US10686099B2
An optoelectronic device (50) comprising a semiconductor body (10a, 10b, 10c) having an optically active region (12), a carrier (60), and a pair of connection layers (30a, 30b, 30c) having a first connection layer (32) and a second connection layer (34), wherein: the semiconductor body is disposed on the carrier, the first connection layer is disposed between the semiconductor body and the carrier and is connected to the semiconductor body, the second connection layer is disposed between the first connection layer and the carrier, at least one layer selected from the first connection layer and the second connection layer contains a radiation-permeable and electrically conductive oxide, and the first connection layer and the second connection layer are directly connected to each other at least in regions in one or more bonding regions, so that the pair of connection layers is involved in the mechanical connection of the semiconductor body to the carrier. A production process is also specified.
US10686089B2
A concentrator photovoltaic cell includes a light condenser element configured to condense light, a first photoelectric conversion cell configured to perform a photoelectric conversion, a second photoelectric conversion cell configured to perform a photoelectric conversion, a first output circuit configured to output a first output current which is output by the first photoelectric conversion cell, and a second output circuit configured to output a second output current which is output by the second photoelectric conversion cell.
US10686088B2
Disclosed is a solar cell panel including a plurality of solar cells each including a semiconductor substrate and an electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate, and a wire for interconnecting the solar cells. The electrode includes a bus-bar line having a pad portion for attachment of the wire. The wire includes a first wire portion connected to the pad portion, and a second wire portion located on a portion excluding the pad portion. The first wire portion has a thickness greater than a thickness of the second wire portion.
US10686075B2
A method includes forming a metal gate in a first inter-layer dielectric, performing a treatment on the metal gate and the first inter-layer dielectric, selectively growing a hard mask on the metal gate without growing the hard mask from the first inter-layer dielectric, depositing a second inter-layer dielectric over the hard mask and the first inter-layer dielectric, planarizing the second inter-layer dielectric and the hard mask, and forming a gate contact plug penetrating through the hard mask to electrically couple to the metal gate.
US10686058B2
A method of manufacturing a trench MOSFET can include: forming an epitaxial semiconductor layer having a first doping type on a semiconductor substrate; forming a trench extending from a first surface of the epitaxial semiconductor layer to an internal portion of the epitaxial semiconductor layer; forming a first insulating layer and a shield conductor occupying a lower portion of said trench, where the first insulating layer is located on a lower sidewall surface and a bottom surface of the trench and separates the shield conductor from the epitaxial semiconductor layer; forming a second insulating layer covering a top surface of said shield conductor, where the second insulating layer is patterned by using a hard mask; forming a gate dielectric layer and a gate conductor occupying an upper portion of the trench; and forming a body region, a source region, and a drain electrode.
US10686043B2
[Object] To provide a FeFET and a method of its manufacture, the FeFET having a ferroelectric whose film thickness (dr) is made small and so nanofine as to range in: 59 nm
US10686042B2
A semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a first nitride semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate; a second nitride semiconductor layer disposed on the first nitride semiconductor layer; a first opening penetrating the second nitride semiconductor layer; an electron transit layer and an electron supply layer which are formed along an upper surface of the second nitride semiconductor layer and a recessed surface of the first opening; a gate electrode disposed above the electron supply layer; a second opening penetrating the electron supply layer and the electron transit layer; a source electrode disposed to cover the second opening and electrically connected to the second nitride semiconductor layer; and a drain electrode disposed on a back surface of the substrate. The electron supply layer has a side surface formed along a side surface of the first opening. The gate electrode is not disposed on the side surface of the electron supply layer.
US10686041B2
A 3C—SiC buffer layer on Si(001) comprising a porous buffer layer of 3C—SiC on a Si(001) substrate, wherein the porous buffer layer is produced through a solid state reaction, and wherein an amorphous carbon layer on the Si(001) substrate is deposited by magnetron sputtering of a C target at room temperature at a rate of 0.8 nm/min.
US10686037B2
A semiconductor structure includes an insulating substrate, an engineered layer, a semiconductor layer, and an isolation structure. The engineered layer is surrounding the insulating substrate. The semiconductor layer, which includes a first region and a second region,. is formed over the engineered layer. The isolation structure is formed in the semiconductor layer and located between the first region and the second region. A first transistor and a second transistor are formed in the first region and the second region respectively.
US10686035B2
This invention discloses a semiconductor power device disposed in a semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor substrate has a plurality of trenches. Each of the trenches is filled with a plurality of epitaxial layers of alternating conductivity types constituting nano tubes functioning as conducting channels stacked as layers extending along a sidewall direction with a “Gap Filler” layer filling a merging-gap between the nano tubes disposed substantially at a center of each of the trenches. The “Gap Filler” layer can be very lightly doped Silicon or grown and deposited dielectric layer. In an exemplary embodiment, the plurality of trenches are separated by pillar columns each having a width approximately half to one-third of a width of the trenches.
US10686034B2
A population of bright and stable nanocrystals is provided. The nanocrystals include a semiconductor core and a thick semiconductor shell and can exhibit high extinction coefficients, high quantum yields, and limited or no detectable blinking.
US10686028B2
A display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes a display panel including a bending portion, and a folding unit supporting the display panel, the display device being capable of being in-folded and out-folded. The folding unit includes: a first supporting plate including a first supporting portion; a second supporting plate including a second supporting portion spaced apart from the first supporting portion; a first elastic member including a first wing portion protruded from the first supporting portion; and a second elastic member including a second wing portion protruded from the second supporting portion. The bending portion includes a first portion attached to the first wing portion and a second portion attached to the second wing portion.
US10686020B2
Vehicle and touch pad are disclosed including perovskite features for illumination. An example vehicle includes a touch pad having a substrate, circuit elements disposed on the substrate, pairs of electrodes disposed on the substrate, and perovskite ink disposed on the substrate between each respective pair of electrodes, wherein the perovskite ink is configured to provide illumination of the circuit elements by passing current through the pairs of electrodes.
US10686017B2
A display device may include a display panel including a substrate that includes a display area and a pad area adjacent to the display area, and a first pad and a second pad on the pad area of the substrate, and a chip-on-film package over the pad area of the substrate with the first pad and the second pad in between, the chip-on-film package including an insulation layer, a first wiring on an upper surface of the insulation layer and electrically connected to the first pad, and a second wiring on a lower surface of the insulation layer and electrically connected to the second pad. A first signal having alternating voltage levels may be applied to the first wiring, and a second signal having a constant voltage level may be applied to the second wiring.
US10686016B2
An organic light emitting display panel and apparatus, and a manufacturing method therefor are provided. The organic light emitting display panel includes a plurality of light emitting units, the light emitting unit includes an anode, a first auxiliary functional structure, a light emitting structure and a cathode, the anode, the first auxiliary functional structure, the light emitting structure and the cathode are successively laminated, and the first auxiliary functional structures of different light emitting units are arranged separate from one another, the anodes of different light emitting units are arranged separate from one another, and the light emitting structures of different light emitting units are arranged separate from one another.
US10686015B2
Subject matter disclosed herein relates to an integrated circuit device having a socket interconnect region for connecting a plurality of conductive lines at a first vertical level to interconnect structures formed at a second vertical level different from the first vertical level. The conductive lines include a plurality of contacted lines that are vertically connected to the interconnect structures at the socket interconnect region, a plurality of terminating lines terminating at the socket interconnect region, and a plurality of pass-through lines that pass through the socket interconnect region without being vertically connected and without being terminated at the socket interconnect region.
US10686014B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a semiconductor memory device. In some embodiments, the device includes a bottom electrode extending in a y-direction relative to top surface of a substrate and a top electrode extending in an x-direction relative to the top surface of the substrate. An active area is located at the cross-section between the bottom electrode and the top electrode and is located on vertical side walls extending in a z-direction of the semiconductor memory device with respect to the top surface of the substrate. An insulating layer is located in the active area in between the top electrode and the bottom electrode.
US10686003B2
Various approaches are discussed for using four-side buttable CMOS tiles to fabricate detector panels, including large-area detector panels. Fabrication may utilize pads and interconnect structures formed on the top or bottom of the CMOS tiles. Electrical connection and readout may utilize readout and digitization circuitry provided on the CMOS tiles themselves such that readout of groups or sub-arrays of pixels occurs at the tile level, while tiles are then readout at the detector level such that readout operations are tiered or multi-level.
US10685994B2
A method for fabricating an image sensor array having a first group of photodiodes for detecting light at visible wavelengths a second group of photodiodes for detecting light at infrared or near-infrared wavelengths, the method including forming a germanium-silicon layer for the second group of photodiodes on a first semiconductor donor wafer; defining a first interconnect layer on the germanium-silicon layer; defining integrated circuitry for controlling pixels of the image sensor array on a semiconductor carrier wafer; defining a second interconnect layer on the semiconductor carrier wafer; bonding the first interconnect layer with the second interconnect layer; defining the pixels of an image sensor array on a second semiconductor donor wafer; defining a third interconnect layer on the image sensor array; and bonding the third interconnect layer with the germanium-silicon layer.
US10685992B2
An object is to provide a pixel structure of a display device including a photosensor which prevents changes in an output of the photosensor and a decrease in imaging quality. The display device has a pixel layout structure in which a shielding wire is disposed between an FD and an imaging signal line (a PR line, a TX line, or an SE line) or between the FD and an image-display signal line in order to reduce or eliminate parasitic capacitance between the FD and a signal line for the purpose of suppressing changes in the potential of the FD. An imaging power supply line, image-display power supply line, a GND line, a common line, or the like whose potential is fixed, such as a common potential line, is used as a shielding wire.
US10685991B2
A solid-state imaging device comprises a photodetecting section, an unnecessary carrier capture section, and a vertical shift register. The unnecessary carrier capture section has carrier capture regions arranged in a region between the photodetecting section and the vertical shift register for respective rows. Each of the carrier capture regions includes a transistor and a photodiode. The transistor has one terminal connected to the photodiode and the other terminal connected to a charge elimination line. The charge elimination line is short-circuited to a reference potential line.
US10685984B2
A semiconductor device is described, which includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a capacitor. The second transistor and the capacitor are provided over the first transistor so as to overlap with a gate of the first transistor. A semiconductor layer of the second transistor and a dielectric layer of the capacitor are directly connected to the gate of the first transistor. The second transistor is a vertical transistor, where its channel direction is perpendicular to an upper surface of a semiconductor layer of the first transistor.
US10685982B2
A semiconductor structure is disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes: a first standard cell; and a second standard cell; wherein a cell width of the first standard cell along a first direction is substantially the same as a cell width of the second standard cell along the first direction, and a cell height of the first standard cell along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction is substantially greater than a cell height of the second standard cell along the second direction.
US10685974B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a stacked body which is provided on a substrate and in which an insulating film and an electrode film are alternately stacked. The semiconductor memory device also includes an insulating member which penetrates the stacked body in a stacking direction of the insulating film and the electrode film to thereby separate the stacked body. The semiconductor memory device also includes a semiconductor pillar which penetrates the stacked body in the stacking direction. A maximum portion of the insulating member where a first distance from a side surface of the insulating member to a central plane of the insulating member becomes maximum and a maximum portion of the semiconductor pillar where a second distance from a side surface of the semiconductor pillar to a center line of the semiconductor pillar becomes maximum being provided in different positions in the stacking direction.
US10685959B2
An electrode structure is disclosed. The electrode structure includes a first polysilicon layer doped with resistance adjustment impurities; a second polysilicon layer for adjusting grains, formed in the first polysilicon layer and doped with grain adjustment impurities; an ohmic metal layer formed on the first and second polysilicon layers; a barrier metal layer formed on the ohmic metal layer; and a metal layer formed on the barrier metal layer.
US10685956B2
A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first well, a second well, and first and second doped regions. The substrate has heavily doped and lightly doped regions. The lightly doped region is disposed over the heavily doped region. The first well is disposed in the lightly doped region. The first well has a conductive type complementary to a conductive type of the heavily doped and lightly doped regions. The second well is disposed in the substrate over the lightly doped region. A location of the first well overlaps a location of the second well. The first and the second doped regions are located in the second well within the active region, and spaced apart from each other. The first and the second doped regions have a same conductive type complementary to a conductive type of the second well.
US10685953B2
An integrated semiconductor device includes a first transistor and a second transistor formed on a semiconductor substrate, and an isolation structure located adjacent to the transistors, including deep trenches, trapping regions formed between the deep trenches, and trench bottom doping regions formed at the end of each of the deep trenches, wherein each of the trapping regions includes a buried layer, a well region formed on the buried layer, and a highly doped region formed on the well region.
US10685948B1
Double side mounted package structures and memory modules incorporating such double side mounted package structures are described in which memory packages are mounted on both sides of a module substrate. A routing substrate is mounted to a bottom side of the module substrate to provide general purpose in/out routing and power routing, while signal routing from the logic die to double side mounted memory packages is provided in the module routing. In an embodiment, module substrate is a coreless module substrate and may be thinner than the routing substrate.
US10685947B2
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of conductively coupling a plurality of relatively physically small core dies to a relatively physically larger base die using an electrical mesh network that is formed in whole or in part in, on, across, or about all or a portion of the base die. Electrical mesh networks beneficially permit the positioning of the cores in close proximity to support circuitry carried by the base die. The minimal separation between the core circuitry and the support circuitry advantageously improves communication bandwidth while reducing power consumption. Each of the cores may include functionally dedicated circuitry such as processor core circuitry, field programmable logic, memory, or graphics processing circuitry. The use of core dies beneficially and advantageously permits the use of a wide variety of cores, each having a common or similar interface to the electrical mesh network.
US10685946B2
An elastomeric interface layer (elayer) is formed over multiple light emitting diode (LED) dies by depositing photoresist materials across multiple LED dies, and using the LED dies as a photolithography mask to facilitate formation of the elayer on each LED die. The elayer facilitates adhesive attachment of each LED die with a pick and place head (PPH), allowing the LED dies to be picked up and placed onto a display substrate including control circuits for sub-pixels of an electronic display. In some embodiments, the LED dies are micro-LED (μLED) dies.
US10685933B2
A thermal bonding sheet includes a layer, in which an average area of a pore portion in a cross section of the layer after being heated at a heating rate of 1.5° C./sec from 80° C. to 300° C. under pressure of 10 MPa, and then held at 300° C. for 2.5 minutes is in a range of 0.005 μm2 to 0.5 μm2.
US10685930B2
A driving chip includes a body portion including a circuit. A first bump is electrically connected to the body portion. A second bump is disposed on the first bump. The second bump has a planar area less than a planar area of the first bump on a plane defined along a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the body portion. The first bump has a length of about 60 μm or more in the first direction, a side surface of the second bump is aligned with a side surface of the first bump along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.
US10685924B2
An package and related methods are disclosed. The package may include an antenna, an insert made of low-loss material, and a mold, wherein the mold directly contacts and surrounds at least a portion of the insert, wherein the antenna is formed of conductive material disposed at least in part on a surface of the insert.
US10685917B2
A semiconductor device and a manufacture method of the semiconductor device are provided. In the semiconductor device, a back surface of a substrate is covered with a first insulating layer, where the first insulating layer covers the bottom and the sidewall of a through hole and the back surface of the substrate outside the through hole. The first insulating layer outside the through hole is covered with a second insulating layer. When etching the first insulating layer at the bottom of the through hole, although an etching speed for a region outside the through hole is greater than an etching speed for the bottom of the through hole, the first insulating layer outside the through hole is protected from being over-etched by the second insulating layer, which improves reliability of the device.
US10685916B2
A fan-out semiconductor package includes a frame comprising wiring layers, and a dummy layer, and having a recessed portion on a bottom surface on which a stopper layer is disposed; a semiconductor chip disposed in the recessed portion such that an inactive surface opposes the stopper layer; a first interconnect structure disposed on the connection pad; a second interconnect structure disposed on the outermost wiring layer; a dummy structure disposed on the dummy layer; an encapsulant encapsulating at least portions of the frame, the semiconductor chip, the first interconnect structure, the second interconnect structure, and the dummy structure, and filling at least a portion of the recessed portion; and a connection member disposed on the frame and an active surface of the semiconductor chip, and comprising a redistribution layer electrically connected to first and second metal bumps. The dummy structure has sloped side surfaces.
US10685913B2
An e-fuse for use in a semiconductor device includes first and second electrodes; a gate metal coupling the first and second electrodes with each other; a first oxide layer formed under the gate metal; and a gate oxide layer formed between a bottom end of the gate metal and a top end of the first oxide layer.
US10685910B2
A method includes forming a plurality of dielectric layers, forming a plurality of redistribution lines in the plurality of dielectric layers, forming stacked vias in the plurality of dielectric layers with the stacked vias forming a continuous electrical connection penetrating through the plurality of dielectric layers, forming a dielectric layer over the stacked vias and the plurality of dielectric layers, forming a plurality of bond pads in the dielectric layer, and bonding a device die to the dielectric layer and a first portion of the plurality of bond pads through hybrid bonding.
US10685900B2
A semiconductor device comprises a generally planar semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip comprises a first side and second side opposite the first side. The first side is associated with a source conductive pad. The second side is associated with a drain conductive pad. A gate pad overlies a portion of the first side. A source terminal comprises a metallic strip assembly with a series of pocket chambers spaced apart from each other and partially filled with a phase-change material filling. A drain terminal is spaced apart from the source terminal by a dielectric layer. The source terminal is bonded to the source conductive pad via a bonding interface material.
US10685898B2
A circuit package comprises a circuit device in a first epoxy mold compound and a second epoxy mold compound of different compositions.
US10685897B2
A packaged semiconductor device includes a routable molded lead frame structure with a surface finish layer. In one embodiment, the routable molded lead frame structure includes a first laminated layer including the surface finish layer, vias connected to the surface finish layer, and a first resin layer covering the vias leaving the top surface of the surface finish layer exposed. A second laminated layer includes second conductive patterns connected to the vias, bump pads connected to the second conductive patterns, and a second resin layer covering one side of the first resin layer, the second conductive patterns and the bump pads. A semiconductor die is electrically connected to the surface finish layer and an encapsulant covers the semiconductor die and another side of the first resin layer. The surface finish layer provides a customizable and improved bonding structure for connecting the semiconductor die to the routable molded lead frame structure.
US10685892B2
Methods and systems to improve printed electrical components and for integration in circuits are disclosed. Passive components, e.g., capacitors, resistors and inductors, can be printed directly into a solid ceramic block using additive manufacturing. A grounded conductive plane or a conductive cage may be placed between adjacent electrical components, or around each component, to minimize unwanted parasitic effects in the circuits, such as, e.g., parasitic capacitance or parasitic inductance. Resistors may be printed in non-traditional shapes, for example, S-shape, smooth S-shape, U-shape, V-shape, Z-shape, zigzag-shape, and any other acceptable alternative configurations. The flexibility in shapes and sizes of the printed resistors allows optimal space usage of the ceramic block. The present invention also discloses an electrical component comprising combined predetermined values of capacitance, resistance and inductance. The integration and adjustability of a multi-property device can provide significant advantages in electronics manufacturing.
US10685890B2
A semiconductor package including a redistribution substrate, and a semiconductor chip mounted on the redistribution substrate, the semiconductor chip having a conductive pad on one surface thereof may be provided. The redistribution substrate may include a first passivation pattern on the conductive pad, the first passivation pattern exposing a portion of the conductive pad, and a redistribution pattern covering the portion of the conductive pad exposed by the first passivation pattern and surrounding the first passivation pattern.
US10685889B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor structure includes providing a substrate including a core region and a peripheral region, forming a plurality of first fin structures in the peripheral region and a plurality of second fin structures in the core region, forming a first dummy gate structure including a first dummy oxide layer and a first dummy gate electrode layer on each first fin structure, and forming a second dummy gate structure including a second dummy oxide layer and a second dummy gate electrode layer on each second fin structure. The method further includes removing each first dummy gate structure and then forming a first gate oxide layer on the exposed portion of each first fin structure, and removing each second dummy gate structure. Finally, the method includes forming a first gate structure on each first fin structure and a second gate structure on each second fin structure.
US10685885B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an isolation structure, and a gate structure. The substrate has an active area. The isolation structure surrounds the active area of the substrate. The gate structure is across the active area of the substrate. The isolation structure has a first portion under the gate structure and a second portion adjacent to the gate structure. A top surface of the first portion of the isolation structure is lower than a top surface of the second portion of the isolation structure.
US10685884B2
A semiconductor device includes a field effect transistor (FET). The FET includes a channel region and a source/drain region disposed adjacent to the channel region. The FET also includes a gate electrode disposed over the channel region. The FET is an n-type FET and the channel region is made of Si. The source/drain region includes an epitaxial layer including Si1-x-yM1xM2y, where M1 is one or more of Ge and Sn, and M2 is one or more of P and As, and 0.01≤x≤0.1.
US10685872B2
A semiconductor device is formed where a conductive extension (e.g., a TS) electrically couples with a first structure (e.g., an S/D) of the semiconductor device, a dielectric is deposited at least on a surface of a second structure (e.g., a gate), where the surface is substantially parallel to a plane of fabrication of the semiconductor device. An insulator cap surrounds an exposed portion of the extension. An opening is formed in the insulator cap, and a first contact (e.g., a CA) is formed through the opening to electrically couple with the first structure. A second contact (e.g., a CB) is formed through an opening in the dielectric at a first portion of the surface and electrically couples with the second structure. The dielectric continues to cover a second portion of the surface, and a portion of the insulator cap is interposed between the first contact and the second contact.
US10685871B2
The present invention provides a method for fabricating a semiconductor structure. A multilayer structure on is formed a substrate, the multilayer structure includes at least a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer and an amorphous silicon layer, next, a first etching step is performed, to forma first recess in the amorphous silicon layer and in the second dielectric layer, parts of the first dielectric layer is exposed by the first recess, afterwards, a hard mask layer is formed in the first recess, a second etching step is then performed to remove the hard mask layer and to expose a surface of the first dielectric layer, and a third etching step is performed with the remaining hard mask layer, to remove a portion of the first dielectric layer, so as to form a second recess in the first dielectric layer.
US10685865B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device may include providing a semiconductor device structure. The semiconductor device structure may include semiconductor fins pitched at a fin pitch on a substrate and a mask, disposed over the semiconductor fins, the mask defining a plurality of openings. The semiconductor device structure may further include an isolation oxide disposed on the substrate, between the semiconductor fins. The method may further include directing angled ions into the at least one of the plurality of openings. The angled ions may form at least one trench between at least one pair of the semiconductor fins, in the substrate below the isolation oxide between the at least one pair of the semiconductor fins. Furthermore, a width within the substrate of the at least one trench is greater than a minimum fin pitch and greater than a width of the at least one trench above the substrate.
US10685863B2
Implementations of systems for thinning a semiconductor substrate may include: a substrate chuck configured to receive a semiconductor substrate for thinning, a spindle, a grinding wheel coupled to the spindle, and a water medium configured to be in contact with the semiconductor substrate during thinning. An ultrasonic energy source may be directly coupled to the substrate chuck, the spindle, the grinding wheel, the water medium, or any combination thereof.
US10685862B2
The present disclosure generally relates to apparatuses and methods that control RF amplitude of an edge ring. The apparatuses and methods include an electrode that is coupled to ground through a variable capacitor. The electrode may be ring-shaped and embedded in a substrate support including an electrostatic chuck. The electrode may be positioned beneath the perimeter of a substrate and/or the edge ring. As the plasma sheath drops adjacent the edge ring due to edge ring erosion, the capacitance of the variable capacitor is adjusted in order to affect the RF amplitude near the edge of the substrate. Adjustment of the RF amplitude via the electrode and variable capacitor results in adjustment of the plasma sheath near the substrate perimeter.
US10685857B2
Provided is a nozzle system for dispensing a dispense chemical onto a substrate, the system comprising: a nozzle comprising a nozzle body and a nozzle tip; a shielding device coupled to the nozzle tip, the shielding device configured to create a mini-environment for a dispense chemical such that a partial pressure of the dispense chemical is maintained in the shielding device; wherein the nozzle system is configured to meet selected dispense objectives.
US10685856B2
While a substrate is being rotated, the lower surface of a brush is moved along the upper surface of the substrate. The brush and a spray nozzle are moved upward from a takeoff position to a lower non-contact position so as to separate the lower surface of the brush from the upper surface of the substrate. The spray nozzle generates the droplets in a state where the brush and the spray nozzle are located in the lower non-contact position so as to make the droplets collide with the upper surface of the substrate, and then the droplets colliding with the upper surface of the substrate are discharged from a gap between the lower surface of the brush and the upper surface of the substrate while the droplets are being supplied to the lower surface of the brush.
US10685850B2
Generally discussed herein are systems, devices, and methods that include an organic high density interconnect structure and techniques for making the same. According to an example a method can include forming one or more low density buildup layers on a core, conductive interconnect material of the one or more low density buildup layers electrically and mechanically connected to conductive interconnect material of the core, forming one or more high density buildup layers on an exposed low density buildup layer of the one or more low density buildup layers, conductive interconnect material of the high density buildup layers electrically and mechanically connected to the conductive interconnect material of the one or more low density buildup layers, and forming another low density buildup layer on and around an exposed high density buildup layer of the one or more high density buildup layers.
US10685846B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) is disclosed. An inverse mask is provided. A sacrificial layer is deposited over a substrate. A patterned photoresist layer is formed over the sacrificial layer using the inverse mask. The sacrificial layer is then etched through the patterned photoresist layer to form a patterned sacrificial layer. A hard mask layer is deposited over the patterned sacrificial layer. The patterned sacrificial layer is then removed to form a second pattern on the hard mask layer.
US10685843B2
Methods and systems for etching a substrate using photoenhanced wet etching techniques are described. At least one light emitting diode source is used to create a high intensity of ultraviolet light at the surface of the substrate or at one or more layers formed on the substrate. Etching rates in GaN substrates and GaN layers are improved by an order of magnitude over conventional systems. Systems and methods for forming a device structure free of a substrate are described. The device structure is grown or applied over a release layer on a substrate. The device structure is exposed to photoenhanced wet etch environments to vertically and laterally etch the release layer to separate the device structure from the substrate.
US10685832B1
There is provided a technique that includes a metal container including a process chamber configured to process a substrate, a substrate mounting plate rotatably installed in the container and having a plurality of substrate mounting surfaces circumferentially arranged at an upper surface thereof, a heater configured to heat the substrate mounted on each of the plurality of substrate mounting surfaces, a heat attenuator installed between the heater and the container, a gas supply part configured to supply a gas to the process chamber, and a support part configured to rotate the substrate mounting plate.
US10685830B2
Embodiments described herein relate to a high pressure processing system with a condenser and methods for utilizing the same. The processing system includes a process chamber, a boiler, a condenser, and one or more heat exchangers. The boiler generates a fluid, such as a vapor or supercritical fluid, and delivers the fluid to the process chamber where a substrate is processed. After processing the substrate, the system is depressurized and the fluid is delivered to the condenser where the fluid is condensed.
US10685819B2
An apparatus includes a reactive species source, a spectral measurement volume, a light source to emit a light beam into the spectral measurement volume, a spectrometer to receive the light beam from the spectral measurement volume. The apparatus includes an a controller configured to, when a reactive species is present in the spectral measurement volume, control the light source to emit the light beam into the spectral measurement volume and the spectrometer to determine an environment spectrum using the light beam, and when the reactive species is not present in the spectral measurement volume, control the light source to emit the light beam into the spectral measurement volume and the spectrometer to determine a baseline spectrum using the light beam, calculate a net spectrum based on a difference between the environment spectrum and the baseline spectrum, and estimate a concentration of the reactive species based on the net spectrum.
US10685818B2
Implementations of the present disclosure relate to systems and techniques for abating F-gases present in the effluent of semiconductor manufacturing processes. In one implementation, a water and oxygen delivery system for a plasma abatement system is provided. The water and oxygen delivery system comprises a housing that includes a floor and a plurality of sidewalls that define an enclosed region. The water and oxygen delivery system further comprises a cylindrical water tank positioned on the floor, wherein a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical water tank is parallel to a plane defined by the floor and a length of the water tank is 1.5 times or greater than the diameter of the cylindrical water tank. The water and oxygen delivery system further comprises a flow control system positioned within the housing above the cylindrical water tank.
US10685816B2
A method MT includes etching a wafer W using plasma generated in a processing container. The etching includes a process of inclining and rotating a holding structure holding the wafer W during execution of the etching and the process successively creating a plurality of inclined rotation states RT(φ, t) with respect to the holding structure. In the inclined rotation states, the wafer W is rotated about a central axis of the wafer W over a predetermined process time while maintaining a state where the central axis is inclined with respect to a reference axis of the processing container which is in the same plane as the central axis. A combination of a value φ of an inclination angle AN of the central axis with respect to the reference axis and the process time t differs for each of the plurality of inclined rotation states.
US10685808B2
An ionic liquid ion source can include a microfabricated body including a base and a tip. The body can be formed of a porous material compatible with at least one of an ionic liquid or room-temperature molten salt. The body can have a pore size gradient that decreases from the base of the body to the tip of the body, such that the at least one of an ionic liquid or room-temperature molten salt is capable of being transported through capillarity from the base to the tip.
US10685805B2
A gas discharge tube assembly includes a multi-cell gas discharge tube (GDT). The multi-cell GDT includes a housing defining a GDT chamber, a plurality of inner electrodes located in the GDT chamber, a trigger resistor located in the GDT chamber, and a gas contained in the GDT chamber. The inner electrodes are serially disposed in the chamber in spaced apart relation to define a series of cells and spark gaps. The trigger resistor includes an interface surface exposed to at least one of the cells. The trigger resistor is responsive to an electrical surge through the trigger resistor to generate a spark along the interface surface and thereby promote an electrical arc in the at least one cell.
US10685803B2
A circuit breaker is for interrupting an electric circuit if settable protective parameters are exceeded. In an embodiment, the circuit breaker includes an electronic trip unit, in which the set protective parameters are stored, with a movable sealing pane, which covers at least part of the circuit breaker. The circuit breaker further includes a sensor with which a first state of the sealing pane can be ascertained. The electronic trip unit is designed such that changes to the protective parameters are accepted by the electronic trip unit only in the first state of the sealing pane.
US10685800B2
Testable sealed and/or self-diagnosing electromagnetic or solid-state relays simplify troubleshooting of electrical circuits. The testable relay comprises a relay housing with terminals adapted to connect to a circuit and an opposing top wall with testable terminals formed as projections being flush with or extending from the top wall and being exposed for testing the relay by applying a multimeter device. A self-diagnosing relay comprises a relay housing with terminals adapted to connect to a circuit, and at least two light-emitting diodes (LEDs). One of the LED indicates the relay is energized, and another LED light is a diagnostic LED and indicates if the relay is damaged.
US10685795B2
A trigger assembly for use with an electrical device, including a trigger member, an actuator member operably-connected to the trigger member, and a lock-on mechanism for selectably restricting movement of the trigger member relative to the housing.
US10685787B2
An electrolytic capacitor includes an anode body, a dielectric layer formed on the anode body, and a conductive polymer layer covering at least a part of the dielectric layer. The conductive polymer layer includes a conductive polymer and a polymer dopant. The polymer dopant includes a copolymer that includes a first monomer unit and a second monomer unit. The first monomer unit has a sulfonate group. Time second monomer unit has a functional group represented by a formula (i); —CO—R1—COOH (where R1 represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an aromatic group, or a divalent group —OR2—, R2 representing an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or an aromatic group).
US10685786B2
Fabricating a capacitor includes using a fluid jet to form a conduit in a sheet of material. A capacitor can include at least a portion of the sheet of material in an anode. In some instances, the sheet of material is porous before the fluid jet is used to form the conduit.
