US10441233B2
An imaging control apparatus for an X-ray imaging apparatus which performs X-ray imaging in accordance with a plurality of pieces of imaging information displayed in an information display area of a display unit includes a display control unit which controls the display position of prepared imaging information in the completed state of preparation for X-ray imaging and the display position of unprepared imaging information in the uncompleted state of preparation for X-ray imaging in accordance with a reference position set in the information display area.
US10441231B2
A system of shields designed to provide substantially greater protection, head to toe, against radiation exposure to health care workers in a hospital room during procedures which require real-time imaging. The shields are placed around the patient and the x-ray table and provide protection even when the x-ray tube is moved to various angles around the patient.
US10441222B2
An endoscopy sigmoid support apparatus that includes a primary wrap sized for placement around a subject's lower abdomen. A closing mechanism is provided at the end of the primary wrap to secure the primary wrap around the abdomen of the subject by attaching a first end of the primary wrap to a second portion of the primary wrap. A strap extends from the primary wrap and is configured to extend across at least a portion of the primary wrap and to fasten to a third portion of the primary wrap to adjust the amount of pressure applied by the endoscopy sigmoid support apparatus.
US10441214B2
A method and apparatus for monitoring and/or managing adherence to a medication regimen that involves use of a sensor. Dispensing medicine from a container commonly involves pressure being applied to the container, which results in expansion of the container. In some embodiments, pressure is applied by a user through an aperture of the apparatus. In some embodiments, a processor monitors pressure sensor data from a pressure sensor that is physically coupled to the container and arranged such that activation of the pressure sensor indicates the container has expanded in response to the user applying pressure. A processor analyzes the pressure sensor data to determine whether medicine has been dispensed from the container. A computer system can compare the dispensed medication to a planned medication regimen to determine a state of compliance with the medication regimen.
US10441212B2
A method to determine a position and a state of a personal activity monitor worn by a user, such personal activity monitor comprising a motion sensor formed as an at least 3-axis accelerometer and a processor unit, the method comprising the steps of determining a number of changes of predominant axis per time period, and comparing it with exceeds a first predetermined threshold in order to infer a wrist worn condition, the method comprising the steps of determining a current level of activity and a temperature criterion to infer that the personal activity monitor is actually worn by the user and that the user has entered a sleep phase, or to infer that the user has emerged from sleep.
US10441211B1
The method of detecting bone fractures using backscattered light makes use of backscattered near infrared (NIR) light to determine if a body part of a patient is healthy, has a bone fracture, or has an edema. An incident beam of near infrared light is generated by a light source, and has both an incident amplitude and an incident phase. The incident beam of NIR light is directed toward the patient's body part, and a backscattered beam of NIR light is received from the body part. The backscattered beam of NIR light has a backscattered amplitude and a backscattered phase. The determination of whether the body part is healthy, has a bone fracture or has an edema is made based on the level of absorption of the incident beam of NIR light and/or based on the amount of scattering, based on the phase difference, of the incident beam of NIR light.
US10441189B2
A method, apparatus and system for measuring electrical activity generated within a brain is disclosed. A headpiece having a first transistor is placed in contact with a head that contains the brain to bring the first transistor into electrical contact with the head. An electronic signal is generated at the first transistor in response to the electrical activity generated within the brain. The electronic signal is processed at the headpiece in order to measure the electrical activity.
US10441183B2
The present invention relates generally to an algorithm aimed at neurophysiology monitoring, and more particularly to an algorithm capable of quickly finding stimulation thresholds over multiple channels of a neurophysiology monitoring system.
US10441170B2
Embodiments are related to systems and methods for data determining information about a subject, and more particularly to systems and methods for utilizing and distributing information related to measurements of a human subject.
US10441168B2
A computer-implemented method detects the position of a corneal vertex of an eye from a frontal image of a head and a lateral image of the head. The front and lateral images are calibrated to one another, and the position of the corneal vertex in space is determined from the frontal image and the lateral image with a geometric position determination.
US10441159B2
The present disclosure describes a system and method to classify optical coherence tomography (OCT) images. The present system can classify OCT images without first segmenting the retina tissue. The system can generate one or more profiles from vertical transects through the OCT images. The system can identify image statistics based on the one or more profiles. The system's classifier can then classify the OCT images based on the identified image statistics.
US10441153B2
An endoscope particularly suited for endocranial procedures and a method of using the endoscope. In some examples the endoscope is rigid except for a bend/tilt portion near a distal end of a rigid tube that is inserted in a patient's cranium, which distal end is controlled in a degree and direction of tilt with a finger operated controller at the endoscope's handle. Some examples use telescoping tubes that allow customizing the endoscope size for specific procedures. A distal portion of the endoscope can be disposable, supplied in a sterile package for a single procedure, thus taking into account contamination dangers that are particularly high for intracranial and certain other interventions and the fact that it can be difficult or impossible to effectively autoclave heat-sensitive components of certain endoscopes or effectively sterilize them using other techniques.
US10441143B2
Operability in inserting an insertion part of an endoscope into a body cavity using an insertion assisting tool is improved. In an insertion assisting tool 60, a sidewall portion of a tube main body 64 through which an insertion part 12 of an endoscope 10 is passed is provided with a sidewall opening part 68 having a size in which the insertion part 12 can pass through. A distal end side of the sidewall opening part 68 is provided with a guiding valve 82, and the insertion part 12 is guided by the guiding valve 82 to be easily fed from the sidewall opening part 68. The guiding valve 82 is swingably supported, and when the insertion part 12 is fed from a distal end opening part 67 of the tube main body 64, allowing the parallel state of being substantially parallel to an axial direction of the insertion part 12 and passing the insertion part 12 to a distal end opening part 67 side are enabled.
US10441131B2
The invention is directed to a scrubber/scraper sponge. The sponge is comprised of three layers. A lower sponge layer provides a soft, absorbent washing surface on the bottom surface of the sponge. An upper abrasive layer provides a scrubbing surface on the top surface of the sponge. The front peripheral edge of the sponge provides a scraping edge on a scraping layer, which extends partially from the front edge toward the rear edge of the sponge, between the sponge layer and the abrasive layer. Flexible barbs extend rearward from the rear edge of the scraping layer, such that the barbs become embedded in the sponge layer during the manufacturing process and firmly secure the scraping layer to the sponge layer.
US10441129B2
A cleaning device has a cleaning roller that is rotatable about an axis of rotation and serves for treating a surface to be cleaned. The cleaning roller is in the form of a hollow body with an internal liquid chamber, and at least one hollow body opening for releasing liquid from the liquid chamber. In order to develop a cleaning device, in which liquid is only released from the liquid chamber to the surface of the hollow body under certain conditions, a mechanically actuated valve element is assigned to the hollow body opening, wherein the valve element can be displaced into a closing position, in which the hollow body opening is closed, and/or into an opening position, in which the hollow body opening is released, depending on the magnitude of a centrifugal force that acts upon the valve element as a result of a rotation of the cleaning roller.
US10441127B2
The present disclosure relates to a dust cup assembly and a handheld cleaner having the same, the dust cup assembly includes a casing including a cup body with an open top, and a cleaner cover disposed at a top of the cup body and capable of being opened and closed; a negative pressure device provided in the cup body and used to suck airflow from an environment into the casing; and a dedusting device provided in the cup body, located above the negative pressure device and withdrawable from the top of the cup body when the cleaner cover is opened.
US10441121B2
A hand carryable surface cleaning apparatus comprises a body housing a suction motor and comprising a handle. The handle has a handgrip portion that extends upwardly in an upward direction when the surface cleaning apparatus is disposed on a horizontal surface, wherein the handle and a rear surface of the body define a finger gap in which a user may place the user's fingers while gripping the handle. The suction motor is positioned adjacent the rear surface of the body.
US10441106B2
An improved bacon cooking system and method of use is presented which includes a container that houses a rack having a pair of sidewalls with a curved member that extends between the sidewalls. The curved member includes a plurality of vanes and a plurality of perforations. A plurality of inserts are sized and shaped to be placed over the curved member in overlapping stacked relation to one another. Bacon slices are placed over the curved member and in-between the inserts. When the system is placed in an oven or a microwave oven, the bacon is generally held in place by the curved member and the inserts thereby producing crispy, generally flat and straight bacon without the mess or inconvenience of cooking bacon conventionally in a pan.
US10441102B1
A portable, personal sized, beverage container holder or kouzie with cover to prevent entry of insects and spiders into open beverage container. The cover also prevents spillage of beverage from the container. The holder includes a sleeve to receive the container and a cover to fit over the mouth of the container. The cover is removable and detachable but allows drinking from the container without removal of the cover or the container from the holder.
US10441092B2
A product management display system for merchandising product on a shelf includes using a trackless pusher mechanism that travels along a tray on which product is placed and one or more dividers for separating product into rows. The tray may include a notch for accessing the merchandising product from below and the product management display system may be thin to minimize vertical height. The trays may also be engaged with the shelf and may be, locked and unlocked.
US10441085B1
A bed having a headboard wherein the headboard includes an integrated sink so as to facilitate the execution of hygienic tasks for an individual disposed in the bed such as but not limited to washing of the individual's hair. The headboard includes a body that is planar in manner wherein the body includes a first end, a second end, a lower edge and an upper edge all combining to define the shape thereof. The body of the headboard is hingedly secured to the bed proximate the lower edge of the headboard. The headboard is movable between a first position and a second position. In the second position the headboard is horizontal in orientation. The sink is manufactured from a material and is formed in a shape that facilitates the moving of the sink between a first position and a second position.
US10441084B2
A lightweight modular bed includes a bed frame unit, a first retaining unit, a second retaining unit, a supporting web unit, and at least one reinforcement insert. The supporting web unit can be fully stretched on the bed frame unit by virtue of the first and second retaining units, and has a plurality of through bores. The reinforcement insert is configured to be detachably inserted in each of the through bores for adjusting flexibility of the supporting web unit.
US10441083B2
A deployable armrest writing assembly comprises an armrest, a writing surface, and a bridging segment. The bridging segment is connected to the writing surface. The bridging segment is pivotable with respect to the armrest and the writing surface so as to pivot the writing surface 180° from a storage configuration to a deployed configuration over a top surface of the armrest.
US10441074B2
A shelf frame assembly system includes a first vertical post that includes a plurality of openings, a side beam comprising a receiving bore, an end piece having a coupling portion and a receiving portion that includes a plurality of protrusions, and an end connector configured to be inserted into one of the plurality of openings. The end connector includes a plurality of recesses configured to receive the plurality of protrusions and a stop configured to make contact with at least one edge of the one of the plurality of openings. The receiving bore of the side beam is configured to receive the coupling portion of the end piece. The receiving portion of the side beam connector is configured to receive the end connector. Further, the plurality of protrusions are configured to resist a horizontal withdrawal of the side beam connector from the end connector.
US10441072B2
The mobile structure for working with computer equipment or electronic devices, couplable to slanting chairs or armchairs that the invention proposes is therefore configured as a novelty within its field of application, because, when it is implemented, the said objectives are satisfactorily achieved, the characterizing details making it possible are suitably appearing in the final claims attached to this specification.Concretely, what the invention proposes, as it has been stated before, is a structure which aim is to allow the incorporation of computer equipment or electronic devices so that it is possible to work with them, or use them for leisure purpose, in a slanting chair or armchair and to be able to angularly move it, according to the tilt of the chair, at least in an upright position and a slanted position, being formed for it, by a mobile arm with a moving mechanism that is coupled to any slanting chair or armchair and that is provided with supporting means as a kind of desk to incorporate the computer equipment.
US10441068B2
Methods and apparatus for cleaning brushes quickly, comfortably and efficiently are disclosed. The apparatus contains at least one cleaning chamber comprising a plurality of cleaning elements disposed within the chamber that contacts the brushes during cleaning, the cleaning chamber in contact with a) a drive and a motor that can deliver rapid reciprocating motions to the cleaning elements, b) a solvent flow system, and c) a removable brush holder connected to a motor that turns the brushes slowly over the cleaning elements. Rapid reciprocating motions of the cleaning elements, continuous flow of a solvent over the brushes to be cleaned and a slow rotation of the brush itself over the cleaning elements achieve rapid cleaning of brushes with little damage to the brush itself. A removable brush holder that can accommodate many different kinds of brushes in the same slot extends the functionality and comfort of using the brush cleaner.
US10441067B2
A brush for delivering a glutinous substance to a workpiece from an end-effector is disclosed. The brush comprises a body, having a rotational axis and comprising a first channel that comprises an inlet and a first outlet. The inlet is coaxial with the rotational axis and the first outlet is offset from the rotational axis. The brush also comprises tufts, extending from the body and each comprising at least one bristle and a tip. The brush further comprises a first tube, communicatively coupled with the first outlet of the first channel of the body.
US10441061B2
The invention relates to a multifunctional picnic box that includes a box body. The box body as described above has a cover which can be opened. At upper end in the box body as described above, there is at least a group of folding table with corresponding size of box body as described above. In the box body under the folding table as described above, it sets support for placing picnic appliance. It is able to take folding table, some simple cooking utensils in the box.
US10441050B2
A mount for an electric motor, the mount comprising a sleeve for receiving a motor, the sleeve having a longitudinal axis extending between a first end and a second end, wherein the first end comprises a plurality of plurality of projections and the plurality of projections extend along the longitudinal axis. The sleeve may receive the motor via the first end or the second end. The plurality of projections may be spaced around a circumference of the sleeve. The plurality of projections may comprise a pattern of substantially constant frequency around the sleeve. The plurality of projections may be substantially V-shaped with the point extending along the longitudinal axis from the first end of the sleeve.
US10441040B2
An umbrella has a canopy, a main shaft and a plurality of ribs pivotally attached to the main shaft, each rib being of adjustable length and including a pair of outer rib elements, wherein the outer rib elements are flexible and normally adopt a straight configuration aligned with the main shaft in a closed position of the umbrella, and in an open position of the umbrella, flex so that outer ends of the outer rib elements extend generally circumferentially with respect to the canopy. The umbrella can have ribs that would normally be of one piece, in which case accommodation is made for an effective change in the radius of the ribs as the outer rib elements flex. The umbrella may be a folding umbrella with two part ribs. The outer ribs can have a non-uniform cross-section and may taper.
US10441034B2
A quick-release buckle has a male member and a female member configured to interlock, the female member having a body with a recessed receiving portion and one or more lips overhanging a portion of the recessed receiving portion; the male member having a keyed portion shaped complementary to the recessed receiving portion of the female member; wherein the keyed portion of the male member is receivable within the recessed receiving portion to interlock.
US10441031B2
Systems and methods for customizable footwear inserts having a plurality of removable sections. Removable sections may be permanently bonded to adjacent layers of the inserts to eliminate or minimize the tendency of removable sections surrounding the removed sections to fall out or migrate into the cavity created by the removed sections. In some aspects, multiple layers are provided to increase the comfort, support, and/or fit provided to the wearer of the insert. Further, some embodiments include a removable backing that, when removed, exposes an adhesive that may be utilized to, inter alia, adhere an original insole of footwear to the top of the footwear insert such that the user's foot is still in contact with the original insole when wearing the footwear.
US10441025B2
Protective garment for environments having high radiant heat loads and/or high conductive heat loads is described. A protective footwear article and method of making includes an upper with an opaque outer layer; an inner layer; and a thermally reflective layer positioned between the outer layer and the inner layer, the thermally reflective layer having a reflective surface facing the outer layer.
US10441018B2
A helmet for communications comprising: a helmet member for at least partially covering the user's head; a strap for extending around the user's lower jaw and thereby securing the helmet member to the user; wherein the strap comprises a transducer unit for contacting the user's lower jaw and thereby transmitting vibrations to the user.
US10441017B2
Disclosed is a user head mounted protection apparatus. The user head mounted protection apparatus includes a warning element management device that identifies a warning element by using sensing information generated by sensing a nearby object to generate location information of the warning element, a sensor that detects a rotation of the user head mounted protection apparatus to generate rotation angle information, a corrector that corrects the location information of the warning element by using the rotation angle information, a sound source processor that binaurally renders a sound source by using the location information of the warning element or the corrected location information, and an output device that outputs the binaurally rendered sound source.
US10441016B2
An insert to hold an article, such as keys, credit cards, money, etc. in a cap is described. The cap may be worn by a user with the insert in place in the cap. The insert includes a head side surface generally opposite of a cap side surface. A first lateral side is generally opposite of a second lateral side. An upper edge is generally opposite of a lower edge. An extension extends from the upper edge. The extension defines a holding region.
US10441015B2
The present disclosure may relate to a hat. The hat may include a cavity with an opening configured to receive a head of a user. The hat may also include an adjustable band around the opening of the cavity that may adjust a volume of the cavity between a first volume and a second volume. The hat may also include a hanging element coupled to the cavity and configured to be substantially concealed within the cavity at either the first volume or the second volume, be substantially disposed outside of the cavity at either the first volume or the second volume, and transition back and forth between being substantially concealed within the cavity and being substantially disposed outside of the cavity at either the first volume or the second volume.
US10441008B2
The present invention provides body part protectors which comprise multiple discrete and optionally removable/replaceable shock absorbing elements. The body part protectors of this invention offer superior protection to body parts such as knees and elbows as compared to other devices and/or those devices which comprise single shock absorbing elements.
US10440998B2
The electric cartridge for an electronic cigarette of this invention comprises a piece of flexible substrate material comprising at least a flexible film which mounts an electrically conductive network in the form of an array and defining a plurality of resistive zones (pixels) and a plurality of power supply pins for supplying one or more electric currents and connected to the resistive zones. The resistive zones define heating means and are grouped into distinct modules. Each module corresponds to an uninterrupted portion of the electrically conductive network and comprises at least one resistive zone and respective power supply pins. The electric cartridge includes a plurality of portions of aromatic substance positioned on at least one face of the piece of flexible material. Each portion is associated with a resistive zone and positioned in proximity to a heating surface of the respective resistive zone.
US10440995B2
The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices, methods of forming such devices, and elements of such devices. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides substrates for use in storing an aerosol precursor liquid and/or transporting the liquid to a heater for vaporization. The substrates can be formed form fibers that can provide improved absorbency and/or transport qualities. Multi-layer substrates are also disclosed and can include a high absorbency layer and a hydrophobic layer.
US10440994B2
A vaporizer assembly for an e-vaping device includes a heater coil structure, a set of electrical lead structures coupled to opposite ends of the heater coil structure, and a non-conductive connector structure connected to each of the electrical lead structures, such that the electrical lead structures are coupled together independently of the heater coil structure. The vaporizer assembly may contact a dispensing interface structure through the heater coil structure. The vaporizer assembly may heat pre-vapor formulation drawn from a reservoir by the dispensing interface. The heater coil structure may define a surface, and the vaporizer assembly may apply a mechanical force to the dispensing interface structure, such that the heater coil structure is in compression with the dispensing interface structure and the heater coil structure surface is substantially flush with a surface of the dispensing interface structure. The heater coil structure may define a three-dimensional surface.
US10440986B2
The invention includes a device for smoking smokeable material. The device has a housing with a burning section and an inhalation section, a pusher in the housing for pushing the smokeable material through the burning section. The device also has a threaded rotatable shaft for driving smokeable material towards the first end of the housing as the smokeable material is smoked, and a connector for connecting the mouthpiece to the threaded rotatable shaft, where the connector is rotatable relative to the housing, so that rotation of the connector rotates the threaded rotatable shaft relative to the housing.
US10440983B2
The invention relates to a microcapsule comprising at least one active substance selected from lutein and lutein esters embedded in a matrix comprising fish gelatine and optionally one or more other matrix components, wherein the content of said at least one active substance calculated as free lutein is from 0.5 to 25% of total weight of the microcapsule, and which microcapsule does not comprise any added emulsifier.The invention further relates to a process of preparing the microcapsule as well as uses and products comprising the microcapsule.
US10440982B2
Cereal-based semi-liquid and/or semi-solid compositions suitable for supporting the transition period wherein the infant changes from a diet consisting of breast milk or liquid infant formula to solid adult foods, comprising uronic acid carbohydrates with a degree of polymerization (DP) between 10 and 300 and also uses thereof are disclosed.
US10440979B2
A method of using a fluid-immersion storage and cooking device having a thermal container that defines a first volume and a second volume includes disposing a first food item in the first volume. A second food item and a third food item are disposed in the second volume in a first position and a second position, respectively. A volume of fluid having a first temperature is circulated through the first volume to transfer thermal energy to the first food item. After a predetermined time, at least a portion of the volume of fluid is heated to a second temperature. A portion of the volume of fluid is conveyed to the second volume such that (1) the second food item is substantially submerged in the portion of the volume of fluid and (2) the third food item is disposed substantially outside of the portion of the volume of fluid.
US10440976B2
The present invention relates to a method of preparing high-strength coated whole cottonseed for livestock feed, wherein the germination ability of whole cottonseed is removed using high-temperature and high-pressure steam, and the surface of whole cottonseed is coated with gelatinized starch with high viscosity, which is prepared by gelatinizing starch in a preparation process. According the method of the present invention, since the germination ability of whole cottonseed is removed, release of foreign genes into the domestic environment, which may occur when using whole cottonseed for livestock feed, may be fundamentally prevented, and thus the method of the present invention may contribute to protection of domestic plant genetic resources. In addition, the use of gelatinized starch with increased viscosity, which is prepared by gelatinizing starch in a preparation process, may dramatically increase the selection range of coating agents. Furthermore, since coated whole cottonseed can be prepared without a drying process, which consumes a large amount of energy, the method of the present invention may increase economic effect by resolving economic problems, such as high production costs, encountered when preparing whole cottonseed for livestock feed.
US10440973B2
A method is proposed for producing a milk product, preferably a cream product having an average particle size less than 3 μm, which has a shelf life of at least 4 weeks, but does not contain preservatives.
US10440970B2
A grain management system can condition a grain mass held in grain storage equipment using environmental inputs, varietal inputs, nutrient inputs, and/or characteristic inputs. The inputs can provide a customized grain conditioning strategy or program to maintain nutritional attributes of the grain mass and/or prevent overdrying, mold, decomposition, or other spoilage of the grain mass. The inputs can be entered by a user or automatically detected or entered based on present or historical data associated with the grain or grain conditioning equipment.
US10440959B2
The invention relates to synthetic combinations of two or more pure genotypes cloned from the Colombian wild-type Spodoptera frugiperda nucleopolyhedrovirus isolate (NPV003=SfCOL) and to biopesticidal compositions having an active ingredient comprising at least two synthetic combinations and, optionally, a S. frugiperda granulovirus. The compositions of the invention may contain ultraviolet protectants, diluents, coating polymers, surfactants and/or pH regulators and are effective for the biological control of insects in crops, such as corn, rice, cotton, sugarcane and grasses.
US10440954B2
Methods for increasing the yield of almond trees by the application of certain plant growth regulators are disclosed.In one embodiment, a brassinosteroid is applied to a variety of the species Prunus dulcis in the growth stage two weeks after full bloom. In another embodiment, the almond trees are treated at the time of petal fall with a brassinosteroid during the formation the ovaries and nutlets. Non-brassinosteroid plant growth regulators such as Forchlorfenuron and Gibberellic acid may be applied with a brassinosteroid to further promote growth.The inventors hypothesize that changes in reproductive physiology such as increasing pollen tube growth and pollen germination rates that ultimately result in greater crop yield are promoted by applications of brassinosteroids.
US10440951B2
The present invention is directed to pesticidal mixtures comprising sabadilla alkaloids and spinosyns and methods of controlling pests including insects and mites by application of pesticidal mixtures comprising sabadilla alkaloids and spinosyns.
US10440942B2
A sprayer system is provided for a work machine that includes a boom, a fluid source, and an air source. The sprayer system includes a spray device configured to selectively apply a fluid from the fluid source to an agricultural crop. A retractable arm includes a first arm segment, a second arm segment, a first hinge joint positioned such that the first arm segment is selectively foldable relative to the boom, and a second hinge joint positioned such that the second arm segment is selectively foldable relative to the first arm segment. An actuation assembly coupled to the retractable arm selectively folds and unfolds the first arm segment relative to the boom at the first hinge joint and the second arm segment relative to the first arm segment at the second hinge joint based on air pressure from the air source.
US10440936B2
A livestock registration system according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an image data acquisition unit, a signal acquisition unit, and a registration unit. The image data acquisition unit acquires image data obtained by capturing an image of a target livestock animal. The signal acquisition unit acquires an individual identification signal transmitted from a transmission apparatus attached to the target livestock animal, the individual identification signal including an identifier for identifying the target livestock animal. The registration unit registers the identifier of the individual identification signal and the image data in association with each other, the identifier of the individual identification signal being received at a reception timing corresponding to a timing at which the image of the target livestock animal is captured.
US10440932B2
Described herein is an apparatus including a flexible sheet of material including a plurality of strips; and an adhesive system that releasably couples the flexible sheet of material to a surface of a pet waste receptacle.
US10440930B1
A hybrid mushroom culture of Agaricus bisporus, designated as strain J15987, includes a representative culture of the strain, which has been deposited under NRRL Accession No. 67646.
US10440928B1
A soybean cultivar designated S170174 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S170174, to the plants of soybean cultivar S170174, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S170174, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S170174. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S170174. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S170174, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar S170174 with another soybean cultivar.
US10440913B2
A celery cultivar, designated TBG 29, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar TBG 29, to the plants of celery cultivar TBG 29 and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar TBG 29 with itself or another celery cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a celery plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic celery plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to celery cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from celery cultivar TBG 29, to methods for producing other celery cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from celery cultivar TBG 29 and to the celery plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid celery seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar TBG 29 with another celery cultivar.
US10440908B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064245. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064245. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064245 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064245 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10440905B2
The present invention discloses a system and method for irrigation management using VRI ray casting algorithms within irrigation machine workflows. According to an exemplary preferred embodiment, the present invention may preferably include: a position sensor which determines a position of the irrigation system; a memory system storing a prescribed watering plan for a field; and a variable rate mapping program using VRI ray casting algorithms.
US10440898B2
A brush chipper assembly has a housing and a feeder subassembly connected to the housing. The feeder subassembly includes opposed, first and second feeder rollers. When the feeder subassembly is actuated, the first feeder roller is operable to rotate in a first direction and the second feeder roller is operable to rotate in a second direction (opposite to the first direction) so as to draw the brush into the housing. Also provided is a chipping subassembly substantially contained within the housing behind the feeder subassembly. The chipping subassembly including first and second, opposed chipping heads, each of which carrying cutting teeth for chipping the brush. When the chipping subassembly is actuated, the first chipping head is operable to rotate in a third direction and the second chipping head is operable to rotate in a fourth direction (opposite to the second direction).
US10440897B2
A grafting method includes: making a cut surface of a scion and a cut surface of a rootstock contact with each other, and disposing sheet-like thermoplastic resin films facing each other across a contact part; and covering a periphery of the contact part with the thermoplastic resin films by ultrasonically welding the thermoplastic resin films.
US10440895B2
A system and a method for moving wrap material in a baler are described. A motor can be secured to the baler and can be configured to rotate a wrap roller of the baler. The motor can be caused to rotate the wrap roller in a first direction, such that the wrap roller moves the wrap material towards a crop package contained by the baler. The motor can also be caused, during application of the wrap material to the crop package, to brake the wrap roller relative to the first roller direction or to rotate the wrap roller in a second direction that is opposite the first direction, in order to stretch the wrap material.
US10440886B2
A prescribed feedrate of material through the mobile harvesting machine and an actual feedrate of material through the mobile harvesting machine are detected, and a feedrate difference between the prescribed feedrate and the actual feedrate is identified. Wheel slippage of the mobile harvesting machine is also detected. Based on the feedrate difference between the prescribed feedrate and the actual feedrate and based on the detected wheel slippage, a speed control signal that controls speed of the mobile harvesting machine is generated.
US10440885B2
Mower blade utilizes a blade portion formed on the blade main body and an air circulator portion formed on the blade main body and generating airflow via rotation centered around the vertically-oriented axis of the mower blade. The blade portion is arranged in a length-direction end portion of the blade main body and extends along a predetermined area in the length-direction. The air circulator portion is located opposite the blade portion in a width direction, has a rising upward portion, and extends along a predetermined area in the length-direction. A boundary portion is arranged between the blade main body and a rising upward portion of the air circulator portion has a portion inclined or angled with respect to the blade portion such that, beginning at the length-direction end portion, a distance between the boundary portion and the blade portion increases along the length-direction and moving toward the vertically-oriented axis. A height of an upper end portion of the air circulator portion measured from a surface of the blade main body is a substantially constant height.
US10448550B2
A chuck main body type and claw type deciding table and a pusher type deciding table are memorized in advance, information related to a leaded component such as component size, lead pitch, lead diameter, and component form is acquired, a combination of the chuck main body type and the claw type is searched from the chuck main body type and claw type deciding table using the acquired component size, lead pitch, lead diameter, and the like as search terms, the pusher is searched from the pusher type deciding table using the acquired component form or the like as a search term, and the search results are displayed. By this, it is possible to automatically select a tool made from a combination of multiple configuration members.
US10448548B2
There is provided an inspection apparatus which inspects a board on which a mounting apparatus mounts a component, including a detecting unit (an inspection process unit and an inspection camera) that detects inspection information including a positional deviation amount of the component which is mounted on the board, a determining unit that determines whether the detected positional deviation amount falls within a predetermined first range, a transmission unit that transmits the detected positional deviation amount to the mounting apparatus; and a determination unit that determines whether to transmit the detected positional deviation amount to the mounting apparatus. In addition, in a case where it is determined that the positional deviation amount falls within the first range and it is determined that a predetermined condition is satisfied, the determination unit suspends transmission of the positional deviation amount to the mounting apparatus.
US10448546B1
Disclosed is a noise suppression sheet 1 including a resin layer 2, a non-magnetic metal layer 3, and a metal magnetic layer 4 in this order.
US10448543B2
A server rack thermosiphon system includes a plurality of evaporators, each evaporator including a thermal interface for one or more heat-generating server rack devices; at least one condenser mounted to an external structure of a server rack, the condenser including a fluid-cooled heat transfer module; a liquid conduit that fluidly couples each of the evaporators to the condenser to deliver a liquid phase of a working fluid from the condenser to the evaporators; and a vapor conduit that fluidly couples each of the evaporators to the condenser to deliver a mixed phase of the working fluid from the evaporators to the condenser.
US10448541B2
A heat spreading and insulating material using densified foam is provided that has a heat spreading layer that is adhered to an insulating layer. The material is designed to be used with mobile devices that generate heat adjacent to heat sensitive components. The insulating layer is formed from a compressed layer of polyimide foam to increase its density. The polyimide foam retains a significant amount of insulating properties through the densification process. In some embodiments, an EMI shielding layer is added to improve electrical properties of the device. The heat spreading layer is commonly a graphite material with anisotropic heat properties that preferentially conduct heat in-plane. The material may also include pressure sensitive layers to permanently apply the material to the mobile device.
