent objects, and changing a layout of the arrangement units by determining a projection position of each arrangement unit based on a position of the projection unsuitable area.
US10432894B2
The present invention is to provide a system, a method, and a program for communication that is capable to easily select an image from a plurality of images and communicate with a person around the camera that takes the selected image. The system for communication 1 that are connected with a plurality of cameras 300 through a network displays images taken by the plurality of cameras 300, selects a desired image from the displayed images taken by the plurality of cameras 300, and communicates with a person around the camera 300 corresponding to the selected image through a device attached to the camera 300.
US10432886B2
A display system is provided. The display system includes a display apparatus configured to display an image, an image providing apparatus configured to provide an image, and a remote control device configured to transmit a control signal for controlling the image providing apparatus. The display apparatus is further configured to control the remote control device to transmit at least one control signal to the image providing apparatus, and acquire apparatus information of the image providing apparatus by analyzing an image provided by the image providing apparatus to the display apparatus in response the image providing device receiving the at least one control signal transmitted by the remote control device.
US10432881B2
A signal component amount calculation unit calculates dispersion or standard deviation of multiple times of infrared detection signals detected by each detector element to be processed, and calculates the amount of a signal component dependent on infrared rays incident on the infrared detector included in the infrared detection signals, on the basis of the calculated dispersion or standard deviation. A fixed pattern noise calculation unit calculates the amount of a fixed pattern noise component on the basis of the infrared detection signals and the calculated amount of a signal component. A data update unit updates the fixed pattern noise data with the calculated amount of a fixed pattern noise component.
US10432880B2
An imaging apparatus includes a scanning circuit configured to perform shutter scanning and readout scanning, a first control unit configured to control the capacitance setting unit to set a capacitance value of the input node in the readout scanning, and a second control unit configured to control the capacitance setting unit to set a capacitance value of the input node in the shutter scanning.
US10432867B2
A display controller includes circuitry configured to cause a display device to display self-portrait photographing information in response to receiving an indication that the display device and an imaging unit are in a predetermined positional relationship.
US10432860B2
A controlling method includes obtaining a triggering event and controlling, based on the triggering event, a camera of an electronic apparatus to be in an operation mode corresponding to the triggering event. The triggering event is one of a plurality of types of events. The plurality of types of events include a first-type event and a second-type event that are different from each other.
US10432855B1
Multiple video segments, including multiple frames, may be obtained. The video segments may be time synchronized for at least portions of the video segments captured during a synchronized time period. A first key frame moment may be set with the synchronized time period. A first set of construction parameter values may be determined for the frames captured during the first key frame moment. A first set of spherical images may be constructed using the first set of construction parameter values. A change may be detected in the construction parameter values at a moment in time subsequent to the first key frame moment, which may be identified as a second key frame moment. A second set of construction parameter values may be determined for the frames captured during the second key frame moment. The second set of spherical images may be constructed using the second set of construction parameter values.
US10432846B2
A method for capturing an image includes obtaining location coordinates of an electronic device when a camera device enters a preview mode. Images are obtained according to the obtained location coordinates. The obtained images are displayed on a display device. One of the obtained images is set to be a reference image. Orientation parameters of the reference image and orientation parameters of the electronic device are obtained. One or more difference values are calculated using the obtained orientation parameters. The one or more difference values are displayed on the display device according to one or more indicating icons. Once an adjustment to the orientation of the electronic device is ended, the camera device is controlled to capture an image.
US10432842B2
A movement recognition system includes an inertial sensor, a depth sensor, and a processor. The inertial sensor is coupled to an object and configured to measure a first unit of inertia of the object. The depth sensor is configured to measure a three dimensional shape of the object using projected light patterns and a camera. The processor is configured to receive a signal representative of the measured first unit of inertia from the inertial sensor and a signal representative of the measured shape from the depth sensor and to determine a type of movement of the object based on the measured first unit of inertia and the measured shape utilizing a classification model.
US10432840B2
A fusion night vision system has a plurality of hinged joints that allow an operator to adjust the distance between the left eye piece and the right eyepiece while allowing a row of pixels from a display to be maintained viewable through the right eye piece parallel with an imaginary line formed by an optical axis of the left eye piece with an optical axis of the right eye piece.
US10432822B2
A color conversion LUT creation apparatus includes a derivation unit that derives an output value corresponding to a signal value in an input image for a plurality of virtual color materials whose number is smaller than a number of actual color materials used in an image forming apparatus; a setting unit that sets a target number of dots printed per unit area of the actual color material; and a conversion unit that converts an output value of the plurality of virtual color materials into an output value of the actual color material and creates a color conversion LUT in which the input value and the output value of the actual color material are associated with each other. The setting unit sets the target number of dots based on dispersibility of a dot pattern corresponding to each tone level of a dither matrix used for halftone processing.
US10432816B1
An example apparatus includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium with instructions stored thereon to perform apparatus component initialization sequences. The apparatus component initialization sequences include a full initialization sequence and a short initialization sequence, A processor is to execute the instructions to capture apparatus component state information, determine upon reception of a signal indicative of power on of the apparatus whether a position of an apparatus component is within a threshold of an expected position, perform the short initialization sequence if the position of the apparatus component is within the threshold and using the captured apparatus component state information.
US10432815B2
An information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment has, as operation modes, a normal operation power mode and a power-saving mode in which power consumption is lower than that of the normal operation power mode. The apparatus comprises a human detection sensor which is able to detect a user of the information processing apparatus. The apparatus shifts, based on a detection result of the human detection sensor, the operation mode of the information processing apparatus from the second power mode to the first power mode, and determines whether or not to shift the operation mode of the information processing apparatus to the second mode based on a detection result of the human detection sensor when a first predetermined time period has elapsed without receiving a user operation after shifting the operation mode to the first power mode.
US10432814B2
A hardware processor of an image forming apparatus is able to obtain saving target information from a time of a power-off operation to a time of power supply interruption and to save the saving target information, in a nonvolatile storage of the image forming apparatus, as first snapshot data (for restoring a state at a predetermined time after firmware is activated). When a power-on operation is performed after the time of the power-off operation, the hardware processor determines whether to perform a first high-speed startup process using the first snapshot data as an apparatus startup process with respect to the image forming apparatus. When a determination is made to perform the first high-speed startup process, the hardware processor causes the display of the image forming apparatus to display, in a period in which a hardware initialization process in response to the power-on operation is being performed or immediately after the hardware initialization process is completed, an advance notice screen to be displayed before completion of startup in response to the power-on operation, the advance notice screen giving an advance notice that a transition to a user operable state following the power-on operation will be completed.
US10432809B2
A clipping processor is configured to estimate a background pixel value which is a read value of a background board and to clip an image of an original document from a read image based on the background pixel value which is estimated, the read value changing due to an increase in distance between a sensor and the background board caused by the original document, the read image being a result of reading an area including the original document and the background board.
US10432808B2
A printing device (102) comprises a plurality of feeder print trays (104) to hold print media to be used for printing. The printing device (102) further comprises a plurality of user input sensors (106), such that a user input sensor (106) is provided in proximity to each of the plurality of feeder print trays (104) to sense at least one user input provided by a user on an outer surface of a casing of the corresponding feeder print tray (104). Further, an input tray control module (108) is communicatively coupled to the plurality of input sensors (106). The input tray control module (108) correlates the user input as selection of the corresponding feeder print tray (104) and subsequently determines selection attributes corresponding to the user input. The input tray control module (108) further determines a tray control action to be initiated for the selected feeder print tray (104) based on the user input data and the selection attribute.
US10432804B2
An image processing apparatus, in response to selection of a setting history of a job, receives an instruction to register a job setting corresponding to the selected setting history as a frequently used setting.
US10432803B2
An image formation system includes: an encoded image generation device including a first processor that generates print data from manuscript data, sets security information for controlling a print mode of the print data, and generates an encoded image from the print data and the security information; and an image formation device including a second processor that inputs the encoded image, decodes the print data and the security data from the input encoded image, determines whether an output of the decoded print data is available in accordance with the decoded security information, and outputs the decoded print data when it is determined that the output of the print data is available.
US10432790B2
Systems and methods for automated telephone host system interaction. A system can include one or more client applications executable by respective communication devices and a server in communication with the respective communication devices. The system can store user information for a user and receive, from the user, requests associated with a service provider. Responsive to the requests, the system can cause initiation of a call center call to a call center associated with the service provider, automatically navigate a call handling system of the call center, monitor a held call center call, and detect when a live agent answers the call. Responsive to detecting the live agent, the system can initiate a call to the user device and bridge the calls such that the user can speak to the live agent.
US10432789B2
A system and method for distinguishing the sentiment of utterances in a dialog is disclosed. The system utilizes a lexicon that is expanded from a seed using unsupervised machine learning. What results is a sentiment classifier that may be optimized for a variety of environments (e.g., conversation, chat, email, etc.), each of which may communicate sentiment differently.
US10432784B2
The present disclosure generally relates to the field of telecommunication systems. The disclosure more particularly relates to a system and method for effectuating real time shaped data transfer during call setup procedure in a telecommunication network, where selection is made to shape the data transfer during call setup by called party, providing a dynamic tone service operation, where dynamic tone consists of dynamic ring back tone and dynamic busy tone.
US10432783B2
A method for handling calls to be moved within a system having an unmonitored domain and a monitored domain can include the step of upon first arrival of a call at said unmonitored domain, a context of said call based on a called number, a calling number, and any redirection number(s) included in said call can be provided. Another step of the method can include, for each movement of said call between said unmonitored domain and said monitored domain, providing a unique number to be temporarily used for said particular movement, based on said call context, while avoiding that said unique number is used to move any other call within the system at the same time. An apparatus for can be configured to facilitate performance of the method (e.g. communication system, a device, non-transitory memory, etc.).
US10432780B2
A wireless terminal having a user interface comprising: i) a cellular transceiver configured to communicate with a cellular network and to receive therefrom an incoming text message from a calling party; ii) a personal area network PAN transceiver configured to communicate with a vehicle PAN transceiver associated with a vehicle; iii) a controller configured to determine when the vehicle is moving and to place the wireless terminal in a DRIVE mode. During DRIVE mode, the controller detects receipt of the incoming text message by the cellular transceiver and is further configured to prevent the text message from being displayed to the driver on the user interface of the wireless terminal.
US10432778B2
A portable communications device comprises an interactive touchscreen display (20) having a transparent outer surface member occupying substantially all of a front surface of the communications device. A casing provides a rear surface of the communications device. The device further comprises an audible sound transmitter and an audible sound receiver arranged so as to receive vocal sounds produced by a user when the device is placed against the user's head. An ultrasonic transmitter (24) is separate from the audible sound transmitter. An elongate aperture (28) has a minimum dimension less than 100 μm located between the transparent outer surface member and the casing. A channel connects the elongate aperture and the ultrasonic transmitter so as to permit ultrasonic signals to pass out of the elongate aperture.
US10432773B1
Embodiments of wireless audio systems, wireless transceivers, and methods for wirelessly communicating audio information are disclosed herein. In one example, a wireless audio system includes a primary wireless transceiver and a secondary wireless transceiver. The primary wireless transceiver includes a first radio frequency (RF) module configured to transmit, audio information at a first frequency. The primary wireless audio transceiver further includes a second RF module configured to transmit the audio information at a second frequency. The secondary wireless audio transceiver includes a third RF module configured to receive, the audio information at the first frequency. The secondary wireless transceiver further includes a fourth RF module configured to receive the audio information at the second frequency. At least one of the primary wireless audio transceiver or the secondary wireless audio transceiver includes a control module configured to determine a criterion corresponding to switching a transmission frequency from the first frequency to the second frequency is met. The control model is further configured to switch the transmission frequency.
US10432761B2
Techniques are described for wireless communication. One method includes receiving, at a medium access control (MAC) entity, protocol data units (PDUs) corresponding to one or more Internet protocol (IP) flows, routing the PDUs from the MAC entity to respective radio link control (RLC) entities based on a logical channel prioritization, and forwarding the PDUs from respective RLC entities to one or more packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entities mapped to each RLC entity. Another method includes receiving, at a protocol layer entity above an RLC layer of a transmitting device, a PDU, labeling the PDU with a unique PDCP instance identifier packet, and passing the PDU to a protocol layer entity below the PDCP layer of the transmitting device.
US10432759B2
Assigning chromatic numbers based on a pre-assigned scheme to a stream of sensor data from sensors of Internet connected devices to “color” the message which can then be processed by chromatic number to obtain a pluralized stream of data.
US10432754B2
A distributed networking system and protocol is provided to a networking system with a modular design. The distributed networking system may include a networking system, modules, control module, user interface module, input/output module, network module, data transmission network, hybrid modules and composite modules. A method to interface with accessories of a system with a modular design using the distributed networking system and protocol is also provided.
US10432749B2
In one embodiment, a method includes one or more computing devices identifying multiple applications associated with a social-networking system based at least in part on social-networking information for a user associated with the social-networking system. The method also includes calculating, using a machine-learning model and for each of the identified applications, a score based at least in part on a click-through probability that the user will interact with the application upon display of a selectable representation associated with the application, where the machine-learning model is based at least in part on one or more features associated with the user or the application. The method also includes sending, to a client device of the user for display, information to present a selectable representation associated with each of one or more of the identified applications based at least in part on the score for the application.
US10432747B2
Systems, apparatuses and methodologies to facilitate a capture-to-workflow feature on a terminal apparatus configured to upload captured content along with user specified metadata, via a network to a content management apparatus. Such terminal apparatus configured to enable to perform metadata entry using a cached workflow, even when the terminal apparatus is not connected via the network to the content management apparatus.
US10432744B2
An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit and a controller. The communication unit is capable of communicating with another information processing apparatus via a relay server in a network. The controller is capable of obtaining communication environment information indicating a communication environment of the communication unit, the communication environment information including attribute information on a communication relay apparatus relaying communication between the communication unit and the relay server. Further, the controller is capable of calculating a sending interval to send maintenance signals to maintain connection with the relay server based on the obtained communication environment information. Further, the controller is capable of controlling the communication unit to send the maintenance signals to the relay server at the calculated sending interval.
US10432741B2
Systems and methods are provided, which provide for validation of message delivery utilizing push functionality. Such systems and methods expedite delivery of data while utilizing reliable periodic pull to validate message delivery by querying a group or groups of recipients. The invention may then receive responses from execution of periodic pull functionality and initiate known tasks or preconfigured actions in accordance with any particular response received or not received.
US10432730B1
An apparatus for inhibiting data on a bi-directional bus includes a first portion having a first analog port and a digital output. A second portion has a second analog port and a digital input, and the digital output is operably coupled to the first digital input. The digital output of the first portion is configured to produce a digital representation of an analog input signal presented to the first analog port. Likewise, the second analog port of the second portion is configured to produce an analog output representation of a digital signal presented to the digital input. The first and second portion cooperate to inhibit the propagation of data presented to the second analog port as an input.
US10432723B2
According to one embodiment, a storage server includes first tiered storage devices, a network interface and a processor. The network interface communicates with each of a client and another storage server through a network. The other storage server includes second tiered storage devices. The processor reads, when a read request is received from the client, data designated by the read request from the first tiered storage devices, and transmits the read data to the client. The processor relocates data among the first tiered storage devices and transmits information indicative of data placement in the first tiered storage devices after the relocation of the data as a hint for data relocation among the second tiered storage devices, to the other storage server.
US10432719B2
Systems and methods for supporting efficient virtualization in a lossless interconnection network. An exemplary method can provide, one or more switches, including at least a leaf switch, a plurality of host channel adapters, wherein each of the host channel adapters comprise at least one virtual function, at least one virtual switch, and at least one physical function, a plurality of hypervisors, and a plurality of virtual machines, wherein each of the plurality of virtual machines are associated with at least one virtual function. The method can arrange the plurality of host channel adapters with one or more of a virtual switch with prepopulated local identifiers (LIDs) architecture or a virtual switch with dynamic LID assignment architecture. The method can assign each virtual switch with a LID. The method can calculate one or more linear forwarding tables based at least upon the LIDs assigned to each of the virtual switches.
US10432717B2
Embodiments of the present application enable setup synchronization of an end user medical device (110) such as a blood glucose meter. The invention includes a controller (302) including a memory (304); a transceiver (306) operatively coupled to the controller; and a host computer (104) interface (208) operative to couple the controller to a host computer, wherein the memory is operative to store instructions executable on the controller. The instructions are adapted to cause the controller to scan for an advertising medical device using the transceiver, establish a communications connection with a medical device advertising for synchronization, and transmit synchronization data to a medical device once a communication connection has been established. Numerous other aspects are disclosed.
US10432716B2
A metadata synchronization system is provided. The metadata synchronization system may include a plurality of metadata elements included in a plurality of applications. The plurality of applications may be coupled to a plurality of application hubs. The plurality of application hubs may be coupled to a federated metadata repository. The plurality of application hubs may be coupled to a governed metadata repository. The system may include crawling the plurality of applications, the plurality of application hubs, the federated metadata repository and the governed metadata repository to ensure that the metadata elements are synchronized across all of the components. In the event that a metadata element is not synchronized across any one of the components, the system may notify interested parties and/or resolve the discrepancy.
US10432713B2
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and processes to perform application aware input/output (I/O) fencing operations. Performing such an application aware I/O fencing operation includes installing an identifier that identifies an instance of an application with a node on which the instance of the application is executing, on coordination points. A weight assigned to the instance of the application is determined, and the instance of the application is terminated based on the weight.
US10432711B1
A method for selecting a service endpoint from a plurality of service endpoints in a distributed system of a service provider may include storing processing data for each of the plurality of endpoints. A success rate may be calculated for each of the plurality of service endpoints and based on a number of processed requests from a plurality of received requests. An average latency may be calculated based on latency associated with each of the processed requests. A latency score may be calculated based on a minimum average latency and the average latency. A raw score may be calculated based on the latency score and the success rate. A selection weight may be calculated based on the raw score and a balancing parameter. One of the plurality of endpoints may be selected based on the selection weight.
US10432709B2
The disclosure provides a load balancing method, a load balancing system, a load balancing device and a topology reduction method. The load balancing method includes configuring a transmission progress value for each of the edge servers; grouping the edge servers into server groups, wherein each of the edge servers is grouped into at least one server group among the server groups; receiving a download request corresponding to a first video stream from a user device, wherein a first server group among the server groups provides the first video stream; and selecting one of the edge servers from the edge servers of the first server group as a first edge server to provide video data of the first video stream to the user device according to the transmission progress values of the edge servers of the first server group.
US10432701B2
Embodiments of the systems described herein can implement one or more processes remotely delivering customized code to a host application and/or computing device. The host application may be configured as an Application Programming Interface with a customized code processing library that may configure the host application to receive further instructions remotely. The host application may be further configured to execute host code and/or third-party code. The host application may be configured to receive remote application logic, after the host application has been installed on a computing device, and to execute the received application logic to alter the behavior of the host application, such as selectively tracking end user interactions.
US10432700B2
Conversation connected visualization of items based on a user created list is provided. In some examples, a user may indicate the entry of a list of items to be visualized or user, intent may be inferred from an entered list in an email or similar communication. Connections between the items on the list may be determined and a connected node visualization generated. The visualization may be presented within a user interface in conjunction with the email and users allowed to define or characterize nodes or items in the visualization. Depending on a type of item, different prompts to provide definition/characterization input may be presented. The visualization may be associated with the communication and a conversation to winch the communication belongs. Users may access the visualization through a separate application or through the communication application.
US10432699B2
A system and method for performing an operational metric analysis for a virtual appliance uses application operational data from multiple instances of the virtual appliance. The application operational data is then used to generate an operational metric prediction for the virtual appliance.
US10432696B2
The present technology relates to a transmitting apparatus, a transmitting method, a receiving apparatus, a receiving method, a program, and a content distribution system capable of stably supplying content to a plurality of terminal devices. A terminal device 21 is capable of receiving content streaming distribution from a content distribution server 11 over the Internet 2. In addition, the terminal device 21 is capable of relaying the received content to a different terminal device 21 over the Internet 2. If the quality of the content distributed in such a manner is degraded (e.g., the amount of delay increases), the content distribution server 11 can control a TV broadcasting apparatus 13 to streaming-distribute the content by on-air broadcast. In addition, the content distribution server 11 can stop broadcasting of the content in accordance with the number of viewers. The present invention is applicable to a content distribution system.
US10432693B2
A method is provided for enabling the signing/dedication of information objects including a celebrity accessing a signature/dedication queue of information objects, the celebrity, by operation of a signature/dedication utility associating a signature/dedication of the one or more information objects, and distributing the information object(s) to the intended buyer/recipient such that the system is operable to validate that the celebrity signed/dedicated the information object(s) delivered to the buyer/recipient. The system of the present invention includes a computer device associated with a celebrity for capturing his/her handwriting and a signature utility linked to the computer device and to a server computer, for presenting one or more information objects to the celebrity, and for each information object enabling the celebrity to create a signing/dedication of the information object, the signature utility associating the signing/dedication to the information object, and being operable to enable the validation that the celebrity signed/dedicated the particular information object.
US10432692B2
Technology a client operable to receive streaming content from a server is disclosed. The client can signal a device capability exchange message for transmission to the server. The client can process streaming content received from the server. A rendering orientation of the streaming content can be corrected for misalignment at the server prior to delivery of the streaming content to the client when the device capability exchange message indicates that the client is not an orientation-aware terminal.
US10432688B2
A method of providing live adaptive bitrate (ABR) video to a premises includes receiving live ABR transport stream based content for a channel from a content server; encapsulating transport stream (TS) packets for the content in RTP packets to form RTP content packets; encapsulating in RTP packets an aggregate manifest for a plurality of ABR streams for the content to form RTP manifest packets; multiplexing the RTP content packets and the RTP manifest packets; and transmitting the multiplexed RTP packets as a multicast stream.
US10432686B1
A system for delivering live streaming content based on accurate media data fragment size and duration. The system may include a client media player to receive a portion of a streaming media file (e.g., in an MP4 format), download a first sub-portion of the streaming media file including fragment-level metadata, and parse and analyze the fragment-level metadata to determine a size and duration of a current fragment of the media file. A media server may generate custom data identifying a size and duration of a current fragment of a media file. The media server may insert the custom data (e.g., as a custom header or unique packet identifier) and send the custom data to a client media player. The client media player may be configured to decode the custom data and determine the current fragment size and duration.
US10432682B2
The present invention relates to a method and system of redirecting streaming content from one user equipment to the other available precise user equipment over a communication network. In one embodiment this is accomplished by registering a plurality of user equipments and a server with at least one lookup server, checking periodically integrity of the connection between the first user equipment and the lookup server, triggering, upon failure of connection, to identify the transfer of some or all incoming contents at the first UE to at least one second UE from the group of UEs registered with the lookup server and redirecting the transfer of the content of the lookup server from the first UE to the identified second available UE, wherein the redirection is based on the unique ID of the content.
US10432676B2
Non-limiting examples disclosed herein describe processing capabilities for ad-hoc online meetings. In an implementation, an identifier is received that corresponds with a specific location. A proximity signal is received from one or more components associated with the specific location. The received proximity signal comprises one of: a modulated light signal, an audible sound, an inaudible sound and ambient noise. The identifier is validated based on a comparison of the proximity signal with a reference signal for the one or more components. A service identifier for a conferencing session is provided based on a validation of the identifier. In one example, a computing device is connected to the conference session based on receipt of a request that comprises the provided service identifier. In another example, the conference session is automatically transferred from a client computing device to a component associated with the specific location such as a room display device.
US10432661B2
In one embodiment, a device in a network detects an anomaly in the network using an anomaly detector. The anomaly corresponds to an anomalous behavior exhibited by one or more nodes in the network. The device computes an anomaly score for the anomaly that represents a measure of the anomalous behavior. The device adjusts the anomaly score using a boost score. The boost score is generated by a boosting function that accounts for domain-specific biases of the anomaly detector. The device reports the anomaly to a supervisory device based on whether the adjusted anomaly score exceeds a reporting threshold.
US10432653B2
Disclosed is a method for detecting anomaly traffic using an autoencoder based on an inception-residual network-v2 which is one type of machine learning methods, the method including generating a plurality of encoders on the basis of traffic data for learning; generating a plurality of pieces of image data on the basis of traffic data for each session, which is a detection target; and determining whether the traffic data for each session is abnormal using at least one among the traffic data for learning, the plurality of encoders, and the plurality of pieces of image data.
US10432642B2
A system and method of providing a secure data corridor are provided. A request from a subject for at least one data element of a data feed is received. A use-case is identified for the data feed. A security label is assigned to the use-case. A clearance of the subject is compared to the security label of the use-case. Upon determining that a clearance of the subject is at or above the data sensitivity rating of the use-case, the subject is allowed access privilege to the data feed via the secure data corridor.
