US10484614B2
An apparatus for observing a fine object is disclosed. The observation apparatus includes: a camera configured to capture each of a plurality of fine objects contained in at least some of a plurality of partitioned wells of a plate; a drive unit configured to allow the camera to relatively move with respect to the plate in such a manner that the camera scans the plate; and a controller configured to control the drive unit in such a manner that the camera captures only at least some wells having the plurality of fine objects from among the plurality of wells. The controller determines a shortest movement route of the camera on the basis of a position of at least some wells having the plurality of fine objects, and controls the drive unit in such a manner that the camera moves in the determined shortest movement route.
US10484604B2
The present invention is concerning to an image management system that communicates with a first communication terminal via a communication network, the image management system comprising: an image storage unit configured to store image data; a receiving unit configured to receive, from the first communication terminal, link information that includes image identification information for identifying the image data and includes predetermined-area information that indicates a predetermined area in the image data; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the first communication terminal, the image data that is indicated by the image identification information included in the link information received by the receiving unit and the predetermined-area information included in the link information.
US10484602B2
Approaches are described for constructing a single camera by combining an array (or other arrangement) of multiple smaller and lower resolution cameras. Each of the smaller cameras is aimed in a different direction in order to provide a wider angle and higher resolution field of view (FOV) for the resulting composite camera. Images captured by all of the cameras in the array can be stitched together using software to produce a single composite photograph. This construction method can enable the camera unit to be thinner and potentially cheaper in construction costs than an equivalent single-piece camera that has been conventionally implemented in portable devices.
US10484597B2
Emotional/cognitive state-triggered recording is described. A buffer is used to store captured video content until a change in an emotional or cognitive state of a user is detected. Sensor data indicating a change in an emotional or cognitive state of a user triggers the creation of a video segment based on the current contents of the buffer.
US10484590B2
Integrated circuit devices are disclosed. The integrated circuit device includes a focus detection pixel and a lens. The focus detection pixel includes a photosensitive unit and a photo-insensitive unit in a substrate. The lens is disposed over the focus detection pixel, wherein the photosensitive unit and the photo-insensitive unit are disposed opposite to each other with respect to an optical axis of the lens, and a light beam passing through the lens is simultaneously incident into the photosensitive unit and the photo-insensitive unit.
US10484589B2
An electronic device includes a first camera supporting a first FOV, a second camera supporting a second FOV, and a processor. The processor is configured to obtain a first image having the first FOV using the first camera, to obtain a second image, which is associated with the first image and has the second FOV using the second camera, to adjust at least one operation attribute of the first camera based on the second image, and to obtain a third image having the first FOV based on the adjusted at least one operation attribute using the first camera.
US10484588B2
A reduced size of camera module includes a camera lens, an optical filter, a sensor, an optical filter trestle, and a module trestle. The camera lens lies on a light path of the camera module towards the sensor. The camera lens is mounted on the optical filter trestle. The optical filter is received is the optical filter trestle. The optical filter trestle is mounted on the module trestle. The sensor is received in the in the module trestle.
US10484564B2
It is determined whether signature check is set in installation of an application, and it is determined whether a permission included in the application is not a prohibited permission in a case where the signature check is not set. In a case where it is determined that the permission included in the application is not a prohibited permission, installation of the application is allowed.
US10484563B2
An image forming apparatus that shifts to a power saving state, includes a printing unit, a printing control unit configured to control the printing unit, and a power supply unit configured to supply power to the printing control unit when the image forming apparatus returns from the power saving state, wherein the printing control unit, to which power is supplied by the power supply unit, executes initialization of the printing unit in a case where a printing screen for performing a printing function is set as a initial screen to be displayed when the image forming apparatus returns from the power saving state, and wherein the printing control unit does not execute initialization of the printing unit in a case where a selection screen for selecting the printing function is set as a initial screen to be displayed when the image forming apparatus returns from the power saving state.
US10484562B2
An image forming apparatus includes a display, a human detection sensor, and a CPU. If the CPU determines that there is a person in a certain area with the display in an off state, the display enters a first on state in accordance with an instruction from the CPU. If the CPU determines that the image forming apparatus has been operated, the display enters a second on state.
US10484558B2
When a reading target object that includes a light emitting region is set as a reading target, the light emitting region is detected by a reading mechanism of a reading unit. The reading unit is caused to read the detected light emitting region, and in the reading, a read operation by the reading unit is controlled based on change of an amount of light received from the light emitting region.
US10484552B2
An information processing apparatus displays a creation screen and adds display information. The creation screen is for a user to create a workflow by combining function providers. The function providers includes a function provider having a setting interface to call a setting screen to perform a setting of a corresponding function, and an execution interface to execute the corresponding function. In a case where a setting interface of a function provider added to the workflow refers to a result of an execution by an execution interface of a preceding function provider, display information is automatically added to a definition file for the workflow. The automatically added display information is information to display a message to prompt the user to standby during the execution by the execution interface of the preceding function provider.
US10484550B2
A display control apparatus which enables a user to easily determine positions of boundary lines in a preview image. A first image is generated based on an initial image or a processing result of first image processing performed on the initial image, and a second image is generated based on a processing result of second image processing performed on the initial image. Display of the preview image is controlled based on the first image and the second image. An operation performed by a user on a control point for determining a position of at least one boundary line in the preview image is received. In a display process for the preview image, at least a part of the first image and at least a part of the second image are displayed based on the boundary line the position of which is determined by the control point.
US10484547B2
This disclosure relates to a system and method configured to distribute image effects for user experience events. In some implementation, a user experience event may include making one or more image effects available to one or more users via computing platform associated with the users. In some implementation, an image effect may include one or more of a filter, a sticker, an animation, a text, a video clip, a free form drawing, and/or other effects.
US10484546B1
A doorbell conversion device includes a power input terminal, a power output terminal, two doorbell trigger terminals, a power conversion unit, and a trigger signal unit. The power conversion unit is coupled between the power input terminal and the power output terminal for generating a sensing signal in response to an electric potential of the power output terminal. While the electric potential of the power output terminal is grounded, the power input terminal and the power output terminal are disconnected. In contrast, the power input terminal and the power output terminal are connected. The trigger signal unit is coupled between the power conversion unit and the two doorbell trigger terminals for controlling the two doorbell trigger terminals to be opened or shorted based upon the sensing signal. While the electric potential of the power output terminal is grounded, the two doorbell trigger terminals are shorted. In contrast, they are opened.
US10484537B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a non-web based social networking system enabling users having limited Internet connectivity and/or limited access to high end mobile computing devices a cross networking opportunity with web-based social networking sites. Embodiments of the invention provide for additional communication modalities between social networking users, including but not limited to non-web based communication between the social networking users.
US10484533B2
In one embodiment, a method includes, during an incoming call from a second user, displaying a notification interface comprising an indication of the incoming call; during the incoming call, detecting a gesture input from the first user; and in response to the detection of the gesture input, transitioning to a messaging interface that includes one or more previous communications between the first user and the second user.
US10484532B1
A system and method are disclosed for training a machine-learning model to detect characteristics of fraudulent calls. The machine-learning model is trained using audio clips, voice recognition, call handler feedback and general public knowledge of commercial risks to detect and divert fraudulent calls, thereby alleviating the burdens otherwise placed on call center service representatives.
US10484531B2
Systems and methods presented herein can allow a teacher to manage student devices in a classroom setting to increase learning efficiency. The teacher device can receive peer-to-peer broadcasts from the student devices and track class attendance based on the broadcasts. The teacher device can also apply locks and lock profiles to the functionality of the student devices, such as restricting websites and document access, without impacting the functionality of the student device outside of the classroom and/or school setting. The locks on the student devices can be automatically unlocked at the end of a class or school day.
US10484523B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to a mobile communication terminal including a user interface and a processor. The mobile communication terminal receives real time acquired colour data, from which the processor generates a colour scheme for the user interface. The light generating means receive the colour scheme and provide a coloured light to user interface in accordance with the colour scheme.
US10484522B1
A utility case for electronic devices that has an exterior case, a shield having a concave face and a convex face, a magnet, a housing, a plate, an insert, an interior case, and an exterior case ring. The exterior case has a lock assembly at an interior face, which has a containing wall inner side. The lock assembly comprises an interior edge, and a containing wall interior face. The housing has a lip defined at the locking face. The insert fits within the magnet, the magnet adheres to the plate, and the lip contains the plate, when the housing is placed onto the lock assembly. The shield is positioned in between the insert and the exterior case, and the housing is positioned in between the interior case and the exterior case when the housing is placed onto the lock assembly.
US10484520B2
A first participant transmits a clocked data sequence to a second participant of a communication network, wherein one data unit of the data sequence is transmitted per clock cycle by the first participant and wherein the data sequence contains a datagram as a write datagram which contains a header, an intermediate field following the header and a data field following the intermediate header, wherein the header, the intermediate field and the data field in each case have one or more data units. The second participant reads the header of the datagram, defines input data depending on the content of the header within a response time, and records the input data in the datagram while the data sequence passes through the second participant. The length of the intermediate field of the datagram is matched to the clock frequency of the data sequence and the response time of the second participant.
US10484507B2
An enterprise-wide centralized system for managing data transfer/movement provided by a technology-agnostic and protocol-agnostic data transfer/movement module. The system comprises a plurality of networked servers, one or more hub servers and a service delivery management framework. The system is structured for controlling the initiation and disablement of data transfers and configuring routing, timing and protocol(s) for data transfers. In addition, the system may be configured to provide (i) centralized control over user entitlements at a highly granular level, such as server-level, route-level or the like, (ii) the ability to track data transmission progress, such as by providing a real-time view of the status of enterprise-wide data transmission (iii) centralized management over data transmission records and set logs and facilitate full tracking data including transmission errors and (iv) centralized control over security and governance of data transmissions, including approval/denial of data transmissions.
US10484506B2
Existing program code, which is executable on one or more computers forming part of a distributed computer system, is analyzed. The analysis identifies log output instructions present in the program code. Log output instructions are those statements or other code that generate log messages related to service requests processed by the program code. A log model is generated using the analysis. The log model is representative of causal relationships among service requests defined by the program code. The log model can then be applied to logs containing log messages generated by execution of the program code, during its normal operation, to group log messages for improved analysis, including visualization, of the performance and behaviour of the distributed computer system.
US10484500B2
Updating a profile includes monitoring electronic communications between a target user and a number of other users in real-time, extracting communicated information available about the target user and the number of other users from the electronic communications, based on an analysis of the communicated information available about the target user and the number of other users identifying relevant information from the communicated information that is relevant for updating the profile of the target user on at least one social network, and updating the profile of the target user on the at least one social network using the relevant information derived from the analysis. In an embodiment, a number of prompts are presented to the target user to allow the target user to validate the relevant information before updating the profile.
US10484498B2
Systems and methods described herein can take advantage of the caching abilities of the browser and the idle time of the user to prefetch tag libraries of one or more tags for execution in a subsequent content page. For example, these systems and methods can provide the ability to prefetch and not execute a tag library on a content page before it is required so the tag library is cached in the browser. When the browser hits the page that uses the tag library, the tag library can be quickly retrieved from memory and executed.
US10484497B2
A computer-implemented method and system for caching multi-session data communications in a computer network.
US10484495B1
A notification management server may receive merchant data indicative of notifications that are to be sent to user devices. The notification management server may access preference data that is indicative of distribution information for distributing the notifications. Based on the preference data the notification management server may send the notifications to a particular user device and omit sending the notification to other user devices. The particular user device upon receipt of the notifications may send confirmation data. The confirmation data may indicate a presentation receipt associated with the notifications. When the notification management server does not receive the confirmation data, the notification is stored. Upon receipt of heartbeat data, the notification management server may send the stored notifications to the particular user device.
US10484493B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving user input including a first message and identification information associated with a recipient that is intended to receive the first message, generating a second message by adjusting a first message according to a first attention span determined from activity information of a recipient, and transmitting the second message to a receiving device to enable the receiving device to generate a third message by adjusting the second message according to a second attention span determined by the receiving device for the recipient. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10484473B2
A distributed data storage system is provided for offering shared data to one or more clients. In various embodiments, client systems operate on shared data while having a unique writeable copy of the shared data. According to one embodiment, the data storage system can be optimized for various use cases (e.g., read-mostly where writes to shared data are rare or infrequent (although writes to private data may be frequent. Some implementations of the storage system are configured to provide fault tolerance and scalability for the shared storage. For example, read-only data can be stored in (relatively) high latency, low cost, reliable storage (e.g. cloud), with multiple layers of cache supporting faster retrieval. In addition, some implementations of the data storage system offer a low-latency approach to data caching. Other embodiments improve efficiency with access modeling and conditional execution cache hints that can be distributed across the data storage system.
US10484465B2
The processing of data packets sent over a communication session between a host and a server by a service gateway includes processing a data packet using a current hybrid-stateful or hybrid-stateless processing method. The processing then checks whether a hybrid-stateless or hybrid-stateful condition is satisfied. When one of the sets of conditions is satisfied, the process includes changing from a hybrid-stateful to a hybrid-stateless processing method, or vice versa, for a subsequently received data packet. If the conditions are not satisfied, the process continues as originally structured.
US10484462B2
A computer-implemented method for automatically registering an application with an enterprise system is disclosed. The method accesses an application utilizable with the enterprise system. Generates an application access template for the application, including: generating information specific to the application that is able to be utilized with the enterprise system, and generating parameters specific to the application that is able to be utilized with the enterprise system. The method defines, in the application access template, a basic authorization protocol information; and utilizes the application access template for a subsequent dynamic registration of the application with the enterprise system.
US10484455B2
A method for posting and un-posting files and messages in a collaborative file sharing environment. A user is provided with the functionality of instantly stop sharing files or folders without physically deleting the files or folder.
US10484453B2
A method of printing a document from a mobile device comprises coupling the mobile device to a proximate print device. The method further comprises, by a processor of the mobile device executing a print software application that causes the processor to identify a document to be printed, use data obtained from the mobile device to identify a context at a time that is concurrent with identifying the document, use the context to customize the identified document by identifying and modifying at least one parameter of the identified document, and transmit the customized document to be printed to the print device for printing by the print device. The data obtained from the mobile device comprises one or more of the following data sensed by one or more sensors of the mobile device, or data gathered by one or more mobile applications of the mobile device.
US10484440B2
There are described methods and systems for distributing content in a network, in particular a multicast network. One method includes delivering content from a source to a destination in a content delivery network. A request for an item of content is received and a first multicast stream is identified or established, the first multicast stream comprising a first copy of the content. At least one second multicast stream is also identified or established, the second stream comprising a second copy of the content. The second copy of the content is time-shifted by a time, M, from corresponding portions of the first copy of the content. The content is then delivered to the destination using both the first and the second multicast streams.
US10484406B2
In one embodiment, a first device in a network maintains raw traffic flow information for the network. The first device provides a compressed summary of the raw traffic flow information to a second device in the network. The second device is configured to transform the compressed summary for presentation to a user interface. The first device detects an anomalous traffic flow based on an analysis of the raw traffic flow information using a machine learning-based anomaly detector. The first device provides at least a portion of the raw traffic flow information related to the anomalous traffic flow to the second device for presentation to the user interface.
US10484394B2
A system includes a communication module that receives a request to post content to an event gallery associated with an event. The request in turn includes geo-location data for a device sending the content, and identification data identifying the device or a user of the device. The system further has an event gallery module to perform a first authorization operation that includes determining that the geo-location data corresponds to a geo-location fence associated with an event. The event gallery module also performs a second authorization operation that includes using the identification data to verify an attribute of the user. Finally, based on the first and second authorization operations, the event gallery module may selectively authorize the device to post the content to the event gallery.
US10484391B2
A communication system for providing secure point-to-point communication comprising a communication network, a first client device and a second client device configured to communicate with each other via communication network, wherein each of the first and second client devices is adapted to run a selected communication application using a communication service provided by the communication network to communicate with each other, wherein the communication application which provides the highest communication service security level is selected from a group of communication applications using communication services with different communication service security levels and being available on the first and second client devices.
US10484386B2
In one aspect, the invention provides a method for the provision of a profile, comprising the steps of, receiving information relevant to an individual, formatting the information into a format suitable for use in an identification situation, and storing the information in the format.
US10484381B1
A wireless data communication network authorizes Wireless Priority Service (WPS) communications. A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) server transfers a WPS authorization code to a WPS communication device. The WPS communication device transfers a WPS SIP message to a SIP server. The WPS SIP message has the WPS authorization code and a WPS session request. The SIP server authorizes the WPS SIP message based on the WPS authorization code. When the WPS SIP message is authorized, the SIP server system identifies network addressing based on the WPS session request. The SIP server system transfers a response message to the WPS communication device that identifies the network addressing. The WPS communication device wirelessly transfers WPS data over the WPS session using the network addressing.
US10484373B2
A biometric certification request authentication (BCRA) computing device is provided for authenticating a requestor undergoing a certificate signing request process. The BCRA computing device is communicatively coupled to a memory device. The BCRA computing device is configured to receive, from a requestor computing device, a service selection request message that identifies a certificate service type for which the requestor requires a certificate, identify a certificate authority computing device that corresponds to a certificate authority that generates certificates of the certificate service type, transmit, to the requestor computing device, a first biometric sample request message that prompts the requestor to provide a first biometric sample, authenticate the first biometric sample received from the requestor computing device by determining a match between the first biometric sample and a stored biometric sample for the requestor, and based on the authentication, initiate providing the certificate file to the requestor computing device.
US10484366B2
A method and system for verifying both identification and presence of a user is provided. The system includes an identification tag containing data associated with a user, a reader for reading said data from the identification tag, communicating data received from the identification tag to the server, and a server configured for receiving the data sent by the reader, accessing a user record that corresponds to the user, determining whether the data it received is verified against data in the user record, and if said data is verified, then generating a data packet and transmitting said data packet to the reader over the communications network, wherein said data packet includes a verification message, a user name and a user image.
US10484365B2
A network security system that employs space-time separated and jointly-evolving relationships to provide fast network access control, efficient real-time forensics capabilities, and enhanced protection for at-rest data in the event of a network breach. The network security system allows, in part, functionality by which the system accepts a request by a user to access the data stored in the database, identifies a sequence of security agents to participate in authenticating and protecting the access of the data by the user, generates a sequence of pseudorandom IDs and space-time varying credentials, checks at each one of the security agents a corresponding one of the credentials, determines that the user is permitted to access the data using access control logs if all the security agents accept the corresponding credentials, and varies the credentials based on a space-time relationship.
US10484358B2
Improving a security configuration may include receiving a request to assign a single sign-on configuration for a user profile, present a user interface comprising input fields for configuration characteristics, receiving an indication from the user interface that an administrator is requesting the assign the configuration characteristics, in response to receiving the indication, performing a test connection using the configuration profile, and in response to determining that the test connection succeeded, prompting the administrator to activate the single sign-on communication for the user profile.
US10484357B1
Example embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for brokering establishment of a trusted relationship between a first domain and a second domain. The method includes receiving, from a first domain, a request to establish a trusted relationship with a second domain and brokering establishment of the trusted relationship between the first domain and the second. Other example embodiments include brokering authenticated access for a client in the first domain to a resource in the second domain according to the established trusted relationship.
US10484353B2
A method performed by a computing system includes receiving instructions from a user to divide content of a message into a plurality of parts, associating a part identifier with each of the plurality of parts, encrypting each of the plurality of parts with a different key, receiving, from the user, a list of recipients of the message and access privileges associated with each recipient in the list, the access privileges indicating which of the plurality of parts each recipient is authorized to access, transmitting the message to each of the recipients, and transmitting the access privilege data, the encryption keys for each of the parts, and the part identifiers for each of the parts to a security authority.
US10484351B2
A system and method are provided for certificate selection in infrastructures such as those planned to be used for V2V messaging, wherein the vehicle (or other moving object)'s location is used to aid in the selection of certificates. In one aspect, there is provided a method of selecting certificates for vehicle-to-vehicle messaging, the method comprising: determining a location for a vehicle; and adapting reuse of certificates in a certificate pool for the vehicle according to the location. In another aspect, there is provided a method of selecting certificates for vehicle-to-vehicle messaging, the method comprising: determining an amount of messaging activity; and adapting reuse of certificates in a certificate pool for the vehicle according to the amount of messaging activity.
US10484350B2
Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to privacy-preserving location corroborations. According to one aspect, a localized corroborator system can receive a message digest from a user device. The message digest can be generated by the user device using a cryptographic hash function based upon bitwise XOR of a user identifier and a location proof identifier. The location proof identifier can uniquely identify a location proof to be created by the system. The system can concatenate a corroborator identifier, a location, a time, and the message digest to create a concatenated message. The system can sign the concatenate message using a private key to create the location proof and can send the corroborator identifier and the location proof to the user device. The user device can use the location proof to prove that the user was located at the location at the time.
US10484339B2
A method and system of securing data. A security client program stored in a memory of a user device intercepts an operating system call performed by a calling application of the user device for an unencrypted asset. A first key for the unencrypted asset from a server is requested. Upon receiving the first key for the unencrypted asset from a server, a secure resource is created by encrypting the unencrypted asset. Then, the operating system call is completed and an update message is sent to the server.
US10484338B2
The systems, methods and apparatuses described herein provide a computing environment that includes a secure zone for executing tasks. An apparatus according to the present disclosure may comprise a screen, a secure zone and an indicator operatively controlled by the secure zone. The secure zone may be configured to execute a task and to assume control over an output to the screen while the apparatus is operating in a secure mode and to transfer control over the output to the screen to a non-secure zone while the apparatus is operating in a non-secure mode.
US10484337B2
The invention enables high-availability, high-scale, high security and disaster recovery for API computing, including in terms of capture of data traffic passing through proxies, routing communications between clients and servers, and load balancing and/or forwarding functions. The invention inter alia provides (i) a scalable cluster of proxies configured to route communications between clients and servers, without any single point of failure, (ii) proxy nodes configured for implementing the scalable cluster (iii) efficient methods of configuring the proxy cluster, (iv) natural resiliency of clusters and/or proxy nodes within a cluster, (v) methods for scaling of clusters, (vi) configurability of clusters to span multiple servers, multiple racks and multiple datacenters, thereby ensuring high availability and disaster recovery (vii) switching between proxies or between servers without loss of session.
US10484328B2
A browsing service of messages exchanged through posts and responses to the posts among multiple users is provided in a message-browsing system. A terminal device includes an assigning unit assigning user images corresponding to multiple specific users who are a subset or all of the multiple users to respective ones of a number of reference positions that is equal to the number of the user images on a screen according to a predetermined rule, a position determining unit determining the reference positions assigned to the user images corresponding to the multiple specific users as display positions displaying the respective user images, and a position changing unit changing a display position of a user image corresponding to a user responding to a post another user has contributed to a position close to a user image corresponding to another user who has contributed the post.
US10484323B1
An algorithm is described that informs a user about the relationship between ongoing measurements and goals for those measurements. For example, it informs a diabetic user whether his blood glucose is outside preset limits. The purpose of the algorithm is to influence the user's behavior so that the measured parameters return to the desired normal range. The algorithm accomplishes this in the following innovative fashion: first, it employs a non-deterministic decision making procedure to select the method of communication. The purpose is to preserve an element of surprise and keep the user interested in the message being delivered. Second, the algorithm varies the emphasis of the message and the time of transmission again to avoid a monotonous sequence of communications. Third, the algorithm is adaptive and adjusts its decision making based on the success or failure of different modalities in affecting the user's behavior.
US10484321B2
Apparatuses, methods, and program products are disclosed for blocking group message replies. One method includes, receiving, by use of a processor, an indication at a client application to block the client application from receiving replies to a group message. The method may also include blocking the client application from receiving the replies to the group message.
US10484318B2
Messages containing structured entities may be sent between devices in a way that leverages the existing Short Message Service (SMS) protocol. On the message sender's device, the sender may author a message indicating specific entities such as people, places, dates, or times. When the message is to be sent, an SMS representation of the message is sent to the recipient, and a full representation of the message, including the included entities, is sent to a server. If the SMS message is received at a device that is equipped with software that can retrieve and render the rich representation, then the device queries the server to determine whether there is a rich message that corresponds to the SMS message. If such a message exists, then the message is communicated to the recipient's device and is rendered in place of the SMS message.
US10484313B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for navigating a workflow using a text messaging interface. A client device executes an application. The application renders the messaging interface on a display. The application also renders within the messaging interface a response to a previous selection of a first user interface element. The application further renders a second user interface element within the messaging interface that, when manipulated, causes the application to remove the response and the second user interface element from the messaging interface and also to rerender the first user interface element within the messaging interface.
US10484312B2
The embodiments herein relate to a method in a user equipment (605) for communicating with a base station (603) in a communications network (600). The user equipment (605) is configured to communicate with the base station (603) according to a selectable of at least two user equipment categories. The user equipment (605) selects one of the at least two user equipment categories if information indicating the one of the user equipment categories is received from the base station (603). The user equipment (605) selects a default of the user equipment categories if no information indicating which of the user equipment categories is received from the base station (603). The user equipment (605) determines a soft buffer size according to the selected user equipment category. The user equipment (605) communicates with the base station (603) according to the selected user equipment category and applying the determined soft buffer size.
US10484310B1
Systems and methods of transmitting data packets in a live data feed are provided. A live data processing system receives a plurality of tracking data packets that are obtained using radar devices and image capturing devices. The live data processing system determines that a particular tracking data packet is missing from the plurality of tracking data packets based on a predetermined order for receiving the plurality of tracking data packets. The live data processing system queues the plurality of tracking data packets. The live data processing system generates a plurality of message packets based on the plurality of tracking data packets and the particular tracking data packet that is received after receiving the plurality of tracking data packets. The live data processing system transmits, in the live data feed, the plurality of message packets in the predetermined order to a plurality of devices for display.
US10484295B2
The present disclosure discloses a method, an apparatus and a system for controlling a service transmission rate. The method includes acquiring service transmission rate information reported by service gateways in a service gateway group in a distributed environment, the service gateways being gateways that transmit service data in parallel to an identical destination address and limit a transmission rate of service data based on respective flow limiting thresholds; adjusting a flow limiting threshold allocated to each service gateway to a specified value to obtain a specified threshold when a service transmission rate indicated by the service transmission rate information is greater than a flow limiting threshold corresponding to the service gateway, the specified values satisfying that a sum of the specified values on the service gateways is not greater than a bandwidth allocated by an operator to the destination address; and sending the specified thresholds to the service gateways. The present disclosure solves a technical problem that there is no technical solution effectively ensuring that a total traffic of flows limited in parallel satisfies an expected threshold after the flows pass through multiple service gateways in a distributed environment.
US10484291B2
A method and system are provided for measuring the bandwidth of a network segment between a first location and a second location by generating a plurality of synthetic packets at the first location and marking each generated synthetic packet with a transmission timestamp indicative of a first clock time at which the synthetic packet is generated; transmitting each of the generated synthetic packets to the second location; receiving each synthetic packet at the second location and marking each received synthetic packet with a reception timestamp indicative of a second clock time at which the synthetic packet is received at the second location; calculating an inter-packet delay variation of the network segment based on the transmission timestamp and the reception timestamp of two or more synthetic packets; and deriving an available bandwidth of the network segment based on the calculated inter-packet delay variation.
US10484286B2
A device, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium that determine a reliability level for a communication network. A packet delivery ratio (PDR) is determined for a round period of the communication network operating at an adaptive reliability level based on a packet serial number (PSN). The communication network is controlled in a best effort mode, a reliable mode, or a switching mode based on the PDR.
US10484278B2
Methods and systems for detecting an application associated with a given IP flow and differentially forwarding packets based on determined application are provided. According to one embodiment, an initial Internet Protocol (IP) packet of an IP flow is received by a network device. An application with which the initial IP packet is associated is determined by the network device. Based on the determined application, a forwarding rule to be applied to the initial IP packet is identified by the network device. Thereafter, the initial IP packet and subsequent IP packets associated with the IP flow are forwarded by the network device based on the identified forwarding rule.
US10484271B2
Interest packets are provided that include a dual control plane and forwarding plane function that avoids the asymmetry associated with traditional information centric networking. Interest packets are used to update the control plane for routing purposes, as well as to request data from the content caches and providers. Instead of identifying a return path, the interest packets include an identifier of other content advertised by the client device issuing the interest packet. An advertised content identifier is stored in a data structure with an identification of the corresponding client device. Data packets include the advertised content identifier of the corresponding interest packet, in addition to the name of the requested content. When a data packet is received for requested content, the advertised content identifier is used to determine where to route the data packet.
US10484262B2
Techniques for dynamically cloning application infrastructures are provided. In one embodiment, a computer system can monitor one or more metrics pertaining to an infrastructure for an application at a first site. If the one or more metrics exceed or fall below one or more corresponding thresholds, the computer system can clone the infrastructure at a second site distinct from the first site, thereby enabling the application to be hosted at the second site.
US10484261B2
Described is a method for performance measurement of a communication device. The method comprises: executing active probing by a communication device coupled to another communication device via a network forming a communication link; reading operational data associated with the communication link in response to executing active probing; and measuring performance, by the communication device, of the communication link with reference to the communication link, the performance measured according to the read operational data.
US10484260B2
A method that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, receiving at a media resource center a first pairing key from a first mobile device server and enabling the first mobile device to access at least one media device based on the first pairing key, where the at least one media device is operably coupled with the media resource center, where the first mobile devices provides media services by executing a web server application that utilizes the at least one media device, and where the first mobile device communicates with a second mobile device server to provide the media services. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10484255B2
In one embodiment, a device receives health status data indicative of a health status of a data source in a network that provides collected telemetry data from the network for analysis by a machine learning-based network analyzer. The device maintains a performance model for the data source that models the health of the data source. The device computes a trustworthiness index for the telemetry data provided by the data source based on the received health status data and the performance model for the data source. The device adjusts, based on the computed trustworthiness index for the telemetry data provided by the data source, one or more parameters used by the machine learning-based network analyzer to analyze the telemetry data provided by the data source.
US10484245B2
The present invention faces the issues of inactivating a particular control rule parameter, only for a given control rule and whilst maintaining this particular control rule parameter for other control rules and provides for methods and apparatuses whereby, upon determining by a control server that a particular parameter is no longer applicable for a first control rule, a modified control rule is determined that includes a removal indicator indicating the particular parameter to be removed for the first control rule previously installed and not for other control rules. The modified control rule is submitted to an enforcing device which removes the particular parameter only for the first control rule previously installed and not for others.
US10484241B2
A communication system that includes a base unit and one or more end units that communicate over a primary communication link using a first communication protocol and a secondary communication link using a second protocol. The secondary communication link may be a shorter range communication link than the primary communication link. The secondary communication link may be used to transmit and receive registration information, configuration settings, and status information between the end units and the base unit.
US10484230B2
System for adjusting a reference constellation for demodulating an optical signal include a coherent electro-optical receiver configured to convert a received optical signal to a plurality of electrical signals, an array of analog-to-digital convertors configured to digitize the plurality of electrical signals, and processor logic. The processor logic is configured to process the digitized plurality of electrical signals using a reference constellation to yield a plurality of decoded signals and a signal quality measurement. The reference constellation includes an inphase component equal to an ideal inphase component plus an inphase offset and a quadrature component equal to an ideal quadrature component plus a quadrature offset. The processor logic is configured to determine an optimal inphase offset and optimal quadrature offset. The processor logic is configured to update the reference constellation using the optimal inphase offset and the optimal quadrature offset.