US10448533B2
A holder for detachably fastening a flat, approximately rectangular device such as a tablet computer or a smartphone to a part, in particular to a motor vehicle part, said holder comprising a holding mechanism for detachably mounting the device, and a fastening element that is connected to the holding mechanism to connect the holder to the part; a rotary bearing that can rotate about an axis of rotation is connected to the holding mechanism, and a pivot bearing is connected to the rotary bearing and to the fastening element; the rotary bearing includes a first portion that is connected to the holding mechanism as well as a second portion that is connected to the fastening element.
US10448524B2
A power module includes a number of sub-modules connected via removable jumpers. The removable jumpers allow the connections between one or more power semiconductor die in the sub-modules to be reconfigured, such that when the removable jumpers are provided, the power module has a first function, and when the removable jumpers are removed, the power module has a second function. The removable jumpers may also allow for independent testing of the sub-modules. The power module may also include a multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB), which is used to connect one or more contacts of the power semiconductor die. The multi-layer PCB reduces stray inductance between the contacts and therefore improves the performance of the power module.
US10448508B2
A printed circuit board (PCB) having a reliable electrical connection with connection terminals and a semiconductor package including the PCB, the printed circuit board including: a substrate base; a plurality of pads disposed on upper and lower surfaces of the substrate base; and a solder resist layer configured to cover at least a portion of the upper and lower surfaces of the substrate base, wherein at least some of the plurality of pads are groove pads comprising at least one annular groove in a side opposite to the substrate base.
US10448493B2
An instrument to produce ionizing radiation includes a high voltage source of charge and ionizing radiation; a housing filled with insulating gas and containing the high voltage source; an insulator to which the high voltage source is mounted so that the source is spaced from the housing; one or more collector electrodes arranged in the housing such that the high voltage source preferentially discharges to the collector electrode(s); a control system which determines a level of ionization of the insulating gas through the amount of discharge to the collector electrode(s); and/or discharge rate limiting means controllable by the control system to deionize the insulating fluid at a controlled discharge rate and thereby maintain the maximum rate of discharge below a predetermined current. In this way, breakdown events can be inhibited.
US10448492B1
A portable gradient control plate providing protection against touch potentials for electrical workers that can be carried and set-up at workplace conveniently. The gradient control plate has a perforated top plate for stability and extra foot grip minimizing slip hazards. It is supported by aluminum members thus elevating the foot above grade. The gradient control plate can be folded through hinges and equipped with a handle introducing portability into the apparatus. Each aluminum plate is secured by a locking mechanism and bonded by a braided copper wire to ensure equipotential between plates. Aluminum rods for attaching hotline clamps will be placed on each side of the gradient control plate for electrical connection to the power source.
US10448490B2
A highly configurable and flexible distributed lighting control system that includes a Digital Power Module (DPM) connected to at least one remote/distributed Fixture Control Module (FCM) that controls an associated LED light fixture. The LED light fixture including at least two LEDs that are independently controllable. The LED light fixture adapted to receive various control signals for controlling the at least two LEDs.
US10448483B2
A predictive system and method thereof for indoor horticulture are disclosed. The method includes obtaining a set of input values identifying a geographic position of a physical structure enclosing an interior environment and a target distribution for environmental parameters for a selected plant occupant. The method further includes obtaining a virtual representation of the physical structure, and iteratively over time, updating the virtual representation based on actual plant growth or a predicted plant growth model for the selected plant occupant. The method further includes running a computational model to obtain a predicted distribution of the environmental parameters for the virtual representation, and determining a target distribution of artificially modulated environmental parameters. Based on the target distribution of the artificially modulated environmental parameters, the method includes setting output parameters for control devices to collectively control the actual distribution of the set of environmental parameters.
US10448481B2
The invention comprises a solid state infrared source apparatus and method of use thereof, comprising: (1) an electrically conductive film comprising: an emission side and a back side opposite the emission side and a surface area to height ratio of at least five hundred to one; (2) a first dielectric film contacting the back side of the electrically conductive film; and (3) a reflective layer, the reflective layer embedded in the solid state source between the first dielectric film and a support layer, wherein the electrically conductive film emits infrared light upon warming with an electrical current during use, the infrared light sequentially reflecting off of the reflective layer, transmitting through the electrically conductive film, and emitting from the solid state source. Preferably the electrically conductive film comprises zinc oxide and the reflective layer is deposited into a basin in a second dielectric film.
US10448471B1
Certain aspects involve lighting systems in which a dimming curve of the illumination can be selectively modified. For instance, a lighting system includes a light source configured for emitting light at a target color temperature and a switch configured to receive a selection of a dimming curve from a predefined set of dimming curves. When in a first position, the switch configures the light source to adjust a lumen intensity of the light source according to a dimming adjustment signal and a first dimming curve. When in a second position, the switch configures the light source to adjust the lumen intensity according to a dimming adjustment signal and a second dimming curve that is different from the first dimming curve.
US10448469B2
Systems and methods for dimming control using TRIAC dimmers are provided. An example apparatus for a power conversion system includes: a process-and-drive component configured to receive an input signal and output a drive signal to a switch to affect a current that flows through a primary winding of a power conversion system. The input signal includes a first pulse associated with a first input period and a second pulse associated with a second input period. The drive signal is associated with a first modulation period for the first input period and a second modulation period for the second input period. The process-and-drive component is further configured to: determine the first modulation period for the first input period; change the drive signal between a first logic level and a second logic level at a modulation frequency during the first modulation period; determine the second modulation period for the second input period.
US10448461B2
In a method for operating a cooktop, a process of removal and placement of a cookware element with respect to a starting position and an end position is detectable by a detection arrangement. A control unit forms a heating zone to match a detected cookware element. The process can be independently associated by the control unit in one of two ways, a first way in which the process involves a movement of cookware element from the starting position into the end position and a movement of the heating zone into an area of the end position, with a target temperature, set by a user interface, being carried over to the area of the end position, a second way in which the process involves removal of cookware element from the starting position and placement of another cookware element in the end position, with a target temperature set to a default value.
US10448460B2
An induction heating system includes an electrically conducting load and an inverter circuit having a switching section and a resonant section. The switching section includes switching devices adapted to generate an AC current from an AC input voltage having a plurality of half-waves. The resonant section includes an induction heating coil adapted to receive the AC current for generating a corresponding time-varying magnetic field in order to generate heat in the electrically conducting load by inductive coupling. The amount of heat generated in the load depends on the frequency of the AC current. A method of managing an induction heating system also is disclosed.
US10448435B2
The present disclosure relates to a method performed in a communication network comprising a cellular Radio Access Network (RAN), a Core Network (CN) and an Application Function (AF). The method comprises receiving, via a user plane bearer, from a service client in a radio device connected to the RAN, at least one address information element of at least one server of a service provider. The method also comprises forwarding the at least one address information element to the AF for initiating setting up of a CN end of a dedicated bearer between the radio device and the CN for service level communication between the service client and the at least one server.
US10448428B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for performing random access in a user equipment for a small cell e-NB with a small cell service area in heterogeneous e-NB cell carrier integration (dual connectivity or inter-eNB carrier aggregation) in mobile communication systems. In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a method for performing random access in a mobile communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a configuration request message for configuring a Serving Cell Group (SCG) from a second eNB located in a service area of a first eNB through the first eNB; configuring an SCG cell based on the configuration request message, and sending a configuration response message in response to the configuration request message to the second eNB through the first eNB; and performing random access if there is uplink data present on a logic channel (LCH) relocated into the SCG cell.
US10448417B2
A method for communicating with an access node includes receiving measurement table information from the access node, wherein the measurement table information is derived from measurements of communications channels between access nodes and user equipments (UEs) served by the access nodes, determining an access strategy and an associated access parameter for a shared communications channel in accordance with the measurement table information, and transmitting an uplink transmission on the shared communications channel in accordance with the associated access parameter after obtaining access to the shared communications channel.
US10448416B2
Uplink traffic control device, method and computer program product to determine that predictive scheduling is to be applied for the mobile station. Thereafter an uplink transmission scheme is determined for the predictive scheduling. Thereafter, periodic messages comprising uplink transmission grants, according to the uplink transmission scheme, are sent to the mobile station, the messages further comprising a request for a downlink channel quality indicator (CQI) report.
US10448408B2
A method of user equipment (UE) for channel state information (CSI) reporting in a wireless communication system. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), configuration information for the CSI reporting, configuring a plurality of combinations of resources out of a pool of resources, wherein the pool of resources includes two channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RSs) and one channel state information-interference measurement (CSI-IM) based on the configuration information, wherein the two CSI-RSs include CSI-RS1 and CSI-RS2, deriving CSI values from the plurality of combinations of resources, respectively, to generate a CSI report message; and transmitting, to the BS, the CSI report message including the CSI values.
US10448397B2
Channel bonding techniques for wireless networks are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a memory and logic for a wireless communication device, at least a portion of the logic implemented in circuitry coupled to the memory, the logic to generate a channel bonding request frame for transmission to a remote device, the channel bonding request frame to comprise first channel information indicating a plurality of locally-clear wireless channels, the logic to identify, based on second channel information comprised in a received channel bonding response frame, a bonded channel set comprising two or more of the plurality of locally-clear wireless channels, and generate a data frame for transmission to the remote device via a combined bandwidth of the bonded channel set. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10448389B1
One aspect of the present disclosure provides a method for detecting, by a user equipment, a PDCCH signal, the method including: receiving configurations for a plurality of search space sets from a base station; determining, based on a monitoring periodicity of each of the plurality of search space sets, search space sets for which the user equipment should monitor a PDCCH signal for a specific unit time; and attempting blind-detection selectively for only a part of PDCCH candidates included in the determined search space sets when a number of PDCCH candidates or a number of CCEs included in the determined search space sets exceed a maximum number of candidates or a maximum number of CCEs, wherein in selection of PDCCH candidates for attempting the blind-detection, the user equipment firstly selects PDCCH candidates from a first search space set related to a CSS among the determined search space sets.
US10448373B2
A method for receiving system information by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting coverage enhancement, the method includes receiving, by the UE, a first system information block (SIB) from a base station, the first SIB including scheduling information indicating resource block information and transport block size information for a second SIB; and repeatedly receiving, by the UE, the second SIB from the base station based on the indicated resource block information and transport block size information.
US10448364B2
In an aspect, an apparatus, e.g., a base station of a first network, maybe configured to receive UE capability information from each UE of a plurality of UEs, the UE capability information indicating a number of different carrier synchronization timings that the UE can track within a plurality of carriers. The carriers maybe associated with multiple different networks including the first network. The apparatus maybe configured to determine, based on the received UE capability information, a set of synchronization-timing priorities indicating a priority for timing synchronization types for use within each carrier of a set of carriers of the plurality of carriers, and broadcast the set to the UEs. In an aspect, a UE may determine and send the UE capability to a base station. The UE may receive the set of synchronization-timing priorities and perform timing synchronization based on the received set of synchronization-timing priorities.
US10448361B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for paging and random access response (RAR) scheduling and downlink control information (DCI) for a user equipment (UE). In one novel aspect, an SI-paging and a call-paging are transmitted separately, and scheduled by SI-Paging-DCI and call-Paging-DCI respectively. In one embodiment, a special PO is introduced for stand-alone SI-Paging scheduled by SI-Paging-DCI, and the special PO is different from the PO for call-Paging. In another novel aspect, SI-Paging is scheduled together with call-paging in the same PDSCH scheduled by call-Paging-DCI. In one embodiment, the SI-paging carries a value tag and a bitmap, wherein the value tag indicates whether any SI updates, and the bitmap indicates which one or more SIs updates. In another embodiment, the SI-Paging carries several valuetags, and the number of valuetag corresponds to the number of SI. The UE compares a current valuetag to a stored valuetag to verify whether a SI changes.
US10448355B2
A technique for locating a radio device within a region covered by a radio access network, RAN is described. The RAN includes a plurality of transmission and reception points, TRPs. As to a method aspect of the technique, reports indicative of measurements performed by the radio device based on radio beams transmitted from different TRPs of the RAN are received. Each of the radio beams correspond to a radio propagation direction from the respective TRP. The radio device is located based on a combination of the radio propagation directions corresponding to radio beams transmitted from at least two of the TRPs of the RAN.
US10448348B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an RTP packet transmission method and apparatus. A GCS AS or a BM-SC provides synchronization source information of the GCS AS and synchronization source information of the BM-SC for UE, so that the UE can continuously receive RTP packets. On one hand, the GCS AS (or the BM-SC) may provide the synchronization source information of the GCS AS (or the synchronization source information of the BM-SC) for the UE by sending an RTP packet. On the other hand, the GCS AS (or the BM-SC) further provides the synchronization source information of the BM-SC (or the synchronization source information of the GCS AS) for the UE. Therefore, when being in a unicast (multicast) transmission mode, the UE can obtain both of the synchronization source information of the GCS AS and the synchronization source information of the BM-SC.
US10448347B2
A communication device includes: a time zone determiner section that identifies a switching point of time of communication time zones based on a clock time and determines whether the communication time zones are switched based on the clock time and the switching point of time; a channel switch section that designates a communication-target channel by switching the communication time zones at the identified switching point of time; a transmission processor section that performs a data transmission using the communication-target channel designated, and prohibits data transmission from being performed for a predetermined transmission prohibition duration time before and after the switching point of time; an error assessor section that assesses an error amount that is a degree of an error of the clock time against the reference clock time; and a transmission prohibition-time adjuster section that increases the transmission prohibition duration time as the error amount increases.
US10448344B2
There is provided a communication apparatus and a communication system that reduces communication interference in inter-vehicle communication by considering the emergency degree of the environment around a vehicle and the accident incidence rate in each traveling scene and that raises the communication quality of high-emergency-degree data. The communication apparatus has a communication unit that has a power setting unit and performs inter-vehicle communication and a control unit that has a vehicle information acquisition unit for acquiring vehicle information and a reference vehicle position estimation unit for estimating the present position of a reference vehicle and controls the communication unit; when high-emergency-degree information of the reference vehicle is transmitted by use of vehicle information, the control unit controls the communication unit in such away that transmission is performed with increased transmission power.
US10448342B1
A communication device, method, and computer program product provide communication quality mitigations for concurrently-transmitting transmitters of the multiple transmitter communication device. A controller is communicatively coupled with first and second transmitters. The controller executes a transmit power control utility that enables the communication device to monitor transmission characteristics of first and second transmitters. The controller determines whether a human is within a proximity threshold distance to the first and second transmitters. In response to determining that the human is within the proximity threshold distance, the controller determines whether concurrent transmissions by the first and second transmitters have an aggregated power level that exceeds a power threshold. In response to determining that the aggregated power level exceeds the power threshold, the controller triggers operation in a reduced transmit power mode that reduces the aggregate power level to not exceed the power threshold and that includes communication quality mitigation.
US10448339B2
Disclosed is a method for controlling an uplink (UL) power in a multi-subframe scheduling system including a user equipment (UE) receiving a multi-subframe UL scheduling instruction or physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) data of a downlink control information (DCI) format 3/3 A of the UE, in a DL subframe where the multi-subframe UL scheduling instruction is transmitted, and the UE determining a transmitting power of the PUSCH of each UL subframe scheduled by the multi-subframe UL scheduling instruction, based on a power controlling command value, and transmitting corresponding PUSCH data based on the calculated transmitting power.
US10448338B2
An example computer-implemented method includes determining, by an electronic device, that the electronic device has not received a user activity for an interval of time. The method also includes determining, by the electronic device, a contextual state of the electronic device, and adapting, by the electronic device, a sleep delay value based on the determined contextual state of the electronic device. The method also includes determining that the interval of time has exceeded the sleep delay value, and responsive to determining that the interval of time has exceeded the sleep delay value, transitioning, by the electronic device, from a first power state to a second power state, where the first power state is higher or lower than the second power state.
US10448334B2
A wireless communication apparatus that operates in any one of multiple modes that differ in power consumption, the apparatus includes: a control unit that controls the switching of the mode; and a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication, in which, in a case where the control unit disables a first wireless function of the wireless communication unit that operates as an access point for the wireless communication, the control unit enters a first mode that is included in the multiple modes, and in which, in a case where the control unit enables the first wireless function, the control unit switches from the first mode to a second mode that is included in the multiple modes, which has higher power consumption than the first mode.
US10448332B2
There is disclosed a method for operating a wireless device (10), the wireless device (10) being D2D enabled. The method comprises entering, by the wireless device (10), an energy-saving mode; monitoring, by the wireless device (10), a pre-defined channel for a D2D wake-up signal at pre-defined times during the energy-saving mode; determining, by the wireless device (10), if a received wake-up signal is intended for the wireless device; and performing, by the wireless device (10), a wake-up procedure for D2D communication. There are also disclosed related devices and methods.
US10448326B2
There is provided a wireless device and a method for managing a wireless device for wireless transmission over a multi-hop wireless network, the wireless device comprising a wireless interface and a controller. A schedule of timeslots for transmitting and timeslots for receiving messages is determined based on which layer of the network the wireless device occupies. A transmission from a first node is received during a scheduled timeslot for receiving messages, the transmission comprising a message. The message is added to a queue of messages. In response to a signal being received via the wireless interface indicating that another node in the network has received the message, the message is removed from the queue of messages. During a scheduled timeslot for transmitting messages, at least one message from the queue of messages is transmitted to nodes in a layer closer to the sink than the wireless device.
US10448320B2
Methods and apparatus for management of network slices in a communication network such as a 5th generation wireless communication network are provided. Management planes may be provided which are separate from the plurality of network slices. A connection manager residing in a management plane receives an indication that a mobile device is to be associated with the communication network. The connection manager may reside at an access node or in the core network. A network slice is determined, and the connection manager transmits instructions, to one or more network nodes, to associate the mobile device with the network slice. The instructions may be provided to a local connection manager. The slice may be requested explicitly by the mobile device, or determined based on device and/or network requirements.
US10448306B2
A wireless communication system is presented for robust mobility management in a HetNet communication system. A source cell can prepare a macro cell and a target small cell as handover candidates during handover decision making and/or preparation. The mobile device is informed about the prepared macro cell and target small cell using radio resource control (RRC) messaging. After receiving a handover command or detecting radio frequency (RF) loss, the mobile device can try to connect with the target small cell. If the mobile device is unable to connect to the target small cell, the UE can fall back and connect to the macro cell.
US10448301B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a demand for real-time services to a first mobile device, by way of a base station of an LTE system. In response, utilization of a first wireless channel of a first radio of the base station is evaluated. The first radio supports a first wireless service that includes the real-time service and a non-real-time service to a second mobile device within the same cellular region. A handover of the second mobile device to a second radio of the base station is facilitated in response to the utilization. The second radio is configured to support a second wireless service that excludes the real-time service within the same cellular region. Responsive to the handover, the second radio supports the non-real-time service over the second wireless channel to the second mobile device within the cellular region. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10448299B2
A system that stores functional information indicating a capability of each of a plurality of elements located remotely from the system; identities a function capable of being performed by linking a plurality of the elements based on the stored functional information; and transmits information corresponding to the identified function capable of being performed by linking the plurality of elements to a first device remote from the system.
US10448295B2
In a wireless communication system, a user equipment (UE) may reselect a sidelink resource to be used for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication. The reselection of sidelink resource may be triggered by various conditions. In particular, the reselection of the sidelink resources may be triggered when a value of sidelink resource reselection counter is zero. More specifically, the UE determines that data for the V2X communication is available in a sidelink traffic channel (STCH), determines that a value of the sidelink resource reselection counter is zero, and reselects the sidelink resources.
US10448284B2
A wireless communication apparatus includes, a transceiver module performs data transmission; and a processing module selects a channel whose bandwidth is a to-be-detected bandwidth from a WLAN system. If there is no idle channel, detection is performed again after the to-be-detected bandwidth is reduced.
US10448278B2
A communication terminal is provided including a detector configured to detect an upload data traffic congestion situation in the communication terminal, a classifier configured to assign, in response to the detection of an upload data traffic congestion situation, a communication service class for which upload data traffic is to be reduced and a controller configured to initiate a reduction of upload data traffic belonging to a communication service of the assigned communication service class.
US10448269B2
A measurement method, a cell measurement method, an apparatus, and a communications node are disclosed. A first communications node sends measurement information to a second communications node, where the measurement information includes measurement signal configuration information and/or configuration information of a measurement signal combination, the two pieces of configuration information are respectively used by the second communications node to determine a resource of a measurement signal corresponding to the measurement signal configuration information and a resource of a measurement signal corresponding to the configuration information of the measurement signal combination; and the first communications node receives a measurement report sent by the second communications node, where the measurement report carries a measurement result of measurement performed by the second communications node according to the measurement information. The examples of the present invention implement measurement on a radio link after introduction of a non-backward-compatible cell or carrier.
US10448254B2
A system for managing the wireless transmission of data using a configured or fixed frequency, such as the 60 GHz spectrum, within a client-dense environment such as an aircraft. The system includes access points (“ZAPs”) that control a plurality of antennas according to a time-slotted broadcast schedule such that the transmissions from the antennas do not interfere with each other.
US10448251B1
Certain aspects of this disclosure relate to authentication of mobile devices to the public wireless network using blockchains. In some aspects, a system includes a database configured to store blockchains for authenticating mobile devices to access a public wireless network. Each blockchain can be associated with a mobile device. A processor can receive a blockchain record from a mobile device and grant access of the mobile device to the public wireless network when the blockchain record corresponds to the blockchain stored in the database. A new block can be appended to a blockchain to produce a new blockchain for authenticating access of the mobile device to the public wireless network at a future time. The current blockchain record is stored in the mobile device and accessed for authentication to the public wireless network.
US10448241B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of electronic terminal technologies, and provide a service processing method. A specific solution is: registering, by user equipment, with an IMS network by using a first IMSI corresponding to a first telephone card, and obtaining a first GRUU; and if the user equipment saves a mapping relationship between the first IMSI and a second GRUU, and the second GRUU and the first GRUU have a same IMPU, configuring, by the user equipment, a first supplementary service to a supplementary service the same as a second supplementary service, where the first supplementary service is a supplementary service corresponding to the first GRUU, and the second supplementary service is a supplementary service corresponding to the second GRUU. The embodiments of the present disclosure are used for service processing.
US10448239B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Relocation of a user plane may be minimized through the exchange of communication session information between network nodes. For example, a connectivity session manager and an access and mobility manager may exchange information associated with a user equipment (UE) communication session to prevent unnecessary reestablishment of an existing communication session. In such cases, the access and mobility manager may receive a session management request from a UE and send a request including the session management request to the connectivity session manager. Based on the received message, the connectivity session manager may identify a continuity mode, select a user plane anchor for the communication session, and send a response message to the access and mobility manager. In some examples, the connectivity session manager and the access and mobility manager may exchange session area codes associated with the location of the UE.
US10448238B2
A system may include processing logic configured to execute instructions to cause a system to perform operations including receiving a beacon from a first intermediate device via a first network. The operations may also include identifying a characteristic of the beacon. The operations may include identifying, based on the characteristic of the beacon, a server that is associated with the beacon. The operations may include sending a beacon message to the server via a third network.
US10448234B2
A notification method and device for downlink power regulation and an acquisition method and device for downlink power regulation are described in the present disclosure. The notification method includes that: adaptive regulation is implemented by at least keeping power of a Discovery Signal (DS) unchanged or at least regulating the power of the DS, and a power parameter configured after adaptive regulation is notified to a terminal, and/or a neighbouring small cell and/or a macro cell.
US10448230B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for data transmission are described. A sending terminal sends data and a data identification of the data to a server. The data identification is broadcasted to one or more receiving terminals through a short distance wireless communication. The receiving terminal obtains the data from the server according to the data identification. When the sending terminal needs to transmit data to multiple receiving terminals, the techniques of the present disclosure do not require the sending terminal to establish a point-to-point connection with each of the receiving terminal. Thus, the techniques of the present disclosure effectively reduce transmission time with multiple receiving terminals, improve data transmission efficiency, and lower power consumption at the sending terminal.
US10448226B1
A method includes receiving, at a network service exchange system, a request from a device. The request indicates one or more service parameters. The method includes, in response to receiving the request, validating the device and the one or more service parameters. A reverse auction is performed to select a service provider from among a plurality of candidate service providers. The service provider is selected based on the one or more service parameters. The method further includes, after selecting the service provider, performing an over-the-air provisioning process to enable the device to communicate using a network associated with the service provider.
US10448225B2
To further improve certainty of security assurance using a cellular system.[Solution] A device including: a communication unit configured to perform wireless communication; an acquiring unit configured to acquire, via the wireless communication, information related to a response destination of a message transmitted from a base station via the wireless communication; and a processing unit configured to execute a process related to a response to the response destination on the message on a basis of the acquired information related to the response destination.
US10448219B2
A method and system for distributed messaging between a plurality of computer devices using a short range wireless communication protocol (SRWP) is disclosed. The communication protocol can be one in which slave devices provide data to master devices. A device automatically establishes master and slave connections with other devices via the protocol as they come into range. A user-entered message is displayed on the device and broadcast by the device over slave connections to other connected devices. Messages received by the device over its master connections are displayed and also rebroadcast to other connected devices. Messages can be displayed for a limited time period during which they fade or otherwise are altered to provide a visual indication of the display lifetime remaining for that message. A relay can be provided to receive an rebroadcast messages to connected devices and inject into the SRWP network from devices outside the network.
US10448215B2
A method includes determining to report location change information of a first computing device to a second computing device and sending the location change information to the second computing device utilizing an initial communication approach. The method further includes assigning a priority level of the location change information based on one or more environmental parameters. When the priority level of the location change information is greater than a priority threshold, the method further includes selecting a new communication approach and resending at least a portion of the location change information to the second computing device using the new communication approach.
US10448213B2
Methods, computer readable storage medium, and systems for mobile devices to locate persons or places are described. In a feature, the invention is a method implemented in a server for providing beaconing sequences to the mobile devices for location sharing. In a feature, the invention is a server executing a method of locating a user using a beaconing mobile device. In a feature, the invention is a non-transitory computer readable medium on a server that encodes a program to execute a method on a first mobile device that determine directions and/or distance between the first mobile device and a second mobile device. In a feature, the invention is a server executing a method to remember a place on a mobile device.
US10448212B2
A community safety system (CSS) including a notification management entity (NME) comprising servers, the NME communicatively coupled to multiple user devices and one or more administrator devices (collectively, registered user devices). The CSS includes a plurality of registered users, wherein registered users may be associated with an organization, and a user category of a set of user categories. The NME may maintain a list of the registered users and associated information. The registered users may have user devices including a CSS application operating thereon, or SMS messaging program operating thereon. In some embodiments the CSS enables SMS-to-CSS App communications, and vice versa, enriching the CSS with information from users employing disparate communication platforms on their devices.
US10448208B2
In some embodiments, an information processing apparatus is configured to communicate with a first wireless communication apparatus via a first communication system, the information processing apparatus comprising control circuitry configured to: receive information relating to a second communication system discovered by the first wireless communication apparatus, the second communication system being different from the first communication system; and use the information relating to the second communication system to control grouping of a plurality of wireless communication apparatuses each configured to wirelessly communicate with the information processing apparatus using the first communication system, wherein the plurality of wireless communication apparatuses comprises the first wireless communication apparatus.
US10448204B2
Techniques for providing status information for a user are described. Data indicative of a physical status of a user, device usage of the user, and contextual information are received. The data is analyzed and a probable status of the user relative to a predetermined location is determined. The probable status is determined in part as a function of availability of the data. The probable status is sent to a interface device for presentation of the probable status.
US10448200B2
A mobile device may receive updates, support and other data from a current data center agent platform. When the mobile device travels to another location the nearest data center agent may be different from the previous agent. A changeover determination must be performed prior to determining whether the new agent should be assigned to the mobile device. One example method of operation may include receiving current location information of the mobile device and identifying a present location of the mobile device and a current service center assigned to the mobile device. The method may also provide determining whether a new service center location at a remote location from the current service center location should be assigned to the mobile device based on predefined assignment criteria.
US10448197B2
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: recording position data for a mobile device over time, the position data being associated to an identifier of the mobile device; outputting to a user an identification code associated to the identifier; receiving input data from a user, the input data including the identification code and user identifying information from a user; responsively to the receiving the input data from a user associating the identification code and the user identifying information; based on the associating processing the position data and user profile data associated to the user identifying information; sending a message to the user based on a result of the processing.
US10448194B2
Example techniques may involve performing aspects of a spectral calibration using an applied spatial calibration. An example implementation may include receiving data representing spatial filters that correspond to respective playback configurations. The implementation may also involve causing the audio drivers to output calibration audio that is divided into a repeating set of frames, the set of frames including a respective frame for each playback configuration. Causing the audio drivers to output the calibration audio may involve causing an audio stage to apply, during each frame, the spatial filter corresponding to the respective playback configuration. The implementation may also include receiving data representing spectral filters that correspond to respective playback configurations, the spectral filters based on the calibration audio output by the audio drivers. When playing back audio content in a given playback configuration, the audio stage may apply a particular spectral filter corresponding to that configuration.
US10448192B2
A method comprising determining a spatial audio signal; determining an apparatus motion parameter; and stabilizing the spatial audio signal dependent on the apparatus motion parameters.
US10448190B2
The invention relates to a loudspeaker system or device configured such that the sound field generated by the system or device is controllable. The system or device comprises Left (16, 18; 41, 43) and Right (15, 17; 42, 46) loudspeaker arrangements configured for radiating at least mid and high frequency sounds to the surroundings (R) and for controlling the sound radiation pattern (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26) of the left and right loudspeaker arrangements, respectively, such that the beam width and/or direction of the main lobe of the directivity pattern for the respective Left and Right loudspeaker arrangements can be varied; and at least one signal processor configured to process the signals to be provided to the loudspeakers of the respective loudspeaker arrangements such that the directional characteristics of the loudspeakers in each respective arrangement can be varied. The system or device may further comprise a low frequency arrangement comprising an arrangement of one or more loudspeakers (11, 12, 13, 14, 37) mounted in an enclosure (1) and configured such that the loudspeakers radiates sound energy to the surroundings (R). The low frequency arrangement may be configured as a bass-reflex enclosure with a wide port region. By means of the system or device according to the invention, the resulting directional characteristic of the system or device can be adapted to numerous specific use situations, for instance to obtain a stereo-stabilizing effect on a perceived sound image.
US10448189B2
A spatialized audio system includes a sensor to detect a head pose of a listener. The system also includes a processor to render audio data in first and second stages. The first stage includes rendering first audio data corresponding to a first plurality of sources to second audio data corresponding to a second plurality of sources. The second stage includes rendering the second audio data corresponding to the second plurality of sources to third audio data corresponding to a third plurality of sources based on the detected head pose of the listener. The second plurality of sources consists of fewer sources than the first plurality of sources.
US10448188B2
For generating 3D audio content from a two-channel stereo signal, the stereo signal (x(t)) is partitioned into overlapping sample blocks and is transformed into time-frequency domain. From the stereo signal directional and ambient signal components are separated, wherein the estimated directions of the directional components are changed by a predetermined factor, wherein, if changes are within a predetermined interval, they are combined in order to form a directional center channel object signal. For the other directions an encoding to Higher Order Ambisonics (HOA) is performed. Additional ambient signal channels are generated by de-correlation and rating by gain factors, followed by encoding to HOA. The directional HOA signals and the ambient HOA signals are combined, and the combined HOA signal and the center channel object signals are transformed to time domain.