US10685783B2
An alternating current power capacitor including one or more capacitor bodies (e.g., bobbins) having conductive and dielectric film windings, wherein edges of the conductive film windings define a plane forming at least one capacitor body contact surface, one or more electrodes having one or more electrode contact surfaces and a housing operative to apply compressive force that binds the capacitor body and electrode together so as to maintain uniform electrical and thermal conductive contact throughout a plane parallel to and between the electrode contact surface and capacitor body contact surface.
US10685782B2
A capacitor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a dielectric layer of molecular material disposed between said first and second electrodes. The molecular material is described by the general formula: Dp-(Core)-Hq, where Core is a polarizable conductive anisometric core, having conjugated π-systems, and characterized by a longitudinal axis, D and H are insulating substituents, and p and q are numbers of the D and H substituents accordingly. And Core possesses at least one dopant group that enhances polarizability.
US10685778B2
A controllable primary switch for isolating a transformer from a power grid or network. The controllable primary switch is mountable within and integral to the transformer and is electrically connected to high voltage feeder cables to allow the transformer to be disconnected from the power grid or network. The controllable primary switch includes one or more vacuum interrupters having first and second electrical switch contacts mounted inside the casing, an actuator for moving the second switch contact relative to the first switch contact in each of the one or more vacuum interrupters, and a handle connected to the actuator. The handle engages the actuator to move the second switch contact relative to the first switch contact.
US10685774B2
A core body of a reactor include an outer peripheral iron core, at least three iron cores arranged in contact with or coupled to an inner surface of the outer peripheral iron core, and at least three coils wound onto the at least three iron cores. Gaps, which can be magnetically coupled, are formed between the at least three iron cores. The reactor further includes a protection part which at least partially protects projection portions of the at least three coils which project from at least one end surface of the core body.
US10685764B2
A flexible electrical cable is provided that extends in a longitudinal direction and contains a conductive core, with a reinforcing layer for limiting a bending radius mounted around the conductive core. The reinforcing layer is formed from at least one strand wound around the conductive core, which has winding sections with support surfaces. The support surfaces of adjacent winding sections are supported on each other to limit a bending radius.
US10685762B2
The present disclosure relates to a paste for ohmic contact to p-type semiconductor, including a metal oxide and a binder, wherein the metal oxide is a rhenium oxide or a molybdenum oxide.
US10685755B2
Provided is an apparatus for generating electricity, mechanical energy, and/or process and district heat using a gas propellant chamber fueled with fissile material and enclosed in a sealed containment vessel which also contains an operating gas. The system allows for the operating gas to be compressed as it enters the nuclear fuel chamber where it is heated. As the operating gas exits the nuclear fuel chamber, the kinetic energy of the gas is converted to rotational energy by a variety of methods. The rotational energy is further converted to electricity, mechanical energy, and/or process and district heat. The operating gas circulates in the containment vessel and is cooled prior to re-entering the gas propellant chamber. The apparatus thereby provides a simpler and safer design that is both scalable and adaptable. The apparatus is easily and safely transportable and can be designed to be highly nuclear-proliferation-resistant.
US10685748B1
Systems and methods are provided for processing and storing eye-tracking data. A visual stimulus is provided to an experimental subject on a display. Eye-tracking data associated with the behavior of the experimental subject is acquired and stored while observing the visual stimulus on the display. The eye-tracking data is stored as primary data and secondary data, wherein the primary data is stored in an encrypted form using a secret key associated with the experimental subject. In response to a research request, the secondary data is transmitted for storage in a research database and, in response to a second research request authorized by the experimental subject, the primary data is transmitted for storage in the research database subsequent to decrypting the primary data using the secret key.
US10685744B1
Described herein are various technologies pertaining to storing and transmitting formatted genetic test results. A server computing device receives genetic test results from several genetics laboratories, where the genetic test results are in different formats. The server computing device formats each of the genetic test results such that the resultant formatted genetic test results have a uniform format. The server computing device receives a query from a client computing device that is displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) of an electronic health records application (EHR), and searches over the formatted genetic test results to generate search results, wherein the query includes an identifier for a patient whose medical record is being displayed in the GUI of the EHR. The server computing device transmits the search results to the client computing device, whereupon the search results are displayed on the display of the client computing device.
US10685743B2
A data command center visual display system presents dynamic data to a display screen. The command center visual display system includes a plurality of adjustable display panels configured to display predetermined combinations of patient identification information, patient insurance information, patient medical history information, a patient's insurance billing regulations, preferred practice patterns, and patient payment information, and a patient flowsheet that integrates the patient medical history information and patient payment information into a table that presents the patient's medical history by visit to one or more physicians with respective procedures or actions performed during each visit represented as icons identifying the procedure performed and icons indicating whether the procedure has been paid for in part or in full, the icons providing links to associated medical history data and/or financial data. The respective procedures or actions may also be activated directly from the table or display panels without leaving the display screen. In response to selection by a user of the visual display system, the adjustable display panels and patient flowsheet are moved into a task-based or specialty-specific display configuration such that the patient identification information, patient insurance information, patient medical history information, and patient payment information may be accessed without leaving the display screen.
US10685735B1
The invention provides a memory management method, a memory storage device, and a memory control circuit unit. The method includes: recording an error bit number of each upper physical programming unit and an error bit number of each lower physical programming unit of each of the physical erasing units; determining whether a first physical erasing unit is a bad physical erasing unit according to distributions of the error bit numbers of the upper physical programming units and the lower physical programming units of the first physical erasing unit of the physical erasing units; and performing a data transfer operation on data in the first physical erasing unit if the first physical erasing unit is determined as the bad physical erasing unit.
US10685734B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit according to an embodiment includes: a first circuit, an analog-to-digital converter, an external input terminal, a selector, and a second circuit. The first circuit is configured to generate a first voltage corresponding to a temperature. The analog-to-digital converter is configured to convert the first voltage into a first digital value. The external input terminal is a terminal to which a second digital value is input from outside. The selector is configured to select either the first digital value or the second digital value. The second circuit is configured to generate a second voltage based on a third digital value being a digital value selected by the selector.
US10685730B1
In some embodiments, an integrated circuit may include a memory self-testing circuit and a memory having a plurality of data storage locations, each location having a unique address. The integrated circuit may further include an output including at least one register capable of storing an address of a memory location where an error has been detected during execution of the memory self-testing circuit. Further, the integrated circuit may include an on-chip clock controller (OCC) circuit including a first output to provide a first clock signal and a second output to provide a second clock signal according to a mode of operation. In a scan mode, the OCC circuit may be configured to enable the first clock signal and the second clock signal and to selectively enable the first clock signal and the second clock signal to be mutually exclusive during a scan capture portion of the scan mode.
US10685729B2
Disclosed are a shift register element, a method for driving the same, and a display panel. The method includes: an output module including a first node and a third node, wherein the output module is configured to provide an output terminal with a signal of a first signal terminal or a second signal terminal according to voltage applied to the first node and the third node; a first driver configured to control the voltage of the first node, and voltage of a second node according to signals of the first input terminal and the second input terminal; a second driver configured to control voltage of the third node according to the voltage of the first node and the second node; and a feedback regulation module configured to control voltage of the first node according to the signal of the output terminal, and signals of a third input terminal and a fourth input terminal.
US10685724B2
Techniques for suppression of program disturb in flash memory devices are described herein. In an example embodiment, a method for suppression of program disturb in a flash memory array is provided. The flash memory array comprises rows and columns of memory cells, where the memory cells in each row are coupled to a source line and to a select-gate (SG) line, and the memory cells in each column are coupled to a respective bit line (BL). During a program memory operation, a first voltage, of a selected SG line, and a second voltage, of an unselected BL, are regulated independently of a power supply voltage of the flash memory array, where the first voltage is regulated in a first range of 0.9V to 1.1V and the second voltage is regulated in a second range of 0.4V to 1.2V.
US10685718B2
Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, memory devices, and machine-readable mediums which increase read throughput by introducing a delay prior to issuing a command to increase the chances that read commands can be executed in parallel. Upon receipt of a read command, if there are no other read commands in the command queue for a given portion (e.g., plane or plane group) of the die, the controller can delay issuing the read command for a delay period using a timer. If, during the delay period, an eligible read command is received, the delayed command and the newly received command are both issued in parallel using a multi-plane read. If no eligible read command is received during the delay period, the read command is issued after the delay period expires.
US10685714B2
Provided herein may be a memory device and a memory system including the memory device. The memory device may include a memory block including a plurality of memory cells, a peripheral circuit configured to perform a selective erase operation on the memory cells, and control logic configured to control, during the selective erase operation, the peripheral circuit to apply an erase allowable voltage to a selected word line among a plurality of word lines in the memory block, apply an erase voltage to a selected string among a plurality of strings in the memory block, and float unselected word lines and unselected strings.
US10685711B1
A decoding method, a memory controlling circuit unit, and a memory storage device are provided. The method includes: receiving a read command for reading first data; obtaining a current first temperature of a rewritable non-volatile memory module according to the read command; obtaining a second temperature of the rewritable non-volatile memory module of writing the first data to a first physical programming unit according to the read command; and selecting a first decoding operation according to the first temperature and the second temperature and executing the first decoding operation.
US10685710B2
According to one embodiment, a memory controller includes an encoder, a randomizing circuit, and an interface. The encoder subjects first data received from an external device to error correction coding. The randomizing circuit randomizes second data output from the encoder. The interface transmits third data output from the randomizing circuit to a nonvolatile semiconductor memory and controls write/read of the nonvolatile semiconductor memory. The interface transmits data of a size larger than or equal to a size of a write unit of the nonvolatile semiconductor memory to the nonvolatile semiconductor memory in a write sequence.
US10685704B2
A static random access memory (SRAM) includes a bit cell that includes a p-type pass gate, a bit information path connected to the bit cell by the p-type pass gate, and a write multiplexer connected to the bit information path. The write multiplexer includes a p-type transistor configured to selectively couple the bit information path to a flip-flop.
US10685699B2
Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods related to performing a sort operation in a memory. An example apparatus might include a a first group of memory cells coupled to a first sense line, a second group of memory cells coupled to a second sense line, and a controller configured to control sensing circuitry to sort a first element stored in the first group of memory cells and a second element stored in the second group of memory cells by performing an operation without transferring data via an input/output (I/O) line.
US10685697B2
A semiconductor device may be provided. The semiconductor device may include a power-down signal generation circuit and a refresh signal generation circuit. The power-down signal generation circuit may be configured to generate a power-down signal which is enabled during a power-down operation period based on a multi-operation signal that is generated by decoding commands. The refresh signal generation circuit may be configured to generate a refresh signal which is enabled during a refresh operation period based on the multi-operation signal and an operation selection signal.
US10685695B2
A semiconductor device includes a memory cell region including memory cells arranged along channel holes, the channel holes being provided on a substrate to extend in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, and a peripheral circuit region disposed outside of the memory cell region and including low voltage transistors and high voltage transistors. The low voltage transistors include first transistors including a first gate dielectric layer and a first gate electrode layer including a metal, and the high voltage transistors include second transistors including a second gate dielectric layer having a dielectric constant lower than a dielectric constant of the first gate dielectric layer, and a second gate electrode layer including polysilicon.
US10685678B2
A dual-stage servo system of a disk drive includes a first fine positioning servo system with a first microactuator that independently controls the position of a first read/write head over a first recording surface and a second fine positioning servo system with a second microactuator that independently controls the position of a second read/write head over a second recording surface. The first microactuator accesses a first data stripe while the second fine positioning servo system simultaneously accesses a second data stripe. Data can be transferred to or from the first and second data stripes simultaneously.
US10685677B1
A disc grabbing apparatus includes a body, a first rod and a second rod. The body includes a central shaft. The first rod includes a pushing portion and a first supporting portion sequentially disposed from top to bottom. The second rod includes a first groove and a second supporting portion sequentially disposed from top to bottom. The first and second rods define a disc region with respect to the central shaft. When the first rod and the second rod are in a first state, the pushing portion is located outside the disc region and the groove faces away from the disc region; when the first rod and the second rod rotate to a second state from the first state in a first rotation direction, the pushing portion is located within the disc region and the first groove faces the disc region.
US10685674B2
A magnetic recording medium includes: a substrate; an underlayer; a magnetic layer including an alloy having an L10 type crystal structure; and a protective layer, wherein the substrate, the underlayer, the magnetic layer, and the protective layer are stacked in the recited order. A pinning layer is further included between the magnetic layer and the protective layer, and the pinning layer includes a magnetic material including Co and includes at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Ag, Au, and Al.
US10685668B2
A speech communication system and a method of improving communication in such a speech communication system between at least a first user and a second user may be configured so the system (a) transcribes a recorded portion of a speech communication between the at least first and second user to form a transcribed portion, (b) selects and marks at least one of the words of the transcribed portion which is considered to be a keyword of the speech communication, (c) performs a search for each keyword and produces at least one definition for each keyword, (d) calculates a trustworthiness factor for each keyword, each trustworthiness factor indicating a calculated validity of the respective definition(s), and (e) displays the transcribed portion as well as each of the keywords together with the respective definition and the trustworthiness factor thereof to at least one of the first user and the second user.
US10685664B1
This disclosure describes, in part, techniques for detecting that a microphone of a voice-enabled device is unusable due to noise levels around the microphone, and indicating to a user that the device has become unusable due to, for example, buffeting. The device may analyze audio signals to determine that the noise levels are too high to perform speech-processing techniques to detect voice. The device may utilize speakers to output sounds, and/or LEDs to output light, to indicate noise levels and/or that the device is unable to detect voice due to buffeting. In this way, the device may indicate that a user needs to speak loudly to be heard, move their device, and/or reduce sound in the environment to use the speech-processing abilities of the device.
US10685634B2
Techniques have been developed to facilitate (1) the capture and pitch correction of vocal performances on handheld or other portable computing devices and (2) the mixing of such pitch-corrected vocal performances with backing tracks for audible rendering on targets that include such portable computing devices and as well as desktops, workstations, gaming stations, even telephony targets. Implementations of the described techniques employ signal processing techniques and allocations of system functionality that are suitable given the generally limited capabilities of such handheld or portable computing devices and that facilitate efficient encoding and communication of the pitch-corrected vocal performances (or precursors or derivatives thereof) via wireless and/or wired bandwidth-limited networks for rendering on portable computing devices or other targets.
US10685630B2
According to various aspects, just-in-time system bandwidth changes may be implemented in hardware to optimize power consumption and performance in an electronic device. More particularly, in a periodic system associated with an electronic device, a bandwidth for a next frame may be configured during a current frame via software operating on the electronic device. Hardware associated with the periodic system may issue a bandwidth change request for the next frame when a current time reaches a bandwidth increase threshold in response to actual processing time associated with the current frame finishing prior to the bandwidth increase threshold, which may be defined relative to a timer deadline that defines when the next frame starts to process.
US10685629B2
The present invention relates to a detachable module-type mobile terminal and a control method therefor. The module-type mobile terminal, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a body; a display unit formed on the front side of the body, for outputting, by a first method, at least one icon related to an application; a sensor module detachable from the rear side of the body; a sensing unit for sensing whether the sensor module is provided at the rear side of the body; and a control unit for determining an application drivable by the provided sensor module and changing, by a second method different from the first method, a display method of an icon corresponding to the determined application among the at least one icon.
US10685624B2
An electronic apparatus and a method of outputting content of the electronic apparatus outputs a synchronized content to a display apparatus and a projection-type display apparatus and a method of outputting a content of the electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes an input/output unit connected with a display apparatus and a projection-type display apparatus, and a control unit configured to control the input/output unit, wherein the control unit outputs a synchronized content to the display apparatus and the projection-type display apparatus through the input/output unit.
US10685618B2
A display device includes a display panel which includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of pixels, where each of the pixels is connected to a corresponding gate line among the gate lines, and a gate driving circuit which includes a stage that applies a gate signal to at least one of the gate lines. The gate signal includes a high period in which the gate signal has a high voltage and a low period in which the gate signal has a low voltage having a level less than a level of the high voltage, and the low period includes a falling period in which the low voltage falls to a second level from a first level which is greater than the second level.
US10685617B2
A display device having a charging compensation circuit to reduce/eliminate display stains based on pixels being charged at unequal charging rates. A data driving circuit of a display device includes an output circuit for converting an image signal into a data signal in response to a clock signal, and providing the data signal to a plurality of data lines, and a clock generating and compensating circuit for receiving a main clock signal and generating the clock signal, wherein the clock generating and compensating circuit detects a slew rate of the data signal provided to at least one of the plurality of data lines, and adjusts a phase of the clock signal depending on the detected slew rate.
US10685616B2
The disclosure discloses a shift register circuit, a method for driving the same, a gate drive circuit, and a display panel, and the shift register circuit includes: an input circuit, a first control circuit, a second control circuit, a third control circuit, a first output circuit, and a second output circuit, where the input circuit, the first control circuit, the second control circuit, the third control circuit, the first output circuit, and the second output circuit can cooperate with each other, thus shortening a period of time for pulling down the drive signal output terminal, improving a drive capability of the shift register circuit, and lowering power consumption of the shift register circuit.
US10685614B2
A display device or the like with a novel structure which can ensure a sufficiently long period for writing data signals in pixels is provided. A display device or the like with a novel structure which can display an image of one frame without greatly degrading display quality is provided. The display device includes a gate driver and a pixel portion. The pixel portion includes a plurality of pixels. The gate driver is configured to output a first scan signal to a first gate line in a first frame period. The gate driver is configured to output a second scan signal to a second gate line in a second frame period. The second gate line is a gate line next to the first gate line. The pixels are configured to hold data signals, which are written in the pixels in the first frame period, in the first frame period and the second frame period.
US10685612B2
According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes pixel electrodes including unit pixel electrodes, pixel circuits which apply a white-display voltage or a black-display voltage to the unit pixel electrodes, first and second polarity voltage lines being used in applying the white-display voltage and the black-display voltage to the pixel circuits, and a control unit which divides at least polarity voltage lines into a plurality of blocks, and supplies a polarity inversion signal to the polarity voltage lines to be subjected to polarity inversion driving, in units of one block, wherein the pixel circuits each include a pixel switch, a memory, and a polarity select unit which selects a voltage signal on one of the first and second polarity voltage lines in response to a binary image signal held by the memory.
US10685595B2
A connection device connected to an image display unit that is head-mounted includes a connector to which an image signal is input; and a connector to which an image signal is input and which is capable of outputting sensor data. The connection device further includes a setting unit that sets a selection between the image signals; and an output control unit that selects the connector for outputting the image signal by a connection unit according to the setting. The setting unit sets the image signal to be output from the connection unit when the image signal is input.
US10685592B1
A near-eye display (NED) comprises an electronic display, an optical assembly, a scanning assembly, and a controller. The controller generates display instructions based in part on content. The display instructions describe a resolution within an adjustable range of resolutions and a frame rate within adjustable range of frame rates. The electronic display emits a plurality of light rays at the frame rate based on the display instructions. The scanning assembly shifts a direction of at least one of the plurality of light rays in accordance with the display instructions. The optical assembly controls a field of view at an eye box and directs the plurality of light rays including the at least one shifted light ray toward the eye box. The plurality of light rays form a virtual display that displays the content at the resolution and the frame rate.
US10685585B2
In an approach for providing dynamic services a computer receives a dietary plan for an individual. The computer tracks physical activity data for the individual. The computer creates one or more propositions for the individual based at least in part on the received dietary plan and the tracked physical activity data. The computer provides the created one or more propositions to the individual. The computer receives a selection from the created one or more propositions. The computer tracks the received selection.
US10685584B2
Methods and systems for mapping human values and purpose employ a library of value chips, each chip displaying a different human value; chip organizers comprising value and purpose prompts and input sections and values bracket template for selecting user-relevant chips from the library; and a visual values board configured to display and map the selected chips.
US10685570B2
According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include a communication module and a processor configured to receive, from one or more first external vehicles through the communication module, one or more pieces of first identification information and first data related to movement of the one or more first external vehicles, receive, from one or more second external vehicles through the communication module, one or more pieces of second identification information and second data related to movement of the one or more second external vehicles a designated time period after receiving the first identification information and the first data, identify at least one piece of non-received identification information among the one or more pieces of first identification information, which is not included in the one or more pieces of second identification information, and at least one piece of newly received identification information among the one or more pieces of second identification information, which is not included in the first identification information, identify an external vehicle of which identification information is changed, the external vehicle corresponding to the at least one piece of non-received identification information, and the identifying is based on, at least, data corresponding to the at least one piece of newly received identification information among the second data and data corresponding to the at least one piece of non-received identification information among the first data, and associate data corresponding to the external vehicle of which identification information is changed among the first data and data corresponding to the external vehicle of which identification information is changed among the second data as data related to the movement of the external vehicle of which identification information is changed.
US10685569B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for transferring one or more resources associated with an interaction via an automobile. The system is typically configured for receiving an input from a user, via one or components of an automobile, to identify one or more third party entities associated with an interaction, identifying, via the one or more components, a current location and a destination of the user, identifying the one or more third party entities between the current location and the destination, applying logic to select a first third party entity from the one or more third party entities, establishing a communication link with a remote device associated with the first third party entity, and initiating transfer of resources to the remote device to complete the interaction.
US10685568B1
Tracking movements of mobile devices may provide insight into parking space availability for transports deemed to be associated with those mobile devices. One example method of operation may include identifying a transport speed of a particular transport vehicle is moving above a first threshold speed, identifying a first change in direction of the transport and confirming a new transport speed after the first change in direction is less than a second threshold speed. The method may also include initiating a monitoring event to track movement of the transport responsive to the first change in direction of the transport or the confirmed new transport speed.
US10685564B1
A system for controlling the interface between a paving machine and material supply machine. The system includes a sensor or other means for sensing a distance between the paving machine and the material supply machine and a control system in operable communication with the sensor or other means for sensing and in operable communication with either or both of an operational system of the paving machine and an operational system of the material supply machine to take control of the acceleration or deceleration of either or both of the paving machine and material supply machine.
US10685561B2
A method for operating a central server, which enables a central management of control cards containing traffic rules. The invention further includes methods for handling control cards in vehicles, in particular in cooperation with such a central server.
US10685556B2
A vehicle inspection system installed in an inspection line of a vehicle factory includes a barcode reader configured to recognize a vehicle which enters the inspection line; an antenna configured to connect a wireless on-board diagnostics (OBD) installed in the vehicle and wireless communication; an in-vehicle eCall system (IVS) installed in the vehicle and configured to provide an emergency road call service; and an inspector configured to determine whether the IVS operates normally through a simulation test of transmitting virtual accident event information to the vehicle connected to the wireless communication.
US10685549B2
A method for creating alarm signals based on time-series signal behavior determined from real-time discrete data obtained from a medical device. In one embodiment the method includes identifying patterns in preceding time-series measurement threshold breaches in clinical readings obtained from said medical device when associated with a particular patient, and initiating an alarm signal to a front-line clinician based on the preceding quantity of threshold breaches.
US10685539B2
Disclosed is a last lap light apparatus with extendible pole length, for submersible use in signaling, for example, in a swimming competition.
US10685538B2
A system providing various improved processing techniques for haptic feedback is described. An acoustic field is defined by one or more control points in a space within which the acoustic field may exist. Each control point is assigned an amplitude value equating to a desired amplitude of the acoustic field at the control point. Transducers are then controlled to create an acoustic field exhibiting the desired amplitude at each of the control points. When human skin interacts with the acoustic field, vibrations of the skin are interpreted by mechanoreceptors being excited and sending signals to the brain via the nervous system. Improved processing techniques allow for more efficient real-world operation.
US10685535B2
An electronic method of gaming includes displaying, on a display, a pick to reveal jackpot game having a game board portion presenting a plurality of selectable symbols. The method includes selecting, by a game controller, a winning prize level from a plurality of prize levels. The method includes selecting, by the game controller, a pathway to the selected winning prize level from a plurality of pathways to the selected winning prize level. The method includes selecting, by the game controller, a multiplier for each of the prize levels. In various embodiments, one or more of the multipliers is greater than times one. The method includes displaying, by the game controller on the display, the selected pathway to the selected winning prize level with the one or more of the selected multipliers greater than times one in response to a sequence of user selections of a subset of the selectable symbols.
US10685533B2
Systems and methods for use in providing a random reward associated with at least one game are disclosed. One exemplary method includes receiving, by a gaming server, data representative of gaming activity of a player of the at least one game, providing, by the gaming server, a code associated with the random reward, wherein the code is representative of an entry to win the random reward, receiving, by the gaming server, data representative of a text message including the code, determining whether the player won the random reward based on the received code, and providing a notification indicating whether the player won the random reward.
US10685532B2
A system for interactive gaming among a plurality of players includes a host computer system and a plurality of player terminals communicably coupled to the host computer system via a network. The plurality of player terminals are located at a plurality of licensed gaming locations. The plurality of player terminals are configured to engage the plurality of players in a common interactive game operated by the host computer system. The plurality of player terminals include means for dispensing player winnings from the player terminal.
US10685531B2
A bracket system and related methodology for converting a slant-top electronic gaming machine to a bar-top or table-top electronic gaming machine. The slant-top machine is broken down to its primary cabinet. The bracket system is attached to the cabinet and the unit is inserted into a bar-top base. Flanges on the bracket secure the cabinet to the base. At least a portion of the cabinet is concealed inside the base.
US10685528B2
The present invention provides a dispenser interface, associated methods and systems, and dispensers employing the dispenser interface and associated systems and methods. An example embodiment provides a product dispenser assembly for dispensing a product. The dispenser comprises a dispenser controller having a first communication interface; and a communication controller having a second communication interface. The second communication interface is operatively connected to the first communication interface. The communication controller is configured to be in communication with one or more devices. The communication controller is configured to receive a command from one of the one or more devices; and provide the command to the dispenser controller. The dispenser controller and communication controller are configured to cause (a) product to be dispensed, (b) dispenser data to be stored, or (c) dispenser data to be communicated in accordance with the command.
US10685517B2
Remote control for actuating garage doors and other barriers, and method and system of using same. A base unit includes: a wireless receiver, to wirelessly receive from an electronic device an incoming wireless signal indicating a command to actuate a garage door; a wireless signal constructor, to dynamically construct an outgoing wireless signal which comprises a rolling code; a wireless transmitter, to transmit the outgoing wireless signal to a wireless receiver of a motor unit that is operably associated with the garage door. A wireless signal constructor dynamically constructs the outgoing wireless signal without having access to a secret seed value that is accessible to the motor unit. A local storage unit stores a data-set of rolling codes that are associated with the motor unit; and the outgoing wireless signal is dynamically constructed based on a next-available rolling code obtained from the local storage unit of the base unit.
US10685508B2
A computing system implements a telematics service that obtains a set of vehicle telematics data for each vehicle of a population. Within each set of vehicle telematics data, a set of time-based measurements for a measurement type is identified. The set of time-based measurements identified for each vehicle are combined to obtain a combined set of time-based observations for the measurement type across the population of vehicles or a sub-set of the population defined by vehicle make, model, and/or year of production. An outlier observation is identified from among the combined set of time-based observations. A determination is made whether the outlier observation is part of a temporary deviation or a persistent deviation. For a temporary deviation, an impact of the outlier observation on the set of time-based measurements is reduced. For a persistent deviation, the outlier observation is programmatically characterized.
US10685507B2
A method performed by a first computing system includes receiving, from a second computing system, a message identifying a symptom of a first vehicle; and sending a repair tip to the second computing system. The repair tip includes a first phrase describing a first procedure performed on a second vehicle that exhibited the symptom, wherein the first procedure performed on the second vehicle yielded a result insufficient to determine that a component of the second vehicle associated with the symptom is defective. The repair tip also includes a second phrase describing a second procedure performed on a given vehicle, wherein the given vehicle is either (i) the second vehicle or (ii) a third vehicle that also exhibited the symptom, wherein the second procedure performed on the given vehicle yielded a result sufficient to determine that a component of the given vehicle associated with the symptom is defective.
US10685501B2
A parking enforcement device includes a weather resistant housing, a processor disposed inside of the housing, a memory disposed inside of the housing and coupled to the processor, a network interface disposed in the housing and coupled to the processor, and a first camera coupled to the processor. The camera monitors a first parking space. A second camera remote from the parking meter monitors a second parking space and is networked to the processor. The processor is configured to recognize when a vehicle enters either of the first and second parking spaces and to determine if a parking violation min either of the spaces has occurred.
US10685496B2
Saving augmented realities includes collecting, with an augmented reality device, observation information of a physical space, and obtaining, with the augmented reality device, an augmentation associated with the physical space. An augmented view of the physical space including a visual representation of the augmentation is visually presented with the augmented reality device, and the augmented view is saved for subsequent playback.
US10685493B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (i) identifying, by a content delivery network, (a) a set of edge nodes that are managed by the content delivery network and that are distributed in a plurality of physical locations and (b) a set of augmented reality data, (ii) directing each edge node in the set of edge nodes to store a subset of the set of augmented reality data that is designated for use at a physical location that is serviced by the edge node, (iii) detecting a request from a mobile device for an item of augmented reality data, (iv) selecting a node within the set of edge nodes based at least in part on a proximity of the node to the mobile device, and (v) directing the node to send the item of augmented reality data to the mobile device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10685492B2
Designs useful for switchable “Virtual Reality,” “Augmented Reality,” and “Mixed Reality” (VR/AR/MR) devices, for combining real reality and simulated reality images, other display purposes, and more. Various methods are proposed to combine (or not) real reality with simulated reality through the use of some level of zooming, cloaking, and/or other techniques. This enables a switchable VR and AR/MR system that does not require transparent glasses or devices. Various systems and methods are presented, some that can be generalized to novel imaging and display techniques that have broad applications beyond VR, AR, MR and other fields.
US10685489B2
A device has an optical sensor, an inertial sensor, and a hardware processor. The optical sensor generates image data. The inertial sensor generates inertia data. The hardware processor receives an augmented reality (AR) authoring template authored at a client device, generates media content using the image data, and receives a selection of spatial coordinates within a three-dimensional region using the inertia data and the image data. The three-dimensional region is identified in the AR authoring template. The hardware processor further identifies an entry in the AR authoring template corresponding to the media content, places the media content at the selected spatial coordinates in the entry in the AR authoring template, and forms AR content using the media content at the selected spatial coordinates placed in the entry in the AR authoring template.
US10685486B2
Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include receiving three-dimensional (3D) image data with respect to a 3D region including body tissue in a living body, and segmenting the 3D image data so as to identify a cavity within the body tissue and a wall surrounding the cavity. For each point among a plurality of points in the cavity, a respective minimum distance from the point to the wall is found, and among the plurality of the points, a set of one or more points for which the respective minimum distance is a local maximum relative to neighboring points in the plurality is found. One of the points in the set for which the respective minimum distance is minimal among the one or more points in the set is then identified as an entrance to the cavity.
US10685477B2
Generation/rendering of a 2D perspective/view of a geographic region, e.g. a map the world or portion thereof, superimposed over which are indicators of related data items and graphical representations of the relationships therebetween is disclosed. Based on location data associated with each data item, a relative geographic presentation within, or otherwise superimposed over, the 2D presentation is generated relative to a 3D representation of the geographic region. Graphical interconnections are then derived based on the positions of the data items relative to each other and depicted in a manner which shows both the relationship between the data items and the geographic relationship with respect to the geographic region. The graphical interconnections may further be derived in a manner so as to depict a or other wise follow the perspective depicted by the 2D view, e.g. as arcs between related data items conforming to the depicted spherical contour of a globe.
