US10980436B2
In some embodiments, systems, methods and devices for using passive pressure sensors to measure pressure at an inaccessible location are provided. In some embodiments, a system for determining pressure in a ventriculoperitoneal shunt implanted in a subject is provided, the system comprising: an acoustic source emitting signals over a range of frequencies; the ventriculoperitoneal shunt, comprising: a lumen that provides a conduit for cerebrospinal fluid between; and a passive acoustic element in a wall of the ventriculoperitoneal shunt filled with a gas, wherein the passive acoustic element emits a second signal at a resonant frequency that varies based on the pressure on the passive acoustic element; an acoustic receiver that detects the second signal and outputs an electrical signal that represents at least the resonant frequency; and a processor programmed to: receive the electrical signal; determine the pressure using the resonant frequency; and present the pressure using a display.
US10980435B2
A method of identifying and locating tissue abnormalities in a biological tissue includes irradiating an electromagnetic signal, via a probe defining a transmitting probe, in the vicinity of a biological tissue. The irradiated electromagnetic signal is received at a probe, defining a receiving probe, after the signal is scattered/reflected by the biological tissue. Blood flow information pertaining to the biological tissue is provided. Based on the received irradiated electromagnetic signal and the blood flow information, tissue properties of the biological tissue are reconstructed. A tracking unit determines the position of at least one of the transmitting probe and the receiving probe while the step of receiving is being carried out, the at least one probe defining a tracked probe. The reconstructed tissue properties are correlated with the determined probe position so that tissue abnormalities can be identified and spatially located.
US10980430B2
In one embodiment of the invention, a cuff-less blood pressure measuring system is disclosed including cuff-less blood pressure scanner with a vital signs signal processor having an adaptive blood pressure model. A machine learning process is further disclosed to tune the adaptive blood pressure model of the cuff-less blood pressure measuring system to the user.
US10980428B2
A pulse waveform measurement system includes an LED light source providing an incident beam having a predetermined wavelength onto a radial or other artery, samples reflected light at a predetermined sample rate, computes, and displays a pulse waveform and various parameters associated therewith. The wavelength and sample rate are set so as to provide desired data quality.
US10980426B2
An intravascular sensor delivery device for measuring a physiological parameter of a patient, such as blood pressure, within a vascular structure or passage. In some embodiments, the device can be used to measure the pressure gradient across a stenotic lesion or heart valve. The sensor delivery device can be sized to pass over different sizes of guidewires to enable usage in coronary and peripheral arteries, for example.
US10980413B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for determining tear film break-up time and for detecting eyelid margin contact and blink rates, particularly for diagnosing, measuring, and/or analyzing dry eye conditions and symptoms. The apparatus and methods for determining tear film break-up time and for detecting eyelid margin contact and blink rates, particularly for diagnosing, measuring, and/or analyzing dry eye conditions and symptoms may employ ocular surface interferometry (OSI) devices or other imaging and display devices capable of imaging and displaying a picture of a patient's eye during tear film break-up time and blink rate related procedures.
US10980410B1
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a video toothbrush. An exemplary video toothbrush may include a handle housing an exciter and a support element including a support neck and a support head. The support element may be configured to extend from a proximal connection with the handle to a distal end. The video toothbrush may further include a camera mounted near the distal end of the support head and a shaft extending from the support neck and configured to support a cleaning head toward a distal end of the shaft and configured to receive vibration from the exciter toward a proximal end of the shaft. The video toothbrush may also include the cleaning head having a plurality of bristles projecting in a first direction. The cleaning head may define a central opening. The central opening may be arranged to provide the camera with a view in the first direction.
US10980403B2
An improved endoscopic tool easily and efficiently obtains samples of multiple polyps from a patient by debriding one or more polyps and retrieving the debrided polyps without having to alternate between using a separate cutting tool and a separate sample retrieving tool and may be used with an endoscope.
US10980401B2
An endoscope includes a bending operation apparatus including: a rod-like shaft section that is standing perpendicularly from one surface of an operation section and capable of being tilted; and a cover member including a central section that is placed to externally cover the rod-like shaft section in a water tight manner, a peripheral section that closes in a water tight manner an opening portion in which the rod-like shaft section is disposed, and an intermediate section provided between the peripheral section and the central section, wherein the cover member of the bending operation apparatus includes a deformation restricting section that is a tubular section formed along a longitudinal axis of the rod-like shaft section and placed to externally cover an intermediate portion of the rod-like shaft section, and restricts outward expansion of the intermediate section.
US10980388B2
A hand-held rotary cleaning tool includes a housing that encloses an electric motor and a gear set that connects the motor to an output shaft. The rotary cleaning tool includes at least one cleaning accessory that is detachably connected to the output shaft, and a flexible splash guard. The splash guard surrounds the output shaft and cleaning accessory so as to prevent liquid splash during tool use. The rotary cleaning tool also includes a reservoir for storing a liquid cleaning solution, and a liquid delivery line that delivers liquid from the reservoir to the space enclosed by the splash guard.
US10980386B2
A surface cleaning apparatus, such as a carpet extractor, includes a base and a fluid recovery system for drawing dirty cleaning fluid from a surface to be cleaned. The fluid recovery system includes a suction nozzle in fluid communication with a recovery chamber. The suction nozzle is mounted to the base for vertical movement with respect to the base and is biased into contact with the surface to be cleaned.
US10980369B2
A cool coffee infusing apparatus is disclosed having a liquid container, a ground coffee container, and a base. The base includes a pump, controls therefore, and receptacles for the containers. The liquid container is filled with cool water and the ground coffee container is filled with ground coffee. The pump circulates the water through the grounds until a desired level of infusion is achieved and coffee beverage is created. The coffee beverage is collected in the liquids container for pouring or for storage for later use.
US10980361B1
A shelf alignment guide system includes a first substrate that has a backside edge and a frontside edge, a bottom surface and a top surface; and one or more channels disposed on the top surface of the substrate, the one or more channels to hold eyeglasses; the one or more channels are curved to align with the eyeglasses.
US10980357B2
A diaper changing assistance device. The diaper changing assistance device provides efficiency to a parent changing a diaper of an infant. A rod is attached between an infant's ankles by a pair of ringed members. The rod can be freely lifted by the parent so that the parent is able to change the diaper of the infant with reducing flailing and movement of the infant.
US10980356B2
Disclosed is a travel bed comprising a bottom support, a upper surrounding frame, stand rods and fixing bases. The upper surrounding frame comprises a first surrounding rod and a second surrounding rod which are rotatably connected with a first connector. The first surrounding rod comprises a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod which are connected with a second connector, and the second surrounding rod comprises a third connecting rod and a fourth connecting rod which are connected with a third connector. The upper surrounding frame further comprises a first locking device for locking the first connecting rod and the second connecting rod, and a second locking device for locking the third connecting rod and the fourth connecting rod. The first locking device is linked with the second locking device via a hauling rope.
US10980355B2
The inventive concept discloses a portable diaper changing stand comprising a horizontally oriented platform, connected by a hinge mechanism to a vertically-oriented frame. The frame and platform, being hingedly connected, may either be deployed opposite each other by optimally, a ninety (90) degree angle, or folded together to form a compacted unit. The vertical frame also contains a recessed compartment for storage of various items. The diaper changing stand is constructed so as to provide for vertical mounting or placement on the surface of a bench, sofa, or similar seating structure. This is accomplished by means of U-brackets secured to the top of the frame and an extendable horizontal support bar that is vertically adjustable.
US10980354B2
A textile deck assembly, method of fabricating, and method of installing onto a seat frame assembly. The textile deck assembly includes a platform portion and a plurality of straps coupled to a rearward edge of the platform portion. The materials of the textile deck assembly are matched so that the plurality of straps undergoes most or all of the elongation under load (e.g., when a person sits thereon), while the platform portion, even though it is flexible and compliant, is stretch resistant and undergoes little or no stretching under load. A battery of durability tests were performed on the textile deck assembly, including deflection testing, fatigue testing, and drop testing, and compared with conventional seat decks that utilize sinuous springs. The durability of the textile deck assembly to was found to outperform conventional seat decks.
US10980349B2
The invention is directed to a portable head support designed to fit in the interior of a carry-on article carried by a passenger. The device provides head support for those who prefer sleeping in a face-down position and comprises a base and a head support connected along at least one of their abutting edges by a mechanism which permits the angle between the base and head support to be adjusted by the user.
US10980348B2
A seating apparatus assembled from Furniture components readily shippable by common carrier comprising a base frame, a pair of side arm assemblies that align with opposing distal ends of the base frame, and a back assembly to assemble as a seating apparatus, with legs having threaded fasteners that extend through the base frame for engaging the side arm assemblies and supporting the seating apparatus on a floor. Connector members on the back assembly engage respective connector brackets on the side arm assemblies to secure the back to the seating apparatus. The base frame includes a stretcher with a support leg, which stretcher rotates to move the support leg from a shipping position to a supporting position in contact with the floor for use of the seating apparatus.
US10980342B2
This disclosure relates to the use of modified and specifically adapted e-track storage components to facilitate the security and stabilizing of tires in an existing mounted tire rack. The tire rack could be one mounted on a wall within a storage facility or garage or one mounted in a mobile environment such as the interior or exterior of a trailer.
US10980335B1
A convertible hammock assembly includes a flexible hammock defining a fabric bed having opposing ends and opposing sides, and suspension lines extending from the opposing ends of the fabric bed for hanging the flexible hammock between spaced apart structures. An elongated rigid spreader bar is located at one end of the fabric bed. A conversion cord selectively laterally tensions the fabric bed between opposite ends of the spreader bar, such that the flexible hammock is convertible between a generally inclined condition with increased lateral bed tension at the spreader bar, and a generally flat condition with reduced lateral bed tension at the spreader bar.
US10980334B2
A finger fitting-type makeup tool includes: a container where an eyelash cosmetic material is received and is open at an upper end thereof; an application unit coupled to the upper end allowing a user to fit their finger thereinto to apply the cosmetic material; and a middle unit for detachably coupling the application unit to the container. The application unit includes: a finger fitting part which provides a fitting space where a user can insert his/her finger from above; an outer tube which surrounds the circumference of the finger fitting part and is open at an upper side thereof; an elastic support part fixed to an inner surface of the finger fitting part; a stick extending downward from one point of the inner space of the outer tube; and a brush arranged on an end portion of the stick to be usable for dipping and applying of the cosmetic material.
US10980325B2
A telescopic handle for a suitcase having: a fixed plate, which is designed to be fixed to a rear wall of the suitcase; a movable plate, which is coupled to the fixed plate in a sliding manner; a grip, which is fixed to the movable plate, is “U”-shaped, and comprises a handle, which is connected to the movable plate by means of two connection crosspieces, which are arranged at the opposite ends of the handle; and a locking system, which is designed to lock the sliding of the movable plate relative to the fixed plate when it reaches a contracted position and an extended position. The locking system has a control lever, which is arranged inside the grip between the two connection crosspieces and is hinged to the two connection crosspieces so as to rotate around a rotation axis, which is perpendicular to the sliding direction.
US10980316B2
An object of the present invention is to provide shoes with good fitting property. The present invention provides a shoe including: a sole 1 which absorbs landing impact; and an upper 2 which covers an instep of a foot. The upper has a first opening 3 through which the foot is inserted when wearing the shoe. The upper 2 is partly or entirely made of a material which has negative Poisson's ratios.
US10980313B2
An article of footwear including a sole structure attached to an upper defining an internal void configured to receive a foot of a wearer is described. The sole structure includes a sole body portion having a central ridge element located in an aperture in the sole body portion. The central ridge element has a bottom surface configured to contact the ground and move vertically within the aperture. The movement of the central ridge element pushes a top surface of the ridge element attached to a portion of the upper against the foot of the wearer. The central ridge element is arranged approximately centrally between lateral and medial sides in the forefoot region of the sole structure. The central ridge element provide sensory feedback about lateral movement and to the foot of the wearer.
US10980312B2
A sole structure may include chambers and a transfer channel containing an electrorheological fluid. Electrodes may be positioned to create, in response to a voltage across the electrodes, an electrical field in at least a portion of the electrorheological fluid in the transfer channel. The sole structure may further include a controller including a processor and memory. At least one of the processor and memory may store instructions executable by the processor to perform operations that include maintaining the voltage across the electrodes at one or more flow-inhibiting levels at which flow of the electrorheological fluid the through the transfer channel is blocked, and that further include maintaining the voltage across the electrodes at one or more flow-enabling levels permitting flow of the electrorheological fluid through the transfer channel.
US10980304B2
A clip for mounting on a hat brim includes a first panel and a second panel. The first and second panels respectively have a length, width, top surface, bottom surface, proximal end and distal end. The first panel and second panel are each resiliently connected at their distal ends to a nose segment. The second panel has a wedge-shaped portion in which the width of the wedge-shaped portion increases from the distal end of the panel toward the proximal end of the panel. A first light system connects to the first panel. The first light system has at least one light emitter. A second light system depends from the second panel. The second light system has at least one light emitter.
US10980299B1
A bottom garment for providing comfort to the wearer. The bottom garment may include a front panel and a back panel, both the front panel and the back panel formed of a high weft-stretch fabric. The bottom garment may also include a garment lining formed of a higher weft-stretch fabric, low weight fabric attached on the inside of the panels inside of the garment, above a crotch point of the bottom garment. The stretch in the weft direction of the garment lining is greater than a stretch in the weft direction of the front panel and the back panel. The stretch in the warp direction of the garment lining is less than the stretch in the weft direction of the garment lining. The bottom garment may further include an elastic support band for maintaining the position of the garment when the garment is worn.
US10980282B2
A smoke inhalation device may include a housing, a first cartridge comprising a first release device configured to release a first substance, a second cartridge comprising a second release device configured to release a second substance, and a controller configured to control the operation of the first release device and the second release device. The first release device and the second release device may be configured to be operated independently from one another, such that a combined vapor composition including the first substance and the second substance is configured to be varied.
US10980266B2
Shown herein is a nutritional supplement containing apple cider vinegar (ACV), including compositions, formulations, and combinations of ingredients in the ACV nutritional supplement, as well as processes for manufacturing these supplements. The nutritional supplement can include ACV, a gelling agent such as pectin or gelatin, an oligosaccharide, a disaccharide, and water.
US10980262B2
An active-containing microparticle adapted to release the active in a desired end-use, comprising (a) an active-containing core active-containing core, optionally formed on an inner core, comprising a continuous hydrophilic medium in which at least one active is dissolved or is present as? dispersed particles; (b) an active-free barrier layer, surrounding completely the core; and (c) surrounding the barrier layer, a layer of polymeric material having a solubility in water at 25° C. of 0.1% by weight maximum; the barrier layer comprising a material selected from waxes, fats and materials suitable for use as the continuous hydrophilic medium of the core, and which is solid in the conditions of the desired end-use. The particles are useful, for example, for the delayed release of flavors in foods and beverages.