US10448184B1
A method provides binaural sound to a person through electronic earphones. The binaural sound localizes to a sound localization point (SLP) in empty space that is away from but proximate to the person. When an event occurs, the binaural sound switches or changes to stereo sound, to mono sound, or to altered binaural sound.
US10448174B2
A hearing aid system includes a first unit producing first perception and second auditory unit producing second perception. The units are configured to provide a first and second auditory perceptions respectively. The system also includes a first processor comprised within the first auditory unit and/or a second processor comprised within the second auditory unit and/or a remote processor comprised within a remote control that is configured to communicative couple with at least one of the first auditory unit and/or the second auditory unit. The at least one of the first processor, second processor or remote processor is configured to access, for a scenario, a stored related parameter value for a parameter from a memory, and process the accessed related parameter value such that an aligned auditory perception between the first auditory perception and the second auditory perception is obtained.
US10448157B2
A microphone receiver system is used for recording an acoustical event in an event space. Wireless microphone captures the acoustical event and transmits the acoustical event as a first signal transmission. The microphone receiver receives the first signal transmission and sends the first signal transmission as a received signal from a first output port of the microphone receiver to an input port of the recording device as the received signal as a representation of the acoustical event. A mounting assembly for connecting the microphone receiver to the recording device, the mounting assembly including a pair of opposing upright portions extending from opposing sides of the microphone receiver, the recording device being held between the opposing upright portions.
US10448152B2
Disclosed herein are apparatus, devices, and methods for monitoring marine animals, such as whales, and other marine mammals, and fish groups within a marine environment. A marine animal monitoring system may include an acoustic receiver array having a high-resolution directional sensing capacity using large-aperture densely-sampled coherent ocean acoustic receiver arrays operative to enhance detection range and localization accuracy of marine mammal vocalizations and fish acoustic signals. The acoustic receiver array may generate acoustic signal information based on acoustic signals sensed at the array. The marine monitoring system may operate to generate marine animal information based on the acoustic signal information, such as marine animal location, species, call type, and/or the like.
US10448151B1
Provided herein are a multi-microphone system and method including a controller, a plurality of transducers each operable within a unique sensitivity range, and corresponding microphone units. The controller receives a sound signal output from a first microphone unit that corresponds to a microphone unit having a transducer with the highest sensitivity. The controller analyzes the sound signal output to identify a first parameter of the sound signal output and determines if the first parameter satisfies pre-defined criteria. In an instance in which the first parameter satisfies the pre-defined criteria, the controller outputs the sound signal output of the selected first microphone unit as the output of the multi-microphone system. Otherwise, the controller receives a sound signal output from a second microphone unit comprising a corresponding transducer with a sensitivity less than the first microphone unit but greater than remaining transducers.
US10448148B1
A speaker system broadly comprises a plurality of speaker assemblies each including a speaker housing, an input circuit, a low range speaker, and a higher-range speaker. The input circuit receives audio signals from a sound system or other controller and actively or passively sends the audio signals to the speakers. The low-range speaker is positioned in the upper section and the higher-range speaker is positioned in the lower section. Each speaker assembly is configured to be suspended from an elevated structure and spaced from the other speaker assemblies within a listening area with each speaker assembly generating low frequency soundwaves and higher-frequency soundwaves. This reduces or eliminates out-of-phase crossover frequency wave cancellation effects within the listening area. The speaker housings are compact while allowing the low-range speaker and higher-range speaker to effectively produce and project desired soundwaves from the suspended speaker housing into the listening area.
US10448139B2
A method for selective sound field environment processing for one or more wireless earpieces, each of the one or more wireless earpieces including comprising a plurality of microphones is provided. The method includes receiving audio input of a sound field environment from the plurality of microphones of each of the one or more wireless earpieces, identifying background noise in the sound field environment, identifying audio from at least one sound source within the sound field environment, processing the audio input using one or more processors of at least one of the wireless earpieces to reduce the background noise and processing the audio input using one or more processors of the at least one of the wireless earpieces to enhance the audio from the at least one sound source within the sound field environment to provide processed audio, and transducing the processed audio at one or more speakers of the one or more wireless earpieces.
US10448122B1
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to extend a time range supported by a watermark are disclosed. Example watermark encoding apparatus disclosed herein include a timestamp cycle evaluator to determine which one of a plurality of timestamp cycles is to be represented by a timestamp of a watermark. Disclosed example watermark encoding apparatus also include a symbol swapper to swap at least two symbols of the watermark when the timestamp is to represent a second one of the timestamp cycles but not to swap the at least two symbols of the watermark when the timestamp is to represent a first one of the timestamp cycles. Disclosed example watermark encoding apparatus further include a watermark embedder to embed the watermark in a first piece of media.
US10448121B1
An online system presents content in videos to users. Content providers may value having their content injected into videos from certain sources more than others. This preference is quantified as a brand value score. The brand value score is determined as a function of user engagement with a source of the video and, to account for brand value, the system performs a two-stage auction. First, the system determines whether to inject any content into a video by determining a distribution of brand value of videos per demand for videos in a previous period and filling a projected demand for the content in a current period to determine a brand value threshold. Then, any videos having a brand value above the threshold are eligible for the second stage of the selection process where the system performs an auction where projected benefit of presenting the content is compared to projected loss.
US10448120B1
Content planning techniques are provided that recommend content features based on the investment interest of advertisers in various audience segments and historical audience measurements. An exemplary method comprises obtaining historical data comprising content preferences indicating a performance metric for each pair of a plurality of content items and audience segment, wherein the content items comprise a plurality of content features indicating characteristics of a corresponding content item; obtaining, for each of a plurality of advertisers, a weight indicating a future interest of a given advertiser in a given audience segment; calculating a pairwise similarity between a vector of the content preferences and a vector of the weights for the plurality of the audience segments to obtain a ranked list of the content items sorted by the pairwise similarity; and generating a summarization of the content features to be used in future content items based on the ranked list.
US10448117B2
Methods and apparatus for providing packetized content to users via a bandwidth-optimized network. In one embodiment, legacy and IPTV streams are carried over the same switched digital infrastructure, and freely intermixed without regard to their encoding or type. A user's selection for IPTV content is transmitted to an IP proxy (such as a gateway apparatus or a headend server), then on to the switched digital server which causes provision of the requested content back to the proxy for formatting. The formatted content is then delivered to the requesting IP-capable device. The entire carrier class program stream is therefore available as IP-encapsulated content to the IP capable devices (and as legacy content to legacy devices) without any significant modifications to the network infrastructure or bandwidth penalty.
US10448112B2
A media content management system that enables users to manage media content collections is disclosed. A media device is configured to receive requests to create media content collections for particular media content and, in response, to retrieve information related to the media content, and to generate one or more interfaces displaying information about created media content collections. In an embodiment, retrieving information related to a media content may include determining, for one or more episodes of the media content, whether the episode is available from various content sources, including both broadcast and broadband content sources. By enabling a media device to automatically retrieve and present information related to the availability of media content episodes across any number of different broadcast and broadband sources, users can more easily interact with and view information about particular media content of interest to the users.
US10448099B2
The present disclosure discloses an apparatus and method for participating into a TV program interaction, wherein the method includes: generating, by a first terminal, a buffered file in which a correspondence relationship between TV play content, interaction distribution information, and a distribution time of the interaction distribution information is stored; obtaining, by the first terminal, interaction distribution information, in a predetermined interaction period of time from the buffered file; and sending, by the first terminal, the obtained interaction distribution information, to a second terminal so that the second terminal participates into the TV program interaction according to the received interaction distribution information.
US10448094B2
A system for providing video motion augmentation is disclosed. In particular, the system provides mechanisms for analyzing video content, metadata, or a combination thereof, to dynamically enhance and adapt regions of small movements or micro-movements in the video content based on a variety of inputs. The regions of small movements or micro-movements may be enhanced based on device characteristics associated with a device consuming the video content, based on a theme associated with the content, based on sensor data, based on user feedback, and based on a variety of other inputs. For example, motion content in the video content may be enhanced and emphasized based on the display resolution or other device characteristics of a device requesting the video content. Once the enhanced video content is generated based on the inputs, the enhanced content may be provided to the device requesting the content.
US10448089B2
The present disclosure provides a network interface device, including an active downstream radio-frequency (RF) signal path connecting an entry port and an active port. The network interface device also includes a passive downstream RF signal path connecting the entry port and a passive port. The network interface device further includes an active upstream RF signal path connecting the entry port and the active port. Additionally, network interface device includes a passive upstream RF signal path connecting the entry port and the passive port. Moreover, the network interface device includes a downstream directional coupler having an input port, a through port, and a coupled port. The passive downstream RF signal path comprises the input port of the downstream directional coupler and the coupled port of the downstream directional coupler.
US10448076B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method comprising encoding, by a server comprising a processor, media content to generate a plurality of media content files each having a filename and a uniform resource locator. The method also comprises receiving a channel request from a client media processor and generating a playlist. The playlist is mapped to the requested channel, and includes a filename and uniform resource locator for a personalized content file that is not included in the media content files. The method further comprises receiving a file request from the client media processor in accordance with the playlist, multicasting the plurality of media content files so that the client media processor receives the plurality of media content files, and delivering the personalized content file to the client media processor to enable presentation of personalized content in accordance with the playlist. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10448072B1
Systems and methods are described herein increasing a likelihood above a target threshold of a user watching a target media asset. The method includes selecting a target media asset, identifying a media attribute present in the target media asset that does not match a user profile, computing a percentage of the media attribute present in the target media asset relative to other media attributes present in the target media asset, searching for a first media asset that comprises a first amount of the media attribute less than the percentage by a first threshold. Upon determining that the user consumes the first media asset, repeating the process with a second media asset that comprises a second amount of the media attribute greater than the first threshold and less than the percentage by a second threshold. After the user consumes the second media asset, recommending the target media asset to the user.
US10448071B2
A set top box client in an enhanced television system stores a table associating time references with events. The table is accessed to synchronize the delivery of events to an enhanced television application that is associated with an underlying video program. The enhanced television system delivers broadcast video, video-on-demand and video from a storage component such as a personal video recorder or a digital video disk player. The enhanced television system further provides an application that provides enhancements to an associated video program by overlaying a user interface, by providing overlaid graphical and/or text information or by providing additional audio information.
US10448070B2
A media content distribution service identifies a type of media device sending a request to the service over a network and to dynamically adapt content requested by the media device based on the identification. A request sent by a media device may, for example, identify a media content item a user desires to view at the media device, specify a search query for media content items, or otherwise request interaction with the service. According an embodiment, a media content distribution service may use information known about an identified media device type to dynamically adapt media content or other requested resources for display by the media device. By dynamically adapting media content and other resources based on an identified media device type, the media content distribution service may provide access to the services that is compatible with a wide range of media devices having varying device specifications and capabilities.
US10448067B2
A media content cross-referencing system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a media cross-referencing software code. The hardware processor executes the media cross-referencing software code to receive data identifying multiple media assets, identify a media content including the media assets based on the data, and obtain a preliminary version of the media content. The preliminary version of the media content includes metadata identifying an original source media of each of the media assets. The hardware processor further executes the media cross-referencing software code to map each of the media assets to its respective original source media using the metadata. The mapping cross-references each of the media assets with its respective original source media.
US10448064B1
Systems and methods for executing a case based on a barcode detected in a video feed are described herein. An example method commences with receiving the video feed from a video content provider. The video feed may be provided by a client. The method may continue with extracting at least one video frame from the video feed. The method may further include detecting a barcode embedded in the at least one video frame and analyzing the barcode to determine a category associated with the at least one video frame. The method may continue with ascertaining an execution case associated with the category. The method may further include selectively executing the execution case.
US10448063B2
A system comprises a video hosting subsystem configured to access a database of video streams. The video hosting subsystem comprises a processor for processing data associated with the video streams, and memory for storing data. The processor is configured to receive a user request to access a selected primary video stream. The processor is further configured to identify other video streams captured at substantially the same time and location as the selected primary video stream and in which a person specified in the user request appears. The processor is configured to select, from the identified other video streams, an alternative video stream. The processor is further configured to provide the user with access to the selected primary video stream, together with an option to access the alternative video stream.
US10448060B2
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.
US10448059B2
The present invention provides a fingerprint image processing system, comprising a pixel transforming circuit, for transforming a signal of a fingerprint to a first bit stream, wherein the first bit stream has a first data volume; and a compression circuit, connected to the pixel transforming circuit, for compressing the first bit stream to generate a second bit stream, wherein the second bit stream has a second data volume; wherein the second data volume is smaller than the first data volume. The fingerprint image processing system provided by the present invention can increase amount of data transmission of the fingerprint image of optic fingerprint recognition, and have advantage of solving the problem of insufficient transmission interface bandwidth.
US10448058B2
A device for decoding video data is configured to determine, based on first entropy encoded data in the bitstream, a set of run-related syntax element groups for a current block of a current picture of the video data; determine, based on second entropy encoded data the bitstream, a set of palette index syntax elements for the current block, the first entropy encoded data occurring in the bitstream before the second entropy encoded data, wherein: each respective run-related syntax element group of the set of run-related syntax element groups indicates a respective type of a respective run of identical palette mode type indicators and a respective length of the respective run and each respective palette index syntax element of the set of palette index syntax elements indicates an entry in a palette comprising a set of sample values; and reconstruct, based on the sample values in the palette, the current block.
US10448050B2
Provided are multilayer video encoding/decoding methods and apparatuses. A multilayer video decoding method may comprise obtaining, from a bitstream, information indicating a maximum size of a decoded picture buffer (DPB) with respect to a layer set comprising a plurality of layers; determining a size of the DPB with respect to the layer set based on the obtained information indicating the maximum size of the DPB; and storing a decoded picture of the layer set in the DPB of the determined size.
US10448046B2
A motion information storing method and a TMVP deriving method using the motion information storing method are provided. The motion information storing method includes a step of determining a representative block out of blocks of a motion data storage unit in a co-located picture with a current picture and a step of storing motion information of the representative block as motion information of the motion data storage unit, wherein the motion information of the representative block is used as motion information of the blocks included in the motion data storage unit.
US10448038B2
An electronic device for encoding a picture is described. The electronic device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that are in electronic communication with the processor. The instructions are executable to encode a gradual temporal layer access (GTLA) picture. The instructions are further executable to send the GTLA picture.
US10448035B2
Provided is an information compression device or the like which is capable of compressing information required for encoding processing to a smaller size. The information compression device calculates a number of non-zero blocks having a value equal or greater than a predetermined value, determine a position for storing the non-zero blocks in a memory, and store only the non-zero blocks to a memory area in accordance with the determined position.
US10448026B1
A method includes determining whether a current block in a current picture is coded in an intra block copy mode. The method includes, in response to the determination that the current block is coded in the intra block copy mode, determining whether a current block vector of the current block is one of (i) a signaled block vector and (ii) a derived block vector. The method includes, in response to determining that the current block vector is the derived block vector: selecting a region in the reference picture, the region divided into a plurality of locations, determining a difference between a template and each of the plurality of locations in the region, deriving the current block vector based on a displacement vector between the current block and a location in the region having a minimum difference, selecting a reference block, and decoding the current block based on the reference block.
US10448021B2
For an image portion to encode an initial set of motion information predictors is obtained. It is tested whether the number of motion information predictors in the initial set is lower than a target number and, if so, one or more motion information predictors are added to the initial set to generate a set of motion information predictors having controlled diversity. The motion information predictors of the initial set are actual motion information predictors, having motion vectors obtained from image portions of the image being encoded or of a reference image, and potential motion information predictors for addition include one or more further such actual motion information predictors and also include one or more virtual motion information predictors not having motion vectors obtained from image portions of said image being encoded or of a reference image. A motion information predictor for the image portion to encode is selected from the generated set of motion information predictors.
US10448006B2
A method of testing a sensor unit which detects, locally at the sensor unit, whether a person appears in the images it captures. The method comprises causing a light-emitting device (e.g. screen of a user terminal) to emit a test pattern toward the sensor unit to be captured over a series of images, the test pattern comprising a spatio-temporal pattern of light simulating presence of a predetermined number of people. The method further comprises, at a processing apparatus external to the sensor unit, receiving one or more presence detection reports from the sensor unit indicating an apparent people count detected using the sensor unit when subject to the test pattern. The apparent people count is then compared with the predetermined number of people simulated by the test pattern. Based on this comparison, it is determining whether the sensor unit is functioning correctly.
US10448003B2
An intraoperative, marker-less visualization system and method for visualizing three-dimensional surface structures and depth structures of a patient during an intervention. A C-arm carries a C-arm projection module and a camera, and visualization spectacles include an HMD (head-mounted device) projection module and a camera. The projection modules serve for projecting structured light. A processor computes a combined image data set in order to project the latter onto spectacle lenses of the visualization spectacles.
US10447991B1
According to one or more embodiments, a system of generating a two-dimensional (2D) map of an environment includes a 2D scanner and a wall sensor positioned at a fixed position with respect to the 2D scanner, the wall sensor detects a presence of an internal element inside a wall in the environment. Further, the system includes one or more processors operably coupled to the 2D scanner and the wall sensor. The processors generate a wall map of a wall in the environment, the wall map including an occupancy grid with a plurality of cells, a cell representative of a corresponding portion of the wall, and the cell indicative of the occupancy of an internal element in the corresponding portion. Further, the processors associate the wall map with a location of the wall in the 2D map of the environment.
US10447989B2
Embodiments of the present application disclose a method and a device for synthesizing depth images, which relate to the technical field of image processing. The method includes: obtaining depth images to be synthesized, which are shot by real depth cameras respectively, wherein y-axes of respective camera coordinate systems of the real depth cameras are parallel to each other; calculating a mapping pixel point in a camera coordinate system corresponding to a virtual depth camera for each of pixel points in the depth images to be synthesized, according to pre-obtained pixel point mapping relationship, wherein camera parameters of the virtual depth camera are determined according to camera parameters of the real depth cameras, a lens optical center of the virtual depth camera is located in a connecting line of lens optical centers of the real depth cameras, an x-axis of the camera coordinate system corresponding to the virtual depth camera is parallel to the connecting line of lens optical centers of the real depth cameras; and generating a target synthesized depth image corresponding to the depth images to be synthesized, according to calculated mapping pixel points. By applying the solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application, a depth image with a large field of view can be obtained by image synthesis.
US10447988B2
A stereoscopic image display can include an optical cell and a display panel including pixels defined by first and second short sides extended in a first direction, and first and second long sides extended in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and apertures defined by first and second sides parallel to the first long side, and third and fourth sides parallel to each other, in which the third side is inclined with a first predetermined angle between the first short side and the third side, the fourth side is inclined with a second predetermined angle between the first long side and the third side, a ratio of a length of the first short side to a length of the first long side is 1:2, and a ratio of a length of the first side to a length of the first long side is 1:2.
US10447970B1
A system for matching audio-to-video spatial presence in a teleconference, which includes capturing video stream with a camera of a teleconferencing unit at a local endpoint. The teleconferencing unit has a first end and a second end, and a camera located midway between. The system determines a visual stage based on the video stream, and captures audio using microphones on both sides of the camera. The system determines a sound stage based on the audio captured by the microphones, and matches the sound stage to the visual stage, based on the direction of a sound source relative the parameters of the visual stage. The visual stage and matching sound stage can by output for rendering by one or more devices at a second endpoint.
US10447969B2
An image processing device, an image processing method, and a picture transmission and reception system. The image processing device and the image processing method include detecting a change in a capturing environment, and updating, when the change in the capturing environment is detected, based on the detected change, parameter information in which a parameter to be used for picture processing is linked to each one of a plurality of display areas included in picture data generated. The picture transmission and reception system includes a first end device and a second end device each of which includes an imaging device configured to capture an image to generate picture data. The first end device and the second end device exchange a display area cropped from picture data obtained by capturing an image by the imaging device included in each one of the first end device and the second end device.
US10447961B2
Managing luminance of video streams for display on HDR displays is provided. The luminance values of frames of a video stream can be monitored, and an over-bright frame can be determined if a luminance increase greater than a given luminance change within a given period of time. When a brightness jump exceeding given parameters is detected, the luminance values of the over-bright frame can be reduced. For example, luminance values can be reduced by reducing the luminance values of the over-bright frame such that the change in the average luminance is brought below the given value, and the luminance values of the modified frame can maintain relative luminances among pixels. A modified frame can be determined from the over-bright frame based on the reduced luminance values. The modified frame can be inserted into the video stream and transmitted to an HDR display to be displayed.
US10447960B2
Systems and methods for controlling closed captioning using an eye tracking device are provided. The system for controlling closed captioning may comprise a display device, a closed captioning controller configured to display closed captioning text for a media item during playback on the display device, and an eye tracking device configured to detect a location of a user's gaze relative to the display device and send the location to the closed captioning controller. The closed captioning controller may be configured to recognize a predetermined gaze pattern of the user's gaze and, upon detecting the predetermined gaze pattern, partially or completely deemphasize the display of the closed captioning text.
US10447957B2
This technology relates a unit pixel and an operating method thereof and a CMOS image sensor using the same. The unit pixel may include a photo sensitive device; a reset transistor; a selection transistor including a gate terminal, a first terminal and a second terminal, suitable for operating in response to a selection control signal applied to the gate terminal and outputting a voltage applied to the first terminal to a first terminal of the reset transistor through the second terminal; and a drive transistor including a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the selection transistor, a second terminal and a gate terminal, suitable for generating an electrical signal corresponding to charges accumulated in a floating diffusion node coupled to the gate terminal, and outputting the electrical signal as a pixel signal through the second terminal.
US10447955B2
A unit pixel apparatus includes a unit pixel suitable for supporting initialization an output node and outputting a pixel signal corresponding to incident light through the output node; and a switching block suitable for initializing the output node and deciding an initial voltage of the output node.
US10447947B2
A multi-purpose imaging and display system includes a display; a detector coupled to the display and having a field of view; and a filter communicating with the detector. The field of view is imaged by the detector through the filter, the filter configured to be sensitive to a first frequency spectrum, so the detector displays only objects within the field of view on the detector that emit one or more frequencies within the first frequency spectrum. The detector and filter can work together in different operational states or modes for acquiring image data of a target object under investigation. A computing device can be included to process acquired image data, and communication interfaces can be employed to achieve networking of multiple systems. A peripheral interface allows a plurality of peripheral devices to be selectively added to tailor the data acquisition and display capabilities of the imaging and display system.
US10447945B2
Methods, systems, and products generate telepresence visualizations for a remote participant to a videoconference. A central server superimposes the remote participant onto images or video of the teleconferencing environment. The central server thus generates an illusion that the remote participant is in the same conferencing environment as other conferees.
US10447943B2
An image capturing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set an exposure for image capturing by an image capturing unit, wherein in a mode for acquiring a plurality of images for a moving image by performing intermittent image capturing using the image capturing unit, the setting unit smooths data on a brightness corresponding to a plurality of image capturing operations in the intermittent image capturing and sets an exposure for one image capturing operation in the intermittent image capturing according to the smoothed data, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire first information including at least one of an image capture interval for the intermittent image capturing, a frame rate of the moving image, and shake information during image capturing of a subject. The setting unit determines a degree of the smoothing based on the first information acquired by the acquisition unit.
US10447941B2
In an interval capturing mode for performing automatic image capturing each set capturing interval, exposure settings including a shutter speed and capturing sensitivity are determined based on information relating to the capturing interval. Specifically, the exposure settings are determined by prioritizing a low shutter speed over a high capturing sensitivity when the capturing interval is a second capturing interval that is longer than the first capturing interval.
US10447938B2
A camera housing arrangement comprising a camera housing member having a camera housing member extension plane, a camera housing mounting member defining a mounting plane, an abutment, and a pivot joint comprising: a hook portion associated with the camera housing member and a pivot axis portion associated with the camera housing mounting member. The camera housing member is movable by means of articulation about the pivot joint between a first end position in which the camera housing member extension plane is tilted with respect to said mounting plane, and a second end position in which the camera housing member extension plane is aligned with said mounting plane. The abutment is associated with the camera housing member and cooperates with the camera housing mounting member when the camera housing member is in said first end position such that the abutment engages the camera housing mounting member to preventing disconnection.
US10447932B2
A driving apparatus for a voice coil motor includes a signal generator configured to generate a path signal determining a path of a driving current provided to the voice coil motor and a current signal determining a level of the driving current, a controller configured to generate a control signal by comparing a reference current determined by the current signal, with the driving current flowing in the voice coil motor, and a driving circuit unit including transistors connected to the voice coil motor, the transistors being configured to form the path of the driving current by performing a switching operation based on the path signal and the control signal.
US10447929B2
An image processing method includes, when an edit triggering event for a target image is detected, acquiring description information associated with the target image. The description information includes interference information that affects image quality occurred in a shooting process of the target image. The method further includes editing image clips in the target image which are associated with respective interference information of the description information to obtain a processed target image.
US10447894B2
A profile adjustment method of adjusting a correspondent relation between coordinate values of an input color space and coordinate values of an output color space is a method including: storing history information indicating adjustment content of a first table defining the correspondent relation in a first profile at a private tag of the first profile; reading the history information from the private tag of the first profile; and using the read history information for at least one of readjustment of the first table and adjustment of a second table defining the correspondent relation in a second profile.
US10447891B2
Provided is an image data processing server including: a user authenticating unit that authenticates a user of an imaging device; a permission issuing unit that issues, to a predetermined service, access permission to an account of the user in the image data processing server; an image receiving unit that receives image data transmitted from the imaging device; a request receiving unit that receives a request for data from the predetermined service; and a data transmitting unit that transmits, when the image data received from the imaging device exists, data related to the image data to an account of the user of the predetermined service.
US10447880B2
On a touch-panel display of an image forming apparatus, which is divided to five areas, that is, a system area, a function selection area, a preview area, an action panel area and a task trigger area, pieces of information are displayed. Even if an operational mode is switched, the same or similar information is always displayed in the area arranged at the same position. In the task trigger area, software buttons operated by the user for actually operating the image forming apparatus are displayed.
US10447879B1
An image forming apparatus includes a sensor configured to detect an object within a predetermined range, a storage unit that stores information about the detected object, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the sensor to detect the object when the image forming apparatus is in a first mode, and in response to the detection of the object, store the information indicating that the object is detected. In response to transition from the first mode to a second mode in which power consumption is higher than the first mode, when the information indicates that the object is detected, the controller performs authentication of a developer cartridge attached to the image forming apparatus, and when the information does not indicate that the object is detected, the controller skips the authentication of the developer cartridge.
US10447873B2
A display device, comprises: a manipulation input part that receives user operation; a display part on which a list screen showing a plurality of data elements in a list form is displayed; and a hardware processor that: obtains the data element to display on the list screen; and creates the list screen based on the obtained data element and displays on the display part. The hardware processor obtains a number of the data element that is more than a number that can be displayed on the list screen and that enables a time required until completion of displaying the list screen to be less than a predetermined period of time and outputs the number of the data element that can be displayed on the list screen, and stores the data element exceeding the number that can be displayed on the list screen as cache.
US10447862B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to retrieve from an address book a communication identifier for each of a plurality of participants, determine from the address book a conferencing type for each of the plurality of participants, and initiate according to the conference type and the communication identifier of each participant a Voice over Internet Protocol conference call directed to communication devices of the plurality of participants. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10447861B1
Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to routing decisions implemented in response to data communications. According to a specific example, one or more computer processor circuits are configured and arranged to interface with remotely-situated client entities using a first programming language, and to provide a database of data communications services based on a subscription. In response to receipt of a data communication, client-specific sets of control data can be identified. The client-specific sets of control data are derived from programming instructions received over a message exchange protocol and corresponding to a second programming language that is compatible with the first programming language. Based on the client-specific sets of control data and using a numbering plan area (NPA) code of the received data communication, a nearest extension of the client entity can be identified, and the received data communication can be routed to the nearest extension.
US10447851B2
Techniques described herein may be used to enable a user to obtain services from multiple organizations in a seamless, automated, and efficient manner. A network device may cause a user device to automatically access a web service by, for example, downloading a mobile application or accessing a web page designed to provide the web service. The network device may automatically identify a second web service that is logically related to the first web service and offer the second web service to the user. If the user accepts the second web service, the network device may cause the user device to automatically access the second web service via a mobile application, a webpage, etc. Identification and authentication issues for accessing the first or second web services may be automatically resolved by network device based on the mobile device number (MDN) of the user device and/or other profile information.
US10447849B1
A method and system for updating physical location data associated with a VoIP endpoint device is implemented in a variety of embodiments. In one such embodiment, a VoIP endpoint device stores an identifier for a packet-communicating device which is subject to changing. The VoIP endpoint device has an interface for communication over the Internet via the packet-communicating device and uses a circuit-implemented method for prompting a VoIP user to update physical location data associated with the VoIP endpoint device. In response to a power state transition and a change in the stored identifier, the VoIP endpoint device facilitates an update to the physical location data associated with the VoIP service.
US10447847B2
A terminal device and an incoming call processing method to reduce user operations, where the terminal device includes a touch display screen, a pressure sensor, and a processor, where the touch display screen is configured to display an incoming call interface when the terminal device receives an incoming call, where the incoming call interface includes an incoming call number and a rejection icon. The pressure sensor is configured to determine a value of first pressure generated by the first touch operation when the terminal device detects a first touch operation on the rejection icon, and the processor is configured to reject the incoming call and initiate a first additional operation when the value of the first pressure that is determined by the pressure sensor exceeds a first threshold.
US10447846B2
An anti-distracted driving system comprises a plurality of transceivers at different locations within a vehicle. Each of the transceivers is operable to receive a signal from a mobile communication device and to output a detection signal indicative of the strength of the received signal. A controller in communication with the transceivers is operable to calculate a corresponding distance of the mobile communication device for each of the detection signals and to determine a location of the mobile communication device within the vehicle based on the distances. The controller can send a signal from a transceiver to a mobile communication device in response to determining that the mobile communication device is near a driver's seat, the signal causing at least one function of the mobile communication device to be inhibited.
US10447844B2
A processor-based personal electronic device (such as a smartphone) is programmed to automatically respond to data sent by various sensors from which the user's activity may be inferred. One or more alarms on the device may be temporarily disabled when sensor data indicates that the user is asleep. One or more of the sensors may be worn by the user and remote from the device. A wireless communication link may be used by the device to obtain remote sensor data. Data from on-board sensors in the device—such as motion sensors, location sensors, ambient light sensors, and the like—may also be used to deduce the user's current activity. User data (such as calendar entries) may also be used to determine likely user activity and set alarms accordingly. Biometric data from a second, nearby person may also be used to automatically select certain alarm modes on a first person's device.
US10447837B2
Agencies oftentimes desire to monitor personnel in the field during the course of their duties. To provide flexible monitoring capabilities to agencies, a common mobile device such as a mobile phone is converted for use as a radio-based listening system to collect and transmit audio data. A relay is implemented within the system to pass message communications between the mobile device and a server such that the server can facilitate establishment of sessions for monitoring the mobile device.