US10484229B2
A PAM reception circuit includes a first comparison circuit that outputs a first bit value in two-bit values based on a result of a comparison between a reception signal of pulse amplitude modulation 4 in which the two-bit values are associated with four potential levels divided by three threshold values by gray codes and a first threshold value which is a center of the three threshold values, an absolute value circuit that outputs an absolute value of a difference between the reception signal and the first threshold value or a negative value obtained by inverting a sign of the absolute value from a positive sign to a negative sign, and a second comparison circuit that outputs a second bit value in the two-bit values based on a result of a comparison between a second threshold value which is larger than the first threshold value in the three threshold values.
US10484228B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A transmitting device may transmit a wakeup message to another device. The wakeup message may be transmitted using a transmit diversity scheme in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. The transmit diversity may, for example, include a cyclic shift diversity scheme, a phase rotation scheme, a symbol generation scheme, or combinations thereof. The transmit diversity may in some cases improve a communication range of the wakeup message or otherwise benefit the wireless communications system.
US10484226B2
There is provided an enhanced OFDM communication system using an enhanced channel estimation and data detection techniques. The system is based on replacing pilot symbols by real-valued information symbols, which enables realizing one-shot blind channel estimator (OSBCE) with low complexity. The channel estimator used is equivalent to pilot-based channel estimators for a wide range of signal to noise ratios (SNRs), yet, the OSBCE offers higher power and spectral efficiencies.
US10484225B2
Examples described herein include systems and methods which include wireless devices and systems with examples of mixing input data with coefficient data specific to a processing mode selection. For example, a computing system with processing units may mix the input data for a transmission in a radio frequency (RF) wireless domain with the coefficient data to generate output data that is representative of the transmission being processed according to a specific processing mode selection. The processing mode selection may include a single processing mode, a multi-processing mode, or a full processing mode. The processing mode selection may be associated with an aspect of a wireless protocol. Examples of systems and methods described herein may facilitate the processing of data for 5G wireless communications in a power-efficient and time-efficient manner.
US10484212B2
Wireless communications systems and methods related to over-the-air uplink-downlink (UL-DL) reciprocity calibration. A central unit transmits downlink (DL) calibration reference signal (RS) and a calibration request. The central unit receives, in response to the calibration request, a first uplink (UL) calibration RS and a first DL channel estimate associated with a first transmission point (TP) and a first wireless communication device. The central unit transmits a DL coordinated multipoint (CoMP) joint transmission signal according to an uplink-downlink (UL-DL) reciprocity calibration. The UL-DL reciprocity calibration is based on at least a first UL channel estimate based on the first UL calibration RS, the first DL channel estimate, a second UL channel estimate associated with a second TP and the first wireless communication device, and a second DL channel estimate associated with the second TP and the first wireless communication device.
US10484210B2
An apparatus, such as a base station or a user equipment, includes a transceiver configured to receive a first signal that is a superposition of symbols transmitted concurrently by users in shared resources of an air interface. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to iteratively cancel, for the users, interference produced by the symbols transmitted by other users on the basis of log likelihood ratios (LLRs) that represent likelihoods that previous estimates of the symbols transmitted by the other users are correct. The processor is also configured to iteratively decode the symbols transmitted by the users after canceling the interference produced by the symbols transmitted by the other users.
US10484194B2
A system for controlling a plurality of building technology devices, in particular lighting units, by sending messages over a network, is provided, the system comprising: a plurality of building technology devices, and a network functionally connecting said building technology devices, wherein at least one of the building technology devices is a message issuing building technology device configured to send multicast or broadcast messages to a plurality of or all of the remaining building technology devices. The network is arranged such that at least three, preferably each of the remaining building technology devices form at least one ring network topology, and wherein the remaining building technology devices in such ring network topology are configured to exchange unicast messages in this at least one ring network topology.
US10484188B2
The present invention provides a method for authenticating distributed peripherals on a computer network using an array of physically unclonable functions (PUF). As each PUF is unique, each PUF is able to generate a plurality of challenge response pairs that are unique to that PUF. The integrated circuits of the PUF comprise a plurality of cells, where a parameter (such as a voltage) of each cell may be measured (possibly averaged over many readings). The plurality of cells in the PUF may be arranged in a one, two or more dimensional matrix. A protocol based on an addressable PUF generator (APG) allows the protection of a network having distributed peripherals such as Internet of things (IoT), smart phones, lap top and desk top computers, or ID cards. This protection does not require the storage of a database of passwords, or secret keys. and thereby is immune to traditional database hacking attacks.
US10484179B1
A System, Computer Program Product, and computer-executable method for testing data consistency in a replicated data storage environment, wherein the replicated data storage environment includes a production site and a target site, wherein the target site is located within a cloud storage provider, the System, Computer Program Product, and computer-executable method includes receiving a request for a data consistency check of encrypted data stored at the target site, retrieving replicated signatures from the target site, retrieving production signatures from the production site, and determining data consistency based on an analysis of the replicated signatures and the production signatures.
US10484176B2
A server receives a piece of data for encryption. The server encrypts the piece of data such that no single key can decrypt the encrypted piece of data and any combination of a first multiple of unique keys taken a second multiple at a time are capable of decrypting the encrypted piece of data. Each of the first multiple of unique keys is tied to account credentials of a different user. The second multiple is less than or equal to the first multiple. The encrypted piece of data is returned.
US10484175B2
A digital medium environment includes a computing device (e.g., a mobile device), a digital signage device, and a server. The computing device is coupled to the digital signage device via a first communication channel, e.g., according to a low emissions protocol. The digital signage device is coupled to the server via a second communication channel that is encrypted. Security is achieved using a one-time-use token and a resolution provided by the computing device that proves the computing device knows a factorization, known to both the digital signage device and the server, without exposing the factorization in the resolution. The token is communicated from the server to the digital signage device, and is not exposed to the computing device. Thus, the authentication techniques described herein are robust and secure to an attack of communication between the computing device and the digital signage device, and are seamless to the user.
US10484173B2
A method of calculating the x-coordinate(xM) of a point mapping in an elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman key exchange protocol (EC-DHKF), wherein the point mapping is defined as sG+H, where sG is a point (xS,yS) on an elliptic curve and H is a point (xH,yH) on the elliptic curve, including: computing V=yS2 based upon the elliptic curve and xS; computing W=yH2 based upon the elliptic curve and xH; computing U=sqrt(W·V)mod p, where p is a large prime number; choosing U′=U or U′=p−U such that U′ based upon a characteristic agreed upon by the parties to the EC-DHKF; computing xM based upon V, W, U′, xS, xH, and p.
US10484171B2
An encoder including a computer readable storage medium storing program instructions, and a processor executing the program instructions, the processor configured to generate a k-bit key, where k is a positive integer, estimate an upper bound of a number of eavesdropped links, encode each bit of the k-bit key using a random matrix of a selected rank, and transmit the encoded k-bit key through a network that performs linear operations on packets.
US10484166B2
A receiver includes: an A/D converter that performs an analog digital conversion of an input signal; an equalizer that equalizes an output from the A/D converter, eliminates inter code interference and obtains a data output; a timing recovery part that generates a recovery clock from the data output of the equalizer; a detector that detects the timing when an input signal varies from a no-signal state and has reached a predetermined threshold; and an initial phase setting part that sets as the initial phase of the recovery clock by the timing recovery part, a timing when the predetermined time has elapsed after the timing detected by the detector.
US10484163B2
The present technology improves synchronization of a slave node with a master node in a network using PTP packets in which the slave node is coupled to the working master node through at least one boundary node. The technology establishes a synchronization communication session between the boundary node and the slave node in which the synchronization communication session is configured to measure a first timing delay from the boundary node to the slave node, and establishes a transparent communication session between the master node and the slave node through the boundary timing node in which the transparent communication session configured to measure a second timing delay from the master node to the slave node. Using the sessions, the technology adjusts a timing delay correction factor according to the first timing delay and the second timing delay, and synchronizes the slave node with the master node according to the correction factor.
US10484158B2
Provided is a method and an apparatus for signaling allocation of resources in a joint transmission communication system. The method includes determining one of a plurality of resource allocation schemes to be implemented by two or more of a plurality of transmission points (TPs) comprising a set of coordinated TPs for enabling said two or more of said TPs to transmit data to a scheduled user equipment (UE). The method may comprise determining a bit length of a resource allocation field for a resource allocation signal message based on a number N of resource blocks groups (RBGs) related to a bandwidth of the joint transmission communication system and a number M of TPs comprising said set of coordinated TPs and further include formatting the resource allocation signal message to provide the resource allocation field based on said determined bit length. The resource allocation signal message is transmitted from only one of said set of coordinated TPs to said scheduled UE.
US10484152B2
The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data rate beyond a 4G communication system such as LTE. Disclosed is a method and apparatus for transmitting or receiving a reference signal in a beamforming communication system. The method comprises the steps of: generating a reference signal sequence for a reference signal that can be used for beam searching; mapping the reference signal sequence to modulation symbols corresponding to resource elements having a predetermined identical subcarrier spacing among resource elements that can be used to transmit the reference signal; generating an OFDM symbol signal including the modulation symbols; and transmitting the OFDM symbol signal using at least one predetermined transmission beam among transmission beams that can be used by a base station.
US10484146B2
Methods and Apparatus are provided for downlink retransmission of Code Block Groups (CBGs) when CBG level ACK and NACK feedback is unreliable. A User Equipment (UE) transmits to a Base Station (BS) feedback indicating an Acknowledgement (ACK) or a Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) corresponding to each of received set of CBGs transmitted by the BS to the UE. The BS receives and decodes the feedback and transmits back to the UE information regarding a result of the decoding. The UE, based on the received information, determines whether the BS correctly received and decoded the ACK/NACK feedback, and in some cases, ACKs and NACKs corresponding to which CBGs were incorrectly decoded by the BS. The UE processes retransmitted CBGs received from the BS based on this determination.
US10484145B2
Methods and apparatuses for determining HARQ timing in a communication system supporting Carrier Aggregation (CA) are provided. A method for receiving, at a BS, a HARQ feedback from a UE in a communication system supporting CA of a Pcell and at least one Scell is provided. The Pcell and Scell support either FDD or TDD. The method comprises: transmitting a downlink physical channel through one of the Pcell and Scell; receiving the HARQ feedback corresponding to the downlink physical channel of the Pcell at a first timing predetermined for the Pcell; and receiving the HARQ feedback corresponding to the downlink physical channel of the Scell at a second timing. The second timing is determined according to one or more of duplex modes of the Pcell and the Scell, a scheduling mode of the Scell, and predefined rules.
US10484144B2
The present disclosure may enable a buffer to accommodate HARQ processes for transmissions with different TTIs when the UE is configured for legacy communications and ULL communications. The apparatus may allocate a first number of HARQ IDs to a first portion of a buffer, the first number of HARQ IDs being associated with a first transmission TTI HARQ process. In addition, the apparatus may allocate a second number of HARQ IDs to a second portion of the buffer. In an aspect, the second number of HARQ IDs may be associated with a second TTI HARQ process. In addition, the first portion and second portion may not change a total buffer size. The apparatus may also receive a HARQ response associated with a HARQ ID allocated to the first portion or the second portion.
US10484142B2
A method for a terminal transmitting a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) ACK/NACK feedback by using a terminal-specific TDD frame in a wireless communication system may comprise the steps of: receiving a downlink control channel from a corresponding subframe of the terminal-specific TDD frame; and transmitting a HARQ ACK/NACK for the downlink control channel from an uplink subframe that is the most adjacent to the corresponding subframe among subframes coming after at least four subframes from the corresponding subframe.
US10484140B2
A method and system for packet retransmission that includes transmitting or receiving, by a transceiver, a plurality of packets. Next, a determination is made for a memory allocation between a retransmission function and one or more of an interleaving and a deinterleaving function, wherein the memory allocation is based on at least one communication parameter. Then, an identification of at least one packet of the plurality of packets as a packet that should not be retransmitted is performed.
US10484133B2
A decoder or a decoding method for decoding a data signal is provided by iteratively constructing a decoding tree comprising nodes, each representing a component of a symbol of a data signal, each iteration comprising, for a current node of the tree stored in the top of the stack; generating a reference child node of the current node from the data signal; from the reference child node, generating a first and second neighbor child nodes by subtracting/adding a positive integer parameter from/to the value of the reference node; storing in the stack three child nodes derived from the reference, first and second neighbor child nodes, the nodes stored in the stack being ordered by increasing values of a node metric; removing the current node stack; selecting the top node of the stack as the new current node. The data signal is estimated from the stack node information.
US10484127B2
Provided are methods for repeatedly transceiving a common control message for a machine-type communication (MTC) terminal in a wireless access system supporting MTC, and apparatuses supporting the methods. A method for receiving a common control message for an MTC terminal in a wireless access system supporting MTC according to one embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: receiving a channel status information reference signal (CSI-RS); and receiving a common control message from a subframe in which the CSI-RS is received. Here, the common control message can be configured so as to be repeatedly transmitted from a previously configured number of subframes comprising the subframe.
US10484125B2
A communication system includes first and second devices. The first device includes a first transmitter and a first receiver. The first transmitter transmits one data of a first type using one or more first channels over a first communication link to the second device. The first receiver receives one data of a second type, from the second device, using one or more second channels over the first communication link. The second device includes a second transmitter and a second receiver. The second receiver receives the one data of the first type using the one or more first channels over the first communication link, and to generate the one data of the second type based on the one data of the first type. The second transmitter transmits the one data of the second type using one or more second channels over the first communication link to the first device.
US10484115B2
An apparatus comprises a digital input port configured to receive digital audio packets of main program service (MPS) audio; a modem operatively coupled to the digital port; an analog input port configured to receive an audio engineer society format (AES) audio signal that is a digitized version of the analog signal component of the frequency modulation (FM) hybrid radio signal; and an alignment unit configured to time-align the AES audio signal with the digital audio packets at the modem; wherein the modem is configured to generate the FM hybrid radio signal using the digital audio packets and the time-aligned AES audio signal.
US10484110B2
In some embodiments, a positioning system is configured to position a plurality of antennas about a device under test (DUT). According to one embodiment, a positioning system includes a first positioner configured to hold a DUT and to provide motion of the DUT about a first axis, and a second positioner configured to hold a first antenna and to provide motion of the first antenna about a second axis.
US10484103B2
An example embodiment provides a transceiver for communication includes a timing determiner that detects a fall from high level to low level of a bus signal generated by pulse width modulation of a clock signal and input from a communication bus; a transmission data signal delay adjuster that determines a second timing having a predetermined time difference from a first timing, the bus signal rising from the low level to the high level at the first timing; an encoder that extends a low level of the bus signal by changing a data signal to be output to the communication bus from high level to low level; and a timing adjustment circuit that changes the data signal to the low level at the second timing.
US10484100B2
The present invention relates to an optical module and optical module system using the same. The optical module comprises a transceiving unit, an antenna and an MCU. The transceiving unit receives control commands from one or more control computers via the antenna and transfers them to the MCU. Then the MCU processes the control commands and provides feedback information to the one or more control computers through the transceiving unit. In the optical module of the present invention, as a result of an additional IOT wireless unit, the optical module is capable of communicating with remote control computers, thereby achieving remote testing and control for optical modules, instead of using conventional control methods for optical modules.
US10484099B2
A system configured to communicate with a vehicle on-board system of a vehicle. The system includes a ground sub-system configured to provide power to and to communicate with the vehicle on-board system. The ground sub-system includes an integrated power and communications connector including a socket having a conductive portion and an optical communication portion. The integrated power and communications connector is configured to supply power to the vehicle on-board system via the conductive portion, and is configured to communicate data between the vehicle on-board system and the ground sub-system via the optical communication portion.
US10484094B2
An optical signal transmission system comprising a multimode optical fiber link. The multimode optical fiber link is for transmission of a plurality of optical signals in a plurality of spatial modes supported by the multimode optical fiber link. The optical signal transmission system comprises a photonic device in the form of a spatial mode add drop multiplexer coupled to the multimode optical fiber link and configured for at least one of coupling into the multimode optical fiber link an optical signal of the plurality of optical signals into a spatial mode of the plurality of spatial modes and coupling out of the multimode optical fiber link and into an optical fiber the optical signal of the spatial mode.
US10484090B2
Method for changing the identification code of a light source in visible light communication systems
The invention relates to a method for changing the identification code of a light source in a visible light communication system, which visible light communication system comprises the light source, a driver system to drive the light source, and a server that is not able to communicate directly with the driver system, and which method makes use of a first mobile device comprising an image sensor, a processing unit, a network adapter, and a transmitter, wherein the processing unit is configured to process an output of the image sensor, wherein the processing unit is configured to communicate with the server via the network adapter, and wherein the processing unit is configured to send signals to the driver system using the transmitter, said method comprising the following steps: a. receiving a signal from the server by the network adapter of the first mobile device, said signal comprising a command to change the identification code of the light source from a first ID code to a second ID code; and b. transmitting, by the transmitter of the first mobile device, a signal to the driver system, said signal comprising a command to change the identification code of the light source to a second ID code.
US10484089B1
A device, including a switch configured to couple a current source with an output terminal upon receipt of a data signal, is provided. The device also includes a first variable capacitor coupled in parallel to the current source at a common node on a source terminal of the switch, wherein the first variable capacitor comprises multiple capacitive elements coupled in parallel and configured to be activated by a programmable signal, and wherein the programmable signal is selected to increase a charge transfer rate from an output terminal coupled to a load, when the switch is turned on. A system and a serial interface including the above device are also provided.
US10484082B2
Space asset tracking system includes a space asset tag (SAT) disposed in a tag housing. A space vehicle tracking system (SVTS) disposed within the tag housing includes a power supply, a position sensing receiver system (PSRS), and a ground link radio frequency (GLRF) transmitter under the control of a processing circuit. The processing circuit selectively causes the GLRF transmitter to automatically transmit tracking information based on the position information. The system can also include a ground station for receiving the tracking information.
US10484081B1
A receiving terminal for communication via NGSO satellites comprises an outdoor unit coupled to an indoor unit via optical fibers. The outdoor unit comprises an array antenna for capturing signals from the satellites; low-noise amplifiers; analog-to-digital conversion blocks for converting the captured signals to digital signals; a pre-processor for performing a wavefront multiplexing transform on the digital signals and generating wavefront multiplexed signals; and RF-to-optical drivers for transforming the wavefront multiplexed signals to optical waveforms. The indoor unit comprises optical-to-RF converters for optical demodulating the optical waveforms to recover the wavefront multiplexed signals; a post-processor for performing a wavefront demultiplexing transform on the wavefront multiplexed signals to recover the digital signals, the wavefront demultiplexing transform being an inverse of the wavefront multiplexing transform; a remote digital beam-forming network for generating receive beam signals from the recovered digital signals; and RF demodulators for generating data streams from the receive beam signals.
US10484073B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a precoding information collection method and a transmission device and relate to the communications field. A specific solution is: precoding, by a transmit side, a first pilot signal according to a first precoding matrix, and sending a precoded first pilot signal to a receive side, where the first precoding matrix is the same as a precoding matrix used for current data transmission; precoding, by the transmit side, N second pilot signals according to N second precoding matrices, and sending N precoded second pilot signals to the receive side, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, the second precoding matrices used for precoding the second pilot signals are different from each other, and the N second precoding matrices are different from the first precoding matrix; and receiving, by the transmit side, precoding feedback information sent by the receive side.
US10484060B2
A method and a device for transmitting channel state information in a mobile communication system are disclosed. The method includes the steps of: receiving signal information comprising information indicating a reporting mode for channel status information and information related to a codebook subset configuration for use in reporting the channel status information; determining whether to apply codebook subsampling to a master codebook based on the codebook subset configuration and the reporting mode; upon determining to apply the codebook subsampling to the master codebook, generating a subsampled codebook by subsampling the master codebook and generating the channel status information comprising a PMI generated based on the subsampled codebook; and transmitting the channel status information to a base station.
US10484059B2
A method, wireless device and network node for determining an indication of a precoder are provided. According to one aspect, a method in a wireless device includes determining and the indication of the precoder from a codebook, the indication comprising a first beam phase parameter and a second beam phase parameter corresponding to a first beam and a second beam respectively. The first beam phase parameter takes on one of a first integer number of phase values and the second beam phase parameter takes on one of a second integer number of phase values. At least one of the following conditions apply: the second integer number of phase values is less than the first number of phase values, and the second frequency-granularity is greater than the first frequency-granularity. The method includes transmitting the determined indication of a precoder to the network node. According to another aspect, the second beam has less power than the first beam and the second integer number of phase values is less than the first integer number of phase values.
US10484058B2
A transmission method includes encoding processing that generates an encoded block, modulation processing that generates symbols from the encoded block, phase change processing that changes the phase of the symbols, and transmission processing that arranges the symbols in data carriers and transmits the symbols. The transmission processing configures a frame by arranging symbol groups in order in the frequency direction and transmits the frame. The symbol groups each include a symbol generated from a first encoded block and a symbol generated from a second encoded block. The phase change processing includes changing the phase of symbols the same symbol group using the same phase change value.
US10484053B2
Diversity receiver front end system with methods for improving signal processing using tunable matching circuits. The methods can include tuning impedance matching circuits based on frequency bands. For a first path, an impedance can be provided that reduces an in-band noise figure, increases an in-band gain, decreases an out-of-band noise figure, and/or decreases an out-of-band gain. In this way, signals propagated along selectively activated paths between an input of a receiving system and an output of the receiving system can be improved. The signals can be amplified using amplifiers disposed on corresponding paths between the input and output of the receiving system.
US10484050B2
A near field communication ring configured to be worn by a user is provided. The NFC ring may include at least one metal ring having a gap, a chip, and an antenna, wherein the chip and the antenna may be fixed to the at least one metal ring having a gap, and wherein the chip, using the antenna, is configured to provide a near field communication with an external device.
US10484043B1
Described is a system for adaptive blind source separation. A time-series of data points from one or more mixtures of source signals is continuously passed through adaptable filters, where each filter has a corresponding output signal. An error of each output signal is determined, and a filter state of each filter is determined using the error signals. A set of filter center frequencies are adapted using the set of error signals and the filter states, resulting in new filter center frequencies. The set of filter center frequencies are updated with the new filter center frequencies. Finally, separated source signals are extracted from the mixture of signals.
US10484027B2
In some aspects, a method for phase multiplexing includes receiving a plurality of phases, selecting one of the plurality of phases based on a select signal using a multiplexer, and outputting the selected one of the plurality of phases at an output of the multiplexer. The method also includes gating the output of the multiplexer during a glitch at the output of the multiplexer.
US10484023B2
Systems and methods enable wireless devices to measure interference and allow coexistence by preventing transmission on bands that are currently in use by other devices.
US10484015B2
A data storage system includes multiple head nodes and data storage sleds. The data storage sleds include multiple mass storage devices and a sled controller. Respective ones of the head nodes are configured to obtain credentials for accessing particular portions of the mass storage devices of the data storage sleds. A sled controller of a data storage sled determines whether a head node attempting to perform a write on a mass storage device of a data storage sled that includes the sled controller is presenting with the write request a valid credential for accessing the mass storage devices of the data storage sled. If the credentials are valid, the sled controller causes the write to be performed and if the credentials are invalid, the sled controller returns a message to the head node indicating that it has been fenced off from the mass storage device.
US10484014B2
An operating method of a controller includes generating a square message matrix of k×k; and generating an encoded message by encoding the square message matrix row by row through a Bose-Chadhuri-Hocquenghem (BCH) code, wherein the square message matrix includes an upper triangular matrix and a lower triangular matrix, which are symmetrical to each other with reference to zero-padding blocks included in a diagonal direction in the square message matrix, wherein the upper triangular matrix includes “β” numbers of message blocks, each of which has a size of “α+1”, and “(N−β)” numbers of message blocks, each of which has a size of “α”, and wherein “α”, “β” and N have relationships represented by equations 1 and 2: α = ⌊ M N ⌋ [ Equation 1 ] β = M mod N [ Equation 2 ] where “M” represents a size of a message input from a host and “N” represents a number of message blocks forming the upper triangular matrix.
US10484008B2
Decoding method includes calculating cyclic redundancy check (CRC) parity bits for data on-the-fly; performing a low-density parity-check (LDPC) decoding for the data; if it is determined that an iteration of is finished, updating the calculated CRC parity bits to generate CRC parity bits; comparing the generated CRC parity bits with CRC bits included in the data; and terminating the LDPC decoding based on the comparison result.
US10484006B2
An arithmetic encoder is provided for converting an event sequence comprised of a plurality of events to an information sequence comprised of at least one information piece, and includes a core engine for receiving an event of the event sequence, and a probability estimate from a probability estimator, and generating zero or more pieces of the information sequence responsive to the received event and the probability estimate by bounding the ratio of events to information pieces. An arithmetic encoder is provided that is capable of constraining a number of events in at least one event sequence as a function of the number of generated information pieces in at least one information sequence. An arithmetic decoder is provided for converting an information sequence comprised of at least one information piece to an event sequence comprised of a plurality of events, and includes a core engine for processing at least one information piece of the information sequence from the sequencer responsive to a probability estimate received from a probability estimator to generate at least one event by accounting for a bounded ratio of events to information pieces in the information sequence.
US10484005B1
A PDM (pulse density modulation) signal energy detection circuit includes a digital-to-analog converter circuit for receiving a PDM digital input signal and producing an analog output signal based on the PDM digital input signal. The PDM signal energy detection circuit also includes a comparator circuit for receiving the analog output signal from the digital-to-analog converter circuit and producing a pulsed signal when a magnitude of the analog output signal exceeds a pre-set threshold. The PDM signal energy detection circuit also has a counter circuit for receiving the pulsed signal from the comparator circuit and producing an energy detection signal when a number of consecutive pulsed signals exceed a pre-set count.
US10483999B1
An apparatus may include a circuit configured to generate, by an analog to digital converter (ADC), one or more ADC samples based on an input signal. The circuit may be further configured to generate a first estimated signal using a first channel pulse response estimation with a gain constraint based on the one or more ADC samples and generate a second estimated signal using a second channel pulse response estimation with a phase constraint based on the one or more ADC samples.
US10483996B1
Apparatus and associated methods relate to modulating polarity on sample outputs from a time-interleaved analog-to-digital converter (TIADC) as an input to a time skew extractor in a clock skew calibration control loop. In an illustrative example, a multiplier-mixer may impart a polarity change to every other data sample transmitted between the TIADC and the time skew extractor. In some examples, a multiplexer may select between the polarity modulated samples and non-polarity modulated samples before the multiplier-mixer. Selection between the polarity modulated samples and the non-polarity modulated samples may be based on, for example, determination of specific frequency bands of an analog input signal. Various embodiments may improve convergence of clock skew calibration control loops for analog input signals sampled with a TIADC near a Nyquist frequency.
US10483992B2
A variable capacitor is provided. The variable capacitor includes a plurality of capacitor segments. The plurality of capacitor segments are connected in parallel within the variable capacitor. When a plurality of candidate capacitances allowable to the variable capacitor according to a connection state of the plurality of capacitor segments connected in parallel are sorted in a magnitude sequence, the plurality of candidate capacitances form a geometric series. The variable capacitor is used for a Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO), and the VCO is used for a Phase Locked Loop (PLL).
US10483988B1
A synchronization circuit may include: a variable delay circuit configured to delay a first clock signal by a varied delay time according to delay control signals, and configured to output a delayed signal of the variable delay circuit as a second clock signal; a phase detector configured to generate a phase detection signal by detecting a phase difference between the first and second clock signals; and a delay control circuit configured to perform a phase unstable period detection operation according to the phase detection signal, and configured to perform a delay skip operation to adjust the delay control signals such that a phase unstable period, detected in the phase unstable period detection operation, is skipped in a delay time tuning operation.
US10483985B2
An oscillator using a supply regulation loop and a method of operating the oscillator are provided. The oscillator includes a reference voltage generator configured to generate reference voltages from a supply voltage, a supply regulation loop circuit including a first operational amplifier and a transistor, the first operational amplifier being configured to receive a first reference voltage of the reference voltages, and the transistor being connected to an output terminal of the first operational amplifier, and a frequency locked loop (FLL) circuit configured to generate a clock signal, based on an input voltage determined based on a current flowing in the transistor and a second reference voltage of the reference voltages, wherein the first operational amplifier may include an input terminal configured to receive the first reference voltage and to receive negative feedback from the transistor, and the output terminal being configured to generate an output voltage independent of noise of the supply voltage.
US10483979B2
A multi-chip package includes a field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) integrated-circuit (IC) chip configured to perform a logic function based on a truth table, wherein the field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) integrated-circuit (IC) chip comprises multiple non-volatile memory cells therein configured to store multiple resulting values of the truth table, and a programmable logic block therein configured to select, in accordance with one of the combinations of its inputs, one from the resulting values into its output; and a memory chip coupling to the field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) integrated-circuit (IC) chip, wherein a data bit width between the field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) integrated-circuit (IC) chip and the memory chip is greater than or equal to 64.
US10483978B1
An example apparatus includes a memory device comprising a plurality of banks of memory cells. A particular bank of memory cells among the plurality of banks includes a system processor resident on a particular bank of the plurality of banks.
US10483974B2
In an embodiment, a system includes a plurality of functional circuits, a power supply circuit, and a power management circuit. The power supply circuit may generate a shared power signal coupled to each of the functional circuits, and to generate a plurality of adjustable power signals. One adjustable power signal may be coupled to a particular functional circuit of the functional circuits. The power management circuit may a request to the power supply circuit to change a voltage level of the one particular adjustable power signal from a first voltage to a second voltage. The particular functional circuit may couple a respective power node for a sub-circuit of the particular functional circuit to either of the shared power signal or the particular adjustable power signal. The particular functional circuit may also be configured to maintain an operational voltage level on the power node.
US10483972B2
A delay circuit includes an electronic transmission element with a first input and a first output. The first input is coupled to the first output by two first switches wired in parallel. The first switches each have a control input, a second input and a second output. The second input is coupled to the second output by two second switches wired in parallel. The circuit further includes an input circuit to receive an input signal and feed the input signal to one of the transmission element inputs and feed the inverted input signal to the other of the transmission element inputs, and an output circuit. The output circuit is configured such that the output signal only changes in the case of a change in the input signal if the change in the input signal has brought about a change both at the first output and at the second output.
US10483969B2
An input device includes: a switch to be switched by being pressed; a plurality of light sources including a first light source and a second light source; and a light guide that guides light emitted from each of the plurality of light sources. The light guide includes: an emission part that emits the light; a first light guide leg that is coupled to the emission part and guides first light to the emission part; and a second light guide leg that is coupled to the emission part and guides second light to the emission part. The emission part includes a first design that illuminates by reflecting the first light, and a second design that illuminates by reflecting the second light. The first light guide leg includes a first reflection surface that reflects the first light. The second light guide leg includes a second reflection surface that reflects the second light.
US10483962B2
A level shifter includes a driving circuit, which receives an input signal and outputs a driving signal in response to a first voltage level of the input signal; a level shifting circuit, which outputs an output signal of a second voltage level in response to the driving signal; and a leakage prevention circuit, which prevents a leakage current of the driving circuit, wherein the driving circuit may include at least one native transistor.
US10483960B2
A RF switch circuit includes a voltage divider circuit and a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device has an activated state and a deactivated state. The voltage divider circuit has an input terminal connected to a first line and an output terminal connected to a second line. The first line is connected to a power source. A gate terminal of the semiconductor device is connected to the second line. In the activated state, a source terminal and a drain terminal of the semiconductor device are each selectively connected to ground. In the deactivated state, the source terminal and the drain terminal of the semiconductor device are each selectively connected to the power source.