US10980259B1
Animal trimmings are converted to a finely textured beef product by heating ground animal trimmings to a temperature sufficient to liquefy fat in the animal trimmings and less than a temperature to significantly cook the animal trimmings thereby forming a heated slurry, separating at least a portion of the liquid fat from the heated slurry to form a lean textured beef slurry having a fat content of less than about 30% by weight and adding sodium carbonate to the lean textured beef slurry in an amount sufficient to provide a finely textured beef product comprising sodium carbonate in an amount of from about 0.02 to about 0.1% by weight. Finely textured beef products and mixed meat products comprising the finely textured beef products are also described.
US10980258B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing fish sauce using fermented soybean lump powder and fish sauce manufactured thereby. The fish sauce is manufactured according to the present invention which comprises: (S1) a step of mixing 0.5 to 10 weight % of fermented soybean lump powder with regard to the weight of fish sauce; (S2) a ripening step of fermenting a mixture of the fish sauce, fermented soybean lump powder, shiitake mushroom powder and starch powder for 7 to 70 days at 10 to 32° C.; and (S3) filtering the ripened fish sauce mixture to thereby remove sediment. By applying traditional Korean fermented foods, the fish sauce eliminates a peculiar smell which gives displeasure and a fishy smell of fish sauce, significantly enhances the flavor, thereby increasing savory taste, and thus can be harmonized with any dish and can be used for multiple purposes. In addition, sweet and salty tastes are also increased, while the flavor is enhanced. Accordingly, salinity is reduced so that sodium and sugar intake can be reduced, and thus it is expected that the fish sauce can be useful all over the world as well as in Korea.
US10980252B2
A new alga having an improved ability to produce a pigment is disclosed. When the alga is used, a carotenoid-based pigment, specifically, a xanthophyll can be produced by consuming less energy, so that it is possible to efficiently produce the pigment at the industrial level. The pigment can be applied as a raw material for a food, a health functional food and a medicine, which include the pigment. Since a DNA fragment is not likely to be inserted into a target base sequence or a base sequence other than the target, it is expected that the procedure of constructing the mutant is not regulated as a GMO.
US10980245B2
A method for at least partially dehydrating the casing of co-extruded food products, wherein an aqueous salt solution is supplied to the exterior of the co-extruded food products. A device for at least partially dehydrating the casing of co-extruded food products.
US10980238B2
The present disclosure relates to the use of alkali metal salts and preferably lithium chloride for treatment of Varroa destructor infestation of honey bees.
US10980235B2
Disclosed are insecticidal compositions and associated methods that comprise an insecticide, C2-4 alkylene carbonate, C2-6 polyalkylene glycol, and a block co-polymer of C2-5 polyalkylene glycol and C3-6 polyalkylene glycol.
US10980233B2
Provided is a compound having excellent control efficacies against pests. Specifically, a compound represented by formula (I) is provided: In the compound represented by formula (I), G represents a benzene ring or pyridine ring, etc.; A represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C6 alkyl group, etc.; m represents 0, 1, 2, or 3; RX1 represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; RX2 represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; E represents a OR3, etc.; and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C6 alkyl group, etc. The compound represented by formula (I) has excellent control efficacies against pests.
US10980231B2
Provided is an insect repellent having excellent repellency and being highly safe. An insect repellent comprising, as an active ingredient, at least one selected from the group consisting of 2-methoxy-4-propylphenol, ethyl 2-cyclohexylpropionate, ethyl phenylacetate, 2,4,6-trimethyl-3-cyclohexene-1-methanol, 9-decen-1-ol, 1-octen-3-ol, 1-decanol, ethyl 2-ethylhexanoate, and trans-2-hexenyl acetate.
US10980223B2
A bait bucket temporarily stores fishing bait and water within a water stable bucket component having a water-tight base and side walls and a top opening. A locking cap is removeably secured around the top opening in the bucket component and further includes a connector receiving a pivoting closing cap and a locking snap-in element that temporarily secures the pivoting closing cap to the locking cap. A handle pivotably attaches to the bucket component enabling lifting of the bait bucket.
US10980218B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle-based data collection and distribution system includes a source of animal data that can be transmitted electronically. The source of animal data includes at least one sensor. The animal data is collected from at least one target individual. The system also includes an unmanned aerial vehicle that receives the animal data from the source of animal data as a first set of received animal data and a home station that receives the first set of received animal data. Characteristically, the unmanned aerial vehicle includes a transceiver operable to receive signals from the source of animal data and to send control signals to the source of animal data.
US10980211B2
A litter for animals includes a plurality of granular materials including a high-bulk density granular material and a low-bulk density granular material at a ratio by mass of 60:40-40:60. The high-bulk density granular material contains bentonite as a main component, and the low-bulk density granular material is configured of a core layer and a skin layer, the skin layer coating the surface of the core layer and containing a binder by which grains of the plurality of granular materials are bound to each other.
US10980208B2
A soybean cultivar designated 85204020 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 85204020, to the plants of soybean cultivar 85204020, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 85204020, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 85204020. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 85204020. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 85204020, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 85204020 with another soybean cultivar.
US10980201B2
A soybean cultivar designated 87370220 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 87370220, to the plants of soybean cultivar 87370220, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 87370220, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 87370220. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 87370220. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 87370220, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 87370220 with another soybean cultivar.
US10980197B2
Described herein is a method of controlling soil moisture, water accumulation and fertilizer distribution in land. Elevation location data for land areas are extracted from two or more pixels of a topographic image including topographic data. Each pixel represents a land area. Wetness indices for the land areas are determined from the elevation and location data, based on the slope between two or more defined areas of land and an upslope contributing area per unit contour length. At risk defined areas of land, e.g., those at risk of accumulating water are identified based on wetness indices. Water is transported from the at risk defined areas of land to another location. The transporting of water reduces the risk of accumulating water in the at risk defined areas of land and improves crop growth potential in those areas.
US10980196B2
A perforated subirrigation and drainage pipe includes a pipe body and a permeation irrigation inner pipe. The permeation irrigation inner pipe is integrally formed with the pipe body and disposed at a top of an interior of the pipe body along a longitudinal direction thereof; multiple irrigation perforations, distributed along a longitudinal direction of the permeation irrigation inner pipe, are provided on a pipe wall of a bottom thereof; and an opening is provided on a pipe wall of a bottom of the pipe body; two flow guide baffles are respectively located at two sides of the opening and on an inner wall of the pipe body; a first irrigation and drainage channel is formed between each flow guide baffle and an outer wall of the permeation irrigation inner pipe, between each flow guide baffle and the inner wall of the pipe body, and between the two flow guide baffles.
US10980189B1
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system comprising a plurality of trays, at least one retention layer configured to absorb at least a portion of water that falls upon the plurality of trays, and/or a drainage layer configured to allow the water to drain out of the at least one retention layer.
US10980185B2
An automatic net wrap remover is shown and described. The automatic net wrap remover includes a housing constructed of a base and a plurality of sidewalls. The housing has an interior volume. The base supports a belt system that will support a round hay bale and help to rotate the bale. A spindle is attached to the top of one of the plurality of sidewalls that will engage the hay bale. A blade is attached adjacent to the spindle that will cut the net wrapping of the hay bale.
US10980181B2
A header for an agricultural vehicle including a frame having lateral ends and a transport assembly connected to the frame and configured for being positioned in a transport position and a storage position. The transport assembly includes a tandem axle support device including at least one pivot shaft pivotally connected to the frame, a first walking beam, and a second walking beam. The first and second walking beams are operably connected to and moveable by the at least one pivot shaft. The transport assembly also includes at least four wheels including a first pair of tandem wheels removably connected to the first walking beam and a second pair of tandem wheels removably connected to the second walking beam.
US10980175B2
An agricultural working apparatus, for the separation of ground vegetation, in particular a mulching, mowing or a milling apparatus, includes at least one cutting device, having a cutting rail, and at least one adjusting device for the adjustment of the cutting rail. The cutting device has at least one connecting piece, which is arranged laterally in the transverse direction and by means of which the cutting rail is connected to the adjusting device.
US10980171B2
A mower can include a control system that is configured to detect when the mower is turning or will be turned and can adaptively support one or more mower decks during the turn to transfer weight from the mower decks to the mower's tires. This transfer of weight will increase the traction of the mower's tires while also minimizing the yawing force caused by the mower decks thereby preventing the mower from slipping during the turn.
US10980166B2
System and method for pre-emptively adjusting machine parameters based on predicted field conditions
In one aspect, a method for pre-emptively adjusting machine parameters based on predicted field conditions may include monitoring an operating parameter of as the agricultural machine makes a first pass across a field. The method may also include initiating active adjustments of the travel speed of the machine based on the operating parameter as the machine makes the first pass. Furthermore, the method may include generating a map based on the travel speed and the operating parameter that included efficiency zones associated with one or more travel speeds. Moreover, the method may include determining predicted efficiency zones for an adjacent second swath within the field based on efficiency zones of the first swath within the field map. Additionally, the method may include pre-emptively initiating adjustments of the travel speed as the machine makes a second pass across the field based on the efficiency parameter for each predicted efficiency zone.
US10986761B2
The board inspecting apparatus include a measuring section obtaining measurement data for at least a portion of a board, a processing section comparing the measurement data and pre-obtained reference data, based on feature objects set on the board, to perform warpage compensation and inspecting the board with warpage compensated, a display section displaying ranges adjusting a first level of an inspection speed and a second level of a precision of the warpage compensation, and an input section receiving, from a user, inputs for the first and second levels as a specific setting combination having a trade-off relationship. The processing section, when the inspection speed and the precision are established, designates a specific option corresponding to the inspection speed and the precision among options increasing the precision so that the specific option is applied. Thus, users' convenience may be improved, and users may easily set options for distortion compensation.
US10986756B2
A cooling apparatus for an electrical component housing includes a fin configured to attach to the electrical component housing so as to conduct heat and cool the electrical component housing. The fin includes a first longitudinal portion and a second longitudinal portion, a first end, and a second end portion connecting the first and second longitudinal portions at a second end, the first longitudinal portion and the second longitudinal portion being disposed at a predetermined siatnce from each other at the first end, and the second end portion having a width that is greater than the predetermined distance.
US10986751B1
An external air baffle nozzle has a top surface, a bottom surface, and a pair of sidewalls separating the top surface from the bottom surface. An end of the pair of sidewalls, an end of the top surface and an end of the bottom surface define an inlet. An opposite end of the pair of sidewalls, an opposite end of the top surface, and an opposite end of the bottom surface define an outlet. The outlet has a smaller cross section than a cross section of the inlet.
US10986736B2
A printing apparatus for printing workpieces comprises a rotary table supporting first and second platens rotatable between a loading position located in-line between input and output lines. The transfer apparatus is operable to cyclically perform first and second movement operations, in which the rotary table rotates to move the first platen from a loading position to a printing position and vice versa. The platens may be rotatable relative to each other.
US10986732B2
A laminated circuit board includes a base having a first surface, and a second surface on an opposite side from the first surface, a first metal layer provided in the base and including a first electrode exposed from the first surface, and a second metal layer provided in the base and including a second electrode exposed from the second surface. The first metal layer includes an inductor electrically connected to the first electrode, and the first electrode and the second electrode are bonded and electrically connected to each other.
US10986720B2
The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system for automated lighting adjustments. The system includes a lighting control module configured to cause a transmission of a quantity of electrical energy to a lighting circuit and a detector circuit positioned in the lighting control module and configured to detect a change in a strength of detected signal, such as wireless signal. The system includes a controller coupled to the detector circuit and the lighting control module. The controller includes a processor configured to determine a time of day and to cause the lighting control module to change the quantity of electrical energy transmitted to the lighting circuit in response to the time of day exceeding a predetermined time threshold and the change in the strength of the wireless signal falling below a predetermined value. The controller can cause the lighting control module to reduce the quantity of electrical energy.
US10986718B2
A method for setting up a lighting system comprising at least two luminaires, which are part of a network and each having a unique network address, wherein each luminaire has at least one sensor and one actuator, characterized by the steps of measuring the relative distance between respectively two luminaires by reading at least one sensor of the luminaire while simultaneously activating at least one actuator of the other luminaire, producing at least one data record, wherein each data record contains the network address of both luminaires and the relative distance of the luminaires from one another, and merging the data records to form a geo-localized network list and comparing the network list to a floorplan underlying the lighting system to determine the physical location of each luminaire.
US10986707B2
A display device includes: a display panel having a light-tuning array; a backlight module providing a backlight to the light-tuning array; and a backlight driving module electrically connected with the backlight module. The backlight driving module has a first driving mode corresponding to a first range of brightness scale and a second driving mode corresponding to a second range of brightness scale. The first driving mode controls the brightness scale corresponding to the backlight by adjusting a duty ratio of a driving signal. The second driving mode controls the brightness scale corresponding to the backlight by adjusting a current value of the driving signal.
US10986695B1
A wireless device receives uplink cancellation indication configuration parameters comprising: a cancellation indication RNTI; and a sequence of serving cell-specific parameters comprising: an identifier of a serving cell; a first parameter indicating a first position in a DCI for the serving cell; and a second parameter indicating a second position in a DCI for a SUL carrier of the serving cell. A first DCI, associated with the cancellation indication RNTI, comprising cancellation indications is received. A determination is made of a first cancellation indication, in the cancellation indications, based on: the first position when a scheduled uplink transmission is for a normal uplink carrier of the serving cell; and the second position when the scheduled uplink transmission is for the SUL carrier of the serving cell. The scheduled uplink transmission is canceled based on the first cancellation indication.
US10986693B2
A User Equipment (UE) including a wireless transceiver and a controller is provided. The wireless transceiver performs wireless transmission and reception to and from a service network. The controller receives a measurement configuration and a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration from the service network via the wireless transceiver, extends a measurement period indicated by the measurement configuration, and performs a cell measurement via the wireless transceiver in the extended measurement period.
US10986691B2
A method for topology hiding is disclosed, comprising: receiving, at a gateway, the gateway positioned between a core network and a radio access network, a configuration information request from a base station; analyzing, at the gateway, a topology of the radio access network, the radio access network including the base station; grouping, at the gateway, the base station into a first group based on the topology; sending, from the gateway to the base station, a grouping message to indicate that the base station be placed in the first group; and terminating connections from the core network to one or more base stations in the first group at the gateway as a back-to-back proxy, thereby hiding the topology of the radio access network from the core network.
US10986679B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for signaling protocols for proximity service functions in a wireless communication system. A first wireless device may identify a wireless relay requirement associated with the first wireless device. A proximity service protocol may be initiated between the first wireless device and a second wireless device based at least in part on the identified wireless relay requirement. The proximity service protocol may be initiated prior to an initiation of a communication data exchange between the first wireless device and the second wireless device. A relay link may be established, via the ProSe protocol, between the first wireless device and the second wireless device based at least in part on the identified wireless relay requirement.