US10685473B2
Techniques for emulating geometry shaders and stream output using compute shaders are provided. In one set of embodiments, a geometry shader/stream output (GS/SO) emulation module can receive a geometry shader defined by an application for execution via a geometry shader stage of a graphics processing unit (GPU) of a computer system, where the geometry shader comprises program code for processing an input primitive. The GS/SO emulation module can further convert the geometry shader into one or more compute shaders, where the one or more compute shaders incorporate the program code of the geometry shader. The GS/SO emulation module can then issue the one or more compute shaders to a graphics driver of the computer system for execution via a compute shader stage of the GPU.
US10685470B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for generating and providing composition effect tutorials for creating and editing digital content based on a metadata composite structure. For example, the disclosed systems can generate and/or access a metadata composite structure that includes nodes corresponding to composition effects applied to a digital content item, where a given node can include location information indicating where a composition effect is applied relative to a digital content item. The disclosed systems can further generate a tutorial to guide a user to implement a selected composition effect by identifying composition effects of nodes that correspond to a location selected within a composition interface and presenting instructions for a particular composition effect.
US10685460B2
A method of generating a photo-story is provided. The method includes generating tags that indicate properties of a context of photo images; predicting, based on the generated tags, scenes indicated by the photo images; and generating, based on the predicted scenes, a photo-story including a combination of the predicted scenes.
US10685455B2
A method for facilitating automated vehicle charging, which can include one or more of: detecting a charge port cover, determining a cover actuation point, opening the cover, locating a charging connector of the vehicle, locating electrical pins of the charging connector, connecting to the vehicle, and/or disconnecting from the vehicle. A system for facilitating automated vehicle charging, which can include one or more connectors, sensors, and/or actuators. The system is preferably configured to perform the method (e.g., in the presence of an electric vehicle).
US10685454B2
An apparatus and method for generating synthetic training data for motion recognition. The method includes generating a three-dimensional (3D) human body model in real time according to motion of a human body, converting volume data of the 3D human body model into a 3D linear structure and extracting skeletal joint information, generating a data set of a human body image and skeletal joint information by rendering the 3D human body model and the skeletal joint information, and providing the data set of the image and the skeletal joint information as synthetic training data for motion recognition.
US10685441B2
A system for predicting occurrence of a defective image includes an observation distance obtainer which obtains an observation distance of an image to be formed by an image forming apparatus. The system (i) divides image data input to the image forming apparatus as an original of the image into regions of interest having a size determined based on the observation distance, (ii) analyzes a spatial frequency of a gradient distribution of the image with respect to each of the regions of interest, and (iii) calculates a probability of a target density irregularity being conspicuous in the image to be formed by the image forming apparatus based on the image data by using a correlation index between a result of the analysis and an evaluation value of the density irregularity.
US10685435B2
A drawing data generating method according to an embodiment is a method for generating drawing data input to a drawing apparatus that draws a plurality of figure patterns on an object using a charged particle beam. The method includes generating the drawing data in accordance with a data format that not only defines a plurality of pieces of figure information, but also sequentially defines dose information of each figure before or after the plurality of pieces of figure information. The dose information of each of the second and succeeding figures is converted to a representation based on the dose information of any preceding figure, and a data length of the dose information is made variable for each figure. For example, the dose information of each of the second and succeeding figures is converted to a difference representation between a dose of the figure and a dose of the preceding figure, and a data length of the difference representation is changed in accordance with the magnitude of a difference value.
US10685423B2
A method is described. The method includes simulating execution of an image processing application software program. The simulating includes intercepting kernel-to-kernel communications with simulated line buffer memories that store and forward lines of image data communicated from models of producing kernels to models of consuming kernels. The simulating further includes tracking respective amounts of image data stored in the respective line buffer memories over a simulation runtime. The method also includes determining respective hardware memory allocations for corresponding hardware line buffer memories from the tracked respective amounts of image data. The method also includes generating configuration information for an image processor to execute the image processing application software program. The configuration information describes the hardware memory allocations for the hardware line buffer memories of the image processor.
US10685417B2
A method and device for searching in a touch-screen apparatus are provided. The method comprises steps of: displaying a floating control for selecting the content to be searched for on the user interface of the touch-screen apparatus, wherein the inner region of the floating control has a transparent background; receiving a gesture input on the screen of the touch-screen apparatus by a user for the floating control, and adjusting the position and shape of the floating control according to the received gesture until the floating control encircles the content to be searched for in the user interface; capturing the image encircled by the floating control in the user interface; recognizing the content to be searched for encircled in the captured image; calling a defined search interface for searching according to the type of recognized content to be searched for.
US10685403B1
Methods and systems for determining fault for an accident involving a vehicle having one or more autonomous (and/or semi-autonomous) operation features and paying claims associated with such accidents are provided. According to certain aspects, operating data from sensors within or near the vehicle may be used to determine the occurrence of a vehicle accident, such as a collision. The operating data may further be used to determine an allocation of fault for the accident between a vehicle operator, the autonomous operation features, or a third party. The allocation of fault may be used to further determine and make claims payments related to the accident. In some embodiments, claims may be rejected based upon the operating data and determined allocation of fault.
US10685402B1
Methods and systems for homeowner-directed risk mitigation for damage to a property associated with insurance-related events are provided. A smart home controller may analyze data received from a plurality of smart devices disposed on, or proximate to, a property as well as data received from an insurance provider. If it is determined that an actual or potential risk of property damage exists, the smart home controller may transmit an alert to a homeowner detailing the risk. The homeowner may respond to the alert by transmitting an instruction to mitigate or prevent damage associated with the risk back to the smart home controller. Subsequently, the smart home controller may transmit information about the actual or potential risks and any homeowner-directed mitigative actions to an insurance provider. The insurance provider may interpret the transmitted data and perform insurance activities, such as providing discounts and adjusting an insurance policy associated with the property.
US10685395B1
In accordance with one or more preferred implementations, graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for a mobile application or website provide the ability for a user to lease a vehicle online in a streamlined and user-friendly manner. In accordance with one or more preferred implementations, GUIs provide the ability for a user to review available vehicles and vehicle specifications, select a vehicle, request a lease for the selected vehicle, view outstanding action items necessary to finalize the lease and receive delivery of the vehicle, and complete the outstanding action items.
US10685387B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using location data to identify and provide services in association with items appearing in captured images. One of the methods includes receiving, from a device, an image and location data representing the device's physical location, determining, based on the location data, that a particular set of one or more locations are within a threshold distance of the device's physical location, accessing, for each of the one or more locations in the particular set, item information that indicates one or more items that are associated with the location, determining, based on the accessed item information, that the image likely shows a particular item that is associated with one or more locations in the particular set, and providing, to the device, instructions for presentation of information about (i) the particular item and (ii) one or more locations in the particular set that are associated with the particular item.
US10685379B2
The WEARABLE INTELLIGENT VISION DEVICE APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“WIVD”) transform mobile device location coordinate information transmissions, real-time reality visual capturing, mixed gesture capturing, bio-sensor data via WIVD components into real-time behavior-sensitive product purchase related information, shopping purchase transaction notifications, and electronic receipts. In one implementation, the WIVD may provide a personal device in the form of a pair of eyeglasses, wherein the wearer of the eyeglasses may obtain various augmented reality views. The WIVD determines a user prior behavior pattern from the accessed user profile, and obtains user real-time in-store behavior data from the user mobile device.
US10685377B2
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems generate a graphical user interface (GUI) including a plurality of selectable elements. Selections of an application and a first filter within the GUI configure the promotion to be displayed to a subset of a selected group of users, the subset being users that access the network service using a user device that both runs the selected application and meets user device state criteria defined by the selected first filter. A request corresponding to the first filter is transmitted to a user device detected to be running the selected application and associated with the selected group of users. When the user device is determined to satisfy the user device state criteria, the promotion is transmitted to the user device.
US10685371B2
Various systems, apparatus, computer program products, and methods are provided for purchasing a product or service without disrupting a user experience by leaving a host application. One example method may comprise causing host content to be displayed in the host application, receiving a product content, and causing the product content to be displayed in the host application proximate host content enabling a user utilizing the host application to access information associated with the product content without leaving the host application, wherein the host application is a game application, and wherein the product content is selected based on comparing product scores associated with a plurality of products, wherein the product scores are based at least in part on user information regarding a user progress in the game application.
US10685370B2
The systems, methods, and computer program products (collectively “systems”) described herein are generally configured to monitor actions in digital channels. More specifically, the systems are capable of creating reservations for items and initiating payments for the items based on actions or information received from the digital channel. The systems are capable of syncing transaction accounts with various digital channels. Moreover, the systems are capable of initiating or completing transaction based on user information. The systems may also be capable of providing rewards based on activities or accomplishments in the digital channels. Moreover, the systems may be capable of verifying activities based on transaction information.
US10685367B2
Systems and methods configured to specify and/or deliver the benefit of an offer, based on the identity of an issuer of a consumer payment account with which the offer is associated and using which account a transaction qualifying for the offer is performed.
US10685363B2
Systems, methods and computer program products for forecasting future values of an item, where an initial value for the item is determined, and then a baseline forecast for a future reference period is computed based on factors that include microeconomic data which is specific to an industry of the item and macroeconomic data which is non-specific to the industry of the item. The forecast may also be adjusted based on data for a set of competitive items. The forecast for the item is stored and is then made available to clients that can access the forecast to determine the expected future value of the item at some point in the future.
US10685358B2
Consistent with the disclosed embodiments, systems and methods are provided herein for autonomously generating a thoughtful gesture for a customer. In one example implementation of the disclosed technology, a method is provided that includes receiving incoming customer dialogue and determining, based on the customer dialogue, customer information including one or more of: customer preferences, customer biographical information, and customer current life circumstances. The method also includes generating, based on the customer information, gesture-specific information-eliciting utterances for additional dialogue with the customer and identifying one or more response opportunities based on additional incoming customer dialogue responsive to sending the gesture-specific information-eliciting utterances to the customer. Further, the method includes generating a thoughtful gesture based on the identified one or more response opportunities and outputting, for presentation to the customer, the thoughtful gesture.
US10685348B2
A digital wallet server computer communicates with a digital wallet application program running on a payment-enabled mobile device. The entry of the mobile device into a country that is foreign to the user's country of residence is detected. The server computer receives transaction information regarding VAT-bearing payment account transactions via the wallet application. The total amount of VAT charged to the user during a trip to the foreign country is calculated. The server computer receives an indication of the user's departure from the foreign country and then initiates a payment account credit transaction to refund the total VAT into the user's payment account.
US10685343B2
An interface and device architecture for a payment device. An interface between a payment application installed in a payment device and one or more value-add applications (such as loyalty programs, transit applications, etc.) that are also installed in the payment device. The API or interface design permits communications and data transfer between the payment application and one or more value-add applications. This reduces (and in some cases may prevent) the need for back-end server processing of data that may be relevant to both a payment transaction and to a function of the value-add application. Similarly, the same or another API or interface may enable communications and data transfer between a value-add application and the payment application.
US10685341B2
A system can include one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on one or more processors and perform certain acts. The acts can include receiving, at a back-end device of the system, a query from a user interface of a front-end device requesting two or more user identifications mapped to a same payment option of multiple payment options. The acts also can include distilling a subset of user identifications from among the multiple user identifications. Additionally, the acts can include identifying a first classification comprising a single user of the subset of user identifications. Further, the acts can include identifying a second classification comprising two or more first users of the subset of user identifications that are part of a same household. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10685340B2
A portable point-of-sale (POS) system includes a stand, an adjustable arm coupled to the stand, and a housing. The housing is coupled to the adjustable arm and includes a locking side panel having an integrated locking mechanism. The housing is configured to removably enclose a computing device used to facilitate an electronic transaction. The locking side panel is configured to enclose the computing device within the housing. The integrated locking mechanism and the locking side panel are configured to lock the computing device within the housing.
US10685338B2
A system, apparatus, and method for expediting the authorization of an electronic payment transaction. Authorization of a transaction at a node of an authorization network is the result of inferring the trustworthiness of a customer to the transaction using data obtained from a different node of the authorization network. The authorization process is expedited by relying on the previous authentication decision of another node, where the previous decision may have been made based on a different payment device or different user inputs. The invention uses a decision made by a first node in the authorization network as a proxy for the authorization decision at a different node, thereby transferring the trustworthiness of a consumer, consumer's device, payment device, or other aspect of the transaction from the first node to the second.
US10685334B2
Systems and methods for an e-commerce enabled digital whiteboard are described. The system receives first initialization information, over a network, from a mobile device that includes a description of a first vehicle and a description of a first repair for the first vehicle. The first initialization information is stored in a first context. The system further receives a first request to attach the first context to an online collaborative workspace. The system further attaches the first context to an online collaborative marker that is associated with the online collaborative workspace. The system further generates a first interface based on the first context. The first interface includes the online collaborative interactive workspace including a first repair schematic including instructions for the first repair for the first vehicle. The system further receives a second request, over the network, from the mobile device that is also processed based on the first context.
US10685327B1
Systems and methods for user interaction with sub-applications in a remote huddle session are disclosed. The system architecture of the disclosed system and methods may include a plurality of components including servers, databases, client computing devices, and software modules, among others. The components may interact with each other by means of network connections. The user interaction with a plurality of sub-applications is also disclosed. An authenticated team member may select a sub-application from a list of sub-applications on a home screen that may be displayed on the user interface of a client computing device by a processor. The list of sub-applications may include recognition, morale, announcements, news feed, key protects, field metrics, dates/calendar, leader standard work, employee sentiment, and customer sentiment, among others.
US10685312B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to techniques for creating policies. A plurality of objects representative of semantic objects are provided to a user. An arrangement of a subset of the objects, the arrangement representative of a policy, is received. The arrangement is converted to instructions for implementation by an application configured to implement policies. One or more of the objects may include fields and/or controls for specifying criteria of semantic objects represented by the objects.
US10685311B2
In an airport baggage handling system bag information, flight information and airport topology information are provided to a central processor which determines a path for the bag through the handling system. The bag is scanned at various points along the path and the scan time is compared with a predetermined arrival time for the bag at the scan point. A bag is marked at risk if it arrives at a scan point after the predetermined time and the system may suggest an alternative handling path for the bag if it is determined that the risk of the bag not making an outbound flight is too high.
US10685310B1
A device receives historical risk management data associated with products and processes the historical risk management data to generate processed historical risk management data. The device trains a machine learning model with the processed historical risk management data to generate a trained machine learning model and receives, from a user device, product data associated with a potential product. The device applies weights to different portions of the product data, based on risks associated with the different portions of the product data, to generate weighted product data and processes the weighted product data, with the trained machine learning model, to generate one or more of complexity levels, risk data, or recommendations associated with the potential product. The device performs one or more actions based on the one or more of the complexity levels, the risk data, or the recommendations associated with the potential product.
US10685308B1
In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, mechanisms (which can, for example, include systems, methods, and media) for harmonizing procurement across distribution networks with heterogeneous product availability are provided. In some embodiments, a method for automatically generating an order guide for a facility associated with an organization is provided, the method comprising: presenting items available in first, second portions of a distribution network; presenting items available via the network; creating a general order guide, and adding a first item thereto; determining that the first item is unavailable and a second item is available in the first portion; identifying substitutes, including the second item, for the first item; generate a facility order guide with items in the first portion based on the general order guide; automatically selecting the second item for the facility order guide; and associating the facility order guide and facility.
US10685305B2
A method includes generating one or more computing deployment solutions, each of the one or more computing deployment solutions specifying one or more parameters for deployment of a corresponding computing solution. The method also includes evaluating adoption of the one or more computing deployment solutions by respective ones of a plurality of computing systems utilizing one or more component evaluators connected via a network to the plurality of computing systems. The method further includes generating one or more solution deployment adoption reports for respective ones of the one or more computing deployment solutions based on information obtained over the network from the plurality of computing systems, and presenting the one or more solution deployment adoption reports via a dashboard user interface.
US10685303B2
A system and method is presented for gathering data concerning harvests. Data tickets are generated at a point of origination (i.e., the field), local storage, processing, or a customer location. Data tickets may also be generated for supplies delivered to the field. Implements attached to a vehicle in the field (e.g., a tractor) may provide sensor data over a vehicle communication bus about how a field processing task was performed. A computing device on the vehicle periodically reads the sensor data and records the data along with the current time and GPS position of the vehicle as a data point. A plurality of data points are transmitted to a remote server as a data trail. Data trails from a plurality of vehicles are compared to find points of intersection. Sensor data in the data trails for the points of intersection are examined to determine data related to the transfer of goods between vehicles during the time of intersection.
US10685302B2
An interface for editing content items permits users to enter tasks and designate metadata relating to the tasks, such as an assigned user for the task, a deadline for the task, and a category of the task. A content item browser presents content items to a user along with a summary of the task completion of tasks within the content item. The summary of task completion may be limited to tasks matching a search query. This permits a user to identify content items and tasks related to the search query from the content item browser, without entering an interface for modifying the content item.
US10685300B2
Particular embodiments may receive, from a first client device, registration information for a service to be provided at a service location. Particular embodiments may add the first client device to a waiting queue for the service, wherein the waiting queue comprises one or more client devices. Particular embodiments may determine a target service time for the first client device based on location information received from the first client device and status information received from the client devices in the queue. Finally, particular embodiments may send, to the first client device, a notification regarding the target service time.
US10685294B2
A method and system for improving an operation of an automated IT system is provided. The method includes identifying software applications associated with requirements of processes executed by a hardware device with respect to an IT system. An ordered set of software solutions for modifying the software applications is generated. Sampling software code is generated by applying a sampling technique for enabling the hardware device to execute learning software code with respect to database systems. The sampling software code is executed for enabling an automated learning process applying a feature learning technique for identifying a set of software applications and enabling an evaluation of the software applications with respect to organizational parameters for identifying an organizational fitness for the set of software applications. A software application and associated feature are identified and the software application is executed resulting in improved operation of the hardware device.
US10685285B2
The mirror deep neural networks (DNNs) as described herein recognize patterns in an input signal. Mirror DNNs regularize to a linear function and train very quickly. Mirror DNNs employ a neural network pattern recognizer that receives a set of features extracted from an input signal and inputs the set of features into a multi-layer neural network. The multi-layer neural network has an input layer that receives the set of features, a plurality of intermediate layers, and an output layer that generates a set of output values that are indicative of a recognized pattern exhibited in the input signal. A first and second non-linear equation pair are chosen and applied to intermediate layers of the neural network so as to make the output values that are indicative of a pattern exhibited in the input signal linear.
US10685275B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to processes for fabricating a smart device, e.g. smart card, and configurations for smart card devices with greater reliability and lifespan, and improved finish. In the smart card device comprising of laminated substrate layers interposing a flexible film having conductor pattern thereon, at least one flip chip for operating the smart card device is embedded in a first substrate such that the first substrate provides an encapsulation to the at least one flip chip, wherein the at least one flip chip is arranged at a position in a first vertical plane; and a contact pad, for providing electrical connection when the smart card device is inserted into a smart card reader, is arranged at a position in a second vertical plane, wherein the first vertical plane is non-overlapping with the second vertical plane. The contact pad is projected through a cavity in a second substrate to form a continuous even plane from an outer surface of the laminated substrate layers to the contact pad.
US10685263B2
An object labeling system includes a first object labeling module, a second object label model, a label integrating module and an inter-frame tracking module. The first object label module is configured to generate a first object labeling result according to a first 2D image, wherein the first 2D image is one of the frames of a 2D video. The second object labeling module is configured to generate a second 2D image according to a 3D information, and to generate a second object labeling result according to the 3D information and the second 2D image. The label integrating is configured to generate a third object labeling result according to the first object labeling result and the second object labeling result. The inter-frame tracking module is configured to perform an inter-frame object labeling process according to the third object labeling result to generate a fourth object labeling result.
US10685262B2
Techniques related to implementing convolutional neural networks for object recognition are discussed. Such techniques may include generating a set of binary neural features via convolutional neural network layers based on input image data and applying a strong classifier to the set of binary neural features to generate an object label for the input image data.
US10685260B1
Systems and methods are disclosed that enable distributed execution of prediction models by disparate, remote systems. Prediction model code is transmitted to the disparate, distributed systems for execution by the disparate, remote systems. Default model input data may be independently modified by a given system, and the modified input data may be used when the given system executes the model. Model predictions and associated model parameters are received from the disparate, distributed systems. The accuracy of the received model predictions from the disparate, distributed systems are analyzed. Based on the analyzed accuracy of the received model predictions, a determination is made as to which model predictions satisfy at least a first criterion. Computer-based resources are allocated using the determination as to which model predictions satisfy at least the first criterion.
US10685259B2
A method for enriching a learning base intended for the training of a deep learning device. Production of an updated reference model of a dental arch and segmentation to produce a tooth model for each tooth. Acquisition of at least one updated image of the arch. For each updated image, search for virtual acquisition conditions suitable for an acquisition of a reference image of the updated reference model exhibiting a maximum match with the updated image, and acquisition of the reference image. Identification, in the reference image, of at least one reference tooth zone representing a tooth model by comparison of the updated image and the reference image determination of an updated tooth zone representing the tooth model. Assignment, to the updated tooth zone, of the tooth attribute value or values of the tooth model. Addition of the updated image enriched with value or values in the learning base.
US10685256B2
Methods and systems including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating and displaying object recognition state indicators during object recognition processing of an image. In one aspect, a method includes performing object recognition on an image displayed in an application environment of an application on a user device using an object recognition model having multiple object recognition states including an identification state, where a candidate object in the image is positively identified, and one or more precursor states to the identification state, and where each of the precursor states has a different respective indicator for display within the image during the respective precursor state that visually emphasizes the candidate object and the identification state has a different respective indicator for display within the image during the identification state that visually emphasizes the positively identified object as being positively identified.
US10685255B2
Systems and methods for training and using an image classifier are provided. A plurality of points can be generated from respective patches of images annotated as either a first type or a second type. The points corresponding to the images of the second type can be clustered into two clusters. A first cluster of the two clusters can be identified as closer to the points corresponding to the images annotated as the first type. The points in the first cluster can be assigned to a class positive, the points in the second cluster can be assigned to a class negative, and the points corresponding to the images annotated as the first type can be assigned to an anchor class. A plurality of triplets can be generated based on the points in the various classes. Parameters of an image classifier can be adjusted based on a loss function of the triplets.
US10685248B1
A computing system and method for operating the computing system including: a control unit configured to: generate a filtered data set based on a data set; group the filtered data set based on a previous origin indicator to obtain a device group data; generate a label based on the device group data; generate a training moving average based on the label and the device group data; generate an operating pattern based on the training moving average; identify a change in a driving behavior based on comparing the operating pattern and a detection moving average; generate a notification based on the change; and a communication unit, coupled to the control unit, configured to: send the notification for display on a display interface.
US10685237B1
A system includes a sensor, a weight sensor, and a tracking subsystem. The tracking subsystem receives an image feed of top-view images generated by the sensor and weight measurements from the weight sensor. The tracking subsystem detects an event associated with an item being removed from a rack in which the weight sensor is installed. The tracking subsystem determines that a first person or a second person may be associated with the event. In response to determining that the first or second person may be associated with the event, buffer frames are stored of top-view images generated by the sensor during a time period associated with the event. The tracking subsystem then determines, using at least one of the stored buffer frames and a first action-detection algorithm, whether an action associated with the event was performed by the first person or the second person.
US10685236B2
A metadata generation system utilizes machine learning techniques to accurately describe content of videos based on multi-model predictions. In some embodiments, multiple feature sets are extracted from a video, including feature sets showing correlations between additional features of the video. The feature sets are provided to a learnable pooling layer with multiple modeling techniques, which generates, for each of the feature sets, a multi-model content prediction. In some cases, the multi-model predictions are consolidated into a combined prediction. Keywords describing the content of the video are determined based on the multi-model predictions (or combined prediction). An augmented video is generated with metadata that is based on the keywords.
US10685222B2
A computerized writing evaluation and training method is provided. First, a display interface unit displays a template text, and then, a writing input interface accepts a written text written by a writer, and afterwards, a processing unit segments the written text according to a stroke or a turning point and divides each stroke of the template text and the written text into a line segment or a short arc, and finally, the processing unit compares each stroke information of the template text and the written text and determines whether the written text is correctly written.
US10685213B2
A computing device determines, in a first frame, a first location of a feature point and also determines in a second frame, a second location of the feature point. The computing device generates a motion vector for the feature point in the first frame and relocates the first location in the first frame to a first refined location based on the motion vector. The computing device generates a smoothed location of the feature point in the second frame based on the refined location and the second location of the feature point in the second frame.
US10685211B2
A head-mounted display, a display control method, and a program that facilitate a user to understand proximity between the user and an object around the user are provided. A display block (36) is arranged in front of the eyes of the user wearing a HMD (12). In accordance with proximity between the user and an object around the user, the HMD (12) controls the display block (36) so as to have the user visually recognize a forward direction of the display block (36).
US10685201B2
A method and a system for recognizing location information in a two-dimensional code are provided. The method comprises: acquiring a two-dimensional code in an image; performing, according to a main positioning block of the two-dimensional code, feature detection to recognize location information in the two-dimensional code; and determining, according to the location information in the two-dimensional code, spatial location information of the two-dimensional code in the image.
US10685200B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling the stress distribution in a material, comprising the steps of: a, preparing a crosslinked polymer containing reversible exchange bonds; b, applying an external force to the crosslinked polymer to cause a certain strain; c, specific region of the crosslinked polymer is selectively heated while maintaining the strain. This method controls and utilizes the internal stresses which are commonly considered as unfavorable. The invention also provides a method for reading information in a polarized light field, wherein the crosslinked polymer treated by the method is transparent under natural light. The information therein can be read only under polarized light, and possesses concealment.
US10685198B1
Imaging arrangements and barcode readers including such imaging arrangements. An imaging arrangement for use in a barcode reader includes a housing. The imaging arrangement also includes a light source configured to emit light along a central light axis. The light source is disposed in the housing. The imaging arrangement also includes a lens having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The lens is disposed in the housing. The first surface is configured to face the light source and is structured to substantially collimate light received from the light source into a collimated beam. The second surface includes surface structures structured to generate a patterned beam in response to receiving the collimated beam.
US10685190B2
Various embodiments described herein facilitate multi-lingual communications. The systems and methods of some embodiments may enable multi-lingual communications through different modes of communications including, for example, Internet-based chat, e-mail, text-based mobile phone communications, postings to online forums, postings to online social media services, and the like. Certain embodiments may implement communications systems and methods that translate text between two or more languages (e.g., spoken), while handling/accommodating for one or more of the following in the text: specialized/domain-related jargon, abbreviations, acronyms, proper nouns, common nouns, diminutives, colloquial words or phrases, and profane words or phrases.
US10685185B2
Keyword recommendation methods and systems based on a latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) model. The method comprises: calculating a basic Dirichlet allocation model for training texts; obtaining an incremental seed word, and selecting from the training texts a training text matching the incremental seed word to serve as an incremental training text; calculating an incremental Dirichlet allocation model for the incremental training text; obtaining a probability distribution of complete words to topics and a probability distribution of complete texts to topics; calculating a relevance score between the complete word and any other complete word respectively to obtain a relevance score between every two complete words; and determining, according to an obtained query word and the obtained relevance score between every two complete words, a keyword corresponding to the query word. By employing an incremental training model, the present invention greatly improves the precision of topic clustering and topic diversity, and significantly improves the quality of keywords in the topics.
US10685183B1
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request to generate a visualization of public sentiments regarding a particular subject by a plurality of clusters, where each cluster includes a plurality of words semantically close to each other, constructing a first corpus of text by collecting text containing the input n-gram from a plurality of user-created content objects in the online social network, identifying a list of unique n-grams appearing in the first corpus of text, generating a table comprising unique n-grams in the list and their corresponding word vectors using a word embedding model, classifying word vectors in the table into a plurality of clusters based on semantic similarities of the word vectors, and sending, as a response to the request, instructions to display n-grams in the table in a two-dimensional display space, where n-grams corresponding to word vectors that belong to a cluster are displayed together.
US10685179B2
A verification method includes: receiving encoded data that is encoded by an encoding dictionary in which a tag name and a definition value of each of a plurality of tags are associated with a code corresponding to the tag name and the definition value of each of the plurality of tags, by a processor; and when decoding the encoded data, when decoding a code associated with a processing function from among codes registered in the encoding dictionary, performing verification processing of decoded data, which has been decoded, by using the processing function, by the processor.
US10685172B2
Generating a textual description of an image includes classifying an image represented by image data into a domain-specific category, and segmenting one or more elements in the image data based on the domain-specific category. Each element of the one or more elements is compared to a domain-independent model to detect one or more statistical anomalies in the one or more elements. The one or more detected statistical anomalies are characterized using one or more domain-independent text phrases. The one or more domain-independent text phrases are converted to one or more domain-specific descriptions based upon the domain-specific category.
US10685170B2
In one embodiment, a content aggregation viewer may present a container layout to summarize a data item set to a user. The content aggregation viewer may determine a viewport dimension for a viewport of a user interface of a content aggregation application to present a data item set to a user. The content aggregation viewer may automatically arrange a container set summarizing the data item set in a container layout based on the viewport dimension. The content aggregation viewer may set a parallel container dimension of a data item container of the container set having a variable dimension size in a direction of the viewport dimension based on the viewport dimension. The content aggregation viewer may present the container set in the container layout to the user.
US10685168B2
A system and method to perform capacitance extraction involves defining a location of signal wires and floating metal of an integrated circuit design. The method includes designating one of the signal wires as a target wire, defining a first area within which first capacitances between the target wire and the floating metal and other signal wires are determined, defining a second area, within which second capacitances between floating metal within the first area and the floating metal and the other signal wires not within the first area are determined, and generating an intermediate capacitive network. The intermediate capacitive network includes the target wire, the floating metal, and the other signal wires within the second area, the first capacitances and the second capacitances. A capacitive network is generated from the intermediate capacitive network. The first capacitances and the second capacitances are used to generate third capacitance values of the capacitive network.
US10685161B2
A method of modifying an integrated circuit (IC) design layout is provided. The method includes receiving a first IC design layout having first gate layout patterns and first interconnect layout patterns. Second gate layout patterns for a second IC design layout are then obtained from the first gate layout patterns according to a set of design rules associated with a technology node different from that of the first IC design layout. After determining scaling factors for the first IC design layout based on the first gate layout patterns and the second gate layout patterns such that each scaling factor corresponds to one of at least one shrinkable region and at least one non-shrinkable region in the first IC design layout, the first interconnect layout patterns are adjusted using the scaling factors to determine second interconnect layout patterns for the second IC design layout.
US10685160B2
The disclosed herein relates to method for persistence during placement optimization of an integrated circuit design. The method comprises performing cluster operation by grouping of a plurality of cells into a plurality of mobs. The method further comprises performing a spreading operation by moving the plurality of mobs and the plurality of cells simultaneously to optimize empty space of the integrated circuit design.
US10685159B2
In some examples, systems and methods may be used to improve functional safety of analog or mixed-signal circuits, and, more specifically, to anomaly detection to help predict failures for mitigating catastrophic results of circuit failures. An example may include using a machine learning model trained to identify point anomalies, contextual or conditional anomalies, or collective anomalies in a set of time-series data collected from in-field detectors of the circuit. The machine learning models may be trained with data that has only normal data or has some anomalous data included in the data set. In an example, the data may include functional or design-for-feature (DFx) signal data received from an in-field detector on an analog component. A functional safety action may be triggered based on analysis of the functional or DFx signal data.