US10483959B2
An example device includes splitter logic to split an input sample having a predetermined number of bits into a first segment of most significant bits and a second segment of least significant bits. Pulse logic generates a pattern of pulses that correlate to the values of the most significant bits. Edge mover logic determines edge adjustment data based on the values of the least significant bits, the edge adjustment data representing an adjustment to at least one edge in the pattern of pulses. Combiner logic generates an enhanced pulse stream by adjusting at least one edge in the pattern of pulses based on the edge adjustment data.
US10483942B2
Aspects of this disclosure relate to an acoustic wave device that includes an acoustic obstacle disposed between canceling circuits coupled to one or more acoustic wave filters. The canceling circuits can cancel frequency components within different frequency bands. The acoustic obstacle can reduce acoustic coupling between the canceling circuits by scattering and/or absorbing acoustic energy.
US10483940B2
A signal conversion apparatus includes first and second input ports and first and second output ports. A first splitter is coupled to convert a first single-ended signal received on the first input port into a differential signal including first and second opposite-phase components, and to provide the first and second opposite-phase components respectively on the first and second output ports. A second splitter is separate from the first splitter and is coupled to convert a second single-ended signal received on the second input port into a common-mode signal including first and second in-phase components, and to provide the first and second in-phase components respectively on the first and second output ports together with the first and second opposite-phase components.
US10483939B2
A method of real-time impedance matching includes conveying a tool through a borehole where the tool includes a transmit cavity antenna and receive cavity antenna for transmitting and receiving signals through a subsurface formation. The tool also includes a cable for routing signals within the tool and at least one variable inductor or variable capacitor in an impedance-matching circuit. The method further includes measuring a reflection of a signal transmitted through the formation and determining a target impedance based on the impedance of the cable and the reflection. The method further includes adjusting the at least one variable inductor or variable capacitor such that the impedance of the matching circuit substantially equals the target impedance and receiving a signal from the formation via the adjusted impedance of the matching circuit.
US10483938B2
A tunable filter includes a first circuit and a second circuit. In both of them, the first inductor and the second inductor are connected in serial, and further connected with the first capacitor in parallel. The first end of the second capacitor is connected between the first inductor and the second inductor, and the second end of the second capacitor is grounded. The first end of the first capacitor of the first circuit is coupled to the input end of the tunable filter through a first coupling capacitor. The second end of the first capacitor of the first circuit is coupled to the first end of the first capacitor of the second circuit through a second coupling capacitor. The second end of the first capacitor of the second circuit is coupled to the output end of the tunable filter through a third coupling capacitor.
US10483935B2
A filter with three phases comprising for each phase an input terminal, an output terminal and a capacitor, wherein for each of the three phases the input terminal is electrically connected via a connection point to the output terminal, wherein the connection points of the three phases are electrically connected via the three capacitors in star and/or delta form, wherein the filter comprises a housing containing two coil blocks, wherein the housing comprises a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein the two coil blocks are arranged along a line between the first side and the second side, wherein a fan for cooling the two coil blocks is arranged on the first side of the housing, wherein the larger of the two coil blocks is arranged between the fan and the smaller of the two coil blocks.
US10483934B2
A device for audio leveling and sound enhancement to overcome the lower sounding level than an audio video transmission. The device is interposed at source, such an HDMI cable and a device that can reproduce the enhanced sound such as a television, computer monitor and the like. If the device includes an audio leveler and a pc board or chip having the requisite circuitry and/or software for enhancing the sound and which is in electrical communication with the audio leveler. The housing includes an input port for receiving the initial audio signal and an output port which connects to a audio reproducing device after the inputted signal has been processed.
US10483930B2
User adjustment of an audio effect of an audio device is facilitated to match a hearing sensitivity of a user. The user can tune the audio device with a minimum perceptible level unique to the user. The audio device can adjust the audio effect in accordance with the minimum perceptible level. For example, a loudness level can adjust automatically to ensure that the user maintains a perceptible loudness, adjusting according to environmental noise and according to the minimum perceptible level. Also described herein are apparatuses, systems and methods related to an audio device equipped with embedded audio sensors that can maximize a voice quality while minimizing the effects of noise.
US10483927B2
In some examples, an amplifier comprises a first integrator to receive a differential input signal, a second integrator coupled to the first integrator, a third integrator coupled to the second integrator, and a comparator to receive outputs of the second and third integrators, to compare each of the outputs to a reference signal that is below a power supply rail voltage supplied to the amplifier, and to produce an error current based on the comparison. The amplifier also comprises a feedback connection between the comparator and inputs to the second integrator. The feedback connection injects the inputs to the second integrator with a current that is determined at least in part by the error current.
US10483923B2
Apparatus are provided for amplifier systems and related circuits are provided. An exemplary circuit includes a main amplifier arrangement, first impedance matching circuitry coupled between the output of the main amplifier arrangement and a first circuit output, a peaking amplifier arrangement, and second impedance matching circuitry coupled between the output of the peaking amplifier arrangement and a second output of the circuit. In one exemplary embodiment, the first impedance matching circuitry and the second impedance matching circuitry have different circuit topologies and different physical topologies.
US10483921B2
Devices and methods for tuning a tunable circuit based on a frequency of operation of the tunable circuit using a clockless frequency detector circuit are described. The clockless frequency detector uses a filter having a slope in its frequency response curve that includes a frequency range of operation of the tunable circuit. Frequency-based attenuation through the filter of an RF signal provided to the tunable circuit is used to provide an indication of the frequency of operation. The tunable circuit, including the clockless frequency detector, can be integrated within a same chip that is autonomously configurable based on the frequency of operation.
US10483909B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to generate an oscillating output signal having a voltage swing greater than a voltage swing across nodes of active devices. An example oscillator includes a tank to generate an oscillating output signal in response receiving an edge of an enable signal; a feedback generator including a first gain stage forming a first feedback loop with the tank, the first feedback loop providing a first charge to maintain the oscillating output signal and a second gain stage forming a second feedback loop with the tank, the second feedback loop providing a second charge to maintain the oscillating output signal, the first and second charges combining with the oscillating output signal to generate a high voltage swing; and an attenuator connected between the tank and the feedback generator to isolate the tank from active components of the feedback generator.
US10483908B2
A wearable power management system includes: a bottom coating layer; a bottom center layer disposed above the bottom coating layer; a circuit layer disposed above the bottom center layer; a top center layer disposed above the circuit layer, and a top coating layer disposed above the top center layer. The bottom center layer and the top center layer are made of an ultra-low Young's modulus material. The Young's modulus of the bottom coating layer and the top coating layer is greater than the Young's modulus of the bottom center layer and the top center layer. The circuit layer includes a device layer and a connection layer disposed above the device layer.
US10483903B2
Provided is a control device of a home energy management system (HEMS). The control device includes a communication unit connected to an HEMS gateway, a storage unit configured to store information on power consumption of each of home appliances connected to the HEMS gateway, and a control unit configured to predict a power generation amount of a photovoltaic (PV) module connected to the HEMS gateway and generate information on usable time of each of the home appliances on the basis of the predicted result and the information on the power consumption.
US10483891B2
Embodiments herein relate to a permanent magnet (PM) dynamoelectric machine. The machine includes a drive shaft, a PM rotor assembly with multiple PMs arranged around a periphery of the rotor assembly, a first stator assembly including a stator yoke, having stator teeth mounted to the stator core with distal ends proximate the outer periphery of the rotor assembly separated by a first air gap and multiple stator coils mounted between the stator teeth. The machine also includes a second stator assembly including a stator yoke, having stator teeth mounted to the stator core with distal ends forming closed slots, proximate an inner periphery of the rotor assembly separated by a second air gap and at least one control coil, the a control coil wrapped about a saturable region of the stator teeth thereof, each saturable region is operable to divert magnetic flux of the PMs through the stator teeth.
US10483888B2
A method of compensating for rotor position error of a rotor of a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMG) that provides electrical power to a direct current (DC) power generating system, the method including obtaining PMG phase voltages and resolver processed angular position output when the PMG is driven by a prime mover. Once obtained, a PMG fundamental phase voltage waveform is selected by eliminating higher order harmonics. A mechanical angle of the rotor is then converted into an electrical angle, then the electrical angle is aligned within the mechanical angle with a corresponding PMG fundamental phase voltage angle by adjusting offset to the electrical angle. After alignment, a plurality of resolver error offset values associated with the electrical angle are stored and additional values to the compensation table are added by interpolating data between two corresponding resolver error offset values of the plurality of resolver error offset values.
US10483886B2
An example electrical power system includes a DC bus connected to a load, a plurality of generators driven by rotation of a common shaft, and a plurality of power converters. Each power converter includes an active rectifier controller that operates a respective active rectifier to rectify AC from a respective one of the generators to DC on the DC bus. A load sharing controller is operable to provide a respective adjustment signal to each respective power converter that is enabled, the respective adjustment signals based on a difference between an average output current across all of the active rectifiers that are enabled, and a particular output current of the respective power converter. Each active rectifier controller is operable to determine a quadrature current value for its associated generator based on its adjustment signal.
US10483883B2
Provided is driving control method of Brushless DC (BLDC) motor, including: a step of initial driving command input, initially inputting a driving command to the BLDC motor; a step of the first position alignment, compulsively aligning rotor of the BLDC motor at a predetermined position; a step of forced driving, compulsively driving the rotor of the BLDC motor compulsively aligned by accelerating the rotor of the BLDC motor; a step of feedback control, performing feedback control of the BLDC motor; a step of driving off, inputting a stop command to the BLDC motor; and a step of the second position alignment, compulsively aligning the rotor of the BLDC motor at the predetermined position again.
US10483882B2
A drive device includes a motor, an inverter, and a rotation angle detector. The rotation angle detector includes a resolver and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit converts a signal from the resolver to a master rotation angle of the motor. The electronic control unit converts a signal obtained by attenuating a high frequency component of a frequency higher than a predetermined frequency with respect to the signal from the resolver to a slave rotation angle of the motor. The electronic control unit determines that the master rotation angle is normal when a determination condition that a difference between the master rotation angle and the slave rotation angle is equal to or greater than a first threshold and a temporal variation as a variation of the master rotation angle per unit time is equal to or greater than a second threshold is not established.
US10483872B2
A power supply system to provide auxiliary power output comprising a first energy storage device, a first inverter coupled to the first energy storage device, a first transformer, a first diode and a capacitor. The first inverter includes a first switch and second switch in series. The first transformer transforms high voltage from the first energy storage device to the low voltage output from auxiliary power output terminal, and includes the primary winding and auxiliary winding. The primary winding is connected to the first energy storage device and the junction of the first and second switch, and the homonymous terminal of the secondary winding is connected to the auxiliary power output through the first diode, with the synonymous terminal connected to the earth. One end of the first capacitor is connected to the first diode cathode and the other end is connected to the earth.
US10483871B2
When short-circuit between DC lines is detected, a control device of a power conversion device performs protection control to turn off semiconductor switching elements in a power converter, and when elimination of the short-circuit between the DC lines is detected, the control device performs restart control of the power converter by giving a voltage command value for causing negative-polarity current in flowing through a diode in an upper arm of a second series body of a second converter cell to flow to a phase arm 4, to each converter cell in first and second arms.
US10483868B2
A power supply unit includes a rectifying module to rectify an alternating current (AC) voltage, a first bulk capacitor to receive the rectified AC voltage from the rectifying module, a first transistor coupled in series with the first bulk capacitor, an AC input monitoring circuit, and a current source. The AC input monitoring circuit holds the first transistor in an OFF state in response to a detection of an AC voltage dropout. The current source adopts an adaptive gate voltage to control the first transistor in response to a detection of the AC voltage being re-applied, and turns on the first transistor based on the adaptive gate voltage to limit a re-rush current within the power supply unit after the AC voltage is re-applied.
US10483863B2
A secondary controller drives a light emitting element of a photocoupler such that a detection voltage VOUTS corresponding to an output voltage VOUT generated in an output capacitor C approximates to a reference voltage VREF. A primary controller controls a switching transistor M according to a feedback signal VFB. A protection circuit is activated and drives the light emitting element of the photocoupler when detecting an abnormal state. An auxiliary power supply circuit includes a power supply capacitor C provided separately from the output capacitor C and supplies a power supply voltage VCC to the protection circuit and an anode of the light emitting element of the photocoupler.
US10483862B1
A topology for an isolated, bi-directional, DC-DC converter, that provides step-up and step-down functionality, with a reduced transformer turns ratio, allows a simplified transformer design with reduced cost and increased efficiency. This topology also has a very small level of re-circulating current, relative to other topologies regarding cost and performance.
US10483859B2
An AC/DC converter includes a transformer including a primary winding connected to an AC power source and a secondary winding electromagnetically coupled to the primary winding, a bidirectional switch connected in series to the primary winding, a resonant capacitor connected in parallel or series to the bidirectional switch, a full-wave rectification circuit arranged to perform full-wave rectification of an induced voltage generated in the secondary winding, a smoothing capacitor arranged to smooth an output of the full-wave rectification circuit, and a control circuit arranged to turn on and off the bidirectional switch. The transformer is a leakage transformer or a resonant transformer having leakage inductance. The AC converter takes out both forward voltage and flyback voltage from the secondary winding, so as to directly convert an AC input voltage supplied from the AC power source into a DC output voltage.
US10483857B1
An output voltage calibration circuit and technique is disclosed to increase the accuracy and precision of the constant-voltage mode for a flyback converter.
US10483856B2
System controller and method for regulating a power converter. For example, the system controller includes a first controller terminal and a second controller terminal. The system controller is configured to receive, at the first controller terminal, an input signal, generate a drive signal based at least in part on the input signal, and output, at the second controller terminal, the drive signal to a switch to affect a current associated with a secondary winding of the power converter. The system controller is further configured to detect a first duration of a demagnetization period associated with the secondary winding based at least in part on the input signal, determine a second duration of a time period for the drive signal based at least in part on the first duration, and keep the drive signal at a first logic level during the entire time period.
US10483847B2
Methods and apparatus for a power regulator according to various aspects of the present invention may comprise a sensor adapted to generate a measurement of a voltage or a current. A memory may store a correction parameter that corresponds to the measurement, and a correction system may be adapted to adjust the measurement according to the correction parameter.
US10483846B1
A multi-mode charge pump generates a regulated voltage at an output node from a battery input voltage. The multi-mode charge pump has a plurality of flying capacitors and a plurality of switches coupled to the flying capacitors in order to selectively couple the flying capacitors to the battery, the output node or a reference potential. The regulated voltage is provided across a storage capacitor coupled to the flying capacitors, and the regulated voltage is input to a comparator. The comparator also receives a reference voltage and compares the regulated voltage to the reference voltage to generates an asynchronous regulation signal. A controller in the multi-mode charge pump can automatically transition between operation modes such as a buck mode, a doubler mode and a tripler mode by controlling actuation of the switches in response to the asynchronous regulation signal and clock signals.
US10483844B2
A charge pump arrangement and methods for operating a charge pump arrangement are disclosed. According to various embodiments, a charge pump arrangement may include: a charge pump circuit configured to convert an input voltage into an output voltage based on a pump clock signal; a feedback path configured to provide a feedback signal representing the output voltage of the charge pump circuit; and a control circuit configured to receive a clock signal and to control the output voltage of the charge pump circuit by controlling the pump clock signal based on the feedback signal and the clock signal.
US10483843B2
Apparatus and methods for multi-mode charge pumps are disclosed herein. In certain configurations, a multi-mode charge pump includes an output terminal, a mode control circuit that operates the multi-mode charge pump in a selected mode, a first switched capacitor, a capacitor charging circuit, and a plurality of switches. The capacitor charging circuit connects a first end of the first switched capacitor to a charging voltage in a first phase of a clock signal, and connects the first end of the first switched capacitor to a reference voltage in a second phase of the clock signal. The charging voltage has a voltage level that changes based on the selected mode. The plurality of switches connect a second end of the first switched capacitor to the reference voltage in the first phase, and connect the second end of the first switched capacitor to the output terminal in the second phase.
US10483842B2
A drive system for a submarine may include a DC power supply system for supplying electrical energy to a drive of the submarine and a plurality of battery strings, which each may comprise a plurality of series-connected battery modules. The battery strings may each be connected to a string connection unit via which the battery string can be selectively connected to or disconnected from the DC power supply system. The string current flowing in the battery string can be adjusted by the string connection unit. The present disclosure also concerns corresponding methods for operating the drive system of the submarine.
US10483831B2
The present invention relates to a permanent magnet applying motor which uses a repulsive force and an attractive force, which act between different permanent magnets, and a repulsive force or an attractive force, which acts between a permanent magnet and an electromagnet. The permanent magnet applying motor includes a first rotating plate and a second rotating plate, a rotating shaft, a plurality of rotors, each rotor having a permanent magnet and a penetrating shaft. A plurality of planetary gears paired with the plurality of rotors and a center gear engaged with all of the plurality of planetary gears. The permanent magnet applying motor includes a rotating plate support including a first support and a second support, a stator support including a third support and a fourth support, one or more deadlock point detecting sensors on the rotating plate support; and an electromagnet portions on the stator support.
US10483827B2
An improved built-in capacitor motor structure includes a housing, a stator portion, an insulating member and a rotor portion. The housing includes a front cover and a rear cover for receiving the stator portion. The stator portion includes a core frame provided with an annular insulating frame body to which the insulating member connects. A plurality of circularly arranged docking units extend from the periphery of one side of the insulating frame body. A plurality of corresponding docking units are provided at the bottom side edge of the insulating member. These corresponding docking units are engaged with the docking units of the insulating frame body, respectively. The rotor portion is received in the stator portion. A capacitor is combined inside an accommodating space of the insulating member in communication with the outside, such that the capacitor is assembled inside the motor. In this way, assembly is easy while electromagnetic field of the motor is less easily affected.
US10483824B2
A self-releasing lock mechanism is provided and is configured to lock a driveshaft that is in mechanical communication with a rotor to mechanical ground via a flange in a motor housing. The self-releasing lock mechanism includes a ground lock housing having a locking arrangement configured to selectively engage a second end of the rotor. Locking pins extend from the ground lock housing and are configured to pass through the flange region of the motor housing. A locking plate includes the driveshaft and locking sites that are adapted to selectively receive the locking pins. A biasing member is disposed between the ground lock housing and the flange region to bias the ground lock housing away from the flange region. The locking arrangement engages the second end of the rotor to overcome the bias from the biasing member when the locking pins are received in locking sites.
US10483823B2
An electric actuator includes a motor, a speed reduction mechanism, a case, an output portion, a first board, a rotation detection device that detects rotation of the output portion, a connector portion, a first wiring member electrically connected to electrical wiring via the connector portion, and a second wiring member electrically connected to the rotation detection device. The case includes a first case and a second case. The first board is accommodated in the first case. The rotation detection device is accommodated in the second case. The first wiring member includes a first connecting portion held in the first case. The second wiring member includes a second connecting portion held in the second case. The first connecting portion is exposed on one side in the axial direction of the first case. The second connecting portion is exposed on the other side in the axial direction of the second case.
US10483817B2
A rotor suitable for use in an electric motor or generator. The rotor comprises a hub having a central axis, a plurality of rotor segments and permanent magnets, and an assembly for retaining the segments on the hub. The segments are arranged around the hub to define at least two rings, which are adjacent to each other in the axial direction with a permanent magnet disposed between each of the segments in each ring. The assembly includes a plurality of rods which extend in an axial direction to retain the rotor segments. An intermediate plate is located between each ring of segments through which the rods pass, wherein the intermediate plates and the outer circumferential surface of the hub engage with each other in such a way as to allow the intermediate plates to move axially along the hub.
US10483797B2
A power receiving connector for a contactless connector system is disclosed. The power receiving connector comprises a secondary inductive coupler electromagnetically coupled with a primary inductive coupler of a power transmitting connector, the secondary inductive coupler receiving electric power from the primary inductive coupler, a terminal connected to a secondary external component and outputting the electric power to the secondary external component, a switch connected to the terminal and controlling the electric power output at the terminal, a secondary data transceiver forming a data link with a primary data transceiver of the primary inductive coupler, and a secondary data communication interface connected to the secondary data transceiver and communicating with the secondary external component.
US10483787B2
Provided is a wireless charging apparatus for performing wireless charging of an electronic device including a receiving coil located in a three-dimensional (3D) wireless charging zone using a plurality of transmitting coils arranged in the 3D wireless charging zone and at least one power source configured to supply a current to the plurality of transmitting coils.
US10483786B2
A wireless power transmitting device may have an array of transmitting coils to transmit power wirelessly to a wireless power receiving device having an array of wireless power receiving coils. The receiving device may have a rectifier that receives alternating-current signals from the wireless power receiving coils and provides corresponding rectified direct-current voltage signals to a capacitor and other circuitry. The rectifier circuitry may include bridge circuits each of which is coupled between a respective coil in the array of wireless power receiving coils and the capacitor. The wireless power transmitting coils may be arranged in a hexagonally tiled array. The wireless power receiving coils may include first, second, and third coils that are aligned with respective vertices in an equilateral triangle having sides with lengths equal to half of the center-to-center spacing of the hexagonally tiled transmitting coils.
US10483784B2
A wearable, activity-tracking sex toy includes a ring adapted to encircle a phallic object, at least one motion sensor, and at least one wireless communicator adapted to transmit output from the at least one motion sensor to a computing device.
US10483781B2
A method of controlling an electrical system is provided, the electrical system including a primary charging device including a first rechargeable power supply, and a portable device including a second rechargeable power supply, the method including monitoring an ambient temperature adjacent the primary charging device, determining a charging current for charging the first rechargeable power supply of the primary charging device, in dependence on the ambient temperature, and charging the first rechargeable power supply of the primary charging device at the determined charging current. There is also provided a system and device for performing the method.
US10483779B2
To accurately determine a deterioration state of a secondary battery with respect to a practical current value. Provided are a state determination device of a secondary battery, a state determination method of a secondary battery, a secondary battery system, and a charge and discharge control apparatus having the state determination device. In the state determination device of the secondary battery having a positive electrode and a negative electrode, a capacity reduction parameter group A is determined based on charge and discharge characteristics per reference quantity of the positive electrode and the negative electrode and a current value A, and a resistance increase parameter group B is determined based on the charge and discharge characteristics per reference quantity of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the capacity reduction parameter group A, and a current value B which is larger than the current value A.
US10483778B2
Systems and methods for controlling transitions between a low power mode of operation and a functional mode of operation of a battery system use power provided by the battery cell in the battery system to cause the transitions. The battery system includes a status circuit, a charge/discharge circuit, a set of battery ports, and/or other components. During the low power mode of operation, at least the charge/discharge circuit is rendered inoperative, thus saving power.
US10483776B2
A charger (5) includes connecting parts (31, 32), a main converter (83), charging paths (Cpa, Cpb), switching elements (SWa, SWb), and a charging-control part (200). A first battery (Ba) having a first mounting part (11) and a second battery (Bb) having a second, different mounting part (21) are respectively mountable on the connecting parts (31, 32). The charging paths (Cpa, Cpb) respectively connect the main converter (83) to the connecting parts (31, 32). The switching elements (SWa, SWb) respectively connect or disconnect the charging paths (Cpa, Cpb) to/from the main converter (83). The charging-control part (200) selects one of the batteries (Ba, Bb) as the charging target and sets the charging path, to which the charging target (Ba, Bb) is connected, to the connected state. Then, the charger (5) charges the charging target to a predetermined voltage using a charging current suited to the charging target.
US10483774B2
A compact, decorative and multi-functional portable power charger and cable apparatus includes a portable charger unit with a housing where the housing encloses an internal rechargeable battery unit for connecting to and recharging one or more electronic devices, and a charging cable extending from the charger housing and in operative communication with the rechargeable battery. At least the charger housing is surrounded by an aesthetic feature, which can comprise a tasseled fitting, a puffball, a luggage tag, or a doll or teddy bear to hide the charger unit. Electrical fittings including power connection interfaces for connecting the charger and cable apparatus with at least one electronic device, or an external power source, or both, can be provided on the charging cable and also hidden by the aesthetic feature. The power charger and cable apparatus can be attached to a fashion accessory, such as a purse, a bag, luggage or clothing.
US10483771B1
Systems and methods for hybrid energy harvesting for transaction cards are disclosed. Embodiments include a transaction card comprising a data storage device configured to supply account information to a transaction card terminal, a primary rechargeable power source to allow recharging and further to receive charging energy from the transaction card terminal during a transaction using the card, a secondary rechargeable power source configured to receive energy from the first rechargeable power source, and a power controller configured to control a flow of energy between the first and second rechargeable power sources.
US10483769B1
A wireless power transmission apparatus can include a member; an upper transmission coil disposed on the member; and first and second terminals disposed in the member, in which the upper transmission coil includes an outer coil part connected to the first terminal and formed in one-turn; a first inner coil part connected to the outer coil part and having a half-turn on a first region of the member; a second inner coil part connected to the first inner coil part and having a half-turn on a second region of the member; a third inner coil part connected to the second inner coil part and having a half-turn on the first region of the member; and a fourth inner coil part connected to the third inner coil part and the second terminal and having a half-turn on the second region of the member, in which the half-turn of the second inner coil part comprises a first rounded corner, a second rounded corner and a third rounded corner, a circular arc of the first rounded corner of the second inner coil part is R 20 mm as a radius of a circle, a circular arc of the second rounded corner of the second inner coil part is R 18.4 mm as a radius of a circle, and a circular arc of the third rounded corner of the second inner coil part is greater than the circular arc of the first and second rounded corners of the second inner coil part.
US10483762B2
A power transmission network is disclosed, which includes an AC electrical network connected to a point of common coupling, the point of common coupling being connectable to a further electrical device; and a processing circuit configured to receive and process a voltage of the point of common coupling to determine a phase difference between the voltages of the AC electrical network and the point of common coupling during an exchange of power between the AC electrical network and the point of common coupling.
US10483758B2
A control apparatus and corresponding control method use per-unit filtering in a plurality of power-sharing controllers, to obtain a power-sharing command signal for respective ones among a plurality of different energy storage units in a hybrid energy storage system. The hybrid energy storage system includes two or more types of energy storage units and the power-sharing command signal for each energy storage unit is obtained by filtering an input signal using a filter having a filter response that is tailored to the energy storage characteristics of the energy storage unit. The input signal reflects load variations on the electrical grid and may be locally generated or provided by a remote node. While the power-sharing control loops used for each energy storage unit advantageously may be the same in terms of architecture and implementation, each loop uses tailored, dedicated filtering and, possibly, individualized values of one or more other control parameters.
US10483754B2
Unique systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of a power grid control system. One exemplary embodiment is a microgrid comprising a plurality of switching devices, a plurality of distribution line segments, a plurality of measuring devices, each measuring device corresponding to one of the plurality of switching devices, and a network controller. The network controller is configured to: receive measurements from the plurality of measurement devices, determine a fault is occurring within the microgrid using the measurements, assign a topology classification to each of the plurality of distribution line segments, assign a proximity classification to each of the plurality of distribution line segments, determine fault location using the topology classification and the proximity classification, and isolate the fault by transmitting open commands to the two switching devices of the plurality of switching devices closest to the fault.
US10483752B2
The power supply apparatus has a configuration in which a temperature detection element and a voltage division resistance element are connected in series as a voltage division unit for an output voltage from a secondary side of a transformer of the power supply apparatus, and stops output of the power supply apparatus based on an output from the voltage division unit.
US10483744B2
A bend limiting device for a cable includes at least one elongated sleeve member with an entrance end exhibiting an entrance opening and an opposite exit end exhibiting an exit opening for the cable, an outer abutment surface between the entrance and exit ends secures against a rigid surface of a floating marine installation or vessel, an axially through-going hole between the entrance opening and the exit opening accommodates a portion of the cable, and at least one clamping device secures the sleeve member in a fixed position around the cable portion. The outer abutment surface of the sleeve member allows it to be secured against the rigid surface by applying a pulling force on the cable in a direction from the abutment surface to the rigid surface, as well as to be detached from the rigid surface when the application of pulling force on the cable ceases.
US10483743B2
A cable holding device for holding a cable, includes a first member, a second member and a fixing member. The first member has a first through hole through which the cable is to pass. The second member has a second through hole through which the cable is to pass. The fixing member fixes the second member to the first member in such a condition that the second through hole partially overlaps the first through hole to hold the cable by an inner periphery of the first through hole and an inner periphery of the second through hole.
US10483737B2
An electrical box supports one or more electrical or electronic data outlets in a cavity, with a dual-hinged door at least partially covering an opening to the cavity when the door is closed. The door is openable in either of two directions by pivoting it about either of two spaced-apart pivot axes that are defined by respective pivot arms coupled to opposite ends and opposite sides of the door, the pivot arms being further coupled at their respective proximal ends to opposite walls of the housing. A retaining feature releasably secures the door in the closed position and may provide sensory feedback to a user upon closing the door. Optionally, the door has a floating appearance in the opening to the cavity, with no direct contact existing between the door and the housing.
US10483733B2
A joint strip including a center trunk, at least one recess formed by at least one upper flange and at least one lower flange for use in bridging a gap in sheet metal, such as in cable trays, cable tray covers, or two pieces of sheet metal. The joint strip may include more than one recess. The one or more recesses are configured to accept, for example, a cable tray surface located at a gap between two cable trays. The joint strip can be inserted between cable trays, for example, without disconnecting the trays from each other or removed in existing cable trays without separating adjacent sections of cable tray or cable tray covers.
US10483731B2
The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for joining extended lengths of conduit. The apparatus and method provide a means for decreasing the time required to assemble extended lengths of conduit. The apparatus for use with the corresponding method comprises an apparatus head, an extender joining body and a conduit interface.
US10483730B2
A method of building an insulation system around a naked conductor section of a power cable. The insulation system includes an inner semiconducting layer arranged around the conductor, an insulation layer arranged around the inner semiconducting layer, and an outer semiconducting layer arranged around the insulation layer. The method includes: a) placing the naked conductor section in a mold, and b) molding an insulation system around the naked conductor section, wherein the molding of the insulation system involves injecting a first semiconducting compound into a first mold cavity to form an inner semiconducting layer around the naked conductor section, injecting an insulation compound into a second mold cavity to form an insulation layer around the inner semiconducting layer, and injecting a second semiconducting compound into a third mold cavity to form an outer semiconducting layer around the insulation layer.
US10483721B2
A vertical cavity light-emitting device includes: a semiconductor substrate having a hexagonal crystal structure; a line mask extending linearly along at least one of a [11-20] direction and directions equivalent to the [11-20] direction on a c-plane of the semiconductor substrate; a first reflector provided on an exposed region exposed from the line mask on the c-plane of the semiconductor substrate, the first reflector comprising a high refractive index semiconductor film and a low refractive index semiconductor film having a refractive index smaller than that of the high refractive index semiconductor film, the high refractive index semiconductor film and the low refractive index semiconductor film being alternately layered; a light-emitting structure layer provided on the first reflector; and a second reflector disposed on the light-emitting structure layer so as to be opposed so the first reflector.
US10483720B2
A laser device is provided for generating a helical-shaped optical wave and includes: (i) a gain region located between one first end defined by a first mirror and a second end defined by an exit region, (ii) a second mirror arranged so as to form with the first mirror an optical cavity including the gain region and a gap between the exit region and the second mirror, (iii) apparatus for pumping the gain region so as to generate the optical wave, wherein the laser device further includes at least one apparatus for shaping the light intensity and/or phase profiles of the optical wave and arranged for selecting at least one rotary-symmetrical transverse mode of the optical wave, the rotary-symmetrical transverse mode being chosen between those with a radial index equal to zero and with an azimuthal index being an integer with a module higher or equal to 1.
