US10715386B2
A method and equipment for regulating communication parameters are provided. The method includes that: a first equipment establishes a communication with a second equipment according to preset configurations of communication parameters; the first equipment regulates the configurations of one or more of the communication parameters according to a network state and/or service state in a communication process; and the first equipment sends communication parameter regulation indication information to the second equipment, the communication parameter regulation indication information indicating a result of regulation performed by the first equipment on the configurations of the one or more of the communication parameters. Therefore, performance and applicability of a wireless communication system may be improved.
US10715368B2
A communication device generates a first portion of a physical layer (PHY) preamble of a PHY data unit to include a first plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols. Each OFDM symbol of the first plurality of OFDM symbols is modulated on at most X OFDM subcarriers, where X is a positive integer greater than one. The communication device generates a second portion of the PHY preamble to include a second plurality of OFDM symbols. Each OFDM symbol of the second plurality of OFDM symbols is modulated on at most N*X OFDM subcarriers, where N is a positive integer greater than one. The communication device generates a PHY data portion of the PHY data unit to include one or more third OFDM symbols. Each third OFDM symbol is modulated on at most N*X OFDM subcarriers. The communication device transmits the PHY data unit via the wireless communication channel.
US10715367B2
An information transmission method related to the field of communications technologies includes: generating an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, where the OFDM symbol includes a pi/2-BPSK modulated data signal and a pi/2-binary phase shift keying (BPSK) modulated phase tracking reference signal (PTRS); and sending the OFDM symbol. This method may be applied to an uplink single carrier transmission scenario or a downlink single carrier transmission scenario.
US10715360B2
A data scrambling method and a scrambling apparatus, where the method includes a scrambling apparatus scrambling a data stream including a first data block and a second data block. The first data block and the second data block may belong to a same sub-data stream, or may belong to different sub-data streams. A specification of the data stream when the first data block and the second data block belong to a same sub-data stream is different from a specification of the data stream when the first data block and the second data block belong to different sub-data streams, and the scrambling apparatus can scramble data streams of different specifications.
US10715358B1
A circuit for receiving signals in an integrated circuit device. The circuit comprises a first equalizer circuit having a first input for receiving a first input signal and generating an output signal at a first output; a second equalizer circuit having a second input for receiving the output signal generated at the first output of the first equalizer circuit and having a second output; and a control circuit having a control output coupled to the second output of the second equalizer circuit; wherein the control circuit provides an offset cancellation signal or a loopback signal to the second output of the second equalizer circuit. A method of receiving signals in an integrated circuit is also described.
US10715348B2
A method for processing user information detected by at least one detection device of a device, in which information concerning at least one user detected by the at least one detection device is transmitted to a number of databases, and in which the information detected by the at least one detection device is at least partially associated with a user profile, and in which all information stored on the number of databases which has been detected by the at least one detection device and associated with the user profile is retrieved from the number of databases, and as a function of a result of an authentication of the user is output to the user on at least one output unit for processing.
US10715341B2
The present invention relates to a Powered Device (PD) in a Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) system. The invention proposes that the PD selectively transmit to a Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) a power request based on the support of that PSE for autoclass. An autoclass supporting PSE will determine the maximum power that needs to be allocated to the PD based on measuring the power used by the autoclass supporting PD during classification. If the PSE does not support autoclass, it will instead allocate a default maximum power (based on the classification) to the PD. When the PD is operational it determines whether autoclass is supported by the PSE (230). If autoclass is supported then no power request should be sent (250) as otherwise the PSE will allocate power based on this request instead of on the more accurate measurement.
US10715338B2
A system includes determination of first public key certificate policies based on first data files, generation of a first public key certificate conforming to the first public key certificate policies, storage of the first public key certificate in a secret store system, reception of a second public key certificate, determination of second public key certificate policies based on second data files stored in the secret store system, determination of whether the received second public key certificate conforms to the second public key certificate policies, and storage of the second public key certificate in the secret store system if it is determined that the received second public key certificate conforms to the second public key certificate policies.
US10715334B2
Various embodiments include one or more of systems, methods, software, and data structures for validating a digital signature, wherein common information in a certification chain is maintained in one entry of a Document Secure Store (DSS). The DSS separates the Long Term Validation (LTV) information from the digital signature, allowing amendment of and addition to the LTV information in the DSS after a digital signature is applied to a document.
US10715331B2
The disclosure relates to posting auditable, immutable data to a blockchain. The method includes receiving a blockchain comprised of a plurality of blocks, each block having at least a block header and one or more transaction values, where each transaction value includes at least a transaction hash, and receiving a data file associated with a specific transaction hash included in a block in the blockchain, where the data file includes one or more variables. The method includes modifying at least one of the one or more variables included in the data file, generating a new hash value via application of one or more hashing algorithms to the modified data file, and generating a new transaction value based on at least the generated new hash value and the specific transaction hash. The method includes digitally signing the generated new transaction value, and electronically transmitting the signed new transaction value.
US10715317B2
A processor-implemented method improves security in a blockchain network of devices, which supports a blockchain, by protecting security, privacy, financial fairness, and secure transfer of identity assets. An identity asset provider device creates an identity asset related to an entity. The identity asset provider also creates a provider key, which is composed of multiple bits, and which is needed to decrypt an encrypted version of the identity asset. The identity asset provider device transmits the provider key bit-by-bit to an identity asset consumer device. A price for the provider key depends on how many bits have been transmitted to the identity asset consumer device.
US10715314B2
A cloud storage system supporting user agnostic encryption and deduplication of encrypted files is described. Further the cloud storage system enables users to share a file, a group of files, or an entire file system with other users without a user sending each file to the other users. The cloud storage system further allows a client device to minimize the utilization of bandwidth by determining whether the encrypted data to transfer is already present in the cloud storage system. Further the cloud storage system comprises mechanisms for a client device to inform the cloud storage system of which data is likely to be required in the future so that the cloud storage system can make that data available with less latency one the client device requests the data.
US10715305B2
An image forming apparatus includes a wireless communication portion, a transmission processing portion, a decoding processing portion, a change processing portion, and a retransmission processing portion. The wireless communication portion has a storage portion that stores member data regarding a replacement member. The transmission processing portion is configured to transmit a transmission request for transmitting the member data to the wireless communication portion. The decoding processing portion is configured to decode a response signal including the member data and transmitted from the wireless communication portion in response to the transmission request. The change processing portion is configured to change a decoding timing of the response signal when it has been determined that reception of the member data has failed. The retransmission processing portion is configured to retransmit the transmission request to the wireless communication portion after the decoding timing has been changed.
US10715304B2
The present invention discloses a modulation method and a modulation apparatus applicable to an OvXDM system, and an OvXDM system. On the one hand, an initial envelope waveform is virtually cut off, and a modulation-domain shift interval is calculated by using a virtual cutoff width of the initial envelope waveform, such that a symbol width obtained after modulation becomes smaller, and a transmission rate is improved; on the other hand, because the initial envelope waveform is virtually cut off but not really cut off, shifting and superimposition are still performed on an initial envelope waveform with tailing, such that the waveform still retains a good performance, such as a relatively narrow width and relatively fast side lobe attenuation, in a corresponding domain. Therefore, in the present invention, the good performance of the waveform is retained in the corresponding domain while the transmission rate is increased.
US10715297B2
In one embodiment, a distributed antenna system comprises at least one master unit; at least one remote antenna unit coupled to the master unit and comprising a power amplifier to radiate a remote downlink radio frequency signal, the remote antenna unit further configured to receive a remote uplink radio frequency signal from at least one antenna, the remote downlink radio frequency signal comprises first and second downlink frequency bands and wherein the remote uplink radio frequency signal comprises first and second uplink frequency bands; a band suppression module comprising: a controller; an uplink band suppression element configured to apply an attenuation to suppress the first uplink frequency band in response to a signal from the controller; and a downlink band suppression element configured to apply an attenuation to suppress the first downlink frequency band in response to the signal from the band suppression controller.
US10715282B2
A data transmission method and a device are provided. A receive end receives, using a first protocol, K packets sent by a transmit end, determines a second sending delay based on a target packet when detecting that the target packet is lost; sends an ACK message to the transmit end by using the first protocol based on the second sending delay, where the ACK message is used to notify the transmit end that the receive end has received all packets sent by the transmit end; sends a retransmission request for the target packet to the transmit end by using a second protocol, and receives, by using the second protocol, the target packet retransmitted by the transmit end. The method ensures high and stable throughputs, and lowers a memory requirement compared with an improved technology that uses TCP streams to transmit data, thereby saving system resources.
US10715269B2
The present invention discloses a channel frequency spreading device for a CDMA system, including: an orthogonal sequence generating module, configured to generate orthogonal sequence sets; a storage module, connected to the orthogonal sequence generating module, and configured to store the orthogonal sequence sets; a control module, connected to the storage module, and configured to read available orthogonal sequences in the orthogonal sequence sets when receiving a user request control signal; and a channel machine, connected to the control module, and configured to receive user request data, and perform frequency spreading on the user request data according to the available orthogonal sequences and then output. The channel frequency spreading device for a CDMA system can improve the number of the sequences allocated by the cell, and solve the problem that the excessive users cannot communicate normally.
US10715265B2
There are provided methods, apparatuses, and computer programs for improving measurement of a reference signal parameter measured by a wireless device, the reference signal parameter being a parameter of a reference signal transmitted by a radio network node in a wireless communication network. An example method includes determining that the wireless device is operating with a low measurement accuracy condition that affects measurement of the reference signal parameter. A severity of the low measurement accuracy condition has a positive correlation with the quality of a channel over which the reference signal is received. The method further includes adapting a first measurement bandwidth in response to determining that the wireless device has the low measurement accuracy condition that is positively correlated with the quality of the channel. The method further includes measuring a first reference signal parameter using the adapted first measurement bandwidth.
US10715260B1
An integrated photonics monopulse comparator includes an array of squinted monopulse elements, each monopulse element producing an RF signal in response to a received inbound signal and each RF signal having a squinted RF voltage. The comparator includes a laser source for producing a wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) optical signal comprising multiple components having discrete wavelengths. The component signals may be multiplexed and demultiplexed and routed through cascading optical phase modulators, each phase modulator connected to a monopulse element and capable of modulating a component signal according to the voltages of the RF signals produced by the corresponding monopulse element. The resulting modulated component optical signals undergo coherent photodetection by arrays of paired photodiodes, each pair receiving component signals of like wavelength. The output signals of each array are proportional in voltage to sums and differences from which arrival angles of the inbound signal may be calculated.
US10715253B2
A system is configured to receive a geographical indicator, to determine at least one light beacon (61-69) based on the geographical indicator, to output information (82) identifying the at least one light beacon, to receive a selection of one or more (61-68) of the at least one light beacon, to receive a content item or a reference to a content item in relation to the one or more light beacons, and to associate the content item with the one or more light beacons. The association causes the one or more light beacons to transmit data via visible light which enables reproduction of the content item.
US10715244B2
Technology for a repeater is disclosed. The repeater can include a first-direction signal path, a second-direction signal path and a controller. The controller can set a first gain for the first-direction signal path based on a second-direction received signal level. The controller can set a second gain for the second-direction signal path based on the second-direction received signal level with a differential with respect to the first gain. The differential between the first gain and the second gain can be set for a first signal type. The controller can adjust the differential between the first gain and the second gain for a second signal type.
US10715242B1
Apparatuses, methods, and systems for grouping antenna elements to enhance an antenna array response resolution, are disclosed. One method includes selecting a plurality of groups of antenna elements from an antenna array, wherein each group includes a plurality of antenna elements of the antenna array, determining an optimal phase setting for a beam directed from each group to a target device, and characterizing each of the groups including adjusting a phase of an electronic signal passing through each of the antenna elements of the group based on the optimal phase setting of the group, adjusting an amplitude ai of the electronic signal the passing through each of the antenna elements of the group to compensate for a loss of antenna array gain of the antenna array due to grouping of the antenna elements, and storing the adjusted phase and adjusted amplitude for each of the antenna element.
US10715240B2
Embodiments herein provides a method and system for beam steering in a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system. The method comprising determining a precoder matrix based on at least one of an inter-antenna element spacing controlled based on a selection of a number of antenna elements at the transmitter and a location of at least one receiver; and steering a transmit beam using the precoder matrix towards the at least one receiver. Yet another embodiments proposes the method and system for steering the at least one optimal receive beam or optimal sub-receive beam towards the at least one transmitter based on at least one of a Channel Quality Indication (CQI), a Channel State Information (CSI), and a location.
US10715235B2
Disclosed herein are methods and apparatuses configured to direct wireless communication. In some embodiments, a network apparatus is configured to: receive a first signal transmission from a remote station via a first antenna element of an antenna and a second signal transmission from the remote station via a second antenna element of the antenna simultaneously; determine first signal information for the first transmission; determine second signal information for the second transmission, wherein the second signal information is different than the first signal information; determine a set of weighting values based on the first signal information and the second signal information, wherein the set of weighting values is configured to construct one or more beam-formed transmission signals; and generate the one or more beam-formed transmission signals based on the set of weighting values for transmission to the remote station.
US10715228B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems for wireless communications are described. Example methods, devices, and systems are described that utilize a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) computed based at least in part on first signals received via a first cell and on second signals received via a second cell. Information in a measurement information message may be used as part of computing a PMI. The measurement information message may indicate resources of a first cell and a second cell for use in computing the PMI. A wireless device may receive first signals via the first cell and second signals via the second cell based on information in the measurement information message, and may use these signals to compute the PMI. The computed PMI may be used in communications with a base station. For example, the wireless device may receive a packet beamformed employing the computed PMI.
US10715221B2
A method for feeding back information about a channel between antenna arrays is provided, which includes: receiving, by a first network device, sub-channel channel information of N×M sub-channels that is sent by a second network device, where an antenna array of the first network device includes M panels, an antenna array of the second network device includes N panels, the channel between the first network device and the second network device includes the N×M sub-channels, M is a positive integer that is greater than or equal to 2, N is and N is a positive integer, M and N are not to be 1 at the same time, and the M panels and the N panels each includes at least two antennas; generating channel information of the channel between the first network device and the second network device according to the sub-channel channel information of the N×M sub-channels.
US10715220B2
One embodiment is directed to a multiple input, multiple output (“MIMO”) telecommunications system comprising a plurality of signal paths. The system further comprises mixers located in the plurality of signal paths, the mixers being coupled to oscillators for producing a plurality of signals occupying non-overlapping frequency bands and representative of wireless signals. The system further comprises a summer coupled to the plurality of signal paths for summing the plurality of signals to form summed signals. The system further comprises a shared analog-to-digital converter for converting the summed signals to digital signals.
US10715219B2
Methods and apparatus adapted to address asymmetric conditions in a multi-antenna system. In one embodiment, the multi-antenna system comprises a wireless (e.g., 3G cellular) multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) system, and the methods and apparatus efficiently utilize transmitter and receiver resources based at least in part on a detected asymmetric condition. If an asymmetric condition is detected by the transmitter on any given data stream, the transmitter can decide to utilize only a subset of the available resources for that stream. Accordingly, the signal processing resources for that data stream are adapted to mirror the reduction in resources that are necessary for transmission. The transmitter signals the receiver that it will only be using a subset of the resources available, and the receiver adapts its operation according to the signaling data it receives. The multi-antenna system can therefore reduce power consumption as well as increasing spectral efficiency on the network.
US10715215B2
The present disclosure describes techniques and systems for wireless communication via a mobile relay. These techniques may include a user device that determines that a transceiver is unavailable for communicating with a base station via a wireless connection. The user device then uses a mobile relay to communicate with the base station while the transceiver is unavailable. The mobile relay may be used for transmitting or receiving data from the base station. Additionally or alternatively, the mobile relay may participate in the wireless connection as an external resource of the mobile device or may establish an independent wireless connection with the base station.
US10715213B1
Cable network test instruments are disclosed. The test instruments are configured to collect signal data across a frequency band and analyze the collected data to determine whether orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal leakage is present. Methods of identifying OFDM signal leakage are also disclosed.
US10715204B2
Systems, methods, and devices for operating in either frequency division duplexing (FDD) or time division duplexing (TDD) for wireless communications using the same electrical balance duplexer (EBD) circuitry in a transceiver device are provided. A series of switches may selectively couple components of the EBD, such as a low noise amplifier (LNA), a power amplifier (PA), and balancing impedance, to ground based on selected operation mode (e.g., FDD or TDD) while reducing insertion loss of the receiver (RX) and transmitter (TX) signals. Tuned matching network blocks for the LNA and PA may be used in addition to the series of switches to provide impedance matching for additional reduction of insertion loss.
US10715200B2
A monolithic integrated circuit (IC), and method of manufacturing same, that includes all RF front end or transceiver elements for a portable communication device, including a power amplifier (PA), a matching, coupling and filtering network, and an antenna switch to couple the conditioned PA signal to an antenna. An output signal sensor senses at least a voltage amplitude of the signal switched by the antenna switch, and signals a PA control circuit to limit PA output power in response to excessive values of sensed output. Stacks of multiple FETs in series to operate as a switching device may be used for implementation of the RF front end, and the method and apparatus of such stacks are claimed as subcombinations. An iClass PA architecture is described that dissipatively terminates unwanted harmonics of the PA output signal. A preferred embodiment of the RF transceiver IC includes two distinct PA circuits, two distinct receive signal amplifier circuits, and a four-way antenna switch to selectably couple a single antenna connection to any one of the four circuits.
US10715197B2
An exterior cover of an electronic device includes a cradle cover to which the electronic device is fitted, a top cover that opens or closes a front face of the electronic device, and a connecting member interconnecting the top cover and the cradle cover. The top cover is configured to be conformally engaged with the cradle cover and to maintain the conformally engaged state. An exterior cover for an electronic device includes a cradle cover to which the electronic device is fitted, a top cover that opens or closes a front face of the electronic device, and a connecting member interconnecting the top cover and the cradle cover, wherein the top cover is configured to be conformally engaged with the cradle cover.
US10715192B2
A signal processing apparatus includes a unit configured to generate noise cut data by deducting a predetermined noise value from values of respective signals constituting input data and a stochastic resonance processing unit configured to subject the noise cut data to a predetermined stochastic resonance processing. The predetermined stochastic resonance processing is processing to output, in a method of synthesizing a result of parallelly performing steps of adding new noise to the noise cut data to subject the resultant data to a binary processing, a value obtained in a case where the parallel number is infinite.
US10715184B2
Methods and systems for improving the read and write performance of a distributed file system while limiting memory usage are described. The type of error correcting scheme applied to data, the partitioning of the data into data chunks, and the sizes of data slices within each of the data chunks used for storing electronic files within the distributed file system may be dynamically adjusted over time to optimize for fast IO performance while limiting memory usage (e.g., requiring less than 256 MB of RAM to generate and store code blocks). The file size of an electronic file to be stored, the amount of available memory for generating code blocks, and the amount of available disk space to store the electronic file may be used to set the data sizes of the data slices and the type of erasure code applied to data blocks associated with the data slices.
US10715178B2
Technology is described herein for a generalized low-density parity-check (GLDPC) decoder. A GLDPC decoder comprises an LDPC decoder and a syndrome decoder. The LDPC decoder is configured to generate a codeword for encoded data. The syndrome decoder is configured to decode a syndrome of punctured check nodes based on a linear block code having more than one information bit. The GLDPC decoder is configured to control the LDPC decoder to compute an initial value of the syndrome of the punctured check nodes based on an initial estimate of the codeword from the LDPC decoder. The GLDPC decoder is configured to alternate between controlling the syndrome decoder to correct the syndrome and controlling the LDPC decoder to update the codeword based on the corrected syndrome. The GLDPC decoder is configured to provide a decoded version of the encoded data based on a final estimate of the codeword.
US10715172B1
Disclosed is an analog-to-digital converter with an adjustable operation frequency for noise reduction. The operation frequency of the analog-to-digital converter is adjustable, and if an input signal or a circuit is affected by a noise, the noise can be reduced by spreading the frequency distribution of the noise. A clock generator generates a clock signal for controlling the operation frequency of the analog-to-digital converter. Additionally, a clock controller receives a setting signal and a counting signal, controls the clock generator, and adjusts the frequency of the clock signal. In addition, a counter counts the number of periods of the clock signal, and generates the counting signal. Furthermore, a selecting signal makes the frequency of the clock signal gradually increase or decrease with time, thereby allowing change rate or change amount of the frequency of the clock signal to be adjustable.
US10715171B1
A voltage-mode digital-to-analog converter (DAC) includes input circuitry and an array of output impedance units disposed in parallel. The input circuitry receives a digital word of N bits. A selectable number of the output impedance units are activated to produce a desired aggregate output impedance. The selectable number is free to be a number different than N.
US10715164B2
An A-D conversion circuit configured to convert an analog input signal into numerical data using a pulse delay circuit includes pulse position digitizing units, a clock generation circuit, and a processing unit. The clock generation circuit includes inverters each including one or more n-channel transistors and one or more p-channel transistors. The inverters differ from each other in a number ratio of the number of n-channel transistors connected in a common-gate parallel-connected manner and the number of p-channel transistors connected in a common-gate parallel-connected manner.
US10715156B1
A phased-locked loop (PLL) includes a first oscillator supplying a first oscillator signal with a first jitter component and a second oscillator supplying a second oscillator signal with a second jitter component. The second jitter component is higher than the first jitter component. A selector circuit selects either the first oscillator signal or the second oscillator signal as the PLL output signal. The first oscillator signal and the second oscillator signal may have different frequencies with the lower frequency signal having more jitter. The oscillator producing the signal with less jitter utilizes more power. A continuous time delta-sigma modulator analog-to-digital converter (ADC) receives the PLL output signal as an input clock signal. A high gain setting of an amplifier supplying an input signal to the ADC selects a lower jitter signal input clock signal and a lower gain setting selects a higher jitter input clock signal.
US10715155B1
Described herein is a digital phase locked loop (PLL) which includes a phase frequency detector (PFD) outputting a pulse width modulated (PWM) up pulse and a PWM down pulse based on comparison of a reference clock and a feedback clock, a digital integral circuit connected to the PFD, the digital integral circuit outputting a digital control signal based on the PWM up and down pulses, and a controlled oscillator (CO) connected to the digital integral circuit and an output and input of the PFD. The CO receiving the PWM up and down pulses from the PFD and adjusting a frequency of the CO based on the digital control signal and the PWM up and down pulses to generate an output clock. The feedback clock is based on the output clock and the reference clock is aligned with the feedback clock by adjusting the output clock frequency until frequency/phase lock.
US10715152B2
A PLL circuit of one embodiment has a structure for preferably setting the FV characteristic of an LC-VCO. The PLL circuit includes a voltage controlled oscillator, a phase comparator, a charge pump, a loop filter, and an FV characteristic adjustment unit setting the FV characteristic. The voltage controlled oscillator has an FV characteristic indicating the relationship between a control signal and a frequency and outputs an oscillation signal having a frequency corresponding to the control signal based on the FV characteristic. The phase comparator detects a phase difference between an input signal and the control signal. The charge pump outputs a corrected voltage value changed according to the phase difference. The loop filter outputs a control voltage value changed in response to corrected voltage value variations. The FV characteristic adjustment unit generates an FV characteristic control signal by a mean corrected voltage value.
US10715150B1
A frequency divider circuit includes an oscillator comprising a plurality of delay elements coupled in series with each other, a first coupling circuit coupled to a first oscillator node and including a control terminal to receive a first retiming signal, and a first multiplexer including inputs coupled to receive the input signal and a complementary input signal, a control terminal coupled to a second oscillator node, and an output to provide the first retiming signal. The first multiplexer may be configured to alternate between injecting the input signal into the first oscillator node based on rising edges of the input signal and injecting the input signal into the first oscillator node based on falling edges of the input signal in response to a logic state of an oscillation waveform appearing at the second oscillator node.
US10715146B2
A semiconductor die. The die comprises a level shifter coupled to a positive differential input and to a negative differential input comprising a first operational amplifier, wherein the first operational amplifier is configured to generate an internal common mode voltage coupled to a positive differential output and to a negative differential output, a positive alternating current (AC) coupled feed-forward path comprising a first capacitor coupled to the positive differential input and to the positive differential output, a negative AC coupled feed-forward path comprising a second capacitor coupled to the negative differential input and to the negative differential output, a positive direct current (DC) feed-forward path coupled to the differential input, to the internal common mode voltage sense node, and to the positive differential output, and a negative DC feed-forward path coupled to the differential input, to the internal common mode voltage sense node, and to the negative differential output.
US10715145B2
An analog multiplexer includes inputs and one output. A switching circuit is coupled between each input and the output. Each switching circuit includes an NMOS switching module, having an on state and an off state, and a control module supplied by a first supply voltage and operating to reduce leakage currents of the NMOS switching module when in the off state. The control module further operates to make the first NMOS switching module bidirectional irrespective of voltages present at the input and at the output.
US10715139B2
Driver and pre-driver circuitry operate in an integrated circuit with two supply voltages. In one form, a reference voltage generation circuit is operable to respond to varying voltage supply conditions in which a driver may be subject to over voltage effects by generating a reference voltage based the first supply voltage when the second supply voltage is not available, and based on the second supply voltage when the first supply voltage is not available. A first drive signal generation circuit drives a pull-up transistor gate based on a data signal, varying the gate voltage between the second supply voltage and the reference voltage. A second drive signal generation circuit drives a pull-down transistor gate with a signal varying between the second supply voltage minus the reference voltage, and zero volts. In one form, certain gate-source voltages in the driver are maintained to be equal.
US10715135B2
A gate driver circuit comprises a sensor, an amplifier, a regulator and a gate driver. The sensor is configured to sense a collector-emitter voltage and includes a first resistor and a second resistor connected in series, a high voltage diode connected between the series connected first and second resistors and a first capacitor connected parallel to the second resistor. The amplifier is configured to amplify a sensor output voltage and includes a non-inverting operational amplifier controlled by means of a plurality of resistors, a voltage follower connected to an output terminal of the non-inverting operational amplifier through a first diode and a third resistor connected across the first diode and the voltage follower. The regulator is configured to regulate a regulator output voltage based on an amplifier voltage. The gate driver is configured to connect/disconnect the regulator output voltage to the base terminal of the BJT.
US10715132B2
Gate driver circuit for driving power transistor includes: gate line to be connected to the transistor; source line to be connected to the transistor; first current source sourcing current to the gate line; and second current source sinking current from the gate line, wherein the first current source includes: first reference impedance element connected to power supply line; first reference transistor installed between the first reference impedance element and the gate line; first error amplifier having output connected to gate of the first reference transistor, one input connected to the first reference impedance element, and the other input where first reference voltage is input; and first transistor elements installed between the power supply line and the gate line, and wherein the first current source is switched between a state, in which gate of each first transistor element is connected to the output of the first error amplifier, and OFF state.
US10715131B2
A switching power device (100) is provided which comprises: a normally-ON transistor (12), a normally-OFF metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) (14), the normally-OFF MOSFET (14) being connected in series to a source terminal (12S) of the normally-ON transistor (12), and a driver (16) connected to and arranged to drive a gate terminal (12G) of the normally-ON transistor (12). A switching transistor (28) can then be positioned between the source terminal (12S) of the normally-ON transistor (12) and a common connection (30) of the driver (16) to protect the switching power device (100) from deleterious over-voltage and over-current spikes.
US10715127B2
Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to apparatuses and methods for lookahead duty cycle adjustment of a clock signal. Clock signals may be provided to a semiconductor device, such as a memory device, to synchronize one or more operations. A duty cycle adjuster (DCA) of the device may adjust the clock signal(s) based on a duty code determined during an initialization of the device. While the device is in operation, a lookahead DCA (LA DCA) may test a number of different adjustments to the clock signal(s), the results of which may be determined by a duty cycle monitor (DCM). The results of the DCM may be used to select one of the tested adjustments, which may be used to update the duty code.
US10715110B2
An acoustic wave filter device includes a first resonant circuit, a second resonant circuit, a first interconnect line, and a second interconnect line. The second resonant circuit includes a second parallel-arm resonator, and a frequency-tuning circuit that allows tuning of the resonant frequency of the second parallel-arm resonator. The frequency-tuning circuit includes a capacitor, and a switching element connected in parallel with the capacitor. The first interconnect line is an interconnect line connected to the portion of the series-arm resonator located adjacent to the first input/output terminal. The second interconnect line is an interconnect line connecting the parallel-arm resonator with the switching element, or an interconnect line connecting the parallel-arm resonator with the capacitor. A first transmission line formed by the first interconnect line, and a second transmission line formed by the second interconnect line are magnetically coupled with each other.
US10715104B2
A piezoelectric vibration component that includes a substrate having a principal surface and a side face, a piezoelectric vibrator, a lid, and an adhesive layer that hermetically seals the piezoelectric vibrator in a space between the lid and the principal surface. The adhesive layer extends from the principal surface to at least a portion of the side face of the substrate.
US10715095B2
A radiofrequency (RF) filter includes an inductive element having multiple coil sections collectively forming an undivided coil of a cable of twisted magnetic wires. At least two adjacent coil sections have different turn pitches. The cable of twisted magnetic wires includes two wires per channel and is configured for at least one channel. The cable of twisted magnetic wires at a first end of the inductive element is configured for connection to an electrical component that is to receive power from a power supply. The cable of twisted magnetic wires at a second end of the inductive element is configured for connection to the power supply. Terminating capacitive elements are electrically connected between a reference ground potential and a respective wire of the cable of twisted magnetic wires at respective locations between the second end of the inductive element and the power supply.
US10715088B1
A low noise amplifier has integral noise cancellation to provide a low noise figure and operation over a frequency range of 0.5 GHz-50 GHz. An amplifier amplifies an input signal as well as noise present with the amplified signal and amplified noise being out of phase and in phase, respectively, with the corresponding inputs. A feedback circuit that is non-linear with frequency enables a constant amplification. A summation circuit combines amplified signals with the noise being cancelled since two combined noise signals being summed are 180 degrees out of phase to each other. An optional secondary amplification stage provides additional amplification. Preferably, the amplifier, auxiliary amplifier and the summation device utilize CMOS transistors disposed on an SOI substrate with impedance stabilization over the frequency range.
US10715087B2
The present disclosure relates to an integrated wideband Radio Frequency (RF) amplifier, based on a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology. In an embodiment the amplifier addresses the shortcomings of conventional wideband amplifiers and is based on a distributed amplifier (DA) topology which typically exhibit severe performance degradation when externally loaded with parasitic circuit elements. In an embodiment of the present invention a buffer amplifier at the output of a conventional DA is able to compensate the impact of parasitic elements. The disclosed circuit can be implemented by fabricating the wideband RF amplifier integrated circuit (IC) on a 130 nm CMOS technology or other comparable CMOS technologies.
US10715086B2
An amplifier circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a first pathway and a second pathway. The first transistor amplifies an external signal that is input from outside the amplifier circuit. The second transistor amplifies a detection signal that detects a level of the external signal. The first pathway is connected between a collector of the first transistor and a base of the second transistor to supply the detection signal that is output from the collector of the first transistor to the base of the second transistor. The second pathway is connected between an emitter of the first transistor and the base of the second transistor to supply a bias voltage from the emitter of the first transistor to the base of the second transistor.
US10715084B2
A power amplifier circuit includes an amplifier that receives an input signal with an alternating current and outputs an output signal obtained by amplifying power of the input signal to a first node; an inductive element that is connected between the first node and a second node; and a variable capacitor that is connected between the second node and a reference potential, and whose electrostatic capacitance increases as power of the output signal increases.