US10432640B1
Sharing data is disclosed. In some cases, sharing data includes receiving a request to share data from a first account to a second account, receiving an indication of a plurality of first account profiles associated with the first account to share with the second account, and establishing sharing from the plurality of first account profiles to the second account, wherein sharing comprises the second account having read access to a subset of nonpublic data associated with the plurality of first account profiles.
US10432627B2
The present disclosure is directed to secure sensor data transport and processing. End-to-end security may prevent attackers from altering data during the sensor-based security procedure. For example, following sensor data capture execution in a device may be temporarily suspended. During the suspension of execution, sensor interface circuitry in the device may copy the sensor data from a memory location associated with the sensor to a trusted execution environment (TEE) within the device. The TEE may provide a secure location in which the sensor data may be processed and a determination may be made as to whether to grant access to the secure resources. The TEE may comprise, for example, match circuitry to compare the sensor data to previously captured sensor data for users that are allowed to access the secured resources and output circuitry to grant access to the secured resources or to perform activities associated with a security exception.
US10432624B2
An identity verification method performed at a terminal includes: displaying and/or playing in an audio form action guide information selected from a preset action guide information library, and collecting a corresponding set of action images within a preset time window; performing matching detection on the collected set of action images and the action guide information, to obtain a living body detection result indicating whether a living body exists in the collected set of action images; according to the living body detection result that indicates that a living body exists in the collected set of action images: collecting user identity information and performing verification according to the collected user identity information, to obtain a user identity information verification result; and determining the identity verification result according to the user identity information verification result.
US10432621B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving user input indicating a first user selection of a first form of biometric authentication from a plurality of forms of biometric authentication, providing a first interface for display on a user device, the first interface corresponding to the first form, receiving first biometric data, the first biometric data being provided using the first interface, and selectively enabling communication between the user device and a back-end system based on the first biometric data.
US10432615B2
Techniques are described in which for a user to obtain access to or entitlement to objects or locations, such as for example a web application or entry into an accounting office, the system derives a unified risk score associated with the user. The computer compares the unified risk score against a set of rules to determine whether the unified risk score is greater than a particular threshold. Based on such determination, the computer can cause denial of access or entitlement for example by denying entry to the web application or transmitting a denied message to a system that controls the physical lock on the door to the accounting office. In generating the unified risk score, the computer retrieves the most up-to-date identity information about the user by signing on to an aggregator system using any supported login identity provider username and password or other authenticating credentials associated with the user.
US10432604B2
A computer-implemented system and method for pool-based identity authentication for service access without use of stored credentials is disclosed. The method in an example embodiment includes providing provisioning information for storage in a provisioning repository; receiving a service request from a service consumer, the service request including requestor identifying information; generating an authentication request to send to an authentication authority, the authentication request including requestor identifying information; receiving validation of an authenticated service request from the authentication authority; and providing the requested service to the service consumer.
US10432602B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a sensing circuit and a processor. The processor is configured to captures a plurality of authentication images through the sensing circuit during a specific time, select at least one first image from the authentication images, and perform an authentication based on the at least one first image.
US10432600B2
An apparatus includes a computing system that is configured to receive, from an electronic device, a verification message indicating that the electronic device is not corrupt. The computing system is also configured to receive, from the electronic device, a unique universal identifier (UUID) that is associated with an application stored in a memory of the electronic device. The computing system is further configured to receive, from a management server of the one or more management servers, a server key stored in a credential store and that is associated with the UUID received from the electronic device. In addition, the computing system is configured to establish one or more secure channels for electronic data communication with the electronic device based on the received UUID and the server key.
US10432595B2
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.
US10432592B2
Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses may provide password encryption for hybrid cloud services. A workspace cloud connector internally residing with an entity may intercept user credentials associated with an internal application being transmitted to an external cloud service. The workspace cloud connector may generate an encryption key and encrypt the user credentials via a reversible encryption methodology. The workspace cloud connector may encrypt the encryption key using an irreversible encryption methodology (e.g., use a hashing function to produce a first hash). The workspace cloud connector may transmit the encrypted user credentials and the first hash to a virtual delivery agent via a first path (e.g., via the external cloud service). In response, the workspace cloud connector may receive an address of the virtual delivery agent and, using the address, may send the encryption key to the virtual delivery agent via a second path different from the first path.
US10432581B2
Certain examples described herein make use of an intermediate network device (110) in a service provider network (104) to enable the modification of network requests to provide enhanced functionality. These examples use a rotating network identifier that is inserted into a network request that is receivable by a server device (108) located outside of the service provider network (104). An association between the network identifier and data originating from the service provider network may be effected via a mapping that exists for the predefined time period. In certain examples, a data broker (114) is introduced within the telecommunications network (100). The data broker (114) may be configured based on the aforementioned mapping between the network identifier and data originating from the service provider network. The data broker is adapted to use the mapping to provide data to the server device (108). This may be considered network identification as a service as the data broker (114) is configured to supply data originating from within the service provider network as a computing service to the server device (108).
US10432579B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an Internet Protocol address allocation method and a router. The Internet Protocol address allocation method of the present disclosure includes receiving a delegate prefix of an upper-level network device, where the upper-level network device is a network device connected to a wide area network interface of the router; generating a local prefix of the router and a delegate prefix of the router according to the delegate prefix of the upper-level network device; and sending the local prefix of the router and the delegate prefix of the router to a lower-level router of the router. Internet Protocol addresses of devices in a cascaded network can be obtained in the embodiments of the present disclosure.
US10432578B2
Client address based forwarding of dynamic host configuration protocol response packets may be provided. First, a first relay agent on a first network device may receive a first discovery message associated with a first client device. The first discovery message may include a first discovery message identifier field comprising a first identifier corresponding to the first client device. The first client device may be associated with a subnet. Then the first relay agent may register, with a map server, the first identifier with an address of the first network device and add a gateway address corresponding to the first relay agent to the first discovery message. Next, the first relay agent may encapsulate the first discovery message and forward the encapsulated first discovery message over a network to a border device.
US10432576B2
A method of selecting an edge proxy server to serve web contents to user devices is disclosed. Domain name system (DNS) queries from a domain name resolver are received. A mapping between the domain name resolver and a corresponding list of user devices served by the domain name resolver are created based on the received DNS queries. A transformed geographical location representing the domain name resolver is determined based on the mapping. An edge proxy server is selected in response to a future DNS query received from the domain name resolver based at least in part on the transformed geographical location of the domain name resolver.
US10432564B2
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for proving a user expression service in a communication system. The method in a server may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a gateway connected to a contents server, a message requesting a user expression from a terminal of a user viewing contents; determining whether the user terminal prefers to receive the message requesting the user expression; if the user terminal prefers to receive the message requesting the user expression, delivering, to the user terminal, the message requesting the user expression; and receiving, from the user terminal, the message including user expression information and delivering the message to the gateway.
US10432563B2
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores therein a mail delivery program of a mail server. The mail server includes a processor. The mail delivery program to cause the processor to perform transmitting a mail with a transmission request being accepted after concealing, when the mail contains information indicating being already transmitted and information indicating concealment of a content of a description at a forwarding, the content of the description designated by the information indicating the concealment.
US10432555B2
An interfabric link between two separate Fiber Channel fabrics so that devices in one fabric can communicate with devices in another fabric without requiring the merger of the two fabrics. The interfabric switch performs a conversion or a translation of device addresses in each fabric so that they are accessible to the other fabric. This translation is preferably done using a private to public loop address translation. In a first embodiment the external ports of the interfabric switch are configured as E_ports. A series of internal ports in each interfabric switch are joined together forming a series of virtual or logical switches. The virtual switches are then interconnected using private loops. The use of the private loop is enabled by the presence of translation logic which converts fabric addresses to loop addresses and back so that loop and fabric devices can communicate. Because each port can do this translation and the private loop addressing does not include domain or area information, the change in addresses between the fabrics is simplified. In a second embodiment the external ports are configured as NL_ports and the connections between the virtual switches are E_ports. Thus the private to public and public to private translations are done at the external ports rather than the internal ports as in the prior embodiment. The virtual switches in the interfabric switch match domains with their external counterparts so that the virtual switches effectively form their own fabric, connected to the other fabrics by the private loops.
US10432547B2
The present subject matter relates to verifying functionality restrictions of a computing device. In an example implementation, the verification includes generating a notification message based on a verification code received in the computing device and status of a configuration mode in the computing device. When the status of the configuration mode is active, at least one functionality of the computing device is restricted. The configuration mode can be activated in the computing device by execution of a configuration file. The generated notification message is provided, which enables verifying that the at least one functionality of the computing device is restricted.
US10432546B2
A queue management method, system, and recording medium include a queue examining device configured to examine a reverse flow queue from a forwarder for an acknowledged packet and a dropping device configured to drop a packet in a forward flow queue if the packet in the forward flow queue includes the acknowledged packet in the reverse flow queue.
US10432544B2
Presented herein are techniques that enable Ethernet Virtual Private Networks (EVPNs) to support use cases where either the Layer 2 or Layer 3 route associated with a virtual endpoint is different after the virtual endpoint migrates/moves to a different location. In particular, a networking device running an overlay network detects that a virtual endpoint has migrated on the overlay network from a first computing device to a second computing device. The networking device determines a modified Layer 2/Layer 3 route for the virtual endpoint at the second computing device, as well as a sequence number for association with the modified Layer 2/Layer 3 route. The sequence number is determined based on a sequence number associated with a parent Layer 2 route for the modified Layer 2/Layer 3 route.
US10432531B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products are included for load balancing processing of a data stream that is communicated over a network. An exemplary method includes establishing a communication session over a network between a source endpoint device and a destination endpoint device. A network device in the network receives a data stream that is communicated to the destination endpoint device from the source endpoint device during the communication session. The network device provides data corresponding to the data stream to a processing device. The processing device identifies a portion of the data that is assigned to the processing device and performs operations to process the portion of the data. After performing the operations, the processing device communicates a response corresponding to the processing to the source endpoint device by way of the destination endpoint device.
US10432527B1
Some embodiments provide a method for processing a packet for a pipeline of a hardware switch. The pipeline, in some embodiments, includes several different stages that match against packet header fields and modify packet header fields. The method receives a packet that includes a set of packet headers. The method then populates, for each packet header in the set of packet headers, (i) a first set of registers with packet header field values of the packet header that are used in the pipeline, and (ii) a second set of registers with packet header field values of the packet header that are not used in the pipeline.
US10432523B2
In one example, a method includes receiving, by a first network device, a route advertisement message including an attribute for upstream allocation specifying a plurality of next hops of a second network device for reaching a network destination, a plurality of forwarding semantics describing forwarding actions and respective attributes of the plurality of next hops, and a field indicating whether the attribute is provided for downstream allocation or upstream allocation. The method includes in response to determining, by the network device, that the field indicates the attribute is provided for upstream allocation: installing, by the network device and based on the forwarding semantics, next hops, forwarding actions, and the next hop attributes; and applying based on the forwarding information, the forwarding actions to network traffic received by the network device and destined for the network destination when forwarding the network traffic to one or more of the plurality of next hops.
US10432521B2
An apparatus for monitoring a plurality of devices that use a plurality of networks includes a network interface and a processor. The processor is configured to receive, via the network interface, a plurality of packets that were collectively communicated, from the devices, via all of the networks, to aggregate the packets, using at least one field that is included in respective packet headers of the packets, into a plurality of packet aggregations, such that all of the packets in each one of the packet aggregations were collectively communicated from no more than one of the devices, to group the packet aggregations into a plurality of groups, such that there is a one-to-one correspondence between the groups and the devices, in that all of the packets in each of the groups were collectively communicated from a different respective one of the devices, and to generate an output in response thereto.
US10432514B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a Multiprotocol Label Switching traffic engineering tunnel establishing method and device. A tunnel establishing method includes: receiving, by a second routing device, an identifier, which is sent by a first routing device, of an MPLS TE tunnel from a first VPN instance to a second VPN instance; acquiring, by the second routing device according to the identifier, path information of the MPLS TE tunnel from the first VPN instance to the second VPN instance; and establishing an MPLS TE tunnel from the second VPN instance to the first VPN instance according to the acquired path information. Therefore, forward and reverse bidirectional tunnels are co-routed or partially co-routed, thereby solving a problem caused by non-co-routing during BFD.
US10432511B2
A method for forwarding data flows in a network, which has a forwarding element for forwarding the data flows, includes: receiving a data flow of the data flows, the data flow corresponding to a present forwarding rule of the forwarding element; forwarding the data flow with an added time delay. The added time delay includes a first forwarding time delay and second forwarding time delay. A first number of packets of the data flow, which are first packets, are forwarded by the first forwarding element with the first forwarding time delay. A second number of the packets of the data flow, which are second packets, are forwarded with the second forwarding time delay. The first forwarding time delay and the second forwarding time delay have a time difference from each other.
US10432510B2
A hybrid software defined networking (SDN) switch has a forwarding table including local flow entries and SDN flow entries. In one example, the hybrid SDN switch may send both local flow entries and SDN flow entries to a SDN controller.
US10432509B2
Embodiments include technologies for identifying an equivalence class identifier in a packet received by a node configured to perform information centric networking (ICN) in an ICN network, where the packet includes a name identifying content associated with a producer node in the ICN network. Embodiments also include determining an equivalence class for the packet by determining a name prefix of the name based, at least in part, on the equivalence class identifier. Embodiments further include taking an action affecting a particular packet, the action based, at least in part, on the equivalence class. In specific embodiments, the name includes a plurality of name components, and the equivalence class identifier is a count indicating a number of name components in the name to be grouped together to determine the name prefix. In further embodiments, the number is greater than a particular number of name components in a routable name prefix.
US10432508B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for message flooding in a wireless communication system, and is characterized in that it includes the steps of: broadcasting, by a transmission node, a flooding message to a surrounding node through a first common channel; checking, by a reception node, whether the first common channel has received the flooding message; transmitting, by the reception node, an ACK signal through a second common channel or a NACK signal through a third common channel, based on a result of the check; and determining, by the transmission node, whether the second common channel or the third common channel has detected a signal, to determine whether to re-transmit the flooding message.
US10432507B2
A network system customizes communications and communication channels for delivery to candidate providers registering with the network system. Candidate providers progress through steps of a network registration process by providing input data at the various steps. The network system provides communications to request the input data and facilitate the candidate providers' progress. The network system can use a machine learning model to predict particular types of communications and communication channels (e.g., online messages, phone calls, physical mail, etc.) that are likely to be well-received by candidate providers. Thus, the network system is able to increase the expected number of candidate providers that successfully register to provide services to other users of the network system.
US10432506B2
A data processing method is disclosed, the method includes: receiving a request message that is sent from a host service layer and transparently transmitted through a host driver layer, where the request message includes at least one acceleration type identifier and to-be-acceleratedly-processed service data, and each acceleration type identifier corresponds to one type of accelerated processing; and performing at least one type of accelerated processing in a one-to-one correspondence with the at least one acceleration type identifier on the service data. In the method, interaction between the host service layer and the hardware processing unit does not need coordination of a specialized driver, so that dependence on a specific underlying driver for a service layer may be shielded.
US10432502B2
A disclosure of the present invention is related to a method and an apparatus for overlap-resistant dynamic routing to prevent a path from overlapping. A method of performing an overlap-resistant routing according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: computing p candidate paths (p is an integer more than 2) from a first host to a second host based on information related to a network structure; computing k paths (k is an integer more than 1, k≤P) with low redundancy from the p candidate paths; and setting one path from the k paths according to a path change timing.
US10432499B2
A computer-implemented method to monitor application program interface (API) endpoints may include sending, over a network from a computing system, a test structure to an API endpoint. In some embodiments, the test structure may be configured based on the API endpoint. The method may further include receiving a first response over the network at the computing system from the API endpoint in response to sending the test structure and resending, over the network from the computing system, the test structure to the API endpoint. The method may further include receiving a second response at the computing system from the API endpoint in response to resending the test structure and comparing, at the computing system, the first response and the second response. The method may further include determining, at the computing system, a status of the API endpoint based on the comparison of the first response and the second response.
US10432487B2
A system and method are presented for on premises and offline survivability of an interactive voice response system in a cloud telephony system. Voice interaction control may be divided from the media resources. Survivability is invoked when the communication technology between the Cloud and the voice interaction's resource provider is degraded or disrupted. The system is capable of recovering after a disruption event such that a seamless transition between failure and non-failure states is provided for a limited impact to a user's experience. When communication paths or Cloud control is re-established, the user resumes normal processing and full functionality as if the failure had not occurred.
US10432483B1
Embodiments presented herein describe an I/O client that switches between generating high-resolution and low-resolution performance data in response to a defined event indicating there is a performance issue with a storage volume. In one embodiment, the I/O client uses one or more event rules that define a condition or threshold for determining whether to generate high-resolution or low-resolution performance data. In one embodiment, the I/O client transmits the performance data to a central monitoring system which can generate a chart plotting the performance data overtime. Because the I/O client may generate the high resolution performance data only when an event rule indicates there is a performance issue, the amount of performance data transmitted to the central monitoring system can be reduced.
US10432481B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve provisioning customers of an aggregator, such as a reseller, of a content delivery network (CDN). In one aspect, content requests to the CDN are processed in accordance with the virtual IP (VIP) address at which the request was received, according to a property template bound to the VIP where the template is selected by the customer and only involves discrete parameters for the reseller. In another aspect, cache fills of the network are processed without direct knowledge of the customer origin through a combination of some request attribute, e.g., alias host of the customer, and an attribute of the reseller to make a DNS request to a name server outside the CDN. Another aspect involves receiving a property template selection, an origin and an alias from a customer of the reseller, and providing appropriate DNS entries to validate the customer and provide origin information to the CDN.
US10432476B2
Embodiments provide a method, an apparatus, and a system for joining a node to a network. The method includes: receiving an access indication that is sent by a joined node and that carries information about at least one joining node; broadcasting, according to the access indication, a MAP frame carrying the information about the at least one joining node, so that a joining node corresponding to the joining node information directly completes registration after receiving the MAP frame; and sending, by a DM, an authentication password to the joining node, so that the joining node completes authentication according to the authentication password and joins the network.
US10432475B2
A technique for mapping relationships among virtual elements across a system includes, for a server having a virtualized network interface controller (vNIC) with a plurality of vNIC links connected to a switch, identifying relationships between physical ports on the switch and virtual ports on the switch. For each vNIC link, local area network (LAN) interface information on the server is identified and data structures are created establishing topology information between the switch and the server. A mapping of each vNIC link to a respective virtual port on the switch is created by correlating the topology information with the LAN interface information.
US10432474B2
A technique for mapping relationships among virtual elements across a system includes, for a server having a virtualized network interface controller (vNIC) with a plurality of vNIC links connected to a switch, identifying relationships between physical ports on the switch and virtual ports on the switch. For each vNIC link, local area network (LAN) interface information on the server is identified and data structures are created establishing topology information between the switch and the server. A mapping of each vNIC link to a respective virtual port on the switch is created by correlating the topology information with the LAN interface information.
US10432469B2
Techniques for implementing a node-based access control system are described herein. In an embodiment, a server computer stores a node based policy system wherein each node identifies a resource and a policy for the resource. The server computer identifies a policy for a first node and an identifier of a second node wherein the second node is a parent node to the first node. The server computer maps an effective policy identifier to the policy for the first node and the identifier of the second node. The server computer stores data associating the effective policy identifier with the first node. The server computer identifies a policy for a third node and an identifier of the second node, wherein the second node is a parent node to the third node and wherein the policy for the third node is equivalent to the policy for the first node. The server computer then stores data associating the effective policy identifier with the third node.
US10432466B2
Certain embodiments of the present disclosure include a method for translating an application-level abstraction to a logical network topology. The method includes receiving an event request from a container orchestrator at an orchestrator adaptor. The method also includes translating the event request to a logical network resource via an application programming interface associated with a network virtualization platform. The method includes mapping the event request to the logical network resource. The method also includes deploying the logical network resource in a logical network via the network virtualization platform.
US10432463B2
A cloud-based Wi-Fi controller facilitates fast BSS transitions. IEEE 802.11r or other fast BSS transition parameters are transferred through the cloud from the wireless station, for pre-population in neighboring or nearby access points. In more detail, a neighbor list is received from a wireless station connected to the data communication system through a first access point. The neighbor list identifying access points within range of the wireless station or that are otherwise nearby, from the cloud for pre-configuration.
US10432459B2
A method for the automatic configuration of portable terminals, comprises the steps of detecting the geographical position of at least two portable terminals (T1-T7) and configuring said at least two portable terminals (T1-T7) on the basis of the respective geographical position which has been detected. The configuration of said at least two portable terminals (T1-T7) comprises: configuring at least one first terminal (T1; T7) with predetermined configuration parameters selected on the basis of the respective geographical position, detecting a condition of geographical proximity of at least one second terminal (T2-T6) with respect to said at least one first terminal (T1; T7) and at least partially cloning said at least one first terminal (T1; T7) into said at least one second terminal (T2-T6).
US10432458B2
A method and apparatus are configured to receive and process an attach request from a communication element of a communication network. A response to the attached request is prepared, and transmission of the response is caused. The preparing of the response includes first identification data identifying the virtualized network function and second identification data identifying an intermediate network element or network function being related to the virtualized network function.
US10432457B2
In general, embodiments of the invention relate to a method for modifying a targeted subset of a table row (consisting of assorted data) on a network element. More specifically, a network element agent, executing on the network element, may request that changes be applied to a portion of the assorted data, hence the targeted subset, without affecting the remainder of the table row (which may include data relevant to the responsibilities of other network element agents). Through the application of masking, changes applied only to the targeted subset may be achieved.
US10432451B2
Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods systems and methods for managing network health, including alarm reduction in a subnetwork. In one implementation, an alarm list is received. The alarm list has alarm data captured from a plurality of remote nodes and consolidated at an aggregator node. A first alarm corresponding to an optical interface deployed in a circuit of a telecommunications subnetwork is identified from the alarm list. A topology associated with the optical interface is discovered by traversing a path of the circuit. An interface list is generated based on the topology. One or more alarms related to a root cause of the first alarm are identified based on a comparison of the interface list to the alarm list. The related alarms are correlated to the first alarm for concurrent resolution.
US10432448B2
Sending and/or receiving messages in a computer system having memory and a processor. The method includes configuring the memory to have one or more streams connecting a generic messaging client to send messages to and/or receive messages from one or more protocol-specific messaging clients. The streams are formed by providing configuration data comprising one or more destination definitions. Each of the destination definitions corresponds to one of the protocol-specific messaging clients. Each of the destination definitions has a specified messaging protocol and one or more stream definitions. Each of the stream definitions has parameters associated with the specified messaging protocol of a corresponding one of the destination definitions. In code for the generic messaging client, at least one stream object is provided specifying one of the destination definitions and one of the stream definitions.
US10432444B2
A wireless communication device (alternatively, device) includes a processor configured to support communications with other wireless communication device(s) and to generate and process signals for such communications. In some examples, the device includes a communication interface and a processor, among other possible circuitries, components, elements, etc. to support communications with other wireless communication device(s) and to generate and process signals for such communications. Short training field (STF) sequences are designed using a base binary sequence. In some examples, the base binary sequence is specified as [−1, −1 −1 +1 +1 +1 −1, +1, +1 +1 −1 +1 +1 −1, +1]. One STF includes the base binary sequence mapped. Another STF includes the base binary sequence followed by 0 followed by a phased rotated version of the base binary sequence. Another STF includes the base binary sequence followed by 0 followed by an inverted version of the base binary sequence.
US10432442B2
A method for transmitting multiple communications of different types, in particular sporadic (MTC) or cellular (broadband) communication including symbols to be transmitted, corresponding to communication services implementing a modulation having M subcarriers of the FBMC-OQAM or OFDM-OQAM type. The method uses linear frequency filtering of a sequence of length N including symbols having L coefficients that are parametrizable according to the communication, L, N, and M being natural numbers, so as to generate N+L−1 symbols, reducing out-of-band spurious emissions. The method also uses, no matter what the communication is, a single frequency/time transform (IFFT) having a size M, where N
US10432440B2
A method is proposed for generating an OFDM type multicarrier signal including OFDM blocks constituted by M carriers modulated by source symbols. The method includes the following steps: interleaving the M symbols of a block of source symbols into R sub-blocks of N interleaved symbols; obtaining a block of M time domain samples corresponding to the block of M source symbols; forming a peak vector containing N maximum amplitudes determined from among the M samples; attenuating the extrema of each sub-block of N time domain samples corresponding to the R sub-blocks of N interleaved symbols by a correction of symbols taking account of the peak vector and delivering R sub-blocks of N corrected interleaved symbols; de-interleaving the R sub-blocks of N corrected interleaved symbols delivering a block of M corrected source symbols; generating an OFDM block of the signals corresponding to the block of M corrected source symbols.