US10986678B2
A Device to Device (D2D) user equipment (UE) is configured to support synchronization in a D2D network. The D2D UE includes an antenna configured to communicate via a D2D communication. The D2D UE also includes processing circuitry configured to enter a communication Mode 2 when certain conditions are met. The certain conditions include: when a first timer (T310) for detecting radio link failure is running, a second timer (T311) for initiating the connection reestablishment is running, or a third timer (T301) for requesting connection reestablishment is running. In communication Mode 2, the D2D UE, on its own, selects resources from resource pool(s) to transmit D2D data and D2D control information. The processing circuitry further configured to exit the communication Mode 2 and enter a communication Mode 1 when the certain condition is no longer met. In communication Mode 1, the D2D UE uses resources configured by another station.
US10986671B2
A method for determining a non-contention random access resource, a network device, and a terminal device are provided. The method includes: generating, by a network device, indication information, wherein the indication information is configured to indicate one of at least two uplink carriers that can be used by a terminal device to perform non-contention random access, wherein the at least two uplink carriers at least comprise an uplink carrier and a supplementary uplink carrier; and sending, by the network device, the indication information to the terminal device. In the solutions of the disclosed embodiments, the network device sends the indication information to the terminal device, so that the terminal device can determine the non-contention random access resource when having at least two uplink carriers.
US10986668B2
Provided is a terminal apparatus that performs an uplink LBT procedure, wherein one or more than one subframes are allocated for transmission of a message 3 in an LAA cell, and an LBT procedure for transmission of a random access preamble is initiated in a case where it is determined that a channel is busy in all of the one or more than one subframes.
US10986667B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for efficiently transmitting a scheduling request. One apparatus includes a processor and a transceiver that communicates with a mobile communication network. The processor initiates a random-access procedure for an uplink SR in response to a triggered SR and receives an uplink grant while the random-access procedure is ongoing. The processor prepares a buffer status report indicating a current buffer status and terminates the random-access procedure in response to transmitting the buffer status report.
US10986666B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide various mechanisms that allow a user equipment to convey information regarding one or more attributes to a base station during a random access (RA) procedure. The attributes may include, for example a capability of the UE (e.g., to support a particular feature or version of a standard) or a condition of the UE (e.g., if it is currently experiencing an interference condition).
US10986662B2
A communication device receives an uplink grant from a node of a cellular network. The uplink grant indicates uplink radio resources allocated to the communication device in reoccurring time intervals. For each of these time intervals, the communication device selects between an active mode and an inactive mode, in the active mode the communication device performs an uplink transmission in the allocated uplink radio resources. In the inactive mode the communication device performs no uplink transmission in the allocated uplink radio resources.
US10986661B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for transmitting a physical downlink shared channel after losing uplink synchronization. One method includes: transmitting first downlink control information that schedules a physical downlink control channel order; transmitting second downlink control information that schedules a physical downlink shared channel transmission; transmitting the physical downlink control channel order based on the first downlink control information; transmitting the physical downlink shared channel transmission based on the second downlink control information, wherein the physical downlink control channel order and at least a portion of the physical downlink shared channel transmission are transmitted after a remote unit loses an uplink synchronization and before the remote unit completes a physical random access channel procedure.
US10986659B2
The embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for wireless communication and a device, which may implement flexible transmission of a scheduling request situation for Scheduling Request (SR) information under multiple sets of SR configurations. The method includes that: a terminal determines K pieces of SR information, here, K is a positive integer; and the terminal sends a target channel, here, the target channel includes M-bit first information, the M-bit first information is used to indicate a scheduling request situation for at least part of the K pieces of SR information, M is a positive integer and a value of M is determined based on a relationship between K and at least one first numerical value.
US10986658B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for uplink/downlink scheduling. One apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code determines an uplink schedule for data to be transmitted from a user equipment. The code determines a downlink schedule for data to be provided to the user equipment. The apparatus may include a transmitter that provides an uplink grant message to the user equipment to initiate an uplink transmission based on the uplink schedule. The uplink schedule and the downlink schedule are determined without using a predefined split pattern for uplink and downlink transmission.
US10986657B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques adjusting scheduling offset for wireless communications. For example, certain aspects provide techniques for modifying the time domain resource allocation configuration to prevent any configurations being used to indicate a scheduling offset of at least a first value.
US10986650B2
Method and apparatus for a user equipment (UE) transmitting uplink signals in a wireless communication system are disclosed. For this end, the UE, receiving first uplink grant information and logical channel priority information associated with the first uplink grant, constructs a first data unit including data from one or more radio bearers with first logical channel priority corresponding to the logical channel priority information. And, the UE transmits the first data unit to a network.
US10986649B2
An object is to provide a communication apparatus which can perform efficient scheduling for finishing data transmission of a plurality of UEs within a permitted delay time. A communication apparatus (10) according to the present invention includes: a selecting unit (11) configured to select a wireless terminal (30) which is an allocation target of radio resources according to a time to a transmission deadline of a flow related to each of the wireless terminals (30); an allocating unit (12) configured to determine radio resources allocated to the selected wireless terminal (30) so as to maximize use efficiency of the radio resources included in a control cycle including a plurality of unit times; and a communication unit (13) configured to transmit information related to the determined radio resource to a base station (20) configured to perform wireless communication with the selected wireless terminal (30).
US10986648B2
A method of a user equipment (UE) operating with a new radio (NR) radio access technology (RAT). The method comprises receiving synchronization signals and a master information block (MIB) in a first bandwidth (BW) and receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a second BW, wherein the second BW is indicated by an offset in the MIB relative to the first BW and the PDCCH conveys a downlink control information (DCI) format that configures a reception of a first system information block (SIB).
US10986644B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide for beam management in wireless communication systems. In some examples, beam angle information (e.g., angles of arrival/departure) may be utilized to select one or more serving downlink beams for communication between a scheduling entity and a scheduled entity. The beam angle information may further be utilized to facilitate additional operations within a backhaul network, such as wireless node locating, obstacle locating, system mapping within the network topology, beam determination and beam sweeping configuration, and mobility management among wireless nodes of a backhaul network. In other examples, aperiodic uplink beam measurements may be triggered based on downlink beam measurement reports and/or in response to a request from a scheduled entity. The scheduling entity may then jointly select uplink and downlink beams based on both the received downlink beam measurement report and uplink beam measurements.
US10986643B2
A wireless communications method and device is provided. The method includes receiving, by a terminal, time domain resource configuration information of a reference signal resource, determining a period of the reference signal resource and a time domain resource offset of the reference signal resource according to the received time domain resource configuration information, determining at least one target first time domain resource unit according to the period and the time domain resource offset, determining at least one target second time domain resource unit from the at least one target first time domain resource unit, where the at least one target first time domain resource unit includes at least one target second time domain resource unit, and receiving a reference signal or rate matching on a reference signal resource in the at least one target second time domain resource unit.
US10986638B2
A method of allocating radio resources in a multi-carrier system is disclosed, by which a signaling message can be efficiently transmitted according to necessity of a user equipment. In a user equipment of a mobile communication system transceiving data using a plurality of subcarriers, the present invention includes the steps of if the signaling message to be transmitted is generated in the user equipment, generating a preamble sequence according to a user equipment identifier to identify the user equipment, transmitting a preamble signal including the preamble sequence and the signaling message to a base station, and receiving an acknowledgement signal for the preamble signal generated according to the user equipment identifier.
US10986637B2
The present disclosure discloses a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate determining method and device, and relates to the field of wireless communications. The method includes: determining a PDCCH resource set p in a subframe k, where the PDCCH resource set p includes NECCE,p,k=q×r control channel elements (CCEs), a PDCCH candidate of an EPDCCH with an aggregation level being L corresponds to L CCEs having consecutive reference numerals, and the PDCCH candidate is capable of carrying a PDCCH; and determining the number of PDCCH candidates at the aggregation level L of a carrier corresponding to an index Cellindex and an CCE corresponding to each PDCCH candidate, where the CCE corresponding to each PDCCH candidate at the aggregation level L is related to the index Cellindex.
US10986617B2
A user equipment (UE) is provided. The UE includes one or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon and at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media. The at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to perform following actions: receive, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message to configure a plurality of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) spatial relations; and receive, from the base station, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE). The MAC CE includes a first field and a second field. The first field indicates at least one of the plurality of configured PUCCH spatial relations to be activated. The second field indicates a plurality of PUCCH resources corresponding to the at least one PUCCH spatial relation indicated by the first field.
US10986616B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for fusing, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail businesses, security and safety-related services, on the basis of 5G communication technologies and IoT-related technologies. Disclosed is a setting method for an efficient uplink signal transmission of a terminal in a case where a plurality of waveforms are supported to efficiently operate an uplink in a next generation mobile communication.
US10986615B2
A method for transmitting uplink data by a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method including receiving, by the user equipment, downlink control information including information on a target code rate for the uplink data, determining, by the user equipment, a channel code among a plurality of channel codes based on the target code rate, encoding, by the user equipment, the uplink data based on the determined channel code and transmitting, by the user equipment, the encoded uplink data, wherein the plurality of channel codes support different ranges of code rates, respectively, and wherein the plurality of channel codes are low density parity check codes.
US10986613B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus relating to mapping uplink control information (UCI) to resource elements (REs) in a frequency domain with discontinuous physical resource block (RB) allocation. Certain aspects relate to a method including assigning a continuous set of numbers to a plurality of communication resources of a communication channel in order by frequency, the communication channel comprising a plurality of frequency resources and a plurality of time resources, wherein the plurality of communication resources are discontinuous in frequency and assigned to frequency resources associated with indices that are discontinuous. The method further includes mapping uplink control information to the plurality of communication resources based on the continuous set of numbers assigned to the plurality of communication resources. The method further includes one of transmitting or receiving the uplink control information in the plurality of communication resources based on the mapping.
US10986609B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for device-to-device transmission. One apparatus includes a processor that generates a first signal indicating a first sequence and a first resource pool. Transmission of the first sequence within the first resource pool indicates a behavior of a first device that transmits the transmission of the first sequence. Moreover, the first resource pool is configured for use by multiple devices. The apparatus also includes a transmitter that transmits the first signal to the first device.
US10986602B2
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for indicating local area data network (LADN) data network names (DNNs). In embodiments, a user equipment (UE) provides a list of configured LADN DNNs in a registration request message during a registration procedure. An Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) determines LADN information for the UE by looking into configured LADN DNNs in the AMF and/or retrieved LADN authorization/subscription information. The LADN information includes a list of LADN DNNs and corresponding LADN service area(s) that the UE can use, including LADN DNNs that the UE can use in a current registration area. The AMF sends the LADN information to the UE in a registration accept message. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10986594B2
Methods, computer readable media, and wireless apparatuses are disclosed for a TXOP duration field. An apparatus is disclosed comprising processing circuitry configured to: encode a first high efficiency (HE) physical-layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) comprising a transmission opportunity (TXOP) duration field in a first physical-layer portion of the first HE PPDU. The processing circuitry may be further configured to set the TXOP duration field value to indicate a largest duration value representable by the TXOP duration field that is equal to or less than a duration value indicated by the first MAC duration field, if the first HE PPDU is to include a first media access control (MAC) duration field in a first MAC-layer portion of the first HE PPUU.
US10986591B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for transmission power for dual connectivity. One method includes operating a UE with DC comprising connectivity with a first cell group and a second cell group; receiving a configuration message configuring the UE with a first maximum transmission power for transmissions on the first cell group, and a second maximum transmission power for transmissions on the second cell group; determining, at a UE, a transmission time for a first transmission on a first serving cell of the first cell group; and determining a cut-off time for power determination for the first transmission, wherein the cut-off time is based on the transmission time for the first transmission offset by an offset time, and the offset time is based on a function of a first UE processing time and a second UE processing time.
US10986590B2
Systems and methods are described for reducing processing time of messages that are repeatedly received, with increasing frequency, by a device (e.g., user equipment, base station etc.). For example, the systems and methods would have a mobile device increase power, possibly to maximum power-out, per policy, if messages beyond the original are received and the time between those messages is decreasing. The decrease in time between messages indicates a more urgent need for the mobile device to power up. The systems and methods can be adapted for different types of messages (e.g., power-up, power-down, resource request, bandwidth request, service type, call type origination, quality-of-service request, application type, etc.). Each message type is associated with a policy (pre-determined or adaptive) that indicates the default behavior when the method detects a decrease in time between messages.
US10986589B2
A wireless device receives configuration parameters of: one or more first cells in a first frequency band; and one or more second cells in a second frequency band. A calculated total transmit power for a plurality of signals is determined. The calculated total transmit power comprises a first SRS configured for transmission, during a time interval, via the one or more first cells. The calculated total transmit power comprises a second SRS configured for transmission, during the time interval, via the one or more second cells. A transmission of the first SRS is dropped or scaled, based on an SRS transmit power priority of the first SRS, when the calculated total transmit power exceeds a first value. The SRS transmit power priority is based on a frequency band of the one or more first cells.
US10986588B2
An apparatus included in a user equipment (UE), the apparatus including a memory and a processor operatively coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to: set a transmit power for a signal used for a sidelink, and transmit the signal used for the sidelink with the transmit power, wherein the transmit power is determined based on discMaxTxPower, and wherein based on the UE being configured with a range class, the discMaxTxPower informs a parameter used to calculate a maximum transmit power of the UE configured with the range class.
US10986587B2
In some examples, an apparatus includes a proximity sensor to detect a presence of a nearby object, wherein the proximity sensor to output a detection signal. The apparatus includes a physical signal filter unit (PSFU) comprising a plurality of filters, the PSFU to filter the detection signal to produce respective filtered detection signals, wherein a combination of states of the filtered detection signals indicates that the proximity sensor is in a malfunctioned condition, and generate a control signal based on the filtered detection signals. The apparatus includes a network controller to control the RF output power of the antenna based on the control signal.
US10986580B2
A positioning method adapted for a signal transmitting device and a server is provided. The positioning method includes: transmitting a reference signal by using the signal transmitting device having a low power mode and a high power mode; receiving the reference signal and determining a position of the signal transmitting device according to the reference signal and a signal strength and distance curve diagram by the server; and configuring the signal transmitting device to switch to one of the low power mode or the high power mode by the server.
US10986574B2
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide an eDRX service that may be implemented for idle mode and/or connected mode of an end device. A network device stores eDRX data as a part of subscription data. The network device may provide the eDRX data to another network device that manages eDRX for end devices. The eDRX data may indicate to use global default eDRX timer values, subscriber-based eDRX timer values, ranges of eDRX timer values, and single-valued eDRX timer values. Each type of eDRX timer value may be provisioned on a per end device basis, a per radio access technology type basis, and/or a per application type basis.
US10986569B2
A plurality of communication stations transmit a plurality of modulated signals so that data is efficiently transmitted from a network through negotiation by a communication terminal capable of transmitting and receiving modulated signals of a plurality of wireless communication schemes with a proxy server present on a network. The communication terminal receives a plurality of modulated signals to obtain data. Thus, the efficiency of frequency utilization is improved.