US10715081B2
A device or system to measure a soiling level and/or soiling level non-uniformity, or power loss arising from soiling including soiling non-uniformity, representative of a PV module. In one respect, a device comprising at least a first transparent window and at least two sensors, wherein said sensors comprise a soiling sensor, an irradiance sensor, or a photovoltaic device, and wherein at least two of said sensors are configured to measure separate regions of said first transparent window and at least one of said sensors is a soiling sensor configured to measure a soiling level of said first transparent window or of a second transparent window substantially close to said first transparent window, and wherein from said measurements of said sensors said device determines a soiling level and/or a non-uniformity of said soiling level of said first transparent window. In another respect, a device or system configured to determine from said measurements an equivalent power loss of a photovoltaic module having said soiling level with said non-uniformity. In another respect, a device or system comprising a photovoltaic module or an input for a photovoltaic module and configured to determine a power loss of said photovoltaic module due to soiling, including non-uniform soiling.
US10715077B2
A method of controlling a motor having windings of a plurality of phases includes an estimation step of calculating a current vector norm from d-axis current and q-axis current flowing in the motor, calculating power loss from the current vector norm and the entire heat resistance of the motor, and estimating the maximum temperature of the windings of the plurality of phases based on the power loss and a transfer function having first or higher-order transfer characteristics, in the case where the motor is in a low rotation state, and a limiting step of limiting input power based on the maximum temperature estimated in the estimation step.
US10715075B2
A motor control device is configured to feedback-control state quantity of a motor or a mechanical load, and the device includes a first notch filter disposed inside a feedback control system and configured to change a frequency component to be removed, a first notch controller configured to change a first notch frequency as a center frequency of the first notch filter, a change rate calculator configured to successively calculate a notch frequency change rate indicating a change amount per unit time of the first notch frequency, and a change rate monitor configured to output a signal indicating that the notch frequency change rate has a value outside a first predetermined range when the notch frequency change rate has the value outside the first predetermined range.
US10715067B2
A technique for providing electric power to an electric power utility grid includes driving an electric power alternator coupled to the grid with a spark-ignited or direct injection internal combustion engine; detecting a change in electrical loading of the alternator; in response to the change, adjusting parameters of the engine and/or generator to adjust power provided by the engine. In one further forms of this technique, the adjusting of parameters for the engine includes retarding spark timing and/or interrupting the spark ignition; reducing or retarding direct injection timing or fuel amount and/or interrupting the direct injection; and/or the adjusting of parameters for the generator including increasing the field of the alternator or adding an electrical load.
US10715064B2
A control device for controlling a stepping motor includes at least one processor which function as a control unit configured to control the stepping motor through a first control method or a second control method by using a control signal, wherein the memory configured to store a plurality of locus data indicating a relationship between an advance angle and a rotation speed of the stepping motor at each waveform of the control signal, the advance angle being a phase difference between a phase corresponding to a rotation position of the stepping motor and a phase of the control signal, and wherein the control unit select one piece of locus data from the plurality of locus data stored in the memory before switching a control method between the first control method and the second control method.
US10715063B2
A motor drive control device for driving a single phase motor having a coil of a first system and a coil of a second system includes a first drive circuit configured to control energization to the coil of the first system, a second drive circuit configured to control energization to the coil of the second system, and an adjustment circuit to which a first monitor voltage output from the first drive circuit and a second monitor voltage output from the second drive circuit are input. One or both of the first and second drive circuits has at least one of an input terminal and an output terminal. The adjustment circuit performs an adjustment operation of applying a predetermined voltage to at least one of the input terminal and the output terminal based on the first and second monitor voltages.
US10715060B2
A motor driving system has a first motor, a first motor driving control device for driving the first motor, a second motor, a second motor driving control device for driving the second motor, a controller performing communication with the first motor driving control device and the second motor driving control device, a first communication line for connecting a common terminal of the controller and the first motor driving control device; a second communication line for connecting the common terminal and the second motor driving control device, and a switch unit capable of switching each of the first and second communication lines between an enable state in which communication is possible by the communication line and an disable state in which communication is impossible under control of the controller. The controller controls the switch unit to set either the first or the second communication line to the enable state.
US10715052B2
An electrical inverter may include a plurality of phase modules to provide a plurality of phase outputs. Two or more of the plurality of phase modules may share a common insulated-gate bipolar transistor.
US10715042B2
A variable voltage converter transfers charge between a battery and a DC link. A first inductor couples a positive battery node and a first node. A first transistor selectably couples the first node to a negative battery node. A first capacitor has a negative terminal coupled to the negative battery node. A second inductor couples a positive terminal of the first capacitor to a second node. A second capacitor has a positive terminal coupled to the first node. A second transistor selectably couples the second node to a negative terminal of the second capacitor. When the transistors are non-conducting, the second inductor charges the DC link and the first inductor charges the first and second capacitors. When the transistors are conducting, the inductors are energized in parallel by the battery and the first and second capacitors. High voltage gain is obtained at relatively low values for the PWM duty cycle.
US10715041B2
An inductor component includes a composite body that includes a plurality of composite layers each including a composite material of an inorganic filler and a resin; and a plurality of spiral wires that each are stacked on the composite layer, the spiral wires each being covered with the other composite layer. The average particle diameter of the inorganic filler is equal to or smaller than 5 μm, the wire pitch of the spiral wires is equal to or smaller than 10 μm, and the interlayer pitch between adjacent spiral wires is equal to or smaller than 10 μm.
US10715033B2
A method of enhancing a power factor during a half-line cycle of a power factor correction (PFC) converter includes generating an input voltage signal representative of a value of an input voltage of the PFC converter. A variable multiplication factor is adjusted to be greater than one for a first part of the half-line cycle and less than one for a second part of the half-line cycle. A pre-distortion signal is generated to be representative of the value of the input voltage of the PFC converter times the variable multiplication factor. An input current of the PFC converter is sensed. A first signal is generated in response to a sensed input current of the PFC converter multiplied by the pre-distortion signal. An on-time of a switch of the PFC converter is ended in response to the first signal.
US10715027B2
A driver circuit includes a gate capacitance discharge circuit that reduces a resistance value of a resistor for pulling down the gate of a PMOSFET at the output stage for a predetermined period at the timing when an NMOSFET turns on and a pull-down resistor switching circuit that switches pull-down resistors of the gate capacitance discharge circuit, based on a divided voltage into which voltage of the high voltage power supply system is divided, in which the pull-down resistor switching circuit, when the divided voltage is higher than a reference voltage Vref, switches the pull-down resistor for the predetermined period to a resistor and, when the divided voltage is the reference voltage Vref or lower, switches the pull-down resistor to a resistor having a higher resistance value than the resistor.
US10715026B2
A gate driving circuit includes a first transistor, a first control circuit that changes a gate voltage of the first transistor from a low level to a high level, and a second control circuit that changes the gate voltage of the first transistor from the high level to the low level, wherein the first control circuit and the second control circuit are coupled to each other in parallel with respect to a gate of the first transistor.
US10715023B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a vibratory actuator the size of which can be reduced and which effectively produces vibrations felt by a user. The vibratory actuator has: a stationary body which has a curved surface section curved in a concave shape to be placed along the skin; and a movable body which is disposed on the curved surface section so as to be able to move with respect to the stationary body in a reciprocating manner along the curved surface section, thereby imparting a vibratory stimulus caused by the reciprocating motion to mechanoreceptors in the skin tissue via the curved surface section.
US10715022B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an actuator that has a simple configuration and can stably achieve high output without the occurrence of magnetic saturation. This actuator has: a movable body provided with a cylindrical magnet section having alternately N-pole faces and S-pole faces on the peripheral surface surrounding a rotation shaft; and a fixed body provided with, pole tooth surfaces of the same number as the N-pole faces and the S-pole faces, and a coil that excites the pole tooth sections. The movable body has as a turning reference position a position at which the center of the pole tooth surfaces in the circumferential direction and the switching position of the pole faces of the magnet section face each other, and is held to the fixed body so as to be turnable back and forth around the rotation shaft in the circumferential direction.
US10715009B1
A hydro-electric power generation system that converts falling water energy into rotational energy that is used to generate electricity. The mechanical portion of the device including a rotating platform with a track positioned thereon with angled portions that allow water-filled buckets to move downward thereby rotating the platform. Alternate buckets filled and then emptied causing continual rotation of the platform as long as a water source continues to provide a stream of water to the device.
US10714996B2
External rotor electric machine with SMC blocks interposed between permanent magnets. The machine has an internal stator and an external cylindrical rotor. Permanent magnets and SMC blocks are mounted on the inner surface of the rotor.
US10714985B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a wireless power transmitter includes a charging surface, a transmitting antenna configured to generate an electromagnetic field extending above the charging surface, a sensing array disposed between the transmitting antenna and the charging surface, and a controller coupled to the sensing array. The sensing array includes a plurality of sensors. Each sensor of the plurality of sensors is configured to generate a respective signal indicative of a strength of the electromagnetic field. The controller is configured to detect a presence of a metallic object, other than a receiving antenna of a power receiver, in the electromagnetic field based on the respective signal generated by one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors.
US10714981B2
Disclosed are an apparatus for protecting a wireless communication device and a wireless communication device comprising the same. The protection apparatus according to one embodiment comprises: a determination unit for detecting a power supply voltage of a wireless communication device for wirelessly transmitting and receiving a signal by generating a magnetic field or reacting therewith, and determining a wireless charging state from the outside when an increase in the power supply voltage, which is greater than or equal to a preset threshold, is detected; and a protection unit for protecting the wireless communication device from a power signal for wireless charging when the wireless charging condition is determined through the determination unit.
US10714980B2
New wireless power transmission techniques are disclosed. In some aspects of the invention, a system distributes wireless power from a power and information transmitting base station, through a network of intermediate wireless power enhancement and consumption devices, each of which may be independently owned and controlled. The system may assign invoices comprising monetary credits and debits, based on each device's use or enhancement of the wireless power provided through the network. Other power storage and transmission techniques are also disclosed, including a new form of universal battery, with variable space-filling aspects and a central battery core with improved, flexibly-applied contacts.
US10714977B2
A voltage detection circuit includes an inductor connected to connection portions configured to input an alternating-current voltage, an inductor magnetic-field coupled to the inductor, a capacitor connected in parallel to the inductor and constituting a secondary-side resonant circuit with the inductor, and a voltage detector configured to detect an output voltage from the secondary-side resonant circuit. Therefore, a voltage detection circuit, a power transmission device, and a power transmission system capable of detecting an alternating-current voltage with high detection sensitivity irrespective of the potential of a power transmission line are provided.
US10714975B2
A dual band wireless power reception unit is disclosed. The wireless power reception unit according to one embodiment comprises: a first resonator; a second resonator connected to the first resonator in parallel; a single rectifier having, as an input, a node in which outputs of the first resonator and the second resonator are connected to each other in parallel; at least one switch having a first output, a second output, and an input, wherein the second output is connected to the ground; at least one capacitor connected to the second resonator in parallel, and of which one terminal is connected to the first output of the switch and the other terminal is connected to the rectifier input; and a frequency sensor sensing an input frequency from the rectifier input, and of which an output is connected to the input of the switch.
US10714965B2
The present disclosure discloses a charging device, a charging method, a power adapter and a terminal. The charging device includes a charging receiving terminal, a voltage adjusting circuit and a central control module. The charging receiving terminal is configured to receive an alternating current. The voltage adjusting circuit includes a first rectifier, a switch unit, a transformer and a second rectifier. The first rectifier is configured to rectify the alternating current and output a first voltage. The switch unit is configured to modulate the first voltage to output a modulated first voltage. The transformer is configured to output a second voltage according to the modulated first voltage. The second rectifier is configured to rectify the second voltage to output a third voltage. The voltage adjusting circuit applies the third voltage to a battery directly.
US10714956B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are presented for battery charging. A charging connector may connect to power terminals of a battery. A data connector may connect to a battery. A charger controller may read battery data from a battery via a data connector and charge the battery by supplying a power level to the battery via a charging connector. A power level may be based on battery data.
US10714953B1
A charging stand for use with a percussive massage device that includes a rechargeable battery. The charging stand includes a main body portion that defines a charging channel therein that is configured to receive the percussive massage device in a charging position. The main body portion includes first and second side walls, an upper wall and a lower wall that cooperate to define the charging channel. When a percussive massage device is received in the charging position, power is transmitted from the charging stand to the rechargeable battery.
US10714952B2
A charging apparatus operable to provide different charging outputs. The charging apparatus includes an adapter (100) configured to receive a power supply cable (202). The charging apparatus also includes at least one charging module (300) associated with a specific charging output. One of the at least one charging module (300) is operatively and detachably coupled to the adapter. Further, the adapter is configured to be replaceably coupled to other charging modules of the at least one charging module having different charging outputs.
US10714951B2
Embodiments describe a wireless charging device including: a housing having a charging surface and first and second walls that define an interior cavity; a transmitter coil arrangement disposed within the interior cavity, an interconnection structure positioned within the interior cavity below the transmitter coil arrangement, the interconnection structure including a plurality of packaged electrical components mounted on the interconnection structure and configured to operate the plurality of transmitter coils during wireless power transfer, where the plurality of packaged electrical components is located below the transmitter coil arrangement; and a frame comprising a plurality of openings positioned corresponding to the plurality of packaged electrical components, each opening providing space within which a respective packaged electrical device is disposed.
US10714946B2
A method for charging a battery of an electric vehicle, at a direct-current charging apparatus, wherein the vehicle has an inverter which is connected to the battery, and an electric motor which is connected to the inverter. During the charging process, the inverter and at least one inductor of the electric motor are used for the step-up conversion of a low charging voltage of the direct-current charging apparatus into a higher voltage which is required for charging the battery.
US10714945B2
A charge control circuit includes: a charge current control circuit configured to receive an input voltage at a first node, output a sensing current to a second node, and turn on a power transistor; a comparator configured to compare a voltage level of the second node with a voltage level of a third node, wherein the third node receives a charging current from the power transistor; a current mirror configured to generate a mirror current corresponding to the sensing current; and an amplifier configured to receive a first feedback voltage based on the mirror current, and amplify a difference between the first feedback voltage and a reference voltage to generate a switch control signal, wherein in response to the switch control signal and a plurality of control signals, the charge current control circuit is configured to decrease the sensing current and turn on the power transistor.
US10714939B2
A longitudinal voltage source interconnects into a first line and a second line and feeds a longitudinal voltage into each of the two lines. The voltage source has first and second H-bridge circuits, each with four switches, and with outer terminals and center terminals. The center terminals are connectable to disconnected locations of the first and second lines. A capacitor has a first capacitor terminal connected to the two first output terminals of the two H-bridge circuits and a second capacitor terminal connected to the two second output terminals of the two H-bridge circuits. One or more switching modules are connected between the first capacitor terminal and the first output terminals of the first and second H-bridge circuits, and one or more switching modules are connected between the second capacitor terminal and the second output terminals of the first and second H-bridge circuits.
US10714935B2
A system and a method are provided for managing events in a smart grid. The method is implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions operable to: receive a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) notify message comprising a monitored state of at least one electrical device, from a smart meter; send a SIP publish message comprising the monitored state of the at least one electrical device, to at least one client device for management of the at least one electrical device; and determine and send a rule comprising at least one action to take in response to the monitored state of the at least one electrical device, to the smart meter.
US10714934B2
An ESD protection device includes a detection circuit and a clamping circuit. The detection circuit is configured to output a first control signal and a second control signal according to a first voltage and a second voltage that is different from the first voltage, in which if an ESD event occurs, the detection circuit is configured to perform an inverse operation according to the second voltage, in order to generate the first control signal and the second control signal. The clamping circuit is configured to be turned on according to the first control signal and the second control signal, in order to provide a discharging path for a current associated with the ESD event.
US10714931B2
The present disclosure relates to an electrostatic protection circuit, an array substrate and a display device, comprising: a first electrostatic discharge circuit and a second electrostatic discharge circuit; wherein the first electrostatic discharge circuit is configured to, in case that an electrostatic voltage formed on the first signal wire is greater than or equal to a first preset turn-on voltage, transmit the electrostatic voltage on the first signal wire to the second signal wire. In case that the electrostatic voltage formed on the first signal wire is greater than or equal to a second preset turn-on voltage, the first electrostatic discharge circuit couples the voltage on the first signal wire to a first node, so that the second electrostatic discharge circuit transmits the electrostatic voltage on the first signal wire to the second signal wire.
US10714930B1
A power-distribution system can detect a transmission-line electrical fault, and the power source can be electrically isolated from the transmission line before a human or equipment is substantially harmed or damaged. A controller on the source side is responsive to one or more sensors that provide a signal indicative of the voltage across the transmitter side of the transmission line. A source-disconnect device operable by the controller electrically isolates the source from the transmission line. A signal-generator circuit is configured to superimpose a higher-wavelength carrier waveform with the source-output waveform on the transmission line. The controller determines the normal impedance of the transmission line from measurement and detects a transmission-line fault, as indicated by a change in carrier waveform reflections or energy content of the carrier waveform and generates a command to open the source-disconnect device upon detection of the fault.
US10714924B2
A ground fault overvoltage relay device is configured to: determine whether or not a first condition is satisfied, the first condition being that at least two of line voltages between respective two phases are less than or equal to a first threshold value; determine whether or not a second condition is satisfied, the second condition being that a ratio between a minimum value of the line voltages between the respective two phases and a minimum value of the respective phase voltages is less than or equal to a second threshold value; determine whether or not a third condition is satisfied, the third condition being that the zero-phase voltage is greater than a third threshold value; and lock a ground fault detection output when the first condition is satisfied, or when the second condition is satisfied and the third condition is not satisfied.
US10714923B2
In electronic systems, the downstream circuitry may be damaged by overcurrent and overvoltage events. Therefore, there is provided a dual protection device for protecting electrical components in electronic systems. The protection device includes a mechanical fuse in conjunction with an electronic fuse, eFuse, the two components connected in series, together protecting against overcurrent events on two levels. The mechanical fuse provides high overcurrent protection, realising fast and reliable protection at high overcurrent events, and the electronic fuse provides low overcurrent protection, realising accurate and resettable protection for low overcurrent events.
US10714919B2
As described herein, a wall box installation tool may include a template body, one or more hollow pegs, a guide ring, and/or one or more template cards. The template cards may be configured to be installed on a front surface of the template body. A template card may define a plurality of holes therethrough. The guide ring may be configured to be installed within a pre-drilled hole in a wall. Each template card may be associated with a respective electrical device configuration. A subset of bores extending through the hollow pegs may be accessible via the template card when the template card is installed on the front surface of the template body. The wall box installation tool may include one or more fasteners that are configured to install a template card onto the front surface of the template body.
US10714907B2
A firing tip for a corona igniter is provided. The firing tip includes a base formed of metal, such as nickel, and rivets formed of precious metal, such as iridium. The base includes indentations, and the rivets are disposed in the indentations of the base. The rivet has a melting point and/or wear resistance greater than the base. Typically, the indentations of the base include a concave surface and the rivets have a cylindrical shape matching the shape of the indentations. The rivets can be sharpened to a point. The rivets can include a first piece formed of precious metal and a second piece formed of nickel or nickel alloy, wherein an end of the first piece is welded to an end of the second piece, and the second piece is welded to the base. Alternatively, the rivets can be formed entirely of the precious metal.
US10714904B2
A spark plug includes: an insulator with an axial hole; a center electrode held in a front end side of the axial hole; a cylindrical metal shell disposed around the insulator and having a seal part brought into contact with an outer circumferential surface of the insulator; a ground electrode arranged to form a gap with the center electrode; and a cap connected to a front end part of the metal shell to define therein an auxiliary combustion space in which the gap is formed, the cap having at least one through hole formed to provide communication between the auxiliary combustion space and the outside, wherein the condition (B/A)≤0.25 is satisfied where A represents a volume of an imaginary space defined at a position frontward of the seal part; and B represents a volume of parts of the ground and center electrodes located in the imaginary space.
US10714903B2
In some implementations, a VCSEL array may include a plurality of VCSELs that each operates concurrently and emits light at a same wavelength. A first distance between a first pair of adjacent VCSELs, of the plurality of VCSELs, may be different from a second distance between a second pair of adjacent VCSELs of the plurality of VCSELs. The first pair of adjacent VCSELs may be located closer to a center of the VCSEL array than the second pair of adjacent VCSELs. At least one of temperature non-uniformity or optical power non-uniformity among the plurality of VCSELs may be reduced as compared to another VCSEL array, with a same physical footprint as the VCSEL array, comprising uniformly spaced VCSELs.
US10714902B2
A laser oscillator includes: a plurality of laser media to emit laser beams having different wavelengths; a diffraction grating to emit, in a superimposed state, the laser beams incident from the laser media; a partially reflective element to reflect part of the laser beams emitted from the diffraction grating and return the part of the laser beams to the diffraction grating, and to transmit a remainder; and a plurality of lenses each disposed between a corresponding one of the laser media and the diffraction grating. The lenses are each disposed in an optical path formed between a corresponding one of the laser media and the diffraction grating, and the lenses superimpose the laser beams from the laser media on an incident surface of the diffraction grating such that the laser beams have an equal outer diameter.
US10714898B2
The present semiconductor light emitting element is a semiconductor light emitting element including an active layer, an upper cladding layer and a lower cladding layer that sandwich the active layer, and a phase modulation layer optically coupled to the active layer, in which the phase modulation layer includes a basic layer and a plurality of different refractive index regions that are different in refractive index from the basic layer, and the plurality of different refractive index regions are disposed so as to form a pattern in a region outside a light line on a reciprocal lattice space in the phase modulation layer.
US10714889B2
A sensor system can comprise a light source generating a light pulse that is collimated, and a plurality of optical elements. Each of the plurality of optical elements is configured to rotate independently about an axis that is substantially common, and the plurality of optical elements operate to collectively direct the light pulse to one or more objects in an angle of view of the sensor system. Furthermore, the sensor system can comprise a detector configured to receive, via the plurality of optical elements, at least a portion of photon energy of the light pulse that is reflected back from the one or more objects in the angle of view of the sensor system, and convert the received photon energy into at least one electrical signal.
US10714881B2
An electrical connector for receiving a central conductor of a coaxial cable adapter includes first and second body portions, a first electrical contact, and a coupling element. The first body portion is configured to define a first bore extending in a first axial direction, and the second body portion is configured to define a second bore extending in a second axial direction, the second axial direction being angled relative to the first axial direction. The electrical contact is configured to be disposed in the first body portion, and the conductive coupling element in contact with the electrical contact. The second body portion is configured to receive a coaxial cable adapter, and the conductive coupling element is configured to receive a central conductor of the adapter, and the coupling element includes a wall having a first portion with a first inner diameter and a second portion with a second inner diameter, the second inner diameter being smaller that the first inner diameter. The conductive coupling element includes a plurality of spring fingers that, in a rest position, extend radially inward from the first portion of the coupling element to define an opening having a diameter that is smaller than the second inner diameter such that the coupling element is configured to receive the central conductor having a diameter equal to or less than the second diameter and provide an electrical connection between the electrical contact and the central conductor.
US10714878B2
A connector system having a plurality of high-speed connector modules, an anti-decoupling connector shell, and a multi axis backshell is provided. The high-speed module provides a low signal degradation electrically conductive signal path for terminated wires of twisted pairs of wires. The high-speed module additionally provides for dense placement of the terminated wires within the connector shell. The connector shell provides an anti-decoupling mechanism to prevent decoupling of the connector shell from a socket type connector shell resulting from typical forces applied to the connector shell. The multi-axis backshell provides mechanisms to toollessly adjust the angle of the various components making up the backshell which in turn provides a specifically angled path for cables contained within the backshell.
US10714875B2
An electrical receptacle connector includes an insulated housing in a metallic shell. First and second receptacle terminals are on the insulated housing. The receptacle terminals include first and second high-speed signal terminals. The metallic shell includes a receptacle cavity for receiving the insulated housing, an insertion opening being in communication with the receptacle cavity, pins at two sides of the metallic shell and outwardly extending, and an external protruding structure on a bottom surface for connecting to a circuit board. The external protruding structure forms an enclosed structure. Therefore, the seamless configuration improves the reduction to electromagnetic interference.
US10714873B2
The disclosure relates to a plug (1) to be mechanically and electrically connected to a corresponding mating plug, comprising a housing (2), a protective conductor bridge (3), and a plug insert. The housing (2) comprises at least one connecting section (9) to be connected to the plug insert, and the plug insert is mounted on the at least one connecting section (9). The protective conductor bridge (3) can be inserted from above into the housing (2) or into retaining frame (4).
US10714870B1
The present disclosure discloses an electrical socket to receive an electrical plug having a plurality of contact blades. The electrical socket includes a main body having a plurality of socket openings; a cover member disposed in the main body and being detachable from the main body; a rotary member connected to the main body, wherein an end of the rotary member inserts into the main body, wherein the cover member is configured for limiting the rotary member to the main body, the rotary member is able to rotate relative to the main body to make one of the plurality of contact blades inserted in one of the plurality of socket openings prevent sliding out from the one of the plurality of socket openings.
US10714864B2
A connector includes an outer tube, an inner tube formed to be continuous from the outer tube, and a partition wall configured to isolate the outer tube and the inner tube. The partition wall has an elongate convex portion, the convex portion is formed on a surface of the partition wall in a side of the outer tube, and the convex portion has a through hole penetrating the partition wall which is formed in the convex portion and a terminal is press-fitted into the through hole.
US10714855B2
An electrical connector is used to be electrically connected to a chip module having multiple pins. The electrical connector includes a body to support the chip module upward and provided with multiple accommodating holes penetrating through an upper surface and a lower surface of the body, and multiple terminals correspondingly accommodated in the accommodating holes. Each accommodating hole has a blocking wall. Each terminal includes a base, two first arms bending forward from two opposite sides of the base and extending upward, and a second arm bending forwards from the base and extending downward. The two first arms have two clamping portions and two first guiding portions extending upward from the two clamping portions and away from each other. The blocking wall covers upper ends of the two first guiding portions. The second arm has a second guiding portion and an abutting portion extending downward from the second guiding portion.
US10714848B2
A high-current electrical connector comprises a stranded wire and a connecting piece. The stranded wire has a longitudinal end section. The longitudinal end section of the stranded wire is incorporated in a material of the connecting piece.
US10714847B2
A coaxial cable connector includes a barrel having a longitudinal axis, a front end, and an annular sidewall extending rearwardly from the front end of the barrel along the longitudinal axis. A compression band is formed in the sidewall and includes a thinned portion of the sidewall and annular first and second ridges flanking the thinned portion. An annular forward ridge is formed in the sidewall in front of the first ridge. A compression collar is mounted to the barrel for axial movement between a retracted position and an advanced position in which the sidewall is deformed radially inward only at the compression band.
US10714836B1
Various examples are provided related to hybrid multiple-input/multiple-output (MIMO) architectures. Beam steering can be provided using lens arrays. In one example, a hybrid antenna system includes a plurality of lens antenna subarrays (LAS), each of the LAS including a plurality of antenna elements configured to selectively receive a radio frequency (RF) transmission signal from RF processing circuitry, and a lens extending across the plurality of antenna elements. The RF transmission signal can be provided to a selected antenna of the plurality of antenna elements via a switching network and a common phase shifter for transmission. The lens can be configured to steer a RF transmission generated by the selected antenna in a defined direction. The selected antenna can be determined by the switching network configuration.
US10714831B2
In accordance with one or more embodiments, a communication device includes a dual-band antenna array configured to transmit first radio frequency (RF) signals to a remote device in an RF band and to transmit first millimeter wave (MMW) signals to the remote device in a MMW frequency band, wherein the MMW frequency band is above the RF band. A base transceiver station is configured to generate a consolidated steering matrix in accordance with the transmission of the first RF signals to the remote device in the RF band. A remote radio head is configured to convert the consolidated steering matrix to a converted steering matrix that facilitates the transmission of the first MMW signals to the remote device in the MMW frequency band, and further configured to generate the first MMW signals in accordance with the converted steering matrix.
US10714827B2
A method to mitigate an antenna multipath, Rayleigh fading effect. The method includes coupling an antenna on top of a structure, wherein the structure is covered by a radio frequency (RF) radiation absorbing layer, wherein the structure has a shape such that any reflecting surface of the structure is perpendicular to an incoming RF signal. The method also includes directing the incoming RF signal towards the structure, wherein undesired direct or reflected RF signals are either absorbed by the RF radiation absorbing layer or deflected back to a source of the RF signal, thereby avoiding interference of the undesired RF signal with a desired RF signal aimed at the antenna.
US10714810B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). An antenna for decreasing a signal loss caused by a dielectric loss in an antenna by decreasing a space of the antenna in a wireless device and improving performance of the antenna is provided. The antenna includes a first radiator, and a second radiator installed on a cover of the wireless device to radiate a radio signal radiated by the first radiator, the second radiator separate from and facing the first radiator.
US10714800B2
An electrolytic additive including a compound represented by Formula 1: wherein, in Formula 1, R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C20 aliphatic hydrocarbon group, and at least one of R1 and R2 is a substituted or unsubstituted C2-C20 alkyl group, and R3 to R6 are each independently hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C20 alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted C5-C20 cycloalkyl group.
US10714796B2
A battery temperature sensor includes a sensor body and an electric wire connecting connector. The sensor body includes a sensor housing configured to be detachably attached to a mating body, a first locking member provided on the sensor housing and configured to be locked to the mating body, and a temperature measuring element integrally formed in the sensor housing. The electric wire connecting connector includes a connector housing configured to be detachably attached to the sensor housing, a second locking member provided on the connector housing and configured to be locked to the sensor housing, and a pair of terminals attached to the connector housing. The terminals are electrically connected to the pair of leads respectively when the connector housing is coupled to the sensor housing.
US10714775B2
A fuel cell system includes: a low-frequency superimposition section superimposing a the low-frequency signal on a fuel cell; and an impedance computation section configured to compute low-frequency impedance of the fuel cell at a time when the low-frequency superimposition section superimposes the low-frequency signal on the fuel cell. The fuel cell system includes: a diagnosing section diagnosing a degree of dryness inside the fuel cell on the basis of low-frequency impedance; and an oxidant gas amount adjustment section configured to adjust an amount of oxidant gas in the fuel cell. The diagnosing section is configured to diagnose the degree of dryness inside the fuel cell on the basis of the low-frequency impedance when the oxidant gas amount adjustment section adjusts the amount of the oxidant gas to be equal to or smaller than a reference gas amount.
US10714762B2
Provided is a catalyst layer for fuel cell which has a high catalytic activity and enables maintaining the high catalytic activity. Disclosed is an electrode catalyst layer for fuel cell including a catalyst containing a catalyst carrier having carbon as a main component and a catalytic metal supported on the catalyst carrier, and a polymer electrolyte having a sulfonic acid group (—SO3H) as an ion exchange group, in which the catalyst has the R′ (D′/G intensity ratio) of 0.6 or less, which is the ratio of D′ band peak intensity (D′ intensity) measured in the vicinity of 1620 cm−1 relative to G band peak intensity (G intensity) measured in the vicinity of 1580 cm−1 by Raman spectroscopy, and has BET specific surface area of 900 m2/g catalyst carrier or more, and mole number of a sulfonic acid group in the polymer electrolyte relative to weight of the catalyst carrier is 0.7 mmol/g or more and 1.0 mmol/g or less.