US10432436B1
A distributed arithmetic feed forward equalizer (DAFFE) and method. The DAFFE includes look-up tables (LUTs) in offset binary format. A DA LUT stores sum of partial products values and an adjustment LUT stores adjustment values. DA LUT addresses are formed from same-position bits from all but the most significant bits (MSBs) of a set of digital words of taps and an adjustment LUT address is formed using the MSBs. Sum of partial products values and an adjustment value are acquired from the DA LUT and the adjustment LUT using the DA LUT addresses and the adjustment LUT address, respectively. Reduced complexity downstream adder(s) (which result in reduced power consumption) compute a total sum of the sum of partial products values and the adjustment value (which compensates for using the offset binary format and dropping of the MSBs when forming the DA LUT addresses) to correctly solve a DA equation.
US10432432B1
An electronic circuit, including an equalizer circuit to input a differential signal, a rectifier circuit to receive the differential signal and output a first current and a second current, a replica circuit to receive a differential threshold signal and output a third current and a fourth current to compensate for PVT variations in the first and second currents, and a comparator circuit configured to compare a differential voltage generated based on the first, second, third, and fourth currents to determine a loss of signal event of the electronic circuit.
US10432430B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media for triggering an identification signal broadcast of a first navigational aid equipment using a tone in the voice band transmitted by a second navigational aid equipment. Aspects include receiving, at the first navigational aid equipment, a tone in a voice band of second navigational aid equipment. Aspects also include transmitting, by the first navigational aid equipment, the identification associated with the first navigational aid equipment identification when the tone is received.
US10432429B1
A token bucket or leaky bucket is maintained at least partially through the use of two separate counters. A full counter, is maintained in relatively lower cost memory, and indicates the amount of tokens within the bucket on a potentially delayed basis. An intermediate counter is stored in a relatively higher cost memory that supports high access rates, and indicates the amount of tokens assigned (or unassigned) to the bucket since the full counter was last updated. Various adjustment processes remove (or add) tokens as needed for performing tasks. A background process updates the full counter from the corresponding intermediate counter on a periodic, scheduled, or other basis. The buckets are replenished (or deleted) with tokens periodically at assigned rates. Traffic management or other decisions are based on the bucket's current status, as determined from the full counter during the background process and then stored in the higher cost memory.
US10432427B2
A first network element comprising a memory comprising instructions executable by a processor and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions. Executing the instructions causes the processor to receive, from a second network element during a border gateway protocol communication session, a communications capabilities message indicating capabilities of the second network element, receive, from the second network element, an advertisement message indicating connections and accesses of a second domain controlled by the second network element, receive a request to route data between a source located in a first domain and a destination, transmit a first request message to the second network element to cause the second network element to compute a path segment through the second domain, and transmit a second request message to create a segment of an end-to-end tunnel between the source and the destination crossing the first domain and the second domain.
US10432421B2
Provided are a communication control device and a communication system capable of detecting message transmission in the case where an invalid device transmits a message to a common communication line. A monitoring device decides a reference time point t0 for periodical message transmission by an ECU, decides multiple scheduled transmission time points t1, t2, . . . obtained by adding a period corresponding to an integer multiple of a transmission cycle T of a message to the reference time point t0, and decides that a predetermined period including each of the scheduled transmission time points is a permission period for message transmission. The monitoring device determines whether or not a detected message on a CAN bus has been transmitted during the permission period. If determined that transmission of an invalid message is not permitted, the monitoring device performs processing of causing the ECU which receives the message to discard the message.
US10432418B1
Methods and systems may provide for technology to extract relationship data from one or more social networks and generate a trust network based on the relationship data, wherein the trust network identifies one or more trusted individuals. The technology also grants access to the smart device system with respect to the one or more trusted individuals.
US10432415B2
A method for interference aware communications of devices in a wireless local area network is provided. The device selects a transmission channel of a frame among a plurality of sub-channels, generates interference aware information based on an interference condition of the plurality of sub-channels, inserts the interference aware information into the frame, and transmits the frame in the selected transmission channel.
US10432403B2
An infusion pump and server computer have improved network access security. The infusion pump has a network interface circuit to provide communications over a network and a processing circuit that generates infusion pump data for transmission to a remote server computer. The processing circuit generates a header portion of a request message having at least one field, hashes the header portion but not payload data using a cryptographic hash function and a cryptographic key to provide a hashed code, and inserts the hashed code into the header portion of the request message. The processing circuit inserts the infusion pump data into a body portion of the request message and transmits the request message to the remote server computer over the communications network.
US10432398B1
A regression on a prime-indexed-prime finite difference generator function is used to predict prime numbers. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US10432395B2
A system that includes a quantum key device, a first device, and a second device. A monitor module is configured to detect, at the first device, that the second device is reading quantum information over a second quantum communication channel. A read module is configured to read, at the first device, the quantum information over a first quantum communication channel. An encryption module is configured to generate a first quantum encryption key at the first device using the quantum information that is read over the first quantum communication channel. The encryption module is also configured to encrypt data using the first quantum encryption key to create encrypted data. The second device decrypts the encrypted data using a second quantum encryption key generated at the second device using the quantum information read at the second device to create decrypted data.
US10432389B2
A receiver device implements enhanced data reception with edge-based clock and data recovery such as with a flash analog-to-digital converter architecture. In an example embodiment, the device implements a first phase adjustment control loop, with for example, a bang-bang phase detector, that detects data transitions for adjusting sampling at an optimal edge time with an edge sampler by adjusting a phase of an edge clock of the sampler. This loop may further adjust sampling in received data intervals for optimal data reception by adjusting the phase of a data clock of a data sampler such a flash ADC. The device may also implement a second phase adjustment control loop with, for example, a baud-rate phase detector, that detects data intervals for further adjusting sampling at an optimal data time with the data sampler.
US10432380B2
A device may determine one or more parameters relating to a network. The device may detect a trigger to alter a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) configuration for the network based on the one or more parameters relating to the network. The device may determine an alteration to the HARQ configuration based on detecting the trigger to alter the HARQ configuration. The device may communicate with a distributed unit or a centralized unit of the network to cause the alteration to the HARQ configuration.
US10432379B2
Methods and apparatus to enable an extensible and scalable control channel for wireless networks. In one embodiment, an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (ePDCCH) is disclosed that is implemented with a flexible number of Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs). Advantages of the ePDCCH include, for example: more efficient spectral utilization, better frequency management across multiple serving entities (e.g., base stations and remote radio heads), and extensible payload capabilities that can scale to accommodate higher or lower control information payloads, as compared to prior art PDCCH solutions.
US10432376B2
In mixed numerology case, the performance of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) can be improved by multiplexing PDSCH of one numerology with the channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) of the other numerology and use of an advanced receiver. However, due to the interference from the PDSCH of the other numerology, the channel estimation for the underlying UE can be impacted if the CSI-RS is corrupted. An adaptive CSI-RS configuration can be deployed where the CSI-RS density is adapted based on the PDSCH transmission of the other numerology. Namely, based on the scheduling decision of the other numerology, the CSI-RS density can be changed. Thus, the impact on channel estimation can be minimized when the data channel of one numerology is multiplexed with the CSI-RS of the other numerology.
US10432371B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a data transmission method, user equipment, and a base station. The method include: receiving a first reference signal set; obtaining, based on the first reference signal set and a first codeword-to-layer mapping, CSI that includes a rank indicator RI and a channel quality indicator CQI, and sending the CSI; receiving a second reference signal set; and receiving, based on the second reference signal set and a second codeword-to-layer mapping, data, where a quantity of layers to which at least one codeword is mapped in the first codeword-to-layer mapping is less than a quantity of layers to which a codeword is mapped in the second codeword-to-layer mapping. According to the embodiments of the present invention, precision of an MCS used during data transmission may be improved, and a throughput of a communications system may be enhanced.
US10432370B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE identifies properties associated with reference signals of a received payload. The properties associated with reference signals of the received payload may include a reference signal structure and/or a traffic to pilot ratio. The UE determines a payload structure based on the identified properties. Subsequently, the UE decodes the received payload based on the determined payload structure. The UE may receive mapping information indicating a mapping between possible properties associated with reference signals and possible payload structures. The UE may determine the payload structure further based on the received mapping information. The UE may receive the mapping information through a broadcast or RRC signaling.
US10432369B2
A wireless communication device (alternatively, device, WDEV, etc.) includes at least one processing circuitry configured to support communications with other WDEV(s) and to generate and process signals for such communications. In some examples, the device includes a communication interface and processing circuitry, among other possible circuitries, components, elements, etc. to support communications with other WDEV(s) and to generate and process signals for such communications. The WDEV supports first communications with another WDEV to determine an agreed-upon orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) resource unit (RU) and agreed-upon OFDMA sub-carriers to be used by the other WDEV to provide predetermined response(s). The WDEV then transmits a question to the WDEV and processes the plurality of agreed-upon OFDMA sub-carriers within the OFDMA RU to determine whether energy therein indicates a response of the one or more predetermined responses to the question being received from the other WDEV in accordance with second communications.
US10432366B2
In some embodiments, a wireless device such as a user equipment (UE) may communicate with a base station using an advanced form of carrier aggregation. The UE may provide signaling to the network specifying a number P of downlink component carriers to be configured for use by the UE for downlink carrier aggregation and a number Q of uplink component carriers to be configured for use by the UE for uplink carrier aggregation. The UE can only utilize a lesser number M of downlink component carriers at any given time in downlink carrier aggregation and can only utilize a lesser number N of uplink component carriers at any given time in uplink carrier aggregation. Thus the UE may request the network to configure a greater number P and Q of downlink and uplink component carriers, respectively, than the UE can actually use at any instant of time.
US10432362B2
Hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes, indicators, and similar methods may be used improve new radio performance in a number of ways. For example HARQ processes may be retransmitted, even before a response is expected, a number of times. Separate acknowledgement may be provided for various code blocks within a single transport block. Multi-bit ACK/NACK signaling may be used to efficiently express the status of individual code blocks or groups of code blocks within a transmission block. Grantless transmissions may be acknowledged implicitly, e.g., via responses comprising downlink control information or sent via a physical hybrid automatic repeat request indicator channel.
US10432357B2
Methods, systems, and devices that support an efficient sequence-based polar code description are described. In some cases, a wireless device (e.g., a user equipment (UE) or a base station) may transmit a codeword including a set of information bits encoded using a polar code or receive a codeword including a set of information bits encoded using a polar code. As described herein, the wireless device may determine the bit locations of the information bits in the polar code based on a partition assignment vector. Specifically, the wireless device may partition bit-channels for one or more stages of polarization and assign information bits to partitions based on the partition assignment vector. Once the bit locations of the information bits are determined, the wireless device may decode a received codeword or transmit an encoded codeword based on the determined bit locations of the information bits.
US10432348B2
A wireless signal transmission method includes: transmitting, by a transmitting station, a wireless signal to a plurality of receiving stations, wherein the wireless signal comprises a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being a trigger frame with a first type of frame format which can be independently decoded, the second portion being a specific signal with a second type of frame format; and receiving, by the transmitting station, a radio frame transmitted by at least one of the plurality of receiving stations. The wireless signal transmission method provided by the present disclosure are used to solve the problems in the prior art that a trigger frame is not able to complete transmission resources reservation and trigger multi-user transmission at the same time as satisfying the training accuracy required for uplink multi-user transmission.
US10432341B2
A transmitter for transmitting an optical signal in an optical communication system includes a plurality of light sources configured to output optical signals; a plurality of first optical couplers configured to multiplex the optical signals, which are output from the plurality of light sources, to generate a first optical signal, and output the first optical signal through a first output port and a second output port of each of the plurality of first optical couplers; a first monitoring unit configured to monitor the first optical signal which is output through the second output port of each of the plurality of first optical couplers; and a controller configured to control an optical output of each of the plurality of light sources on the basis of a result of the monitoring.
US10432328B2
An automatic system level testing (ASLT) system for testing smart devices is disclosed. The system comprises a system controller operable to be coupled with a smart device in an enclosure, wherein the system controller comprises a memory comprising test logic and a processor. The system also comprises the enclosure, wherein the enclosure comprises a plurality of components, the plurality of components comprising: (i) a robotic arm comprising a stylus, wherein the stylus is operable to manipulate the smart device to simulate human interaction therewith; and (ii) a platform comprising a device holder, wherein the device holder is operable to receive a smart device inserted there into. The processor is configured to automatically control the smart device and the plurality of components in accordance with the test logic.
US10432326B2
The present disclosure discloses a method, an apparatus, a device, and a system for antenna alignment. The method includes: performing, according to a target preset condition, adjustment processing on a phase and an amplitude of a signal that is transmitted by each antenna unit of a first antenna, and the second antenna is located within a coverage scope of the target beam; and determining that a difference between a horizontal angle of the target beam and a mechanical horizontal angle of a current mechanical location of the first antenna is a horizontal angle, that needs to be adjusted, of the first antenna, adjusting the mechanical horizontal angle and the mechanical pitch angle of the first antenna according to the horizontal angle that needs to be adjusted and the pitch angle that needs to be adjusted.
US10432324B2
A method for performing self-interference removal by a communication device using a full-duplex radio (FDR) mode, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises a step for branching a residual self-interference signal, after removal of an antenna self-interference signal, into a plurality of reception RF chains. And the present invention enables determining of whether or not digital self-interference removal is to be performed after combining the plurality of self-interference signals, which have been branched, on the basis of a predefined threshold and strength of each of the plurality of self-interference signals that have been branched.
US10432322B2
The present disclosure relates to a transmission/reception device, a transmission/reception method, and a program capable of improving a transmission characteristic in human body communication in both transmission and reception. The transmission/reception device used for human body communication includes three electrodes including a human body side electrode being in contact with a human body as a communication medium, a space side electrode provided on a space side, not a human body side, and a circuit board provided with a circuit. At this time, at the time of transmission, a switch between the space side electrode and the circuit board is turned off to make a three-pole electrode configuration having superiority in the transmission characteristic, and each electrode is caused to function as an independent electrode. On the other hand, at the time of reception, the switch between the space side electrode and the circuit board is turned on to electrically short-circuit the space side electrode and the circuit board, to cause the electrodes to function as a two-pole electrode configuration having superiority in the transmission characteristic. The present disclosure can be applied to a human body communication device.
US10432310B2
Systems and methods for optical modulation index calibration in a CATV network.
US10432304B2
Various examples are provided for jamming avoidance response (JAR), and photonic implementations thereof. In one example, a method includes generating optical pulses that correspond to raising envelope of a beat signal associated with an interference signal and a reference signal; generating optical spikes that correspond to positive zero crossing points of the reference signal; and providing a phase output that indicates whether the beat signal is leading or lagging the reference signal, the phase output based at least in part upon the optical spikes. An adjustment to a reference frequency can be determined based at least in part upon the optical pulses and the phase output. In another example, a JAR system includes photonic circuitry to generate the optical pulses; photonic circuitry to generate the optical spikes; and photonic circuitry to provide the phase output. A logic unit can determine the adjustment to the reference frequency.
US10432287B2
Disclosed are a method for transmitting/receiving channel state information in a wireless communication system and a device for same. In particular, a method of reporting channel state information (CSI), by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving, from an eNB, a CSI process configuration comprising interference measurement restriction information indicating interference measurement restriction; and reporting, to the eNB, CSI corresponding to a CSI process configured by the CSI process configuration, wherein when a first subframe set and a second subframe set are configured for the CSI process, the interference measurement restriction can be independently configured for each of the first subframe set and the second subframe set.
US10432286B2
The present invention relates to a method for receiving a reference CSI configuration information and a following CSI configuration information which is configured to report a same RI (Rank Indicator) as the reference CSI configuration information, receiving a first precoding codebook subset information for the reference CSI configuration information and a second precoding codebook subset information for the following CSI configuration information, set of RIs according to the second precoding codebook subset information is same as set of RIs according to the first precoding codebook subset information, and transmitting CSI determined based on at least one of the first precoding codebook subset information and the second preceding codebook subset information.
US10432285B2
A method includes: generating, by user equipment, at least one piece of channel state information, wherein each piece of channel state information in the at least one piece of channel state information is corresponding to at least one resource unit required for sending data by a base station; and sending, by the user equipment, multiple pieces of channel state information, so that the base station sends data on a corresponding resource unit according to channel state information. Therefore, channel state information sent by the user equipment is associated with a resource unit required for sending data by the user equipment.
US10432280B1
Systems and methods are provided for improving uplink coverage in a wireless communication network. A first correlated array and a second correlate array each comprise a plurality of antenna elements. Each correlated array has an inter-element spacing of one wavelength of a signal for which the array is configured to receive. The first and second correlated arrays are interleaved such that one-half of a wavelength of a signal for which at least one of the correlated arrays is configured to receive separates adjacent elements of the first and second correlated arrays. Signals received by each correlated array are combined using statistical signal processing techniques to create combined signals that may be provided to the wireless communication network. Combining uplink signals from at least two interleaved uncorrelated arrays may increase the effective spacing of each array without sacrificing base station space or throughput.
US10432273B1
There is provided an antenna arrangement. The antenna arrangement comprises a first antenna array and a second antenna array. Each antenna array comprises antenna elements of a first polarization and antenna elements of a second polarization. The two antenna arrays are arranged to collectively be fed four signals, such that the antenna elements of each polarization at each antenna array is fed a respective one out of the four signals. The signal as fed to the antenna elements of the second polarization of the second antenna array is phase shifted 180° with respect to at least one of the other signals as fed to the other antenna elements.
US10432270B2
A multiplexed space-time block coding (M-STBC) scheme is described that allows for transmitting a single multicast transmission in a heterogeneous MIMO (i.e., multiple-input and multiple-output) environment, where receivers with fewer antennas can receive a lower resolution version of the multi-cast transmission, while receivers with a greater number of antennas can receive a higher resolution version of the multi-cast transmission. Thus, the M-STBC scheme allows for transmitting the single multicast transmission that includes both a spatial multiplexing mode and a diversity mode.
US10432263B2
Systems and methods which utilize wireless charging to initiate near field communication (NFC) pairing between mobile systems which utilize wireless charging and wireless charging base stations. Wireless signals sent by a mobile system over a wireless charging channel are used to initiate communication between an NFC reader presented in a base station and a passive NFC tag (or an active NFC tag used in a passive mode) present in the mobile system. Such feature allows the mobile system to act as an initiator for NFC communication without requiring the mobile system to be equipped with an NFC reader. A wireless power receiver of a mobile system may communicate with a wireless power transmitter of a base station using backscatter modulation. Commands of a standard wireless charging protocol may be repurposed to send a request for initiation of an NFC session from a mobile system to a base station.
US10432257B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for monitoring and controlling electronic devices using wired and wireless protocols are disclosed. The systems and apparatus may monitor their environment for signals from electronic devices. The systems and apparatus may take and disambiguate the signals that are received from the devices in their environment to identify the devices and associate control signals with the devices. The systems and apparatus may use communication means to send control signals to the identified electronic devices. Multiple apparatuses or systems may be connected together into networks, including mesh networks, to make for a more robust architecture.
US10432256B2
A system that reduces crosstalk and return loss within electrical communication connectors includes at least two compensating capacitors connected in series that compensate each offending capacitor. An additional inductive component that is connected between two compensating capacitors so that the adjustable inductance of the inductive component can be varied to modify the capacitive coupling effect achieved by the compensating capacitors as a function of frequency. A shape-neutral structure containing two compensating capacitors and one series inductive component in between is positioned so that each compensating capacitor is juxtaposed parallel to the offending capacitor. There is no direct contact between the shape-neutral structure and the transmission lines, and the shape-neutral structure does not change the shape of PCB traces and reduces both crosstalk and return loss.
US10432252B2
Binary forward error correcting (FEC) encoding is applied to a stream of input bits, to generate a stream of coded bits. The coded bits are mapped to multiple binary streams. In some embodiments, at least one coded bit is mapped to more than one of the binary streams and none of the binary streams are identical to each other. Stream-specific modulations are applied to the binary streams. Non-binary FEC encoding could be applied after the stream-specific modulations.
US10432251B2
A receiver includes a reception antenna, a reception unit, and a demodulation unit. The reception unit sequentially receives modulated signals resulting from spread spectrum via the reception antenna. The demodulation unit demodulate a first signal received by the reception unit by performing despreading using a short-period spreading code, the first signal including information for identifying a long-period spreading code. The demodulation unit identifies the long-period spreading code on the basis of the information obtained from the first signal. The demodulation unit then demodulates a second signal received by the reception unit after the first signal by performing despreading using the long-period spreading code.
US10432244B2
A system with one or more transceiver antenna assemblies for installation in vehicle side-view mirrors to enable communication with nearby vehicles. Each transceiver antenna assembly may have one or two antenna arrays implemented on a single printed circuit board, protected by an antenna housing used to mount the transceiver antenna inside the mirror assembly. Each antenna array in a dual-channel transceiver antenna may transmit and receive data over one of two DSRC channels. One channel may be used to transmit and receive vehicle data only and the other channel may be used to transmit and receive both vehicle data and audio/video (A/V) data. Each antenna array is connected to a radio in the vehicle that processes received signals and prepares signals for transmission. Such a transceiver antenna system may be especially useful for communication in truck platooning.
US10432239B2
The invention relates to a lighting device, comprising a first lighting means and a transmission module for wireless transmission and for providing a position identification signal comprising position determination data. The lighting device also comprises an electronic operating device for operating the first lighting means, wherein the electronic operating device is coupled on the input side to an electrical supply connection of the lighting device and on the output side to the first lighting means by a first connection device. The electronic operating device comprises an energy converter for supplying the transmission module with electrical energy. The invention further relates to a system for providing a position indication having a plurality of such lighting devices. In addition, the invention relates to a method for operating a lighting device having a first lighting means by providing a position identification signal comprising position determination data by means of a transmission module.
US10432238B1
Detuning and isolation techniques for a multiband tunable matching network used in multi-transceiver RF systems. Embodiments include an amplifier and a multiband tunable matching network (MN) coupled to the amplifier. The multiband tunable MN is configured to detune to an isolation OFF state from an ON state, wherein the match tuning in the isolation OFF state is different than match tuning in the ON state. In an example detuning, the match tuning in the isolation OFF state is in a different frequency band than a frequency band of match tuning in the ON state and is selected based on the frequency band of match tuning in the ON state.
US10432235B2
A multiplexing system can include a first diplexer and a second diplexer. The first diplexer can be configured to filter a first transmit signal received at the first transmit terminal to a first cellular frequency band and output the filtered first transmit signal at the first common terminal. The first diplexer can be further configured to filter a first receive signal to a second cellular frequency band and output the filtered first receive signal at the first receive terminal input. The second diplexer can be configured to filter a second transmit signal received at the second transmit terminal to the second cellular frequency band and output the filtered second transmit signal at the second common terminal. The second diplexer can be further configured to filter a second receive signal to the first cellular frequency band and output the filtered second receive signal at the second receive terminal.
US10432227B2
Concepts and schemes pertaining to location of interleaver with low-density parity-check (LDPC) code are described. A processor of an apparatus encodes data to provide a stream of encoded data. The processor also rate matches the encoded data to provide a rate-matched stream of encoded data. The processor further interleaving the rate-matched stream of encoded data. In rate matching the encoded data, the processor buffers the stream of encoded data in a circular buffer, with the circular buffer functioning as a rate matching block that rate matches the stream of encoded data. In interleaving the rate-matched stream of encoded data, the processor performs bit-level interleaving on the rate-matched stream of encoded data to provide a stream of interleaved data.
US10432220B2
A low density parity check (LDPC) encoder, an LDPC decoder, and an LDPC encoding method are disclosed. The LDPC encoder includes first memory, second memory, and a processor. The first memory stores an LDPC codeword having a length of 64800 and a code rate of 7/15. The second memory is initialized to 0. The processor generates the LDPC codeword corresponding to information bits by performing accumulation with respect to the second memory using a sequence corresponding to a parity check matrix (PCM).
US10432210B1
Continuous-time pipeline analog-to-digital converters can achieve excellent performance, and avoid sampling-related artifacts traditionally associated with discrete-time pipeline ADCs. However, the continuous-time circuitry in the ADCs can pose a challenge for digital signal reconstruction, since the transfer characteristics of the continuous-time circuitry are not as well characterized or as simple as their discrete-time counterparts. To achieve perfect digital signal reconstruction, special techniques are used to implement an effective and efficient digital filter that combines the digital output signals from the stages of the CT ADCs.