US10685157B2
Methods of a scan partitioning a circuit are disclosed. One method includes calculating a power score for circuit cells within a circuit design based on physical cell parameters of the circuit cells. For each of the circuit cells, the circuit cell is assigned to a scan group according to the power score for the circuit cell and a total power score for each scan group. A plurality of scan chains is formed. Each of the scan chains is formed from the circuit cells in a corresponding scan group based at least in part on placement data within the circuit design for each of the circuit cells. Interconnect power consumption can be assessed to determine routing among circuit cells in the scan chains.
US10685152B2
Example embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for simulating sparse fluids and visualizing the results. An example embodiment involves simulating sparse fluids on a two-dimensional surface and using that simulation to visualize the results on a three dimensional surface. The fluid computation operates in a two-dimensional (2D) plane although the visualization of the fluid simulation is three-dimensional (3D). The simulation uses surface shape and properties, local gravity vectors, and various other criteria to simulate realistic behavior of sparse fluids, e.g., sweat, tears, blood, and drops of liquid. The systems and methods of the present invention may be implemented, for example, on a highly parallel architecture, such as a graphics processing unit (GPU), and on non-parallel architectures.
US10685151B2
A method for simulating a posture of a flexible cable based on a spring-mass model combining bending and torsion includes: establishing a physical property model of the cable, wherein a torsion property is represented by a torsion spring attached at each 55 cable segment; obtaining an initial position of each discrete mass point based on a total length of the cable and the number of the cable segments; identifying discrete mass points at both ends as fixed points, and obtaining their position information; calculating stress information of other discrete mass points whose position information is not determined based on the physical property model; sequentially calculating 10 10 equilibrium positions of the other discrete mass points by using the stress information and the initial positions to obtain their the position information; and simulating a stable posture of the cable based on the position information of the fixed points and the other discrete mass points.
US10685139B2
Embodiments disclosed herein may be useful for controlling access to data, and particularly to data intended for restricted access. In at least one embodiment, a system and method for dynamic data masking intercepts input/output (I/O) read requests for data in external memory, determines if the data to be read should be masked, and appropriately, dynamically masks data before the requested data is written into system memory. The system and method for dynamic data masking provides a technical improvement to computing systems by, for example, avoiding the need to create an entirely separate database with scrubbed data and, thus, resource and costs associated with creating a separate, scrubbed database.
US10685138B2
There is provided a system and method executed by a processor for estimating re-identification risk of a single individual in a dataset. The individual, subject or patient is described by a data subject profile such as a record in the dataset. A population distribution is retrieved from a storage device, the population distribution is determined by one or more quasi-identifying fields identified in the data subject profile. An information score is then assigned to each quasi-identifying (QI) value of the one or more quasi-identifying fields associated with the data subject profile. The assigned information scores of the quasi-identifying values for the data subject profile are aggregated into an aggregated information value. An anonymity value is then calculated from the aggregated information value and a size of a population associated with the dataset. A re-identification metric for the individual from the anonymity value is then calculated.
US10685133B1
A digital targeting system is configured to access data to determine users that satisfy content factors, such as pre-validation criteria, based on user information stored in a database having restrictions on sharing of user data, such as government regulations on sharing of the user information. The digital targeting system may then generate a pre-validated user ID list indicating those users that match the content factors. Users on the pre-validated user ID list may then be matched to users in other databases, such as a digital ID database, to identify digital IDs for the users that are usable by a digital display entity.
US10685113B2
In some implementations, a computing device can determine the similarity of binary executables. For example, the computing device can receive an application, including a binary executable. The computing device can generate function signatures for the functions called within the binary executable. The computing device can generate a locality sensitive hash value for the application based on the function signatures. The computing device can group applications based on the locality sensitive hash value generated for each application. The computing device can compare the function signatures of the binary executables of the applications within a group to determine the similarity of the applications. If two applications have binary executables that are over a threshold percentage of similarity, the two applications can be identified as clones of each other.
US10685112B2
In some implementations there may be provided a system. The system may include a processor and a memory. The memory may include program code which causes operations when executed by the processor. The operations may include analyzing a series of events contained in received data. The series of events may include events that occur during the execution of a data object. The series of events may be analyzed to at least extract, from the series of events, subsequences of events. A machine learning model may determine a classification for the received data. The machine learning model may classify the received data based at least on whether the subsequences of events are malicious. The classification indicative of whether the received data is malicious may be provided. Related methods and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also disclosed.
US10685104B2
A communication apparatus includes a first execution unit, a second execution unit, and a selecting unit. The first execution unit performs a first process for setting a wireless parameter, based on information obtained from a captured image. The setting of a wireless parameter is performed between the communication apparatus and another communication apparatus that operates as an access point and that is different from the communication apparatus. The second execution unit performs, based on information obtained from a captured image, a second process for setting a wireless parameter to another communication apparatus that operates as a station and that is different from the communication apparatus. The wireless parameter is one for performing wireless communication with an access point. The selecting unit selects whether the first process or the second process is to be performed, in a case where information is obtained from a first captured image.
US10685100B2
An operation method with fingerprint recognition, an apparatus, and a mobile terminal relate to the field of communications technologies, where the method includes obtaining a fingerprint event that is entered by a user, presenting at least one shortcut when the fingerprint event that is entered by the user matches a preset fingerprint event, obtaining an operation vector, where the operation vector is generated by operating at least one operation component of the mobile terminal by the user, running a first shortcut in the at least one shortcut according to the operation vector, and presenting a running result. Thereby reducing operation duration, and improving operation efficiency.
US10685096B2
A system for hiding a change to a set of variables of a program is provided. A value representing means (902) represents a value wi of a variable vi of the variables v1, v2, . . . , vn, wherein w is an element of a set W, by means of a representation ri wherein ri=E(Wi, σi), and ri is an element of a set of representations Ω(wi)={E(vvi,s)|s∈Σ}, wherein σi is a state variable that is an element of a set Σ and that provides a redundancy to the representation ri of wi and E is a one-to-one cryptographic mapping from W×Σ to a predetermined set. An action representing means (903) represents an action on values of variables in a subset V′ of V by means of an action on V′ and an action on V\V′, to obtain updated representations. The action on V′ changes the representation rj of each variable Vj in the set of variables. ri=(wi,σi) (I) Ω(wi)={(wi,s)|s∈Σ} (II) (III)
US10685094B2
A digital rights management (DRM) method for an intelligent operating system comprises: acquiring a play list of media data to be played and encrypted media data; inquiring and acquiring one or more DRM application modules, wherein the DRM application module contains an identifier of a trusted application module; requesting DRM authorization by the DRM application module from a DRM server, judging a content permission and acquiring an encrypted content encryption key (ECEK) and transmitting the ECEK to a TEE; after judging that the content permission is legitimate; decrypting the ECEK acquired by the trusted application module which is in the TEE and corresponds to the trusted application module identifier to acquire a content encryption key (CEK), and decrypting the encrypted media data by using the CEK; and storing the decrypted media data in a security cache region for decoding and outputting.
US10685082B2
According to some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for performing sparse matrix dense matrix (SpMM) multiplication on a single field programmable gate array (FPGA) module comprising a k-stage pipeline is described. The method may include interleaving k-stage threads on the k-stage pipeline comprising a plurality of threads t0 to tk-1, wherein a first result of thread t0 is ready one cycle after the first input of thread tk-1 is fed into the pipeline, and outputting a result matrix Y.
US10685081B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a memory and a processor. The memory is to store data. The processor is to: store a first dataset on the memory; identify a plurality of bin sizes for compressing the first dataset; compute a plurality of performance costs associated with the plurality of bin sizes; identify a minimum performance cost of the plurality of performance costs; identify an optimal bin size based on the particular bin size associated with the minimum performance cost; partition the first dataset into a plurality of bins based on the optimal bin size; identify a plurality of bin counts associated with the plurality of bins; generate a second dataset based on the plurality of bin counts, wherein the second dataset is smaller than the first dataset; and store the second dataset on the memory, wherein the second dataset is stored using less memory space than the first dataset.
US10685077B2
An approach for initiating a computing task based on generation of a statement or question formed using context information related to a user is described herein. A request generation platform determines an input from a device specifying at least one term. Context information associated with the device, a user of the device, one or more other devices, one or more other users, or a combination thereof is then determined. The request generation platform further causes, at least in part, a generation of at least one question, at least one statement, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the at least one term and the context information.
US10685068B2
A personalized way to digitally record a person's physical activities over time serves web searching, business advertising, nostalgia, security and object tracing purposes. The chronological digital history of the person's physical presence over a time includes (i) digital network entries from other members who hold their portable wireless short range device near the person's device and transmit a URL or other key data and (ii) digital member entries such a digital photograph of a store sign. The digital network entries and digital member entries are automatically transmitted to a database located on a telecommunications network at a time of entry. Advertisers can transmit to members when members enter premises of advertiser's store. Upon sign-up online, the authentication data uniquely associated with an account is provided and key data they want to transmit is associated with the account. Digital histories can be used to improve web searching and networking opportunities.
US10685062B2
New methods of relational database management are described, for example, to enable completion and checking of data in relational databases, including completion of missing foreign key values, to facilitate understanding of data in relational databases, to highlight data that it would be useful to add to a relational database and for other applications. In various embodiments, the schema of a relational database is used to automatically create a probabilistic graphical model that has a structure related to the schema. For example, nodes representing individual rows are linked to rows of other tables according to the database schema. In examples, data in the relational database is used to carry out inference using inference algorithms derived from the probabilistic graphical model. In various examples, inference results, comprising probability distributions each for an individual table cell, are used to fill missing data, highlight errors, and for other purposes.
US10685057B1
Methods for style modification of images in search results are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving user input identifying a search query from a client device, in which the search query indicates one or more predetermined search terms. The subject system determines a first collection of images that correspond to the one or more predetermined search terms and a second collection of images that exclude images that correspond to the one or more predetermined search terms. The subject system modifies images of the second collection to apply a keyword style that corresponds to the one or more predetermined search terms, and provides a listing of images to the client device. The listing of images includes both the first collection of images and the images of the second collection that are modified with the applied keyword style. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
US10685056B2
Systems and methods for managing an image repository for pathology. In an embodiment, a search request is received. One or more digital slide images are identified from an image repository based on the search request. A user is provided access to the identified digital slide images. In addition, each of a plurality of collections of digital slide images are associated with a search rating, and a value for each of the plurality of collections is computed based on the associated search rating and a size of the collection.
US10685054B2
A method of extracting mathematical concepts from mathematical exercise representations includes the steps of accessing at least one document including a plurality of mathematical exercise representations, wherein each mathematical exercise representation comprises one or more algorithmic, linguistic, geometric, and graphic mathematical exercise representations; extracting each mathematical exercise representation to identify one or more mathematical concepts; identifying a relationship between a first mathematical concept and a second mathematical concept to identify a plurality of concept groups; populate an optimization table to associate at least one of the mathematical concepts and concept groups with one or more of the plurality of mathematical exercise representations; and optimize the optimization table to remove redundancies.
US10685049B2
One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for summarization of a conversation are provided. For example, a first message of the conversation may be received from a first user and a second message of the conversation may be received from a second user. In response to a user request by a third user or a determination that the third user did not view the first message and the second message, a device, such as a server and/or a client device of the user, may analyze a plurality of messages comprising the first message and the second message to generate a summary based upon the plurality of messages. The device may present the summary to the third user.
US10685046B2
First type metadata is associated with unstructured data included in an unstructured data source. A data processing system performs an extraction process. This extraction process includes: (a) creating, for each of a plurality of selected pieces of unstructured data in the unstructured data source, second type metadata, which is metadata including content information representing one or more content attributes of the piece of unstructured data; and (b) associating the created second type metadata with the first type metadata of the piece of unstructured data.
US10685039B2
A computer implemented method and system for comparing data in an electronic dataset includes creating an electronic of the electronic data. A comparison request is received, the request indicating a first subset of the plurality of identifier entries of the copy that are to be compared, a second subset of at least one attribute type to be compared for the first subset of identifier entries, and at least one reference identifier entry. For each pair of identifier entry of the first subset and to-be-compared attribute type of the second subset, it is determined whether the attribute entry of the to-be-compared attribute type is logically associated with the reference identifier entry matches the attribute entry of the same attribute type logically associated to the identifier entry of the first subset. The result of the comparison is further stored as an additional attribute entry, which permits visualising of the comparison result.
US10685037B2
Cohorts may be created on storage nodes in an object-redundant storage system that uses replication and/or a redundant encoding technique. In a cohort with N nodes, M data elements (replicas or shards) of an object are stored to M of the nodes that are randomly (or otherwise) selected from the N nodes. Metadata for locating other data elements for an object in the cohort may be stored with one or more of the data elements in the cohort. To retrieve an object from a cohort, a subset of the nodes may be queried; the subset may be randomly or otherwise selected. If enough data elements are retrieved for the object from the queried nodes, the object is provided to the requester. Otherwise, additional data elements may be retrieved according to the metadata returned with a data element or by querying additional nodes.
US10685033B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for building an extract, transform, load pipeline may include (i) identifying a plurality of ETL resources available to a user, (ii) categorizing each of the plurality of ETL resources based on at least one characteristic, (iii) provisioning the plurality of ETL resources for use with containers, (iv) presenting a user environment to the user, the user environment including a plurality of container images corresponding to available ETL resources, (v) receiving, from the user, a selection of at least one container image of the plurality of container images, and (vi) running at least one container from the at least one container image, the at least one container utilizing two or more ETL resources of the plurality of ETL resources. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10685032B2
A system for storing and disseminating knowledge contained in documents includes a document annotator that creates a structured syntactic textual model of each of the documents, an ontology directed extractor that extracts properties from the textual models, a database for storing the textual models and the properties, and an interface permitting queries to the database. The document annotator includes a plurality of data transformers and a plurality of custom annotator tools. The ontology directed extractor includes an ontology based schema definition and a plurality of ontology based data transformers. The user interface includes the ability to view, search, navigate, create, and exchange documents. The creation feature includes a transclusion function.
US10685031B2
A dynamic hash partition management scheme includes associating first partitions of a database with a first partition number, and second partitions of the database with a second partition number, associating first partitions of a database with a first partition number defining a total number of first partitions, and second partitions of the database with a second partition number defining a total number of second partitions. The method further includes, after receiving a request to insert a record in the database, determining an active partition number, and determining the first partition number as an active partition number. The method further includes determining a record key for the record, generating a partition identifier defining a partition of the first partitions using the record key and the active partition number, and inserting the record in the partition defined by the partition identifier.
US10685026B2
A method may include: generating a database query to retrieve a first set of records from a database, the database query retrieving the first set of records by filtering, based on a target value, records held at the database, the records being associated with at least one attribute; selecting a subset of records from the first set of records, the selecting based on an attribute associated with the first set of records; modifying the target value in response to the attribute associated with the subset of records failing to satisfy a threshold value; executing a modified database query to retrieve a second set of records from the database, the modified database query retrieving the second set of records by filtering, based on the modified target value, the records at the database; and generating a user interface configured to display a result of the database query and/or the modified database query.
US10685020B2
In some embodiments, the disclosed subject matter involves a server query optimizer for parametric query optimization (PQO) to address the problem of finding and reusing a relatively small number of query plans that can achieve good plan quality across multiple instances of a parameterized query. An embodiment processes query instances on-line and ensures (a) tight, bounded cost sub-optimality for each instance, (b) low optimization overheads, and (c) only a small number of plans need to be stored. A plan re-costing based approach is disclosed to provide good performance on all three metrics. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10685015B2
A mechanism for providing in-line scheduling in an on-demand service in a database system is proved. The mechanism provides a multi-tenant database that stores client scheduling information, client customer contact information, and enables drag and drop event scheduling. In a multi-tenant database, a system for managing client customer contact information and event scheduling is established, which is useful for a tenant that is a salesperson or that employs salespersons. The multi-tenant database includes a combined view application that provides for the simultaneous display of a calendar view and list view of contact information. The multi-tenant database includes drag and drop functionality, allowing list view information to be dragged and dropped onto the calendar view for event scheduling. The ability of embodiments to provide drag and drop inline event scheduling can enable efficient calendaring of events by rapidly transferring relevant information onto a calendar.
US10685011B2
The present invention may be a method, a computer system, and a computer program product. An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for judging data consistency in a database. In one embodiment, the method comprises the following: generating a property of data obtained from a first database; associating the property with an attribute of a data model to generate a data property definition; judging whether data obtained from a second database satisfies the data property definition or not; and outputting a result of the judgment. In another embodiment, the method comprises the following: generating a property of data obtained from a database; associating the property with an attribute of a data model to generate a data property definition; judging whether data which is stored in the database satisfies the data property definition or not; and outputting a result of the judgment.
US10685008B1
Systems and methods for classification using an explicit feature map or an approximate feature map based on a relative locality measure. In at least one embodiment, a method of authenticating a user operates data points having feature vectors pertaining to user events comprises selecting an approximate feature map based on a subset of features in each data point and a relative locality measure of a cluster including a plurality of the data points; mapping, to a feature space, the subset of features in each data point and a new data point pertaining to a phone call of the user using the selected approximate feature map; determining a classification of the new data point based on its relative locality measure with respect to a cluster in the feature space; storing the classification of the new data point in a memory device; and authenticating the user during the phone call.
US10685006B2
A content management system is provided that synchronizes translations between content items using labels. Labels can be persisted in the system as managed objects separate from content objects. Because the labels may be separate managed objects from the content, the labels can be implemented in a manner that does not change the content items or disrupt the lifecycle of the content.
US10684997B2
Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure describe processing operations that achieve file consistency in the presence of a large-scale collaboration service. A mismatch may be determined between hash values associated with two or more versions of a file that is associated with a tenant of a productivity service. Version vector data for different versions of the file may be evaluated. Version vector data may comprise: a session value indicating a session of the productivity service and a version value that indicates a number of changes made by the tenant during the session. A synchronization determination is generated based on an evaluation of the version vector data for the different versions of the file.
US10684992B1
Implementations are provided herein for using inode revision numbers associated with a modified LIN and a set of Parent LINs to causally order transactions within a distributed file system. Any time an inode is changed, its inode revision number can be incremented by 1. When events within file system are processed causing an inode or a set of inodes to be modified, an event transaction log entry can made. The event transaction log entry can denote a description of the event, a set of modified inode and inode revision number pairs, and a set of parent inode and inode revision number pairs. Entries in the event transaction log can be used to build an inode map for each inode implicated in the event transaction log. The inode map can be used to build a set of direct causal dependencies for each transaction in the event transaction log. The set of direct causal dependencies can be used to generate a causal ordering of the transactions in the event transaction log, that in some implementations, can be made available to external services.
US10684984B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for multi-architecture computing. For example, in some embodiments, a computing device may include: a processor system including at least one first processing core having a first instruction set architecture (ISA), and at least one second processing core having a second ISA different from the first ISA; and a memory device coupled to the processor system, wherein the memory device has stored thereon a first binary representation of a program for the first ISA and a second binary representation of the program for the second ISA, and the memory device has stored thereon data for the program having an in-memory representation compatible with both the first ISA and the second ISA.
US10684975B1
An integrated circuit comprising a plurality of one-hot-bit multiplexers interconnected to form a switch interconnect network (e.g., hierarchical and/or mesh type networks), wherein each of the plurality of one-hot-bit multiplexers includes an output, inputs, and input selects, wherein each one-hot-bit multiplexer of the plurality of one-hot-bit multiplexers are capable of receiving: (i) an input select signal to select one of the plurality of inputs, (ii) an operational input signal at a selected input during a normal operation of the switch interconnect network, and (iii) an initialization input signal at the selected input during an initialization operation. The integrated circuit further includes initialization circuitry to generate a plurality of initialization input signals in response to an initialization signal, wherein the initialization input signals have (i) an identical data state and (ii) are applied to the selected input of each of the plurality of one-hot-bit multiplexers during the initialization operation.
US10684968B2
A processor implemented method for spreading data traffic across memory controllers with respect to conditions is provided. The processor implemented method includes determining whether the memory controllers are balanced. The processor implemented method includes executing a conditional spreading with respect to the conditions when the memory controllers are determined as unbalanced. The processor implemented method includes executing an equal spreading when the memory controllers are determined as balanced.
US10684967B2
A unit for managing initial saving, subsequent saving, and reading technical information such as plans, figures, executed works, manuals, notebooks, a visitors' book, maintenance records, and the like of a site such as a building, a ship, a platform, an industrial facility, and the like, the unit comprising a casing incorporating an electronic circuit comprising a non-volatile memory, a USB connector and a processor controlled by firmware controlling the management of inputs and outputs and of the memory, wherein the firmware comprises means for managing the inputs-outputs according to the standard USB protocol, and in addition for preventing the change command from modifying information previously recorded in the non-volatile memory.
US10684964B1
A system and a method for reducing read latency of a storage media associated with at least one host computer, by at least one processor, may include assigning each storage segment of the non-volatile storage to a first Read-Latency Set (RLS) and a second RLS, wherein the first RLS is attributed a read/write mode and the second RLS is attributed a read-only mode; receiving read-requests and write-requests from the at least one host computer, wherein each of said requests is attributed a priority; and serving the received requests according to RLS work modes and according to the priority of each request.
US10684963B2
System and techniques for enhanced electronic navigation maps for a vehicle are described herein. A descriptor set-up message may be received at a network controller interface (NIC). Here, the descriptor set-up message includes an ethernet frame descriptor. The NIC may then use the ethernet frame descriptor to transmit, across a physical interface of the NIC, multiple ethernet frames, each of which use the same ethernet frame descriptor from the set-up message.
US10684960B2
A network element includes a data structure, a cache memory and circuitry. The data structure is configured to store multiple rules specifying processing of packets received from a communication network. The cache memory is configured to cache multiple rules including a subset of the rules stored in the data structure. Each rule that is cached in the cache memory has a respective cost value corresponding to a cost of retrieving the rule from the data structure. The circuitry is configured to receive one or more packets from the communication network, to process the received packets in accordance with one or more of the rules, by retrieving the rules from the cache memory when available, or from the data structure otherwise, to select a rule to be evicted from the cache memory, based on one or more respective cost values of the rules currently cached, and to evict the selected rule.
US10684930B2
A functional testing high-speed serial link system includes a testing controller that generates a functional testing program, and a device under test (DUT) that receives the functional testing program. The DUT includes a first logic circuit array that generates first results in response to executing the functional test program. The system also includes a supporting chip that receives the functional testing program. The supporting chip includes a second logic circuit array that generates second results in response to executing the functional test program. A physical data link establishes signal communication between the DUT and the supporting chip. The testing controller diagnoses the physical link based on a comparison between expected diagnostic results associated with the functional testing program, and at least one of the first results and the second results.
US10684928B1
A storage server receives a control signal indicating that a specific storage device of a plurality of storage devices housed by a specific storage media tray has failed. The storage media tray is in turn housed by the specific storage server, which can house many such trays. In responsive to receiving the control signal, the server activates a visual fault indicator on an external display panel, indicating that the storage server contains a storage media tray housing a failed storage device. An external visual indicator on the specific storage media tray is activated to indicate that the specific storage media tray houses a failed storage device. The specific storage media tray activates an internal visual indicator identifying the specific storage device which has failed in the specific storage media tray. When the specific failed storage device has been replaced with a working storage device, the indicators are deactivated.
US10684927B2
The failure of a storage unit in a storage array of a storage system may render the storage unit unresponsive to any requests. Any writes to the storage system that occur during the failure of the storage unit will not be reflected on the failed unit, rendering some of the failed unit's data stale. Assuming the failed unit's data is not corrupted but is just stale, a partial rebuild may be performed on the failed unit, selectively reconstructing only data that is needed to replace the stale data. Described herein are techniques for storing information that identifies the data that needs to be rebuilt. When the storage unit fails, the segment identifier associated with the last data segment written to the storage system may be stored. Upon the storage unit recovering, the storage system can rebuild only those data segments whose identifier is greater than the stored segment identifier.
US10684925B2
Implementations of the present solution disclose a method for triggering view switching in a blockchain without requiring a separate consensus to be executed by the backup nodes. The blockchain primary node receives a trigger that indicates a view switching condition. Then the primary node selects a successor node, and initiates a view switch, where the successor node will act as a new primary node in the next view. The new primary node can then initiate a consensus in the next view.
US10684911B2
A method for monitoring the health of a compute resource includes determining a baseline for the amount of time required for the resource to complete a specific task, monitoring the resource to measure the amount of time actually used by the resource to complete the task in a given instance, comparing the baseline time to the measured time, and determining if the resource is operating within acceptable tolerances based on the comparison. An alert may be created or other remedial action may be taken if the resource is not operating within acceptable tolerances.
US10684910B2
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: obtaining iteratively captured frames of image data representing a user interface screen, wherein one or more of the frames of image data represents an error screen indicating an error condition of one or more resource of a plurality of resources of a services system; performing recognition processing using image data of the captured frames of image data to determine an error classifier associated to the error screen: determining one or more action based on the error classifier; and performing the one or more action in response to the determining.
US10684900B2
A server system may be configured to access a first contiguous portion of memory for a first activity of a plurality of activities, and to transfer data associated with the first activity into the first contiguous portion of memory. The first contiguous portion of memory may be placed in a memory repository to make the first contiguous portion of memory available for access by at least a second activity of the plurality of activities, and an identifier may be assigned to the first contiguous portion of memory placed in the memory repository. The server system may also be configured to access the first contiguous portion of memory for the second activity, and to transfer the data associated with the first activity from the first contiguous portion of memory to memory specifically associated with the second activity.
US10684894B2
Techniques for capacity management in provider networks using dynamic host device instance type reconfigurations are described. A fleet reconfiguration service performs runtime reconfiguration of slots of host electronic devices that are available to execute compute instances, while the electronic devices may execute other compute instances, to dynamically change the type and/or numbers of slots of the electronic devices available for compute instance execution.
US10684892B2
Methods and systems disclosed herein relate generally to evaluating resource loads to determine when to transform queues and to specific techniques for transforming at least part of queues so as to correspond to alternative resources.
US10684887B2
The disclosure provides an approach for modifying a kernel by adding conditional halting points. The disclosure also provides an approach for modifying a kernel by implementing a virtual shared memory between an application running on a CPU and a workload running on a compute accelerator. The disclosure provides an approach for setting up the kernel and its working set on a compute accelerator, executing the workload, suspending the workload, and then resuming the workload at a later time, optionally on a different host computer.
US10684882B2
Methods, computer program products, and network authority devices are presented. The methods include, for instance: updating a source network with migration information of a virtual machine to redirect network traffic for the virtual machine to a destination network; and updating at least one remote network with the migration information of the virtual machine. In one embodiment, the updating includes updating the source network concurrent with a migration of the virtual machine to minimize interruption of the network traffic. In another embodiment, the updating includes updating a network device of the source network to forward the network traffic for the virtual machine to another network device of the destination network. In a further embodiment, the updating includes updating the source network to redirect the network traffic from at least one client on the at least one remote network.
US10684878B1
A migration management service monitors the resource usage or other behavior factors related to virtual machine instances implementing database functionality and hosted on various physical computing devices. Based on the resource usage associated with the implementation of the database functionality and other behavioral factors, the migration management service identifies a set of target hosted virtual machine instances for possible migration. The migration management service can further identify and prioritize from the set of target hosted virtual machine instances which hosted virtual machine instances may have a greater likelihood to impact the execution of other hosted virtual machine instances being hosted in the same physical computing device. Based on the identification and prioritization, the migration management service can then cause the migration of one or more hosted virtual machine instances unto on a different physical computing device.
US10684877B2
A method for providing functionality to customer premises equipment including detecting one or more customer premises connected to a wide area network (WAN), wherein each customer premises includes a plurality of customer premises equipment (CPE) devices, a local area network (LAN) connecting each of the CPE devices, and an external network communications device for connecting the LAN to the WAN; virtualizing each CPE device from each customer premises to define a plurality of vCPE devices; and providing functionality to the CPE devices via respective vCPE devices. A system for implementing the method is also disclosed.
US10684867B2
According to an example, a computer creates an application entry in a microblog page, receives a triggering operation command associated with the application entry, generates, based on the triggering operation command, a floating layer at a predetermined position on the microblog page, receives application data at the floating layer, and runs an application in the floating layer based on the application data.
US10684866B2
Functionality is disclosed herein for using a context sensitive framework to identify relevant applications to a current context and to provide data received from the relevant applications to a user. Instead of a user having to manually locate and launch an application, relevant applications determined by a contextual service may provide data in response to receiving the context data. The applications that are identified as relevant to the context determine the application data to provide to the contextual service. The contextual service selects at least a portion of the application data to provide for display within a user interface. In some configurations, the selected application data is displayed within a user interface that maintains a same look and feel regardless of the application data that is displayed.
US10684865B2
The present application is directed to access isolation for multi-operating system devices. In general, a device may be configured using firmware to accommodate more than one operating system (OS) operating concurrently on the device or to transition from one OS to another. An access isolation module (AIM) in the firmware may determine a device equipment configuration and may partition the equipment for use by multiple operating systems. The AIM may disable OS-based equipment sensing and may allocate at least a portion of the equipment to each OS using customized tables. When transitioning between operating systems, the AIM may help to ensure that information from one OS is not accessible to others. For example, the AIM may detect when a foreground OS is to be replaced by a background OS, and may protect (e.g., lockout or encrypt) the files of the foreground OS prior to the background OS becoming active.
US10684862B2
A processor synthesis device inserts a stop circuit into a circuit configuration, which is defined by processor model information and includes a plurality of operators, based on instruction set information that defines an instruction set including a plurality of instructions, the stop circuit stopping an operator not used in an instruction to be executed among the plurality of operators when each of the plurality of instructions is executed. The processor synthesis device generates processor synthesis information which is an RTL description defining a circuit configuration into which the stop circuit is inserted.
US10684856B2
Converting program instructions for two-stage processors including receiving, by a preprocessing unit, a group of program instructions; determining, by the preprocessing unit, that at least two of the group of program instructions can be converted into a single combined instruction; converting, by the preprocessing unit, the at least two program instructions into the single combined instruction comprising an extension opcode, wherein the extension opcode indicates, to an execution unit, a format of the single combined instruction; and sending, by the preprocessing unit, the single combined instruction to the execution unit.
US10684855B2
Method and apparatus for performing a shift and XOR operation. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes execution resources to execute a first instruction. In response to the first instruction, said execution resources perform a shift and XOR on at least one value.
US10684852B2
Setting or updating of floating point controls is managed. Floating point controls include controls used for floating point operations, such as rounding mode and/or other controls. Further, floating point controls include status associated with floating point operations, such as floating point exceptions and/or others. The management of the floating point controls includes efficiently updating the controls, while reducing costs associated therewith.
US10684850B2
Embodiment of this application disclose an application component deployment method and a deployment node. In the method, a target deployment node receives a first deployment instruction sent by a management server, and determines a kinship node of the target deployment node according to the first deployment instruction, and a second application component that is in the multiple application components and that corresponds to the parent node, where the kinship node includes a parent node. Then, when detecting that the parent node has deployed the second application component, the target deployment node sends a second deployment instruction to the parent node. The target deployment node deploys a first application component according to the first deployment instruction.
US10684847B2
Content deployment systems and methods are provided for continuously integrating and deploying selected content items from a plurality of content sources into a specific release as part of the specific release. For example, a first content source stores a plurality of first content items for potential inclusion in the specific release. A manifest record for the specific release specifies release items, that are allowed to be part of the specific release. A proxy can periodically retrieve selected ones of the first content items that are specified in the manifest record, and push them to a content publishing engine. Any content items that are not specified in the manifest record are rejected by the proxy. A processor of the content publishing engine can allow for continuous integration of the selected ones of the first content items into the specific release.