US10986564B2
A method and apparatus are described. A method includes determining whether the apparatus is in a coverage enhancement (CE) mode or a non-CE mode. The method further includes receiving a CE-system information block (CE-SIB) on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) based on at least one of a known location or at least one known parameter for the CE-SIB, on a condition that the WTRU is determined to be in the CE mode.
US10986563B2
The present disclosure describes a method for adaptive WiFi roaming, where an electronic device and an access point advertise their networking capability. The networking capability may be, for example, the capability to support at least one enterprise feature. Based on the advertisements transmitted by the electronic device, the access point can determine that the electronic device can support the at least one enterprise feature and may selectively enable the at least one enterprise feature. Additionally, based on advertisements transmitted by the access point, the electronic device can determine that the access point can support the at least one enterprise feature. Based on this mutual determination, the access point and electronic device may continue an association process based on the at least one enterprise feature.
US10986559B1
Systems and methods for reducing the amount of messages transmitted in large-scale distributed mesh networks are disclosed. Network components include transceivers and memory storing instructions which, when executed by a processing unit, reduce transmissions made by the transceiver within the network. The instructions executed by processing unit could (1) create an expiration parameter to limit the number of times a signal is retransmitted, (2) form groups of network components from which one or a few of the group network components are designated to respond on behalf of the group, (3) keep advertising transmissions dormant by default until called upon, (4) employ a time delay parameter for a time interval in which no transmission may be made, and (5) include message IDs in control signals that are transmitted.
US10986553B2
A terminal device is provided and includes a location information acquisition device configured to acquire location information including a location of the terminal device, a storage configured to accumulate history information on past communication status including a communication time of the terminal device at each location, and a controller configured to acquire the history information for a current location of the terminal device from the storage based on the location information, to extract one or more connection destinations as targets of communication quality measurement from connection destination candidates based on communication times for the connection destination candidates, and to measure communication quality levels of communications with the extracted connection destinations.
US10986551B2
The present invention relates to a method for managing a low latency of handover of MH comprising the steps of: determining imminence handover of the MH whether intra-domain or inter-domain using hybrid location tracking scheme, initiating an intra-domain handover mechanism if the handover is the intra-domain handover through transmitting the MH's context transfer towards multiple new MAG domain based on MCE list; initiating an inter-domain handover mechanism if the handover is the inter-domain handover through transmitting the MH's context transfer towards multiple fLMA domain based on the HLCE list; and redirecting all traffic towards the MH. The above provision is advantageous as it provides a hybrid latency low intra/inter-domain handover mechanism, which proactively coordinates MH's handover process as well as maintains MH's data session continually during its intra/inter-domain roaming within/across PMIPv6 domain respectively.
US10986543B2
Provided are a method and device for determining a bearer identifier (ID), and a storage medium. The above-mentioned method for determining the bearer ID includes that: a target access and mobility control function (tAMF) transmits a session update request to a session management function (SMF), and receives a session update response that carries bearer ID allocation information and that is fed back by the SMF. The above-mentioned technical solution may solve a problem in the related art, yet to be solved effectively, of how to determine allocated evolved packet system (EPS) bearer ID (EBI) information after mobility events such as idle state mobility within 5G, idle state mobility from 4G to 5G and a connected state handover from 4G to 5G occur.
US10986540B2
There is provided a method and network management function for allocating a slice instance of a communications network. The method includes obtaining, by a management function, requirements for the slice instance and checking, by the management function, a feasibility of the slice instance requirements in view of one or more of network resources and network capabilities. The method further includes preparing, by the management function, a network environment for the slice instance in view of the slice instance requirements and commissioning, by the management function, the slice instance. The method may additionally or alternatively include terminating, modifying and/or deactivating the slice instance.
US10986537B2
A method of selecting a user plane gateway and a device of selecting a user plane gateway are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a CP function, a first data packet sent by a UE; selecting, by the CP function, based on the first data packet, a first target UP-GW for the UE. An UP-GW is selected for the UE when receiving the data packet sent by the UE, so as to enable the data transmission to better adapt to changes of the UP load and the network topology, thereby improving the data transmission efficiency.
US10986533B2
Provided is a radio access network slice construction method and apparatus applied to a master base station. The method includes: constructing, by each of the master base station and at least one neighboring secondary base station in the RAN, a network slice end-to-end correspondence with a core network, and determining RAN slices information in the master base station and the neighboring secondary base station; collecting statistics, by the master base station, on Slice IDs or MDD information reported by all UEs served by the master base station, and obtaining quantity of slice resources needed to be allocated to construct RAN slices by the master base station; transmitting, by the master base station, reconstruction request information of a RAN slice to the neighboring secondary base station; and performing, by the master base station, multi-connection data transmission reconfiguration on the UEs served by the master base station through an RRC message.
US10986532B2
Provided is a wireless communication terminal wirelessly communicating with a base wireless communication terminal. The wireless communication terminal comprises a transceiver and the processor. The processer receives, by using the transceiver, a wireless signal including a trigger frame from the base wireless communication terminal and transmits, by using the transceiver, buffer status information to the base wireless communication terminal based on the trigger frame. The buffer status information is included in a QoS control field which signals information on a QoS control of a MAC header.
US10986528B2
A method in a network node comprises: detecting a Quality of Service (QoS) Violated Event in respect of a particular QoS flow of a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session; and sending a corresponding QoS violated event report to any one or more of: a Session Management Function (SMF) of the network; a Policy Control Function (PCF) of the network; an Application Function (AF) of the network; and a third party service provider.
US10986525B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may identify two or more peer-to-peer (P2P) communications to be combined based at least in part on a respective location of each of two or more originating UEs from which the two or more P2P communications are received; combine the two or more P2P communications, using network coding, to form a combined P2P communication; and transmit the combined P2P communication. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US10986521B2
In a wireless communication terminal in a wireless communication system for performing a control not to transmit signals, or to transmit signals with a reduction in a transmission power by a part of radio resources for a downlink signal in a cell provided by a base station, the terminal receives control information in generating a report related to a measurement result of the cell provided by the base station, monitors a state of a radio link with an own cell, and performs measurement on reception of the downlink signal. If an instruction for restricting the measurement to a part of the radio resources is included in the control information from the base station after the radio link failure occurs, the terminal generates and transmits a radio link failure report including the measurement result in the radio resources as instructed when the radio link failure occurs.
US10986517B2
A station (STA) may receive, in a trigger frame in a multi-user wireless local area network (WLAN), control information for one or more sub-bands of a bandwidth available for overlapping basic service set (OBSS) spatial reuse (OBSS SR) and a transmission power parameter for the one or more sub-bands. The STA may generate a physical (PHY) layer preamble including a signal field that includes an indication of the one or more sub-bands for SR and a power threshold for the SR.
US10986516B2
A network data analytics (NWDA) function and method of policy optimization in a communication network are provided. The NWDA performs data analytics on the communication network traffic, and includes communication interfaces to connect to other network elements in the communication network. The method comprises the NWDA function configured to receive a request for a policy input, send instructions to network elements to obtain network performance measurement data, receive the measurement data from the network elements, and transmit a policy input based on the received measurement data.
US10986510B2
An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry and control circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include a phased antenna array. Sensors and other circuitry in the electronic device may generate sensor data such as accelerometer data, gyroscope data, magnetometer data, location data, and spatial ranging data. The wireless circuitry may establish and maintain one or more wireless links with external devices based on the sensor data as the device moves over time. For example, the wireless circuitry may perform physical layer beam adjustments, inter-radio access technology handovers, intra-radio access technology handovers, and/or dual connectivity adjustments based on the sensor data. This may allow the device to maintain one or more wireless links without having to sweep the signal beam of the phased antenna array over its entire field of view each time the device has moved.
US10986503B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for cooperative security in wireless sensor networks are described herein. A wireless node may organize itself into a cluster with other wireless nodes. The wireless node may cooperate with other wireless nodes in the cluster to select a leader node. The wireless node may describe its expected behaviors. The wireless node may detect a compromised wireless node within the cluster. The wireless node may prevent the compromised wireless node from compromising another wireless node.
US10986494B1
A method is disclosed, comprising dividing an outgoing message into a plurality of shards, and generating an error correction code corresponding to the outgoing message. The method may also include transmitting a first shard and a second shard of the plurality of shards to a core network via a radio access network (RAN). The first shard and the second shard are encrypted and the second shard is transmitted after a configurable time interval after transmitting the first shard.
US10986489B1
A more efficient over-the-air software push can be facilitated by a firmware over-the-air (FOTA) server device in communication with a home subscriber server (HSS). For example, the FOTA server can host the names of user equipment devices that are due for a FOTA update. When a user equipment device identification is received from the HSS, the FOTA server can then check the user equipment device identification against the names within the server. If the name is found, then the system can send discontinuous reception data to the user equipment device to modify a current discontinuous reception value of the user equipment device. Thus, the modified discontinuous reception value can prompt a long reception time of the user equipment device such that the user equipment device can receive the FOTA.
US10986485B2
Disclosed are a method for measuring a mobility state of a terminal and an apparatus for supporting same. The method comprises the steps of: receiving, from a current cell, a mobility value related to a previous cell when a terminal moves from the previous cell to the current cell; storing the received mobility value; and measuring the mobility state of the terminal on the basis of the stored mobility value.
US10986478B2
On-hoard equipment in a motor vehicle includes a C-V2X communication device receiving a first signal from road side equipment having a known position. The C-V2X communication device transmits a second signal having content that is dependent upon a length of time in which the first signal traveled from the road side equipment to the C-V2X communication device. A GPS device is communicatively coupled to the C-V2X communication device and receives the second signal from the C-V2X communication device. The GPS device estimates a position of the vehicle. The estimating is dependent upon the second signal from the C-V2X communication device.
US10986474B2
The present application is at least directed to an apparatus on a network. The apparatus includes a non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon for online charging of an event. The apparatus also includes a processor that is operably coupled to the non-transitory memory. The processor is configured to execute the instructions of receiving, from an M2M gateway, a rating request message for service layer online charging. The processor is also configured to execute the instructions of determining a rating scheme to charge for the event. The processor is further configured to execute the instructions of calculating an amount of service units based on the rating request message and determined rating scheme. The processor is even further configured to execute the instructions of sending, to the M2M gateway, a rating response based upon the calculated amount of service units.
US10986472B2
A device includes a transceiver and a processor. The transceiver transmits an Internet search query related to at least one product and service, receives search results related to the Internet search query, the search results including at least one business identifier associated with at least one business associated with the at least one product and service, respectively. The processor receives a user request associated with the at least one product and service, formulates at least one unique host identifier associated with the at least one business, respectively, and formulates at least one user request message including the user request and the at least one unique host identifier. The transceiver further transmits the at least one user request message.
US10986471B2
Embodiments herein disclose formats for MCData messages and notifications, and methods for coding (encoding and decoding) MCData messages and notifications in a MCData communication system. The method includes generating, by a first UE, an encoded MCData message or notification comprising of signaling payload and data payload content related to one or more MCData user payloads. Further the method includes deriving, by a second UE, the actual MCData messages or notifications by decoding the received encoded MCData messages or notifications. The formats for MCData messages and MCData notifications optimize control headers and allow maximum user data size that can be carried in a single message over signalling, which aids in sending multiple user payloads in a single message.
US10986468B2
Provided are a method for determining an MBMS service in which a terminal has interest in a wireless communication system, and a device supporting same. The terminal may include acquiring an SIB15 and determining whether an MBMS SAI (service area identity) for a certain MBMS service in a USD (User Service Description) is included in the SIB15, and determining the certain MBMS service to be an MBMS service of interest.
US10986467B1
Provided are a system and method for geolocation of a tag relative to a predetermined threshold based upon receipt of duplicate beacon transmission for a same channel. In response to the duplicate transmission, the tag determines relative phase shift resulting from difference in path length, and evaluates correlation of a highest magnitude phase shift to the absence of any difference in path length to assess proximity of the tag with respect to the aforementioned predetermined threshold.
US10986466B2
A vehicle system may include a wireless transmitters carried by a vehicle at spaced apart locations and configured to transmit wireless signals, and a portable device moveable relative to the vehicle and configured to receive the wireless signals from the wireless transmitters. A controller may be carried by the vehicle and configured to wirelessly communicate with the portable device, determine a predicted zone the portable device is located in from among a plurality of zones relative to the vehicle based upon the received wireless signals and training data, with the zones having respective vehicle functions associated therewith, and enable the respective vehicle function associated with the predicted zone.
US10986455B2
Improved methods and/or apparatus for decoding an encoded audio signal in soundfield format for L loudspeakers. The method and/or apparatus can render an Ambisonics format audio signal to 2D loudspeaker setup(s) based on a rendering matrix. The rendering matrix has elements based on loudspeaker positions and wherein the rendering matrix is determined based on weighting at least an element of a first matrix with a weighting factor g = 1 L . The first matrix is determined based on positions of the L loudspeakers and at least a virtual position of at least a virtual loudspeaker that is added to the positions of the L loudspeakers.
US10986449B2
A balanced armature receiver is disclosed that includes a housing and an armature assembly within the housing. The armature assembly includes a first armature portion and a second armature portion. The first armature portion and the second armature portion are operated such that the second armature portion is substantially unstable relative to the first armature portion.
US10986447B2
There is disclosed in one example an audio processor, including: an audio crossover to separate a first frequency band from a second frequency band, the first frequency band having a lower frequency band than the second frequency band; an excursion estimator to estimate from information of the first frequency band a predicted excursion of a low-frequency driver; an interpolator to interpolate an adjustment to the second frequency band to compensate for the estimated excursion; and circuitry to drive the adjusted second frequency to a receiver.
US10986432B2
The technology described in this document can be embodied in a method that includes receiving one or more electronic files comprising information on structural features of a portion of an ear of a user, generating an electronic representation of the eartip or a cast based on a portion of the information on the structural features of the portion of the ear, and producing the eartip based on the electronic representation. The eartip includes an outlet, and a sealing structure disposed around an exterior of the outlet, wherein a first end of the sealing structure is attached to the outlet, and a second, opposite end of the sealing structure is physically separated from the exterior of the outlet. Generating the electronic representation includes configuring one or more structural parameters of the outlet or the sealing structure in accordance with the structural features of the portion of the ear.
US10986430B2
Disclosed is a display apparatus that may include a display panel configured to display an image by emitting light, a supporting member disposed on a rear surface of the display panel, a sound generating device disposed between the supporting member and the display panel, and a plurality of partitions at a predetermined interval from the sound generating device, wherein the partitions have different compression force deflections.
US10986426B1
A method of obtaining a measure of asymmetry between optical fibers of a forward and reverse paths is provided in order to synchronize clocks of optical nodes connected by asymmetrical optical fiber paths. The method includes receiving, at first and second arrival times, from a first optical network device, a first optical signal transmitted on a first optical fiber and a second optical signal transmitted on a second optical fiber, calculating a first time difference between the second arrival time and the first arrival time. The method includes determining a measure of asymmetry between the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber based on the first time difference and a second time difference between a first time of transmission by the first optical network device of the first optical signal and a second time of transmission by the first optical network device of the second optical signal.