US10432198B1
Disclosed is a lightweight bistable PUF circuit, comprising a decoding circuit, a timing control circuit, a PUF cell array and n sharing foot circuits. The PUF cell array is formed by m*n PUF cells arrayed in m lines and n columns. Each PUF cell includes a first PMOS transistor, a second PMOS transistor, a third PMOS transistor and a fourth PMOS transistor, and the four PMOS transistors have the minimum width-to-length ratio of 120 nm/60 nm under a TSMC 65 nm process. Each sharing foot circuit includes a first NMOS transistor, a second NMOS transistor, a third NMOS transistor, a fourth NMOS transistor, a first two-input NAND gate and a second two-input NAND gate, and the four NMOS transistors have a width-to-length ratio ranging from 2 um/60 nm to 8 um/60 nm. The lightweight bistable PUF circuit has a reset function and the advantages of small area, low power consumption, small time delay and high speed.
US10432190B2
A semiconductor device comprises a first transistor with a silicon carbide layer between the source and the drain electrodes and between the gate and drain electrodes. A diode is formed in the silicon carbide layer. A forward voltage of the diode varies with the voltage applied to the gate electrode of the first transistor. A second transistor is connected to the first transistor. A gate controller applies voltages to gates of the first and second transistor such that the first and second transistors are set to an off-state a first time. The first gate voltage is then increased to an intermediate voltage that is less than a threshold voltage of the first transistor. The intermediate voltage is sufficient to alter the forward voltage of the diode and permit a forward current to flow in the diode. The first gate voltage is then increased to an on-state voltage.
US10432188B2
A ringing suppression circuit connected to a transmission line to suppress ringing caused by the transmission line transmitting a differential signal using a pair of signal lines, the differential signal varying between a high level and a low level, the pair of signal lines including a high potential signal line and a low potential signal line, the ringing suppression circuit including: an inter-line switching element that is connected between the pair of signal lines; a control portion that performs a ringing suppression operation in response to detecting a level change in the differential signal, wherein the ringing suppression operation turns on the inter-line switching element to decrease an impedance between the pair of signal lines; and a suppression operation prohibiting portion that prohibits the control portion from performing the ringing suppression operation in response to detecting a signal caused by a signal on the transmission line.
US10432181B2
A data converter and an impedance matching control method are provided. The data converter includes a comparator, a capacitor array as well as a switch and impedance matching circuit. The comparator includes a first input terminal and a second input terminal. The capacitor array includes a plurality of capacitors, and a first end of each capacitor is coupled to the first input terminal or the second input terminal. The switch and impedance matching circuit is coupled to a second end of a target capacitor among the capacitors and configured to couple the second end to a first reference voltage or a second reference voltage according to a control signal and adjust an impedance according to an impedance adjusting signal, in which the impedance is the impedance of the switch and impedance matching circuit. The first reference voltage is different from the second reference voltage.
US10432179B1
We disclose frequency doublers for use in millimeter-wave devices. One such frequency doubler comprises at least one passive mixer comprising at least one of the following: at least one transistor configured to receive a back gate voltage; at least one first input driver circuit; and two second input driver circuits. We also disclose a method comprising determining a target output voltage of a frequency doubler comprising at least one passive mixer comprising at least one transistor configured to receive a back gate voltage; determining an output voltage of the frequency doubler; increasing a back gate voltage of the at least one transistor, in response to determining that the output voltage is below the target output voltage; and decreasing the back gate voltage of the at least one transistor, in response to determining that the output voltage is above the target output voltage.
US10432176B2
Relaxation oscillator and method for providing an output frequency. For example, the relaxation oscillator includes a reference generator, a capacitor, a first comparator, a second comparator, a latch, and a temperature compensation circuit. The reference generator is configured to generate a first bias current, a first bias voltage and a second bias voltage. The capacitor is configured to be charged by a charging current to generate a charged voltage, and the charging current is generated based on at least the first bias current. The first comparator is configured to compare the charged voltage and the first bias voltage to generate a first comparison result, and the second comparator is configured to compare the charged voltage and the second bias voltage to generate a second comparison result. The latch is configured to generate a clock signal based on at least the first comparison result and the second comparison result.
US10432175B2
Apparatus, devices, and systems to provide a low quiescent current load switch are disclosed. A disclosed load switch circuit includes a transconductor to convert a voltage to a current input to a transistor gate, the current input to the transistor gate to control the gate to deliver power to a load from a power supply. The example circuit includes a resistor to provide power from a charge pump to the gate as controlled by the transconductor. A disclosed apparatus includes a driver to control a gate of a transistor, the gate to enable the transistor to deliver power to a load from a power supply when the gate is activated, and a gate slope control to control a rate of change over time of a voltage associated with the gate to activate the gate and to disable the driver when the gate is activated.
US10432167B2
Embodiments of the invention include a piezoelectric resonator which includes an input transducer having a first piezoelectric material, a vibrating structure coupled to the input transducer, and an output transducer coupled to the vibrating structure. In one example, the vibrating structure is positioned above a cavity of an organic substrate. The output transducer includes a second piezoelectric material. In operation the input transducer causes an input electrical signal to be converted into mechanical vibrations which propagate across the vibrating structure to the output transducer.
US10432165B2
Provided is a balanced/unbalanced converter (1) that includes a first strip line (40), a second strip line (41), a third strip line (42), a fourth strip line (43), an unbalanced terminal (4), and an open terminal (7). The first strip line (40) includes a spiral first conductor (19), and the second strip line (41) includes a spiral second conductor (14). An outer circumferential end (19b) of the first conductor (19) is electrically connected to the unbalanced terminal (4), and an outer circumferential end (14a) of the second conductor (14) is electrically connected to the open terminal (7).
US10432163B2
The present disclosure provides a variable filter circuit capable of controlling a band width and a center frequency of a pass band, and also capable of suppressing the total number of pieces of variable reactance. That is, a variable filter circuit includes a serial arm in which a plurality of circuit elements are connected in series with respect to a signal path and a parallel arm in which a plurality of circuit elements are connected in parallel with respect to the signal path, wherein the serial arm and the parallel arm each includes a variable reactance element, a series reactance element that is connected in series to the variable reactance element and resonates therewith, and a parallel reactance element that is connected in parallel to the variable reactance element and resonates therewith.
US10432150B2
An apparatus may include a digital-to-analog converter configured to convert a digital audio input signal into a differential analog input signal with a substantially non-zero common-mode voltage, an amplifier configured to receive the differential analog input signal and generate at an amplifier output a ground-centered output signal from the differential analog input signal, a clamp configured to selectively couple and decouple the amplifier output to a ground voltage, and a controller configured to control the clamp to selectively couple and decouple the amplifier output to a ground voltage responsive to transitions between power states of a device comprising the apparatus and control the differential analog input signal generated by the digital-to-analog converter in order to minimize a level transition current through an output load coupled to the amplifier output during transitions between the power states.
US10432148B2
Embodiments of circuits for use with an amplifier that includes multiple amplifier paths include a first circuit and a second circuit in parallel with the first circuit. The first circuit includes a first input coupled to a first power divider output, a first output coupled to a first amplifier path of the multiple amplifier paths, and a first adjustable phase shifter and a first attenuator series coupled between the first input and the first output. The second circuit includes a second input coupled to a second power divider output, a second output coupled to a second amplifier path of the multiple amplifier paths, and a second adjustable phase shifter coupled between the second input and the second output.
US10432143B2
Embodiments can provide individualized controlling of noise injection during startup of a crystal oscillator. In some embodiments, a simple learning block can be placed in parallel to a oscillator circuit to control noise injection during the startup of the crystal oscillator. The learning block can be configured to control the noise injection during the startup of the crystal oscillator by determining whether the crystal oscillator has been stabilized. In some embodiments, an adjustment block may be employed to adjust the count determined by the learning block based on one or more measured characteristics of the crystal oscillator during a startup of the crystal oscillator. In some embodiments, a simple block that creates a negative capacitance can be configured in parallel to the crystal oscillator.
US10432135B2
The invention relates to a solar roof plate system for laying on an inclined surface, preferably on a roof comprising a roof ridge and an eave, with at least two roof plates comprising an upper side and a lower side, and with a solar module, which extends over the upper side of the roof plates and can be fastened thereto. A profile rail is provided interconnecting the roof plates, which comprises at least one module receptacle for receiving an edge of the solar module, preferably an edge of the solar module facing the eaves or the roof ridge.
US10432131B2
There are provided the same number of inverter modules as the number of phases of a motor, and an inverter control unit that generates PWM signals used to drive the inverter modules in PWM. Three phase outputs from each of the inverter modules are coupled to form a phase output signal for one phase of the motor while capacitors are mounted between control GNDs of the inverter modules and power GNDs of the inverter modules. Consequently, even if a surge voltage is generated in a GND wiring at the time of a switching operation of switching elements in the inverter modules, the application of the surge voltage to the switching elements can be suppressed.
US10432128B2
A frequency converter is used for generating at least one frequency converter output voltage a prescribable frequency converter output voltage amplitude and a prescribable frequency converter output voltage frequency for an electric motor. The frequency converter has: a clocked DC/DC converter is designed to generate from an input direct voltage having an input voltage level a DC/DC converter output voltage having a DC/DC converter output voltage level, wherein the DC/DC converter is designed to generate the DC/DC converter output voltage level based on the prescribable frequency converter output voltage amplitude, and a clocked inverter having a number of controllable switches, to which inverter the DC/DC converter output voltage is applied and which actuates the switches with an inverter switching frequency such that the at least one frequency converter output voltage with the prescribable frequency converter output voltage frequency is generated from the DC/DC converter output voltage.
US10432127B1
A cargo handling system is disclosed. In various embodiments, the cargo handling system includes a direct current power bus; a motor connected to the direct current power bus and having a flux reference input; a unit controller connected to the motor and configured to detect a level of regenerative energy on the direct current power bus and to alter the flux reference input in response to the level of regenerative energy.
US10432111B2
Provided is a self-repairing energy generating element using a shape memory polymer, including a first electrode; a shape memory friction layer made of the shape memory polymer on the first electrode and having a microbump pattern formed on a surface thereof; a second electrode disposed apart from the shape memory friction layer; and an opposing layer formed on the second electrode and configured to face the shape memory friction layer.
US10432105B2
The present disclosure provides a power frequency current converter, including: an input side and an output side, wherein a current of the input side or the output side is a power frequency current; a switching device; and a controller, configured to control the switching device to be turned on and turned off at an operating frequency, wherein within a half of a power frequency cycle, the controller generates at least two fixed-frequency control signals and the operating frequency of the switching device alters at least twice according to the at least two fixed-frequency control signals, so as to reduce junction temperature of the switching device.
US10432104B2
A synchronous switching converter with an energy storage component and a synchronous rectifier coupled to the energy storage component, having: a secondary control circuit configured to receive a slew rate threshold adjusting signal and a voltage across the synchronous rectifier, and to provide a secondary control signal; wherein the secondary control circuit detects a slew rate of the voltage across the synchronous rectifier, and maintains the synchronous rectifier being off when the slew rate of the voltage across the synchronous rectifier is lower than a slew rate threshold.
US10432099B2
A resonant converter circuit comprising a controller having a Vbusdiv-input-terminal configured to receive a Vbusdiv-input-signal; and a Vbus-compensation-network. The Vbus-compensation-network comprising: a Vbus-input-terminal configured to receive a bus-voltage-signal; and a Vbusdiv-output-terminal configured to provide the Vbusdiv-input-signal to the controller; a reference terminal; an AC-impedance-network connected between the Vbus-input-terminal and the Vbusdiv-output-terminal, wherein the AC-impedance-network is configured to apply an AC transfer function to the received bus voltage signal; a DC-impedance-network connected between the Vbus-input-terminal and the Vbusdiv-output-terminal, wherein the DC-impedance-network is configured to apply a DC transfer function to the received bus voltage signal. The DC transfer function is different to the AC transfer function. The controller is configured to control operation of a resonant converter in accordance with the Vbusdiv-input-signal.
US10432092B2
A controller is configured to perform self-calibration to maintain approximately a desired switching frequency of a power converter. The self-calibration performed by the controller at least partially mitigates detrimental effects associated with variation in an actual switching frequency of the power converter from a designed switching frequency. The controller maintains approximately the desired switching frequency, in one example, in view of a delay inherent in the control by the controller of the power converter.
US10432088B1
A two-stage power converter is disclosed in which a second stage may command a first stage to adjust an output voltage from the first stage to compensate for PVT variations in the second stage. Alternatively, the second stage may adjust a clocking frequency to compensate for the PVT variations.
US10432082B1
An electrical power input adapter coupled to a direct current (DC) bus in a power distribution system receives either an alternating current (AC) power signal or a DC power signal at a first voltage level to transmit to the DC bus. An electrical converter receives and converts the received signal to a DC power signal at a second fixed voltage. A second interface includes a current limiter to receive and limit an amperage of the DC power signal at the second voltage. A programmable switch coupled to the current limiter receives the DC power signal at the second voltage and at the limited amperage and transmits the DC power signal at the second voltage and at the limited amperage. A controller coupled to the programmable switch controls when, within a period of time, the programmable switch is to transmit the DC power signal at the second voltage and at the limited amperage. An integrator receives the DC power signal at the second voltage and at the limited amperage when transmitted within the period of time and converts it to a DC power signal at the second voltage and at a second amperage that is proportional to the limited amperage integrated over the period of time.
US10432080B2
A driving device of a semiconductor device includes a plurality of protection factor detection units, an identification signal generation unit, a continuation signal generation unit, a signal selection unit, and an alarm signal output unit. The protection factor detection units detect an occurrence of a protection factor. The protection factor requires a protection operation of a semiconductor device. The protection factor detection units output a protection factor generation signal. When any protection factor detection units output the protection factor generation signal, the identification signal generation unit generates a protection factor identification signal. The continuation signal generation unit generates a protection factor continuation signal while the protection factor detection unit outputs the protection factor generation signal. The signal selection unit selects the protection factor identification signal and the protection factor continuation signal. The alarm signal output unit outputs a selection signal selected by the signal selection unit as an alarm signal.
US10432076B2
A hybrid electric machine includes N phases (N≥1), each phase having first and second assemblies movable relative to one another and each having a set of teeth made up of a number of teeth that are equally distributed according to a plurality of periods, in which: a. the first assembly is made up of two magnetized parts, each including a magnet magnetically coupled with two toothed yokes, the magnet of one of the magnetized parts being polarized along the same axis but in the opposite direction to the polarization of the magnet of the second magnetized part; b. the second assembly including at least two toothed zones with pitches identical to the pitch of the toothed yokes; c. one of the assemblies has at least two sets of teeth in phase, and the other assembly has at least two sets of teeth which are out of phase by a half-period.
US10432073B2
A medical pump includes a single phase synchronous motor, a rod piston, a cylinder for receiving the rod piston for reciprocating motion therein. The single phase synchronous motor includes a stator and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator. The rotor includes a plurality of permanent magnets. The stator comprises a stator core and a winding wound around the stator core. The stator core comprises two opposed pole portions that define there between a rotor receiving space for receiving the permanent magnets. The medical pump has a compact structure. In addition, the motor of the medical pump has a constant rotation speed and has a smaller size and less weight under the same output power conditions as traditional motors used in medical pumps. The medical pump is particularly suitable for use in atomizers.
US10432054B2
Provided is a vehicle brushless AC generator capable of improving workability and improving insulation property to enhance reliability while preventing a decrease in slot space factor of a stator coil. In the vehicle brushless AC generator, grooves (20a, 20b) are formed in an inner wall of a front bracket (20), and a mold body (26) for insulating and protecting a lead wire (25) is mounted into the grooves (20a, 20b).
US10432053B2
A stator includes an annular stator core, a stator winding, and an insulating sheet member. In the stator core, slots are circumferentially arrayed. The stator winding includes conductor segments having oblique portions formed by open end portions being circumferentially twisted. The open end portions are inserted into the slots from one of two axial-direction sides and extend towards another one. The insulating sheet member is interposed between an inner wall surface of the slot and the conductor segment. The insulating sheet member is rolled into a cylindrical shape along the inner wall surface of the slot, and includes an overlapping portion and a slack portion. In the overlapping portion, two circumferential-direction end portions overlap each other. The overlapping portion is disposed on one of two radial-direction sides of each of the slots. The slack portion is disposed on another one of two radial-direction sides of each of the slots.
US10432051B2
A DC motor includes a cylindrical yoke constituting a magnetic path, pole cores fixed to an inner periphery of the yoke so as to be arranged at even intervals along a circumferential direction of the yoke, and a field conductor that generates a magnetic field to magnetize the pole cores when supplied with a current. The field conductor includes inter-core conductors each of which extends in an axial direction of the yoke so as to be disposed between circumferentially adjacent pole cores. Each of the inter-core conductors is formed by integrating a first conductor part that generates a magnetic field to be applied to one of the circumferentially adjacent pole cores and a second conductor part that generates a magnetic field to be applied to the other of the circumferentially adjacent pole cores.
US10432039B2
A parking assist system is used in a wireless power supply system which performs wireless power supply between a ground-side coil unit and a vehicle-side coil unit. The parking assist system determines a position of a vehicle relative to each of a first region in which the power supply is possible when a gap between the vehicle-side coil unit and the ground-side coil unit is maximum and a second region in which the power supply is possible when the gap is minimum. The parking assist system determines possibility of the power supply, based on a result of the determination on the vehicle position, and displays a result of the determination on the possibility of the power supply, for an occupant of the vehicle.
US10432038B2
Provided are an electronic device and a wireless charging method and apparatus for an electronic device. In the wireless charging method, an environmental parameter transmitted by a wireless charging device is detected (S102); and a receiving antenna board within an electronic device is moved to a designated position according to the environmental parameter, wherein charging efficiency for charging the electronic device at the designated position is higher than charging efficiency for charging the electronic device at other positions (S104). The problems of wasting time and poor user experience caused by adjusting back and forth the electronic device in the process of wireless charging are solved. Free positioning of the antenna can be implemented, and time required by matching the electronic device and a wireless power supply device in the process of wireless charging can be greatly reduced.
US10432035B2
According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a first interface, a first memory, a wireless antenna, a second memory and a second interface. The first interface is capable to electrically connect to a first host device. The first interface communicates with the first host device in accordance with an SD interface. The first memory includes a nonvolatile memory which operates based on power supplied through the first interface from the first host device. The wireless antenna generates power based on a radio wave from a second host device. The second memory is capable to operate based on power generated by the wireless antenna. The second memory has a memory capacity lower than the first memory. The second interface is capable to operate based on power generated by the wireless antenna. The second interface is connected to the second memory and the first interface.
US10432025B2
A power surface or chamber having nearly constant electromagnetic field distribution in 3D comprising at least one primary coil and one primary resonance array made of several coils connected in parallel for generating the electromagnetic field distribution; a single power driver circuit for activating the coils; and a secondary coil and an optional secondary resonance coil to recover the generated electromagnetic field and power up an electric device.
US10432019B2
For each of consumers, a connection control apparatus is provided that includes an opening/closing device capable of connecting or disconnecting an electric power system and a consumer, that, when a power outage occurs in the electric power system, disconnects the electric power system and the consumer from each other by the opening/closing device at a command from an outage management apparatus or the like, and that connects the electric power system and the consumer to each other by the opening/closing device upon receiving a command from the outage management apparatus or the like at the time of restoration from the power outage. A power supply control apparatus supplies electric power from energy provision equipment to electrical appliances during a power outage in the electric power system.
US10432005B2
A system and method for discharging a high voltage vehicle battery. The system includes a discharge circuit having a reference voltage source providing a reference voltage and a load for discharging the battery. A negative terminal of the voltage source is electrically coupled to a negative terminal of the battery so that upon initiation of the discharging sequence, the battery is discharged through the load to the reference voltage. The discharge circuit can be electrically configured so that the battery, the voltage source and the load are electrically coupled in series or the battery, the voltage source and the load are electrically coupled in parallel.
US10432000B2
The disclosure provides a portable charger including a power supply and an adapter. The power supply includes a battery module, a first terminal set, a voltage control module and a first switch portion. The battery module has an initial voltage. The adapter includes a second casing, a second terminal set, an output connector and a second switch portion. When the adapter is detached from the power supply, the portable charger is in a first state, and the voltage control module adjusts the initial voltage to a first voltage, allowing the first terminal set to output the first voltage; when the adapter is disposed on the power supply, the portable charger is in a second state, and the voltage control module adjusts the initial voltage to a second voltage which is different from the first voltage, allowing the first terminal set to output the second voltage.
US10431995B2
An electronic device includes a power supply unit that supplies power received from an external apparatus to the electronic device, a first authentication unit that performs an authentication process for the external apparatus with power supplied from the power supply unit, a second authentication unit that performs an authentication process for a battery with power supplied from the power supply unit when authentication by the first authentication unit has succeeded, and a charging unit that initiates charging the battery with power supplied by the power supply unit when authentication by the second authentication unit has succeeded.
US10431994B2
A self-contained EVCS accessory is electrically engaged to an electric vehicle charging stations to derive one or more operational parameters during the electric vehicle charging process. The self-contained EVCS accessory includes a display unit that can display detailed information to the users regarding the charging process. The EVCS accessory uses its own built-in display unit and power supply to display the detailed information and requires no modification to the charging station. The detailed information, which may include the charging level, charging status, elapsed time, power transferred, cost of power, and the like, may be derived directly by the EVCS accessory or it may be obtained by the accessory from a predefined source of such information. Such an arrangement provides users with much more meaningful information about the charging process compared to the LEDs or light indicators of existing charging stations.
US10431988B2
A system and method for mapping relative positions of a plurality of alternative energy source modules. In one embodiment, the method includes injecting a first contribution current into a power grid by a first alternative energy source module of the plurality of alternative energy source modules and determining an output voltage for each of the plurality of alternative energy source modules. The method also includes constructing a data structure of the relative positions of the plurality of alternative energy source modules employing the output voltage for ones of the plurality of alternative energy source modules.
US10431984B2
The invention relates to a system for generating electric power, comprising: an alternator (1) for coupling with a drive system (7), supplying an AC voltage to an output bus (10); a reversible AC/DC converter (2) in which the AC bus (6) is connected to the output bus (10) of the alternator (1); an electricity-storage element (3) connected to the DC bus (9) of the converter (2); a controller (4) arranged to react to a transient state of load-shedding or charging impact by controlling the converter (2) so as to collect energy on the output bus (10) of the alternator (2) and to store same in the storage element (3) in the case of load-shedding, and to collect energy in the storage element (3) and to inject same into the output bus (10) in the case of charging impact, the converter (2) being controlled so as to inject currents to compensate for harmonic currents into the AC bus (10) of the alternator (1).
US10431981B2
A system of surge suppressor units is connected at multiple locations on a power transmission and distribution grid to provide grid level protection against various disturbances before such disturbances can reach or affect facility level equipment. The surge suppressor units effectively prevent major voltage and current spikes from impacting the grid. In addition, the surge suppressor units include various integration features which provide diagnostic and remote reporting capabilities required by most utility operations. As such, the surge suppressor units protect grid level components from major events such as natural geomagnetic disturbances (solar flares), extreme electrical events (lightning) and human-generated events (EMPs) and cascading failures on the power grid.
US10431980B2
A method and apparatus for power converter current control. In one embodiment, the method comprises controlling an instantaneous current generated by a power converter that is part of an AC battery such that (i) the power converter appears, from the perspective of an AC line coupled to the power converter, as a virtual AC voltage source in series with a virtual impedance, wherein real and reactive phasor currents for the power converter are indirectly controlled by modifying amplitude and phase of a virtual AC voltage waveform that defines the virtual AC voltage source, and (ii) active power flow is prioritized while the AC battery is operating in a charge mode.
US10431979B2
A method is provided for determining the structure of an electricity transmission grid, including a power supply station including one or more feeders for supplying electrical power to a plurality of electricity consumers, the method including acquiring first data relating to the electrical power consumed by each consumer during various time intervals; acquiring second data relating to the electrical power delivered by each feeder during the various time intervals; generating a plurality of different classes of data; calculating a first selection criteria for each class of data; selecting a first set of classes of data from the classes generated; and determining connection parameters.