US10684839B2
A plugin for a website browser can enable a user to deploy software onto a computing device quickly and easily. For example, the plugin can automatically detect that a user is visiting a website on which program code for a software application is shared or hosted. The website may be an open-source website, a program-code repository, or a program-code review platform. The plugin can automatically analyze the program code, an installation file provided with the program code, software and hardware characteristics of the specific computing device on which the software application is to be deployed, and other data to determine how to deploy the software application on the specific computing device. The plugin can then deploy the software application on the computing device in response to the user clicking a button, allowing for the software application to be easily deployed on the computing device with minimal user interaction or skill.
US10684837B2
A system and method to install a software application on a host computer system using a file repository located on another host computer system. The method includes installing, on a first host computer system, a virtual machine image including a file repository including one or more pre-requisites for installing a software application. The method further includes configuring a second host computer system with an identifier of the file repository. The method also includes installing the software application on a virtual machine associated with the second host computer system using the file repository.
US10684828B2
A method and apparatus for modifying a user interface. The method comprises receiving user interface data at a client from a first server, receiving modification computer program code at said client, and executing said modification computer program code at said client to modify said user interface data to generate modified user interface data. The modification computer program code can be received from said first server or from a further server.
US10684820B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine that one or more viewers of a live content stream selected at least one option for interacting with a broadcaster of the live content stream; determine audio-based feedback corresponding to the selected option; and provide the audio-based feedback to be outputted to the broadcaster through an audio device.
US10684816B2
An audio apparatus includes: a receiver which receives audio data transmitted by a broadcast method from an external apparatus; a sound emitter which performs sound emission of the audio data received by the receiver; a generator which generates sound emission control information relating to sound emission of other apparatus which can receive the audio data; and a transmitter which transmits the sound emission control information generated by the generator to the other apparatus.
US10684812B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus including a transmission processing section which performs short-range one-to-one communication with a communication partner device, a reception processing section, a received data processing section which acquires information obtained by communication with the communication partner device, a display section which displays the information, and a display processing section which executes processing of displaying the information based on a content of the information.
US10684799B2
A plurality of computing devices are communicatively coupled to each other via a network, and each of the plurality of computing devices is operably coupled to one or more of a plurality of storage devices. A plurality of failure resilient address spaces are distributed across the plurality of storage devices such that each of the plurality of failure resilient address spaces spans a plurality of the storage devices. Each computing device is operable to maintain a two-level registry that records changes in the memory. When data is read from memory, recent changes to the data may be applied according to one or more corresponding registry blocks. Thus, the two-level registry enables the plurality of computing devices to postpone and/or consolidate writes to memory (e.g., non-volatile flash drives).
US10684798B2
A memory controller includes a flash translation layer configured to output a descriptor including a command and physical information and logical information associated with the command, and a flash interface layer configured to receive the descriptor, individually store the command, the physical information, and the logical information that are included in the descriptor, adjust a queue of the command, and output the command to a memory device according to an adjusted queue of the command.
US10684783B2
Provided is a control method of controlling locking or unlocking of storage using a blockchain. The control method includes: determining, when first request information indicating a lock/unlock request, that is a lock request or an unlock request, is received from a terminal, whether a keyholder identified by reading keyholder information stored in the blockchain matches an owner of the terminal that has transmitted the first request information, the keyholder information indicating a person having the authority to lock or unlock the storage; performing lock/unlock processing when the keyholder is determined to match the owner, the lock/unlock processing being processing for causing the storage to lock or unlock in accordance with the first request information; and performing first storage processing after the lock/unlock processing is performed, the first storage processing being processing of storing, in the blockchain, transaction data indicating that the lock/unlock processing has been performed.
US10684782B2
One example method includes receiving an IO associated with a process initiated by an application, where the IO is identified by a tag that corresponds to the process. The method further includes saving the tag on a device that is an element of a storage group (SG) that is specific to the application, and correlating the tag with a data protection process that is associated with the application. When a request is received to perform an SG protection process, the SG protection process is performed on the tagged device.
US10684777B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to a storage system organized into a hierarchy of storage tiers, with at least one tier reflecting a high performance tier and at least one tier reflecting a lower performance tier. The high performance tier has a capacity restriction and has a limited quantity of blocks and pages may be placed in the tier. Assessments are conducted and a preferred selection of blocks and pages are recommended for placement; the recommendation is based on the assessment. The recommendation is converted to an actual placement, resulting in placement of at least one block, an in one embodiment at least one page, in the high performance tier.
US10684772B2
A document viewing apparatus, having a touch screen, capable of receiving a handwritten input operation by the user in a state where a document image is displayed on a touch screen, a character string detection unit for detecting a character string included in the document image, a reference position determination unit that sets the reference position when an object is assigned to the character string in accordance with the operating position or operation trace of the handwritten input operation, a guide line drawing unit for drawing and displaying a guide line in accordance with an operation trace with respect to the reference position, and an object assignment unit that assigns a guide line as an object to the character string with the completion of the handwritten input operation.
US10684764B2
A technique is described herein for helping a user move a source object that appears on a user interface presentation to a target destination. The technique involves performing semantic analysis on both the source object and at least one candidate target destination. The semantic analysis yields a score that reflects the relationship between the source object and the candidate target destination. The technique then presents a representation of the candidate target destination that is visually enhanced to an extent that is dependent on its output score. The technique then allows the user to move the source object to a representation of a selected target destination, whereupon it becomes associated with the target destination. The technique can produce the enhanced representation by changing a characteristic of an on-screen target identifier (that already exists on the user interface presentation), or by displaying a transient target identifier.
US10684759B2
Methods and systems of managing settings are described. According to various embodiments, a settings page corresponding to a user's settings on an online service may be caused to be displayed on a device. The settings page may comprise selectable category setting options for a setting category. The setting category may have a plurality of subcategories, and each subcategory may have its own selectable subcategory setting options. Each one of the category setting options may correspond to its own distinct configuration of subcategory setting options for its subcategories. A user input indicating a selection of one of the category setting options for the setting category may be received. The configuration of subcategory setting options corresponding to the selected one of the category setting options for the setting category may be applied to the user's settings on the online service.
US10684758B2
The unified system for bimanual interactions provides a lightweight and integrated interface that allows the user to efficiently interact with and manipulate content in the user interface. The system is configured to detect a multi-finger interaction on the touchscreen and to differentiate whether the user intends to pan, zoom or frame a portion of the user interface. Generally, the framing interaction is identified by detection of the user's thumb and forefinger on the touchscreen, which cooperate to define a focus area between vectors extending outwards from the user's thumb and forefinger. Upon a determination that the user intends to interact with or manipulate content within the focus area, the unified system for bimanual interactions provides an indication of the objects that are located within the focus area and contextual menus for interacting with the objects.
US10684754B2
A method of providing a visual sound image, which may generate, edit, and play back a visual sound image in which sound data is linked to an image, and an electronic device implementing the same are provided. The method includes an electronic device including a display, an image including at least one object on the display, receiving, by the electronic device, a selection of at least a certain area of the object in the image displayed on the display or a selection of a certain area of the image, and linking, by the electronic device, sound data to the at least the certain area of the object or the certain area of the image. In addition, various embodiments are possible.
US10684749B2
A content management system provides event data relating to other users' activity or interactions with a content item for display in an activity feed provided in conjunction with a user interface of a native application displaying the content item. Though provided in conjunction with the native application, the event data is maintained separate from the content data of the content item and displayed in the activity feed by an application separate from the native application of the content item. The activity feed permits users to exchange chat messages and retrieve information for multiple versions of the content item.
US10684732B2
The touch panel module comprises a touch panel sensor element and a touch panel controller for measuring changes in capacitance associated with one or more sensor electrodes comprising the touch panel sensor element and generating corresponding touch panel output signalling is communicated to the host controller. The capacitance measurement circuit comprises a capacitance measurement channel coupled to a power supply line for the touch panel module, e.g., a ground for the touch panel module, and is configured to measure a capacitance associated with the touch panel module circuitry coupled to this power supply line and to generate corresponding capacitance measurement circuit output signalling for communication to the host controller. The touch panel power supply at the touch panel module is galvanically isolated from the capacitance measurement circuit power supply at the capacitance measurement circuit. Thus, the touch panel module may operate in a broadly conventional manner, whilst the capacitance measurement circuit simultaneously, or in a time multiplexed manner, measures a capacitance associated with the overall circuitry of the touch panel module, thereby providing a relatively sensitive proximity sensor.
US10684725B1
An input mode trigger is detected so that a computing system treats inputs from a touch sensing device as touch inputs. A focus area input mechanism, which is smaller than a display screen controlled by the computing system, is displayed on the display screen. A hover mode touch input is detected, and a touch input on the touch sensing device is mirrored by corresponding movement of visual indicia on the focus area input mechanism on the display screen. Other touch gestures are used to perform operations within the focus area input mechanism.
US10684724B1
The present invention provides an in-cell touch panel sensing system and a sensing method. The in-cell touch panel sensing system comprises sensing arrays. Each sensing array comprises: sensor plates; a first multiplexer (MUX), a first analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a second MUX, a second ADC, a third MUX, a third ADC, a fourth MUX, and a fourth ADC. The first MUX is coupled to a first row of the sensor plates and a first column of the sensor plates. The first ADC is coupled to the first MUX. The second MUX is coupled to a second row of the sensor plates and a second column of the sensor plates. The third MUX is coupled to a third row of the sensor plates and a third column of the sensor plates. The fourth MUX is coupled to a fourth row of the sensor plates and a fourth column of the sensor plates.
US10684723B2
A touch device includes a touch sensing unit, a processing unit, an embedded controller and a digital controller. The touch sensing unit has a first control mode and a second control mode, and senses a touch event from a touch stylus. The embedded controller is coupled to the processing unit. The digital controller is coupled to the touch sensing unit, the embedded controller and the processing unit, and receives a general-purpose input/output (GPIO) signal from the embedded controller. When the GPIO signal is in a first value, the digital controller reports the first control mode to the processing unit. When the GPIO signal is in a second value, the digital processor reports the second control mode to the processing unit. Thus, the performance of the touch device and the touch stylus is improved.
US10684719B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for sensing touch pressure. The apparatus for sensing touch pressure, according to one mode of the present disclosure, includes: a first substrate provided with a first electrode unit formed thereon; a second substrate provided with a second electrode unit formed thereon; and a porous membrane member provided between the first substrate and the second substrate and deformed or restored according to touch pressure applied to the first substrate.
US10684718B2
Particular embodiments described herein provide for a wearable electronic device, such as a bracelet, watch, wristband or armband that includes a circuit board coupled to a plurality of electronic components (which may include any type of components, elements, circuitry, etc.). One particular implementation of a wearable electronic device may include a strap portion and a display portion. The display portion may include a display; one or more input elements configured to receive one or more interactions that may be associated with: selecting a preconfigured message to communicate and selecting one or more other electronic devices to which to communicate a preconfigured message. The wearable electronic device may further include wireless communication circuitry configured to communicate a selected preconfigured message to one or more selected other electronic devices.
US10684711B2
There are provided a subpixel structure of a display device and a touch screen-integrated display device, including: a plurality of gate lines; a plurality of data lines configured to define subpixels by intersecting with the gate lines; a thin-film transistor; a pixel electrode disposed in the subpixel area; and a common electrode disposed to be overlapped with the pixel electrode with a protective layer interposed therebetween. The pixel electrode has patterns including a plurality of pixel electrode spaces in an area corresponding to the thin-film transistor so as to suppress a white touch mura defect and also suppress a decrease in transmittance occurring at an interface between an open area and a BM area.
US10684705B1
A touchpad module for an electronic device includes an alloy supporting structure, an elastic metal sheet, a metal plate, a metallic position-limiting part and a circuit board. The elastic metal sheet and the metal plate are connected with two opposite surfaces of a bent part of the alloy supporting structure, respectively. The metallic position-limiting part is penetrated through the bent part. The elastic metal sheet and the metal plate are connected with each other through the metallic position-limiting part. The circuit board is located over the elastic metal sheet. The positioning part of the metal plate is penetrated through the positioning hole of the bent part, and connected with a casing of the electronic device.
US10684704B2
An electronic device with a touch-sensitive display and one or more sensors to detect signals from a stylus associated with the device displays a user interface in a viewing mode, the user interface including a content region and a first control region. While displaying the user interface in the viewing mode, the device detects an input by a first contact on the touch-sensitive display; and, in response to detecting the input: when the first contact is a stylus contact in the content region, the device displays, in the content region, a mark drawn in accordance with movement of the first contact in the input. If the first contact is a non-stylus contact in the content region, the device performs a navigation operation in the content region in accordance with movement of the first contact without displaying the mark that corresponds to the first contact in the content region.
US10684703B2
Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. An example process includes initiating a virtual assistant session responsive to receiving user input. In accordance with initiating the virtual assistant session, the process includes determining, based on data obtained using one or more sensors of the electronic device, whether one or more criteria representing expressed user disinterest are satisfied. In accordance with determining that the one or more criteria representing expressed user disinterest are satisfied prior to a first time, the process includes automatically deactivating the virtual assistant session prior to the first time. The first time is defined by a setting of the electronic device. In accordance with determining that the one or more criteria representing expressed user disinterest are not satisfied prior to the first time, the process includes automatically deactivating the virtual assistant session at the first time.
US10684700B2
A keyboard threshold change apparatus and a keyboard in which thresholds of the ON-sensing positions of the keys can be individually changed and the thresholds can be checked with illumination colors. The apparatus includes a keyboard having a light illuminating key tops of a plurality of keys and a threshold change unit capable of changing, for each key, a threshold used to determine an occurrence of a press of the key; and a computer connected to the keyboard including a mouse to input the threshold and a display unit outputting the threshold input with the mouse as an image, when the threshold for a key is changed with the mouse, the threshold change unit changes, based on the changed threshold for the key from the computer, a threshold for the key in the keyboard, and the light changes an illumination color of the key for which the threshold is changed.
US10684691B2
According to one embodiment, a gesture detection supporting system for an X-ray diagnosis includes memory circuitry, a sensor, processing circuitry and an attaching instrument. The memory circuitry stores an operation content of an X-ray diagnostic apparatus. The operation content is related to a gesture by a user. The sensor senses a gesture. The processing circuitry detects the gesture, based on an output from the sensor; acquire the operation content of the X-ray diagnostic apparatus, from the memory circuitry, based on a detection result of the gesture; and output operation information to the X-ray diagnostic apparatus, based on the operation content. The attaching instrument attaches the sensor to a ceiling of an examination room, an arm for driving an X-ray tube and an X-ray detector, an intravenous drip stand, an injector of a contrast agent, an X-ray protective board and/or a display for displaying an X-ray image.
US10684680B2
The present application discloses an information observation method and an information observation apparatus, and relates to the field of multimedia information processing technologies. The method comprises: detecting a position of a sightline focusing point of an observer; in response to that it is detected that the sightline focusing point of the observer moves away from an observed object, judging whether the observer has observed all important information on the observed object; and in response to that it is judged that the observer has not observed all important information on the observed object, reminding the observer. For the method and the apparatus in embodiments of the present application, from the perspective of an actual observation behavior of an observer, a position of a sightline focusing point of the observer is detected to determine an observation behavior of the observer for important information, so as to radically prevent missing of important information.
US10684669B1
A logic level shifter interface including a string of logic components communicating between a first power domain and a second power domain; a first string of resistive components connecting a first power rail of the first power domain to a first power rail of the second power domain and having a plurality of intermediate first power rails at nodes between adjacent resistive components of the first string of resistive components; and a second string of resistive components connecting a second power rail of the first power domain to a second power rail of the second power domain and having a plurality of intermediate second power rails at nodes between adjacent resistive components of the second string of resistive components, where at least one logic component is powered by an intermediate first power rail of the first string of resistive components and an intermediate second power rail of the second string of resistive components.
US10684668B2
A USB interface system capable of automatically adjusting connection speed and power consumption capability and a method thereof are provided. The method includes configuring a slave device to perform a first handshake procedure with a main device, and communicate with the main device by using a first connection specification; detecting a first power-off event by using a slave power detection module; when the first power-off event occurs, recording first power-off information by the memory unit. If the slave device is re-connected to the main device, the slave power detection module is configured to perform a second handshake process with the main device, and determine to re-communicate with the main device in a second connection specification different from the first connection specification according to the first power-off information.
US10684662B2
An electronic device includes a housing enclosure, which at least sealingly contains an electronic component, a barrier, a pump, and a coolant. The electronic component is located on a substrate, while the barrier defines a circulation loop in which the coolant is exposed to the electronic component. The pump is positioned within the circulation loop to cause flow of the coolant through the circulation loop along one side of the at least one barrier in one direction and along an opposite side of the at least one barrier in an opposite direction.
US10684655B2
Disclosed is a glass protective film for covering a curved surface which protects display areas of a portable display including a flat display area and a curved display area. The glass protective film for covering the curved surface includes a glass film member having a flat area portion corresponding to the flat display area and a curved area portion corresponding to the curved display area and an adhesive layer adhering the entire area of the lower surface of the glass film member to the display area of the portable display.
US10684637B2
a reference voltage generating circuit that includes a bandgap reference voltage generating circuit main body (10) configured to generate a substantially constant reference voltage at room temperature, a high temperature correction circuit (30) configured to increase a reference voltage generated by the reference voltage generating circuit main body at a high temperature by supplying a high temperature correction current that increases as the temperature increases to the resistor, a low temperature correction circuit (40) configured to increase a reference voltage generated by the reference voltage generating circuit main body at a low temperature by supplying a low temperature correction current that increases as the temperature decreases to the resistor, and a bias circuit (20) configured to generate a bias voltage according to the temperature, so as to control the high temperature correction current and the low temperature correction current at the same time.
US10684636B2
In an embodiment, a power distribution automation applications network includes multiple intelligent nodes in communication with each other, each having a hardware and software platform, with data processing and communications functionality. The intelligent nodes are integrated or embedded with grid components. The nodes each implement a part or whole of a grid operating system that includes a set of software applications for automated and supervisory monitoring, control, protection, and optimization of an electric power system with embedded distributed energy resources and distributed information resources. The grid operating system both manages the grid and facilitates the integration of distributed energy resources and distributed information resources in an electric power system.
US10684635B2
An illumination system and an operating method thereof are provided. The illumination system includes a light source defining a illumination range, an image capturing device for obtaining an image within the illumination range, an optical channel switch assembly including optical channel switches forming an array, a computing unit, and a driving unit. When a physiological characteristic is detected in the image, the computing unit obtains a controlling region of the array corresponding to a position of the physiological characteristic located in the image, and commands the driving unit to control a light passing amount of at least a portion of the optical channel switches located in the controlling region.
US10684630B1
An apparatus to regulate the flow of a liquid from a container, dependent on nutritional requirements of a user stored within computer memory includes a container that comprises a bottom, a body and a lid, the lid including an opening therethrough, a straw or spout for removing the liquid from the container in the lid, a control assembly including a microprocessor, a liquid regulating valve, a port for communicating with an external computing device and source of electrical power. User nutritional information includes a personal profile, beverage list, nutrient limits and dietary, nutrition and hydration goals. Reference data includes beverage composition, recommended nutrient limits, and standards for determining liquid consumption. Sensors to determine temperature, volume, attitude and power level may be included. A method to regulate flow of a liquid from a container, dependent on the dietary, nutritional, medicinal and therapeutic requirements, and hydration goals of a user is disclosed.
US10684620B2
The present invention relates to a vehicle control device provided in a vehicle and a method of controlling the vehicle. A vehicle control device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a sensing unit configured to sense a driver's state, and a processor configured to decide a first time required for a vehicle currently traveling in an autonomous driving mode to reach a point where the vehicle is to be switched to a manual driving mode, and decide a second time required for the driver to be ready to perform manual driving based on the driver's state, wherein the processor outputs notification information such that the second time is shortened when the second time is longer than the first time.
US10684613B2
A data communication method for reducing a working time of an automated material handling system between a master communication device installed in an unmanned transfer device and a slave communication device installed in a manufacturing facility in the automated material handling system which transfers a carrier between manufacturing facilities through the unmanned transfer device where the method is to reduce a working time for a carrier by transmitting and receiving data to and from a manufacturing facility while an unmanned transfer device is stopped before performing a carrier work or while it is moving after performing a carrier work, when the unmanned transfer device and the manufacturing facility transmit and receive data for transferring the carrier by using a wireless data communicating device in an automated material handling system.
US10684609B2
A program code generating method for tilted plane machining makes the machine tool generate required program codes for machining a plurality of planes with various direction features. The method comprises: obtaining step of obtaining directional features of a first reference plane and a second reference plane; transformation step of obtaining coordinate transformations parameters between the directional features of the first reference plane and the second reference plane by coordinate transformations; testing step of making a tool shaft and a worktable of the machine tool perform a testing motion; and combining step of generating a combination code by adding the coordinate transformations parameters in the program codes applied to machining of the first reference plane, thereby making the machine tool subsequently perform machining on the second reference plane after performing machining on the first reference plane by using the combination code. A device for titled plane machining is also provided.
US10684608B2
An abnormality detection apparatus includes: a state observation section that observes tool weight data on weights of tools attached to a tool exchange device, tool balance data on balances of the tools, and tool exchange state data on a state during exchange of the tools; a tool exchange state data storage section that stores the tool weight data, the tool balance data, and the tool exchange state data in association with each other; and a determination result output section that detects an abnormality in the exchange of the tools based on the tool weight data, the tool balance data, and the tool exchange state data observed by the state observation section during the exchange of the tools in the processing machine and the data stored in the tool exchange state data storage section.
US10684600B2
A method for operating a controller is provided. Program code having internal controller functions is stored on the controller, the program code being equipped with at least one service function. A service configuration for the at least one service function is provided on the controller. The method includes; detecting, in the controller, the service configuration; and executing a service functionality in accordance with the service configuration when the at least one service function is invoked. The service configuration denotes at least one internal controller function which is executed as a service functionality of the corresponding at least one service function. The at least one service function, via the service configuration, provides at least one value for at least one argument of the at least one internal controller function in the controller and/or receives at least one return value of the at least one internal controller function.
US10684597B2
The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods for controlling loads in an IP network that is divided into one or more zones and/or subzones. In one aspect, there is provided a method that can associate a plurality of controllers with one of a plurality of zones. Each controller can be connected to one or more loads. The method can associate each controller with an address. The address can include a network address and a host identifier. The network address for each controller in a first zone can be the same. The method can transmit over a network a control message to each controller in the first zone. The control message can cause one or more operational parameters of the loads connected to each controller in the first zone to change. Related apparatus, computer program products, systems, techniques, and articles are also described.
US10684595B2
Systems, methods, and user interfaces for controlling a bulk material baling system are provided. One embodiment of the invention relates to a user interface for controlling components of a tying system, providing a wire odometer that determines and displays real-time information on the use of consumables by the tying system, such as an amount of remaining wire. Embodiments of the wire odometer simultaneously monitor and display an amount of remaining wire on a wire carrier, and a corresponding number of straps remaining to be tied by the current wire carrier. Further embodiments of the user interface provide monitoring data and remaining-use expectancy indicators for individual system components. Additional embodiments of the user interface are configured to control various features of components of a combination tying system that straps bailed material with alternate tying heads, providing both wire strapping and plastic strapping capabilities.
US10684591B1
An optical atomic clock includes a fiber-coupled electro-optic modulator to phase modulate and suppress residual amplitude modulation of a frequency-doubled laser; a rubidium-enriched vapor cell configured to perform a two-photon transition of rubidium atoms to generate a fluorescence signal from the laser; and a differential lock mechanism to stabilize a frequency of the fluorescence signal to a resonance frequency of the two-photon transition of the rubidium atoms.
US10684590B2
The present invention relates to a time indicator, and more specifically to a time indicator which can indicate times in a multiple manner, thereby enabling a user to be aware of both an effective period and a period having elapsed after the effective period and to rapidly check whether the time indicator is operating.
US10684586B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a housing, a cover a process cartridge, an LED array, and a link member. The cover is pivotally movable about an axis extending in a first direction between an open position and a closed position. The process cartridge includes a photosensitive drum and a developing unit, and is attachable to and detachable from the housing in an open state where the cover is at the open position. The link member is movable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in interlocking relation to movement of the cover. The link member is configured to: move the developing unit away from the axis in the second direction during movement of the cover from the closed position to the open position; and move the developing unit toward the axis in the second direction during movement of the cover from the open position to the closed position.
US10684581B2
A fuser is described including a heater, a belt, a rotating member, and a pad. A nip portion is formed between the belt and the rotating member as the pad presses the belt toward the rotating member. The pad is biased toward a restricting member. The biasing may be performed by one or more springs. The spring may be a compression spring, a tension spring, and/or a plate spring among other types of springs.
US10684577B1
An imaging device has first image transfer from photoconductive drums to an intermediate transfer member (ITM) and second image transfer from the ITM to media. Transfer rolls oppose the drums from an opposite side of the ITM and electrically ground to a frame of the imaging device by mechanical connection. The rolls may be laterally offset from the drums. The ITM has relatively low surface and volume resistivity. An imaging subassembly may include the frame, the ITM, and the transfer rolls grounded to the frame.
US10684569B2
A toner set including a color toner including a binder resin and a colorant, and an invisible toner including a binder resin and a near infrared light-absorbing material, wherein 60-degree glossiness of a solid image of the invisible toner is 30 or greater, and the 60-degree glossiness of the solid image of the invisible toner is higher than 60-degree glossiness of a solid image of the color toner by 10 or greater.
US10684567B2
A toner for developing an electrostatic image includes toner particles that each include a binder resin and a release agent. The ratio B/A of a half-width B of an exothermic peak Tc resulting from the release agent which is determined in a first cooling step by differential scanning calorimetry to a half-width A of an endothermic peak Tm resulting from the release agent which is determined in a first heating step prior to the first cooling step by differential scanning calorimetry is 1.5 or more and 4 or less.
US10684563B2
Metrology systems and methods are provided, which derive metrology target position on the wafer and possibly the target focus position during the movement of the wafer on the system's stage. The positioning data is derived before the target arrives its position (on-the-fly), sparing the time required in the prior art for the acquisition stage and increasing the throughput of the systems and methods. The collection channel may be split to provide for an additional moving-imaging channel comprising at least one TDI (time delay and integration) sensor with an associated analysis unit configured to derive wafer surface information, positioning and/or focusing information of the metrology targets with respect to the objective lens, during wafer positioning movements towards the metrology targets. Additional focusing-during-movement module and possibly feedbacking derived position and/or focus information to the stage may enhance the accuracy of the stopping of the stage.
US10684558B2
A motor assembly includes linear motors, each linear motor configured to generate a driving force in a driving direction and each having a first electromagnetic assembly and a second electromagnetic assembly, configured to co-operate with the first electromagnetic assembly, for generating the driving force, wherein the first electromagnetic assembly and the second electromagnetic assembly face each other and define a gap between each other in a direction perpendicular to the driving direction. A first interface connects the first electromagnetic assemblies to a common member. A second interface connects the second electromagnetic assemblies to the object to be driven. The first and second electromagnetic assemblies are stacked in the direction perpendicular to the driving direction, and the first and/or second interface is configured to enable a relative displacement between the respective first electromagnetic assemblies and the second electromagnetic assemblies in the direction perpendicular to the driving direction.
US10684544B2
An optical proximity correction (OPC) whereby corner rounding may be effectively controlled, and a mask manufacturing method performed using the OPC method are provided. According to the OPC method, an inner edge is generated through decomposition of a layout, and a displacement (DISin_frag) of an inner fragment and a displacement (DISsel) of a selected fragment are calculated based on the inner edge to additionally displace a fragment, so as to manufacture a mask layout with minimized corner rounding without violating mask rule check (MRC).
US10684534B2
An equipment mounting assembly, such as a skid plate, for mounting and supporting motion picture production and other similar equipment without fasteners. The equipment mounting assembly can comprise a fixture mount having a mounting terminus defining a coupling interface; a mount support base having an upper surface; and a retention system operable to selectively and releasably secure the fixture mount about the mount support base. The retention system can comprise a position keep system, such that the fixture mount can be movable about the mount support base once secured within the retention system.
US10684529B2
A display panel, a method for adjusting a grayscale of the display panel, and a display device are disclosed. The display panel includes: a first substrate and a second substrate opposite thereto, and a liquid crystal layer therebetween. At least a first electrode assembly is provided on a surface of the first substrate facing towards the liquid crystal layer, and is configured to drive liquid crystal molecules in a first region of the liquid crystal layer abutting against the first electrode assembly to deflect to form a first lens having a first refractive-index distribution, and at least a second electrode assembly is provided on a surface of the second substrate facing towards the liquid crystal layer, and configured to drive liquid crystal molecules in a second region of the liquid crystal layer abutting against the second electrode assembly to deflect to form a second lens having a second refractive-index distribution.
US10684527B2
An optical phase shifter may include a waveguide core that has a top surface, and a semiconductor contact that is laterally displaced relative to the waveguide core and is electrically connected to the waveguide core. A top surface of the semiconductor contact is above the top surface of the waveguide core. The waveguide core may include a p-type core region and an n-type core region. A p-type semiconductor region may be in physical contact with the n-type core region of the waveguide core, and an n-type semiconductor region may be in physical contact with the p-type core region of the waveguide core. A phase shifter region and a light-emitting region may be disposed at different depth levels, and the light-emitting region may emit light from a phase shifter region that is in a position adjacent to the light-emitting region.
US10684507B2
In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may receive first configuration information; may activate, based at least on the first configuration information, first backlight segments; may generate, via the first backlight segments, first light emissions; may direct, via first louvers, the first light emissions at a first angle with respect to a surface of a display; may deactivate the first backlight segments; may receive second configuration information; may activate, based at least on the second configuration information, second backlight segments of the display, where at least a portion of the second backlight segments is different from at least a portion of the first the backlight segments; may generate, via the second backlight segments, second light emissions; and may direct, via second louvers, the second light emissions at a second angle, different from the first angle, with respect to the surface of the display.
US10684506B2
The present disclosure relates to a direct-type backlight module and a liquid crystal display the direct-type backlight module includes a back frame, a backlight source, optical films and the elastic rope. The install pillars are arranged on the first edge and the second edge opposite to the first edge of the back frame. The backlight source is arranged within the back frame. The elastic rope and the install pillars cooperatively defines the supporting net opposite to the backlight source. The optical films are arranged on the supporting net, and thus may be supported by the supporting net. In this way, the optical films may be prevented from collapse, so as to exclude the diffusion plate. Not only the cost of the manufacturing process may be reduced, and the thin design of the backlight module may be realized.
US10684491B2
A multi-display system (e.g., a display including multiple display panels) includes at least first and second displays (e.g., display panels or display layers) arranged substantially parallel to each other in order to display three-dimensional (3D) features to a viewer(s). An optical element(s) such as at least a refractive beam mapper (RBM) is utilized in order to reduce moiré interference.
US10684490B2
A three-dimensional (3D) image can be rendered by selectively transmitting a left-eye image and a right-eye image from a display panel in a manner of forming a transmitting electrode and a blocking electrode of the same layer on a switching parallax barrier and selectively applying a voltage to the transmitting electrode and the blocking electrode.
US10684488B2
An apparatus for selectively viewing a projection includes a first pane having a top margin and a bottom margin, an angled panel having a top edge and a bottom edge, wherein one of the top edge and the bottom edge is situated proximate the first pane; and a projector configured to project onto one of the first pane and the angled panel. The first pane and the angled panel are spatially connected by a rim at the top and bottom margins of the first pane and the top and bottom edges of the angled panel.