US10986425B2
A network system for a data center is described in which a switch fabric may provide full mesh interconnectivity such that any servers may communicate packet data to any other of the servers using any of a number of parallel data paths. Moreover, according to the techniques described herein, edge-positioned access nodes, optical permutation devices and core switches of the switch fabric may be configured and arranged in a way such that the parallel data paths provide single L2/L3 hop, full mesh interconnections between any pairwise combination of the access nodes, even in massive data centers having tens of thousands of servers. The plurality of optical permutation devices permute communications across the optical ports based on wavelength so as to provide, in some cases, full-mesh optical connectivity between edge-facing ports and core-facing ports.
US10986424B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a sensor unit that can suppress deterioration in communication quality as compared with in the conventional art even when a number of sensor units are connected in sequence, and multiple-type sensor using the sensor unit. A sensor unit in the present invention includes a sensor, and a microcontroller that is electrically connected with the sensor and processes a detection signal of the sensor, wherein the microcontroller includes a host communication control unit that communicates with a host device and a client communication control unit that communicates with a client device. According to the present invention, the deterioration in communication quality can be suppressed as compared with in the conventional art, even when a number of sensor units are connected in sequence.
US10986422B2
A method and system for improving a hyper-video navigational process is provided. The method includes automatically tracking user exploration paths of users within a hyper video space comprising a video stream. Hotspot video frames are extracted from the hyper video space. Conversations associated with the user interactions are linked with spatial temporal regions of the hotspot video frames. Common attributes of the user exploration paths are associated with common aspects of the conversations and specified user view personas of the video stream are detected. Visual trajectory paths are extracted and a particular user persona is assigned to the hyper video space. In response, the hyper video space is automatically navigated.
US10986412B2
The present invention is a method and system for generation and playback of supplemented videos which include interactive features. The supplemented video includes hotspots that allow a video viewer to interact with the video when the video viewer sees an object. The hotspots can be manually defined. Information regarding the object and the hotspot can be stored in a separate XML file. Furthermore, the present invention can be a marketplace where a desired object can be found by searching the XML file. The search results can list the supplemented videos which contain hotspots corresponding to the object and also the time in the supplemented video in which the object is found. The present invention can also aggregate data about the objects based on the playback of the supplemented videos and the video viewer's interaction with the supplemented videos.
US10986402B2
Systems and techniques are described for processing media content, such as samples of sparse media content whose sample durations can be unknown at the time of decoding the samples, include obtaining, at a current time instance, a current fragment comprising at least a current time component. From the current time component, a modified duration is obtained for at least one media sample, the modified duration indicating a time duration by which a presentation of a previous media sample of a previous fragment is to be extended or reduced in relation to the current time instance. The at least one media sample is presented for a time duration based on the modified duration.
US10986398B2
Novel techniques are described for location-tracked media delivery. For example, a particular consumer premises has multiple media consumption devices, each located in a different room of the premises. One or more media streams being consumed via one or more of the media consumption devices can be tracked. As one or more consumers move through the premises, their respective physical locations in the premises can also be tracked with respect to media consumption regions of the media consumption devices. By detecting movement of the consumers with respect to the consumed streams and the media consumption devices, embodiments can automatically provide various features. For example, streams can automatically be transferred or cloned among the media consumption devices, and/or streams and devices can be adapted automatically to facilitate some continued media consumption in some dead space regions.
US10986397B2
The present technology relates to a reception apparatus, a transmission apparatus, and a data processing method that permit sharing of a resource that is reused among a plurality of services. The reception apparatus receives content and controls, on the basis of control information that is transported together with the content and that includes resource sharing information indicating whether a resource of the content is shared among a plurality of services, storage of the resource in a storage apparatus such that the resource is shared among the plurality of services. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a television receiver that supports ATSC 3.0.
US10986396B2
Systems and methods are described for enabling a user to bias the type of media content made available to a user account through a localized content dashboard. In one implementation, a method for adjusting media content availability associated with a user account configured to receive media content from a server system over a network, includes displaying on a content playback system a localized content dashboard, including: a summary of attributes of media content accessed by the user account, where the summary of the attributes is based on metadata associated with the accessed media content; and controls for biasing the attributes of media content delivered to the user account. The content playback system receives data corresponding to user input actuating one of the controls; and in response to receiving the data, transmits over the network to the server system data associated with the media content attribute biased by the user input.
US10986387B1
Technology for content distribution in wireless mesh network is described. In one embodiment, a cloud computing system includes one or more computing devices running a media provider service and a content management service. The media provider service is configured to select a subset of a plurality of media titles having a highest relative popularity available from one or more media content providers for distribution to one or more mesh nodes in a wireless mesh network. The content management service is configured to retrieve media content files corresponding to the subset of the plurality of media titles, divide each of the media content files into a plurality of smaller segments, send at least a portion of the plurality of smaller segments to the one or more mesh nodes in the wireless mesh network.
US10986382B2
In one aspect, a method includes identifying an upcoming content modification opportunity on a channel. The method also includes responsive to identifying the upcoming content modification opportunity on the channel, identifying a group of multiple content-presentation devices tuned to the channel. The method also includes using, at least in part, an amount of content-presentation devices in the identified group as a basis to determine an amount of system resources to request. The method also includes requesting the determined amount of system resources for use in performing actions that facilitate at least a portion of the content-presentation devices in the identified group performing respective content-modification operations.
US10986381B1
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing multiple temporally synchronized video streams from multiple cameras operated by a first user. At least one of the cameras is a wireless camera worn on the first user's hand. The video streams are stitched together for presentation to one or more second users. The video streams as stitched together are provided for presentation to one or more second users.
US10986379B2
Systems and methods for content and program type detection, including identification of true boundaries between content segments. A broadcast provider sends a broadcast as an encoded stream. During a switch between content types, an automation system sends identifying metadata indicative of an approximate boundary between content types. A mediacast generation system receives the encoded stream of content and metadata, processes the metadata, time corrects the metadata, and slices the content on the exact boundary where the content change occurs. The mediacast generation system decodes an audio stream directly into Waveform Audio File Format (WAVE) while using an envelope follower to measure amplitude. When the system detects a metadata marker, an analyzer may look inside a buffered time window. The WAVE data may be analyzed to look for a period most likely to be the true boundary or split point between content segments. The content may then be split up on the new true boundary.
US10986377B2
A method for pushing information in live streaming is provided. With this method, a live streaming terminal may send a push information identifier to a live streaming server in a live streaming process. The live streaming server may determine an access address of push information based on the push information identifier, and send the access address to a play terminal. The play terminal can present the push information to a play terminal user, and allows the play terminal user to trigger the access address. When the play terminal user triggers the access address, the play terminal can access a web page corresponding to the push information. As such, an access address of push information published by a live streaming terminal user can be accessed on an interface of a play terminal, and a user of the play terminal can obtain the push information by clicking the access address.
US10986373B2
An image encoding device includes an encoding circuit configured to encode an image, the image being constituted of a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows of which width are longer than the columns, generate a reference image and stores the reference image into a memory, and output a bit stream including the encoded image. The image encoding device also includes an image rotation circuit configured to rotate the image read from the memory by 90° and output the rotated image to a encoding processing circuit, and a read address generating circuit configured to read the column of the image from the memory, and provide the column with the image rotation circuit.
US10986360B2
A device for video decoding may include a memory configured to store video data and a processor configured receive a bitstream including encoded video data. The processor may be configured to select a number of template matching (TM) candidates for a temporal layer or slice during the video decoding. The number of TM candidates selected are fixed prior to the video decoding, or adaptively calculated during the video decoding. The processor may be configured to generate a prediction block and residual block, based on a template matching candidate, to reconstruct the video data.
US10986353B2
Methods and devices for decoding a video stream are provided, a method includes storing previously decoded pictures of the video stream in a picture buffer, including a first plurality of pictures of a same temporal sub-layer, the first plurality of pictures including at least one sub-layer reference picture for predicting a current picture of the video stream; determining whether a picture of the first plurality of pictures is a sublayer non-reference (“SLNR”) picture based on an indicator presented in at least one from among a slice header and a picture header; removing, based on the picture being determined as the SLNR picture, the SLNR picture from the picture buffer; and predicting the current picture using one or more of the at least one sub-layer reference picture that is stored within the picture buffer after removing the SLNR picture from the picture buffer.
US10986352B2
Although wedgelet-based partitioning seems to represent a better tradeoff between side information rate on the one hand and achievable variety in partitioning possibilities on the other hand, compared to contour partitioning, the ability to alleviate the constraints of the partitioning to the extent that the partitions have to be wedgelet partitions, enables applying relatively uncomplex statistical analysis onto overlaid spatially sampled texture information in order to derive a good predictor for the bi-segmentation in a depth/disparity map. Thus, in accordance with a first aspect it is exactly the increase of the freedom which alleviates the signaling overhead provided that co-located texture information in form of a picture is present. Another aspect pertains the possibility to save side information rate involved with signaling a respective coding mode supporting irregular partitioning.
US10986349B2
When encoding/decoding a current block of a current picture using intra block copy (“BC”) prediction, the location of a reference block is constrained so that it can be entirely within an inner search area of the current picture or entirely within an outer search area of the current picture, but cannot overlap both the inner search area and the outer search area. In some hardware-based implementations, on-chip memory buffers sample values of the inner search area, and off-chip memory buffers sample values of the outer search area. By enforcing this constraint on the location of the reference block, an encoder/decoder can avoid memory access operations that are split between on-chip memory and off-chip memory when retrieving the sample values of the reference block. At the same time, a reference block close to the current block may be used for intra BC prediction, helping compression efficiency.
US10986347B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide method and apparatus for video coding. In some examples, an apparatus includes receiving circuitry and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry decodes prediction information of a chroma coding unit in a segment (such as a slice, a tile, a group of tiles) of a current picture from a coded video bitstream. The segment lacks a temporal reference picture and having separate coding tree structures for luma and chroma components. Then, the processing circuitry detects a prediction mode flag associated with the chroma coding unit from the coded video bitstream, and determines, based on the prediction mode flag, a prediction mode from an intra prediction mode and an intra block copy mode for the chroma coding unit. Further, the processing circuitry reconstructs at least one sample of the chroma coding unit according to the determined prediction mode.
US10986345B2
Video processing techniques and pipelines that support capture, distribution, and display of high dynamic range (HDR) image data to both HDR-enabled display devices and display devices that do not support HDR imaging. A sensor pipeline may generate standard dynamic range (SDR) data from HDR data captured by a sensor using tone mapping, for example local tone mapping. Information used to generate the SDR data may be provided to a display pipeline as metadata with the generated SDR data. If a target display does not support HDR imaging, the SDR data may be directly rendered by the display pipeline. If the target display does support HDR imaging, then an inverse mapping technique may be applied to the SDR data according to the metadata to render HDR data for display. Information used in performing color gamut mapping may also be provided in the metadata and used to recover clipped colors for display.
US10986341B2
A method of signaling additional chroma QP offset values that are specific to quantization groups is provided, in which each quantization group explicitly specifies its own set of chroma QP offset values. Alternatively, a table of possible sets of chroma QP offset values is specified in the header area of the picture, and each quantization group uses an index to select an entry from the table for determining its own set of chroma QP offset values. The quantization group specific chroma QP offset values are then used to determine the chroma QP values for blocks within the quantization group in addition to chroma QP offset values already specified for higher levels of the video coding hierarchy.
US10986337B2
Systems and methods for transmitting, encoding, and decoding video in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a method for transmitting video. The method includes steps for partitioning a current frame of video into a plurality of subgrids, identifying active subgrids from the plurality of subgrids for the current frame, generating a longcanvas includes a barcode and image data of the active subgrids, where the barcode includes location data indicating a location within the frame for each active subgrid, transmitting the longcanvas to a destination device.
US10986336B2
Devices and methods for Intra prediction are provided. The method includes: obtaining a value of an indication information of a current block. When the value of the indication information indicates the intra prediction mode of the current block is not comprised in the set of most probable modes, deriving the intra prediction mode IntraPredModeY[xCb][yCb] of the current block by the following ordered steps: i. IntraPredModeY[xCb][yCb] is set equal to intra_luma_mpm_remainder[xCb][yCb], ii. The value of IntraPredModeY[xCb][yCb] is incremented by one. The method can improve the efficiency to determine the intra prediction mode of the current block.
US10986331B2
A TDR technique for performing in-service distance-to-fault measurements in cable TV networks is disclosed. Using a cable network tester configured to generate chirped probe pulses and to perform pulse-matched filtering and averaging of received echoes, network faults may be detected without interfering with the downstream reception. The probe pulse transmission may be timed to take advantage of the error correction coding in the network.
US10986329B2
Discussed is an autostereoscopic three-dimensional (3D) display including: a display panel having a plurality of pixels and an aperture area disposed at each pixel; a lens film disposed on a front surface of the display panel and having a plurality of lenticular lens, the lenticular lenses having a slanted angle and continuously arrayed in a lateral direction, and the aperture area having at least two sub-aperture areas; a central black strip disposed between two sub-aperture areas; and side black strips disposed at a left, side and a right side of the aperture area, respectively.
US10986328B2
A device, method and system for utilizing an optical array generator to generate dynamic patterns in a dental camera for projection onto the surface of an object, while reducing noise and increasing data density for three-dimensional (3D) measurement. Projected light patterns are used to generate optical features on the surface of the object to be measured and optical 3D measuring methods which operate according to triangulation principles are used to measure the object.
US10986326B2
A system and methods for a CODEC driving a real-time light field display for multi-dimensional video streaming, interactive gaming and other light field display applications is provided applying a layered scene decomposition strategy. Multi-dimensional scene data including information on directions of normals is divided into a plurality of data layers of increasing depths as the distance between a given layer and the display surface increases. Data layers which are sampled using a plenoptic sampling scheme and rendered using hybrid rendering, such as perspective and oblique rendering, to encode light fields corresponding to each data layer. The resulting compressed, (layered) core representation of the multi-dimensional scene data is produced at predictable rates, reconstructed and merged at the light field display in real-time by applying view synthesis protocols, including edge adaptive interpolation, to reconstruct pixel arrays in stages (e.g. columns then rows) from reference elemental images.
US10986324B2
An image processing apparatus includes: an image obtaining unit configured to obtain images based on image capturing by a plurality of cameras capturing an imaging area in a plurality of directions; an information obtaining unit configured to obtain viewpoint information that indicates a virtual viewpoint; and a generation unit configured to generate a virtual viewpoint image based on the images obtained by the image obtaining unit and the viewpoint information obtained by the information obtaining unit, so that in the virtual viewpoint image, transparency of an object at a position that shields an object of interest determined among a plurality of objects positioned in the imaging area is higher than transparency of an object at a position that does not shield the object of interest.