US10447836B2
A computer implemented method and system for determining a communication mode for recording a media message on a communication device is provided. An adaptive recording application detects activation of an interface element, for example, a push or a touch of a button on the communication device and determines duration of the activation of the interface element. The adaptive recording application, in response to the detection of the activation of the interface element, selects a communication mode, for example, a push to talk communication mode, a tap to start communication mode, etc., based on a comparison of the duration of the activation of the interface element with one or more configurable timing parameters and/or a determination of a presence or an absence of a media signal during and/or after the activation of the interface element. The adaptive recording application initiates recording of the media message in the selected communication mode.
US10447833B2
The present application relates to technical field of mobile telephone accessory, and particularly to a mobile telephone support frame including main support adjusting arms and mobile telephone arms connected with each other, the number of main support adjusting arms and mobile telephone arms are two, the mobile telephone support frame further includes two driven arms arranged each another symmetrically, the driven arms are located between main support adjusting arms and mobile telephone arms, the main support adjusting arms include rotating ends which are rotationally connected, the two driven arms are respectively mounted on the two main support adjusting arms, one end of the two driven arms is rotationally connected, the other end is respectively connected to the two mobile telephone arms. The size adjustment for mobile telephone support frame is faster and more convenient, and it can reduce operating costs and facilitate to use in the automobile environment.
US10447830B2
A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus includes: a flexible display including: a main area; and a sub area comprising a curved portion and extending from the main area to a side portion of the user terminal apparatus; a housing configured to enclose the flexible display; a sound output hole provided between the flexible display and the housing and configured to output a sound from a call function; and a sound input hole configured to receive an input sound.
US10447826B2
In accordance with some implementations, a method for estimating user interest in media content is disclosed. The method is performed on a server system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors. The server system receives a volume change event from a client system. The server system determines identification of a presented media content item currently being presented at the client system. The server system analyzes the received volume change event to determine a level of user interest in the determined media content item.
US10447824B2
In one embodiment, a mobile network includes at least one Information Centric Networking (ICN) enabled mobile base station configured to support ICN transport protocol, and at least one ICN enabled evolved packet core (EPC) device configured to support ICN transport protocol, where the ICN enabled EPC device is operative to assign an ICN based identity to a user equipment (UE) according to an attach request, wherein the attach request indicates that the UE supports the ICN transport protocol.
US10447817B2
Method comprising: displaying, on a screen of the client device, a browser having an address bar; receiving, from a user of the client device via the browser, an indication of an network resource to be furnished to the client device; sending, from the client device to at least one server, a request to furnish the network resource to the client device; receiving, by the client device from the at least one server, at least one of the network resource and information regarding the network resource. Also, method comprising: receiving, by at least one server from the client device via the browser, an indication of an network resource to be furnished to the client device; and sending, by the at least one server to the client device, information from other than the publisher of the net work resource to be displayed within the address bar of the browser.
US10447808B2
A portion of a content segment to distribute via an online platform may be selected. A retention metric may be obtained. Consumer engagement during the content segment may be quantified. The portion of the content segment to distribute via a second online platform to direct consumers to the content segment on the first online platform may be determined. The system may distribute the portion of the content segment via the second online platform.
US10447804B2
A system and method for enhancing operability of client-server computing system is herein disclosed. A system includes a first computing device. The first computing device includes a file type association module. The file type association module determines, as part of a remote computing session, whether to associate a file type with an application program on the first computing device or an application program on a second computing device. The file type association module causes the file type to associate with the application program on one of the first and second computing devices.
US10447802B2
A method for implementing an on-premises process broker. The method may include receiving parameter data from a system of engagement, whereby the parameter data includes a query goal. The method may include storing the parameter data in a cache. The method may include preparing a REST call using programming logic based on the parameter data. The method may include transmitting the prepared REST call to a system of record. The method may further include receiving response data from the system of record based on the transmitted REST call. The method may also include updating the parameter data in the cache based on the response data. The method may include determining whether the query goal is satisfied. The method may also include transmitting the parameter data to the system of engagement based on determining the query goal is satisfied.
US10447795B2
A telepresence system which includes at least one display device and a beacon coupled to the display device. The beacon emits a signal so as to be discoverable by electronic devices nearby such as in a meeting location. The system also includes a receiver-controller coupled to the beacon, the receiver-controller configured to enable such electronic devices to be recognized and to join a collaborative session in which content from one electronic device can be shared with other electronic devices. The receiver-controller can and will share some or all of its functions with one or more of the joined devices simultaneously, if security and identity protocols are satisfied.
US10447787B2
A system and method for restoring a session state of a client device has been provided. The system comprises a memory with instructions executable by a processor to receive a first request from the client device, where the first request is a first type of request and is associated with a new session of the client device; process the first request without persisting a session state of the new session in the database node; receive a second request from the client device, where the second request is a first instance of a second type of request and is associated with the new session; and in response to determining to restore a persisted session state, restore the persisted session state for the client device from the database node, and assign the persisted session state as the session state of the new session of the client device.
US10447786B1
A system and method are described for loaning IoT devices. For example, one embodiment of a system comprises an Internet of Things (IoT) service on which a plurality of IoT devices are to be provisioned, wherein upon being provisioned, the IoT service securely communicates with each of the IoT devices; an account management module to associate the plurality of IoT devices with a first user account of a first user, the first user accessing the IoT devices through the IoT service from a first IoT app on a first mobile device; the IoT service receiving a command submitted by the first user to loan the plurality of IoT devices to a second user; the account management module to associate the plurality of IoT devices with an anonymous user account on the IoT service accessible by the second IoT app; the IoT service to establish a secure communication channel with a second IoT app on a second IoT device used by the second user; and the second IoT app to transmit an identification code to the IoT service to provide the second IoT app access to the IoT devices over the secure communication channel, the IoT service to use the identification code to identify the plurality of IoT devices, wherein the IoT service prevents access to the IoT devices by the first user while the second user has access to the IoT devices.
US10447785B2
A method for controlling a digital device according to one embodiment of the present specification may comprise the steps of: detecting a first control input for executing a first operation which is associated with a first configuration value and which is executable by utilizing a main device; transmitting, to the main device, a first triggering signal for executing the first operation on the basis of the first control input; detecting a second control input for executing a first operation which is associated with a second configuration value and which is not executable by utilizing the main device alone; detecting a cooperative device associated with the first operation; and providing a notification for the cooperative device.
US10447781B2
Concepts and technologies for point-to-point data synchronization are provided. A personal area network connection between a first user device and a second user device is established. State change information of first data stored on the first user device is received by the second user device, and second data stored on the second device is updated to reflect the state change to synchronize the first data and the second data. Alternatively, a synchronization message including the state change information of first data stored on a first user device is received by the second user device. The state change information is extracted from the synchronization message, and second data stored on a second user device is updated to reflect the state change to synchronize the first data and the second data.
US10447779B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for document synchronization. The method may include generating, by a controller, a first proxy object for a first document at a first system, the first system including the controller and the first proxy object; updating, by the controller, the first proxy object to include a replication status of the first document, when a creation, an update, and/or a deletion occurs at the first document. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
US10447777B1
Users of a software system are provided the opportunity to participate as members of a peer-to-peer support community for the software system. Profile data is obtained indicating areas of expertise associated with members and each member can designate their status as active or non-active. Context criteria data indicating a context status for each active status member is generated. The profile data and the context criteria data for each active status member of the peer-to-peer support community is used to identify one or more sub-sets of active status members of the peer-to-peer support community who share a common context to dynamically match one or more active status members within the peer-to-peer support community and allow the matched members to provide support to each other through the software system.
US10447774B2
A system and method for controlling a migration of data items in a data directory from a source system to a destination system by setting one or more target properties for implementing the migration are disclosed. A migration controller can be employed to obtain statistical information regarding the migration. The statistical information can then be used to compute the one or more target properties. For example, a target number of network connections for achieving an optimal total throughput and concurrency can be computed based on an average throughput per network connection. The target number of network connections may be determined by a migration monitor, which may set the determined target number of network connections as a policy to be enforced by the migration controller.
US10447772B2
Managed function execution for processing data streams in real time may be. A function that describes one or more operations to be performed with respect to one or more data streams may be received via programmatic interface for a managed stream processing system. Stream processing nodes capable of applying the function may be determined and execution of the one or more operations may be initiated at the stream processing nodes as data records of the data stream are received. Results of the application of the processing function may be provided to one or more destinations specified for the function. Performance metrics may also be collected for the execution of the function and provided to a client that submitted the function.
US10447766B2
An information sharing method and the system thereof are provided. The method includes obtaining an information exported file by exporting the information to be shared, and storing the information exported file according to an assigned network address; generating a two-dimensional code according to the network address of the stored information exported file; sharing the generated two-dimensional code, and importing the information exported file by scanning the shared two-dimensional code. The system include an export processing module, a two-dimensional code generating module, a two-dimensional code sharing module, and an importing module. By the above method and system, the operation will be more convenient.
US10447755B2
A system includes a first buffer that stores first media packets therein received from a first media stream. A second buffer stores second media packets therein received from a second media stream. The first media stream and the second media stream include redundant media content. A combiner reads media packets from each of the first and second buffers, and the combiner discards a given duplicate media packet read from one of the first or second buffers that has been identified as being identical to another of the media packets read from the other of the buffers based on analysis of a predetermined identifier in each of the media packets read from the first and second buffers. The combiner provides an output stream of media packets that includes only one of the identical media packets read from the first and second buffers.
US10447752B2
Embodiments perform live migration of a virtual machine (VM) decoding a video stream including suspending and resuming the video stream. A software decoder operating on the VM is able to use dedicated video decoding hardware resources of the host computing device upon which the VM is operating. Upon receipt of a suspension or live migration request, the VM completes any decode operations for a pending video frame before storing video decode state to shared memory. After migration to another VM, a transcoder extracts the video decode state and a software decoder resumes decoding of the video stream.
US10447745B2
A multi-party conference system for multi-media multi-party conference communication, includes one or more multi-media encoding/decoding modules to support processing/transcoding multi-media text/file/audio/video for conferencing communication; code for retrieving a plurality of communication attributes for a peer client used by a user to log in and stay present, wherein said client program is an end-user program or a user's proxy program, and wherein said program is configured with privilege access to a list of public known routers; code for processing the communication attributes profile for said clients coupled with validation through executing dynamic IP address learning techniques to determine an addressing mode for each said client, wherein said addressing mode is a private addressing mode (associated with NATed type), or a “privilege” addressing mode (associated with Privileged NATed type); and code for cross-domain communication to other systems in other social network addressing domains coupled with other social network processing systems.
US10447743B2
A method of providing a content sharing service, the method includes receiving, from a first user, a content registration request including first content; generating identification (ID) information of the first content; storing the first content and ID information in a content storage unit; generating an index update command for updating an index of each of other users having a first relationship with the first user by using the ID information of the first content; adding the ID information of the first content to the indices of each of the other users, based on the index update command, wherein each of the indices of the other users is stored in an index storage unit; reading content stored in the content storage unit based on ID information of content included in an index of the second user; and providing a news feed including the first content to the second user.
US10447738B2
The present disclosure relates generally to threat detection, and more particularly, to techniques for analyzing security events using dynamic policies and displaying a consolidated view of active threats and user activity including the dynamic policies being triggered by the active threats and user activity. Some aspects are directed to the concept of a policy bus for injecting and communicating the dynamic policies to multiple enforcement entities and the ability of the entities to respond to the policies dynamically. Other aspects are directed providing a consolidated view of active threat categories, a count of policies being triggered for each threat category, and associated trends. Yet other aspects are directed to providing a consolidated view of users, applications being accessed by users, and the access policies, if any, implicated by the such accesses.
US10447736B1
A computer-implemented method for providing security in smart buildings may include (1) detecting the presence of a user in a smart building, (2) determining that the user is unauthorized to access at least one resource in a smart building network within the smart building, (3) in response to determining that the user is unauthorized to access the resource in the smart building network, selecting an authentication policy that provides heightened security within the smart building network, and (4) increasing security within the smart building network to reflect the presence of the user by implementing the authentication policy within the smart building network. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10447730B2
In an example embodiment, a system detects unauthorized database queries made by a maliciously formed web request. The system captures a web request for a web application and one or more database queries triggered in response to the web request during runtime. If the captured web request matches a valid web request in a table of valid web requests for the web application, the system checks if each captured database query matches a valid database query mapped to the valid web request in the table. The system may declare an injection attack if at least one captured database query does not match a valid database query mapped to the valid web request, or may perform additional validation of the captured request and the at least one captured database query prior to declaring the attack. The system may form the table of valid web requests using a dynamic simulation process, using static code analysis, or a combination of both.
US10447727B1
Disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for predictable detection in a computing network. Techniques include identifying an activity associated with an identity in the computer network; accessing hierarchical-chained progression states representing timelines defining one or more process flows for operations in the computer network between beginning states and corresponding predictable result states to be controlled; identifying a hierarchical-chained progression state corresponding to the identified activity; automatically predicting a likelihood that the at least one activity will reach the predictable result state corresponding to the identified hierarchical-chained progression state; and implementing a control action for the activity, the identity, or a resource to which the identity is seeking to communicate.
US10447726B2
In an embodiment, a computer system is configured to receive, from a client computer, a request with one or more values; determine, based on the one or more values, whether the request is from a platform-specific application compiled for a first computer platform; determine, based on the one or more values, whether the platform-specific application is being executed within an emulator being executed by a second computer platform, wherein the second computer platform is different than the first computer platform.
US10447722B2
An application associated with a remote device executes logic to receive, from a remote system, data identifying a plurality of compromising entities, identify an incoming communication initiated by the remote device, and identify information regarding a source of the incoming communication. Additionally, the logic determines an entity associated with the source of the incoming communication and determines that the entity associated with the source matches at least one of the plurality of compromising entities based on comparing the data identifying the plurality of compromising entities and the entity associated with the source of the incoming communication. In addition, the logic generates a signal configured to block the incoming communication.
US10447720B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for performing application container introspection may include (1) identifying a request issued by an application launched from an application container, (2) determining that the request calls a function that facilitates transferring data between the application container and at least one external data source, and then in response to determining that the request calls the function, (3) directing the request to a function library that includes a custom version of the function that facilitates both (A) transferring, between the application container and the external data source, an encrypted version of the data that is unintelligible to an external application running outside the application container and (B) providing an unencrypted version of the data to the external application to enable the external application to inspect the data. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10447718B2
A method, system and computer-usable medium for performing a security analysis operation within a security environment, comprising: monitoring electronically-observable user behavior about a particular entity; maintaining a state about the particular entity, the state representing a context of a particular event; converting the electronically-observable user behavior into electronic information representing the electronically-observable user behavior; generating a user behavior profile based upon the electronic information representing the electronically-observable user behavior; and, analyzing the event using the state of the entity and the user behavior profile.
US10447716B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses enable a network security system to more efficiently process and respond to events generated by hypervisors and other associated components of a networked computer system. In this context, a hypervisor event refers broadly to any action that occurs related to one or more components of a hypervisor (including the hypervisor itself, virtual servers hosted by the hypervisor, etc.) and/or to data identifying the occurrence of the action(s) (e.g., a log entry, a notification message, etc.). A security service obtains and analyzes event data from any number of different types of hypervisors, where each different type of hypervisor may represent events differently and/or make event data accessible in different ways, among other differences.
US10447715B2
Disclosed is an apparatus of detecting a distributed reflection denial of service attack, including: a monitoring unit obtaining flow information including an IP and a port number of a source, an IP and a port number of a destination of data, and the number and the sizes of packets; a memory unit storing a flow table in which the flow information of the data, the packet number and the packet size are input; and a control unit detecting the DRDoS attack by using at least one of the number and the size of packets of the first entry and the flow information of the first entry.
US10447714B2
There is disclosed in one example a data exchange layer (DXL) broker, including: a hardware platform including a processor; and instructions encoded in a memory to instruct the processor to communicatively couple to a DXL fabric configured to operate a one to-many (1:N, N>1) publish-subscribe fabric; provide an interface to authenticate and register DXL endpoints with the DXL broker; and provide DXL messaging, including maintaining a routing table of registered DXL endpoints; receiving from a first registered DXL endpoint a one-to-one (1:1) request for an endpoint of the DXL fabric, wherein the endpoint is not a registered DXL endpoint of the broker; and publishing the 1:1 request to the DXL fabric.
US10447711B2
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for evaluating web browser behavior to report on human versus non-human activity, based on varying analyses of detectable properties. By passively detecting the code of a webpage engaged by a browsing user, the present invention evaluates the browsing user's activity in order to predict the type of user with a degree of confidence. The predictions are formed by acquiring information on how a user loads, navigates, and interacts with a webpage and comparing that information with known and unknown properties in various control groups. If the prediction yields a high likelihood of automated activity, additional active detection may be performed. Reports are compiled by analysis servers and made available to the operators of webpages. By compiling performance metrics and informing operators of fraudulent versus normal activity, the invention combats malicious automated traffic directed at any aspect of a given webpage.
US10447697B2
A system that includes a first network device in a first network configured to send a file from a plurality of files to a compliance controller in the first network. The compliance controller is configured to determine whether the file satisfies a set of compliance rules and to send the file to the virtual machine in the first network in response to determining that the file satisfies the set of compliance rules. The virtual machine is configured to send the file to a second network device in a second network via a network interface. The network interface is configured to block the first network device from sending the file from the first memory to the second network device in the second network. The network interface is also configured to send the file from the virtual machine to the second network device in the second network.
US10447683B1
Techniques are disclosed for provisioning device-specific credentials to an Internet of Things device that accesses a cloud-based IoT service. The IoT service receives, from the IoT device, a request for device-specific credentials. The request comprises a provisioning certificate including information identifying a group of devices associated with the IoT device. The provisioning certificate is authenticated by evaluating the information with expected information. The device-specific credentials are generated based, at least in part, on the information provided in the provisioning certificate. The device-specific credentials are sent to the IoT device, and the IoT device installs and activates the device-specific credentials. The device-specific credentials are associated with the IoT device in a registry of the IoT service.
US10447681B2
To establish a sign on session among single sign on (SSO)-enabled applications, a user can be prompted by an application for an access code. An access interval key can be generated using a key derivative function based on the access code. The access interval key can be considered a session key, and it can be used during a valid SSO session to decrypt a master key stored in a shared memory. In turn, the master key can be used to encrypt and decrypt the contents of the shared memory. To securely distribute the access interval key among the SSO-enabled applications during a current session, individual SSO-enabled applications can each store a public key in the shared memory. The access interval key can then be encrypted, respectively, by the public keys of the SSO-enabled applications and stored in the shared memory to be retrieved securely by the SSO-enabled applications.
US10447680B2
A communication unit and a controller are included, the communication unit being configured to communicate with a communication apparatus using a first communication procedure in which authentication of the communication apparatus is performed in order to retain a communication session with the communication apparatus and using a second communication procedure that does not require authentication of the communication apparatus in order to communicate with the communication apparatus, the controller being configured to perform, using the first communication procedure and the second communication procedure, control under which it is determined whether a communication session with the communication apparatus is to be retained and perform control under which a limit is put on retaining of the communication session with the communication apparatus through the second communication procedure in a case where the communication apparatus is not authenticated as a certain communication apparatus through the first communication procedure.
US10447679B2
In one embodiment, a method includes an online social networking system generating an authentication key in response to a request from a media-player device. The media-device player broadcasts the authentication key, which is received by a client system of a user of the online social network that is within range of the broadcast. The user is logged into the online social network via an application running on the client system. The application verifies the authentication key with the online social networking system. Location information of the client system and social-networking information of the user are sent by the application to the media-player device in response to the authentication key being verified. The user may be registered as an owner of the media-player device or a guest user of the media-player device.
US10447675B2
A method for delivering primary information that exists in at least one electronic form, includes transmission of the primary information via at least one communication network to at least one communication system allocated to an addressee of the primary information; creation of verification information relating to the acknowledgement of the primary information by the addressee; and saving and/or transmission of the verification information via at least one communication network. Individualized data is thus made available which not only documents the receipt of the primary information by the addressee but also the acknowledgement of the receipt of the primary information by the addressee. A telecommunication arrangement and a telecommunication unit which are suitable for carrying out the method are also disclosed.
US10447667B2
A network attached storage device coupled to a local network and including a network interface configured to receive digital content from a remote content provider outside the local network. The network attached storage device includes storage having a first region accessible by a user of the local network and a secure region. The network attached storage device includes a processor coupled to the storage, the processor configured to control access to the secure region of the storage based on instructions received from a remote content provider.
US10447666B2
A cryptanalysis method comprising: (A) Performing a ciphertext-only direct cryptanalysis of A5/1 and (B) Using results of Step (A) to facilitate the decryption and/or encryption of further communications that are consistent with encryption using the session key and/or decryption using the session key, wherein the cryptanalysis considers part of the bits of the session key to have a known fixed value, and wherein the cryptanalysis finds the session key. An efficient known plaintext attack on AS/2 comprises trying all the possible values for R4, and for each such value solving the linearized system of equations that describe the output; The solution of the equations gives the internal state of RI, R2, and R3; Together with R4, this gives the full internal state which gives a suggestion for the key.
US10447657B2
A communications system, and a method suitable for use therein, are described which are suitable for transmitting and receiving both secure and non-secure data. The system comprises: means for transmitting data comprising both ciphered secure data and unciphered non-secure data; means for receiving transmitted data; means for deciphering the received data to produce deciphered data; and means for: validating the deciphered data to produce a first validation result and outputting the deciphered data depending upon the first validation result; or validating the received data to produce a second validation result and outputting the received data depending upon the second validation result; or validating the deciphered data to produce a first validation result and outputting the deciphered data depending upon the first validation result, and also validating the received data to produce a second validation result and outputting the received data depending upon the second validation result.
US10447654B2
In some embodiments, a set of hashes that are associated with files of a user system, and a reference set of hashes that are associated with files of a reference system, may be obtained. An additional subset of hashes (included in the set of hashes and not included in the reference set of hashes) may be obtained based on a comparison between the set of hashes and the reference set of hashes. A file may be predicted to be exclusive for certain users or user systems, where the file is associated with a hash included in the additional subset of hashes. Other user systems may be scanned to determine what files are on the other user systems, where each of the other user systems is assigned to another user or is not one of the user systems. An alert indicating unauthorized activity may be generated based on the scan.
US10447638B2
Data loss prevention (“DLP”) rules can be automatically applied to items during a migration. When a migration is performed, a migration engine may be configured with migration configuration settings which define the items to be migrated from the source system to the target system. The migration engine may also be configured with DLP configuration settings which define the type of items on which DLP should be performed. When the DLP configuration settings indicate that DLP should be applied to an item to be migrated, the migration engine routes the item to a DLP engine rather than directly migrating the item to the target system. After the DLP engine has processed the item, the DLP engine can return the processed item to the migration engine which in turn can migrate the processed item to the appropriate location in the target system.
US10447634B2
A computer includes a processor and a memory connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions executed by the processor to augment a message with network node attributes derived by linking from an original network node specified in the message to additional network nodes associated with the original network node. Message signatures representing the network node attributes are generated. The message signatures are evaluated to characterize the message.
US10447628B2
At least one electronic document is requested from one or more participants of the electronic messaging session in accordance with a series of rules that is associated with actions for the messaging session. In response to receiving the requested at least one electronic document into the electronic messaging session, actions associated with the series of rules for the electronic messaging session are performed.
US10447620B2
In a structured communication system, a message is received at a server from a communication application of a first client device. Based on content of the message, an unstructured portion of the message and a predefined set of allowable responses to the message are identified. The message is then outputted to a second client device. A response is received to the message from the second client device. The server determines whether response to the message complies with the predefined set of allowable responses to the message. Responsive to the response not complying, an invalid response message is sent to the second client device indicating that the response is not compliant. Responsive to the response complying, the response is sent to the first client device.
US10447619B2
A device may identify a proxy connection associated with a first device and a second device. An application buffer of the proxy connection may be associated with a first buffer size for at least one of the first device or the second device. The proxy connection may be associated with a video communication. The device may determine a set of parameters relating to the proxy connection. The device may determine a buffer allocation for the proxy connection based on the set of parameters. The device may perform an alteration to the application buffer of the proxy connection to cause the application buffer of the proxy connection to be associated with a second buffer size. The second buffer size may be different from the first buffer size.
US10447618B2
Some embodiments provide a novel method of configuring a managed hardware forwarding element (MHFE) that implements a logical forwarding element (LFE) of a logical network to handle address resolution requests (e.g., Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) requests) for multiple addresses (e.g., IP addresses) associated with a single network interface of the logical network. The method identifies a physical port of the MHFE with which the multiple addresses are to be associated. The physical port is coupled to an end machine (e.g., a virtual machine, server, container, etc.) of the logical network. The method then modifies associations stored at the MHFE to associate the physical port with the multiple addresses.
US10447616B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a broadcast services platform includes a memory that stores operational instructions. A processor executes the operational instructions to: receive user data, the user data including a list of users and performance metric data corresponding to individual ones of the users; sort the list of the users in order of the performance metric data to generate a sorted list of the users; partition the sorted list of the users to generate a plurality of user groups; and generate network resource allocation data that allocates network resources to provide broadcast services to the users. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10447614B2
A system and method for providing high availability for a thin-provisioned container cluster includes a memory, one or more processors in communication with the memory, a scheduler executing on the one or more processors, and a spot instance market monitor. The spot instance market monitor receives market information about spot instances in a cloud system at a first time. The spot instances are available to a client at the first time. The spot instance market monitor determines, based on the market information, a respective reliability value for each of the spot instances at the first time. Then, the scheduler selects one spot instance among the spot instances based on the reliability value of the spot instance. In response to the selection of the spot instance, the scheduler schedules a container on the spot instance and executes the container on the spot instance.
US10447613B2
Authorization decisions can be made in a resource environment using authorization functions which can be provided by customers, third parties, or other such entities. The functions can be implemented using virtual machine instances with one or more transient compute containers. This compute capacity can be preconfigured with certain software and provided using existing compute capacity assigned to a customer, or capacity invoked from a warming pool, to execute the appropriate authorization function. The authorization function can be a lambda function that takes in context and generates the appropriate security functionality inline. The utilization of ephemeral compute capacity enables the functionality to be provided on demand, without requiring explicit naming or identification, and can enable cause state information to be maintained for a customer.
US10447607B2
Methods for dequeue optimizations in queues are performed by systems and apparatuses. The methods optimize dequeue operations using aggregation of expired messages enqueued in a queue and conditional iteration over enqueued messages based on the aggregation to service dequeue commands. Queues utilize page hierarchies such as root pages, index pages, and data pages. The aggregation of expired messages for pages in the queue determines the latest expired time for messages for a given page, and these latest expired times are stored in their respective pages, including data pages, index pages, and root pages, for use in the conditional iteration. The conditional iteration bypasses pages for which a latest expired time for all messages is prior to the current time when servicing dequeue requests for the queue.
US10447605B2
Techniques for performing flow-based host discovery in an SDN network are provided. According to one embodiment, an SDN controller can select, based on network topology information that is stored on the controller, a leaf network device in the network, and can determine a traffic flow corresponding to a flow rule installed on the leaf network device. The determining of the traffic flow can be based on flow rule information that is stored on the SDN controller. The SDN controller can further determine a forward path for the traffic flow through the network, where the determining of the forward path is performed by associating the flow rule with other flow rules for the traffic flow that are included in the flow rule information, and where the other flow rules are installed on other network devices in the network. The SDN controller can then determine, based on at least the forward path, host information for the source and destination hosts of the traffic flow.
US10447599B2
A packet forwarding method, system, and apparatus are provided. The method includes: determining that a total number of links is an integral power of 2, wherein the total number of links is a sum of a number of added virtual link and a number of actual links for forwarding a data packet; calculating a hash value of the data packet, and calculating a remainder of the hash value divided by the total number of links; and if the remainder corresponds to a virtual link, calculating another hash value of the data packet, returning back to the step of calculating a remainder, performing the above operations cyclically until the remainder corresponds to an actual link, and forwarding the data packet on the actual link.
US10447597B1
Some embodiments of the invention provide a path-and-latency tracking (PLT) method. At a forwarding element, this method in some embodiments detects the path traversed by a data message through a set of forwarding elements, and the latency that the data message experiences at each of the forwarding elements in the path. In some embodiments, the method has a forwarding element in the path insert its forwarding element identifier and path latency in a header of the data message that it forwards. The method of some embodiments also uses fast PLT operators in the data plane of the forwarding elements to detect new data message flows, to gather PLT data from these data message flows, and to detect path or latency changes for previously detected data message flows. In some embodiments, the method then uses control plane processes (e.g., of the forwarding elements or other devices) to collect and analyze the PLT data gathered in the data plane from new or existing flows.
US10447594B2
The ensuring of predictable and quantifiable networking performance includes adaptively throttling the rate of VM-to-VM traffic flow. A receiving hypervisor can detect congestion and communicate messages for throttling traffic flow to reduce congestion at the receiving hypervisor.
US10447587B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for computing label-switched data communication paths are disclosed. An example method includes receiving, by a path computation element (PCE) implemented on at least one processor, synchronization status information for routing nodes in a label-switched network. The method includes receiving, by the PCE, a request for a label-switched path (LSP) from a client. The method includes determining, by the PCE, a responsive LSP based at least in part on the synchronization status information. The method includes sending, by the PCE, an explicit route object (ERO) for the responsive LSP to the client.
US10447577B2
In one embodiment, a method for processing vehicle messages is provided. The method comprises: receiving a vehicle message for transmission; determining whether a condition exists to expedite transmission of the vehicle message; determining if a preferential sub-network is available; determining if at least one less preferential sub-network is available; and when the condition exists, when the preferential sub-network is not available for use, and the less preferential sub-network is available, expediting the transmission of the vehicle message over a less preferential sub-network.
US10447571B2
Dataplane-based Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (S-BFD) monitoring for network entities is provided. In one embodiment, a method of S-BFD monitoring includes assigning, by a network element, a unique segment identifier (ID) to each entity of a plurality of entities that are monitored by the network element. The method includes receiving an S-BFD control packet at the network element, including a first segment ID associated with a particular entity. The method also includes performing a lookup operation for the first segment ID in stored data of the network element. Based on the lookup operation, when a first action is designated in the stored data for the first segment ID, the method includes returning the S-BFD control packet to its source, and, when a second action is designated in the stored data for the first segment ID, the method includes forwarding the S-BFD control packet to an S-BFD reflector session.
US10447569B2
In one embodiment, a system includes a hardware processor and logic integrated with and/or executable by the hardware processor. The logic is configured to create statistics about overlay-encapsulated packets which are received by or sent by the hardware processor across an overlay network. The logic is also configured to record the statistics with a virtual network identifier and a tunnel identifier associated with at least one overlay-encapsulated packet for which the statistics are created. Moreover, the logic is configured to maintain a table indexed for the virtual network identifier and the tunnel identifier. The table includes the virtual network identifier, the tunnel identifier, and statistic bucket identifiers pointing to locations where statistics associated with the virtual network identifier and the tunnel identifier are stored. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed according to more embodiments.