US10714757B2
The present disclosure provides a current collector, an electrode plate and a battery. The current collector includes an insulation layer and at least one conductive layer located on at least one surface of the insulation layer. The insulation layer is used to support the conductive layer, and the conductive layer is used to support an electrode active material layer. The conductive layer has a thickness of D2, and 300 nmD22 μm. The current collector further includes a protective layer provided on a surface of the conductive layer facing towards the insulation layer. The current collector according to the present disclosure can increase a short-circuit resistance in case of short circuit caused by the battery being abnormal, thereby resulting in protective effect on the conductive layer, and can also increase the bonding force between the insulation layer and the conductive layer, thereby increasing mechanical strength of the current collector.
US10714739B2
Disclosed is a lead-acid battery including: a battery container; an electrolyte and an electrode plate group in the battery container; and a battery container cover that hermetically seals an opening of the battery container, wherein the electrode plate group includes a positive electrode plate including a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode plate including a negative electrode active material, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate, the battery container cover is provided with a liquid port, a liquid port plug that closes the liquid port, and a sleeve that hangs down from the liquid port to a prescribed liquid surface height of the electrolyte, a sodium ion concentration contained in the electrolyte is 1 mmol/L to 90 mmol/L, and a specific surface area of the positive electrode active material is 5 m2/g to 9 m2/g.
US10714724B2
Ionically conducting composite membranes are provided which include a solid-state ionically conducting material The ionically conducting composite membranes may be used in electrochemical cells. The solid-state ionically conducting material may be an electrochemically active material. In some electrochemical cells, the solid-state ionically conducting material may be in electronic communication with an external tab.
US10714704B2
Discussed is a foldable device including a first flexible substrate, a touch unit under the first flexible substrate, a second flexible substrate facing the first flexible substrate, a light-emitting element unit on the second flexible substrate, and an adhesive layer for attaching the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate together. The touch unit includes a first touch wiring layer under the first flexible substrate, a first insulating layer covering the first touch wiring layer and the first flexible substrate, a second touch wiring layer under the first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer covering the second touch wiring layer and the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer includes an opening for exposing a part of an edge of the first insulating layer to the adhesive layer.
US10714701B2
A light emitting device includes a plurality of unit light emitting regions on a substrate. At least one of the unit light emitting regions includes at least one pair of first and second electrodes that are spaced apart, at least one first bar-type LED in a first layer on the substrate, and at least one second bar-type LED in a second layer on the substrate. At least one of the first bar-type LED or the second bar-type LED is electrically connected between the first electrode and the second electrode.
US10714700B2
A light-emitting element having high emission efficiency which includes a fluorescent material as a light-emitting substance is provided. A light-emitting element includes a pair of electrodes and an EL layer between the pair of electrodes. The EL layer includes a light-emitting layer. The light-emitting layer includes a host material and a guest material. The host material has a difference of more than 0 eV and less than or equal to 0.2 eV between a singlet excitation energy level and a triplet excitation energy level. The guest material is capable of emitting fluorescence. The triplet excitation energy level of the host material is higher than a triplet excitation energy level of the guest material.
US10714699B2
According to an embodiment, a detecting element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an organic conversion layer, a third electrode. The first electrode and the third electrode are configured to keep different potentials by DC power supply. The organic conversion layer is disposed in between the first electrode and the second electrode, and is configured to convert energy of radiation into electrical charge. The third electrode is disposed at least either in the organic conversion layer, or in between the organic conversion layer and the first electrode, or in between the organic conversion layer and the second electrode, and is at least partially covered by an insulating film.
US10714695B2
An organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic layer including an emission layer, wherein the organic layer includes a compound represented by Formula 1:
US10714685B2
Forming a semiconductor device that includes a memory cell array may include performing a switching firing operation on one or more memory cells of the memory array to cause a threshold voltage distribution associated with threshold switching devices in the memory cells to be reduced. The switching device firing operation may be performed such that the threshold voltage distribution is reduced while maintaining the one or more threshold switching devices in the amorphous state. Performing the switching device firing operation on a threshold switching device may include heating the threshold switching device, applying a voltage to the threshold switching device, applying a current to the threshold switching device, some combination thereof, or the like.
US10714679B2
An array, such as an MRAM (Magnetic Random Access Memory) array formed of a multiplicity of layered thin film devices, such as MTJ (Magnetic Tunnel Junction) devices, can be simultaneously formed in a multiplicity of horizontal widths in the 60 nm range while all having top electrodes with substantially equal thicknesses and coplanar upper surfaces. This allows such a multiplicity of devices to be electrically connected by a common conductor without the possibility of electrical opens and with a resulting high yield.
US10714677B2
In order to provide a memory element configured to generate and detect monopole current, in an embodiment provided in the present disclosure is a monopole current generation detection device comprising a ferromagnetic quantum spin-ice layer, a buffer layer made of a material capable of exhibiting a quantum spin-liquid state, and a pair of electrodes disposed in contact with the buffer layer. In this device it is possible to apply a voltage between the pair of electrodes by providing a voltage application means. It is possible to generate a monopole current Jm upon application of the voltage, where the monopole currents through the ferromagnetic quantum spin-ice layer and through another ferromagnetic quantum spin-ice layer that is in contact with the buffer layer on the other side of the ferromagnetic quantum spin-ice layer. Also, the monopole current can be electrically detected by providing a detection circuit to the device. In embodiments of the present disclosure, further provided is a memory element in which a buffer layer is sandwiched by two ferromagnetic quantum spin-ice layers.
US10714676B2
A sensor includes a plurality of elements and an insulating layer. The plurality of elements is deformable to generate power. The insulating layer is interposed between the plurality of elements. Each of the plurality of elements includes a pair of electrodes and an intermediate layer. The intermediate layer is disposed between the pair of electrodes and formed of one of a rubber and a rubber composition.
US10714671B2
An apparatus and method perform supersonic cold-spraying to deposit N and P-type thermoelectric semiconductor, and other polycrystalline materials on other materials of varying complex shapes. The process developed has been demonstrated for bismuth and antimony telluride formulations as well as Tetrahedrite type copper sulfosalt materials. Both thick and thin layer thermoelectric semiconductor material is deposited over small or large areas to flat and highly complex shaped surfaces and will therefore help create a far greater application set for thermoelectric generator (TEG) systems. This process when combined with other manufacturing processes allows the total additive manufacturing of complete thermoelectric generator based waste heat recovery systems. The processes also directly apply to both thermoelectric cooler (TEC) systems, thermopile devices, and other polycrystalline functional material applications.
US10714657B2
A light-emitting device includes a substrate having a top surface, wherein the top surface includes a first portion and a second portion; a first semiconductor stack including a first upper surface and a first side wall, wherein the first semiconductor stack is on the first portion; a second semiconductor stack including a second upper surface and a second side wall, wherein the second semiconductor stack is on the first upper surface, and wherein the second side wall is devoid of connecting the first side wall; a plurality of first concavo-convex structures on the first portion; and a plurality of second concavo-convex structures on the second portion; wherein the first side wall and the second portion of the top surface form an acute angle α between thereof; and wherein the second concavo-convex structures have smaller size than that of the first concavo-convex structures.
US10714656B2
The present disclosure provides a method for making a light-emitting device. The method includes steps of providing a first substrate; forming a first semiconductor layer on the first substrate; providing a second substrate; forming an intermediate layer on the second substrate, wherein a refractive index of the intermediate layer is between a refractive index of the second substrate and a refractive index of the first semiconductor layer; and bonding the first semiconductor layer and the intermediate layer.
US10714653B2
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a compound semiconductor solar cell according to an embodiment of the invention. The method of manufacturing the compound semiconductor solar cell according to the embodiment of the invention includes forming a plurality of compound semiconductor layers of at least two elements and including a base layer and an emitter layer, the base layer including a first conductivity type dopant to have a first conductivity type and the emitter layer including a second conductivity type dopant to have a second conductivity type. The forming of the plurality of compound semiconductor layers includes at least one of a process-temperature change period and a growth-rate change period.
US10714650B2
An optical detection circuit, an optical detection method and an optical detection device are provided. The circuit includes a photosensitive transistor, a resetting unit, an energy storing unit, a detection control unit and a detection unit. A threshold voltage of the photosensitive transistor varies with an intensity of an optical signal received by the photosensitive transistor. A wavelength of the optical signal is within a preset wavelength range. The detection control unit is configured to control the first node to be connected to the detection unit under control of a detection control terminal. The detection unit is connected to the first node via the detection control unit and is configured to, when the detection control unit controls the first node to be connected to the detection unit, detect an electric signal from the first node and obtain the intensity of the optical signal based on the electric signal.
US10714647B2
A solar cell includes polysilicon P-type and N-type doped regions on a backside of a substrate, such as a silicon wafer. A trench structure separates the P-type doped region from the N-type doped region. Each of the P-type and N-type doped regions may be formed over a thin dielectric layer. The trench structure may include a textured surface for increased solar radiation collection. Among other advantages, the resulting structure increases efficiency by providing isolation between adjacent P-type and N-type doped regions, thereby preventing recombination in a space charge region where the doped regions would have touched.
US10714640B2
A semiconductor stacked body includes: a first semiconductor layer containing a group III-V compound semiconductor and being a layer whose conductivity type is a first conductivity type; a quantum-well light-receiving layer containing a group III-V compound semiconductor; a second semiconductor layer containing a group III-V compound semiconductor; and a third semiconductor layer containing a group III-V compound semiconductor and being a layer whose conductivity type is a second conductivity type. The first semiconductor layer, the quantum-well light-receiving layer, the second semiconductor layer, and the third semiconductor layer are stacked in this order. The concentration of an impurity that generates a carrier of the second conductivity type is 1×1014 cm−3 or more and 1×1017 cm−3 or less in the second semiconductor layer.
US10714629B2
According to one embodiment, a transistor includes first to third conductors, first and second oxide semiconductors, and a gate insulating film. The first and second conductors are stacked via an insulator above a substrate. The first oxide semiconductor is formed on the first conductor. The second oxide semiconductor is formed on the first oxide semiconductor. The second oxide semiconductor have a pillar shape through the second conductor along a first direction crossing a surface of the substrate. The second oxide semiconductor is different from the first oxide semiconductor. The gate insulating film is formed between the second conductor and the second oxide semiconductor. The third conductor is formed on the second oxide semiconductor.
US10714627B2
Provided is a bottom gate type thin film transistor including on a substrate (1) a gate electrode (2), a first insulating film (3) as a gate insulating film, an oxide semiconductor layer (4) as a channel layer, a second insulating film (5) as a protective layer, a source electrode (6), and a drain electrode (7), in which the oxide semiconductor layer (4) includes an oxide including at least one selected from the group consisting of In, Zn, and Sn, and the second insulating film (5) includes an amorphous oxide insulator formed so as to be in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer (4) and contains therein 3.8×1019 molecules/cm3 or more of a desorbed gas observed as oxygen by temperature programmed desorption mass spectrometry.
US10714620B2
An embodiment is a method including recessing a gate electrode over a semiconductor fin on a substrate to form a first recess from a top surface of a dielectric layer, forming a first mask in the first recess over the recessed gate electrode, recessing a first conductive contact over a source/drain region of the semiconductor fin to form a second recess from the top surface of the dielectric layer, and forming a second mask in the second recess over the recessed first conductive contact.
US10714613B2
The present disclosure provides a fabrication method for forming a semiconductor device, including: forming a substrate, the substrate including first fins, second fins, and a first trench located in the substrate between a first fin and an adjacent fin; forming a first mask layer on the substrate, the first fins, and the second fins; and removing portions of the first mask layer neighboring a first trench to expose a portion of a top surface of a first fin and a portion of a top surface of the adjacent second fin to form a first opening, a portion of the top surface of the first fin covered by a remaining portion of the first mask layer being a first fin device region, a portion of the top surface of the second fin covered by a remaining portion of the first mask layer being a second fin device region.
US10714595B2
Example embodiments relate to germanium nanowire fabrication. One embodiment includes a method of forming a semiconductor device that includes at least one Ge nanowire. The method includes providing a semiconductor structure that includes at least one, the at least one fin including a stack of at least one Ge layer alternative with SiGe layers. The method also includes at least partially oxidizing the SiGe layer into SiGeOx. Further, the method includes capping the fin with a dielectric material. In addition, the method includes annealing. Still further, the method includes selectively removing the dielectric material and the SiGeOx.
US10714591B2
One illustrative transistor device disclosed herein includes a final gate structure that includes a gate insulation layer comprising a high-k material and a conductive gate, wherein the gate structure has an axial length in a direction that corresponds to a gate width direction of the transistor device. The device also includes a sidewall spacer contacting opposing lateral sidewalls of the final gate structure and a pillar structure (comprised of a pillar material) positioned above at least a portion of the final gate structure, wherein, when the pillar structure is viewed in a cross-section taken through the pillar structure in a direction that corresponds to the gate width direction of the transistor device, the pillar structure comprises an outer perimeter and wherein a layer of the high-k material is positioned around the entire outer perimeter of the pillar material.
US10714578B2
Embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to methods for forming recesses in epitaxial source/drain regions for forming conductive features. In some embodiments, the recesses are formed in a two-step etching process including an anisotropic etch to form a vertical opening and an isotropic etch to expand an end portion of the vertical opening laterally and vertically. The recesses can have increased contact area between the source/drain region and the conductive feature, and can enable reduced resistance therebetween.
US10714567B2
Structures for a field-effect transistor and methods of forming a structure for a field-effect transistor. A sacrificial layer is epitaxially grown on a bulk semiconductor substrate, a plurality of epitaxial semiconductor layers are epitaxially grown over the sacrificial layer, and the sacrificial layer and the plurality of epitaxial semiconductor layers are patterned to form a fin. A first portion of the first sacrificial layer is removed to form a first cavity arranged between the plurality of epitaxial semiconductor layers and the bulk semiconductor substrate, and a first dielectric material is deposited in the first cavity. A second portion of the first sacrificial layer, which is located adjacent to the first dielectric material in the first cavity, is removed to form a second cavity between the first fin and the bulk semiconductor substrate. A second dielectric material is deposited in the second cavity.
US10714563B2
The present disclosure relates to a display device. The display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes a display area comprising a plurality of pixels, a peripheral area that is disposed outside the display area, and a wiring portion in the peripheral area. The wiring portion includes a plurality of signal lines that are adjacent to each other and are arranged along a first direction and each extends in a second direction that is different from the first direction. The plurality of signal lines are arranged in an order of average voltages of signals respectively transmitted by the plurality of signal lines during one frame.
US10714556B2
A transistor substrate may include a base substrate, and a switching transistor and a driving transistor provided on the base substrate. The driving transistor includes: an active pattern provided on the base substrate and including a source region, a drain region spaced apart from the source region, and a channel region provided between the source region and the drain region; a gate electrode at least partially overlapping the active pattern; a gate insulating film provided between the active pattern and the gate electrode; a source electrode insulated from the gate electrode and connected to the source region; a drain electrode insulated from the gate electrode and connected to the drain region; and at least one dummy hole adjacent to the channel region.
US10714551B2
Provided are a flexible organic light-emitting display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The flexible organic light-emitting display device includes a metal oxide infiltrated layer as part of at least one of a plurality of organic layers stacked on and around an organic light-emitting device.
US10714547B2
Provided is a light emitting display apparatus including a first substrate, a first electrode on the first substrate, a bank layer having an opening exposing a portion of the first electrode layer, a bank recess depressed on the bank layer, a second electrode layer on the first electrode layer and the bank layer, and a cover layer covering a lower surface and an inner side surface of the bank recess.
US10714545B2
A method for manufacturing a touch control display screen is provided. The method includes sequentially forming a thin film transistor layer, an OLED display layer, and a thin film encapsulation layer on a substrate; sequentially forming a first insulation layer, a bridge layer, a second insulation layer, a touch control electrode layer, and a protection layer on the thin film encapsulation layer; and using a multi-transmittance mask plate to perform a mask process for the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer, so as to pattern the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer.
US10714537B2
Inverter circuits and NAND circuits comprising nanotube based FETs and methods of making the same are described. Such circuits can be fabricating using field effect transistors comprising a source, a drain, a channel region, and a gate, wherein the first channel region includes a fabric of semiconducting nanotubes of a given conductivity type. Such FETs can be arranged to provide inverter circuits in either two-dimension or three-dimensional (stacked) layouts. Design equations based upon consideration of the electrical characteristics of the nanotubes are described which permit optimization of circuit design layout based upon constants that are indicative of the current carrying capacity of the nanotube fabrics of different FETs.
US10714515B2
An image sensing apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element arranged in a semiconductor layer which has a first surface and a second surface and a wiring layer arranged below the first surface. Each of the pixels includes a first reflection film arranged below the first surface, an interlayer film arranged so as to cover the second surface, a second reflection film arranged inside the interlayer film and a microlens which is arranged above the interlayer film. An aperture is arranged in a portion, of the second reflection film, which overlaps the photoelectric conversion element. An area of the aperture is smaller than an area of the photoelectric conversion element, and each of the pixels further includes a deflecting portion configured to deflect light between the aperture and the second surface.
US10714513B2
An array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The manufacturing method includes forming, on a substrate, a first metal pattern layer, a first insulating layer, a second metal pattern layer, and a second insulating layer, successively; coating a photoresist on the second insulating layer; forming a photoresist pattern and an etching protection layer, in a first region of the array substrate, the photoresist pattern exposing a part of the top surface of the second insulating layer, and being coupled to the second insulating layer through the etching protection layer; and performing etching in the first region by using the photoresist pattern as a mask to remove the etching protection layer and at least part of the second insulating layer, without etching the first insulating layer, so as to expose a part of the second metal pattern layer and form a liquid crystal diversion groove.
US10714506B2
A photodetector, a driving method thereof, a display panel and a display device are disclosed in the field of display technology. The photodetector includes photosensitive element, a voltage divider, a switch circuitry and a detection transistor. The photosensitive element and the voltage divider are connected in series between two power terminals. The gate of the detection transistor is connected to a first voltage dividing node between the photosensitive element and the voltage divider. Therefore, when the resistance of the photosensitive element becomes smaller under illumination, the voltage of the first voltage dividing node correspondingly rises, and the detection transistor is turned on and may output a current to a read line under the driving of a DC power terminal. The magnitude of the current is determined by the magnitude of the voltage of the first voltage dividing node. Since the current output by the detection transistor under the driving of the DC power terminal is large, the influence of the leakage current of the detection transistor on the output current may be negligible, thereby effectively improving the accuracy of fingerprint identification based on the output current.
US10714498B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a first interconnect layer; a second interconnect layer adjacent to the first interconnect layer; a semiconductor layer between the first and second interconnect layers; a first charge storage layer between the first interconnect layer and the semiconductor layer; and a second charge storage layer between the second interconnect layer and the semiconductor layer. A first distance between the first and second interconnect layers is shorter than a second distance between the first and second charge storage layers.
US10714489B2
A memory device with a memory cell and control circuitry. The memory cell includes source and drain regions formed in a semiconductor substrate, with a channel region extending there between. A floating gate is disposed over a first portion of the channel region for controlling its conductivity. A select gate is disposed over a second portion of the channel region for controlling its conductivity. A control gate is disposed over the floating gate. An erase gate is disposed over the source region and adjacent to the floating gate. The control circuitry is configured to perform a program operation by applying a negative voltage to the erase gate for causing electrons to tunnel from the erase gate to the floating gate, and perform an erase operation by applying a positive voltage to the erase gate for causing electrons to tunnel from the floating gate to the erase gate.
US10714488B2
A plurality of gate stacks is formed over a substrate. The gate stacks are surrounded by a dielectric structure. A plurality of contact-line-blocking patterns is formed over the dielectric structure. The contact-line-blocking patterns are formed using three or more lithography masks. A plurality of trenches is formed in the dielectric structure. The contact-line-blocking patterns serve as protective masks for the dielectric structure to prevent trenches from being formed in portions of the dielectric structure underneath the contact-line-blocking patterns. The trenches are filled with a conductive material to form a plurality of contact lines of the SRAM device.
US10714487B2
A semiconductor device includes a transistor, an isolation structure, and a fin sidewall structure. The transistor includes a fin extending from a substrate and an epitaxy structure grown on the fin. The isolation structure is above the substrate. The fin sidewall structure is above the isolation structure and is on a sidewall of the epitaxy structure. A method for manufacturing the semiconductor device is also disclosed.
US10714486B2
Field effect transistors for an SRAM cell can be formed employing n-doped gate electrode portions for p-type pull-up transistors. The SRAM cell includes a first series connection of a first p-type pull-up transistor and a first n-type pull-down transistor located between a power supply source and electrical ground, and a second series connection of a second p-type pull-up transistor and a second n-type pull-down transistor located between the power supply source and the electrical ground. Each gate electrode of the SRAM cell can include a respective n-doped gate electrode portion.
US10714484B2
An SRAM structure is provided. The SRAM structure includes a plurality of first well regions with a first doping type, a plurality of second well regions with a second doping type, a third well region with the second doping type, a plurality of first well pick-up regions, a plurality of second well pick-up regions, and a plurality of memory cells. The first well regions, the second well regions, and the third well region are formed in a semiconductor substrate. The third well region is adjacent to the second well regions. The first well pick-up regions are formed in the first well regions. The second well pick-up regions are formed in the third well region. The second well pick-up regions are shared by the third well region and the second well regions. The memory cells are formed on the first and second well regions.
US10714471B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a first mask layer, a second mask layer, and a plurality of first patterned layers on an interlayer dielectric layer and a plurality of gate structures. A plurality of first openings separate the first patterned layers with each across a source region, a drain region, and a portion of an isolation area between the source and the drain regions. The second mask layer is then patterned by etching. The method includes forming a plurality of discrete second patterned layers above the isolation areas between source and drain regions and then forming a patterned first mask layer by etching. Further, the method includes forming a plurality of contact vias to expose the source/drain regions through etching using the patterned first mask layer and second mask layer as an etch mask, and then forming a metal silicide layer on each source/drain region.
US10714469B2
An electrostatic discharge protection structure is provided and includes a base substrate including a substrate and a fin portion on the substrate. The substrate includes a first region and a second region. A first doped layer is on a surface of the fin portion in the first region. A second doped layer is on a surface of the fin portion in the second region and on a surface of the substrate in the second region.
US10714468B2
An optical integrated circuit device includes a semiconductor substrate and a first waveguide made of a first material and disposed over the semiconductor substrate. The first waveguide includes a parallel region and a tapered region. The optical integrated circuit device further includes a first cladding structure disposed over and surrounding the parallel region of the first waveguide, a first extension made of the first material and disposed over the semiconductor substrate, and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection structure electrically coupled to the first extension. The first extension physically contacts the parallel region of the first waveguide. The first extension includes a first portion within the first cladding structure and a second portion outside the first cladding structure.
US10714456B2
Semiconductor devices including a dual-sided redistribution structure and having low-warpage across all temperatures and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor die electrically coupled to a first side of a redistribution structure and a second semiconductor die electrically coupled to a second side of the redistribution structure opposite the first side. The semiconductor device also includes a first molded material on the first side, a second molded material on the second side, and conductive columns electrically coupled to the first side and extending through the first molded material. The first and second molded materials can have the same volume and/or coefficients of thermal expansion to inhibit warpage of the semiconductor device.
US10714455B2
IC package assemblies including a molding compound in which an IC chip surface is recessed relative to the molding compound. Thickness of the IC chip may be reduced relative to its thickness during the molding process. Another IC chip, heat spreader, etc. may then occupy the resultant recess framed by the molding compound to achieve a fine stacking pitch. In some embodiments, a package-on-package (PoP) assembly includes a center-molded IC chip flip-chip-bonded to a first package substrate. A second substrate to which a second IC chip is flip-chip bonded is then electrically coupled to the first substrate by through-molding vias. Within the PoP assembly, the second IC chip may be disposed back-to-back with the center-molded IC chip so as to occupy the recess framed by the molding compound.
US10714451B2
An OLED lighting apparatus of a tiling structure in a seamless structure without a bezel area is discussed. The OLED lighting apparatus includes a first flexible OLED panel and a second flexible OLED panel. The first flexible OLED panel which a bezel area and one side of a light emitting area are bent, and the second flexible OLED panel which a bezel area is bent, are fastened by a fastening member, and a light guide plate and an optical member are arranged on the fastening member. As a result, the OLED lighting apparatus tiles by using the fastening member at a boundary portion to which the first and second flexible OLED panels contact, and the light guide plate and the optical member are applied on the fastening member, so that a light can be emitted even at the boundary portion to which first and second flexible OLED panels contact.
US10714450B2
A method of bonding a terminal of a semiconductor chip using a solder bump includes preparing a semiconductor chip with an aluminum (Al) pad terminal formed thereon (S-1), forming a solder bump on the Al pad terminal through a primary solder (S-2), attaching the solder bump and a metal structure to each other via a secondary solder with a higher melting point than a melting point of the primary solder (S-3), performing heat treatment in an attachment state (S-4), and mixing the primary solder and the secondary solder that are melted during the heat treatment and converting a resulting mixture into a tertiary solder including one solder layer (S-4).
US10714449B2
Representative implementations provide techniques and systems for processing integrated circuit (IC) dies. Dies being prepared for intimate surface bonding (to other dies, to substrates, to another surface, etc.) may be processed with a minimum of handling, to prevent contamination of the surfaces or the edges of the dies. The techniques include processing dies while the dies are on a dicing sheet or other device processing film or surface. Systems include integrated cleaning components arranged to perform multiple cleaning processes simultaneously.
US10714433B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes the following operations. A wafer with an orientation mark at a first crystal orientation represented by a family of Miller indices comprising
US10714426B2
An embodiment is a structure including a first die having an active surface with a first center point, a molding compound at least laterally encapsulating the first die, and a first redistribution layer (RDL) including metallization patterns extending over the first die and the molding compound. A first portion of the metallization patterns of the first RDL extending over a first portion of a boundary of the first die to the molding compound, the first portion of the metallization patterns not extending parallel to a first line, the first line extending from the first center point of the first die to the first portion of the boundary of the first die.
US10714419B2
A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a first dielectric layer formed on a base structure that has one or more recesses, each comprising contours formed at two or more planar levels. The first dielectric layer is formed along the contours of the one or more recesses. A first electrode is formed on the first dielectric layer. A second dielectric layer is formed over the first dielectric layer and the first electrode. A second electrode is formed over the second dielectric layer. The first electrode, the second dielectric layer and the second electrode form a non-planar capacitor.
US10714418B2
An electronic device (e.g., integrated circuit) and method of making the electronic device is provided that reduces a strength of an electric field generated outside a package of the electronic device proximate to the low voltage lead pins. The electronic device includes a low voltage side and a high voltage side. The low voltage side includes a low voltage die attached to a low voltage die attach pad. Similarly, the high voltage side includes a high voltage die attached to a high voltage die attach pad. Lead pins are attached to each of the low and high voltage attach pads and extend out from a package of the electronic device in an inverted direction.
US10714415B2
Even when a stiffener is omitted, the semiconductor device which can prevent the generation of twist and distortion of a wiring substrate is obtained. As for a semiconductor device which has a wiring substrate, a semiconductor chip by which the flip chip bond was made to the wiring substrate, and a heat spreader adhered to the back surface of the semiconductor chip, and which omitted the stiffener for reinforcing a wiring substrate and maintaining the surface smoothness of a heat spreader, a wiring substrate has a plurality of insulating substrates in which a through hole whose diameter differs, respectively was formed, and each insulating substrate contains a glass cloth.
US10714411B2
An IC chip structure including a plurality of IC chips electrically connected to one another in back-end-of-line (BEOL) interconnect layer of the structure is disclosed. The IC structure may include openings in crack-stop structures surrounding the IC chips and a interconnect wire extending between the IC chips through the openings. A packaging structure for utilizing the IC structure where at least one IC chip is inoperable is also disclosed. The structure may include a first bond pad array on a top surface of a packaging substrate including operable bond pads connected to an operable IC chip and structural support bond pads connected to the inoperable IC chip; a second bond pad array on a bottom surface of the substrate including operable bond pads connected to a single IC chip printed circuit board; and an interconnect structure for connecting the operable bond pads of the first and second bond pad arrays.
US10714408B2
A package includes a substrate having an electronic component flip chip mounted thereto by flip chip bumps. The electronic component includes an active surface and an inactive surface. Electrically conductive columns (TSV) extend through the electronic component between the active surface and the inactive surface. A RDL structure is coupled to the inactive surface, the RDL structure redistributing the pattern of the electrically conductive columns at the inactive surface to a pattern of inactive surface RDL lands. The inactive surface RDL lands are exposed through via apertures of a package body. By using the inactive surface of the electronic component to distribute the inactive surface RDL lands, the allowable size of the electronic component is maximized.
US10714401B2
A semiconductor package including a package substrate including a mounting region and at least one through-hole arranged in the mounting region, and a semiconductor chip mounted on the mounting region, the semiconductor chip including a first side and a second side, the second side of the semiconductor chip being opposite to the first side of the semiconductor chip, the at least one through-hole of the package substrate being closer to the second side of the semiconductor chip than the first side of the semiconductor chip may be provided.
US10714384B2
A semiconductor device includes an integrated circuit and a guard ring. The integrated circuit includes a first circuit and a second circuit separated from the first circuit. The guard ring is disposed around the first circuit and between the first circuit and the second circuit. The guard ring includes an outer ring, an inner ring, and two connectors. The outer ring is disposed around the first circuit and has a first gap. The inner ring is disposed between the outer ring and the first circuit and has a second gap. The two connectors connect the outer ring and the inner ring. The outer ring, the inner ring, and the two connectors form a closed loop.
US10714383B2
An interconnect structure and a method of forming an interconnect structure are disclosed. The interconnect structure includes a lower etch stop layer (ESL); an upper low-k (LK) dielectric layer over the lower ESL; a first conductive feature in the upper LK dielectric layer, wherein the first conductive feature has a first metal line and a dummy via contiguous with the first metal line, the dummy via extending through the lower ESL; a first gap along an interface of the first conductive feature and the upper LK dielectric layer; and an upper ESL over the upper LK dielectric layer, the first conductive feature, and the first gap.
US10714370B2
A mounting table includes a base and an electrostatic chuck provided on the base. The base has first and second top surface on which the electrostatic chuck and a focus ring are respectively provided. The second top surface is provided below the first top surface. A coolant path in the base has central and peripheral paths extending below the first and second top surfaces, respectively. The peripheral path has a portion extending along a side surface toward the first top surface. The mounting surface has central and peripheral regions. The mounting surface has protrusions formed in a dot shape. The protrusions are formed such that a contact area between the protrusions of the peripheral region and the backside of an object per unit area becomes greater than a contact area between the protrusions of the central region and the backside of the object per unit area.
US10714368B2
An overhead transport vehicle system includes an overhead transport vehicle to convey an object, and a teaching unit to teach transfer of the object by the overhead transport vehicle to a load port on which the object is to be placed. The teaching unit includes a body including a detector to be brought into contact with a positioning pin on the load port to detect a position of the positioning pin, and a flange movable up and down with respect to the body and to be held by a holder to be raised and lowered by an elevator of the overhead transport vehicle.
US10714363B2
Embodiments relate to placing of semiconductor devices on a target substrate using a pick and place head (PPH) having a cross-section of a polygon shape and pick-up surfaces. The pick-up surfaces of the PPH are aligned with a carrier substrate mounted with the semiconductor devices, which may be light emitting diodes (LEDs). The PPH is moved toward one or more first semiconductor devices on the carrier substrate to pick up the one or more first semiconductor devices with a first pick-up surface of the PPH. The PPH is rotated to pick up one or more semiconductor devices dies with a second pick-up surface of the PPH. The one or more first semiconductor devices attached to the first pick-up surface and the one or more second semiconductor devices attached to the second pick-up surface are placed on a target substrate.
