US10980158B2
An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may include: a printed circuit board including one face; at least one electronic component mounted on the printed circuit board; and a conductive shield can structure attached to the one face of the printed circuit board while surrounding the at least one electronic component. The conductive shield can structure may include: a first conductive plate including a first edge portion, a second edge portion spaced apart from the first edge portion, and a third edge portion extending between the first and second edge portions, and in top view of the one face of the printed circuit board, including a first flat portion parallel to the printed circuit board and constructing a recess together with the first to third edge portions; a second conductive plate including a fourth edge portion extending substantially parallel to the third edge portion, and in top view of the one face of the printed circuit board, including a second flat portion to be attached to the first flat part while at least partially overlapping the first flat portion; a first side portion extending along the first edge portion and substantially vertical to the first flat portion; a second side portion extending along the second edge portion and substantially vertical to the first flat portion; and a third side portion bent from the fourth edge portion while surrounding the third edge portion, and substantially vertical to the first flat portion.
US10980156B2
An induction heating device includes a case having a lower plate that defines an inlet and an exhaust slit; a cover plate coupled to the case; a working coil disposed inside the case; an indicator substrate support coupled to the lower plate and disposed below the working coil; an inverter substrate disposed on a lower surface of the indicator substrate support and including an inverter and a first heat sink configured to dissipate heat generated from the inverter; and a first blowing fan disposed at the lower plate and configured to draw air from an outside of the case through the inlet and discharge the air to the inverter substrate. The exhaust slit is configured to discharge, to an area below the lower plate, at least a portion of air discharged from the first blowing fan to the inverter substrate.
US10980153B2
A heat exchanger for cooling a component includes a heat transfer chamber containing a heated substance having a first density and a liquid coolant having a second density. The heat exchanger can also include a circulation circuit that recirculates the heated substance through the heat transfer chamber for mixing with the liquid coolant.
US10980150B2
A component mounting part has a width shorter than a distance between guiderails. Backside projected parts protrude in a width direction from the component mounting part at a case-backside end. A width K2 which is a sum of a width of the component mounting part and widths of the backside projected parts is greater than a distance G1 between the guiderails. A clearance is formed between the circuit board and the heat conduction member when the backside projected parts are supported by the guiderails. A distance G3 from an insertion slot to an end of the guiderail on the case backside, is shorter than a distance K4 from an end of the circuit board on the side of the insertion slot to an end of the backside projected part on the side of the insertion slot.
US10980148B2
A vapor chamber with circuit unit is provided, which has a first flexible substrate structure and a second flexible substrate structure, wherein the first flexible substrate structure and the second flexible substrate structure relatively enclose a working fluid. A plurality of wicking spaces is formed between the first flexible substrate structure and the second flexible substrate structure. A circuit unit is formed at least partially on the side of the first flexible substrate structure away from the working fluid, so as to integrate the electronic components and circuit units, and to evenly dissipate the heat generated by the electronic components and circuit units. The vapor chamber with circuit unit makes an effective improvement to the space efficiency of the electronic device.
US10980145B2
Provided is a patch panel, comprising: a circuit board; and an SFP, SFP+, or QSFP+ connector connected to a plurality of radio frequency coaxial (RF coaxial) connections via conductive traces of the circuit board, the RF coaxial connections configured to extend functionality of the SFP, SFP+, or QSFP+ socket of a computing device coupled to the patch panel from a rear end of the computing device to a front end of the computing device.
US10980141B2
Latching system that latches an enclosure having a compressible sealant about its perimeter, the latching system providing for an open configuration, a staged configuration, and a mated configuration, the compressible sealant engaging a pair of projections having a channel therebetween to form a seal having an air gap above the sealant.
US10980136B2
A method of forming a multi-layered printed circuit board (PCB) may include, with a printing device, delivering a flexible medium to at least one fluid jet printhead. Printing an electrically conductive fluid on the flexible medium may be performed with at least one fluid jet printhead, to form a first conductive layer on the flexible medium. With the at least one fluid jet printhead, an electrically insulating fluid may be printed on the first conductive layer to form at least one insulating layer on the first conductive layer. With the at least one fluid jet printhead, the electrically conductive fluid may be printed on the at least one insulating layer to form a second conductive layer.
US10980135B2
An insulated socket body and terminal assembly for an integrated chip includes upper and lower insulated socket body portions which are received together in mated relation to define a socket body having a plurality of lumens extending therethrough. The assembly further includes a like plurality of monolithic spring terminals received within the lumens, wherein the spring terminals include upper and lower contact ends connected by a central cantilever spring. The central cantilever springs are received within central recess portions of the lumens and the upper and lower contact ends are received in respective upper and lower guide portions of the lumens and project outwardly from respective upper and lower surfaces of the upper and lower insulated socket body portions. The central recess portions of the lumens are configured to retain the cantilever springs in a first uncompressed configuration and in a second compressed configuration.
US10980125B1
A printed circuit board includes a first core layer having a first coil pattern disposed on one surface of the first core layer, a second core layer disposed on the one surface of the first core layer and having a first recess, a first magnetic member disposed in the first recess and including a first magnetic layer, a first insulating layer disposed between the first and second core layers, and a second insulating layer disposed on the second core layer, covering at least a portion of the first magnetic member, and disposed in at least a portion of the first recess.
US10980121B2
On a flexible substrate is printed LEDs and a driver circuit containing transistors. The LEDs and transistors are printed microscopic devices contained in an ink. The LEDs are printed in groups and connected in parallel, and the transistors are printed in groups and connected in parallel. Other components, such as resistors and an on/off switch, are also printed to form the driver. A battery and other circuit components may also be printed on the substrate. An overlay is provided over the LEDs to create a desired light pattern. The LEDs and driver may be generic, and the overlay customizes the light pattern for a particular application. The transistors in the driver may be interconnected with a trace pattern to drive the LEDs in a customized manner, such as for an insert in a product package for marketing to a consumer.
US10980109B2
A printed circuit board has: a first wiring pattern laid in a first layer such that, when a predetermined component is mounted in a predetermined mounting region, a first current path in an open ring shape leading from a first end to a second end is formed; a second wiring pattern laid in a second layer different from the first layer such that a second current path in an open ring shape leading from a third end to a fourth end is formed; a first conductive member formed between the second and third ends; and a second conductive member formed between the first and fourth ends. The first and second wiring patterns are so laid that, as seen in their respective plan views, the directions of the currents flowing across the first and second current paths, respectively, are opposite to each other.
US10980107B2
An electromagnetic blocking structure includes a dielectric substrate with at least one conductor layer in the dielectric substrate, the at least one conductor layer has a plurality of first unit cells of a first type without four-fold symmetry, and a plurality of second unit cells of the first type, the plurality of first unit cells and the plurality of second unit cells are arranged in a grid pattern with each first unit cell among the plurality of first unit cells being oriented substantially 90° relative to each second unit cell among the plurality of second unit cells.
US10980102B2
A radio frequency coupler includes a waveguide having an outer conductor and an inner conductor in a coaxial tube shape. The waveguide extends linearly from a power supply side, is bent in an L shape at a bend section, and extends linearly toward an acceleration cavity. A refrigerant passage part passes through the outer conductor and the inner conductor at the bend section from the outside of the waveguide toward the acceleration cavity and is connected to the interior of the inner conductor. The refrigerant passage part has a passage tube through which refrigerant passes between the inner part of the tip on the acceleration cavity side of the inner conductor, and the outer part of the waveguide, and the portion of the passage tube that is exposed to a radio frequency transmission space formed between the outer conductor and the inner conductor being formed of an insulator.
US10980097B2
The invention relates to a PSE device (2) to be used in a PoE lighting system (1), wherein the PSE device (2) is adapted to receive input power from a power providing system (7). The PSE device (2) comprises a power detection unit for detecting whether the received input power is primary input power or backup input power, wherein the PSE device (2) is adapted to control the power consumption of lighting units (31, 32) depending on the power detection. This allows for an indication of an emergency situation, in which the backup input power is provided, to the PSE device (2) without necessarily requiring data communication means. Moreover, the power consumption of the lighting units (31, 32) can be more efficiently utilized in case of emergency.
US10980094B1
A power supply apparatus for string light includes a power cable, a switching circuit, and a power transformer. The switching circuit is electrically connected to the two wires and configured to selectively form a voltage grading between the two wires. The power transformer includes a power transforming circuit and a control circuit. The power transforming circuit receives an external power via an input terminal, transforms the external power into a driving power, and outputs the driving power via an output terminal. The receiving end of the power cable is electrically connected to the output terminal. The control circuit is electrically connected to the power transforming circuit and the two wires. The control circuit detects a voltage grading status between the two wires, and generates a switch signal according to the voltage grading status to the power transforming circuit to modulate the driving power.
US10980093B2
System and method for current control. As an example, the system for current control includes: a transistor including a drain terminal, a gate terminal, and a source terminal, the drain terminal being coupled to one or more light emitting diodes; a resistor coupled to the source terminal of the transistor and configured to generate a resistor voltage related to a current flowing through the one or more emitting diodes; a voltage detector configured to receiver a first input voltage related to a second input voltage received by the one or more light emitting diodes; and a voltage controller coupled to the voltage detector, the resistor, and the gate terminal of the transistor; wherein the voltage detector is further configured to: detect the first input voltage; and generate a control signal based at least in part on the first input voltage.
US10980087B2
Embodiments described herein provide a microwave coupler that utilizes a microwave shield within an interior of the microwave coupler to mitigate Radio Frequency (RF) leakage from an end of the microwave coupler. The microwave coupler includes a ramp section that is configured to mate to a microwave source, with the ramp section extending from an opening in a top wall of an enclosure. One end of the enclosure is configured to mate to a microwave waveguide, while an opposing end may be open or partially open. The microwave shield is located between the opposing end of the enclosure and the opening in the top wall, and extends from the top wall of the enclosure towards a bottom wall of the enclosure.
US10980086B2
Technology for a user equipment (UE), configured for coverage enhanced (CE) machine type communication (MTC) is disclosed. The UE can encode, at the UE, a UE capability message for transmission to a next generation node B (gNB) or evolved Node B (eNB), wherein the UE capability message includes a capability to support communication using a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) that includes 64 quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM). The UE can decode, at the UE, a higher layer signaling message to configure the UE to operate in a CE mode A. The UE can decode, at the UE, data received in a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission to the UE that is modulated using a 64 QAM.
US10980083B2
A smart mic may be combined with an LMR radio terminal for user communication. An outgoing user communication by either the LMR terminal or the smart mic causes a corresponding incoming communication received respectively at the smart mic or the LMR terminal to be suppressed in various ways. This prevents audio interference for the user.
US10980082B2
Methods of operating a DU node of a radio access network are disclosed. The DU node is coupled to a CU node over an F1 interface, and the DU node performs a setup procedure with the CU node over the F1 interface for an RRC connection with respect to a wireless device UE. A setup request message is transmitted to the CU node, wherein the setup request message includes an indication of a latest RRC version supported by the DU node. A setup response message is received from the CU node, wherein this message includes an indication of an RRC version supported by the CU node and by the UE. An RRC connection is established with the UE using the RRC version indicated in the setup response message. Related methods of operating a CU node are also discussed.
US10980078B2
Disclosed are a method and a device for controlling network connection of an application terminal. The method includes: determining whether one or more connected equipments are equipments in the application terminal's equipment list; and controlling the network connection of said application terminal based on the determination result. Therefore, according to embodiments of the present disclosure, the application terminal may control network connection automatically according to connected equipments rather than always connecting the application terminal with the network, which reduces the risk of leaking user's data and at the same time reduces power consumption of the application terminal.
US10980076B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a user equipment (UE) context and a UE connection, which includes: a first node obtains resume requirement information of a UE; the first node determines whether to resume the UE context, and/or, the UE connection, based on the resume requirement information of the UE. By adopting the present disclosure, overheads of signaling resources are reduced effectively, and resource utilization is improved.
US10980059B1
A wireless device receives: first configuration parameters for LBT failure recovery; and second configuration parameters, of a SR configuration, comprising a SR identifier associated with consistent LBT failure recovery. The wireless device may trigger, based on the first configuration parameters, consistent LBT failures for one or more first serving cells. The wireless device may transmit a SR, via a SR resource: based on the second configuration parameters; and in response to no uplink resources, on one or more second serving cells for which consistent LBT failure is not triggered, being available for transmission of an LBT failure MAC CE. At least one of the SR resource and the SR configuration may indicate a third serving cell. The wireless device may receive an uplink grant for the third serving cell. The wireless device may transmit the LBT failure MAC CE based on the uplink grant.
US10980054B2
In some implementations, a method of wireless communications between a wireless communications network and wireless user equipment includes receiving, using a primary Time Division Duplex (TDD) configuration, data on a primary component carrier in a first frequency band. Using a secondary TDD configuration, data on a secondary component carrier is received in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. A Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) for data received on the secondary component carrier is transmitted using a supplemental TDD configuration. A transmission or retransmission on the secondary component carrier uses a supplemental TDD configuration as well. The supplemental TDD configuration is different from the secondary TDD configuration. Furthermore, an uplink supplemental configuration may be different from a downlink supplemental configuration.
US10980052B2
A resource scheduling method for use in a base station, includes: receiving semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration information sent by a radio resource control (RRC) layer, the SPS configuration information including a period of SPS, the period of the SPS indicating a time interval between two adjacent scheduling subframes; determining a short transmission time interval (sTTI) resource activated in a target scheduling subframe according to the SPS configuration information and reference information; and providing an activation parameter to a physical layer according to the sTTI resource activated in the target scheduling subframe, such that the physical layer generates an activation notification containing the activation parameter for notifying a terminal of the sTTI resource activated in the target scheduling subframe.
US10980037B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and methods of communication by co-located wireless communication modules. For example, a device may be configured to receive a latency attribute indicating an allowed latency to transmit a packet using one or more shared resources shared between a plurality of wireless communication modules; receive a first priority level indicating a first transmission priority of the packet; increase the first priority level to a second priority level based on a comparison between the allowed latency and a time from reception of the latency attribute; and send the second priority level to an arbitration module, the second priority level to indicate to the arbitration module a second transmission priority to transmit the packet using the shared resources.
US10980031B2
A network controller for controlling beamformed signals that are transmitted by a cluster of devices. The network controller is configured to allocate, to each device, a beam index that determines a respective beam reference signal structure to use when transmitting beamformed signals over a sidelink between the devices, and to make the allocation in such a way as to minimise interference between the beamformed signals.
US10980025B2
Methods and apparatus for managing frequency reassignment within wireless access nodes so as to minimize data session disruption. In one embodiment, the frequency reassignments occur within a quasi-licensed system utilizing 3.5 GHz CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) spectrum, and a reassignment of wireless spectrum that mitigates disruption or loss of continuity to existing data sessions of users of devices associated with a CBSD/xNB is provided via notification of the associated devices (e.g., Category B Consumer Premises Equipment or CPE, such as an FWA) of the reassignment by the CBSD/xNB. In one variant, the associated devices are instructed by the CBSD/xNB to invoke a “wait and re-establish” protocol that obviates a full frequency band rescan in favor of a designated target frequency provided to the CBSD/xNB by the cognizant SAS or DP.
US10980023B2
Methods and apparatus for control of a device with coexisting radios and capable of carrier aggregation are disclosed. A change in the activation status of a secondary cell can be determined where after interference information to be reported is determined in response to the determined change. The determined interference information is compared to interference information reported previously for a similar change, and a decision is made based thereon whether to send the determined interference information. In a network entity interference information received from at least one device is stored. The stored interference information is used in the control when it is determined that no interference information is received subsequent to a new change in the activation status of the secondary cell.
US10980019B2
In a base station, a signal allocating unit allocates downlink control signals (DCI) to a control channel region (CORESET) constituted by a plurality of control channel elements (CCEs), and a transmitting unit transmits the downlink control signals. In this case, the number of resource element groups (REGs) that constitute the CCE is a power of 2, and a bundling size indicating the number of REGs included in the REGs that constitute the CCE and arranged in adjacent resource blocks is a power of 2.
US10980001B2
A terminal supporting dual receive single transmit dual card dual standby single pass DR-DSDS includes a first SIM card interface and a second SIM card interface. The first SIM card interface is configured to communicate with a first SIM card, and the second SIM card interface is configured to communicate with a second SIM card. A method includes, when the terminal is in a first communications connection, receiving a paging request for setting up a second communications connection. The method further includes, when the terminal receives the paging request for the second communications connection, if the terminal has a to-be-sent voice packet of the first communications connection, delaying, by the terminal, responding to the paging request for setting up the second communications connection, or if the terminal has no to-be-sent voice packet of the first communications connection, responding to the paging request for setting up the second communications connection.
US10979995B2
The invention relates to a direction-based interface selection method, carried out by a communication control module (8) in a vehicle (1), for establishing and retaining a wireless high-frequency communication connection between a communication interface of a moving vehicle (1) and a communication interface of at least one counterpart station. In this case, position data and an orientation of the vehicle with respect to a global coordinate system are determined. A position data record is determined by at least one counterpart station and the position data (12) contained therein are extracted. A direction vector (13) from the vehicle (1) to the counterpart station is then determined and an assignment to a sectoral radiation characteristic of a transmission apparatus is determined for said vector. This transmission apparatus is then connected to a communication device (7) via a communication position switch (6).
US10979989B2
Embodiments of the present application relate to a method for resource allocation, a network device, and a terminal device. The method includes allocating, by the network device, multiple receiving resource pools corresponding to different synchronization references to the terminal device, where the multiple receiving resource pools are used by the terminal device to receive data transmitted by a further terminal device; determining, by the network device, at least one receiving resource pool in the multiple receiving resources; transmitting, by the network device, a system information block (SIB) to the terminal device, where the SIB is used to indicate the at least one receiving resource pool.
US10979986B1
Facilitating adaptive power spectral density with chromatic spectrum optimization in advanced networks (e.g., 5G, 6G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a method can comprise evaluating, by a system comprising a processor, a capture rate of mobile devices within a radio access network. The capture rate is representative of a quantity of mobile devices using a millimeter wave spectrum of the radio access network. The method also can comprise facilitating, by the system, an adjustment to a power spectral density of the radio access network based on a determination that the capture rate fails to satisfy a target capture rate of mobile devices using the millimeter wave spectrum.
US10979980B2
The invention relates to a device for a radio communications system, the device including: a processing unit; a memory unit; and a transceiver including a transmitter provided with a power amplifier; wherein said device is configurable to: send a request to a base station of said communications system for permission of transmission of one or more data symbols, the one or more data symbols being amplified with the power amplifier in an overdrive regime; receive a grant for such transmission; amplify the one or more data symbols with the power amplifier of the transmitter in the overdrive regime; and transmit the one or more data symbols to the base station.
US10979977B2
Disclosed herein is a method at a User Equipment (UE) comprising determining that a current radio resource configuration is of a normal type, and responsive to the determining, prohibiting the UE from sending a Power Preference Indication (PPI) for a radio resource configuration of the normal type. Also disclosed is a method at a UE comprising: determining that a current radio resource configuration is of a power optimized type, and responsive to the determining, prohibiting the UE from sending a PPI for a radio resource configuration of the power optimized type. Also disclosed is a UE including a processor, the UE configured to: determine that a current radio resource configuration is of a normal type, and responsive to the determining, refrain from sending a PPI for a radio resource configuration of the normal type.
US10979974B2
Methods and apparatus to reduce device power consumption through usage context operation. An operational mode of a mobile device is detected. A usage context corresponding to the operational is determined. A device configuration supportive of the usage context is generated. The device configuration is implemented on the mobile device.
US10979973B2
A power control method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: determining, by a first station obtaining a transmission opportunity (TXOP), status indication information after determining working statuses of M second stations during the TXOP, where the status indication information is used to instruct a second station in the M second stations that needs to receive data during the TXOP to remain in a listening state, and instruct a second station in the M second stations that does not need to receive data during the TXOP to enter a sleep state; and sending, by the first station, the status indication information.
US10979972B2
The disclosed technology is generally directed towards communicating whether a small deployed (e.g., millimeter wave 5G) cell is capable of operating as a self-backhaul device and can thereby operate as a relay node for another network device's backhaul (e.g., integrated access and backhaul) traffic. Data communicated between network devices, such as an attribute in in the CellAccessRelatedInfo information element of the system information block (e.g., a SIB type 1) message, can be used to convey the self-backhaul capability information. The network device that is searching for a self-backhaul cell evaluates the self-backhaul data of another cell, along with other selection criteria, to determine if the other cell can serve as a backhaul link; if the criteria is met, that other cell is selected, otherwise another cell is searched for such a capability.
US10979969B2
An example technique is performed by a client on a device, and includes: obtaining attributes relating to the device, to one or more wireless networks, or to both the device and the one or more wireless networks; evaluating the attributes in voting modules of the client to generate votes, with a voting module evaluating one or more of the attributes and generating a vote; making a determination, based on the votes, to connect the device to a wireless network of the one or more wireless networks, or to maintain a connection between the device and the wireless network; and controlling the device based on the determination.
US10979965B2
A technique for differentiating licensed-assisted-access (LAA) cells (on which a UE may not be allowed to camp) from non-LAA cells (on which a UE may camp) including making at least one type of idle-mode cell selection measurement for at least one carrier in time resources determinable from broadcast system information; and refraining from making said at least one type of idle-mode cell selection measurement for said at least one carrier outside of said time resources; in alternative, the technique including creating a specific type of DRS for non-LAA cells which may be recognized by the UE (e. g., the DRS including an additional PSS sequence or being scrambled with a network-specific signature).
US10979963B2
Provided are a method for a user equipment (UE) to perform access to a cell in a wireless communication, and an apparatus supporting the same. The method may include: receiving, from a first system, access control information for the first system; camping on the cell of a second system; mapping the access control information for the first system to access control information for the second system; and performing access to the cell of the second system, based on the mapped access control information for the second system.
US10979952B2
A device and a method for reducing power consumption of an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display device, a battery, and at least one processor configured to be operatively connected to the display device, wherein the processor may determine whether to perform a handover to a second communication network, based on whether the display device is activated and a data throughput, in a state of connection to a first communication network among a plurality of communication networks supportable by the electronic device, and perform a handover to the second communication network when it is determined to perform the handover to the second communication network.
US10979950B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method and a device for improving communication quality in a mobile communication network are provided, and the method further comprises the steps of transmitting downlink packets for IP-based voice traffic to a terminal in a radio link unacknowledged mode (RLC UM) and storing at least one packet among the downlink packets for retransmission. In addition, the present invention provides a communication method and device of a target base station for retransmitting the stored packet to the terminal. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method and a device of a terminal that receives a packet from the target base station.
US10979946B2
Systems and methods for performing handover coordination between base stations are disclosed. In a first embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: receiving, at a base station, a first serving cell signal measurement and a first neighbor cell signal measurement from a particular user equipment (UE); sending an adjustment message, from the base station to the UE, containing a cell-specific offset of the serving cell and a cell-specific offset of the neighbor cell in a reporting threshold based on at least one handover adjustment factor received from a coordinating node; receiving, at the base station and subsequent to adjusting the cell-specific offsets, a second serving cell signal measurement and a second neighbor cell signal measurement; and deciding whether to trigger a handover event based on the first and the second serving cell signal measurement and the first and the second neighbor cell signal measurement and the cell-specific offsets.
US10979936B2
A robust header compression (ROHC) controller provides for service flow processing of a ROHC channel in a WiMAX wireless communication system. The ROHC controller controls the negotiations of the MS ROHC capabilities during its registration and the negotiations of the ROHC channel parameters during ROHC enabled service flow setup; the MS ROHC capabilities including ROHC compression and decompression capabilities and ROHC channel and feedback strategies; the channel parameter negotiation covers the ROHC profile set and feedback channel information in addition to the 16e/12D standard. The ROHC controller receives a service flow request for a ROHC enabled service flow, wherein the request includes a QoS profile.
US10979928B2
A wire device receives: configuration parameters of: a primary cell with a primary physical uplink control channel (PUCCH); and a secondary cell with a secondary PUCCH; a transmit power control (TPC) radio network temporary identifier (RNTI); a primary TPC index of the primary PUCCH; and a secondary TPC index of the secondary PUCCH. The wireless device receives a downlink control information (DCI) associated with the TPC RNTI. The secondary TPC index identifies a TPC command in an array of TPC commands in the DCI. The wireless device adjusts a transmission power of the secondary PUCCH based on the TPC command.
US10979927B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station (BS) may configure a UE to transmit a cross link interference reference signal (CLI-RS) using a bandwidth and frequency similar to those used for a synchronization signal. In another aspect, a BS may may configure a UE to measure a cross link interference reference signal (CLI-RS) transmitted using a bandwidth and frequency similar to those used for a synchronization signal. In other aspects, a base station may transmit, to a UE, an instruction to transmit or measure a CLI-RS. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US10979924B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed for receiving downlink control information (DCI) that may include an indication of a reference measurement resource (RMR), receiving an indication of a measurement configuration, and receiving an indication of a feedback resource configuration. A measurement report based on the indication of an RMR, an indication of a measurement configuration, and an indication of a feedback resource configuration may be generated and may be transmitted to a network device.
US10979921B2
The present disclosure relates to a slice monitor for monitoring slices programmed by a slice owner and deployed by an orchestrator in the control and data planes of a communication network. The slice monitor comprises multiple databases containing different types of information, selects the probes to monitor each slice in the control plane or the data plane and instantiates the selected probes as well as a single-slice monitoring device specific to each slice. For optimization, the slice monitor configures the content of its databases by communicating through multiple interfaces with different actors such as the slice owner, the owner of the orchestrator and the owner of itself. Using alarm handlers and a reconfiguration engine, the slice monitor together with the single-slice monitoring device can detect and compensate for possible violations in the service-level agreement by reconfiguring the slice. If the compensation fails, the slice monitor requests the orchestrator for reconfiguration.
US10979902B2
The method of securing secure communication between a User Equipment (UE) and evolved NodeB (eNB), involves deriving a user plane (UP) encryption key (KUPenc) from a shared key (KeNB) associated with the UE for an ongoing communication session. At the UE, the UP encryption key (KUPenc) may be hashed with a number of random numbers to generate a plurality UP encryption keys(KUPenc(n)), wherein the random numbers are transmitted to the eNB through a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) control message. One or more data packets sent from the UE to the eNB may be encrypted, by the UE, using the plurality of UP encryption keys (KUPenc(n)).
US10979896B2
A dynamic lockout technique for mobile computing devices is provided. A mobile computing device having a user interface in an active mode identifies foreign computing devices that are connected to a shared network. The mobile computing device determines determining that each foreign computing device is a recognized device, and in response, determines whether a paired device is in proximity to the mobile computing device based on a signal transmitted by the paired device. The mobile computing device maintains the active mode if the paired device is in proximity. The mobile computing device identifies a new foreign computing device that is connected to the shared network. The mobile computing device activates a lockout mode for the user interface while the paired device is in proximity to the mobile computing device if the new foreign computing device is an unrecognized device in proximity to the mobile computing device.
US10979892B2
Information used for establishing an initial connection with a network device is optimizable. For example, a system can comprise transmitting a service request to a network node device to establish a connection, receiving a device capability request message comprising a group of configuration parameters that comprise a bandwidth class, a component carrier parameter and a band type parameter, and in response to the receiving the device capability request message, transmitting a device capability report generated based on the group of configuration parameters.
US10979884B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting warning information. The method includes: generating, by a centralized unit (CU), a warning radio resource control (RRC) message, where the warning RRC message is system information of a public warning system (PWS); and transmitting, by the CU, the warning RRC message to a DU through a public warning request message.
US10979882B2
Systems and methods for automatically modifying computing devices are provided. Various embodiments allow multiple control beacons (e.g., Bluetooth low energy beacons) with GPS to automatically pre-configure by discovering each other using location provided by the GPS in the beacons. These beacons can then be used to enforce multiple rules or policies on the computing device (e.g., restrict the activities/functionality of a mobile device). For example, a beacon can be installed at a family's dinner table and can be used as a trigger to restrict (or activate) phone features (e.g., allow only incoming calls while near this beacon during dinner times). In some embodiments, the GPS on the beacon can be used to notify administrators (e.g., parents) if the beacon is moved from its current location.
US10979880B2
A method for transferring data using optimized short message transport includes receiving at a first network node an attach request message. The attach request message includes short-message data. The first network node receives from a second network node a short-message data response message. The short-message data response message includes at least one of an address for a short message service center, an indication that indicates no mobile-terminated message is pending for the UE, or a short-message entity destination address.
US10979879B2
An M2M/IoT resource directory entity may discover and register to other resource directory entities by including criteria attributes in discovery broadcasts and then processing link and metadata that may be included in responses. The resource directory with registrations to other resource directories may service a client request by selecting other resources directories to query based on the request or a query criteria contained therein, and then process link and metadata in responses from the other resource directory entities to aggregate a response to the client. Directory-to-directory registrations may be facilitated via using hierarchical parent-child resource directory identifiers, a peer-to-peer identifier regime, or a combination of the two. Observe notifications may include indicia registrations states, e.g., via change and delete response codes.
US10979863B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for remotely operating an interface of a mobile device. The method may include receiving a request for an LBS sent from the mobile device through the information exchange port, and obtaining a current time point in response to the request for the LBS. The method may also include obtaining historical behavior information related to a user of the mobile device. The method may also include determining, based on the historical behavior information and the current time point, one or more recommended destinations for the user. The method may further include remotely controlling the interface of the mobile device, through the information exchange port, to display the one or more recommended destinations.
US10979857B2
Systems, methods and computer-readable medium are provided for improving location determination of mobile devices and using the location information obtained via such improved methods to track content conversion. In one aspect, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a request from a third party to track at least one content; determining a reference point for at least one tracking device; activating at least one sensor on-board the at least one tracking device, the at least one tracking device determining displacement information of the at least one tracking device based on the reference point and data collected by the at least one sensor; receiving the displacement information from the at least one tracking device; identifying locations visited by the at least one tracking device based on the displacement information; and determining a content conversion rate for the at least one content based on the locations visited by the at least one tracking device.
US10979844B2
An audio signal processing system can be configured to provide virtualized audio information in a three-dimensional soundfield using at least a pair of loudspeakers or headphones. The system can include an audio input configured to receive audio program information that includes at least N discrete audio signals, a first virtualization processor circuit configured to generate intermediate virtualized audio information by filtering M of the N audio signals, and a second virtualization processor circuit configured to generate further virtualized audio information by differently filtering K of the N audio signals, wherein K, M, and N are integers. The system can include an audio signal combination circuit to combine the intermediate virtualized audio information with at least one of the N audio signals, other than the M audio signals, to render fewer than N audio signals for transmission to a second virtualization processor circuit.
US10979837B2
Some embodiments are directed to a microphone calibration system (100) for multiple microphones (110), said microphones being arranged in an area in which moving objects pass the microphones. The system computes a first and second sound profile from first and second sound measurements, said first and second sound profiles being indicative of a calibration of the first and second microphones, and determines a need to calibrate the first or second microphone.
US10979835B2
The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for testing a speaker, an electronic device and a storage medium. A specific implementation includes: obtaining first audio data recorded by a microphone integrated with the speaker in ambient white noise; analyzing the first audio data to derive a first analysis result; and determining whether there is a defect in the microphone according to the first analysis result. Hence, these allow for testing a completed set on an assembled speaker to ensure the consistency of a microphone test and improve the accuracy of the test result.
US10979829B2
A bone conduction device configured to couple to an abutment of an anchor system anchored to a recipient's skull. The bone conduction device includes a vibrating electromagnetic actuator configured to vibrate in response to sound signals received by the bone conduction device, and a coupling apparatus configured to attach the bone conduction device to the abutment so as to impart to the recipient's skull vibrations generated by the vibrating electromagnetic actuator. The vibrating electromagnetic actuator includes a bobbin assembly and a counterweight assembly. Two axial air gaps are located between the bobbin assembly and the counterweight assembly and two radial air gaps are located between the bobbin assembly and the counterweight assembly. No substantial amount of the dynamic magnetic flux passes through the radial air gaps.