US10483714B2
The present disclosure relates a laser arrangement (1) and a method of the laser arrangement, arranged to output energy in the form of laser emission, for emitting controlled Q-switched laser emission. The laser arrangement comprises a gain medium (2) arranged to be excited when pumped, an optical resonator (3), an active Q-switch (4) arranged in the optical resonator, said active Q-switch (4) being controllable between at least a high loss state and a low loss state, and being arranged to introduce loss in the optical resonator to prevent lasing in the high loss state and to affect lasing minimally in the low loss state, a photo detector (5) arranged to detect the presence of a free running pulse (1′) generated by the optical resonator and which occurs when a lasing threshold is reached and a processing circuitry (6) arranged to control (S4) of the state of the active Q-switch based on the detection of the free running pulse.
US10483713B2
A laser apparatus may include: a quantum cascade laser outputting, based on a supplied current, laser light at an oscillation start timing when a first delay time elapses from a current rising timing of the supplied current: an amplifier disposed in a laser light optical path, and selectively amplifying light of a predetermined wavelength to output the amplified laser light to a chamber including a plasma generation region into which a target is fed; and a laser controller controlling a third delay time, from an output timing of a laser output instruction to the current rising timing, to cause a laser light wavelength to be equal to the predetermined wavelength at an aimed timing when a second delay time elapses from the oscillation start timing, based on oscillation parameters including the first delay time, a supplied current waveform, and a device temperature of the quantum cascade laser.
US10483711B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for providing optical radiation having improved rise/fall times and improved levels of leakage. One method for amplifying optical radiation includes an intermediate stage (220) having an intermediate active optical fiber (222), the intermediate active optical fiber and a final amplifying stage (230) including a final active optical fiber (232), and providing optical radiation to the input of the intermediate active optical fiber, wherein one or more final optical pump sources (235) are together in a low power state such that the optical radiation is substantially absorbed by the intermediate active optical fiber and such that substantially no optical radiation of the amplified wavelength is transmitted by the intermediate stage. The intermediate active optical fiber (222) can then be switched to a transmissive state by switching the final optical pump source(s) (235) to a high power state. The input to the intermediate stage may comprise a seed laser (205) and plural first amplifier stages (210) having each a first active optical fiber (212). A filter (260) between the intermediate stage (220) and the final amplifying stage (230) prevents ASE and pump light from the intermediate stage to reach the final amplifying stage.
US10483705B2
The present disclosure provides an electrical connector and an electrical connection assembly. The electrical connector has a first connector, a second connector, and a retainer. The first connector has a first connecting portion and a first protruding end portion that are integrally connected with each other. The second connector has a second connecting portion and a second protruding end portion that are integrally connected with each other. The second connector and the first connector are independently formed elements, respectively. The retainer is integrally interconnected with the first connector and the second connector. The second connecting portion is electrically connected with the first connecting portion. The first protruding end portion is arranged to protrude from the retainer to electrically connect a first mating connector. The second protruding end portion is arranged to protrude from the retainer to electrically connect a second mating connector. The electrical connector of the present disclosure as a modularized assembly may be applied to a plurality of scenarios and thus has extremely high universal flexibility.
US10483702B2
A circuit board for a high speed communication jack including a rigid circuit board in the housing having a substrate, a plurality of vias extending through the substrate with each via being configured to accommodate a pin on the housing, a plurality of traces on a middle layer in the substrate, with each trace extending from a corresponding one of the plurality of vias, a first shielding layer on a first side of the middle layer in the substrate, a second shielding layer on a second side of the middle layer in the substrate, and a third shielding layer adjacent to the second shielding layer.
US10483698B2
An electronic device with an antenna-connectable connector is provided. The electronic device includes a wireless communication circuit configured to receive wireless communication data and a universal serial bus (USB) type-C connector including a housing forming an outer surface of the connector, an opening formed in at least a portion of the outer surface to allow a header-type external connector to be coupled to the connector in a forward direction or a reverse direction, and a board disposed inside the opening, the board having a first surface on which a plurality of first pins corresponding to the forward direction are arranged and a second surface on which a plurality of second pins corresponding to the reverse direction are arranged, wherein the plurality of first pins may include one or more first ground pins and one or more first signal pins, wherein the plurality of second pins include one or more second ground pins and one or more second signal pins, wherein the one or more first signal pins may include at least one first signal pin selectively connectable with the wireless communication circuit and a designated function circuit, and wherein the one or more second signal pins include at least one second signal pin corresponding to the reverse direction of the at least one first signal pin, the at least one second signal pin selectively connectable with the designated function circuit and the wireless communication circuit.
US10483693B2
A sliding contact assembly for a DC electrical outlet receives plug contacts of an electrical plug. The assembly includes sliding contact structure having a base and a plurality of electrical sliding contacts fixed to the base. A housing includes a first end wall having an internal top surface and second end wall opposing the first end wall. The second end wall has an internal bottom surface. The housing has a side wall structure defining an internal chamber between the top surface and the bottom surface. The sliding contact structure is disposed in the housing to be movable linearly within the chamber. A spring is disposed between the top surface of the housing and a surface of the base so that when the plug contacts are completely disconnected from the associated sliding contacts, the spring rapidly forces the sliding contacts away from the plug contacts, reducing arcing energy there-between.
US10483685B2
A waterproof cover for a connector is disclosed. The waterproof cover includes a water blocking portion configured to surround a periphery of a connector; a sealing portion fastened to an end of the water blocking portion, configured to be sleeved on a tail end of the connector to seal the tail end of the connector, to block water in a space between the water blocking portion and the connector. The water blocking portion can surround the periphery of the connector, and block the water leaking from the periphery of the connector from flowing outwards from the connector. The sealing portion can prevent water from leaking from the tail end of the connector to the outside of the connector, and block in a space between the water blocking portion and the connector. A connection device and a mobile terminal are also disclosed.
US10483680B2
Methods, devices, and systems are provided that conceal an outlet in a decorated environment. The decorative concealed outlet device includes a frame configured to receive a decorative element matching a decorated surface of the decorated environment. The frame includes retaining features that engage with ports of the outlet and allow the device to be selectively removed and replaced from an outlet concealed position to an outlet exposed position, and vice versa. The device acts as a camouflaged protective wall outlet cover capable of hiding a wall outlet from view by including like materials to that of the surroundings, such as tile, attached to the front of the cover. The cover can prevent risk of electric shock while hiding or substantially minimizing the appearance of a wall outlet. The cover can be removed at any time so that the wall outlet can still operate as a function outlet.
US10483678B2
An electrical connector is provided herein. The electrical connector includes a base member disposed within an exterior panel on a vehicle. A port is disposed within a surface of the base member. A wireless transceiver disposed within the vehicle. A controller is configured to selectively activate the port based on a location of an electronic device in relation to the port.
US10483673B2
An interposer for connecting a module to an M.2 socket includes a different form factor connector. The interposer includes an M.2 connector to couple the interposer to the M.2 socket. The M.2 connector is formed to mate with the M.2 socket. The interposer includes a different form factor socket to couple the interposer to the module including the different form factor connector. The different form factor socket is formed to mate with the different form factor connector.
US10483667B2
An electronic device is provided, which includes a circuit board and a bridge-shaped circuit board structure. The circuit board includes a first circuit board edge, a second circuit board edge, a first coupling unit, and a second coupling portion. The first coupling unit is located on the first circuit board edge. The second coupling unit is located on the second circuit board edge. The bridge-shaped circuit board structure includes a first supporting portion, a second supporting portion, a planar portion, a third coupling unit and a fourth coupling portion. The first supporting portion is disposed on the first planar portion edge. The second supporting portion is disposed on the second planar portion edge. A receiving space is formed between the planar portion and the circuit board.
US10483664B2
An electronic terminal block for a data bus has control electronics comprising first and second data-bus-contacting units connected via an internal data-bus line, and a connecting unit for connecting bus subscribers. The metal housing comprises a first face having a receptacle in a carrier rail, a second face having a recess for the connecting unit, a first side face, an opening for the first data-bus-contacting unit, and a second side face opposite the first side face with an opening for the second data-bus-contacting unit. A first non-metallic coupling plate for mounting onto the first housing side face comprises a first recess having an engagement feature in the region of the opening of the first side face, and a second non-metallic coupling plate for mounting onto the second side face comprises a first recess having an engagement feature in the region of the opening of the second side face.
US10483652B2
A multi-beam antenna array system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a grounding surface; a plurality of multi-beam antennas which each includes a dielectric substrate and a radiating part formed on the dielectric substrate so as to radiate electromagnetic waves, and is disposed above the grounding surface so as to be spaced apart from each other; and a feed circuit which is formed on a lower portion of the grounding surface, and supplies electric power to the plurality of multi-beam antennas so that the electromagnetic waves are radiated in different directions from the plurality of multi-beam antennas.
US10483640B1
The omnidirectional ultra-wideband antenna is a variant on a monocone antenna, particularly including a supplemental radiating element. The omnidirectional ultra-wideband antenna includes an electrically conductive conical surface having a vertex end and a base end, and a supplemental radiating element having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion extends from the base end of the electrically conductive conical surface, the first portion being positioned between the base end of the electrically conductive conical surface and the second portion. The vertex end of the electrically conductive conical surface is positioned adjacent to, and spaced apart from, a first surface of a ground plane plate. At least one electrically conductive rod is provided, a first end of the rod being secured to the second portion, and a second end of each rod being mounted on the first surface of the ground plane plate.
US10483636B1
An electromagnetic wave shield box 50 accommodates a DUT 100 having an antenna 110 and a coupling antenna 80 that is spatially coupled to the antenna 110, and includes a coupling antenna holding module 70 that arranges a plurality of the coupling antennas 80 annually so that an antenna surface is directed to a center of a ring, and holds the coupling antennas 80. The coupling antenna holding module 70 holds each coupling antenna 80 in a posture in which the coupling antenna 80 is inclined at, for example, 32 degrees with respect to a horizontal surface so that the respective coupling antennas 80 are able to radiate radio waves toward the same radiation point in upper positions, and is rotated by about 5 degrees around a center axis C1 in a direction orthogonal to a circumferential direction of the ring of the coupling antenna 80.
US10483635B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a multi-frequency communications antenna and a base station. The multi-frequency communications antenna includes at least one low-frequency array, at least one high-frequency array, at least one circuit board disposed corresponding to the high-frequency array, and a reflection panel, where a filtering component configured to decouple filtering is disposed on the circuit board, a first end of the filtering component is electrically connected to the high-frequency array, and a second end of the filtering component is electrically connected to a signal ground layer of the circuit board. The filtering component configured to decouple filtering that is shown in this embodiment is disposed on the circuit board, which causes a small damage to an array radiation environment.
US10483630B2
Disclosed is a wing leading edge antenna system (“WLEAS”). The WLEAS includes an upper leading edge (“LE”) of a wing of an aircraft, a two-dimensional non-gimbaled scannable antenna (“2D-NGSA”), and an adapter plate. The upper LE of the wing includes two LE ribs and a LE cavity formed by the two LE ribs and a lower LE surface of the wing and the adapter plate is attached to both of the LE ribs within the LE cavity. Moreover, the 2D-NGSA is attached to the adapter plate within the LE cavity.
US10483628B2
Devices and methods are provided for an implantable medical device (IMD) comprising a device housing having electronic components therein, a feedthrough assembly joined to the device housing, an antenna assembly, and a header body mounted to the device housing and enclosing the antenna assembly and feedthrough assembly. The antenna assembly including an inner conductor, a dielectric material, and an outer conductor arranged to form a coaxial structure.
US10483622B2
An antenna structure includes a metal housing, a switching circuit, and a first feed source. The metal housing includes a front frame, a backboard, and a side frame. The side frame defines a slot and the front frame defines a groove. A first portion of the front frame positioned at a first side of the groove forms a first branch. A second portion of the front frame extending from a second side of the groove to one end of the slot forms a second branch. The first feed source is electrically connected to the first branch and the second branch, and the first branch is grounded through the switching circuit.
US10483617B2
A package structure including an insulating encapsulation, at least one semiconductor die, at least one first antenna and at least one second antenna is provided. The insulating encapsulation includes a first portion, a second portion and a third portion, wherein the second portion is located between the first portion and the third portion. The at least one semiconductor die is encapsulated in the first portion of the insulating encapsulation, and the second portion and the third portion are stacked on the at least one semiconductor die. The at least one first antenna is electrically connected to the at least one semiconductor die and encapsulated in the third portion of the insulating encapsulation. The at least one second antenna is electrically connected to the at least one semiconductor die and encapsulated in the second portion of the insulating encapsulation.
US10483610B2
The present invention relates to a waveguide-to-microstrip line transition package for superconducting film characterization. The package allows propagation and impedance properties thin-film microwave line superconductor to be characterized at millimeter wave frequencies as a function of frequency. The superconducting film's kinetic inductance can be varied by applying direct current along the ground plane via spring loaded probe. When implemented with a non-superconducting metal housing the present invention is highly suitable for measuring resonators with the quality factor, Q, ranges from 100 to 1×104. Through the use of a housing realized from an appropriate superconducting bulk material or coating the upper end of this range of applicability can be readily extended to >1×106.
US10483608B2
An RF dielectric waveguide duplexer filter module with antenna and lower and upper Tx and Rx signal transmission blocks of dielectric material attached together in a side-by-side and stacked relationship. The blocks are covered with conductive material. Antenna and Tx and Rx input/outputs are defined at opposite ends of the filter module. RF signal transmission windows define direct coupling RF signal transmission paths between the antenna and the Tx and Rx blocks and between the lower and upper Tx and Rx blocks. One or more bridges of dielectric material on the lower Tx and Rx blocks define inductive cross-coupling Tx and Rx signal transmission paths. The Tx signal is transmitted only in the direction of the antenna block or between the upper and lower Tx blocks. The Rx signal is transmitted only in the direction of the Rx RF signal input/output or between the upper and lower Rx blocks.
US10483603B2
A vehicle including a traction battery pack, a conduit system, a sensor, an emitter, and a control system is provided. The conduit system may provide a path for coolant to enter and exit the pack and includes a conduit. The sensor may measure conditions of the pack and conduit system. The emitter may be arranged with the conduit to form a peristaltic pump. The control system may activate the pump based on sensor signals to adjust a conduit portion to influence a flow rate of the coolant flowing therethrough. The emitter may be an electromagnet to output a magnetic field. The emitter may be a voltage emitter or electric field emitter. The sensor may measure a flow rate of at least a portion of the conduit system or a temperature of the pack.
US10483602B2
A battery housing for a lithium-ion battery of a motor vehicle for arrangement in the engine compartment of the motor vehicle includes at least one structural mechanically stable outer shell having a number of walls corresponding to the shape of the battery, at least one layer of solid thermal insulation material for protecting the battery from thermal effects from the area of the internal combustion engine, at least one first slot, which can be connected to air lines leading to the surroundings, and at least one second slot, which can be connected to lines associated with at least one cooling system of the vehicle.
US10483599B2
A device for charging a mobile device, which is also capable of converting a digital audio signal of a mobile device in to an analog audio signal, includes a first digital interface, a digital to analog converter, and a preamplifier. The first digital interface is configured to provide power to a mobile device connected thereto in order to charge the mobile device, and the digital audio signal from the mobile device is passed to a digital to analog converter. A second digital interface or an analog jack may be incorporated, which is connectable to a headphone or other audio output device.
US10483580B2
A solid state fuel cell includes an anode, a cathode, and a ceramic electrolyte. The ceramic electrolyte includes a silicate oxyapatite represented by REy−xMxSiO6O27±δ, where RE is a rare earth metal, M is an alkali metal, x is greater than 0 and less than 2, y ranges from 9.3 to 10, and δ ranges from 0 to 2. A method for making the solid state fuel cell is also disclosed.
US10483577B2
A composite polymer electrolyte membrane includes a composite layer of an aromatic hydrocarbon-based polymer electrolyte and a fluorine-containing polymer porous membrane, wherein a ratio (O/F ratio) of an atomic composition percentage of oxygen O (at %) to an atomic composition percentage of fluorine F (at %) on an outermost surface of the fluorine-containing polymer porous membrane as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is 0.20 or more to 2.0 or less, and the aromatic hydrocarbon-based polymer electrolyte in the composite layer forms a phase separation structure.
US10483576B2
The present specification relates to a polymer electrolyte membrane including a polymer and inorganic particles.
US10483573B2
This invention relates to fuel cell unit for use in aggregating fuel cells, particularly useful for use when fuel cells are connected in parallel. Improving the management of fuel cell outputs across a plurality of aggregated fuel cells improves efficiency of the fuel cells. The invention relates to a fuel cell unit comprising a fuel cell and a regulating voltage converter, and further relates to a fuel cell module comprising a plurality of fuel cell units connected in parallel.
US10483572B2
The method comprises: determining whether or not an inlet temperature is equal to or above a lower-limit temperature of a temperature range in which generated water does not freeze within the fuel cell; and adjusting the flow rate of the cooling medium in the circulation flow path to become more than the normal flow rate when it is determined that the inlet temperature is equal to or above the lower-limit temperature, and adjusting the flow rate of the cooling medium in the circulation flow path to be equal to or below the normal flow rate when it is determined that the inlet temperature is not equal to or above the lower-limit temperature.
US10483564B2
A flow frame for a redox flow battery includes: a frame body having a plate-like shape and an electrode hole in its center where an electrode is to be disposed; four through holes disposed at corners of the frame body, respectively; a flow channel disposed at a front of the frame body above and below the electrode hole so that two of the through channels diagonal to each other as a pair are connected to each other via the electrode hole; through channels disposed at distal ends of the flow channel to cause electrolyte flows toward a rear of the frame body; and a distribution channel connecting the through channels with the electrode hole at the rear of the frame body. The flow channel has at least one branch point, and a change in cross sectional area of the flow channel before and after the branch point is 10% or less.
US10483562B2
A fuel cell system includes at least one fuel cell module and at least one relational water seal configured to limit a magnitude of a pressure differential in the fuel cell system in an anode under-pressurization situation in which the second pressure exceeds the first pressure by at least a first predetermined amount. The fuel cell module includes a fuel cell assembly having one or more fuel cells arranged in a stack configuration, an anode inlet manifold, an anode outlet manifold having a first pressure, a cathode inlet manifold having a second pressure, and a cathode outlet manifold.
US10483555B2
This disclosure is about invention of fuel cells comprising vertically free-standing graphene-containing carbon nanosheets in the components, and methods of making thereof. Performance enhancement effect of the fuel cell is achieved by using vertically free-standing graphene-containing carbon nanosheets as: 1) surface coating of electrically conducting components, 2) and/or a geometric geometric structural supporter of additive catalyst materials, 3) and/or a synergic catalytic nano-composite
US10483552B2
A catalyst containing a carbon support and a core-shell nanoparticle supported on the carbon support, wherein a core of the core-shell nanoparticle is cobalt metal not containing a heterogeneous element and the shell contains carbon. The catalyst for an oxygen reduction reaction of the present disclosure is a catalyst in which the cobalt core-carbon shell nanoparticle is supported on the carbon support through ligand stabilization and heat treatment. The catalyst can be synthesized to have high dispersibility. In particular, it can be used as an electrode catalyst of a cathode to improve the oxygen reduction activity and durability of a fuel cell operating under an alkaline atmosphere.
US10483543B2
A method of producing an electrochemical cell includes introducing lithium into the electrochemical cell such that an amount of mobile lithium contained in the cell available for incorporation and releasing processes in electrodes exceeds, after formation, the capacity of at least one positive electrode for taking up lithium at least by a factor of 1.1, and the at least one negative electrode in terms of its capacity for taking up lithium is dimensioned to a size sufficient to be capable of taking up the entire mobile lithium contained in the cell after formation, wherein the lithium is introduced at least partially into the electrochemical cell via the at least one negative electrode by pre-lithiating the at least one negative electrode prior to combination with the at least one positive electrode or by applying metallic lithium on a surface of the at least one negative electrode.
US10483542B2
Provided is an aluminum secondary battery comprising an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte in ionic contact with the anode and the cathode to support reversible deposition and dissolution of aluminum at the anode, wherein the anode contains aluminum metal or an aluminum metal alloy as an anode active material and the cathode comprises a cathode active layer of an exfoliated graphite or carbon material having inter-flake pores from 2 nm to 10 μm in pore size (preferably from 2 nm to 20 nm, more preferably from 2 nm to 10 nm, and most preferably from 2 to 5 nm). Such an aluminum battery delivers a high energy density, high power density, and long cycle life.
US10483532B2
A method for forming an adherent metal based nanoparticle material layer upon a substrate includes an electrophoretic deposition method for depositing a metal nanoparticle material layer upon the substrate. The metal nanoparticle material layer may then be treated to form the adherent metal based nanoparticle material layer comprising a material selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide material, a metal nitride material, a metal oxynitride material and a metal chalcogenide material. The method is particularly useful for fabricating a battery electrode comprising a Co3O4 nanoparticle material layer, for use within a lithium ion battery. Other applications include fuel cells, capacitors and catalytic reactors.
US10483530B2
A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a cathode active material that is used in a fluoride ion battery and is capable of being charged and discharged at a high potential. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a cathode active material used in a fluoride ion battery, the cathode active material comprising: a Ce element, a S element, and a F element; anda composition represented by CeSF.
US10483528B2
The initial charge/discharge efficiency and cycle characteristics of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that contains a silicon material as a negative-electrode active material are improved. A negative-electrode active material particle (10) according to an embodiment contains a base particle (13), which includes a lithium silicate phase (11) represented by Li2zSiO(2+z) {0
US10483527B2
Provided is a cathode material for a rechargeable magnesium battery, represented by the chemical formula of Ag2SxSe1-x (0≤x≤1), a highly stable cathode material and a rechargeable magnesium battery including the same. The cathode material for a rechargeable magnesium battery has a higher discharge capacity and higher discharge voltage as compared to a typical commercially available cathode material, Chevrel phase, and shows excellent stability in an electrolyte for a rechargeable magnesium battery including chloride ions. In addition, after evaluating the cycle life of the cathode material, the cathode material shows an excellent discharge capacity per unit weight after 500 charge/discharge cycles, and thus is useful for a cathode material for a rechargeable magnesium battery.
US10483526B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided a positive electrode active material containing positive electrode active material particles. The positive electrode active material particles have an olivine structure. The positive electrode active material particles are represented by LiMn1−x−yFexMyPO4 (0
US10483517B2
A bus bar assembly structure includes an electrode terminal and a plate-shaped bus bar that is assembled to the electrode terminal. The bus bar has a burr along an edge of one of openings of an insertion hole. A threaded portion of a nut has a tapered portion at an edge of one of openings of the threaded portion, and a largest diameter of the tapered portion is greater than a bore diameter of the insertion hole. A flat portion of the bus bar is held between a bolt and a nut while the burr is located within a space created by the tapered portion.
US10483510B2
A battery tray for a vehicle includes two tray components or pieces that attach or mate together, such as with one tray component over or within the other tray component, to form sealed and separate battery containment areas. The lower tray component that has a panel portion and a pair of elongated reinforcement members integrally protruding upward from opposing edges of the panel portion. Also, the upper tray component has a panel portion and a cross members that integrally extend across its panel portion. The upper tray component is disposed at an upper surface of the panel portion of the lower tray component with the cross members extending between the elongated reinforcement members and defining a battery containment area between each of the cross members.
US10483504B2
Provided is a sealed battery, which includes an insulating member arranged between a lid member and a collector terminal member. The insulating member includes a cylindrical portion that is positioned between a through hole and a connecting portion and surrounds the connecting portion, and a flat plate portion positioned between the lid member and the flange portion, and the flat plate portion has a first projecting portion projecting towards the lid member side, and a second projecting portion projecting towards the flange portion side. In a sectional view taken along a virtual plane including a central axis of the connecting portion, a peak of the first projecting portion is provided at a position closer to the central axis than a peak position of the second projecting portion.
US10483483B2
Provided are an electroluminescent device and an electroluminescent display device. The electroluminescent device includes an anode and a cathode facing each other, a light compensation layer located between the anode and the cathode and having a first refractive index, and an emitting material layer located between the light compensation layer and the cathode, and having a second refractive index higher than the first refractive index.
US10483472B2
A Schottky diode includes an insulating substrate and at least one Schottky diode unit. The at least one Schottky diode unit is located on a surface of the insulating substrate. The at least one Schottky diode unit includes a first electrode, a semiconductor structure and a second electrode. The semiconductor structure comprising a first end and a second end. The first end is laid on the first electrode, the second end is located on the surface of the insulating substrate. The semiconducting structure includes a carbon nanotube structure. The second electrode is located on the second end.
US10483469B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for monitoring and controlling electronic devices using wired and wireless protocols are disclosed. The systems and apparatus may monitor their environment for signals from electronic devices. The systems and apparatus may take and disambiguate the signals that are received from the devices in their environment to identify the devices and associate control signals with the devices. The systems and apparatus may use communication means to send control signals to the identified electronic devices. Multiple apparatuses or systems may be connected together into networks, including mesh networks, to make for a more robust architecture.
US10483466B2
A method for producing hole-transporting electrical layers includes reacting a functionalized organic matrix compound with at least one cross-linking reagent on a substrate, which thereby forms higher-molecular-weight compounds. The functionalized organic matrix compound may include particular constituents arranged in a particular chemical formula.
US10483465B2
A method of operating a deposition apparatus is provided. The method comprises: Deposition of an evaporated source material on a substrate by guiding the evaporated source material from one or more outlets of an evaporation source toward the substrate, wherein part of the evaporated source material is blocked by and attaches to a shielding device arranged between the one or more outlets and the substrate, followed by a cleaning of the shielding device by at least locally heating the shielding device for releasing at least part of the attached source material from the shielding device. According to a further aspect, a deposition apparatus is provided that can be operated according to the described methods.
US10483462B1
Providing for improved manufacturing of silver-based electrodes to facilitate formation of a robust metallic filament for a resistive switching device is disclosed herein. By way of example, a silver electrode can be embedded with a non-silver material to reduce surface energy of silver atoms of a silver-based conductive filament, increasing structural strength of the conductive filament within a resistive switching medium. In other embodiments, an electrode formed of a base material can include silver material to provide mobile particles for an adjacent resistive switching material. The silver material can drift or diffuse into the resistive switching material to form a structurally robust conductive filament therein.
US10483460B2
A method of manufacturing a magnetoresistive stack/structure comprising etching through a second magnetic region to (i) provide sidewalls of the second magnetic region and (ii) expose a surface of a dielectric layer; depositing a first encapsulation layer on the sidewalls of the second magnetic region and over the dielectric layer; etching the first encapsulation layer which is disposed over the exposed surface of the dielectric layer. The method further includes (a) depositing a second encapsulation layer: (i) on the first encapsulation layer disposed on the sidewalls of the second magnetic region and (ii) over the exposed surface of the dielectric layer and (b) depositing a third encapsulation layer: (i) on the second encapsulation layer which is on the first encapsulation layer and the exposed surface of the dielectric layer. The method also includes etching the remaining layers of the stack/structure (via one or more etch processes).
US10483459B2
A magnetic memory according to an embodiment includes: a first conductive layer including a first to third regions arranged along a first direction, the second region being disposed between the first region and the third region; a second conductive layer including a fourth to sixth regions arranged along the first direction, the fifth region being disposed between the fourth and sixth regions; a third conductive layer electrically connected to the third and fourth regions; a first magnetoresistance device disposed to correspond to the second region, including a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a first nonmagnetic layer; a second magnetoresistance device to correspond to the fifth region, including a third magnetic layer, a fourth magnetic layer, and a second nonmagnetic layer, a direction from the first region to the third region differing from a direction from the fourth region to the sixth region.
US10483455B2
An embodiment includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) having a non-elliptical free layer with rounded corners. For example, an embodiment includes a MTJ including a free magnetic layer, a fixed magnetic layer, and a tunnel barrier between the free and fixed layers; wherein the free magnetic layer includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a sidewall circumnavigating the free magnetic layer and coupling the bottom surface to the top surface; wherein the top surface is rectangular with a plurality of rounded corners. In an embodiment, the aspect ratio of the top surface is between 4:1 and 8:1 (length to width). Such an embodiment provides ease of manufacture along with accept critical switching current (to reverse polarity of the free layer) and stability. Other embodiments are described herein.
US10483454B2
A method for producing a piezoelectric component is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes producing a ceramic precursor material of the general formula Pb1-x-y-(2a-b)/2V(2a-b)/2″BaxSry[(TizZr1-z)1-a-bWaREb]O3, where RE is a rare earth metal and V″ is a Pb vacancy, mixing the ceramic precursor material with a sintering aid, forming a stack which includes alternating layers including the ceramic precursor material and a layer including Cu and debindering and sintering the stack thereby forming the piezoelectric component having Cu electrodes and at least one piezoelectric ceramic layer including Pb1-x-y-[(2a-b)/2]-p/2V[(2a-b)/2-p/2]″CupBaxSry[(TizZr1-z)1-a-bWaREb]O3, where 0≤x≤0.035, 0≤y≤0.025, 0.42≤z≤0.5, 0.0045≤a≤0.009, 0.009≤b≤0.011, and 2a>b, p≤2a−b.
US10483445B2
A lead frame includes a base material and two or more silver-containing layers. The base material is composed of a metal. The two or more silver-containing layers are stacked on the base material. The two or more silver-containing layers includes an uppermost silver-containing layer containing sulfur, and a lower silver-containing layer. The lower silver-containing layer contains no selenium or the lower silver-containing layer is composed substantially only of silver. A method for manufacturing a light emitting device includes: preparing a lead frame; preparing a package including the lead frame; and mounting a light emitting element on the package. The lead frame is prepared by: providing a base material; forming an underlying metal on the base material by plating to form an underlayer; and forming two or more silver-containing stacked layers on the underlayer, the two or more silver-containing stacked layers including an uppermost silver-containing layer containing sulfur.
US10483443B2
A light emitting device includes a first light transmissive supportive substrate having a first light transmissive insulator and a conductive circuitry layer provided on a surface of the first light transmissive insulator, a second light transmissive supportive substrate having a second light transmissive insulator and disposed in such a way that a surface of the second light transmissive insulator faces the conductive circuitry layer and so as to have a predetermined gap from the first light transmissive supportive substrate, a light emitting diode having a main body, and first and second electrodes provided on a surface of the main body and electrically connected to the conductive circuitry layer via a conductive bump, and laid out between the first and second light transmissive supportive substrates, and a third light transmissive insulator embedded in a space between the first light transmissive supportive substrate and the second light transmissive supportive substrate.
US10483442B2
An addition curable type silicone resin composition includes (a) an organopolysiloxane having an alkenyl group bonded to a silicon atom, (b) an organopolysiloxane represented by the formula, (R1R22SiO1/2)m(R1R2SiO2/2)n(R22SiO2/2)p(R1SiO3/2)q(R2(OR3)SiO2/2)r(SiO4/2)s, (c) an organohydrogen polysiloxane represented by R4aHbSiO(4-a-b)/2, (d) a platinum group metal catalyst, and (e) a polyorganometallosiloxane containing an Si—O—Ce bond, and an Si—O—Ti bond, and contents of Ce and Ti of which are each 50 to 5,000 ppm, which cures by heating. According to this constitution, it is provided an addition curable type silicone resin composition which can provide a cured product excellent in transparency, and less change in hardness and weight loss under high temperature conditions.