US10714357B2
Exemplary methods of patterning a device layer are described, including operations of patterning a protector layer and forming a first opening in a first patterning layer to expose a first portion of the protector layer and a first portion of the hard mask layer, which are then are exposed to a first etch to form a first opening in the first portion of the hard mask layer. A second opening is formed in a second patterning layer to expose a second portion of the protector layer and a second portion of the hard mask layer. The second portion of the protector layer and the second portion of the hard mask layer are exposed to an etch to form a second opening in the second portion of the hard mask layer. Exposed portions of the device layer are then etched through the first opening and the second opening.
US10714341B2
Lift-off methods for fabricating metal line patterns on a substrate are provided. For example, a method to fabricate a device includes forming a sacrificial layer on a substrate and forming a photoresist mask over the sacrificial layer, isotropically etching a portion of the sacrificial layer exposed through an opening of the photoresist mask to form an undercut region in the sacrificial layer below the photoresist mask, wherein the undercut region defines an overhang structure, and anisotropically etching a portion of the sacrificial layer exposed through the opening of the photoresist mask to form an opening through the sacrificial layer down to the substrate. Metallic material is deposited to cover the photoresist mask and to at least partially fill the opening formed in the sacrificial layer without coating the overhang structure with metallic material. The sacrificial layer is dissolved to lift-off the metallic material covering the photoresist mask.
US10714340B2
According to an embodiment, a wafer W includes a layer EL to be etched, an organic film OL, an antireflection film AL, and a mask MK1, and a method MT according to an embodiment includes a step of performing an etching process on the antireflection film AL by using the mask MK1 with plasma generated in a processing container 12, in the processing container 12 of a plasma processing apparatus 10 in which the wafer W is accommodated, and the step includes steps ST3a to ST4 of conformally forming a protective film SX on the surface of the mask MK1, and steps ST6a to ST7 of etching the antireflection film AL by removing the antireflection film AL for each atomic layer by using the mask MK1 on which the protective film SX is formed.
US10714339B2
Methods of selectively depositing a mask layer on a surface of a patterned substrate and self-aligned patterned masks are provided herein. In one embodiment, a method of selectivity depositing a mask layer includes positioning the patterned substrate on a substrate support in a processing volume of a processing chamber, exposing the surface of the patterned substrate to a parylene monomer gas, forming a first layer on the patterned substrate, wherein the first layer comprises a patterned parylene layer, and depositing a second layer on the first layer. In another embodiment, a self-aligned patterned mask comprises a parylene layer comprising a plurality of parylene features and a plurality of openings, the parylene layer is disposed on a patterned substrate comprising a dielectric layer and a plurality of metal features, the plurality of metal feature comprise a parylene deposition inhibitor metal, and the plurality of parylene features are selectivity formed on dielectric surfaces of the dielectric layer.
US10714338B2
We describe a method for reducing bow in a composite wafer comprising a silicon wafer and a silicon carbide layer grown on the silicon wafer. The method includes applying nitrogen atoms during the growth process of the silicon carbide layer on the silicon wafer so as to generate a compressive stress within the composite wafer.
US10714335B2
Provided is a method of depositing a thin film on a pattern structure of a semiconductor substrate, the method including (a) supplying a source gas; (b) supplying a reactive gas; and (c) supplying plasma, wherein the steps (a), (b), and (c) are sequentially repeated on the semiconductor substrate within a reaction space until a desired thickness is obtained, and a frequency of the plasma is a high frequency of 60 MHz or greater.
US10714332B2
A method for forming a silicon nitride film to cover a stepped portion formed by exposed surfaces of first and second base films in a substrate, includes: forming a nitride film or a seed layer to cover the stepped portion, wherein the nitride film is formed by supplying, to the substrate, a nitrogen-containing base-film nitriding gas for nitriding the base films, exposing the substrate to plasma and nitriding the surface of the stepped portion, and the seed layer is composed of a silicon-containing film formed by supplying a raw material gas of silicon to the substrate and is configured such that the silicon nitride film uniformly grows on the surfaces of the base films; and forming the silicon nitride film on the seed layer by supplying, to the substrate, a second raw material gas of silicon and a silicon-nitriding gas for nitriding silicon.
US10714331B2
A method for forming a thermally stable spacer layer is disclosed. The method includes first disposing a substrate in an internal volume of a processing chamber. The substrate has a film formed thereon, the film including silicon, carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen. Next, high pressure steam is introduced into the processing chamber. The film is exposed to the high pressure steam to convert the film to reacted film, the reacted film including silicon, carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen.
US10714330B2
The reliability of a semiconductor device is improved. A photoresist pattern is formed over a semiconductor substrate. Then, over the semiconductor substrate, a protective film is formed in such a manner as to cover the photoresist pattern. Then, with the photoresist pattern covered with the protective film, an impurity is ion implanted into the semiconductor substrate. Thereafter, the protective film is removed by wet etching, and then, the photoresist pattern is removed.
US10714323B2
The invention generally relates to zero volt mass spectrometry probes and systems. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a system including a mass spectrometry probe including a porous material, and a mass spectrometer (bench-top or miniature mass spectrometer). The system operates without an application of voltage to the probe. In certain embodiments, the probe is oriented such that a distal end faces an inlet of the mass spectrometer. In other embodiments, the distal end of the probe is 5 mm or less from an inlet of the mass spectrometer.
US10714321B2
Implementations of the present disclosure relate to a sputtering target for a sputtering chamber used to process a substrate. In one implementation, a sputtering target for a sputtering chamber is provided. The sputtering target comprises a sputtering plate with a backside surface having radially inner, middle and outer regions and an annular-shaped backing plate mounted to the sputtering plate. The backside surface has a plurality of circular grooves which are spaced apart from one another and at least one arcuate channel cutting through the circular grooves and extending from the radially inner region to the radially outer region of sputtering plate. The annular-shaped backing plate defines an open annulus exposing the backside surface of the sputtering plate.
US10714320B2
A time period for cleaning performed to remove a deposit formed within a chamber main body can be reduced. A plasma processing method including the cleaning of an inside of the chamber main body of a plasma processing apparatus is provided. The method includes etching including a main etching of etching an etching target film of a processing target object placed on a stage in a low temperature by generating plasma of a processing gas containing a fluorocarbon gas and/or a hydrofluorocarbon gas; carrying-out the processing target object from a chamber; and cleaning the inside of the chamber main body by generating plasma of a cleaning gas in a state that a temperature of an electrostatic chuck is set to be high.
US10714319B2
A method and apparatus for operating a plasma processing chamber includes performing a plasma process at a process pressure and a pressure power to generate a plasma. A first ramping-down stage starts in which the process power and the process pressure are ramped down substantially simultaneously to an intermediate power level and an intermediate pressure level, respectively. The intermediate power level and intermediate pressure level are preselected so as to raise a plasma sheath boundary above a threshold height from a surface of a substrate. A purge gas is flowed from a showerhead assembly at a sufficiently high rate to sweep away contaminant particles trapped in the plasma such that one or more contaminant particles move outwardly of an edge of the substrate. A second ramping-down stage starts where the intermediate power level and the intermediate pressure level decline to a zero level and a base pressure, respectively.
US10714316B2
There is provided a technique that includes supplying a first process gas to a process space where a substrate is accommodated, and using an inert gas as a carrier gas of the first process gas; and supplying plasma of a second process gas to the process space where the substrate is accommodated, and using an active auxiliary gas as a carrier gas of the second process gas.
US10714313B2
The invention relates to high-frequency amplifier apparatuses suitable for generating power outputs of at least 1 kW at frequencies of at least 2 MHz. The apparatuses include two LDMOS transistors each connected by their source connection to ground. The transistors can have the same design and can be arranged in an assembly (package). The apparatus also includes a circuit board lying flat against a metallic cooling plate and connected to the cooling plate, which can be connected to ground, and the assembly is arranged on or against the circuit board. The apparatuses have a power transformer, whose primary winding is connected to the drain connections of the transistors, and a signal transmitter. A secondary winding of the signal transmitter is connected to the gate connections of the two transistors. Each of the gate connections is connected to ground via at least one voltage-limiting structural element.
US10714299B2
Disclosed herein is a system for x-ray backscatter inspection. The system comprises an interior cavity. The system also comprises a non-conductive fluid contained within the interior cavity. The system additionally comprises a power source within the interior cavity and submerged in the non-conductive fluid. The system further comprises an x-ray cathode within the interior cavity, submerged in the non-conductive fluid, and coupled to the power source. The system also comprises an x-ray anode within the interior cavity, submerged in the non-conductive fluid, and positioned to receive an electron emission from the x-ray cathode to generate an x-ray emission. The system additionally comprises a thermoelectric cooler surrounding the interior cavity and operable to draw heat from the non-conductive fluid.
US10714297B2
A liquid metal or spiral groove bearing structure for an x-ray tube and associated process for manufacturing the bearing structure is provided in which journal bearing sleeve is formed with a number of structures thereon that function to dissipate heat transmitted to the sleeve during operation of the bearing assembly within the x-ray tube to minimize thermal deformation of the sleeve, thereby minimizing gap size alteration within the bearing assembly. The structures formed within the sleeve are slots disposed within the section of the sleeve in which the highest temperature gradients develop. The slots enable an increase in thermal conductance away from the sleeve while minimizing the stresses created from the deformation of the portion(s) of the sleeve between the slots.
US10714294B2
An emitter with a diameter of 100 nm or less is used with a protective cap layer and a diffusion barrier between the emitter and the protective cap layer. The protective cap layer is disposed on the exterior surface of the emitter. The protective cap layer includes molybdenum or iridium. The emitter can generate an electron beam. The emitter can be pulsed.
US10714292B2
Methods for fabricating refractory metal scandate nanocomposite powders with homogeneous microstructured refractory metal grains and a uniform nanosized dispersion of scandia are provided. The powders prepared by the sol-gel methods have a spherical morphology, a narrow distribution of particle sizes and a very uniform dispersion of nanosized scandia particles joined to the tungsten grains. The powder particle sizes can range from nanometers to micrometers. The powders can be pressed into porous cathode structures that can be impregnated with emissive materials to produce high current density and long life cathodes for high-power terahertz vacuum electron devices. The sol-gel fabrication methods allow control over the materials, particle size, particle composition and pore size and distribution of the cathode structure by manipulation of the process parameters.
US10714284B2
A dial apparatus includes an operation member to be rotatably operated, a contact member including a plurality of contact portions and configured to rotate as the operation member rotates, and a substrate having a signal pattern provided on a plurality of concentric circles with a center at a rotation center of the operation member. The dial apparatus outputs a binary code when the plurality of contact portions contact the signal pattern as the operation member rotates. The signal pattern includes a reference signal area connected to a reference potential, a first signal area configured to output a first signal, and a second signal area configured to output a second signal. Two of the plurality of contact portions are provided on a predetermined concentric circle in the signal pattern and contact a signal pattern that includes the reference signal area and the first signal area.
US10714283B2
The invention relates to a switch for an electrical device, in particular for an electrical tool, comprising a slide control for setting a rotational speed of the electrical device, a switch housing, and at least one circuit board arranged in the switch housing for holding electrical components of the slide control. According to the invention, a movably supported operating element of the slide control is inserted into a contact chamber of the switch housing in a sealed manner through a first feed-through and is led out of the contact chamber in a sealed manner through a second feed-through in all adjustment positions of the operating element. Thus, a switch that ensures reliable function even under ambient conditions of high contamination is provided.
US10714282B2
A switch has a base, an operation unit disposed above the base and moving in a contacting-separating direction with respect to the base in response to an external force, a pair of link members configured to guide movement of the operation unit in the contacting-separating direction, and a coupling portion configured to turnably couple the pair of link members to each other. Each of the pair of link members each includes a coupling-portion-side supported portion supported on one of the base and the operation unit and an end-side supported portion supported on the other of the base and the operation unit. One of the base and the operation unit on which the coupling-portion-side supported portion is supported includes a wall surface provided with a movement space.
US10714280B1
A mechanical keyboard includes printed circuit boards (PCBs), each having a pin holder; and a hole; mechanical switches to removably engage with the printed circuit boards, each of the mechanical switches having a body; a pin extending from the body to engage with the pin holder; a pillar extending from the body to engage with the hole; and a compressible switch extending upward from the body and associated with the pillar; a plurality of keys to engage with the compressible switch of the mechanical switches; the plurality of mechanical switches are to be removed from the PCBs by hand.
US10714276B2
Disconnecting device for an energy conductor comprising at least one first connection part, at least one second connection part, at least one disconnection point arranged between the first and second connection parts, the disconnection point forming a current path between the first and second connection parts in a closed state and disconnecting a current path between the first and second connection parts in an open state, the disconnecting device having a flowable medium which is arranged in a guide housing and separates the disconnection point driven by a drive, the flowable medium at least partially surrounding the disconnection point at the moment of disconnection, and the disconnecting device having a bolt which is moved into the disconnection point immediately after the disconnection of the disconnection point by the flowable medium.
US10714271B2
An ultracapacitor that includes an energy storage cell immersed in an electrolyte and disposed within an hermetically sealed housing, the cell electrically coupled to a positive contact and a negative contact, wherein the ultracapacitor is configured to output electrical energy within a temperature range between about 80 degrees Celsius to about 210 degrees Celsius. Methods of fabrication and use are provided.
US10714270B2
The present embodiments provide a flexible, lightweight and highly efficient photoelectric conversion device and further provide a manufacturing method thereof. The photoelectric conversion device according to the embodiment comprises a laminate structure of a substrate, an ITO electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer and a counter electrode. When subjected to surface X-ray diffraction analysis, the ITO electrode shows an X-ray diffraction profile characterized in that the peak at a diffraction peak position in the range of 2θ=30.6±0.5° has a half-width of 1.0° or less. The ITO electrode in the device can be formed by forming an amorphous-phase ITO film on the substrate and then by subjecting the film to annealing treatment at a temperature of 200° or less.
US10714263B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminated body and first and second external electrodes respectively on both end surfaces of the laminated body. When regions where first internal electrodes or second internal electrodes are not present are regarded as side margin portions in a cross section of the laminated body as viewed from the laminating direction, the side margin portions include multiple side margin layers, and the content of Si in the side margin layer closest to the internal electrode is lower than that in the side margin layer other than the side margin layer closest to the internal electrode.
US10714254B2
An electronic component includes a body, a first inductor, and a low expansion portion. The body includes a laminated body including a plurality of insulating layers laminated in a lamination direction. The insulating layers contain a first resin as a material. The first inductor includes a first inductor conductor layer that adjoins one of the insulating layers. The low expansion portion has a coefficient of linear expansion lower than a coefficient of linear expansion of the plurality of insulating layers. The low expansion portion contains a second resin as a material. At least part of the low expansion portion is embedded in the laminated body. The second resin has a coefficient of linear expansion that is lower than a coefficient of linear expansion of the first resin.
US10714253B2
A coil component includes a body having a coil part embedded therein, and an external electrode connected to the coil part. The body contains a plurality of first magnetic particles and a plurality of second magnetic particles, the second magnetic particles being smaller than the first magnetic particles, and the pluralities of first and second magnetic particles are dispersed in a main insulating portion. The plurality of second magnetic particles are dispersed in each of a plurality of sub-insulating portions to constitute composites, and a volume percentage of the second magnetic particles in the composites is 80% to 90%.
US10714252B2
An inductor includes a first terminal and a second terminal, a first inductor conductor layer and a second inductor conductor layer, a magnetic core layer, and via conductors. The magnetic core layer is disposed between the first and second inductor conductor layers. The via conductors are connected to the first and second inductor conductor layers. The first and second terminals are electrically connected through the via conductors. The magnetic core layer includes a first magnetic substance portion including a first magnetic substance, and a second magnetic substance portion including a second magnetic substance. Magnetic properties of the second magnetic substance are different from magnetic properties of the first magnetic substance.
US10714250B2
An electromagnetic actuator including an actuator unit; and an actuation unit acting in an axial direction, wherein the actuator unit includes a coil generating a magnetic field and including a pole core that is arranged within the coil, wherein at least two permanent magnets are arranged adjoining a face of the pole core in the axial direction so that the at least two permanent magnets are applicable to the face of the pole core and movable in the axial direction so that the at least two permanent magnets are drivable by the coil independently from each other.
US10714246B2
A method for manufacturing a rare earth permanent magnet includes manufacturing an NdFeB sintered magnet. A grain boundary diffusion material in the form of a mixed powder comprising an alloy powder containing Re1aMb or M; and Re2 hydride or Re2 fluoride is disposed on a surface of the NdFeB sintered magnet. The grain boundary diffusion material is heated to diffuse at least one of Re1, Re2 and M into a grain boundary part inside the sintered magnet or a grain boundary part region of a sintered magnet main phase grain. Re1 and Re2 are each rare earth elements selected from the group consisting of dysprosium, terbium, neodymium, praseodymium, and holmium, M is a metal compound consisting of copper, zinc, tin, and aluminum, 0.1
US10714243B2
Provided is a variable resistance circuit in which the resistance value of the variable resistance circuit can be accurately adjusted, by reducing the error in the change amount of the resistance value of the variable resistance circuit due to the on-resistances of switch circuits even if the switch circuits that each bypass a resistor included in a ladder resistor circuit are switched between an OFF state and an ON state. This variable resistance circuit includes: a ladder resistor circuit including a plurality of resistors; a first switch circuit connected in series to one end of one resistor of the plurality of resistors; and a second switch circuit connected in parallel to a series circuit of the one resistor and the first switch circuit. When one of the first and second switch circuits is turned on, the other of the first and second switch circuits is turned off.
US10714241B2
In one embodiment, an overvoltage protection device may include a metal oxide varistor (MOV) having a first surface and a second surface; a semiconductor substrate having a first outer surface and a second outer surface and comprising a semiconductor crowbar device comprising a plurality of semiconductor layers arranged in electrical series to one another, the semiconductor substrate being disposed on a first side of the metal oxide varistor; a conductive region disposed between the second surface of the MOV and the first outer surface of the semiconductor substrate; a first electrical contact disposed on the first surface of the MOV; and a second electrical contact disposed on the second outer surface of the semiconductor substrate.
US10714231B2
Provided are a graphene wire, a cable to which the graphene wire is applied, and a method of manufacturing the graphene wire. The graphene wire includes a catalytic metal wire and a graphene layer coated on a surface of the catalytic metal wire, and the catalytic metal wire includes a stranded cable in which at least two core wires are twisted around each other.
US10714227B2
A shutter for controlling radiation exposure includes a rotatable member. The rotatable member is rotatable between an open position and a closed position. The rotatable member includes a passageway, wherein the passageway is positioned to receive radiation in the open position and is not positioned to receive radiation in the closed position. In the closed position, the rotatable member may substantially block or absorb the radiation. The passageway may collimate the radiation into a beam of radiation. The rotatable member may include a plurality of passageways positioned to receive radiation in the open position. The rotatable member may be rotatable between a plurality of open positions, each open position corresponding to at least one passageway. The open positions may align the source of radiation with different passageways in the rotatable member to form a different beam shape, a different number of beams, a different beam direction, or combinations thereof.
US10714221B2
A protection system is provided for protecting a nuclear reactor positioned on a barge which is floating in the water of a tank. The system includes one or more cones which are positioned on the upper end of the nuclear reactor which will disintegrate and deflect an aircraft or missile striking the same. The system also includes structure which permits the barge to move downwardly in the tank upon an aircraft or missile strike to reduce the impact force of the strike.
US10714218B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for rendering lesions on a geometric surface model of a geometric structure. The system includes a computer-based model construction system configured to create a three-dimensional (3D) texture map including a plurality of voxels each having a tissue necrosis value, increment the tissue necrosis values as a function of at least one parameter to generate a total tissue necrosis value for each voxel, render at least one lesion on the geometric surface model based on the total tissue necrosis values, and display the geometric surface model and the at least one rendered lesion.
US10714215B2
A medication monitoring system including a patient information unit having a processor, a memory and a patient monitoring unit and a program executing in the memory executing the steps of communicatively coupling a first device with a second device, transmitting live images from the first device to the second device, analyzing the content of the live images to identify at least one biometric attribute of a user in the image and at least one bar code on a container in the image, determining whether the bar code is associated with at least one biometric attribute, and notifying the user whether to consume the contents of the container based on the association of the bar code with the biometric attribute.
US10714212B2
A portable data-management system based on an analyte testing device which communicates wirelessly with a mobile device. The mobile device runs an application to manage and analyze data obtained by the analyte testing device. The mobile device may assist the user in displaying testing data, identifying patterns to assist healthy behavior or issue warnings based on the collected data. The mobile device may be connected to a network to store user health data for use by other parties.
US10714211B2
Apparatus and method for improving chemical process efficiency and promoting sharing of chemistry information for guiding and encouraging scientific researchers and institutions to develop and share more efficient chemical processes. Technical solution comprises: by means of execution and assessment analysis of relevant chemical processes of target compound or target compound system and provision of application program and website having social and electronic transaction functions installed on mobile device for scientific researchers on basis of Internet technology, sharing, transaction and assessment of relevant chemical processes of and chemistry information about compound can be disclosed are implemented, and users are guided and encouraged to share chemistry information and experience via electronic transaction system, developing more efficient chemical processes, reducing resource waste, promoting research and development efficiency, improving research and development efficiency of unknown innovative chemical processes and compounds.
US10714206B2
Apparatuses including an interface chip that interfaces with dice through memory channels are described. An example apparatus includes: an interface chip that interfaces with a plurality of dice through a plurality of memory channels, each of the dice comprising a plurality of memory cells, and the interface chip comprising a test circuit. The test circuit includes: first and second terminals corresponding to the first and second memory channels respectively; a test terminal and a built in self test (BIST) circuit common to the first and second memory channels; and a selector coupled to the first and second terminals, the test terminal and the BIST circuit, and couples a first selected one of the first terminal, the test terminal and the BIST circuit to the first channel and a second selected one of the second terminal, the test terminal and the BIST circuit to the second channel.
US10714202B2
A magnetic memory included a conductive line that extends in a first direction along a substrate. A first columnar body is in a memory cell array region of the substrate and extends in a second direction from the substrate. A first end of the first columnar body contacts the conductive line. The first columnar body is comprised of a first magnetic material and has magnetic domains adjacent to one another along a length of the first columnar body in the second direction. A second columnar body is in a peripheral region of the substrate and extending in the second direction from the substrate. A first end of the second columnar body contacts the conductive line, and a second end is connected to a control circuit. The second columnar body also is comprised of the first magnetic material.
US10714201B2
A memory system includes a plurality of memory cells. A memory cell includes an anti-fuse transistor, a first select unit, and a second select unit. The anti-fuse transistor has a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal coupled to an anti-fuse control line. The first select unit is coupled to the first terminal of the anti-fuse transistor, a first bit line, and an odd word line. The second select unit is coupled to the second terminal of the anti-fuse transistor, a second bit line, and an even word line. During a pre-screen operation of the memory cell, the odd word line and the even word line are at different voltages.
US10714200B2
A method for programming an electrically programmable fuse is disclosed. As conductive medium of the electrically programmable fuse exhibits different physical changes under different conditions, the conductive medium is changed from an initial physical state to a first physical state by using a first programming condition to program the electrically programmable fuse from a low resistance state to a medium resistance state, and the conductive medium is changed from the initial physical state or the first physical state to a second physical state by using a second programming condition to program the electrically programmable fuse from the low resistance state or the medium resistance state to a high resistance state. Transitions of three information storage states are achieved through two different programming conditions, so that the information storage density and chip area utilization rate of an electrically programmable fuse device can be significantly improved, and chip size reduction is facilitated.
US10714199B1
A physical unclonable function (PUF) circuit generates one or more bit values. The PUF circuit includes a first one-time programmable (OTP) memory cell, a second OTP memory cell, and a latch circuit connected to the first and second OTP memory cells. The latch circuit initiates programming of the first and second OTP memory cells, detects a faster programming OTP memory cell of the first and second OTP memory cells, inhibits programming of a slower programming OTP memory cell of the first and second OTP memory cells, and stores a first bit value when the first OTP memory cell is the faster programming OTP memory cell and a second bit value when the second OTP memory cell is the faster programming OTP memory cell.
US10714189B2
A method of verifying the atomicity of an operation of data update in an EEPROM, includes, during a data writing operation of writing the data, the steps of: initializing at least one first flag to a first value and storing this value in the EEPROM; erasing the data from the EEPROM; writing a value of the data into the EEPROM; and writing at least one second value of the first flag into the EEPROM.
US10714188B2
When selectively erasing one sub-block, a control circuit applies, in a first sub-block, a first voltage to bit lines and a source line, and applies a second voltage smaller than the first voltage to the word lines. Then, the control circuit applies a third voltage lower than the first voltage by a certain value to a drain-side select gate line and a source-side select gate line, thereby performing the erase operation in the first sub-block. The control circuit applies, in a second sub-block existing in an identical memory block to the selected sub-block, a fourth voltage substantially identical to the first voltage to the drain side select gate line and the source side select gate line, thereby not performing the erase operation in the second sub-block.
US10714186B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a memory comprising a first group of memory cells, a second group of memory cells, and a controller to program one or more lower pages of data to the first group of memory cells; store dynamic start voltage information, the dynamic start voltage information indicative of a rate of programming of at least a portion of the first group of memory cells; determine a start program voltage based on the dynamic start voltage information; and apply the start program voltage to the second group of memory cells during a first program pass of a program operation, the program operation to program one or more lower pages of data to the second group of memory cells.
US10714184B2
A method of operating a memory device includes performing a first program operation on memory cells connected to a first word line among a plurality of word lines, performing the first program operation on memory cells connected to a second word line among the plurality of word lines, applying a turn-on voltage at a first level to the first and second word lines, applying a voltage at a level lower than the first level to a third word line among the plurality of word lines, performing a precharge operation on partial cell strings among a plurality of cell strings, and performing a second program operation on the memory cells connected to the first word line.
US10714175B2
Disclosed are methods, systems and devices for operation of correlated electron switch (CES) devices. In one aspect, a CES device may be placed in any one of multiple impedance states in a write operation by controlling a current and a voltage applied to terminals of the non-volatile memory device. In one implementation, a CES device may be placed in a high impedance or insulative state, or two more distinguishable low impedance or conductive states.
US10714171B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system comprising: a semiconductor storage device including a memory cell connected to a word line and capable of storing n-bit data (n is an integer of 2 or more); and a controller circuit, wherein the semiconductor storage device determines a value of the n-bit read data stored in the memory cell, by a first reading operation using k reading voltages different from each other (k is an integer equal to or higher than 2{circumflex over ( )}(n−1) and less than 2{circumflex over ( )}n−1), and the controller circuit converts the value of the n-bit read data into data corresponding to (k+1) decimal data.
US10714170B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a first memory cell capable of storing 3-bit data. When first data including a first bit is received from an external controller, the received first data is written to the first memory cell. When second data including a second bit and a third bit is received from the controller after the first data is received, the first bit is read from the first memory cell and the 3-bit data is written to the first memory cell based on the read first bit and the received second data. In the 3-bit data written to the first memory cell, lower bit data is determined by three read operations, middle bit data is determined by two read operations, and upper bit data is determined by two read operations.
US10714145B2
Example methods and apparatus to add a tagged snippet of multimedia content to a playlist are disclosed. An example apparatus comprises an automatic content recognition search service to search a fingerprint database to find a match between query fingerprints for a snippet of multimedia content captured from a multimedia program at a timestamp and reference fingerprints of matching reference multimedia content stored in the fingerprint database, a tag service to generate a tag representing the snippet of multimedia content, wherein the tag, the timestamp, meta information associated with the matching reference multimedia content, and a monitored variable for a number of viewers of the snippet of multimedia content are stored in a database storage as a tagged snippet of multimedia content, and to add the tagged snippet of multimedia content to a playlist for an identified multimedia program if the number of viewers of the tagged snippet exceeds a threshold.
US10714143B2
Assistance information related to a tier framework may describe signaling for extractable and decodable sub-sequences based on pictures interdependencies. This may allow a video application to efficiently select pictures when performing a given trick mode.
US10714133B1
A data storage device is disclosed comprising a first actuator configured to actuate a head over a disk, a second actuator configured to rotate the disk, a first control circuit configured to generate a servo command, and a second control circuit configured to receive the servo command from the first control circuit, control the first actuator or the second actuator using the servo command, and override the servo command to avoid an overcurrent condition.
US10714130B2
An MTJ or MR read sensor is formed by depositing a stack in a reverse order with a free layer (FL) deposited on a lower shield, followed by a tunneling barrier layer (for an MTJ) or a conducting spacer layer (for an MR) and, finally, an antiferromagnetically coupled pinning structure and an upper shield. This reverse order permits a series of etching processes to be accurately performed on the lower shield and the stack together with the formation of biasing layers that are coupled to the lower shield and the stack, without adversely affecting the stability of the pinning structure. Further, the distance between the FL and the shield is accurately determined and repeatable even down to the sub-nm regime. An upper shield can then be formed and also coupled to the biasing layers.
US10714121B2
A device, system, and method whereby a speech-driven system can distinguish speech obtained from users of the system from other speech spoken by background persons, as well as from background speech from public address systems. In one aspect, the present system and method prepares, in advance of field-use, a voice-data file which is created in a training environment. The training environment exhibits both desired user speech and unwanted background speech, including unwanted speech from persons other than a user and also speech from a PA system. The speech recognition system is trained or otherwise programmed to identify wanted user speech which may be spoken concurrently with the background sounds. In an embodiment, during the pre-field-use phase the training or programming may be accomplished by having persons who are training listeners audit the pre-recorded sounds to identify the desired user speech. A processor-based learning system is trained to duplicate the assessments made by the human listeners.
US10714119B2
A communication device for a communication system is disclosed, which communication device comprises at least an I/O interface for connection with one or more audio sources to at least receive an input audio signal, a user audio output, an audio processor to provide an output audio signal to the user audio output from the input audio signal, and a reporting module. To improve the acoustic safety for a user of the communication device, the reporting module is configured to analyze the input audio signal and to determine, whether an acoustic safety incident is given, upon which the reporting module is configured to generate metadata of the acoustic safety incident.
US10714118B2
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a voice signal from a first user; compressing the voice signal using a compression portion of an artificial neural network trained to compress the first user's voice; and sending the compressed voice signal to a second client computing device.
US10714112B2
Higher Order Ambisonics represents three-dimensional sound independent of a specific loudspeaker set-up. However, transmission of an HOA representation results in a very high bit rate. Therefore compression with a fixed number of channels is used, in which directional and ambient signal components are processed differently. For coding, portions of the original HOA representation are predicted from the directional signal components. This prediction provides side information which is required for a corresponding decoding. By using some additional specific purpose bits, a known side information coding processing is improved in that the required number of bits for coding that side information is reduced on average.
US10714111B2
The techniques disclosed herein provide application programming interfaces (APIs) for enabling a system to select a spatialization technology. The APIs also enable a system to balance resources by allocating audio objects to a number of applications executing on a computer system. The system coordinates the audio objects between applications and each application can control the number of objects they individually generate. In some configurations, the system can also fold audio objects across different applications. Different spatialization technologies can be selected based on an analysis of contextual data and policy data. For instance, when a new headphone system is plugged in, the system may switch from Dolby Atmos to the Microsoft HoloLens HRTF spatialization technology. The system can dynamically control a number of generated audio objects and dynamically change a utilized spatialization technology based on changes to a computing environment.