US10431978B2
A system and method for conditioning DC power received from hybrid DC power sources is disclosed. A power conversion circuit is coupled to a respective DC power source to selectively condition the output power generated thereby to a DC bus voltage. The power conversion circuit includes a switch arrangement and capacitors arranged to provide a charge balancing in the power conversion circuit. A controller in operable communication with the switch arrangement receives inputs on a DC bus voltage and at least one parameter related to operation of the DC power source, and determines an adjustable voltage to be output from the conversion circuit to the DC bus based on the received inputs. The controller then selectively controls operation of the switch arrangement in order to generate the determined adjustable voltage.
US10431975B2
An ESD protection circuit includes: a first current path switch arranged in a parallel connection with a first circuit and turned off when a first node voltage is at a logic high level; a first node for providing the first node voltage; a resister element coupled between a first power terminal and the first node; a MOS capacitor coupled between the first node and a first fixed-voltage terminal; a second current path switch arranged in a parallel connection with a second circuit and controlled by a second node voltage; a switch control circuit for providing the second node voltage; and a node voltage control circuit for controlling the first node voltage according to the second node voltage to ensure the first current path switch is turned off when the first power terminal supplies power to the first circuit while the second power terminal supplies power to the second circuit.
US10431973B2
The semiconductor switch control device includes a first FET provided between an anode of a battery and a load and a second FET arranged between a cathode of the battery and the load, in which in a case where a current value that is larger than an abnormal current value indicating that a first drain current flowing through the first FET is an overcurrent and smaller than a maximum current value of the first drain current that can be tolerated by the first FET is set as a current limit value, a limiting gate voltage for setting the current value of the first drain current to a current limit value is applied to the second FET.
US10431972B2
An auto-monitoring circuit including a first input structured to receive a signal from a processor of a circuit interrupter, a second input structured to receive power from a circuit protected by the circuit interrupter, a first switch structured to remain closed while the signal is received at the first input and remains above a predetermined threshold level and to open when the signal ceases to be received at the first input or drops below the predetermined threshold level, a second switch structured to remain open while the first switch is closed and to close when the first switch opens, and an output electrically connected to a trip circuit of the circuit interrupter. Closing the second switch causes a trip signal to be output to the trip circuit that causes the trip circuit to trip open the separable contacts.
US10431965B2
A hydraulic cable puller that includes a hub having an axially-extending annular winding spindle for receiving a plurality of wraps of a rope adapted to connect to a downstream end of a cable to be pulled and to exert a pulling force on the cable. A hydraulic motor is mounted on the hub for rotating the hub and includes an inlet port and outlet port for being attached to inlet and outlet hydraulic supply conduits of a vehicle. A mounting bracket is adapted to mount the hub and the hydraulic motor onto an end of a boom arm of the vehicle.
US10431951B2
A leakage light removal structure 70 is used to remove leakage light in an optical fiber 140 having a core 160, a cladding 162 having a refractive index lower than the core 160, and a covering material 164 having a refractive index higher than the cladding 162. The leakage light removal structure 70 has a fiber housing 72 that houses part of the optical fiber 140, a covering material extension portion 175 covering part of a whole circumference of the cladding 162 by extending part of the covering material 164 along a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber 140 within the fiber housing 72, and a cladding exposure portion 174 in which a portion of the whole circumference of the cladding 162 other than the covering material extension portion 175 is exposed within the fiber housing 72. The covering material 164 may be covered with a resin 76 having a refractive index not more than the refractive index of the covering material 164. For example, the covering material extension portion 175 is formed with a range of angles equal to or less than 180° about an axis of the optical fiber 140 in a cross-section perpendicular to the axis.
US10431946B2
An illustrative electrical harness for bypassing a vehicular security module includes first, second, and third connectors, and electrical conductors. The electrical conductors electrically couple a first pin of the first connector to a third pin of the third connector, a second pin of the first connector to an eleventh pin of the third connector, a first pin of the second connector to a fourteenth pin of the third connector, and a second pin of the second connector to a sixth pin of the third connector. When the first connector is mated with a connector of a first communication bus of a vehicle and the second connector is mated with a connector of a second communication bus of the vehicle, the third connector is configured to bypass the vehicular security module by providing access to a diagnostic port of electrical modules coupled to the first or second communication buses.
US10431944B1
An electric vehicle charging connector assembly comprises a plug connector and a receptacle connector docking with the plug connector. The plug connector includes a first insulating body, a first circuit board, a plurality of contact terminals, a first electrode unit and a first jumper unit. The receptacle connector includes a second insulating body, a second circuit board, a plurality of docking terminals, a second electrode unit and a second jumper unit. The plurality of the contact terminal of the plug connector and the plurality of the docking terminal of the receptacle connector are respectively assembled with the first circuit board and the second circuit board in an elastically embedded manner so as to simplify manufacture procedures, capable of reducing working time and manufacturing cost as well as suitable for quantity production.
US10431940B1
A power receptacle includes a socket, where a direct current (DC) power signal is provided at the socket to provide a DC power to a device that gets plugged into the socket. The power receptacle further includes a switch that is electrically coupled to the socket. The power receptacle also includes a controller that controls the switch to control whether the DC power signal is available at the socket. The controller controls the switch based on a power control command that is wirelessly received by the power receptacle.
US10431922B2
A pin and sleeve device including a contact carrier with captive set screws is disclosed. In some embodiments, the pin and sleeve device includes a housing and a contact carrier. The contact carrier may include a plurality of contact openings each receiving a terminal, such as a pin or a contact sleeve. The contact carrier may include a tool opening or slot extending from an outer surface or perimeter thereof. The tool opening or slot being in communication with one of the contact openings and/or terminals. A set screw may be positioned within the contact openings, the set screw positioned directly adjacent a retainment wall defining an inner portion of the contact openings. The contact carrier may therefore reduce the likelihood that the set screw may be lost or dropped, as the retainment wall is configured to prevent the set screw from passing through or exiting the tool opening or slot.
US10431921B2
Disclosed herein is a sealing cover. The sealing cover includes a cap, a grommet configured to extend from the cap, and a terminal inserted into the grommet, wherein the grommet includes a groove formed to be recessed and having the terminal inserted therein. Advantageous effects are provided such that a process for assembly is simplified and flexibility of terminals is secured.
US10431918B2
Contact pins are provided to a socket main body for accommodating an IC package so as to be in contact with connection terminals of the IC package accommodated in the socket main body. Each contact pin includes a conductive substrate and multiple layers laminated on the surface of the substrate, including: an underlying layer formed on the substrate by Ni plating; a first surface layer formed on the underlying layer by Pd—Ni alloy plating; a second surface layer formed on the first surface layer by Ni plating, thus allowing Sn from the corresponding connection terminal to diffuse into the second surface layer at a rate lower than into a conventional plated Ag layer; and an outermost surface layer formed on the second surface layer by Au plating to serve as an electrical contact layer.
US10431916B2
Housing includes: insertion part into which a connection target is inserted; a plurality of first grooves provided inside insertion part so as to align along an alignment direction being perpendicular to the insertion direction of the connection target, first contact parts being respectively disposed in first grooves; a plurality of second grooves provided inside insertion part so as to oppose to first grooves, second contact parts being respectively disposed in second grooves; first partition wall partitioning adjacent first contact parts; and second partition wall partitioning adjacent second contact parts. At least one of first partition wall and second partition wall has a height dimension in a direction perpendicular to both the insertion direction and the alignment direction, the height dimension being smaller at least at one end in the alignment direction than at a portion between opposite ends in the alignment direction in order to reduce capacitance between contact parts.
US10431913B1
A floating directional support for adjusting a gap between a connecting plate and a joint substrate is provided. The connecting plate is mounted on a substrate. The floating directional support includes a base coupled to the substrate and an insertion member coupled to the connecting plate. The insertion member is movably coupled to the base. The gap between the connecting plate and the substrate is adjusted by moving the insertion member relative to the base.
US10431908B2
Certain embodiments described herein are directed to couplers configured to provide an electrical connection between two or more separate electrical wires. In certain embodiments, the coupler is configured to provide the electrical connection without the two electrical wires physically contacting each other. In other instances, the coupler can be configured to provide an electrical connection between the wires without the use of an electrical box or wiring nuts.
US10431901B2
A surface scattering antenna with a tightly-coupled or tightly-connected array of radiators provides an adjustable antenna with broadband instantaneous bandwidth.
US10431899B2
An apparatus is disclosed herein for a cylindrically fed antenna and method for using the same. In one embodiment, the antenna comprises: an antenna feed to input a cylindrical feed wave; a first layer coupled to the antenna feed and into which the feed wave propagates outwardly and concentrically from the feed; a second layer coupled to the first layer to cause the feed wave to be reflected at edges of the antenna and propagate inwardly through the second layer from the edges of the antenna; and an array of plurality of surface scattering metamaterial antenna elements coupled to the second layer and have slots oriented either +45 degrees or −45 degrees relative to the cylindrical feed wave impinging at a central location of each slot.
US10431896B2
Multiband antenna in the form of a three dimensional solid have a plurality of radiating cavities disposed therein.
US10431893B1
The omnidirectional multiband antenna is a variant on a monocone antenna, particularly including a corrugated extending surface for lowering the low frequency cutoff of the monocone antenna. The omnidirectional multiband antenna includes an electrically conductive conical surface, having a vertex end and a base end, and at least one electrically conductive annular member mounted on the base end. The at least one electrically conductive annular member is formed from a plurality of stacked segments and has a corrugated exterior surface. The vertex end of the electrically conductive conical surface is positioned adjacent to, and spaced apart from, a first surface of a ground plane plate. A plurality of cylindrical rods is provided, a first end of each rod being secured to the at least one electrically conductive annular member, and a second end of each rod being mounted on the first surface of the ground plane plate.
US10431891B2
An antenna arrangement is provided. The antenna arrangement includes a first antenna element and a second antenna element. An inductance coil is coupled to the first antenna element and the second antenna element.
US10431884B2
A radar cover for covering a radar unit which detects a situation around a vehicle, includes: a base portion which serves as a frame; a bright layer which is formed on a surface of the base portion and is a discontinuous metal layer having openings penetrating therethrough in a layer thickness direction; and a transparent top coat layer formed on a surface of the bright layer, parts of the top coat layer being in close contact with the base portion through the openings of the bright layer.
US10431873B2
Embodiments include an antenna assembly comprising a non-conductive housing having an open end; an antenna element positioned inside the non-conductive housing; an electrical cable having a first end electrically coupled to the antenna element and a second end extending out from the open end; one or more dielectric materials positioned inside the non-conductive housing; and a conductive gasket coupled to a portion of the electrical cable positioned adjacent to the open end and outside the non-conductive housing. One embodiment includes a portable wireless bodypack device comprising a frame having a first external sidewall opposite a second external sidewall; a first antenna housing forming a portion of the first sidewall and including a first diversity antenna; and a second antenna housing forming a portion of the second sidewall and including a second diversity antenna. Embodiments also include a method of manufacturing an antenna assembly for a portable wireless bodypack device.
US10431861B2
Proposed is an energy storage device, particularly for use in motor vehicles, comprising at least one base body as well as at least one housing section fixed thereto for accommodating at least one energy storage unit. The energy storage device is characterized by the base body comprising at least one integrated cooling duct for a gaseous medium.
US10431853B2
Energy storage devices, battery cells, and batteries of the present technology may include a housing characterized by a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The housing may include a circumferential indentation proximate the first end. The housing may define a first interior region between the first end and the circumferential indentation, and the housing may define a second interior region between the circumferential indentation and the second end. The batteries may include a set of electrodes located within the housing. The set of electrodes may be positioned within the second interior region of the housing. The batteries may include a cap at least partially contained within the first interior region of the housing. The batteries may also include a first insulator positioned within the housing. The first insulator may extend across the circumferential indentation from the cap to the set of electrodes.
US10431846B2
An energy storage device includes an electrode assembly that includes a sheet-like first electrode and a sheet-like second electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode being alternately layered. Each of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a sheet-like current collecting substrate, and the current collecting substrate of the first electrode is bent toward one side in a layered direction in at least a part of an end portion of the first electrode. The electrode assembly also includes an extension portion formed in such a manner that the current collecting substrate of the second electrode extends outward more than the end portion of the first electrode.
US10431844B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a catalyst coated membrane (19) for a fuel cell (10), wherein the catalyst coated membrane (19) has a membrane (11) and a catalyst layer (12, 13) of a catalytic material arranged on at least one of its flat sides, as well as a nonrectangular active area (20), which is restricted in one direction by two outer sides (30) opposite one another. The method comprises a continuous application of the catalytic material to a membrane material (33) while creating a constant coating width (B) such that an area (35) coated with the catalytic material corresponds to at least the active area (20). A provision is that the membrane material (33) be coated with the catalytic material such that a coating direction (D) has an angle with respect to the opposite outer sides (30) of the active area (20) that is not equal to 90° and not equal to 0°.
US10431836B2
A power supply system includes a fuel cell, a power storage, and a processor. The fuel cell and the power storage supply electric power to a load. The processor is configured to control the fuel cell and the power storage. The processor is configured to acquire a required system power that is required in the power supply system. The processor is configured to determine a power storage shared power such that power efficiency of the electric power supplied from the power storage to the load is equal to or higher than a first value. The processor is configured to determine a fuel cell shared power such that the electric power supplied from the fuel cell is a difference between the power storage shared power and the required system power.
US10431833B2
A method of coating an interconnect for a solid oxide fuel cell includes providing an interconnect including Cr and Fe, and coating an air side of the interconnect with a manganese cobalt oxide spinel coating using a plasma spray process.
US10431826B2
According to the present invention, a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte is provided. The positive electrode has an operation upper limit potential of 4.3 V or more based on metal lithium and includes a positive electrode active material and an inorganic phosphate compound that has ion conductivity. The inorganic phosphate compound is in a particle state. A ratio of particles having a particle size of 20 μm or more is 1% by volume or less when an entirety of the inorganic phosphate compound is set to 100% by volume. Further, a ratio of particles having a particle size of 10 μm or more may be 10% by volume or less when an entirety of the inorganic phosphate compound is set to 100% by volume.
US10431824B2
In order to provide a negative electrode carbon material capable of providing a lithium secondary battery improved in the capacity and the rate characteristic, there are carried out a first heat treatment of subjecting graphite particles to a heat treatment in an oxidizing atmosphere, and following the first heat treatment, a second heat treatment of subjecting the resulting graphite particles to a heat treatment in an inert gas atmosphere at a higher temperature than in the first heat treatment.
US10431821B2
A cathode active material includes a first cathode material configured of a layered rocksalt type lithium metal oxide, the layered rocksalt type lithium metal oxide including lithium and a metal other than lithium, the metal configured of nickel (Ni), or nickel (Ni) and the like. A site occupancy of metal ions other than lithium at a 3a site obtained by Rietveld analysis of a powder X-ray diffraction pattern of the first cathode material in a cathode in a discharged state is about 5% or less, and a site occupancy of metal ions other than the metal occupying a part of a 3b site at the 3b site is about 1% or over, and the cathode active material is covered with a coating film, and an exposed amount of the cathode active material exposed from the coating film is within a range from about 0.05% to about 8% both inclusive.
US10431813B2
The present disclosure relates to a carbon-silicon composite structure including a carbon particle layer having silicon nanoparticles dispersed therein, a method of preparing the carbon-silicon composite structure, a secondary battery anode material including the carbon-silicon composite structure, and a secondary battery including the secondary battery anode material.
US10431809B2
A battery is provided. The battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material layer provided on a positive electrode current collector; a negative electrode; and a separator at least including a porous film, wherein the porous film has a porosity ε [%] and an air permeability t [sec/100 cc] which satisfy formulae of: t=a×Ln(ε)−4.02a+100 and −1.87×1010×S−4.96≤a≤−40 wherein S is the area density of the positive electrode active material layer [mg/cm2] and Ln is natural logarithm.
US10431805B2
A separator for a secondary cell includes a porous polymer substrate having a first surface, a second surface opposing the first surface, and a plurality of pores connecting the first surface to the second surface; and heat-resistant coating layers formed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the porous polymer substrate and on internal surfaces of the pores using an atomic layer deposition process (ALD). Pores having a non-coated region are present in the internal surfaces of the pores.
US10431800B2
A method for manufacturing busbar modules that includes placing a plurality of first linear conductors on one side and a plurality of second linear conductors on the other side across a long planar conductor, extruding an insulating cover material to cover the first linear conductors and join the first linear conductors to the planar conductor with the insulating cover material and to cover the second linear conductors and join the second linear conductors to the planar conductor with the insulating cover material, cutting the planar conductor along first, second and third cutting lines, forming a first busbar module by joining the first linear conductors and the plurality of busbars, and forming a second busbar module by joining the second linear conductors and the plurality of busbars.
US10431798B2
Provided are a separator for a lithium secondary battery including a substrate and a heat-resistance porous layer disposed on at least one surface of the substrate and including a cross-linked binder, wherein the cross-linked binder has a cross-linking structure of a compound represented by Chemical Formula 2, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
US10431795B2
The present invention resolves a problem that occurs to a film which is being washed. A film production method of the present invention includes the steps of: (i) passing a heat-resistant separator above rollers located above a washing tank; (ii) lowering another roller into water through a space between the rollers; and (iii) moving at least one of the rollers and the another roller so as to increase a surface area by which the heat-resistant separator is in contact with the another roller.
US10431792B2
A housing having an overpressure protection includes a pressure relief opening with a diaphragm sealing plug to be closed in a fluid-tight manner. The diaphragm sealing plug has a central portion and an angled free peripheral portion. The free peripheral portion in the non-pressurized operating state extends away from the central portion in the direction of the housing external side. The central portion, by way of an increasing housing internal pressure in the axial direction, is deformable in such a manner that the peripheral portion by way of a tension stress that is derived from the deformation of the central portion in a manner proportional to the pressure is releasable from the housing wall in the axial direction in a progressive manner from the inside to the outside such that the diaphragm sealing plug releases the pressure relief opening when a predefined maximum housing internal pressure is reached or exceeded.
US10431786B2
An electricity storage module that includes: a plurality of electricity storage elements each including positive and negative lead terminals protruding outward from end portions thereof; a stack in which the plurality of electricity storage are stacked and adjacent ones of the lead terminals of opposite polarities are connected to each other; bus bars that are individually connected to those of the lead terminals connected in order that are located at opposite ends and that have mutually opposite polarities; and voltage detection terminals that are connected to terminal ends of voltage detection lines and individually connected to the electricity storage elements, wherein the lead terminals, the bus bars, and the voltage detection terminals are collectively connected by laser welding.
US10431783B2
The present disclosure discloses a battery pack that realizes miniaturization and weight reduction by minimizing the number of components of the structure, and that is suitable for pursuing dispersion of external force and structural rigidity using the shape of the structure. The battery pack according to the present disclosure is characterized to include a lower case including both inclined side walls and fixating members facing each other at the both side walls, a battery cartridge disposed between the fixating members in the lower case, and an upper case covering the lower case and the battery cartridge, wherein the battery cartridge contacts the both side walls and the fixating members in the lower case.
US10431782B2
A battery pack includes: a plurality of battery cells arranged in parallel with each other, each of the battery cells comprising an electrode terminal at opposite ends thereof; a holder case configured to accommodate the battery cells; a protection circuit module mounted at an external side of the holder case and comprising a cell voltage measuring terminal facing the holder case; and a connection tab comprising a body part electrically connected to the electrode terminals of a group of the battery cells and an extended part extended from the body part to contact and be electrically connected with the cell voltage measuring terminal of the protection circuit module due to tension in the extended part.
US10431779B2
An organic layer deposition apparatus, a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display apparatus by using the same, and an organic light-emitting display apparatus manufactured using the method. The organic layer deposition apparatus includes a conveyer unit including first and second conveyer units, loading and unloading units, and a deposition unit. A transfer unit moves between the first and second conveyer units, and the substrate attached to the transfer unit is spaced from a plurality of organic layer deposition assemblies of the deposition unit while being transferred by the first conveyer unit. The organic layer deposition assemblies include common layer deposition assemblies and pattern layer deposition assemblies.
US10431778B2
An organic light emitting display device is disclosed, which prevents non-uniform luminance and color deviation caused by a change of a viewing angle from occurring. The organic light emitting display device includes a first substrate having a display area and a non-display area; an organic light emitting diode arranged in the display area of the first substrate; and an anisotropic diffusion film arranged on the organic light emitting diode, having a diffusion property varied depending on an incident angle.
US10431777B2
An object of the invention is to provide a novel laminate and a novel image display device which have both of a gas barrier function and a circular polarization conversion function and have a reduced thickness as compared to those in the related art. A laminate of the invention has a substrate, an organic layer A, an inorganic layer B, and an organic layer B in this order, and at least one of the organic layer A or the organic layer B contains a liquid crystal compound.
US10431772B2
A method of manufacturing a display apparatus includes providing a substrate, forming a display unit defining an opening portion in a display region over the substrate, forming a thin film encapsulation layer to seal the display unit, forming a touch electrode over the thin film encapsulation layer, forming a touch insulating film covering the touch electrode such that the thin film encapsulation layer and the touch insulating film are sequentially stacked and formed over the substrate in the opening portion, forming a touch contact hole by removing a portion of the touch insulating film to expose a portion of the touch electrode, and removing a portion of the touch insulating film and a portion of the thin film encapsulation layer formed in the opening portion to expose a portion of the substrate during the forming of the touch contact hole.
US10431767B2
An organic light emitting display device can include an anode electrode disposed on a substrate; an auxiliary electrode disposed on the anode electrode, the auxiliary electrode having a first height and a second height being different from the first height; a bank disposed on one side of the auxiliary electrode and another side of the auxiliary electrode; an organic light emitting layer disposed on an upper surface of the auxiliary electrode in an opening area exposed by the bank; and a cathode electrode disposed on the organic light emitting layer, in which the auxiliary electrode has the first height in a covered area overlapping with the bank and the second height in the opening area exposed by the bank.
US10431765B2
Disclosed are a tandem white organic light emitting diode with long lifespan and low driving voltage, and a display device including the same. The white organic light emitting diode includes a first light emitting part, a second light emitting part and a third light emitting part disposed between a first electrode and a second electrode. The first and third light emitting parts include a blue light emitting layer and the second light emitting part includes a red light emitting layer and a yellow-green light emitting layer. At least one layer of the red light emitting layer and the yellow-green light emitting layer includes a hole transport host based on a compound shown below: wherein each of R1, R2, and R3 are independently selected from hydrogen, heavy hydrogen, a C5-C7 aromatic cyclic and C1-C6 heterocyclic group.
US10431763B2
Provided are a light emitting diode and a preparation method thereof, an array substrate, and an electronic device. The light emitting diode comprises: a substrate, and a first electrode, a quantum rod light emitting layer and a second electrode disposed in lamination on the substrate, wherein, the quantum rod light emitting layer comprises a plurality of quantum rods which present a directional arrangement.
US10431757B2
An electronic or optoelectronic device includes: (1) a semiconductor layer; (2) a dielectric layer in contact with the semiconductor layer and including a polar elastomer; and (3) an electrode. The dielectric layer is disposed between the electrode and the semiconductor layer, and the polar elastomer includes a backbone structure and polar groups that are bonded as side chains to the backbone structure, and each of the polar groups includes 2 or more atoms.
US10431755B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes an insulating substrate including a first surface on which a plurality of pixels are disposed and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface, a support substrate disposed on the second surface side of the insulating substrate and an adhesive layer located between the insulating substrate and the support substrate, and the display device includes a display area on which the plurality of pixels are arranged, and an end portion of the adhesive layer is located closer to the display area than an end portion of the insulating substrate.
US10431753B2
The present invention is a substrate for a display, the substrate having a film B including a polysiloxane resin on at least one surface of a film A including a polyimide resin, wherein the film B contains inorganic oxide particles therein, and the present invention has an object to provide a substrate for a display: being able to be applied to a color filter, an organic EL element, or the like without the need to carry out any complex operations; allowing high-definition displays to be manufactured; and being provided with a low CTE, a low birefringence, and flexibility.
US10431749B2
Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element which is excellent with respect to luminous efficiency and driving voltage and rarely undergoes initial luminance drop. Specifically disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element which comprises, on a substrate, a pair of electrodes composed of an anode and a cathode and a light-emitting layer arranged between the electrodes, and additionally comprises at least one organic layer arranged between the light-emitting layer and the cathode, where in the light-emitting layer contains, for example, a compound (A-1), and the at least one layer arranged between the light-emitting layer and the cathode contains, for example, a compound (e-4).