US10979822B2
A speaker of the present invention arranges the grooves on the dome, which forms a leakage passage that helpful for the air current to circulate between the grooves and the voice coil, and therefore, the air current in the voice coil can timely circulate through the leakage passage between the voice coil and the dome. The inner and outer air pressure difference of the voice coil can be effectively decreased after the amplitude of the vibrating system increases, and the influence on the performance of the speaker imposed by the unbalance of the inner and outer air pressures of the voice coil is avoided.
US10979801B2
Techniques are provided for generating sound using a speaker mounted to an enclosure (e.g., speaker cabinet) wherein a gas pressure level (e.g., air pressure level) inside the enclosure is lower than an ambient air pressure level outside the enclosure. The reduced gas pressure level within the enclosure provides an environment with a reduced pressure level at a back side of a speaker cone of the speaker, which enhances a low frequency response for a given speaker size, while also minimizing resonant frequencies and phase cancellation issues which could otherwise occur with conventional speaker systems in which acoustic sound waves are generated at the back side of the speaker cone. A pressure compensation system is utilized counteract a force applied to the front side of the speaker cone as a result of the gas pressure level inside the enclosure being lower than the ambient air pressure level outside the enclosure.
US10979796B2
An apparatus for charging a portable wireless listening device including a housing having a socket to receive the portable wireless listening device; a battery; wireless circuitry that enables the apparatus to communicate wirelessly with a host device; power transmitting circuitry configured to provide power to the portable wireless listening device when the device is received in the socket to charge a battery within the portable wireless listening device; and a processor configured to configured to establish a wireless communication protocol between the portable wireless listening device and the host device.
US10979787B2
The disclosed techniques can collect and transport telemetry information on-path when a packet of a service flow traverses a communication network. The collected telemetry information can be analyzed to identify potential issues experienced by a user of a service and simplify the association of data with the service. Thus, apparatuses, methods, computer readable media, and systems are disclosed for an on-path collection and transportation of telemetry information in a communication network.
US10979775B2
Method for receiving video streams (1001, 1003, 1004) from a video server (10) in a client device (20), the video streams comprising a sequence of videos in a binary data format, the method comprising: receiving (101) a linear video stream (1001) from the video server in the client device; receiving (102) a switching signal (1002) from the video server in the client device; and in response to the switching signal, switching (104) from receiving the linear video stream to receiving (105) a personalized video stream (1003) from the video server in the client device, wherein a last video finishes (103) before switching to the personalized video stream, wherein the last video is a video that is being received in the linear video stream when the switching signal is received in the client device.
US10979762B2
Systems and methods are described herein for a media guidance application that can cause a specific portion of a media asset to be stored based on a user command. For example, if the user requests the closing scene from a given movie, the media guidance application may detect the command, determine that it comprises an instruction to store a portion of a media asset, identify a source of the portion of the media asset, and cause the portion of the media asset to be stored. The media guidance application may also cause the entirety of the media asset to be stored and initiate playback at the start of the requested portion. This may allow users to store and watch portions of particular interest without requiring that the users seek through the entire media asset on their own.
US10979761B2
A method and system for displaying data content associated with a video, comprising: receiving video data for a video at the user equipment; playing the video in a user interface rendered on a display device of the user equipment; pausing the video at a selected frame; accessing, based on the selected frame, content data associated with the selected frame; and displaying information about the content data associated with the selected frame in the user interface.
US10979756B2
A method, system, or device to determine when media content has been displayed. The method can include receiving a unique identifier (UID) and fingerprint for a media segment. The method can also include determining a media segment ID for the media segment, generating and submitting a query for the media segment ID in a record database, determining that the media segment ID is not stored in the record database, and identifying an overlay content segment ID. The method can include generating and submitting for the overlay content segment ID in the record database, determining it is not stored in an entry, sending the overlay content segment to the electronic device, and receiving a notification from the electronic device.
US10979753B2
Systems and methods for providing content to a portable device are describe. The systems and methods provide corresponding content to the portable device across different network connections.
US10979746B2
A process distributing video streams to a plurality of addressees, comprising a marking step comprising adding at least one visual element to a video stream, which marking step is applied to an original video stream common to all the addressees and which is personalized for each addressee by addition of a visual element specific to the addressee that allows rapid visual identification of the addressee, wherein the added visual element replaces part of the original video stream that is stored in complementary information on a multimedia server.
US10979737B1
A first set of components of a primary color and a second set of components of the primary color is extracted from image data. A low frequency image frame and a high frequency image frame is calculated based at least in part on the first set of components and the second set of components. The low frequency image frame is transformed and quantized to produce quantized data and residual data. The quantized data or the quantized data combined with the residual data, as determined based at least in part on a difference between the quantized data and previously output data, is stored in memory as at least a portion of an image frame in the memory. The image frame from the memory and a quantization of the high frequency image frame is provided to be displayed on a display device.
US10979733B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include encoding media content into a plurality of encoded media files, each encoded media file having an encoded resolution and at least one associated full reference metric, identifying one of the plurality of encoded media files to provide to a computing device based on at least a playback resolution of a display device included in the computing device, and weighting a measurement of a quality of the encoded media file based on the at least one associated full reference metric and on at least one characteristic associated with the display device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10979730B2
A method of point cloud attribute coding includes calculating a motion-estimating uncertainty value based on geometry data associated with a point cloud; identifying one or more inter-frame nearest neighbor point cloud samples corresponding to the point cloud in response to a determination that the motion-estimating uncertainty value is less than a threshold value; ranking one or more temporal candidate points associated with the one or more identified inter-frame nearest neighbor point cloud samples based on the motion-estimation uncertainty value; and extracting one or more sample attribute values from the one or more temporal candidate points, whereby the one or more sample attribute values correspond to the geometry data.
US10979729B2
Provided are methods, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for processing video data using a video coding system that implements ST 2094-10 for modifying the color volume of a video signal. In various implementations, metadata blocks that include color volume transform parameters can be included in an encoded bitstream with an encoded video. Mastering display color volume parameters must also be included in the encoded bitstream when the color volume transform parameters are included in the bitstream. When the mastering display color volume parameters are not also included in the bitstream, all or part of the bitstream is non-conforming.
US10979688B1
A system includes one or more memories and a control module. The one or more memories stores first pixel data corresponding to a first image frame and second pixel data corresponding to a second image frame. The control module performs stereo vision matching including: accessing the first pixel data and the second pixel data; determining initial disparity values, where the initial disparity values indicate differences between the first pixel data and the second pixel data; determining cost aggregation values based on the initial disparity values; determining matching merit values for the first pixel data based on the cost aggregation values; based on the matching merit values, determining first histogram aggregation values for first pixels of the first image frame; and refining the initial disparity values based on the first aggregation values. The control module also estimates a depth of a feature or an object based on the refined disparity values.
US10979671B1
A system is provided having a computer, a user device, a presenter device having an audio source and a video source, the user device having speakers and a screen for displaying transmitted video data, in an area having a first size, at least one virtual distance assigned between the user device and the presenter device, the screen displaying a user device icon and a presenter device icon with an indication of the virtual distance, a user command to modify the virtual distance, the screen displaying an updated indication of the virtual distance, the speakers playing the transmitted audio data at a second volume based on the change in the virtual distance, and the screen displaying the transmitted video data in an area of a second size based on the change in the virtual distance.
US10979670B2
Described are methods and systems in which the censorship and supervision tasks normally performed by secured facility personnel are augmented or automated entirely by a Secure Nonscheduled Video Visitation System. In embodiments, the Secure Nonscheduled Video Visitation System performs voice biometrics, speech recognition, non-verbal audio classification, fingerprint and other biometric authentication, image object classification, facial recognition, body joint location determination analysis, and/or optical character recognition on the video visitation data. The Secure Nonscheduled Video Visitation utilizes these various analysis techniques in concert to determine if all rules and regulations enforced by the jurisdiction operation the secured facility are being followed by the parties to the video visitation session.
US10979669B2
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing foreground visual data that comprises a set of coordinate points that correspond to a plurality of surface points of a person in an environment; generating a bounding box for the set of coordinate points, wherein the bounding box comprises every coordinate point in the set of coordinate points; providing instructions to collect background visual data for an area in the environment that is outside of the bounding box; and providing the foreground visual data and the background visual data to an intelligent director associated with the computing device.
US10979638B2
An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a display, a camera, a sensor circuit, a processor. The processor implements the method, including executing a preview mode and outputting a camera preview image, detecting movement of the device, detecting whether a movement distance reaches a reference distance, when the movement distance reaches the reference distance, detecting whether the movement direction matches a reference direction, and when the movement direction matches the reference direction, switching to a panorama capture mode.
US10979636B2
Systems and methods for communicating in a network using share signals in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure are provided. In one embodiment, a method for communicating in a network may include receiving, from a first client device, a share signal including first image data captured by a camera of a first audio/video (A/V) recording and communication device and a command to share the first image data with a network of users; processing the share signal by comparing the first image data to second image data captured by a camera of a second A/V recording and communication device; and generating and transmitting an alert to a second client device associated with the second A/V recording and communication device when comparison of the first image data with the second image data indicates a person of interest is depicted in both the first image data and the second image data.
US10979628B2
An image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry to: detect a region of a face of a person included in a moving image signal input at a certain frame rate as a specific region; set a region other than the specific region as a processing region; apply processing to the processing region to output an output image signal having information volume less than information volume of the input moving image signal; and encode the output image signal. The processing applied to the processing region includes at least one of low-pass filtering to selectively filter a spatial frequency of the processing region, contrast reduction processing to selectively reduce contrast of the processing region, and frame rate reduction processing to selectively reduce the frame rate of the processing region.
US10979617B2
A control method suitable for a mobile device comprising a camera includes operations as follows: obtaining a description of a first wireless device adjacent to the mobile device through a wireless communication packet; capturing a first image of a physical environment by the camera; recognizing a first candidate object within the first image; matching the first candidate object with the description of the first wireless device; and in response to that the first candidate object matches with the description of the first wireless device and a first predetermined instruction is received, generating a first command according to the description of the first wireless device, wherein the first command is to be transmitted to the first wireless device over a wireless communication for manipulating the first wireless device.
US10979612B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first camera configured to include a first image sensor, a second camera configured to include a second image sensor, and a processor. The processor allows a pixel array of the first image sensor to have a difference of a first exposure start timing in units of at least one row and obtains a first image based on a first exposure period and a first read-out speed using the first camera, allows a pixel array of the second image sensor to have a difference of a second exposure start timing in units of at least one row and obtains a plurality of second images based on a second exposure period and a second read-out speed using the second camera, and generates a third image by synthesizing at least some of the plurality of second images.
US10979611B2
A method of assembling a vehicular camera includes providing a metallic front housing member, a metallic rear housing member, a lens assembly and a circuit board. The front housing member has a lens receiving portion and a circuit board attachment portion. An imager is disposed on a first side of the circuit board and a connector is disposed on a second side of the circuit board. With the circuit board attached at the front housing member and with the lens assembly disposed at a lens receiving portion of the front housing member, images are focused at an imaging plane of the imager by adjusting the lens assembly relative to the imager. With the images focused at the imaging plane of the imager, the lens assembly is retained relative to the front housing member via an ultra-violet (UV) curable adhesive. The front housing member and the rear housing member are attached.
US10979606B2
An embodiment of the present invention relates to a camera module comprising: a housing comprising a through hole; a lens module disposed in the through hole; a connector penetrating the housing and extending to an outside from an inside of the housing; a first substrate unit located inside the housing and having an image sensor mounted thereon; a second substrate unit disposed inside the housing and connected to the connector; and a flexible substrate for electrically connecting the first substrate and the second substrate unit, wherein the flexible substrate is coupled to a lower surface of the first substrate unit and a side surface of the second substrate.
US10979588B2
An image forming apparatus acquires an input image generated by reading an image of an original document to be copied, and determination information of whether or not the input image corresponds to a blank. The image forming apparatus controls a printer to print the input image together with a page number on a sheet and output the sheet, according to a determination result indicated by the determination information. At that time, the image forming apparatus controls the printer so as to output a sheet on which the page number is not printed, with respect to the input image determined to correspond to a blank.
US10979585B1
A method for dynamically scaling scanned images is disclosed. For example, the method is executed by a processor and includes receiving a scanned image, determining that the scanned image is larger than a previously scanned image, adjusting the previously scanned image to be smaller than the scanned image, generating an adjusted previously scanned image, and causing a display to show the scanned image and the adjusted previously scanned image.
US10979581B2
In the case where a voice control device can communicate with a printing apparatus and a display apparatus, a user is provided with visual presentations of notifications on the display apparatus where print processing instructions are provided to the printing apparatus based on user instructions issued to the voice control device by voice.
US10979579B2
A destination information list window includes a column of first attribute information but does not include a column of second attribute information. In a case where the first attribute information included in destination information is hit based on an input search key, the first attribute information included in the destination information is displayed and the second attribute information included in the destination information is not displayed, as a search result, in the column of the first attribute information. In a case where the second attribute information included in the destination information is hit based on the input search key, not only the first attribute information but also the second attribute information included in the destination information are displayed, as the search result, in the column of the first attribute information.
US10979578B2
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for sending an email along with a scanned document from a multi-function device. The method includes retrieving at least one email file from at least one of an external storage device and a file location, wherein a user creates the at least one email file at a computing device; automatically filling an email content, and one or more recipients from the at least one email file in an email job; displaying, via a user interface, the email job includes the auto-filled email content including an email subject and an email body, and the one or more recipients; scanning, at least one document; automatically attaching the at least one scanned document to the email job; and sending the email job including the email content along with the at least one scanned document to the one or more recipients directly through the multi-function device.
US10979576B1
A system is disclosed. The system at least one physical memory device to store image texture analysis logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device, to execute the image texture analysis logic to receive first image data associated with a first nozzle group and second image data associated with a second nozzle group and analyze the first and second nozzle group image data to determine whether a difference between a texture of the first image data and a texture of the second image data exceeds a predetermined threshold, wherein the first nozzle group and second print head are neighboring nozzle groups.
US10979569B2
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for ranking individuals in a contact center system including ranking a first individual in a set of individuals based on relative amounts of data for the first individual and one or more other individuals in the set of individuals.
US10979568B1
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for dynamic graphical rendering of call options is provided. The present invention may include receiving, by an interactive voice response (IVR) system, a phone call from a telephonic device. The present invention may include determining that the telephonic device includes a visual menu device type. The present invention may include generating a visual prompt menu having a visual representation of a set of call options included in the IVR system. The present invention may include transmitting the generated visual prompt menu to a display of the telephonic device. The present invention may include receiving, from the telephonic device, at least one selected call option from the generated visual prompt menu. The present invention may include processing, by the IVR system, a call sequence based on the received at least one selected call option from the generated visual prompt menu.
US10979563B1
Systems and methods for initiating communication with a controlled-environment facility resident by a non-resident may employ a controlled-environment facility secure communication platform that receives an incoming communication request from a non-resident, directed to a telephone number assigned to a controlled-environment facility resident and/or a controlled-environment facility media and/or communications device associated with the resident, for a communication with the resident. The facility secure communication platform sends an event notice to the device associated with the resident or a controlled-environment facility media and/or communications terminal associated with the resident, in response to receipt of the incoming communication request. The device or terminal presents an option to accept the event notice and the controlled-environment facility secure communication platform and/or the device or terminal connects an outgoing communication from the device or terminal to a device associated with the non-resident, in response to acceptance of the event notice.
US10979554B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a communication method, a wearable device, a server, and a system. The method includes: obtaining, by a wearable device that is in a cellular-based Narrowband Internet of Things mode, an unreceived communication notification message from a server based on a preset period or a preset time point; and when a user needs to reply to the communication notification message, switching, by the wearable device, from the cellular-based Narrowband Internet of Things mode to a cellular mobile network mode to reply. According to the embodiments of this application, low-power voice paging of the wearable device can be implemented, and a usage time of the wearable device can be prolonged.
US10979550B2
A method of accessing a partition on a mobile communication device may include the steps of receiving data specifying a partition, receiving an identification code from an identification module in or associated with the device, determining, based on both the data specifying a partition and the identification code, whether access to the specified partition is to be allowed, and allowing or denying access to the specified partition accordingly.
US10979548B2
Disclosed is a phone holder, comprising a vertical wall, a base, and a clamping slot in the vertical wall for positioning a phone. A bottom surface of the clamping slot has an inclined surface in contact with the edge of the phone, such that the phone automatically slides to a clamping and positioning position when placed in the clamping slot, thus making it very convenient to place or access the phone. In addition, when the phone slides to the clamping and positioning position in the clamping slot, three contact points can be formed with an internal surface of the clamping slot, and the three contact points can form a three-point clamping and positioning effect for the phone, such that the phone can still be stably fixed in the holder in the case where the phone holder is shaking.
US10979543B2
Embodiments described herein provides a system for detecting data received in a low power low rate (LPMR) data frame format. The system includes a receiver and control circuitry. The receiver is configured to receive a data frame comprising an LPLR preamble portion and an LPLR data portion following the LPLR preamble portion. The LPLR preamble portion and the LPLR data portion occupy a bandwidth that is less than an allowed bandwidth. The control circuitry is configured to determine a mode of the data frame based on whether the data frame has an additional portion, and detect data field in the LPLR preamble portion from the data frame based on the mode of the data frame.
US10979542B2
Certain embodiments described herein are generally directed to using a flow cache with packets comprising dynamic headers. Embodiments include receiving a packet of a packet flow from a network, parsing the packet in order to determine a flow key, and comparing the flow key to entries in the flow cache. Upon determining that the flow key does not match any of the entries, embodiments include determining whether the packet comprises a dynamic header. Upon determining that the packet comprises a dynamic header, embodiments include canceling recorded flow cache information for the packet, performing an operation on the packet, re-parsing the packet in order to determine a new flow key, and comparing the new flow key to the entries in the flow cache. Upon determining that the flow key matches an entry, embodiments include determining cached actions to perform for the packet based on the entry and performing the cached actions.
US10979537B2
A system for providing cross-services application service, device, and network content delivery management is disclosed. In particular, the system may allow devices and application services supported by multiple network services to leverage the strengths of such network services to ensure that content delivery is efficiently accomplished. The system may enable a device or application service to be associated with a management domain. Then, the management domain may subscribe the device or application service with one or more underlying supporting networks of the management domain. The associating and subscribing may be performed for the management domain by an orchestrator or by a management domain authority. The management domain authority may include a predictive, machine-learning element that drives access to content on behalf of the management domain authority through its devices and services to which they are subscribed.
US10979525B1
Selectively populating a cache preemptively based on data quality is provided. A set of fields corresponding to a request to analyze data for caching is obtained. A data quality measurement is calculated for fields in the set of fields corresponding to the request based on characteristics of the data in the set of fields. An aggregate data quality for a combination of fields in the set of fields is derived based on aggregation of the data quality measurement of each respective field in the combination. A result of data analysis of the combination of fields in the set of fields corresponding to the request is cached in a local cache based on the aggregate data quality for the combination of fields exceeding a minimum aggregate data quality threshold level.
US10979519B2
Techniques for broadcasting notifications with low latency are provided. A set of recipients for a notification of a content item is determined. The notification is stored in a second notifications storage that is separate from a first notifications storage. A request for one or more notifications is received over a computer network from a client device that is associated with a particular recipient in the set of recipients. In response to receiving the request, first notification data is retrieved from the first notifications storage, second notification data that includes the notification is retrieved from the second notifications storage. The first notification data is combined with the second notification data to generate combined notification data. The combined notification data is transmitted over the computer network to the client device and is stored in the first notifications storage. The notification may be removed from the first notifications storage.
US10979513B2
A method may include identifying a service discovery manager associated with a first data center and registering with the service discovery manager. The method may also include, transmitting, by the service discovery manager, information identifying first services that are available at the first data center and information identifying a second data center in which one or more of the first services are available. The method may further include receiving the information identifying the first services that are available and the information identifying the second data center and updating a database based on the information identifying the first services that are available.
US10979508B2
Metadata associated with IoT devices is stored. The metadata may include categories associated with the IoT devices. At least a first category may be hierarchical such that the first category includes at least two hierarchical levels, with each hierarchical level including at least two categories, and such that each category in a hierarchical level that is below another hierarchical level is a subset of one of the categories in the hierarchical levels above that hierarchical level. User information associated with users is stored. A request associated with one of the users and further associated with access to at least one of the IoT devices is received. Responsive to the request, the access is selectively granted to the at least one of the IoT devices based upon the stored user information and the stored metadata.
US10979507B2
Switching among sensor feeds for optimum performance includes disposing a processor in communication with sensors, each said sensor providing a primary data stream. A data stream standard is established in the processor. The primary data streams are communicated from the sensors to the processor, and are compared against the data stream in the processor. A secondary data stream is selected from among the primary data streams or synthesized from one or more of the primary data streams, based on which primary data stream(s) most closely match the data stream standard. The secondary data stream is communicated to a data stream recipient. The data stream recipient may identify input in the secondary data stream, and an input executor may execute control commands corresponding to the input so as to control a device or system.
US10979503B2
A system and method for improving multi-core processor access to storages, the method including: assigning a unique memory space within a memory to each of a plurality of processor cores; initiating a shared queue pair (QP), comprising a shared send queue and a shared receive queue, between the plurality of processor cores and at least a storage, wherein the shared queue is accessible by the plurality of processor cores; sending an instruction on the shared send queue from a first core of the plurality of processor cores to the storage, the instruction comprising an interrupt destination on a memory space assigned to the first core; and receiving an interrupt at the interrupt destination from the storage in response to the instruction, wherein the interrupt is generated for the first core.
US10979499B2
A method, system and computer program product for managed object replication and delivery redirects, directly or indirectly, a client's request for an object that is not available at a best or optimal handling edge server of a network to a parent server that has the requested object. So, where the requested object is not available at the handling edge server, the client's request is redirected directly to the parent server that can provide the requested object to the client or indirectly via one or more parent servers to a parent server that can provide the requested object to the client. The method, system and computer program product further intelligently replicates the object to the edge server if the object is popular enough. Likewise, an object is removed from an edge server when it is no longer popular. All redirection and replication operations are preferably transparent to the end-user and do not degrade the quality of service.
US10979491B2
Systems and methods are provided for managing workloads across multiple resources in a distributed computing system. A data traffic flow between a source device and each of a plurality of target devices within the distributed computing system is monitored. A load state of each of the plurality of target devices is determined based on the monitored data traffic flow. Upon detecting a resource constraint for at least one of the plurality of target devices, at least a portion of the data traffic flow between the source device and the resource-constrained target device is adjusted such that the device operates at a reduced load state. The data traffic flow to the particular target device may be readjusted so as to restore its load state to a default or predetermined operating level once the resource constrained has been resolved.
US10979480B2
A method for improving performance of a streaming media session between a plurality of communicating entities. Observation reports are collected from a plurality of monitoring entities. Each observation report includes information pertaining to events observed and recorded at a corresponding monitoring entity. A size of at least one window to be used for analyzing the observation reports is determined. The observation reports are analyzed using the at least one window of the determined size, to determine a correlation between the events across the observation reports. A problem encountered during the streaming media session is identified, based upon the correlation between the events. A notification is sent to at least one of the monitoring entities, based upon the problem. The notification is sent during the streaming media session.
US10979479B2
A system is provided comprising: a host computing device including: a wireless transceiver; and a processor configured to generate multimedia data for transmission via the wireless transceiver; and a movably-mounted client device including: a first set of wireless transceivers; a controller connected to the output assembly and each of the wireless transceivers; the controller configured to: assess respective performance attributes for each of the first set of transceivers; and based on the performance attributes, select a transceiver from the first set to receive the multimedia data from the host computing device; and an output assembly for presenting the multimedia data.
US10979473B2
An apparatus, system, and method for maintaining a programming lineup of adaptive-bitrate content streaming is provided. The apparatus includes a timeline module configured to maintain a programming lineup of media content available over a network. The media content may comprise a plurality of streamlets. The apparatus also includes at least one data module configured to maintain multi-bitrate streamlet information. The system includes the apparatus and a client module configured to acquire content based upon the programming lineup provided by the timeline module. The method includes maintaining a programming lineup of media content available over a network, and maintaining multi-bitrate streamlet information.
US10979470B2
A server device, a client device and a dynamic image transmission method for a virtual desktop infrastructure are provided. The dynamic image transmission method for the virtual desktop infrastructure includes the following steps. A region information of a dynamic image displayed on a server device is detected by the server device. The region information is transmitted to a client device by the server device. The dynamic image is rendered on the client device according to the region information. The dynamic image is obtained from an Internet by the client device according to a network link information obtained from the server device, or the dynamic image is obtained by decompressing a compressed data provided from the server device.
US10979457B2
A cloud security assessment (CSA) system configured to identify and remedy a workflow executing in a cloud web service environment is provided. The CSA system includes a network interface configured to connect the CSA system to the cloud web service environment, wherein the cloud web service environment is defined by a cloud account; and a processor in operative communication with the cloud web service environment configured to receive a cloud account compliance rule for the cloud account in a structured near natural language, the compliance rule being applied by the CSA system on at least an instance of the cloud web service environment, wherein is processor is further configured to perform a remediation action based on a policy of the cloud account upon determination of a violation of the compliance rule.
US10979451B2
In one embodiment, a security device in a computer network detects potential domain generation algorithm (DGA) searching activity using a domain name service (DNS) model to detect abnormally high DNS requests made by a host attempting to locate a command and control (C&C) server in the computer network. The server device also detects potential DGA communications activity based on applying a hostname-based classifier for DGA domains associated with any server internet protocol (IP) address in a data stream from the host. The security device may then correlate the potential DGA searching activity with the potential DGA communications activity, and identifies DGA performing malware based on the correlating, accordingly.
US10979447B2
Presenting, at a graphical user interface (GUI), device photos and risk categories associated with devices in a network is described. Data packets communicated in a network are detected. Based on the detected data packets, a set of devices in the network are determined. A set of device photos associated respectively with the set of devices are determined. A GUI concurrently presents the set of device photos to indicate the set of devices detected in the network. The set of devices may be filtered, sorted, and/or grouped based on various criteria. The GUI may present the device photos according to the filtering, sorting, and/or grouping. Additionally or alternatively, risk scores associated respectively with the set of devices are determined. The set of devices are categorized into respective risk categories based on the associated risk scores. A GUI concurrently presents a set of risk categories and information associated with each risk category.
US10979443B2
An approach is provided that automatically classify network traffic of web applications and services based on a dynamic analysis. The approach scans a resource that corresponds to a named network application and receives, as a result of the scan, network resource identifiers that are accessed by the named network application. Network traffic between users and network resources is monitored, with the monitoring resulting in a set of visited network resource identifiers. The set of resource identifiers is found by matching the visited network resource identifiers with the network resource identifiers returned by the scan. Each of the set of resource identifiers is then matched with the named application.
US10979442B2
A piece of anomaly detection data that is the subject of determination is referred to as target data. The position of a vehicle when an anomaly occurred is grasped based on the target data. The number of pieces of the anomaly detection data is defined as the number of pieces of the anomaly detection data output within a predetermined area from the position of the vehicle when the anomaly occurred that is grasped based on the target data among the anomaly detection data stored in the memory. It is determined that the possibility that the target data is generated due to repair of the vehicle is higher when the number of pieces of the anomaly detection data is greater than or equal to a predetermined number than when the number of pieces of the anomaly detection data is less than the predetermined number.
US10979436B2
A policy associated with a notification received by one or more computer systems is obtained. A first request is submitted, to a service, for a first current capacity of a resource. An amount by which to adjust a capacity of the resource is calculated, based at least in part on the policy and the first current capacity. A second request is submitted, to the service, to adjust the capacity of the resource by the amount. A third request is submitted, to the service, for a second current capacity of the resource, and whether the second request has been fulfilled is determined based at least in part on a comparison between the second current capacity and the response to the third request.
US10979434B2
Certain aspects and features of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods that generate machine-learning models to predict whether user devices are likely to meet defined objectives. For example, a machine-learning model can be generated to predict whether or not a user device is likely to access a resource. In some implementations, a semi-supervised model can be used to determine to what extent user devices are predicted to satisfy the defined objective(s). For example, a resource-affinity parameter can be generated as a result of inputting various data points into a semi-supervised model. The various data points can be access from a plurality of data sources, and can represent one or more activities or attributes associated with a user. The value of the resource-affinity parameter can be evaluated to determine the extent to which the user is likely to meet an objective.
US10979429B2
A chip set for a terminal comprises at least one secure processor, in which a one-time programmable memory is integrated. At least one terminal serial number of the terminal is stored in the chip set. Information for securing the terminal serial number against tampering is stored in the one-time programmable memory.
US10979426B2
A method is disclosed. The method includes a server computer receiving, from a user device, a first encrypted biometric template, wherein the server computer stores a plurality of encrypted enrollment biometric templates, and a table comprising a plurality of encrypted match values and corresponding unencrypted match values. The server computer can then, for each of the plurality of encrypted enrollment biometric templates, input the first encrypted biometric template and an encrypted enrollment biometric template into a function to obtain an encrypted match value. The server computer can then, for each of the plurality of encrypted enrollment biometric templates, determine if the encrypted match value corresponds to an unencrypted match value using the table, wherein the unencrypted match value is greater than a threshold. The server computer can then provide a notification to the user device or another device associated with the unencrypted match value.
US10979422B1
Systems and methods for adaptive token verification are disclosed. For example, a system may include at least one memory storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include training a verification model to verify tokenized requests based on system identifiers. The operations may include receiving a tokenized request from an external system, the request comprising a system identifier of the external system. The operations may include generating output of the verification model based on the system identifier, and, based on the output, performing one of granting the request or blocking the request.
US10979421B2
In a method for identity authentication, a portable electronic device displays a barcode encoding verification information for verifying authorization of access to the portable electronic device, and identification information for authenticating an identity of a user of the portable electronic device. An identification device scans the barcode and generates an authentication command. An authentication server extracts the verification information and identification information from the authentication command. When determined that the verification information is authentic, the authentication server authenticates the identification information and transmits a result to the identification device.
US10979416B2
A system and method for managing a trusted connection within a public cloud comprises transmitting a first token and a second token from a cloud service manager to a public cloud controller, initializing a public cloud manager in response to receipt of the first token and the second token, and generate a cloud certificate, and transmitting the cloud certificate and the second token from the public cloud manager to a management plane. The method further comprises establishing a trusted connection between the public cloud controller and the management plane in response to receipt of the cloud certificate and the second token by the management plane.
US10979415B2
Two unmanned vehicles come within communication range of one another. The unmanned vehicles exchange logs of messages each has received. Each of the unmanned vehicles analyzes the messages that it received from the other unmanned vehicle to determine whether any of the received messages warrants changing a set of tasks it was planning to perform. When a message indicates that a task should be changed, the task is updated accordingly.
US10979414B2
A system is provided which uses unique device and user identifiers to perform authentication of a user, device, and/or transaction. In particular, the system may use a heterogeneous blockchain system comprising a series of non-uniform blockchain nodes that may differ in functionality and/or positions of hierarchy. Said non-uniform nodes may further be organized into groups and/or subgroups with custom weight inputs/outputs which alter the degree to which the nodes, groups, and/or subgroups influence the blockchain consensus. In this way, the system increases the security of device authentication by helping to prevent unauthorized access to computing devices.