US10714103B2
Provided is an encoding apparatus for integrally encoding and decoding a speech signal and a audio signal, and may include: an input signal analyzer to analyze a characteristic of an input signal; a stereo encoder to down mix the input signal to a mono signal when the input signal is a stereo signal, and to extract stereo sound image information; a frequency band expander to expand a frequency band of the input signal; a sampling rate converter to convert a sampling rate; a speech signal encoder to encode the input signal using a speech encoding module when the input signal is a speech characteristics signal; a audio signal encoder to encode the input signal using a audio encoding module when the input signal is a audio characteristic signal; and a bitstream generator to generate a bitstream.
US10714089B2
The disclosure discloses a speech recognition method and a device, aiming at recognizing words in a sentence text after determining the sentence text corresponding to an input speech, and substituting after determining the wrong words which do not conform to an application scenario in the sentence text, so as to improve the accuracy of speech recognition. The speech recognition method according to embodiments of the present disclosure includes: recognizing a sentence text corresponding to an input speech according to the speech; recognizing wrong words in the sentence text; determining substitute words corresponding to the wrong words; and substituting the wrong words with the substitute words. The determination of the wrong words is based on comparing an average similarity of the word with N other similar words against a first threshold and comparing a maximum similarity between the said word and other words in the sentence against a second threshold.
US10714081B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for dynamic voice assistant interaction. Example methods may include receiving first voice data, determining a first meaning of the first voice data, conducting an auction for an audio segment to present in response to the first voice data, wherein the auction is based at least in part on the first meaning, and determining a first audio response for presentation via a speaker in response to the first voice data.
US10714080B2
A weighted finite-state transducer (WFST) decoding system is provided. The WFST decoding system includes a memory that stores WFST data and a WFST decoder including a data fetch logic. The WFST data has a structure including states, and arcs connecting the states with directivity. The WFST data is compressed in the memory. The WFST data includes body data, and header data including state information for each states that is aligned discontinuously. The body data includes arc information of the arcs that is aligned continuously. The state information includes an arc index of the arcs, a number of the arcs, and compression information of the arcs, and the data fetch logic de-compresses the WFST data using the compression information, and retrieves the WFST data from the memory.
US10714079B2
A method and apparatus are provided for analyzing conversational statements and providing feedback in real-time. Audio stream data is recorded by a communication device and converted into a logical analysis format representation. Logical analysis is performed automatically on the logical analysis format representation of the natural-language statement. The logical analysis identifies one or more candidate output resolutions and identifies supplemental data that can confirm the one or more candidate output resolutions. The identified supplemental data is accessed and the one or more candidate output resolutions are evaluated based at least in part on the supplemental data. A feedback message is generated and displayed on the mobile communication device. The feedback message is indicative of the evaluation of the one or more candidate output resolutions and may provide a recommended follow-up question to be asked by the user of the communication device in the current conversation.
US10714072B1
A method may include receiving a user trigger signal indicating a user desire to update characteristics of an adaptive filter, receiving an error microphone signal indicative of the output of the transducer and the ambient audio sounds at the transducer, wherein the transducer reproduces both a source audio signal for playback to a listener and an anti-noise signal for countering the effects of ambient audio sounds in an acoustic output of the transducer, implementing the adaptive filter having a response that generates the anti-noise signal to reduce the presence of the ambient audio sounds in the error microphone signal, determining an acoustic coupling of the transducer to an error microphone for producing the error microphone signal, and responsive to a change in the acoustic coupling, prompting a user to assert the user trigger signal to indicate user desire to update characteristics of the adaptive filter.
US10714069B1
The present disclosure relates to devices, systems, and methods for controlling and/or augmenting acoustic sounds emitted from flight vehicles, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). For example, while in flight, a UAV may emit a characteristic sound or tone (or a plurality of such tones), which may be a result of propeller and/or motor noise. To mitigate such noise from UAVs, disclosed embodiments may include acoustic resonators that may provide additional tones to complement the sounds or tones emitted from the UAV. Namely, the acoustic resonators may be shaped, adjusted, or otherwise controlled to emit additional tones that form pleasing intervals in combination with the characteristic tone(s) from the UAV.
US10714068B2
A whistle mouthpiece is provided that has a whistle mechanism that comprises one or more openings that may contain one or more reeds or other frequency producing mechanisms that produce the same or different resonant frequencies. The one or more openings may transversely cross the whistle mouthpiece in a parallel manner, or may alternatively exit the whistle mouthpiece at the front portion at a non-parallel location or at another location along the bottom or top of the mouthpiece.
US10714063B2
A drumhead tuning rim system and method for securing and tuning a drumhead on a drum shell of a drum, comprising a drumhead tuning rim apparatus comprising a cable tension dial assembly configured for operably engaging a rim of the drum so as to increase or decrease tension on the rim, the rim being configured for seating over the drumhead on the drum shell, and an apparatus controller configured for operably interfacing with the drumhead tuning rim apparatus so as to selectively control the cable tension dial assembly and thereby adjust the overall pitch of the drumhead as by adjusting the tension on the rim.
US10714062B2
A cable and pulley or guide apparatus for accurately tuning and securing a tunable vibrating membrane on a cylindrical shell by means of a plurality of either fixed-angle pulley or guide assemblies not parallel to the top-bottom axis of the shell, or adjustable-angle pulley or guide assemblies not parallel to the top-bottom axis of the shell, built into or attached to purpose built hoops, attached to hoops with protruding flanges through holes or slots, or attached to a claw or hook apparatus which secures over the edge of annular hoops, through which a cable is laced and fed into the tensioning mechanism(s) to increase or decrease the tension on the cable, thus tensioning the vibrating membrane or heads against the shell, the angles of the pulley or guide assemblies adjustable to conform to the natural angle of the cable traversing the circumference of the shell.
US10714060B1
A glove includes a glove body having a resilient plucking device secured at the distal end of each of the glove fingers. The pinky finger portion of the glove is open. The glove has a securement strap about the wrist of the glove.
US10714059B2
A method of manufacturing a device for, among other things, preventing picks from falling into soundholes of various musical instruments is disclosed. The device is both decorative and functional, including having multiple sizes, contours, and usages. Further, various methods of manufacturing the device are disclosed. The device can have various electronics incorporated therein, and in some embodiments communicates with a mobile application on a handheld computing device. The method of manufacture can include, in an embodiment, manufacturing a circular frame having an inner and outer diameter; manufacturing a circular screen also having an inner and outer diameter to be inserted within the frame in a non-movable snug-fit, fabricating the frame to have an instrument-facing surface and a string-facing surface, and preparing an instrument-facing surface of the frame to be suitable for attachment to a surface of the instrument, among potentially other steps.
US10714053B2
The present disclosure provides a driving circuit, a method for controlling light emission, and a display device. The driving circuit includes one or more light emission shift registers, each of which includes a first processing module configured to control a signal at a first node based on signals at the input signal terminal, the first clock signal terminal and the second clock signal terminal; a second processing module including first and second transistors, wherein the first transistor is a dual-gate transistor, and the second transistor has a first terminal electrically connected to the pulse signal terminal and a second terminal electrically connected to the second node; and an output module configured to control a signal at an output signal terminal based on the signals at the first level signal terminal, the second level signal terminal, the first node and the second node.
US10714051B1
A driving apparatus and a driving signal generating method are provided. The driving apparatus includes a timing controller, a driver, a switch and a resistor. The timing controller generates a bi-direction lock signal. The driver receives a differential signal pair. The switch is turned on or cut off according to an eye diagram detection result of the differential signal pair. According to the bi-direction lock signal, the timing controller and the driver are used to: operate a first clock and data recovery (CDR) operation on the differential signal pair during a first time period; set setting parameters of an output differential voltage, a pre-emphasis circuit and an equalizer according to the eye diagram detection result and an on/off state of the switch, and perform a second CDR operation during a second time period; and drive a display according to the differential signal pair during a third time period.
US10714049B2
Systems and methods for improving perceived image quality of an electronic display, which includes a display region with a rounded border and a display pixel at a pixel position adjacent the rounded border. A display pipeline communicatively coupled to the electronic display receives first image data that indicates target luminance at the pixel position in a rectangular image frame; determines a gain value associated with the pixel position from a gain map, in which the gain value is inversely proportional to distance between the display pixel and the rounded border; determines second image data that indicates target luminance of the display pixel by processing the first image data based at least in part on the gain value; and outputs the second image data to the electronic display to facilitate displaying a non-rectangular portion of the image frame on the display region.
US10714048B2
A flexible display device and a method for driving the same are provided. The flexible display device includes a main flexible display panel and an auxiliary flexible display panel stacked on the main flexible display panel. The main and auxiliary flexible display panels includes respective pluralities of main and auxiliary pixel units spaced apart from each other. Orthographic projections of the auxiliary pixel units onto the main flexible display panel overlap with the main pixel units. The main and/or auxiliary flexible display panels can be configured such that when the flexible display device is stretched, at least a part of an orthographic projection of each main/auxiliary pixel unit is arranged between two adjacent auxiliary/main pixel units of the other flexible display panel.
US10714030B2
A display device and apparatus, display control method and storage medium are provided. The display device includes first substrate, first dimming layer, a light-emitting layer, second dimming layer and second substrate which are laminated in sequence; the first dimming layer controls the light emitted from the light-emitting layer and incident onto the first dimming layer to present one of the following two states: reflected but not transmitted into the first dimming layer, and transmitted and emergent from one side where the first substrate lies; the second dimming layer controls the light emitted from the light-emitting layer and incident onto the second dimming layer to present one of the following two states: reflected but not transmitted into the second dimming layer; and transmitted and emergent from one side where the second substrate lies. The case that the double-faced images displayed by the display apparatus are mirror images may be avoided.
US10714026B2
According to one embodiment, a display device including a plurality of light sources of different luminous colors, a first substrate, a second substrate opposed to the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates, to which light from the light sources enters, a display area on which an image is displayed, and a drive circuit configured to control quantity of light from each of the light sources on the basis of an analyzation result of an image signal used to display the image.
US10714023B2
Example embodiments of disclosed configurations include a display device with a liquid crystal layer and an organic light emitting diode backlight. In one or more embodiments, the liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal layer including a plurality of liquid crystals grouped into a plurality of liquid crystal portions, and the organic light emitting diode backlight coupled to the liquid crystal layer. The organic light emitting diode backlight includes a plurality of OLED backlight portions, where each OLED backlight portion faces a corresponding liquid crystal portion and is configured to project light towards the corresponding liquid crystal portion.
US10714020B1
A portion of an image frame of video content is received and a grey level total of the portion of the image frame is calculated. A grey level offset value corresponding to the grey level total is determined. The grey level offset value corresponds to a pixel portion of an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display that will display the portion of the image frame. Compensated pixel grey levels are generated by adjusting individual pixel grey levels using the grey level offset value. The compensated pixel grey levels are driven onto the pixel portion of the OLED display.
US10714013B2
A display panel includes a substrate, a pixel structure, a receiver antenna structure and a transmitter antenna structure. The pixel structure includes multiple pixels arranged in an array. The receiver antenna structure provides first signals to the pixels, and includes multiple receiver antennas. The transmitter antenna structure transmits wireless signals to the receiver antenna structure such that the receiver antenna structure generates the first signals, and includes multiple transmitter antennas. Each transmitter antenna one-to-one corresponds to one receiver antenna. The transmitter and receiver antenna structures may be disposed on different sides of the substrate, and each receiver antenna may have a corresponding hole formed on the substrate for filling a ferrite structure to enhance transmission efficiency thereof. Alternatively, the transmitter and receiver antenna structures may be disposed on the same side of the substrate, thus reducing the distance between the transmitter and receiver antennas and enhance transmission efficiency thereof.
US10714006B2
The present disclosure provides a display panel, a method for driving the display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a plurality of display sub-pixels and a plurality of brightness-enhancement sub-pixels arranged in a display area, some of which are located within a fingerprint identification region in the display area. The display sub-pixel includes first light emission component, first reset module connected to reset signal terminal, first control signal terminal and first light emission component, and first light emission control module connected to power signal terminal, data line, light emission control signal terminal, second control signal terminal, and first light emission component. The brightness-enhancement sub-pixel includes second light emission component and second light emission control module connected to third control signal terminal and second light emission component. The second light emission control module is connected to a respective one first light emission component in one fingerprint identification region.
US10713999B2
The disclosure discloses an OLED display panel, a driving method thereof and a display device. In a texture recognition period, a first light emitting element in a texture recognition area is controlled to be in an off state, wherein the first light emitting element includes at least a light emitting element of which a spacing from an edge of a pinhole imaging area is closest in the texture recognition area; and then an image of an object, formed through the pinhole imaging area, is obtained by an image sensor, the object being in the texture recognition area and above the display panel, so as to implement the texture collection and recognition functions.
US10713990B2
A display substrate, a display panel and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a display base, the display base is provided with a first effective display region, and the display base further includes an N-row multi-column pixel driving circuit disposed in the first effective display area, N being an integer greater than 1; the display substrate further includes a bent portion disposed on at least one side of the display base; the display substrate further including a gate driving circuit disposed on the bent portion; the gate driving circuit is configured to provide a gate driving signal to the N rows pixel driving circuits disposed on the first effective display region, respectively.
US10713989B2
The present disclosure provides a display panel, a driving method and a display device. The display panel includes first data lines and first gate lines in an auxiliary display area, a first scanning unit, M second scanning units, M switch unit groups corresponding to the M second scanning units, M second data lines corresponding to the M switch unit groups, where M is an integer greater than 1. Each second scanning unit has output terminals and a control terminal connected to a main driving chip. Each switch unit group includes a plurality of switch units having a plurality of control terminals connected to the output terminals of the second scanning unit, a plurality of first terminals respectively connected to the first data lines, and second terminals. Each second data lines is connected to the main driving chip and the second terminals of the switch units.
US10713982B2
An improved three-dimensional sign includes three light boxes each having a light box housing, a light or lights, a light diffuser, and a bezel configured to releasably secure a graphical image in contact with the respective diffuser. Each of the three light box housings and the respective diffusers are formed with respective selectively-shaped peripheries. The first, second, and third light boxes are selectively positioned with respect to each other within a fixture housing that provides a dark background for the backlit graphics, for the three selectively shaped peripheries and graphics to create a particular inverse cube illusion. The structural arrangement also provides the illusion that the statically displayed advertisement graphic(s) is/are directed towards and follows the consumer as he/she approaches and then walks past the sign. The dark environment is provided by a housing of sufficient depth, having a dark surface that is preferably black.
US10713977B1
Disclosures of the present invention describe an anti-counterfeit security verification method and device using quantum dots, wherein the anti-counterfeit security verification device consists of a base, a plurality of receiving recesses formed on the base, and a plurality of optical members. After being illuminated by a short-wavelength light, the optical members irradiate a plurality of photoluminescent light, and each of the photoluminescent lights comprises at least one wavelength value, one (x, y) coordinate position, one value of integrated photoluminescence intensity area, one photoluminescence color, and one color scale value. Particularly, the present invention develops a 3D pattern and a 2D color-scale pattern in a three-dimensional coordinate system and a two-dimensional coordinate system, such that the 2D color-scale pattern and the 3D pattern are respectively used as an information carrying label and a security verification, or respectively adopted as the security verification and the information carrying label.
US10713973B2
Provided is a pseudo visceral model having a specific texture.A model of viscera, tissues, or organs comprising a foam layer containing a hydrogel.
US10713961B2
An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) includes flight components attached or disposed to a base; one or more cameras; radar; one or more wireless interfaces; a processing device communicatively coupled to the flight components, the one or more cameras, the radar, and the wireless interfaces; and memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to monitor proximate airspace with one or more of the one or more cameras and the radar; detect an obstruction based on the monitor; identify characteristics of the obstruction; alter a flight plan, through the flight components, if required based on the characteristics; and communicate the obstruction to an air traffic control system via the one or more wireless interfaces.
US10713954B2
A method for operating a vehicle. If the vehicle is traveling without a driver within a parking facility, and if an emergency-stop request is present to the effect that the vehicle moving without driver is to stop, it is checked whether the stop is necessary. An emergency stop signal is generated, in response to which the vehicle stops without driver, only if the check is positive. A corresponding apparatus, a vehicle, a method for operating a parking facility for vehicles, a parking facility for vehicles, and a computer program.
US10713952B2
The present invention is directed to a novel road information recognition system capable of highly accurately estimating the positions of lane markers to be located on the far side of a lane after change of lane. The present invention is equipped with a front lane marker detection means for detecting, by using a front imaging means, lane markers located ahead of a host vehicle; a side lane marker detection means for detecting, by using a side imaging means, the positions of lane marker located on both sides of the vehicle and a lane width; and a front lane marker estimation means for estimating the positions of the lane markers to be located on the far side of the lane after change of lane on the basis of the information regarding the lane markers located ahead of the vehicle, which is obtained by the front lane marker detection means, and the positions of the lane markers located on the sides of the vehicle and the lane width, which are obtained by the side lane marker detection means.
US10713949B2
A method for operating a parking facility containing a plurality of controllable infrastructure elements, one or more of the infrastructure elements being controlled in such a way that traffic is able to be prevented from coming close to a vehicle moving without a driver within the parking facility. In addition, a corresponding apparatus, a corresponding parking facility, as well as a computer program, are also described.
US10713947B2
A parking inventory management system includes a sensor apparatus with at least one magnetometer configured to generate a magnetic signature of a vehicle as it drives across the sensor apparatus. A computing device performs an analysis of the magnetic signature of the vehicle as received from the at least one magnetometer, the analysis including at least comparing the magnetic signature of the vehicle as received from the at least one magnetometer to known magnetic signatures of known vehicles. The computing device performs the analysis of the magnetic signature of the vehicle by comparing the magnetic signature of the vehicle to each of the known magnetic signatures of known vehicles to thereby determine a direction of travel of the vehicle based upon the comparison.
US10713945B2
A method of guiding a user to a suitable parking spot is a method used to aid a user in finding a suitable parking spot near a desired location. The method uses at least one remote server and a mobile computing device. The remote server manages information related to potential parking spots, and performs calculations to determine if a potential parking spot is a suitable parking spot. The mobile computing device monitors the location of the user and allows the user to interact with the method. A parking search request is sent from the mobile computing device to the remote server. Upon receiving the parking search request, the geospatial vehicle detection system is used to locate potential parking spots. At least one filtering process is used to identify suitable parking spots from the potential parking spots, before the suitable parking spots are displayed to the user.
US10713943B1
An approach is provided for automatic detection of vehicle parking, stopping, and/or standing locations (e.g., parking lots, alleys, loading zones, standing zones, etc.). The approach, for example, involves collecting probe data transmitted from a plurality of vehicles traveling on a road segment. The approach also involves processing the probe data to determine a vehicle behavior indicating a vehicle parking location, a vehicle stopping location, a vehicle standing location, or a combination thereof. The approach further involves flagging the road segment as being associated with the vehicle parking location, the vehicle stopping location, the vehicle standing location, or a combination thereof based on the vehicle behavior to update a geographic database.
US10713929B2
An alarm and monitoring system including a primary device and at least one secondary device, the alarm and monitoring system including at least one controller configured to: determine whether at least one alarm event is set; establish a wireless communication between a primary device and the secondary device, when it is determined that the alarm event has been set; transmit an alarm event signal including alarm information from the primary device to the secondary device in accordance with the alarm event that is determined to have been set; generate an alarm signal by the secondary device in accordance with at least the alarm information; and render the generated alarm signal on a rendering device.
US10713919B2
An apparatus includes a substrate and first and second electrical connectors. The apparatus also includes at least one first conductive trace positioned in, on, or over the substrate. The at least one first conductive trace forms an electrical connection between the first and second electrical connectors. The at least one first conductive trace is configured to be damaged by laser energy to break the electrical connection between the first and second electrical connectors. The apparatus further includes an indicator electrically coupled to the at least one first conductive trace. The indicator is configured to generate feedback based on whether the electrical connection between the first and second electrical connectors has been broken.
US10713916B1
A monitor for the hearing impaired includes a base device in wireless communication with a remote device. The base device procures data relative to a child in proximity to the device and relays that data to the remote device. Both devices comprise a plurality of lights, vibrating means, video monitors, and time indicators. The remote device is preferably capable of being worn on a wrist of a user and is capable of interacting and receiving data from a biometric device. The biometric device is configured to be worn by the child being monitored.
US10713915B2
An emergency lighting system for a building includes at least one LED-based light. An emergency detector is operable to detect an emergency. The emergency detector produces an emergency signal in response to the emergency. A controller is operable to control the at least one LED-based light in response to the emergency signal.
US10713910B2
A merchandise display security device for a portable electronic device having a removable component is provided. The merchandise display security device includes a sensor configured to be secured to the portable electronic device and monitoring electronics configured to detect unauthorized removal of the sensor from the portable electronic device. The merchandise display security device also includes a secondary sensor in electrical communication with the monitoring electronics, wherein the secondary sensor includes a flexible component configured to be positioned between the portable electronic device and the removable component. The monitoring electronics is configured to detect unauthorized removal of the removable component in response to movement of the flexible component.
US10713901B2
A system has a pre-recorded content database. Further, the system has a processor that generates a graphical user interface that renders a virtual scratch card game. The processor receives a participant user input corresponding to one of the plurality of selection indicia. Further, the processor randomly determines a plurality of events in a plurality of pre-recorded video clips. The processor also associates a game image with each of the plurality of pre-recorded video clips in the interactive menu such that a rendering device renders a corresponding pre-recorded video clip from the plurality of pre-recorded video clips based on game imagery user input. The graphical user interface comprises a plurality of selection indicia associated with less than a totality of potential virtual sport-based game participants. Further, the graphical user interface comprises an interactive menu of game imagery.
US10713897B2
Trading-themed games are disclosed. An electronic trading-themed video gaming system includes a game controller in electronic communication with a network that provides for data communication between the game controller and one or more game clients. The game controller includes logic to communicate with the one or more game clients via the network and logic to receive inputs from and send outputs to the one or more game clients for the purpose of playing an online game. The online game is a finance-based, trading-themed game having a player interface where, as part of playing the game, a player can selectively trade a real-world trading object in the real world or trade the real-world trading object in a virtual trading marketplace within the virtual world of the game.
US10713896B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods for providing options in gaming activities to take an offered award or to surrender it to play for more favorable awards. In one embodiment, a number of available awards are presented and at least one is selected for or by the player. The player can choose to keep the current award, or to surrender it to obtain a chance to obtain a different award. If the player surrenders the current award, the player is provided with selectable award advancement alternatives from which to select, including an option to obtain a new award positioned relative to the surrendered one of the available awards and an option requiring that the surrendered one of the available awards be retained. In response to the player selecting the option to obtain a new award positioned relative to the surrendered one of the available awards, the new award is identified.
US10713894B2
Disclosed is a side bet system for roulette game. The side bet system is easy for players to understand since it does not involve a random number generator and instead relies on the winning number from a round of play to determine if the side bet is won. The system utilizes a winning number database stack to select and display a plurality of predictions regarding the next winning number. Each prediction is associated with an icon and players wager on any or all of the icons. It allows a winning wager in a first round to ride for a second round of prediction by the icon and if the icon again predicts the winning number the wager pays off and rides for third round of prediction by the icon. If the icon correctly predicts the third consecutive number the wager pays off again and the series restarts.
US10713892B2
A token dispensing system is adapted suitable for installing a token dispenser in a game device. A mounting bracket for the token dispenser provides a simple and inexpensive way to install the token dispenser as part of the token dispensing system inside the housing of a game device. The dispensing system includes an electronic control circuit that controls an alarm device to provide a low level warning signal when the level of tokens in the token dispenser is low and an empty warning signal when the token dispenser is empty. The electronic control circuit controls dispensing tokens from the token dispenser such that a user receives the correct number of tokens even if the dispenser runs out of tokens in the middle of dispensing a selected number of tokens during a transaction.
US10713888B2
Security measures for an automated gaming system are disclosed. When pre-identified segments of code and/or data are installed into the gaming system, the installation is automatically carried out under control of scripts that cause a corresponding installer to automatically install the identified segments and at the same time automatically generate respective verification records for the installed segments and to automatically send to a secured database, the generated verification records and their respective segment identifications and to cause the database to automatically receive and encrypt the received verification records, to store the encrypted verification records in association with their respective segment identifications and to store in an essentially read-only portion of the database and in association with respective ones of the segment identifications, corresponding decryption keys and/or identifications of decryption procedures that can be used to decrypt the encrypted verification records.
US10713887B2
An electromechanical gaming machine. In operation, the gaming system receives a request for a wager for a player of an entertainment game, the request being triggered by a player's action while playing the entertainment game and establishes a result for the wager. The player's action is compared to an optimal action, and the paytable for the wager is based on that comparison. The gaming system supplies, based on the result of the wager, a play element of the entertainment game to be used by the player while playing the entertainment game.
US10713872B1
Systems and methods for controlling access to controlled-environment facility visitations enable and accept requests for visitations with residents of the controlled-environment facility and enable and accept scheduling of visitations with residents of the controlled-environment facility. A matrix barcode is assigned to each scheduled visitation in accordance with such systems and methods, and the resultingly assigned matrix barcode is provided to at least a non-resident taking part in a respective scheduled visitation, and in some implementations, to the resident. The visitation proceeds between the resident scheduled to take part in the scheduled visitation and the non-resident in response to confirmation that the non-resident, and in applicable implementations, the resident, is in possession of the assigned matrix barcode.
US10713867B2
A method and system for predicting, detecting, and storing vehicle dynamics information. The method comprises receiving a series of consecutive signals indicating speed of a vehicle and additional data associated with the signals over a vehicle bus for a configurable period of time, comparing the consecutive speed signal with the previous speed signal to identify deceleration and acceleration of the vehicle, calculating a deceleration rate based on the sum of decelerations and accelerations, and storing the signals and additional data associated with the signals in a vehicle memory when the calculated deceleration rate is greater than or equal to a configurable event detection threshold deceleration rate. This configuration does not require the use of vehicle sensors, but instead utilizes pre-existing vehicle infrastructure, which allows for more precise analysis of vehicle dynamics information during an event like a collision, for all vehicles, in a cost-effective manner.
US10713856B2
Disclosed in the present invention are a medical imaging system and method based on virtual reality technique and capable of carrying out interactive and three-dimensional dynamic real-time rendering. The medical imaging system, including a local medical imaging device, a server and a terminal medical imaging device, can realize dynamic real time rendering, and realize more real, steric and intuitive the imaging effect. Based on the system and method, the doctor can realize positioning zoom, rotation, “entering”, moving up and down, change in color and transparency in a particular area and the like of three-dimensional imaging to realize the interactive display of three-dimensional image.
US10713853B2
Aspects of the technology described herein provide a control interface for manipulating a 3-D graphical object within a virtual drawing space. The control can automatically group objects together for common manipulation. Example manipulations include position and orientation adjustments.
US10713852B2
A method to efficiently update and manage outputs of real time or offline 3D reconstruction and scanning in a mobile device having limited resource and connection to the Internet is provided. The method makes available to a wide variety of mobile XR applications fresh, accurate and comprehensive 3D reconstruction data, in either single user applications or multi-user applications sharing and updating the same 3D reconstruction data. The method includes a block-based 3D data representation that allows local update and maintains neighbor consistency at the same time, and a multi-layer caching mechanism that retrieves, prefetches, and stores 3D data efficiently for XR applications.
US10713850B2
Virtual reality-based apparatus that includes a memory device, a depth sensor and a modeling circuitry, captures a plurality of depth values of a first human subject from a single viewpoint using the depth sensor. The memory device stores a reference three dimensional (3D) human body model that comprises a mean body shape and a set of body shape variations. The modeling circuitry determines a first shape of the first human subject based on the plurality of depth values and generates a first deformed 3D human body model by deformation of the mean body shape. The modeling circuitry determines a first plurality of pose parameters for a first pose based on a plurality of rigid transformation matrices. The modeling circuitry generates a second deformed 3D human body model by deformation of a plurality of vertices and controls display of the second deformed 3D human body model as a reconstructed 3D model.
US10713849B2
Modifying augmented reality viewing is provided. It is determined that a user is viewing a scene space via augmented reality at a current geographic location of the user. It is detected that the viewing of the scene space is suboptimal for the user based on at least one of overcrowding of the viewed scene space at the current geographic location and significant battery usage to support augmented reality processing. Priority of one or more masks associated with the viewing of the scene space by the user is determined based on a user profile. The one or more masks associated with the viewing of the scene space are implemented based on the current geographic location of the user and the user profile. The one or more masks indicate that a portion of the viewed scene space is not to be processed for the viewing of the scene space via augmented reality.
US10713846B2
Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring one or more first augmentations for inclusion in a first augmented view of a first scene, displaying the first augmented view including the one or more first augmentations, and transmitting augmentation data associated with the one or more first augmentations to facilitate remote display of one or more second augmentations in a second augmented view of a second scene, the second scene having one or more visual items that are also included in the first scene. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.
US10713841B1
A system for generating a point cloud map of one or more objects in real-world environment. The system including data acquisition device for acquiring plurality of data points representing objects, wherein data acquisition device is configured to acquire first set of data points for objects from first position to generate first point cloud, and acquire second set of data points for objects from second position to generate second point cloud, a server arrangement including a receiving module configured to receive first point cloud and second point cloud, registration module to register received first point cloud and received second point cloud to generate a point cloud pair which is aligned and data processing module to determine quality score for generated point cloud pair, compare determined quality score with predefined threshold value, and generate point cloud map if determined quality score is less than a predefined threshold value.
US10713822B2
A tomographic imaging apparatus includes an X-ray detector comprising a plurality of dual mode pixels and configured to detect radiation that has passed through an object, and at least one processor configured to obtain scan data from the X-ray detector, and control each pixel of the plurality of dual mode pixels to operate in one of a first mode and a second mode, wherein each pixel of the plurality of dual mode pixels includes a sensor configured to generate a scan signal by converting incident radiation into an electric signal, a first signal path circuit configured to transmit the scan signal in the first mode, a second signal path circuit configured to transmit the scan signal in the second mode, and a photon counter configured to count photons from the scan signal transmitted through one of the first and second signal path circuits.
US10713819B2
Methods are provided for generating a prescription map for the application of crop inputs. In one method, the user draws a boundary on a map within a user interface and the system identifies relevant soil data and generates a soil map overlay and legend for changing the application prescription for various soils and soil conditions. In another method, the user instead drives a field boundary which is recorded on a planter monitor using a global positioning receiver, and the system generates a soil map and legend for changing the application prescription.
US10713810B2
An information processing apparatus, comprising: a control unit configured to control a pattern that a projection apparatus projects onto an object; an obtainment unit configured to obtain a plurality of images respectively captured at a plurality of times by a plurality of image capturing apparatuses that capture the object onto which the pattern has been projected; and a measurement unit configured to measure range information of the object by performing matching, between images respectively captured by the plurality of image capturing apparatuses, using information of temporal change of pixel values of the images.
US10713809B2
A device and a method for determining a position of a user's body portion. The device includes a camera, configured to capture the body portion, and a display for providing visual feedback. A sensor determines at least one of a roll angle, a pitch angle, and a yaw angle of the device, and an interface receives picture data related to a pictorial representation of the body portion captured and sensor data related to the determined angle of the device. An analyzer analyzes, based on the picture data, whether the captured body portion is within a predetermined region of the picture and, based on the sensor data, whether at least one of the roll angle, the pitch angle, and the yaw angle is within a predetermined angle range. The method includes capturing the body portion, providing visual feedback, receiving angle data, receiving picture data, and analyzing whether the captured body portion is within a predetermined region and whether at least one of the roll, pitch, and yaw angles is within a predetermined angle range.