US10447566B2
A method and system for testing a Local Area Network (LAN) coupled to a satellite network through a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) is disclosed. The method includes: providing a LAN diagnostics tool disposed on the CPE for executing a plurality of tests; receiving, at the LAN diagnostics tool, a test request comprising an execution environment indicator; selecting a test agent based on the execution environment indicator; sending in response to the test request, from the LAN diagnostics tool, the selected test agent; and testing the LAN with communications between the LAN diagnostics tool and the selected test agent being executed on a device connected to the LAN.
US10447563B2
The application pertains to determining a rank of channel loss extent. A base station sends to a terminal a signaling indicating that there are N ranks of channel loss extent. Each rank has a corresponding number of random access preamble repetitions. The base station receives from the terminal device one or more transmissions of a random access preamble in a first number of repetitions of the random access preamble. The base station determines the rank of channel loss extent according to a random access preamble group in which the received random access preamble is located, or the first number of repetitions of the received random access preamble. A channel loss is a reference signal received power (RSRP). After determining the rank of channel loss extent, the base station determines a second number of repetitions corresponding to the determined rank of channel loss extent, for sending or receiving uplink/downlink information.
US10447553B2
Systems, methods, and media for finding configuration files are presented. Traffic-based connections may provide search parameter insight for searching a component for configuration data. The search parameters derived from the traffic-based connections may be used to facilitate discovery of configuration files in non-conventional locations. Further, Platform as a Service (PaaS) components may be discovered using specialized pattern operations.
US10447546B1
A specification of visualization requirements for a customized visualization associated with one or more storage, compute and networking resources of a data center is generated. Resource data is obtained from one or more data sources, the resource data being associated with one or more of the storage, compute and networking resources of the data center. One or more data views are created utilizing the resource data, each data view comprising a dynamic mapping of the resource data based on the visualization requirements. One or more visuals are rendered utilizing the one or more data views. The customized visualization is generated by organizing the visuals into one or more dashboards of a graphical user interface.
US10447535B2
Certain embodiments described herein are generally directed to consistent processing of transport node network configuration data in a physical sharding architecture. For example, in some embodiments a first central control plane (CCP) node of a plurality of CCP nodes determines a sharding table, which is shared by the plurality of CCP nodes. In certain embodiments, the first CCP node determines a connection establishment between a first transport node and the first CCP node. In some embodiments, if the first CCP node determines, based on the sharding table, that it is a physical master of the first transport node, the first CCP node receives network configuration data from the first transport node, stores at least a portion of the network configuration data, and transmits a data update comprising at least a portion of the network configuration data to a shared data store accessible by the plurality of CCP nodes.
US10447529B2
A relay apparatus includes a memory, a receiving unit, a transmitting unit, and a second transmitting unit. The memory stores authentication information of a user and failure handling information for the user. The user uses a cloud service. The failure handling information is used when storing of data in the cloud service fails. The receiving unit receives user information of the user, data to be stored in the cloud service, and a storage request to the cloud service, from an image processing apparatus. The transmitting unit transmits the authentication information of the user and the data to be stored in the cloud service to the cloud service in accordance with the storage request to the cloud service. When storing of the data in the cloud service fails, the second transmitting unit refers to the failure handling information and transmits information about a failure handling method to the user.
US10447528B2
A radio communication system includes: slave devices which repetitively transmit, a plurality of times, a radio signal with a prescribed frequency that includes device identification information during a radio communication with a master device; a master device which generates communication situation information including a reception success rate and received signal strength of a radio signal during each radio communication from each slave device; and a failure factor estimation apparatus which, based on communication situation information with respect to a plurality of radio communications including a radio communication in which a communication failure of the received signal strength is lower than prescribed strength and/or the reception success rate is lower than a prescribed rate has occurred, generates and outputs failure factor presentation information indicating a failure inducer estimated to have induced the communication failure and an estimation result of a position of the failure inducer.
US10447522B2
The present invention provides a signal sending apparatus, a signal detection apparatus, a signal sending and detection system, a signal sending method, and a signal detection method. The apparatus determines a time unit that is in each time window and that is used to transmit a synchronization signal, and transmits the synchronization signal in the determined time unit in each time window. Therefore, a synchronization signal is always located in a time unit that has a fixed location in each time window, so that a device at a receive end needs to perform detection only in a fixed time unit in each time window, thereby reducing complexity of designing and detecting the synchronization signal.
US10447515B2
There is disclosed a method for operating a wireless device in a wireless communication network, the method comprising modulating a plurality of input bits (N), wherein modulating comprises choosing a first number (k) of frequencies from a predetermined set of a total number (NF) of frequencies, the first number (k) being larger than 1, and performing quadrature amplitude modulation to a second number (NQ) on each of the first number (k) of frequencies. There are further disclosed related methods and devices.
US10447509B1
Precompensator-based quantization techniques offer a way to reduce the complexity and power requirements of clock recovery modules while offering improved timing recovery performance relative to a bang-bang scheme operating in a lossy channel. One illustrative method embodiment includes: (a) obtaining a receive signal having a sequence of symbols from a symbol set, the receive signal exhibiting trailing intersymbol interference; (b) operating on the receive signal with a precompensation unit having a set of comparators to produce, for each sampling instant, a set of comparator results representing a quantized receive signal value, the set of comparators applying a set of threshold values that at least partly compensate for the trailing intersymbol interference; (c) deriving a symbol decision from each set of comparator results; (d) combining the symbol decisions with said quantized receive signal values to determine an estimated timing error for each sampling instant; and (e) filtering the estimated timing errors to generate a sampling clock.
US10447506B1
A Serializer/Deserializer (SERDES) circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes an input/output (I/O) pad for coupling to a duplex SerDes link. An adjustable delay line provides a first component of a relative phase between a receive signal sampling point and a transmit echo signal. A second delay circuit generates a second component of the relative phase. A timing relationship between the receive signal sampling point and the transmit echo signal is based on the sum of the first and second components.
US10447502B2
A home wireless system and a method of controlling it wherein the home wireless system comprises a plurality of wireless peripheral nodes and a first gateway having a wireless communication means for communicating with and controlling wireless peripheral nodes. The method comprises: a) installing at least one second gateway in said home wireless system, b) binding wireless peripheral nodes to said first gateway or anyone of said at least second gateway,c) each wireless peripheral node repeatedly sending messages to the bound gateway, d) said bound gateway sending an acknowledge message as a response to the message received from the wireless peripheral node, e) each wireless peripheral node initiating a searching process for an available gateway among said first and said at least one second gateway if not receiving an acknowledge message from the bound gateway, said searching process including a link establishment process, and f) proceeding said link establishment process in a responding gateway by binding said searching wireless peripheral node to communicate with the responding gateway. The at least one second gateway is provided with wireless communication means for communicating with and controlling wireless peripheral nodes.
US10447496B2
Methods and network devices are disclosed for multicast traffic steering in a communications network. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a first tree connecting a source node for a multicast flow through a communications network to each of multiple destination nodes for the multicast flow. The communications network is configured to forward a multicast message based on bit values in a message bit array carried by the message, and the first tree comprises a first set of unicast paths from the source node to the destination nodes. The method further includes allocating a first tree identifier to the first tree and communicating the first tree identifier and associated forwarding information to each of multiple forwarding nodes within the communications network. An embodiment of a network device includes a processor operably coupled to one or more network interfaces and adapted to perform steps of the method.
US10447492B1
In one embodiment, a technique is provided managing a plurality of home automation systems in different residential structures. The plurality of home automation systems are bound to a cloud-based residential management system (RMS). The RMS periodically receives status and diagnostics information from home automation systems, and displays, on a web-enabled device, a plurality of RMS user interface (UI) screens. The RMS UI screens provide an all systems view which lists each the plurality of home automation systems, a system details view which shows a summary of status information for a selected one of the plurality of home automation systems, and an equipment level view which shows status information for individual devices of the selected home automation system. At least some of the individual devices are non-network available devices that lack a direct connection to an Internet Protocol (IP)-based network.
US10447488B2
The present invention relates to device and method for detecting powered devices connected to a power source equipment in a Power over Ethernet system that provides multiple signal/power channels. A series of inspection signals including one discriminative signal is applied to the respective channels and response signals to the discriminative signal and other detection signals are compared in order to determine whether multiple channels are connected to one single powered device.
US10447480B2
Blockchain blocks are provided with either or both of two element types that enable later verification of block validity. One element type is identifiers, such as signatures, of trusted validators that approve entry of the block into the blockchain. Another element is a history hash tree that encodes data from not only the current block, but also at least one previous block.
US10447478B2
A method is provided for delegating behavior of a smart contract associated with a blockchain to code that is not part of the blockchain. A system directs execution by a virtual machine of the smart contract. During execution of the smart contract, the smart contract sends to a cryptlet container service, via a cryptodelegate, a request to delegate a behavior to a cryptlet that executes on an attested host. During execution the cryptlet container service identifies a host for executing code of the cryptlet in an appropriate cryptlet container. The cryptlet container service directs the identified host to execute the code of the cryptlet to perform the delegated behavior. After the delegated behavior is performed, the cryptlet container service receives from the cryptlet a response to the requested behavior. The cryptlet container service sends the response to the smart contract on the blockchain that is verified by the cryptodelegate.
US10447468B2
A processor of an aspect includes a plurality of packed data registers, and a decode unit to decode an instruction. The instruction is to indicate one or more source packed data operands. The one or more source packed data operands are to have four 32-bit results of four prior SM4 cryptographic rounds, and four 32-bit values. The processor also includes an execution unit coupled with the decode unit and the plurality of the packed data registers. The execution unit, in response to the instruction, is to store four 32-bit results of four immediately subsequent and sequential SM4 cryptographic rounds in a destination storage location that is to be indicated by the instruction.
US10447463B2
An ultra-low latency communication device includes a clock recovery module, a de-serializer module, an FPGA fabric and a serializer module. The clock recovery module receives an incoming electrical physical layer serial signal and recovers a recovered clock signal therefrom. The de-serializer module converts the incoming electrical physical layer serial signal to an incoming electrical physical layer parallel signal according to driving signals generated based on the recovered clock signal. The FPGA fabric processes the incoming electrical physical layer parallel signal to output an incoming data-link layer parallel signal, receives an outgoing data-link layer parallel signal generated based on electronic information contained in the incoming data-link layer parallel signal, and processes the outgoing data-link layer parallel signal to output an outgoing electrical physical layer parallel signal. The serializer module converts the outgoing electrical physical layer parallel signal to an outgoing electrical physical layer serial signal.
US10447453B2
The present disclosure relates to reducing control overhead in a wireless communication system. For example, a network entity may determine to transmit data according to a codeword format based on at least one of a transmission time interval (TTI), or a traffic type of the data, or any combination thereof, and configure the data for transmission on a communication channel according to the codeword format. Further, for instance, a user equipment may receive a transmission from a network entity on a downlink communication channel according to a codeword format, and transmit at least one of an acknowledgement (ACK) or a negative acknowledgement (NACK) on an uplink communication channel in response to receiving the transmission from the network entity.
US10447446B2
A method performed by a network node for managing transmission of one or more CRS subframes. The network node identifies if a cell is actively serving a set of UEs. When the cell is actively serving a set of UEs, which set of UEs is configured for DRX the network node sends CRS over the first bandwidth in one or more CRS subframes which are transmitted in the cell during an onDuration interval of the DRX pattern and/or in one or more CRS subframes where system information is sent and/or in one or more CRS subframes where downlink, DL, data is sent. The network node sends CRS over a second bandwidth, in CRS subframes which are not transmitted in the cell during the onDuration interval of the DRX and/or in the one or more CRS subframes except CRS subframes where system information is sent and/or in the one or more CRS subframes except CRS subframes where DL data is sent, which second bandwidth is reduced in relation to the first bandwidth.
US10447433B2
A method of operating a signal processing apparatus (110) comprises receiving a first signal representing a received data bit, determining from the first signal a first soft data bit, storing the first soft data bit in a leaky storage device (130), receiving a second signal representing the received data bit, and determining from the second signal a second soft data bit. The stored first soft data bit is read from the leaky storage device (130), an elapsed leakage time of the stored first soft data bit is measured, and a third soft data bit is generated dependent on the stored first soft data bit read from the leaky storage device (130) and on the elapsed leakage time. A fourth soft data bit is generated by combining the second soft data bit and the third soft data bit, and the received data bit is decoded dependent on the fourth soft data bit and on a selected plurality of further received data bits.
US10447432B2
Embodiments of this application provide a method for processing information bits in a wireless communication network. A communication device obtains K information bits and a code length M. The code length M is a length of an output sequence resulting from processing the information bits. The communication device generates an N-bit bit sequence that includes the K information bits and one or more parity check bits, encodes the bit sequence using a polar encoding formula to obtain an N-bit encoded sequence, rate matches the encoded sequence to obtain the output sequence, and outputs the output sequence. When M−K>192, in the bit sequence, one of the parity check bits is placed in a bit position that is determined according to reliabilities of the bit positions in the bit sequence for placing the K information bits and the one or more parity check bits.
US10447431B2
A system to implement a communication line coding scheme using a non-complex bit-to-symbol mapping, a forward error correction (FEC) coding, and an additive bit scrambler after the FEC at the PHY layer is provided. The system may be a part of or implemented by an automobile component. The system may be a PHY device configured to convert data from the MAC layer into 2D-PAM3 symbols that are transmitted across a communication link at a predetermined transmission rate, such as to be compliant with a communication standard. The PHY device may select characteristics of the conversion, such as the FEC coded symbol, based on the target transmission rate. The PHY device may include a transceiver, and may convert the data from MAC layer to PHY layer and back.
US10447421B2
The present disclosure provides a fronthaul control device which can adjust a center wavelength of an optical signal to changeably control allocation of an optical wavelength band; an operating method of the fronthaul control device; a program for controlling allocation of an optical wavelength band; and a computer-readable recording medium in which the program is recorded.
US10447414B2
A user of a device desires that geographic position information of the device be kept private. A network may track a geographic position of a device using timing advance (TA) data and also a passive attacker may attempt to track the geographic position of the device by observing base station TA commands. In embodiments provided herein, a device diminishes or obfuscates geographic position information by using a timing change value while not disturbing synchronization of uplink signals from multiple devices arriving at a base station. To resist an averaging solution by an observer, the device in some embodiments adjusts the timing change value based on an internal timer. In an emergency call situation, the method permits the base station to obtain geographic position information based on TA procedures.
US10447410B2
A sensor network includes a sink and multiple sensor nodes. The sink is coupled to a substrate and configured to transmit a periodic ultrasonic pulse on the substrate. A first one of the sensor nodes is coupled to the substrate. The first sensor node is configured to (i) receive the periodic ultrasonic pulse from the substrate, (ii) synchronize an internal clock of the first sensor node to the sink based on the periodic ultrasonic pulse, (iii) selectively detect an event in a region surrounding the first sensor node, and (iv) in response to detecting the event, transmit a first ultrasonic pulse toward the sink on the substrate.
US10447404B2
An injection locked transmitter for an optical communication network includes a master seed laser source input substantially confined to a single longitudinal mode, an input data stream, and a laser injected modulator including at least one slave laser having a resonator frequency that is injection locked to a frequency of the single longitudinal mode of the master seed laser source. The laser injected modulator is configured to receive the master seed laser source input and the input data stream, and output a laser modulated data stream.
US10447403B2
An optical module includes a light emitter array in which a plurality of light emitters are arranged, and a lens group which converges light beams output from the light emitter array, wherein in a stage where the light beams reach the lens group, planes of polarization of the light beams are different between adjacent light emitters.
US10447375B1
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication and techniques to prevent frequent beam switching. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a duration of time that the UE dwells on a beam. The UE may update a data structure, stored in memory of the UE, to add or modify a stored duration value associated with the beam based at least in part on determining the duration of time that the UE dwells on the beam. The UE may determine that a condition associated with the stored duration value is satisfied. The UE may modify a priority of the beam in connection with a beam selection procedure based at least in part on determining that the condition associated with the stored duration value is satisfied. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US10447369B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for obtaining channel state information, including: sending, by a base station, one or multiple pieces of downlink signaling to user equipment, where the one or multiple pieces of downlink signaling instruct the user equipment to feed back channel dimension information, where the channel dimension information includes an effective dimension of a channel subspace of a statistical channel between the base station and the user equipment, and the effective dimension of the channel subspace is less than a quantity of reference signal ports used to measure channel state information; and receiving, by the base station, the channel dimension information fed back by the user equipment.
US10447356B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method includes: receiving a reference signal sent by a base station; selecting, based on the reference signal, a precoding matrix from a codebook, where a precoding matrix W included in the codebook is a product of three matrices being W1, Z, and W2, that is, w=w1zw2, where both W1 and Z are block diagonal matrices, W1=a formula (I), Z=a formula (II), each of W1 and Z includes at least one block matrix, that is, NB≥1, and each column of each block matrix Zi in the matrix Z has the following structure formula (III); and sending a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) to the base station, where the PMI corresponds to the selected precoding matrix, and is used by the base station to obtain the selected precoding matrix W according to the PMI.
US10447353B2
A system and method for MIB estimation including generating a signal model for rank=2, based on the reference signals of a received wireless signal; converting the signal model to a four-parameter representation; determining, for values of parameters derived from the four-parameter representation, whether mutual information per bit (MIB) values depend on a single parameter or on a plurality of parameters; if the MIB values depend on the single parameter, calculating MIB values based on the single parameter; and if the MIB values depend on the plurality of parameters, calculating MIB values based on the plurality of parameters. Calculating MIB values based on the single parameter, determining, whether MIB values depend on a single parameter or on a plurality of parameters and, calculating MIB values based on the plurality of parameters, are performed using a machine learning algorithm.
US10447337B2
Systems and methods providing improved duplexer isolation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system having improved duplexer isolation includes a duplexer system and one or more digital filters. The duplexer system includes a first transmit port, a second transmit port, a receive port, and an antenna port. The duplexer system is configured to receive a first transmit signal at the first transmit port and a second transmit signal at the second transmit port, where the first and second transmit signals are balanced transmit signals. The duplexer system is configured to combine the first and second transmit signals at the antenna port. The one or more digital filters are configured to cause destructive combining of transmit leakage signals at the receive port. As a result, the isolation of the duplexer system is substantially improved.
US10447329B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A method of operating a first Radio Unit (RU) for transmitting an uplink signal in a communication system of the present disclosure includes receiving a first signal through an antenna, re-compensating a second signal delivered from a second RU through a transmission line by using a re-compensation factor, compensating a third signal obtained by adding the first signal and the re-compensated second signal by using a compensation factor, and delivering the compensated third signal to a higher-level RU or a Digital Unit (DU).
US10447323B2
Aspects of this disclosure relate to reducing insertion loss associated with a bypass path. In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a first switch having at least two throws, a second switch having at least two throws, a bypass path between the first switch and the second switch, and at least one inductor. The at least one inductor is configured to compensate for capacitance associated with the bypass path to cause insertion loss of the bypass path to be reduced.
US10447319B1
A method for operating a user equipment in a wireless communication is provided as an embodiment of the present invention. The method may include: receiving modulation and coding scheme (MCS) information for each of two or more codewords from a base station (BS); determining a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) antenna port to which a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) antenna port is mapped based on the MCS information; and receiving a PTRS based on the DMRS antenna port, wherein a DMRS antenna port with the lowest index among one or more DMRS antenna ports included in a codeword with the highest MCS among the two or more codewords may be determined as the DMRS antenna port.
US10447318B2
A wireless communication device is presented for use with a sensor. The wireless communication device includes: an antenna, a driver circuit and a bias circuit. The driver circuit is electrically coupled to the antenna and includes at least one pair of cross-coupled transistors. The bias circuit is electrically coupled to the driver circuit. In a transmit mode, the bias circuit biases the driver circuit with a first bias current. In response to the first bias current, the driver circuit oscillates the antenna. In a receive mode, the bias circuit biases the driver circuit with a second bias current, such that the first bias current differs from the second bias current. In response to the second bias current, the bias circuit amplifies a signal received by the antenna.
US10447315B2
In one embodiment, a system provides for optimizing an error rate of data through a communication channel. The system includes a data generator operable to generate a training sequence as a Markov code, and to propagate the training sequence through the communication channel. The system also includes a Soft Output Viterbi Algorithm (SOVA) detector operable to estimate data values of the training sequence after propagation through the communication channel. The system also includes an optimizer operable to compare the estimated data values to the generated training sequence, to determine an error rate based on the comparison, and to change the training sequence based on the Markov code to lower the error rate of the data through the communication channel.
US10447314B2
A decoding method which includes: storing first data into a buffer memory which includes a first buffer region and a second buffer region; copying decoding data in the second buffer region to the first buffer region; performing a first type decoding operation for the first data based on the copied decoding data in the first buffer region, where the copied decoding data is different from original decoding data corresponding to the first data; and outputting decoded data if the first type decoding operation is successful.
US10447300B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a decoding method and a decoding device. The decoding device receives a second code word, which is transmitted from an encoding device based on a first code word. The first code word is generated by the encoding device based on a first encoded data sequence. After determining that a second encoded data sequence based on the second code word is not a correct replica of the first encoded data sequence, the decoding device performs a series of code element update processes to determining the correct replica of the first encoded data sequence.
US10447296B1
A computer system includes a hardware controller and an internal millicode storage area. The controller includes an accelerator that decompresses a data stream requested by an application. The internal millicode storage area can store a compression dictionary library including a plurality of different pre-defined compression dictionaries. A host system includes a dictionary manager that determines a compression dictionary from the plurality of different pre-defined compression dictionaries included in the dictionary library to decompress the data stream. The accelerator can access the internal millicode storage area to obtain the determined compression dictionary, and to decompress the data stream according to the determined compression dictionary.
US10447286B2
According to the present invention, since a silicon body itself supporting first and second glass substrates also has a role of an electric heating device, the temperature of the inside of a through-part can be maintained to be constant. In addition, since it is unnecessary to comprise a separate electric heating device such as a heater or to form an additional heating pattern in order to control the temperature of the inside of the through-part, a process for manufacturing a vapor cell can be simplified. According to the present invention, only a reactive material in a gas state and a buffer gas can be injected into a sealed container without the intervention of other materials, and the size of the sealed container can be reduced since it is unnecessary to prepare e separate space for mounting a pill of the reaction material in a vapor cell region itself.
US10447283B1
According to one embodiment, a phase locked loop (PLL) circuit includes a first voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) to generate a first signal having a first frequency and a second VCO to generate a second signal having a second frequency. The PLL circuit includes a multiplexer coupled to the first VCO, the second VCO, and a feedback loop. The PLL circuit includes a control logic to select either the first VCO or the second VCO using the multiplexer to feed back a signal using the feedback loop, and a phase frequency detector coupled to the first VCO, the second VCO, and the feedback loop, where the phase frequency detector is configured to receive a reference signal and the feedback signal to tracking a frequency and a phase of the first or the second generated signal using the reference signal and the feedback signal.
US10447276B2
A power management integrated circuit (PMIC) includes: a plurality of high voltage power field effect transistors (FETs); and a programmable fabric configured to programmably connect one or more of the plurality of high voltage power FETs to provide one or more high power voltage outputs. The plurality of high voltage power FETs and the programmable fabric are integrated in a single chip.
US10447257B2
Related-art back bias generation circuits cause a problem where a long time is required for transition between an operating state and a standby state because driving power is lowered to reduce the power consumption in the standby state. A back bias generation circuit outputs a predetermined voltage. The predetermined voltage is the back bias voltage of a substrate in a standby mode. A bias control circuit stores an electrical charge while a circuit block is in an operating mode, supplies the stored electrical charge to the substrate of a MOSFET included in the circuit block when the circuit block transitions from the operating mode to the standby mode, and subsequently supplies the output of the back bias generation circuit to the substrate of the MOSFET.
US10447252B2
A level shifter includes (a) an input unit including (i) a first input transistor configured to receive a first voltage and connected to a first connection node, and (ii) a second input transistor configured to receive the first voltage and connected to a second connection node, (b) an output unit including (i) a first output transistor connected to a first output terminal and configured to receive a second voltage, and (ii) a second output transistor connected to a second output terminal and configured to receive the second voltage, (c) a first bias unit configured to control voltage drop between the output terminals and the connection nodes based on a first bias signal, and (d) a second bias unit configured to control a first voltage drop between the first output transistor and the second output terminal and a second voltage drop between the second output transistor and the first output terminal based on a second bias signal.
US10447251B2
The present invention relates to a combiner latch circuit for generation of one phase differential signal pair or two phase differential signal pairs. The combiner latch circuit comprises an input circuit configured to select a state of the output circuit from a group of: a fourth state comprising the differential output X=1, Y=0, a fifth state comprising the differential output X=0, Y=1. The input circuit is further configured to select the fourth state if the input A=0 and the input B=1 and the clock input encounter a leading edge from 0 to 1 and the output circuit is in the fifth state, and select the fifth state if the input A=1 and the input B=0 and the clock input encounter a leading edge from 0 to 1 and the output circuit is in the fourth state.
US10447250B2
An electronic latch circuit, a 4-phase signal generator, a multi-stage frequency divider and a poly-phase signal generator are disclosed. The electronic latch circuit comprises an output circuit comprising a first output and a second output. The electronic latch circuit further comprises an input circuit comprising a first input, a second input and a clock signal input. The electronic latch circuit is configured to change state based on the input signals' level at the inputs of the input circuit and a present state of the output circuit. The 4-phase signal generator is built with two electronic latch circuits. The multi-stage frequency dividers and poly-phase signal generators comprise a plurality of the electronic latch circuits and 4-phase signal generators.
US10447246B1
A low voltage differential signaling circuit includes an output driver circuit configured to provide a differential signal pair based on a first signal and a second signal. A peak detect circuit is coupled to receive the differential signal pair and configured to provide a feedback signal based on the differential signal pair and the first and second signals. An amplifier circuit has a first input coupled to the peak detect circuit, a second input coupled to receive a reference voltage, and an output coupled to provide a bias voltage to the output driver circuit.
US10447242B2
A signal switch includes a first node and a second node. A first transistor is coupled between the first and second nodes, and a plurality of second transistors is coupled in series between the first and second nodes, in parallel with the first transistor. A shunt transistor and inductor, coupled in series, are firstly connected between two of the plurality of second transistors and are secondly connected to a reference node.
US10447239B2
A filter includes: a piezoelectric substrate; input and output pads located on the piezoelectric substrate; a series resonator located in a region sandwiched between the input and output pads and located on the piezoelectric substrate and electrically connected in series between the input and output pads; a parallel resonator located in the region and electrically connected in parallel between the input and output pads; a longitudinally coupled acoustic wave resonator located on the piezoelectric substrate and located at a side, at which one pad of the input and output pads is located, with respect to the region; a first wiring line located on the piezoelectric substrate and connecting the one pad to the longitudinally coupled acoustic wave resonator; a second wiring line located on the piezoelectric substrate and connecting another pad of the input and output pads to the longitudinally coupled acoustic wave resonator; and a separation part located in one of the first and second wiring lines and separating the one of the first and second wiring lines into first and second parts in a planar direction, a distance between the first and second parts being greater than a shortest distance among distances between the first and second wiring lines and the series resonator and the parallel resonator.
US10447234B2
A monolithic integration of phase change material (PCM) switches with a MEMS resonator is provided to implement switching and reconfiguration functionalities. MEMS resonator includes a piezoelectric material to control terminal connections to the electrodes. The PCM is operable between an ON state and an OFF state by application of heat, which causes the phase change material to change from an amorphous state to a crystalline state or from a crystalline state to an amorphous state, the amorphous state and the crystalline state each associated with one of the ON state and the OFF state. A method of fabricating the MEMS resonator with phase change material is provided. A reconfigurable filter system using the MEMS resonators is also provided.
US10447225B2
A filter apparatus, which includes a feedback active common-mode filter and a feed-forward active common-mode filter, the feedback active common-mode filter includes a common-mode noise detection component and a first filter circuit, and the feed-forward active common-mode filter includes the common-mode noise detection component and a second filter circuit, where the first filter circuit is connected between the common-mode noise detection component and the device, and performs feedback filtering on a first common-mode noise signal, to obtain a second common-mode noise signal; the common-mode noise detection component is connected between the first filter circuit and the second filter circuit, detects the second common-mode noise signal, and provides the second filter circuit with the second common-mode noise signal; and the second filter circuit is connected between an external power source and the common-mode noise detection component, and performs feed-forward filtering on the second common-mode noise signal.
US10447199B2
A method for automatically cleaning a solar panel using an atmospheric water generator is provided. The method includes the steps of generating water using the atmospheric water generator. The water can be stored for using in a cleaning operation. The system can monitor the efficiency of the solar panel power generation. If the efficiency drops below a certain level, which can indicate that the solar panels are dirty, the system can automatically initiate a cleaning operation. The stored water can be pumped through pipes and nozzles to clean the solar panels. The system can automatically initiate the atmospheric water generator to replenish the used water. The system can use a portion of the power generated by the solar panels to perform the cleaning and water generation operations. Accordingly, an automatic and self-contained solar panel cleaning method and system is provided.
US10447190B2
A multi-loop switching control system for a doubly-fed wind turbine based on logic switch control. Output variables of the doubly-fed wind turbine may be used to form output feedback control channels. Each output feedback control channel may switch between a switch controller and a vector controller to form a multi-loop switching controller. When a power system associated with the doubly-fed wind turbine is subjected to a relatively large external disturbance, state variables and the output variables of the wind turbine deviate from an original balance point, and the output feedback control loops of the doubly-fed wind turbine are switched from the vector controller to the switch controller. Under control of the switch controller, the state variables and output variables return to a vicinity of the original balance point, and the output feedback control loops of the wind turbine are switched from the switch controller to the vector controller.
US10447180B2
A method of operating an electromechanical actuator (EMA) system includes determining a command time remaining for an actuator to attain a commanded position and determining a stop time required to stop movement of the actuator. The command time is compared to the stop time, and an electric motor driving the actuator is decelerated if the stop time is equal to or greater than the command time. An electromechanical actuator system includes an actuator and an electric motor operably connected to the actuator, the electric motor configured to drive movement of the actuator. A controller is operably connected to the electric motor to control operation of the actuator. The controller is configured to determine a command time remaining, determine a stop time, compare the command time to the stop time, and decelerate the electric motor if the stop time is equal to or greater than the command time.
US10447173B2
A single-phase five-level active clamping converter unit and a converter. The single-phase five-level active clamping converter unit has three input ends and one output end, and also comprises: a suspension capacitor and a topological control portion. The topological control portion is connected to the suspension capacitor and the three input ends and one output end of the single-phase five-level active clamping converter unit, is connected to a plurality of control ends, and is suitable for the supply of at least eight operating modes under the control of a control signal accessing the control ends. In the single-phase five-level active clamping converter unit, a topological structure is easy to design, and is simple and convenient to control.