US10979405B2
In some embodiments, the present invention provides for an exemplary computer system which includes at least the following components: a network of externally owned presence (EOP) member nodes, including a supervisory EOP member node is configured to generate at least one personalized cryptographic private key for each peer EOP member node; a distributed database, storing a plurality of persistent data objects; and a plurality of self-contained self-executing software containers (SESCs); where each SESC includes an independently executable software code which is at least configured to: apply entropy to generate a state hash representative of a current state of a persistent data object, perform a data action with the persistent data object; and determine that a particular EOP member node has a permission to cause the SESC to perform the data action with the persistent data object based.
US10979398B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure help protect network devices from unauthorized access. Among other things, embodiments of the disclosure allow full access to application servers and other network devices that a client is allowed to access, while preventing all access (or even knowledge) of network devices the client is not allowed to access.
US10979389B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, and devices for management of a premises. The premises may comprise one or more devices, such as a gateway device, a control device, or a premises device. The gateway device may receive data and send the data to the control device. The data may comprise a command, an update, a configuration, or other information. Communication between the control device and any of the other devices at the premises may be configurable by a server device.
US10979386B2
A method includes receiving a request for an edge cache address, and comparing a requestor address to an anycast group. The method can further include providing an anycast edge cache address when the requestor address is in the anycast group. Alternatively, the method can further include determining an optimal cache server, and providing a unicast address of the optimal cache server when the requestor address is not in the anycast group.
US10979384B2
Provided is a method of provisioning a named resource in a domain name system (“DNS”) with a registrar while preserving privacy of a registrant. The method includes obtaining, by a server of the registrar over a network, a request, from the registrant, to provision the named resource; determining, by at least one hardware processor of the server of the registrar, that the request requires additional handling by a privacy provider based on information in the request or information from the registrar; determining, by at least one hardware processor of the server of the registrar, a privacy provider from one or more privacy providers located in different geographic locations to service the request based on a location of the registrant; forwarding the request to the privacy provider; obtaining a cloaked identifier from the privacy provider; and provisioning the named resource in a database of a DNS registry using the cloaked identifier.
US10979381B2
A method for interactively providing information to a user over a network, including: transmitting a stream of data from a server to a first user device through the network and displaying the stream of data on the first user device; receiving a first location information of the first user device through a first beacon signal from a first beacon installed on the first user device and including the first user location information in the stream of data sent to the first user device; receiving a preference information of a first user from the first user device over the network; and sending a stream of data related to the preference information of the first user to the first user device based on the first user location information of the first user device.
US10979371B2
Techniques for messaging agent messaging interaction are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a commerce intermediary server operative to receive a user interface selection of a user-to-commerce message thread on a client device, the user-to-commerce message thread associated with a commerce entity with a messaging system; display a user-to-commerce message thread interface for the user-to-commerce message thread; receive a user-to-commerce message via the user-to-commerce message thread interface for the user-to-commerce message thread; and send the user-to-commerce message to the commerce entity via the messaging system. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10979363B2
Techniques for resegmenting a partition in a distributed stream-processing platform are provided. The techniques include receiving a trigger to move a partition of the distributed stream-processing platform from a first broker on a first set of physical resources to a second broker on a second a set of physical resources. In response to the trigger, the partition is allocated on the second broker, and the first broker is configured to redirect, to the second broker, requests for new messages after a last offset in the partition without replicating older messages before the last offset to the second broker. Idempotent produce metadata for the partition from the first broker is then merged into the second broker. Finally, metadata for processing requests for the partition is updated to include the second broker.
US10979357B2
The disclosure provides a system and method for controlling on a wireless device the amount and speed of data transferred between a wireless device and the Internet, and a wireless device with a metering client that can throttle data speeds and types based on how much data a user has used. Specifically, the wireless device includes a metering client to track one of data usage or an amount of prepaid data available. When the metering client determines that the amount of data available has exceeded a pre-determined threshold, the wireless device inhibits further data transmission amounts and speeds.
US10979355B2
This disclosure relates to techniques for providing a multipath transmission control protocol proxy in a cellular network. A wireless device may establish a wireless link with a cellular network. The wireless device may provide an indication that the wireless device is multipath transmission control protocol (MPTCP) capable to a core network entity of the cellular network. The wireless device may receive MPTCP proxy information for a MPTCP proxy comprised in the cellular network from the core network entity. The MPTCP proxy information may include MPTCP server IP address and port information. The wireless device may establish a first MPTCP flow with the MPTCP proxy comprised in the cellular network via the wireless link.
US10979351B2
A method for managing routing tables and data packet forwarding is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining, at a networking device, a first outgoing label associated with one or more output port identifiers of the networking device. The first outgoing label identifies a first destination node. The one or more output port identifiers identify one or more of a plurality of output ports. The method further comprises determining whether or not the one or more output port identifiers are also associated with a second outgoing label. The second outgoing label identifies a second destination node different from the first destination node. The method further comprises merging, into a next hop table allocated in a non-transitory memory, the first outgoing label with the second outgoing label in response to determining that the one or more output port identifiers are also associated with the second outgoing label.
US10979350B1
In one embodiment, a method comprises: establishing a wireless DetNet track for an identified DetNet flow of DetNet packets, and the DetNet track comprising DetNet devices connected by allocated DetNet segments distinct from IP-based connections; causing, by the network device, a DetNet device(s) to execute distributed validating of any one or more DetNet operations by a DetNet forwarding hardware circuit in a DetNet device under test among the DetNet devices, the distributed validating including: generating a DetNet OAM (d-OAM) probe message comprising an ACH header specifying a DetNet validation identifier and a selected bitstring; validating the DetNet forwarding hardware circuit based on outputting the d-OAM probe message, the d-OAM probe message causing a CPU in the DetNet device(s) to selectively generate an IP-based probe response indicating whether a DetNet operation(s) was executed by the DetNet forwarding hardware circuit, independent of an execution speed of any DetNet forwarding hardware circuit.
US10979344B2
Provided is a method and apparatus for setting a detour path in a wideband high frequency wireless system using a centralized Media Access Control (MAC) protocol. Here, in a wireless system using the centralized MAC protocol where a time synchronization and a band allocation may be performed by a single central control unit, when a signal blockage occurs while a data communication is being performed via a direct path between a source device and a destination device, the detour path may be quickly provided.
US10979343B2
Both wireless communication and communications via a cable modem are supported between a network node and a customer premises. Alternative communications links provide redundancy and the possibility to take advantage of the different types of links capacity to provide a level of service that would not be possible using a single communications link to a customer premises. In various embodiments a network node, such as a cable network node hubsite, has an optical connection to the Internet or another communications network and provides network access to one or a plurality of customer premises. The network node includes a wireless access point, e.g., pole mounted base station, as well as one or more cable modem interfaces to thereby allow for both wireless and cable modem based communications. This allows for packets of different applications to traverse different links and/or to switch between links in the event of maintenance or reliability issues.
US10979341B2
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for management of forwarding tables at edge routers. A processor that executes a software defined networking controller can select an edge router associated with a networking environment. The edge router can access or use a forwarding table. The processor can obtain routing information associated with the edge router. The routing information can include forwarding table contents associated with the forwarding table and next hop information that can indicate communication paths associated with the edge router. The processor can analyze the routing information to determine next hops associated with the edge router, generate a next hop graph that represents the next hops, and initiate updating of the forwarding table such that the forwarding table only includes data that corresponds to the next hops.
US10979337B2
A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for routing data packet in a computing system comprising a multidimensional torus compute node network including a multitude of compute nodes, and an I/O node network including a plurality of I/O nodes. In one embodiment, the method comprises assigning to each of the data packets a destination address identifying one of the compute nodes; providing each of the data packets with a toio value; routing the data packets through the compute node network to the destination addresses of the data packets; and when each of the data packets reaches the destination address assigned to said each data packet, routing said each data packet to one of the I/O nodes if the toio value of said each data packet is a specified value. In one embodiment, each of the data packets is also provided with an ioreturn value used to route the data packets through the compute node network.
US10979312B2
A deployment orchestrator for managing deployment of a solution architecture includes persistent storage that stores a deployment plan and a deployment manager that orchestrates display, to a user of a user device of the solution architecture, of a graphical user interface (GUI) based on the deployment plan; obtains a task completion indicator for a task specified by the deployment plan via the graphical user interface; updates, based on the task completion indicator, at least one of a task GUI element of the GUI that is associated with the task and a relationship indicator of the GUI that is associated with the task to obtain an updated GUI; after updating the GUI: performs an automated validation task associated with the task; and makes a determination, based on the automated validation task, that the task is completed; and updates the updated GUI, based on the determination, to obtain a second updated GUI.
US10979307B2
A system and a method are disclosed for implementing distributed processing in edge nodes. In an embodiment, a respective edge node receives data from a client of the respective edge node. The respective edge node generates a prediction of a respective activity based on the data, and determines whether the prediction is valid by feeding the prediction into a validator module and receiving a validation response from the validator module. The respective edge node, in response to determining that the prediction is valid, activates a function.
US10979306B2
The invention comprises a user friendly investment strategy platform. This invention allows for a drag-and-drop platform for various sectors, strategies, vehicles, and timing in the form of blocks. This allows a user to generate any desired resource management strategy and the system may deploy the strategy as a simulated resource management action. Furthermore, the system allows for deployment of the resource action live on a resource exchange upon user authorization. The blocks include object codes that are programmed to build out any possible resource management strategy. The invention may also suggest or recommend thresholds, and other templates that allow for customization.
US10979294B2
Modern day-to-day life depends on reliable operation of network devices in a wide range of service network such as an electric grid. An analysis and control system executes a complex technical analysis to determine maintenance optimizations for the service network. The system arrives at the optimizations after taking into consideration the maintenance tasks to be performed across a time-dependent network topology and service sensitivity of the network devices to service outage.
US10979292B2
A method of installing an application on a mobile user device is disclosed. A request for the application is received. Information is received related to the mobile user device on which the application is to be installed. A version of an application is determined to send in response to the request for the application and the information related to the mobile user device. The application version is sent to the mobile user device. Information is received related to the performance of the application version. Adapted application determination information is stored related to at least a portion of the received information.
US10979291B2
Systems and methods for building a monitoring fabric are described. The system receives a duplicate of a first portion of traffic information from a first network as first traffic information and communicates the first traffic information in the monitoring fabric. The first traffic information is communicated to a controller that configures the monitoring fabric. The system receives a duplicate of a second portion of the traffic information from the first network as second traffic information. The system forwards the second traffic information to at least one tool.
US10979284B2
Systems and methods that may be used to provide cross content network event attribution are provided. One method includes receiving, by a coordination server, an event attribution request for a second event from an attribution server, the second event is an online activity performed by a user via one of a plurality of user devices after a first event, the first event is another online activity performed by the user via one of the plurality of devices. The method includes determining, by the coordination server, whether the second event is attributable to the first event.
US10979280B2
Disclosed are examples of managing devices through secondary communication channels. In some examples, a management component detects an impediment with a data communication channel for a device. The data communication channel can be a primary communication channel through which the device communicates with a management service. The management component detects an event associated with the device to report to the management service. The management component generates a message specifying the event, and the management component transmits the message to the management service through the secondary communication channel.
US10979276B2
Provided is a transmission method that improves data reception quality in radio transmission using a single-carrier scheme and/or a multi-carrier scheme. The transmission method includes: generating a plurality of first modulated signals s1(i) and second modulated signals s2(i) from transmission data, the plurality of first modulated signals s1(i) being signals generated using a QPSK modulation scheme, and the plurality of second modulated signals s2(i) being signals generated using 16QAM modulation; generating, from the plurality of first modulated signals s1(i) and the plurality of second modulated signals s2(i), a plurality of first signal-processed signals z1(i) and a plurality of second signal-processed signals z2(i) which satisfy a predetermined equation; and transmitting the plurality of first signal-processed signals z1(i) and the plurality of second signal-processed signals z2(i) using a plurality of antennas. A first signal-processed signal and a second signal-processed signal having identical symbol numbers are simultaneously transmitted at the same frequency.
US10979272B2
The invention relates to a method for improving transit time and/or phase measurement and/or for synchronization in digital transmission systems. According to the invention, at least one first, particularly digital, piece of information in at least one first analog signal is transmitted in encoded form between two objects by means of the transmission system and at least one first sample value of the at least one first analog signal is used to determine a temporal position and/or phase relationship. The at least one first sample value lies in a rising or falling edge of the at least one first analog signal and/or of the at least one first received analog signal, which can be recognized, for example, from the sample value itself and/or the characteristic of adjacent sample values.
US10979269B2
A User Equipment (UE) for a cellular communications system receives a Random Access Response (RAR) message comprising an indication of a time-domain resource allocation for a Msg3 transmission on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), and determines a slot offset value, K2, for the Msg3 transmission based on the indication of the time-domain resource allocation and a PUSCH table. UE adds an additional slot offset value for the Msg3 transmission to the slot offset value, K2, to provide an increased slot offset value for the Msg3, and transmits the Msg3 transmission in accordance with the increased slot offset value.
US10979267B2
Disclosed is a method for transmitting a preamble in a wireless LAN system, and a station device for performing the same. To this end, a station for transmitting a preamble configures a wireless frame including a first type terminal frame portion, and a second type terminal frame portion. The first type terminal frame portion includes a first type terminal preamble including a first type terminal short training field (STF) and a first type terminal long training field (LTF), and the second type terminal frame portion includes a second type terminal preamble including a second type terminal SFT and a second type terminal LTF. Here, the station configures the second type terminal preamble by allocating sequence components at an interval of an integer number of tones in a frequency domain and transmits the configured wireless frame to another station.
US10979266B2
Provided is a base wireless communication terminal. The base wireless communication terminal includes a transceiver and a processor. The processor is configured to transmit a mixed Physical Layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) including both data for a Long Range (LR) wireless communication terminal and data for a non-LR wireless communication terminal to the LR wireless communication terminal and the non-LR wireless communication terminal using the transceiver. The LR PPDU including only the data for the LR wireless communication terminal has a narrower bandwidth than a bandwidth of the non-LR PPDU including only the data for the non-LR wireless communication terminal.
US10979262B2
IQ mismatch correction for analog chain IQ mismatch impairments is based on a two-filter architecture. In either RX or TX, an IQmc mismatch corrector (digital chain) filters I and Q digital signals, and includes an I-path to receive the I signal, and a Q-path to receive the Q signal, and is configured with two filters: an in-path filter to filter either the I signal or the Q signal received in the same path; and a cross-path filter to filter either the I signal or the Q signal received in the other path. The IQmc mismatch corrector can include: an I-path delay element to provide a delay to the I signal corresponding to a delay through either the in-path filter or the cross-path filter; and a Q-path delay element to provide a delay to the Q signal corresponding to a delay through either the in-path filter or the cross-path filter.
US10979261B2
A quadrature detector subjects a received signal to quadrature detection and outputs a base band signal. A direct current component measurement circuit measures a magnitude of a direct current component included in the base band signal from the quadrature detector. A first HPF and a second HPF reduce the direct current component included in the base band signal from the quadrature detector. A demodulator demodulates the base band signal output from the first HPF and the second HPF. A controller exercises control to attenuate a level of the received signal input to the quadrature detector when the magnitude of the direct current component measured by the direct current component measurement circuit is equal to or larger than a threshold value.
US10979260B2
A method for transmission of signal is provided, the method comprising the steps of receiving one or more modulating signals, generating one or more modulated sinusoidal carrier waves with zero side bands, including one or more sine wave cycles at carrier frequency that have a predetermined one or more properties, defined for complete cycle at the beginning of each sine cycle at one or more zero voltage crossing points in accordance with the one or more values of the one or more modulating signals. The one or more predetermined properties to change, is selected from group of amplitude, frequency, phase, time period and combinations thereof.
US10979254B2
Systems and methods for performing focused blind deconvolution of signals received by a plurality of sensors are disclosed. In some embodiments, this may include determining a cross-correlation of first and second signals, obtaining a cross-correlation of a first response function and a second response function based on the cross-correlation of the first and second signals and subject to a first constraint that the first and second response functions are maximally white, and obtaining the first and second response functions based on the cross-correlation of the first and second response functions and subject to a second constraint that the first and second response functions are maximally front-loaded.
US10979245B2
A gateway device for a vehicle network system is provided. The vehicle network system includes a first network, a second network, a first electronic control unit connected to the first network, a second electronic control unit connected to the second network, and the gateway device connected to the first network and the second network. The gateway device receives a first frame transmitted to the first network by the first electronic control unit; determines whether or not the first frame is appropriate; generates a second frame when the first frame is not determined to be appropriate; and transmits the second frame to the second network. The second frame includes control information and additional information based on content of the first frame. The control information restricts processing of the additional information included in the second frame by the second electronic control unit.
US10979242B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to a personal assistant controller. In one embodiment, the present disclosure includes a computer implemented method comprising receiving a voice audio signal in the personal assistant controller, converting the voice audio signal into a target command corresponding to one of a plurality of personal assistants, wherein different personal assistants comprise different target command protocols for executing different operations on different network enabled appliances, and sending the target command for execution by a backend system corresponding to the one of the plurality of personal assistants, and in accordance therewith, performing an operation on the backend system.
US10979238B2
A system and method may transmit and process a group message in a store. For example, the system and method may transmit and process the group message in the store, in which tables in the store are set in a section unit, and a group message can be transmitted to one or more electronic devices of staff in charge of each section, thus to provide the best service to customers.
US10979233B2
Implementations of this specification provide for monitoring time certificate generation requests. An example method performed by a database service that stores data in a blockchain includes, in response to receiving a time certificate generation request, determining a starting block height H1 and an ending block height H2 of a target ledger of the blockchain corresponding to the time certificate generation request; in response to determining that the starting block H1 of the target ledger is greater than a block height H of time authenticated data blocks maintained by the database service, executing the time certificate generation request; and in response to receiving a time certificate generated by a time authentication service for the time certificate generation request, changing a value of the block height H of time authenticated data blocks maintained by the database service to the ending block height H2 of the target ledger.
US10979230B1
Implementations efficiently verify an identity claim for an entity. An example method includes receiving a query key and a property identifying an entity and identifying a possible match for the property from graph access records, the possible match being a node in an identity chain. The method also includes verifying a complete chain from the possible match to a genesis node in the chain. The query key is used to find a next node in the chain. Failure to identify the genesis node results in an unsuccessful verification. The method also includes generating a response that indicates a successful verification request responsive to locating the genesis node and generating a response that indicates an unsuccessful verification request otherwise.
US10979227B2
A method for login, including making a login request to an entity through a federation server that generates a session identifier. A QR code is sent to the federation server to receive the session identifier. A secure envelope including user personal information is sent to the federation server to verify user registration with the federation server. A login token generated by the federation server is received and is associated with a smart contract generated by the federation server and stored on a blockchain. The login token is signed using user private key and sent to the blockchain for inclusion in the smart contract. A transaction identifier is received from the blockchain, and is sent to the federation server that generates a session record based on the login token. The federation server sends user verification to the entity to authorize a communication session between the user device and the entity.
US10979222B2
A method of securely storing data including: providing, within a secure data storage system, a plurality of secret sharing methods for selection and identifying a striping policy for storage of the data, in accordance with input preferences. The data can be split into N secret shares according to a secret sharing method, the selection being determined by the striping policy, wherein a threshold number, T, of such shares is sufficient to recover the data, where T is less than N, generating metadata associated with the data, the metadata identifying the selected secret sharing method and storing the metadata within the secure data storage system and writing the secret shares to storage that includes storage outside the secure data storage system, such that, when at least T shares are retrieved, the metadata can be recalled to identify the selected secret sharing method for recovery of the data.
US10979220B2
A communication device includes a plurality of key distributing units, a plurality of communicating units, a monitoring unit, and a switching unit. The plurality of key distributing units have a quantum key distribution function for sharing a quantum key with an external distribution device. The plurality of communicating units communicate with an external communication device using the quantum key. The monitoring unit monitors operational status indicating at least one of transmission-reception status of photons in the quantum key distribution function, generation status of generating the quantum key, and obtaining status of obtaining the quantum key. The switching unit switches a control target, which either represents one of the key distributing units or represents one of the communicating units, from a first control target to a second control target other than the first control target according to the operational status.
US10979217B1
Embodiments are directed to managing resources over a network. Objects that each correspond to a separate key container may be provided such that each separate key container includes a region key, a shard key, a nonce key. A data center and a data store may be determined for each object based on the region key and the shard key included in each separate key container such that a value of the region key corresponds to the data center and a value of the shard key corresponds to the data store.
US10979211B2
A coordinate encryption method includes the steps of encoding a coordinate with an encryption algorithm, testing whether the result of the encoding is within a predefined range, and outputting the result of the encoding in case the result of the encoding is within the predefined range.
US10979204B2
The transmission of data signals transmitted by a plurality of transmitters may be rendered more efficient by combining multi-user superposition coding with appropriate phase shift estimation at the receiver so that phase shift compensation at the transmitter's side may lead to a superposition of the data signals which may be demapped correctly so as to obtain information data per data signal. Owing to the combination, the concept is applicable to typical uplink situations or downlink situations of separate contributing BSs: contrary to the simple downlink situation where the data signals stem from one BS and are superimposed in one domain, namely the base station's domain, the data signals to be superimposed stem from separate transmitters, such as user entities or mobile terminals in the typical uplink situation, or different base stations in the downlink situation.
US10979203B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for selecting an operating channel for a cellular network to reduce interference to a wireless local area network (WLAN) operated by a small cell comprising a WLAN access point and a cellular network modem. The small cell performs a channel scan of available channels, determines whether or not there is a clean channel to be the operating channel for the cellular network based on the channel scan, wherein a clean channel comprises a channel that interferes with the WLAN less than a WLAN interference threshold, and selects the clean channel as the operating channel for the cellular network based on the clean channel being available or turns off the cellular network based on no clean channel being available.
US10979200B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may configure uplink resources within a slot to enable a user equipment (UE) to transmit an acknowledgment (ACK) feedback message for multiple downlink semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configurations. For example, the base station may transmit an additional configuration to the UE that indicates uplink resources that the UE can use to transmit acknowledgment feedbacks for multiple downlink messages received according to the SPS configurations, where the UE determines which uplink resource to use based on a number of acknowledgment information bits to be transmitted for the acknowledgment feedback message. For example, if the number of acknowledgment information bits is below a threshold value, the UE may use a first uplink resource configured by the base station. Alternatively, if the number of acknowledgment information bits is above the threshold value, the UE may use a second uplink resource.
US10979186B2
One embodiment according to the present invention, with respect to a sounding method of user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, comprises the steps of: receiving configuration of one or more sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets from a base station; receiving, from the base station, activation command information commanding the SRS transmission activation of a particular SRS resource set from among the one or more SRS resource sets; and transmitting, to the base station, the SRS corresponding to the particular SRS resource set, wherein the reference signal, for which a spatial relationship is assumed for each SRS resource included in the particular SRS resource set, can be determined on the basis of the activation command information.
US10979179B2
Methods and apparatuses are described for transmitting acknowledgement information in a communication system. A method includes receiving one or more data TBs in one or more downlink data channels over TTIs; generating acknowledgement information comprising four acknowledgement bits, jointly representing a state of reception results for the plurality of data TBs, if the UE is configured for reception of the downlink data channels from two cells, a number of the TTIs is three or four, and a number of the data TBs is greater than a number of the acknowledgement bits; generating acknowledgement information respectively representing a reception result for each data TB by a corresponding acknowledgement bit, if the UE is configured for reception of the downlink data channels from a single cell or two cells, and a number of the TTIs is one or two; encoding the acknowledgement bits; multiplexing the encoded acknowledgement bits with uplink data; and transmitting the multiplexed acknowledgement bits and the uplink data on an uplink data channel.
US10979175B2
Encoded information corresponding to the encoded source frames and the one or more previous frames is unpackaged from each data packet. Each data packet in the plurality contains encoded information corresponding to a source frame in a sequence encoded at a first bitrate and one or more previous frames in the sequence encoded as forward error correction (FEC) frames at a second bitrate that is equal to or lower than the first bitrate. The encoded source frames are decoded to generate corresponding decoded source frames. Encoded FEC frames that correspond to a given source frame for which encoded information is missing are decoded to generate corresponding decoded FEC frames. A reconstructed frame is generated corresponding to the given source frame using the one or more decoded FEC frames. The decoded source to frames and the reconstructed missing frame are stored in a memory and/or presented with a display.
US10979172B2
The present technique relates to a transmission apparatus, a transmission method, a reception apparatus, and a reception method that can ensure favorable communication quality in data transmission using an LDPC code. LDPC coding is performed based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 5/16, 6/16, 7/16, or 8/16. The check matrix includes a matrix A with M1 rows and K columns, where M1 represents a predetermined value, and K=N×r represents an information length of the LDPC code, a matrix B with M1 rows and M1 columns in a dual diagonal structure, a matrix Z with M1 rows and N-K-M1 columns that is a zero matrix, a matrix C with N-K-M1 rows and K+M1 columns, and a matrix D with N-K-M1 rows and N-K-M1 columns that is an identity matrix. The matrix A and the matrix C are represented by a check matrix initial value table. The check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the matrix A and the matrix C on a basis of 360 columns and is a predetermined table. The present technique can be applied to, for example, data transmission using the LDPC code.
US10979168B2
A transmission device includes a wavelength multiplexer that wavelength-multiplexes a plurality of optical signals having different wavelengths to generate a wavelength-multiplexed optical signal, an amplifier that outputs the wavelength-multiplexed optical signal to a transmission path, and a first processor that allocates wavelength bands to the plurality of optical signals to be wavelength-multiplexed into the wavelength-multiplexed optical signal and controls power of the wavelength-multiplexed optical signal in accordance with the wavelength bands allocated to the plurality of optical signals.
US10979166B2
A method for avoiding transmission of side information by a Partial Transmit Sequence, comprising the following steps: Step 1: determining an indication sequence of a data sub-carrier and a pilot sub-carrier; Step 2: grouping the frequency domain data blocks including data and pilots to reduce the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of the OFDM signal by phase rotation according to the PTS method. Step 3: processing the pilot of the received signal through channel estimation based on fast Fourier transform interpolation to obtain a frequency domain channel response, and extracting a phase rotation sequence. Step 4: equalizing the received data through the obtained frequency domain channel response. Step 5: performing inverse rotation of phase on the equalized data through the phase rotation information extracted in Step 3 to obtain transmitted data symbols.
US10979162B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for determining the efficacy of an advertisement are described herein. A computing device may receive an advertisement from an advertisement server. The computing device may determine advertisement information associated with the presentation of the advertisement. The advertisement information may be sent to the advertisement server.
US10979156B2
In some embodiments, a transmitter has a first mode and a second mode. The transmitter is configured to repeatedly send discrete first wireless signals carrying transmitter identification information uniquely associated with the transmitter in the first mode and to send a second wireless signal carrying the transmitter identification information in the second mode. A receiver is configured to receive a wireless signal of the first wireless signals such that the receiver is activated by the wireless signal of the first wireless signal and, in response to receiving the wireless signal of the first wireless signals, to send a third wireless signal carrying the transmitter identification information to the transmitter. The transmitter is configured to transition from the first mode to the second mode in response to receiving the third wireless signal and determining that the third wireless signal includes the transmitter identification information uniquely associated with the transmitter.
US10979153B2
An apparatus and method are provided for a communication scheme for converging a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than a post-4G system with the IoT technology. A method includes configuring a loopback path between a transmitter and a receiver; transmitting a preconfigured signal from the transmitter to the receiver through the loopback path; identifying an image signal, wherein the image signal includes a distorted signal of the preconfigured signal; determining a gain error value and a phase error value based on the preconfigured signal and the image signal; and performing I/Q calibration based on the gain error value and the phase error value. A subcarrier in which the preconfigured signal is transmitted and a subcarrier in which the image signal is generated do not overlap.
US10979148B1
A receiver system is provided for receiving a coherent Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM) encoded signal. The receiver system may include an optical polarization component configured to modulate a polarization of the received coherent PAM encoded signal. The receiver system may further include a digital signal processor (DSP) configured to perform polarization recovery between the received coherent PAM encoded signal and the LO signal using a first control loop, and to perform phase recovery between the received coherent PAM encoded signal and the LO signal using a second control loop.
US10979147B2
A Rydberg atom mixer determines a phase of modulated carrier radiation and includes: a reference radiofrequency source for reference radiofrequency radiation; a modulated carrier source for modulated carrier radiation; a vapor cell to contain gas atoms and that receives reference radiofrequency radiation and modulated carrier radiation, such that the gas atoms produce modulated light modulated; and a transmission detector that receives the modulated light from the vapor cell and produces a transmission signal from the transmission detector for determination of a phase of the modulated carrier radiation, wherein the Rydberg atom mixer mixes the reference radiofrequency radiation and the modulated carrier radiation by the gas atoms in a Rydberg electronic state to produce the intermediate frequency IF that corresponds directly to the phase of the modulated carrier radiation.
US10979132B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Some wireless communications systems may implement an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) network architecture where relay nodes connect with other IAB nodes via wireless backhaul links. For improved node discovery, during or after an initial relay integration procedure with a parent node, a relay node may transmit a capability report to the parent node indicating a duplexing capability of the relay node (e.g., whether the relay node is half-duplex or full-duplex capable). Based on the duplexing capability, the parent node may determine discovery reference signal (DRS) transmission and measurement resources for the relay node and configure the relay node with these resources. The relay node may use these resources for transmitting DRSs and monitoring for DRSs from other IAB nodes. If the relay node discovers another IAB node in the network, the nodes may form a wireless backhaul link.
US10979123B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a CQI transmission method of a terminal in a wireless communication system includes: estimating a channel of a serving base station and an interference base station to which sliding-window superposition coding (SWSC) is applied; generating channel quality information (CQI)-related information on the serving base station and the interference base station based on the estimated channel to indicate an achievable rate region; and transmitting the generated CQI-related information. However, the present disclosure is not limited to the above embodiment, and therefore other embodiments are possible.
US10979120B2
Implementations disclosed describe systems and methods to optimize delivery of channel state information in wireless networks. In one implementation, a beamformee device may comprise a plurality of antennas, to receive radio frequency signals, a radio circuit coupled to the plurality of antennas, the radio circuit to generate strength indicators of the received radio frequency signals, and a processor to determine, based on the strength indicators, a first set of feedback parameters characterizing signal transmission received by each of the plurality of antennas, generate a sparse set of feedback parameters from the first set of feedback parameters, generate a second set of feedback parameters with elements of the sparse set that exceed a threshold value, and cause the radio circuit to transmit the second set of feedback parameters.
US10979119B2
Embodiments of a method in a base station for precoding a downlink transmission are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method comprises obtaining, for a time instant k, an estimate of a channel matrix for a wireless channel for a downlink from the base station to a wireless device and projecting the estimate of the channel matrix onto one or more sets of spatial orthonormal functions, thereby obtaining respective sets of coefficients. The method further comprises, for each set of spatial orthonormal functions, filtering the set of coefficients for the time instant k based on a filtering parameter that is specific to a downlink channel to be transmitted. The method further comprises generating beamforming weights using the filtered set of coefficients for at least one of the sets of spatial orthonormal functions, and precoding the downlink channel using the beamforming weights.
US10979114B2
Cloud network implementations for a distributed antenna system (DAS) control plane are provided. In one embodiment, a DAS architecture comprises: a DAS cloud computing network; a first DAS comprising a first user plane, wherein the first user plane includes uplink circuity and downlink circuity, wherein the uplink circuity forwards uplink radio frequency traffic from at least one remote antenna unit to a master unit, wherein the downlink circuity forwards downlink radio frequency traffic from the master unit to the at least one remote antenna unit; wherein the DAS cloud computing network comprises a control plane in communication with the user plane through a network; the first user plane comprises a high level protocol interface abstraction layer coupled to the network and processes and forwards the uplink and downlink radio frequency traffic based on configuration commands received from the control plane via the high level protocol interface abstraction layer.