US10713807B2
A vicinity supervising device of a vehicle includes an image capturing unit capturing a plurality of images at different locations; a distance acquiring unit acquiring a distance up to the object detected by transmitting and receiving probing waves from/to the object; a first offset calculation unit calculating a first parallax offset value based on the plurality of images and the distance up to the object; and a second offset calculation unit calculating a second parallax offset value based on a change in a parallax in a predetermined period at an identical point among the plurality of images and a travel distance of the vehicle travelling in a predetermined period; and a parallax correction unit correcting the parallax using the first parallax offset value under a condition where a difference between the first parallax offset value and the second parallax offset value is less than or equal to a threshold.
US10713797B2
It is determined, when a region of a moving object detected from an image overlaps a fixed region in the image, whether to superimpose a first mask image to be drawn in the region of the moving object on a second mask image to be drawn in the fixed region, based on an image feature amount of the region of the moving object. The drawing of the first mask image is controlled in accordance with this determination result.
US10713791B2
A method may include identifying a simulated three-dimensional representation corresponding to an internal anatomy of a subject based on a match between a computed two-dimensional image corresponding to the simulated three-dimensional representation and a two-dimensional image depicting the internal anatomy of the subject. Simulations of the electrical activities measured by a recording device with standard lead placement and nonstandard lead placement may be computed based on the simulated three-dimensional representation. A clinical electrogram and/or a clinical vectorgram for the subject may be corrected based on a difference between the simulations of electrical activities to account for deviations arising from patient-specific lead placement as well as variations in subject anatomy and pathophysiology.
US10713788B2
Systems, devices, and methods are described for providing patient anatomy models with indications of model accuracy included with the model. Accuracy is determined, for example, by analyzing gradients at tissue boundaries or by analyzing tissue surface curvature in a three-dimensional anatomy model. The determined accuracy is graphically provided to an operator along with the patient model. The overlaid accuracy indications facilitate the operator's understanding of the model, for example by showing areas of the model that may deviate from the modeled patient's actual anatomy.
US10713784B2
To provide a technique of obtaining information for discriminating two substances included in a radiation image of a subject without performing imaging by changing radiation energy, a radiation imaging system includes a detector including a plurality of pixels which obtain pixel values corresponding to incident radiation transmitted through a subject, and an information processing unit configured to perform a process of estimating information on thicknesses and densities of substances included in the subject by performing a calculation using pixel values of an arbitrary one of the plurality of pixels and an average value of energy of radiation quanta of the arbitrary pixel calculated in accordance with the pixel values of the arbitrary pixel.
US10713775B2
An item inspection apparatus includes an image obtaining section and a control section. The image obtaining section obtains a captured image of at least a part of an item. The control section determines whether the item is defective by using the captured image of the item. The control section performs a first inspection for at least one of position, shape and size with respect to at least one of a first element and a second element. The first element has a predetermined shape and is formed on the item and the second element includes at least one of an opening, a depression and a through-hole formed in the item. The control section performs a second inspection for at least one of foreign substance adhesion, scratch and surface stain on the item. Thus, the defect inspection may be performed more precisely and effectively.
US10713774B2
Disclosed is an assessment method for making an assessment of laser welding between first and second cylindrical metal members, wherein the first and second cylindrical metal members are arranged coaxially to define an overlap range where the first and second cylindrical metal members overlap each other; and wherein the laser welding is performed on the overlap range along a circumferential direction of the overlap range. The assessment method includes: during the laser welding, carrying out a measurement of a position of a contour of at least one of the first and second cylindrical metal members; and judging the occurrence or non-occurrence of a position deviation of the at least one of the first and second cylindrical metal members based on a result of the measurement.
US10713765B2
Color trim data is used in an approximation function to approximate one or more non-linear transformations of image data in an image processing pipeline. The color trim data is derived in one embodiment through a back projection on a colorist system, and the color trim data is used at the time of rendering an image on a display management system.
US10713763B2
In an embodiment, an image processing apparatus for performing geometrical transformation of data stored in accordance with two-dimensional coordinate positions includes: a control unit configured to decompose a transformation processing from first coordinates to second coordinates into linear transformation and non-linear transformation, the control unit also being configured to determine transformation parameters for the linear transformation and the non-linear transformation; a linear transformation unit configured to perform the linear transformation of the first coordinates to calculate third coordinates; a non-linear transformation unit configured to perform the non-linear transformation of the first coordinates to calculate fourth coordinates; and a combining unit configured to combine the third coordinates and the fourth coordinates to calculate the second coordinates. The control unit determines the transformation parameters so that a third quadrangle formed by the third coordinates becomes a quadrangle approximate to a second quadrangle.
US10713759B2
In one aspect, there is provided a method of denoising one or more inspection images comprising a plurality of pixels, comprising: receiving an inspection image generated by an inspection system configured to inspect one or more containers, the inspection image being corrupted by a Poisson-Gaussian noise and a variance of the noise being non-constant in the plurality of pixels, and denoising the received inspection image by applying, to the inspection image, a variance-stabilizing transformation for transforming the variance of the noise into a constant variance in the plurality of pixels, wherein the variance-stabilizing transformation is based on a descriptor associated with the angular divergence of the inspection radiation and the Poisson-Gaussian noise.
US10713756B2
One aspect of the current disclosure provides a method of upscaling an image. The method includes: rendering an image, wherein the rendering includes generating color samples of the image at a first resolution and depth samples of the image at a second resolution, which is higher than the first resolution; and upscaling the image to an upscaled image at a third resolution, which is higher than the first resolution, using the color samples and the depth samples.
US10713754B1
Remote distribution of multiple neural network models to various client devices over a network can be implemented by identifying a native neural network and remotely converting the native neural network to a target neural network based on a given client device operating environment. The native neural network can be configured for execution using efficient parameters, and the target neural network can use less efficient but more precise parameters.
US10713753B2
A method of operating a data processor when rendering a sequence of frames to produce a sequence of frames for display is disclosed. Each frame represents a view of a scene of one or more objects. The motion of one or more objects is tracked between frames in the sequence of frames. When data for a new frame in the sequence of frames is to be rendered, for a region of the new frame, the method involves determining, based on the tracked motion of one or more objects between frames in the sequence of frames, an amount of motion within the region between frames. The amount of motion is used to assign the region to a category of no, low, intermediate, or high motion. A rendering technique is selected for rendering the region based upon the category to which the region is assigned.
US10713749B2
To perform inter-pixel image processing with lower latency and higher speed.An image sensor includes: a pixel array unit in which pixels having a photoelectric conversion function are arranged in an array; an AD conversion unit configured to perform AD conversion processing on pixel signals output from the pixels in parallel for each column of the pixels of the pixel array unit; a memory unit configured to hold pixel signals of any number of rows subjected to AD conversion in the AD conversion unit for each column of the pixels; an inter-pixel image processing unit configured to read pixel signals of any rows and columns from the memory unit, and perform computing between the pixel signals in parallel for each column of the pixels; and an output circuit configured to control output, to an outside, of pixel signals output from the AD conversion unit and pixel signals output from the inter-pixel image processing unit. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a CMOS image sensor.
US10713746B2
Methods and devices for managing first-in first-out (FIFO) queues in graphics processing are described. A write operation can be executed by multiple write threads on a graphics processing unit (GPU) to write data to memory locations in the multiple pages of memory. The write operation can also include allocating additional pages of memory for the FIFO queue where a write allocation pointer is determined to achieve a threshold, such to grow the FIFO queue before the memory is actually needed for writing. Similarly, comprises a read operation can be executed by multiple read threads to read data from the memory locations. The read operation can also include deallocating pages of memory back to a memory pool where a read done pointer is determined to achieve a threshold, such as an end of a page.
US10713744B2
A method for operating an arrival notification system at a location includes receiving a request to generate a notification from an arrival notification system. The method also includes receiving, in response to the request, a token. The method further includes enabling an output from a component of the arrival notification system when the token is validated.
US10713737B1
Exemplary embodiments may reference a record of a construction project on a blockchain-based distributed ledger. Materials arriving to the project may be recorded as part of the permanent record. The exemplary embodiments may receive or determine a construction schedule that contains full project details and sequencing, including the specification of dependencies. Smart contracts may be provided that use the blockchain-based distributed ledger for each step or task of the construction schedule. Via smart contract, exemplary embodiments may place and terminate insurance coverage based on the construction schedule and contracts. The exemplary embodiments may build a complete record of plans, the actual “as builts” including make, model, serial number or other identification of for every component in the home resulting from the construction project. The record may include a complete record of who completed the work, who inspected the work and how the project was insured and funded.
US10713722B2
Systems and methods for offering and purchasing tokenized securities on a blockchain platform meeting current and future federal, state, and offering and holding entity rules and regulations. Tokenized securities purchased during or after the tokenized securities offering are tradable on a secondary market. The server computer of the tokenized securities provides an automated transfer capability for tokenized securities holders.
US10713721B2
Systems, methods, and devices, are disclosed in which a graphical user interface is presented. The graphical user interface includes a first interface that displays a plurality of odds selection buttons for making a selection of one or a plurality of time-varying odds offered for trade on one or more outcomes in a betting marketplace and a buy button for communicating the odds selection over a network interface for matching as a bet. The graphical user interface further includes a second interface that displays at least one bet selection button for making a selection of one or more previously matched bets and a sell button for communicating the bet selection over the network interface for divestment of the selected bet. The second interface can be reached directly from the first interface via a single action of a user input device.
US10713708B2
Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, devices, methods, and software for on-demand routing upon location detection. One such embodiment is in the form of a method. This embodiment includes detecting a mobile device is present at a facility and retrieving available order data associated with an account registered with the mobile device. When order data is available and retrieved, the method may then output the order data to facilitate fulfillment of one or more orders included in the retrieved data.
US10713707B1
Systems and related methods providing for online ordering of menu items from a merchant are discussed herein. Circuitry may be configured to generate an online menu based on menu information stored in a menu database. The menu information may be also configured to facilitate point-of-sale functionality at the merchant, such as by a point-of-sale device. The online menu may be provided to a consumer device. An online order may be received from the consumer device. The circuitry may be configured to process the online order, such as by facilitating a reservation, order preparation, and payment.
US10713706B1
Techniques are provided for multi-model prediction and resolution of order issues. An exemplary method for predicting issues that will delay an order comprises: obtaining features of the order; processing the features using a multi-model predictor to predict the issues that will delay the order, wherein the multi-model predictor comprises a first model that determines a probability that the order will be delayed and a second model that determines a probability that the order will be delayed for each of a plurality of different predefined order issue types; and aggregating an output of the first and second models to provide a likelihood of the issues that will delay the order. The multi-model predictor also optionally comprises a prediction model that predicts a number of the delay issues for a future time period and/or a cost of the delay issues for different predefined order issue types based on historical data.
US10713705B2
An information handling system includes gift selection circuitry, buying circuitry, and a graphical user interface. The gift selection circuitry includes a selection processing device, and a delivery processing device. The selection processing device receives, from a user, a request to add a list of items to a cart. The delivery processing device provides a secure link to a designated individual after the list of items is added to the cart. The graphical user interface displays the items in the cart as a list of available items in response to the secure link being selected by the designated individual. The buying circuitry confirms an order of a first item after selection of the first item from the list of available items, and sends a notification of completion of the transaction to the user.
US10713690B2
In general, embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer readable media for a configurable test environment within which a relevance service can be invoked to execute one or a combination of test scenarios, each test scenario respectively being configured to exercise one or a combination of features of the relevance service. In embodiments, a test scenario may be configured to use test data that can be simulated and/or be derived from one or a combination of user models and promotion models, and/or be based on aggregated data that has been collected from previous production runs of the relevance service. In embodiments, each test scenario is described as a set of test configuration data. In some embodiments, the test configuration data are represented in a data interchange format that is both human and machine-readable, e.g., JavaScript Object Notation (JSON).
US10713680B2
Embodiments disclosed herein may be directed to the intelligent distribution, redemption, and tracking of coupons. Modernized couponing processes described herein may provide meaningful synergy between three different parties, namely the shopper, the retailer, and the product supplier. For example, while shopping at a retailer, a shopper may use their device to scan a barcode of a product that they wish to purchase. Based on the scanned barcode, relevant coupon offers associated are identified and presented to the shopper on the user device. The shopper may then select one or more coupon offers to be redeemed at the point of sale.
US10713679B1
This disclosure is directed to techniques and systems to enable customers to make secure electronic payments to entities (e.g., merchants, vending machines, etc.). The entities may be at brick-and-mortar locations or other locations where the entities are “offline” and may not readily receive payments from customers that have payment accounts stored and managed by a host. In various embodiments, a customer may direct the host to transfer a payment to a merchant after the customer and merchant exchange a code that includes a payment instruction. The code may be used in place of usernames, passwords, or other personal information and may be difficult for others (e.g., bystanders, etc.) to intercept. After the exchange of the code, the customer may authorize the host to a transfer payment to the merchant based on the payment instruction.
US10713662B1
One aspect of the present invention relates to a computer-implemented process, that includes receiving an incoming contact at a contact center for an interaction between the contact center and a user; monitoring inbound communication and outbound communication between the user and an agent of the contact center; detecting that one of the agent or the user ends the contact; and based on the monitored inbound communication and outbound communication, automatically determining, by the computer, whether the interaction is complete.
US10713660B2
A user may establish a relationship with a merchant so that the user can conduct repeated transactions with the merchant. The merchant computer associated with the merchant may store credentials associated with the user's account. The repeated transactions may not occur at regular intervals. The merchant may include an indicator in the authorization request messages for the user's transactions that indicates that the user is part of the established relationship. Hence, other entities that receive the indicator can accordingly identify and process the transaction as low risk, which results in higher approvals of the user's transactions conducted with the merchant.
US10713655B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for transitioning user accounts from an assisted status to a self-managed status. In one embodiment, a service receives an authentication request from a client device, where the authentication request specifies a unique user identifier corresponding to a communication channel. The service then determines that the unique user identifier corresponds to an assisted user account but the client device is not logged in under an assisting user account. The service generates an ephemeral security credential and sends the ephemeral security credential to the communication channel. The service then creates a self-managed user account having the unique user identifier in response to receiving the ephemeral security credential from the client device.
US10713625B2
According to some embodiments, a source application part may be established having a source data object with a set of source attribute identifiers and associated source attribute values. A target application part may also be established having a target data object with a set of target attribute identifiers. An object reuse platform may then receive, from a user via a graphical interface, an indication that the source data object relates to the target data object. The object reuse platform may then calculate, for each source attribute identifier, a probability that the source attribute identifier is associated with one of the target attribute identifiers.
US10713611B2
There is disclosed methods and systems for managing drop boxes. Events reflecting outputs from one or more sensors are detected. Information that is a function of the detected event is forwarded to a drop box management system. This information, along with additional information received by the drop box management system, is utilized to generate instructions including display instructions for each drop box. Displays of drop boxes are then updated based on the instructions.
US10713607B2
The invention relates to an automated construction site management and support system for a preparation of a construction site during a construction rest period, and for determining a current state of a construction site during the rest period. The system comprises at least one server means, storing a general construction database with digital construction plan information, and a mobile support system being adapted for automatic movement and positioning on the construction site, and for executing auxiliary preparatory tasks for a construction work package such as tagging construction markings and information to the construction site, and for executing controlling tasks on the construction site for determining a current state of an object entity of a physical construction component. Sequences of auxiliary preparatory tasks or a set of controlling tasks are automatically defined based on the current state of the construction database, and, if applicable, a defined outcome for a work package.
US10713603B2
Methods of intelligent routing of work assignment includes indexing plurality of pending tasks and indexing a plurality of available employees. A first employee is retrieved from an index of available employees. A next available task assignable to the first employee is determined. A work item from the next available task is assigned to the first employee from the available employee list. The assigned work item is removed from pending task list. The first employee is removed from the available employee list. The next employee is retrieved from the index of available employees.
US10713602B2
Aggregation of content based on user-generated topics is provided. Users may associate one or more topics with content items stored across various workloads and repositories. A topic may be a word or phrase of the user's choice, and may be utilized for discoverability of information and aggregation of content items. Topics and content items associated with topics may be acted on (e.g., a user may add or delete topics to associate with a content item, associate or disassociate content items with a topic, embed a set of content items or a stream of content items associated with a topic into other experiences, follow topics, etc.). Content items identified as related to a specific topic may be automatically suggested as possible content items of interest to the user. Additionally, when a user follows a topic, the user may be notified of any changes that occur to the topic.
US10713598B2
A server of a transportation network determines characteristics of trips provided to users, as well as the usage of the services by users. Using the determined characteristics, the server trains a model that, for a given set of trips for a user, estimates a degree of likely user dissatisfaction with the trips. Based on the estimated degree of user dissatisfaction, the system can estimate user dissatisfaction in real time, directly after completion of a trip, and can take remedial actions should the user be estimated to be likely dissatisfied.
US10713592B2
The disclosed systems and methods include pre-calculation, per object, of object feature bin values, for identifying close matches between objects, such as text documents, that have numerous weighted features, such as specific-length word sequences. Predetermined feature weights get scaled with two or more selected adjacent scaling factors, and randomly rounded. The expanded set of weighted features of an object gets min-hashed into a predetermined number of feature bins. For each feature that qualifies to be inserted by min-hashing into a particular feature bin, and across successive feature bins, the expanded set of weighted features get min-hashed and circularly smeared into the predetermined number of feature bins. Completed pre-calculated sets of feature bin values for each scaling of the object, together with the scaling factor, are stored for use in comparing sampled features of the object with sampled features of other objects by calculating an estimated Jaccard similarity index.
US10713591B2
A system for providing adaptive metric pruning includes a processor; a memory; and one or more modules stored in the memory and executable by a processor to perform operations including: receive, by a collector, metadata associated with the business transaction running in a monitored environment; train a machine learning system by providing training data and an anticipated result for the training data to the machine learning system to generate rules for retaining given metadata; predict a retention requirement for the received metadata by providing the received metadata to the machine learning system to apply the generated rules and generate a result for retaining the received metadata; and provide a user interface to display the generated result for retaining the received metadata including a recommendation on how to retain the received metadata according to the result for retaining the received metadata.
US10713589B1
A determination that a machine learning data set is to be shuffled is made. Tokens corresponding to the individual observation records are generated based on respective identifiers of the records' storage objects and record key values. Respective representative values are derived from the tokens. The observation records are rearranged based on a result of sorting the representative values and provided to a shuffle result destination.
US10713580B2
Provided is a failure prediction method using a failure prediction apparatus, including: receiving time-series data about measured performance parameters from a device under test; encoding the time-series data with a plurality of symbols corresponding to a predetermined range; calculating a transition probabilities between the symbols of the encoded time-series data, and generating a transition matrix according to the transition probabilities; calculating an abnormal indicator, which is a difference between the transition matrix and a pre-stored database, and an increased value of the abnormal indicator; and comparing the increased value of the abnormal indicator and a predetermined threshold value, and if the increased value of the abnormal indicator is greater than the predetermined threshold value, predicting that failure of the device under test is to occur.
US10713556B2
Processing raw data stored in an historian device for determining an amount of products passed through a process element in a process control environment is described. A count value is incremented by a counter at a rate at which products pass through the process element. The count value rolls over to zero when the count value reaches a rollover value R. An historian device periodically receives count value data points from the counter. A deadband value D is set in the historian device for distinguishing between rollovers, resets, and reversals. A client device queries the historian device for an amount of products passed through the process element for a timeframe. The historian device selects a set of count value data points from within the queried timeframe. The historian device determines, based on the selected data points and their quality, an amount of products passed through the process element.
US10713553B2
Provided is a technique for preventing the occurrence of damage, such as breaking of an antenna, due to bending, in an IC tag in which an IC chip is protected with a reinforcing member. An IC tag according to an aspect of the present invention is an IC tag attachable to an article, and includes an inlay including an IC chip and an antenna electrically connected to the IC chip; at least one reinforcing member that is disposed on at least one face of the inlay so as to protect the IC chip; and at least one sheet-like cover member that is disposed on at least one face side of the inlay and that covers the reinforcing member. The cover member is not adhesively joined in a region around the reinforcing member and is adhesively joined to at least one of the inlay and the reinforcing member in another region.
US10713546B2
A printing apparatus configured to print an image by discharging inks of different colors from a printing head onto a printing medium includes an edge extractor that extracts an edge pixel constituting a contour of the image from image data and a dot data generator that generates dot data indicating the recording state of dots corresponding to the image data. The dot data generator performs edge processing on a pixel in the image data to reduce the volume of inks discharged when the pixel is the edge pixel to a value that is the product of the volume of inks discharged when the pixel is a non-edge pixel and a coefficient, and the edge processing includes edge processing for maximum brightness for making a minimum value of the coefficient for when the inks discharged onto the edge pixel includes a maximum brightness ink having a highest brightness among the inks of different colors smaller than the minimum value of the coefficient for when the inks discharged onto the edge pixel do not include the maximum brightness ink.
US10713529B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for determining a first set of features in first images of first media content, generating a similarity score by processing the first set of features with a favorability model derived by identifying generative features and discriminative features of second media content that is favored by a viewer, and providing the similarity score to a network for predicting a response by the viewer to the first media content. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10713528B2
A system for evaluating a user-marked document having a response area and at least one image marker, the system includes a means for receiving a digital image of the user-marked document and a computer to identify user-mark positional information of at least one user-mark within the response area relative to the at least one image marker from the received digital image.
US10713522B2
A method for analyzing images to generate a plurality of output features includes receiving input features of the image and performing Fourier transforms on each input feature. Kernels having coefficients of a plurality of trained features are received and on-the-fly Fourier transforms (OTF-FTs) are performed on the coefficients in the kernels. The output of each Fourier transform and each OTF-FT are multiplied together to generate a plurality of products and each of the products are added to produce one sum for each output feature. Two-dimensional inverse Fourier transforms are performed on each sum.
US10713518B2
A method and system for recording and reporting license plate indicia are provided. The method includes receiving an input command from a user of a vehicle requesting a capture of an image of license plate indicia of a second vehicle, capturing, via one or more cameras, one or more image of the license plate of the second vehicle, determining, using the processing circuitry, a license plate number from the captured one or more images of the license plate, and displaying the recognized license plate number on a display of the vehicle. The method further includes detecting a location of the vehicle and storing the determined license plate number, the location of the vehicle, and the image of the license plate indicia in an audio head unit or in a navigation unit.
US10713514B2
An identification method and an electronic device are provided. The identification method comprises: detecting at least one object using the electronic device; providing an identification box having a first appearance which corresponds with the at least one object as detected; and displaying the identification box having the first appearance via the electronic device.
US10713509B1
A parking assist system for a vehicle uses cameras to collect ground images at opposite edges of the vehicle. A speed sensor provides a speed signal representing a speed of the vehicle. When speed is less than a threshold, a navigation system compares a geographic location of the vehicle to map data or the camera images are monitored to detect parking zones. A parking controller is coupled to the cameras, a display panel, navigation system, and speed sensor. When the parking controller detects that the geographic location of the vehicle coincides with a parking zone then the parking controller 1) examines the ground images to recognize a pair of edge boundaries of a parking spot, 2) calculates a proportion of an intersection length of the vehicle contained within the boundaries to a full length of the vehicle, and 3) displays the calculated proportion as a percentage on the display panel.
US10713504B2
A friction estimation system for estimating friction-related data associated with a surface on which a vehicle travels, may include a camera array including a plurality of imagers configured to capture image data associated with a surface on which a vehicle travels. The image data may include light data associated with the surface. The friction estimation system may also include an image interpreter in communication with the camera array and configured to receive the image data from the camera array and determine friction-related data associated with the surface based, at least in part, on the image data. The image interpreter may be configured to be in communication with a vehicle control system and provide the friction-related data to the vehicle control system.
US10713490B2
A system and method for monitoring vehicle traffic and collecting data indicative of pedestrian right of way violations by vehicles is provided. The system comprises memory and logic for monitoring traffic intersections and recording evidence indicating that vehicles have violated pedestrian right of way. Two sensor modalities collecting video data and radar data of the intersection under observation are employed in one embodiment of the system. The violation evidence can be accessed remotely by a traffic official for issuing of traffic citations.
US10713478B2
The present invention includes: a three-dimensional moving image generation module for generating a moving image of an experiment target person; an object extraction module for extracting the experiment target person, separately from a background, from the moving image; an object definition module for defining an object by measuring a length, a size and a weight center of the object and extracting a depth image of the object; a behaviour pattern definition module for defining a basic behaviour pattern of the object by cumulatively analyzing a movement speed and movement time of the weight center of the corresponding object, and changes in the extracted depth data when the object defined by the object definition module is extracted by the object extraction module; and a behaviour pattern analysis module for analyzing and identifying a lasting time and a frequency of the basic behaviour pattern with respect to the object.
US10713476B2
The present invention provides for high throughput passenger identification in portal security. A method for high throughput passenger identification includes receiving in memory of a host computing system from an image acquisition device a contemporaneously acquired image of a group of individuals approaching a portal passageway and identifying a set of faces of the group. The method yet further includes querying a database of faces with each identified face in the set and for each face assigning a confidence value of having matched the face to a record of a known person in the database. Finally, the method includes visually decorating each face in the contemporaneously acquired image with an initial visual characteristic on condition that a correspondingly assigned confidence value falls short of a threshold, but otherwise with a different visual characteristic, and displaying the contemporaneously acquired image in a display of the host computing system.
US10713470B2
The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus of determining an image background, a device and a medium. The method includes: recognizing a face region in an image, and obtaining a face distance based on the face region; obtaining a face distance parameter of each pixel in the image based on the face distance; processing the face distance parameter and corresponding color parameter of each pixel in the image by applying a pre-trained image region segmentation model to determine an image region type corresponding to each pixel; determining a background region of the image based on the image region type corresponding to each pixel and performing preset background image processing on the background region.
US10713465B2
An image capture apparatus including a light guide element, an image capture device and a light emitting device. The light guide element has a first side, a second side and a light emitting portion located at the second side. The light emitting portion includes a plurality of enhanced transmission microstructures. The image capture device is disposed on the second side of the light guide element corresponding to the position of the enhanced transmission microstructures. A light beam, which is generated by the light emitting device and transmitted at least by the light guide element, is totally reflected to form a signal light beam. Thereafter, the signal light beam passes through the enhanced transmission microstructures and then is received by the image capture device.
US10713464B2
A fingerprint identification substrate and a fabrication method thereof, a display panel and a display apparatus are provided. The fingerprint identification substrate includes a base substrate and a plurality of fingerprint identification units on the base substrate. Each fingerprint identification unit includes a photosensitive sense electrode and a thin film transistor which are positioned on the base substrate, the photosensitive sense electrode is positioned between the base substrate and the thin film transistor, and the photosensitive sense electrode is electrically connected with a source electrode or a drain electrode of the thin film transistor.
US10713458B2
A bio-sensor device, integrated with a display portion, includes a surface for touching by a body part, such as a finger. A light source, such as an array of LEDs, emit light through the surface so as to be reflected and partially absorbed by the body part An array of photodetectors detects light reflected back by the body part and generates signals corresponding to an image of the light reflection, which corresponds to the light absorption pattern in the body part. The light absorption pattern may correlate to a fingerprint, a blood vessel pattern, blood movement within the blood vessels, combinations thereof, or other biometric feature. A processor receives the signals from the photodetectors and analyzes the signals to determine a characteristic of the body part. The characteristic may be used to authenticate the user of the bio-sensor device by comparing the detected characteristic to a stored characteristic.
US10713453B1
A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system including an RFID reader and a reader proxy authenticates itself to a verification authority. The proxy receives a proxy challenge from a verification authority and determines a proxy response based on the proxy challenge and a proxy key known to the proxy. The proxy response is then sent to the verification authority along with an identifier for the reader. The reader then authenticates an RFID tag by sending a tag response to the verification authority, which determines whether the reader is authentic based on the authenticity of the proxy response.
US10713446B2
A voltage-to-time converter circuit receives a first voltage signal and produces a PWM-modulated signal having a duty-cycle proportional to the first voltage signal. A current integrator circuit receives the PWM-modulated signal from the voltage-to-time converter circuit block and produces an output signal by integrating a current signal from a current source over integration time intervals having a duration which is a function of the duty-cycle of the PWM-modulated signal. The current signal is proportional to a second voltage signal. The output signal is accordingly proportional to a product of the first voltage signal and the current signal, which is furthermore proportional to a product of the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal.
US10713434B2
Transfer of content between documents of different storage types is provided. Different versions of an endpoint (e.g., a productivity application) such as a mobile version and a desktop version, for example, may be enabled to process the same document and synchronize changes to the document content, even though the different versions or endpoints may use distinct formats for the same document.
US10713433B2
A method and device is described for saving a documentation data file intended for being displayed on a screen. The method includes subdividing the documentation data into data blocks; associating a detail level with at least one data block; and saving the data block with a level marker relating to the associated detail level, the marker intended to be compared with a desired detail level in order to display the data on the screen.
US10713431B2
A method may include receiving, from multiple, different sources, documents. The documents may be received in multiple, different file formats. The method may include performing operations on the documents to prepare the documents for processing, to obtain data included in the documents, or to determine information describing the documents. The method may include storing or providing, for storage, status information corresponding to the documents. The status information for a document may identify results of performing the operations with regard to the document. The method may include receiving an instruction that identifies an action to perform with regard to the document. The method may include performing the action. The method may include updating the status information to generate updated status information based on a result of performing the action. The method may include providing the updated status information.
US10713429B2
Provided are methods and systems for joining semi-structured data from the web with relational data in a spreadsheet table using input-output examples. A first sub-task performed by the system learns a string transformation program to transform input rows of a table to URL strings that correspond to the webpages where the relevant data is present. A second sub-task learns a program in a rich web data extraction language to extract desired data from the webpage given the example extractions. Hierarchical search and input-driven ranking are used to efficiently learn the programs using few input-output examples. The learnt programs are then run on the remaining spreadsheet entries to join desired data from the corresponding web pages.
US10713428B2
Systems and methods for associated one or more images with one or more cells of a spreadsheet are described. As described, a plurality of images may be associated with a single cell or a single image may be associated with a range of cells. Additionally, an image and additional data may be associated with the same cell. Upon associating an image with a cell, various parameters of the image may be displayed for viewing and/or customization by a user. Additionally, sort and/or filter operations may be performed on the spreadsheet based on the various parameters of associated images and/or operations (e.g., fit and/or resize operations) may be performed on various parameters of associated images. An associated image may move with a cell when the cell is reordered within the cell table, or an associated image may be allowed to float over the grid but may be referenced by a cell.
US10713411B1
The present disclosure describes apparatuses and methods for correcting design rule violations. The apparatuses and methods, applicable to the design of features to be rendered onto a photolithography mask used in a semiconductor wafer-manufacturing environment, rely on a design-rule checker working in combination with a list of one or more solutions. The combination of the design-rule checker working with the list of one or more solutions provides for efficient and effective identification and resolution of design rule violations.
US10713409B2
An integrated circuit (IC) device is disclosed. The IC device includes a global clock source to generate a global clock signal. Multiple local clock sources are employed in the IC device. Each local clock source provides a local clock signal for a partitioned sub-design block in the IC device. Each local clock signal is based on the global clock signal. The IC device includes a clock controller having inputs from the global clock source and the multiple local clock sources. The clock controller (1) measures skew between each local clock source and the global clock source, and (2) generates respective control signals to adjust respective phases of each local clock signal to reduce the measured skew.