US10483433B2
An embodiment of the present inventive concept provides an ultraviolet light emitting device comprising: a substrate having a concave or convex edge pattern disposed along an edge of an upper surface thereof; a semiconductor laminate disposed on the substrate and including first and second conductivity-type AlGaN semiconductor layers and an active layer disposed between the first and second conductivity-type AlGaN semiconductor layers and having an AlGaN semiconductor; a plurality of uneven portions extending from the edge pattern along the side surface of the semiconductor laminate in a stacking direction; and first and second electrodes connected to the first and second conductivity-type AlGaN semiconductor layers, respectively.
US10483431B2
A light source module includes a quantum dot cell, a light emitting element, and an adhesive layer. The quantum dot cell includes a first glass substrate, a second glass substrate, a quantum dot region, and a reflective sealant disposed between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate and surrounding the quantum dot region. The light emitting element is disposed at a side of the first glass substrate opposite to the quantum dot region and emits a light with a specific wavelength range. The quantum dot material in the quantum dot region converts the light with the specific wavelength range into another wavelength range. The adhesive layer is disposed at an outer side of the light emitting element for attaching the light emitting element to a surface of the first glass substrate.
US10483430B1
A emitting diode (LED) includes an epitaxial structure defining a base and a mesa on the base. The base defines a light emitting surface of the LED and includes current spreading layer. The mesa includes a thick confinement layer, a light generation area on the thick confinement layer to emit light, a thin confinement layer on the light generation area, and a contact layer on the thin confinement layer, the contact layer defining a top of the mesa. A reflective contact is on the contact layer to reflect a portion of the light emitted from the light generation area, the reflected light being collimated at the mesa and directed through the base to the light emitting surface. In some embodiments, the epitaxial structure grown on a non-transparent substrate. The substrate is removed, or used to form an extended reflector to collimate light.
US10483421B2
A solar cell module includes a plurality of solar cells each including a semiconductor substrate, and first electrodes and second electrodes formed on the semiconductor substrate, a plurality of lines connected to the first and second electrodes of first and second solar cells, which are positioned adjacent to each other among the plurality of solar cells, the plurality of lines using a conductive adhesive or insulated from the first and second electrodes of the first and second solar cells through an insulating layer, and a connector positioned between the first and second solar cells and connected to the plurality of lines. A width of the connector is equal to or greater than at least one of a first distance between the first solar cell and the connector or a second distance between the second solar cell and the connector.
US10483417B2
A semiconductor device that utilizes intraband photon absorption in quantum dots to provide a capacitive photodetector. The presence of the quantum dots creates confined energy states within the photodetector device. Electrons are trapped in these confined energy states. When the photodetector is illuminated by light having an appropriate photon energy, the stored electrons are released to the conduction band, causing a change in the capacitance of the photodetector. By measuring this change in capacitance, light incident on the photodetector can be detected and quantified.
US10483397B2
A fin field effect transistor and method of forming the same. The fin field effect transistor includes a semiconductor substrate having a fin structure and between two trenches with top portions and bottom portions. The fin field effect transistor further includes shallow trench isolations formed in the bottom portions of the trenches and a gate electrode over the fin structure and the shallow trench isolation, wherein the gate electrode is substantially perpendicular to the fin structure. The fin field effect transistor further includes a gate dielectric layer along sidewalls of the fin structure and source/drain electrode formed in the fin structure.
US10483392B2
A radio frequency (RF) integrated circuit (RFIC) switch multi-finger transistor includes a first dual gate transistor having a first gate with a first gate length on a first side of a substrate, and a second gate with a second gate length on a second side of the substrate. The RFIC also includes a second dual gate transistor having a third gate with a third gate length on the first side of the substrate, and a fourth gate with a fourth gate length on the second side of the substrate. The second gate length is different than the fourth gate length, and the second dual gate transistor is coupled in series with the first dual gate transistor in the RFIC switch multi-finger transistor.
US10483388B2
There is provided a nitride semiconductor epitaxial substrate, including: a substrate; a first nitride semiconductor layer formed on the substrate, as an electron transit layer in which two-dimensional electron gas exists; and a second nitride semiconductor layer formed on the first nitride semiconductor layer, as an electron supply layer, wherein the second nitride semiconductor layer includes a portion in which a hydrogen concentration is higher than that of the first nitride semiconductor layer and a difference of the hydrogen concentration from that of the first nitride semiconductor layer is 2×1018 cm−3 or less.
US10483384B2
A transistor device includes a first emitter region of a first doping type, a second emitter region of a second doping type, a body of the second doping type, a drift region of the first doping type, a field-stop region of the first doping type, at least one boost structure, and a gate electrode. The boost structure is arranged between the field-stop region and the second emitter region. The at least one boost structure includes a base region of the first doping type and at least one auxiliary emitter region of the second doping type separated from the second emitter region by the base region. An overall dopant dose in the drift region and the field-stop region in a current flow direction of the transistor device is higher than a breakthrough charge of a semiconductor material of the drift region and the field-stop region.
US10483382B1
A tunnel field-effect transistor having source and drain contacts made from different electrically conductive materials enables independent optimization of contact resistance on the source and drain sides of the transistor. Dielectric caps on the gate electrode, source contact and drain contact made from different materials allow the selective removal of portions of the caps during gate, source and drain wiring. A wiring strap can be formed across the gate and drain to electrically connect two source contacts together. Multiple drain contacts or multiple gate electrodes may alternatively be electrically connected by wiring straps. Strap wiring facilitates placing transistors in closer proximity to increase the number of transistors for a given chip area.
US10483380B2
A semiconductor device includes a source region having a first dopant and a drain region having a second dopant. The first dopant is different from the second dopant. A channel region is in between the source and drain region. The channel region is intrinsic. A tunnel barrier layer disposed in between the drain region and the channel region. A gate stack disposed on the channel region. The source region comprises GaSb, the drain region comprises InAs, the channel region comprises InAs, and the tunnel barrier layer comprises InGaAs. The gate stack wraps around the channel region and partially overlaps the tunnel barrier layer.
US10483370B2
Semiconductor structures are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a fin structure formed over a substrate and a gate structure formed across the fin structure. In addition, the gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer formed over the substrate and a work function metal layer formed over a portion of the gate dielectric layer. The gate structure further includes a gate electrode layer formed over a portion of the work function metal layer. In addition, a top surface of the gate electrode layer is located at a position that is higher than that of a top surface of the gate dielectric layer, and the top surface of the gate dielectric layer is located at a position that is higher than that of a top surface of the work function layer.
US10483367B2
Vertical gate all around (VGAA) devices and methods of manufacture thereof are described. A method for manufacturing a VGAA device includes: exposing a top surface and sidewalls of a first portion of a protrusion extending from a doped region, wherein a second portion of the protrusion is surrounded by a gate stack; and enlarging the first portion of the protrusion using an epitaxial growth process.
US10483364B2
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, at least one first gate structure, at least one first spacer, at least one source drain structure, and a conductive plug. The first gate structure is present on the substrate. The first spacer is present on at least one sidewall of the first gate structure. The source drain structure is present adjacent to the first spacer. The conductive plug is electrically connected to the source drain structure while leaving a gap between the conductive plug and the spacer.
US10483363B2
One method includes forming a gate above a semiconductor substrate, the gate comprising a gate structure and a gate cap positioned above the gate structure, forming a conductive source/drain metallization structure adjacent the gate in each of the source/drain regions and forming a recess in each of the conductive source/drain metallization structures. The method further includes forming a spacer structure that comprises recess filling portions that substantially fill the recesses and a portion that extends across the gate cap, wherein a portion of the gate cap is exposed within the spacer structure, forming an insulating material within the spacer structure and on the exposed portion of the gate cap, forming a gate contact opening that exposes a portion of an upper surface of the gate structure and forming a conductive gate contact structure (CB) in the conductive gate contact opening.
US10483360B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is providing, which includes forming a trench in a semiconductor substrate, forming an oxide layer over sidewalls and over a bottom side of the trench, performing an ion implantation process, forming a cover layer, and patterning the covering layer, thereby forming an uncovered area and a covered area of the oxide layer, respectively. The method further includes performing an isotropic etching process thereby removing portions of the uncovered area of the oxide layer and removing a part of a surface portion of the covered area adjacent to the uncovered portions, and removing remaining portions of the covering layer.
US10483359B2
Disclosed is a power device, such as power MOSFET, and method for fabricating same. The device includes an upper trench situated over a lower trench, where the upper trench is wider than the lower trench. The device further includes a trench dielectric inside the lower trench and on sidewalls of the upper trench. The device also includes an electrode situated within the trench dielectric. The trench dielectric of the device has a bottom thickness that is greater than a sidewall thickness.
US10483354B2
In one embodiment, a nitride semiconductor device is provided with a first semiconductor layer that is a layer of Alx1Ga(1-x1)N (0
US10483350B2
There is provided a semiconductor device, including: a semiconductor member having a mesa structure in which a second semiconductor layer having one of a p-type conductivity type and an n-type conductivity type is laminated on a first semiconductor layer having the other one of the p-type conductivity type and the n-type conductivity type, so that the second semiconductor layer is exposed on an upper surface of the mesa structure, a pn junction interface is exposed on a side surface of the mesa structure, and the first semiconductor layer is exposed on an outside upper surface of the mesa structure; an insulating film disposed on a side surface of the mesa structure and on an outside upper surface of the mesa structure; a first electrode electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer on the upper surface of the mesa structure, and extends on the side surface of the mesa structure and on the outside upper surface of the mesa structure on the insulating film; and a second electrode electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer on a lower surface of the first semiconductor layer, wherein the insulating film is constituted including a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer, the first insulating layer is disposed so as to cover a corner portion where the side surface of the mesa structure and the outside upper surface of the mesa structure are connected to each other, the second insulating layer is disposed so as to cover the pn junction interface exposed on the side surface of the mesa structure, or is disposed to constitute an entire thickness of the insulating film directly under the electrode end of the first electrode so as to cover the area directly under the electrode end, the relative dielectric constant of the second insulating layer is equal to or larger than the relative dielectric constant of the semiconductor member, and the relative dielectric constant of the first insulating layer is smaller than the relative dielectric constant of the second insulating layer.
US10483343B2
A device includes a first inductor positioned on a first substrate. The first inductor has at least one turn in a plane that is perpendicular to a plane of the first substrate. The first inductor is positioned for near field coupling with a second inductor. The second inductor is positioned on a second substrate, with at least one turn that is in a plane perpendicular to a plane of the second substrate. The second inductor is substantially parallel to the first inductor. Such an arrangement may be used for near field coupling, including edge-to-edge coupling, between two integrated circuits.
US10483342B2
An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate, a scan line on the substrate for transferring a scan signal, a data line crossing the scan line and for transferring a data signal, a driving voltage line crossing the scan line and for transferring a driving voltage, a switching thin film transistor coupled to the scan line and the data line, a driving thin film transistor coupled to a switching drain electrode of the switching thin film transistor, and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) coupled to a driving drain electrode of the driving thin film transistor, wherein a driving semiconductor layer of the driving thin film transistor is bent and in a plane substantially parallel to the substrate.
US10483337B2
An organic light emitting display device may include a switching element disposed on a substrate, a planarization layer covering the switching element, a first electrode disposed on the planarization layer and coupled to the switching element, a first through hole being defined in a peripheral portion of the first electrode, a pixel defining layer covering the peripheral portion of the first electrode to expose an emission portion of the first electrode, an organic light emitting layer disposed on the emission portion of the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the organic light emitting layer.
US10483323B2
A three-dimensional semiconductor device is provided as follows. A substrate includes a contact region, a dummy region, and a cell array region. A stack structure includes electrodes vertically stacked on the substrate. The electrodes are stacked to have a first stepwise structure on the contact region and a second stepwise structure in the dummy region. Ends of at least two adjacent electrodes in the second stepwise structure have first sidewalls vertically aligned so that horizontal positions of the first sidewalls are substantially the same.
US10483322B2
A memory device includes a first inter-layer dielectric layer, plural conductive features, plural memory structures, a filler, and a second inter-layer dielectric layer. The conductive features are embedded in the first inter-layer dielectric layer. The memory structures are respectively over the conductive features. The filler is in between the memory structures. The second inter-layer dielectric layer is over the filler and the memory structures, and the second inter-layer dielectric layer and the filler form an interface, in which the interface extends from one of the memory structures to another of the memory structures.
US10483305B2
An image sensor includes a substrate including a sensor array area, a pad area, and a circuit area, a wiring layer on the pad area, and a light-shielding pattern on the sensor array area. The sensor array area includes a first area including active pixels and a second area including optical back pixels. The wiring layer is apart from the substrate by a first distance on the pad area. The light-shielding pattern includes a first portion spaced apart from the substrate by a second distance less than the first distance, a second portion disposed between the first portion and the wiring layer and extending on the same level as the wiring layer, and a third portion disposed between the first portion and the second portion and integrally formed with the first portion and the second portion.
US10483300B2
Provided is an optically restorable semiconductor device including a gate electrode, a gate insulation film on the gate electrode, a photo-responsive semiconductor film on the gate insulation film, and an interface charge part disposed adjacent to an interface between the photo-responsive semiconductor film and the gate insulation film, wherein the interface charge part includes charge traps, and the interface charge part and the photo-responsive semiconductor film directly contact with each other.
US10483299B2
This light-receiving element includes: a substrate; a photoelectric conversion layer that is provided on the substrate and includes a first compound semiconductor, and absorbs a wavelength in an infrared region to generate electric charges; a semiconductor layer that is provided on the photoelectric conversion layer and includes a second compound semiconductor, and has an opening in a selective region; and an electrode that buries the opening of the semiconductor layer and is electrically coupled to the photoelectric conversion layer.
US10483298B2
An optical device for detecting a first chemical species and a second chemical species contained in a specimen, which includes: a first optical sensor, which may be optically coupled to an optical source through the specimen and is sensitive to radiation having a wavelength comprised in a first range of wavelengths; and a second optical sensor, which may be optically coupled to the optical source through the specimen and is sensitive to radiation having a wavelength comprised in a second range of wavelengths, different from the first range of wavelengths.
US10483293B2
First to fourth switches are provided so that conduction states are able to be controlled independently of each other. The first switch, the third switch, and the second switch are electrically connected in series between a first wiring and a third wiring. The fourth switch has a function of controlling a conduction state between the light-emitting element and a fourth wiring. In a first transistor, a gate is electrically connected to a node to which the third switch and the second switch are electrically connected, one of a source and a drain is electrically connected to a second wiring, and the other is electrically connected to the light-emitting element. A capacitor includes first and second electrodes, the first electrode is electrically connected to a node to which the first switch and the third switch are electrically connected, and the second electrode is electrically connected to the light-emitting element.
US10483289B2
An array substrate includes a carrier plate, a first heat dissipation layer, and a function layer sequentially stacked on each other. The function layer is arranged on one side facing a user. The function layer includes a plurality of drive devices, metal wires and connection sections arranged between the plurality of drive devices. The plurality of drive devices are formed with openings. The connection sections each have an end extending through the openings to connect with one of the drive devices and an opposite end extending across the metal wires to connect with an adjacent one of the drive devices. The first heat dissipation layer conducts heat from the metal wires, the plurality of drive devices, and the connection sections through the carrier plate for dissipation. A method for manufacturing the array substrate and a display device are also provided.
US10483275B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first insulating film having a first thickness over a main surface of a semiconductor substrate and then forming a second insulating film having a second thickness larger than the first thickness over the first insulating film, sequentially processing the second insulating film, the first insulating film, and the semiconductor substrate to form a plurality of trenches and to form a plurality of projecting portions which include portions of the semiconductor substrate extending in a first direction along the main surface of the semiconductor substrate and are spaced apart from each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction along the main surface of the semiconductor substrate, and depositing a third insulating film over the main surface of the semiconductor substrate such that the third insulating film is embedded in the trenches.
US10483269B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first dielectric layer having a first thickness on the semiconductor substrate, a first opening having a first width in the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer having a second thickness disposed in a middle region of the first opening, and a third dielectric layer having a first portion and a second portion disposed on opposite sides of second dielectric layer. The first portion and the second portion have a second width smaller than the first width, and the third dielectric layer has a third thickness smaller than the first thickness and the second thickness.
US10483268B2
A semiconductor device having an SRAM which includes: a monolithic first active region in which a first transistor and a fifth transistor are disposed; a second active region separated from the first active region, in which a second transistor is disposed; a monolithic third active region in which a third transistor and a sixth transistor are disposed; and a fourth active region separated from the third active region, in which a fourth transistor is disposed. Each driver transistor is divided into a first transistor and a second transistor (or a third transistor and a fourth transistor) and these driver transistors are disposed over different active regions.
US10483264B2
A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a first fin-shaped structure on a substrate; forming a first single diffusion break (SDB) structure in the first fin-shaped structure; forming a first gate structure on the first SDB structure and a second gate structure on the first fin-shaped structure; forming an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer around the first gate structure and the second gate structure; forming a patterned mask on the first gate structure; and performing a replacement metal gate (RMG) process to transform the second gate structure into a metal gate.
US10483263B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method therefor. The device may include: a semiconductor substrate; a fin projecting from the semiconductor substrate, where trenches are formed on sides of the fin; a first insulator layer partially filling the trenches, where the fin protrudes from the first insulator layer; a second insulator layer covering the fin; a plurality of pseudo gate structures on the second insulator layer, where each pseudo gate structure wraps a part of the fin, where each pseudo gate structure includes a pseudo gate located on the second insulator layer, the plurality of pseudo gate structures includes at least a first pseudo gate structure and a second pseudo gate structure that are spaced from each other, the second pseudo gate structure is located at an edge corner of the fin, and a part of the second pseudo gate structure is on the first insulator layer; spacers, on the first insulator layer and the second insulator layer, at two sides of each of the plurality of pseudo gate structures; and a source or a drain located among the plurality of pseudo gate structures. The present invention can improve reliability of the device.
US10483259B2
Some embodiments relate to an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a ring-shaped drain region having an inner edge and an outer edge. A channel region surrounds the ring-shaped drain region. A source region surrounds the channel region. The channel region separates the drain region from the source region. A gate electrode is arranged over the channel region and is separated from the channel region by a gate dielectric. An inner edge of the gate electrode is proximate to the drain region. A resistor structure is arranged over and spaced apart from an upper surface of the substrate. The resistor structure has a first end and a second end which are connected by a curved or polygonal path of resistive material. The first end is coupled to the ring-shaped drain. The resistor has an outer perimeter that is surrounded by the inner edge of the ring-shaped drain region.
US10483250B2
Embodiments are generally directed to three-dimensional small form factor system in package architecture. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a first package having a first side and an opposite second side, the first package including a plurality of embedded electronic components and one or more embedded via bars, each via bar including a plurality of through vias; and a second package having a first side and an opposite second side, the second package including a plurality of embedded electronic components, wherein a first side of the first package and a second side of second package are coupled together by a plurality of connections, including at least a first connection connecting the second package to a first component of the first package and a second connection connecting the second package to a first via bar of the one or more via bars.
US10483246B2
A press pack module includes a collector module terminal, an emitter module terminal, a gate module terminal, and an auxiliary module terminal. Each IGBT cassette within the module includes a set of shims, two contact pins, and an IGBT die. The first contact pin provides part of a first electrical connection between the gate module terminal and the IGBT gate pad. The second contact pin provides part of a second electrical connection between the auxiliary module terminal and a shim that in turn contacts the IGBT emitter pad. The electrical connection between the auxiliary emitter terminal and each emitter pad of the many IGBTs is a balanced impedance network. The balanced network is not part of the high current path through the module. By supplying a gate drive signal between the gate and auxiliary emitter terminals, simultaneous IGBT turn off in high speed and high current switching conditions is facilitated.
US10483243B2
A semiconductor device includes a chip stack structure including a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip stacked on the first semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip includes a first substrate, a first circuit layer on a front surface of the first substrate, and a first connecting layer disposed on the first circuit layer and including a first metal pad electrically connected to the first circuit layer. The second semiconductor chip includes a second substrate, a second circuit layer on a front surface of the second substrate, and a second connecting layer disposed on the second circuit layer and including a second metal pad electrically connected to the second circuit layer. The first connecting layer faces the second connecting layer. The first and second metal pads are in contact with each other to couple the first and second semiconductor chips to each other.
US10483239B2
A semiconductor device is disclosed including semiconductor die formed with a row of functional die bond pads and an adjacent row of dummy die bond pads. The functional die bond pads may be electrically connected to the integrated circuits formed within the semiconductor die. The dummy die bond pads may be formed in the scribe area of a semiconductor wafer from which the semiconductor die are formed, and are provided for wire bonding the semiconductor die within the semiconductor device.
US10483232B2
A method for fabricating bump structures on chips with a panel type process is provided. First, a panel type substrate is provided. Semiconductor chips are fixed on the panel type substrate. Each semiconductor chip includes metal pads and a passivation layer exposing the metal pads. At least an electroless plating process is performed to form under bump metallurgy structures on the metal pads. The method simplifies the processes of forming electrical connections for semiconductor chips. The panel type process can effectively increase the yield, and reduce the manufacturing cost.
US10483227B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip including a semiconductor substrate, an element formed in an element forming region of the semiconductor substrate, and a through-via penetrating across a front surface and a rear surface of the semiconductor substrate while avoiding the element forming region of the semiconductor substrate to form a conductive path between the front surface and the rear surface; a circuit component mounted on a circuit component connection surface at the same side as the front surface of the semiconductor substrate of the semiconductor chip; and an external connection members formed on the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate.
US10483222B1
A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. A first insulation layer is formed on a semiconductor die, a redistribution layer electrically connected to a bond pad is formed on the first insulation layer, and a second insulation layer covers the redistribution layer. The second insulation layer is made of a cheap, non-photosensitive material. Accordingly, the manufacturing cost of the semiconductor device can be reduced.
US10483214B2
The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to overlay structures and methods of manufacture. The method includes locating a first plurality of offset dummy features in a first layer; locating a second plurality of offset dummy features in a second layer; measuring a distance between the first plurality of offset dummy features and the second plurality of offset dummy features; and determining that the first layer or the second layer is shifted with respect to one another based on the measurement.
US10483209B2
A method of improving electrical interconnections between two electrical elements is made available by providing a meta-material overlay in conjunction with the electrical interconnection. The meta-material overlay is designed to make the electrical signal propagating via the electrical interconnection to act as though the permittivity and permeability of the dielectric medium within which the electrical interconnection is formed are different than the real component permittivity and permeability of the dielectric medium surrounding the electrical interconnection. In some instances the permittivity and permeability resulting from the meta-material cause the signal to propagate as if the permittivity and permeability have negative values. Accordingly the method provides for electrical interconnections possessing enhanced control and stability of impedance, reduced noise, and reduced loss. Alternative embodiments of the meta-material overlay provide, the enhancements for conventional discrete wire bonds while also facilitating single integrated designs compatible with tape implementation.
US10483198B2
Disclosed is a die. The die may include a material layer, a plurality of vias, and a plurality of metal channels. The material layer may have a top side and a backside. The top side may include a plurality of pad connections. The plurality of vias may extend through the material layer from the top side to the backside. The plurality of metal channels may be in contact with the backside. Each of the plurality of metal channels may be in electrical communication with at least one of the plurality of pad connections and at least one of the plurality of vias.
US10483196B2
A substrate structure includes a carrier, a first metal layer, a circuit layer and a dielectric layer. The carrier has a first surface and a second surface. The first metal layer is disposed on the first surface of the carrier. The circuit layer is disposed on the first metal layer. The dielectric layer covers the circuit layer and defines a plurality of openings to expose portions of the circuit layer and portions of the first metal layer.
US10483193B2
According to example configurations herein, a leadframe includes a first conductive strip, a second conductive strip, and a third conductive strip disposed substantially adjacent and substantially parallel to each other. A semiconductor chip substrate includes a first array of switch circuits disposed adjacent and parallel to a second array of switch circuits. Source nodes in switch circuits of the first array are disposed substantially adjacent and substantially parallel to source nodes in switch circuits of the second array. When the semiconductor chip and the leadframe device are combined to form a circuit package, a connectivity interface between the semiconductor chip and conductive strips in the circuit package couples each of the source nodes in switch circuits of the first array and each of the multiple source nodes in switch circuits of the second array to a common conductive strip in the leadframe device.
US10483192B2
In a general aspect, a method for producing a packaged semiconductor device can include coupling a semiconductor device to a leadframe structure having a signal lead that is electrically coupled with the semiconductor device. The method can also include encapsulating at least a portion of the semiconductor device and at least a portion of the leadframe structure in a molding compound. At least a segment of the signal lead can be exposed outside the molding compound. A surface of the molding compound can define a primary plane of the packaged semiconductor device. The method can further include forming, with a laser, a groove in the segment, applying solder plating to the segment, including the groove, and separating, at the groove, the segment into a first portion and a second portion, such that the second portion of the segment is separated from the leadframe structure.
US10483190B2
In a thermal conduction structure and its manufacturing method, the thermal conduction structure includes a vapor chamber, a heat pipe and a working fluid. The vapor chamber includes an upper casing, a lower casing, and a cavity formed between the lower and upper casings. The upper casing has a through hole communicated with the cavity and a first capillary tissue disposed on the internal surface of the upper casing. The first capillary tissue has a penetrating hole corresponsive to the through hole. The heat pipe includes a tube and a second capillary tissue disposed in the tube and extended out from the tube to define an exposed section, and the heat pipe is passed and coupled to the through hole, and the exposed section is passed through the penetrating hole to attach to the first capillary tissue. The working fluid is filled in the cavity.
US10483189B2
A power conversion apparatus mounted in a vehicle includes a semiconductor stack in which a plurality of semiconductor modules and a plurality of coolants including coolant passages are disposed by being alternately stacked, and a retaining unit which presses the semiconductor stack in a stacking direction to retain the semiconductor stack. The semiconductor modules and the coolants are attached to each other by a plate-shaped insulating resin adhesive member, and a roughened area on which a roughening treatment has been performed is formed in at least a part of the outer surface of the coolants to which the resin adhesive member is attached.
US10483188B2
This method comprises the steps of: a) forming a set of first trenches on the first surface of the wafer; b) forming a set of second trenches on the second surface of the wafer, at least partially facing the first trenches; c) filling the first trenches with a first material having a CTE α1; d) filling the second trenches with a second material having a CTE α2, and verifying α2>α0 or α2<α0 depending on whether the first material verifies α1>α0 or α1<α0.
US10483176B2
Provided is a semiconductor module in which a case and a base plate joined together with a simple structure, the semiconductor module having high insulation strength. The semiconductor module includes the following: a base plate; at least one semiconductor chip disposed inside the base plate other than the outer periphery of the base plate and above the base plate; and a case joined to the outer periphery of the base plate with an adhesive, and containing the at least one semiconductor chip. The upper surface of the base plate is provided with a recess or a protrusion between an inner wall of the case and the at least one semiconductor chip in a plan view.
US10483172B2
A device includes a substrate having an N-active region and a P-active region, a layer of silicon-carbon positioned on an upper surface of the N-active region, a first layer of a first semiconductor material positioned on the layer of silicon-carbon, a second layer of the first semiconductor material positioned on an upper surface of the P-active region, and a layer of a second semiconductor material positioned on the second layer of the first semiconductor material. An N-type transistor is positioned in and above the N-active region and a P-type transistor is positioned in and above the P-active region.
US10483167B2
In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, a substrate is provided. A hard mask and a mask layer are formed on a first region and a second region of the substrate. The substrate is recessed using the hard mask and the mask layer to form a fin structure in the first region and a raised structure in the second region. First isolation structures and second isolation structures are formed on lower portions of opposite sidewalls of the fin structure and opposite sidewalls of the raised structure. A first gate structure is formed on a portion of the fin structure, and a second gate structure is formed on a portion of the raised structure. A first source and a first drain are formed on opposite sides of the first gate structure, and a second source and a second drain are formed on opposite sides of the second gate structure.
US10483166B1
A method of fabricating a vertically stacked nanosheet semiconductor device includes epitaxially growing at least three layers each of alternating silicon and silicon germanium layers on a substrate and patterning a gate structure. The method includes performing at least three reactive ion etch processes forming recesses. The method includes forming source or drain regions in a channel formed by a shallow trench isolation layer formed in the recesses. The method includes growing a first epitaxial layer on the source or drain regions, forming at least three pFET structures. The method includes etching away a portion of each of the pFET structures and depositing a dielectric layer on each. The method includes growing a second epitaxial layer, forming at least three nFET structures. Each layer of the pFET structure and nFET structure are stacked vertically and each layer of the pFET structure and nFET structures have independent source or drain contacts.
US10483157B2
In a method of forming a semiconductor device including a fin field effect transistor (FinFET), a first sacrificial layer is formed over a source/drain structure of a FinFET structure and an isolation insulating layer. The first sacrificial layer is patterned, thereby forming an opening. A first liner layer is formed on the isolation insulating layer in a bottom of opening and at least side faces of the patterned first sacrificial layer. After the first liner layer is formed, a dielectric layer is formed in the opening. After the dielectric layer is formed, the patterned first sacrificial layer is removed, thereby forming a contact opening over the source/drain structure. A conductive layer is formed in the contact opening.
US10483147B2
A ceramic pedestal assembly and a method of forming a ceramic pedestal assembly is provided. The ceramic pedestal assembly includes a ceramic substrate defining an upper surface and a lower surface, at least one via extending through the ceramic substrate, an upper conductive foil layer extending across the upper surface of the ceramic substrate and a lower conductive foil layer extending across the lower surface of the ceramic substrate. Each via includes an upper via defining a cavity and a lower via defining a corresponding tapered insert. In one form, the upper via, the lower via, and the conductive foil layers define a material having a melting temperature greater than 2,000° C. and a CTE less than or equal to the ceramic substrate.
US10483144B2
A method for determining front and back of a single-crystal wafer including: using, as the single-crystal wafer, one having a crystal plane which is laterally asymmetrical to a reference direction connecting a center of a cut for orientation identification formed in an end face of the single-crystal wafer with a center of the single-crystal wafer; noticing the laterally asymmetrical crystal plane, applying an X-ray to the single-crystal wafer, and detecting a diffracted X-ray to measure an angle formed between an orientation of the noticed crystal plane and the reference direction; and determining whether a surface of the single-crystal wafer is a front surface or a back surface from a value of the measured angle. Consequently, the method for determining a front and a back of a single-crystal wafer which can assuredly determine the front and the back of the single-crystal wafer and is superior in cost can be provided.
US10483140B2
A mask transmission equipment is provided. The mask transmission equipment includes a wafer transmission container and a supporting bracket. The wafer transmission container includes a plurality of first positioning grooves and a plurality of second positioning grooves. The first positioning grooves face the second positioning grooves. The first positioning grooves and the second positioning grooves are adapted to position a plurality of wafers. The supporting bracket is disposed in the wafer transmission container. The supporting bracket includes a first supporting unit, a second supporting unit, a first wing and a second wing. The first supporting unit is stacked on the second supporting unit. The first wing is disposed on a first side of the supporting bracket. The second wing is disposed on a second side of the supporting bracket. The first side is opposite to the second side.
US10483139B2
The substrate processing apparatus includes a plurality of processing units each capable of performing plural kinds of processes to a substrate under plural kinds of processing conditions, and a substrate transfer mechanism that transfers a substrate to each processing unit. In one embodiment, as an operation mode of each processing unit, a monitoring mode correlated with a processing liquid to be used can be set. When at least one of the processing units is set in the monitoring mode, the substrate transfer mechanism is not uniformly prohibited to load a product substrate to the processing unit set in the monitoring mode, but is allowed to load a product wafer to be subjected to a process correlated with a processing condition, which is different from the processing condition correlated with the monitoring mode, into any one of the at least one processing unit set in the monitoring mode.