US10979108B2
Embodiments provide a transceiver, configured to select, responsive to a reported position of a mobile terminal, one channel covariance matrix out of a plurality of channel covariance matrices for communication with the mobile terminal or a further mobile terminal, wherein each of the channel covariance matrices is associated with a different one of a plurality of locations of a cell served by the transceiver.
US10979106B2
Devices and systems useful in concurrently receiving and transmitting Wi-Fi signals and Bluetooth signals in the same frequency band are provided. By way of example, an electronic device includes a transceiver configured to transmit data and to receive data over channels of a first wireless network and a second wireless network concurrently. The transceiver includes a plurality of filters configured to allow the transceiver to transmit the data and to receive the data in the same frequency band by reducing interference between signals of the first wireless network and the second wireless network.
US10979101B2
A power feeding device includes: a power feeder that wirelessly feeds power to power receivers; a transceiver that communicates with the power receivers; and a controller that controls the power feeder and the transceiver. When the transceiver receives signals from two or more of the power receivers, the controller suspends feeding of power to the power feeder for a predetermined period and resumes feeding of power to the power feeder after the predetermined period. When the transceiver receives signals from only one of the power receivers, the controller continues feeding of power to the power feeder.
US10979100B2
Multi-channel audio signal processing includes receiving a left stereo audio signal from a first channel and a right stereo audio signal from a second channel; up-mixing the left and the right stereo audio signals to generate an up-mixed audio signal for a third channel; de-correlating the up-mixed audio signal from the left and the right stereo audio signals to generate a de-correlated up-mixed audio signal; providing the left and right stereo signals and the de-correlated up-mixed audio signal to first, second, and third loudspeakers respectively to generate first, second, and third sound signals, respectively; picking up the first, second and third sound signals with a microphone to generate a microphone output signal; and adaptively filtering the microphone output signal with an acoustic echo canceller based on the left, the right, and the de-correlated up-mixed audio signal to generate an echo compensated microphone signal.
US10979088B2
Aspects of this disclosure relate to a front end architecture for selectively adding an external carrier aggregation band. A switch element can connect a radio frequency signal path to an antenna path through a frequency domain multiplexer, such as a diplexer, in a first mode. The switch element can connect the radio frequency path to the antenna path and bypass the frequency domain multiplexer in a second mode. The frequency domain multiplexer can be external to a front end module that include the radio frequency signal path. In the first mode, a front end system can support carrier aggregation with a band associated with circuitry implemented external to the front end module.
US10979077B2
Embodiments herein provide for a controller that is operable to soft read a data bit a plurality of times, to generate a bit set for the data bit from the soft reads, to logically operate on the bit set, and to generate a Hamming weight for the data bit based on the logical operation. The Hamming weight has fewer bits than the bit set and is operable to correct the data bit.
US10979075B2
A low density parity check (LDPC) encoder, an LDPC decoder, and an LDPC encoding method are disclosed. The LDPC encoder includes first memory, second memory, and a processor. The first memory stores an LDPC codeword having a length of 64800 and a code rate of 3/15. The second memory is initialized to 0. The processor generates the LDPC codeword corresponding to information bits by performing accumulation with respect to the second memory using a sequence corresponding to a parity check matrix (PCM).
US10979073B2
A low density parity check (LDPC) encoder, an LDPC decoder, and an LDPC encoding method are disclosed. The LDPC encoder includes first memory, second memory, and a processor. The first memory stores an LDPC codeword having a length of 64800 and a code rate of 7/15. The second memory is initialized to 0. The processor generates the LDPC codeword corresponding to information bits by performing accumulation with respect to the second memory using a sequence corresponding to a parity check matrix (PCM).
US10979070B2
A matrix compression/decompression accelerator (MCA) system/method that coordinates lossless data compression (LDC) and lossless data decompression (LDD) transfers between an external data memory (EDM) and a local data memory (LDM) is disclosed. The system implements LDC using a 2D-to-1D transformation of 2D uncompressed data blocks (2DU) within LDM to generate 1D uncompressed data blocks (1DU). The 1DU is then compressed to generate a 1D compressed superblock (CSB) in LDM. This LDM CSB may then be written to EDM with a reduced number of EDM bus cycles. The system implements LDD using decompression of CSB data retrieved from EDM to generate a 1D decompressed data block (1DD) in LDM. A 1D-to-2D transformation is then applied to the LDM 1DD to generate a 2D decompressed data block (2DD) in LDM. This 2DD may then be operated on by a matrix compute engine (MCE) using a variety of function operators.
US10979069B2
A delta-sigma modulator includes a first combining circuit, a loop filter circuit, a quantizer circuit, a truncator circuit, a first digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuit, and a compensation circuit. The first combining circuit generates a first analog signal by combining an analog feedback signal and an analog input signal. The loop filter circuit generates a loop-filtered signal according to the first analog signal. The quantizer circuit outputs a first digital signal that is indicative of a digital combination result of at least a truncation error compensation signal and the loop-filtered signal. The truncator circuit performs truncation upon the first digital signal to generate a second digital signal. The first DAC circuit generates the analog feedback signal according to the second digital signal. The compensation circuit generates the truncation error compensation signal according to a truncation error resulting from truncation performed upon the first digital signal.
US10979067B2
An image pickup device, comprises: a pixel configured to output a signal based on a light reception amount; and an AD conversion unit. The AD conversion unit includes: an amplifier circuit configured to amplify a signal that is output from the pixel; a comparator circuit including an output node for outputting a comparison result signal generated by using an output signal from the amplifier circuit and a ramp signal; a memory configured to hold a digital value corresponding to the output signal, based on a result of the comparator circuit; a gain switching circuit configured to switch a gain of the amplifier circuit; and a ramp signal switching circuit configured to switch a slope of the ramp signal. The gain switching circuit and the ramp signal switching circuit are electrically connected to the output node.
US10979062B2
This disclosure describes techniques to perform analog signal conditioning (including filtering and amplification) and analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) on a System-in-package (SIP) assembly technology. In particular, the disclosure combines a programmable gain amplifier (PGA), one or more filter circuits, and an ADC circuit onto the same SIP. These devices are coupled together on the SIP using high-accuracy and precise integrated-passive components. The SIP receives an analog signal, amplifies the analog signal with the PGA on the SIP, filters the amplified analog signal with the filter circuit(s) on the SIP, and then performs analog-to-digital conversion on the filtered amplified analog signal with the ADC circuit on the SIP. The SIP can be configured for various applications based on a variety of inputs and control mechanisms.
US10979057B1
A delay lock loop and a phase locking method thereof are provided. The delay lock loop includes a first divider, a delay line, a frequency multiplier, a second divider, a phase detection and controlling circuit and a setting signal generator. The first divider generates a divided reference clock signal. The second divider generates a first feedback clock signal and a second feedback clock signal which are complementary by dividing an output clock signal, and generates a selected feedback clock signal by selecting the first or second feedback clock signal according to a setting signal. The phase detection and controlling circuit compares phases of the selected feedback clock signal and the divided reference clock signal to generate a delay control signal. The setting signal generator samples the divided reference clock signal by the first feedback clock signal to generate the setting signal.
US10979049B2
A buffer circuit includes an input terminal, an output terminal, a buffer, and an RC circuit coupled in series with the buffer between the input terminal and the output terminal. The RC circuit is configured to increase a transition time between logical voltage levels of an output signal generated at the output terminal relative to a transition time between logical voltage levels of an input signal received at the input terminal, and the transition time of the output signal is based on a duration of a logic inversion of the input signal.
US10979047B2
A touch panel switch device includes a display panel, a touch panel placed correspondingly to the display panel, a storage part and a control part. The storage part stores switch image information according to respective operation functions, code information according to the respective operation functions and placement information for display designating placement of switch images to be displayed on the display panel. The control part is configured to make the display panel display the switch images according to the switch image information and the placement information for display, and, in accordance with a touch operation onto the touch panel, read out from the storage part the code information corresponding to the switch image displayed at a location of the touch operation, perform output control of the code information, and also perform a rewrite process of the placement information for display based on received information.
US10979045B2
A transistor, e.g., field effect transistor FET, ringing adjustment circuit and method comprising the measuring of a voltage from a transistor (e.g., a node of a FET) during the transistor turning on and turning off, determining the voltage oscillation in the measured voltage by performing a derivative function on the measured voltage and detecting a switch in a voltage change rate from positive to negative or negative to positive, and comparing the voltage change rate after the detected switch to adjust drive current applied to the transistor to optimize efficiency while minimizing voltage oscillation and ringing.
US10979036B1
A frequency divider is provided which uses common circuitry to switch between different duty cycle outputs. The divider has one or more memory elements with a feedback loop and which are controllable to adjust a duty cycle of an output signal. Each memory element has a first regenerative cell and a second regenerative cell, and where one of the regenerative cells is a controllable regenerative cell which can be controlled to vary the duty cycle of an output of the frequency divider circuit. The controllable regenerative cell can be selectively activated so that in a first configuration where the controllable regenerative cell is activated an output of the frequency divider circuit has a first duty cycle and in a second configuration where the controllable regenerative cell is deactivated an output of the frequency divider circuit has a second duty cycle.
US10979018B1
A focusing interdigital transducer (IDT) and corresponding single- and dual-port piezoelectric devices are disclosed. The focusing interdigital transducer, which generates Lamé acoustic waves, permits operation at significantly higher frequencies than those possible with traditional IDTs. The focusing IDT employs multiple arced fingers formed both above and below the piezoelectric layer to improve coupling efficiency by coupling through both the e31 and e33 piezoelectric coefficients to the piezoelectric layer. By optimizing both anchor design and location, acoustic wave losses are minimized, thereby improving the device's quality factor Q. Through proper bus design and selection of the number of IDT fingers, a device's impedance can be tuned for a given application. The focusing IDTs may be used in single-port filter devices and dual-port transformer devices. The single- and dual-port devices may operate at a single frequency, at two frequencies, or over a band of frequencies.
US10979015B2
A common-mode choke coil includes a first filter unit and a second filter unit, each of which serves as a common-mode filter unit and is formed by arranging a primary coil and a secondary coil in a stacking direction. Of the first filter unit and the second filter unit, the first filter unit has a resonant frequency different from that of the second filter unit, and the line length is different between the primary coil and the secondary coil.
US10979013B2
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a piezoelectric thin film resonator on a non-silicon substrate, including the following steps: depositing a copper thin film on a silicon wafer; coating photoresist on the copper thin film to perform photoetching so as to remove photoresist in an air gap region under the piezoelectric thin film resonator to be disposed; electroplating-depositing a copper layer, and removing photoresist to obtain a stepped peel sacrifice layer; coating polyimide and performing imidization by heat treatment, making a sandwich structure of the piezoelectric thin film resonator above the polyimide layer; performing etching for the polyimide layer in a region not covered by the piezoelectric thin film resonator by oxygen plasma; placing the obtained device into a copper corrosion solution to dissolve the copper around and under the piezoelectric thin film resonator, attaching a drum coated with polyvinyl alcohol glue onto the piezoelectric thin film resonator, releasing and peeling it from the silicon wafer and then transferring it to a desired non-silicon substrate; washing the drum with hot water to separate the drum from the piezoelectric thin film resonator so as to complete the manufacturing process.
US10979012B2
Techniques are disclosed for forming integrated circuit single-flipped resonator devices that include an electrode formed of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG). The disclosed resonator devices may be implemented with various group III-nitride (III-N) materials, and in some cases, the 2DEG may be formed at a heterojunction of two epitaxial layers each formed of III-N materials, such as a gallium nitride (GaN) layer and an aluminum nitride (AlN) layer. The 2DEG electrode may be able to achieve similar or increased carrier transport as compared to a resonator device having an electrode formed of metal. Additionally, in some embodiments where AlN is used as the piezoelectric material for the resonator device, the AlN may be epitaxially grown which may provide increased performance as compared to piezoelectric material that is deposited by traditional sputtering techniques.
US10979010B2
This application relates to methods and apparatus for audio signal processing, for example by a codec. An audio signal processing module has at least one input for receiving first and second input signals and an output path for outputting an output audio signal. The first and second input signals may be supplied by a first audio component and may correspond to the same source audio data. A controller is configured to compare the first and second input signals and to select one of the first or second input signals as the basis for a signal to be supplied to said output path based on the comparison. The controller may determine a measure of similarity in content between the first and second input signals.
US10979007B2
An amplifying device includes: an amplifying circuit connected between an input terminal and an output terminal and amplifying a signal input in an amplification mode; and a bypass circuit including a filter connected to a bypass path for bypassing the amplifying circuit, wherein the bypass path is in an off-state in the amplification mode and is in an on-state in a bypass mode, and the filter bypasses an input high-frequency signal to ground, in the amplification mode.
US10979005B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a current amplification circuitry and a driving method thereof, and a fingerprint detection device. The current amplification circuitry includes a voltage control circuit, a plurality of first current amplification circuits, and a second current amplification circuit. The voltage control circuit provides a voltage control signal to the plurality of first current amplification circuits. The first current amplification circuit includes a current mirror, and the current mirror is coupled to a voltage input terminal, the voltage control circuit, and a first input terminal of the second current amplification circuit. The first current amplification circuit amplifies a current from the voltage input terminal according to the voltage control signal provided by the voltage control circuit, and provides the amplified current to the second current amplification circuit. The second current amplification circuit is coupled to the voltage input terminal via a second input terminal and amplifies the amplified current.
US10979003B2
Audio amplification used in security systems need to be robust and have failsafe capability, they also need to be compact and energy efficient. A means of providing this by combining class D amplifiers in series is provided along with means to disconnect the amplifiers in a failure mode so as to provide ongoing operation should 1 of the amplifiers malfunction or another part of the system associated one of the amplifiers malfunction. The invention comprises an audio output stage which may be further integrated into an audio system having a supervisory controller to manage the transition from normal operation to failure state operation.
US10978994B2
A photovoltaic module is specified, comprising: a cylindrical light-transmissive tube enclosing an interior and having a main extension direction and a curved inner surface facing the interior, and a mechanically flexible photovoltaic component comprising a solar cell arrangement applied on a carrier film, wherein the photovoltaic component is arranged in the interior, the solar cell arrangement has a curvature, wherein the curvature follows the curved course of the inner surface of the tube at least in places and the solar cell arrangement at least partly covers the inner surface, wherein the covered inner surface forms a light passage surface of the photovoltaic module.
US10978990B2
One embodiment can provide a solar roof tile. The solar roof tile can include a front cover, a back cover, one or more photovoltaic structures positioned between the front cover and the back cover, and a band-stop optical filter positioned between the front cover and the photovoltaic structures. The band-stop optical filter is configured to block light within a predetermined spectral range, thereby preventing the light from reflecting off surfaces of the photovoltaic structures to exit the solar roof tile.
US10978989B1
A mobile solar collecting device, system and method is disclosed. The system includes an angle adjustable solar collecting device, an electronic storage unit to store electric energy collected by the mobile solar collecting device, a first power connecter to electrically engage with a second power connector affixed to a structure to feed electricity to an electric power grid, a transport unit to move the mobile solar collecting device, a controller. The controller directs the transport unit to periodically move the adjustable solar collecting device to optimum solar collecting locations, provides an indication to adjust an orientation of the adjustable solar collecting device to obtain maximum energy from a sun, and directs the transport unit to move the mobile solar collecting device to a location where the first power connector electrically engages with the second power connector to discharge energy in the electronic storage unit to the power grid.
US10978984B2
An electric vehicle includes drive systems, a control apparatus that controls the drive systems, and wheels. Each drive system includes a motor and an inverter coupled by wires. The wires of the drive systems are coupled by first bypass lines. Each inverter converts direct current power supplied from a corresponding power supply into alternating current power and supplies the alternating current power to the corresponding motor. Each motor drives the corresponding wheel. When an abnormality occurs in the supply of the alternating current power from the inverter to the motor in one drive system, the control apparatus performs control (i) to stop the supply of the alternating current power from the inverter of the one drive systems, and (ii) to supply the alternating current power supplied from the inverter to the motor in another drive system, to the motor of the one drive system via the first bypass lines.
US10978978B2
A method of estimating an operating state of a drive system is presented. The drive system comprises an electric motor and a mechanical unit being moved by the electric motor. The method comprises a) operating the electric motor using electrical properties, b) determining movement properties regarding the movement of the mechanical unit using the electrical properties, repeating steps a) and b) for a number of times using changed electrical properties, and generating a distribution function. The distribution function allocates electrical properties to the resulting movement properties. The method also comprises estimating the operating state in response to the generated distribution function.
US10978977B2
A method (as implemented in a current controller) is provided for higher bandwidth operation based on minimized interference between positive and negative components of a current controller, where the method may be performed without additional filtering on measured currents to isolate positive and negative current components. The method involves: identifying one or more error signals operated on by a positive sequence controller; transforming the one or more error signals into at least one negative sequence reference frame associated with at least one negative sequence controller; inputting transformed error signals to the negative sequence controller, where undesirable interactions between the positive sequence controller and negative sequence controller is minimized by sharing error signals.
US10978968B2
This method for controlling asynchronous electrical motors of a compressor system, comprises: —receiving an order to start a first asynchronous electrical motor and a second asynchronous electrical motor of a compressor system; —unloading said first and second motors, by operating respectively a first load control unit of the first motor and a second load control unit of the second motor, in order to reduce the mechanical load associated to said motors; —starting the first motor and, only once the first motor is running at nominal speed, starting the second motor, —loading both the first and second electrical motor only once the second motor has started and is running at nominal speed, by operating the first load control unit and the second load control unit, in order to increase the mechanical load associated to said motors.
US10978967B2
A PM line-start motor, preferably motors having a power of at least 5 kW, and a switch-on method therefor are provided. The motor includes a rotor and a stator having a stator winding designed as a pole-reversible rotary field winding. With the aid of the pole-reversible rotary field winding, the regenerative braking torque generated during the asynchronous high-run operation can be avoided, preferably by use of a sequence controller to control the changeover of the pole-reversible rotary field winding in the run-up phase.
US10978956B2
A power converter including: a dual output resonant converter including a first output, a second output, a common mode control input, and a differential mode control input, wherein a voltage/current at the first output and a voltage/current at the second output are controlled in response to a common mode control signal received at the common mode control input and a differential mode control signal received at the differential mode control input; and a dual output controller including a first error signal input, a second error signal input, a delta power signal input, a common mode control output, and a differential mode control output, wherein the dual output controller is configured to generate the common mode control signal and the differential mode control signal in response to a first error signal received at the first error signal input and a second error signal received at the second error signal input, wherein the first error signal is a function of the voltage/current at the first output and the second error signal is a function of the voltage/current at the second output, and wherein the common mode control signal is output from the common mode control output and the differential mode control signal is output from the differential mode control output, wherein the differential mode signal is limited by a differential mode signal limiting circuit.
US10978945B2
Disclosed is a semiconductor device for switching power supply control including: a power supply terminal; a current inflow terminal; a starting circuit; and a brownout detection circuit, wherein a control signal of a switching element is generated, the starting circuit includes: a first comparator; a starting control circuit which controls on and off of the switch; and an operation start circuit which detects that the voltage of the power supply terminal becomes equal to or more than a predetermined voltage, and generates a signal for operating an internal circuit, and the brownout detection circuit includes: a voltage divider; a second comparator which has a hysteresis characteristic for detecting generation of a brownout state; a timer circuit which measures a predetermined time during which the generation of the brownout state continues; and an output stop circuit which stops outputting of a switching control signal.
US10978938B2
A controlled load device including a load, a control electronics unit, which is connected via at least one conductor to the load in such a way that the load may be switched and/or energized via at least one electrical signal relayed via the at least one conductor, and at least one first electromechanical feedback component, which is designed for guiding or feeding back high-frequency interference signals from the load into the control electronics unit, the load connected via the at least one conductor to the control electronics unit having a load impedance including a load impedance minimum at a load impedance minimum frequency, and the first electromechanical feedback component having a first feedback impedance including a first feedback impedance minimum at a first feedback impedance minimum frequency between 1% of the load impedance minimum frequency and 100% of the load impedance minimum frequency.
US10978936B2
A cooling apparatus of a dynamoelectric machine including a rotor and stator, wherein the dynamoelectric machine is mounted on a vehicle in a manner that an axial line of rotation thereof is oriented in a height direction of the vehicle. The cooling apparatus includes a hydraulic power source, a discharge port provided over a circumferential direction toward a space above a winding of the stator, a case configured in which the rotor and the stator are accommodated, and a coolant oil passage formed in the case so as to lead a coolant oil supplied from the hydraulic power source to the discharge port.
US10978931B2
A damper member (80) is provided between the worm wheel (39) and the output member (70), and elastically deformed by a relative rotation of the worm wheel (39) and the output member (70), a gap portion (SP) is provided between the worm wheel (39) and the output member (70), a portion (DP) bulged by elastic deformation of the damper member (80) is housed in the gap portion (SP), the portion (DP) bulged by elastic deformation of the damper member (80) does not push the output member (70) away from the worm wheel (39). Therefore, although it has the damper member (80), it is not necessary to fix the output member (70) so as to prevent the output member (70) from being moved in an axial direction of a support shaft by using a fixing member on the basis of a conventional manner, thereby making it possible to reduce the intensity of the support shaft, and consequently, it is possible to realize excellent shock resistance and silence, and cost reduction.
US10978930B2
The invention relates to a sleeve (1) providing a mechanical connection between a shaft of an electrical machine and a rotational bearing of the electrical machine (100) comprising: —a first portion (3) arranged to co-operate with the electrical machine shaft, —a second portion (5) arranged to co-operate with the rotational bearing, characterized in that the first portion (3) defines at least one internal chamber (4) and comprises at least one means of communication (6) between an environment surrounding the sleeve (1) and the internal chamber (4). Said invention is applicable to motor vehicles.
US10978928B2
An electrical distribution member includes a plurality of electrical conducting wires made of a solid wire. The electrical conducting wires each include an electrical conducting body, and a coating layer provided over a surface of that electrical conducting body, while removed therefrom over a respective predetermined length including a joining portion. The electrical conducting wires include at least one first electrical conducting wire having a joining portion extending in an axial direction of a stator core, and at least one second electrical conducting wire having a joining portion bent in relation to a radial direction of the stator core in such a manner as to follow a circumferential direction of the stator core. The predetermined length of the second electrical conducting wire with the coating layer removed therefrom is longer than the predetermined length of the first electrical conducting wire with the coating layer removed therefrom.
US10978927B2
A generator stator used in applications where rotational speed of a rotary body varies over a wide range and a generator having a stator. The generator stator having at least two coil sets formed by winding wires, the at least two coil sets are independent of each other to form power outputs independent of each other.
US10978921B1
A wireless power system has a wireless power transmitting device and a wireless power receiving device. During digital ping operations while the transmitting device and receiving device negotiate to establish a power level to use during normal operation, low-power wireless power signals may be transmitted to the receiving device from the wireless power transmitting device. Information gathered during the digital ping may be evaluated using a wireless-power-transmission-efficiency-to-digital-ping-rectifier-output-voltage relationship and using a normal-operation-wireless-power-transmission-efficiency-to-digital-ping-wireless-power-transmission-efficiency relationship to predict a wireless power transmission efficiency that would be experienced if the system were to enter normal operation. Based on this efficiency prediction, the system can issue alerts and can decide whether or not to enter normal operation.
US10978898B2
A charging circuit, a charging system, a charging method, and an electronic device is provided. In the charging circuit, a control signal transmitted by a controller is received, and then it is determined whether the control signal is a first control signal. If it is determined that the control signal is the first control signal, a first set of switches is turned on and a second set of switches is turned off to cause an adaptation module to charge a first capacitor, a second capacitor and a battery. If it is determined that the control signal is not the first control signal, the second set of switches is turned on and the first set of switches is turned off to cause the first capacitor and the second capacitor to charge the battery.
US10978894B2
The invention discloses a clamping activation method, applicable to an electric clamping device with wireless charging, the electric clamping device comprising a body and a wireless charging module, a control unit, and an electric clamping assembly, all disposed inside the body. The clamping activation method comprises: the control unit receiving a signal generated by the wireless charging module; the control unit activating the electric clamping assembly to clamp the electronic device according to the signal; and the control unit activating the wireless charging module to charge the electronic device. As such, the electric clamping device can automatically clamp the electronic device without installing additional sensing elements or switches.
US10978888B2
A battery system including: a plurality of battery modules; a plurality of switches configured to switch a connection state of the plurality of battery modules between a series state and a parallel state; and an electronic control unit configured: to control switching of the plurality of switches; and to fix ON-OFF states of the plurality of switches such that the connection state of the plurality of battery modules is the series state or the parallel state when a deterioration parameter indicating a degree of deterioration of a predetermined battery module out of the plurality of battery modules reaches a threshold value, the ON-OFF state representing a state in which a switch is open or closed.
US10978885B2
In one aspect, the invention comprises an apparatus for balancing cells in a series string of modules having cells. The apparatus comprises a processing system and a communication circuit. The processing circuit is configured to receive an average cell voltage value from each module. The processing circuit is further configured to determine an overall average cell voltage for all the cells. The processing circuit is also configured to cause each the modules to determine a relative capacitance for each of its cells and cause each of the modules to balance its cells based on the respective relative capacitances. The communication circuit is configured to receive the average cell voltage value from the modules.
US10978884B2
One or more of the present embodiments provide for a battery cell balancing system and strategy that delivers more efficient use of battery capacities as needed for different use cases. For example, a balancing circuit is provided to support targeted battery cell passive and active balancing according to a balancing strategy for the use cases. Further the balancing circuit allows for cell balancing to be performed while the battery cells are collectively being charged or discharged.
US10978880B2
A system including a primary coil assembly is provided. The primary coil assembly is configured to operate at a first resonant frequency having a first bandwidth; wherein a difference between the first resonant frequency and a system frequency is at least two times the first bandwidth, where the first resonant frequency is selected such that upon energizing the primary coil assembly at the system frequency, a primary current is induced in the primary coil assembly, which is at least ten times lesser than a system current.
US10978878B2
A solar cell management system for increasing the efficiency and power output of a solar cell and methods for making and using the same. The management system provides an electric field across an individual solar cell, an array of solar cells configured as a panel, or a group of solar panels. The imposed electric field exerts a force on both the electrons and holes created by light incident on the solar cell and accelerates the electron-hole pairs towards the electrodes of the solar cell. Compared to conventional solar cells, these accelerated electron-hole pairs travel a shorter distance from creation (by incident optical radiation) and spend less time within the solar cell material, therefore the electron-hole pairs have a lower likelihood of recombining within the cells' semiconductor's material. This reduction in the electron-hole recombination rate results in an overall increase in the solar cells' efficiency and greater power output.
US10978869B2
A MOSFET and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device on a common chip includes a MOSFET with a source, a gate, and a drain, and an ESD protection device configured to implement a diode function that is biased to prevent current from flowing through the common chip from the source to the drain.
US10978866B2
Polarizing signals for electric power system directional overcurrent and distance protection are disclosed herein. The polarizing signal may be determined using a power system tracking signal, generated using a synchronous reference frame to track to a pre-fault voltage, and maintained using a phase-locked loop. The power system tracking signal may be used for a time after a voltage signal is lost, after which a self-polarizing signal may be used. Where voltage signals are not available, a current may be used to generate the polarizing signal.
US10978861B2
A locking cable hanger assembly for the solar, mining, and electrical industry includes a new wire locking mechanism, new multiple cable carrier saddles on one hanger, data carrier wire capability, and optional high dielectric, UV coated material.
US10978846B2
A terminal crimping device crimps a terminal metal fitting positioned at a crimping position to an electric wire. The device includes an anvil which is positioned under the crimping position, a crimper which is positioned above the crimping position, a pressing mechanism which presses down the crimper to crimp the terminal metal fitting to the electric wire with the anvil and the crimper, a terminal supply mechanism to supply the terminal metal fitting to the crimping position, a position adjusting mechanism which is provided in the terminal supply mechanism to adjust a position of the terminal metal fitting for the crimping position, and a photographing device to photograph the terminal metal fitting fed to the crimping position.
US10978843B2
This electric conduction apparatus is an electric conduction apparatus that supports an electronic device having a predetermined surface provided with a connector insertion port and is capable of being electrically connected to the electronic device, the electric conduction apparatus including a housing having a front side and a rear side, a connector that protrudes from the housing and can be inserted into the connector insertion port, and a pivoting mechanism configured to pivot the connector about a first axis line located on the rear side relative to the connector.
US10978835B2
A power connector includes an insulation body, at least two pins, a thermal conductive element, and a thermal sensor. The insulation body has a cavity and a first housing, and the first housing includes a plug-in surface. The pins pass through the first housing, and one side of the pins extends to the cavity. The thermally and electrically conductive element is disposed in the cavity and extends to the pins, and is spaced apart from the pins. The thermally and electrically conductive element is close to the first housing. The thermal sensor is disposed in the thermally and electrically conductive element.
US10978834B1
The auxiliary outlet system is an electrical socket that is configured for use with a national electric grid. The auxiliary outlet system is a port that distributes electricity from the national electric grid. The auxiliary outlet system comprises a transmitting outlet and one or more mirrored outlets. The transmitting outlet is configured to distribute electricity from the national electric grid. The one or more mirrored outlets are configured to distribute electricity from the national electric grid. The transmitting outlet broadcasts a radio frequency signal to each of the one or more mirrored outlets. The one or more mirrored outlets mirror the operation of the transmitting outlet. Specifically: a) each of the one or more mirrored outlets are enabled to distribute electricity when the transmitting outlet is enabled to distribute electricity; and, b) each of the one or more mirrored outlets are de-energized when the transmitting outlet is de-energized.
US10978825B2
A covering element for an alternator pole includes a body which is provided with a portion adapted to be fitted on the alternator pole and a portion adapted to be fitted on the cable that is connected to the alternator pole. The portion of the body which is adapted to be fitted on the alternator pole is provided with coupling teeth which are adapted to allow coupling to a coupling flange of the alternator pole. At least one of the teeth is elastically yielding so as to allow the coupling of the covering element to different diameters of the coupling flange.
US10978824B2
The present invention suppresses the return of the barrel section while ensuring waterproofness against the contact portion with the aluminum core wire. A plurality of concave sections is dispersedly provided on the inner surface of the barrel section. A groove section is provided so as to overlap the sealing member. A ridge portion is provided extending in the crossing direction at a position which does not overlap with the sealing member in plan view and is close to the third region on the side opposite to the terminal section. The barrel section is crimped to the end portion by crimping so that the exposed portion of the aluminum core wire is in contact with the ridge portion, and is sealed with the sealing member.
US10978817B2
A substrate-mounting connector includes a housing, a contact mounted to the housing, and a shield shell. The shield shell includes a first plate and a second plate disposed adjacently. A part of the first plate serves as a first contact portion. A first extension piece is formed in the second plate. A part of the first extension piece serves as a second contact portion. A part of the housing serves as a pressing portion facing the first plate, in a covering state in which the shield shell is mounted to the housing. A part of the first plate, different from the first contact portion, or a part of the first extension piece, different from the second contact portion, serves as a pressed portion pressed by the pressing portion in the covering state. The pressing portion presses the pressed portion to make the first contact portion contact the second contact portion.
US10978813B2
A bowtie antenna arrangement including at least one bowtie structure including bowtie arm sections made of an electrically conducting material with each an end portion facing an end portion of another bowtie arm section, a base portion including a conducting ground plane, the bowtie structure being connected to a feeding arrangement. The bowtie arm sections are planar, made of a conducting sheet or plate element and are arranged in a bowtie arm section plane located in parallel with, at a first distance from a first side of the base portion, the, or each, bowtie arm structure being connected to a feeding port on a second side of the base portion.