US10447172B2
A power regenerative converter, includes: a power module configured to include rectifiers and regenerative switches; a smoothing capacitor connected to direct-current power supply terminals, and that accumulates direct-current power during an alternating-current to direct-current conversion; a bus current detector that detects a bus current flowing between either of the direct-current power supply terminals and the smoothing capacitor; a power supply phase detector that detects a phase of an input power supply; a base drive signal generator that generates base drive signals that perform ON/OFF control of the regenerative switching elements based on a power supply phase detected by the power supply phase detection unit; a regeneration controller that performs a start and stop process of a power regenerative operation based on a detection result of the bus current detector and the base drive signals; and an overload detector that detects overload of a power regenerative converter based on the detection result of the bus current detector.
US10447162B2
A switching power supply circuit, which keeps an output voltage constant highly accurately by a buck-boost action, is provided. The switching power supply circuit comprises: a switching circuit formed by combining four switching elements with a coil in the shape of H; a coil current emulation circuit for generating an output voltage VC similar to a coil current; and a control circuit which, based on a feedback voltage representing an output voltage VO of the switching circuit, and the output voltage VC, performs on-off control of the switching circuit. The coil current emulation circuit has a CR integration circuit to generate the output voltage VC similar to the coil current. One of three voltages is applied to one terminal of the CR integration circuit, while a voltage proportional to the output voltage VO is applied to the other terminal of the CR integration circuit. The three voltages are a voltage proportional to an input voltage VIN, a ground voltage, and a voltage proportional to the sum of the input voltage VIN and the output voltage VO.
US10447161B2
In an example, a dual-phase inverting buck-boost power converter for use with at least first and second energy storage elements includes an inverting buck-boost power converter and an inverting boost converter. In an example, the inverting buck-boost power converter is coupled between an input node and an output node of the dual-phase inverting buck-boost power converter and includes a first plurality of switches operable to couple to the first energy storage element, wherein the inverting buck-boost power converter is operable to supply a first load current. In an example, the inverting boost converter is coupled in parallel with the inverting buck-boost power converter between the input node and the output node of the dual-phase inverting buck-boost power converter and includes a second plurality of switches operable to couple to the first and the second energy storage elements, wherein the inverting boost converter is operable to supply a second load current.
US10447157B2
A sense resistor is placed in series with an output capacitor of a buck converter. The buck converter operates in a discontinuous mode such that there is a dead time in each switching cycle. A control circuit senses a voltage across the sense resistor and thereby generates a first signal ICS. The control circuit detects an offset voltage in ICS, where the offset voltage is the voltage of ICS during the dead time in a first switching cycle. The control circuit level shifts the entire ICS by the offset voltage, thereby generating a second signal ICLS. ICLS has the same waveform as the waveform of the inductor current. In a second cycle, ICLS is used to determine when to turn off the main switch and when the start of the dead time occurs. ICLS and the offset voltage are used together to determine when to turn the main switch on.
US10447149B2
A controller includes a switch controller, a current limit generator, a jitter modulator, and an arithmetic operator circuit. The switch controller is coupled to generate a drive signal to control switching of a power switch in response to a current sense signal and a modulated current limit signal to control a transfer of energy from an input of a power converter to an output of the power converter. The current limit generator is coupled to generate a current limit signal. The jitter modulator is coupled to generate a jitter signal for jittering a switching period of the drive signal without an oscillator. The arithmetic operator circuit is coupled to receive the current limit signal and the jitter signal and is coupled to generate a modulated current limit signal in response to the current limit signal and the jitter signal.
US10447146B2
For the purpose of power factor correction, an inductance (21) is supplied with an input voltage (Vin), wherein a controllable switching means (24) that is coupled to the inductance (21) is actuated in order to selectively charge and discharge the inductance (21). A control device (14) for actuating the switching means (24) is designed such that it actuates the switching means (24) selectively on the basis of one of a plurality of modes of operation. In a first mode of operation, a switch-on time is stipulated for the switching means (24) on the basis of a minimum waiting time and on the basis of a voltage that drops across the switching means (24).
US10447140B1
An enable circuit includes a first detection controller, a second detection controller, and an enable switch. The first detection controller has a first input terminal coupled to a first input terminal voltage and a first output terminal. The second detection controller has a second input terminal coupled to the first input terminal voltage and a second output terminal. The enable switch has a control terminal coupled to the second output terminal, a third input terminal coupled to a second input terminal voltage, and a third output terminal. When the first input terminal voltage is higher than the first setting voltage but lower than the second setting voltage, the enable circuit is coupled to ground by the second output terminal, thus the enable switch is turned on to output an enable signal from the third output terminal, wherein the enable signal is provided by a second input terminal voltage.
US10447139B2
A load driving apparatus supplies an electric power to a load via a full-bridge circuit. The load driving apparatus detects a load current by a current sensing resistor. A controller in the load driving apparatus generates a drive signal by switching between a first reference circuit outputting a first reference signal with a first reference cycle and a second reference signal outputting a second reference signal with a second reference cycle. A calculator in the load driving apparatus is used to supply a drive signal to the full-bridge circuit for supplying power to the load. When the controller 13 detects that the value of the load current is not reaching predetermined current threshold values, within either of the first reference cycle or the second reference cycle due to temperature fluctuations, the controller switches to either the first reference circuit or the second reference circuit to stabilize the value of the load current around an average value.
US10447133B2
The present invention provides a linear motor, wherein, a coil is fastened on a mass block that is suspended inside a housing, a first magnet and a second magnet that have opposite magnetic poles are symmetrically disposed at an upper side and at a lower side relative to the coil in the middle and positioned parallel to the centric plane of the coil, by arranging an upper magnetic steel and a lower magnetic steel at an upper side and at a lower side relative to the mass block in the middle and parallel to the mass block. In the linear motor of the present invention, the design route that utilizes coil motion to drive mass block motion is different from the traditional route that utilizes magnet motion to drive mass block motion. When the coil moves to either of the two lateral sides of the housing, both the first magnet and the second magnet simultaneously generate forces along a vertical direction of the housing, and as the first magnet and the second magnet having opposite magnetic poles are symmetrically disposed on both sides of the coil, the electromagnetic forces generated by the two magnets are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction, thus being counterbalanced with each other in the vertical direction, so as to ensure that the coil only moves back and forth in a horizontal direction, without generating vibration in a vertical direction, therefore, no noise related to vertical vibration is caused.
US10447127B2
The invention relates to an electric motor, comprising: (A) a rotor which comprises: (a) a co-centric shaft and disk; and (b) a plurality of permanent magnets that are equi-angularly spaced and equi-radially disposed on said disk; and, (B) a stator which comprises: (c) a plurality of solenoids that are equi-angularly spaced and equi-radially disposed, each of said solenoids having a solenoid core, which in turn has a rectangular shape in cross-section, a cavity, and a disk slot; and (d) a coil within each of said solenoids; wherein said rotor disk is positioned within said solenoids disk slots, and said permanent magnets are arranged such that they can pass through said cavities of the solenoid cores in a rotational manner, when said rotor disk is rotated.
US10447124B2
Pairs of unidirectionally magnetic rotor/stator assemblies are mounted for synchronous rotation and complementary, so that one creates pulsating positive current flow and the other creates pulsating negative current flow, as the rotor and stator in each assembly are rotated with respect to each other. The pulsating positive current flow and pulsating negative current flow are combined at a desired phase angle to create alternating current, without power loss due to reversal of current flow.
US10447100B2
A motor includes a stationary unit and a rotary unit. The rotary unit includes a shaft, a magnet, and a rotor holder for holding the magnet on an inner circumferential surface thereof The rotor holder includes a top surface portion extending in a direction orthogonal to a center axis, a first surface portion extending radially outward from a radial outer end portion of the top surface portion, a second surface portion positioned axially below the top surface portion and having an outer diameter larger than an outer diameter of the first surface portion, a first connecting portion arranged to connect a radial outer end portion of the first surface portion and a radial outer end portion of the second surface portion, and a second connecting portion arranged to connect the radial outer end portion of the top surface portion and a radial inner end portion of the second surface portion.
US10447095B2
A motor module includes a stator formed of a main plate of a first thickness on which is mounted a rotor The stator has at each end a receiving zone, the thickness of which is less than the first thickness.
US10447092B2
Techniques are described herein for determining the distance from, to or between radiating objects in a multipath environment. For example, embodiments of the present disclosure describe techniques for determining the distance between an antenna array system (or wireless charger) and a wireless power receiver in a multipath wireless power delivery environment. Calibration techniques are disclosed that account for and/or otherwise quantify the multipath effects of the wireless power delivery environment. In some embodiment, the quantified multipath effects modify the Friis transmission equation, thereby facilitating the distance determination in multipath environments.
US10447085B2
An integrated circuit for wireless power transfer is disclosed. The integrated circuit may comprise a boost controller configured to pump up a system input to a DC input, an oscillator configured to generate a frequency signal, a MOS (metal-oxide-semiconductor) driver coupled to the oscillator, and a power switch coupled to the MOS driver. The MOS driver may be configured to receive the frequency signal and drive the power switch to convert, based on the frequency signal, the DC input to an AC input to a resonant circuit connected to the integrated circuit.
US10447074B2
Examples herein disclose a first power supply comprising a controller to detect a condition associated with a device. The First power supply includes a converter to modify behavior of the first power supply in response to the detected condition associated with the device.
US10447060B2
A charging device includes a main control circuit, a connecting interface, a power supply circuit and a detecting circuit. When an energy storage element connects to the charging device, the connecting interface is coupled to two terminals of a temperature control element. The power supply circuit is coupled to the connecting interface and the main control circuit. The detecting circuit is coupled to the connecting interface. When the energy storage element connects to the charging device, the detecting circuit generates a detecting signal being used to trigger the power supply circuit to provide a main operating voltage to the main control circuit. When temperature of the energy storage element exceeds a threshold, the temperature control element makes the detecting circuit not to generate the detecting signal, so the power supply circuit ceases to provide the main operating voltage to the main control circuit.
US10447052B2
An apparatus system is provided which comprises: a first input/output (I/O) port; a second I/O port; circuitry to generate (i) a first signal at a first voltage level and (ii) a second signal at a second voltage level; and switching circuitry to selectively supply any one of the first signal or the second signal to any one of the first I/O port or the second I/O port.
US10447050B2
A compact, decorative portable charger is provided for charging an electronic device on-the-go. The portable charger has a charger housing having a rechargeable battery internally disposed therein for connecting to and recharging an electronic device, as necessary, via a power connection female port, a power connection male interface, and/or a wireless transmitter disposed within the charger housing. The internal rechargeable battery of the portable charger can be recharged via a power connection female port, a power connection male interface, and/or a wireless receiver disposed within the charger housing. The portable charger further includes a motion light triggered by a motion sensor, and an attachment mechanism whereby the portable charger can be used as a fashion accessory attached, for example, to a purse, bag, or article of clothing, readily accessible for use to recharge electronic devices.
US10447041B2
A dynamic line rating determination apparatus configured to control the current applied to a power line conductor by determining a dynamic maximum current rating for said power line conductor, based on measured voltage and current phase vectors taken at two temporally spaced sample times, the phase vectors including a voltage and current phase vector for each phase of electrical power carried by the power line conductor at a first and second end of the power line conductor; and determining the dynamic maximum current rating by; applying the phase vectors to a power line model to estimate the conductor temperature, applying the estimate to a thermal model to predict a steady state temperature that the power line conductor will reach, and calculate the dynamic maximum current rating based on the prediction of the steady state temperature, a power line conductor current, and a maximum temperature limitation value.
US10447040B2
A system for providing programmable grid response characteristics includes a generator set having an alternator output voltage, where the alternator output voltage is rectified to provide DC power to a DC bus of the generator set. The system further includes a programmable inverter having power electronics configured to receive a response requirement corresponding to a code requirement of a grid, receive the DC power from the DC bus, and condition the DC power based on the response requirement to provide an AC output response. The AC output response meets specifications of the response requirement.
US10447038B2
An energy system includes a microgrid including a network of at least one distributed energy resource and a plurality of loads, the at least one distributed energy resource being configured to supply power to the plurality of loads. The microgrid is configurable to connect to one of a plurality of feeder circuits of a main power grid at one of a plurality of coupling interface locations, respectively. The microgrid is also configurable to expand or shrink its power supply area according to the available power generation capabilities.
US10447036B2
A load control system for controlling the amount of power delivered from an AC power source to a plurality of electrical load includes a plurality of independent units responsive to a broadcast controller. Each independent unit includes at least one commander and at least one energy controller for controlling at least one of the electrical loads in response to a control signal received from the commander. The independent units are configured and operate independent of each other. The broadcast controller transmits wireless signals to the energy controllers of the independent units. The energy controllers do not respond to control signals received from the commanders of other independent units, but the energy controllers of both independent units respond to the wireless signals transmitted by broadcast controller. The energy controller may operate in different operating modes in response to the wireless signals transmitted by the broadcast controller.
US10447032B2
A limiter having a more ideal limiting function, a short response time, and an adjustable limiting threshold. In one embodiment, a self-activating limiter stack is coupled between circuit ground and a signal line between a source and a receiver. The limiter stack limits the power from the source when the voltage on the signal line exceeds the breakdown voltage of the limiter stack. The threshold of the limiter stack is controlled in part by a first control voltage applied to a control input. A rectifying power detector circuit connected between a node on the signal line and the control input of the limiter stack provides a second control voltage as a function of the signal power at the node. The combined first and second control voltages are applied to the control input to modulate the ON resistance of the limiter stack, thereby limiting the leakage power reaching the protected receiver.
US10447023B2
A crowbar module includes first and second electrical terminals, a module housing, and first and second crowbar units. The first crowbar unit is disposed in the module housing and includes a first thyristor electrically connected between the first and second electrical terminals. The second crowbar unit is disposed in the module housing and includes a second thyristor electrically connected between the first and second electrical terminals in electrical parallel with the first crowbar unit.
US10447022B2
A conductive member includes an enclosure, a coolant, and a conductor. The enclosure includes a sheet and has liquid tightness. The coolant is enclosed in the enclosure. The conductor includes a cool section that is disposed in the enclosure and a projecting section that is liquid-tightly sealed with the sheet and projects from the enclosure.
US10447020B2
An electrical box includes a front surface having an opening providing access to a hollow interior of the electrical box, at least one sidewall extending rearwardly from the front surface to form the hollow interior, and a seal disposed on an exterior surface of the at least one sidewall. The seal has a triangular cross-sectional shape including a thin end configured to first enter an opening of a building structure receiving the electrical box therein. A tapered surface of the seal is compressed as the electrical box is received into the opening in the building structure to provide a seal around an exterior surface of the at least one sidewall of the electrical box.
US10447017B2
An electric storage device includes an electric storage module, a bracket, an electric junction box, and a wire harness. The electric storage module includes electric storage components. The electric storage module includes an end surface and peripheral surfaces perpendicular to the end surface. The bracket is mounted to the electric storage module and includes a first surface opposed to the end surface of the electric storage module and a second surface opposite from the first surface. The electric junction box is mounted to the bracket to be opposed to the second surface of the bracket with a gap between the electric junction box and the second surface of the bracket. The wire harness is connected to the electric storage module and disposed in a section of the gap in which the end surface of the electric storage module is opposed to the electric junction box.
US10447015B2
A method of producing a spark plug comprises (a) a step of combining a metallic shell and an insulator; (b) a step of inserting a portion of the assembly on its forward end side into a pressure container; (c) a step of bringing an insulating member into contact with the outer circumferential surface of a base side portion of the insulator over the entire circumference thereof, and pressing the assembly so as to close the opening by the assembly; and (d) a step of pressurizing the interior of the pressure container and applying a predetermined voltage between the terminal electrode and the metallic shell.
US10447008B2
A laser driver device is provided, which includes a control circuit, a driver circuit and a feedback circuit. The control circuit receives setup data and convert the setup data into a setup signal. The driver circuit receives the setup signal and generates a drive current according to the setup signal to drive a laser light source. The feedback circuit receives the setup data and the feedback signal of the laser light source and compares the setup data with the feedback signal to generate an adjust signal. The driver circuit receives the adjust signal and adjusts the drive current according to the adjust signal.
US10447007B2
A system comprising drive circuitry configured to apply in a start-up phase a first drive current and then a second different drive current to a laser diode, the first drive current and second drive current being such that the laser diode is configured to provide a first optical output and a second optical output respectively. The system further comprising an optical sensor configured to provide a first sensor output corresponding to the first optical output of the laser diode and a second sensor output corresponding to the second optical output. The system further comprises a controller configured to use a value of the first drive current, a value of the second drive current, the first sensor output, the second sensor output and at least one supplied input value to provide control values for the drive circuitry to control an operating current of the laser diode, wherein the system is arranged to be used in a communication system wherein information is transmitted in at least one burst.
US10447006B2
The present invention is notably directed to an electro-optical device. This device has a layer structure, which comprises a stack of III-V semiconductor gain materials, an n-doped layer and a p-doped layer. The III-V materials are stacked along a stacking direction z, which is perpendicular to a main plane of the stack. The n-doped layer extends essentially parallel to the main plane of the stack, on one side thereof. The p-doped layer too extends essentially parallel to this main plane, but on another side thereof. A median vertical plane can be defined in the layer structure, which plane is parallel to the stacking direction z and perpendicular to the main plane of the stack. Now, the device further comprises two sets of ohmic contacts, wherein the ohmic contacts of each set are configured for vertical current injection in the stack of III-V semiconductor gain materials.
US10447005B2
A light source device includes: a semiconductor light-emitting device including a flat-shaped base having a first main surface on a first side and a second main surface and a semiconductor light-emitting element disposed on the first side; a first fixing component having a first through-hole and a first pressing surface that presses the first main surface; and a second fixing component having a second through-hole and a second pressing surface that presses the second main surface. The base is fixed between the first and second pressing surfaces by an engagement between a first inner surface surrounding the first through-hole of the first fixing component and a second outer surface of the second fixing component. A distance between the first and second pressing surfaces is smaller than or equal to a thickness of the base, and a void is formed lateral to the base between the first and second pressing surfaces.
US10446997B2
A method for manufacturing a terminal with an electric wire includes: forming a conductor exposed portion by removing a resin coating of an electric wire; forming a wire-terminal connection portion by connecting a terminal fitting to a position of the conductor exposed portion; supplying a sealing material made of ultraviolet-curing resin from a nozzle to form a sealing portion covering the wire-terminal connection portion; and curing the sealing material by irradiation with ultraviolet rays from a UV light. During curing of the sealing material, a reflector is used to allow the ultraviolet rays to be reflected toward the sealing material supplied to the wire-terminal connection portion.
US10446995B2
A device (i.e., a slip-ring or a homopolar motor/generator) (40, 50, 80) is adapted to provide electrical contact between a stator and a rotor (41, 83), and includes: a current-carrying brush-spring (31, 84) mounted on the stator, and having two opposite surfaces; a fibrous brush assembly (35, 69) mounted on the conductor, the brush assembly having a bundle of fibers (36, 71) arranged such that the tips of the fibers will engage the rotor for transferring electrical current between the stator and rotor; a ribbon (33, 85) of superconducting material mounted on each opposite surface of the current-carrying brush-spring and communicating with the stator and the brush assembly; and another ribbon (29, 86) of superconducting material mounted on the rotor. The device is submerged in a cryogenic fluid at a temperature below the transition temperatures of the superconducting materials such that the electrical resistivity of the device will be reduced and the current-transfer capability of the device will be increased.
US10446993B2
A data connection cable for virtual reality glasses and an apparatus including the same are provided. The data connection cable includes a first connecting plug at a first end, the first connecting plug being fitted to a first interface on the virtual reality glasses, such that the data connection cable is detachably connected to the virtual reality glasses, and a second connecting plug at a second end, the second connecting plug being fitted to a second interface of an external electronic device assembled to the virtual reality glasses. The data connection cable may be detachably connected to the glasses body of the virtual reality glasses so that the user can replace the data connection cable for the virtual reality glasses according to the interface type of the external electronic device so as to accommodate to external electronic devices of different interface types.
US10446990B2
A power cord disconnect apparatus and methods of disconnecting a power cord. An ejection mechanism may include a scotch yoke assembly, the scotch yoke being reciprocatable to engage and eject a power cord plug out of a receptacle. The apparatus may include a power circuit with a normally-open first switch closing in response to the plug being inserted into the receptacle and a normally-closed second switch opening in response to a signal, power being transferred between the power cord and the power circuit when the first switch and second switch are closed, power being prevented if either the first or second switch opens.
US10446988B2
A circuit protection assembly includes a mounting block, a unitary fuse assembly, a post assembly and a plug connector. The unitary fuse assembly is disposed the mounting block and includes a plurality of fuses each of which is defined by a portion of a bus plate disposed on the lower surface of the mounting block to form a first terminal of the fuse, a second terminal disposed at least partially on the upper surface of the mounting block and a fuse element connecting the first terminal and the second terminal. The post assembly is disposed at least partially within the mounting block and a post extending from the block. The plug connector extends from a portion of the first terminal of at least one of the plurality of fuses.
US10446987B2
A connector device includes: a connection terminal including a first terminal connection portion electrically connected to a first counterpart terminal, a second terminal connection portion electrically connected to a second counterpart terminal, and a coupling portion having a flat plate shape, disposed between the first terminal connection portion and the second terminal connection portion electrically connected between the first terminal connection portion and the second terminal connection portion; a current sensor configured to measure current flowing in the coupling portion on the basis of magnetic flux according to the current; and a casing including a first housing portion housing the second terminal connection portion, and a second housing portion housing the coupling portion and the current sensor.
US10446975B1
A non-arcing electrical coupling including a male connecter including an electrically conductive prong extending from an electrically insulating base member, the prong covered with an arc-mitigating coating formed of a resilient quantum tunneling compound, wherein the arc-mitigating coating exhibits a first electrical resistance when in an uncompressed state and exhibits a second electrical resistance when in a compressed state, the first electrical resistance greater than the second electrical resistance, and a female connecter including an electrically insulating base member defining a receptacle adapted to receive the prong of the male connecter, the receptacle containing an electrically conductive clip comprising a pair of electrically conductive tines adapted to compress at least a portion of the arc-mitigating coating when the prong is inserted into the receptacle.
US10446970B2
An electrical outlet cover assembly includes a face plate and a cover plate having an electrical outlet opening sized to receive an outlet face therethrough. The face plate includes a base and at least one outlet face cavity. The cavity may extend forward of the base and include a continuous sidewall surrounding the cavity between the base and at least one face cover enclosing a front end of the cavity, and may be sized to receive the outlet face therein. A plurality of plug apertures may extend through the face cover and be positioned to align with corresponding plug apertures in the outlet face. The base may include a ridge extending outward from the sidewall behind the cover plate and in front of a yoke of the electrical outlet at an angle substantially perpendicular to the sidewall, the ridge comprising a ridge width larger than its thickness.
US10446969B2
An electrical connector includes a housing and a terminal position assurance (TPA) member. The housing defines cavities that extend from a cable end of the housing parallel to a cavity axis and hold corresponding terminals therein. The housing includes first and second walls defining a TPA slot therebetween that is open to the cavities. The TPA member is mounted to the housing within the TPA slot such that a front side of the TPA member engages the first wall and a rear side of the TPA member engages the second wall. The TPA member is movable relative to the housing between an unlocked position and a locked position along an actuation axis perpendicular to the cavity axis. The TPA member in the locked position extends into the cavities, and the front side of the TPA member engages the terminals to retain the terminals within the housing.
US10446963B2
The invention relates to an electric plug-connector socket comprising a cylindrical socket sleeve, wherein the socket sleeve is designed with an accommodating space, into which is pushed a cylindrical lamella cage with a multiplicity of parallel contact lamellae, wherein the lamella cage has a first and second end-side, encircling collar crosspiece, and the contact lamellae run therebetween, wherein the lamella cage, on both collar crosspieces, has preferably window-like apertures, and wherein a stamping method is used to introduce, into the lateral surface of the socket sleeve, a plurality of convexities which extend into the window-like apertures such that a preferably force-fitting connection is formed between the lamella cage and the socket sleeve.
US10446961B1
Disclosures of the present invention mainly describe an electrical connector set mainly consisting of a space-end electrical connector disposed in a battery accommodating space and a battery-end electrical connector connected to a replaceable battery. The space-end electrical connector is integrated with a first outer circular cylinder member and a first inner circular cylinder member therein. In contrast to the space-end electrical connector, the battery-end electrical connector is also provided with a second outer circular cylinder member and a second inner circular cylinder member therein. By such arrangement, after connecting the battery-end electrical connector with the space-end electrical connector, the outer wall of the first outer circular cylinder member contacts with a circular negative electrode of the second outer circular cylinder member and the outer wall of the first inner circular cylinder member contacts with the circular positive electrode of the second inner circular cylinder member.
US10446960B2
An electrical connector assembly includes a metallic cage defining a receiving space therein, a receptacle connector unit received in the receiving space and including a pair of mating ports, and a number of terminal wafers stacked with one another with corresponding contacting sections exposed upon the mating ports and tail sections to be mounted on a printed circuit board on which the receptacle connector unit is mounted, and a middle heat transfer unit located between the two mating ports in a vertical direction and including a heat base linked with a pair of heat pipes on two sides, the pair of heat pipes extending through a rear of the cage and connected to a rear heat sink unit located behind the rear of the cage. Each of the pair of heat pipes is directly contacted with at least two different surfaces of the heat base.
US10446959B2
A system, apparatus, and method including a cable apparatus that is configured to be physically coupled to a printed circuit board. The cable apparatus includes a cable connector including at least one prong configured to be coupled within an aperture of the printed circuit board and an opening configured to receive an additional connector. The cable apparatus also includes a plurality of flexible cables coupled to the cable connector. Connecting portions of each of the plurality of flexible cables positioned within the opening of the receiving housing and configured to be operably coupled to the additional connector. The at least one prong does not transmit a signal into the printed circuit board and is configured to be press-fit within the aperture of the printed circuit board.
US10446958B2
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts are retained in the housing. A pair of metal latches are assembled on the housing. The latch includes a deflectable arm with a restriction tab for engagement within the corresponding notch of the memory module so as to restrict movement of the memory module in a front-to-back direction, and with a pressing tab beside the restriction tab for downwardly pressing the memory module so as to restrict movement of the memory module in a vertical direction. The pressing tab includes a downward oblique guiding section, and a folded section intimately under the guiding section with a curved linking region between the oblique guiding section and the folded section for downwardly pressing the surface of the memory module without scraping.
US10446957B2
A retainer assembly includes a CPU and a retaining clip assemble together along an insertion/withdrawal direction perpendicular to a vertical direction of the CPU wherein the CPU forms a pair of sliding grooves, and the retaining clip forms a receiving space, an opening communicating the receiving space with an exterior, and a pair of retaining arms located by two sides of the receiving space and moveable along the pair of sliding grooves for allow the CPU to be received within the receiving space via said opening. The retaining arm may further optimally form a recess to receive a block of the CPU for retaining the CPU with regard to the retaining clip in the insertion/withdrawal direction. The retaining clip may or may not be mounted to the printed circuit board on which an electrical connector is mounted.
US10446955B2
A shielded connector for interconnecting printed circuit boards that has a contact assembly that includes a plurality of contacts electrically connectable to the printed circuit boards, first and second guide members that separable from the contact assembly and associated with one of the printed circuit boards, and shielding that establishes electrical continuity through the connector. The contact assembly and the first and second guide members are configured to provide axial and radial float to compensate for axial and radial misalignment between the printed circuit boards.
US10446949B2
A sleeve for a coaxial cable connector has, in one embodiment, ends, an exterior surface, and an interior surface. The interior surface is configured to mate with a coupler of the coaxial cable connector.
US10446947B2
A clip for grounding includes a grommet member made of a conductive resin, electrically connected to a grounding processing object, and fitted into an attachment hole formed in a nonconductive attachment object so as to link the grounding processing object to the attachment object; and a contact member made of metal, combined with the grommet member, and provided with an elastic contact portion relative to a reference potential member positioned on a fitting tip side of the grommet member.
US10446942B2
Systems and methods described herein are directed towards a radar system and a dual frequency electronically scanned array (ESA) capable of transmitting and receiving radio frequency (RF) signals at least two frequencies. The ESA includes a plurality of antenna elements which form a first effective aperture at a first radio frequency (RF) frequency and operational over a first scan range and which form a second effective aperture at a second radio frequency (RF) frequency and operational over a second scan angle. The first and second scan ranges are complementary so as to provide the radar system having an overall scan range. The plurality of antenna elements are spaced apart from each other by an amount related to at least one of the first and second scan ranges and/or one or more operating frequencies of the radar system.
US10446933B1
Magnetic antenna techniques and devices are disclosed for operating at an RF or microwave frequency by using a magnetic antenna structure that is configured to have a spatially varying property that varies spatially from one location to another location in at least a portion of the magnetic antenna structure. Such a spatial varying property can be reflected in various ways, e.g., a resonator located in part of the magnetic antenna structure, or a spatially varying geometry profile in part of or the entirety of the magnetic antenna structure.
US10446926B2
The present invention provides a base station antenna, including power dividers, network calibration modules, and connectors. The base station antenna further includes at least two phase shifters. At least one phase shifter is integrated with a combiner, the connectors are connected to the network calibration modules, and the network calibration modules are connected to the phase shifters. The one phase shifter integrated with the combiner is connected to the power divider, and at least one output port of the at least one other phase shifter is connected to the phase shifter integrated with the combiner. The base station antenna has an integrated design of phase shifters and combiners, which allows cables in different bands to be shared, reduces a quantity of used cables, is easy to implement in an actual layout and production, facilitates the layout and heat dissipation on the whole, satisfies user requirements, and reduces costs.
US10446922B1
A broadband antenna assembly including a coaxial cable, a lower limit radiating element, a higher limit radiating element, and a flexible outer sheath encasing the components of the assembly. The lower limit radiating element has a diameter greater than a diameter of an outer jacket of the coaxial cable, allowing the lower limit radiating element to surround the coaxial cable. The dipole formed by the lower limit radiating element is approximately ⅖ of the wavelength of the lower limit operating frequency. To capture higher frequencies, the higher limit radiating element includes a dipole that is approximately 30% shorter than that of the lower limit radiating element, allowing the antenna assembly to capture a wider bandwidth. By providing the radiating elements together with the coaxial cable, the antenna assembly removes the need for adapters and separately-connected component parts while providing a flexible outer sheath, improving mobile broadcasting applications.
US10446920B1
Systems and methods for lightweight, customizable antenna with improved performance and mechanical properties are disclosed. In some aspects, aerogels can be used, for example, as a substrate for antenna fabrication. The reduced weight and expense, as well as the increased ability to adapt antenna designs, permits a systems to mitigate a variety of burdens associated with antennas while providing added benefits.
US10446904B2
The present invention in particular relates to a new-type antenna for a flat panel display TV, comprising a long strip shaped main body, wherein a front edge of the main body is provided with a front support part to be hung on a front edge of a top part of the flat panel display TV, a lower side of the main body is provided with a slide locking mechanism and a rear support part to be supported on a back side of the flat panel display TV, the rear support part is installed and can be adjusted forwards and backwards on the main body through the slide locking mechanism. The present invention allows the antenna main body to be installed on the top part of the flat panel display TV through the arrangement of the front support part and rear support part. Therefore, the antenna may avoid the interference from the flat panel display TV, it's possible to guarantee the signal received quality of the planar antenna, make full use of the available space on the top part of the flat panel display TV, reduce the space occupied by the general placement of antenna, and meanwhile keep harmonious and beautiful during use. In addition, the rear support part locked on the main body and capable of sliding forwards and backwards makes the present patent to have better adaptability and suitable for flat panel display TVs with various width specifications.