US10483133B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor chip is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a plurality of semiconductor chips, wherein each semiconductor chip comprises a first main face, a second main face opposite to the first main face and side faces connecting the first and second main faces, placing the semiconductor chips on a carrier with the second main faces facing the carrier and applying an encapsulation material by transfer molding thereby forming the semiconductor chip panel, wherein the encapsulation material is applied so that the side faces of the semiconductor chips are covered with the encapsulation material while the first main faces are not.
US10483127B2
A plasma processing system and methods for high precision etching of microelectronic substrates. The system may include a combination of microwave and radio frequency (RF) power sources that may generate plasma conditions to remove monolayer(s). The system may generation a first plasma to form a thin adsorption layer on the surface of the microelectronic substrate. The adsorbed layer may be removed when the system transition to a second plasma. The differences between the first and second plasma may be include the ion energy proximate to the substrate. For example, the first plasma may have an ion energy of less than 20 eV and the second plasma may have an ion energy greater than 20 eV.
US10483120B2
A method of fabricating an integrated circuit (IC) uses a first lithography technique having a first resolution and a second lithography technique having a second resolution lower than the first resolution. The method includes deriving a graph from an IC layout, the graph having vertices and edges that connect some of the vertices, the vertices representing IC patterns in the IC layout, the edges representing spacing between the IC patterns that are smaller than the second resolution. The method further includes classifying the edges into at least two types, a first type of edges representing spacing that is smaller than the first resolution, a second type of edges representing spacing that is equal to or greater than the first resolution but smaller than the second resolution.
US10483098B2
A method of manufacturing a display apparatus is provided as follows. A substrate having a display portion on an upper surface of the substrate is prepared. A protection film having an opening is attached to a lower surface of the substrate so that the protection film overlaps the display portion. A support film is attached to the lower surface so that the support film is disposed within the opening of the protection film. A driving circuit chip is attached to the upper surface so that the driving chip is spaced apart from the display portion and the opening. At least a part of the support film is removed. The substrate is bent along a longitudinal direction of the opening.
US10483097B2
A method for in-situ dry cleaning of a SiGe semiconductor surface, ex-situ degreases the Ge containing semiconductor surface and removes organic contaminants. The surface is then dosed with HF (aq) or NH4F (g) generated via NH3+NH or NF3 with H2 or H2O to remove oxygen containing contaminants. In-situ dosing of the SiGe surface with atomic H removes carbon containing contaminants.
US10483096B2
The present disclosure provides a mass spectrometry cartridge and methods of use thereof.
US10483092B2
A baffle plate assembly including a baffle plate, a ring and support members. The baffle plate has an outer diameter and configured to distribute gases through a showerhead of a showerhead assembly of a substrate processing system. The gases are received from a stem of the showerhead assembly. The ring has an inner diameter and configured to be disposed in a ring channel of the showerhead assembly. The inner diameter is greater than the outer diameter of the baffle plate. The support members extend from the baffle plate to the ring. The ring and the support members hold the baffle plate in a position between a top plate and a bottom plate of the showerhead.
US10483078B2
There is provided an anode stack for cooling and electrically insulating a high voltage anode of an X-ray device. The anode stack has at least a conductor member and a dielectric member, and the conductor member has a main body and a peripheral portion. The dielectric member overlies and couples with the main body of the conductor member at one surface. At an opposing surface of the main body of the conductor member, an end of the high voltage anode is coupled thereto in use. The peripheral portion of the conductor member has an annular region that surrounds at least a part of the dielectric member and which is spaced therefrom.
US10483073B2
The present disclosure relates to methods of fabricating electronic devices or components thereof. The electronic devices can be vacuum electronic devices. The methods can include disposing a first material on or in a substrate. The methods can further include removing a portion of the first material to form one or more structure protruding from the substrate. The methods can further include disposing a second material onto the one or more structure of the first material, and then removing a portion of the second material to form one or more sidewall structures. A second portion of the one or more structures of the first material can also be removed to form a fabricated structure including the substrate and one or more sidewall structures protruding therefrom.
US10483059B2
A particle extraction system for an electrical interrupter is disclosed in the present application. The particle extraction system includes a support bay configured to hold an electrical interrupter in position during a particle extraction event. An actuator system is operable for cycling the interrupter to dislodge and release foreign particles internal to the interrupter. A fluid source and pumping system is in fluid communication with at least one internal flowpath within the interrupter to entrain and transport the released particle from the interrupter. A vacuum slot is operable for receiving a fluid flow with entrained particles and transporting the particles to a particle capture device.
US10483054B2
A mono or bidirectional contactor device for applications involving switching of the power supply for high current and/or voltage electrical loads, of the type comprising a containing and protective casing made of synthetic plastic insulating material with a bottom wall from which there extends an actuator portion, comprising a coil and auxiliary contacts, an intermediate portion for housing fixed and movable contact poles, and an upper arc chute portion for dissipating the electric arc. Advantageously the casing is chosen so as to have a flat parallelepiped form with the bottom wall extending at 90° with respect to a side wall of the casing on the shorter side and a support plate for the contactor is connected to the outer surface of the base wall or of said side wall so as to support the casing substantially with a vertical extension from the horizontal plane or projecting from the vertical plane.
US10483041B2
A first outer electrode and first inner electrodes are supplied with an anode potential and a second outer electrode and second inner electrodes are supplied with a cathode potential when a monolithic ceramic capacitor is mounted and in use. The first outer electrode supplied with the anode potential has a thickness that is greater than a thickness of the second outer electrode supplied with the cathode potential.
US10483037B2
A method of manufacturing a magnetically graded material, including depositing a steel filler material to a substrate, and applying a directed energy source to first and second regions of the filler material to thereby join the filler material to form a joined material. The energy source is directed to the first region while the first region is provided with an inert shield gas such that the material of the first regions includes a magnetic phase, and the energy source is directed to the second region while the second region is provided with a nitrogen containing shield gas to thereby impart an non-magnetic phase to the joined material.
US10483033B2
An electromagnetic device includes an outer peripheral iron core, and at least three iron core coils which are in contact with or coupled to the inner surface of the outer peripheral iron core. The at least three iron core coils each include an iron core, and at least one of a primary coil and a secondary coil, which are wound around the iron core. The at least three iron core coils are arranged in a circle, and the iron core of one of the at least three iron core coils is in contact with the iron cores of the other iron core coils adjacent to the one iron core coil.
US10483029B2
A core member capable of favorably meeting required characteristics is provided. A core member according to the present invention is obtained by molding a mixture containing soft magnetic powder and a resin. This core member includes a specific portion including, as a specific surface, at least one of an installation surface facing an object on which the core member is to be installed and an interlinkage surface that is intersected by a magnetic flux excited by a coil, and an opposite surface on a side opposite to the specific surface. The specific portion has a higher density than a region of the opposite surface.
US10483026B2
Described is an apparatus which comprises: an input ferromagnet to receive a first charge current and to produce a corresponding spin current; and a stack of metal layers configured to convert the corresponding spin current to a second charge current, wherein the stack of metal layers is coupled to the input magnet.
US10483025B2
A superconductive coil module includes a superconductive coil a superconductive coil and a shaking coil. The superconductive coil includes a bobbin having a cylindrical shape, and a superconductive wire member of superconductive property, which surrounds an outer circumferential surface of the bobbin. The superconductive coil is configured to generate a magnetic field along a radial direction in case of a charging event. The shaking coil is disposed adjacent to the superconductive wire member, and is configured to generate an alternating magnetic field to decrease a magnitude of a screening current induced magnetic field formed in the superconductive wire member. Thus, the superconductive coil module includes the shaking coil to decrease the magnitude of a screening current induced magnetic field formed in the superconductive wire member using a voltex shaking effect to maintain a central magnetic field uniform.
US10483023B1
An electrical circuit includes a configurable resistor and a reference resistor with a current source circuit coupled to provide a current to the configurable resistor and the reference resistor. An Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) is configured to convert voltages from the configurable resistor and the reference resistor to digital values. A calculation circuit is configured to calculate an adjustment for the configurable resistor from a digital reference value obtained from a reference resistor voltage and two or more digital values obtained from two or more voltages corresponding to two or more configurations of the configurable resistor. A sequencer adjusts the configurable resistor based on the adjustment calculated by the calculation circuit.
US10483019B2
The invention provides an ultra-flexible indoor accompanying photoelectric composite cable, and the cable comprises a plurality of power transmission components, optical fiber transmission components and structural strengthening components, which are covered by a highly flame-retardant outer protective layer. The power transmission component comprises a cable core which is a soft conductor and an insulating material layer wrapped around the cable core. The optical fiber transmission component is a tight tube optical fiber, and the power transmission components and the optical fiber transmission components are arranged in parallel inside the highly flame-retardant outer protective layer. The composite cable of the invention has very strong pressure resistance, stress resistance, and reciprocating resistance, good electrical and physical properties and more excellent environment resistant performance. Furthermore, the composite cable can simplify construction procedures, improve working efficiency and reduce construction cost.
US10483015B2
A flex flat cable (FFC) structure includes metallic transmission wires arranged in parallel, first insulating jackets, and second insulating jacket. The metallic transmission wires includes one or more power wires and signal wires. The power wire is configured to transmit power. The signal wires are configured to transmit a data signal. Each of first insulating jackets encloses one of metallic transmission wires. The second insulating jacket surrounds the first insulating jackets. An embossment pattern is arranged on an external surface of the second insulating jacket. The embossment pattern includes meander lines in a top-view direction and in an extending direction for the metallic transmission wires. The meander lines are not arranged parallel.
US10483013B2
An insulated wire having an insulating coat layer on the conductor outer peripheral surface having a rectangular cross-sectional shape and also having a long side, a short side, and a corner portion with a curvature radius Rc, wherein a thickness t1 of the insulating coat layer covered on the surface, and which layer includes a long side, a thickness t2 of the insulating coat layer covered on the surface, and which layer includes a short side, and a corner portion thickness t3 of the insulating coat layer satisfy formula (1): t3/{(t1+t2)/2}≥1.2 Formula (1) wherein the t1 and t2 are each independently from 20 μm to 50 μm, and wherein a ratio of the conductor cross-sectional area Sc to the insulated wire cross-sectional area Sw satisfies formula (2) 1.0>Sc/Sw≥0.8; Formula (2) as well as a coil and an electric or electronic equipment using the same.
US10483007B2
A telemedicine system including a cart that allows for two-way audio/video conferencing between patients or local care providers and remote care providers or family members. The cart employs a modular design that allows its capabilities to be expanded to meet the needs of particular telemedicine applications. In addition, the cart provides thermal imaging and a user interface that allows local care provers to access various capabilities of the device while the device is not in session with a remote party.
US10483006B2
A computer-implemented method for providing a personalized evaluation of assessment of atherosclerotic plaques for a patient acquiring patient data comprising non-invasive patient data, medical images of the patient, and blood biomarkers. Features of interest are extracted from the patient data and one or more machine learning models are applied to the features of interest to predict one or more measures of interest related to atherosclerotic plaque.
US10483003B1
Systems, methods and computer-readable media are provided for facilitating clinical decision support and managing patient population health by health-related entities including caregivers, health care administrators, insurance providers, and patients. Embodiments of the invention provide decision support services including providing timely contextual patient information including condition risks, risk factors and relevant clinical information that are dynamically updatable; imputing missing patient information; dynamically generating assessments for obtaining additional patient information based on context; data-mining and information discovery services including discovering new knowledge; identifying or evaluating treatments or sequences of patient care actions and behaviors, and providing recommendations based on this; intelligent, adaptive decision support services including identifying critical junctures in patient care processes, such as points in time that warrant close attention by caregivers; near-real time querying across diverse health records data sources, which may use diverse clinical nomenclatures and ontologies; improved natural language processing services; and other decision support services.
US10482997B2
The present invention relates to a method for determining three-dimensional structures of molecules, particularly, but not exclusively, dynamic organic molecules of biological interest such as peptides, carbohydrates, proteins and drug molecules. A first aspect of the present invention provides a method for generating data representing an ensemble of three-dimensional structures of a molecule, the molecule comprising first and second atoms linked by at least one bond, said bond having an associated angle, and the angle varying to generate a plurality of three-dimensional structures of said molecule, the method comprising: receiving data representing said molecule, said data comprising data indicating variability of said angle; and generating an ensemble of structures such that the angle has an associated value selected based upon said variability. A second aspect of the present invention provides a computer implemented method for simulating the variability of the three-dimensional structure of a molecule.
US10482987B2
A magnetic wall utilization spin MOSFET includes a magnetic wall driving layer including a magnetic wall, a first region, a second region, and a third region located between the first region and the second region, a channel layer, a magnetization free layer provided at a first end portion of a first surface of the channel layer, and arranged so as to be in contact with the third region of the magnetic wall driving layer, a magnetization fixed layer provided at a second end portion opposite to the first end portion, and a gate electrode provided between the first end portion and the second end portion of the channel layer through a gate insulating layer.
US10482986B2
Adaptively changing a fail bit count for an erase operation is disclosed. A memory system may detect an erase stuck bit condition in a group of memory cells. An erase stuck bit condition refers to a situation in which the threshold voltage of at least one memory cell on string tends to stick, such that the string cannot be erased. The memory system performs an action in response to detecting an erase stuck bit condition, in one embodiment. One possible action is to increase a fail bit count for erase operations for other groups of memory cells, which could also potentially suffer from erase bit stuck conditions. This can help reduce erase stress on groups of memory cells. It can also reduce the number of groups of memory cells that need to be retired for failing an erase operation.
US10482985B2
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products for a dynamic bias voltage are presented. A monitor circuit is configured to determine whether an erase loop count of an erase operation for data word lines of an erase block satisfies a threshold. A bias circuit is configured to adjust a voltage applied to one or more dummy word lines of an erase block in response to an erase loop count for data word lines satisfying a threshold. An erase circuit is configured to perform one or more subsequent erase loops of an erase operation for data word lines with an adjusted voltage applied to one or more dummy word lines.
US10482982B2
In a method for operating a semiconductor device, the method may include: sorting program states of a memory cell that stores multi-bit data into a plurality of groups; applying different bias voltages to bit lines corresponding to a selected group among the plurality of groups; applying a program voltage to a selected word line corresponding to the selected group; verifying whether each of selected memory cells corresponding to the selected word line is programmed to a respective target program state; applying an inhibition voltage to bit lines coupled to programmed memory cells; and selecting a next group to be programmed until the plurality of groups are programmed.
US10482980B2
A ring oscillator includes first to fourth current-controlled delay circuits configured to allow a delay time to be changed depending on a magnitude of sink current, wherein the first to fourth current-controlled delay circuits are arranged symmetrically to each other about a square.
US10482976B2
A nonvolatile memory device includes: a plurality of word lines that are stacked; a pillar structure that penetrates through the word lines in a vertical direction; and a voltage supplier suitable for supplying a plurality of biases that are required according to an operation mode, to the word lines and the pillar structure. The pillar structure includes: a vertical channel region disposed in a core; and a laser diode structure disposed between the word lines and the vertical channel region to surround a periphery of the vertical channel region.
US10482971B2
A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a memory cell. The semiconductor apparatus includes a current supply circuit configured to change a resistance state of the memory cell, by changing an amount of current flowing through the memory cell, with or without limiting a voltage level across the memory cell to a level of a clamping voltage based on a state of the memory cell.
US10482968B1
A local X-decoder for a memory system includes a decoding unit configured to generate a word line signal to a memory cell of a memory array of the memory system; and an unselected erase detecting unit coupled to the decoding unit, and configured to increase an absolute voltage coupled to the word line signal from a well of the memory cell according to an unselected erase mode signal generated by an erase mode decoder of the memory system; wherein the word line signal is floating to a same level as the well of the memory cell when the memory cell is unselected in an erase mode of the memory system.
US10482958B2
A circuit includes a memory array having a plurality of memory cells; a control logic circuit, coupled to the memory array, and configured to use a first voltage signal to cause a first memory cell of the plurality of memory cells to transition from a first resistance state to a second resistance state, and a second voltage signal to cause the first memory cell to transition from the second resistance state to a third resistance state; and a counter circuit, coupled to the control logic circuit, and configured to increment a count by one in response to the first memory cell's transition from the first to the second resistance state, and again increment the count by one in response to the first memory cell's transition from the second to the third resistance state.
US10482954B2
A phase change memory device with memory cells (2) formed by a phase change memory element (3) and a selection switch (4). A reference cell (2a) formed by an own phase change memory element (3) and an own selection switch (4) is associated to a group (7) of memory cells to be read. An electrical quantity of the group of memory cells is compared with an analogous electrical quantity of the reference cell, thereby compensating any drift in the properties of the memory cells.
US10482953B1
A multi-state memory device includes a first memory element, a second memory element, a first controlling element and a second controlling element. The second memory element has a memory cell structure identical to that of the first memory element and connects to the first memory element in series. The first controlling element is connected to the first memory element either in series or in parallel. The second controlling element has a characteristic value identical to that of the first controlling element and is connected to the second memory element by a connection structure identical to that of the first controlling element. When the first memory element receives a first signal and a second signal through the first controlling element, a first state value and a second state value are generated correspondingly, and the characteristic value is greater than the first state value and less than the second state value.
US10482949B2
A semiconductor device includes a first mode and a second mode different from the first mode, includes a memory circuit including a first switch, a memory array, and a peripheral circuit. A first power source line is electrically coupled with an I/O circuit of the peripheral circuit and is supplied with a first voltage in the first mode. A second power source line is electrically coupled with a memory cell of the memory array, and supplied with a second voltage lower than the first voltage in the second mode.
US10482931B1
Memory devices may employ flip-flops with paired transistors in sense amplifying circuitry to sense charges stored in memory cells. Paired transistors may present mismatches in electrical characteristics, which may affect the sensitivity of the sense amplifying circuitry. Embodiments include systems and methods that compensate and/or mitigate mismatches in the electrical characteristics of the paired transistors. To that end, the memory devices may sense the mismatches during a compensation period and pre-compensate the read-out of data lines to improve the sensibility of the sense amplifying circuitry.
US10482927B2
A waterproof module includes a housing, an optical disc drive and a seal member. The housing has an outer surface, an opening and an inner surface defining a receiving space. The opening penetrates the outer surface and communicates with the receiving space. The optical disc drive includes a disc tray and a body disposed in the receiving space. The disc tray includes a tray body and a cover plate disposed at one end of the tray body. The tray body is slidable relative to the body between a retracted position and an ejected position. The seal member includes a connecting portion and a resilient portion. The connecting portion is stacked on the cover plate. The resilient portion surrounds the connecting portion. When the disc tray moves from the ejected position to the retracted position, the resilient portion presses against the outer surface and seals the opening.
US10482926B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a casing which includes a side plate on each of left and right sides; and a processing apparatus to be mounted in the casing, wherein the processing apparatus includes: a board on which an arithmetic processing device and a storage device are mounted; a rail which is provided on each of the left and right sides of the board and extends in the horizontal direction to make the board slidable; a locking portion which locks the board to the casing; and a detection portion which detects that the board is taken out when the board is taken out from the casing by that locking by the locking portion is released and the board slides against the rails.
US10482922B1
A tape drive allows for an increased track density by partially overlapping adjacent tracks as each successive track is written. Each successive track overwrites a portion of the width of the previous track, thereby reducing the width of the previous track. This process can be applied repeatedly thereby producing an arrangement of shingled data tracks across the width of the tape. In an embodiment, single-pass verification of data written in this manner is accomplished using a head assembly with two read heads per track. A first read head positioned behind the write head verifies that the data written is correct, and a second read head positioned over the previous track verifies that data on the previous track remains intact after being partially overwritten.
US10482913B2
A magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support; a non-magnetic layer including non-magnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic layer. The total thickness of the non-magnetic layer and the magnetic layer is less than or equal to 0.60 μm. The magnetic layer includes an abrasive, and the percentage of a plan view maximum area of the abrasive confirmed in a region having a size of 4.3 μm×6.3 μm of the surface of the magnetic layer with respect to the total area of the region, obtained by plane observation performed by using a scanning electron microscope, is greater than or equal to 0.02% and less than 0.06%. Also, the logarithmic decrement acquired by a pendulum viscoelasticity test performed regarding the surface of the magnetic layer is less than or equal to 0.050.
US10482903B2
A method for selectively interacting with multi-devices is provided. The method includes the following steps: receiving identical voice information transmitted by a plurality of terminal devices respectively; performing voice recognition on the received voice information; calculating energy of a wake-up word in respective voice information; and comparing the energy of one wake-up word with another, and transmitting feedback information to the terminal devices according to an energy comparison result and a voice recognition result. By calculating the energy of the wake-up word in respective voice information transmitted by respective devices, the distances between respective device and a user can be distinguished. A unique response can be ensured by determining that the device closest to the user responds to the user's request, thus ensuring the user experience.
US10482901B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a storage device, for beep detection and interpretation is disclosed. In one aspect, a monitoring system is disclosed that includes a processor and a storage device storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations. The operations may include obtaining sound data of audio sounds detected by a microphone that is located at the property, determining whether the sound data includes data representing one or more audio tones generated by a device, based on determining that the obtained sound data includes one or more audio tones generated by a device, generating an audio fingerprint of the sound data, determining, using the generated audio fingerprint, a state of the device that generated the one or more audio tones, and performing an operation based on the state of the device that generated the one or more audio tones.
US10482900B2
The managing of sensed signals used to sense features of physical entities over time. A computer-navigable graph of sensed features is generated. For each sensed feature, a signal segment that was used to sense that feature is computer-associated with the sensed feature. Later, the graph of sensed features may be navigated to that features. The resulting signal segment(s) may then be access allowing for rendering of the signal evidence that resulted in the sensed feature. Accordingly, the principles described herein allow for sophisticated and organized navigation to sensed features of physical entities in the physical world, and allow for rapid rendering of the signals that evidence that sensed features.
US10482899B2
An audio system has a housing in which are integrated a number of microphones. A programmed processor accesses the microphone signals and produces a number of acoustic pick up beams based groups of microphones, an estimation of voice activity and an estimation of noise characteristics on each beam. Two or more beams including a voice beam that is used to pick up a desired voice and a noise beam that is used to provide information to estimate ambient noise are adaptively selected from among the plurality of beams, based on thresholds for voice separation and thresholds for noise-matching. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US10482884B1
A speech recognition platform configured to receive an audio signal that includes speech from a user and perform automatic speech recognition (ASR) on the audio signal to identify ASR results. The platform may identify: (i) a domain of a voice command within the speech based on the ASR results and based on context information associated with the speech or the user, and (ii) an intent of the voice command. In response to identifying the intent, the platform may perform multiple actions corresponding to this intent. The platform may select a target action to perform, and may engage in a back-and-forth dialog to obtain information for completing the target action. The action may include streaming audio to the device, setting a reminder for the user, purchasing an item on behalf of the user, making a reservation for the user or launching an application for the user.
US10482882B2
Methods, apparatus, and computer readable media are described related to automated assistants that proactively incorporate, into human-to-computer dialog sessions, unsolicited content of potential interest to a user. In various implementations, based on content of an existing human-to-computer dialog session between a user and an automated assistant, an entity mentioned by the user or automated assistant may be identified. Fact(s)s related to the entity or to another entity that is related to the entity may be identified based on entity data contained in database(s). For each of the fact(s), a corresponding measure of potential interest to the user may be determined. Unsolicited natural language content may then be generated that includes one or more of the facts selected based on the corresponding measure(s) of potential interest. The automated assistant may then incorporate the unsolicited content into the existing human-to-computer dialog session or a subsequent human-to-computer dialog session.
US10482872B2
A speech recognition apparatus according to an embodiment includes a microphone that acquires an audio stream in which speech vocalized by a person is recorded, a camera that acquires an image data in which at least a mouth of the person is captured, and an operation element that recognizes speech including a consonant vocalized by the person, based on the audio stream, estimates the consonant vocalized by the person, based on the shape of the mouth of the person in the image data, and specifies the consonant based on the estimated consonant and the speech-recognized consonant.
US10482869B1
A system, method and storage medium for noise cancellation in a vehicle includes determining a waveform of a first sound wave at a first location, calculating another waveform of the first sound wave at a second location of an operator based on the waveform of the first sound wave at the first location and a first distance between the first location and the second location, generating at least one control signal based on the determined another waveform of the first sound wave at the second location, and generating a second sound wave based on the at least one control signal. A waveform of the second sound wave are formed to cancel out the first sound wave at the second location. The first sound wave is generated by a noise source.
US10482865B2
A sound absorption panel (201) is constructed on an acoustically thin sheet (203) to provide an acoustic/vibrational energy absorption metamaterial structure. A plurality of dampers (101) are fixed to the acoustically thin sheet (203), and at least a subset of said dampers (101) comprise a support (103) and a flexible membrane (105) supported by the support. The flexible membrane (105) has one or more masses or platelets (107) attached. The dampers (101) in combination with the sheet (203) result in absorption of energy of movement of the sheet (203) resulting from sound transmission or vibrations across the sheet.
US10482862B2
A computer implemented method for providing an augmented reality (AR) function, comprises receiving input information regarding a music track and an instrument; determining attribute information of the music track based on the received input information; receiving real time content of audiovisual (AV) input signals using at least one capturing device; generating visual information corresponding to visual data of the real time content, wherein the visual information corresponds to a view regarding at least one user limb and an instrument comprising a plurality of user operable elements; generating augmented reality (AR) instruction information based on the attribute information of the music track, the augmented reality (AR) instruction information comprising a plurality of layers; and generating augmented reality (AR) visual information by applying the augmented reality (AR) instruction information to the visual information so that a first layer of the augmented reality (AR) instruction information is applied above at least a portion of the visual information.
US10482861B2
In a key switch (10), an inner dome (Din) starts to deform once a distal end portion (21) of the inner dome (Din) comes into contact with a base surface (93a) after an outer dome (Dout) starts to deform. A thick portion (25) extending straight and having a uniform wall thickness in a click generating portion (CL) has the thickness less than or equal to the minimum thickness of a thick portion (23) of an after stroke portion (AF). The degree of inclination of the thick portion (25) with respect to a center line (C0) (direction of pressing) is larger than that of the thick portion (23) with respect to the center line (C0) (θc>θa). Before the after stroke portion (AF) undergoes large deformation, the click generating portion (CL) undergoes buckling to cause a sudden decrease in a reaction force and generate a click feeling.
US10482859B1
The inventions relate to the field of electric musical instruments, more particularly, to an optical sensor for a stringed musical instrument with a digital interface and to a stringed musical instrument with a digital interface equipped with said sensor (MIDI—Musical Instrument Digital Interface).Implementation of the disclosed inventions allows to obtain a signal corresponding to vibrations (deflections) of a string in two mutually perpendicular planes, with the influence of the device generating such signals on string vibration parameters being reduced, without signals generated by different strings being mixed and with dimensions of the optical sensor being reduced to allow for its compact placement on a stringed musical instrument.
US10482858B2
Systems and methods are generally described for generation and transmission of musical performance data. In some examples, the musical input device may generate a first command encoding a first musical event. In various further examples, the musical input device may generate a first message corresponding to the first command, the first message encoding a first acoustic attribute type of the first musical event. In some examples, the musical input device may generate a second message corresponding to the first command, the second message encoding a second acoustic attribute type of the first musical event. In various examples, the musical input device may generate timestamp data denoting a time of an occurrence of the first musical event. In some examples, the musical input device may send the timestamp data, the first command, the first message and the second message to a computing device.
US10482856B2
An automatic performance system includes a sign detector configured to detect a sign action of a performer performing a musical piece, a performance analyzer configured to sequentially estimates a performance position in the musical piece by analyzing an acoustic signal representing performed sound in parallel with the performance, and a performance controller configured to control an automatic performance device to carry out an automatic performance of the musical piece so that the automatic performance is synchronized with the sign action detected by the sign detector and a progress of the performance position estimated by the performance analyzer.
US10482853B1
A pad for a woodwind instrument is provided. The pad is formed of a pad material, and a pad ring retainer about a perimeter side edge of the pad material. The pad ring retainer is adapted to support the pad material as well as any membrane which encloses the pad material. As constructed, the pad utilizes the ring retainer as a type of internal skeleton to support the pad but also provide added flexibility and versatility to the pad.
US10482850B2
A method for improving image quality is provided. The method includes: receiving an image data and sensing information; dividing the image data into areas corresponding to different resolutions according to first parameter information, wherein the different resolutions correspond to different frequencies; rendering the areas in a single pass according to the sensing information and the different frequencies and outputting a rendered image data; and resolving the rendered image data into a final output image data with a first resolution according to second parameter information.
US10482848B2
One or more processors receive a map image file. The map image file includes geographical data. One or more processors convert the map image file into a raster map image file. The raster map image file includes one or more first raster images. The one or more first raster images include a first plurality of pixels. One or more processors label one or more of the first plurality of pixels with a first set of geographical coordinates using at least a portion of the geographical data included in the map image file.
US10482847B2
An driving method for a display panel, the display panel having a first resolution. The driving method comprises: converting RGB signals of an input image having a second resolution into YUV signals corresponding to an output image, a resolution of the output image being not smaller than the second resolution; converting the YUV signals into RGB signals corresponding to the output image; converting the RGB signals corresponding to the output image into driving signals for driving the display panel; and outputting the driving signals to the display panel. Display panels having the resolution of 10240×4320 can be driven by using the driving method.
US10482840B2
The embodiment of the present invention provides a data voltage adjusting method of a liquid crystal display panel, comprising: obtaining a total variation amount of data voltages on all data lines in the liquid crystal display panel; calculating a maximum variation amount of the data voltages corresponding to a horizontal crosstalk index according to the horizontal crosstalk index of the liquid crystal display panel; determining whether an absolute value of the total variation amount of the data voltages is larger than an absolute value of the maximum variation amount of the data voltages corresponding to the horizontal crosstalk index; if yes, implementing a data voltage adjustment to data lines, in which with data voltages having variations in the liquid crystal display panel according to the total variation amount of the data voltages. The embodiment of the present invention further provides a data voltage adjusting device of a liquid crystal display panel.
US10482838B2
This application discloses an active-matrix display device capable of providing satisfactory display free from display irregularities on a non-rectangular display portion, such as a notched display portion, while avoiding an increased circuit scale and other adverse factors. In such an active-matrix liquid crystal display device including a notched display portion, pulses of gate clock signals GCK and GCKB corresponding to pulses of scanning signals are subjected to waveform rounding in accordance with time constants of scanning signal lines to which the scanning signals are to be applied. As a result, the waveforms of all scanning signals to be applied to the scanning signal lines are rounded to almost the same degree. Thus, each pixel forming portion is approximately equal in pixel voltage reduction amount ΔVp upon turning off of a pixel switching element.
US10482837B2
A liquid crystal display includes scanning lines and signal lines arranged in a matrix pattern on a TFT substrate, a pixel being formed at a crossing portion of each scanning line and each signal line, and including a TFT that is connected to each scanning line and each signal line, first nonlinear resistance elements formed respectively in the scanning lines, each of which being connected to one scanning line at one end thereof and to a short ring power-supply line for a scanning line at another end thereof, and second nonlinear resistance elements formed respectively in the signal lines, each of which being connected to one signal line at one end thereof and to a short ring power-supply line for a signal line at another end thereof. A voltage is applied to the first and second nonlinear resistance elements independently of each scanning line and each signal line.