US10978808B2
A phased array line feed for a reflector antenna, including a plurality of substantially parallel metallic rods and a phase/power switching matrix electrically connected to the metallic rods. The phase/power switching matrix may steer a beam of the reflector antenna by adjusting the phase and/or power difference between the metallic rods. The phased array line feed may also include a plurality of substantially parallel metallic disks. The metallic rods may extend through the metallic disks substantially perpendicular to the metallic discs. The metallic discs may be equally spaced and the diameter of the metallic disks may decrease along the length of the metallic rods. Alternatively, the diameters of the metallic discs may be equal and the distances between the metallic discs may decrease along the length of the metallic rods.
US10978791B2
One example discloses a combination antenna, including a near-field antenna, having a first portion and a second portion; and a far-field antenna, having a cavity; wherein the first portion of the near-field antenna structure is inside the cavity and the second portion is outside of the cavity.
US10978785B2
An antenna module includes: a board having a first surface including a ground region and a feed region; and chip antennas mounted on the first surface, each of the chip antennas including a first antenna and a second antenna. The first antenna and the second antenna each include a ground portion bonded to the ground region, and a radiation portion bonded to the feed region. A length of a radiating surface of the first antenna is greater than a mounting height of the first antenna, and a mounting height of the second antenna is greater than a length of a radiating surface of the second antenna. A horizontal spacing distance between the radiation portion of the first antenna and the ground region is greater than a horizontal spacing distance between the radiation portion of the second antenna and the ground region.
US10978781B2
An antenna comprises a first layer having a first redistribution layer, a feeding line, a ground connection element, and one or more antenna inputs. The antenna also comprises one or more intermediate layers over the first layer. The antenna further comprises a second layer having a second redistribution layer over the one or more intermediate layers. The antenna additionally comprises one or more through vias arranged to communicatively couple the second redistribution layer and the first redistribution layer. The antenna also comprises a short element. The antenna further comprises one or more radiator antennas within the one or more through vias, the one or more radiator antennas being in communication with the one or more antenna inputs by way of the feeding line.
US10978772B1
In a four-port transmission-line network, a first transmission line is connected to a first port, second and third transmission lines are connected to a first component port, fourth and fifth transmission lines are connected to a second component port, and a sixth transmission line is connected to a fourth port. The transmission lines are connected as baluns to the ports with the unbalanced signal on the port side and the balanced signals interconnecting with others of the transmission lines. In another example, two or more baluns are connected serially. Each balun includes two transmission lines having signal-return conductors connected together at the ends. One end of a signal conductor on the first balun forms a sum port. One end of the signal-return conductors of the second balun forms a difference port, and a capacitor connects the other end of the signal-return conductors to circuit ground.
US10978771B2
The present invention discloses a lumped circuit balance converter applied to double-sided parallel lines, comprising a radio frequency transceiver, a balance converter, a filter and a matching network. The filter is connected with the matching network through the balance transmission line. The balance converter comprises a second circuit block, a first circuit block, a third circuit block, a first port, a second port and a third port. A positive polarity of a signal is positioned at the top of the second port and the bottom of the third port. Balance signals are respectively fed to the converter at the top of the second port and the bottom of the third port, and the signals are combined in the first port. The present invention has simple structure and better effect when used, can be easily changed to different required performance, and has good applicability and strong practicability.
US10978769B2
A stripline that is usable in a quantum application (q-stripline) includes a first polyimide film and a second polyimide film. The q-stripline further includes a first center conductor and a second center conductor formed between the first polyimide film and the second polyimide film. The q-stripline has a first pin configured through the second polyimide film to make electrical and thermal contact with the first center conductor.
US10978767B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides, as a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator excellent in cycle characteristic, a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator including a polyolefin porous film, wherein a ratio of a displacement amount of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator at a 10th loading-unloading cycle to a displacement amount of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator at a 50th loading-unloading cycle is in a range of 100% to 130%.
US10978763B2
An exemplary battery pack cover includes a polymer layer and a metallic layer grounded to a chassis of an electric vehicle. An exemplary method includes shielding battery cells of a battery pack against electromagnetic interference and thermal energy using a multilayer cover that is grounded to a chassis of an electrified vehicle.
US10978761B2
A spring contact type battery holder includes a plurality of batteries having a positive electrode and a negative electrode on a same straight line. At least two batteries among the plurality of batteries are connected in parallel with each other in a state where same electrodes face each other on the same straight line.
US10978760B2
The invention relates to a structural component for a battery housing of an electrically-driven motor vehicle with a wall that extends from a wall bottom side to a wall top side in a component vertical direction, and from a first end face to a second end face in a component longitudinal direction perpendicular thereto, wherein the wall has a rib arranged on one side of the wall and oriented perpendicular thereto and/or a bead to increase its flexural rigidity, and wherein the rib, or respectively the bead, extends substantially in a component longitudinal direction. Moreover, the invention relates to a battery housing for a battery of an electrically-driven motor vehicle, as well as such a motor vehicle.
US10978756B2
A battery pack includes battery cells, a fan unit that blows air for cooling the battery cells, a case housing therein the battery cells and the fan unit, a circulation passage in which the air blown out from the fan unit flows before being sucked into the fan unit and after exchanging heat with the battery cells, a heat exchanging part that is disposed downstream of battery passages through which the air circulating in the circulation passage as an circulating air flows to exchange heat with the battery cells and below bottom ends of the batteries, and a drain passage that leads to outside of the case for drainage, the drain passage including a drain opening formed in the case so as to be located below the heat exchanging part.
US10978754B2
A battery-pack storage structure includes: a battery-case upper part configured to store a battery stack; a battery-case lower part; and a cooling air path through which cooling air for cooling the battery stack flows. The battery-case upper part is disposed on the battery-case lower part, and a bottom-part cooling air path, through which the cooling air flows, is formed between a bottom surface of the battery-case upper part and a bottom surface of the battery-case lower part.
US10978752B2
According to one embodiment, a secondary battery is provided. The secondary battery includes a negative electrode. The negative electrode includes an active material composite. The active material composite includes active material particles and a layer covering at least a portion of surfaces of the active material particles. The active material particles include titanium-containing oxide particles. The layer contains N and Si. The layer includes a first surface facing the at least the portion of surfaces of the active material particles and a second surface defining a layer thickness from the first surface. An N concentration in the layer decreases from the first surface to the second surface. A Si concentration in the layer increases from the first surface to the second surface.
US10978751B2
A battery system has a first cell balancing circuit and a second cell balancing circuit with a bus bar disposed therebetween. The battery system further includes an integrated circuit measuring a first voltage between two sense lines coupled to opposite ends of the bus bar while the first cell balancing circuit and a second cell balancing circuit are turned off, and determining a voltage value based on the first voltage. A microcontroller receives the voltage value and determines that an open circuit condition exists in the bus bar if the voltage value is greater than a threshold voltage value.
US10978737B2
The present invention relates to an electrolyte solution comprising a supporting salt, a nonaqueous solvent containing a compound having a viscosity of 1.0 mPa-s or less in an amount of more than 50% by volume in the nonaqueous solvent, and a halogenated cyclic acid anhydride. According to the present invention, an electrolyte solution capable of suppressing gas generation is provided.
US10978736B2
A composite membrane for a secondary battery, including: a nanostructure including a cross-linked polymer including a repeating unit represented by Formula 1 and a unit derived from a crosslinking compound: wherein, in Formula 1, Ar1, R1 to R3, A, and Y− are the same as described in the specification.
US10978723B2
A fuel cell secondary power and thermal management system includes a compressor, a turbine, a first heat exchanger, a proton exchange membrane fuel cell, and a second heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger has first and second air flow circuits and transfers heat between the first and second air flow circuits. The proton exchange membrane fuel cell includes a cathode air flow circuit and an anode hydrogen flow circuit. The cathode air flow circuit receives air from the first air flow circuit. The second heat exchanger has a third and fourth air flow circuits and is configured to transfer heat between the third and fourth air flow circuits. The third air flow circuit receives air from the second air flow circuit outlet. The fourth air flow circuit receives the air discharged from the cathode air flow circuit and supplies air to the turbine.
US10978722B2
An individual solid oxide cell (SOC) constructed of a sandwich configuration including in the following order: an oxygen electrode, a solid oxide electrolyte, a fuel electrode, a fuel manifold, and at least one layer of mesh. In one embodiment, the mesh supports a reforming catalyst resulting in a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) having a reformer embedded therein. The reformer-modified SOFC functions internally to steam reform or partially oxidize a gaseous hydrocarbon, e.g. methane, to a gaseous reformate of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, which is converted in the SOC to water, carbon dioxide, or a mixture thereof, and an electrical current. In another embodiment, an electrical insulator is disposed between the fuel manifold and the mesh resulting in a solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC), which functions to electrolyze water and/or carbon dioxide.
US10978698B2
Provided is a method of producing a rechargeable alkali metal-sulfur cell, comprising: (a) providing an anode layer; (b) providing particulates comprising primary particles of a sulfur-containing material encapsulated or embraced by a thin layer of a conductive sulfonated elastomer composite, wherein the conductive sulfonated elastomer composite comprises from 0% to 50% by weight of a conductive reinforcement material dispersed in a sulfonated elastomeric matrix material, and the conductive sulfonated elastomer composite has a thickness from 1 nm to 10 μm, a fully recoverable tensile strain from 2% to 500%, a lithium ion conductivity from 10−7 S/cm to 5×10−2 S/cm, and an electrical conductivity from 10−7 S/cm to 100 S/cm; (c) forming the particulates, a resin binder, and an optional conductive additive into a cathode layer; and (d) combining the anode layer, the cathode layer, an optional porous separator, and an electrolyte to form the alkali metal-sulfur cell.
US10978692B2
A lithium secondary battery includes an electrode group and a nonaqueous electrolyte having lithium ion conductivity. A negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode current collector has a first surface facing an outward direction of winding of the electrode group and a second surface facing an inward direction of the winding of the electrode group. Lithium metal is deposited on the first surface and the second surface by charge. The negative electrode further includes first protrusions protruding from the first surface and second protrusions protruding from the second surface. A ratio A1X/A1 is less than a ratio A2X/A2. A1X is a sum of projected areas of the first protrusions on the first surface. A1 is an area of the first surface. A2X is a sum of projected areas of the second protrusions on the second surface. A2 is an area of the second surface.
US10978689B2
A battery pack includes: a plurality of battery cells, each comprising at least one cell vent; a connection plate extending over the plurality of battery cells and electrically connected to the plurality of battery cells; and a cover including a cover plate arranged over the connection plate and a barrier wall protruding from the cover plate towards the connection plate, and the barrier wall includes at least two round portions extending between two neighboring battery cells of the plurality of battery cells to individually surround the at least one cell vent of a battery cell of the neighboring battery cells, and a stripe portion extending across the cover plate and spaced from the round portion.
US10978686B2
Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a secondary battery. The technical problem to be solved is to provide a secondary battery having an embossed safety vent, which is not damaged by an external force generated during a manufacturing process, can clearly define a rupture area or shape, and makes process management for rupture area or shape easy. To this end, various embodiments of the present invention disclose a secondary battery comprising: a case, a cap plate which is installed in the case and has a vent hole; and a safety vent which is coupled to the vent hole of the cap plate and ruptures when the internal pressure of the case is greater than a reference pressure, wherein the safety vent comprises an embossed portion; and a notch portion formed in the embossed portion.
US10978684B2
The present disclosure relates to a dual energy storage system that includes a lithium ion battery electrically coupled in parallel with a lead acid battery, where the lithium ion battery and the lead-acid battery are electrically coupled to a vehicle bus, where the lithium ion battery open circuit voltage (OCV) partially matches the lead-acid battery OCV such that the lead-acid battery OCV at 100% of the lead-acid battery state of charge (SOC) is about equal to the lithium ion battery OCV at 50% of the lithium ion battery SOC.
US10978679B2
A method of manufacturing a composite film layer applicable to a flexible display panel includes providing a transparent substrate film; forming a deformed state of the transparent substrate film by applying a predetermined degree of tensile stress to the transparent substrate film; forming a hardened layer on the transparent substrate film in the deformed state; and releasing the tensile stress from the transparent substrate film in the deformed state to enable a molecular chain in the hardened layer to contract.
US10978676B2
An organic light-emitting display device can include a substrate including a display area and a non-display area; a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate in the non-display area; an electroluminescent device disposed in the display area; and an overcoat layer disposed on the substrate and including two or more concave portions and two or more convex portions in the display area, in which the two or more concave portions and the two or more convex portions form a honeycomb pattern in a plan view, and the electroluminescent device includes: a first electrode disposed on the overcoat layer and connecting the electroluminescent device to the thin film transistor; an organic light-emitting layer disposed on the first electrode and configured to emit light; and a second electrode disposed on the organic light-emitting layer.
US10978674B2
A method of manufacturing a display apparatus includes providing a substrate, forming a display unit defining an opening portion in a display region over the substrate, forming a thin film encapsulation layer to seal the display unit, forming a touch electrode over the thin film encapsulation layer, forming a touch insulating film covering the touch electrode such that the thin film encapsulation layer and the touch insulating film are sequentially stacked and formed over the substrate in the opening portion, forming a touch contact hole by removing a portion of the touch insulating film to expose a portion of the touch electrode, and removing a portion of the touch insulating film and a portion of the thin film encapsulation layer formed in the opening portion to expose a portion of the substrate during the forming of the touch contact hole.
US10978671B2
A display apparatus includes: a substrate having a display area and a non-display area at least partially surrounding the display area; a plurality of pixels disposed in the display area of the substrate; a plurality of first projections disposed in the non-display area of the substrate extending along an edge of the substrate; and a second projection disposed on the substrate between the plurality of first projections and the display area, the second projection including a plurality of cavities arranged in a plurality of columns to limit flow of excess organic material during manufacture, wherein the cavities may be arranged in adjacent columns staggered from each other in a direction transverse to the columns.
US10978663B2
The present disclosure relates to an electroluminescence lighting device. The present disclosure provides an electroluminescence light device comprising: a substrate including an emission area divided into a plurality of segments and non-emission area surrounding the emission area; a segment line arranged from the non-emission area to the segment; a buffer layer on the segment line; an auxiliary line defining a plurality of pixels within each segment on the buffer layer; a first pad disposed at the non-emission area; a segment switch disposed at the non-emission area and connecting the first pad to the segment line; and an emission element disposed at each pixel.
US10978651B2
According to a flexible OLED device production method of the present disclosure, after an intermediate region (30i) and flexible substrate regions (30d) of a plastic film (30) of a multilayer stack (100) are divided from one another, the interface between the flexible substrate regions (30d) and a glass base (10) is irradiated with laser light. The multilayer stack (100) is separated into a first portion (110) and a second portion (120) while the multilayer stack (100) is in contact with a stage (212). The first portion (110) includes a plurality of OLED devices (1000) which are in contact with the stage (212). The OLED devices (1000) include a plurality of functional layer regions (20) and the flexible substrate regions (30d). The second portion (120) includes the glass base (10) and the intermediate region (30i). The stage (212) has ejection holes in a region which is to face the intermediate region (30i), from which a fluid is ejected in the separation step.
US10978643B2
An organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode; a second electrode; an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; a hole transport region between the first electrode and the emission layer; and an electron transport region between the emission layer and the second electrode, wherein the hole transport region includes a hole auxiliary layer and the electron transport region includes an electron auxiliary layer. The organic light-emitting device may have high efficiency and long life span characteristics.
US10978642B2
A mixture consists of three or more organic compounds, wherein the molecular weight difference of any two organic compounds is less than 160 Dalton. In the mixture, the molar percentage of each organic compound is not less than 3% and not more than 90%, and the organic compounds all have at least one same or similar photoelectronic function.
US10978641B2
A vapor deposition mask capable of correctly performing confirmation of whether a shape pattern of openings formed in a resin mask is normal or similar confirmation while satisfying both high definition and lightweight, a vapor deposition mask preparation body for obtaining the vapor deposition mask, a frame-equipped vapor deposition mask including the vapor deposition mask, and a method for producing an organic semiconductor element using the frame-equipped vapor deposition mask. The aforementioned problem is solved by using, in a vapor deposition mask including a metal mask in which a through hole is formed and a resin mask in which an opening corresponding to a pattern to be produced by vapor deposition is formed at a position overlapping with the through hole, the metal mask and the resin mask being stacked, wherein the resin mask has about 40% or less of light ray transmittance at a wavelength of about 550 nm.
US10978639B2
A circuit according to the present application includes a diode or other non-linear device coupled to a heating element of a phase-change material (PCM) radio frequency (RF) switch. The diode or other non-linear device allows an amorphizing pulse or a crystallizing pulse to pass to a first terminal of the heating element. The diode or other non-linear device substantially prevents a pulse generator providing the amorphizing pulse or crystallizing pulse from interfering with RF signals at RF terminals of the PCM RF switch. In an array of PCM cells each including a diode or other non-linear device, the diode or other non-linear device substantially prevents sneak paths that would otherwise enable an amorphizing or crystallizing pulse intended for a heating element of a selected cell of the array to be provided to heating elements of unselected cells of the array.
US10978633B2
An actuator device is provided. The actuator device includes: a first substrate including a contact; and a second substrate including a trace electrically connected to the contact. A portion of the second substrate is laminated to the first substrate in a first direction. The portion of the second substrate is adhered to the first substrate. A portion of the trace overlaps the contact in the first direction. A portion of the trace includes a plurality of terminals and a base section. The plurality of terminals are separated from each other. The base section is coupled to the plurality of terminals.
US10978632B2
A method of fabricating a device, wherein the device comprises a plurality of lengths of material and at least one junction joining two or more of the lengths of material. In a masking phase, a mask is formed on an underlying layer of the device. The mask comprises a plurality of trenches exposing the underlying layer, each trench corresponding to one of the lengths of material. A respective section of two or more of the trenches either (a) narrow down, or (b) are separated by a discontinuity, at a position corresponding to the at least one junction. In a selective area growth phase, material is grown in the set of trenches to form the lengths of material on the underlying layer. The two or more lengths of material are joined at the at least one junction.
US10978628B2
A device and a connection carrier are disclosed. In an embodiment a device includes a connection carrier, a frame and an encapsulation body, wherein the connection carrier, the encapsulation body and/or the frame have different thermal expansion coefficients, a semiconductor chip mechanically and electronically connected to the connection carrier and a metal layer arranged between the connection carrier and the frame, wherein the encapsulation body surrounds the semiconductor chip and is adjacent to the connection carrier and the frame, wherein the metal layer is not in electrically conductive connection, and wherein the metal layer projects beyond the frame in a lateral direction.
US10978623B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a base body, a conductive adhesive member, and a sealing member. The semiconductor element includes a substrate, a semiconductor element structure provided on the substrate, and p-electrode and n-electrode provided on the semiconductor element structure. The semiconductor element is disposed on the base body. The conductive adhesive member electrically connects the p-electrode and the n-electrode to the base body. The sealing member is provided to cover the semiconductor element on an upper surface of the base body. The conductive adhesive member contains particles selected from a group of (i) surface-treated particles having a particle diameter of 1 nm or more and 100 μm or less and (ii) particles that coexist with a dispersing agent.
US10978615B2
The present disclosure provides a light-emitting apparatus comprising a board having a plurality of first metal contacts and a plurality of second metal contacts on a top surface; a plurality of LEDs being bonded to the board, the each of the LEDs comprising a first cladding layer on the substrate, an active layer on the first cladding layer, a second cladding layer on the active layer, an upper surface on the second cladding layer, a first metal layer, and a second metal layer, wherein the first metal layer and the second metal layer are between the active layer and the board; an opaque layer between the adjacent LEDs and comprising a polymer mixed with a plurality of inorganic particles; and an encapsulating layer on the upper surfaces and opposite to the board, wherein the encapsulating layer does not cover a side wall of the active layer; and an underfill material between the board and the plurality of LEDs, wherein the underfill material surrounds each of the first metal layer and the second metal layer.
US10978613B2
A-light-emitting device which realizes a high aperture ratio and in which the quality of image is little affected by the variation in the characteristics of TFTs. The channel length of the driving TFTs is selected to be very larger than the channel width of the driving TFTs to improve current characteristics in the saturated region, and a high VGS is applied to the driving TFTs to obtain a desired drain current. Therefore, the drain currents of the driving TFTs are little affected by the variation in the threshold voltage. In laying out the pixels, further, wiring is arranged under the partitioning wall and the driving TFTs are arranged under the wiring in order to avoid a decrease in the aperture ratio despite of an increase in the size of the driving TFT.
US10978610B2
A method of manufacturing a nitride semiconductor light-emitting element includes growing an n-side semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a p-side semiconductor layer. The step of growing the active layer includes growing a first barrier layer before growing a well layer. The step of growing the first barrier layer includes a first stage where a first nitride semiconductor layer containing In is grown with a first concentration of n-type impurity, a second stage where a second nitride semiconductor layer containing In is grown with a second concentration of n-type impurity higher than the first concentration, a third stage where a third nitride semiconductor layer containing In is grown with a third concentration of n-type impurity lower than the second concentration, and a fourth stage where a fourth nitride semiconductor layer is grown under a growth condition in which an amount of an impurity source gas is decreased or stopped.
US10978609B2
A method of manufacturing display device is disclosed. a substrate includes a basal layer and metal contacts on the top surface. An insulation layer is disposed on the top surface and includes a first mounting surface and a bottom surface. Multiple grooves are formed on the insulation layer and each extends from the first mounting surface to the bottom surface. The grooves respectively correspond to the metal contacts and expose respective metal contacts. An electromagnetic force is provided with a direction from the basal layer toward the insulation layer. A droplet containing multiple micro components is provided on the first mounting surface. A configuration of an electrode of the micro component corresponds to a configuration of one of the grooves. The electrode is attracted to the corresponding groove by the electromagnetic force so as to electrically contact the metal contact.
US10978603B2
An energy storage device comprising a substrate comprising a groove having a first and a second face. A capacitor material in the groove. The first and the second face of the groove having a coat of metal. Wherein the coat of metal on the first face is not in electrical contact with the coat of metal on the second face.
US10978601B2
Example embodiments relate to partially translucent photovoltaic modules and methods for manufacturing partially translucent photovoltaic modules. One embodiment includes a method for electrically interconnecting a plurality of thin-film photovoltaic plates. The method includes positioning a plurality of thin-film photovoltaic plates side by side. The thin-film photovoltaic plates are partially translucent or non-translucent. The method also includes providing at least one connection element on a surface of each of the plurality of thin-film photovoltaic plates. The at least one connection element includes a plurality of electrically conductive wires arranged in a grid structure. Further, the method includes physically separating each connection element into a first connection part that includes a plurality of first electrically interconnected, conductive wires and a second connection part that includes a plurality of second electrically interconnected, conductive wires. In addition, the method includes providing busbars and forming electrical busbar connections.
US10978597B2
A sensor includes a printed circuit board; at least one semiconductor chip arranged on the printed circuit board and includes a front-side contact, wherein the semiconductor chip is a radiation-detecting semiconductor chip; an embedding layer arranged on the printed circuit board and laterally adjoining the at least one semiconductor chip; and a contact layer connected to the front-side contact of the at least one semiconductor chip.
US10978596B2
A method of processing a power diode includes: creating an anode region and a drift region in a semiconductor body: and forming, by a single ion implantation processing step, each of an anode contact zone and an anode damage zone in the anode region. Power diodes manufactured by the method are also described.
US10978595B2
Disclosed is a thin-film transistor-based pressure sensor including a gate electrode; a gate dielectric layer provided on the gate electrode; a semiconductor layer provided on the gate dielectric layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode provided on the semiconductor layer, wherein each of the source and drain electrodes has an elastic body that includes: an elastic part having a protrusion; and a conductive part provided on a surface of the elastic part and having a conductive material. According to the pressure sensor and a method of manufacturing the same of the present invention, the elastic body coated with the conductive material is patterned to serve as the source electrode and the drain electrode of the pressure sensor whereby it is possible to drive an active matrix, drive the pressure sensor with low power, and manufacture the pressure sensor through a simple process.
US10978589B2
A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a plurality of first gate structures, a plurality of second gate structures, a first strained region, and a second strained region. The substrate has a first region and a second region. The first gate structures are disposed in the first region on the substrate. The second gate structures are disposed in the second region on the substrate. The first strained region is formed in the substrate and has a first distance from an adjacent first gate structure. The second strained region is formed in the substrate and has a second distance from an adjacent second gate structure, wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance.
US10978583B2
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of unit cell transistors on a common semiconductor structure, the unit cell transistors electrically connected in parallel, and each unit cell transistor including a respective gate finger. Respective threshold voltages of first and second of the unit cell transistors differ by at least 0.1 volts and/or threshold voltages of first and second segments of a third of the unit cell transistors differ by at least 0.1 volts.
US10978575B2
A semiconductor structure is provided and includes a substrate; a gate dielectric layer on the substrate; a dielectric barrier layer structure on the gate dielectric layer; a work function layer on the dielectric barrier layer structure; a gate barrier layer structure on the work function layer; and a gate electrode layer on the gate barrier layer structure. The dielectric barrier layer structure is doped with silicon and the gate barrier layer structure is doped with silicon.
US10978574B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor structure includes forming a plurality of vertical fins on a semiconductor substrate. The method further includes depositing a first dielectric layer in a shallow trench isolation region on the semiconductor substrate. The method further includes forming a plurality of dummy gate structures over each of the vertical fins. The method further includes depositing a hardmask on the dummy gate. The method further includes depositing a spacer layer on the exterior surfaces of the first dielectric layer, the dummy gate structures, the hardmask and the fins. The method further includes depositing a second dielectric layer on a portion of the spacer layer. The method further includes recessing spacer layer to expose a portion of the hardmask and the plurality of fins. The method further includes forming a source/drain region on the exposed portion of the plurality of fins.
US10978572B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to techniques for forming a self-aligned contact liner using metal-insulator transition materials. The self-aligned contact architecture described herein prevents a short between the gate and the source/drain, even when the self-aligned contact (SAC) cap has eroded to the point where the gate is exposed. In a non-limiting embodiment of the invention, a dielectric cap is formed over a conductive gate. A source or drain region is formed adjacent to the conductive gate. A dielectric liner is formed over the dielectric cap and the source or drain region such that a first portion of the dielectric liner is on a surface of the source or drain region. The dielectric liner includes a metal-insulator transition material. The first portion of the dielectric liner is metalized via germanium oxide sublimation.
US10978570B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate with first and second areas, a first trench in the first area, and first and second PMOS transistors in the first area and the second area, respectively. The first transistor includes a first gate insulating layer, a first TiN layer on and contacting the first gate insulating layer, and a first gate electrode on and contacting the first TiN layer. The second transistor includes a second gate insulating layer, a second TiN layer on and contacting the second gate insulating layer, and a first TiAlC layer on and contacting the second TiN layer. The first gate insulating layer, the first TiN layer, and the first gate electrode are within the first trench. The first gate electrode does not include aluminum. A threshold voltage of the first transistor is smaller than a threshold voltage of the second transistor.
US10978569B2
A process of forming a nitride semiconductor device is disclosed. The process first deposits a silicon nitride (SiN) film on a semiconductor layer by the lower pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) technique at a temperature, then, forming an opening in the SiN film for an ohmic electrode. Preparing a photoresist on the SiN film, where the photoresist provides an opening that fully covers the opening in the SiN film, the process exposes a peripheral area around the opening of the SiN film to chlorine (Cl) plasma that may etch the semiconductor layer to form a recess therein. Metals for the ohmic electrode are filled within the recess in the semiconductor layer and the peripheral area of the SiN film. Finally, the metals are alloyed at a temperature lower than the deposition temperature of the SiN film.
US10978559B1
A semiconductor device includes a folded drain extended metal oxide semiconductor (DEMOS) transistor. The semiconductor device has a substrate including a semiconductor material with a corrugated top surface. The corrugated top surface has an upper portion, a lower portion, a first lateral portion extending from the upper portion to the lower portion, and a second lateral portion extending from the upper portion to the lower portion. The folded DEMOS transistor includes a body in the semiconductor material, a gate on a gate dielectric layer over the body, a drift region contacting the body, and a field plate on a field plate dielectric layer, all extending continuously along the upper portion, the first lateral portion, the second lateral portion, and the lower portion of the corrugated top surface. Methods of forming the folded DEMOS transistor are disclosed.
US10978550B2
A capacitor includes a stack. The stack has a first metallic layer formed over a substrate, an insulator formed over the first metallic layer, and a second metallic layer formed over the insulator. The first metallic layer has at least one high domain and at least one low domain, where a surface of the substrate in the at least one low domain has a height that is lower than a surface of the substrate in the at least one high domain.
US10978549B2
The present application discloses a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a conductive feature comprising tungsten positioned above the substrate, a coverage layer comprising tungsten nitride positioned on a top surface of the conductive feature, and a plurality of capacitor structures positioned above the substrate.
US10978542B2
An array substrate, a fabricating method thereof, and a display device are provided. A portion of the array substrate aligned to a secondary function region has a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer disposed on two opposite surfaces of the substrate. A circuit in the second conductive layer is electrically connected to a circuit of a main display region, and a circuit of a driving circuit board is electrically connected to a circuit of the first conductive layer. In this way, a cell on film (COF) is directly placed on a back surface of the substrate, and the main display region and the COF are connected by a passing layer passing through the substrate. No further bending is required.
US10978534B2
The present disclosure provides an array substrate, including: a base substrate, a first metal, a buffer layer, a second metal, a second buffer layer, a third metal. A via is defined in the first buffer layer and the second buffer layer to electrically interconnect the first metal and the third metal, so that the first metal, the second metal and the third metal constitute parallel capacitors.
US10978528B2
An organic light-emitting display comprises a substrate having a first area and second and third areas neighboring the first area in a column direction and defined in edge parts of both sides in the first area; a plurality of subpixels arranged on the substrate in the column direction and a row direction crossing the column direction; a plurality of first electrodes allocated to each of the plurality of subpixels; and a bank positioned on the first electrodes, wherein the bank comprises a first bank having a first opening exposing the plurality of first electrodes arranged in the row direction; and a second bank having a second opening exposing the plurality of first electrodes arranged in the column direction in the first area and a third opening exposing the one first electrode in at least one of the second area and the third area.
US10978520B2
The present disclosure provides a display device, including: an organic encapsulation layer, an area enclosed by a boundary of the organic encapsulation layer being a first area; and a first dam surrounding the display area, a second area being arranged between the first area and the first dam. A first touch lead is arranged in the second area, and a first protrusion is arranged between the first touch lead and the substrate. For the display device provided by the present disclosure, an actual width of the first touch lead is larger than a width of its projection onto the substrate. In a case of occupying a same bottom area, a resistance of the first touch lead in the present disclosure is greatly reduced, which greatly improves driving ability of the IC.
US10978511B1
A semiconductor device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an In-doped chalcogenide-based selector layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, in which the In-doped chalcogenide-based selector layer has an In compound content of about 2 at. % to about 10 at. %. A memory cell including the In-doped chalcogenide-based selector layer is also provided.
US10978502B2
The present invention relates to an image sensor. More in particular, the present invention relates to an image sensor that comprises dose sensing pixels to sense an incident dose of photons. Such dose sensing can be used to trigger an image capturing process. A dose sensing pixel will act as a dose sensing pixel in a dose sensing mode of the sensor in dependence of a signal on a dose select line. The invention proposes a dose select line connecting unit for connecting dose select lines of a first stitching block among adjacent stitching blocks to a respective dose select line of a second stitching block among adjacent stitching blocks to prevent multiple dose sensing pixels in the same column of the matrix of pixels from being selected in the dose sensing mode.