US10986321B1
A device and method for color correction of two camera systems each having an imaging device and an illumination source. The camera systems are separately white balanced with the imaging device outside a scene. Their white balance gains and color correction matrices are saved. Based on the measurements, combined white balance gains and combined color correction matrices are computed and saved. Thereafter, with the imaging devices in a scene, performing white balancing by measuring the R, G, and B values of both imaging devices together, and then white balancing by measuring the R, G, and B values of each separate imaging device with the other camera system's light off. Comparisons are made of each camera's scene measurements against the combined scene measurements. If they are significantly different, the combined light set of white balance gain and color correction matrix is applied to digital signal processing paths of each camera system.
US10986315B2
A pixel array in an image sensor includes first, second, third, and fourth pixel groups adjacent to each other. The first pixel group includes a plurality of first subpixels adjacent to each other and arranged in a first pattern, and a first microlens shared by the plurality of first subpixels. The second pixel group includes a plurality of second subpixels adjacent to each other and arranged in a second pattern, and a second microlens shared by the plurality of second subpixels. The third pixel group includes a plurality of third subpixels adjacent to each other and arranged in a third pattern, and a third microlens shared by the plurality of third subpixels. The fourth pixel group includes a plurality of fourth subpixels adjacent to each other and arranged in a fourth pattern, and a fourth microlens shared by the plurality of fourth subpixels.
US10986308B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed towards reframing videos from one aspect ratio to another aspect ratio while maintaining visibility of regions of interest. A set of regions of interest are determined in frames in a video with a first aspect ratio. The set of regions of interest can be used to estimate an initial camera path. An optimal camera path is determined by leveraging the identified regions of interest using the initial camera path. Sub crops with a second aspect ratio different from the first aspect ratio of the video are identified. The sub crops are placed as designated using the optimal camera path to generate a cropped video with the second aspect ratio.
US10986305B2
An account association unit associates the user account of a service user with the user account of a service provider in a case where the service user starts using a service provided by the service provider. An analysis unit sets, as a target image, an image, which is stored after the user account of the service user is associated with the user account of the service provider, among images stored in the image storage unit for the user account of the service provider, and analyzes an object shown in the target image. An image transmission unit transmits the target image to the image storage unit for the user account of the service user at a preset time point for image transmission in a case where the object relating to the service user is shown in the target image.
US10986303B2
An image display device is a self-luminous type device including a light emitting portion, and a casing portion of a display device unit has a heat dissipating structure portion through which a part of the image display device is exposed for heat dissipation. In manufacturing the display device unit, when performing simple and reliable assembly while securing a high heat dissipation characteristic, for example, by using characteristics of a silicon substrate, high accurate positioning is performed in a display device positioning portion.
US10986298B2
A correlated double sampling (CDS) circuit including a comparator, the comparator including: a signal input unit including a first transistor configured to receive a ramp signal and a second transistor configured to receive a pixel signal; and an offset generator unit connected to the signal input unit, the offset generator unit including at least two transistors, wherein in the offset generator unit, an aspect ratio of the at least two transistors in an auto-zeroing period and an aspect ratio of the at least two transistors in a pixel signal decoding period are different from each other.
US10986289B2
Disclosed is a method and device for regulating imaging accuracy of a motion-sensing camera. The method comprises: acquiring an infrared speckle pattern in a target infrared scene; recognizing an actual definition, an actual speckle regularity, and an actual central region brightness of the infrared speckle pattern; comparing the actual definition with a preset definition, the actual speckle regularity with a preset speckle regularity, and the actual central region brightness with a preset brightness; and adjusting an imaging focal length according to a comparison result, and completing regulation of the imaging accuracy. In this way, the method for regulating imaging accuracy of a motion-sensing camera of the present invention can obtain an infrared speckle pattern having required imaging accuracy. Thus, the quality of a depth map formed by conversion from the infrared speckle pattern can be highly improved, which provides a high-quality data source for subsequent skeleton-based recognition and gesture recognition.
US10986288B2
Various techniques are provided to perform flat field correction (FFC) for infrared cameras. In one example, a system includes a focal plane array (FPA) of an infrared camera configured to capture thermal image data in response to infrared radiation received by the FPA via an optical path of the infrared camera. The system further includes a memory configured to store a set of supplemental FFC values. The system further includes a processor configured to determine a scale factor based at least on a temperature and/or a rate of temperature change of an internal component of the infrared camera; generate a scaled set of supplemental FFC values based on the scale factor and set of supplemental FFC values; and apply the scaled set of supplemental FFC values to the thermal image data to adjust for non-uniformities associated with at least a portion of the first optical path.
US10986285B2
An occulting device includes a sensor capable of capturing an image, a photochromic film disposed in a field of view of the sensor, and a projector disposed adjacent the photochromic film and capable of darkening portions of the film.
US10986275B2
An image display apparatus includes a light source emitting light; an optical scanner scanning a predetermined scanning zone with light from the light source to render a display image; a light intensity detector detecting a light intensity of light from the light source; a memory storing relationships between control currents provided to the light source and light intensities; and one or more processors controlling, on the basis of the control current and light intensity relationships stored in the memory, a control current to display the display image with light from the light source. When the optical scanner scans an area outside the display image, the one or more processors detect by the light intensity detector a light intensity of light for the scanning, and update on the basis of the light intensity the relationships stored in the memory.
US10986265B2
An electronic apparatus may include a camera; a storage; a display; and a processor configured to: obtain a three dimensional (3D) coordinate corresponding to a face region of a user included in an image captured by the camera; obtain position adjustment information for adjusting an image capture position of the camera based on a difference between the 3D coordinate of the face region and a reference 3D coordinate stored in the storage; and control the display to provide a guide graphic user interface (GUI) for adjusting the image capture position of the camera based on the position adjustment information.
US10986255B2
Various embodiments concern sensors and other components that can be disposed beneath a variable transparency layer of a mobile device. By modifying how much voltage is applied to the variable transparency layer, a component, such as a camera, can be readily hidden when not in use. More specifically, the variable transparency layer may be substantially opaque when the camera is not in use and at least partially transparent when the camera is in use and ready to capture an image. The opacity level of the variable transparency layer can be modified by a voltage source that is electrically coupled to the variable transparency layer. The various levels of opacity could also enable the variable transparency layer to act as an electronic aperture for the camera.
US10986250B1
An image processing device and method are provided for adjusting background pixels of an image. The device includes memory which stores a background adjustment component which for each of a plurality of pixels of an input image: computes a background strength of the pixel; computes a luminance strength of the pixel; and computes adjusted luminance and adjusted chrominance values for the pixel, as a function of the background strength and luminance strength of the pixel. An image output component outputs an output image derived from the adjusted luminance and adjusted chrominance values for the plurality of pixels, A processor implements the background adjustment component and image output component.
US10986246B2
A remote management system includes: a user operation server; a remote maintenance server; and a connection server, the user operation server, the remote maintenance server, and the connection server being connected to each other via a network, the remote maintenance server including a processor that operates as a setting change receiving unit that receives a setting value change instruction for an image forming apparatus from a user via the user operation server, a first setting change detection unit that detects a changed setting value based on the setting value change instruction, a setting change informing unit that informs an administrator and a user-in-charge of the image forming apparatus of the changed setting value, and a setting change command sending unit that sends a command to change setting of the image forming apparatus to the image forming apparatus via the connection server.
US10986245B2
This disclosure relates to advanced signal processing technology including signal encoding and image processing. One implementation describes an encoding system including a masking module. The masking module scales or eliminates signal encoding adjustments based on an image's luminance or chrominance values. Of course, other implementations, combinations and claims are also provided.
US10986241B1
A method for changing a message that is presented on a multi-function device (MFD) is disclosed. For example, the method is executed by a processor and includes monitoring a user interaction with the MFD, determining a message is to be displayed based on the user interaction with the MFD, changing the message based on historical interactions with the message by a user and a plurality of parameters associated with the message to create an adapted message for the user, and causing the adapted message to be displayed on a display of the MFD.
US10986240B2
A communication device is configured to relay or capture communication performed between a plurality of information processing apparatuses. The communication device includes circuitry configured to: generate a log indicating a record of the communication performed between the plurality of information processing apparatuses; store the generated log in a memory; infer which one of a normal mode or and energy saving mode an operation state of a transfer destination device is, based on content of communication performed between a transfer destination apparatus and another information processing apparatus in a predetermined latest period; and controls transfer of the log based on a result obtained by inferring by the circuitry, so that the circuitry transfers the log to the transfer destination apparatus in a case where the result indicates the normal mode, and the circuitry postpones a transfer of the log in a case where the result indicates the energy saving mode.
US10986236B2
An image forming apparatus prints a template sheet. The template sheet includes a graphical code and operation boxes. The graphical code includes information corresponding to a storage location address that stores information about settings for one or more image forming apparatuses. A user indicates what information is desired or to be changed on the image forming apparatus, marks it on the template sheet and scans the template sheet. Based on the instructions on the template sheet, information for settings is retrieved for an apparatus in a network. Maintenance information for the image forming apparatus also is retrieved using the template sheet and operation boxes.
US10986232B2
A method for allocating resources to modules of a contact center includes: receiving a first interaction in a first state; determining a first load of a first module of the contact center to be low; in response to determining that the first load is low, routing the first interaction to the first module of the contact center, the first module transitioning the first interaction from the first state to a second state; receiving a second interaction in the first state; determining a second load on the first module of the contact center to be high; and in response to determining that the second load is high, routing the second interaction to a second module configured to transition the second interaction from the first state to the second state, the second module having different resource requirements than the first module.
US10986225B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a call recording system and a call recording method for automatically recording, i.e. storing, a call candidate when an active call is detected. The call recording system comprises a sound receiver to receive sound data and to convert sound data to audio representations of sound, a buffer to buffer the audio representations of sound for a predetermined time duration, a call candidate determination unit to determine if the buffered audio representations comprise a call candidate, a call analyzer to analyze the call candidate, wherein the call analyzer determines if the call candidate is a call to be stored, and a storage to store the call candidate as a call. Hence, a reliable system can be provided for automatically storing a call.
US10986224B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium for dynamic telephone number assignment. A method includes: providing a content item to a user device, the content item including a control for initiating a call to a content sponsor associated with the content item; assigning a telephone number from a pool to the content item; receiving a control interaction indication; facilitating a connection between the user and the content sponsor based on the interaction; storing an association between a user identifier, the telephone number, and a content sponsor identifier such that future calls from the user to the telephone number can be routed to the content sponsor, even after the telephone number has been returned to the pool; and linking a content item impression with the connection such that a report can be generated that shows an effectiveness of the content item impression.
US10986222B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, at least one communication circuit, and at least one processor configured to control the display and the at least one communication circuit. The at least one processor is configured to obtain a communication state using the at least one communication circuit during a packet based voice call, and to stop transmitting data associated with at least one of a plurality of background applications which operate in a background of an operating system (OS) of the electronic device when the communication state meets a specified first condition.
US10986221B2
According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium that the processor may execute to initiate a testing process of the apparatus following a boot up of the apparatus, in which a popup message is displayed on the apparatus following the boot up and the popup message blocks performance of the testing process and in which the apparatus is to enter into a lock mode following the popup message being displayed. While the apparatus is in the lock mode, the apparatus may be caused to emerge from the lock mode, in which emergence from the lock mode is to dismiss the popup message from being displayed on the apparatus. In addition, execution of the testing process of the apparatus may be continued following dismissal of the popup message.
US10986217B1
In various embodiments, a method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided to: receive first information on which at least a first duration for detecting a first type of time period is based; generate a first packet including a first parameter field identifying first metadata for use in determining a second duration for detecting the first type of time period; set up a first connection, by sending, from the first node to a second node, the first packet to provide the first metadata to the second node, for use by the second node in determining the second duration for detecting the first type of time period; in response to detecting, based on the first duration and by the first node during at least a portion of the first connection including at least a portion of the first connection set up, a first time period of the first type of time period, at least partially close the first connection; and in response to detecting, based on the second duration and by the first node after the first duration is changed to the second duration, a second time period of the first type of time period, at least partially close the first connection.
US10986211B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for efficiently monitoring the operating context of a computing device. In some implementations, the context daemon and/or the context client can be terminated to conserve system resources. For example, if the context daemon and/or the context client are idle, they can be shutdown to conserve battery power or free other system resources (e.g., memory). When an event occurs (e.g., a change in current context) that requires the context daemon and/or the context client to be running, the context daemon and/or the context client can be restarted to handle the event. Thus, system resources can be conserved while still providing relevant context information collection and callback notification features.
US10986205B2
Examples described herein include systems and methods for management of contextual notifications on user devices. Entities can be categorized as VIP status based on scoring profiles sent from a management server to the user device. Applications on the user device can implement an SDK that reads the profiles and sets certain actions to boost scores and others to reduce scores. These local VIP scores can be sent periodically from the user device to the management server. The management server can use them in conjunction with global VIP scores for the same entities to create aggregated VIP information. This can be sent back to the user device, allowing the user device to then visualize different notifications or workflows based on whether an entity's aggregated VIP information exceeds one or more thresholds.
US10986196B1
An agent executes in user space on a machine and monitors for network connections. In response to detecting an initiation of a network connection, data associated with a process associated with the network connection is collected, e.g., by the agent. At least a portion of the collected process data is reported to an external node. The reported information is used to detect anomalies in a network environment.
US10986193B2
A profile-based system is employed to manage user identities and preferences, devices, content and/or other aspects of service delivery. The user profiles may be maintained in one or more servers or other elements located in an external network access via a customer premises equipment (CPE) gateway of a local network. The profiles can be used to map users to identities, devices, services, and other features that affect the manner in which a particular user communicates with (or through) the external network.
US10986192B2
Implementations of embodiments disclose an information processing method, apparatus, and system. In an embodiment, the information processing method includes: monitoring at least one microservice request sent by each of at least two microservices, a microservice request being used by one microservice to call another microservice; determining a call relationship between a first microservice and a second microservice from each detected microservice request, the first microservice being a microservice sending the microservice request, and the second microservice being a microservice that the microservice request requests to call; and generating call information between the at least two microservices based on all determined call relationships. In embodiments of the present invention, call information between microservices can be obtained, the obtained call information is visually displayed to intuitively and conveniently present dependence between the microservices, and a processing capability of a microservice can be adjusted based on an indicator value.
US10986190B2
An information processing device (20) performs a session timer updating process of restoring the remaining time of a session timer to N seconds whenever a packet is received from a client (10). The information processing device (20) does not perform the session timer updating process even when a packet is received from the client (10) until a session timer update stop time (Δ) elapses after the session timer was last updated. The information processing device (20) resumes the session timer updating process after the session timer update stop time (Δ) has elapsed after the session timer was last updated.