US10684483B2
Items of headwear are disclosed. An item of headwear has a battery, and an information portal. The information portal includes an input device, a human interface device, and a content providing system. The content providing system has non-transitory computer memory with a program with instructions for receiving information from the input device, and relaying the information to the human interface device. The content providing system further includes a processor, an output device, and a networking device.
US10684479B2
Disclosed are head-mounted personal multimedia systems and visual assistance devices thereof, which are featured with a diopter adjustment unit to configurably provide various diopters for the user's eye(s) to watch. In order to watch clearly the picture displayed by a fixed-range display surface, the user's eyes can perform physiological accommodation movements in response to the diopters dynamically configured by the diopter adjustment unit, so that the eye fatigue could be prevented.
US10684477B2
A near-eye display device includes (a) a display unit for displaying a display image, (b) a viewing unit for presenting the display image to the eye and transmitting ambient light from an ambient scene toward the eye, and (c) an eye imaging unit including (i) an illumination module for generating at least three infrared light beams propagating along at least three different, non-coplanar directions, respectively, (ii) a first beamsplitter interface, disposed between the display unit and the viewing unit, for merging at least a portion of each of the infrared light beams with visible display light to direct each portion toward the eye via the viewing unit, and (iii) a camera for imaging, via the viewing unit and the first beamsplitter interface, pupil of the eye and reflections of the infrared light beams incident on the eye, to form one or more images indicative of gaze direction of the eye.
US10684476B2
Multiple-reflector ultrawide field of view (UWFOV) systems and methods are provided. In one embodiment, a head-wearable display device includes a frame, a narrow-beam light source fixed with respect to the frame, a UWFOV reflective surface fixed with respect to the frame, and a diverging reflective surface fixed with respect to the frame that is configured to receive light emitted from the narrow-beam light source and reflect the light toward the UWFOV reflective surface to spread the light completely across the UWFOV reflective surface.
US10684475B2
Methods and apparatus provide for acquiring information relating to at least one of a position and a rotation of a user's head wearing a head-mounted display; generating an image for the head-mounted display using information relating to at least one of a position and a rotation acquired at a certain point of time; and a correcting process includes receiving updated information relating to at least one of a position and a rotation at a different point of time and correcting the image generated using the updated information. The generating the image includes using the information relating to at least one of the position and the rotation in a first frequency; and the correcting includes receiving updated information relating to at least one of a position and a rotation in a second frequency corresponding to a frame rate of the head-mounted display. The correcting includes multiple times of correction of the image generated in the first frequency using a plurality of the updated information in the second frequency, which is higher than the first frequency.
US10684467B2
Various devices, arrangements and methods for managing communications using a head mounted display device are described. In one aspect, tracking data is generated at least in part by one or more sensors in a head mounted display (HMD) device. The tracking data indicates one or more facial movements of a user wearing the HMD device. A patch image is obtained based on the tracking data. The patch image is merged with a facial image. Various embodiments relate to the HMD device and other methods for generating and using the patch and facial images.
US10684457B2
A microscope apparatus 10 includes a detection optical system 12 that captures light from a sample S and an illumination optical system 11 that radiates an illumination light onto the sample S. The illumination optical system 11 includes a cylindrical lens 5 that has a power in a first-axis direction and does not have a power in a second-axis direction that is perpendicular to the first-axis direction, a cylindrical lens 6 that has a power in the second-axis direction and does not have a power in the first-axis direction, and a scanner 4 that scans the illumination light in a width direction. The illumination optical system 11 is configured such that the first-axis direction is the width direction described above, and the cylindrical lenses 5 and 6 are arranged posterior to the scanner 4.
US10684445B2
A lens adjustment device for a scope includes an elongated tubular body having an objective end portion and an eyepiece end portion so as to define a rotation axial therealong, a first lens group and a second lens group slidably and operatively assembled at the objective end portion and the eyepiece end portion respectively, a first controller arranged for controlling the first lens group and the second lens group, and a second controller arranged for controlling the second lens group individually. The first controller and the second controller are arranged adjacently with each other on the outer tubular casing of the scope facilitating the adjustment operation of the scope so as to enable one-hand operation.
US10684437B2
A connector closure for fiber optical cables includes a base portion having first and second compartments. One of the first and second compartments is designed to have a cover or door that allow selective access, while the other compartment signed for only authorized access. The connector closure features universal mounting arrangements, e.g., aerial, surface/wall, pedestal, or vault arrangements. Further, the closure may incorporate a splice enclosure.
US10684433B2
An optical cable including a load bearing core includes a longitudinally and radially extending slot housing at least one optical fibre, wherein the slot has a width providing a low clearance for the optical fibre(s) housed therein and preventing two optical fibres being stuck to one another; and the slot has a depth equal to or lower than a radius of the core.
US10684423B2
A high-density fiber optic connector configured to operate with a first optical fiber cable, a second optical fiber cable, and a dual fiber optic cable adapter, is provided. The high-density fiber optic connector comprises a two-piece connector housing configured to open and close and form first and second housing through ports, first and second sub-assembly housings, and a push-pull tab. When the two-piece connector housing is opened, the first and second sub-assembly housings can be manually interchanged, such that the first sub-assembly housing is engaged and fixed in the second housing through port and a front end thereof is coupled to a second receiving port of the dual fiber optic cable adapter and the second sub-assembly housing is engaged and fixed in the first housing through port and a front end thereof is coupled to a first receiving port of the dual fiber optic cable adapter.
US10684421B2
Disclosed is a gravity-adapted optical-fiber-connector comprising a gravity-adapted block and at least one gravity connector each including a fiber-stub; tail handle; rear seat being clamped and fixed by gravity-adapted block; elastic device being sleeved on a portion of excircle surface of tail handle and limited by an end face of rear seat and that of tail handle; outer sleeve and optical cable; gravity of gravity-adapted block is applied to elastic device through the end face of rear seat, after the elastic device is compressed, a spring having identical magnitude and direction with the gravity is generated and acted on the end face of tail handle, such that a physical butt-joint-surface of fiber-stub is always applied a preload about the gravity. The gravity-adapted optical-fiber-connector has stable optical-fiber coupling efficiency and coupling performance.
US10684401B2
[Object] To make it possible to improve viewing angle characteristics more.[Solution] Provided is a display device including: a plurality of light emitting sections formed on a substrate; and a color filter provided on the light emitting section to correspond to each of the plurality of light emitting sections. The light emitting sections and the color filters are arranged such that, in at least a partial region in a display surface, a relative misalignment between a center of a luminescence surface of the light emitting section and a center of the color filter corresponding to the light emitting section is created in a plane perpendicular to a stacking direction.
US10684397B2
A refractive coating such as a white layer is disposed on a housing component of a portable electronic device. The refractive coating includes pigment particles such as titanium dioxide suspended in a carrier medium such as a polymer matrix. The pigment particles each define air pores or other voids formed by at least partially sintering the pigment particles. A difference in refractive index between the air pores and the pigment particles is greater than that between the carrier medium and the pigment particles. Incident light is refracted at interfaces between the pigment particles and the air pores, increasing light refracted by the refractive coating compared to refractive coatings including pigment particles lacking the air pores.
US10684388B2
Disclosed are systems and methods that use discriminant analysis techniques and processing in order to reduce the time required to determine chemical and/or physical properties of a substance. One method includes optically interacting a plurality of optical elements with one or more known substances, each optical element being configured to detect a particular characteristic of the one or more known substances, generating an optical response from each optical element corresponding to each known substance, wherein each known substance corresponds to a known spectrum stored in an optical database, and training a neural network to provide a discriminant analysis classification model for an unknown substance, the neural network using each optical response as inputs and one or more fluid types as outputs, and the outputs corresponding to the one or more known substances.
US10684376B2
Determining location of a mobile device includes determining the proximity of the mobile device to a predetermined location. Based on the proximity determination, a locational accuracy criterion is selected and the location of the mobile device is determined according to the selected locational accuracy criterion.
US10684369B2
A driving assistance device that detects an object around the own vehicle by using an ultrasonic sensor mounted on the own vehicle and performs driving assistance control of the own vehicle. The driving assistance device drives an oscillator of the ultrasonic sensor so that ultrasonic waves are transmitted from the oscillator. The driving assistance device acquires a duration and a frequency of reverberation occurring in association with driving of the oscillator. The driving assistance device determines, on a basis of the acquired duration and frequency of the reverberation, whether an oscillation characteristic of the reverberation has changed. The driving assistance device changes, on a basis of a result of determination of the oscillation characteristic of the reverberation, at least one execution mode of the driving assistance control and determination of abnormality in the driving assistance control.
US10684367B2
Provided are a low-power ultrasound sensor that detects whether an object exists at a high speed, an object detecting method of the ultrasound sensor, and a computer-readable storage medium. The ultrasound sensor may include: a transmitter that outputs a plurality of first ultrasound beams having different frequencies; a receiver that receives a first reflection signal that is output when the output plurality of first ultrasound beams are reflected from an object; and a controller that determines a first area in a space, controls the transmitter to respectively output the plurality of first ultrasound beams to a plurality of first sub-areas that are included in the first area, and determines whether the object is included in each of the plurality of first sub-areas, based on the first reflection signal.
US10684359B2
A system for compensating for an angle difference between outgoing and incoming beams of a scanner in a long range LiDAR surface scan, the angle difference being dependent of the flight travel time of the beam and of a movement of a deflection unit of the scanner. The scanner consists of a transmitter unit emitting laser pulses, a movable deflection unit directing the laser pulses towards a target surface according to a given scan pattern, a receiver unit, comprising of receiving optics and a photo-sensitive time-of-flight sensor, and a control unit. The receiver unit comprises an active device for compensating for the angle difference between outgoing and incoming laser pulses and the control unit actuates the active device of the receiver unit and calculates a predicted angle difference between outgoing and incoming laser pulses based on a prediction of the time difference between the outgoing and incoming laser pulses.
US10684352B2
A method of high-density platooning for transporting goods or persons wherein a group of transportation vehicles drives close behind each other as a convoy, wherein the distances between the transportation vehicles of the convoy are controlled automatically to reduce the energy consumption. An efficient distance measurement method carries out distance measurements between the transportation vehicles of the convoy. A method of UWB ranging, corresponding to Ultra-Wide Band ranging, is used for distance measurement. The coordination of the time sequence of the individual distance measurements between each two transportation vehicles of the convoy is provided so a planned time is assigned to each individual distance measurement to be carried out starting from the coordination event.
US10684348B2
A method for controlling the orientation of a single-axis solar tracker orientable about an axis of rotation, the method repetitively completing successive control phases, where each control phase implements the following successive steps: observing the cloud coverage above the solar tracker; comparing the observed cloud coverage with cloud coverage models stored in a database, each cloud coverage model being associated to an orientation setpoint value of the solar tracker; matching the observed cloud coverage with a cloud coverage model; servo-controlling the orientation of the solar tracker by applying the orientation setpoint value associated to said cloud coverage model retained during step c).
US10684347B2
Energy, data and information is obtained about the state of the electromagnetic spectrum and the nature of terrestrial transmissions through the use of a remote spectrum sensing system. The disclosure comprises at least one satellite in orbit around Earth capable of sensing frequencies in use by terrestrial transmitters such as those used for radiocommunication or radiodetermination services. In addition, various processing functions are applied to the collected energy, data and information before and/or after they are relayed to at least one ground station in order to reveal a greater understanding of the state of the spectrum and nature of transmissions. The disclosure relates to the described system in multiple embodiments and the method for obtaining energy, data and information about terrestrially used spectrum with such a system.
US10684342B2
In one embodiment, an MRI apparatus includes: an MRI scanner configured to acquire N+1 or more diffusion-weighted images by differently setting parameter values among the diffusion-weighted images, with regard to N types of parameters, wherein N is a natural number equal to or more than two; and processing circuitry configured to generate a computed diffusion-weighted image having an arbitrary value for at least one of the N types of parameters, based on relationship between signal values of the acquired diffusion-weighted images and the parameter values differently set among the acquired diffusion-weighted images.
US10684331B2
A current sensor may comprise a first Hall cell, a second Hall cell, a third Hall cell, a fourth Hall cell, and a fifth Hall cell to a set of magnetic field values associated with a magnetic field generated by a current passing through a current rail. The second Hall cell may be positioned at a first distance from the first Hall cell, and the third Hall cell may be positioned at a second distance from the first Hall cell such that the third Hall cell is positioned between the first Hall cell and the second Hall cell. The fourth Hall cell may be positioned adjacent to the first Hall cell, and the fifth Hall cell may be positioned at a third distance from the fourth Hall cell. The magnetic field values may be used to determine an amount of current associated with the current passing through the current rail.
US10684330B2
Disclosed herein are a methods and system for monitoring battery temperature and providing alerts when temperatures are abnormal, comprising: wirelessly receiving temperature measurement data from a single monobloc or a plurality of monoblocs that are electrically connected in series or parallel, wherein a temperature measurement data represent the temperatures inside each of said plurality of monoblocs; calculating a temperature value, TPDAVE, equal to an average of the temperature measurement data wirelessly received from all the plurality of monoblocs in a battery; calculating a high temperature difference, TPDH, as an absolute value of the difference between the highest monobloc temperature in the battery and the TPDAVE; calculating a low temperature difference, TPDL, as an absolute value of the difference between the lowest monobloc temperature in the battery and the TPDAVE; and establishing an alert when the TPDH is greater than a predetermined high temperature threshold.
US10684329B2
A method for estimating the ageing of a battery powering an electrical system. A set of data about the voltage and current across the battery terminals, in response to the current perturbations provoked during the normal operation of the battery by the changes of consumption rate of the electrical system are stored. The impedance of the battery, within a predetermined frequency interval, from the voltage and current data is determined. The age of the battery as a function of the impedance is estimated by comparing the impedance with a previously stored model of evolution of this impedance with ageing.
US10684320B2
Provided is a method of evaluating a performance of a suspended channel plasma wave device (PWD) to evaluate a terahertz emission possibility of the suspended channel PWD based on physical properties of the suspended channel PWD. The method includes an x-axis setting operation of setting an electron drift velocity to be an x-axis; a y-axis setting operation of setting a plasma wave velocity to be a y-axis; and a device performance determining operation of determining an operation of a device by generating a design window based on a plasma wave generation condition of the suspended channel PWD and a relational expression between the plasma wave velocity and the electron drift velocity.
US10684318B1
A system provides OTA testing of a DUT having a DUT antenna array for forming physical beams. The system includes dual-polarized probes or probe groups, an anechoic chamber, a wireless channel emulator, and a test instrument. The dual-polarized probes or probe groups receive the physical beams formed by the DUT antenna array. The anechoic chamber houses the DUT antenna array and the probes or probe groups. The wireless channel emulator is coupled to the probes or probe groups for receiving the physical beams, and generates a calibrated OTA channel model having simulated beams corresponding to the physical beams. The calibrated OTA channel model simultaneously provides isolated wireless cable connections corresponding to the simulated beams, and emulates fading channel conditions. The test instrument, coupled to the wireless channel emulator, establishes a communications link with the DUT and evaluates performance characteristics of the DUT based on the calibrated OTA channel model.
US10684315B2
A voltage presence indicating system intended to be connected to a voltage measurement sensor for each phase of a high-voltage electrical network, a visual indicator representing the presence of the measured voltage, a first peak limiter having a first regulation voltage so as to deliver a first sinusoidal output signal representing the measured voltage and a second peak limiter having a second regulation voltage so as to deliver a second sinusoidal output signal representing the phase angle of the measured voltage, the second regulation voltage being higher than the first regulation voltage.
US10684312B2
A current detection device applied to a multi-core conducting wire comprises a carrier, magnetic sensors and a processor wherein the processor is connected to the magnetic sensors. The carrier has an accommodating channel for accommodating the multi-core conducting wire. The magnetic sensors are disposed at the carrier, surround the accommodating channel, equally share 360 degree of the peripheral of the accommodating channel, and are configured to measure an alternating magnetic field of the multi-core conducting wire to respectively obtain magnetic field measured values, wherein each of the magnetic sensors corresponds to a respective one of the magnetic field measured values. The processor stores a current decoupling model, and is configured to obtain the magnetic field measured values from the magnetic sensors and to calculate a current value of each core wire of the multi-core conducting wire according to the current decoupling model and the magnetic field measured values.
US10684311B2
The disclosure includes an electro-optical sensor. The electro-optical sensor includes a test signal input to receive a test signal from a device under test (DUT). A bias circuit is employed to generate a bias signal. The electro-optical sensor also includes a Mach-Zehnder Modulator (MZM) that employs an optical input, an optical output, and a bias input. The MZM is configured to receive an optical carrier signal via the optical input. The MZM also receives both the test signal and the bias signal on the bias input. The MZM modulates the test signal from the bias input onto the optical carrier to generate an optical signal while operating in a mode selected by the bias signal. The MZM also outputs the optical signal over the optical output.
US10684307B2
A scanning probe microscope analyses a sample by moving a probe and the sample relative to one another. The scanning probe microscope includes a detection unit for detecting an image of a gap between the sample and the probe in a substantially horizontal side view.
US10684305B2
The disclosed apparatus, systems and methods relate to determining cross track error between a stored planted location and the actual physical location of plants. An array of active light sensors is mounted on a vehicle for travel above the plants. The array of active light sensors generate an electrical signal from each sensor corresponding to the reflected light from the sensor. A computer system generates a reflectance curve from the array of sensors to determine the location of a plant below the array of sensors and also generates the cross track error.
US10684301B2
The invention relates to a sample processing system and method for processing biological samples, comprising a sample processing device having: a receiving plate, which is arranged substantially horizontally in a plane; a first and second working arm, which can move relative to the receiving plate and extend substantially parallel to each other in a second direction (Y) over the receiving plate; at least one pipetting device mounted on the first working arm, which is movable in the second direction (Y) and in a third direction (Z) orthogonal in relation to the first and second direction (X, Y); at least one gripping device, mounted on the second working arm, with grippers that can be rotated around a gripper axis of rotation (GA) parallel to the third direction (Z); and a control device for controlling the pipetting device and the gripping device.
US10684298B2
In blood coagulation time measurement, the reaction time relies on the blood coagulation ability of a specimen and is not fixed. In particular, in module-type devices, errors may occur in the specimen processing, measurement number, and measurement time between a plurality of blood coagulation analysis units, leading to the risk of lowering the processing capability of the device as a whole. The present invention is a module-type automated analyzer provided with a plurality of blood coagulation analysis units capable of analyzing blood coagulation time items in which the reaction time between a specimen and a reagent differs depending on the specimen, wherein a control unit that controls the specimen rack conveying operation finds the total of forecasted measurement times of measurement items requested for specimens being analyzed and queued specimens in each of the plurality of blood coagulation analysis units, and determines the conveyance destination of the specimen rack on the basis of the total of the forecasted measurement times that was found.
US10684295B2
A device for processing and cataloging of a sample, in a container having a label with identifying data, has a frame; a plurality of cameras mounted to the frame; and a controller system coupled to the cameras, the controller system including a controller and a non-transitory memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the controller, cause carrying out of computer processes that produce a catalog record output characterizing the sample, such record also including the identifying data.
US10684294B2
Provided herein are improved fluorogenic compounds and probes that can be used as reagents for measuring, detecting and/or screening hypochlorous acid or hydroxyl radical. The fluorogenic compounds of the invention can produce fluorescence colors, such as green, yellow, red, or far-red. Also provided herein are fluorogenic compounds for selectively staining hypochlorous acid or hydroxyl radical in the mitochondria of living cells. Provided also herein are methods that can be used to measure, directly or indirectly, the presence and/or amount of hypochlorous acid or hydroxyl radical in chemical samples and biological samples such as cells and tissues in living organisms. Also provided are high-throughput screening methods for detecting or screening hypochlorous acid or hydroxyl radical or compounds that can increase or decrease the level of hypochlorous acid or hydroxyl radical in chemical and biological samples.
US10684292B2
Disclosed are methods of identifying, predicting and treating subjects at risk for exacerbation or the presence of a respiratory disease, by detecting expression levels of one or more proteins associated with the respiratory disease.
US10684281B2
Some embodiments described herein relate to a substrate comprising a silane functionalized surface for reversibly immobilizing a biological molecule of interest, such as oligonucleotides, polynucleotides, or protein. Methods for immobilizing the biological molecule and the use in DNA sequencing and other diagnostic applications are also disclosed.
US10684276B2
Application of the present invention enables quantification of fractions of candidate pharmaceutical compounds (a parent compound and its metabolites), one excreted to the basolateral (Basal/Basolateral)-side via transporters and by diffusion, one excreted to the lumen (Apical)-side, and one remained in the cells. This enables determination of the total amount of the administered candidate pharmaceutical compounds and the distribution ratio of the fractions. The kinetics of the administered candidate pharmaceutical compounds can be evaluated, thereby enabling in vitro screening of an enormous number of candidate pharmaceutical compounds for drug candidates exhibiting the efficacy. The object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for understanding a total picture of pharmacokinetics in vitro by quantifying a fraction of basolateral (Basal/Basolateral) efflux, a fraction of lumen (Apical)-side excretion, and a fraction remaining in a cell of a drug which has been administered to the cell to determine the distribution ratio of each fraction.
US10684269B1
The present invention pertains to a method and experimental apparatus for studying properties of cement slurry to be used in an oil or gas well under varied pressure and temperature conditions. This apparatus can be used to predict the likelihood of gas migration, compressive strength and static gel strength of cement slurry. It comprises a servo motor and coupling magnets to drive a paddle at a very slow speed through the cement in a pressure vessel, a pair of acoustic transducers to generate an acoustic signal and measure the transit time of the acoustic signal after it transits the cement, and a gas injection system to predict the severity of gas migration in cement.
US10684267B2
A hand-held microfluidic testing device is provided that includes a housing having a cartridge receiving port and a cartridge for input to the cartridge receiving port. An optical detection system in the housing is capable of providing an illuminated electric field useful for Raman spectroscopy. The cartridge may have a sample well. The sample well is loaded with a mixture of water containing the analyte, Raman-scattering nanoparticles and a calibration solution. The calibration solution contains an analogue of the analyte differing in its Raman response, for example an isotope of the analyte. Optionally, a chemical compound capable of increasing interaction between the analyte and the nanoparticles may be added.
US10684253B2
The present invention relates to methods for the identification of compounds in carbohydrate mixture compositions as well as the determination of carbohydrate mixture composition patterns, based on e.g. orthogonal cross determining migration time (indices) using capillary gel electrophoresis-laser induced fluorescence and identifying said carbohydrate components based on comparing said migration time (indices) with standard migration time (indices) from a database which data are preferably also orthogonal cross determined. In a further aspect, the present invention relates to a method for carbohydrate mixture composition pattern profiling, like glycosylation pattern profiling using capillary gel electrophoresis-laser induced fluorescence (CGE-LIF). In another aspect, the present invention refers to a system for an automated determination and/or identification of carbohydrates and/or carbohydrate mixture composition patterns (e.g.: glycosylation patterns). Finally, the present invention relates to a database containing e.g. orthogonal cross normalized migration times and/or migration time indices of carbohydrates.
US10684224B2
Multispectral imaging of samples, in particular of biological tissues. A method for acquisition of fluorescence images and reflection images of an object including alternatingly illuminating the object with at least a first light and a second light, wherein the first light and the second light are spectrally shaped such that at least one light has several spectral regions of high light intensity separated by spectral region(s) of low light intensity, wherein the spectral regions of the first light and the second light with high intensity at least partially do not overlap and wherein at least one of the two lights has at least one region of low light intensity that is of longer wavelength to the neighboring region of high light intensity, and recording at least a first image of the object and a second image of the object while illuminating the object with at least one of the lights.
US10684216B2
A gas concentration-length quantification method may include: acquiring a multi-spectral image of detected radiance including a plurality of pixels using a multi-spectral optical gas imaging camera; estimating a background radiance for at least one of the pixels; calculating a gas concentration-length for the at least one of the pixels based on the detected radiance and the estimated background radiance; and triggering an alert when each alert condition in a list of alert conditions is satisfied. A multi-spectral configuration of the camera may include a reference band that is outside an absorption window of a target gas and an active band that includes at least a portion of the absorption window. Estimating the background radiance may include determining a model relating a detected radiance of the active band to a detected radiance of the reference band and using the model to estimate the background radiance for the active band.
US10684202B2
An apparatus and method to strength test porous ceramic honeycomb bodies. The apparatus includes an interlayer between at least one platen and a surface of the high porosity honeycomb body to be tested. The method includes disposing at least one interlayer between at least one platen and an end face of the body, applying a force to the high porosity ceramic honeycomb body and monitoring a result of applying the force. The interlayer comprises a surface weight of about 350 g/m2 and a thickness in a direction N between facing surfaces load platens of at least about 20 mm. Axial and radial localized stamping tests also strength test porous ceramic honeycomb bodies.
US10684200B2
An automatic tissue staining device includes a supply head that supplies a treatment fluid, a horizontal direction movement unit that moves the supply head in a horizontal direction, and a holding unit that holds a plurality of glass slides on which samples are set. The automatic tissue staining device further includes a control unit that judges an occupancy status of the horizontal direction movement unit in a condition that one or more of the glass slides are situated in a first region prior to supplying the treatment fluid from the supply head to one or more samples in the first region, suspends a start of a treatment for the samples in the first region when the horizontal direction movement unit is occupied, and permits the treatment for the samples in the first region when the horizontal direction movement unit is not occupied.
US10684198B2
The present invention is a method for preparing a crystal structure analysis sample in which a molecule of an organic compound for which a molecular structure is to be determined, is arranged in pores and voids of a polymer-metal complex crystal in an ordered manner. The method includes immersing a polymer-metal complex crystal including a guest compound in a solvent solution that includes the organic compound, the polymer-metal complex crystal including a guest compound being the polymer-metal complex crystal comprising a polymer-metal complex that comprises a ligand having two or more coordinating moieties. A ratio of an amount of the guest compound (A) present in the pores and the voids to a total amount of the guest compound included in the pores and the voids being 60 mol % or more.
US10684193B2
Performance measurement and/or malfunction detection of rotating machinery can be accomplished by using one or more strain measuring devices attached to a journal bearing housing, using the strain measuring device or devices to generate an electrically measurable output in response to a change of a force in at least part of the journal bearing housing, using a Wheatstone bridge circuit to convert the electrically measurable output to an analog electrical signal, converting the analog electrical signal to a digital electrical signal and analyzing the digital electrical signal to determine the performance of the machinery and/or existence of a malfunction in the rotating machinery.
US10684192B2
A test rig to test a radial bearing including a first raceway, a second raceway and a plurality of rolling elements which are arranged between the first raceway and the second raceway. The test rig includes a section of the first raceway, a section of the second raceway and one or several of the plurality of rolling elements, wherein the section of the first raceway is arranged opposite to the section of the second raceway, the rolling elements are arranged between the section of the first raceway and the section of the second raceway, and the rolling elements are in contact with the sections of the first raceway and second raceway, and a means for applying load on the section of the first raceway and means for moving the section of the first raceway and the section of the second raceway relative to the one or several rolling elements.
US10684181B2
A gap compensated torque sensing system and methods for using the same are provided. The system can include a magnetostrictive torque sensor and at least one proximity sensor in communication with a controller. The proximity sensor can be substantially rigidly coupled to a sensor head of the torque sensor, either contained within the sensor head or mounted proximate to the sensor head using a bracket or other coupling mechanism. The torque sensor can sense magnetic flux passing through the target and the proximity sensor can measure a gap between itself and the target. The controller can estimate torque applied to the target from magnetic flux sensed by the torque sensor. The estimated torque can be modified by the gap measurement to compensate for changes in magnetic properties of the target due to variations in the gap. In this manner, the accuracy of the torque measurements can be increased.
US10684176B2
There is provided a device for measuring a temperature of a metal object itself without being affected by an ambient temperature. A first invention provides a device for measuring a temperature of a metal object using at least one strain gauge, wherein the at least one strain gauge is attached to the metal object and a linear expansion coefficient of the strain gauge is different from a linear expansion coefficient of the metal object. A second invention provides a device for measuring a temperature of a metal object using two strain gauges, wherein the two strain gauges are attached to the metal object, directions of grids of the two strain gauges coincide with each other, a Wheatstone bridge circuit is formed using the two strain gauges, a linear expansion coefficient of a first strain gauge of the two strain gauges is larger than the linear expansion coefficient of the metal object and the linear expansion coefficient of a second strain gauge of the two strain gauges is smaller than the linear expansion coefficient of the metal object.
US10684175B2
A substrate and a display device are disclosed. The substrate includes: a base substrate; a first temperature sensing section disposed on the base substrate; and a first processing chip connected with the first temperature sensing section. The substrate includes a peripheral area and a central area; one part of the first temperature sensing section is disposed in the peripheral area of the substrate; another part of the first temperature sensing section is disposed in the central area of the substrate; and the first processing chip is configured to convert temperature sensing signals of the central area and the peripheral area of the substrate sensed by the first temperature sensing section into relevant control signals and output the signals. The above first temperature sensing section can more accurately measure the temperature difference between the peripheral area and the central area of the substrate.
US10684158B2
A system for monitoring a state, for example a filling state of a container, with a first sensor which in operation produces a measured value, and a second sensor which in operation produces a second, discrete measured value. The first measured value and the second measured value are forwarded to an evaluation unit via a common line.
US10684155B2
An air flow rate measurement device includes a casing, a flow rate measurement portion, a first protrusion and a second protrusion. The casing is disposed in a main flow passage in which an air flows, and the casing defines a bypass passage therein to take in a part of the air flowing in the main flow passage. The flow rate measurement portion is housed in the casing and measures a flow rate of the air flowing in the bypass passage. The first protrusion protrudes from a side surface of the casing in the main flow passage. The second protrusion protrudes from the side surface of the casing in the main flow passage. The second protrusion is spaced from the first protrusion in a flow direction of the air in the main flow passage. The air flow rate measurement device is capable of limiting a generation of a separated vortex.
US10684145B2
A sensor patch (110) is provided that includes a light guide (112) having a sensor element (111). Further, the sensor patch (110) includes a carrier structure having a first fastening element (301) for fastening the light guide (112) at a first position (401), and a second fastening element (302) that is spaced apart from the first fastening element (302) for fastening the light guide at a second position (402), wherein the sensor element (111) is arranged between the first position (401) and the second position (402), an intermediate carrier (500) having a first surface (503), on which the first and second fastening elements (301, 302) are mounted at respective fastening positions (501 502), and an opposing second surface (504) that can be mounted on a measurement object, and a covering element (303) arranged on the intermediate carrier (500) and connected thereto. The covering element (303) has together with the intermediate carrier (500) a cross-sectional dimension, which is oriented approximately perpendicular to a longitudinal extension of the light guide (112), in such a way that the light guide (112) extends in the neutral fiber (900) of the sensor patch (110).
US10684139B2
A non-scaled, linearly compressed pictographic mapping system is provided for the visual display of information in a navigational aid. Unlike today's road maps which use a point-arc-polygon paradigm, the new mapping uses a non-scaled, linearly-compressed pictographic design that shows roads as linear pictograms. The display has a columnar layout, whereby the descriptive elements are grouped together by type, and displayed one above the other in columns. The maps may also contain icons representing points of interest. In this manner, the mapping paradigm also serves to increase traveler safety, provide navigation assistance during address-less trips, create valuable advertising space and new promotional opportunities, and dramatically increases the travelers' communications and entertainment options.
US10684138B2
Provided are a path selection assistance device, a path selection assistance method, and a computer program, for displaying, in a recognizable manner, paths that a user can select from a current position to a destination to enable the user to select a path, by which the user can reliably reach the destination, according to the user's values. Information indicating the paths that the user can select is displayed. Position information on the current position of the user and the current position(s) of one or more targets is acquired and position information on a block which is a closed region surrounded by paths that the user can travel is acquired. Blocks existing between the current position of the user and the current position(s) of one or more targets are extracted and the display mode of the blocks thus extracted is updated to display them.