US10978500B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a flexible base substrate and a fabrication method thereof. The flexible base substrate comprises: a first flexible film layer, having an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to each other, wherein a plurality of concave parts are arranged on the lower surface of the first flexible film layer.
US10978493B2
The present invention provides a display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display substrate comprises a base substrate, and gate lines, data lines, a gate driving circuit and a source driving circuit on the base substrate, the gate lines and the data lines define pixel units, the pixel unit comprises a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode, the data lines are connected to the source driving circuit, the display substrate further comprising gate line connection wires on the base substrate, the gate lines are connected to the gate driving circuit through the gate line connection wires, the gate driving circuit and the source driving circuit are located at edge positions on the base substrate in an extending direction of the data lines, and they are opposite to each other. The widths of the bezel in the extending direction of the gate lines are reduced.
US10978480B2
A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device includes an electrode structure including gate electrodes and insulating layers, which are alternately stacked on a substrate, a semiconductor pattern extending in a first direction substantially perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate and penetrating the electrode structure, a tunnel insulating layer disposed between the semiconductor pattern and the electrode structure, a blocking insulating layer disposed between the tunnel insulating layer and the electrode structure, and a charge storing layer disposed between the blocking insulating layer and the tunnel insulating layer. The charge storing layer includes a plurality of first charge trap layers having a first energy band gap, and a second charge trap layer having a second energy band gap larger than the first energy band gap. The first charge trap layers are embedded in the second charge trap layer between the gate electrodes and the semiconductor pattern.
US10978479B2
Three-dimensional (3D) nonvolatile memory devices include a substrate having a well region of second conductivity type (e.g., P-type) therein and a common source region of first conductivity type (e.g., N-type) on the well region. A recess extends partially (or completely) through the common source region. A vertical stack of nonvolatile memory cells on the substrate includes a vertical stack of spaced-apart gate electrodes and a vertical active region, which extends on sidewalls of the vertical stack of spaced-apart gate electrodes and on a sidewall of the recess. Gate dielectric layers extend between respective ones of the vertical stack of spaced-apart gate electrodes and the vertical active region. The gate dielectric layers may include a composite of a tunnel insulating layer, a charge storage layer, a relatively high bandgap barrier dielectric layer and a blocking insulating layer having a relatively high dielectric strength.
US10978477B2
A three-dimensional semiconductor device includes gate electrodes including pad regions sequentially lowered by a first step portion in a first direction and sequentially lowered by a second step portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the second step portion being lower than the first step portion, wherein a length of a single pad region among pad regions sequentially lowered by the second step portion in the second direction is less than a length of a remainder of the pad regions in the second direction.
US10978474B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device structure comprises forming a stack structure comprising stacked tiers. Each of the stacked tiers comprises a first structure comprising a first material and a second structure comprising a second, different material longitudinally adjacent the first structure. A patterned hard mask structure is formed over the stack structure. Dielectric structures are formed within openings in the patterned hard mask structure. A photoresist structure is formed over the dielectric structures and the patterned hard mask structure. The photoresist structure, the dielectric structures, and the stack structure are subjected to a series of material removal processes to form apertures extending to different depths within the stack structure. Dielectric structures are formed over side surfaces of the stack structure within the apertures. Conductive contact structures are formed to longitudinally extend to bottoms of the apertures. Semiconductor device structures, semiconductor devices, and electronic systems are also described.
US10978466B2
A memory device comprises a stack of conductive layers, and an array of pillars through the stack. Each of the pillars comprises a plurality of series-connected memory cells located in a layout pattern of pillar locations at cross-points between the pillars and the conductive layers. The pillars in the array are arranged in a set of rows of pillars extending in a first direction. First and second source lines are disposed vertically through the pillars of first and second particular rows of pillars. The set of rows of pillars includes a subset of rows of pillars including multiple members disposed between the first source line and the second source line. A source line conductor is disposed beneath and electrically connected to the first source line, the second source line, and the subset of rows of pillars disposed between the first and second source lines.
US10978461B2
A method for forming an antifuse on a substrate is provided, which comprises: forming a first conductive material on the substrate; placing the first conductive material in an electrolytic solution; performing anodic oxidation on the first conductive material to form a nanowire made of the first conductive material and surrounded by a first dielectric material formed during the anodic oxidation and to form the antifuse on the nanowire; and forming a second conductive material on the antifuse to sandwich the antifuse between the first conductive material and the second conductive material.
US10978456B2
A semiconductor structure for a DRAM is described having multiple layers of arrays of thyristor memory cells with silicon-germanium base regions. Memory cells in a vertical string extending through the layers have an electrical connection to one terminal of the memory cells in that string. Word lines couple the strings together. Each layer of the array also includes bit line connections to memory cells on that layer. Select transistors enable the use of folded bit lines. Methods of fabricating the array are described.
US10978446B2
Provided is a semiconductor device capable of reducing a mounting area. A semiconductor device (100) includes a semiconductor element (50) and a control element (150) arranged on a front surface (50a) of the semiconductor element (50). The semiconductor element (50) includes a semiconductor substrate (SB) including a first region AR1 and a second region AR2 adjacent to each other, a first MOS transistor (Tr1) provided is the first region (AR1), and a second MOS transistor (Tr2) provided in the second region (AR2). A first drain region (3a) of the first MOS transistor (Tr1) is connected to a second drain region (3b) of the second MOS transistor (Tr2). The control element (150) turns on and off the first MOS transistor (Tr1) and the second MOS transistor (Tr2).
US10978445B2
The present disclosure provides a electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit, coupled between a first reference terminal and a second reference terminal; the ESD protection circuit includes a first voltage divider, a second voltage divider, a first trigger circuit and a second trigger circuit. The first trigger circuit includes a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal is coupled to the first reference terminal, and the second terminal is coupled to the second reference terminal via the first voltage divider. The second trigger circuit includes a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal is coupled to the second reference terminal, the second terminal is coupled to the first reference terminal via the second voltage divider, and the second trigger circuit and the first trigger circuit are in parallel connection.
US10978442B2
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device and a method thereof are presented. A well is disposed in a substrate. A gate is disposed on the well. A source region and a drain region are located in the well and at two opposite sides of the gate respectively. A first doped region is located in the drain region, wherein the first doped region is electrically connected to the drain region. A second doped region is located in the source region, wherein the second doped region is electrically connected to the source region. A third doped region is located in the well and at a side of the drain region opposite to the gate. A fourth doped region is located in the well and at a side of the source region opposite to the gate, wherein the fourth doped region is electrically connected to the third doped region.
US10978434B2
A system-in-package includes a package substrate that at least partially surrounds an embedded radio-frequency integrated circuit chip and a processor chip mated to a redistribution layer. A wide-band phased-array antenna module is mated to the package substrate with direct interconnects from the radio-frequency integrated circuit chip to antenna patches within the antenna module. Additionally, fan-out antenna pads are also coupled to the radio-frequency integrated circuit chip.
US10978431B2
A semiconductor package includes a lower substrate, a connection substrate coupled to the lower substrate, the connection substrate having a lateral portion surrounding a cavity, and a first conductive pattern on a top surface of the lateral portion, a lower semiconductor chip on the lower substrate, the lower semiconductor chip being in the cavity of the connection substrate, and the lower semiconductor chip including a second conductive pattern on a top surface of the lower semiconductor chip, a bonding member connecting the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern to each other, and a top package on the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern.
US10978430B2
A display apparatus includes unit modules arranged in a matrix form; a transparent fixing member encapsulating the unit modules and fixing the unit modules; and a glass panel fixed to the unit modules by means of the transparent fixing member.
US10978417B2
A wiring structure includes an upper conductive structure, a lower conductive structure and an intermediate layer. The upper conductive structure includes at least one upper dielectric layer and at least one upper circuit layer in contact with the dielectric layer. The lower conductive structure includes at least one lower dielectric layer and at least one lower circuit layer in contact with the lower dielectric layer. The at least one lower dielectric layer of the lower conductive structure is substantially free of glass fiber. The intermediate layer is disposed between the upper conductive structure and the lower conductive structure and bonds the upper conductive structure and the lower conductive structure together. The upper conductive structure is electrically connected to the lower conductive structure.
US10978416B2
A dual bond pad structure for a wafer with laser die attachment and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The method includes forming a bonding layer on a surface of a substrate. The method further includes forming solder bumps on the bonding layer. The method further includes patterning the bonding layer to form bonding pads some of which comprise the solder bumps thereon. The method further includes attaching a laser diode to selected bonding pads using solder connections formed on the laser diode. The method further includes attaching an interposer substrate to the solder bumps formed on the bonding pads.
US10978413B2
A circuit system having compact decoupling structure, including: a mother board; at least one circuit unit, each having a substrate, a logic-circuit die, a plurality of first metal contacts, and a plurality of second metal contacts, the substrate having a first surface and a second surface, the first metal contacts being formed on the first surface and soldered onto the mother board, the second metal contacts being formed on the logic-circuit die and soldered onto the second surface to form flip-chip pillars, and the flip-chip pillars determining a height of a gap between the die and the substrate; and at least one decoupling unit for providing an AC signals decoupling function for the at least one circuit unit; wherein each of the at least one decoupling unit is placed in the gap of one said circuit unit and includes a mother die and at least one stack-type integrated-passive-device die.
US10978411B2
An RF power package includes a substrate having a metallized part and an insulating part, an RF power transistor die embedded in or attached to the substrate, the RF power transistor die having a die input terminal, a die output terminal, an input impedance and an output impedance, a package input terminal formed in the metallized part or attached to the insulating part of the substrate, a package output terminal formed in the metallized part or attached to the insulating part of the substrate, and a first plurality of planar tuning lines formed in the metallized part of the substrate and electrically connecting the die output terminal to the package output terminal. The first plurality of planar tuning lines is shaped so as to transform the output impedance at the die output terminal to a higher target level at the package output terminal.
US10978404B2
Method for fabricating a semiconductor structure is provided. First features are formed in a first product region of each die area in a material layer through a first mask. Second features are formed in a second product region of each die area in the material layer through a second mask. Third features are formed in a third product region of each die area in the material layer through a third mask. Fourth features are formed in a fourth product region of each die area in the material layer through a fourth mask. Fifth features are formed in an alignment region of each die area in the material layer through the first through fourth masks. The first product region is adjacent to and in physical contact with the second and third product regions, and the first product region is free of the second, third, and fourth features.
US10978403B2
A package structure includes a substrate, a first capacitor, a System on Chip unit and a wiring layer. The first capacitor is provided on the substrate. The System on Chip unit is bonded with the first capacitor in a first dielectric layer. The wiring layer is configured to electrically couple the first capacitor and the System on Chip unit. The wiring layer is provided on the first dielectric layer through a second dielectric layer.
US10978401B2
A package structure includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a plurality of dies, a plurality of first conductive elements, and a plurality of second conductive elements. The first substrate has a recessed region. The second substrate is disposed in the recessed region and protrudes from the first substrate. The dies are disposed on the first substrate and the second substrate, such that the second substrate is disposed between the first substrate and the dies. The first conductive elements are disposed between the dies and the first substrate. The dies are electrically connected with the first substrate through the first conductive elements. The second conductive elements are disposed between the dies and the second substrate. The dies are electrically connected with the second substrate through the second conductive elements.
US10978399B2
A die interconnect substrate comprises a bridge die comprising at least one bridge interconnect connecting a first bridge die pad of the bridge die to a second bridge die pad of the bridge die. The die interconnect substrate comprises a multilayer substrate structure comprising a substrate interconnect, wherein the bridge die is embedded in the multilayer substrate structure. The die interconnect substrate comprises a via portion formed on the first bridge die pad of the bridge die. An average angle between a surface of the first bridge die pad and a sidewall of the via portion lies between 85° and 95°.
US10978395B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a power metallization structure formed above the semiconductor substrate and a barrier layer formed between the power metallization structure and the semiconductor substrate. The barrier layer is configured to prevent diffusion of metal atoms from the power metallization structure in a direction toward the semiconductor substrate. The power metallization structure is in direct contact with the barrier layer or an electrically conductive layer formed on the barrier layer in a first region. The semiconductor device further includes a passivation layer interposed between the barrier layer and the power metallization structure in a second region. Corresponding methods of manufacturing the semiconductor device are also described.
US10978393B2
A semiconductor device is provided and includes first and second dielectrics, first and second conductive elements, a self-formed-barrier (SFB) and a liner. The first and second dielectrics are disposed with one of first-over-second dielectric layering and second-over-first dielectric layering. The first and second conductive elements are respectively suspended at least partially within a lower one of the first and second dielectrics and at least partially within the other one of the first and second dielectrics. The self-formed-barrier (SFB) is formed about a portion of one of the first and second conductive elements which is suspended in the second dielectric. The liner is deposited about a portion of the other one of the first and second conductive elements which is partially suspended in the first dielectric.
US10978387B2
A semiconductor device includes: first, second, and third tiers formed on a substrate, wherein the first tier is formed over the substrate, the second tier is formed over the first tier, and the third tier is formed over the second tier, wherein the second tier comprises a first interconnection line that is configured to transmit a signal, and wherein a portion of the first tier disposed directly under the first interconnection line of the second tier lacks any interconnection lines and a portion of the third tier disposed directly above the first interconnection line of the second tier lacks any interconnection lines.
US10978379B2
A semiconductor part includes a resin package and an exposed portion exposed from a bottom surface of the resin package. The exposed portion has a first diagonal line perpendicular to both first and third sides of the package as viewed from the bottom surface. The exposed portion also has a second diagonal line perpendicular to both the second fourth side in the bottom view. A first lead terminal portion opposes the exposed portion and has a first shape in the bottom view. A second lead terminal portion, also opposing the exposed portion, has a second shape in the bottom view. A third lead terminal portion opposing the exposed portion, also has the second shape in the bottom view. A fourth lead terminal portion, similarly opposed to the exposed portion, likewise has the second shape in the bottom view.
US10978373B2
A semiconductor device includes a vapor chamber lid for high power applications such as chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) applications using high performance processors (e.g., graphics processing unit (GPU)) and methods of manufacturing the same. The vapor chamber lid provides a thermal solution which enhances the thermal performance of a package with multiple chips. The vapor chamber lid improves hot spot dissipation in high performance chips, for example, at the three-dimensional (3D-IC) packaging level.
US10978363B2
A semiconductor device structure and method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a conductive pad formed over a substrate, and a conductive structure formed over the conductive pad. The conductive structure has a curved top surface. The semiconductor device structure also includes a protection layer between the conductive pad and the conductive structure. A lowest point of the curved top surface of the conductive structure is higher than a topmost surface of the protection layer.
US10978361B2
There is provided a technique of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: by a processing performing part, processing a substrate based on setting parameter corresponding to process recipe stored in a controller; by a first transceiver, transmitting measurement value of the processing performing part to the controller; by the controller, causing a learning part to perform machine learning process on the measurement value received from the first transceiver as learning data; by the controller, after the act of causing the learning part to perform the machine learning process, generating update data for updating the setting parameter; by the controller, causing an arithmetic part to generate update parameter for updating the setting parameter based on the update data; by the controller, causing a second transceiver to transmit the update parameter to the first transceiver; and by the updating part, updating the setting parameter based on the update parameter received from the controller.
US10978346B2
An embodiment method includes bonding a first die to a first side of an interposer, the interposer comprising a substrate; after bonding the first die to the first side of the interposer, depositing a first insulating layer on a second side of the interposer opposite the first side; patterning an opening through the substrate and the first insulating layer; and depositing a second insulating layer over the first insulating layer and along sidewalls and a lateral surface of the opening. The second insulating layer comprises silicon. The method further includes removing lateral portions of the second insulating layer to define a sidewall spacer on sidewalls of the opening and forming a through via in the opening, wherein the through via is electrically connected to the first die.
US10978344B2
A method includes forming a gate stack over a first semiconductor region, removing a second portion of the first semiconductor region on a side of the gate stack to form a recess, growing a second semiconductor region starting from the recess, implanting the second semiconductor region with an impurity, and performing a melting laser anneal on the second semiconductor region. A first portion of the second semiconductor region is molten during the melting laser anneal, and a second and a third portion of the second semiconductor region on opposite sides of the first portion are un-molten.
US10978336B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first dielectric layer and a through hole passing through the first dielectric layer over a substrate; forming a plurality of dummy contacts in the through hole; forming a plurality of first dummy wires on the plurality of dummy contacts; filling a second dielectric layer between the plurality of first dummy wires, wherein the second dielectric layer has a first air gap; removing the dummy contacts and the first dummy wires to expose the through hole, thereby forming a first wiring trench over the through hole; and forming a contact and a first wire in the through hole and the first wiring trench.
US10978335B2
A substrate includes on its surface an array of dual stack semiconductor fins, each fin comprising a monocrystalline first portion, a polycrystalline second portion, and a mask third portion. Trenches between the fins are filled with shallow trench isolation (STI) oxide and with polycrystalline material, after which the surface is planarized. Then a second mask is produced on the planarized surface, the second mask defining at least one opening, each defined opening extending across an exposed fin. A thermal oxidation is performed of the polycrystalline material on either side of the exposed fin in each defined opening, thereby producing two oxide strips in each defined opening. Using the second mask and the oxide strips as a mask for self-aligned etching, the material of the exposed dual stack fins is removed and subsequently replaced by an electrically isolating material, thereby creating gate cut structures.
US10978333B2
In an embodiment, a robotic arm includes: a base; at least one link secured to the base; a gripper secured to the at least one link, wherein: the gripper comprises a finger, the gripper is configured to secure a wafer while the at least one link is in motion, and the gripper is configured to release the wafer while the at least one link is stopped, a sensor disposed on the finger, the sensor configured to collect sensor data characterizing the robotic arm's interaction with a semiconductor processing chamber while the wafer is secured using the finger.
US10978331B2
In an embodiment, a system includes: an orientation sensor configured to detect an orientation fiducial on a bevel of a wafer; a pedestal configured to rotate the wafer to allow the orientation sensor to detect the orientation fiducial and place the orientation fiducial at a predetermined orientation position; and a defect sensor configured to detect a wafer defect along a surface of the wafer while rotated by the pedestal.
US10978322B2
A transfer device of an embodiment includes a transporter including a temperature sensor disposed thereon and configured to move between a measurement position at which a temperature of a transfer target object is measured and a standby position separated from the measurement position, and a controller configured to control an operation of the transporter, and the controller moves the transporter between the measurement position and the standby position, and transfers the transfer target object by the transporter when the temperature measured by the temperature sensor at the measurement position continues to be equal to or less than a threshold for a first time.
US10978316B2
A semiconductor processing device according to an embodiment includes a processing tank configured to store a chemical therein to allow a semiconductor substrate to be immersed in the chemical. A gas supply part is provided below the semiconductor substrate accommodated in the processing tank and is configured to supply air bubbles to the chemical from below the semiconductor substrate. A chemical supply part is provided above the gas supply part and below the semiconductor substrate and is configured to discharge the chemical caused to circulate from the processing tank, towards the air bubbles appearing from the gas supply part.
US10978308B2
method of manufacturing a semiconductor device capable of manufacturing a miniaturized semiconductor device is provided. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes the steps of: preparing a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface which is an opposite surface of the first surface; forming a hard mask having an opening on the first surface; forming a gate trench extending toward the second surface on the first surface using the hard mask as a mask; widening the width of the opening; filling the opening with an interlayer insulating film; and forming a contact hole in the interlayer insulating film by removing the hard mask.
US10978307B2
A method of patterning a substrate includes receiving a substrate having microfabricated structures, including mandrels; executing a deposition process that deposits a first material on the mandrels, the deposition process including cyclically moving the substrate through a set of deposition modules. The substrate is moved through the set of deposition modules so that the first material is deposited at a first thickness at top portions of the mandrels and at a second thickness at bottom portions of mandrels, the first thickness being greater than the second thickness. The method includes executing a spacer deposition process that conformally deposits a second material on the substrate; executing a spacer open etch that removes depositions of the second material from over a top surface of the mandrels; removing the first material and the mandrels from the substrate, leaving sidewall spacers; and transferring a pattern defined by the sidewall spacers into an underlying layer.
US10978304B2
An indirect heating method using a laser according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a first process of adjacently placing a first material structure containing a metal and a second material structure containing a mineral; and a second process of directly heating the first material structure to indirectly heat the second material structure adjacent to the first material structure by emitting a laser to the first material structure.
US10978301B2
Embodiments provide a patterning process. A photoresist layer is patterned. At least portions of the photoresist layer are converted from an organic material to an inorganic material by a deposition process of a metal oxide. All or some of the patterned photoresist layer may be converted to a carbon-metal-oxide. A metal oxide crust may be formed over the patterned photoresist layer. After conversion, the patterned photoresist layer is used as an etch mask to etch an underlying layer.
US10978296B2
To provide a technique of increasing a radius of curvature of (0001) plane, and narrowing an off-angle distribution, there is provided a nitride semiconductor substrate containing a group III nitride semiconductor crystal and having a main surface in which a nearest low index crystal plane is (0001) plane, wherein (0001) plane in one of a direction along <1-100> axis and a direction along <11-20> axis orthogonal to the <1-100> axis, is curved in a concave spherical shape with respect to the main surface, and a radius of curvature of the (0001) plane in one of the direction along the <1-100> axis and the direction along the <11-20> axis orthogonal to the <1-100> axis is different from a radius of curvature of at least a part of the (0001) plane in the other direction.
US10978295B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to epitaxial growth on semiconductor structures are described. An apparatus may include a working surface of a substrate material and a storage node connected to an active area of an access device on the working surface. The apparatus may also include a material epitaxially grown over the storage node contact to enclose a non-solid space between the storage node contact and passing sense lines.
US10978294B2
Provided is a semi-insulating crystal represented by a composition formula InxAlyGa1-x-yN (satisfying 0≤x≤1, 0≤y≤1, 0≤x+y≤1), wherein each concentration of Si, B, and Fe in the crystal is less than 1×1015 at/cm3, electric resistivity under a temperature condition of 20° C. or more and 200° C. or less is 1×106 Ωcm or more.
US10978288B2
A miniature mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising an atmospheric pressure ionisation source 701, a first vacuum chamber having an atmospheric pressure sampling orifice or capillary, a second vacuum chamber located downstream of the first vacuum chamber and a third vacuum chamber located downstream of the second vacuum chamber. A first vacuum pump 707 is arranged and adapted to pump the first vacuum chamber, wherein the first vacuum pump is arranged and adapted to maintain the first vacuum chamber at a pressure <10 mbar. A first RF ion guide 702 is located within the first vacuum chamber and an ion detector 705 is located in the third vacuum chamber. The ion path length from the atmospheric pressure sampling orifice or capillary to an ion detecting surface of the ion detector 705 is ≤400 mm. The mass spectrometer further comprises a tandem quadrupole mass analyser, a 3D ion trap mass analyser, a 2D or linear ion trap mass analyser, a Time of Flight mass analyser, a quadrupole-Time of Flight mass analyser or an electrostatic mass analyser arranged in the third vacuum chamber. A split flow turbomolecular vacuum pump 706 comprising an intermediate or interstage port is connected to the second vacuum chamber and a high vacuum (“HV”) port is connected to the third vacuum chamber. The first vacuum pump 707 is also arranged and adapted to act as a backing vacuum pump to the split flow turbomolecular vacuum pump 706 and the first vacuum pump 707 has a maximum pumping speed 10 m3/hr (2.78 L/s).
US10978284B2
A method is disclosed comprising obtaining or acquiring image or other data from one or more regions of a target using an imaging sensor. The image or other data may then be used to determine one or more regions of interest of the target. An ambient ionisation ion source may then be used to generate aerosol, smoke or vapour from one or more regions of the target.
US10978277B2
An apparatus for plasma treatment of an implant prior to installing the implant in a live subject is provided. The apparatus comprises an activation device and a portable container detachable from the activation device. The portable container comprises a closed compartment containing the implant immersed in a fluid, and the activation device comprises a slot configured to receive the portable container. The activation device further comprises an electrical circuit configured to be electrically associated with at least one electrode and configured to provide to the at least one electrode electric power suitable for applying a plasma generating electric field in the closed compartment, when the portable container is disposed in the slot. A container suitable for providing plasma treatment to a silicone implant and a method for preparing an implant for implantation surgery are also provided.
US10978267B2
A power fuse includes a housing, first and second conductive terminals extending from the housing, and at least one fatigue resistant fuse element assembly connected between the first and second terminals. The fuse element assembly includes at least a first conductive plate and a second conductive plate respectively connecting the first and second conductive terminals, and a plurality of separately provided wire bonded weak spots interconnecting the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate.
US10978265B2
An example electrical interruption switch includes a casing, surrounding a contact unit defining a current path therethrough. The contact unit has a first and second connection contact, a separation region and an upsetting region. A current supplied to the contact unit via the first connection contact, can be discharged via the second connection contact, or vice versa. The contact unit includes, or is connected to, a sabot configured to move from a starting to an end position via pressure; in the end position, the separation region is separated causing an insulation spacing between the first and second connection contacts. The upsetting region, upset during movement of the sabot from the starting to end positions, is formed as a tubular or rod-shaped element having an axis; the tubular or rod-shaped element has one or more tapers in its cross-sectional diameter; and the cross-sectional diameter is defined perpendicular to the axis.
US10978261B2
A method for fabricating a keyboard covering film is provided. The method includes steps of: coating a transparent plastic material on an upper surface of a fabric layer before the transparent plastic material is cured; treating the fabric layer and the transparent plastic material by a hot press process to cure the transparent plastic material to form a transparent layer and to make the transparent layer and the fabric layer jointly form a number of keycap receiving sections; forming a mask layer on a lower surface of the fabric layer; removing a portion of the mask layer and a portion of the fabric layer located within each of the keycap receiving sections to form a number of hollow patterns.
US10978238B2
A coil component including 2N coils, N being an integer of two or more, wherein the 2N coils are configured to form N pairs, and wherein when coils other than a first coil and a second coil forming one of the N pairs are defined as the other coils, a magnetic coupling between the first coil and the second coil is stronger than a magnetic coupling between the first coil and each of the other coils.
US10978232B2
An electromagnet and method for producing the electromagnet. The electromagnet is intended to maintain pretensioning force of fastening by a force acting on a yoke over intended operating time under changing operating temperatures. The yoke encloses an armature that is provided with a flange, which conducts magnetic flux from a housing to the armature, the housing being connected on the one hand to a flange of the yoke and on the other hand to a core flange in a material-bonding manner by welding. The electromagnet can be used for actuation of valves, couplings or other electromechanical adjusting elements.
US10978231B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatus, and systems for deactivating an AM tag including receiving a deactivation signal via a first inductive coil, storing electrical charges generated from the deactivation signal in a capacitor, and discharging the electrical charges through a second inductive coil, wherein: a first bias strip in the demagnetized state and a second bias strip cause a resonator to vibrate at a first resonant frequency corresponding to an activated state of the AM tag, the discharging magnetizes the first bias strip from a demagnetized state to a magnetized state, and the first bias strip in the magnetized state and the second bias strip cause the resonator to vibrate at a second resonant frequency different than the first resonant frequency, wherein the resonator vibrating at the second resonant frequency corresponds to a deactivated state of the AM tag.
US10978225B1
High-voltage insulators are disclosed that are capable of handling diverse requirements, such as providing high standoff voltages, high temperature cycling, and the ability to withstand flexural stress. One high-voltage insulator includes a first piece formed from a first material, a second piece formed from a second material, and an interface section where the first piece contacts with and forms a seal with the second piece. The interface includes a first groove located that accommodates a first gasket, sets of matching threads on the first and second pieces. The interface section further accommodates a second gasket. In this multi-piece high-voltage insulator, the first material can have a first set of flexural, heat resistance, and electrical standoff characteristics suitable for a first environment, and the second material can have a second set of flexural, heat resistance and electrical standoff characteristics suitable for a second environment.
US10978224B2
Provided is a twisted wire including a plurality of covered wires twisted together, each covered wire including a conductor and an insulator covering the periphery of the conductor, wherein the twisted wire satisfies Inequality (1): y
US10978220B2
A flex flat cable (FFC) structure includes metallic transmission wires arranged in parallel, first insulating jackets, and second insulating jacket. The metallic transmission wires includes one or more power wires and signal wires. The power wire is configured to transmit power. The signal wires are configured to transmit a data signal. Each of first insulating jackets encloses one of metallic transmission wires. The second insulating jacket surrounds the first insulating jackets. An embossment pattern is arranged on an external surface of the second insulating jacket. The embossment pattern includes meander lines in a top-view direction and in an extending direction for the metallic transmission wires. The meander lines are not arranged parallel.
US10978215B2
A device for producing electricity. The device includes a substrate having spaced apart first and second surfaces and doped a first dopant type, first semiconductor material layers disposed atop the first substrate surface and doped the first dopant type, and second semiconductor material layers disposed atop the first semiconductor material layers and doped a second dopant type. A first contact is in electrical contact with the second substrate surface or in electrical contact with one of the first semiconductor material layers. A beta particle source emits beta particles that penetrate into the semiconductor material layers; the beta particle source is proximate the uppermost layer of the second plurality of semiconductor material layers. A second contact is in electrical contact with one of the second plurality of semiconductor material layers. In one embodiment, bi-polar contacts (the first and second contacts) are co-located on each major face of the device.
US10978198B1
Systems and methods are provided for determining patient financial responsibility for multiple prescription products across multiple healthcare transactions. A service provider computer can receive multiple healthcare transactions, and can evaluate each to determine if it includes a total group transaction number and a transaction number. The service provider computer can compare the transaction number to the total group transaction number to determine if all transactions within a group have been received. Once received, the transactions can be transmitted to the claims processor computer for adjudication. Upon receiving the adjudicated response for each transaction within the group, the service provider computer can identify the patient co-pay for each of the adjudicated responses in the group and can calculate a total patient pay amount based on the group of patient co-pays. The total patient pay amount may then be transmitted to a healthcare provider computer associated with a healthcare provider.
US10978196B2
A system for personalized depression disorder treatment is disclosed herein. The system includes a server configured to communicate with existing healthcare resources and to receive patient data corresponding to a patient, the server including an analytics module. The system further includes a first database configured to store empirical patient outcomes, and further configured to communicate with the analytics module. Additionally, the system includes a user device having a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to communicate with the server and to display at least one output generated by the analytics module. The analytics module is configured to determine at least one of a personalized depression treatment and a personalized depression state prediction based on the empirical patient outcomes and the patient data.
US10978195B2
The present disclosure relates to devices and processes for monitoring attributes of a user's physical activity (e.g., workout) or inactivity, and to user interfaces (e.g., an activity indicator) for displaying the same. In some examples, a device determines whether physical activity corresponds to a first type based on a first set of criteria, and whether physical activity corresponds to a second type based on a second set of criteria. In some examples, the device controls an inactivity timer that measures user's inactivity. In some examples, the device displays a first visual representation of an attribute or amount of a first type of physical activity, and a second visual representation of an attribute or amount of a second type. In some examples, the device displays a third visual representation of an attribute or amount of a third type of activity. In some examples, the third visual representation corresponds to user's inactivity.
US10978193B2
According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present invention there is provided a system of pharmaceutical dispensing for at least one first facility, comprising: a data processing and management computer; a facility pharmacy management software; a communications network in communication with said facility pharmacy group management server; at least one pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machine; said system further comprises at least one supplemental supplier of said plurality of pharmaceuticals in case said at least one pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machine cannot dispense.
US10978191B2
A system that monitors various conditions of a plurality of hospital beds located in different rooms of a healthcare facility is provided. Alternatively or additionally, other types of equipment may be monitored by the system. Various configurations of network interface units that are coupleable to or integrated into a hospital bed are also disclosed. The system receives data from the hospital beds and/or other equipment and initiates a communication to a wireless communication device of at least one designated caregiver in response to the received data being indicative of an alarm condition.