US10431743B2
A manufacturing method of an OLED anode and display device are provided, which the former method comprises the steps: forming an anode-film layer, a material is an ITO, on a substrate; forming a photoresist-film layer on the anode-film layer; patterning the photoresist-film layer to acquire a photoresist-mask pattern, which comprises: an area of photoresist full-retention, photoresist half-retention, and a photoresist full-removal, wherein the photoresist area of half-retention is located between the full-retention and the full-removal; etching the anode film layer to acquire an anode pattern; removing the photoresist half-retention area; perform a plasma treatment to a portion of the anode pattern outside the photoresist full-retention area by adopting a first gas, comprising at least one of O2, N2O, CF4, Ar; removing the photoresist-mask pattern. The disclosure increases the small thickness portion of brightness to compensate for the display unevenness caused by the thickness difference and improve the display quality.
US10431736B2
A magnetic tunnel junction with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA MTJ) is disclosed wherein a free layer interfaces with a tunnel barrier and has a second interface with an oxide layer. A lattice-matching layer adjoins an opposite side of the oxide layer with respect to the free layer and is comprised of CoXFeYNiZLWMV or an oxide or nitride of Ru, Ta, Ti, or Si, wherein L is one of B, Zr, Nb, Hf, Mo, Cu, Cr, Mg, Ta, Ti, Au, Ag, or P, and M is one of Mo, Mg, Ta, Cr, W, or V, (x+y+z+w+v)=100 atomic %, x+y>0, and each of v and w are >0. The lattice-matching layer grows a BCC structure during annealing thereby promoting BCC structure growth in the oxide layer that results in enhanced free layer PMA and improved thermal stability.
US10431732B2
Shielded semiconductor devices and methods for fabricating shielded semiconductor devices are provided. An exemplary magnetically shielded semiconductor device includes a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface. An electromagnetic-field-susceptible semiconductor component is located on and/or in the substrate. The magnetically shielded semiconductor device includes a top magnetic shield located over the top surface of the substrate. Further, the magnetically shielded semiconductor device includes a bottom magnetic shield located under the bottom surface of the substrate. Also, the magnetically shielded semiconductor device includes a sidewall magnetic shield located between the top magnetic shield and the bottom magnetic shield.
US10431729B2
According to various implementations of the invention, a vertical Josephson Junction device may be realized using molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) growth of YBCO and PBCO epitaxial layers in an a-axis crystal orientation. Various implementations of the invention provide improved vertical JJ devices using SiC or LSGO substrates; GaN, AlN, or MgO buffer layers; YBCO or LSGO template layers; YBCO conductive layers and various combinations of barrier layers that include PBCO, NBCO, and DBCO. Such JJ devices are simple to fabricate with wet and dry etching, and allow for superior current flow across the barrier layers.
US10431717B1
Micro LED displays offer brighter screens and wider color gamuts than that achievable using traditional LED or OLED displays. Various embodiments are directed to LED and micro LED structures having substrates comprising a metal and oxygen, such as gallium and oxygen, and methods of forming the same. An integrated circuit (IC) structure can include a substrate comprising a metal and oxygen and a core over the substrate. The core can include a group III semiconductor material and nitrogen, and the core can be doped with n-type or p-type dopants. An active layer comprising indium can be provide on a surface of the core. The indium concentration can be adjusted to tune a peak emission wavelength of the IC structure. The IC structure can include a cladding on a surface of the active layer. The cladding can be doped with dopants of opposite type than those used to dope the core.
US10431716B2
A light-emitting diode includes a first-type nitride region, a light-emitting region and a second-type nitride region, wherein the first-type nitride region includes a plurality of alternating first nitride layers and second nitride layers. The second nitride layers have high-doped emitting points pointing to the corresponding first nitride layer. The second-type nitride region includes a plurality of alternating third nitride layers and fourth nitride layers, wherein doping concentration of the fourth nitride layer is higher than that of the third nitride layer, and the fourth nitride layer has high-doped emitting points pointing to the third nitride layer. By adjusting thickness of the second nitride layer and the fourth nitride layer in different growth cycles, and density and form of corresponding emitting points, horizontal expansion of current in the first-type nitride region and the second-type nitride region can be greatly enhanced through alternating emitting points, thereby improving LED performance.
US10431713B2
A nitride underlayer structure includes a sputtered AlN buffer layer with open band-shaped holes, thus providing a stress release path before the nitride film is grown over the buffer layer. A light-emitting diode with such nitride underlayer structure has improved lattice quality of the nitride underlayer structure and the problem of surface cracks is resolved. A fabrication method of the nitride underlayer includes providing a substrate and forming a band-shaped material layer over the substrate; sputtering an AlN material layer over the band-shaped material layer and the substrate to form a flat film; scanning back and forth from the substrate end with a laser beam to decompose the band-shaped material layer to form a sputtered AlN buffer layer with flat surface and band-shaped holes inside; and forming an AlxIn1-x-yGayN layer (0≤x≤1, 0≤y≤1) over the sputtered AlN buffer layer.
US10431710B2
A light emitting device includes an epitaxial structure. The epitaxial structure includes a first type semiconductor layer, a second type semiconductor layer and a light emitting layer. The first type semiconductor layer includes a first semiconductor sublayer. The light emitting layer is disposed between the first type semiconductor layer and the second type semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor sublayer includes a heavily doped part and a lightly doped part which are doped by a first type dopant. A doping concentration of the first type dopant in the heavily doped part is equal to 1018 atoms/cm3 or between 1017 atoms/cm3 and 1018 atoms/cm3. A doping concentration of the first type dopant in the lightly doped part is less than or equal to 1017 atoms/cm3.
US10431701B2
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device, an array substrate, and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device comprises a substrate, a thin film transistor formed on the substrate, and a first light detection structure adjacent to the thin film transistor, wherein the first light detection structure includes a first bottom electrode, a top electrode, and a first photo-sensing portion disposed between the first bottom electrode and the first top electrode, one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the thin film transistor is disposed in the same layer as the first bottom electrode of the first light detection structure; the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the thin film transistor is used as the first top electrode.
US10431695B2
A transistor comprises a pair of source/drain regions having a channel region there-between. A transistor gate construction is operatively proximate the channel region. The channel region comprises a direction of current flow there-through between the pair of source/drain regions. The channel region comprises at least one of GaP, GaN, and GaAs extending all along the current-flow direction. Each of the source/drain regions comprises at least one of GaP, GaN, and GaAs extending completely through the respective source/drain region orthogonal to the current-flow direction. The at least one of the GaP, the GaN, and the GaAs of the respective source/drain region is directly against the at least one of the GaP, the GaN, and the GaAs of the channel region. Each of the source/drain regions comprises at least one of elemental silicon and metal material extending completely through the respective source/drain region orthogonal to the current-flow direction. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10431682B2
A method of fabricating features of a vertical transistor include performing a first etch process to form a first portion of a fin in a substrate; depositing a spacer material on sidewalls of the first portion of the fin; performing a second etch process using the spacer material as a pattern to elongate the fin and form a second portion of the fin in the substrate, the second portion having a width that is greater than the first portion; oxidizing a region of the second portion of the fin beneath the spacer material to form an oxidized channel region; and removing the oxidized channel region to form a vacuum channel.
US10431680B2
A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate including a trench, the semiconductor substrate having a crystal structure; and an insulating layer covering an inner sidewall of the trench, wherein the inner sidewall of the trench has at least one plane included in a {320} family of planes of the crystal structure or at least one plane similar to the {320} family of planes.
US10431675B1
A carbon nanotube triode apparatus includes a plurality of Horizontally Aligned Single Wall Carbon Nano Tubes (HA-SWCNT) disposed on an electrically insulating thermally conductive substrate. A first contact is disposed on the substrate and electrically coupled to a first end of the HA-SWCNT. A second contact is disposed on the substrate and separated from a second end of the HA-SWCNT by a gap. A gate terminal is coincident with a plane of the substrate.
US10431674B2
A bipolar junction transistor preferably includes: an emitter region; a base region; and a collector region, in which an edge of the emitter region is aligned with an edge of the base region. Preferably, an edge of the base region is aligned with an edge of the collector region, the edge of the emitter region is aligned with the edges of the base region and the collector region, and the widths of the emitter region, the base region, and the collector region are equivalent. According to a top view of the bipolar junction transistor, each of the base region and the collector region includes a rectangle.
US10431673B2
A semiconductor device includes a fin protruding from a substrate and extending in a first direction, source/drain regions on the fin, a recess between the source/drain regions, a device isolation region including a capping layer extending along an inner surface of the recess and a device isolating layer on the capping layer to fill the recess, a dummy gate structure on the device isolation region and including a dummy gate insulating layer, outer spacers on opposite sidewalls of the dummy gate structure, first inner spacers between the dummy gate structure and the outer spacers, and a second inner spacer between the device isolation region and the dummy gate insulating layer.
US10431667B2
Provided is a semiconductor structure. In one or more embodiments of the invention, a semiconductor fin on a substrate is provided. A spacer layer is on a surface of the substrate. A high dielectric constant layer is provided, wherein a first portion of the high dielectric constant layer is on sidewalls of the semiconductor fin, and a second portion of the high dielectric constant layer is over the spacer layer. A work function metal layer is on sidewalls of the semiconductor fin, wherein the work function metal layer has a uniform thickness.
US10431662B2
The disclosure relates to a thin film transistor and a method for making the same. The thin film transistor includes a substrate; a semiconductor layer on the substrate, wherein the semiconductor layer includes nano-scaled semiconductor materials; a source and a drain, wherein the source and the drain are on the substrate, spaced apart from each other, and electrically connected to the semiconductor layer; a dielectric layer on the semiconductor layer, wherein the dielectric layer includes a first sub-dielectric layer and a second sub-dielectric layer stacked on one another, and the first sub-dielectric layer is a first oxide dielectric layer grown by magnetron sputtering; and a gate in direct contact with the first sub-dielectric layer. The thin film transistor almost has no current hysteresis.
US10431652B2
A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same, the semiconductor device includes a single crystal substrate, a source/drain structure and a nanowire structure. The source/drain structure is disposed on and contacts with the substrate. The nanowire structure is connected to the source/drain structure.
US10431651B1
A substrate structure for a nanosheet transistor includes a plurality of nanosheet layers and a plurality of recesses between the nanosheet layers. The substrate structure includes at least one trench through portions of the nanosheet layers, the sacrificial layers, and the substrate. The substrate structure includes a u-shaped portion formed at a bottom portion of the at least one trench. The u-shaped portion includes a bottom cavity. The substrate structure further includes a first liner disposed upon the u-shaped portion of the at least one trench, and a second liner disposed on the first liner. The substrate structure further includes a third liner disposed within the at least one trench to fill the bottom cavity of the u-shaped portion to form a bottom inner spacer within the bottom cavity.
US10431649B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first conductive portion, a first extension portion, a first conductive region, a first extension region, a semiconductor portion, and an insulating portion. The first conductive portion includes a first portion, a second portion, a third portion, a fourth portion, a fifth portion, and a sixth portion. The first extension portion is electrically connected to the first conductive portion. The first conductive region is provided between the first portion and the second portion, between the third portion and the fourth portion, and between the fifth portion and the sixth portion. The first extension region is electrically connected to the first conductive region. The semiconductor portion includes silicon carbide and includes first to third semiconductor regions. The insulating portion is provided between the first conductive portion and the semiconductor portion and between the first extension portion and the semiconductor portion.
US10431641B2
A thin film transistor (TFT) substrate includes a substrate and a first electrode disposed on the substrate. The first electrode is one of a source electrode and a drain electrode. The TFT further includes a first insulating layer disposed on the first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the first insulating layer. The second electrode is the other one of the source electrode and the drain electrode. The TFT additionally includes a semiconductor layer disposed on the first electrode, the first insulating layer, and the second electrode. The TFT further includes a second insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor layer. The TFT additionally includes a gate electrode disposed on the second insulating layer and overlapping the semiconductor layer. The TFT further includes a pixel electrode that includes a same material as the gate electrode and is electrically connected to the second electrode.
US10431639B2
A display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided, and the manufacturing method includes: providing a base substrate; forming a pixel definition layer on the base substrate; oxidizing the pixel definition layer, in which a surface of the pixel definition layer distal to the base substrate is partially oxidized, such that the pixel definition layer includes a main layer proximal to the base substrate and an oxide layer distal to the base substrate; curing and molding the pixel definition layer, and patterning the pixel definition layer to form a pixel definition layer pattern.
US10431632B2
A light-emitting device and a lighting device each of which includes a plurality of light-emitting elements exhibiting light with different wavelengths are provided. The light-emitting device and the lighting device each have an element structure in which each of the light-emitting elements emits only light with a desired wavelength, and thus the light-emitting elements have favorable color purity. In the light-emitting element emitting light (λR) with the longest wavelength of the light with different wavelengths, the optical path length from a reflective electrode to a light-emitting layer (a light-emitting region) included in an EL layer is set to λR/4 and the optical path length from the reflective electrode to a semi-transmissive and semi-reflective electrode is set to λR/2.
US10431623B2
A method applied to a BJT pixel of an image sensor apparatus includes: obtaining at least one of a surface quality signal of a first image sensed by the BJT pixel and a shutter turn-on time corresponding to the first image; and adaptively adjusting a pre-flash time of the BJT pixel for sensing of a second image according to the at least one of the surface quality signal of the first image and the shutter turn-on time corresponding to the first image; wherein the second image follows the first image.
US10431622B2
The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging apparatus and an electronic apparatus that makes it possible to improve coloration and improve image quality. The solid-state imaging apparatus is formed so that, in a pixel array unit in which combinations of a first pixel corresponding to a color component of a plurality of color components and a second pixel having higher sensitivity to incident light as compared with the first pixel are two-dimensionally arrayed, a first electrical barrier formed between a first photoelectric conversion unit and a first unnecessary electric charge drain unit in the first pixel, and a second electrical barrier formed between a second photoelectric conversion unit and a second unnecessary electric charge drain unit in the second pixel have different heights, respectively. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a CMOS image sensor.
US10431616B2
Methods, systems, apparatus, including computer-readable media storing executable instructions, for color filter arrays for image sensors. In some implementations, an imaging device includes a color filter array arranged to filter incident light. The color filter array has a repeating pattern of color filter elements. The color filter elements include yellow filter elements, green filter elements, and blue filter elements. The imaging device includes an image sensor having photosensitive regions corresponding to the color filter elements. The photosensitive regions are configured to respectively generate electrical signals indicative of intensity of the color-filtered light at the photosensitive regions. The imaging device includes one or more processors configured to generate color image data based on the electrical signals from the photosensitive regions.
US10431612B2
Field-effect transistor (FET) devices are described herein that include an insulator layer, a plurality of active field-effect transistors (FETs) formed from an active silicon layer implemented over the insulator layer, a substrate layer implemented under the insulator layer, and proximity electrodes for a plurality of the FETs that are each configured to receive a voltage and to generate an electric field between the proximity electrode and a region generally underneath a corresponding active FET. Switches with multiple FET devices having proximity electrodes are also disclosed.
US10431610B2
A panel to detect X-rays includes a plurality of signal lines, a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of cells in areas adjacent intersections of respective ones of the gate and control lines. A first area includes a first cell having a driving circuit, and a second area includes a second cell which omits a driving circuit. Data lines connected to respective ones of the cells carry signals from which an X-ray image is generated. The second cell may be located in a dummy cell area of the panel.
US10431609B2
An array substrate, a display panel, an encapsulation method for the display panel, and a display apparatus are provided. The array substrate comprises a display region and an encapsulation region divided into a first region away from the display region and a second region adjacent to the display region. The encapsulation region includes a metal layer configured only in the second region, a frit solution layer configured in both the first region and the second region, and a cutting edge configured in the first region. The array substrate which has been aligned and bonded with an encapsulation cover is cut along the cutting edge.
US10431590B2
A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment includes a first stacked body, a second stacked body, an intermediate conductive layer, an intermediate insulating layer, a semiconductor pillar, a charge storage film, and an insulating film. The semiconductor pillar includes a first part, a second part, and a third part. The charge storage film includes a first charge storage portion and a second charge storage portion. The charge storage film includes at least one first element selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, hafnium, and aluminum. The insulating film provides in at least a portion between the intermediate conductive layer and the first part. The insulating film not includes the first element, or the insulating film has a concentration of the first element lower than a concentration of the first element of the charge storage film.
US10431587B2
A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The method includes providing a substrate, a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines, and then forming a storage node contact on each source/drain region, so that a width of a top surface of each storage node contact in a direction is less than a width of a bottom surface of each storage node contact.
US10431585B2
A semiconductor device includes a first transistor in a first region and a second transistor in a second region. The first transistor includes: a first nanowire, a first gate electrode, a first gate dielectric layer, a first source/drain region, and an inner-insulating spacer. The first nanowire has a first channel region. The first gate electrode surrounds the first nanowire. The first gate dielectric layer is between the first nanowire and the first gate electrode. The first source/drain region is connected to an edge of the first nanowire. The inner-insulating spacer is between the first gate dielectric layer and the first source/drain region. The second transistor includes a second nanowire, a second gate electrode, a second gate dielectric layer, and a second source/drain region. The second nanowire has a second channel region. The second gate electrode surrounds the second nanowire. The second gate dielectric layer is between the second nanowire and the second gate electrode. The second source/drain region is connected to an edge of the second nanowire.
US10431581B1
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a semiconductor device. One example semiconductor device generally includes a substrate, a well region disposed adjacent to the substrate, a first fin disposed above the well region, a second fin disposed above the substrate, and a gate region disposed adjacent to each of the first fin and the second fin. The semiconductor device may also include at least one third fin disposed above the substrate, a support layer disposed above the at least one third fin, and a compound semiconductor device disposed above the support layer.
US10431572B2
A light emitting device includes: a base comprising a first lead, a second lead, and a supporting member; a light emitting element mounted on the first lead; a protection element mounted on the second lead; a wire including a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is connected to an upper surface of the first lead, and the second end is connected to a first terminal electrode of the protection element; a resin frame located on an upper surface of the base, wherein the resin frame covers at least part of the protection element and surrounds the light emitting element and the first end of the wire; a first resin member surrounded by the resin frame and covering the light emitting element and the first end of the wire; and a second resin member covering the resin frame and the first resin member.
US10431569B2
A method of transferring micro devices is provided. A carrier substrate including a buffer layer and a plurality of micro devices is provided. The buffer layer is located between the carrier substrate and the micro devices. The micro devices are separated from one another and positioned on the carrier substrate through the buffer layer. A receiving substrate contacts the micro devices disposed on the carrier substrate. A temperature of at least one of the carrier substrate and the receiving substrate is changed, so that at least a portion of the micro devices are released from the carrier substrate and transferred onto the receiving substrate. A number of the at least a portion of the micro devices is between 1000 and 2000000.
US10431557B2
The subject disclosure relates to techniques for providing semiconductor chip security using piezoelectricity. According to an embodiment, an apparatus is provided that comprises an integrated circuit chip comprising a pass transistor that electrically connects two or more electrical components of the integrated circuit chip. The apparatus further comprises a piezoelectric element electrically connected to a gate electrode of the pass transistor; and a packaging component that is physically connected to the piezoelectric element and applies a mechanical force to the piezoelectric element, wherein the piezoelectric element generates and provides a voltage to the gate electrode as a result of the mechanical force, thereby causing the pass transistor to be in an on-state. In one implementation, the two or more electrical components comprise a circuit and a power source. In another implementation, the two or more electrical components comprise two circuits.
US10431552B2
In a display panel, multiple first alignment patterns are disposed in a non-display area on a first substrate, and each first alignment pattern includes a first portion and a second portion connected to each other. Multiple second alignment patterns are disposed in the non-display area on a second substrate, and each of the second alignment patterns includes a third portion and a fourth portion. There is a first length difference between the length of each first portion along a first direction and the length of the corresponding third portion along the first direction, and the first length differences are different from each other. There is a second length difference between the length of each second portion along a second direction and the length of the corresponding fourth portion along the second direction, and the second length differences are different from each other.
US10431550B2
A fan-out electronic component package includes a core, a first electronic component, a first encapsulant, a connection member, a second electronic component, and a second encapsulant. The core member includes a through-hole, wiring layers and vias configured to electrically connect the wiring layers to each other. The first electronic component is disposed in the through-hole, and comprising filters configured to filter different frequency bands. The first encapsulant covers portions of the core member and the first electronic component, and fills portions of the through-hole. The connection member is disposed on the core member and the first electronic component, and includes a redistribution layer electrically connected to the wiring layers and the first electronic component. The second electronic component is disposed on the connection member and electrically connects to the redistribution layer. The second encapsulant is disposed to cover the second electronic component.
US10431549B2
A semiconductor package including a stacked-die structure, a second encapsulant laterally encapsulating the stacked-die structure and a redistribution layer disposed on the second encapsulant and the staked-die structure is provided. The stacked-die structure includes a first semiconductor die including a first active surface, a circuit layer disposed on the first active surface, a second semiconductor die including a second active surface facing towards the first active surface, a plurality of conductive features distributed at the circuit layer and electrically connected to the first and second semiconductor die and a first encapsulant encapsulating the second semiconductor die and the conductive features. A portion of the conductive features surrounds the second semiconductor die. The redistribution layer is electrically connected to the staked-die structure. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor package is also provided.
US10431544B2
An interconnect for a semiconductor device includes an insulator layer having a trench. A barrier layer is formed on a surface of the insulator layer in the trench. An elemental cobalt conductor is formed on the barrier layer.
US10431538B2
In accordance with another aspect, a power switch assembly includes a transistor package including a die case, a source bus tab extending from a first side of the die case, a drain bus tab extending from a second side of the die case, a first power bus rail operatively connected to the source bus tab of the transistor package and a second power bus rail operatively connected to the drain bus tab of the transistor package.
US10431536B2
A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor package including a first substrate and a lower semiconductor chip mounted on the first substrate, a second semiconductor package stacked on the first semiconductor package and including a second substrate and an upper semiconductor chip mounted on the second substrate, and an interposer substrate interposed between the first semiconductor package and the second semiconductor package and having a recess recessed from a lower surface facing the lower semiconductor chip, wherein the interposer substrate includes a dummy wiring layer disposed to be adjacent to the recess, in a region overlapped with the lower semiconductor chip, and no electrical signal is applied to the dummy wiring layer.
US10431529B2
A semiconductor device includes two or more semiconductor elements, a lead with island portions on which the semiconductor elements are mounted, a heat dissipation member for dissipating heat from the island portions, a bonding layer bonding the island portions and the heat dissipation member, and a sealing resin covering the semiconductor elements, the island portions and a part of the heat dissipation member. The bonding layer includes mutually spaced individual regions provided for the island portions, respectively.
US10431523B2
The present disclosure relates to a thermally enhanced semiconductor package having field effect transistors (FETs) with a back-gate feature. The thermally enhanced semiconductor package includes a first buried oxide (BOX) layer, a first epitaxial layer over the first BOX layer, a second BOX layer over the first epitaxial layer, a second epitaxial layer over the second BOX layer and having a source, a drain, and a channel between the source and the drain, a gate dielectric aligned over the channel, and a front-gate structure over the gate dielectric. Herein, a back-gate structure is formed in the first epitaxial layer and has a back-gate region aligned below the channel. A FET is formed by the front-gate structure, the source, the drain, the channel, and the back-gate structure.
US10431521B2
Provided are integrated electronic components which include a waveguide microstructure formed by a sequential build process and an electronic device, and methods of forming such integrated electronic components. The microstructures have particular applicability to devices for transmitting electromagnetic energy and other electronic signals.
US10431518B2
A radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) device and a method for fabricating same are disclosed. The RFIC device includes: a first semiconductor layer having a first surface, a second surface and a thickness of smaller than 3 μm; a first dielectric layer on the first surface of the first semiconductor layer; a semiconductor component within the first semiconductor layer and the first dielectric layer; a second dielectric layer on the second surface of the first semiconductor layer, the second dielectric layer having a thickness of smaller than 1 μm; and a sheet-like heat sink that is formed on the surface of the second dielectric layer opposite to the first semiconductor layer for dissipating heat from the semiconductor component. Efficient dissipation of heat from an RF transistor to a certain extent can be achieved by the RFIC device.
US10431516B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip having a passivation film, a stress relieving layer provided on the passivation film, and a groove formed in a periphery of a surface of the semiconductor chip, the groove being provided inside of an edge of the semiconductor chip, wherein the stress relieving layer is partly disposed in the groove.
US10431511B2
In exemplary aspects of the disclosure, magnetic coupling problems in a power amplifier/antenna circuit may be address by using a self-shielded RF inductor mounted over the PA output match inductor embedded in the substrate to offer full RF isolation of both PA output match inductors (self-shielded and embedded) or using a self-shielded RF inductor mounted over the PA output match inductor embedded in the substrate along with a component level conformal shield around the self-shielded inductor on the assembly structure.