US10684128B2
Thermal methods and systems are described for the batch and/or continuous monitoring of films and/or membranes and/or electrodes produced in large-scale manufacturing lines. Some of the methods described include providing an energy input into a film, measuring a thermal response of the film, and correlating these to one or more physical properties and/or characteristics of the film.
US10684121B2
A distance-measuring apparatus and a distance-measuring method. The distance-measuring apparatus and the distance-measuring method include emitting pulsed light, receiving and photoelectrically converting the pulsed light emitted and reflected by an object into a plurality of electrical signals, sorting the electrical signals into a plurality of phase signals, storing data including the phase signals or a value that is based on the phase signals, determining whether or not a dynamic change is present in the object, based on the data of a current frame and at least one past frame, and calculating distance to the object using the data, according to a result of determination made by the determining. When determined that the dynamic change is not present, moving average calculations are performed on the data of at least two of the current frame and a plurality of frames including the at least one past frame.
US10684120B2
A wired-rope measuring device, provided with two cameras 1, 2 that shoot one or no less than two wired ropes 8 from different directions and an analyzing device 5 that analyzes image data that is an image shot by the two cameras 1, 2, wherein the analyzing device 5 applies the principle of triangulation by a stereo method to the image data to seek a center coordinate P0 of the wired rope 8 relative to the cameras 1, 2 and volumetric anamorphosis is corrected when calculating a diameter D of the wired rope 8 based on the center coordinate P0 of the wired rope 8.
US10684118B1
An apparatus for determining an orientation of a die mounted on a tape includes an imaging device, a light source and a conveying mechanism. The die is at least partially translucent and includes at least one orientation feature indicative of the orientation of the die. In use, the conveying mechanism conveys the tape to position the die at an inspection position between the imaging device and the light source. The light source projects light to the imaging device and the imaging device captures an image. The projected light from the light source passing through the die is obstructed by the at least one orientation feature of the die to cause the captured image to include an image of the at least one orientation feature, whereby the orientation of the die may be determined.
US10684114B2
Described herein is a method and system for mitigating the effects of speckle in a laser Doppler system, and, in particular in a laser Doppler vibrometry/velocimetry system. A scan unit is provided in at least one of: a transmit path for scanning at least one beam from a transmitting antenna over a moving target surface and a receive path for scanning at least one reflected beam received from the moving target surface onto a receiving antenna. An averaging unit is provided prior to post-processing or demodulation to average electrical signals corresponding to the reflected beams. By averaging before demodulation, speckle in the output signal is mitigated.
US10684111B2
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for non-destructive testing of an effective anchorage depth of a fully grouted anchor bolt, which are applicable in geotechnical engineering. The method provided by the invention is for non-destructive testing of an effective anchorage depth of a fully grouted anchor bolt; the method is convenient to operate, non-destructive to an anchor bolt, and capable of testing an anchorage length of the anchor bolt. The present invention further provides an apparatus for non-destructive testing of an effective anchorage depth of a fully grouted anchor bolt. The apparatus has a simple structure, is convenient to install, and is capable of measuring an anchorage length of an anchor bolt without damaging the anchor bolt.
US10684110B1
An adjustable angle-measuring device comprises first and second linear arms, a marking member, an arcuate tracking member, a locking element, and at least two support channels. The first linear arm comprises first and second ends. The first end of the first linear arm is rigidly attached perpendicular to a first end of the second linear arm. The marking member is detachably attached to an intersecting surface of the first and second linear arms to form a pivot. The marking member moves along the arcuate tracking member to determine an angular measurement between the first linear arm and the marking member and the second linear arm and the marking member. The marking member comprises a locking element to lock the marking member to the arcuate tracking member. Each of the support channels are positioned at the second ends of the first and second linear arms to detachably attach extension members.
US10684106B2
A projectile for use in a cartridge having a longitudinal axis, a leading end region, a trailing end region, and a chamber therebetween. The projectile is mounted in the leading end region and has a base. The base of the projectile is provided with one or more aerodynamically contoured features that receive forces generated by a propellant. The aerodynamically contoured features are concave or convex or are a combination of concave and convex so that some of the forces produce forwardly directed and rotational motion of the projectile.
US10684098B2
A sight includes an adjusting mechanism including a fixing unit, a cover and an switching unit. The cover includes a groove. The switching unit is disposed on the fixing unit and includes a guiding member and a rotatable disc, wherein the guiding member includes a first end and a second end, the rotatable disc includes a surface, the surface has a first portion and a second portion, the first end faces the groove, and the second end faces the surface. The first end is outside the groove when the second end is placed against the second portion. The first end is inside the groove when the second end is placed against the first portion so that rotation of the cover is constrained.
US10684088B2
A sound suppressor for a firearm includes a housing and a first sleeve. The housing extends along, and is disposed about, a central axis. The first sleeve is concentrically disposed within the housing and defines a plurality of first undulations disposed about the central axis. Each first undulation defines a plurality of first apertures.
US10684081B2
In the present disclosure, a flow path member includes a substrate, a flow path and a first oxide layer. The substrate contains non-oxide ceramics, and includes an outer surface. The flow path is in the substrate, and includes an inlet and an outlet. The first oxide layer is disposed on the outer surface.
US10684080B2
A heat exchanger and a method for additively manufacturing the heat exchanger are provided. The heat exchanger includes a housing defining a flow passageway having a plurality of heat exchange banks stacked therein. Each heat exchange bank includes a plurality of heat exchange tubes that form a lattice structure that extends from a first end proximate a central manifold outward along the radial direction toward a second end proximate an annular outer manifold. The central manifolds and the annular outer manifolds fluidly couple the heat exchange tubes of adjacent heat exchange banks in an alternating manner to form a serpentine flow path for a flow of heat exchange fluid.
US10684075B2
A system for supporting castings during thermal treatments, such as solution heat treatment, quenching and aging, that includes a tray defining a horizontal base plane and having a plurality of tray openings therethrough, and a fixture extending over one or more of the tray openings. The fixture is formed by a plurality of support plates oriented vertically with lower portions extending across the tray opening and top edges extending above the tray opening with shaped profiles along the lengths thereof. The plurality of support plates form an open lattice having a plurality of top edges that together define an open support surface that is substantially complementary with an underside surface of a casting and configured to loosely support the casting atop the lattice and align the casting in space above the tray opening.
US10684066B2
A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a partition wall partitioning the cabinet, an accommodating unit defining an accommodating space and an opening, where the accommodating space is recessed downward from a horizontal top surface of the partition wall, and the opening is located at an upper portion of the accommodating unit and configured to introduce food therethrough, an accommodating unit door located at the upper portion of the accommodating unit and configured to open and close the opening by moving in a direction parallel to the horizontal top surface, a roller located below the accommodating unit door, where the roller supports the accommodating unit door and allows the accommodating unit door to slidingly move with respect to the partition wall, and an upper rib provided at each of left and right portions of the accommodating unit door and configured to restrict splaying of the accommodating unit door.
US10684059B2
The present invention relates to a refrigerator and a control method thereof. The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising: a storage compartment; a refrigeration air passage configured to supply refrigeration air and comprising one or more refrigeration air outlets connected with the storage compartment such that a part or all of the refrigeration air in the refrigeration air passage is blown to the storage compartment via the one or more refrigeration air outlets; and a local air passage configured to receive refrigeration air from the refrigeration air passage and blow the received refrigeration air to a local area of the storage compartment in a concentrated manner. In addition, this invention also provides a control method of a refrigerator.
US10684043B2
An air-conditioning apparatus includes a heat source unit, a plurality of indoor units, and a relay unit. The heat source unit includes a heat-source-side flow control valve connected to a heat-source-side heat exchanger, a bypass pipe connected in parallel to the heat-source-side heat exchanger, a bypass flow control valve provided in the bypass pipe, and a gas-liquid separating unit configured to, when refrigerant flows out to the high-pressure pipe, mix refrigerant in a liquid state flowing through the heat-source-side heat exchanger and refrigerant in a gas state flowing through the bypass pipe and cause mixed refrigerant to flow out to the high-pressure pipe, and configured to, when refrigerant flows in from the low-pressure pipe, separate the refrigerant flowing in from the low-pressure pipe into refrigerant in a liquid state flowing into the heat-source-side heat exchanger and refrigerant in a gas state flowing into the bypass pipe.
US10684041B2
A solar window system for a building is provided. The solar window system includes multiple heat generation encasements. Air inside each heat generation encasement is heated by solar energy. The solar window system further includes a storage tank for storing heat from the heated air. The solar window system also includes a set of connection pipes, wherein the set of connection pipes draw cold air from an indoor space inside the building into the plurality of heat generation encasements, connect each of the heat generation encasements to at least two other heat generation encasements, and transfer the heated air from the set of heat generation encasements to the storage tank.
US10684040B2
A furnace including a combustion chamber for burning fuel can have increased fuel burning efficiency, increased heating efficiency, and decreased harmful emissions of combustion byproducts. A combustion air delivery system delivers primary and secondary combustion air to the combustion chamber. Primary and secondary combustion air may be delivered at amounts that increase burning efficiency. An amount of secondary combustion air can be controlled by a valve system. A heat transfer device efficiently transfers heat from products of combustion for heating an enclosed space.
US10684034B2
An outdoor unit of an air conditioner includes a compressor-driving inverter circuit to convert direct current power for driving a compressor into pseudo three-phase alternating current power using a plurality of switching elements; a fan rotational speed detection unit to detect the fan rotational speed of a fan that cools the switching elements; an ambient temperature detection unit to detect the ambient temperature at a location where the air conditioner is located; and a compressor inverter drive unit to control the compressor rotational speed of the compressor by controlling the compressor-driving inverter circuit. The compressor inverter drive unit controls the compressor-driving inverter circuit on the basis of the fan rotational speed and the ambient temperature.
US10684032B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for verifying or correcting the temperature sensor and compressor pairings within the HVAC system control logic, indicating that a sensor is logically paired with the specific compressor, from amongst a tandem compressor group, to which the sensor is coupled.
US10684028B2
A pipe shield of a ventilating apparatus is disposed at an outdoor side relative to a ventilating apparatus body disposed at an indoor side, and includes a pipe shield base and a rear cover. The pipe shield has an air inlet and an air outlet disposed perpendicular to each other. The pipe shield's rear cover has a left side plate, a right side plate and a rear side plate. The distance from the pipe shield base to the rear side plate of the rear cover opposite to the air inlet of the pipe shield increases in a direction towards the air outlet of the pipe shield. A baffle is disposed at the middle portion of the rear cover, and fixed within the pipe shield by a rotating shaft fixed on the left side plate and the right side plate, the rotating shaft has a spring enabling the baffle to unfold.
US10684016B2
An aft frame assembly for a gas turbine transition piece has a main body with an upstream facing surface, a downstream facing surface, a radially outer facing surface and a radially inner facing surface. A plurality of feed hole inlets are located on the upstream facing surface. Each of the feed hole inlets are coupled to one of a plurality of cooling channels passing through the main body towards the radially inner facing surface. A plurality of microchannels are formed near the radially inner facing surface and extend at least partially along the downstream facing surface. The cooling channels are connected to and terminate in the microchannels. A pre-sintered preform is located on the radially inner facing surface of the main body.
US10684015B2
A turbine engine including a combustion chamber having an inner annular shroud and an outer annular shroud that are coaxial with each other and that are connected at their downstream ends respectively to an inner annular link wall and to an outer annular link wall, for linking respectively to an inner casing and to an outer casing. At least a first one of the inner and outer annular link walls includes at least one coolant fluid circuit extending between the radially inner and outer ends of said first annular link wall.
US10684014B2
A heat shield panel for a gas turbine engine includes a substrate layer having a first substrate surface and a second substrate surface opposite the first substrate surface. The first substrate surface and the second substrate surface define a substrate layer thickness therebetween. One or more thermally protective coating layers are applied to the first substrate surface of the substrate layer. The one or more coating layers have a constant coating layer thickness and the substrate layer thickness tapers along an axial length of the heat shield panel.
US10684002B2
An elevation apparatus is provided that initializes a calculated travel distance of a to-be-lifted object. The elevation apparatus includes a housing that has a side wall in a longitudinal direction and that has an opening in a lower face, a reel rotating to wind a reel wire, the reel wire wound on the reel to elevate the to-be-lifted object attached to a tip end of the reel wire and the to-be-lifted object is suspended from the lower side of the elevation apparatus, a controller for calculating a travel distance along which the to-be-lifted object is elevated, and a reset switch provided in the housing. The to-be-lifted object is lifted to depress the reset switch. The depression of the reset switch allows the controller to initialize the calculated travel distance.
US10683991B2
A lighting device includes a primary lighting module with one or more light sources and one or more secondary lighting modules each with one or more light sources. Each secondary lighting module is mechanically and electrically connected to the primary lighting module. At least one of the secondary lighting modules is movable with respect to the primary lighting module. The shape of the lighting device can be varied between a collapsed state requiring less space and an expanded state for the reduction of shadows.
US10683989B2
A refrigerator apparatus includes a case opening passing through an inner case; and an lighting device in the opening, wherein the device includes: a lamp case having a cavity defined therein; a light-emitting unit accommodated in the cavity, wherein the light-emitting unit is disposed more outwardly than the case opening, wherein the light-emitting unit irradiates light toward an inner surface of the cavity; a cover coupled with the lamp case to cover the case opening, wherein light from the light-emitting unit is reflected from the cavity through the cover toward the refrigerator interior space; and a reflection portion formed on the cover, wherein the reflection portion is configured to allow light from the light-emission unit directed toward the case opening to be redirected toward the inner surface of the cavity.
US10683986B2
A luminous module, in particular for a motor vehicle, including: a monolithic electroluminescent source including electroluminescent elements; a primary optical system equipped with a plurality of convergent optics, at least one convergent optic being associated with each electroluminescent element and forming an image of the electroluminescent element with which it is associated.
US10683980B2
A lighting module for a motor vehicle light includes light sources, optical elements respectively configured to guide light rays emitted by a light source, and a fixing support against which the optical elements and the light sources are disposed, the optical elements including a first optical element associated with a first light source, a second optical element associated with a second light source and a third optical element associated with a third light source. The first optical element includes means for retaining the second optical element and the third optical element on the fixing support.
US10683975B2
Disclosed herein is a lighting fixture. Accordingly, the lighting fixture may include a vertical pole having a hollow cylindrical section with a top end and a bottom end. Further, the top end of the vertical pole may include inner-hose threads on an inner surface of the vertical pole. Further, the bottom end of the vertical pole may be attached to a staking structure for positioning the vertical pole above a ground surface. Further, the lighting structure may include a solar panel attached to the vertical pole through a fixing mechanism. Further, the solar panel may be electrically coupled with an energy storage device through a controller. Further, the lighting structure may include at least one illuminating device disposed within the hollow cylindrical section of the vertical pole. Further, the lighting structure may include a decorative fixture that may include a hose connector at a lower end of the decorative fixture.
US10683972B1
A sound lamp includes an illuminating device including a circuit board, a single-piece controller, and sixteen light emitting members. The single-piece controller has sixteen legs. Each of the light emitting members has a first end and a second end. The first ends of the light emitting members are connected in parallel. The second end of each of the light emitting members is electrically connected with one of the legs of the single-piece controller. The single-piece controller controls lighting sequences of the light emitting members. Thus, the single-piece controller controls the light emitting members, such that the light emitting members are brightened gradually and dimmed gradually at different cycles, so as to simulate a real flame of an oil kettle.
US10683970B2
An LED tube lamp comprises: an LED module for emitting light; a rectifying circuit for rectifying an external driving signal to produce a rectified signal; and a mode determination circuit for determining to perform a first mode or a second mode of lighting according to the rectified signal; wherein the mode determination circuit comprises two voltage dividers for producing a first fraction voltage and a second fraction voltage of the rectified signal, and a control circuit coupled to the two voltage dividers and configured for receiving the first fraction voltage and for receiving the second fraction voltage. When the first fraction voltage signal is in a first voltage range, the mode determination circuit determines to perform the first mode of lighting; and when the second fraction voltage is in a second voltage range, the mode determination circuit determines to perform the second mode of lighting.
US10683966B2
A liquid storage container comprises: a first lid; a container body having an opening on one end, an interior of the container body and the lid forming a chamber. The opening end of the first lid and the opening end of the container body are rotatably and sealingly connected; and a first pipe and a second pipe communicating the chamber with the outside. The first pipe is provided on the first lid. The second pipe is provided on the container body.
US10683965B2
A support assembly includes (i) a stand having an underside surface configured to be placed on top of a flat screen device and an upper surface configured to support at least one object; (ii) a mount secured to the underside surface of the stand, the mount presenting a first ratchet ring; (iii) an arm presenting a second ratchet ring; (iv) a fastener positioned and arranged to connect the arm to the mount, causing the first ratchet ring to engage the second ratchet ring, setting the arm at an angle so that a free end of the arm engages the flat screen device while the stand extends at least substantially horizontally from the top of the flat screen device; and (v) wherein the mount is threaded to threadingly engage the fastener.
US10683961B1
The platform assembly provides a platform deck that manually deploys between raised and lowered positions and ensures a specific order of operation when moving the deck between the raised and lowered positions. The platform assembly includes a deck, which rides on a roller disposed within upright slide rails mounted to opposed interior walls of the trailer, vehicle or structure. The deck is supported by a horizontal side member in the lowered position and a support bracket and two sets of piston props in the raised position. The platform assembly uses a pair of stop pins that ride within a vertical channel in the upright slide rails and seat within notches formed in the rail channels.
US10683958B1
An “Adjustable Drainpipe Test Plug Device” (hereinafter “Device”) includes a lever arm and a plug seal assembly coupled that lever arm. The plug seal assembly fully or partially mechanically seals the drainpipe when the Device is locked into one of a plurality of plugging positions through a drainpipe side opening. A positioning arm assembly is rotatably coupled to a rear portion of the lever arm to releasably engage the lever arm while a foot of the positioning arm releasably engages a bottom rim of the side opening, thereby locking the Device into plugging position. An adjustable extensible rod of the positioning arm assembly enables the foot to engage the side opening of pipes having different nominal wall thicknesses. The Device may include a through-hole passing from a front side of the plug seal assembly to a rear side, and may include a fluid fill hose sealably coupled to the through-hole.
US10683948B2
A thermostat valve for an internal combustion engine includes a housing with several cooling liquid connections and a drive which drives in rotation a hollow valve element mounted rotationally in the housing, by exerting a drive force, wherein the valve element has several openings delimited by its circumferential face which can be brought selectively in congruence with one or more of the cooling liquid connections of the housing by rotation of the valve element for the throughflow of cooling liquid.
US10683945B2
A flow regulator for a compressed natural gas (CNG) system is defined by a housing having at least one inlet port, at least one outlet port and at least one interior passage fluidically interconnecting the inlet and outlet ports. A mechanical bypass valve is disposed between the inlet and outlet ports and enabled by a movable biased feature which moves based on inlet pressure and in which the bypass valve is closed only after inlet pressure is greater than a predetermined threshold. The bypass valve is a fail safe wherein gas regulation does not occur until the inlet pressure is sufficient to close the bypass valve. The flow regulator further includes a coolant bowl defined by a serpentine channel formed in a coolant plate as well as a balanced valve as a regulator control feature in conjunction with a weighting or loading mechanism having a diaphragm.
US10683931B2
A control apparatus for a drive-force transmitting apparatus that includes a transmission having primary and secondary pulleys. When a detection accuracy of rotational speed of the primary and secondary pulley is not assured, the control apparatus sets each of (i) a secondary-thrust calculation thrust ratio value used for calculation of a secondary thrust that is to be applied to the secondary pulley and (ii) a primary-thrust calculation thrust ratio value used for calculation of a primary thrust that is to be applied to the primary pulley, such that each of the secondary-thrust calculation thrust ratio value and the primary-thrust calculation thrust ratio value is dependent on a result of a determination as to whether an actual gear ratio of the transmission is the highest gear ratio and a result of a determination as to whether an input torque inputted to the transmission is lower than a given torque value.
US10683927B2
A planetary transmission having a planet carrier with a carrier body and a plurality of carrier pins. The carrier body includes a pair of carrier plates, each of which having pin bosses that extend outwardly from a remaining portion of the carrier plate. The pin bosses on at least one of the carrier plates define an exterior surface with at least one step so that portions of the exterior surface of the pin bosses are spaced apart in an axial direction. The carrier pins have an axial ends with recesses formed therein such that each axial end of each carrier pin terminates in a thin wall section. The carrier pins are received through the carrier plates and the thin wall sections are deformed against the exterior surfaces of the pin bosses to retain the carrier pins to the carrier body.
US10683922B2
Gearing (1), comprising a toothing (5), a tooth carrier (11) with radially oriented guides with in each case one tooth root opening and one tooth tip opening, teeth (7) which are received in the guides for engagement with the toothing (5), wherein the teeth (7) are mounted in the guides so as to be displaceable in the direction of their longitudinal axis and radially relative to the tooth carrier (11), wherein a central section of the guides, respectively, has an internal profile which is uniform in the longitudinal direction of the guide, a cam disk (20) for the radial drive of the teeth (7), wherein the teeth (7) have a run-in region between a respective tooth tip and a respective tooth body.
US10683920B2
A torque limiting clutch assembly is provided that is mounted between the motor housing and the ring gear of a planetary gear assembly. During normal operation, the clutch assembly prevents rotation of the ring gear relative to the motor housing. In the event of a severe loading condition, the clutch assembly slips, thereby preventing excessive torque from being applied to the drive train and potentially damaging one or more drive train components.
US10683918B2
Provided is a ball screw device in which a deflector can securely be prevented from falling into a nut when the deflector is attached. A ball screw device includes a ball screw shaft, a nut, rolling elements, a ball recirculation path, and a deflector. An attachment hole has a pair of first faces. The deflector has a pair of second faces that respectively face the pair of first faces in a state in which the deflector is housed in the attachment hole. The first faces of the attachment hole and the second faces of the deflector have a locking structure in which the first faces and the second faces respectively lock each other in an improper state in which a part of the deflector is inserted into the attachment hole in a posture different from a posture of the deflector housed in the attachment hole.
US10683917B2
A linear actuator includes a sliding rod, a motor and a buffer assembly. The motor connects the sliding rod to drive the sliding rod. The buffer assembly is disposed at an end of the sliding rod and includes an elastic element and an outer sleeve. The elastic element is received in the outer sleeve. The sliding rod connects the outer sleeve. The outer sleeve is movable along an axial direction of the sliding rod. The elastic element separately pushes an inner wall of the outer sleeve and the sliding rod. The elastic element is pre-compressed along the axial direction of the sliding rod. The buffer assembly can absorb vibration and impact caused by the motor driving the sliding rod.
US10683916B2
This invention is related to a mechanical torque generator (MTG) (11), the cost, the maintenance costs and the energy consumption of which have been minimized, as much as possible, since the reaction forces, the reaction moments and the frictional forces at the joints that connect the mechanism to the ground have been minimized as much as possible; which does not possess any actuators; and which can generate any desired torque variation. MTG (11) may be obtained by using 3 novel kinematic chains. By using these kinematic chains, it is also possible to obtain general purpose mechanisms, which have advantages similar to the MTG (11); which may include an actuator; which may generate relative rotational motion at a joint as any desired function of relative translational motion at another joint; which may be used in many different fields such as hydraulic and pneumatic machines, internal combustion engines and compressors.
US10683915B2
An air spring actuated slider pin release system for a semi-trailer slider includes an actuator shaft oriented to extend in generally parallel relationship to at least one of a pair of parallel main members, being connected to the slider for axial rotation, and having a transverse lever arm secured to each end of the shaft for common rotation. Each lever arm has an end connected to a retractable, biased lock pin via a link so that rotation of the shaft and the lever arms causes retraction of the associated lock pin relative to the main member. The actuator shaft has a normally projecting air spring bracket. An air spring is disposed between one of the main members and the air spring bracket so that inflation of the air spring acts on the air spring bracket, axially rotating the shaft and the lever arms for retracting the lock pins.
US10683911B2
A dual function gearbox generates two separate output rotational motions from a single input rotational motion. First and second rotatable housings comprise corresponding first and second internal gears, with the internal gears having different pitch diameters. A drive shaft is disposed within the housings, extending though openings within opposite sides of housings, with an eccentric rotor disposed around the drive shaft. The eccentric rotor is in operative contact with a differential gear ring comprising first and second external gear rings having different diameters, with the first and second external gear rings engaging corresponding first and second internal gears. When rotational energy is imparted to one end of the drive shaft, the gearing arrangement imparts a rotational motion to either the first or second rotatable housing, with the housing rotating around the other end of the rotating drive shaft, which can extend outside of the dual function gearbox. Thus, the dual function gearbox generates two output motions: high torque rotation of the rotatable housing; and rotation of the drive shaft which can be used as an input rotation to additional dual function gearboxes.
US10683906B2
The present invention relates to a hydraulic comprising a compression stop assembly located in a compression chamber and the compression stop assembly comprises a body; an axial member disposed slidably within said body; a covering member fixed on said axial member and provided with at least one compression flow channel and at least one rebound flow channel; a disengaging spring preloaded between said body and said covering member. The compression stop assembly further comprises a rotating member disposed pivotally with respect to said body and capable of covering at least partially said at least one compression flow channel depending on the angular position of said rotating member with respect to said at least one compression flow channel; and at least one cam configured to cooperate with said rotating member in order to change its angular position with respect to its axial displacement.
US10683905B2
A force-limiting and damping device has a body, a tapping element, and an elastic element. The body has a connecting segment and a holding segment. The connecting segment is formed on an end of the body and has a mounting hole. The holding segment is formed on the body opposite the connecting segment. The tapping element is connected to the body to move relative to the connecting segment. The elastic element is mounted between the tapping element and the connecting segment to abut against the tapping element and to enable the tapping element to move relative to the connecting segment. The structural relationship between the connecting segment, the tapping element, and the elastic element may provide a delayed rebound and damping effect to the reaction force, and the applied force is continuously transferred to a tapping object. This may reduce noise and the loss of energy.
US10683901B2
A clutch assembly is disclosed. The clutch assembly includes a rotational component including a hub configured to rotate relative to a mounted component; and a clutch configured to selectively transmit rotational input from the mounted component to the hub. The clutch includes a first ring including a first surface; a second ring including a second surface; a cage defining a plurality of pockets which are bounded by the first surface and the second surface; and a plurality of rollers each positioned in a respective one of the plurality of pockets. The first ring includes a pair of ramps in each pocket. The second ring rotates relative to the first ring when the plurality of rollers are in a neutral position between the pair of ramps, and the second ring rotates with the first ring when the plurality of rollers are positioned on either of the ramps.
US10683898B2
A clutch device includes a drive transmitting shaft; a driving-side engaging member; and a driven-side engaging member. A driving force is transmitted from the driving-side engaging member to the driven-side engaging member. The driving-side engaging member has a driving-side clutch tooth, and the driven-side engaging member has a driven-side clutch tooth capable of being engaged with and released from the driving-side clutch tooth. The driving-side clutch tooth and the driven-side clutch tooth have drive transmitting surfaces inclined so as to axially attracting each other in engagement with each other. At least one of the driving-side clutch tooth and the driven-side clutch tooth has a functional surface on a free end side relative to the drive transmitting surface with respect to the engaging direction. The functional surface is inclined so as to axially separating from a surface of the other clutch tooth in engagement therewith.
US10683895B2
Aspects of the disclosure can relate to an apparatus including a first member having a first bearing surface formed from a hard material (e.g., a diamond-based material, such as a polycrystalline diamond material), and a second member coupled to an input shaft to translate (e.g., rotate, slide, etc.) with respect to the first member. The second member has a second bearing surface formed from a hard material, and the second bearing surface is to bear against the first bearing surface. In embodiments of the disclosure, the first and second members can be for devices including, but not necessarily limited to: solenoids, generators and/or motors (e.g., out-runner radial flux generators, axial flux generators, radial flux generators/motors, roller vane motors, etc.), gearboxes, rotary data swivels, digital actuators, filters (e.g., inner rotating filters), valves (e.g., proportional valves), sensors (e.g., pressure differential sensors), and so forth.
US10683891B1
A stacked thrust bearing arrangement including a central washer arranged between a first and second bearing assembly is disclosed. The central washer is axially positioned between a first inner bearing ring of the first bearing assembly, and a second inner bearing ring of the second bearing assembly. An inner sleeve defines a first retention flange adapted to engage a first cage of the first bearing assembly, and a second retention flange adapted to engage a second cage of the second bearing assembly.
US10683886B2
Interchangeable inserts are disclosed for use in enclosures, such as underground enclosures. The interchangeable inserts include insert bodies that are configured to house stand-alone nuts and nuts contained within removable trays.
US10683861B2
A miniature pneumatic device includes a miniature fluid control device and a miniature valve device. The miniature fluid control device includes a gas inlet plate, a resonance plate, a piezoelectric actuator and a gas collecting plate. A first chamber is formed between the resonance plate and the piezoelectric actuator. After a gas is fed into the gas inlet plate, the gas is transferred to the first chamber through the resonance plate and then transferred. Consequently, a pressure gradient is generated to continuously push the gas. The miniature valve device includes a valve film and a gas outlet plate. After the gas is transferred from the miniature fluid control device to the miniature valve device, the valve opening of the valve film is correspondingly opened or closed and the gas is transferred in one direction. Consequently, a pressure-collecting operation or a pressure-releasing operation is selectively performed.
US10683857B2
A pump device, in particular for a brake system of a motor vehicle, includes two hydraulic chambers, a linear drive, and a pump piston. Each of the chambers has at least two fluid connections. The pump piston interacts with the chambers. The linear drive is embodied as a reluctance drive and includes a longitudinally movable armature, a housing-fastened stator that is configured to receive current, and at least one spring element. The at least one spring element is associated with the armature, and is configured to counteract a drive force of the reluctance drive. The armature is connected to the pump piston.
US10683854B2
A radial piston device includes a housing, a pintle attached to the housing and having a pintle shaft, a rotor rotatably mounted on the pintle shaft and having cylinders, pistons displaceably received in the cylinders, and a drive shaft coupled to the rotor and rotatably supported within the housing. The radial piston device includes mechanisms for reducing a pressure loss of hydraulic fluid flowing into the pintle shaft.
US10683852B2
According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present invention there is provided a method for converting energy. The method comprises receiving energy from an external source, using the received energy for inducing a mass exchange process to release thermodynamic energy, and converting the thermodynamic energy directly into electrical energy at sufficient amount for performing work therewith. In some embodiments of the present invention, a portion of the released energy is converted to a pressure wave, and the mechanical energy constituted by the pressure wave is converted to non-mechanical energy.
US10683836B2
Systems and methods for improving operation of a four wheel drive vehicle that includes automatic engine stopping and starting are presented. In one example, engagement of a driveline wheel mode is not permitted when an engine is automatically started so that a driveline wheel mode actuator may fully engage a driveline wheel mode when it is requested to do so.
US10683833B2
An air conduction system includes an air collecting chamber, a first air inlet, an additional air inlet, and a buoyancy body. Air is supplyable to the air collecting chamber by said air inlets. The first air inlet has an air control valve via which the air inlet is selectively closed. The additional air inlet has an additional air control valve via which the additional air inlet is selectively closed. A buoyancy body is provided which is movable via a geodetically rising water level and which is operatively connected to a closure element of the air control valve of the first air inlet. The closure element is convertible from an open state, in which the first air inlet is fluidically connected to the air collecting chamber, into a closed state, in which said fluidic connection is interrupted, when the water level rises. The closure element comprises the buoyancy body.