US10978189B2
A computing entity accesses instances of medical information corresponding to a population of patients and generates a plurality of medical sentences corresponding to the population by, for each patient of the population, generating one medical sentence corresponding to the patient and a timestamp associated with each instance such that the one medical sentence comprises one or more medical codes in a chronological order. The computing entity generates a vector dictionary comprising a plurality of multi-dimensional vectors based on a vector generation model trained using machine learning and the plurality of medical sentences with each multi-dimensional vector corresponding to a medical code. The computing entity generates a digital representation of a first patient of the population using an anagram model and the vector dictionary, determines a health state of the first patient based on the digital representation, and provides an output indicating the health state of the first patient.
US10978181B2
A system for activating a cued health assessment, which includes an audio receiver for receiving voice samples to measure one of a plurality of voice biomarkers, an audio processing module for extracting one of a plurality of biomarkers from the received voice samples, the audio processing module further classifies the received voice samples to one of plurality of predetermined health states according to the extracted biomarkers, and a voice sample scheduler for activating a cued health assessment module when the classified health state is a clinically actionable health state.
US10978166B1
A semiconductor memory device includes memory cells, a word line, and a controller. The controller is configured to: execute a first program operation in which a first program voltage is applied to the word line; execute a second program operation in which the first program voltage is applied to the word line, when a resumed first verify operation ends; and execute a third program operation in which a second program voltage higher than the first program voltage is applied to the word line, after a resumed second verify operation.
US10978164B2
A memory device includes a semiconductor column extending above a substrate, a first conductive layer on a first side of the semiconductor column, a second conductive layer on a second side of the semiconductor column, opposite to the first conductive layer, a third conductive layer above or below the first conductive layer and on the first side of the semiconductor column, a fourth conductive layer on the second side of the semiconductor column, opposite to the third conductive layer, and a bit line connected to the semiconductor column. During reading in which a positive voltage is applied to the bit line, first, second, third, and fourth voltages applied to the first, second, third, and fourth conductive layers, respectively, wherein the first voltage and the third voltage are higher than each of the second voltage and the fourth voltage, and the third voltage is higher than the first voltage.
US10978159B2
Adaptive write operations for non-volatile memories select programming parameters according to monitored programming performance of individual memory cells. In one embodiment of the invention, programming voltage for a memory cell increases by an amount that depends on the time required to reach a predetermined voltage and then a jump in the programming voltage is added to the programming voltage required to reach the next predetermined voltage. The adaptive programming method is applied to the gate voltage of memory cells; alternatively, it can be applied to the drain voltage of memory cells along a common word line. A circuit combines the function of a program switch and drain voltage regulator, allowing independent control of drain voltage of selected memory cells for parallel and adaptive programming. Verify and adaptive read operations use variable word line voltages to provide optimal biasing of memory and reference cells during sensing.
US10978153B1
An operation method for a 3D NAND flash includes writing data into a WLn layer of the plurality of wordline layers of an unselect bit line of the plurality of bit lines in a write operation; and applying a first pass voltage on at least a first WL layer of the plurality of wordline layers of the unselect bit line of the plurality of bit lines and applying a second pass voltage on at least a second WL layer of the plurality of wordline layers of the unselect bit line of the plurality of bit lines; wherein the first pass voltage is lower than the second pass voltage to reduce a difference of channel potential between the WLn layer and the at least a first WL layer when a pre-pulse phase is removed from a verify phase.
US10978150B2
A memory circuit and a semiconductor device are provided. The memory circuit has a function of recovering data when power is suddenly shutdown. The memory device includes a bi-stable circuit capable of holding complementary data respectively at nodes N1 and N2; a first non-volatile memory circuit, connected to the node; and a second non-volatile memory circuit connected to the node. The first non-volatile memory circuit stores boot data, and the second non-volatile memory circuit inverts a logic level of the data held at the second node when the second non-volatile memory circuit stores data at the second node.
US10978148B1
Various embodiments provide a hybrid sensing scheme that may compensate for cell resistance instability in semiconductor devices, such as multi-level cell (MLC) type phase-change random-access memory (PCRAM) structures. Various embodiments may achieve a stable resistance state supporting MLC applications in PCRAM cells.
US10978147B2
An electronic device includes a semiconductor memory. The semiconductor memory includes a bit line, a word line crossing the bit line, and a memory cell coupled to and disposed between the bit line and the word line. In a read operation, when the word line, which is in a precharged state, is floated, the bit line is driven to increase a voltage level of the bit line, and stopped when the memory cell is turned on.
US10978144B2
An integrated circuit and an operating method thereof are provided. The integrated circuit includes memory cells, at least one first word line, second word lines, bit lines and write-assist bit lines. The at least one first word line is electrically connected to at least one row of the memory cells. The second word lines are electrically connected to other rows of the memory cells. Two bit lines are located between a column of the memory cells and two write-assist bit lines. The bit lines and the write-assist bit lines are configured to be electrically disconnected with each other when at least one of the memory cells electrically connected with the at least one first word line is configured to be written, and electrically connected with each other when at least one of the memory cells electrically connected to the second word lines is configured to be written.
US10978128B2
Methods, systems, and devices for operating a ferroelectric memory cell or cells are described. A cell may be written with a value that is intended to convey a different logic state than may typically be associated with the value. For example, a cell that has stored a charge associated with one logic state for a time period may be re-written to store a different charge, and the re-written cell may still be read to have the originally stored logic state. An indicator may be stored in a latch to indicate whether the logic state currently stored by the cell is the intended logic state of the cell. A cell may, for example, be re-written with an opposite value periodically, based on the occurrence of an event, or based on a determination that the cell has stored one value (or charge) for a certain time period.
US10978127B2
Semiconductor memory devices and methods of operating the same are provided. The method of operation may include the steps of selecting a ferroelectric memory cell for a read operation, coupling a first pulse signal to interrogate the selected ferroelectric memory cell, the selected ferroelectric memory cell outputting a memory signal to a bit-line in response to the first pulse signal, coupling the memory signal to a first input of a sense amplifier via the bit-line, electrically isolating the sense amplifier from the selected ferroelectric memory cell, and enabling the sense amplifier for sensing after the sense amplifier is electrically isolated from the selected ferroelectric memory cell. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US10978111B1
In an aspect of the disclosure, a reference voltage holding circuit is provided. The reference voltage holding circuit is for maintaining a sense amplifier reference voltage provided by a sense amplifier reference circuit, and the reference voltage holding circuit includes: a reference voltage generating circuit configured to provide a bias reference voltage; a current generating circuit electrically coupled to the reference voltage generating circuit and configured to receive the bias reference voltage to output a standby bias voltage and a standby bias current; and a voltage pull-up circuit electrically coupled to the current mirror circuit and configured to provide for the standby bias current and to maintain the standby bias voltage which drives the sense amplifier reference voltage when reference voltage holding circuit operates under a standby operation and approximates the sense amplifier reference voltage as long as the sense amplifier reference voltage remains enabled.
US10978108B2
A video work creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes: a template selection receiving unit that receives selection of a template to be applied to a video work to be created from among a plurality of templates; a shot video segment registration unit that registers each of a plurality of shot video segments corresponding to a plurality of scenes included in the selected templates; and a video work creating unit that creates a video work based on the registered plurality of shot video segments, the shot video segment registration unit being configured to register, if the selected template has a reference scene that refers to a scene included in another template as a scene-to-be-referred-to, a shot video segment corresponding to the scene-to-be-referred-to which has been registered to create another video work to which the other template is applied, as a shot video segment corresponding to the reference scene included in the selected template.
US10978104B2
A tape-type magnetic recording medium, includes a substrate; and a magnetic layer provided on the substrate. The magnetic recording medium is configured such that (1) (wmax−wmin)/wmin≤400 [ppm] where wmax and wmin are respectively maximum and minimum of average values of width of the magnetic recording medium measured under four environments whose temperature and relative humidity are (10° C., 10%), (10° C., 80%), (29° C., 80%), and (45° C., 10%), respectively, and the magnetic layer has a squareness ratio of 65% or more in the vertical direction, and (2) 4.4≤TB/(TA−TB) where TA is an average thickness of the magnetic recording medium and TB is an average thickness of the substrate.
US10978099B2
A disk drive is provided with an enclosure and a disk mounted for rotation within the enclosure. The disk drive is also provided with a head mounted for rotation within the enclosure and adapted to engage the disk, a housing defining a cavity extending along an axis within the enclosure, and a shaft received within the cavity, mounted for rotation about the axis and coupled to one of the disk and the head. The disk drive is also provided with a bearing and a bearing seat. The bearing is formed generally spherical, oriented in a non-rolling configuration along the axis, and secured to one of the housing and the shaft. The bearing seat has a surface secured to the other of the housing and the shaft and biased to engage the bearing, wherein at least one of the bearing and the surface includes a low-friction coating formed thereon.
US10978098B1
According to the embodiment, a magnetic recording device includes a magnetic head, a magnetic recording medium, and an electrical circuit. The magnetic head includes a magnetic pole, a first shield, and a stacked body provided between the magnetic pole and the first shield. The stacked body includes first, and second magnetic layers, first, second, and third nonmagnetic layers. An electrical resistance of the stacked body is a first resistance when a current flowing in the stacked body is a first current. The electrical resistance is a second resistance when the current flowing in the stacked body is a second current. The electrical resistance oscillates when the current flowing in the stacked body is a third current. The electrical circuit is configured to supply the second current to the stacked body in a recording operation of using the magnetic head to record information in the magnetic recording medium.
US10978094B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for selecting and presenting content items based on user input. The method includes receiving first input intended to identify a desired content item among content items associated with metadata, determining that an input portion has an importance measure exceeding a threshold, and providing feedback identifying the input portion. The method further includes receiving second input, and inferring user intent to alter or supplement the first input with the second input. The method further includes, upon inferring intent to alter the first input, determining an alternative query by modifying the first input based on the second input, and, upon inferring intent to supplement the first input, determining an alternative query by combining the first input and the second input. The method further includes selecting and presenting a subset of content items based on comparing the alternative query and metadata associated with the subset.
US10978091B2
A system is provided to realize suppression by selecting wavelets for feature compression in distributed speech recognition. The system comprises a first device and a second device. The first device comprising: a first network module for connecting to a network; an acoustic transducer module for recording speech and outputting frames of recorded signal; and a first processor configured for the following: extracting multiple-dimensional speech features from the frames of the recorded signal to generate multiple feature sequences; applying discrete wavelet transform (DWT) to the feature sequences to obtain a plurality of component data; and transmitting at least one of the plurality of component data via the network, wherein another one of the plurality of component data is not transmitted. The second device comprising: a second network module for connecting to the network and receiving the at least one of the plurality of component data from the first device; and a second processor configured for the following: updating the received data to generate an updated data; and applying inverse discrete wavelet transform (IDWT) to the updated data to obtain reconstructed speech data.
US10978081B2
A system may embed audio watermarks in audio data using a sign sequence. The system may detect audio watermarks in audio data despite the effects of reverberation. For example, the system may embed multiple repetitions of an audio watermark before generating output audio using loudspeaker(s). To detect the audio watermark in audio data generated by a microphone, the system may perform a self-correlation that indicates where the audio watermark is repeated. In some examples, the system may encode the audio watermark using multiple repetitions of a multi-segment Eigenvector. Additionally or alternatively, the system may encode the audio watermark using a binary sequence of positive and negative values, which may be used as a shared key for encoding/decoding the audio watermark. The audio watermark can be embedded in output audio data to enable wakeword suppression (e.g., avoid cross-talk between devices) and/or local signal transmission between devices in proximity to each other.
US10978078B2
A system for creating a synthetic voice identifier may include a plurality of synthesized voice authorization (SVA) devices and a biometric combinatory device (BCD). The SVAs may be communicatively coupled to the BCD via a network and may communicate utilizing a markup language. The SVA devices may capture an audio signal of a voice of a user, modify the audio signal with a randomized audio frequency signal to generate a modified audio signal, and communicate, the modified audio signal as a synthesized voice signal associated with the user. The BCD may receive biometric information corresponding to a user, the biometric information comprising at least audio information associated with a voice of the user, receive, at an integration module, location information corresponding to a location of the user, combine, the location information and audio signal information associated with the user to generate a synthesized voice identifier associated with the user, and communicate the synthesized voice identifier to a remote device for use in an authentication process of the user.
US10978075B2
The disclosure relates to an initialization method for the smart home and the device thereof. The method includes receiving an initialization audio signal played by a target device, wherein the initialization audio signal is an audio signal of target characters obtained by encoding source data of initialization data for the smart home; decoding the initialization audio signal based on pre-stored correspondences between pre-set characters and source data of the pre-set characters so as to obtain the source data of the initialization data, wherein the pre-set characters include at least the target characters; and initializing the smart home based on the source data of the initialization data.
US10978073B1
System and method for processing and presenting a conversation. For example, a system includes a sensor configured to capture an audio-form conversation, and a processor configured to automatically transform the audio-form conversation into a transformed conversation. The transformed conversation includes a synchronized text, and the synchronized text is synchronized with the audio-form conversation. Additionally, the system includes a presenter configured to present the transformed conversation including the synchronized text and the audio-form conversation.
US10978068B2
A method, performed by an electronic apparatus, of executing an application, based on a voice input of a user, and the electronic apparatus are provided. The method includes performing voice recognition on the voice command for executing the application, determining a target page among a plurality of pages displayable when the application is executed, based on a result of the voice recognition, generating a virtual input sequence for displaying a second screen corresponding to the target page, instead of a first screen currently displayed, and executing the application in response to the virtual input sequence.
US10978064B2
In one embodiment, in accordance with the present invention, a method for incorporating human comprehension and interaction with device-to-device communication between devices as they occur in a person's immediate surroundings. The method includes detecting that a user is present, wherein the user is detected by a first instance of a smart assistant software executing on the first device. The method further includes identifying an occurrence of a monitored event. The method further includes, in response to identifying the occurrence of the monitored event, determining a task to be performed by a second device. The method further includes generating instructions for instructing the second device to perform the task, wherein the generated instructions include a verbal command and audibly emitting the verbal command, wherein the audibly emitted verbal command is within audible range of both the user and the second device.
US10978061B2
A method, a computer system, and a computer program product for detecting voice commands. Audio is recorded by the computer system to form a recorded audio. The computer system then determines whether a voice command spoken by a first person is present in the recorded audio. If the voice command is present in the recorded audio, the computer system determines whether the voice command is directed to a second person by the first person. If the voice command is not being directed to the second person, the computer system processes the voice command, wherein processing of the voice command occurs without a wake word.
US10978054B1
In some implementations, a device may receive unstructured interaction data identifying an interaction of a user with a user device. The device may receive historical unstructured interaction data identifying historical interactions of users and historical unstructured resolution data identifying historical resolutions to the historical interactions. The device may process the historical unstructured interaction data and the historical unstructured resolution data to determine historical structured interaction data and historical structured resolution data. The device may process the unstructured interaction data and the historical structured interaction data to determine pretext identifiers for the interaction of the user. The device may process the pretext identifiers and the historical structured resolution data to generate a resolution network identifying possible resolutions to the interaction of the user. The device may process the pretext identifiers and the resolution network to determine a resolution path identifying a resolution to the interaction of the user.
US10978052B2
An email-like user interface displays a list of user logs determined based on user-specified list criteria to user logs received in a natural language (NL) training environment. The list comprise a subset of the received user logs in order to minimize the number of actions required to configure and train the NL configuration system in a semi-supervised manner, thereby improving the quality and accuracy of NL configuration system. To determine a list of user logs relevant for training the user logs can be filtered, sorted, grouped and searched within the email-like user interface. A training interface to a network of instances that comprises a plurality of NL configuration systems leverages a crowd-sourcing community of developers in order to efficiently create a customizable NL configuration system.
US10978047B2
Embodiments of methods and apparatuses for recognizing a speech are provided. An implementation can include: determining an identity of a target user inputting the speech input signal; extracting a common expression set of the target user from a stored common expression database, the common expression set including a plurality of common expressions; extracting an acoustic feature of the speech input signal and input the same into an acoustic model to obtain an acoustic model score; judging whether a content of the speech input signal is a common expression of the target user based on the acoustic model score of the speech input signal and acoustic model scores of the common expressions in the stored common expression set of the target user; and if yes, decoding the acoustic feature of the speech input signal using a language model constructed based on common expressions, to obtain a speech recognition result.
US10978043B2
An approach is provided in which an information handling system converts a first set of text to synthesized speech using a text-to-speech converter. The information handling system then converts the synthesized speech to a second set of text using a speech-to-text converter. In response to converting the synthesized speech to the second set of text, the information handling system analyzes the second set of text against a filtering criterion and prevents usage of the synthesized speech based on the analysis.
US10978041B2
An ambient sound processing method provided includes determining a time-frequency spectrum of an ambient sound in preset duration. A matching scenario is determined from at least one preset scenario according to the time-frequency spectrum of the ambient sound in the preset duration, where a time-frequency spectrum of the matching scenario matches the time-frequency spectrum of the ambient sound in the preset duration. Operation information corresponding to the matching scenario is determined as the operation information to be executed, and an operation is performed according to the operation information to be executed and a subsequently received ambient sound, and an operated signal is determined. The operated signal is mixed to obtain a mixed signal, and the mixed signal is transmitted to a headset, where the mixed signal includes at least an audio signal played by user equipment of a user.
US10978032B2
An attachment for a smart device having a touch screen displaying at least one interactive area thereon includes at least one port defining an air passageway therethrough and at least one actuator element disposed at least partially within the air passageway of each of the at least one ports. Each of the at least one actuator elements is configured to actuate upon a flow of air passing through the corresponding air passageway. Actuation of each of the at least one actuator elements causes an electrical interaction with one of the interactive areas of the touch screen.
US10978026B2
The invention includes a method including the steps of obtaining a plurality of images, each of the images in the plurality having at least one corresponding region, generating a merged image, the merged image also having the corresponding region. The step of generating includes selecting an image source from the plurality of images to source image data for the corresponding region in the merged image by comparing attributes of the corresponding regions of the plurality of images to identify the image source having preferred attributes.
US10978022B2
Circuits for programming a circuit with decreased programming time are provided. Such circuits include a storage device such as a capacitor for storing a display information and for ensuring a driving device such as a driving transistor drives a light emitting device according to the display information. The present disclosure provides driving schemes for decreasing flickering perceived while displaying video content by introducing idle phases in between in emission phases to increase the effective refresh rate of a display. Driving schemes are also disclosed for reducing the effects of cross-talk by ensuring that programming information is refreshed in a display array that utilizes a driver connected to multiple data lines via a multiplexer.
US10978018B2
A virtual reality (VR) head mounted display (HMD) includes a display, a processor coupled to the display, and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory includes instructions executable by the processor to determine that the available capacity of a resource supporting VR operations being executed by the processor is insufficient and present a graphical user interface on the display with at least one selectable option to reduce usage of at least one resource supporting at least one of non-VR operations and inactive VR operations.
US10977998B2
A pixel circuit includes a main-circuit that controls an organic light-emitting element by controlling a driving current to flow into the organic light-emitting element and a sub-circuit including a first compensation transistor including a gate terminal which receives a first gate signal, a second compensation transistor including a gate terminal which receives a second gate signal, and an initialization transistor including a gate terminal which receives an initialization signal. Here, in a low-frequency driving mode, a driving frequency of the first gate signal is N hertz (Hz), a driving frequency of the initialization signal is N Hz, a driving frequency of the second gate signal is M Hz, the first compensation transistor and the initialization transistor are turned on during a first time duration in N non-light-emitting periods per second, and the second compensation transistor is turned on during a second time duration in M non-light-emitting periods per second.
US10977987B2
Display systems, devices and methods that utilize one or more native display elements as photo-sensing elements to detect light. A display device includes a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) pixel elements arranged in an array having a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows, and a control circuit configured to selectively activate a first LED pixel element to emit light, and simultaneously activate a second LED pixel element to detect light.
US10977982B2
Disclosed are a display panel and an electronic device. The display panel includes: a base substrate, a first non-display region, a display region surrounding the first non-display region, multiple data lines and multiple scanning lines. The display region includes multiple pixels each including m sub-pixels. In the first non-display region, at least two data lines are stacked and insulated from each other, and orthogonal projections of the at least two data lines on the base substrate are at least adjacently disposed. The multiple scanning lines do not intersect each other. At least two scanning lines each include a first scanning lead. The first scanning lead extends alternately in the first and second directions and is electrically connected to multiple pixels through first sides of the multiple pixels.
US10977979B1
A GOA circuit and a display panel are provided. The GOA circuit includes N stage GOA units, and an n-th stage GOA unit comprises a forward scan control module, a reverse scan control module, a pull-up module, a pull-down module, and a function module, wherein 2
US10977977B2
It is an object to provide a semiconductor display device with high reliability. Further, it is an object to provide a semiconductor display device which can reduce power consumption. A decoder is provided for a scan line driver circuit and operates such that, in accordance with a signal input to the scan line driver circuit, a pulse is sequentially input only to scan lines included in pixels of rows performing display and a pulse is not input to scan lines included in pixels of rows at which display is not performed. Then, all pixels or part of pixels in the line selected by the pulse is supplied with a video signal from a signal line driver circuit, whereby display of an image is performed in pixels arranged in the specific area of the pixel portion.
US10977969B2
The present invention relates to an interactive advertising system and method of using the system. A plurality of removable RFID devices are disposed on a panel which is separate from an advertising graphic that is supported in an illuminated frame. Activation of one of the RFID devices illuminates a portion of the advertising graphic.
US10977958B2
A display unit is controlled to display guidance such as to instruct an operator to move a spindle up and down near the Z-axis position at which the tool is transferred between a grip and the spindle and to observe a lateral movement of the tip of a tool at the same time. Then, when the tip of the tool moves laterally, the display unit is controlled to display guidance to instruct the operator to raise the spindle and turn a turret so as to reduce the lateral movement of the tip of the tool.
US10977956B1
Systems and methods for providing driver training in a virtual reality environment are disclosed. According to some aspects, an appropriate virtual reality driving simulation may be determined based on one or more input parameters provided by a user. The virtual reality driving simulation may include: (i) an instructional lesson, to be rendered in virtual reality, for teaching driving-related rules and/or skills to a user, and (ii) a driving scenario, to be rendered in virtual reality, for the user to practice the driving-related rules and/or skills taught by the instructional lesson. While the virtual reality driving simulation is rendered, user performance data may be recorded. Based on an analysis of the user performance data, a driving competency score and/or user feedback may be determined.
US10977946B2
Systems and methods for lane change prediction, detection, and/or confirmation. In some embodiments, a vehicle yaw rate associated with a vehicle may be detected and a set of vehicle yaw rate data may be generated. A steering angle associated with the vehicle may also be detected and a set of vehicle steering angle data generated. A first filter model may be used to process the vehicle yaw rate data. The vehicle steering angle data may be used to confirm a suspected lane change. A parameter threshold may be applied to the processed vehicle yaw rate data and, upon exceeding the parameter threshold and upon confirmation of the suspected lane change from the vehicle steering angle date, a parameter of a lane change assist system of the vehicle may be adjusted.
US10977942B2
A driving assistance device: acquires presentation target information; controls a presentation of the presentation target information; calculates a recognition requisite time which is required for a driver to recognize the presentation target information when the presentation target information is presented; calculates a degree of risk which endangers a safety of the driver; calculates a given driving time according to the degree of risk which endangers the safety of the driver; and calculates a safe driving requisite time, which is a time required for the driver to drive safely, according to the degree of risk which endangers the safety of the driver. In a non-presented state of the presentation target information, when the given driving time becomes longer than a sum of the safe driving requisite time and the recognition requisite time, the driving assistance device presents the presentation target information.
US10977939B2
An infrastructure element includes a computer that includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor such that the computer is programmed to classify a traffic condition of a road segment based on data received from an object detection sensor with a field of view including the road segment and that is communicatively connected to the computer. The computer is programmed to broadcast, to an area including the road segment, a vehicle-to-vehicle communication parameter, determined based on the classified traffic condition and specifying one or more of (i) a channel identifier, (ii) a transmission rate, (iii) a transmission power, or (iv) a message size.
US10977930B2
An actuation system used to actuate one or more buttons on a remote control device, such as a key fob, based upon commands that are generated from a mobile device. The actuation system includes a key fob enclosure located remotely from the vehicle. When a command is received on the mobile device, the command is relayed to a controller within the key fob enclosure, causing a button on the key fob to be depressed. The RF signal from the key fob is translated into a digital message which is relayed to a proxy remote located within the vehicle. The proxy remote, in turn, translates the digital message to an RF signal which is transmitted and received by systems within the vehicle. In this manner, the proxy remote is able to communicate using RF signals with the vehicle without requiring the key fob to be located near the vehicle.
US10977925B2
Displaying an indicator of a usage of hygiene equipment by one or more operators, the system including a first receiving section configured to receive usage data from an equipment sensor arrangement, said usage data indicating a usage of said hygiene equipment; a calculation section configured to determine, based on said usage data said indicator; and an output section configured to provide display data to a display unit based on said indicator, said display unit being arranged so as to convey said display data to said one or more operators.
US10977924B2
Provided is a method of controlling an intelligent river inundation alarming system, the method including acquiring river image information from at least one image acquisition device, extracting an analysis target image from the acquired river image information, performing image analysis engine learning on the basis of the extracted analysis target image, analyzing real-time river image information acquired from the image acquisition device using the learned image analysis engine, and determining whether a river is inundated on the basis of a result of the analysis of the real-time river image information.
US10977918B2
An electronic device with a display, processor(s), and memory displays a video monitoring user interface. The interface includes a video window displaying video feed from a camera located remotely from the device. A subset of the video includes a first motion event associated with an event category and a second motion event not associated with the event category. The device detects a user request for video playback. In response to the request, the device identifies a segment of the video for playback. The segment includes a first portion associated with the first motion event and a second portion associated with the second motion event. The device causes generation of a time-lapse video clip of the segment of the video for playback, including configuring the first portion to play at a different speed from the second portion. The device displays and plays the video clip of the segment.
US10977910B1
An electronic device may provide tactile outputs at a tactile output region of the electronic device. The tactile output region of the electronic device may be a surface of an input structure or a surface of an enclosure of the device. Tactile outputs may provide a sustained, physically-based notification of a particular item of interest. The tactile output may alter a physical characteristic of the tactile output region, such as the shape, texture, or density of a portion of the electronic device, in one or more tactile output regions. Furthermore, the tactile notification may provide a notification that is less intrusive and more tunable to user preferences than conventional notifications. The tactile output may be static in that the tactile notification is not transitory and remains throughout the duration of the tactile output. The tactile notification may be dynamic in that it includes motion.
US10977904B2
A method for wagering, comprises receiving a bet regarding a spin of the reels of a slot machine. The method continues by determining a first symbol for a first reel of the slot machine based at least in part upon a first value and a second value. The first value is associated with a value of a digit of a first financial market indicator at a first point in time, and the second value is associated with the value of a digit of a second financial market indicator at the first point in time. The method continues by determining a second symbol for a second reel of the slot machine, and by determining a third symbol for a third reel of the slot machine. The method concludes by determining an outcome of the bet based at least in part upon the first symbol, the second symbol, and the third symbol.
US10977894B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for associating a player identifier with a financial account. The financial account can holds funds that are accessible through the player's use of a payment vehicle. The payment vehicle can be, for example, a credit payment vehicle or a debit payment vehicle. The player can load funds from the financial account to a wagering account.
US10977891B2
A gaming machine is described herein. The gaming machine includes a control unit programmed to display a primary game screen including a plurality of virtual reels, receive a signal indicating a wager being placed on the primary game, and initiate a bonus feature selection game by displaying a bonus feature selection game screen including a plurality of bonus features. The processor receives a signal indicating one or more wagers being placed on the bonus feature game by the player, and responsive to each wager, randomly selects a bonus feature from the plurality of bonus features and modifies a bonus feature image to indicate a number of times the corresponding bonus feature has been randomly selected. The processor receives a signal to terminate the bonus feature game and initiates an instance of the primary game using the selected bonus features.
US10977884B2
A method and apparatus includes a processor that receives information corresponding to a first signal strength of a communication link between a remote device and a communication gateway of a vehicle. The information corresponding to the first signal strength is associated with a first antenna of a sensor and the first antenna includes a first peak main lobe magnitude oriented in a first direction. The processor also receives information corresponding to a second signal strength of the communication link. The information corresponding to the second signal strength is associated with a second antenna. The second antenna includes a second peak main lobe magnitude oriented in a second direction. The processor executes a first boundary line determination that includes determining whether the remote device is located on a first side of a boundary line based on the first signal strength and the second signal strength.
US10977883B2
A system, apparatus and method utilize a micro electronic device implanted in a person or group of persons, or wearable thereby, to manage a variety of activities, including interrogating an RF microdevice for information. The microdevice has a housing, an antenna, a microprocessor, a tuning capacitor, and a transducer such as a location transponder, a thermometer, a heart rate transducer, a blood pressure transducer, and an information storage element. The method includes the steps of providing the microdevice and attaching it to a person. The person brings the microdevice near a login system having an RF reader and a login processor. The reader communicates with the microdevice via RF signals, and signals the login processor to corroborate an identification code from the microdevice. If the login processor corroborates the identification code, it signals the microdevice to permit access to information from the transducer. If the login processor does not corroborate the identification code, access to the information is not permitted.
US10977874B2
A computer-implemented method for vehicle event management. The method receives one or more sets of vehicle sensor data from a first vehicle, wherein the one or more sets of vehicle sensor data correspond to one or more sensor systems of the first vehicle. The method further maps the received one or more sets of vehicle sensor data with one or more candidate vehicle events, based on one or more sets of archived vehicle sensor data. The method further identifies one or more relationships between the received one or more sets of vehicle sensor data and the one or more candidate vehicle events, and provides an alert, to the first vehicle, with the identified one or more relationships between the received one or more sets of vehicle sensor data and the one or more candidate vehicle events.
US10977873B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a camera, a display, and a processor configured to obtain a first image including one or more external objects by using the camera, display to output a three-dimensional (3D) object generated based on attributes related to a face among the one or more external objects using the display, receive a selection of at least one graphic attribute from a plurality of graphic attributes which can be applied to the 3D object, generate a 3D avatar for the face based on the at least one graphic attribute, and generate a second image including at least one object reflecting a predetermined facial expression or motion using the 3D avatar.
US10977872B2
Graphical style modification may be implemented using machine learning. A color accommodation module receives an image frame from a host system and generates a color-adapted version of the image frame. A Graphical Style Modification module receives a first image frame from a host system and applies a style adapted from a second image frame to the first image frame to generate a style adapted first image frame.
US10977870B2
A viewing device for an aircraft pilot, the device comprising: a support for positioning on the head of the aircraft pilot; a display surface; display means carried by the support and arranged to display augmented reality objects on the display surface; acquisition means arranged to act in real time to acquire first data representative of the position and of the orientation of the support, second data representative of the position and of the orientation of a cockpit of the aircraft, and third data defining congested zones occupied by equipment of the cockpit, and to acquire the augmented reality objects; and processor means arranged to act in real time to define positions for the augmented reality objects, so that all of the augmented reality objects are positioned outside the congested zones when they are displayed on the display surface.
US10977866B2
A method is for output of position information of a medical instrument, configured to penetrate at least partly an area of the body of a patient. A structure image, an instrument image and an operation scene image are registered with one another. A registered structure image, a registered instrument image and a registered operation scene image are produced from the registration. An overlay image is displayed with a VR or AR display facility, including at least parts of the registered structure image of the registered operation scene image (BrO)—or the real view of the corresponding part of the real area of the body—and of the registered instrument image. A corresponding image generation system is also disclosed.