US10431488B2
A lift pin passes through a hole of a susceptor on which a wafer is placed inside a process chamber in which an epitaxial process is performed with respect to the wafer, to support the wafer, and has a surface formed of a glassy carbon material.
US10431480B2
A method and apparatus for processing a semiconductor is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a processing system for semiconductor processing is disclosed. The processing chamber includes two transfer chambers, a processing chamber, and a rotation module. The processing chamber is coupled to the transfer chamber. The rotation module is positioned between the transfer chambers. The rotation module is configured to rotate the substrate. The transfer chambers are configured to transfer the substrate between the processing chamber and the transfer chamber. In another embodiment, a method for processing a substrate on the apparatus is disclosed herein.
US10431472B2
A silicon oxide film or a silicon nitride film is selectively etched by using an etching gas composition including a hydrofluorocarbon that has an unsaturated bond in its molecule and is represented by CxHyFz, wherein x is an integer of from 3 to 5, and relationships y+z≤2x and y≤z are satisfied. Also, a silicon oxide film is etched with high selectivity relative to a silicon nitride film by controlling the ratio among the hydrofluorocarbon, oxygen, argon, etc., included in the hydrofluorocarbon-containing etching gas composition.
US10431459B2
An etching target layer is formed on a substrate. An upper mask layer is formed on the etching target layer. A plurality of preliminary mask patterns is formed on the upper mask layer. The plurality of preliminary mask patterns is arranged at a first pitch. Two neighboring preliminary mask patterns of the plurality of preliminary mask patterns define a preliminary opening. An ion beam etching process is performed on the upper mask layer using the plurality of preliminary mask patterns as an etch mask to form a first preliminary-interim-mask pattern and a pair of second preliminary-interim-mask patterns. The first preliminary-interim-mask pattern is formed between one of the pair of second preliminary-interim-mask patterns and the other of the pair of second preliminary-interim-mask patterns.
US10431455B2
The interaction between multiple intense ultrashort laser pulses and solids typically produces a regular nanoscale surface corrugation. A coupled mechanism has been identified that operates in a specific range of fluences in GaAs that exhibits transient loss of the imaginary part of the dielectric function and X2, which produces a unique corrugation known as high spatial frequency laser induced periodic surface structures (HSFL). This mechanism is unique in that the corrugation does not involve melting or ablation.
US10431451B2
Certain embodiments herein relate to methods of increasing a reaction chamber batch size. A portion of a batch of wafers is processed within the chamber. The processing results in at least some off-target deposition of material on interior surfaces of the reaction chamber. A mid-batch chamber processing is conducted to stabilize the off-target deposition materials accumulated on the chamber interior surfaces. Another portion of the batch of wafers is processed within the chamber. In various embodiments, processing of the chamber (e.g., mid-batch) and subsequent portion of the batch of wafers is repeated until processing of all wafers is complete. Batch size refers to the number of wafers that may be processed in the reaction chamber between chamber clean cycles. Chamber interior surfaces are seasoned prior to batch processing. Seasoning of the chamber interior surfaces involves applying a coating of the same material that may be used for deposition on the wafers during processing of the same.
US10431450B2
A film forming method for a target object including a main surface and grooves formed in the main surface, includes a step of supplying of a first gas into the processing chamber, and a step of supplying a second gas and a high frequency power for plasma generation into the processing chamber to generate in the processing chamber a plasma of a gas including the second gas in the processing chamber. The first gas contains an oxidizing agent that does not include a hydrogen atom. The second gas contains a compound that includes one or more silicon atoms and one or more fluorine atoms and does not include a hydrogen atom. A film containing silicon and oxygen is selectively formed on the main surface of the target object except the grooves.
US10431449B2
Microelectronic systems having embedded heat dissipation structures are disclosed, as are methods for fabricating such microelectronic systems. In various embodiments, the method includes the steps or processes of obtaining a substrate having a tunnel formed therethrough, attaching a microelectronic component to a frontside of the substrate at a location covering the tunnel, and producing an embedded heat dissipation structure at least partially within the tunnel after attaching the microelectronic component to the substrate. The step of producing may include application of a bond layer precursor material into the tunnel and onto the microelectronic component from a backside of the substrate. The bond layer precursor material may then be subjected to sintering process or otherwise cured to form a thermally-conductive component bond layer in contact with the microelectronic component.
US10431446B2
A wafer cleaner and a method therefor that efficiently cleans a wafer with a little amount of a cleaning liquid and efficiently performs a heating wet cleaning processing. The present invention includes a stage where a wafer is placed, a rotary driving unit that rotates the stage in a circumferential direction, a liquid discharge nozzle disposed facing the wafer placed on the stage and supplies a cleaning liquid on the wafer placed on the stage, and a control unit that causes the liquid discharge nozzle to supply a space between the wafer placed on the stage and the liquid discharge nozzle with a predetermined amount of the cleaning liquid to fill the space. The present invention also includes a lamp disposed on a position facing the wafer placed on the stage to heat at least an interface portion of the wafer and a cleaning liquid.
US10431444B2
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for automated analysis of spectrometry data corresponding to particles of a sample, such as large data sets obtained during single particle mode analysis of an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (SP-ICP-MS). Techniques are presented herein that provide appropriate smoothing for rapid data processing without an accompanying reduction (or with an acceptably negligible reduction) in accuracy and/or precision.
US10431438B2
A high-purity titanium target for sputtering having a purity of 5N5 (99.9995%) or higher, wherein the high-purity titanium target has no macro pattern on the target surface. An object of this invention is to provide a high-quality titanium target for sputtering, in which impurities causing particles and abnormal discharge phenomena are reduced, and which is free from fractures and cracks even during high-rate sputtering, and capable of stabilizing the sputtering characteristics, effectively inhibiting the generation of particles during deposition, and improving the uniformity of deposition.
US10431428B2
In one embodiment, a radio frequency (RF) impedance matching network includes electronically variable capacitors (EVCs), each EVC including discrete capacitors operably coupled in parallel. The discrete capacitors include fine capacitors each having a capacitance value substantially similar to a fine capacitance value, and coarse capacitors each having a capacitance value substantially similar to a coarse capacitance value. The increase of the variable total capacitance of each EVC is achieved by switching in more of the coarse capacitors or more of the fine capacitors than are already switched in without switching out a coarse capacitor that is already switched in.
US10431426B2
A gas plenum arrangement for a substrate processing system includes a gas plenum body arranged to define a gas plenum between a coil and a processing chamber. The coil is arranged outside of an outer edge of the gas plenum body. A plurality of flux attenuating portions is arranged outside of the outer edge of the gas plenum body. The flux attenuation portions overlap the coil.
US10431417B2
In order to provide a sample holder capable of easily searching for an observation field of view, the sample holder includes a sample placement portion including a first top surface on which a counterbore part is formed and a rotational axis for rotating the first top surface horizontally, the counterbore part being aligned by being mounted with a sample supporting member having a pattern for alignment, a sample base portion including an opening through which the sample placement portion is capable of moving vertically and a second top surface around the opening, and a sample cover portion which has conductivity and is pressed down toward a direction of the second top surface of the sample base portion, so that a top surface of the sample supporting member placed on the sample placement portion and the second top surface of the sample base portion are flush with each other.
US10431409B2
An accessory wire retention assembly is for an electrical switching apparatus, such as a circuit breaker. The circuit breaker comprises a housing, separable contacts and an accessory enclosed by the housing, an operating mechanism for opening and closing the separable contacts, and a number of wires adapted to be electrically connected to the accessory. The wires extend from the interior of the housing through an aperture to the exterior. The accessory wire retention assembly includes an insert which cooperates with the housing and to establish a predetermined position of the wires with respect to the accessory and the aperture, and a fastening mechanism which fastens the wires to the insert to maintain the wires in the predetermined position.
US10431404B1
A linkage assembly is provided for guiding movement of a key cap relative to a support board. The linkage assembly includes left and right modular linking members, and a pair of synchronizing units each including a left upper cavity, a left lower cavity, a right upper cavity, and a right lower cavity. In a normal position of the key cap, a left downward abutment region of the left lower cavity is in frictional engagement with a right upward abutment region of the right upper cavity. In a pressed position of the key cap, a left upward abutment region of the left upper cavity is in frictional engagement with a right downward abutment region of the right lower cavity.
US10431401B2
A device and related method temporarily restrict use of a control via one or more of lock out and tag out. The device includes a first and second portion. The first portion has a passageway adapted for the reception of a tie that extends through the first portion along a distance of passageway extension. The second portion has a tang and is movable relative to the first portion to move the tang transversely across the passageway relative to the direction of passageway extension to toggle the device between an opened position and a closed position. A tie may be received in the passageway and the reception of this tie in the passageway may prevent the device from being moved from the closed position back into the opened position due to inability of the tang of the second portion to be moved past the tie in the passageway of the first portion.
US10431400B2
The invention relates to a program switch for mounting on a printed circuit board comprising a housing, an insulator component with contact elements arranged thereon, and a switching element for contacting the contact elements. The housing has at least two connection elements for connecting the program switch to adjacent program switches to form a program switch arrangement having an arbitrary number of poles. Production and stock keeping and sale of the program switch are simple.
US10431398B2
A switch box mechanism of an enclosed switch assembly. The switch box mechanism includes a swivel catch having an elongated body, a pivot configured to allow the swivel catch to rotate relative to an enclosure, and a catch end including a catch configured to engage with an enclosure lid, and a slide feature formed in the elongated body, a rod configured to couple to a switch engagement member that is configured to engage with a rotor of a line base assembly, the rod having a slide portion slidably engaged with the slide feature, and a spring configured to bias the swivel catch. Enclosed switch assemblies and switch subassemblies including the switch box mechanism, and methods of operating enclosed switch assemblies are disclosed, as are other aspects.
US10431395B2
A single device operable as a controller with multiple functions includes a mounting member, a control member, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, and a processing unit. The control member can be pressed and rotated with respect to the mounting member. The first switch, the second switch, and the third switch are located on the mounting member. The processing unit is electrically connected to all the switches. The processing unit receives a first control signal from the first switch when the control member is pressed, a second control signal from the second switch when the control member is rotated clockwise, and a third control signal from the third switch when the control member is rotated counterclockwise.
US10431388B2
A tunable multilayer capacitor is provided. The capacitor comprises first active electrodes that are in electrical contact with a first active termination and alternating second active electrodes that are in electrical contact with a second active termination. The capacitor also comprises first DC bias electrodes that are in electrical contact with a first DC bias termination and alternating second DC bias electrodes that are in electrical contact with a second DC bias termination. A plurality of dielectric layers are disposed between the alternating first and second active electrodes and between the alternating first and second bias electrodes. At least a portion of the dielectric layers contain a dielectric material that exhibits a variable dielectric constant upon the application of an applied voltage.
US10431383B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a pair of external electrodes; a first internal electrode containing a base metal and coupled to one of the pair external electrodes; a dielectric layer stacked on the first internal electrode and containing a ceramic material and the base metal; and a second internal electrode stacked on the dielectric layer, containing the base metal, and coupled to another one of the external electrodes, wherein a concentration of the base metal in each of five regions, which are equally divided regions of a region between locations 50 nm away from the first and second internal electrodes in a stacking direction between the first and second internal electrodes, is within ±20% of an average of the concentrations of the base metal in the five regions, and thicknesses of the first internal electrode and the second internal electrode are 0.2 μm or greater.
US10431382B2
A printed circuit board (PCB) assembly having several electronic components mounted on a PCB and a damping layer covering the electronic components, is disclosed. Embodiments of the PCB assembly include an overmold layer constraining the damping layer against the PCB. Embodiments of the PCB assembly include an interposer between a capacitor of the electronic components and the PCB. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US10431375B2
A hardened inductive device and systems and methods for protecting the inductive device from impact is provided. The inductive device is hardened with protective coating and/or an armor steel housing. The hardened inductive device is protected from impact by an object such as a bullet and leakage of dielectric fluid is prevented. Acoustic and vibration sensors are provided to detect the presence and impact, respectively, of an object in relation to the inductive device housing. The measurements of the acoustic and vibration sensors are compared to thresholds for sending alarms to the network control center and initiating shut-down and other sequences to protect the active part. The acoustic sensor results are utilized to determine the location of origin of the projectile.
US10431371B2
A method of forming an inductor assembly includes depositing a magnetic core on a planar substrate lying in a core plane, forming an inductor coil that generates a magnetic field that passes through the magnetic core in a closed loop parallel to the core plane, and annealing the magnetic core while applying an external magnetic field that passes through the magnetic core in a radial direction to permanently fix the easy axis of magnetization parallel to the radial direction. As a result, the hard axis of magnetization of the magnetic core is permanently oriented in a generally circular closed path parallel to the closed loop of the inductor's magnetic field.
US10431365B2
An electronic component includes a main body made from a metal magnetic powder and an insulating resin, a coating film covering the surface of the main body, a conductor disposed inside the main body, inorganic particles adhering to the surface of the coating film, and outer electrodes which are electrically connected to the conductor and which cover portions of the surface of the coating film while inorganic particles adhere to the portions, wherein the coating film contains a resin and metal cations.
US10431361B2
This disclosure includes magnetic field correction devices and methods for using the same. In particular, some magnetic field corrections devices include an arch-shaped body configured to be worn outside of a user's mouth such that the arch-shaped body follows a contour of the user's face; and where the arch-shaped body comprises one or more sidewalls configured to be coupled to a plurality of members comprising magnetically permeable material. Other embodiments employ a forehead support, frame, and one or more straps coupled to an arch-shaped body. Other embodiments employ a hybrid of intraoral and external embodiments.
US10431357B2
Methods and apparatus providing a vertically constructed, temperature sensing resistor are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate including a first doped region, a second doped region, and a third doped region between the first and second doped regions, the third doped region including a temperature sensitive semiconductor material; a first contact coupled to the first doped region; a second contact opposite the first contact coupled to the second doped region; and an isolation trench to circumscribe the third doped region.
US10431346B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a radiation shielding liquid filter having a radiation shielding effect, a simpler and lighter structure, and various mounting locations so as to protect a surgical patient from exposure to radiation emitted during X-ray imaging using a C-arm, which is a mobile X-ray imaging device, and a stationary X-ray imaging device used during X-ray imaging in a hospital; and an X-ray imaging device provided with the same.
US10431344B2
An assembly is provided that includes a device for locking tubes in position relative to one another, with at least a first arm, a locking axle having a plurality of bearing surfaces, the locking axle being movable between a position locking the tubes each between one of said bearing surfaces and the first arm, and a released position, in which the tube segments are free.
US10431341B2
The invention provides a detection device, method, and program capable of highly accurately detecting a pre-disease state that indicates a precursor to a state transition from a healthy state to a disease state. The following processes are carried out: a process of obtaining measured data on genes, proteins, etc. related to a biological object as high-throughput data (s1), a process of selecting differential biological molecules (s2), a process of calculating the SNE of a local network (s3), a process of selecting a biomarker candidate (s4), a process of calculating an average SNE across the entire network (s5), and a process of determining and detecting whether or not the system is in a pre-disease state (s6).
US10431338B2
System, method, and computer program product for evaluating attribute values to determine treatment eligibility, the method by receiving a set of required attributes associated with a treatment protocol, receiving a case, wherein the case includes a patient history containing patient attribute values, identifying a patient attribute value that does not satisfy a required attribute specified by the treatment protocol, determining a likelihood that the patient could meet the required attribute based upon the patient history, and providing an indication of the likelihood that the patient could satisfy the required attribute specified by the treatment protocol.
US10431332B2
There are provided a medical assistance device, an operation method of a medical assistance device, a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, and a medical assistance system allowing a user to use a diagnostic assistance program with confidence. A comparison determination unit compares a designated data range, which is designated as a range to be used for input data of a diagnostic assistance program, with a recommended data range, which is set for each diagnostic assistance program and is recommended as a range to be used for input data. The comparison determination unit outputs information regarding surplus data, which is data outside the recommended data range in the designated data range, and information regarding missing data, which is data outside the designated data range in the recommended data range. A difference information output unit outputs the information of the surplus data or the missing data as difference information.
US10431323B2
A memory system includes a calibration engine, a memory, and a memory controller coupled to the memory by a channel used to transmit a plurality of commands from the memory controller to the memory. The memory controller estimates a total energy consumed based on the first plurality of commands in a first sampling period and determines a first temperature change of the memory based on the first total energy consumed. The memory controller transmits an impedance calibration command to the calibration engine if the first temperature change of the memory exceeds a first threshold. The calibration engine changes an impedance of an I/O terminal of the memory based on the calibration command.
US10431317B2
A memory system comprising: a memory cell. The memory cell comprising a poly-fuse-resistor; and a bipolar junction transistor having a collector-emitter channel and a base-terminal. The collector-emitter channel of the bipolar junction transistor is connected in series with the poly-fuse resistor between a supply-voltage-terminal and a ground-terminal. The base-terminal of the bipolar junction transistor is configured to receive a transistor-control-signal to selectively control a current flow through the poly-fuse-resistor.
US10431311B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory includes includes conductors, a pillar through the conductors, a controller. The pillar includes a first pillar portion, a second pillar portion, and a joint portion between the first pillar portion and the second pillar portion. Each of the portions where the pillar and the conductors cross functions as a transistor. Among the conductors through the first pillar portion, the conductor most proximal to the joint portion and one of the other conductors respectively function as a first dummy word line and a first word line. Among the conductors through the second pillar portion, the conductor most proximal to the joint portion and one of the other conductors respectively function as a second dummy word line and a second word line.
US10431307B2
An array organization and architecture for a content addressable memory (CAM) system. More specifically, a circuit is provided for that includes a first portion of the CAM configured to perform a first inequality operation implemented between 1 to n CAM entries. The circuit further includes a second portion of the CAM configured to perform a second inequality operation implemented between the 1 to n CAM entries. The first portion and the second portion are triangularly arranged side by side such that the first inequality operation and the second inequality operation are implemented between the 1 to n CAM entries using the same n wordlines.
US10431301B2
Methods, systems, and devices related to auto-referenced memory cell read techniques are described. The auto-referenced read may encode user data to include a predetermined number of bits having a first logic state prior to storing the user data in memory cells. The auto-referenced read may store a total number of bits of the user data having a first logic state in a separate set of memory cells. Subsequently, reading the user data may be carried out by applying a read voltage to the memory cells storing the user data while monitoring a series of switching events by activating a subset of the memory cells having the first logic state. During the read operation, the auto-referenced read may compare the number of activated memory cells to either the predetermined number or the total number to determine whether all the bits having the first logic state has been detected. When the number of activated memory cells matches either the predetermined number or the total number, the auto-referenced read may determine that the memory cells that have been activated correspond to the first logic state.
US10431298B2
According to one embodiment, three bits stored in one memory cell of a nonvolatile memory correspond to three pages. In first page writing, a threshold voltage becomes within a first or second region base on a bit value. In second page writing, if being within the first region, it becomes within the first or fourth region; and if being within the second region, it becomes within the second or third region. In the third page writing, if being within the first region, it becomes within the first or sixth region; if being within the second region, it becomes within the second or seventh region; if being within the third region, it becomes within the third or eighth region; and if being within the fourth region, it becomes within the fourth or fifth region.
US10431295B2
A static random access memory (SRAM) that includes a memory cell comprising at least two p-type pass gates. The SRAM also includes a first data line connected to the memory cell, a second data line connected to the memory cell and a voltage control unit connected to the first data line, wherein the voltage control unit is configured to control the memory cell.
US10431294B2
Devices and methods include utilizing memory including a group of storage elements, such as memory banks. A command interface is configured to receive a write command to write data to the memory. A data strobe is received to assist in writing the data to the memory. Phase division circuitry is configured to divide the data strobe into a plurality of phases to be used in writing the data to the memory. Arbiter circuitry is configured to detect which phase of the plurality of phases captures a write start signal for the write command.
US10431293B1
An apparatus may include a first data strobe (DQS) output buffer (OB), a second DQS OB and control logic. The first data strobe (DQS) output buffer (OB) and the second DQS OB are each coupled to a DQS terminal. The first DQS OB and the second DQS OB are configured to provide a DQS signal to the DQS terminal responsive to a read clock signal. The control logic is configured to receive the read clock signal to control the first DQS OB and the second DQS OB. The apparatus is configured to selectively prevent the control logic from receiving the read clock signal while the DQS signal is being provided to the DQS terminal.
US10431292B2
Apparatuses and methods for controlling access to a common bus including a plurality of memory devices coupled to a common bus, wherein individual ones of the plurality of memory devices are configured to access the common bus responsive to a strobe signal, and a strobe line driver programmed with a first delay associated with a combination of a first command type and a first one of the plurality of memory devices to provide a first strobe signal to the first one of the plurality of memory devices, and further programmed with a second delay associated with a combination of a second command type and a second one of the plurality of memory devices to provide a second strobe signal to the second one of the plurality of memory devices.
US10431291B1
A memory device is provided. The memory device includes a memory array having at least one memory cell. The memory device further includes a sense amplifier circuit configured to read data from the at least one memory cell, write data to the at least one memory cell, or a combination thereof. The memory device additionally includes a first bus configured to provide a first electric power to the sense amplifier circuit, and a second bus configured to provide a second electric power to a second circuit, wherein the first bus and the second bus are configured to be electrically coupled to each other to provide for the first electric power and the second electric power to the at least one memory cell.
US10431278B2
Dynamically controlling voltage for access operations to magneto-resistive random access memory (MRAM) bit cells to account for ambient temperature is disclosed. An MRAM bit cell process variation measurement circuit (PVMC) is configured to measure process variations and ambient temperature in magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) that affect MTJ resistance, which can change the write current at a given fixed supply voltage applied to an MRAM bit cell. These measured process variations and ambient temperature are used to dynamically control a supply voltage for access operations to the MRAM to reduce the likelihood of bit errors and reduce power consumption. The MRAM bit cell PVMC may also be configured to measure process variations and/or ambient temperatures in logic circuits that represent the process variations and ambient temperatures in access transistors employed in MRAM bit cells in the MRAM to determine variations in the switching speed (i.e., drive strength) of the access transistors.
US10431275B2
A magnetic apparatus, a memory using the magnetic apparatus and method for providing the magnetic apparatus are described. The magnetic apparatus includes a magnetic junction and a hybrid capping layer adjacent to the magnetic junction. The hybrid capping layer includes an insulating layer, a discontinuous oxide layer, and a noble metal layer. The discontinuous oxide layer is between the insulating layer and the noble metal layer. The insulating layer is between the magnetic junction and the noble metal layer. In one aspect, the magnetic junction includes a reference layer, a nonmagnetic spacer layer that may be a tunneling barrier layer and a free layer.
US10431272B2
Provided are a voltage control circuit including an assist circuit and a memory device including the voltage control circuit. The memory device includes: a volatile memory cell array, which is connected to a plurality of word lines and includes a memory cell including at least one transistor; and an assist circuit, which is connected to at least one of the plurality of word lines and adjusts a driving voltage level of each of the plurality of word lines, wherein the assist circuit includes a diode N-channel metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistor having a gate and a drain connected to each other.
US10431264B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to performing logical operations using sensing circuitry. An example apparatus comprises an array of memory cells and sensing circuitry coupled to the array. The sensing circuitry is configured to perform a logical operation using a data value stored in a first memory cell coupled to a sense line as a first input and a data value stored in a second memory cell coupled to the sense line as a second input. The sensing circuitry is configured to perform the logical operation without transferring data via a sense line address access.
US10431263B2
Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for simulating access lines in a memory. An example method can include receiving a first bit-vector and a second bit-vector in a format associated with storing the first bit-vector in memory cells coupled to a first access line and a first number of sense lines and storing the second bit-vector in memory cells coupled to a second access line and the first number of sense lines. The method can include storing the first bit-vector in a number of memory cells coupled to the first access line and a second number of sense lines and storing the second bit-vector in a number of memory cells coupled to the first access line and a third number of sense lines, wherein a quantity of the first number of sense lines is less than a quantity of the second and third number of sense lines.
US10431256B2
Methods, apparatuses and systems for detecting defective sectors on a recording medium. A defective sector detector apparatus comprises an error-corrected ECC symbol number calculator and a defective sector determination unit. The error-corrected ECC symbol number calculator is configured to count a total number of error correcting code (“ECC”) symbols that are error-corrected in data read from data sectors on a track of a recording medium of the storage device. The defective sector determination unit is configured to receive the total number of ECC symbols that are error-corrected for a data sector from the error-corrected ECC symbol number calculator and determine whether the total number of ECC symbols that are error-corrected exceeds a threshold value. If it is determined that the total number of ECC symbols that are error-corrected exceeds the threshold value, the defective sector determination unit outputs information indicating the data sector to be a defective sector.