US10446899B2
In accordance with one or more embodiments, a dielectric coupler includes a neck portion configured to receive a first electromagnetic wave from a hollow waveguide. A flared portion is configured to generate, responsive to the first electromagnetic wave, a second electromagnetic wave along a surface of a transmission medium, wherein the flared portion at least partially surrounds the transmission medium, wherein the second electromagnetic wave propagates along the surface of the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path. A tapered portion is configured to interface the neck portion to the flared portion.
US10446895B2
A battery pack assembly or enclosure comprises one or more batteries having an electrochemical cell and an enclosure having at least an outer wall configured to create a sealed volume of space substantially around the batteries. An atmosphere of the volume of space comprises gas having a thermal conductivity less than 0.018 watts per meter per degree Celsius. This atmosphere of gas provides an insulative layer between the outer wall of the enclosure and the batteries. With this insulative layer, the battery pack assembly can be subjected to autoclaving without damaging the batteries. The battery pack assembly can be used to power surgical tools or other devices that are subjected to autoclaving.
US10446892B2
Provided is a battery module including a plurality of cartridges stacked with a battery cell interposed therebetween, wherein each of the cartridges includes: a cooling fin having a plate-shaped structure contacting an outer surface of the battery cell; and a cartridge frame which has a hollow structure and to which an outer peripheral edge of the cooling fin is fixed, wherein, each of guide parts, which is mounted in one side- or the other side-direction of the cartridge frame, is disposed on the outer peripheral edge of the cooling fin so as to fix the cooling fin in position with respect to the cartridge frame, and the cartridges are arranged so that directions in which the guide parts of the cooling fins are mounted with respect to the cartridge frames are opposite to each other in adjacent cartridges.
US10446890B2
Power storage module, power storage system, electronic apparatus, electric vehicle, and power system
A power storage module includes: a battery block group including a plurality of battery cells; a connecting terminal portion joined to terminal surfaces of the plurality of battery cells; and a heat conductive material arranged in a manner contacting the connecting terminal portion. The heat conductive material includes at least any member of a plurality of interspersed members or a member having a clearance. The heat conductive materials are distributed more densely in a center portion of a region surrounded by an outermost peripheral edge of the battery block group than in peripheral portions surrounding the center portion in a plan view from a normal line direction of an arrangement surface of the heat conductive materials.
US10446888B2
A battery heating system for electronic devices includes a battery that powers an electronic device and a heating element adjacent to the battery. The heating element is configured to emit heat to the battery. The heating element is further configured to be activated by the electronic device. The heating element is further configured to be deactivated by the electronic device. The heating element includes a heat conductive element within a covering.
US10446881B2
A power storage system or a power storage device that can restore reduced capacity is provided. The power storage device includes a first exterior body, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first electrolyte solution, and a carrier ion permeable film. The first electrode, the second electrode, and the first electrolyte solution are covered with the first exterior body. The first electrode and the second electrode are in contact with the first electrolyte solution. The first electrolyte solution includes carrier ions. A first opening is provided in the first exterior body. The carrier ion permeable film is provided to be in contact with the first electrolyte solution and so as to block the first opening without any space. The carrier ion permeable film is configured to be impermeable to water and air but permeable to the carrier ions.
US10446876B2
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.
US10446870B2
A pressure release mechanism for a battery pack is constituted by a circular opening section and a gap adjustment plate. The gap adjustment plate is fixed to a wall through a pair of fixtures mutually opposed against each other via the opening section. When gas is generated due to an internal short-circuiting of any one or more of cells or so forth, the battery pack performs an elastic deformation trying to expand by itself. A gap is developed in association with a bending deformation of a wall surrounding the opening section in a direction orthogonal to the pair of fixtures. A high pressure gas in an inside of the pack casing is discharged externally via the gap.
US10446869B2
A battery module is provided. A battery module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a cartridge assembly including a plurality of cartridges, each cartridge accommodating a battery cell, a casing including an opening formed therein and accommodating the cartridge assembly through the opening and surrounding the cartridge assembly, and a cover coupled to the opening of the casing.
US10446865B2
The present invention relates to a liquid composition comprising a polymer bearing —SO3H groups and a perfluoroelastomer, a method for manufacturing said liquid composition and an article manufactured by using said composition. Preferably, said article is a proton exchange membrane, which shows at the same time good mechanical resistance and electrochemical properties and is useful for example as separator in fuel cells.
US10446855B2
In some examples, a fuel cell comprising a first electrochemical cell including a first anode and a first cathode; a second electrochemical cell including a second anode and a second cathode; and an interconnect configured to conduct a flow of electrons from the first anode to the second cathode, wherein the interconnect comprises a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is closer to the anode than the second portion, and the second portion is closer to the cathode than the first portion, wherein the first portion comprises one or more of doped ceria, doped lanthanum chromite, and doped yttrium chromite, and wherein the second portion comprises one or more of a Co—Mn spinel and a ABO3 perovskite.
US10446846B2
A negative electrode active material particle has a composition represented by the following formula (I): SiOxDy . . . (I). In the formula (I), x satisfies 0≤x≤1.5. D is a group 13 element or a group 15 element in a periodic table. In an outermost surface of the negative electrode active material particle, y satisfies 10−11≤y≤10−1. In a center of the negative electrode active material particle, y satisfies y≤10−12.
US10446840B2
Systems and methods which provide flexible zinc ion (Zn-ion) battery configurations with shape memory are described. For example, embodiments of flexible shape memory yarn batteries (SMYBs) may be fabricated using shape memory material wire, filament, and/or fiber and flexible conductive material yarn as flexible substrate materials. In accordance with some embodiments, Nickel-Titanium-based alloy wire may be coated with a zinc material to provide a flexible anode electrode for a SMYB. Additionally or alternatively, flexible stainless steel (SS) yarn may be coated with a manganese dioxide (MnO2) material to provide a flexible cathode electrode for a SMYB of embodiments. An aqueous electrolyte may be combined with the flexible cathode and anode electrodes to provide a SMYB in accordance with the concepts herein. The aqueous electrolyte may, for example, comprise a polymer gel electrolyte (e.g., gelatin-borax polymer gel electrolyte).
US10446837B2
A negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including negative electrode active material particles containing a silicon compound expressed by SiOx where 0.5≤x≤1.6, the negative electrode active material particles at least partially coated with a carbon coating, the carbon coating exhibiting a specific surface area ranging from 5 m2/g to 1000 m2/g, the specific surface area being measured by a multipoint BET method after the carbon coating is separated from the negative electrode active material particles, the carbon coating exhibiting a compression resistivity ranging from 1.0×10−3 Ω·cm to 1.0 Ω·cm when the carbon coating is compressed so as to have a density of 1.0 g/cm3, the compression resistivity being measured after the carbon coating is separated from the negative electrode active material particles. This negative electrode active material can increase the battery capacity and improve the cycle performance and battery initial efficiency.
US10446831B2
The present invention relates to an active material suitable for the production of an electrode, in particular an electrode for a Li—S battery. The active material according to the invention comprises carbon nanofillers homogeneously dispersed in the substance of a sulphur material, the active material being obtainable according to a method involving melting in the presence of intense mechanical energy. The quantity of carbon nanofillers in the active material represents 1 to 25% by weight with respect to the total weight of the active material. The active material according to the invention allows an improvement in the electronic conductivity of the formulation of the electrode. Another aspect of the invention is the use of the active material in an electrode, in particular in a Li—S battery cathode.
US10446827B2
Provided is a process for preparing an electrode comprising an iron active material. The process comprises first fabricating an electrode comprising an iron active material, and then treating the surface of the electrode with an oxidant to thereby create an oxidized surface. The resulting iron electrode is preconditioned prior to any charge-discharge cycle to have the assessable surface of the iron active material in the same oxidation state as in discharged iron negative electrodes active material.
US10446821B2
Provided is a secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an alkaline electrolytic solution, a separator structure exhibiting water impermeability and separating the positive electrode from the negative electrode, and a container accommodating at least the negative electrode and the alkaline electrolytic solution. The separator structure includes a porous substrate-supported ceramic separator, and a reinforcement having a lattice structure having openings and reinforcing the periphery and/or at least one surface of the porous substrate-supported ceramic separator. The porous substrate-supported ceramic separator includes a ceramic separator composed of an inorganic solid electrolyte having hydroxide ion conductivity in the form of a membrane or layer densified enough to have water impermeability, and a porous substrate disposed on at least one surface of the separator. The battery includes a porous substrate-supported ceramic separator with hydroxide ion conductivity having a high strength meeting an increase in the area of the separator.
US10446820B2
An alkaline battery separator having alkali-resistant fibers, beaten cellulose fibers and a binder, wherein an overall freeness, in terms of CSF, is at least 700 ml and at most 765 ml; weight ratios of the alkali-resistant fibers and the beaten cellulose fibers are 28:72 to 72:28; the beaten cellulose fibers comprise mercerized natural wood fibers having a freeness, in terms of CSF, of at least 150 ml and less than 550 ml; and at least a portion of the alkali-resistant fibers is polyvinyl alcohol-based fibers.
US10446819B2
A battery containment structure is provided. The battery containment structure may include a first pliable pouch, a second pliable pouch, and a vent. The first pliable pouch may surround a battery active region. The second pliable pouch may surround the first pliable pouch. The vent may be carried by the first pliable pouch and configured to vent gas from the battery active region responsive to a pressure or temperature of the gas surpassing a predetermined threshold.
US10446817B2
The present disclosure relates to energy storage devices having: a sealed container configured to house a plurality of energy storage devices and enable electrical communication via terminals of the sealed container and a vent located on a periphery of the sealed container. The vent generally comprises a vent panel; a countersink located adjacent the vent panel; at least one score located in the countersink; a buckling initiator at least partially located on the countersink, where the buckling initiator is configured to intersect with the at least one score; and a hinge portion attached to the vent panel, where the hinge portion is positioned opposite the buckling initiator.
US10446812B2
The present disclosure relates to a battery pack having improved assemblability, processability, and durability, and configured to stably maintain a stack of cartridges. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the battery pack includes: vertically arranged secondary cells each including an electrode assembly, an electrolyte, and a pouch-type case; vertically stacked cartridges accommodating the secondary cells in inner spaces thereof and including coupling holes; a lower end plate including a plate-shaped metallic material and placed on a lower portion of a stack of the secondary cells and the cartridges; a first fastening member fixed to the lower end plate; and a second fastening member having an elongated shape so as to stand on the lower end plate in a direction perpendicular to the lower end plate, a lower end portion of the second fastening member coupled to the first fastening member, the second fastening member being inserted through coupling holes of the cartridges.
US10446810B2
The invention relates to an electronic system comprising at least one device comprising a substrate (110) carrying at least one electronic component provided with at least one electrical connector (121, 122), with the system further comprising a support of said device, characterised in that the device comprises at least one passage (361, 362) according to a dimension in thickness of the device, said passage passing through the electrical connector (121, 122), and in that it comprises at least one electrically conductive pillar (471, 472) protruding on a first face of the support, with the electrically conductive pillar (471, 472) passing through the passage (361, 362) by being configured to be in electrical continuity with the electrical connector (121, 122) passed through by said passage.
US10446807B2
A secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly, a case accommodating the electrode assembly, and an electrode tab electrically connected to the electrode assembly and extending from inside of the electrode assembly to outside of the case. The electrode tab has different thicknesses at the inside of the electrode assembly and the outside of the electrode assembly.
US10446806B2
A battery pack includes a battery cell including an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator that are wrapped, a case that receives the electrode assembly, a cap assembly including a cap up located on an upper part of the case and coupled to the case to be electrically connected to the electrode assembly, a first connection member electrically connected to the cap up of the battery cell, a joining portion on one area of an outer surface of the case, and a second connection member electrically connected to the joining portion at the one area of the outer surface of the case.
US10446801B2
A ultraviolet (UV) pretreatment apparatus used in vacuum evaporation includes a housing having a curing chamber disposed inside the housing; an inlet disposed at one end of the housing and an outlet disposed at an opposite end of the housing; and a UV source disposed in the curing chamber. A light absorption layer is disposed on inner walls of the curing chamber.
US10446793B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate having a display area in which an image is displayed and a peripheral area outside the display area; a thin film encapsulation layer at the display area, the thin film encapsulation layer including a first inorganic encapsulation layer, an organic encapsulation layer, and a second inorganic encapsulation layer that are stacked; a dam at the peripheral area; and an organic material detection part outside the dam, the organic material detection part including at least one detector. The first inorganic encapsulation layer and the second inorganic encapsulation layer extend from the display area to the peripheral area, and the first inorganic encapsulation layer has an opening that corresponds to at least a portion of the organic material detection part.
US10446788B2
An optically transparent adhesive resin composition includes an ester polymer which contains an ester bond within a repeating unit, a (meth)acrylic ester polymer which contains a (meth)acrylic ester bond within the repeating unit, a rubber polymer, and a crystalline polymer.
US10446784B2
An OLED display panel, a method for producing the same and a display device are provided. The OLED display panel includes: a substrate; and a plurality of sub-pixel areas on the substrate, each of the plurality of sub-pixel areas including a light emitting region and a non-light emitting region, wherein a plurality of insulation layers are in the non-light emitting region and a light emitting assembly is in the light emitting region, and wherein at most two insulation layers of the plurality of insulation layers extend from the non-light emitting region into the light emitting region between the light emitting assembly and the substrate, and wherein total number of the plurality of insulation layers in the non-light emitting region is greater than number of the insulation layers extending from the non-light emitting region into the light emitting region between the light emitting assembly and the substrate.
US10446783B2
A light-emitting device includes a pair of first electrodes arranged separated from and opposing each other on a first surface of a substrate; a light-emitting layer arranged on at least one of the first electrodes; a second electrode arranged on the light-emitting layer; and a bridge layer connecting the first electrodes. The bridge layer is formed of a material having a resistance that falls within a range of 100 kΩ to 100 MΩ.
US10446778B2
The present disclosure relates to an OLED display panel and a manufacturing method of the same. The OLED panel includes an anode, a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a cathode disposed on a substrate. The anode transporting holes to the hole injection layer, the holes penetrating the hole injection layer into the hole transport layer, the cathode transporting electrons to the electron transport layer. The electrons pass through the electron transport layer and enter the light-emitting layer. Magnetic particles are provided in the light-emitting layer and generate a magnetic field on the barrier layer where the hole transport layer and the light-emitting layer intersect to change trajectories of electrons and holes that fail to normally enter the barrier layer and rebound, moving it again to the blocking layer for bonding, thereby increasing the internal quantum efficiency of the OLED assembly.
US10446762B2
The present invention provides a novel compound which is capable of improving light-emitting efficiency, stability and lifespan of an element, an organic electronic element using the same, and an electronic device thereof.
US10446761B2
Provided are a novel aromatic amine derivative having a specific structure and an organic electroluminescence device in which an organic thin layer comprising a single layer or plural layers including a light emitting layer is interposed between a cathode and an anode, wherein at least one layer of the above organic thin layer contains the aromatic amine derivative described above in the form of a single component or a mixed component. Thus, the organic electroluminescence device is less liable to be crystallized in molecules, improved in a yield in producing the organic electroluminescence device and extended in a lifetime.
US10446753B2
A vapor deposition apparatus in which a deposition process is performed by moving a substrate, the vapor deposition apparatus including a supply unit that injects at least one raw material gas towards the substrate, and a blocking gas flow generation unit that is disposed corresponding to the supply unit and generates a gas-flow that blocks a flow of the raw material gas.
US10446752B2
A light-emitting diode display device includes a light-emitting diode and a substrate. The light-emitting diode includes a central axis, and the substrate includes a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion. The central axis is extended through the first connecting portion. The second connecting portion is disposed outside of the first connecting portion and is spaced apart from the first connecting portion by a distance which is greater than zero, and the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are respectively electrically connected to the light-emitting diode.
US10446743B2
Double-patterned magneto-resistive random access memory (MRAM) for reducing magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) pitch for increased MRAM bit cell density is disclosed. In one aspect, to fabricate MTJs in an MRAM array with reduced MTJ row pitch, a first patterning process is performed to provide separation areas in an MTJ layer between what will become rows of fabricated MTJs, which facilitates MTJs in a given row sharing a common bottom electrode. This reduces the etch depth and etching time needed to etch the individual MTJs in a subsequent step, can reduce lateral projections of sidewalls of the MTJs, thereby relaxing the pitch between adjacent MTJs, and may allow an initial MTJ hard mask layer to be reduced in height. A subsequent second patterning process is performed to fabricate individual MTJs. Additional separation areas are etched between free layers of adjacent MTJs in a given row to fabricate the individual MTJs.
US10446730B2
Disclosed is a light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same. The light emitting device includes a body, a first electrode installed in the body and a second electrode separated from the first electrode, a light emitting chip formed on one of the first and second electrodes, and electrically connected to the first and second electrodes, and a protective cap projecting between the first and second electrodes.
US10446723B2
The invention relates to an optoelectronic element comprising a semiconductor chip (12) that emits a blue-green light (4) during operation and has at least one light passage surface (12a) through which the blue-green light (4) emitted during operation passes and comprising a conversion element (3) which comprises fluorescent particles (31), in particular fluorescent particles of only one type, and which is arranged on the light passage surface (12a) at least in some areas. The fluorescent particles (31) at least partly convert the blue-green light (4) into a red light (5), and the optoelectronic element emits a white mixed light (6) which contains non-converted components of the blue-green light (4) and components of the red light (5).
US10446711B2
A thin film transistor array substrate and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The thin film transistor array substrate includes a plurality of pixel units defined by a cross structure of gate lines with data lines and power lines on a substrate. Each of the pixel units includes a driving unit, which includes a switching thin film transistor and a driving thin film transistor receiving a signal from the gate line, the data line, and the power line, and a capacitor storing a signal; and a light emitting unit emitting light on a pixel electrode receiving a driving current from the driving thin film transistor. Each of a plurality of shielding patterns is positioned under the switching thin film transistor and the driving thin film transistor of the pixel unit.
US10446709B2
An optical sensor is installed in a device, and includes a light-emitting element, and a light-receiving element for receiving light emitted from the light-emitting element and traveling through a space. The optical sensor detects an object present in the space, based on a change of the light impinging upon the object. A first optical waveguide is connected to the light-emitting element so as to be capable of light propagation. The first optical waveguide has a front end portion serving as a light exit portion for exiting light emitted from the light-emitting element. A second optical waveguide is connected to the light-receiving element so as to be capable of light propagation. The second optical waveguide has a front end portion serving as a light entrance portion for receiving light exiting from the light exit portion of the first optical waveguide and traveling through the space.
US10446707B2
An optical waveguide detector is provided, which includes: a silicon waveguide layer and a germanium waveguide layer. The germanium waveguide layer includes a first heavily germanium-doped area and a germanium-undoped area. A first surface of the germanium waveguide layer includes a surface of the first heavily germanium-doped area, and the first surface is a surface of the germanium waveguide layer away from the silicon waveguide layer in the first direction. A width of the first heavily germanium-doped area is less than or equal to half a width of the first surface, and a thickness of the first heavily germanium-doped area is greater than or equal to 5 nm and less than or equal to 200 nm. According to embodiments, a bandwidth of the optical waveguide detector can be effectively increased.
US10446703B1
Methods of manufacturing a CIGS thin film for a solar cell are provided. According to the method, a CIGS thin film having an ideal double band gap grade structure with a large particle size may be obtained by heat-treating a solution-treated CIG oxide thin film by a three-step chalcogenization process. Accordingly, performance of the solar cell may be improved.
US10446696B2
An inspection system including an optical system (optics) to direct light from an illumination source to a sample, and to direct light reflected/scattered from the sample to one or more image sensors. At least one image sensor of the system is formed on a semiconductor membrane including an epitaxial layer having opposing surfaces, with circuit elements formed on one surface of the epitaxial layer, and a pure boron layer and a doped layer on the other surface of the epitaxial layer. The image sensor may be fabricated using CCD (charge coupled device) or CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) technology. The image sensor may be a two-dimensional area sensor, or a one-dimensional array sensor. The image sensor can be included in an electron-bombarded image sensor and/or in an inspection system.
US10446674B2
A trench IGBT includes a floating P well and a floating N+ well that extends down into the floating P well. A bottom surface of the floating P well has a novel waved contour so that it has thinner portions and thicker portions. When the IGBT is on, electrons flow from an N+ emitter, vertically through a channel along a trench sidewall, and to an N− type drift layer. Additional electrons flow through the channel but then pass under the trench, through the floating P well to the floating N+ well, and laterally through the floating N+ well. NPN transistors are located at thinner portions of the floating P type well. The NPN transistors inject electrons from the floating N+ type well down into the N− drift layer. The extra electron injection reduces VCE(SAT). The waved contour can be made without adding any masking step to an IGBT manufacturing process.
US10446673B2
A lateral insulated gate bipolar transistor (LIGBT) and method for eliminating the transistor tail current. The lateral insulated gate bipolar transistor comprises the silicon substrate, the buried oxide, and the drift region, the channel region, ohm-contact-high-doping region, the cathode, the gate dielectric, the anode contact, the gate, the cathode contact, the anode, which are placed above the silicon substrate, the electric field intensifier is placed at the upper surface of the drift region between the anode and the channel region to generate an electric field that starts from anode and points to the bottom surface of the electric field intensifier. The electric field intensifier is isolated from the drift region by the dielectric. The invention realizes performance improvements for both the conduction and the switching behaviors of the LIGBT device.
US10446661B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer formed on a substrate, an electrode contact window that includes a recess formed on a surface of the semiconductor layer, an inner wall having a slope, and a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode formed on the semiconductor layer, in which the drain electrode is in contact with the slope of the inner wall.
US10446659B2
A layer of ferroelectric material is incorporated into the gate contact of a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET), i.e., outside of the device active area. Flexibility in the deposition and patterning of the ferroelectric layer geometry allows for efficient matching between the capacitance of the ferroelectric layer and the capacitance of the gate, providing a step-up voltage transformer, decreased threshold voltage, and a sub-threshold swing for the device of less than 60 mV/decade.
US10446657B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor region made of a material to which conductive impurities are added, an insulating film formed on a surface of the semiconductor region, and an electroconductive gate electrode formed on the insulating film. The gate electrode is made of a material whose Fermi level is closer to a Fermi level of the semiconductor region than a Fermi level of Si in at least a portion contiguous to the insulating film.
US10446649B2
A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes: an element isolation layer and an electric field relaxation layer. The element isolation layer is arranged, from the surface of a base region to be deeper than the base region, between a main cell region and a sense cell region, and isolates the main cell region from the sense cell region. The electric field relaxation layer is arranged from a bottom of the base region to be deeper than the element isolation layer. The electric field relaxation layer is divided into a main cell region portion and a sense cell region portion. At least a part of the element isolation layer is arranged inside of a division portion of the electric field relaxation layer.
US10446646B2
A method comprises providing a semiconductor alloy layer on a semiconductor substrate, forming a gate structure on the semiconductor alloy layer, forming source and drain regions in the semiconductor substrate on both sides of the gate structure, removing at least a portion of the semiconductor alloy layer overlying the source and drain regions, and forming a metal silicide region over the source and drain regions.
US10446645B2
A semiconductor device 1 includes: a well region 5 provided on a surface layer of a semiconductor substrate 2; a source region 14S and a drain region 15D disposed to be distant from each other on the surface layer of the well region 5; a channel region 6 provided between the source region 14S and the drain region 15D; and a gate electrode 8 provided over the channel region 6 with a gate insulator 7 interposed therebetween. A gate length of the gate electrode 8 is 1.5 μm or less, the channel region 6 includes indium as a channel impurity, a distance between a surface of the channel region 6 and a concentration peak position of the channel impurity is 20 nm to 70 nm, and a concentration of the channel impurity gradually decreases in a direction from the concentration peak position of the channel impurity to the surface of the channel region.
US10446642B2
An epitaxial substrate and a method for forming the same are disclosed. The epitaxial substrate includes a substrate, a deposition layer, a buffer layer and an epitaxial layer. The deposition layer is directly formed on the substrate, wherein the deposition layer includes a gradient doping concentration, and has a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other; the gradient doping concentration has a minimum value at the first surface. The buffer layer is formed on the deposition layer, and an epitaxial layer is formed on the buffer layer. The epitaxial layer is mainly formed of group III-V nitride. The substrate and the deposition layer are formed of homogeneous material. Since the deposition layer is directly formed on the substrate, and the deposition layer and the substrate are formed of a homogeneous material, the epitaxial substrate includes a good heat dissipation efficiency and low leakage current.
US10446641B2
A Super Junction Field Effect Transistor (FET) device includes a charge compensation region disposed on a substrate of semiconductor material. The charge compensation region includes a set of strip-shaped P− type columns, a floating ring-shaped P− type column that surrounds the set of strip-shaped P− type columns, and a set of ring-shaped P− type columns that surrounds the floating ring-shaped P− type column. A source metal is disposed above portions of the charge compensation region. The source metal contacts each of the strip-shaped P− type columns and each of the ring-shaped P− type columns. An oxide is disposed between the floating P− type column and the source metal such that the floating P− type column is electrically isolated from the source metal. The device exhibits a breakdown voltage that is 0.2% greater than if the floating P− type column were to contact the source metal.
US10446633B2
The present disclosure provides a transparent OLED display and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method of the transparent OLED display forms an active layer and a first storage capacitor electrode in the same process. The first storage capacitor electrode is made of the transparent metal oxide semiconductor material. A second storage capacitor electrode is manufactured by two photolithography processes so the second storage capacitor electrode is made of only a transparent conductive oxide material. A storage capacitor region where the first storage capacitor electrode and the second storage capacitor electrode are located is a transparent region. Thus, light transmittance and transparent display effect of the transparent OLED display is enhanced. Further, a terminal located in a peripheral region is formed and only made of the transparent conductive oxide material to prevent it from being corroded by water and oxygen. It enhances service life of the transparent OLED display.
US10446624B2
An organic light emitting display panel is provided, includes a substrate, a transparent anode, a pixel definition layer, an organic light emitting layer and a plurality of cathodes having reflective function provided on the substrate. A plurality of open slots is provided on the pixel definition layer. The anodes are provided on one end of the open slot adjacent to the substrate, the organic light emitting layer is packed in the open slot, the cathodes are provided on another side of the open slot away from the substrate. A method of manufacturing an organic light emitting display panel is also provided. The reflective cathode is made only in light emitting region, can prevent sub-pixels from light interference emitted from adjacent sub-pixels as well as increase color purity and improve color shift phenomenon in a bottom emission type device.
US10446623B2
An organic light emitting display panel and a method for fabricating the same are provided by the present invention. The organic light emitting display panel includes: a substrate and a light emitting element layer disposed on the substrate. The light emitting element layer is provided with a plurality of first grooves. The organic light emitting display panel also includes an encapsulation layer disposed on the light emitting element layer, the plurality of first grooves are filled with the encapsulation layer.
US10446622B2
There are provided an OLED pixel defining structure, a manufacturing method thereof and an array substrate. The OLED pixel defining structure includes a pixel defining layer, with a plurality of openings corresponding to sub-pixels of different colors being included in the pixel defining layer, each of the openings forming a sub-pixel defining zone of a corresponding color, wherein at least two sub-pixel defining zones of the same color are intercommunicated.
US10446619B2
Disclosed is an electroluminescent display device that may include a plurality of pixels arranged in first and second directions, first, second, and third sub pixels provided in each of the plurality of pixels and arranged in the first direction, a first emission layer provided to correspond to at least two of the first sub pixels arranged in the second direction, a second emission layer provided to correspond to at least two of the second sub pixels arranged in the second direction, and a third emission layer provided to correspond to at least two of the third sub pixels arranged in the second direction, wherein the first emission layer, the second emission layer, and the third emission layer are spaced from one another and provided to emit different types of light.
US10446612B2
The present application discloses an organic light-emitting device and a display device. The organic light-emitting device comprises an anode, a cathode, and a first blue light emitting layer, a second blue light emitting layer and a yellow light emitting layer laminated between the anode and the cathode, wherein the yellow light emitting layer is arranged between the cathode and the first blue light emitting layer, and the first blue light emitting layer is arranged between the yellow light emitting layer and the second blue light emitting layer; and the yellow light emitting layer comprises a phosphorescent material, one of the first blue light emitting layer and the second blue light emitting layer comprises a blue fluorescent material, and the other one comprises a blue thermally-activated delayed fluorescent material used as an auxiliary material between a host and a guest.
US10446596B2
The present technology relates to a semiconductor device and a production method that enable noise reduction. A drain region and a source region provided in a predetermined region of a semiconductor substrate; a channel region provided between the drain region and the source region; and a gate electrode formed on the channel region are included. The channel region includes a first impurity diffusion region, and a second impurity diffusion region that is an impurity diffusion region of a same conductivity type as the first impurity diffusion region, and has an impurity concentration different from an impurity concentration of the first impurity diffusion region, and is formed at a substantially center part of the first impurity diffusion region. The present technology can be applied to a transistor that configures an imaging device, for example.
US10446592B1
An integrated ultraviolet (UV) detector includes a silicon carbide (SiC) substrate, supporting metal oxide field effect transistors (MOSFETs), Schottky photodiodes, and PN Junction photodiodes. The MOSFET includes a first drain/source implant in the SiC substrate and a second drain/source implant in the SiC substrate. The Schottky photodiodes include another implant in the SiC substrate and a surface metal area configured to pass UV light.
US10446586B2
Disclosed are a pixel unit, an array substrate and a manufacturing method therefor, a display panel and a display device. At least two step portions adjacent to each other in an upward direction are provided at at least one of a first side of a drain electrode close to a display region and a second side of the drain electrode away from the display region, such that a pixel electrode is lapped onto the drain electrode gently.
US10446580B2
A memory device includes a pair of common source lines disposed on a substrate spaced apart from each other and extended in a first direction; a plurality of ground select lines disposed between the pair of common source lines, extended in the first direction, and disposed on the same level; a plurality of word lines disposed on the plurality of ground select lines between the pair of common source lines, extended in the first direction, and disposed on the same level, at least a portion of the plurality of word lines being connected by a connection electrode; and a plurality of first separation insulating patterns disposed between individual ground select lines of a portion of the plurality of ground select lines and extended in the first direction. The at least portion of the plurality of word lines is connected by a connection electrode.
US10446576B2
According to one embodiment, the semiconductor body of the first portion includes a first semiconductor part and a second semiconductor part. The first semiconductor part extends in the stacking direction. The second semiconductor part is provided between the first semiconductor part and the first electrode layer, and has an end located closer to the first electrode layer side than the first semiconductor part. The first insulating film of the second portion includes a first insulating part and a second insulating part. The first insulating part extends in the stacking direction. The second insulating part is provided between the first insulating part and the second electrode layer, and has an end located closer to the second electrode layer side than the first insulating part.