US10713402B1
The present disclosure provides a molding system for preparing an injection-molded article. The molding system includes a molding machine; a mold disposed on the molding machine and having a mold cavity for being filled with a molding resin; a processing module configured to generate an extension rate distribution and a shear rate distribution of the molding resin in the mold cavity based on a molding condition for the molding machine; and a controller coupled to the processing module. The processing module is configured to generate the extension rate distribution and the shear rate distribution of the molding resin based in part on consideration of a geometry variation of the mold cavity. The controller is configured to control the molding machine with the molding condition using the generated extension rate distribution and the generated shear rate distribution of the molding resin to perform an actual molding process for preparing the injection-molded article.
US10713386B2
A method and system which shows a user contacts that are nearby but protects those contacts' privacy by mixing indistinguishably into the list contacts that are not nearby thus creating an obfuscated list such that user is unable to identify which contacts are nearby and which are not nearby. The user selects contacts the user would want to see if they were nearby. If the user selects a contact who is actually nearby, the system then protects the user's privacy by presenting another obfuscated list to the selected contact. The system discloses proximity only after two users have each mutually selected each other. The system may more broadly be used by showing the user contacts that have any form of matching personal data while still protecting all users' privacy with obfuscated lists until two users have each mutually selected each other.
US10713385B2
Position data may gradually pseudonymized by a method, comprising: generating a sequence of relative positions from a sequence of absolute positions of a moving object; randomizing the sequence of relative positions using at least a sequence of random numbers generated from at least one seed; in response to receiving an analytical job comprising the at least one seed, restoring the sequence of relative positions from the randomized sequence of relative positions; and in response to receiving an analytical job comprising both the at least one seed and at least one absolute position derived from the sequence of absolute positions, restoring the sequence of absolute positions from the randomized sequence of relative positions.
US10713381B2
Provided are a method for securely calling fingerprint information, an apparatus for securely calling fingerprint information, and a mobile terminal. The method includes: receiving a request for calling the fingerprint information (S101); according to a unique identification in an application process sending the request for calling the fingerprint information, determining whether the application corresponding to the application process is a legitimate application (S102); when it is determined that the application corresponding to the application process is a legitimate application, allowing the application corresponding to the application process to call the fingerprint information (S103).
US10713379B2
A distributed storage system for the long-term storage of data objects that is implemented utilizing one or more distinct storage sites that may be comprised of system controllers and object storage systems that act in concert to embody a single distributed storage system. A system may include a one or more types and/or instances of object storage systems. A system may include witness functionality in which a trusted user and/or client acts to maintain consistent storage policies on behalf of one or more users and/or clients. A system may further include system controllers associated with logical and/or physical sites that coordinate object, user, device, and system management functionally.
US10713377B2
This disclosure relates to sharing confidential data between a first data provider and a second data provider. A processor determines a correspondence between one of multiple first data records from the first data provider and one of multiple second data records from the second data provider. The multiple first data records are stored on a first data store accessible by the first data provider and protected by encryption from the second data provider. The multiple second data records are stored on a second data store accessible by the second data provider and protected by encryption from the first data provider. The processor creates a first reference to the one of the multiple first data records and a second reference to the one of the multiple second data records. The first reference is accessible by the second data provider and the second reference is accessible by the first data provider.
US10713365B2
Provided are systems, methods, and computer-readable medium for a simulation platform that can generate simulated activity data for testing a security monitoring and control system. In various examples, the simulation platform can parse the activity data from a cloud service to determine the fields associated with each action in the activity data. The simulation platform can then generate a template, where each entry in the template describes an action and the fields associated with the action. The simulation platform can further generate a configuration that describes a test scenario. The simulation platform can use the configuration and the template to generate the particular action, including randomizing some or all of the fields of the action. When input into the security monitoring and control system, the system can operate on the simulated activity data in the same way as when the system ingests live activity data.
US10713363B2
In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may receive a digital signature, signed by a signing authority, for a request for utilization of an information handling system firmware application programming interface (API) of the information handling system firmware, signed based at least on information associated with a certificate signed by a certificate authority; may determine that the signing authority is authorized for the request for utilization of the information handling system firmware API; may determine that the signing authority is authorized for the request for utilization of the information handling system firmware API on a platform model of the information handling system; may determine that the certificate is not on a certificate revocation list; and may permit utilization of the information handling system firmware API.
US10713362B1
A method of detecting malware in a specimen of computer content or network traffic is described. The method features conducting a first analysis on the specimen in accordance with a first plurality of analyses and an order of the first plurality of analyses. A second analysis is conducted on the specimen different than the first analysis type. Thereafter, further analyses on the specimen may be altered by modifying information associated with the first plurality of analyses or the order of the first plurality of analyses in response to feedback information based on results from at least the first analysis. The modified information changes a malware analysis of the specimen from being conducted in accordance with the first plurality of analyses to being conducted in accordance with a second plurality of analyses different in analysis type or in order of analyses than the first plurality of analyses.
US10713351B2
An apparatus, a method, and a system are presented in which the apparatus includes an interface control circuit that may be configured to receive a message including a cryptographic keyword and a policy value. The policy value may include one or more data bits indicative of one or more policies that define allowable usage of the cryptographic keyword. The apparatus also includes a security circuit that may be configured to extract the cryptographic keyword and the policy value from the message, and to apply at least one policy of the one or more policies to usage of the cryptographic keyword in response to a determination that an authentication of the message succeeded.
US10713347B2
A mobile, portable apparatus for authenticating, verification and certification of a security article, the apparatus comprising an enclosure securely housing components of the apparatus; an authentication device operable to authenticate the security article; a power source, preferably of solar type, different type of batteries, uninterruptable power supply, different type of charging facilities and/or any source of energy; an imaging device for simultaneously imaging in opposing and/or multiple directions; a programmable and configurable control panel; an information processing unit; and a printing device for printing and/or special marking on the security article, wherein the imaging device is portably coupled to the authentication device; and wherein the control panel is arranged as an interface command and control center connected to the information processing unit and the other components of the apparatus. The method involves determining whether a registered operator of the portable authentication apparatus is verified; and permitting access to an authentication device of the portable authentication apparatus if the registered operator is verified. The system includes the portable authentication apparatus; and a remote server operable to communicate with the portable authentication apparatus.
US10713344B2
A method for secure user identification is disclosed, comprising the steps of: creating a first user identification; uniquely associating the user identification with the user; recording, using the identification device, an unknown user's head from a range of positions and using illumination in different wavelengths; retrieving a second user identification; and comparing, using the identification device, the second user identification against the recording of the unknown user's head and a plurality of measured movements of the unknown user's head and hand to identify the unknown user.
US10713342B2
Various embodiments are generally directed to an apparatus, method and other techniques to receive a biometric input of a first input type, determine a distinctiveness value for the biometric input based on a comparison of an attributes score for the biometric input with an average of attributes scores for biometric inputs of the first input type from the plurality of biometric inputs, and determine an input type to use to perform an action based on the distinctiveness value.
US10713341B2
An apparatus, method and system are provided for sensing an individual's biometric information, and generating and transmitting an acoustic signal representative of the sensed biometric information. The acoustic signal may be transmitted as an audio signal or an ultrasonic signal to another apparatus in the system for authentication or verification of the individual's identity.
US10713339B2
There is described a build system for generating an enhanced application comprising at least one encrypted application component during a build operation. The build system comprises a build tool and two or more build tool plugins. The build tool plugins each comprise an encryption module and a decryption module.
US10713338B2
Technology is disclosed herein for source-based authentication for a license of a license data structure. In at least one implementation, program instructions stored on one or more computer readable storage media, when executed by a processing system, direct the processing system to at least, responsive to a launch of an application, obtain a license file for the application, the license file comprising a user license. The processing system is further directed to determine authentication of the user license based on a source of the license file and, if the user license is authenticated, enable features of the application based on the user license and initiate presentation of the application in accordance with the enabled features.
US10713328B2
The disclosure updates website tags based on detected link changes. Link metadata based on a website is collected by an auto-tagger application. Previously collected link metadata associated with the website is accessed by the auto-tagger application. Upon detecting a link change between the collected link metadata and the accessed previously collected link metadata, the auto-tagger application identifies at least one auto-tagging rule associated with the detected link change. Tags of the website are updated by the auto-tagger application based on the identified at least one auto-tagging rule. Automatically detecting link changes and updating tags in response to the detected link changes enables consistent, accurate web analytics while reducing user effort required for website tag maintenance.
US10713326B2
Disclosed are methods and systems for displaying a location of an item in a user interface. Some aspects include processing circuitry and hardware memory storing instructions that when executed cause the processing circuitry to perform operations. The operations may include receiving input defining an image of an item, receiving input indicating an instruction to search a plurality of sensor data for the item, each sensor data generated by a corresponding imaging sensor and including a corresponding image, and displaying a location of the item in a user interface, the location corresponding to a location of one of the imaging sensors generating a corresponding image representing the item.
US10713325B2
Embodiments of real estate property activity analytics where a system user may analyze real estate activity based on one or more geographical boundaries and other parameters including sales and agent diversity. The system may generate activity analytics that provide a user with potential listing and selling opportunities in various regions of the one or more geographical boundaries. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10713321B1
A system analyzes periodically collected data associated with entities, for example, users, servers, or systems. The system determines anomalies associated with populations of entities. The system excludes anomalies from consideration to increase efficiency of execution. The system may rank the anomalies based on relevance scores. The system determines relevance scores based on various factors describing the sets of entities. The system may present information describing the anomalies based on the ranking. The system may use a machine learning based model for predicting likelihoods of outcomes associated with sets of entities. The system generates alerts for reporting the outcomes based on the predictions.
US10713319B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media configured to determine a degree of separation between a user and a connection within a social network of the user, the connection associated with an interaction from which at least topic is determined. A value of affinity between the user and the connection is determined. A weight reflecting a value of interest similarity between the user and the connection is determined. A term based on the degree of separation, the value of affinity, and the weight reflecting a value of interest similarity is calculated. Terms associated with the at least one topic are combined to generate a composite score associated with the at least one topic to determine whether to present the at least one topic to the user.
US10713312B2
A system, method, and user device for executing actions respective of contextual scenarios. The method comprises: determining at least one variable based in part on at least one signal captured by at least one sensor of the user device; generating at least one insight based on the at least one variable; generating a context for the user device based on the at least one insight; determining, based on the context, a user intent, wherein the user intent includes at least one action; and causing execution of the at least one action on the user device.
US10713311B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for an audience of network devices. One of the methods includes receiving information from a source, the information associated with a device identifier. The method includes determining, based on the device identifier, a unique user identifier, wherein the unique user identifier identifies a user independent of network, media, and location. The method includes identifying at least one user attribute based on the received information. The method includes associating the user attribute with the unique user identifier. The method also includes storing the user attribute in a repository. The repository stores a plurality of other user attributes associated with the unique user identifier, the other stored user attributes being received from a plurality of different sources.
US10713309B2
A method for searching Web pages that begins with the identification of query criteria entered into a search provider. A set of Web pages that satisfies the query criteria are determined. Then, a page ranking is ascertained for each Web page in the set. The Web pages are presented in order by page ranking. The page ranking is based upon at least one relevancy factor that includes a browsing-time factor. The browsing-time factor can be calculated from browsing behavior exhibited by users, who provided similar query criteria. The set of users from which the browsing-time factor is calculated can include a current user, a set of users sharing characteristics with the current user, and/or a general set of users. Browsing behavior can include time spent at a Web page, where the browsed Web page is a page that was previously presented as a search result for the similar query criteria.
US10713306B2
Computer systems, devices, and associated methods of content pattern based automatic document classification are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a document and a sequence of words corresponding to a document class having a class label from a network storage. The method also includes determining a longest common subsequence of words between the words in the document and the sequence of words and calculating a similarity percentage between the document and the sequence of words based on the determined longest common subsequence. When the calculated similarity percentage is above a threshold, the class label corresponding to the document class is automatically applied to the received document in the network storage.
US10713292B2
According to one embodiment, a document analysis apparatus is an apparatus comprising first document storage circuit for storing first documents that include words, belong to respective categories constituting a hierarchical structure, and only comprise opinion documents for a desirable object, and a second document storage circuit for storing second documents that include words, belong or do not belong to the categories constituting the hierarchical structure and comprise opinion documents for the desirable object and documents other than the opinion documents, and the apparatus is configured to classify, into one of the categories constituting the hierarchical structure, the second documents that do not belong to the respective categories among the second documents stored in the second document storage circuit.
US10713289B1
Systems, methods, and devices for performing interactive question answering using data source credibility and conversation entropy are disclosed. A speech-controlled device captures audio including a spoken question, and sends audio data corresponding thereto to a server(s). The server(s) performs speech processing on the audio data, and determines various stored data that can be used to determine an answer to the question. The server(s) determines which stored data to use based on the credibility of the source from which the stored data was received. The server(s) may also determine a number of user interactions needed to obtain data in order to fully answer the question and may select a question for a dialog soliciting further data based on the number of user interactions.
US10713288B2
A system that generates natural language content. The system generates and maintains a dialogue state representation having a process view, query view, and data view. The three-view dialogue state representation is continuously updated during discourse between an agent and a user, and rules can be automatically generated based on the discourse. Upon a content generation event, an object description can be generated based on the dialogue state representation. A string is then determined from the object description, using a hybrid approach of the automatically generated rules and other rules learned from annotation and other user input. The string is translated to text or speech and output by the agent. The present system also incorporates learning techniques, for example when ranking output and processing annotation templates.
US10713277B2
The present disclosure teaches solutions for patching content in database systems. In one example, a deployment package for an upgrade of a database system to a new system is received, and the content is deployed to a shared container. Shared objects are identified that are completely stored in the shared container, and partially-shared objects are identified where those objects have a shared portion in the shared container and a tenant portion in one or more tenant containers. First shared content is determined for the shared objects, while second shared content is determined for partially-shared objects. The first and second shared content is then deployed to the shared container. Local content is determined for the partially-shared objects and is deployed to each tenant container. Local content is then identified for local objects and is also deployed to each respective tenant container. Accordingly, both shared and tenant content is deployed.
US10713262B2
Approaches are described for ranking multiple products or other items, such as products obtained in response to a search request submitted to a server. The ranking system determines a ranking score for the products based on both data available online and item data that must be computed offline due to longer computation time or unavailability of data. The ranking score can be used to rank the products and determine which products are the most relevant to the user. A hybrid boosting method is used to first train an online ranking function to produce an online ranking score for the item. In the second phase, an offline ranking function is trained to produce a second ranking score for the item. The online rank score is combined with the offline rank score at query time to produce a combined rank for the items in the search results.
US10713256B2
A memory stores a first and second cache. A processor stores a first query in a transaction log. The processor selects information from the transaction log, uses it to determine that a user will likely access a first portion of the database at a future date, and copies that portion into the first cache prior to the date. The processor further copies a second, frequently accessed portion of the database into the second cache. The processor additionally determines that a portion of data is in both caches and deletes it from the second cache. The processor receives a second query from the user, determines that it is directed at data in the first cache and accesses that cache. The processor also determines that the second query is not directed at data in the first cache but is directed at data in the second cache, and accesses that cache.
US10713243B2
A query to retrieve database values for a first subset of table columns in a database table is determined. Runtime column selection variables are set up to identify the first subset of table columns for data retrieval, and are dynamically bound to a prepared query statement with single-column query statements joined by interstitial union operators. Each single-column query statement in the prepared query statement specifies a single-column query directed to a corresponding table column with a corresponding predicate to be bound at runtime dynamically with a corresponding portion of the one or more runtime column selection variables. The predicate is evaluated to be true or false in dependence on whether the corresponding table column is in the first subset of table columns. The prepared query statement is executed to retrieve database values for the first subset of table columns in the database table.
US10713239B2
A blockchain node receives a service request, where the service request comprises one or more data types and respective service data corresponding to the one or more data types that are stored in a blockchain. At least one of a service type or identification information is determined corresponding to the service request. The service request is parsed to obtain each data type of the service request and service data corresponding to each data type. Based on a mapping relationship between a data type and service data, the service data that is obtained through parsing in a relational database corresponding to the blockchain node is stored.
US10713232B2
A method for improving the operation of a computer by transferring data from an SQL database in a storage unit to a memory by copying the data from the SQL database to a binary file in the storage unit, where the binary file having a data structure and a data type. A data file having the data structure and the data type is configured within the memory, and the binary file in the storage unit is copied to the data file in the memory with a single read/write operation.
US10713229B2
An index generating device (100) comprises: an index generating unit (101) which uses an interdata similarity degree which is computed by a similarity computation unit (105) to generate an index which includes a lower order node, and a higher order node which includes an entry having a link relation with the lower order node and indicating representative data having a similarity degree with data indicated by an entry in the lower order node greater than or equal to a similarity threshold value appended to the link relation; and a threshold setting unit (102) which sets the similarity threshold to a value which increases the further down the hierarchy.
US10713226B1
A system for archiving includes an active memory, an archive memory, an interface, and a processor. The interface is to receive an indication to archive an object in the active memory. The object has a relation to an other object. The processor is to archive the object in the archive memory. The other object maintains the relation with the object that has been archived.
US10713224B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for implementing a continuity plan generated using solution data modeling based on predicted future event simulation testing. The system is typically configured for generating one or more solution data models comprising a plurality of asset systems and a plurality of users, identifying a potential event associated with at least a first asset of the plurality of asset systems, extracting a first solution data model associated with the first asset from a model database, identifying one or more relationships associated with the first asset from the extracted first solution data model, formulating a continuity plan for the potential events based on the one or more relationships, and testing the continuity plan by creating a simulation of the potential events and implementing the continuity plan for the simulated potential event.
US10713209B2
An interface couples a controller to a physical layer (PHY) block, where the interface includes a set of data pins comprising transmit data pins to send data to the PHY block and receive data pins to receive data from the PHY block. The interface further includes a particular set of pins to implement a message bus interface, where the controller is to send a write command to the PHY block over the message bus interface to write a value to at least one particular bit of a PHY message bus register, bits of the PHY message bus register are mapped to a set of control and status signals, and the particular bit is mapped to a recalibration request signal to request that the PHY block perform a recalibration.
US10713204B2
A technique includes communicating data between a host computer and a peripheral device. The peripheral device is docked to the host computer, and the communicating comprises using a wired mode of communication. The technique includes detecting undocking of the peripheral device from the host computer; and in response to the detection of the undocking, automatically transitioning from using the wired mode of communication to using a wireless mode of communication to communicate data between the host computer and the peripheral device.
US10713198B2
A processing unit has a working memory. A direct memory access control unit includes a terminal connecting the direct memory access control unit to a bus system that connects the processing unit to the working memory and is configured to: read in, from at least two information blocks stored in the working memory and provided by the processing unit for transmission to a communication module connected to the bus system, pieces of control information characterizing respective priorities of the respective information blocks for the transmission to the communication module; ascertain a sequence for the transmission based on the respective priorities; and transmit the information blocks from the working memory to the communication module according to the ascertained sequence using a direct memory access from the working memory to the communication module.
US10713190B1
Disclosed approaches for managing a translation look-aside buffer (TLB) have a bus master circuit that issues a read request that specifies a first virtual address of a first page. In response to a sequential access being identified and before data of the first page is returned, the bus master circuit issues a dummy read request that specifies a second virtual address of a second page. A TLB has mappings of virtual addresses to physical addresses, and a translation logic circuit translates virtual addresses to physical addresses. The translation logic circuit signals a miss in response to absence of a virtual address in the TLB. A control circuit in the MMU determines from a page table a mapping of a virtual address to a physical address in response to the signaled miss. The translation logic circuit updates the TLB circuit with the mapping.
US10713183B2
A computer system generates snapshot backups of a virtual machine by creating a metadata snapshot and a backup snapshot. The computer system identifies a backup request for a virtual machine operating on a host computing system, initiates a backup snapshot of storage devices in use by the virtual machine, generates a metadata snapshot of a configuration of the virtual machine, and maintains the metadata snapshot in a data store.
US10713179B2
Efficiently generating effective address translations for memory management test cases including obtaining a first set of EAs, wherein each EA comprises an effective segment ID and a page, wherein each effective segment ID of each EA in the first set of EAs is mapped to a same first effective segment; obtaining a set of virtual address corresponding to the first set of EAs; translating the first set of EAs by applying a hash function to each virtual address in the set of virtual addresses to obtain a first set of PTEG addresses mapped to a first set of PTEGs; and generating a translation for a second set of EAs to obtain a second set of PTEG addresses mapped to the first set of PTEGs.
US10713176B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for data processing are provided. One of the methods includes: obtaining a bytecode compiled from source code comprising one or more input parameters, the source code including an encoding function to encode the one or more input parameters, save the encoded one or more input parameters in a memory segment, and provide a memory location of the memory segment; executing, according to the bytecode, the encoding function to encode the one or more input parameters to obtain the memory location of the memory segment storing the encoded one or more input parameters; and providing the memory location to a function for retrieving and decoding the encoded one or more input parameters to obtain the one or more input parameters.
US10713172B2
A cache memory for a processor including an arbiter, a tag array and a request queue. The arbiter arbitrates among multiple memory access requests and provides a selected memory access request. The tag array has a first read port receiving the selected memory access request and has a second read port receiving a prefetch request from a prefetcher. The tag array makes a hit or miss determination of whether data requested by the selected memory access request or the prefetch request is stored in a corresponding data array. The request queue has a first write port for receiving the selected memory access request when it misses in the tag array, and has a second write port for receiving the prefetch request when it misses in the tag array. The additional read and write ports provide a separate and independent pipeline path for handing prefetch requests.
US10713171B2
A computer system, comprising first computers, an application operate on each of the first computers; the each of the first computers is coupled to a second computer for providing a storage area; the each of the first computers includes a processor, a memory, a cache device to which a cache area, and a interface; the memory includes a program for realizing an operating system; the operating system includes a cache driver; and a cooperation control module configured to issue a control I/O request for instructing arrangement control; and the cooperation control module generate the control I/O request from a detected I/O request based on a analysis result of the detected I/O request in a case where an issuance of the I/O request from the cache driver is detected; and transfer the control I/O request to an apparatus different from an apparatus of a transfer destination of the detected I/O request.
US10713162B1
A method and a system for accelerating computer data garbage collection (GC) on a non-volatile memory (NVM) computer storage device may include: monitoring, by a processor, a data validity parameter of at least one physical write unit (PWU), where the PWU may include a plurality of physical data pages of the NVM device; sending at least one GC command from the processor to an accelerator associated with the NVM device, based on the monitored data validity parameter; copying, by the accelerator, a plurality of data-objects stored on at least one first PWU, to a read address space comprised within the accelerator; copying valid data-objects from the read address space to a write address space comprised within the accelerator until the amount of data in the write address space exceeds a predefined threshold; and storing, by the accelerator, the data content in at least one second PWU in the NVM media.
US10713156B2
Methods of mapping memory regions to processes based on thermal data of memory regions are described. In some embodiments, a memory controller may receive a memory allocation request. The memory allocation request may include a logical memory address. The method may further include mapping the logical memory address to an address in a memory region of the memory system based on thermal data for memory regions of the memory system. Additional methods and systems are also described.
US10713150B1
A method for measuring code coverage of runtime generated code is provided that can be used for unit testing. In some implementations, the method may include performing unit testing of one or more lines of code of an application by at least: executing during runtime the one or more lines of code, generating, from the executed one or more lines of code, additional code including generated code including instructions to increment at least one counter in a map, the map mapping one or more frames to the at least one counter, compiling the generated code, incrementing, each time the compiled generated code is executed during runtime, the at least one counter in the map, and providing the at least one counter to enable verification of the unit testing of the generated code. Related methods and articles of manufacture are also described.
US10713143B1
A system access a session profile. The session profile may include log source identifiers and model identifiers. The system may deploy a log projection session based on the session profile. The system may receive, in response to deployment of the log projection session, a log stream from a log source corresponding to at least one of the log identifiers. The system may generate a log projection stream based on the log stream and an initial machine-learning model. The system may calibrate the session profile and select an alternative machine-learning model based on model performance metrics. The system may redeploy the log projection session based on the calibrated session profile. The system may automatically scale computer resources for improved job performance based on forecasted log information derived from the selected machine-learning model.
US10713140B2
The state of a system is determined in which data sets are generated that include a plurality of data instances representing states of one or more components of a computer system. The data instances generated by one or more data set sources that are configured to output a data instance in response to a trigger associated with the one or more components. The data instances are normalized by the application of one or more rules. The data instances from individual data set sources are separately collated to generate groups of time-specific collated data instances. State types may be assigned to each of the collated data instance groups. Distributions of state-types across the groups may be determined and a list of infrequent state-types may be generated based on the determined distributions of state-types across the groups.
US10713138B2
Examples of techniques for failure detection for central electronics complex (CEC) group management are described herein. An aspect includes issuing a first logical partition (LPAR) probe to a hardware management console (HMC) of a central electronics complex (CEC) group, wherein the CEC group comprises a plurality of LPARs. Another aspect includes receiving a first response packet from the HMC corresponding to the first LPAR probe, wherein the first response packet comprises health data corresponding to a first LPAR of the plurality of LPARs. Another aspect includes storing the health data corresponding to the first LPAR in a first health data entry corresponding to the first LPAR. Another aspect includes, for a second LPAR of the plurality of LPARs that was not included in the first response packet, updating a second health data entry corresponding to the second LPAR to indicate that the second LPAR is healthy.
US10713135B2
A data disaster tolerance method, device and system is disclosed. Each node in a logic unit including a single master node and two or more slave nodes is monitored. If the master node is abnormal, the server acquires log information of the plurality of two or more slave nodes separately, the log information of the two or more slave nodes includes respective time points of data synchronization between the slave nodes and the master node A respective slave node of the two or more slave nodes having the time point of data synchronization closest to a current time is selected as a target node. A master-slave relationship in the logic unit is updated to change a role of the target node to that of the master node.
US10713133B2
Techniques for implementing linear view-change in a Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) protocol running on a distributed system comprising n replicas are provided. According to one set of embodiments, at a time of performing a view-change from a current view number v to a new view number v+1, a replica in the n replicas corresponding to a new proposer for new view number v+1 can generate a PREPARE message comprising a single COMMIT certificate, where the single COMMIT certificate is the highest COMMIT certificate the new proposer is aware of. The new proposer can then transmit the PREPARE message with the single COMMIT certificate to all other replicas in the n replicas.
US10713132B2
In one embodiment, a system for migrating virtual machines in a virtualization environment includes a plurality of host machines implementing the virtualization environment and a migration controller. Each of the host machines includes a hypervisor, one or more user virtual machines (UVMs) and a virtual machine controller. The system further implements a virtual disk comprising a plurality of storage devices, the virtual disk being accessible by the virtual machine controllers, which conduct I/O transactions with the virtual disk. The migration controller determines a segment size and, for each host machine, determines a number of required segments for the UVMs running on the host machine. The controller computes a number of reserved segments based on a total number of host machines and a largest one of the numbers of required segments. The reserved segments are then assigned among the plurality of host machines.
US10713131B2
One or more embodiments provide techniques for migrating a virtual machine (VM) from a private data center to a cloud data center. A hybridity manager receives a request at the cloud data center to replicate a VM from the private data center on the cloud data center. The hybridity manager identifies a source network associated with the VM. The hybridity manager identifies whether there exists a stretched network associated with the source network of the VM. Responsive to determining that there is a stretched network associated with the source network of the VM, the hybridity manager replicates the VM on the stretched network without reconfiguring internet-protocol (IP) settings of the VM.
US10713129B1
A method, computer program product, and computing system for identifying one or more disaster recovery requirements for a network appliance, wherein the network appliance includes both storage functionality and compute functionality. The one or more disaster recovery requirements are provided to a potential disaster recovery target for the network appliance. The potential disaster recovery target is analyzed to determine if the potential disaster recovery target meets the one or more disaster recovery requirements of the network appliance. If the potential disaster recovery target meets the one or more disaster recovery requirements, the potential disaster recovery target is configured as a disaster recovery site for the network appliance.
US10713128B2
In some examples, error recovery in volatile memory regions may include determining, during a save operation that includes saving of data to a primary location, that an error occurred with respect to the save operation. Based on a determination that the error occurred with respect to the save operation, an error location may be determined, and a determination may be made as to whether the error location maps to a volatile memory region. Based on a determination that the error location maps to the volatile memory region, a reserved location may be identified for saving the data. The data may be saved from the primary location to the reserved location. Further, metadata may be updated to indicate usage of the reserved location as the primary location for the saved data.
US10713126B2
Embodiments for automatic log collection of an automated data storage library by a processor. A snapshot of one or more error logs, service logs, accessor logs, and data logs is captured in the automated data storage library upon detection of an occurrence of a triggering event within the automated data storage library. The snapshot of the one or more logs in the automated data storage library is stored.
US10713108B2
Explicit and implicit feedback information, that is indicative of an issue in a deployed computing system, is collected. Information identifying attempted resolutions for the issue is collected as well. A knowledge base is generated that identifies issues and successful resolutions for those issues. During runtime, issues are detected, either explicitly or implicitly, and the knowledge base is accessed to determine whether a resolution has already been identified. If so, it can be proactively provided to the computing system to address the issue.
US10713107B2
A device may process text included in an electronic issue ticket to identify a set of terms or a pattern of terms included in the text. The electronic issue ticket may be related to an issue associated with a computing device. The device may classify the electronic issue ticket into an issue category of a set of issue categories. The set of issue categories may be related to various issues associated with various computing devices. The device may monitor a counter for a set of thresholds associated with the issue category. The device may detect a possible underlying problem among the various computing devices. The device may generate an electronic problem ticket for the possible underlying problem. The device may append the electronic problem ticket with information related to the electronic issue ticket or one or more other electronic issue tickets. The device may perform one or more actions.
US10713105B2
An operating method of a memory controller to control a nonvolatile memory device includes receiving information about operation failure from the nonvolatile memory device, receiving lock-out status information from the nonvolatile memory device, determining whether a lock-out signal is output based on the lock-out status information, and determining a failure block corresponding to the information about the operation failure as a normal block or a bad block depending on the determination result.
US10713098B2
Stored cookie information is obtained from a first browser from among a plurality of browsers where each of the plurality of browsers stores respective cookie information. In a case where a second browser is used, the cookie information obtained from the first browser is passed to the second browser.
US10713078B2
A method for accessing non-functional host capabilities and services of a host operating system, by a guest operating system, is provided. The method includes receiving a function code and additional data from an application of a guest operating system, wherein the function code corresponds to a non-functional service request on a host operating system. The method further includes creating a parameter control block using the function code and the additional data in memory of the guest operating system, wherein the parameter control block is accessible by a hypervisor of the host operating system. The method further includes issuing a hardware instruction by the guest operating system, wherein the hypervisor of the host operating system receives control. The method further includes receiving a notification from the hypervisor that the execution of the non-functional service request is complete.
US10713066B2
Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, methods, and computer program products for generating content objects using an integrated development environment. In some implementations, an integrated development environment is displayed. A request to generate or update an educational content object can be processed, and a presentation including metadata selection options can be provided. After a selection of one of the metadata selection options is received, the presentation can be updated. A different request is received from a rich text editor provided in a new presentation, and the new presentation can be updated.
US10713054B2
A processor includes two or more branch target buffer (BTB) tables for branch prediction, each BTB table storing entries of a different target size or width or storing entries of a different branch type. Each BTB entry includes at least a tag and a target address. For certain branch types that only require a few target address bits, the respective BTB tables are narrower thereby allowing for more BTB entries in the processor separated into respective BTB tables by branch instruction type. An increased number of available BTB entries are stored in a same or a less space in the processor thereby increasing a speed of instruction processing. BTB tables can be defined that do not store any target address and rely on a decode unit to provide it. High value BTB entries have dedicated storage and are therefore less likely to be evicted than low value BTB entries.