US10431248B2
A magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic layer including non-magnetic powder and a binder on a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binder on the non-magnetic layer. The magnetic layer includes a timing-based servo pattern. The center line average surface roughness Ra measured regarding the surface of the magnetic layer is less than or equal to 1.8 nm. One or more components selected from a fatty acid and a fatty acid amide are included in at least the magnetic layer, and the C—H derived C concentration calculated from the C—H peak area ratio of C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed on the surface of the magnetic layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is greater than or equal to 45 atom %.
US10431243B2
This invention provides a signal processing apparatus for improving the speech determination accuracy in an input sound. The signal processing apparatus includes a transformer that transforms an input signal into an amplitude component signal in a frequency domain, a calculator that calculates a norm of a change in the amplitude component signal in a frequency direction, an accumulator that accumulates the norm of the change in the amplitude component signal in the frequency direction calculated by the calculator, and an analyzer that analyzes speech in the input signal in accordance with an accumulated value of the norm of the change in the amplitude component signal in the frequency direction calculated by the accumulator.
US10431233B2
Methods, an encoder and a decoder are configured for transition between frames with different internal sampling rates. Linear predictive (LP) filter parameters are converted from a sampling rate S1 to a sampling rate S2. A power spectrum of a LP synthesis filter is computed, at the sampling rate S1, using the LP filter parameters. The power spectrum of the LP synthesis filter is modified to convert it from the sampling rate S1 to the sampling rate S2. The modified power spectrum of the LP synthesis filter is inverse transformed to determine autocorrelations of the LP synthesis filter at the sampling rate S2. The autocorrelations are used to compute the LP filter parameters at the sampling rate S2.
US10431229B2
A signal processing device, method, and program that may obtain audio at a higher audio quality when decoding an audio signal. An envelope information generating unit generates envelope information representing an envelope form of high frequency components of an audio signal to be encoded. A sine wave information generating unit extracts a sine wave signal from the high frequency components of the audio signal, and generates a sine wave information representing an emergence start position of the sine wave signal. An encoding stream generating unit multiplexes the envelope information, the sine wave information, and low frequency components of the audio signal that have been encoded, and outputs an encoding stream obtained as the result. The high frequency components included in the sine wave signal may be predicted at a higher accuracy from the envelope information and the sine wave information at the receiving side of the encoding stream.
US10431227B2
A multi-channel audio decoder for providing at least two output audio signals on the basis of an encoded representation is configured to render a plurality of decoded audio signals, which are obtained on the basis of the encoded representation, in dependence on one or more rendering parameters, to obtain a plurality of rendered audio signals. The multi-channel audio decoder is configured to derive one or more decorrelated audio signals from the rendered audio signals, and to combine the rendered audio signals, or a scaled version thereof, with the one or more decorrelated audio signals, to obtain the output audio signals. A multi-channel audio encoder provides a decorrelation method parameter to control an audio decoder.
US10431217B2
Synchronized output of audio on a group of devices comprises sending audio data from an audio distribution master device to one or more slave devices in the group. In group mode, a slave can be configured to receive audio data directly from a master device acting as a soft wireless access point (WAP) in an environment that includes a traditional WAP. In response to a user request to output audio via the slave in individual mode, the slave may be configured to dynamically switch to receiving audio data via the WAP in the environment without routing the audio data through the master device acting as the soft WAP. This dynamic switching to receiving audio data via the WAP in individual mode can reduce bandwidth consumption on the master device.
US10431215B2
A system and method is provided for adjusting natural language conversations between a human user and a computer based on the human user's cognitive state and/or situational state, particularly when the user is operating a vehicle. The system may disengage in conversation with the user (e.g., the driver) or take other actions based on various situational and/or user states. For example, the system may disengage conversation when the system detects that the driving situation is complex (e.g., car merging onto a highway, turning right with multiple pedestrians trying to cross, etc.). The system may (in addition or instead) sense the user's cognitive load and disengage conversation based on the cognitive load. The system may alter its personality (e.g. by engaging in mentally non-taxing conversations such as telling jokes based on situational and/or user states.
US10431210B1
A whole sentence recurrent neural network (RNN) language model (LM) is provided for for estimating a probability of likelihood of each whole sentence processed by natural language processing being correct. A noise contrastive estimation sampler is applied against at least one entire sentence from a corpus of multiple sentences to generate at least one incorrect sentence. The whole sentence RNN LN is trained, using the at least one entire sentence from the corpus and the at least one incorrect sentence, to distinguish the at least one entire sentence as correct. The whole sentence recurrent neural network language model is applied to estimate the probability of likelihood of each whole sentence processed by natural language processing being correct.
US10431208B2
Techniques are described herein for optimizing the presentation of content through obtaining viewership metrics, generating multiple renditions of presentations of content, and selecting optimized renditions of content. One aspect includes associating a request for viewership metrics with a presentation of content, publishing the presentation of content, and receiving information of the viewership metrics associated with the presentation. Another aspect includes copying a presentation of a content item, creating a second presentation of the content item for publishing over one or more channels, and linking the presentation of the content item to the second presentation of the content item, such that a change to one propagates to the other of the presentation of the content item or the second presentation of the content item. In yet another aspect, a content rendition may be selected for presentation based on performance of the rendition out of multiple renditions in an auction.
US10431206B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for training a hierarchical recurrent neural network (HRNN) having a plurality of parameters on a plurality of training acoustic sequences to generate phoneme representations of received acoustic sequences. One method includes, for each of the received training acoustic sequences: processing the received acoustic sequence in accordance with current values of the parameters of the HRNN to generate a predicted grapheme representation of the received acoustic sequence; processing an intermediate output generated by an intermediate layer of the HRNN during the processing of the received acoustic sequence to generate one or more predicted phoneme representations of the received acoustic sequence; and adjusting the current values of the parameters of the HRNN based at (i) the predicted grapheme representation and (ii) the one or more predicted phoneme representations.
US10431203B2
Training a machine by a machine learning technique for recognizing speech utterance to determine language fluency level of a user. Native speaker recorded data and language specific dictionary of heteronyms may be retrieved. The native speaker recorded data may be parsed and the heteronyms from the native speaker recorded data may be isolated. Linguistic features from the native speaker recorded data including at least linguistic features associated with the heteronyms may be extracted, and a language dependent machine learning model is generated based on the linguistic features.
US10431202B2
Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods relating to conversation state management using frame tracking. In an example, a frame may represent one or more constraints (e.g., parameters, variables, or other information) received from or generated as a result of interactions with a user. Consequently, each frame may represent one or more states of an ongoing conversation. When the user provides new or different information, a new frame may be created to represent the now-current state of the conversation. The previous frame may be retained for later access by what is referred to herein as a “dialog agent,” which is the portion of the system that can search and use previous state-related information. When an utterance is received, a frame to which the utterance relates may be identified. Thus, the dialog agent may track multiple states simultaneously, thereby enabling conversation features that were not previously possible.
US10431173B2
A drive circuit includes: a connection module, including a first and a second interfaces for receiving a control signal; an adjustment module, including: a first switch, a control end thereof is coupled to the first interface, a first end is coupled to a supply voltage, and a second end is coupled to a first resistor; second switch, a control end thereof is coupled to the second interface, a first end is coupled to a second resistor, and a second end is grounded; and a third resistor, coupled to the first and the second switches; and a write protection module coupled to the second end of the second switch, and including a software written and a write protection states, where the first and the second switches are controlled to be open or closed by using the control signal, to control the working states of the write protection module.
US10431171B2
A method includes applying a common voltage to a display panel, digitally converting a feedback common voltage from the display panel, detecting an effective ripple signal exceeding a reference value based on the digitally converted feedback common voltage, comparing a total number of effective ripple signals detected during a first frame period with a threshold value, determining whether the effective ripple signals of the first frame period are crosstalk inducing signals based on a comparison result, and determining whether to change a polarity pattern of image data signals to be applied to the display panel during a second frame period based on a determination result in terms of the crosstalk inducing signal.
US10431168B2
The present invention provides driving methods for a color display device in which each pixel can display four high-quality color states. More specifically, an electrophoretic fluid is provided which comprises four types of particles, dispersed in a solvent or solvent mixture.
US10431165B2
A display apparatus includes a timing controller configured to convert input image data into a hue, saturation, brightness (HSV) color space to generate a saturation histogram, generate a saturation gain curve and a dimming value based on the saturation histogram, control saturation of an input image based on the saturation gain curve to generate a data signal, and control luminance of the input image based on the dimming value to generate a light source control signal. A data driver is configured to generate data voltages based on the data signal. display panel is configured to display an output image based on the data voltages. A light source is configured to provide light to the display panel based on the light source control signal.
US10431164B2
A display device with low power consumption is provided. A display device having high visibility regardless of the ambient brightness is provided. The display device includes a light-receiving element, a display element, a first transistor, and a second transistor. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to one electrode of the light-receiving element. The one of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the second transistor. The display device has a function of, by turning on the second transistor, changing the gray level of the display element in accordance with the amount of light detected by the light-receiving element.
US10431160B2
An organic light emitting diode panel, a gate driver circuit and a gate driver circuit unit are disclosed, where the gate driver circuit includes a scanning signal generating unit for generating a scanning signal, transmitting a first clock signal to a scanning signal output terminal under the control of a pulse signal, and pulling down and maintaining the voltage of the scanning signal output terminal at a low voltage level under the control of a second clock signal. The gate driver circuit unit also includes a light emitting signal generating unit for generating a light emitting signal, pulling down the voltage of the light emitting signal output terminal under the control of the pulse signal, and charging the light emitting signal output terminal under the control of the second clock signal.
US10431159B2
A register circuit includes an output circuit and an input circuit. The output circuit includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor is provided in a first electrically-conductive path between a first control terminal and an output terminal. The second transistor is provided in a second electrically-conductive path between a first power terminal and the output terminal. The input circuit includes a third transistor and a fourth transistor. The third transistor is provided in a third electrically-conductive path between an input terminal and a gate terminal of the first transistor. The fourth transistor is provided in a fourth electrically-conductive path between a second control terminal and a gate terminal of the third transistor and has a gate terminal that is coupled to the input terminal.
US10431154B2
An organic light-emitting diode display may contain an array of display pixels. Each display pixel may have a respective organic light-emitting diode that is controlled by a drive transistor. At low temperatures, it may be necessary to increase the amount of current through an organic light-emitting diode to achieve a desired luminance level. In order to increase the current through the light-emitting diode, the ground voltage level may be lowered. However, this may lead to thin-film transistors within the pixel leaking, which may result in undesirable display artifacts such as bright dots being displayed in a dark image. In order to prevent leakage in the transistors, the transistors may be coupled to separate reference voltage supplies or separate control lines. Additionally, the transistors may be positioned to minimize leakage even at low ground voltage levels.
US10431153B2
The disclosure discloses a pixel circuit, a method for driving the same, and an organic electroluminescent display panel, where the pixel circuit includes a node initialization module and a drive control module, the node initialization module includes a first switch transistor with a gate electrically connected with a first scan signal terminal, a source electrically connected with a first reference signal terminal, and a drain electrically connected with a first node; and a seventh switch transistor with a gate electrically connected with the first scan signal terminal, a source electrically connected with the second reference signal terminal, and a drain electrically connected with the second node; the drive control module includes a drive transistor with a gate electrically connected with the first node, a source electrically connected with the second node.
US10431149B2
A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display including a plurality of display modules, and a processor configured to measure a first voltage according to a current flowing through reference pixels operating in a light reception mode by a light emitted from first adjacent pixels, to measure a second voltage according to a current flowing through reference pixels operating in the light reception mode by a light emitted from second adjacent pixels, and in response to a difference between the measured voltages is larger than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, to adjust a gain with respect to the second adjacent pixels based on amplitudes of the first voltage and the second voltage, and the first adjacent pixels are included in a different display module from the second adjacent pixels.
US10431143B2
A shift register includes a first input circuit, a second input circuit, and a pull-up transistor. The first input circuit is coupled to a first input terminal and a first pull-up node, and configured to electrically connect the first input terminal to the first pull-up node when the first input terminal receives an active signal. The second input circuit is coupled to a second input terminal and a second pull-up node, and configured to electrically connect the second input terminal to the second pull-up node when the second input terminal receives an active signal. The pull-up transistor includes a first gate electrode coupled to the first pull-up node and a second gate electrode coupled to the second pull-up node.
US10431140B2
A display device includes a display unit including pixels coupled to scan lines and data lines, a data driver which supplies a data signal to pixels through the data lines, a scan driver which generates a scan signal using a first scan voltage and a second scan voltage, and supplying the scan signal to the pixels through the scan lines, a processor which generates first scan voltage information by setting a first scan voltage level, based on an ambient temperature of the display device, a timing controller which generates a power control signal using the first scan voltage information and delta voltage information, and a power supply which generates the first scan voltage and a delta voltage using the power control signal, and generates the second scan voltage by dropping the delta voltage from the first scan voltage.
US10431134B2
A display device includes a driver for a display panel. The display panel includes a first area and a second area that includes a plurality of pixels. The driver includes a master driver and a slave driver. The master driver compensates a first image signal for the first area to generate a first compensation signal based on the first image signal and a second image signal for the second area. A first data signal corresponding to the first compensation signal and a scan control signal a provided to the first area. The slave driver compensates the second image signal to generate a second compensation signal based on the first image signal and the second image signal. A second data signal corresponding to the second compensation signal and the scan control signal are provided to the second area.
US10431132B2
A method for characterizing and eliminating the effect of propagation delay on data and monitor lines of AMOLED panels is introduced. A similar technique may be utilized to cancel the effect of incomplete settling of select lines that control the write and read switches of pixels on a row.
US10431129B2
Provided is an information processing device wherein, in a first state where a first side face and a second side face are disposed facing each other, a support member can be fitted into a first opening and a second opening and fixed.
US10431127B2
This invention is referred to a guarantee seal for non-opening electrical energy consumption meters with mechanical seal type padlock, disposable of a single use; for sealing or closing some container, box, door, cabinet, meter, valve, pump, bag, carrier bag, water tank, etc., meanly used for the electricity meters commonly used in countries of North America, Central and South America; whose purpose is protecting and controlling the electricity theft, guarantying its immobility. Such guarantee seal has a unique shape that fits exactly with the cavities of the meters and it gets in by pressure, therefore if the seal is located outside of such cavity its external manipulation is evident, furthermore, it has a lid, a base, a verification system by continuity and tag or RFID tag to ensure the integrity of such seal.
US10431122B2
A method is provided for setting, by a processor, a minimum and maximum symbol size for rendering at different zoom levels on a digital map. In another embodiment of the invention, the size of overlay features, such as line widths, received by a processor is automatically adjusted for different zoom levels depending on the average size of map features, such as polygons. In one example, line widths are decreased, and/or made partially transparent, as the map views are zoomed out, finally being altogether eliminated. In one embodiment, the system automatically analyzes received data to determine an appropriate way to map the data.
US10431121B2
This invention involves a balance scale with a base, a balance arm support, a balance arm, a pointer, and a movable label plate containing descriptions. The balance arm has a tray on each end, where one tray holds an article representing mankind with sin, and the other tray holds an article representing the redemptive work of Jesus Christ. The articles on each tray are of equal or approximately equal weight. The scale rotates when the weight of the articles are added to or removed from the trays, and the scale rotation will determine which description the pointer will point to. This invention can be used as a Christian teaching aid showing the benefit of choosing to accept the death of Christ as payment in full for our sins, along with showing the consequence of our refusal to accept the death of Christ as payment for our sins.
US10431119B2
Braille cells and assemblies include an actuator that engages and makes readable a Braille dot by moving a shaft on a base to engage the dot. An electro-permanent magnet and a separate magnetic plate on the shaft can cause the rotation. By running an electric pulse through the electro-permanent magnet, it will rotate the shaft about a pivot under attraction to the magnetic plate. The shaft then engages tactile with the Braille dot to make it and potentially other dots form a Braille character. An electric pulse in an opposite direction may cause the magnetic field to cease and the tactile pin to disengage. The electro-permanent magnet may be coupled a mesh of rows and columns each with a P-channel MOSFET and N-channel MOSFET on opposite ends. The magnet may be at an intersection of a row and a column with diodes, which may be Zenner diodes.
US10431118B2
Braille cells and assemblies include an actuator that engages and makes readable a Braille dot by rotating about a hinge on a base to engage the dot. An electro-permanent magnet on the rod and a magnetic plate on the underlying base can cause the rotation. By running an electric pulse through the electro-permanent magnet, it will rotate the rod about the pivot hinge under attraction to the magnetic plate at the other end of the base. The rod then engages with a tactile pin contacting the Braille dot and making it readable. An electric pulse in an opposite direction may cause the magnetic field to cease and the tactile pin to disengage. The electro-permanent magnet may be coupled a mesh of rows and columns each with a P-channel MOSFET and N-channel MOSFET on opposite ends. The magnet may be at an intersection of a row and a column with diodes.
US10431112B2
Computer-based systems and methods support linguistic education between a tutor and a student using mobile computing devices with touchscreen user interfaces for both that allow the tutor to deliver lesson prompts and monitor in real-time, on his/her mobile device, responses made by the student on the student's mobile device. The linguistic lessons can be quickly created and individualized for each student, based on statistical estimates of student knowledge of each concept in the appropriate scope and sequence. The planned lesson may then be downloaded onto the tutor's mobile device for delivery in a tutoring session. The tutor uses the touchscreen interface of the tutor mobile device to select concept prompts in the downloaded lesson. These prompts can then be displayed on the student's input device. The student may use an input component of the student mobile device to enter a response that is then transmitted back to the tutor mobile device. The student may also answer orally. The tutor, through the touchscreen interface of the tutor mobile device, records correctness and the required hint level for each student response given during a lesson. These records can then be uploaded to the host computer system and used to update a Student Model after the lesson is complete. After it is updated, the Student Model can be used to plan the next lesson for that student.
US10431111B2
A remedial handwriting aid. The remedial handwriting aid includes a glove. The glove includes a first connector attached to a pinky sleeve and second connector attached to a ring finger sleeve. A third connector is attached to a palm portion of the glove. The first connector and the second connector releasably attach to the third connector.
US10431107B2
A device for providing feedback includes an imaging device configured to capture an image of a subject, a feedback device, and a controller communicatively coupled to the imaging device and the feedback device. The controller includes at least one processor and at least one memory storing computer readable and executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the controller to determine one or more identifying characteristics of the subject, set one or more parameters for determining a facial expression of the subject in the image based on the one or more identifying characteristics of the subject, determine the facial expression of the subject in the image based on the one or more parameters, and provide the feedback with the feedback device based on the determined facial expression.
US10431100B2
A flight planning system is disclosed for providing an interactive and customizable flight planning tool. The flight planning system may include a memory device for storing flight information and one or more hardware processors. The processors may receive, from a client device associated with the flight planning system, a first flight information request and provide, in response to the first flight information request, an interactive user interface having a graphical representation of a flight plan that includes at least a flight route. The processors may provide a plurality of selectable overlays that modify the appearance of the graphical representation and display additional information related to the flight information. The processors may receive a second request related to the flight information and provide a modified user interface comprising at least a feature related to the second request and the flight information.
US10431097B2
A handheld, portable device is used to facilitate inspection of vehicles, by generating an electronic vehicle inspection record that can be used by fleet operators to provide evidence of complying with required vehicle inspections. When the vehicle inspection record is generated, route identification data is added to the inspection record. The route identification data defines which of a plurality of predefined routes the vehicle has serviced, or will service, during a time period proximate the inspection of the vehicle. Fleet operators can thus use archived inspection records as evidence of compliance with inspection requirements, and to document what route a vehicle serviced at a particular time.
US10431093B2
One general aspect of the present disclosure includes a method for warning of collision avoidance. The method may include receiving, with at least one server, position and movement information from a remote client, forming a motion model of the client including a predicted position of the client at a future time, and determining whether an object will be in a proximity of the position of the client at the time. If the object will be in the proximity of the position of the client at the time, the method may include determining a probability of a collision between the client and the object at the time. If the probability meets a threshold, the method may include transmitting a collision avoidance signal to at least one of the client and the object.
US10431076B2
A smart crosswalk safety system for a pedestrian comprises bollard devices disposed in a sidewalk, each bollard device including a pedestrian identification sensor detecting a pedestrian, a camera photographing an area including the crosswalk, a beacon device transmitting a beacon signal toward the crosswalk when an operation signal is received from a control device, the control device generating an operation signal to drive the beacon device when the bollard device identifies a pedestrian who walks from the sidewalk toward the crosswalk and a pedestrian is identified to be present in the pedestrian identification area of an image captured by the camera, and a lock screen application installed in the pedestrian terminal of a pedestrian who crosses a street at the crosswalk to change screen of the terminal to a locked state when a beacon signal is received.
US10431069B2
An apparatus for providing an object loss prevention service in a vehicle, and which includes a sensor unit configured to sense an in-vehicle object of a passenger inside the vehicle; and a processor configured to display in-vehicle object state information including at least one of a position of the object and a type of the object, and output an alarm indicating the object has been left in the vehicle in response to the passenger getting out of the vehicle.
US10431067B2
An apparatus for protecting an entrance to a protected area comprises a magnetic sensor to measure an ambient magnetic field or gradient within a first zone of sensitivity at a non-magnetic sensor means adapted to detect the presence of objects within a primary detection zone, a signal processing circuit arranged in communication with the magnetic sensor apparatus and non-magnetic sensor apparatus, and a warning device operable by an output signal from the signal processing circuit, the warning device adapted to provide an alarm. The signal processing circuit identifies temporal variations due to the movement of a ferromagnetic object within the ambient magnetic field and correlates them with instances in which the non-magnetic sensor means detects the presence of an object in its detection zone, and causes the alarm to operate in the event that the correlation is indicative of the presence of a ferromagnetic object in the primary detection zone. It also determines the direction from which an object is approaching the using signals from the non-magnetic sensor means and modifies the operation of the warning device dependent on the direction.
US10431066B2
A terminal apparatus and method therefor according to the present invention are an apparatus and method for receiving and displaying monitoring information in an object monitoring system for sensing and monitoring an object, have a plurality of operation modes including a condition check mode of checking a condition of the object until receiving an intention to actually perform an action on the object after receiving the monitoring information, and prohibit executing the condition check mode on the object when a condition of the object is being checked by other apparatus in the condition check mode. The present invention relates to an object monitoring system using the terminal apparatuses, and a central processing apparatus and central processing method therefor.
US10431057B2
A haptic conversion system is provided that intercepts frames of audio data, such as a digital audio signal, converts the frames into a haptic signal, and plays the created haptic signal through an actuator to produce haptic effects. The haptic signal is based on a maximum value of each audio data frame, which defines a magnitude of the haptic signal. The haptic signal is applied to the actuator configured to receive the haptic signal, where the actuator utilizes the haptic signal to generate the one or more haptic effects.
US10431049B2
A method for implementing an augmented reality lottery game on a player's mobile device includes providing lottery tickets with a code for entry into the augmented reality game. A common game server communicates with the mobile devices, and a player enters and transmits the code via the mobile device to initiate the augmented reality game. The game server receives real-world location data from the mobile device and transmits participating establishment locations to the mobile device within a predefined distance of the player's location. Upon verifying the player's location, the game server enables an overlay of virtual objects on a screen image on the player's mobile device of the establishment location. The mobile device provides instructions to the player for interacting with the virtual object in accordance with the augmented reality game.
US10431045B2
A game apparatus includes a symbol arrangement device, a replacement symbol drawing device, a symbol replacement device, and a win determination device. The symbol arrangement device is configured to arrange a plurality of symbols in a predefined area. The replacement symbol drawing device is configured to draw at least one replacement target symbol to be replaced. The symbol replacement device is configured to replace, with at least alternative symbol, the at least one replacement target symbol that was drawn, after the symbol arrangement device arranged at least one of the plurality of symbols. The win determination device is configured to perform a win determination based at least in part on an arrangement of symbols which are in at least a part of the predefined area, after the symbol replacement device replaced, by the at least alternative symbol, the at least one replacement target symbol that was drawn.
US10431030B2
In some embodiments, apparatuses, and methods are provided pertaining to lockers that can be secured in a docking station. In some embodiments, a system comprises a docking station, the docking station configured to selectively secure and release one or more lockers and receive a command to allow one of the one or more lockers to be released, wherein each of the one or more lockers is removable from the docking station, and wherein each of the one or more lockers comprises a storage portion and a securement mechanism for securing each of the one or more lockers to the docking station.