US10986188B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for handling multi-pipe connections is provided. A primary pipe request for a connection between a client and a server is received. The connection includes a plurality of pipes between the client and the server. The primary pipe request includes a number corresponding to the amount of pipes required for the connection. A first response acknowledging the receipt of the primary pipe request is transmitted. The first response includes a token. A plurality of subsequent pipe requests are received for the connection between the client and the server. Each subsequent pipe request includes the token. A subsequent response to each subsequent pipe request is transmitted. A count of the number of pipe requests received is maintained. The established pipes are released after a period of time has elapsed when the number of pipe requests received doesn't reach the number of pipes required for the connection.
US10986187B2
A system and method for initiating a personalized virtual reality session via a virtual reality communication system in a controlled environment is disclosed. The system includes a profile subsystem configured to store an inmate profile of the inmate of the controlled environment. The system also includes a virtual reality subsystem that retrieves the inmate profile associated with the inmate from the profile subsystem, initiates the virtual reality session involving a first communication device used by the inmate of the controlled environment, and personalizes the virtual reality session based on the inmate profile. The system also includes a communication subsystem configured to transmit information related to the virtual reality session to a monitoring system.
US10986184B1
Systems and methods for managing distributed computing resources including blockchain-based management of serverless computing and edge computing. Distributed computing resources are managed on a peer-to-peer network, and serverless functions are hosted on a distributed IT infrastructure. Developers for the serverless functions and providers of distributed IT infrastructure utilize a blockchain-based IT marketplace platform to make transactions relating to computing resource consumption.
US10986183B2
Example techniques of data management in a network environment are described. In an example, a semantic pattern in a data stream transmitted from a source device to an edge device in the network environment is determined. The semantic pattern indicates relevance of data samples in the data stream for analysis of the data stream. The data stream is processed based on the semantic pattern, for storage and transmission in the network environment.
US10986181B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for cross-system storage management for transferring data across autonomous information management systems. Data may be transferred from one information management system to another information management system without interfering with or overriding each system's autonomy. For example, a secondary copy of production data (e.g., backed up data) is transferred from a first information management system that originated the data to a component of another “foreign” information management system. A first storage manager that manages the first information management system also manages the cross-system data transfer operation to a “foreign” client computing device, which remains under autonomous management as a component of the foreign information management system.
US10986179B1
Synchronizing snapshots between storage systems, including: receiving, from a source storage system, an identification of a snapshot to be replicated to a destination storage system; identifying, from hint information stored on the destination storage system, a most recent version of the snapshot that is stored on the destination storage system; issuing, to the source storage system, a request for an identification of the differences between the snapshot to be replicated to the destination storage system and the most recent version of the snapshot that is stored on the destination storage system; receiving, from the source storage system, the identification of the differences; and issuing a request to transfer, from the source storage system to the destination storage system, data associated with the differences.
US10986177B2
A multi-dimensional blockchain protocol designed to self-fork into multiple chains, scale infinitely, achieve zero cost transactions, sub-second finality and open new markets for sharders, blobbers, developers, and content publishers, while managing a low inflation rate.
US10986175B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A managing device may create a group security configuration for each device of a group of devices managed by the managing device. The group security configuration may include a group security parameter associated with the group of devices and a device-specific security parameter associated with each device in the group of devices. The managing device may provide the group security configuration to one or more devices of the group of devices. The one or more devices may use the group security configuration to directly establish a secure connection for communications between the one or more devices, which may include an establishment of the secure connection without further communications with the managing device during the establishment.
US10986165B2
A device for obtaining, storing and displaying information from a remote server, the device has a modem for establishing communication sessions with the remote server. A memory coupled to the modem stores the obtained information, and a display is coupled to the memory for displaying the stored information. The device automatically and periodically communicates with the remote server for obtaining the information.
US10986158B2
Disclosed aspects relate to cancellation management with respect to a web application. A service request is received by the web application. An identifier for the service request is established. A cancellation request for the service request is received by the web application. Using the identifier, a termination of the service request is initiated. In embodiments, the termination of the service request is performed to free a set of computing resources such as bandwidth, processing, or memory.
US10986155B2
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and computer readable media for a segmented video codec for high resolution and high frame rate video. In a particular embodiment, a method of encoding a composite video stream provides identifying a first portion of an image of a video stream for encoding using first parameters and a second portion of the image of the video stream for encoding using second parameters. The method further provides segmenting the first portion of the image into one or more first tiles and the second portion of the image into one or more second tiles. The method further provides encoding the first tiles using the first parameters and the second tiles using the second parameters and, after the encoding, combining the first tiles and the second tiles into the composite video stream.
US10986137B2
A software module executes in a first isolated execution environment. The module determines the first environment has caused data to the written to a first clipboard maintained by the first environment. The module consults policy data to determine whether the data should additionally be written to a second clipboard maintained by a second isolated execution environment. The policy data does not allow one or more types of clipboard objects to be written to the second clipboard even if they were written to the first clipboard at the initiation of or approved by a user to prevent the user from introducing a potentially hazardous type of object into the second clipboard. Upon the module determining that the policy data allows the data to be written to the second clipboard, the software module causes the data to written to the second clipboard.
US10986131B1
Techniques for generating access control policy warnings and suggestions are disclosed herein. An access control policy change specifying changes to one or more permissions associated with the access control policy is received and, based on a set of requests for access associated with the access control policy, an access control policy warning is produced which specifying an indication of whether or not the changes to the one or more permissions should be permitted.
US10986125B2
Systems and methods are described by which a serving module of a campaign controller identifies a first version of a model which the campaign controller uses to communicate a first simulated phishing communication to a plurality of users. The campaign controller receives a first response from a first user to the simulated phishing communication and a second response from a second user to the simulated phishing communication and determines that the first and second responses are corresponding, for example are the same or similar. The serving module assigns a first user to a first group of users and a second user to a second group of users and identifies a second version of the model to use for the first user and a third version of the model to use for the second user.
US10986117B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for providing an integrated cyber threat defense exchange platform may include (i) receiving unnormalized security data from a plurality of disparate security data sources that generate security data in differing formats, (ii) normalizing, using a security data schema, the unnormalized security data into normalized security data, (iii) identifying a security action that is responsive to at least one security event identified within the normalized security data, and (iv) coordinating performance of the security action within a plurality of networked computing devices. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10986114B1
Log data associated with at least one user session in a network environment associated with an original user is received. A logical graph is generated using at least a portion of the received log data. One example of such a logical graph is a privilege change graph that models privilege changes between processes. Another example of such a logical graph is a user login graph that models machines with which the original user interacts. Another example of such a logical graph is a machine-server graph that clusters machines into nodes based on resources executing on the machine. The generated logical graph is used to detect an anomaly.
US10986112B2
Disclosed herein are a method and system for collecting cyber threat intelligence (CTI) data. The system includes a management server that determines agent configuration values associated with an OSINT providing source, an agent that receives the agent configuration values from the management server, performs a data collection task for collecting the CTI data based on the agent configuration values, and transmits the CTI data and data collection status information to the management server, a threat information database where which the CTI data is logged, and a system database where the data collection status information is logged.
US10986091B2
Techniques for managing data mobility domains in storage system environments. The techniques employ a multiple master approach, in which each storage system in a storage system domain can function as an owner of the domain. Each domain owner has privileges pertaining to addition of new members to the domain, removal of members from the domain, and modification of domain credentials. When a new storage system is added as a member of the domain, the domain credentials are provided from the domain owner to the new storage system, resulting in the domain credentials being shared among all members of the domain. Domain membership information is also shared among all members of the domain. In this way, the management of storage system domains can be achieved without the need of a domain management server, avoiding a single point of failure or latency and reducing the complexity/cost associated with the domain management server.
US10986089B2
A system and method are disclosed for virtual replication of a user's mobile device using a plurality of master and auxiliary host servers, a failover server, and connectivity to network and telephony, mobile voice and text services. According to one example embodiment, a user of a mobile device creates an account on the master host server via a mobile device application that uploads the data and settings of the mobile device to the master host server. The master host server via a master controller distributes the user data and settings among the plurality of the auxiliary host servers, where the user data and settings are combined into a mobile device image that is optionally compressed, mirrored, split, and stored in a plurality of storage facilities among the auxiliary host servers. Upon single or two-factor authentication, the user who no longer has access to their mobile device, accesses the host server via a client device's browser interface and gains access to the mobile device image via replication and hosting in an auxiliary host server optimally selected by the master host server. When the auxiliary host servers are unreachable, the user requests through a secondary channel for communication to the help facility that is a separately enabled process. The replicated mobile device images provide the user with access to the data and functionality of their original mobile device and the changes are stored in an updated mobile device image. Upon request by the user, the most recent version of the mobile device image is transferred to either the original mobile device for further use, or to a new mobile device in the event the user replaced the original.
US10986087B2
A method for authenticating a user is presented. Responsive to a request for access to a computer resource, a computer system prompts the user making the request to access the computer resource to perform a new motion in an environment in which the user is monitored by a sensor system. Detected biometric data in the new motion performed by the user is identified by the computer system. A determination is made as to whether the user performing the new motion is an authenticated user based on comparing the detected biometric data with stored biometric data for a prior motion performed by the authenticated user. The computer system provides access to the computer resource when the user is identified as the authenticated user.
US10986086B2
Techniques for protecting passwords and/or password entry by a user are provided. User identification data for a user can be received from a remote computing device. An identity of the user can be determined based on the user identification data. A password for the user can be determined. A modified keyboard configuration associated with the user can be determined. A request can be transmitted to the remote computing device for the password for the user based on the modified keyboard configuration. A modified password from the remote computing device can be received. A converted password based on the modified password and the modified keyboard configuration can be determined. The converted password can be compared to the password for the user. The user can be authorized when the converted password matches the password for the user.
US10986085B2
Methods and systems for management of subscriber identities associated with user devices are described herein. The user device may enroll the user device to a server and lock a subscriber identity associated with the device by setting a password on the subscriber identity. If a credential entered by a user is verified, the subscriber identity associated with the device may be unlocked. Alternatively, the user device may retrieve one or more identities associated with the user, the user device and/or the subscriber identity. A server may register the one or more identities with a database. If the user device sends a request to connect to the network, the server may verify the one or more identities retrieved by the user device to determine whether to grant access from the user device to the network.
US10986077B2
In one embodiment, a network node of a multi-hop wireless network may receive, from a network management system associated with the multi-hop wireless network, a request for identifying information associated with the network node. The network node may then send, responsive to the request for identifying information, to the network management system, registration information associated with the network node, wherein the registration information includes cipher text encoded with a public key, wherein the encoded cipher text is configured to be decoded with a private key, and wherein the encoded cipher text includes a MAC address and an identifier assigned to the network node.
US10986066B2
A system and method for efficient call processing is provided. The system of a server implemented with a computer includes a memory configured to store a computer-readable instruction and at least one processor configured to execute the computer-readable instruction. The at least one processor includes a push request controller configured to control the server to request a push server to provide push notification to a terminating electronic device corresponding to an outgoing request of an originating electronic device and a call management controller configured to control the server to establish a call session between the originating electronic device and the terminating electronic device based on an invite request sent from the terminating electronic device based on the push notification.
US10986065B1
Systems and methods are described for dynamically assigning data sets to cells within a cell-based architecture, in which individual cells individual cells operate independently of one another within the cell-based architecture. In response to a request to create a data set on the cell-based architecture, a system can dynamically assign the data set to a cell based on cell information, which can reflect cell health, utilization, configuration, and the like. The system can create a record that associates the data set to the selected cell, such that subsequent requests to access the data set can be routed to the selected cell based on the record. Dynamic assignment of data sets to cells improves on fixed assignment techniques, for example, by enabling heterogeneous cell configuration.
US10986044B2
In some examples, a computing device for processing data streams includes storage to store instructions and a processor to execute the instructions. The processor is to execute the instructions to receive respective data streams provided from a plurality of data producer sensors. The processor is also to execute the instructions to stagger a time of triggering of a first of the plurality of data producer sensors relative to a time of triggering of a second of the plurality of data producer sensors to minimize a concurrency of data frames of the data stream received from the first data producer sensor and data frames of the data stream received from the second of the plurality of data producer sensors. The processor is also to execute the instructions to process the data streams from the plurality of data producer sensors in a time-shared manner. The processor is also to execute the instructions to provide the processed data streams to one or more consumer of the processed data streams.
US10986038B1
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a group-based communication apparatus that is configured to enable end-users (e.g., non-admin users) to initiate, by way of client devices, generation of a shareable resource associated with a group-based communication resource identifier to efficiently authorize communication between client devices associated with different organization identifiers in group-based communication interfaces associated with a shared group-based communication resource identifier.
US10986023B2
In one embodiment, a device obtains one or more fabric port (F-port) counters and one or more extender port (E-port) counters in a storage area network (SAN). The device inputs the obtained F-port and E-port counters to a machine learning-based prediction model. The device uses the prediction model to predict a slow drain condition in the SAN, based on the counters input to the model. The device initiates a corrective measure in the SAN, based on the predicted slow drain condition.
US10986018B2
For managing a traffic overload in a software defined network having an SDN controller, when an indication of a traffic overload is received, there are steps of identifying traffic flows which contribute to this, identifying nodes of the network controllable by the SDN controller and located along a path of the identified traffic flows before the location of the traffic overload. The SDN controller is used to control the identified nodes to control the identified traffic flows to reduce the traffic overload. By using the SDN controller to control the reduction compared to diverting suspicious traffic flows to a separate external security server, the extra network resources used for carrying the diverted traffic flows are not needed, the separate security server is not needed, and the risk of such diverted traffic flows themselves causing overloads is reduced. It can be applicable to a range of causes of overload, including denial of service attacks.
US10986009B2
Techniques for cross-layer troubleshooting of application delivery are disclosed. In some embodiments, cross-layer troubleshooting of application delivery includes collecting test results from a plurality of distributed agents for a plurality of application delivery layers; and generating a graphical visualization of an application delivery state based on the test results for the plurality of application delivery layers (e.g., different application delivery layers).
US10986006B2
A performance analysis method of a computer system using a management computer. The management computer includes: a processor; and a memory device in which a program to be executed by the processor is stored. The computer system is constituted by a plurality of resources. The processor divides the plurality of resources into a plurality of resource groups based on a correlation of changes in performance data between the resources, and analyzes the performance data for each of the divided resource groups.
US10985999B2
Systems, methods and devices relating to coordinated network communication (e.g. transport-layer communication) of client requests and client request responses between a client and a distributed network service system, the network service nodes of the distributed network service system comprising a storage resource, a network interface, and a computer processor module for sending a coordinated network communication of data request responses to the client upon receipt of (1) network communication of client requests from clients; or (2) communication data channel information from another network service node. There is also provided a network switching device for managing a coordinated network communication of data transactions between clients and a distributed network service system comprising a plurality of network service nodes, the network switching device configured to manage higher-layer data units to coordinate a network communication of data transactions between clients and a distributed network service system.