US10713045B2
Disclosed are methods, devices and systems for all-in-one signal processing, linear and non-linear vector arithmetic accelerator. The accelerator, which in some implementations can operate as a companion co-processor and accelerator to a main system, can be configured to perform various linear and non-linear arithmetic operations, and is customized to provide shorter execution times and fewer task operations for corresponding arithmetic vector operation, thereby providing an overall energy saving. The compact accelerator can be implemented in devices in which energy consumption and footprint of the electronic circuits are important, such as in Internet of Things (IoT) devices, in sensors and as part of artificial intelligence systems.
US10713043B2
Methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed for measuring a performance of a program running on a processing unit of a processing system. In one embodiment, the method comprises informing a logic unit of each instruction in the program that is executed by the processing unit, assigning a weight to each instruction, assigning the instructions to a plurality of groups, and analyzing the plurality of groups to measure one or more metrics. In one embodiment, each instruction includes an operating code portion, and the assigning includes assigning the instructions to the groups based on the operating code portions of the instructions. In an embodiment, each type of instruction is assigned to a respective one of the plurality of groups. These groups may be combined into a plurality of sets of the groups.
US10713037B2
Various embodiments include a system including one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of: grouping one or more endpoints into endpoint groups such that each endpoint group of the endpoint groups can be processed by both a legacy software and a new software; receiving a request from a user, the request comprising the one or more endpoints; upon receiving the request, automatically and dynamically determining in real-time whether the request is a legacy software request for the legacy software or a new software request for the new software; and automatically either: processing the request using the legacy software when the automatically and dynamically determining in real-time determines that the request is the legacy software request; or processing the request using the new software when the automatically and dynamically determining in real-time determines that the request is the new software request. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
US10713034B2
Updating web resources includes extracting web resources from the application to local files, and querying an external server for web resource updates specific to at least one operating condition of the client device. A client device includes at least one processor to execute computer readable instructions to extract a web resource from an application downloaded to a native container of a client device, and query a server for web resource updates with a query that comprises a native container identification. A server includes at least one processor to execute computer readable instructions to generate an update bundle for web resources downloaded in an application package by a client device, the update bundle comprising at least one update that is specific to an operating condition of the client device, and, in response to a request from the client device, send the update bundle to the client device.
US10713031B2
In response to an attempt to install an instance of a container in a production environment, a set of security criteria associated with the container and features of the production environment are compared. Based on the comparison, a determination is made as to whether the features of the production environment satisfy the set of security criteria.
US10713027B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for preparing servers for service over a network, where the servers include out of band management cards. The system may include a processor, a database of server configuration information, and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations. The operations can include establishing a secure hypertext transport protocol session over the network with the out of band management card for the server to mount and execute a preinstall image that performs an installation, without any specific network configuration, and where the installation is performed without deploying an agent. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10713025B2
Declarations of annotation types, which specify annotations, are themselves annotated by meta-annotations. Meta-annotations define constraints based on modular dependencies.
US10713015B2
Methods, systems, and system for generating code using visual blocks. A selection is made from a list of one or more programming blocks. One or more of the programming blocks are selected and used to display a visual programming block that corresponds to the selected one or more programming blocks. This visual programming block is then used to generate or produce output code.
US10713011B2
Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for performing multiplication operations in a memory. An example method comprises performing a multiplication operation on a first element stored in a group of memory cells coupled to a first access line and a number of sense lines of a memory array and a second element stored in a group of memory cells coupled to a second access line and the number of sense lines of the memory array. The method can include a number operations performed without transferring data via an input/output (I/O) line.
US10713008B2
Methods and systems for transferring a user session between at least two electronic devices are described. The user session is conducted as an audible session via an audible interface provided by a primarily audible first electronic device. Input data is received from the audible interface, wherein the input data causes the audible interface to progress through audible interface states. A current audible interface state is mapped to a visual interface state defined for a visual interface. The mapped visual interface state is pushed to a second electronic device having a visual output device for displaying the visual interface, to enable the user session to be continued as a visual session on the second electronic device.
US10713002B1
A method in an electronic device includes receiving, with an audio input device, an audio input from one or more sources. The method includes determining, with one or more sensors operable with one or more processors, whether the audio input was received from a single source or a plurality of sources. Where the audio input is received from the single source, the method includes adjusting, with one or more processors, an audio output sound pressure level of an audio output device to a first audio output sound pressure level. Where the audio input is received from the plurality of sources, the method include adjusting, with the one or more processors, the audio output sound pressure level of the audio output device to a second audio output sound pressure level that is less than the first audio output sound pressure level.
US10712999B2
An audio converter device and a method for using the same. The audio converter device receives the digital audio data from a first device via a local area network. The audio converter device decompresses the digital audio data and converts the digital audio data into analog electrical data. The audio converter device transfers the analog electrical data to an audio playback device.
US10712994B2
A method includes: a splitting step in which a full-screen image data acquired in a full-screen image acquiring step is split into block images in a predetermined size from one end of a screen area; a positional information creating step in which block images at two sequential time instants are compared in every block image split in the splitting step to create positional information data expressing presence or absence of a difference and positional information about a block considered to have a difference; and a compressed difference image creating step in which a block determined as a block considered to have a difference in the positional information creating step is a difference block, and an image collection created by arranging block images of difference blocks at the identical time instant is compressed as one image to create a compressed difference image.
US10712992B2
A modular display apparatus is provided. The modular display apparatus includes a plurality of display modules, a plurality of connectors, and a processor configured to divide the plurality of display modules into a plurality of groups based on a vertical direction, and based on an order of connection of at least one display module included in each of the plurality of groups, identify the location of each of the at least one display module included in each of the plurality of groups, and based on the identified locations of the display modules, display images, on each of the plurality of the display modules, corresponding to image signals received from an external apparatus.
US10712991B2
A display device is disclosed. The display device may comprise: a memory for storing a content; a display panel for outputting at least a part of the content; multiple contact points arranged on a side surface of the display device; and a control circuit electrically connected to the memory, the display panel, and the multiple contact points.
US10712980B2
A terminal device includes a controller configured to: transmit, to a device management server, an account information item having been registered in the device management server; receive, from the device management server, a target identification information item being for identifying a target device having been provisionally registered in association with the account information item, being unique identification information and being different from an IP address of the target device, and being assigned to the target device in advance before the target device is connected to a LAN where the terminal device is connected; specify the target device identified by the target identification information item from one or more devices connected to the LAN; and execute a formal registration process for formally registering the specified target device associated with the account information item in the device management server.
US10712978B2
An information processing apparatus capable of performing a software program including a first program layer with an instruction set to be interpreted and performed by a processor and a second program layer with an instruction set compiled in advance by a unit other than the processor comprises a unit configured to transmit parameter information used for image processing from the first program layer to the second program layer, a unit configured to perform the image processing in the second program layer according to the parameter information, a display control unit configured to display an indicator for allowing a user to recognize that the image processing is in progress, and a unit configured to issue an instruction to control display of the indicator from the second program layer to the first program layer, the display control unit controls the display according to the instruction.
US10712977B2
A storage device includes a non-volatile semiconductor memory device including a plurality of physical blocks, and a controller configured to associate one of the physical blocks with a stream ID, receive a first command including the stream ID, and in response thereto, transmit information on capacity of unwritten space in the physical block associated with the stream ID.
US10712976B2
Technology is disclosed that provides security for data stored in a non-volatile memory device. The non-volatile memory device may be embedded in a host system. The host system may further have a host controller that is configured to obtain a memory access message from an initiator to access the non-volatile memory. The host controller may be further configured to provide the memory access message to the memory controller. The memory access message may contain an identifier of the initiator, which may be verified by the host controller. The memory controller may be configured to access the identifier of the initiator from the memory access message, and grant or deny non-volatile memory access to the initiator based on whether the initiator has access rights to a region of the non-volatile memory to which the initiator seeks access.
US10712972B2
In one non-limiting embodiment, a method is disclosed for performing a storage device operation on a die is provide having steps of choosing a storage device operation to perform, estimating which die is related to the storage device operation chosen to be performed and performing the storage device operation at the die based on the estimating.
US10712971B2
In an example method, write commands for a solid-state storage medium having storage region are received. Selected write commands are filtered out according to criteria. The selected write commands are cached. Writing pursuant to the selected write commands is aggregated to within boundaries of one of the storage regions of the storage medium.
US10712969B2
An aspect of the present disclosure provides for managing content items in a storage system. In an embodiment, a trash command is received from a user, where the trash command specifies an expression of a set of attribute conditions connected by logical operators. A set of content items having attributes matching said expression are selected, where the set of content items are stored in corresponding logical locations on the storage system prior to receiving the trash command. The selected set of content items are moved from respective logical locations on the storage system to a set of trash folders, wherein selecting and moving the set of content items are performed in response to receiving the trash command specifying the expression.
US10712968B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for protection of state information for an auxiliary storage service in a microservice architecture. An exemplary method comprises generating a snapshot of state information of an auxiliary storage service on a given storage node in a storage cluster comprised of a plurality of storage nodes; and providing the snapshot to M protector storage nodes within the plurality of storage nodes in the storage cluster, wherein the M protector storage nodes comprises a snapshot manager node and M−1 additional protector storage nodes, and wherein the M protector storage nodes are selected based on a hierarchical ranking of available storage nodes within the storage cluster arranged in a predefined configuration relative to the given storage node. The predefined configuration of the plurality of storage nodes can be, for example, a protection ring comprising a first M−1 online storage nodes that follow the snapshot manager node in the protection ring in a predefined direction.
US10712964B2
A leader replica of a replica host group of a distributed storage service is configured to replicate the leader replica and its associated one or more secondary replicas to create a duplicate host group comprising a duplicate leader replica and one or more duplicate secondary replicas. The leader replica may appoint the duplicate leader replica or another host as the leader of the duplicate host group. The leader replica may assign a subset of database keys to be served by the duplicate host group and forward data requests directed a key of the subset of keys assigned to the duplicate host group. The leader replica may further update a global key table of the distributed data storage system to direct data requests associated with the subset of database keys to the duplicate leader replica.
US10712950B2
A system that implements a scalable data storage service may maintain tables in a data store on behalf of storage service clients. The service may maintain table data in multiple replicas of partitions that are stored on respective computing nodes in the system. In response to detecting an anomaly in the system, detecting a change in data volume on a partition or service request traffic directed to a partition, or receiving a service request from a client to split a partition, the data storage service may create additional copies of a partition replica using a physical copy mechanism. The data storage service may issue a split command defined in an API for the data store to divide the original and additional replicas into multiple replica groups, and to configure each replica group to maintain a respective portion of the table data that was stored in the partition before the split.
US10712939B2
An information device has a display and is connected to a distribution board system including multiple branch circuits including a first branch circuit to which devices are correlated, and manages electric power consumption by branch circuits. A control method thereof includes: acquiring state information indicating electric power consumption of each branch circuit; displaying multiple display objects corresponding to multiple devices correlated with the first branch circuit, overlapped, and displaying an electric power display indicating electric power consumption of the first branch circuit over the overlapped multiple display objects; if the overlapped multiple display objects are tapped on, displaying these separated, and displaying device displays representing each device at each separated multiple display object; and if any one of the separated multiple display objects on the display is tapped on, displaying the separated display objects overlapped, and erasing the device displays representing the devices from the overlapped multiple display objects.
US10712935B2
A mobile terminal device includes a touch panel where a specified input operation is performed with an indicator, an input detection unit, and an operation determination unit. The input detection unit detects the pattern of the input operation based on the position of the indicator on the touch panel, and decreases the frequency of execution of processing arranged to detect the input operation performed on the touch panel when an input operation performed on the touch panel is not detected over a specified time period. When the pattern of the input operation is detected in the case where the execution frequency of the processing arranged to detect the input operation is low, the operation determination unit causes a controlled unit determined to be an operation target in relation to the pattern of the input operation to execute a specified operation.
US10712932B2
An electronic device includes: a control unit configured to control to regard, as a processing target, a display object at a position between touch positions of a first point and a second point and perform specific processing to the processing target according to a subsequent relative change between the touch positions when a multi-touch in which a time difference between starts of touching the first point and the second point is within a predetermined time is performed, and control to regard a display object at the touch position of the first point as a processing target and perform the specific processing to the processing target according to a subsequent relative change between the touch positions when a multi-touch in which a time difference between starts of touching the first point and the second point exceeds the predetermined time is performed.
US10712929B2
Systems and methods are for enabling a group of individuals, each using an individual computing device, to collaboratively answer questions or otherwise express a collaborative will/intent in real-time as a unified intelligence. The collaboration system comprises a plurality of computing devices, each of the devices being used by an individual user, each of the computing devices enabling its user to contribute to the emerging real-time group-wise intent. A collaboration server is disclosed that communicates remotely to the plurality of individual computing devices. Herein, a variety of inventive methods are disclosed for interfacing users and calibrating for their variable confidence in a real-time synchronized group-wise experience, and for deriving a convergent group intent from the collective user input.
US10712924B2
A system for monitoring the movement of objects, structures, models of structures, cables and the like provides for the acquisition of images with an optical sensing device such as a video camera fixedly mounted at a selected distance from the item studied, in which the images are arranged into frames divided into pixels which are characterized by an intensity reflected or emitted over a selected time interval, and a data processing system to calculate a physical displacement as function of time of the item being studied or a portion of the item being studied based on an output from the video camera, and in some embodiments the system visually distinguishes one or more locations in the frame to indicate a difference in the phase of motion for multiple objects appearing in the frame.
US10712917B2
A method for selecting at least one element of a Graphical User Interface (GUI), displayed on a display of a device using a touch interface of the device. The method includes: detecting on the touch interface a double touch input, including a first touch input and a second touch input respectively corresponding to a first location and a second location on the GUI; determining a selection location between the first and second locations; upon detecting a release of the first touch input, determining a first selection location corresponding to the selection location at the moment of the release of the first touch input; determining an initial preselection including at least one GUI element located between the first selection location and the second location; determining a preselection of at least one GUI element based on the initial preselection; and executing a selection of the preselection.
US10712915B2
Disclosed are information presentation methods, devices, and systems. A client receives an information presentation request from an application, acquires presentation information resources according to the information presentation request, and sends the acquired presentation information resources to the application for the application to make a presentation. The client is configured to provide presentation information resources to applications.
US10712913B2
Techniques are disclosed for event-based architectures for implementing expand-collapse input-output operations in user interfaces. Certain techniques are disclosed herein that allow for a expand and/or collapse functionality via passing asynchronous events to a datasource module, which may or may not be routed through a view module. The datasource module determines what data is to be shown or hidden and issues an insert/delete event back to the view module. The insert/delete event may include additional data to be inserted into the user interface, and may include an identifier of where, within the displayed user interface, data is to be inserted or deleted. A view module may be configured to receive insert or delete events, and, in response, cause the user interface to be modified based upon the event. The view module may perform these updates by inserting or removing Document Object Model (DOM) nodes from a DOM associated with the user interface.
US10712912B2
Disclosed are various approaches for providing contextual or cognitive cues that link browser tabs together within a browser application. Browser tabs that are determined to be related to one another can be colored with a similar color. A similar color can be one in which a color property is modified so that the colors appear similar to a user. Relationships between browser tabs can be determined based upon whether a browser tab was created in response to following a link within a parent browser tab.
US10712908B2
Techniques and tools are described for facilitating user reflection on past decisions in order to determine trends and to assist in future decision-making. Technologies for administering a career history exercise and for visualizing results of the career history exercise are described. Visualizations include using stage cards representative of stages in a user's career history. User ratings of the stages in his or her career history are displayed on the stage cards using color-shaded ratings units.
US10712905B2
A control portion, when a page transition condition is met while a contact position on a touch screen by a contact body operating an icon is in a target area, makes the touch screen perform processing for displaying another page and moving the icon being operated to the other page. The control portion classifies any of the icons which is not in the target area into a first group and any of the icons of which at least a part is in the target area into a second group, and changes the page transition condition depending on whether an icon in the first group is being operated or an icon C in the second group is being operated.
US10712903B2
The implementations described herein include methods and systems for ranking data visualizations. A method is performed at a computing device having one or more processors and memory storing programs for execution by the processors. The method receives user selection of a set of data fields and identifies data visualizations that use each data field in the user-selected set. The method automatically forms modified sets of data fields that each differ from the user-selected set by at most two atomic operations, each selected from: removing or adding a data field; replacing a user-selected data field with a hierarchically narrower or broader data field; or adding, removing, or modifying a filter for a data field. The method identifies alternative data visualizations using each respective modified set, computes a score for each data visualization and alternative data visualization, and presents high scoring data visualizations and high scoring alternative data visualizations to the user.
US10712897B2
A method by which a device arranges contents displayed on a screen of the device is provided. The method includes detecting eyes of a user with respect to the screen of the device, generating preferred area information regarding a preferred area preferred by the user in an entirety of the screen of the device, based on the detected eyes of the user, selecting at least one of a plurality of contents displayed on the screen of the device, and rearranging the plurality of contents displayed on the screen of the device by changing displayed location of the selected at least one of the plurality of contents on the screen of the device.
US10712891B2
A wiring board includes a first imprint layer having a first groove, a first conductive layer in the first groove, a second imprint layer on the first imprint layer and having a second groove and a contact hole, a second conductive layer in the second groove and the contact hole, a first terminal side conductive part constituted by the second conductive layer and including a first terminal and disposed to partially overlap the contact hole, a first non-terminal side conductive part constituted by the first conductive layer and not including the first terminal and disposed to partially overlap the contact hole, a second terminal side conductive part constituted by the second conductive layer and including a second terminal, and a second non-terminal side conductive part constituted by the second conductive layer and not including the second terminal and joined to the second terminal side conductive part.
US10712890B2
An input apparatus includes a sensor film having a first curved surface and a second curved surface, the first curved surface being light-transmissive and provided in a detection area in which a sensor is formed, the second curved surface being provided in a non-detection area other than the detection area and having a radius of curvature smaller than a radius of curvature of the first curved surface; a resin layer provided on the sensor film and formed of a material containing a light-transmissive resin; and an extension-suppression layer provided in the detection area in the sensor film, the extension-suppression layer suppressing an extension amount of the detection area in the sensor film to be smaller than an extension amount of the non-detection area in the sensor film.
US10712880B2
An infusion system including two infusors is operatively connected to a source of infusion signals. In an embodiment, the infusors being adapted for attachment to different parts of the same hand of a user. In an embodiment, the infusors are embedded in a glove or other wearable component. In an embodiment, a choke is used to mitigate infusion signals in other parts of a body. The infusion signal source is configured to transmit differing, orthogonal signals to the two infusors. In an embodiment, each of the differing signals is made up of at least a high frequency signal and a low frequency signal. In an embodiment, the high frequency signal and the low frequency signal are at least one octave apart and orthogonal to each other. In an embodiment, the infusion system includes a steering wheel sensor made from a plurality of conductors attached to a receiver.
US10712878B2
Disclosed is a display device integrated with a touch sensor that may include a plurality of gate lines and a plurality data lines crossing each other; a plurality of pixel electrodes between the data lines; a plurality of touch/common electrodes arranged in a first direction and a second direction that cross each other, each of the plurality of touch/common electrodes overlapping at least one pixel electrode; 1-1 routing wires connected to 1-1 touch/common electrodes; 1-2 routing wires connected to 1-2 touch/common electrodes; 2-1 routing wires connected to 2-1 touch/common electrodes; and 2-2 routing wires connected to 2-2 touch/common electrodes.
US10712876B2
A device (such as for mobile communications) including a capacitive touch-on-surface (ToS) display adapted for capacitive touch-force sensing. A ToS capacitive sensor includes a profiled capacitive sensor electrode, intermediate and spaced from parallel ground plates by elastomeric insulator/dielectric spacer elements. The profiled capacitive sensor electrode has a non-uniform density profile that is relatively lower near a center of the electrode, and relatively higher near edges of the electrode, for example, equalizing touch-force sensitivity such that sensitivity to a touch-force deflection is substantially uniform across the profiled capacitive electrode. Capacitive sensor electronics coupled to the profiled capacitive sensor electrode measures a touch-force deflection of the ToS display panel based on a resulting touch-force deflection of the profiled capacitive electrode, such that the combined distance between the profiled capacitive sensor electrode and the ground electrodes is reduced by compression of the elastomeric spacer elements.
US10712875B2
Described is an apparatus of a thermal sensor and/or bandgap reference circuit which is independent of an operational amplifier. The apparatus comprises: a forward biased diode circuit having one or more diodes; a first switch-capacitor sampler coupled to the forward biased diode circuit, the first switch-capacitor sampler to provide a reference voltage which is proportional to absolute temperature; and a second switch-capacitor sampler coupled to the forward biased diode circuit.
US10712869B2
A touch panel controller includes a signal driver charging a plurality of sensor lines extending in a direction with the same charge, by applying a driving signal to one sensor line of sensor lines and applying a mirrored driving signal mirrored from the driving signal to the remaining sensor lines of the sensor lines, and a sensor sensing a change in capacitance from the sensor lines, respectively.
US10712864B2
A dual-mode capacitive touch display panel includes first and second substrates, a display layer disposed between the first and second substrates, at least two first touch electrodes, at least two second touch electrodes, plural pressure sensing electrodes, and a shielding conductive layer. The first and second touch electrodes are disposed on the first substrate and overlap sub-pixels thereon. The first and second touch electrodes are respectively separated. The pressure sensing electrodes are disposed on the second substrate, and overlap the corresponding first or second touch electrodes in a vertical projection direction. The shielding conductive layer is disposed on the second substrate and includes plural openings, the pressure sensing electrodes overlap the corresponding openings, and the pressure sensing electrodes have a lower surface resistance than the shielding conductive layer does.
US10712862B1
An electronic device includes a foldable touch screen having first and second portions and a bendable intermediate portion connecting the first portion to the second portion. The foldable touch screen has a capacitive touch matrix therein. A touch screen controller acquires touch data from the capacitive touch matrix, calculates strength values of nodes of the capacitive touch matrix based upon the acquired touch data, calculates a first value, the first value being an average strength of nodes of the capacitive touch matrix located in the first portion of the foldable touch screen, calculates a second value, the second value being an average strength of nodes of the capacitive touch matrix located in the second portion of the foldable touch screen, and determines that the foldable touch screen is in a closed position based upon the first value and the second value both being greater than a first given strength value.
US10712860B2
A touch panel including first directional sensing lines, second directional sensing lines, and outer leads is provided. Each of the second directional sensing lines is intersected with at least a portion of the first directional sensing lines, wherein an ith first directional sensing line is not intersected with an xth second directional sensing line in a specific sensing region, the ith first directional sensing line is physically connected with the xth second directional sensing line, and i and x are both positive integers. The first directional sensing lines and the second directional sensing lines are connected to a driving circuit through outer leads, and the ith first directional sensing line and the xth second directional sensing line share a common outer lead.
US10712855B2
Provided are an array substrate, a display panel, and a display device. The array substrate includes a base substrate, scanning lines extending along first direction and data lines extending along second direction disposed on base substrate, pixel units arranged in an array along first direction and second direction; touch electrodes and touch traces disposed on base substrate, and a first insulating layer disposed between the touch traces and the touch electrodes in a direction perpendicular to base substrate. Each touch trace is connected to the touch electrodes via a first through hole in the first insulating layer. Two scanning lines are disposed between two adjacent pixel units in the second direction, and each scanning line controls its adjacent pixel unit. An orthographic projection of the first through hole on the base substrate is located between the two scanning lines and does not overlap with them.
US10712853B2
A power supply and a method of driving the same. A converter receives an input voltage from a battery and outputs a first voltage through an output terminal, such that a ground voltage of the output terminal changes. A pulse width modulation (PWM) controller controls the converter to adjust the voltage level of the first voltage. The ground voltage is applied to the converter as a direct current (DC) voltage during a first time and as a pulse wave having a predetermined amplitude during a second time. The PWM controller controls the first voltage to have different voltage levels during the first time and the second time.
US10712852B2
A display device with a position inputting function includes pixel electrodes, signal wirings, position detection electrodes, and a position detection wiring. The signal wirings are configured to transmit signals supplied to the pixel electrode and disposed to sandwich the pixel electrodes. The position detection electrodes are each configured to form capacitors between the position detection electrodes and a position input member and to detect a position of input by the position input member. The position detection wiring includes at least first wiring portions and a second wiring portion. The first wiring portions are each sandwiched between the pixel electrodes and the signal wirings. The second wiring portion bridges the first wiring portions.
US10712849B2
A method for controlling a screen and an apparatus using the same are provided in the field of display technology. The screen includes a main display screen and an auxiliary display screen, both of which are touch screens on the same surface. The method includes: displaying a predetermined content on the auxiliary display screen; and receiving a first predetermined operation signal corresponding to the predetermined content and controlling the main display screen to perform a predetermined action according to the first predetermined operation signal, including at least one of adjusting screen brightness and switching an interface. The present disclosure solves the problem of a poor operation manner of a screen of a smartphone in the related art. The disclosure further provides linked operation between the main display screen and the auxiliary display screen, and enriches interactive operation forms.
US10712845B2
The present disclosure relates to a touch substrate and a method of producing the same, and a touch panel and a method of producing the same, and a display device. In an embodiment, a method of producing a touch substrate comprises steps of: forming a flexible film sheet with a metal wiring pattern, the metal wiring pattern comprising metal wirings and metal bonding electrodes connected to the metal wirings respectively; forming a glass substrate on which a touch electrode structure and touch bonding electrodes in an electrical connection with the touch electrode structure are formed, both a sheet resistance of the touch electrode structure and a sheet resistance of the touch bonding electrodes ranging from 12 Ω/□ to 70 Ω/□; and aligning and bonding the flexible film sheet with the glass substrate.
US10712843B2
A display control method includes displaying at least a portion of a page, in which one or more content regions including contents are arranged, on a screen image; recognizing a scrolling operation with respect to the page; and scrolling the page based on the scrolling operation and applying an animation with respect to content included in a content region exposed on the screen image as the page is scrolled.
US10712823B2
A tactile sensation providing apparatus includes a panel, an actuator configured to vibrate the panel, and an elastic member in contact with the panel. When the actuator vibrates the panel, the elastic member suppresses inhibition of vibration at a position where the panel is pressed.
US10712818B2
A virtual reality system enables a user to interact with virtual objects. The system includes a fiducial ring, an imaging device and a console. The fiducial ring includes a ring body that includes a plurality of fiducial markers that each correspond to a different location on the ring body. An imaging device is configured to capture one or more images of the fiducial ring. The console receives the images that include an image of one or more fiducial markers. Based on the received images of the fiducial markers, the console determines a location on the fiducial ring that corresponds to the imaged fiducial marker. The console determines a position of the fiducial ring based on the determined location of the fiducial marker on the fiducial ring. The console provides content to a head mounted display (HMD) based on the determined position of the fiducial ring.
US10712814B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for performing virtual reality simulations using virtual reality systems. In some aspects a method includes the actions of logging user actions in a virtual reality system, wherein the user actions include one or more of (i) a path traveled by user in the virtual reality system, or (ii) user interactions with objects in the virtual reality system; aggregating logged action over a first user and a second user; and deriving modifications to the virtual reality system based at least in part on the aggregated logged actions. The modifications to the VR system can include modifying at least one of (i) appearance of objects shown in the VR system, (ii) floor plan of the VR system, and (iii) location of objects shown in the VR system.
US10712812B2
An apparatus for creating movement in a virtual reality for a user includes a computer includes a virtual reality headset in communication with the computer that is worn on the head of the user so the user sees the virtual reality shown by the headset and produced by the computer in the headset. The apparatus includes a foot controller in communication with the computer against which the user moves at least one of his feet to create control signals with the foot to cause movement in the virtual reality. A method for creating movement in a virtual reality for a user having the steps of the user seeing the virtual reality shown by a virtual headset and produced by a computer in the headset, a virtual reality headset in communication with the computer that is worn on the head of the user. There is the step of the user moving at least one of his feet against a foot controller to create control signals with the foot to cause movement in the virtual reality by the computer, the foot controller in communication with the computer. A computer software program for creating movement in a virtual reality for a user.
US10712809B2
Methods and apparatus relating to link power savings with state retention are described. In one embodiment, one or more components of two agents coupled via a serial link are turned off during idle periods while retaining link state in each agent. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US10712807B2
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to saving always on (AON) routing of signals across chips, the disclosure includes turning ON a first power signal in a system on a chip (SOC) when a Power ON Reset (PoR) signal is asserted and a clamp control signal is asserted; turning ON a second power signal in the SOC after the first power signal is turned ON; de-asserting the PoR signal after the second power signal is turned ON; latching a logic signal with a LOW clamp keeper cell if the logic signal is at a LOW logic level or with a HIGH clamp keeper cell if the signal is at a HIGH logic level; and de-asserting the second power signal while a first section of the SOC routes the logic signal through a second section of the SOC.
US10712801B2
When power is provided through a USB-C cable from a source device to a sink device, a sudden connection or disconnection of the cable between the two devices may cause a sudden power surge or power drop in at least one of those devices, leading to other problems. To avoid this sudden event from causing potential damage or disruption to one of the devices, in some embodiments a CC pin in the cable is used to announce the impending connection/disconnection, and the device may throttle back its power consumption before power is actually applied to or removed from the power pins.
US10712799B2
An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a first input device; a second input device capable of operating in a first operating mode; and a system management module in communication with the first input device and the second input device. The system management module is configured for switching the second input device to a second operating mode in response to detecting, by the first input device, a presence of a user without receiving any operation-specific input from the user.
US10712798B2
A sensor processing method for a mobile terminal, a storage medium, and an electronic device are provided. The sensor processing method includes: detecting whether the mobile terminal is playing a video (S101); when it is detected that the mobile terminal is playing the video, traversing an active connection interface queue for sensors (S102); determining whether an application corresponding to a connection interface in the queue meets a filtering condition (S103); and if not, removing the connection interface from the active connection interface queue (S104).
US10712787B2
A chassis structure including a box body and a plurality of assembling components is provided. The box body includes a main plate and a plurality of side plates, wherein the side plates surround a periphery of the main plate and define an accommodating space. The assembling components are bonded to the main plate and are located in the accommodating space.
US10712784B2
An information handling system having rotationally coupled housing portions supports a flexible display disposed across the housing portions with a hinge structure that manages flexible display curve radius in a folded configuration. A set of plural hinges having five geared rotational portions interconnect with a bar fixedly coupled to the center hinge rotational portion. The bar presses against a shape memory alloy support that manages curve radius of a flexible display during rotation of the hinges.
US10712776B2
The invention discloses a display terminal and a wearable device, which are configured to solve the problem that the existing device is inconvenient to be used. A display terminal comprises: a hard body, configured to mount components; two bendable parts, respectively located on two sides of the hard body and spliced on a plane to form a bendable body; a flexible display, covering the outer surface of the hard body and the bendable body. When full screen is not required, the flexible display can be bent along with the bendable parts. At this time, information can be displayed only on the flexible display which is on the hard body, and when full screen is required, the two bendable parts unfolded, the flexible display is unfolded to achieve full screen.
US10712775B2
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device including a backlight with an LED assembly. The LED assembly includes a dichroic combiner and two or more different color LEDs. A substrate of the dichroic combiner receives color light from multiple color LEDs at different input regions and propagating in different directions. Dielectric layers within the substrate selectively reflect or transmit the color light to spatially superimpose the color light, and output the color light in a particular direction at a light output region of the substrate. The light output regions of LED assemblies are arranged behind an LCD panel, along one or more edges, to illuminate the LCD panel. The LED assembly provides edge-lighting without requiring LED placement along the one or more edges.