US10683829B2
A gaseous fuel injector for supplying gaseous fuel to a gaseous fuel combustion engine includes an injector housing which receives an injector assembly and supplies gaseous fuel thereto. The injector housing has an inlet at a first end, a nozzle with an outlet at a second open end and a chamber between the inlet and the outlet. The injector housing includes an ignition arrangement at the second open end.
US10683820B2
A vehicle propulsion system includes an internal combustion engine with a first combustion chamber and a second combustion chamber, a catalytic converter in an exhaust stream in communication with an exhaust of the internal combustion engine, a gasoline particulate filter in the exhaust stream downstream of the catalytic converter, and a controller in communication with the internal combustion engine. The controller is programmed to determine if a soot loading of the gasoline particulate filter exceeds a predetermined threshold, and adjust a set of engine operating parameters of the internal combustion engine to disable combustion in the first combustion chamber and enrich a fuel mixture in the second combustion chamber if the soot loading in the gasoline particulate filter exceeds the predetermined threshold.
US10683817B2
Methods and systems are provided for operating a split exhaust engine system that provides blowthrough air and exhaust gas recirculation to an intake passage via a first exhaust manifold and exhaust gas to an exhaust passage via a second exhaust manifold. In one example, each of a first valve positioned in an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) passage, the EGR passage coupled between the intake passage and the first exhaust manifold coupled to a first set of cylinder exhaust valves, and a second valve positioned in a flow passage coupled between the first exhaust manifold and the exhaust passage may be adjusted based on a measured pressure in the first exhaust manifold.
US10683813B2
A rotary-type throttling device for an internal combustion engine includes an upstream auxiliary intake passageway formed in a throttle body and having an inlet port held in fluid communication with the atmosphere, and a downstream auxiliary intake passageway formed in a cylindrical valve body of a rotary valve and having an outlet port open at a downstream outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical valve body. The upstream auxiliary intake passageway and the downstream auxiliary intake passageway have a body-side joint fluid communication port and a valve-side joint fluid communication port formed in respective sliding surfaces of the throttle body and the cylindrical valve body and designed to overlap each other to keep the upstream and downstream auxiliary intake passageways and in fluid communication with each other. When the rotary valve is open, a main intake air stream passing through an intake passageway in the rotary valve flows smoothly for enhanced intake performance without being disturbed by an auxiliary intake air stream flowing out of the outlet port of an auxiliary intake passage.
US10683802B2
The present invention provides a multi-stage compressor for a gas turbine engine. The compressor has: a first outer casing, a second outer casing radially outward of the first outer casing, and a first bleed plenum one or more second bleed plenums located between the first and second outer casings and arranged to receive, in use, bleed flows of compressed air from respective stages of the compressor and to send the bleed flows to respective ports in the second outer casing. The first bleed plenum overlaps the, or each, second bleed plenum such that the, or each, second bleed plenum fluidly communicates with its port via a respective duct which, on extending between an off-take from the second bleed plenum to the port, passes through the first bleed plenum. The, or each, duct is configured to accommodate relative movement between the first and second outer casings.
US10683800B2
An engine comprises a compressor and a closed fluid circuit connected to the input and output of the compressor such that compressed gas can be driven through the circuit by the compressor. The output of the compressor is connected, through the fluid circuit, to a turbine component comprising at least one set of turbine blades connected to a rotating shaft that acts as the output of the engine in use. A condenser receives fluid in the circuit that has passed through the turbine component and is arranged to reduce the temperature and pressure of the compressed gas, the outlet of the condenser being connected to the inlet of the compressor.
US10683793B2
A coolant control valve for an internal combustion engine, including: a housing; a rotary valve disposed within the housing, the rotary valve including an axis of rotation and an end stop extending in a radial direction toward the axis of rotation; and a resilient element connected to the housing. In a circumferential position of the rotary valve about the axis of rotation: a circle, centered on the axis of rotation, passes through the resilient element and the end stop; and the end stop is in contact with the resilient element.
US10683789B2
A method is disclosed for determining a current temperature of a heating element with a PTC thermistor property (PTC) with which a urea-water solution for cleaning the exhaust gas in an internal combustion engine of nitrogen oxides can be heated.According to the invention there is provision that a correction factor is formed from the quotient of a minimum resistance of the heating element and of a minimum resistance of a reference heating element, in that a resistance which is determined at a current temperature of the heating element is multiplied by the correction factor, and in that the current temperature of the heating element is determined from the corrected resistance value and a temperature dependence of the resistance of the reference heating element.The method according to the invention permits more precise determination and regulation of the temperature of the heating element.
US10683783B2
A method for operating a motor vehicle provided with a hybrid drive apparatus. The hybrid drive device is equipped with an internal combustion engine that can be operated with a fuel, as well as with an electric engine, and a lubricant is supplied at least intermittently to the internal combustion engine. At the same time, a lubricant dilution value is determined with a dilution of the lubricant so that the internal combustion engine is started when a first threshold value is exceeded by the lubricant dilution value, and when the motor vehicle is located on a regeneration route of an anticipated driving route of the motor vehicle and the regeneration route is sufficient to reduce the lubricant dilution value by a specified value.
US10683779B2
A valve train for a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine may include a crankshaft, at least one inlet valve, at least one outlet valve, at least one camshaft coupled rotationally to the crankshaft, at least one inlet cam held on a first camshaft, at least one outlet cam held on one of the first camshaft or a second camshaft, at least one brake cam held on one of the first camshaft or the second camshaft, at least one inlet cam follower, which may actuate the at least one inlet valve and may be drive-connected at least at times to the inlet cam, at least one outlet cam follower, which may actuate the at least one outlet valve, may be drive-connected at least at times to the outlet cam, and, in a braking mode, may be drive-connected at least at times to the brake cam, and a phase shifting device for adjusting a phase position of the brake cam relative to the crankshaft.
US10683773B2
In one aspect, there is provided a gear train having a sun gear, planet gear assemblies. Each planet gear assembly has a main gear meshed with the sun gear, a fore lateral gear and an aft lateral gear disposed on opposite sides of the main gear and rotating therewith. A diameter of the main gear is different than a diameter of the fore and aft lateral gears. Each planet gear assembly is rotatably mounted on a bearing for rotation about an axis. The bearing includes a journal defining two undercuts. A planet carrier rotatably supports the planet gear assemblies. Ring gears are meshed with the fore and aft lateral gears. One of the sun gear, the planet carrier, and the ring gears connected to an input, one is connected to an output, and rotation of a remaining one is limited.
US10683772B2
An axial compressor comprises a plurality of compressor stages positioned axially adjacent one another within a casing. Each of the plurality of compressor stages comprise a rotor segment and a banded stator segment positioned axially adjacent the rotor segment. An annulus is formed between the casing and an outer flowpath ring of the stator segment. A vane of each stator segment comprises a member extending into the annulus.
US10683770B2
A turbine shroud adapted for use in a gas turbine engine is disclosed in this paper. The turbine shroud includes a blade track segment comprising ceramic matrix composite materials and an attachment unit comprising metallic materials. The attachment unit is coupled to the blade track segment and is configured to interface with other metallic components in the gas turbine engine.
US10683767B2
When cold and in the non-coated state, the aerodynamic profile is substantially identical to a nominal profile determined by the Cartesian coordinates X,Y, Zadim given in Table 1, in which the coordinate Zadim is the quotient D/H where D is the distance of the point under consideration from a first reference plane P0 situated at the base of the nominal profile, and H is the height of said profile measured from the first reference plane to a second reference plane P1. The measurements D and H are taken radially relative to the axis of the turbine, while the X coordinate is measured in the axial direction of the turbine.
US10683760B2
A component for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a platform having an outer surface and an inner surface that axially extend between a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion. At least one augmentation feature is disposed on at least the leading edge portion or the trailing edge portion of the outer surface of the platform.
US10683756B2
Systems and methods for cooling a rotor assembly disposed within a cavity of an expander fluidly coupled with a cooling source are provided. The system may include an annular body disposed on a rotor disc of the rotor assembly. The rotor disc may also include a plurality of rotor blades mounted thereto via respective roots. The annular body may define at least one fluid passageway fluidly coupling the roots and the cooling source. The annular ring may be configured to substantially prevent mixing of the flue gas with a coolant provided by the cooling source and flowing through the at least one fluid passageway and contacting at least one root. The system may also include a plurality of seal members, each disposed between respective platforms of adjacent rotor blades and configured to substantially prevent the flue gas flowing though the expander from mixing with the coolant.
US10683746B2
Assemblies and methods of use are disclosed for determining a position of a body within a tubing section. A signal generator coupled to the body is operable to generate a pressure wave in response to detecting a detectable portion of the tubing section when the body is moved relative to the tubing section.
US10683743B2
A method for drilling, comprising receiving, by a surface steerable system coupled to a drilling rig, BHA information from a rotary steerable bottom hole assembly (BHA) located in a borehole, calculating, by the surface steerable system, torsional and spatial forces acting on the rotary steerable BHA at a first location of the rotary steerable BHA with respect to a target drilling path responsive to the BHA information, calculating, by the surface steerable system, a first vector to create a convergence path from the first location of the rotary steerable BHA to the target drilling path that accounts for the torsional and the spatial forces acting on the rotary steerable BHA, causing, by the surface steerable system, at least one drilling parameter to be modified in order to alter a drilling direction of the rotary steerable BHA based on the calculated first vector, transmitting the at least one drilling parameter to the drilling rig to target the rotary steerable BHA in accordance with the first vector, and drilling the borehole using the rotary steerable BHA in response to the at least one drilling parameter.
US10683742B2
A gas emissions recovery system. The recovery system is designed to receive fugitive gas emissions from a compressor, and pressurize those emissions using a double-acting liquid piston compressor system. The pressurized fugitive gas emissions may be returned to the compressor, or may be injected into a wellbore. The system includes a first liquid piston chamber and a second liquid piston chamber. Each chamber holds an incompressible fluid that is used to force a gas into a fluid reservoir in response to a piston motion of the incompressible fluid. A pump is provided, with the pump being configured to pump the incompressible fluid between the first and second liquid piston chambers and, thereby, induce piston action of the incompressible fluid in the liquid piston chambers. The system includes a processor that controls the cycling of the incompressible fluid in response to signals indicative of liquid levels in the chambers. A method for reclaiming fugitive gas emissions from a compressor is also provided.
US10683734B2
Dissolvable casing liners are utilized to isolate existing perforations. A dissolvable casing liner is deployed downhole along the interior of a casing string having a plurality of perforations. The casing liner is then secured against the casing string, thereby effectively sealing the perforations. Once the perforations are isolated, refracturing operations may be conducted. At some time thereafter, the casing liner is dissolved and removed from the wellbore.
US10683732B2
Lateral wellbores intersecting a main wellbore are located with calipers on a tool. Each caliper includes first and second segments pinned to one another. Ends of each first segment distal from the pinned connections pivotingly attach to the tool. Ends of each second segment distal from the pinned connections couple with shuttles that slide axially along the tool. Biasing means urge the shuttles toward the pivoting connections of the first elongated segments to urge the pinned connections radially outward. When downhole and away from a lateral wellbore, walls of the main wellbore prevent the calipers from projecting into a radial maximum extension. When adjacent a lateral wellbore, calipers facing the lateral wellbore are extendable to a maximum radial extension. Distances between the pinned connections and tool are estimated with sensors; and openings to lateral wellbores are detectable based on the estimated distances. A steering arm optionally steers the tool downhole.
US10683731B2
A drill rig includes a drawworks having a drum operably connected to a drive system and a brake. A drill string extends from the drum of the drawworks, along a derrick, to a block and tackle arrangement holding a travelling block so that operation of the drawworks causes the drum to release or retract the drill string. A travelling block controller controls the operation of the drawworks. An interlock sensor senses a sensed parameter, and the sensed parameter is at least one of a drill rig parameter, a drawworks parameter, or a travelling block controller parameter. An interlock signal generated by the interlock sensor is reflective of the sensed parameter. An interlock operably connected to the travelling block controller receives the interlock signal and disables operation of at least one of the travelling block controller or the drawworks if the interlock signal meets a predetermined criteria.
US10683730B2
A bottomhole assembly for deployment within a wellbore string disposed within a wellbore. The assembly comprises a first mandrel; a second mandrel including a locator for becoming disposed within a locate profile of the wellbore string; a shifting tool including a first gripper surface and a second gripper surfaces; a first shifting tool actuator and a second shifting tool actuator that are translatable with the first mandrel. The shifting tool is displaceable in response to urging by the first shifting tool actuator and the second shifting tool actuator to become disposed in gripping engagement with a flow control member. The second mandrel includes a retainer for limiting displacement of the shifting tool, relative to second mandrel, in both downhole and uphole directions.
US10683722B2
A replaceable seat seal assembly is used to form a replaceable portion of the ram cavity in a BOP that allows the central portion of the ram cavity to be replaced when wear occurs. A method is provided to refurbish a BOP that has a worn ram cavity with a replaceable portion of the ram cavity. The replaceable seat seal assembly includes a plurality of inserts such as a top insert, bottom insert, and two side inserts. The inserts of the replaceable seat seal assembly are positioned within one or more pockets or recesses machined into the ram cavity and throughbore. The inserts can be readily replaced for convenient maintenance without the need for heat treatments, welding, and the like that is normally needed to repair a used ram cavity.
US10683717B2
A downhole valve is described. The downhole valve has a pilot valve section and a tool section. The pilot valve section has a first tube. The tool section has a second tube slidably coupled to the first tube of the pilot valve section so as to provide fluid communication between the pilot valve section and the tool section. The tool section can be in the form of a signal valve section of a mud pulse telemetry valve, a reamer, a vertical steerable tool, a rotary steerable tool, a by-pass valve, a packer, a whipstock, or stabilizer.
US10683709B2
An assembly adapted to be disposed within an oil or gas wellbore and including first and second completion joints, each including a base pipe, a shunt tube disposed along the base pipe, and a tubular outer shroud disposed about respective portions of the shunt tube and the base pipe; a jumper tube coupling the shunt tube of the first completion joint to the shunt tube of the second completion joint; and a tubular sliding shroud disposed about at least one of the first and second completion joints and adapted to slide longitudinally to a run-in position, in which the tubular sliding shroud is disposed about the jumper tube and respective portions of the first and second completion joints, thereby covering the jumper tube. A method and apparatus are also provided.
US10683704B2
The present invention relates to a drilling system with a multi-function drill head used in, among other applications, oil and gas drilling. The system is used to enhance the effective permeability of an oil and/or gas reservoir by drilling or cutting new structures into the reservoir. The system is capable of cutting straight bores, radius bores, or side panels, by water jets alone or in combination with lasers. In various embodiments, a device for remotely controlling the mode of the system by variations in the pressure of a drilling fluid is also provided, allowing an operator to switch between various modes (straight drilling, radius bore drilling, panel cutting, etc.) without withdrawing the drill string from the well bore.
US10683703B2
There are provided high power laser perforating tools and methods of delivering laser energy patterns that enhance the flow of energy sources, such as hydrocarbons, from a formation into a production tubing or collection system. These tools and methods precisely deliver predetermined laser beam energy patterns, to provide for custom geometries in a formation. The patterns and geometries are tailored and customized to the particular geological and structural features of a formation and reservoir.
US10683701B2
A device for use with a ladder may include a member that is transitionable between a first state in which the member is a generally planar surface and second state in which the member defines a pair of receptacles, each receptacle being configured to receive a leg of a ladder to secure the member to the ladder, the member defining a compartment between the receptacles in the second state. The member may be a foldable material having a unitary construction. The foldable material may include a plurality of fold lines to facilitate transitioning of the device to the second state.
US10683700B2
An easy-open safety gate for a barrier has a first door panel, a second door panel, a positioning assembly, and a locking assembly. The positioning assembly has a positioning base securely attached to a lower end portion of the first door panel, and an engaging member securely attached to a lower transversely bar of the second door panel and detachably engages with the positioning base. The locking assembly has a resilient locking member mounted in an upper end portion of the first door panel, and a locking housing pivotally mounted on an upper transverse bar of the second door panel and detachably engaging with the resilient locking member. No threshold is disposed below the safety gate. A user can unlock the locking assembly and rotate the second door panel with only one of his/her hands, which is convenient and safe for the user to open the safety gate.
US10683694B2
An interlayer film for laminated glass includes first, second, and third layers containing a thermoplastic resin and a plasticizer. The cloud point of the first layer is lower than both the cloud point of the second layer and the cloud point of the third layer. Both the absolute value XA of a difference between the cloud point of the first layer and the cloud point of the second layer and the absolute value XB of a difference between the cloud point of the first layer and the cloud point of the third layer are 118° C. or more, and when a content of the plasticizer in the interlayer film for laminated glass relative to 100 parts by weight of the thermoplastic resin in the interlayer film for laminated glass is defined as Y, Y≤−0.16 XA+60 and Y≤−0.16XB+60.
US10683693B2
Provided are a method for manufacturing a vacuum insulation glass panel and a device for closing a sealing cap, the method and the device being for exhausting air between two glass panels and sealing the same. The method for manufacturing a vacuum insulation glass panel, according to the present invention, heats the glass solder applied on the sealing cap before being put into a vacuum chamber, and then presses, by the operation of the elevating device, the sealing cap put into the vacuum chamber so as to join the sealing cap around the exhaust hole. The holder having the sealing cap is mounted in the clamping unit, and then the clamping unit is clamped to the glass panel assembly, thereby enabling the exhaust hole to be accurately closed with the sealing cap.
US10683690B2
A vehicular opening/closing body control device includes a braking controller configured to apply a braking force to an opening/closing body, a full-closing detection unit configured to detect that the opening/closing body is in a fully-closed state, and a failure detection unit configured to detect failure of a latch mechanism provided on the opening/closing body. The latch mechanism is provided with a pawl switch, which is switched between ON and OFF states in conjunction with operation of a pawl. The failure detection unit detects, based on the ON and OFF states of the pawl switch, occurrence of an engagement failure in which the latch mechanism fails to hold the opening/closing body in the fully-closed state. The braking controller executes braking control for applying the braking force to the opening/closing body when the engagement failure is detected in the latch.
US10683686B2
A window security device has a support rod capable of securely contacting an upper window frame and a lower window frame. The device has two horizontal arms extending from away from the support rod terminating in thin blades capable of sliding between a first stationary window and a second sliding window sash. The device prevents unwanted tampering with the device by children located on the inside of the window as well as burglars located on the exterior of the window and to be easily removed in the event of a fire. The length of the device's blade can be adjusted allow a window to safely remain open a specified distance, and the device's arms can be adjusted to fit many different widths of windows. When the blades are disposed between the windows, the window is slid open and contacts the window stop, located at the end of the horizontal arms.
US10683673B2
A caulking assisting device has of a fixed frame mounted to a filler coating-supplying device, a rolling part mounted to the fixed frame, a movable frame and an elastic element. The positioning frame has a pair of first limiting recesses and a pair of second limiting recesses. The movable frame is pivoted to the fixed frame and is rotatable, and a tapered roller is pivoted at the end of the movable frame. Meanwhile, the elastic element is disposed on the movable frame, while a positioning protrusion is located at both ends respectively. As a result, the tapered roller can be moved to a use position and a non-use position by the rotation of the movable frame, thereby switching between the rolling part and the tapered roller while in use.
US10683665B2
The present invention has various types of horizontal bracing channels, longitudinal spacing-bracing channels, couplings, bracing clips, support channels, hole shapes within the support channels and orientation of the various elements that affect how wall panels are made. The structural insulating core includes the framing members and spacer blocks between the framing members that interlock together by having a structural insulating core of foam spacers with a tongue side and groove side interlocking the foam spacers between vertical metal support channels including the horizontal bracing channels, longitudinal spacing-bracing channels having notches, couplings and bracing clips connecting together.
US10683661B2
A building component utilizing a pourable polyurethane or structural foam that can be used for floors, walls, and roof assemblies with a frame with an interior, back or a front, multiple partition beams forming cells in said frame, pourable polyurethane or structural foam exterior backing attached to said frame back. The structural foam is poured into said cells to a desired level, and after said structural foam is poured into said cells, said interior backing is attached to said frame front. Cabling is used to improve movability of the invention, and improve on wind loading and seismic requirements of the present invention. Safety is also improved during the manufacturing process, loading, unloading, and in final assembly through the use of cabling.
US10683656B1
A modular barrier panel and a barrier formed therewith and methods and systems for construction of the panel and barrier. The panel includes an aboveground portion and a base portion. The aboveground portion includes a grid-like configuration having a plurality of vents that are sized to limit passage of a human therethrough but that enable viewing through the panel. The base portion includes a plurality of side-by-side, waffle-shaped sections with openings therethrough. The panels can be cast on-site, cured overnight, and immediately installed in the barrier formation. The panels are installed in a trench and the base portions are encased in concrete; the openings in the base allow the concrete to flow to both sides of the panel. Sensors, including cameras and vibration sensors, may be installed in the base section or in the foundation concrete or on the aboveground portion to detect actions on, over, or under the barrier.
US10683647B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an assembly that drains liquid from kitchen equipment, in particular commercial kitchen equipment, where there otherwise is not a drain. More specifically, the disclosed system provides an assembly that can be mounted near the commercial kitchen equipment to drain liquids, such as water, from the equipment without the need to add in a floor drain. The assembly includes an angled floor within a reservoir to force the liquid through an aperture and a clip assembly so that the reservoir may be mounted directly to or near the kitchen equipment.
US10683632B2
A work vehicle includes: a main hydraulic pump that supplies pressure oil to a hydraulic cylinder; an accessory pump that supplies pressure oil to an auxiliary machine; and a confluence switching valve that merges pressure oil of the accessory pump with pressure oil of the main hydraulic pump. The work vehicle is provided with a control device that, in case atmospheric pressure or air density of outside air is lower than a predetermined value, executes confluence limitation control of reducing a confluence flow rate at the confluence switching valve compared to the time in case the atmospheric pressure or the air density of the outside air is higher than the predetermined value, and canceling the confluence limitation control in case rotation speed of an engine becomes higher compared to a predetermined rotation speed value during the confluence limitation control, and the rotation speed value is higher as the atmospheric pressure or the air density of the outside air is lower.
US10683631B2
A method of decoupling a cylinder from a jaw in a demolition tool is disclosed. The jaw may have spaced apart first and second lugs. The method may include unlocking a first end of a pin from a first lug. The pin may have a groove adjacent the first end. The method may include rotating the first and second lugs in a first direction (A) from a first lug position to a second lug position wherein the pin slides through the first and second lugs and the first end moves from the first lug to the second lug to uncouple the cylinder from the jaw. The method may also include engaging a locking element biasingly supported on the second lug into the groove to retain the pin at the second lug. Further, the method may include moving the cylinder from between the spaced apart first and second lugs.
US10683627B2
Systems, apparatus and methods useful for collecting and separating floating debris and water from a body of water on a vessel, the vessel including at least one inflow regulator (IFR) chamber at least partially separated from a main collection compartment and at least one fluid discharge pump.
US10683626B2
A device and method for dispersing oil on water comprises a rig structure for being mounted in a vessel, the rig structure including a front transverse structure with at least one nozzle for flushing with pressurized water supplied from a pressure facility located on the vessel.
US10683625B2
Molded plastic barrier segments, typically water or sand-ballasted, are engineered to be attached together, end-to-end, in a barrier array, with innovative features which result in low rotation between attached barrier segments. Such a low rotation barrier array will, upon impact by a vehicle, act as a re-directive barrier, rather than a capturing barrier, which is an important safety feature in some crash scenarios.
US10683622B2
A gangway comprising a fixed platform. A support structure is connected to the fixed platform in a manner that allows the support structure to rotate with respect to the fixed platform. A releasable position locking assembly that inhibits rotation of the support structure in a raising direction is also provided. The releasable locking assembly includes a closed-loop fluid arrangement.
US10683621B2
The invention relates to a ground milling machine, in particular a road milling machine, comprising a machine frame, traveling devices connected to the machine frame, a drive engine, a ground milling device with a milling drum box open towards the ground and a milling drum mounted so as to be rotatable about a rotational axis inside the milling drum box, wherein the ground milling device is adjustable by means of an adjusting device between a raised transport position and a milling position engaging the ground, a conveyor device with at least one primary conveyor belt, with which milled material produced inside the milling drum box can be transported away from the ground milling device, the primary conveyor belt including a receiving side and a discharge side, a belt holder arranged in front of the ground milling device in the working direction of the ground milling machine, in which the receiving side of the primary conveyor belt is mounted, and an operator platform, from which an operator controls the ground milling machine in operation, as well as to a method for operating a ground milling machine. The invention facilitates an optimized handling of milling area obstacles located in the area of the milling track.
US10683620B1
Non-limiting embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method comprising: obtaining asphalt shingle waste (ASW) and performing grinding, screening, and separating steps on the ASW. In some embodiments, granules are removed from the ASW. In some embodiments, the method transforms ASW into ASW powder. In some embodiments, the ASW powder is formed into a plurality of briquettes. In some embodiments, at least one of: the ASW powder, the plurality of briquettes, or any combination thereof is fed into a mixing process that results in an ASW powder filled coating.
US10683618B2
A process for manufacturing a water soluble product including the steps of: providing a water soluble fibrous parent continuous ply web, the parent continuous ply web extending in the cross direction between an operator edge and drive edge; cutting the parent continuous ply web in the machine direction to provide a first continuous ply web that includes the drive edge and a second continuous ply web that includes the operator edge; superposing the first continuous ply web and the second continuous ply web to form a web stack so that the operator edge and the drive edge are on opposite sides of a centerline of the web stack in the machine direction; and cutting and joining portions of the web stack to form the water soluble product.
US10683617B2
A wall covering, a method of producing it and a method of covering a wall. The wall covering comprises a planar substrate, such as a nonwoven base substrate, having a front, and a back facing opposite the front. There is a barrier layer on the back of the substrate and an adhesive layer superimposed on the barrier layer. The adhesive layer comprises a first polymer component, a second polymer component, the first polymer component being a non crosslinked polymer and said second polymer component being a crosslinked polymer exhibiting properties of superabsorbency. The adhesive exhibits when exposed to water, a strength sufficient for binding to a wall substrate and a glide resistance low enough for allowing repositioning of the wall cover by sliding the wallcover on the wall without having to lift it up over a period of time of at least 5 minutes.
US10683612B2
A novel method is disclosed to make cellulose filaments (CF) from wood or other plant fibers with lower energy consumption. The method consists of multi-stage, high consistency refining, followed by low consistency refining or by low consistency, non-refining mechanical treatment, of wood or other plant fibers. The total specific refining energy for the multi-stage, high consistency refining is preferably 2,000-18,000 kWh/t, and more preferably 2,000-12,000 kWh/t. The CF produced can be used as a superior reinforcement additive in the production of paper, tissue or paperboard and in the production of plastic composites. It can also be used as a viscosity or rheology modifier in food products, coatings or drilling muds. The CF produced can also be used to make strong films for application in packaging and in composites.
US10683611B2
Methods and apparatus for fabricating a molded fiber part are described. A system for forming a molded fiber container includes a first plate configured to receive a molded fiber part having a moisture content, and a second plate configured to compress the part against the first plate, wherein at least one of the first and second plates includes a die cutting blade.
US10683608B2
A rope having a core for providing strength to the rope, where at least a metal or composite woven or warp knitted fabric having multiple substantially parallel elongated metal elements is provided around the core for protecting said core from impact and cutting, and where the multiple substantially parallel elongated elements are in the warp direction and held by yarns.
US10683596B2
A method of generating an image that shows an embroidery area in an embroidery frame for computerized embroidery includes: acquiring a first image of a calibration board that has multiple feature points forming a contour approximating an embroidery area defined by the embroidery frame; identifying the feature points of the calibration board in the first image to acquire multiple graphical feature points; acquiring a geometric curved surface that fits the graphical feature points and that includes multiple curved surface points; acquiring a second image in which the embroidery area of the embroidery frame is shown; and performing image correction on the second image based on the geometric curved surface to generate a corrected image.
US10683592B2
A hybrid, woven textile material that can be used in the manufacturing of fiber-reinforced composite materials. The hybrid textile material is a woven fabric composed of unidirectional fibers interlaced with strips of non-woven fibers in a weaving pattern. In an embodiment, the hybrid textile material is porous or permeable with respect to liquid resins used in Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) processes and a preform formed from this textile material can be infused with liquid resins during such RTM processes.
US10683583B2
A method for smoothing and polishing metals via ion transport by free solid bodies comprises connecting a part to be treated to a positive pole (anode) of a current generator and subjecting the part to friction with a set of particles comprising electrically conductive free solid bodies charged with negative electrical charge in a gaseous environment.
US10683578B2
Systems and methods are provided for producing electrolyzed water. In exemplary embodiments, a fluid container capable of storing a brine solution therein is used. An electrolytic cell is disposed within the fluid container and in communication with the brine solution. A power source is in electrical communication with the electrolytic cell, a pump is disposed in the fluid container; as is a chlorometer. A fluid container head is in removable mechanical communication with the fluid container, the fluid container head including a nozzle in fluid communication with the pump, a trigger in electrical communication with the pump, and a power switch in communication with the power source. A controller is in communication with the chlorometer and the electrolytic cell, the controller operating the electrolytic cell to convert the brine solution to a cleaning solution.
US10683577B1
The method of producing hydrogen peroxide using nanostructured bismuth oxide is an electrochemical process for producing hydrogen peroxide using a cathode formed as oxygen-deficient nanostructured bismuth oxide deposited as a film on the surface of a conducting substrate. An anode and the cathode are immersed in an alkaline solution saturated with oxygen in an electrolytic cell. An electrical potential is established across the cathode and the anode to initiate electrochemical reduction of the oxygen in the alkaline solution to produce hydrogen peroxide by oxygen reduction reaction.
US10683574B2
Method and apparatus for fabricating fibers and microstructures from disparate molar mass precursors
The disclosed methods and apparatus improve the fabrication of solid fibers and microstructures. In many embodiments, the fabrication is from gaseous, solid, semi-solid, liquid, critical, and supercritical mixtures using one or more low molar mass precursor(s), in combination with one or more high molar mass precursor(s). The methods and systems generally employ the thermal diffusion/Soret effect to concentrate the low molar mass precursor at a reaction zone, where the presence of the high molar mass precursor contributes to this concentration, and may also contribute to the reaction and insulate the reaction zone, thereby achieving higher fiber growth rates and/or reduced energy/heat expenditures together with reduced homogeneous nucleation. In some embodiments, the invention also relates to the permanent or semi-permanent recording and/or reading of information on or within fabricated fibers and microstructures. In some embodiments, the invention also relates to the fabrication of certain functionally-shaped fibers and microstructures. In some embodiments, the invention may also utilize laser beam profiling to enhance fiber and microstructure fabrication.
US10683565B2
A method of reclaiming cadmium material from photovoltaic (PV) modules is provided. The method includes submerging one or more portions of a PV module in a solution including non-distilled water, wherein the one or more portions of the PV module are submerged until cadmium material present on the PV module dissolves into the solution, boiling the solution until the dissolved cadmium material precipitates, and collecting the precipitated cadmium material.
US10683552B2
The present invention relates to clonal expansion of somatic cells in subjects, and acquired selective advantage of cell clones during the lifetime of a subject. In particular, the invention relates to methods for predicting the development of cancer based on the observation of specific genetic mutations in somatic cell clones, as well as to methods for treating or preventing cancer in a subject, in which clonal expansion of cells comprising specific modifications is observed.