US10977861B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for inferring quality in point cloud-based three-dimensional objects using topographical data analysis. A first graph is generated representing a three-dimensional model, each vertex in the first graph representing a respective connected component within a layer of the three-dimensional model and each edge in the first graph representing a connection between two respective connected components within two respective layers of the three-dimensional model. A second graph representing negative space associated with the three-dimensional model is also generated, each vertex in the second graph representing a connected component of a negative space region within the layer of the three-dimensional model and each edge in the second graph representing a connection between two respective connected components with two respective layers of the three-dimensional model. A persistent homology analysis is applied to the first graph to determine whether a hole or tunnel exists in each vertex of the first graph. An error with the three-dimensional model can then be identified based at least in part on the first graph, the second graph, and the persistent homology analysis.
US10977852B2
Disclosed are a VR playing method, a VR playing device, and a VR playing system. When using a media playing device for playing, a 3D spherical object is first created in the development environment, and then a new texture material is built and shader options are created for the texture material. After selecting shading for the texture material, a multimedia panoramic material is acquired from the media playing device or an external storage device, and then the texture material and the multimedia panoramic material are loaded onto the surface of the 3D spherical object. Finally, a virtual camera module is arranged at the center of the 3D spherical object. The angle of the virtual camera is controlled to pick up content of the multimedia panoramic material to play on the media playing device.
US10977847B2
A video effects application executes on a client device having an image capture device and receives video data captured by the image capture device. The video effects application extracts information from the captured video data and stores the extracted information as metadata associated with the captured video data. For example, the video effects application identifies objects in the captured video data or identifies optical flow of the captured video data and stores the identified objects or identified optical flow as metadata associated with the captured video data. The video effects application stores information describing modifications to the captured video data in association with the captured video data. When the captured video data is presented, the captured video data, associated metadata, and information describing the modifications is communicated to a renderer, which uses the metadata to perform the identified modifications to the captured video data when presenting the captured video data.
US10977822B2
A fingerprint image enhancement method, comprising: receiving a fingerprint image; computing a horizontal variation image and a vertical variation image of the fingerprint image (300); computing a weighted image, wherein a weighted value of a first pixel corresponding to a finger ridge in the weighted image is greater than a weighted value of a second pixel corresponding to a finger valley (304); multiplying the horizontal variation image with the weighted image to generate a weighted horizontal variation image, and multiplying the vertical variation image with the weighted image to generate a weighted vertical variation image (306); computing a fingerprint orientation image according to the weighted horizontal variation image and the weighted vertical variation image (308); and performing fingerprint image enhancement on the fingerprint image according to the fingerprint orientation image (310).
US10977820B2
Disclosed herein is a wearable display system for capturing retraining eye images of an eye of a user for retraining a neural network for eye tracking. The system captures retraining eye images using an image capture device when user interface (UI) events occur with respect to UI devices displayed at display locations of a display. The system can generate a retraining set comprising the retraining eye images and eye poses of the eye of the user in the retraining eye images (e.g., related to the display locations of the UI devices) and obtain a retrained neural network that is retrained using the retraining set.
US10977816B2
An image processing apparatus includes a calculation circuit configured to calculate a disparity between images, a determination circuit configured to determine a pixel position at which intensive disparity retrieval is to be performed based on distribution statistics of the disparity, an interpolation circuit configured to generate an interpolated image by performing interpolation at pixel positions at which intensive disparity retrieval is to be performed, and an output circuit configured to output a corrected disparity with which the distance to the object is determined. The calculation circuit calculates a first disparity based on the first and second images and generate distribution statistics from the first disparity in the first image, and calculates a second disparity based on the second image and the interpolated image generated from the first image by the interpolation circuit. The output circuit generates the corrected disparity based on differences between the first and second disparities.
US10977809B2
Motion characteristics related to foreground objects and background regions bordering the foreground objects in images are determined. A frame rate conversion (FRC)-related metadata portion is generated based on the motion characteristics. The FRC-related metadata portion is to be used for determining an optimal FRC operational mode with a downstream device for the images. The images are encoded into a video stream. The FRC-related metadata portion is encoded into the video stream as a part of image metadata. The video stream is caused to be transmitted to the downstream device.
US10977806B2
An eye movement feature amount calculating system includes: a moving state input unit that inputs moving state values in a time series indicating a moving state of an eye of an examinee; a saccade period extracting unit that extracts a saccade period in which the eye performs saccadic movement based on time-series variation of the moving state values; and a feature amount calculating unit that divides a period including at least a part of the extracted saccade period into a plurality of periods and calculates a feature amount of eye movement of the subject based on the separate periods.
US10977804B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a method of detecting moving objects via a moving camera includes receiving a sequence of images from the moving camera; determining optical flow data from the sequence of images; decomposing the optical flow data into global motion related motion vectors and local object related motion vectors; calculating global motion parameters from the global motion related motion vectors; calculating moto-compensated vectors from the local object related motion vectors and the calculated global motion parameters; compensating the local object related motion vectors using the calculated global motion parameters; and clustering the compensated local object related motion vectors to generate a list of detected moving objects.
US10977792B2
A framework for quantitative evaluation of time-varying data. In accordance with one aspect, the framework delineates a volume of interest in a four-dimensional (4D) Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) dataset (204). The framework then extracts a centerline of the volume of interest (206). In response to receiving one or more user-selected points along the centerline (208), the framework determines at least one blood dynamics measure associated with the one or more user-selected points (210), and generates a visualization based on the blood dynamics measure (212).
US10977789B2
A surgical instrument navigation system is provided that visually simulates a virtual volumetric scene of a body cavity of a patient from a point of view of a surgical instrument residing in the cavity of the patient, wherein the surgical instrument, as provided, may be a steerable surgical catheter with a biopsy device and/or a surgical catheter with a side-exiting medical instrument, among others. Additionally, systems, methods and devices are provided for forming a respiratory-gated point cloud of a patient's respiratory system and for placing a localization element in an organ of a patient.
US10977787B2
A system for registration feedback includes a segmentation module configured to segment a relevant three-dimensional structure in a first image to be registered and to segment a same relevant structure in a second image to be registered to provide three-dimensional segmentations of the first and second images. A registration module is configured to register the three-dimensional segmentations of the first and second images by applying a registration transformation to one of the three-dimensional segmentations to map one three-dimensional segmentation onto the coordinate space of the other. A display is configured to jointly display the three-dimensional segmentations of the first and second images, each of the three-dimensional segmentations having a different visual characteristic to permit identification of each of the three-dimensional segmentations in a joint display image such that registration between the three-dimensional segmentations in the joint display image provides an immediate indication of registration quality to a user.
US10977773B2
Techniques of compressing level of detail (LOD) data involve defining a cost metric that predicts how much computing resources are necessary to decode and render a mesh at a given LOD. The cost metric may be optimized by a selection of a LOD reduction process of a plurality of processes at each LOD reduction step. For each process of the plurality of processes, the LOD is reduced according to that process and the resulting reduced LOD is evaluated according to the cost metric. Each such process at that LOD reduction step produces a respective LOD, which includes a mesh, one or more texture atlases, and/or other attributes. The LOD produced by the process having the lowest value of the cost metric at a reduction step is the LOD that is input into the next LOD reduction step.
US10977772B1
A method and system for temporal frequency analysis for identification of unmanned aircraft systems. The method includes obtaining a sequence of video image frames and providing a pixel from an output frame of the video; generating a fluctuating pixel value vector; examining the fluctuating pixel value vector over a period of time; obtaining the frequency information present in the pixel fluctuations; summing the frequency coefficients for the vectorized pixel values from the fluctuating pixel value vector; obtaining an image representing a two dimensional space based on the summed center frequency coefficients; generating a series of still frames equal to a summation of the center frequency coefficients for pixel variations; and combining the temporal information into spatial locations in a matrix to provide a single image containing the spatial and temporal information present in the sequence of video image frame.
US10977768B2
A processor-implemented image normalization method includes extracting a first object patch from a first input image and extracting a second object patch from a second input image based on an object area that includes an object detected from any one or any combination of the first input image and the second input image, determining, based on a first landmark detected from the first object patch, a second landmark of the second object patch; and normalizing the first object patch and the second object patch based on the first landmark and the second landmark.
US10977766B2
The disclosure relates to devices, systems and methods for image registration and annotation. The devices include computer software products for aligning whole slide digital images on a common grid and transferring annotations from one aligned image to another aligned image on the basis of matching tissue structure. The systems include computer-implemented systems such as work stations and networked computers for accomplishing the tissue-structure based image registration and cross-image annotation. The methods include processes for aligning digital images corresponding to adjacent tissue sections on a common grid based on tissue structure, and transferring annotations from one of the adjacent tissue images to another of the adjacent tissue images. The basis for alignment may be a line-based registration process, wherein sets of lines are computed on the boundary regions computed for the two images, where the boundary regions are obtained using information from two domains—soft-weighted foreground images and gradient magnitude images. The binary mask image, based on whose boundary the line features are computed, may be generated by combining two binary masks—a first binary mask is obtained on thresholding a soft-weighted (continuous valued) foreground image, which is computed based on the stain content in an image, while a second binary mask is obtained after thresholding a gradient magnitude domain image, where the gradient is computed from the grayscale image obtained from the color image.
US10977760B2
A method for embedding the spread spectrum watermark into images with the self-adaptive embedding strength includes the following steps: designing a spread spectrum watermark capable of completely shielding a host signal interference by using prior knowledge of the host signal interference, self-adaptively adjusting a value of an embedding strength in the spread spectrum watermark with different host images, ensuring imperceptibility of each image while simultaneously maximizing robustness of the watermark, and finally embedding the spread spectrum watermark in the host image. The present disclosure can not only completely shield the host signal interference but also effectively withstand various common image processing attacks and geometric attacks, and at the same time, all the watermarked images can obtain consistent imperceptibility. The present disclosure can be applied to various watermarking techniques based on discrete cosine transform.
US10977757B2
Methods and systems for authenticated video acquisition and dissemination are disclosed. A temporally continuous video is acquired and sent to a server. Metadata and authentication information is combined with the video. The video, incorporating metadata and authentication information is provided from a first party to a second party by a third party that provides authentication of the video. Embodiments can be used to generate a video receipt for purposes of creating evidence of shipment of a package to an intended recipient.
US10977753B2
A system and method for securely dispensing medication are described herein. The system includes a telemedicine center that communicates with medical assistant station and a medication distribution station located at a correctional facility and a physician center remote to the correctional facility. The medical assistant station transmits a request for medication to the telemedicine center. The telemedicine center verifies an identity of the medical assistant requesting the medication and transmits the request to the physician center. When the telemedicine center receives a confirmation to dispense medicine from the physician center, an identity of the physician transmitting the confirmation is verified. The telemedicine center then verifies an identity of an inmate to receive the medication, by way of the medication distribution station, and allows the medication distribution station to dispense the medication.
US10977749B2
A method of tracking a box and correlating a quality characteristic of the box to an overall equipment effectiveness of a packaging line that manipulates the box during a product packaging process includes: at a location, associating a unique identifier with a pre-erected form of the box, capturing at least one quality characteristic of the box, and storing the at least one quality characteristic and the associated unique identifier in a database; moving the pre-erected form of the box to another location; at the another location, converting the pre-erected form of the box into an erected box, manipulating the erected box through the packaging line, and in an event where the erected box is involved in a disruption in the packaging line correlating the unique identifier of the associated erected box with the associated disruption and saving a record of the disruption and the unique identifier in a storage medium.
US10977748B2
In an approach to event mapping, one or more computer processors extract, from one or more social networks, data, uploaded by one or more users, corresponding to an event, where the event is nature related. The one or more computer processors extract metadata associated with the data extracted from the one or more social networks. The one or more computer processors determine, based, at least in part, on the data extracted from the one or more social networks and on the extracted metadata associated with the data extracted from the one or more social networks, a current state of the event, where the current state of the event includes at least a condition of the event relative to at least a corresponding condition of a pre-defined optimal state of the event.
US10977736B1
A computer device and method for processing data to determine suggested modifications to the policy terms or conditions contingent upon informatic data relating to habits and activities of inhabitants of an insured property or location. Informatic data relating to an insured property or location is electronically received from at least one informatic sensor device and is analyzed to determine behavioral habits and activities of one or more inhabitants associated with the insured property so as to identify one or more risks associated with the insured property or location. Electronic data is received for one or more terms of an insurance policy associated with the insured property and is analyzed to determine suggested modifications to the policy terms or conditions based upon the determined behavioral habits and activities of the one or more inhabitants associated with the insured property.
US10977732B1
Systems and methods are provided for processing and distributing market data. Critical data, such as data showing that a market price has changed is distributed without further delay. When the market data does not result in a change in a market price or does not meet another critical criteria, the market data is aggregated with market data for similar events and distributed when the aggregated market data passes a quantity threshold.
US10977728B1
Systems and methods for optimizing processing of loan applications are disclosed. A system may include one or more memory devices storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions. The instructions may instruct the system to analyze training data to build a predictive model. The instructions may also instruct the system to apply the predictive model to a loan application to determine a first probability of an institution funding the loan application if the institution proactively engages a loan-arranging entity of the loan application and a second probability of the institution funding the loan application if the institution reactively engages the loan-arranging entity. The instructions may further instruct the system to reporting the first and second probabilities to a user through a user interface.
US10977720B2
An augmented reality commercial platform is provided to simulate a product in an environment. The augmented reality commercial platform may include a merchant component, consumer component, augmentation engine, illustrator component, and monetization component. A method to simulate a product in an environment using the augmented reality commercial platform is also provided.
US10977717B2
A system, a wearable device and method for monitoring hand actions. The method comprises: obtaining a visual input from a sensor located on the wearable device worn by a subject. The sensor is configured to capture at least an interior portion of a hand of the subject. The method further comprises identifying, based on the visual input, an object and an action performed by the hand of the subject with respect to an object. The method further comprises performing a responsive action based on at least one of the action and the object. The wearable device is configured to be utilized for self-service shopping, manual fulfillment of a shopping order of a customer, mapping locations of items, detecting violation of safety rules, monitoring health-care systems, managing labs or manufacturing plant, or for other applications related to hand actions monitoring.
US10977707B2
Various embodiments described herein assist in identifying one or more product items of interest (e.g., high demand product items) based on surge activity, such as user buying surges, user selling surges, and user product listing (e.g., electronic or online listing) surges on an online marketplace system, and can further notify one or more users of selling opportunities of the identified products items of interest.
US10977706B2
An on-line method of facilitating e-commerce sales of circular adornments (such as watches, bracelets, etc.) through the provision of selectable representations of such an adornment in its primary dimensions is provided. Such representations are generated in relation to specific adornment structures and are provided, in terms of three-dimensional polymer printed articles. A purchaser is allowed to select a specific adornment from an on-line source, and print a single part or multiple parts thereof in the form of a reliable representation of the subject article. The purchaser may then place the representation on his or her wrist, ankle, arm, etc., in order to gauge and assess the look, placement, and size thereof, in accordance with his or her own tastes and needs. Such an on-line system allows for reductions in returns and greater reliability in terms of actual purchases up front. The actual generated printed representations are encompassed herein as well.
US10977704B2
Systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory processor readable media of the various embodiments enable in store voice picking systems. In various embodiments, an end-to-end voice ordering and fulfillment system for a retail store may enable a customer to place an order over the phone, a personal shopper to be directed to fill the order via voice commands, and the order to be made available for pickup at the retail store by the customer or delivered to the customer from the retail store.
US10977703B2
A method for providing a confidence score for a seller in an online marketplace includes: storing account profiles, each including one or more unique account identifiers for one or more online marketplaces; storing activity data entries, each including data for transactional activity in an online marketplace including a marketplace identifier, two or more transacting account identifiers, and activity data; receiving a confidence request that includes a specific account identifier and marketplace identifier; identifying a specific account profile that includes the specific account identifier; identifying a set of activity data entries where a transacting account identifier matches a unique account identifier in the specific account profile; determining a confidence score for the specific account profile based on the activity data included in the identified set of activity data entries; and transmitting the confidence score in response to the received confidence request.
US10977697B2
A digital ad-buying platform uses counterfactual-based incrementality measurement by implementing randomization and/or a correction for auction win bias to avoid the need to identify counterfactual winner types in the control group. This approach can estimate impact at the individual consumer level. Confidence levels can be determined using Gibbs sampling in the context of causal analysis in the presence of non-compliance.
US10977693B2
A method of a capture infrastructure includes determining a content identifier by applying a first automatic content recognition algorithm to fingerprint data of an audio-visual data rendered on a networked media device, and associating the content identifier with additional data derived from information other than the fingerprint data.
US10977690B2
Method for in-stream aggregation of ad interaction data for a population of users viewing ad content
One variation of a method for aggregating advertisement interaction data includes: receiving a ping from a visual element loaded onto a mobile device, the ping containing: a timestamp; and a value representing a proportion of the visual element visible in a viewport at the mobile device; in response to the value exceeding a threshold value, grouping the ping with a group of pings in a ping feed, the group of pings containing a unique identifier associated with the mobile device; in response to the value falling below the threshold value, concluding an advertisement view session containing the group of pings; calculating a time spent value for visibility of advertisement content in the visual element within the advertisement view session based on timestamps of pings in the group of pings; outputting an advertisement view session packet containing the unique identifier and the time spent value to a database.
US10977670B2
An interactive algorithm and sequential methodology dynamically that pulls numerous organic data sets from online social, search, sentiment and paid media sources against a weighted formulation to determine with statistical significance a brand's market performance and characterization defined as a “Brand Attraction Score” in real time against key competitors. Consumer and media behaviors are measured using billions of data signals from multiple API sources distributed downstream through a series of influence (I) and exposure (E) weighted formulations to a master algorithm to determine the net performance and attraction scores and ranking. These statistical sets are then conformed into a series of scores and rankings in a predetermined competitive set in an Exposure to Attraction coordinate system, thereby allowing a Brand to easily visualize their comparative Attraction among their competitor brands.
US10977664B2
Methods, systems, and devices, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for transferring a robot customer service to a human customer service are provided. One of the methods includes: obtaining conversation characteristics from at least one round of conversations between the robot customer service and a customer; obtaining state characteristics of the customer; inputting the conversation characteristics and the state characteristics into a confidence score evaluation model to obtain a confidence score evaluation value; and when the confidence score evaluation value meets a robot-to-human intervention condition, transferring the customer to the human customer service. The confidence score evaluation model is a machine learning model, comprising a linear sub-model input with the conversation characteristics and a deep neural network sub-model input with the state characteristics.
US10977630B2
Systems and methods include a database of a financial institution that maintains a respective status of a plurality of mobile automated teller machines (ATMs), the status of each of the plurality of mobile ATMs indicating the location of the respective mobile ATM and the amount of cash available for withdrawal from the mobile ATM, a communication interface that receives a request for a mobile ATM from a user device via a network, the request including user device location data, a location processor that compares the user device location data to location data associated with the plurality of mobile ATMs, and determines a first mobile ATM from the plurality of mobile ATMs that is closest to the user device based on the user device location data, and a transaction processor of a backend system of the financial institution that processes a transaction based on received confirmation.
US10977625B2
The object of the present invention is to shorten time from when a predetermined condition is satisfied till when recharging is completed. A mobile terminal directly requests an electronic money server to perform recharging. In response to this, the electronic money server secures funds and then generates a command group for recharging. Then, the electronic money server sends, to the mobile terminal, a storage instruction by which the mobile terminal is made to store the generated command group in an IC chip. The mobile terminal then does not immediately execute the command group but temporality stores the command group into a general-purpose IC chip. In this way, a stage of preparation for recharging is completed. Then, under a certain condition (for example, by user's operation, on the side of the general-purpose IC chip, the stored command group is executed. In this way, recharging is performed, and the value balance is updated.
US10977624B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for electronic generation of resource distribution documents via system integrated interface on a platform application. A user may input information for generating a digital resource distribution document via system controlled applications within the external platform application. The system may generate the resource distribution document for digital or physical use. Furthermore, the system deploys multi-level security authorization requirements for distribution of resources via the resource distribution documents. In this way, the system encrypts the information inputted into an encrypted scannable code; the system generates a digital photo of the generated document, and stores device information associated with the device that was used to generate the document. This multi-level authorization is reviewed by a receiving institution prior to authorizing deployment of resources from the generated resource distribution document.
US10977619B1
A video enhanced time tracking system is provided. The system may include a video capturing device, software applications (such as an application running on the video capturing device), and a backend system. The application may include a time tracking application that tracks time simultaneously as the video capturing device captures video. The captured video and the tracked time information may be uploaded to the backend system where it may be stored and processed. The system may correlate the tracked time information with the captured video and provide it to a client for review. In some embodiments, the system also includes an image recognition system that recognizes the user to authenticate the user's identity, that recognizes the user's workspace to determine when the user is working, and that recognizes the work being performed to determine the client that the user may be working for.
US10977593B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer-readable storage devices, for predictive models for electric power grid maintenance. In some implementations, one or more computers receive data indicating a maintenance action to be performed for a utility system. The one or more computers generate outcome scores for the maintenance action using a model generated from records for maintenance performed by multiple utilities. The one or more computers select one or more maintenance plan elements based on the outcome scores, provide an indication of the selected one or more maintenance plan elements for display, and store a record corresponding to the maintenance action. In some examples, the selected one or more maintenance plan elements can include recommended plan elements to improve the safety and efficiency of the maintenance action.
US10977592B2
Disclosed are various embodiments of worksite systems and methods that render user interfaces to provide features based on permissions of a user account. A user of a client device can create and store incident reports including photographs depicting the incident. The incident report can be synchronized with a remote data store through a synchronization service on an application server. A vehicle status report can also be created and stored on the client device and synchronized with the application server.
US10977588B1
An apparatus for sharing information in a space comprising a first two dimensional outer emissive surface, a first two dimensional inner emissive surface, a support structure resting on and extending upward from the support floor, the support structure supporting the first outer emissive surface with a first outer surface bottom edge at a work surface height, a first outer surface top edge at a ridge height above the work surface height and supporting the first inner emissive surface with a first inner surface bottom edge at a valley height below the work surface height, a first inner surface top edge at a height above the work surface height, the first inner emissive surface spaced behind the first outer emissive surface by at least twelve inches to form a space between the first outer emissive surface and the first inner emissive surfaces.
US10977583B2
In some implementations, a system is capable of generating and distributing access credentials to users that access a rental property for a limited time period. Users can be provided with access to the rental property through an application or webpage portal without creating a new user account or user login for the application. For example, a user can be granted access to control electronic devices associated with a monitoring system of a rental property without creating a new user account with the monitoring system. Techniques described herein enable such users to more easily access, for example, rental property information that is associated with a monitoring system of the rental property. In this manner, access credentials can be distributed to users through any suitable means, e.g., through email or SMS, and used to temporarily authenticate users.
US10977568B2
A phenomenon pattern extraction unit extracts a phenomenon pattern of a past sensor signal of a facility. A related information correlation unit correlates the sensor signal based on maintenance history information. A phenomenon pattern classification reference creation unit creates a classification reference for classifying a phenomenon pattern based on the extracted phenomenon pattern and a work keyword included in the maintenance history information correlated with the sensor signal as the source of the phenomenon pattern. A phenomenon pattern classification unit classifies the phenomenon pattern based on the classification reference. A diagnosis model creation unit creates a diagnosis model for estimating a work keyword suggested to a maintenance worker based on the classified phenomenon pattern and the work keyword.
US10977565B2
Bridging heterogeneous domains with parallel transport and sparse coding for machine learning models
A processor may generate initial subspaces by reducing data of a plurality of domains to a same dimensionality, cluster data within each initial subspace into clusters, create an input data matrix by projecting data from each cluster to an associated one of a plurality of generative subspaces associated with the plurality of clusters, perform a parallel transport between first and second sets of generative subspaces to identify a set of directions between pairs of subspaces of the first and second sets, sample points comprising a plurality of intermediate representations along the directions via an exponential mapping, create an expanded set of prior information by projecting the data from the first and second sets to the plurality of intermediate representations, perform a sparse coding with the input data matrix and the expanded set of prior information, and perform a cross domain inference using the output of the sparse coding.
US10977563B2
A mechanism for facilitating customer interactions within a customer service environment provides prompt and accurate answers to customer questions. A smart chat facility for use in a customer service environment to predict a customer problem examines a customer chat transcript to identify customer statements that set forth a customer issue and, responsive to this, can route the customer to an agent, an appropriate FAQ, or can implement a problem specific widget in the customer UI. Customer queries are matched with most correct responses and accumulated knowledge is used to predict a best response to future customer queries. The iterative system thus learns from each customer interaction and can adapt to customer responses over time to improve the accuracy of problem prediction.
US10977551B2
Aspects provided herein are relevant to machine learning techniques, including decomposing single-agent reinforcement learning problems into simpler problems addressed by multiple agents. Actions proposed by the multiple agents are then aggregated using an aggregator, which selects an action to take with respect to an environment. Aspects provided herein are also relevant to a hybrid reward model.
US10977535B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media to detect matrix barcodes. The matrix barcode may comprise a plurality of colors, an infrared layer, and an ultraviolet layer. The matrix barcode may be a fiducial marker for conveying spatial information. The spatial information may stem at least in part from the infrared layer and the ultraviolet layer.
US10977531B1
Provided is an image processing apparatus that improves performance of reading data of a RIP process. A multi-channel DMA (Direct Memory Access) controller performs reading or writing of stored data related to a RIP (Raster Image Processor). A FIFO (First In, First Out) is able to change a number of entries for each of the channels of the multi-channel DMA controller. An image processing control unit interprets the RIP order, and according to that order, changes the configuration of the number of entries for each of the channels, and controls processing of the data.
US10977525B2
A computer-implemented method of localization for an indoor environment is provided, including receiving, in real-time, a dynamic query from a first source, and static inputs from a second source; extracting features of the static inputs by applying a metric learning convolutional neural network (CNN), and aggregating the extracted features of the static inputs to generate a feature transformation; and iteratively extracting features of the dynamic query on a deep CNN as an embedding network and fusing the feature transformation into the deep CNN, and applying a triplet loss function to optimize the embedding network and provide a localization result.
US10977510B2
An information-processing device, when image recognition performed by an object recognition function and a first category recognition function on a captured image acquired from an image capture display device fails, and image recognition performed by a second category recognition function succeeds, informs a user of a method for capturing an image that enables object recognition, and causes the object recognition function to perform image recognition on another captured image that is captured in accordance with the method. If the image recognition performed by the object recognition unit on the other captured image succeeds, information-processing device instructs image capture display device to display a composite image determined according to a result of the image recognition at a position determined according to the result of the image recognition.
US10977503B2
In various embodiments, method, systems, and vehicles are provided that include: obtaining, via one or more sensors, sensor data pertaining including one or more images of one or more detected objects in proximity to a vehicle; processing the one or more images via a neural network model of a perception system of the vehicle, generating perception results for the one or more images; analyzing, via a processor, a plurality of potential faults in the perception system, based on the perception results, using a respective different technique for each of the plurality of potential faults, for the neural network model; determining a fault of the plurality of potential faults, via the processor, based on the analyzing; and taking a vehicle control action with respect to the vehicle, based on the fault, via instructions provided by the processor.
US10977497B2
A network system, such as a transport management system, generates a mutual augmented reality (AR) experience for a user and a provider associated with a service. Responsive to receiving a service request, a service management module matches the user with an available provider and monitors the location of the user and provider client devices as the user and provider travel to the pickup location. When the devices are within a threshold distance of each other, an image recognition module monitors live video streams on the devices for the vehicle and the user. Responsive to the vehicle and user entering the field of view of the devices, an AR control module selects computer-generated AR elements and instructs the devices to visually augment the video streams to identify the user and provider to each other and to allow the user and provider to communicate and share data with each other.
US10977490B1
Systems and methods for analyzing image data to assess property damage are disclosed. According to certain aspects, a server may analyze segmented digital image data of a roof of a property using a convolutional neural network (CNN). The server may extract a set of features from a set of regions output by the CNN. Additionally, the server may analyze the set of features using an additional image model to generate a set of outputs indicative of a confidence level that actual hail damage is depicted in the set of regions.
US10977486B2
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: obtaining a document image, wherein the document image includes a plurality of objects; identifying a plurality of macroblocks within the document image; performing microblock processing within macroblocks of the plurality of macroblocks, wherein the microblock processing includes examining content of microblocks within a macroblock for extraction of key-value pairs, the examining content including performing an ontological analysis of microblocks, wherein the microblock processing includes associating confidence levels to the extracted key-value pairs; and outputting metadata based on the performing microblock processing within macroblocks of the plurality of macroblocks.
US10977485B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for processing a radiotherapy CT positioning image, comprising: defining a pixel having a CT value greater than or equal to a first threshold in an original CT image as a human body pixel; counting a number of human body pixels of each pixel row in the original CT image in an order from top to bottom; and determining a boundary of the human body according to the counting result.
US10977481B2
The system and method utilize three-dimensional (3D) scanning technology to create a database of profiles for good, product, object, or part information by producing object representations that permit rapid, highly-accurate object identification, matching, and obtaining information about the object, which is not afforded by traditional two-dimensional (2D) camera imaging. The profiles can compared to a profile of an unknown object to identify, match, or obtain information about the unknown object, and the profiles can be filtered to identify or match the profiles of known objects to identify and/or gather information about an unknown object.
US10977475B2
A fingerprint recognition sensor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a photo sensor for sensing light that is diffuse-reflected from a finger of a user and incident on the photo sensor, or that is transmitted through the finger and incident on the photo sensor; a first matrix positioned on the photo sensor and including a first opening; a second matrix positioned on the first matrix and including a second opening; and a cover layer including one surface contacting the finger and positioned on the second matrix, wherein, from among light that is diffuse-reflected from the finger and incident on the cover layer or that is transmitted through the finger and incident on the cover layer, light having an angle, formed by a normal line on the one surface of the cover layer and a path of the light incident on the cover layer, that is greater than a critical angle, sequentially passes through the second opening and the first opening and is incident on the photo sensor.
US10977470B1
A touch-panel control apparatus and an operation method thereof are provided. The touch-panel control apparatus includes a fingerprint sensing circuit, a touch detection circuit, and an application processor. The fingerprint sensing circuit is coupled to a touch panel to sense a fingerprint of an object. The touch detection circuit is coupled to the touch panel to detect a touch behavior of the object on the touch panel. The application processor is coupled to the fingerprint sensing circuit and the touch detection circuit. The application processor is configured to enter an encryption mode to sense the fingerprint via the fingerprint sensing circuit. The application processor detects the touch behavior via the touch detection circuit in the encryption mode. When the touch behavior changes in the encryption mode, the application processor ends the encryption mode early.
US10977453B2
A card reader may include a main body part having a conveyance path; a first card detection mechanism disposed upstream of the main body part; a second card detection mechanism disposed in the main body part at a distance less than a length of the card from the first card detection mechanism; a shutter member disposed between the first and second card detection mechanisms; a shutter state detector; and a control unit. The control unit may be structured to close the shutter member when an object is detected by the second card detection mechanism after being detected by the first card detection mechanism, and then the inserted object is not detected by the second card detection mechanism while the inserted object is not detected by the first card detection mechanism; and detect that an object other than the card has been inserted when the shutter member close after the control.
US10977448B2
A method for determining a personality profile of an online user is disclosed. Social speech content data associated with an online user is stored. A machine learning model is used to determine a first personality profile of the online user based at least in part on the social speech content data associated with the online user. A second personality profile of the online user is determined based on the social speech content data using a scientific personality model encoded in an ontology, wherein the ontology encodes statistical relationships between a plurality of words and a plurality of personality traits based on one or more scientific research studies. An ensemble model is applied to determine a third personality profile of the online user based at least in part on the first personality profile and the second personality profile.