US10482836B2
A gate driver, a configuration system, and configuration method thereof is provided. The gate driver is used for providing a gate drive signal for a TFT array substrate and comprises at least a drive capability detection module and a drive capability adjustment module. The configuration system is configured to configure the driving capabilities of a plurality of gate drivers and comprises a controller provided outside the plurality of gate drivers. The driving capability of the gate driver becomes adjustable and configurable. The well balance of the drive capabilities of the drive control signals received by the different TFT array regions driven by the plurality of gate drivers configured by the configuration system can avoid the occurrence of a splitting-screen phenomenon.
US10482831B2
A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns, each pixel column extends in a first direction and each pixel row extends in a second direction crossing the first direction, a first data line extending in the first direction and configured to transfer a data voltage to pixels included in at least two pixel columns, and for each pixel row, a first gate line extending in the second direction and disposed at a first side of the pixel row, and a second gate line extending in the second direction and disposed at a second side of the pixel row, the first and second sides of the pixel row are opposite to each other. In a pair of adjacent pixel columns, pixels, which are connected to the first gate line of their respective pixel row, are arranged in a zigzag arrangement in the first direction.
US10482829B2
A display device includes first and second pixel areas spaced apart from each other so that corresponding scan lines are separate from each other, a first non-pixel area at a periphery of the first pixel area, a second non-pixel area at a periphery of the second pixel area and opposite to the first non-pixel area with at least one pixel area interposed therebetween, first scan lines in the first pixel area, second scan lines in the second pixel area, a first scan driver in the first non-pixel area and connected to the first scan lines, a second scan driver in the second non-pixel area and connected to the second scan lines, first wires in the first non-pixel area and connected to the first scan driver, second wires in the second non-pixel area and connected to the second scan driver; and connecting wires connecting the first wires and second wires.
US10482828B2
The present application provides a method and an apparatus for controlling backlight brightness, and a liquid crystal display device. The method includes: determining, in an image to be displayed, an image block corresponding to each backlight partition of a plurality of backlight partitions, and determining an initial backlight value for each backlight partition; determining brightness distribution information for pixels in an image partition; determining a backlight adjusting curve corresponding to the image partition; and determining a backlight adjusting factor for a backlight partition corresponding to the image partition according to the initial backlight value of the backlight partition corresponding to the image partition and the backlight adjusting curve corresponding to the image partition, and determining a target backlight value for the backlight partition corresponding to the image partition according to the initial backlight value for the backlight partition and the corresponding backlight adjusting factor.
US10482822B2
An electronic device may include a display such as a light-emitting diode display. The electronic device may be a head-mounted device that provides a virtual reality or augmented reality environment to a user. To reduce artifacts in the display, a display may be operable in both a normal scanning mode and a partial scanning mode. In the normal scanning mode, every row of the display may be enabled to emit light in each frame. In the partial scanning mode, only a subset of the rows of the display may be enabled to emit light in each frame. The display may have a higher refresh rate in the partial scanning mode than in the normal scanning mode. To ensure uniform transistor stress across the display, the scanning driver for the display may scan the disabled rows in the partial scanning mode even though the rows will not be used to emit light.
US10482818B2
A display device includes pixels coupled to scan lines, emission control lines, and data lines, a scan driver configured to supply scan signals to the pixels through the scan lines, an emission driver configured to supply emission control signals to the pixels through the emission control lines, and a data driver configured to supply data signals to the pixels through the data lines, wherein the emission driver is configured to supply the emission control signals for each one of sub-periods in one frame period, and wherein a width of the emission control signals in any one sub-period from among the sub-periods is different from that of the emission control signals in another sub-period from among the sub-periods.
US10482808B2
A pixel control circuit and a control method thereof, and a display device. The pixel control circuit includes a control-signal output sub-circuit and a switch sub-circuit. An input terminal of the switch sub-circuit is electrically coupled to an output terminal of the control-signal output sub-circuit. An input terminal of the control-signal output sub-circuit is electrically coupled to a data line. The control-signal output sub-circuit is configured to: compare a voltage received by the data line with a reference voltage; and if a value of the voltage is equal to a value of the reference voltage, output a first control signal, otherwise output a second control signal. The switch sub-circuit is configured to be turned off under control of the first control signal and turned on under control of the second control signal. The reference voltage is a corresponding gamma voltage when the display panel is in a dark state.
US10482797B2
A device for displaying a document comprises a front transparent planar sheet and a rear planar sheet, each sheet having three edges that are coterminous with and permanently affixed to a corresponding edge of the other sheet, thereby forming an envelope having three sealed edges and an open end; an adhesive strip affixed to either the front sheet or the rear sheet and positioned across the open end between the front and rear sheets to selectively seal the open end; and a protective strip removably affixed to the adhesive strip to prevent the open end from sealing when the protective strip is in place on the adhesive strip and to enable the open end to be sealed when the protective strip is removed from the adhesive strip. When the protective strip is removed from the adhesive strip and the open end is sealed, the device is waterproof.
US10482795B2
A labeling article and a method of use and assembly of the labeling article, where the labeling article comprises a label, an elastic securing band, and a release liner, and where the elastic securing band is configured to be stretched to define a loop between the elastic securing band and the release liner.
US10482791B2
A mannequin (200) including a chest compression feedback mechanism for use in simulated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training includes a box (203) for simulating a human chest such that a head (201) is connected to one side of the box (203). A mechanical noise generator (215) is positioned within the box (203) for making an audible sound when force is applied to a predetermined area of the box during simulated chest compressions. This sound indicates to the teacher and/or student that a required compression depth has been met during CPR training.
US10482789B2
Described herein are propulsive force devices for providing propulsive force to integrated wireless devices for science education (e.g., Newton's laws of motion, kinematics, etc.). A propulsive force device includes a motor to drive a rotating member to generate a propulsive force and a motor driver coupled to the motor. The motor driver controls operation of the motor and at least one processing unit is coupled to the motor driver. The at least one processing unit is configured to receive a control signal from an integrated wireless device to adjust at least one parameter of the propulsive force device. When the propulsive force device is mounted to an integrated wireless device, operation of the propulsive force device may be configured to alter, adjust, or otherwise change dynamic properties of the integrated wireless device during science education experiments.
US10482785B2
A Multi-sensor System and Method to Deter Obsessive Compulsive Behavior by generating alerts when a user's hands are held close to their head or face. The system includes a sensor and a triggering device that are both worn by the user. The sensor can be configured to detect when the triggering device closes to within some threshold distance. The system includes at least two magnet-sensing sensors, and is capable of being calibrated in order to eliminate interference due to the Earth's magnetic field. The sensor and triggering device may be contained within common personal items, such as jewelry—including rings, bracelets, hair clips, necklaces and the like. The system and method can generate audible and/or visual alerts whenever one or more triggering devices passes closer to the sensor than the threshold distance. Alerts are in a variety of tones, including simulated cellular telephone ring tones. Data for alert events is downloadable from the sensor device for later review.
US10482784B2
An apparatus for training learning disabled subjects, such as autistic children, induces sound waves into a body of a user through two paths, one heard by the ears through air and the other through a liquid or solid in contact with tissues, such as skin and skeleton on the back of a user, below the collar and centered across the vertical axis of the spine. Two transducers produce waves in the audible sound spectrum, repeat persistently, and provide a tone about a location on which the subject may focus attention. A controller and actuator adhered to the skin by an adhesive gel pad against the back of a wearer. The sound, repeating (after a selected delay), decaying, and seeming to originate above and behind the head of a wearer is a waveform becomes a focus; effective to orient a subject, who lacks natural, self-orientation.
US10482780B2
A method and system for behavioral performance reinforcement is presented. A behavioral reinforcement device includes a housing with an electronic display, where the electronic display displays a user's behavioral performance both numerically and symbolically. The housing includes a sensor to detect a user input and a token dispenser to dispense tokens. When the sensor detects a pre-defined user input, a controller executes a device activation sequence to turn the device on or a device deactivation sequence to turn the device off.
US10482768B1
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided and include a receiver module that is configured to receive at least one radar signal. A control module includes a processor that is configured to execute instruction stored in a nontransitory memory. The control module is configured to generate a Fourier transformation based on the at least one radar signal, and the control module is configured to determine a presence of wave interference based on the Fourier transformation. A primary indicator module is configured to, in response to the control module determining the presence of wave interference, generate an indication. The indication corresponds to the presence of wave interference.
US10482766B2
Methods and systems for assigning a parking space to a vehicle. One system includes a database storing parking space data for a plurality of parking spaces in a parking lot and a server including an electronic processor. The electronic processor receives a request for a parking space assignment for the vehicle, determines a vehicle identifier for the vehicle, and determines at least one selected from a group consisting of a driver preference for a driver of the vehicle and a preference for the parking lot. The electronic processor also generates a plurality of available parking space identifiers from the parking space data, selects, from the plurality of available parking space identifiers, the parking space assignment for the vehicle based on the vehicle identifier and at least one selected from a group consisting of the driver preference and the preference of the parking lot, and transmits the parking space assignment.
US10482765B2
A method of directing a vehicle (100) to an allocated area (126) includes obtaining (204) data representing a current geographical location of the vehicle; using (208) the geographical location data to identify at least one destination location (122), each said destination location having a set of allocatable areas; checking (208) availability of the allocatable areas at the at least one destination location in order to allocate a said available allocatable area to the vehicle, and generating data for use in directing (214) the vehicle to the area allocated to the vehicle.
US10482756B2
Techniques for providing a notification to a user in a home network are provided. An example method according to the disclosure includes receiving an alert for the user, determining a location of the user, determining one or more proximate devices based on the location of the user, determining a location of one or more proximate non-interested users based on the proximate devices, determining an activity of the user, determining a preferred notification device based at least in part on the location of the user, the location of one or more proximate non-interested users, and the activity of the user, generating a notification message based at least in part on the preferred notification device, and sending the notification message to the preferred notification device.
US10482753B2
The invention provides an automated hand hygiene/infection control monitoring sensor-based system suitable for improving hand hygiene and multiple infection control measures and ensuring compliance by health care workers as well as visitors to hospitals and clinics. The use of biometric identification devices such as cameras for face recognition and profiling, microphones for voice recognition, etc. permit highly accurate identification without the use of removable identification devices such as identification badges which may include bar codes, magnetic strips or wireless devices such as RFIDS. Identification badges are removable and hence susceptible to being lost, misplaced, etc. Visitors are typically not assigned identification badges and hence enforcement of hand hygiene policies is minimal. Additional applications include reducing food contamination in food industry, the spread of diseases in schools, in businesses, in corporations and governmental facilities and public access facilities such as public restrooms, dining areas and transportation.
US10482747B2
Various implementations of an occupant detection system may be used in a vehicle to detect the presence of a living occupant (human or otherwise) and generate a warning. The warning may be communicated to another person(s) or to other vehicle systems to alert people in the vicinity of the vehicle. The system prevents injury and death to people and pets that may be accidentally within a parked car and unable to egress. The system may be integrated into a new vehicle or housed in a separate device that can be plugged into a power outlet within the vehicle.
US10482746B1
A computer-implemented method for generating an automated response to a catastrophic event, that includes (1) analyzing a sample set of data generated in association with a catastrophic event to determine a threshold pattern; (2) receiving, with customer permission or affirmative consent, home sensor data from a smart home controller via wireless communication or data transmission, the home sensor data including data regarding at least one of (i) structural status; (ii) wind speed; (iii) availability of electricity; (iv) presence of water; (v) temperature; (vi) pressure; and/or (vii) presence of pollutants in the air and/or water; (3) determining, based upon or from computer analysis of the home sensor data, whether the home sensor data indicates a match to the threshold pattern; and (4) automatically generating a response if the home sensor data indicates a match to the threshold pattern. As a result, catastrophic events and responses thereto may be improved through usage of a remote network of home sensors.
US10482731B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a garment that includes a receiver, configured to receive at least one coded command from a notification generator, and at least one haptic feedback generator that delivers haptic feedback to a user while wearing the garment during a transit, corresponding to the at least one coded command, where the notification generator is configured to determine a notification to be sent to the user in response to at least one event of interest determined by an input analyzer, and to generate the at least one coded command that indicates the notification, and where the input analyzer is configured to analyze input data corresponding to the transit of the user of the garment to identify the at least one event of interest, occurring during the transit of the user. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10482730B2
An electronic device includes a panel and a press detector configured to detect a press. The press detector detects the press on the basis of a force in a direction different from the press direction of the panel.
US10482724B2
Method, computer program product, and system to influence a person within an environment having a plurality of items for selection. The method includes determining, using a first visual sensor disposed within the environment, field of view (FOV) information for the person, and analyzing the FOV information to identify one or more first items within the FOV of the person. The method further includes determining, using a second visual sensor disposed within the environment, behavior information for the person and analyzing the behavior information to classify a behavior of the person into one of a number of predefined behavior types. The method further includes selecting, based on the identified one or more first items and the classified behavior, at least a second item for presentation to the person, and presenting information related to the second item to the person.
US10482708B2
Various embodiments may include an apparatus operable to determine a value of a statistic describing cards that have been dealt from a deck.
US10482706B2
A gaming system displays a plurality of spaced-apart selections each associated with a masked award. One or more selectors are each associated with one or more players, and are visible to each player. The selectors are moveable amongst the spaced-apart selections based on a plurality of player inputs. For a play of the game, the players provide inputs to move the selectors amongst the spaced-apart selections. During such movement, the gaming system temporarily reveals the award associated with any spaced-apart selection in the vicinity of any selector to at least one player, such as the player whose selector is near the selection. After the play of the game has ended (e.g., based on an amount of elapsed time), the gaming system provides awards to the players based on the ending positions of the one or more selectors with respect to the plurality of spaced-apart selections.
US10482696B2
A locking and unlocking system includes a portable terminal and a server. The portable terminal includes a service providing unit, a first sending unit, and a first receiving unit. The service providing unit provides a use reservation service for a vehicle or facilities by communicating with another server. The first sending unit sends a first signal to the server in response to a request from the service providing unit. The first signal requests authentication information used for locking and unlocking. The first receiving unit receives the authentication information from the server. The server includes a second receiving unit and a second sending unit. The second sending unit sends a second signal including the authentication information to the portable terminal when the second receiving unit receives the first signal.
US10482695B2
A system and method for managing a loading dock and access to a facility or group of facilities by providing a web-based application accessible via the Internet having vendors associated with the web-based application based upon specific needs of the facility. Vendors are provided access to a facility by a user of the web-based application by employing specific methods of identification and authorization, and the user is provided with status information regarding the vendor access. Furthermore, vendor access to a facility can be limited by the user based on various parameters. Those parameters can be used to administrate, manage and secure a facility in terms of understanding which vendors are permitted access to the facility or group of facilities. The web-based application is designed to suit the specific needs of a facility.
US10482690B2
An on-aircraft recording device includes an interface that receives APU usage data from an aircraft auxiliary power unit (APU) independently of a flight data recorder and data acquisition unit. The on-aircraft recording device can be communicatively coupled (e.g., wirelessly) to a data acquisition service (DAS) system that communicates APU ground-run usage data received from a plurality of on-ground aircraft to a data management center (DMC) utilizing a plurality of unique callback identifiers. The DMC can include a DMC APU ground-run data structure for storing APU ground-run usage data and a processor configured to receive APU ground-run usage data for a plurality of on-ground aircraft, record, in the DMC APU ground-run data structure, the APU ground-run usage data for the plurality of on-ground aircraft, detect if the APU ground-run usage data satisfies an APU usage threshold, and electronically communicate, via a communication network, an alert indicating potentially excessive APU use.
US10482689B2
In an example, there is disclosed a smart sensor for monitoring a vehicle, including: a sensor array comprising a mechanical input sensor; a network interface; a processor; and one or more logic elements providing a data engine to: collect an vibration input from the mechanical input sensor; and report the data from the mechanical input sensor to a data aggregator via the network interface. There is also disclosed a data aggregation server engine to aggregate and correlate inputs from the smart sensor.
US10482687B2
Method and apparatus are disclosed for an acoustic vehicle altering system (AVAS) based on existing sensors. An example vehicle includes speakers, sensors, and an acoustic vehicle alerting system. The speakers are positioned to play sound to an area external to the vehicle. The sensor is not part of an acoustic vehicle alerting system. Additionally, the acoustic vehicle alerting system plays a test frequency on the speakers, evaluates feedback from the sensor to determine whether there is an error in the acoustic vehicle alerting system, and when there is an error, displays an alert.
US10482686B2
This disclosure relates to a distributed data center that includes resources carried by a fleet of vehicles. The system includes sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to the vehicles. The system may detect vehicle events based on the information conveyed by the output signals. The system includes a remote computing server configured to present a user interface to a user. Through the user interface, the user may query information from one or more vehicles in the fleet. The distributed query is transmitted to individual vehicles, and results are locally processed in accordance with response constraints and subsequently transmitted back to the remote computing server for presentation to the user.
US10482684B2
A system for programmatically determining location information in connection with a transport service is disclosed. A driver can operate a driver device and can be assigned to provide a transport service for a user. Based on the current location of the driver device with respect to the pickup location for the user, and based on when the driver provides input indicating that the transport service has begun, the system can identify a previous location of the driver device as a start location of the transport service.
US10482677B1
Embodiments of systems and methods for distributed Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) in virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (xR) applications are described. An Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: receive first SLAM data obtained by a first HMD worn by a first user during execution of an xR application; receive second SLAM data obtained by a second HMD worn by a second user co-located with the first user; apply a transform matrix to the second SLAM data to produce transformed second SLAM data in a common coordinate system with respect to the first SLAM data; and render at least a partial map for display by the first HMD using a combination of landmarks identified in the first SLAM data and in the transformed second SLAM data.
US10482674B1
A system and method for realizing augmented reality. The system includes a visual sensor configured to capture images of an environment and a computing device in communication with the visual sensor. The computing device has a processor and a storage device storing computer executable code. The computer executable code, when executed at the processor, is configured to: identify two-dimensional (2D) objects in the captured images; construct a three-dimensional (3D) map of the environment using the captured images; define 3D objects in the 3D map by mapping the 2D objects identified in the captured images to the corresponding points in the 3D map; and render a 3D model on the 3D map based on the 3D objects defined in the 3D map.
US10482664B1
An AR/VR system is provided for facilitating transactions. A computer memory stores at least one browser for accessing and downloading at least one downloadable mobile application, wherein the mobile application is downloadable over the Internet. A computer processor executes the instructions stored in memory and accesses the stored mobile application to operate in conjunction with an AR/VR device to perform multiple steps. The steps include capturing an image of an identifying object and authenticating an authorized system user based on the captured image. The steps additionally include receiving selection of an action from the authorized user, providing a virtual environment or overlays for a real environment based on the selected action, and executing user instructions within the virtual environment or real environment with overlays in accordance with the selected action.
US10482659B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments are disclosed that augment a visually displayed portion of a facility with superimposed virtual elements. In one embodiment, mobile position data is generated based on non-optical sensor readings taken by a mobile computing device. The mobile position data represents a location and an orientation of the mobile computing device in a three-dimensional (3D) space of the facility. Projection parameters are generated based on the mobile position data and are applied to modeled facility data to generate rendered image data. The modeled facility data represents hidden and unhidden elements of the facility within the 3D space. The rendered image data is superimposed on live real-time image data acquired by the mobile computing device and displayed by the mobile computing device. The projection parameters promote spatial alignment of the rendered image data with the live image data with respect to positions within the 3D space.
US10482658B2
Systems, devices and methods for controlling remote devices by modification of visual data prior to presentation to a person in order to make the person's response effectively the same as if the person were responding to data transmitted, processed and acted on instantaneously are disclosed. The systems, devices and methods advantageously minimize or eliminate the risks caused by a human response to data that has been delayed in transmission, processing and presentation. In an embodiment, a person controlling a remote device using an augmented reality interface is able to control the device based on predicted positions of an object at the time action is taken, thereby advantageously compensating for delays in receiving data, acting on such data and transmitting instructions or a response to the remote device.
US10482657B2
An information processing system includes: a camera destination calculating unit configured to calculate a position of a destination of a virtual camera in a virtual space, based on predetermined information processing; a camera moving unit configured to move the virtual camera to an avoidance position at which a shielding object is avoided, in a case where a first vector heading from a position of an object to be captured by the virtual camera to the position of the destination, intersects with the shielding object from an outside in the virtual space and a second vector heading from the position of the destination to the position of the object to be captured by the virtual camera, does not intersect with the shielding object from the outside; and an image generating unit configured to generate an image of the virtual space, based on the virtual camera moved by the camera moving unit.
US10482654B2
Techniques are described for efficiently generating terrain openness involve a digital elevation model comprising a texture representing a first geographic area and at least part of a plurality of mipmap levels representing geographic areas bordering the first geographic area. The texture and mipmap levels include pixels encoding elevation values for locations of geographic areas. For each pixel of the texture, derivatives are determined, as well as an openness factor based at least in part on the elevations at one or more pixels of the mipmap levels. The derivatives and openness factor are added to the texture. A hill shading factor is determined for each pixel based at least in part on the derivatives. An electronic map of the first geographic area is rendered using the openness and hill shading factors of each pixel of the texture. The rendering is sent for display.
US10482641B2
A method comprises providing video data representing at least part of virtual space to a user for viewing, identifying a current viewed sector of the virtual space based on user position, determining a sub-portion of said viewing sector, identifying an event occurring in a non-viewed sector of the virtual space, and displaying content indicative of the event in the sub-portion of said current viewing sector. The displaying step may comprise displaying a graphical notification of the event in the sub-portion, or in alternative embodiments, displaying video data showing the event in the sub-portion.
US10482635B2
A method and apparatus for graphically displaying data is presented. A computer system selects a section from a group of sections in a circular chart for the data that is to be graphically displayed on a display system. The computer system identifies a largest size for a polygon that will fit in the section of the circular chart. The computer system also identifies text for the section. Further, the computer system displays the circular chart with the text in the section on a display system when the text fits within the polygon in the section. Graphically displaying the data with the text in the circular chart enables a desired level of comprehension of the data.
US10482630B2
A system implementable on a computing device for handling color assignment within a complex document includes a user interface to facilitate user modification of at least one first color to at least one second color within a previously chosen color scheme for a component of the document. The color scheme has a predetermined number X of principal colors and a predetermined number Y of associated subordinate colors per principal color. The system also includes a color handler to modify the color scheme to produce an updated color scheme to match a perceived brightness of the at least one second color throughout at least a portion of the updated color scheme and a color processor to process and apply the updated color scheme at least to the component.
US10482627B2
An electronic device includes a first camera that obtains a first image, a second camera that obtains a second image having a disparity with the first image, a memory that stores a first calibration parameter, and a processor that calibrates at least one of the first image and the second image by using the first calibration parameter and composes the first image and the second image. The processor is configured to collect, if a specified event occurs, images obtained from the first camera and the second camera after the specified event occurs and store the collected images in the memory, to compute a second to calibration parameter based on the images obtained after the specified event occurs, if a specified condition is satisfied, and to update the first calibration parameter with the second calibration parameter.
US10482625B1
Described is a multiple-imaging device system and process for calibrating each of the imaging devices to a global color space so that image pixel values representative of an imaged object are the same or similar regardless of the imaging device that produced the image data or the lighting conditions surrounding the object.
US10482623B2
A system may include a camera, a display, one or more memories, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more memories. The system may output a bounding shape for presentation on the display. The bounding shape may be superimposed on an image being captured by the camera and presented on the display. The bounding shape may bound an object in the image. The system may determine 3D coordinates of an intersection point associated with the bounding shape. The intersection point may be a point where a projection of the bounding shape into 3D space intersects with a horizontal plane identified in the image. The system may determine 2D coordinates for presentation of an augmented reality object on the display based on the 3D coordinates of the intersection point, and may superimpose a representation of the augmented reality object on the image based on the 2D coordinates.
US10482618B2
Systems and methods for hybrid depth regularization in accordance with various embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a depth sensing system comprises a plurality of cameras; a processor; and a memory containing an image processing application. The image processing application may direct the processor to obtain image data for a plurality of images from multiple viewpoints, the image data comprising a reference image and at least one alternate view image; generate a raw depth map using a first depth estimation process, and a confidence map; and generate a regularized depth map. The regularized depth map may be generated by computing a secondary depth map using a second different depth estimation process; and computing a composite depth map by selecting depth estimates from the raw depth map and the secondary depth map based on the confidence map.
US10482616B2
A 3D model reconstruction method includes: providing, by one or more laser emitters, laser beams; capturing, by a depth camera on an electronic device, a depth data of a target object when that the electronic device moves around the target object; detecting, by one or more light sensors on the electronic device, the laser beams emitted by the one or more laser emitters to obtain a camera pose initial value of the depth camera accordingly; and performing, by a processing circuit, a 3D reconstruction of the target object using the depth data based on the camera pose initial value to output a 3D model of the target object.
US10482615B2
Image processing device (100) includes range image obtaining unit (110), reference surface detector (130), object region detector (140), depth calculator (150), and grouping unit (160). Range image obtaining unit (110) obtains a range image. Reference surface detector (130) detects a reference surface having a predetermined height in the range image. Object region detector (140) detects an object region existing on the reference surface. Depth calculator (150) decides a depth in each vertical line of the object region. Grouping unit (160) calculates a change amount of depth between adjacent vertical lines in the object region, groups a set of vertical lines in which the change amount of depth is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold, and describes each group in a predetermined data format.
US10482613B2
A monitoring system may include an input port, an output port, and a controller in communication with the input port and the output port. The input port may receive video from an image capturing device. The image capturing device is optionally part of the monitoring system and in some cases includes at least part of the controller. The controller may be configured to receive video via the input port and identify a subject within frames of the video relative to a background within the frames. Further, the controller may be configured to identify dimensions and/or other parameters of the identified subject in frames of the video and determine when the subject is performing a predetermined task. Based on the dimensions and/or other parameters identified or extracted from the video during the predetermined task, the controller may output via the output port assessment information.
US10482611B2
Systems and methods of determining optical flow are provided. For instance, a plurality of input color vectors respectively associated with a plurality of input pixels can be obtained. Each input pixel can have a known position within an image. A color rate of change associated with each input pixel in the image can be obtained. An optical flow estimate associated with a subject pixel within the image can be determined based at least in part on the plurality of input color vectors and the color rates of change associated with the input pixels in the image.
US10482605B2
A method comprises obtaining a first cell image of a cell by a first observation method, obtaining a second cell image of the cell by a second observation method that is different from the first observation method, and determining the region of the cell based on the first cell image and the second cell image.
US10482585B1
The present disclosure provides an image recording device and an image processing method. The tone adjusting unit includes plural preset tone mapping adjusting curves. The auto exposure unit compares and obtains the nearest brightness interval from plural brightness intervals according to the image information of the original dynamic image. The tone adjusting unit chooses the corresponding tone mapping adjusting curve from the plural tone mapping adjusting curves to adjust the brightness of the original dynamic image according to the brightness interval. Therefore, the image recording device and the image processing method of the present disclosure takes different tone mapping adjusting curves to adjust the brightness of the original dynamic image according to different brightness of the original dynamic image. The image recording device of the present disclosure adjusts the brightness according to different brightness of the original dynamic image. Consequently, the image quality of the adjusted dynamic image is improved.
US10482580B2
It is a subject to enable a moving image whose motion is smooth to be generated from a moving image of photographed frames. A motion vector calculating unit calculates a motion vector between the frame images of the moving image. An interpolation frame image generating unit generates an interpolation frame image corresponding to a time position between the frame images on the basis of the motion vector. A motion vector reliability calculating unit, a synthesizing ratio calculating unit, and an image synthesizing unit add a motion blur to the frame image by using the frame image and the interpolation frame image.
US10482579B2
Provided is an image processing apparatus, which is configured to perform smoothing processing on a mapping image obtained by detecting a signal emitted from one of a plurality of analysis areas of a specimen. The image processing apparatus includes: a memory; and a processor configured to execute a program stored in the memory to perform: processing for calculating a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of signal intensity data being intensity information on the signal of one of pixels within the mapping image, and determining a degree of smoothing to be used for the smoothing processing based on the difference; and processing for performing the smoothing processing based on the determined degree of smoothing.
US10482577B2
Dynamic spread anti-aliasing is described. In some embodiments, a filled object is segmented into control tiles. Along the object border, multiple exterior control tiles respectively correspond to multiple curves forming the border. For each curve, one side is filled and the other is anti-aliased to smooth the appearance of the filled object. Each exterior control tile is expanded to create an expanded control tile having a spread zone that includes additional pixels. For example, a control triangle is transformed into a control rectangle, and the control rectangle is enlarged to create an expanded control rectangle by extending an edge outward and away from the curve on the side to be anti-aliased. The additional pixels of the spread zone are subjected to anti-aliasing, such as by applying alpha modulation to the pixels based on respective distances between the pixels and the curve. For subpixel zoom levels, pixel color can be adjusted.
US10482571B2
An image processing method include projecting first and second images which are captured by two fisheye lenses onto first and second hemispherical projection models, respectively; determining a set of waiting-for-stitching surface region pairs on the first and second hemispherical projection models; extracting feature points from the two fisheye images and determining feature points matching each other to serving as pixels matching each other; determining a set of surface region pairs including the pixels matching each other on the first and second hemispherical projection models as the set of waiting-for-stitching surface region pairs; generating a customized projection model on the grounds of the set of waiting-for-stitching surface region pairs by letting a spherical distance between vertexes of each pair in the set of waiting-for-stitching surface region pairs be zero; and generating a third image by projecting the first and second images onto the customized projection model.
US10482568B2
Provided is a device and a method that are capable of display control of image data, which is received through a communication unit, with a small delay. An image frame, and memory input time and transmission frame rate information that serve as metadata are stored in the memory storing the image frame. The display control unit selects the image that is output to the display unit on the basis of the elapsed time from the input time information. The waiting time, which is the elapsed time from the time of input, and the buffering time are compared with each other in each of the queues, and the image frame corresponding to the newest queue, which is a queue among the queues in which the waiting time exceeds the buffering time, is selected as the output image to the display unit.
US10482562B2
An apparatus to facilitate partitioning of a graphics device is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of engines and logic to partition the plurality of engines to facilitate independent access to each engine within the plurality of engines.
US10482558B2
Embodiments of a system and method for interactive barcode communication are described. In one embodiment, a mobile device presents a barcode to an information or transaction receptacle associated with the point of entry device. One embodiment provides for a method of transmitting data from an unconnected point of access device using an interactive barcode communication system on a mobile device, where the method comprises accessing a set of data on a point of access device, wherein the point of access device is unconnected from a data network with access to a central system database; dividing the set of data into multiple sections; incorporating the multiple sections into scan images for display during per-user transactions at the point of access device; and displaying the point of access data along with per-user transaction data during an interactive barcode communication transaction.
US10482557B2
A method and system for integrating management of intellectual property assets with management of annuity instructions for patent grants and pending patent applications. An intellectual property asset management application is integrated with an asset management application through a third application. Communication conduits are configured in communication with the applications in the form of queues and schedulers to facilitate communicating instructions among the applications. Web services are employed as a communication medium to send instructions among the applications.
US10482554B1
Various embodiments are generally directed to providing a digital negotiation platform. An agent executing on a processor may programmatically negotiate parameters for an agreement based on rules and/or computing models. The agent may generate a smart contract comprising a transcript of communications and executable code operable to enforce the parameters. The smart contract may be stored in a blockchain.