US10446574B2
A memory cell comprises, in the following order, channel material, a charge-passage structure, charge-storage material, a charge-blocking region, and a control gate. The charge-passage structure comprises a first material closest to the channel material, a third material furthest from the channel material, and a second material between the first material and the third material. Dielectric constant (k) of the first material is less than 5.0. Sum of bandgap (BG) and electron affinity (chi) of the second material is no greater than 6.7 eV. The k of the second material is at least 5.0. Sum of BG and chi of the third material is less than 9.0 eV and at least 0.5 eV greater than the sum of the BG and the chi of the second material.
US10446564B2
The invention relates to a non-volatile memory that comprises selection transistors. Each selection transistor includes a layer of semiconductor material with a channel region and conduction electrodes, a gate stack including a gate electrode and a gate insulator, an isolation trench between the transistors, a storage structure of the RRAM type comprising a control electrode, and a dielectric layer formed under the control electrode and in the same material as the gate insulator, comprising a central part directly above the isolation trench and ends extending directly above conduction electrodes, and configured so as to form conducting filaments. The said storage structure and the said selection transistors are formed in the same pre-metallization layer.
US10446560B2
A semiconductor device including: a first memory section, a first peripheral circuit section, and a second peripheral circuit section on a substrate; a second memory section on the second peripheral circuit section; and a wiring section between the second peripheral circuit section and the second memory section, the first memory section includes a plurality of first memory cells, the first memory cells each including a cell transistor and a capacitor connected to the cell transistor, the second memory section includes a plurality of second memory cells, the second memory cells each including a variable resistance element and a select element in series, and the wiring section includes a plurality of line patterns, at least one of the line patterns and at least one of the capacitors at the same level from the substrate, the second memory cells are higher from the substrate than the at least one of the capacitors.
US10446558B2
A semiconductor device can include a plurality of landing pads arranged according to a layout on a substrate, wherein a cross-sectional shape of each of the landing pads has a diamond shape so that opposing interior angles of the diamond shape are equal to one another and adjacent interior angles of the diamond shape are unequal to one another.
US10446555B2
An integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate, an isolation region extending into, and overlying a bulk portion of, the semiconductor substrate, a buried conductive track comprising a portion in the isolation region, and a transistor having a source/drain region and a gate electrode. The source/drain region or the gate electrode is connected to the buried conductive track.
US10446547B2
The present invention relates to an improvement to a current field effect transistor and trans-impedance MOS devices based on a novel and inventive compound device structure, enabling a charge-based approach that takes advantage of sub-threshold operation, for designing analog CMOS circuits. The present invention further relates to a super-saturation current field effect transistor (xiFET), having a source, a drain, a diffusion, a first gate, and a second gate terminals, in which a source channel is defined between the source and diffusion terminals, a drain channel is defined between the drain and diffusion terminals. The first gate terminal is capacitively coupled to the source channel; and the second gate terminal is capacitively coupled to said drain channel. The diffusion terminal receives a current causing change in diffused charge density throughout said source and drain channel. The xiFET provides a fundamental building block for designing various analog circuites.
US10446515B2
A semiconductor substrate includes a first dielectric layer, a first patterned conductive layer disposed in the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric layer, and a first bump pad disposed in the second dielectric layer. The first bump pad is electrically connected to the first patterned conductive layer, and the first bump pad has a curved surface surrounded by the second dielectric layer.
US10446513B2
A conductive ball includes a copper ball, a nickel layer covering an outer surface of the copper ball, a copper layer covering an outer surface of the nickel layer, and a tin-based solder covering an outer surface of the copper layer. A copper weight of the copper layer relative to a summed weight of the tin-based solder and the copper layer is 0.7 wt % to 3 wt %.
US10446512B2
A conductive ball includes a copper ball, a nickel layer formed with being patterned on an outer surface of the copper ball, and a tin-based solder covering each outer surface of the copper ball and the nickel layer.
US10446510B2
A process of forming a semiconductor apparatus is disclosed. The process includes steps of: depositing a first metal layer containing Ni in a back surface of a substrate, plating the back surface of the substrate so as to expose the first metal layer in a portion of the scribe line, depositing a third metal layer on the whole back surface of the substrate, and selectively removing the third metal layer in the portion of the scribe line so as to leave the first metal layer in the scribe line.
US10446507B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die comprising integrated circuitry over a substrate of a semiconductor material. A first die ring comprises one or more electrically conductive materials at least partially surrounding the integrated circuitry, the one or more electrically conductive materials comprising an electrically conductive path from proximate a surface of the substrate to an exposed surface of the semiconductor die. A second die ring comprises an electrically conductive material and is disposed around the first die ring. A first electrically conductive interconnect electrically connects the first die ring and to second die ring. Related semiconductor devices and semiconductor dice are disclosed.
US10446506B2
A wafer level package includes a substrate including bonding pads and a first protection dam and having a plurality of circuit pattern units disposed on a side; a printed circuit board having a plurality of connection pads, a second protection dam and via holes disposed thereon; and a connection unit connected to some of the plurality of connection pads and the second protection dam disposed on the printed circuit board. Freedom of design can be improved through the wafer level package and the manufacturing method thereof, and reliability of the wafer level package can be improved. The manufacturing process can be simplified as the bridge process is omitted when wiring is designed, and the size of an element may be reduced.
US10446503B2
Shielded radio-frequency (RF) module having reduced area. In some embodiments, a method for fabricating a radio-frequency module includes forming or providing a packaging substrate configured to receive a plurality of components. The method may include mounting one or more devices on the packaging substrate such that the packaging substrate includes a first area associated with mounting of each of the one or more devices. In some embodiments, the method further includes forming a plurality of shielding wirebonds on the packaging substrate to provide RF shielding functionality for one or more regions on the packaging substrate, such that the packaging substrate includes a second area associated with formation of each shielding wirebond, the mounting of each device implemented with respect to a corresponding shielding wirebond such that a portion of the first area associated with the device overlaps at least partially with a portion of the second area associated with the corresponding shielding wirebond.
US10446493B2
At least one conductive line in a dielectric layer over a substrate is recessed to form a channel. The channel is self-aligned to the conductive line. The channel can be formed by etching the conductive line to a predetermined depth using a chemistry comprising an inhibitor to provide uniformity of etching independent of a crystallographic orientation. A capping layer to prevent electromigration is deposited on the recessed conductive line in the channel. The channel is configured to contain the capping layer within the width of the conductive line.
US10446492B2
Disclosed herein is a configuration for ensuring sufficient power supply ability and ESD protection capability for I/O cells in a semiconductor integrated circuit device, without increasing its circuit area. In two I/O cell rows, a pair of I/O cells for supplying a power supply potential or ground potential are connected together via a common power supply interconnect. The I/O cells are arranged so as to overlap with each other in a first direction in which the I/O cells are arranged. The common power supply interconnect extends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and is connected to first pads that are located closest in the first direction to the common power supply interconnect.
US10446488B1
A novel fuse device incorporates electrically-conductive metal-filled vias that vertically connect frontside metal pads with backside metal pads through an electrically-insulated base substrate. The vias are initially created by drilling through the base substrate and then completed by filling the drilled vias with an electrically highly-conductive metallic substance. The vertical electrical connection between the frontside metal pads and the backside metal pads, established by the vias in the fuse structure, enables packageless integration of the novel fuse device to an electronic circuit by eliminating the structural need for wire bond pads and conventional leadframe or cavity packages. Preferably, each frontside metal pad of the novel fuse device is connected to an electrical terminal of the electronic circuit requiring fuse-based power protection, and each backside metal pad is attached to a printed circuit board (PCB) containing the electronic circuit for seamless direct mounting of the fuse structure.
US10446486B2
A semiconductor device comprising first and second dies is provided. The first die includes a first through-substrate via (TSV) extending at least substantially through the first die and a first substantially helical conductor disposed around the first TSV. The second die includes a second TSV coupled to the first TSV and a second substantially helical conductor disposed around the second TSV. The first substantially helical conductor is configured to induce a change in a magnetic field in the first and second TSVs in response to a first changing current in the first substantially helical conductor, and the second substantially helical conductor is configured to have a second changing current induced therein in response to the change in the magnetic field in the second TSV.
US10446480B2
A through-substrate vias structure includes a substrate having opposing first and second major surfaces. One or more conductive via structures are disposed extending from the first major surface to a first vertical distance within the substrate. A recessed region extends from the second major surface to a second vertical distance within the substrate and adjoining a lower surface of the conductive via. In one embodiment, the second vertical distance is greater than the first vertical distance. A conductive region is disposed within the recessed region and is configured to be in electrical and/or thermal communication with the conductive via.
US10446474B2
A packaging structure and a method for fabricating the packaging structure are provided. The packaging structure includes a base substrate including a solder pad body region and a trench region adjacent to and around the solder pad body region. The packaging structure also includes a passivation layer on a surface of the base substrate and exposing the solder pad body region and the trench region. In addition, the packaging structure includes a main body solder pad on the solder pad body region of the base substrate, and one or more trenches on the trench region of the base substrate and between the passivation layer and the main body solder pad. Further, the packaging structure includes a bonding conductive wire having one end connected to the main body solder pad.
US10446472B2
Provided is a nitride semiconductor device including a substrate, a nucleation layer, a buffer layer, a channel layer, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The nucleation layer, the buffer layer, the channel layer, and the barrier layer are sequentially disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The first electrode layer and the second electrode layer are disposed on the barrier layer. A first void penetrates through the substrate, the nucleation layer, the buffer layer, the channel layer, and the barrier layer and exposes a portion of the first electrode.
US10446469B2
A semiconductor device includes a base element and a copper element over the base element. The copper element includes a layer stack having at least two copper layers and at least one intermediate conductive layer of a material different from copper. The at least two copper layers and the at least one intermediate conductive layer are alternately stacked over each other.
US10446465B2
Provided are chip-on-film package and display device including the same. The chip-on-film package comprises: a base film; a driving chip which is disposed on a surface of the base film; and a heat radiating member which is disposed on the driving chip and comprises a first heat radiating pad portion, a second heat radiating pad portion separated from the first heat radiating pad portion in a first direction, a connecting portion disposed between the first heat radiating pad portion and the second heat radiating pad portion, and one or more protrusions extending from the first heat radiating pad portion or the second heat radiating pad portion along an oblique direction in the first direction, wherein the connecting portion at least partially overlaps the driving chip.
US10446455B2
A fingerprint sensor device and a method of making a fingerprint sensor device. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide various fingerprint sensor devices, and methods of manufacturing thereof, that comprise a sensing area on a bottom side of a die without top side electrodes that senses fingerprints from the top side, and/or that comprise a sensor die directly electrically connected to conductive elements of a plate through which fingerprints are sensed.
US10446452B2
A method and structure to enable reliable dielectric spacer endpoint detection by utilizing a sacrificial spacer fin are provided. The sacrificial spacer fin that is employed has a same pitch as the pitch of each semiconductor fin and the same height as the dielectric spacers on the sidewalls of each semiconductor fin. Exposed portions of the sacrificial spacer fin are removed simultaneously during a dielectric spacer reactive ion etch (RIE). The presence of the sacrificial spacer fin improves the endpoint detection of the spacer RIE and increases the endpoint signal intensity.
US10446442B2
Disclosed are integrated circuit (IC) chip structures (e.g., radio frequency (RF) IC chip structures) and methods of forming the structures with an electrically insulative molding compound handler substrate. Each structure includes at least: an electrically insulative molding compound handler substrate; an insulator layer on the handler substrate; and one or more semiconductor devices (e.g., RF semiconductor devices) on the insulator layer. Each method includes at least: attaching a temporary carrier above back end of the line (BEOL) metal levels, which are over an interlayer dielectric layer covering one or more semiconductor devices; removing at least a portion of a semiconductor handler substrate, which is below the semiconductor device(s) and separated therefrom by an insulator layer; replacing the semiconductor handler substrate with a replacement handler substrate made of an electrically insulative molding compound; and removing the temporary carrier. The molding compound handler substrate provides backside isolation that prevents unwanted noise coupling.
US10446439B2
An embodiment includes an apparatus comprising: a transistor formed on a substrate; and a metal interconnect formed in a dielectric layer above the transistor, wherein: the interconnect comprises a copper layer and a barrier layer that separates the copper layer from the dielectric layer, and the barrier layer comprises tantalum and niobium. Other embodiments are described herein.
US10446435B2
A trap-rich polysilicon layer is interposed between the active (SOI) layer and the underlying handle portion of a semiconductor substrate to prevent or minimize parasitic surface conduction effects within the active layer and promote device linearity. In various embodiments, the trap-rich layer extends vertically through a portion of an isolation layer and laterally therefrom between the isolation layer and the handle portion of the substrate to underlie a portion of the device active area.
US10446430B2
A chuck for wafer processing that counters the deleterious effects of thermal expansion of the wafer. Also, a combination of chuck and shadow mask arrangement that maintains relative alignment between openings in the mask and the wafer in spite of thermal expansion of the wafer. A method for fabricating a solar cell by ion implant, while maintaining relative alignment of the implanted features during thermal expansion of the wafer.
US10446429B2
A substrate treating apparatus comprises: an alignment unit for aligning a substrate placed in a support unit in position; and a teaching unit for setting a transfer position for transferring the substrate onto the support unit of the transfer unit, wherein the teaching unit correcting a transfer position of the transfer unit based on a difference value between a first position of a substrate placed on a hand of the transfer unit when the transfer unit is transferring the substrate and a second position of a substrate placed on the hand of the transfer unit that picks up the substrate aligned to the support unit in position.
US10446428B2
An electronic device manufacturing system may include a factory interface having a controlled environment. The electronic device manufacturing system may also include a load port coupled to the factory interface. The load port may be configured to receive a substrate carrier thereon and may include purge apparatus and a controller. The controller may be configured to operate the load port such that any air located around and between a substrate carrier door and the load port is at least partially or entirely purged, thus reducing or preventing contamination of the controlled environment upon the opening of the substrate carrier door by the load port. Methods of operating a factory interface load port are also provided, as are other aspects.
US10446426B2
The invention is an atmosphere formation apparatus that is provided in a floatation conveyance apparatus, the floatation conveyance apparatus conveying a workpiece while performing floating support of the workpiece by gas injection, the atmosphere formation apparatus including a small-range atmosphere formation device that forms a small-range atmosphere B in a large-range atmosphere A, the large-range atmosphere A being an atmosphere in a large-range region containing a conveyance path along which the conveyance is performed, the small-range atmosphere B being an atmosphere in a small-range region containing the conveyance path, the small-range atmosphere B being different from the large-range atmosphere A.
US10446421B2
Systems and methods are provided for implementing a crystal oscillator to monitor and control semiconductor fabrication processes. More specifically, a method is provided for that includes performing at least one semiconductor fabrication process on a material of an integrated circuit (IC) disposed within a processing chamber. The method further includes monitoring by at least one electronic oscillator disposed within the processing chamber for the presence or absence of a predetermined substance generated by the at least one semiconductor fabrication process. The method further includes controlling the at least one semiconductor fabrication process based on the presence or absence of the predetermined substance detected by the at least one electronic oscillator.
US10446413B2
The present disclosure provides a method for attaching a wiring protective film layer, a wiring structure and a display panel. The attaching method comprises: forming a protective structure comprising a protective film layer and a carrier layer disposed in stack on a wiring layer, wherein the wiring layer and the protective film layer are in contact; and removing the carrier layer and remaining the protective film layer.
US10446407B2
Embodiments of the invention describe substrate processing methods using non-polymerizing chemistry to preferentially etch silicon nitride relative to other materials found in semiconductor manufacturing. According to one embodiment, a processing method includes providing in a plasma processing chamber a substrate containing a first material containing silicon nitride and a second material that is different from the first material, forming a plasma-excited process gas containing SF6, and exposing the substrate to the plasma-excited process gas to preferentially etch the first material relative to the second material. In one example, the process gas can contain or consist of SF6 and Ar. In another example, the second material is selected from the group consisting of Si and SiO2.
US10446404B2
Provided is a method of adjusting an electron-beam irradiated area in an electron beam irradiation apparatus that deflects an electron beam with a deflector to irradiate an object with the electron beam, the method including: emitting an electron beam while changing an irradiation position on an adjustment plate by controlling the deflector in accordance with an electron beam irradiation recipe, the adjustment plate detecting a current corresponding to the emitted electron beam; acquiring a current value detected from the adjustment plate; forming image data corresponding to the acquired current value; determining whether the electron-beam irradiated area is appropriate based on the formed image data; and updating the electron beam irradiation recipe when the electron-beam irradiated area is determined not to be appropriate.
US10446402B2
The present disclosure provides semiconductor devices and fabrication methods thereof. A work function layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate. A buffer layer is formed on the work function layer. The work function layer is doped through the buffer layer with impurity ions. The buffer layer obstructs a flow of the impurity ions to control a concentration of the impurity ions in different regions of the work function layer to regulate a work function of the work function layer in the different regions.
US10446398B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a channel layer on a substrate. A gate dielectric is deposited on the channel layer, and a mask is patterned on the gate dielectric. An exposed portion of the gate dielectric is removed to expose a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region of the channel layer. A first source/drain contact is formed on the first source/drain region and a second source/drain contact is formed on the second source/drain region. A cap layer is formed over the first source/drain contact and the second source/drain contact, and the mask is removed. Spacers are formed adjacent to sidewalls of the first source/drain contact and the second source/drain contact. An oxide region is formed in the cap layer and a carbon material is deposited on an exposed portion of the gate dielectric.
US10446387B2
An apparatus and method are provided to: determine a unique profile to etch each wafer, execute that etch, and determine and deliver the proper chemical addition in order to maintain etch rate within tight tolerances.
US10446379B1
A spray chamber is disclosed, wherein the spray chamber includes textured interior portions (e.g., textured inner walls and/or textured surfaces of one or more components within the spray chamber) to prevent droplets from building up on interior surfaces of the chamber as such build up can result in poor measurement performance. Wettability is improved by texturing one or more of the interior surfaces, and as a result, the interior surfaces can shed moisture more easily, thereby preventing droplet buildup. A connector system is also disclosed to provide self-aligned coupling between an exit port of a spray chamber and an input tube of an injector. The connector system allows the spray chamber to be quickly and accurately coupled to the injector by simple mating of the two components.
US10446378B2
An ion inlet assembly for connecting to a mass spectrometer housing is disclosed comprising a sampling limiting body having a sampling orifice. The sampling limiting body comprises a nickel disk wherein the disk and sampling orifice are made or formed by an electroforming process.
US10446372B2
An ion source having dual indirectly heated cathodes is disclosed. Each of the cathodes may be independently biased relative to its respective filament so as to vary the profile of the beam current that is extracted from the ion source. In certain embodiments, the ion source is used in conjunction with an ion implanter. The ion implanter comprises a beam profiler to measure the current of the ribbon ion beam as a function of beam position. A controller uses this information to independently control the bias voltages of the two indirectly heated cathodes so as to vary the uniformity of the ribbon ion beam. In certain embodiments, the current passing through each filament may also be independently controlled by the controller.
US10446358B2
A method includes receiving, by an input buffer of a switching device, a packet, determining, by a scheduling engine of the switching device, a destination output buffer for the packet, receiving, by the scheduling engine of the switching device, an availability of the destination output buffer and a vacancy level of a memory device that is associated with the destination output buffer, and based on the availability of the destination output buffer and the vacancy level of the memory device, determining, by the scheduling engine of the switching device, a routing destination of the packet. The routing destination includes the input buffer, the destination output buffer, and the memory device.
US10446348B2
There is provided an electromagnetic contactor that ensures appropriately preventing a foreign matter from invading an auxiliary contact mechanism housing chamber from a main contact mechanism housing chamber via a through-hole on a partition wall; and a foreign matter from invading the main contact mechanism housing chamber from the auxiliary contact mechanism housing chamber via the through-hole on the partition wall. With an electromagnetic contactor (1), a main contact mechanism housing chamber (A) and an auxiliary contact mechanism housing chamber (B) are partitioned by a partition wall (10). The partition wall (10) has a through-hole (10a) through which a coupling shaft (34) is inserted. A foreign matter invasion prevention mechanism (60) is provided at a peripheral area of the through-hole (10a).
US10446341B2
A keypad includes a base, an actuator, a first and second elastic member and a pivotal mechanism. The base has a through hole. The actuator is located in through hole to be moved between initial position and pressed position. The first elastic member is connected between the base and the actuator. The pivotal mechanism is pivotably and linearly movably disposed on the actuator to be moved between withdrawn position and protruding position. The second elastic member is connected between the actuator and the pivotal mechanism. The base has stop block and recess and the pivotal mechanism has tooth. While the actuator is moved to the pressed position, the tooth is stopped by the stop block so that the pivotal mechanism is pivoted and then linearly moved to the withdrawn position, and then enters into the recess, enabling the pivotal mechanism to the protruding position and press a switch.
US10446338B2
A linkage assembly is provided for guiding movement of a key cap relative to a support board between a normal position and a pressed position. The linkage assembly includes a left modular linking member, a right modular linking member, and a pair of synchronizing units for synchronize movement of the left and right modular linking members. Each of the synchronizing units has a first pin, a second pin, a first hole, and a second hole. In the normal position, the first and second pins are in substantially full frictional engagement within the first and second holes, respectively. In the pressed position, the first and second pins are in loose frictional engagement within the first and second holes, respectively.
US10446335B2
A chip socket defined by an organic matrix framework, wherein the organic matrix framework comprises at least one via post layer where at least one via through the framework around the socket includes at least one capacitor comprising a lower electrode, a dielectric layer and an upper electrode in contact with the via post.
US10446331B2
Embodiments of the present invention may provide a wafer-capped rechargeable power source. The wafer-capped rechargeable power source may comprise a device wafer, a rechargeable power source disposed on a surface of the device wafer, and a capping wafer to encapsulate the rechargeable power source. The rechargeable power source may include an anode component, a cathode component, and an electrolyte component.
US10446315B2
An inductance element includes a housing, a core, and a coil. The core is assembled in the housing. The coil includes a wire and two plate-shaped pins. The wire surrounds the core. The two plate-shaped pins are respectively assembled to two ends of the wire. The thickness of each of the plate-shaped pins is less than the diameter of the wire, and the two plate-shaped pins are exposed from the housing through two grooves of the housing, respectively.
US10446309B2
A shielded inductor and a method of making a shielded inductor are provided. The shielded inductor includes a core body surrounding a conductive coil, leads in electrical communication with the coil, and a shield covering at least parts of the outer surface of the core body. An insulating material may be provided between parts of the core body and parts of the shield. A method of making a shielded inductor is also provided.
US10446308B2
Applicants have discovered a novel apparatus and method to aggregate and displace a plurality of magneto-responsive entities (steerable self-propelled entities or SSPEs) in three dimensions using time-multiplexing. The apparatus for controlling aggregation of SSPEs in a body comprises at least three sets of magnetic field sources arranged in three axes for generating a controlled magnetic field and a controller connected to at least one of said magnetic field sources to create a three dimensional convergence point. The method for aggregating the entities can comprise using a first set and a second set of said magnetic field sources to generate opposed magnetic field gradients in each said set to cause aggregation of said magneto-responsive entities in two axes and wherein the controller is configured to reverse a direction of said magnetic field gradient in a third set of magnetic field sources in a third axis according to a first predetermined program.
US10446292B2
The present disclosure relates to a composite cable, which comprises a first wire assembly and a second wire assembly, and each wire of the second wire assembly is surrounded by an insulating layer. The composite cable further comprises: a sheath made of insulating material and configured to enclose the first wire assembly and the second wire assembly; and a shield comprising different kinds of metal wires and configured to surround the first wire assembly, wherein the first wire assembly is capable of transmitting signals, and the second wire assembly is capable of transmitting power supply. The composite cable according to the present disclosure is excellent in shielding performance for different requirements.
US10446287B2
An underground ventilated system for storing nuclear waste materials. The system includes a storage module having an outer shell defining an internal cavity and an inner shell. A majority of the height of the outer shell may be disposed below grade. The outer shell may include a hermetically sealed bottom. First and second canisters are positioned in lower and upper portions within the cavity respectively in vertically stacked relationship. A centering and spacing ring assembly is interspersed between the first and second canisters to transfer the weight of the upper second canister to the lower first canister. The assembly may include centering lugs which laterally restrain the first and second canisters in case of a seismic event. A natural convection driven ventilated air system cools the canisters to remove residual decay heat to the atmosphere. In one non-limiting embodiment, the shells are made of steel.
US10446286B2
A method for vitrifying waste to prevent the formation of molybdate secondary phases includes forming a feed mixture that includes the waste, a source of vanadium, and at least one of glass frit or glass forming chemicals and vitrifying the feed mixture in a melter to produce a glass product that includes the waste.
US10446278B2
Non-intrusive error detection techniques for control and shutdown rod position in nuclear reactors, including methods of monitoring digital rod position indication (DRPI) signals of a DRPI system of a nuclear power plant. The methods include acquiring digital rod position signals at a point between a DRPI display cabinet and a DRPI data cabinet of the DRPI system, and processing the digital rod position signals to identify variations in a signal level and a signal timing of the digital rod position signals to determine rod position errors of the DRPI system.
US10446275B2
Systems and methods that facilitate the formation and maintenance of new High Performance Field Reversed Configurations (FRCs). An FRC system for the High Performance FRC (HPF) includes a central confinement vessel surrounded by two diametrically opposed reversed-field-theta-pinch formation sections and, beyond the formation sections, two divertor chambers to control neutral density and impurity contamination. A magnetic system includes a series of quasi-dc coils axially positioned along the FRC system components, quasi-dc mirror coils between the confinement chamber and the adjacent formation sections, and mirror plugs between the formation sections and the divertors. The formation sections include modular pulsed power formation systems that enable FRCs to be formed in-situ and then accelerated and injected (=static formation) or formed and accelerated simultaneously (=dynamic formation). The FRC system further includes neutral atom beam injectors, a pellet injector, gettering systems, axial plasma guns and flux surface biasing electrodes.
US10446269B2
An apparatus is disclosed, comprising a detector unit comprising a detector configured to detect an actuation action performable via the detector unit to an actuation button of a medical device to cause the medical device to eject at least a portion of a medicament comprised in the medical device. The detector is configured to detect the actuation action based on a detection of a force and/or a touch applied to the detector unit as part of the actuation action. The apparatus further comprises an electric unit connected to the detector and configured to store and/or provide information related to the detected actuation action. Furthermore, an according method and a computer program for controlling this method are disclosed.
US10446267B2
A computer-implemented electronic messaging method and system, the method comprising the steps of receiving an electronic message at a first system, the electronic message comprising a healthcare provider type, obtaining contextual information associated with the electronic message at the first system, using the healthcare provider type and the contextual information to identify an intended recipient address for an intended healthcare provider recipient for the electronic message and providing the intended recipient address to facilitate delivery of the electronic message to the intended healthcare provider recipient.
US10446265B2
An apparatus for developing an intensity-modulated radiation therapy treatment plan includes a memory that stores machine instructions and a processor that executes the machine instructions to receive a clinical goal associated with the treatment plan as a user input. The processor further executes the machine instructions to determine a plan objective based on the clinical goal, generate a cost function comprising a term based on the plan objective, and assign an initial value to a parameter associated with the term. The processor also executes the machine instructions to identify a microstate that results in a reduced value associated with the cost function, evaluate a fulfillment level associated with the clinical goal, and adjust the value of the parameter to improve the fulfillment level.
US10446264B2
We describe a method of predicting the response of a patient to a medical procedure, the method comprising: inputting acute phase response (APR) biomarker data defining a level of an acute phase response (APR) biomarker in said patient at a succession of biomarker measurement times following said medical procedure, said APR biomarker data defining a biomarker time course representing an evolution over time of said acute phase response; and processing said APR biomarker data to determine a derivative with respect to time of said time course from said APR biomarker data to provide APR time series data; determining a prediction of the response of said patient to said medical procedure from said APR time series data.
US10446256B2
A controller includes an internal memory to store an address and a memory control unit operatively coupled with the internal memory. The memory control unit includes logic to identify a malfunctioning address of primary data storage elements within an external memory device, the external memory device being another semiconductor device separate from the controller, store the malfunctioning address in the internal memory, and transmit, to the external memory device, a command to initiate a repair of the malfunctioning address using redundant data storage elements and an indication of an address associated with the malfunctioning address.
US10446243B2
A control method for a storage device is provided. The storage device includes a memory controller and a flash memory. The flash memory includes multiple blocks. The control method includes the following steps. Maintain a state table by the memory controller, wherein the state table records a disturbance count and a last check time of the blocks in the flash memory. Trigger a probe operation on a target block in the flash memory when at least one of the following conditions is met: (a) the disturbance count of the target block is greater than or equal to a disturbance count threshold; and (b) an elapsed time period of the target block is greater than or equal to an elapsed time threshold, wherein the elapsed time period of the target block starts from the last check time of the target block.
US10446231B2
A memory cell structure includes a plurality of write lines arranged for writing a synapse state to a synapse memory cell including a plurality of cell components each including at least one unit cell, each of the plurality of write lines being used for writing the synapse state by writing a first set of states to a corresponding cell component of the plurality of cell components by writing one of a second set of states to each unit cell included in the corresponding cell component, and the first set depending on the second set.
US10446227B2
According to one embodiment, a memory device includes: a memory cell including a variable resistance element and connected between a word line and a bit line; and a control circuit configured to control an operation of the memory cell. The variable resistance element includes: a first layer including a first compound including oxygen; a second layer including a second compound including oxygen; and a third layer between the first layer and the second layer.
US10446222B2
A memory subsystem empirically tests performance parameters of I/O with a memory device. Based on the empirical testing, the memory subsystem can set the performance parameters specific to the system in which the memory subsystem is included. A test system performs the testing. For each of multiple different settings for multiple different I/O circuit parameters, the test system sets a value for each I/O circuit parameter, generates test traffic to stress test the memory device with the parameter value(s), and measures an operating margin for the I/O performance characteristic. The test system further executes a search function to determine values for each I/O circuit parameter at which the operating margin meets a minimum threshold and performance of at least one of the I/O circuit parameters is increased. The memory subsystem sets runtime values for the I/O circuit parameters based on the search function.
US10446218B2
Apparatuses and methods for configurable command and data input circuits for semiconductor memories are described. Example apparatuses include input signal blocks, clock blocking circuits, data input blocks, driver circuits, and data receiver circuits.
US10446216B2
Embedded refresh controllers included in memory devices and memory devices including the embedded refresh controllers are provided. The embedded refresh controllers may include a refresh counter and an address generator. The refresh counter may generate a counter refresh address signal in response to a counter refresh signal such that the counter refresh address signal may represent a sequentially changing address. The address generator may store information with respect to a hammer address that is accessed intensively and may generates a hammer refresh address signal in response to a hammer refresh signal such that the hammer refresh address signal may represent an address of a row that is physically adjacent to a row of the hammer address. Loss of cell data may be reduced and performance of the memory device may be enhanced by detecting the intensively-accessed hammer address and performing the refresh operation based on the detected hammer address efficiently.