US10482548B2
An energy management system of a power supply grid includes at least one control unit (CU) connected to distributed energy resource controllers (ERC) of energy resources (ER) of the power supply grid by means of a communication network, (CNW) wherein the control unit (CU) monitors communication links (CL) between the control unit (CU) and the energy resource controllers (ERC) via the communication network (CNW), and wherein the control unit (CU) is adapted to calculate a predicted operation behavior of an energy resource (ER) controlled by an energy resource controller (ERC) if a loss of communication or a communication bandwidth limitation of the monitored communication link to the energy resource controller (ERC) is detected.
US10482547B2
Systems and methods are provided for determining the usability of data from agricultural operations and displaying results. In some embodiments, data is first gathered during two agricultural operations, and bitmaps are rendered of the data gathered at the two agricultural operations. The usability of the bitmap values is determined and used to generate a display map screen where, at locations determined to have usable bitmap values, the first and second data are displayed in adjacent windows.
US10482538B1
Methods and systems for configuring non-contemporaneous analytics. An application is received from a consumer for a life insurance policy. An indication is sent to the consumer agreeing to activate the life insurance policy upon receipt of a notification of an activation trigger. An activation trigger is received and the policy is activated.
US10482534B2
Non-limiting example embodiments include methods and systems for acquiring private financial data from multiple disparate sources. The private financial data is normalized, aggregated, preferably enhanced, and stored in secure storage. Entitled entities may retrieve selected private financial data from that secure storage efficiently, flexibility, and rapidly. Examples of financial private data include non-liquidity destination related sources of private data as well as liquidity destination related sources. A non-limiting example of a computer-implemented, consolidated, private financial data service is based on a secure, permission-based, aggregated and consolidated data cloud, which enables provision/distribution to one or more authorized parties with legitimate interests selected portions of the consolidated, private financial data.
US10482527B2
Systems and methods to predict availability of retail spaces in shopping malls. Robots are dispatched to temporary retail spaces to collect at least a portion of operation data stored in a database with leasing data of temporary retail spaces in a mall, tenant coordination data, and subscriber data. A web-based application predicts availability of the temporary retail spaces in the mall based on the leasing data, the tenant coordination data, and the operation data. The web-based application includes an interactive plan of the mall as a user interface for subscribers to access data related to the temporary retail spaces, and process applications for leasing the temporary retail spaces. A machine learning technique is applied to a dataset of the tenant to derive a predictive model for predicting tenant default in a period of time.
US10482525B2
New technologies for real-time processing and managing product orders are described. The technologies utilize mobile communication and intelligent analysis to reduce waiting time, keep product fresh, and guarantee product delivery. Specific examples are given in the context of meal orders.
US10482522B2
Included is a method for providing a customized product recommendation to a user. Information is collected from a user regarding a type of shaving stroke the user takes when shaving. The information collected from the user is analyzed. A product for the user is selected from at least two available products based upon the information collected from the user. The selected product is recommended to the user.
US10482511B1
Systems and related methods facilitating interactions between a merchant device, a central system and a consumer device are discussed herein. Wallet identifying data may be used to secure messages between the consumer device and the merchant device over a wireless link. For example, the merchant device may include circuitry configured to wirelessly receive the wallet identifying data from a consumer device and to transmit the wallet identifying data to the central system. In response, consumer identifying data associated with the wallet identifying data may be received by the merchant device from the central system. In some embodiments, employee identifying data that identifies an employee may be associated with the consumer identifying data to facilitate consumer assistance and employee payment.
US10482509B2
Techniques for collaborative shopping are presented. During a shopping transaction, a customer collaborates in real time with one or more additional participants. Real-time and dynamic feedback is provided to the customer from the participants throughout the shopping transaction. Furthermore, real-time and dynamic feedback is provided from the customer to the participants throughout the shopping transaction.
US10482505B2
The method includes receiving a location of a client device and one or more items of interest to a user of the client device. The method further includes determining that the location of the client device is within a threshold distance of an item of the one or more items of interest. The method further includes generating a communication with the user of the client device. The method further includes receiving a response from the user of the client device. The method further includes determining if the received response indicates an intent to purchase the item. In one embodiment, the method further includes identifying a sales representative to assist the user of the client device, responsive to determining that the received response indicates an intent to purchase the item.
US10482500B1
A facility for automatically generating an advertising message and an associated a landing page is described. The facility solicits from the user information relating to a company. The facility accesses a social media platform to identify the company having a presence on the social media platform with whom the solicited information is associated. The facility retrieves content from the identified company's presence on the social media platform. The facility uses this retrieved content to (1) construct the webpage for the identified company, and (2) construct and advertising message for the identified company containing a link to the constructed webpage.
US10482497B2
Systems and methods for providing purchase driven financial statements include an account processor that receives account data associated with one or more financial accounts of the account holder and advertising data via a network; one or more databases that stores at least the received account data and the received advertising data; and a statement processor that creates a financial statement based at least in part on the account data and the advertising data, provides the financial statement to an account holder, and tracks the account holder's future account data based on the provided advertising data.
US10482489B2
A wireless device is enabled to process a transaction. In one implementation, the wireless device receives card data for a plurality of financial account cards and stores the card data in memory associated with the wireless device. The wireless device determines merchant information for the transaction and determines rewards benefit information for at least some of the plurality of financial account cards. The wireless device provides a suggestion of at least one of the plurality of financial account cards to use in the transaction based on the determined rewards benefit information.
US10482488B2
Systems and methods for providing a loyalty and rewards system that implements a user incentive program using smart card technology are provided. A loyalty system allows a user to systematically search, identify, store, and redeem electronic coupons and rebates associated with products from a large number of providers and manufactures. The loyalty system also integrates the activities associated with the user incentive program (e.g., coupon collection, storage, and redemption, etc.), with existing payment methods (e.g., charging a credit card, etc.) using smart card technology. Thus, the loyalty system allows the user to obtain savings and otherwise participate in the user incentive program without adding time consuming and tedious processing that is normally associated with coupon and rebate programs.
US10482487B1
An online incentive network is optimized. Online incentive network data is accessed including data regarding sharing between users of the network from at least one database. Inputted parameters and network data are applied to one or more models for incentivized deal sharing to determine profitability of an incentivized sharing deal to offer to plurality of users via an online network for one or more products or services provided by a merchant. The incentivized sharing deal comprises a deal in which a user purchases a particular deal, and then when the user shares the particular deal with a threshold number of other users who also purchase the deal, the user receives an incentive. The parameters include a price of the deal; a proportion of the deal kept by the merchant or the online incentive network, and the number of incentivized users. An interface offers the incentivized sharing deal to users.
US10482481B2
A system for managing grid interaction with a solar power source includes an energy exchange server, a plurality of solar energy sources, a plurality of interconnect socket adapters, and a plurality of energy exchange controllers, each energy exchange controller coupling to one of the plurality of interconnect socket adapters and dictating energy consumption based on energy pricing data received from the energy exchange server. Each interconnect socket adapter electrically couples to the power grid, one or more energy sinks, and a solar energy source, and the energy exchange server receives a real-time energy consumption data set, a real-time energy production data set, a set of environmental parameters and a starting energy price, and generates a current aggregate electricity demand value as a function of the real-time energy consumption data set and the environmental parameters, a current aggregate electricity supply value as a function of the real-time energy production dataset and the environmental parameters, and a current energy price as a function of the starting energy price, the current aggregate electricity demand value, and the current aggregate electricity supply value.
US10482474B1
An advertising database method and system provides an advertisement database service which is accessible to website publishers. Advertisement selection information may be received from a publisher of a website, and advertisements may be selected from an advertisement database in accordance with the selection information. The advertisement is provided to the website publisher for display on the website of the publisher. An endorsement of the advertisement by the publisher or by another user may be retrieved from the database and published with the advertisement.
US10482473B2
A physical inspection forensic methodology with an inherent reliable fallback option based on the extraction of quantifiable intrinsic manufacturer-specific process signatures present superficially and/or within the electronic component. The methodology will seek to extract such signatures cost-effectively through a tiered application of the most expedited and least intrusive approaches.
US10482469B2
A method and a system for providing information about a posting from multiple sources are provided. For example, the method may comprise storing a posting that was submitted by a first user in an online publication system. Then, one or more stored inquiries associated with the posting may be retrieved. Finally, a response is selectively retrieved from a response source. The retrieved response may correspond to the stored inquiry and the posting. The response source is at least one of the posting, the online publication system, the first user, and a user account of a second user.
US10482466B1
Logic may assign a customer identification to a model to associate a first customer with the model to detect fraudulent transactions. Logic may determine one or more clusters to associate with the first customer based on characteristics associated with the first customer. Logic may associate one or more cluster identifications with the first customer. Each cluster identification may identify one cluster of the one or more clusters. Each cluster may identify a group of customers based on characteristics associated with the group of customers. Logic may cause the model to transmit to a customer device associated with the first customer. Logic may receive transaction data for a transaction for one customer of the group of customers associated with a first cluster. And logic may communicate modified transaction data to customer devices of more than one customer of the group of customers associated with the first cluster.
US10482464B1
Identification of anomalous transaction attributes in real-time with adaptive threshold tuning is provided. A set of historical transactions conducted during a defined time period are analyzed and categorizing into defined groups. Outlier transactions are identified and removed from the set of historical transactions and a set of non-anomalous transactions are determined. When a new transaction is received, the new transaction is automatically allowed based on a determination that the subsequent transaction conforms to the set of non-anomalous transactions. Alternatively, an alert for further analysis for the new transaction is output based on a determination that the subsequent transaction does not conform to the set of non-anomalous transactions.
US10482461B2
The present disclosure relates to making payments with a mobile device. In one example process, the mobile device receives and stores information for one or more payment accounts on the mobile device. The mobile device is used to make payments using the payment accounts. In some examples, authorization to proceed with a payment is performed before each purchase made by the user. The authorization process can include receiving a verification of the user, such as a fingerprint scan or passcode. In some examples, a payment account is selected from among available payment accounts. In some examples, an indication is displayed of a digital item associated with a purchased item. In some examples, a payment transaction is initiated with participants of an ongoing communication. In some examples, an application of a retailer is invoked based on the availability of the application. In some examples, a purchase recommendation is provided.
US10482457B2
A system and method for enhanced token-based payments. The system and method including software and hardware to receive, via a network, a request for authorization; create, in response to the request, a dynamic payment packet (DPP) for payment; transmit, via a network, the DPP; receive, via a network, an authorization request, the DPP, and a transaction ID; receive at least one additional data element relating to the customer involved in the transaction and the transaction itself; and transmit, via a network, the transaction ID, an authorization response, and token.
US10482446B2
Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to couple to a terminal, verify an account with an account institution using Direct Anonymous Attestation (DAA), and request an action related to the account using DAA. In an example, the DAA is accomplished using enhanced privacy identification (EPID). The account institution can be a banking institution, and the requested action can be to add an electronic representation of monetary funds to the account. In another example, the device is a payment card, the terminal is a point of sale terminal, and the requested action is related to a sale of goods or services.
US10482440B1
A mobile point-of-sale (POS) terminal for processing a financial transaction between a buyer and a merchant includes a first mobile computing device running a register application configured to receive payment information from the buyer for facilitating a transfer of funds from the buyer to the merchant, and a payment object reader coupled with the first mobile computing device. The payment object reader includes a wireless communication interface, a processor configured to determine the proximity of the second mobile computing device using signal strength of a signal received via the wireless communication interface. In response to the proximity of the second mobile computing device crossing a threshold, the payment object reader transmits a request to the second mobile computing device to connect with the first mobile computing device. The first mobile computing device and the second mobile computing device may then communicate payment and/or transaction information to complete a POS transaction.
US10482439B2
A key-duplicating system comprises a network that includes a multiplicity of kiosks at a multiplicity of different locations, each of the kiosks having a customer interface and a processor coupled to the customer interface. A remote central server coupled to the kiosks is adapted to receive, from the kiosks, information identifying master keys to be duplicated. A key analysis module uses the information identifying master keys to be duplicated to derive information required to produce duplicates of the identified master keys, and a key duplicating module uses that information to produce duplicates of said identified master keys.
US10482435B2
A method of transferring money from a sender to a recipient using a third party money transfer service a point of sale device receiving transaction details for a requested money transfer; determining whether the requested transaction is an allowable transaction; and either aborting the transaction; attempting to identify the sender as an existing customer using the transaction details; using the sender's transaction history and the transaction details to determine whether to allow the requested transaction to proceed. If the requested transaction is allowed to proceed, the method includes creating a money transfer record for the requested transaction; associating a money transfer control number to the money transfer record; and using the transaction details to determine whether to monitor the requested transaction.
US10482431B2
A vehicle service facility may include an RFID transmitter-receiver. The RFID transmitter-receiver may include at least one RFID antenna. The RFID transmitter-receiver may further include an RFID reader. The vehicle service facility may also include a computer system, the computer system having a programmable processor such as a microprocessor or a microcontroller and processor-readable or computer-readable programming code embodying logic embedded on tangible, non-transitory computer readable media. The computer system is in data communication with the RFID reader.
US10482430B2
A Multi-Shot Scheduling System chooses from multiple candidate playlists of positions to select a broadcast playlist. Candidate playlists are generated based upon scoring and selecting content items for the positions through the use of index values. Various embodiments of the Multi-Shot Scheduling System can select broadcast playlists for multiple groups of content and can provide different methods of controlling scheduling performance by restricting the range of candidate playlists from which the best playlist can be selected. the number of candidate playlists to be considered can be determined based on the number of positions in each playlist and a restriction requirement that sets a maximum index value assignable to playlist positions.
US10482429B2
Automatic sorting and grouping of electronic mail items in an electronic mail system is provided. An automatic mail grouping property may be selected for electronic mail received, sent or stored in a variety of storage folders. For a given mail location (e.g., received mail, sent mail, or a given mail storage folder), a selected automatic grouping property causes mail to be displayed to a user in one or more categories that make location of specific mail items easier and more efficient. Visible dividers with optional headings may be provided between mail categories to quickly draw a user's attention to a given mail category and to separate large numbers of mail into logical groupings that make location of specific mail items more manageable.
US10482428B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a metaphor engine having a controller, and a storage medium for storing instructions to be executed by the controller. The instructions, when executed by the controller, cause the controller to receive a measure of a mood of an individual, create a metaphor according to the measure of the mood of the individual, and present the metaphor to an entity requesting to interact with the individual. The measure of the mood can be synthesized from collected information associated with a behavior of the individual, and can indicate an availability of the individual and a receptiveness of the individual to accept a request to interact with an entity. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10482417B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to item identifier assignment. For example, a processor may create a mass serialization scheme to provide a list of item identifiers to allow a subset of the identifiers to be knocked out. Each item identifier may associated with multiple containers, and each container may include two item identifiers relating to the sequence of item identifiers included within the container.
US10482406B2
In an energy-saving-operation recommending system, a total energy consumption of plural facilities during passage of one material to be rolled through a rolling line is calculated, and the total energy consumption is divided by a width and a length of the material to be rolled before rolling to calculate an energy consumption reference value that defines energy consumption per unit width and unit length of the material to be rolled. The energy consumption reference value is stored in association with a steel grade and a target post-rolling plate thickness of the material to be rolled. An energy consumption reference value corresponding to a steel grade and a target post-rolling plate thickness of a material to be next rolled on the rolling line is obtained. The energy consumption reference value is multiplied by a width and a length of the material to be next rolled to calculate predicted energy consumption.
US10482399B2
A shared vehicle management apparatus for managing shared vehicles shared by users includes a first storage configured to store information on a plurality of stations at which the shared vehicles can be rented and returned, a reservation acceptance device configured to accept a use reservation of a shared vehicle from a user, the use reservation including information on a departure station and an arrival station, the departure station being set by the user as a station from which the user expects to use the shared vehicle, and the arrival station being set by the user as a station to which the user returns the shared vehicle after use, a return occasion detector configured to detect a return start occasion on which the user using the shared vehicle returns the shared vehicle, and a route guidance device.
US10482392B2
The present disclosure provides a new scalable coordinate descent (SCD) algorithm and associated system for generalized linear models whose convergence behavior is always the same, regardless of how much SCD is scaled out and regardless of the computing environment. This makes SCD highly robust and enables it to scale to massive datasets on low-cost commodity servers. According to one aspect, by using a natural partitioning of parameters into blocks, updates can be performed in parallel a block at a time without compromising convergence. Experimental results on a real advertising dataset are used to demonstrate SCD's cost effectiveness and scalability.
US10482385B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable medium are provided for healthcare analysis. Data corresponding to a plurality of patients is received. The data is parsed to generate normalized data for a plurality of variables, with normalized data generated for more than one variable for each patient. A causal relationship network model is generated relating the plurality of variables based on the generated normalized data using a Bayesian network algorithm. The causal relationship network model includes variables related to a plurality of medical conditions or medical drugs. In another aspect, a selection of a medical condition or drug is received. A sub-network is determined from a causal relationship network model. The sub-network includes one or more variables associated with the selected medical condition or drug. One or more predictors for the selected medical condition or drug are identified.
US10482355B2
Systems and methods for test object classification are provided in which the test object is docked with a target object in a plurality of different poses to form voxel maps. The maps are vectorized and fed into a convolutional neural network comprising an input layer, a plurality of individually weighted convolutional layers, and an output scorer. The convolutional layers include initial and final layers. Responsive to vectorized input, the input layer feeds values into the initial convolutional layer. Each respective convolutional layer, other than the final convolutional layer, feeds intermediate values as a function of the weights and input values of the respective layer into another of the convolutional layers. The final convolutional layer feeds values into one or more fully connected layers as a function of the final layer weights and input values. The one or more full connected layers feed values into the scorer which scores each input vector to thereby classify the test object.
US10482353B2
A computing device determines a bandwidth parameter value for outlier detection or data classification. A mean pairwise distance value is computed between observation vectors. A tolerance value is computed based on a number of observation vectors. A scaling factor value is computed based on a number of observation vectors and the tolerance value. A Gaussian bandwidth parameter value is computed using the mean pairwise distance value and the scaling factor value. An optimal value of an objective function is computed that includes a Gaussian kernel function that uses the computed Gaussian bandwidth parameter value. The objective function defines a support vector data description model using the observation vectors to define a set of support vectors. The Gaussian bandwidth parameter value and the set of support vectors are output for determining if a new observation vector is an outlier or for classifying the new observation vector.
US10482345B2
A method for recognizing an object in a video stream may include receiving a video stream from a video source, the video stream comprising a plurality of video frames. The method may also include selecting at least one video frame from the video frames according to a frame selection rate. The method may also include partitioning the selected video frame into a first plurality of image blocks. The method may also include recognizing, out of the first plurality of image blocks, a second plurality of image blocks which comprise an image of an object, the recognition being based on an image recognition parameter determined by a machine-learning algorithm. The method may also include determining that at least one of the second plurality of image blocks corresponds to the object based on a likelihood metric, the likelihood metric being determined by the processor based on at least the frame selection rate. The method may further include displaying, on a display, information identifying the object. A system and non-transitory computer-readable medium may also be provided.
US10482333B1
Mental state analysis is performed using blink rate within vehicles. Video is obtained of an individual or a group within a vehicle. The video is analyzed to detect a blink event based on a classifier, where the blink event is determined by identifying that eyes are closed for a frame in the video. A blink duration is evaluated for the blink event. Blink-rate information is determined using the blink event and one or more other blink events. The evaluating can include evaluating blinking for a group of people. The blink-rate information is compensated using the processors for a context. Mental states of the individual are inferred for the blink event, where the mental states are based on the blink event, the blink duration of the individual, and the blink-rate information that was compensated. A difference in blinking between the individual and the remainder of a group can be determined.
US10482326B2
An image processing system includes: an analysis unit configured to obtain information indicating a degree of curvature of a retina from a tomographic image of an eye to be examined; and an obtaining unit configured to obtain a category of the eye to be examined based on an analysis result.
US10482324B2
The invention relates to a method for analyzing a structured document likely to be deformed from a first image and a second image of the document, comprising steps of: matching first points of interest extracted in the first image with second points of interest of a reference image showing a model of the document, estimation of a first geometric transformation taking account of deformations of the structured document shown in the first image relative to the model from the matches, determination of at least one first region to be analyzed in the first image, by projection of at least one reference region of the reference image by means of the first transformation, analysis of the content of the first determined region, matching third points of interest extracted in the second image with fourth points of interest extracted in the first image, estimation, from the matches made in the preceding step, of a second geometric transformation taking account of deformations of the document shown in the second image relative to the document shown in the first image, estimation of a third geometric transformation taking account of deformations of the document shown in one of the two images, called target image, relative to the first model shown in the reference image, the third transformation dependent on the second transformation, determination of at least one second region to be analyzed in the target image by projection of the reference region of the reference image by means of the third geometric transformation, analysis of the content of the second determined region.
US10482321B2
Systems, methods and media are disclosed for identifying the crossing of a virtual barrier. A person in a 3D image of a room may be circumscribed by a bounding box. The position of the bounding box may be monitored over time, relative to the virtual barrier. If the bounding box touches or crosses the virtual barrier, an alert may be sent to the person being monitored, a caregiver or a clinician.
US10482315B2
A display apparatus includes: a display unit that displays a first image; an obtaining unit that obtains a recognition result of recognizing a foodstuff serving as a cooking target on the basis of a photographed image obtained from a camera; a determination unit that determines whether a recognized foodstuff indicated by the recognition result is present in a superposable area where the first image can be superposed on the foodstuff; and a display control unit that causes the display unit to: (i) superpose the first image on the foodstuff when the determination unit determines that the foodstuff is present in the superposable area; and (ii) superpose the first image on a second image when the determination unit determines that the foodstuff is not present in the superposable area.
US10482303B2
In one implementation, a processor: (1) receives an image of a candidate mark from an image acquisition device, (2) uses the image to measure one or more characteristics at a plurality of locations on the candidate mark, resulting in a first set of metrics, (3) removes, from the first set of metrics, a metric having a dominant amplitude, resulting in a trimmed first set of metrics, (4) retrieves, from a computer-readable memory, a second set of metrics that represents one or more characteristics measured at a plurality of locations on an original mark, (5) removes, from the second set of metrics, a metric corresponding to the metric removed from the first set of metrics, resulting in a trimmed second set of metrics, (6) compares the trimmed first set of metrics with the trimmed second set of metrics, and (7) determines whether the candidate mark is genuine based on the comparison.
US10482296B1
A code reader includes an image acquisition system to acquire a plurality of images. A sensor detects motion of the code reader, and a processor is operatively coupled to the image acquisition system and the sensor. The processor performs a plurality of steps including associating a first detected motion data with one of the plurality of acquired images; associating a second detected motion data with a subsequent one of the plurality of acquired images; attempting to decode the one of the plurality of acquired images; determining if the second detected motion data is preferred over the first detected motion data; and attempting to decode the subsequent one of the plurality of acquired images when the second detected motion data is preferred over the first detected motion data.
US10482290B1
Virtual field programmable gate array (VFPGA) duplicates and/or emulates a field programmable gate array through the use of base hardware and firmware that uses RAM as ROM or EPROM and provides control and monitoring and manipulation through the use of elementary and basic device functionality commands (machine code primitives) to accommodate the needs of polymorphic cipher engine software so that the software achieves the same results as thou it had access to programmable logic arrays, gate and logic blocks found in field programmable gate array chips.
US10482283B2
The present disclosure deals with a system and a method to determine if an unauthorized user is attempting to access securely stored data. A user enters and stores sensitive data on a user device using a first computing system. The first computing system gathers sensitive data from the user device and stores the data on a second computing system. If the first computing system detects a potential data breach when trying to access the securely stored data, the first computing system may request the user to enter a subset of the securely stored data to confirm that the user has access to the securely stored data. The second computing system verifies the subset against the securely stored data and the securely stored data is made accessible to the user. If the second computing system is unable to verify the subset the second computing system triggers an event.
US10482278B2
A system for securing electronic devices includes a storage device including a storage device controller processor, at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium in firmware of the storage device communicatively coupled to the storage device controller processor, and a monitor application comprising computer-executable instructions on the medium. The instructions are readable by the storage device controller processor. The monitor application is configured to provision one or more read-only areas of the storage device, provision a candidate copy area of the storage device, reduce a maximum capacity available for user data on the storage device by a size of the read-only areas and the candidate copy area, and secure access to the read-only areas of the storage device.
US10482277B2
A security program installed or in communication with a computer is provided. The security program is configured to intercept disk (I/O) operations that read/write from/to disk. This allows the security program to confirm and control access to data based on security rules. Further, the security program can categorize data based on security rules and then format and store data on disk in a format that prevents access by application(s) of the computer. The security program is further configured to re-format data to be accessible by the application in a format accessible by the application(s) when a request to access the data complies with security rules.
US10482275B2
Systems and methods for implementing access control by systems-on-chip (SoCs). An example SoC may comprise: an access control unit comprising a secure memory for storing access control data, the access control unit to: receive a message comprising an access control data item; store the access control data item in the secure memory; perform at least one of: authenticating the message using a message digest function, or validating contents of the secure memory by comparing a stored reference value with a calculated value of a message digest function of the contents of the secure memory; and control, in view of the access control data item, access by an initiator device to a target device.
US10482270B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of processing data in the stream processing network, such as processing data having data streams associated with multiple owners or entities. A method is disclosed of secure processing of input data by a stream processing network having first and second processing units, wherein the method can include: a) receiving input data from a communication channel, wherein the input data includes a first data stream associated with a first owner and a second data stream associated with a second owner; b) distinguishing data packets of the first data stream from that of the second data stream; and c) processing the first data stream with the first processing unit.
US10482267B2
A system for running a Linux based Android container platform with a processor and a memory is disclosed. The system includes a Linux host, an Android container which runs on the Linux host, and an integrated security module including a Linux security module having a Linux policy of a process running on the Linux host, and an Android security module having an Android policy of a process running on the Android container. The integrated security module is mounted in a directory shared between the Linux host and the Android container and the integrated security module overwrites a pre-existing Linux security module.
US10482260B1
Techniques for in-line filtering of insecure or unwanted mobile components or communications (e.g., insecure or unwanted behaviors associated with applications for mobile devices (“apps”), updates for apps, communications to/from apps, operating system components/updates for mobile devices, etc.) for mobile devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, in-line filtering of apps for mobile devices includes intercepting a request for downloading an application to a mobile device; and modifying a response to the request for downloading the application to the mobile device. In some embodiments, the response includes a notification that the application cannot be downloaded due to an application risk policy violation.
US10482258B2
A runtime security system, including: a shared core configured to execute processes having varying levels of trustworthiness configured to receive security services requests; an execution monitor configured to monitor the execution of the shared core further comprising a timer, a policy table, and an execution monitor state machine; secure assets including cryptographic keys; and immutable security service functions configured to enable access to the secure assets in response to secure services requests; wherein the execution monitor is configured to: detect that the shared core has received a secure boot request; verify that the secure boot request is valid; allow the shared core to securely boot when the secure boot request valid.
US10482251B1
Technique and systems for detecting network intrusion are described. Each device in a plurality of devices in the network can generate an integrity report by: (1) measuring a first set of execution parameter values during an execution of a portion of a software image at the device, (2) comparing the first set of execution parameter values with a second set of execution parameter values associated with executing the portion of the software image at a secure instance of the device, and (3) generating the integrity report based on said comparing. Next, the integrity reports can be collected, and network intrusions can be detected based on the integrity reports by using statistical and pattern recognition techniques including but not limited to neural nets implementing crossover and backpropagation, and classifiers including but not limited to cluster analysis, correlation and regression, factor analysis.
US10482249B2
Some embodiments provide a method for an end machine, that implements a distributed application, to redirect new network connection requests to other end machines that also implement the distributed application. The method receives a set of measurement data from a set of resources of the end machine and determines whether a measurement data received from a particular resource has exceeded a threshold. When the measurement data has exceeded the threshold, the method notifies a load balancer that balances new requests for connection to the distributed application between the end machines. The notification causes the load balancer not to send any new connection request to the end machine and redirect them to other end machines.
US10482243B2
A method for determining the threat level of a sample, comprising: providing a multi-analyzer array running on a server comprising a static analyzer, a plurality of dynamic analyzers, an arbitrator, at least one post processing process, and a normalizer process; analyzing the sample by the static analyzer to produce a static analysis; review of the static analysis by the arbitrator to determine which of the plurality of dynamic analyzers to utilize for dynamic analysis of the sample; dynamic analysis of the sample by one of the plurality of dynamic analyzers as chosen by the arbitrator to produce a dynamic analysis of the sample, normalizing the dynamic analysis by the normalizer to a format for post processing by the at least one post processing process; analysis of the normalized dynamic analysis by the at least one post processing process to provide a post processing analysis and to determine a threat level of the sample; and analysis by the arbitrator of the post processing analysis and the threat level of the sample to determine whether to further analyze the sample in one of the plurality of dynamic analyzers not previously chosen by the arbitrator.
US10482239B1
Techniques for rendering an object using multiple versions of an application in a single process for dynamic malware analysis are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for rendering an object using multiple versions of an application in a single process for dynamic malware analysis includes receiving a sample at a cloud security service, in which the sample includes an embedded object; detonating the sample using a browser executed in an instrumented virtual machine environment; and rendering the embedded object using a plurality of versions of an application in a single process during a dynamic malware analysis using the instrumented virtual machine environment.
US10482237B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a memory to store an application, a communication interface to communicate with an external device, and a processor operatively connected with the memory and the communication interface. The processor determines whether the application is authenticated if receiving an installation request or an execution request of the application, generates a policy file associated with a domain of the application if the application is authenticated, and assigns the application to a specified domain, which is accessible to a secure area of the memory, based on the generated policy file.
US10482236B1
Exemplary embodiments relate to the secure storage of security questions through an immutable log, such as a blockchain. The security questions may be stored in a centralized location, accessible from an application or browser tab running on the user's device. When a security question is required, such as to perform a password reset on a website, the website may interact with the application or browser tab, which retrieves the question(s) from the blockchain. The user may enter their answers to the question(s), which may be hashed by the application or tab. The hashed answers may be entered into the original requesting website, which may verify with the blockchain that the correct answers have been provided. Thus, the requesting website sees neither the questions nor the answers. Additional security features may include logging requests for questions, so that a user can determine if a security question may have been compromised.
US10482235B2
Embodiments as disclosed herein may provide systems and methods for component integration and security. In particular, in one embodiment, a native component that presents a network based interface may be on a device, where that native component may expose a network based interface for access by other components. This native component can then be accessed through the network based interface. To address security concerns and other issues, the native component may be configured to determine if a received request is associated with the same user space and only respond to requests originating from the same user space.
US10482231B1
A system includes access controls that allow or deny a request based at least in part on a context associated with the request. A service receives a request from a client, and forwards information that describes the request and the context of the request to a context management service. The context management service determines whether the request should be allowed by querying a set of context validation plugins. Each context validation plugin analyzes particular characteristics of a request's context, and based at least in part on the request's context, indicates to the context management service that the request should be allowed or denied. If a quorum of the context validation plugins indicate to the context management service that the request should be allowed, the context management service indicates to the service that the request is allowed within the provided context.
US10482228B2
Systems and methods are provided for authenticating users in virtual settings. One exemplary method includes receiving a network transaction request from a user in a virtual setting and prompting the user for a motion ID associated with an account available for use in the virtual setting to facilitate the network transaction. The method also includes capturing a movement of the user in the virtual setting while masking the movement from other users in the virtual setting. The exemplary method further includes comparing the captured movement to the motion ID and compiling and transmitting an authorization request for the network transaction when the captured movement matches the motion ID.
US10482227B2
An authentication method, system, and computer program product for decoding brain activity into a brain pattern sequence, applying brain dialog to interact with a user while the user is entering the brain pattern sequence, and matching the brain pattern sequence with a predetermined password to allow access to a system.