US10985996B2
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for custom interface specification in a cloud management system are disclosed. An example cloud management system includes: a first interface to communicate with a second interface external to the cloud management system; and a host to manage requests from the second interface and allocate resources to the second interface as a reverse proxy for the second interface with respect to a backend. The example host is to at least: add, at the request of the second interface, an endpoint with respect to the second interface; fetch, at the request of the second interface, data for the endpoint from the backend, the backend identified for the endpoint based on metadata in a component registry; and provide the data from the backend to the second interface.
US10985991B2
A relay device acquires network topology data representing a network topology that includes a connection relationship of each relay device and a connection relationship of a terminal device connected to each relay device in a local area network (LAN), and displays, on a display device, an image of a tree structure in which each relay device included in the LAN corresponds to a node, as an image of the network topology represented by the acquired network topology data. The relay device displays, on the display device, the image of the tree structure in which a node corresponding to a relay device designated in advance among the relay devices included in the LAN and nodes of up to directly below the designated node are set as a drawing target.
US10985990B2
A controller and a method for determining a logical topology of communications resources for providing a service offering. The controller comprises a function identifier, a graph generator and a mapper. The identifier is coupled to a service level description (SLD) associating the service with at least one service type and a library of network functions (NFs) and identifies at least one NF in the library for each service type. The generator is coupled to the SLD and a library of primitive service level graphs (SLGs) representing at least one data flow between directly-coupled resource entities and associates at least one primitive SLG to each identified NF. The mapper is coupled to the service level description and a map of network infrastructure elements and maps at least one resource entity of a primitive SLG onto an available network infrastructure element.
US10985986B2
A network system for interconnecting an operational technology (OT) network and an information technology (IT) network in a building. The network system includes an OT network, an IT network, and a network tool. The network tool is configured to obtain a current network configuration of a plurality of OT network switches in an OT network. The current network configuration includes at least one of the network addresses of the plurality of OT network switches and a routing table associated with the plurality of OT network switches. The network tool is further configured to update the routing table to route network traffic between the OT network and an IT network. The network tool is further configured to update the network addresses of the plurality of OT network switches to have network addresses within at least one subnet of the IT network.
US10985985B2
A cloud service system includes an overlay cloud managing unit to totally control an overlay cloud which is the cloud for a developer, a cloud provider to provide an infrastructure in which the overlay cloud is configured, and a direct connection point to physically directly connect the overlay cloud managing unit with the cloud provider.
US10985980B2
A production messaging node in a messaging environment registers a subscription to itself (registers a self-subscription) with a central repository. The self-subscription enables the production messaging node to detect and identify a clone of itself in the messaging environment. The self-subscription ensures that a configuration change applied to the clone triggers a notification that is sent to the production messaging node. The notification enables the production messaging node to determine that the clone is active in the messaging environment. The production messaging node may then respond in various ways depending on the prevailing circumstances. Self-subscribing a messaging node to a central repository enables detection and identification of a cloned messaging node which if left un-marshalled, may disrupt the functioning of the messaging configuration.
US10985971B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a satellite service channel that provides a first media content item for processing by a media processor for presentation by equipment of a user. A terrestrial service source is identified that provides a second media content item via a terrestrial service. A portion of the second version of the media content item is buffered for subsequent processing by the media processing device for presentation in place of the first version of the media content item responsive to an unavailability of the satellite service channel Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10985969B2
Methods and apparatus for identifying the root cause of deterioration of system level experience (SLE). Offending network components that caused the SLE deterioration are identified and corrective actions are taken.
US10985959B2
A wireless device (810) obtains (904) a first transmission time interval (TTI) for transmitting a first signal, and determines (908), based on the first TTI, a first transient time associated with the first TTI that defines a first duration during which a transmit power level of the wireless device changes. The wireless device transmits (912) the first signal using the first transient time. The wireless device obtains (916) a second TTI for transmitting a second signal, wherein a length of the second TTI is different from a length of the first TTI. The wireless device determines (920), based on the second TTI, a second transient time associated with the second TTI that defines a second duration during which the transmit power level of the wireless device changes that is different from the first transient time. The wireless device transmits (924) the second signal using the second transient time.
US10985957B2
A mixed numerology OFDM system is presented herein relative to a first OFDM numerology having a first subcarrier spacing and associated with a first signal having a first length. A second signal having a second length and associated with a second OFDM numerology having a second subcarrier spacing greater than the first subcarrier spacing is generated by generating a sub-frame comprising redundant data appended to each of a plurality of OFDM symbols and generating the second signal by appending group redundant data to the sub-frame such that the second length equals the first length. The number of OFDM symbols in the sub-frame is selected such that a length of the sub-frame is as large as possible without exceeding the length of the first OFDM symbol in the first signal. The receiver may extract the first the first and second signals from a received composite signal using a single FFT.
US10985956B2
Systems and methods of pre-allocating identifiers to wireless devices for use in requesting resources over a random access channel are described. A wireless communication system includes a random access channel over which wireless devices can anonymously send requests for resources. The base stations receiving and processing the anonymous requests reduces the probability of random access channel collisions and conserves the resources needed to support the anonymous requests by pre-allocating one or more identifiers to select wireless devices. The wireless devices having the pre-allocated codes can transmit a particular code over the random access channel as a request for resources that uniquely identifies the requester.
US10985951B2
The nonlinearity of power amplifiers (PAs) has been a severe constraint in performance of modern wireless transceivers. This problem is even more challenging for the fifth generation (5G) cellular system since 5G signals have extremely high peak to average power ratio. Nonlinear equalizers that exploit both deep neural networks (DNNs) and Volterra series models are provided to mitigate PA nonlinear distortions. The DNN equalizer architecture consists of multiple convolutional layers. The input features are designed according to the Volterra series model of nonlinear PAs. This enables the DNN equalizer to effectively mitigate nonlinear PA distortions while avoiding over-fitting under limited training data. The non-linear equalizers demonstrate superior performance over conventional nonlinear equalization approaches.
US10985946B2
A method of transmitting a sounding reference symbol (SRS) at a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station, first information including information on at least one predetermined SRS sequence parameter configured in association with a frequency hopping pattern among SRS sequence parameters, generating an SRS sequence using a value of a parameter corresponding to a frequency hopping pattern configured in the UE with respect to the at least one predetermined SRS sequence parameter, and transmitting the SRS, to which the generated SRS sequence is applied, to the base station through SRS resources.
US10985945B2
The disclosure herein describes a virtual extensible local area network (VXLAN) gateway. During operation, the VXLAN gateway receives, from a physical host, an Ethernet packet destined for a virtual machine residing in a remote layer-2 network broadcast domain that is different from a local layer-2 network broadcast domain where the physical host resides. The VXLAN gateway then determines a VXLAN identifier for the received Ethernet packet. The VXLAN gateway further encapsulates the Ethernet packet with the virtual extensible local area network identifier and an Internet Protocol (IP) header, and forwards the encapsulated packet to an IP network, thereby allowing the packet to be transported to the virtual machine via the IP network and allowing the remote layer-2 network broadcast domain and the local layer-2 network broadcast domain to be part of a common layer-2 broadcast domain.
US10985938B2
A project team identification tool utilizes media components and sensors installed throughout a smart building, to detect individual persons and groups of people gathered together within the smart building. After detecting the people that are present within the smart building, the PTI tool references employee profile information to identify the detected people. The PTI tool is further configured to predict a project team the identified people belong to, as well as one or more projects associated with the predicted project teams. The PTI tool utilizes the advanced technology offered by the smart building to provide a unique solution for seamlessly identifying a project team of people meeting within the smart building.
US10985908B2
A data storage method comprises sending, by a blockchain node associated with a blockchain, data to an encryption device to cause the encryption device to encrypt the data and return the encrypted data to the blockchain node; receiving the encrypted data returned by the encryption device; and sending the encrypted data to other blockchain nodes associated with the blockchain to cause each of the other blockchain nodes to store the encrypted data in the blockchain after performing consensus verification on the encrypted data with success.
US10985906B2
A method executed by a computer system that transmits a multimedia content through a negative-base number. The method includes generating a binary sequence for the multimedia content, converting the binary sequence into a negative-base number, receiving the negative-base number, retrieving a negative base of the negative base number, calculating the binary sequence based on the negative-base number and the negative base, and obtaining the multimedia content based on the binary sequence.
US10985905B2
A fully homomorphic white-box implementation of one or more cryptographic operations is presented. This method allows construction of white-box implementations from general-purpose code without necessitating specialized knowledge in cryptography, and with minimal impact to the processing and memory requirements for non-white-box implementations. This method and the techniques that use it are ideally suited for securing “math heavy” implementations, such as codecs, that currently do not benefit from white-box security because of memory or processing concerns. Further, the fully homomorphic white-box construction can produce a white-box implementation from general purpose program code, such as C or C++.
US10985891B2
A channel state information request requesting a device to feedback channel state information can be received. Whether the channel state information request corresponds to regular latency based operation or reduced latency based operation can be determined. Channel state information can be derived based on a first reference resource when the channel state information request corresponds to regular latency based operation. Channel state information can be derived based on a second reference resource when the channel state information request corresponds to reduced latency based operation. The reduced latency based operation can have a latency less than the regular latency based operation. The derived channel state information can be reported to a network.
US10985884B2
A method in a network node for supporting a predetermined set of aggregation levels for configuration of a downlink control channel for one of a slot Transmission Time Interval (TTI) and a subslot TTI. The method includes determining an aggregation level to be monitored by a wireless device (WD) in a communication network; and determining a number of downlink control channel candidates for the WD to monitor within each of the one of the slot TTI and the subslot TTI, the number of downlink control channel candidates based upon the aggregation level. A wireless device and corresponding method for supporting a predetermined set of aggregation levels and for implementing at least one aggregation level and at least one downlink control channel candidate for configuration of a downlink control channel for one of a slot TTI and a subslot TTI are also provided.
US10985876B2
An apparatus configured to be employed in a user equipment (UE) associated with a new radio (NR) system is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a processing circuit configured to determine an NR-physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource to be utilized by the UE, for a transmission of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)-acknowledge (ACK) feedback message to a gNodeB, wherein the determined NR-PUCCH resource comprises a HARQ-PUCCH resource. In some embodiments, the HARQ-ACK feedback message comprises a feedback message generated at the UE in response to processing a downlink (DL) data transmission signal comprising data received from the gNodeB. In some embodiments, the processing circuit is further configured to generate a transmission of the HARQ-ACK feedback message using the determined HARQ-PUCCH resource.
US10985873B2
Example information transmission methods and devices are disclosed. One example method is applied to a network device and includes determining CRC bits of to-be-sent information bits, concatenating the CRC bits and the to-be-sent information bits to obtain a first information sequence, and interleaving bits in the first information sequence in an interleaving manner or scrambling the bits in the first information sequence in a scrambling manner, to obtain a second information sequence, to ensure that bits at locations of the CRC bits after a cyclic shift cannot check bits at locations of the to-be-sent information bits after the cyclic shift. A cyclic shift is performed on the second information sequence to obtain a third information sequence, where a quantity of cyclically shifted bits is used to carry information about some bits of a system frame number, and the third information sequence is sent.
US10985872B2
This application provides an encoding method and apparatus in wireless communications between a network device and a terminal. The method includes: performing cyclic redundancy check (CRC) encoding on A to-be-encoded information bits based on a CRC polynomial, to obtain a first bit sequence, where the first bit sequence includes L CRC bits and A information bits, L=11; and performing polar encoding on the first bit sequence.
US10985869B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and device for performing communication. The method comprises: determining a target transmission pattern from a set of candidate transmission patterns, wherein each of the candidate transmission patterns contains a DL transmission part and/or a UL transmission part, and the candidate transmission patterns differ from one another in terms of time durations of the respective DL transmission parts and/or the UL transmission parts; and performing communication between a network device and a terminal device by using the target transmission pattern.
US10985859B2
An apparatus includes a first reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) to receive a first optical signal and a second ROADM to receive a second optical signal. The apparatus also includes a reconfigurable optical switch that includes a first switch, switchable between a first state and a second state, to transmit the first optical signal at the first state and block the first optical signal at the second state. The reconfigurable optical switch also includes a second switch, switchable between the first state and the second state, to transmit the second optical signal at the first state and block the second optical signal at the second state. The reconfigurable optical switch also includes an output port to transmit an output signal that is a sum of possible optical signals transmitted through the first switch and the second switch.
US10985851B2
A method for optimising the transmission power of an FM radio broadcasting transmitter includes sampling a signal representative of the audio content to be broadcasted by the FM radio broadcasting transmitter; continuously calculating the constituent parameters of the representative signal from frequency, amplitude, dynamic range, temporal distribution, energy and power; continuously analysing the parameters by comparison with a model of psycho-acoustic data; generating a controlling signal for controlling the power of the transmitter as a function of the results of the analysis and of the calculations allowed by the constituent parameters and the continuous psycho-acoustic data; driving of the RF power of the transmitter by means of the controlling signal. A device for implementing the method in an FM radio broadcasting transmitter is also proposed.
US10985845B2
Each of a first filter to a fourth filter is an FIR filter having one tap. Each of a fifth filter and a sixth filter is an FIR filter having less than 46 taps. As a result, it is possible to obtain an adaptive equalization filter having a smaller total number of taps than an adaptive equalization filter using an FIR filter having 24 taps as each of the first to fourth filters.
US10985840B2
An information transmitter apparatus for use in an information transmission system is provided, where the information transmission system includes the information transmitter apparatus and an information receiver apparatus. The information transmitter apparatus transmits a surface-shaped visible light signal using a light source, where the visible light signal is modulated according to a modulated signal modulated using a plurality of respective-order carriers different from each other, and the respective-order carriers has a fundamental frequency and multiple frequencies of a frame output signal of a video camera of rolling shutter system provided in an information receiver apparatus. The information receiver apparatus receives the visible light signal using the video camera. The information transmitter apparatus includes a modulator that quadrature-amplitude-modulates the respective-order carriers in accordance with input digital data signal, and inverse-Fourier-transforms modulated carriers to generate the modulated signal.
US10985838B1
Systems and methods for measuring accumulated power losses over a fiber link are described in the present disclosure. According to one embodiment, a method includes the step of measuring accumulated losses over a fiber link. The method also includes the step of at least partially compensating for the measured accumulated losses. In response to determining that there is a compensation shortfall with respect to the accumulated losses, the method includes the step of transmitting the compensation shortfall to one or more downstream controllers.
US10985831B2
In one example, a system for a preventing unauthorized access to operational aircraft data is provided. The system includes a server configured to be positioned on an aircraft. The server configured to communicate with a portable electronic device and a plurality of aircraft systems, wherein the server is configured to unidirectionally communicate with the plurality of aircraft systems, wherein the server is configured to receive avionic operational data from the plurality of aircraft systems. The server is further configured to implement security measures to prevent unauthorized electronic devices from accessing the avionic operational data produced by the plurality of aircraft systems. The server is further configured to control dissemination of avionic operational data to electronic devices.
US10985826B2
Systems and methods for multidimensional beam refinement procedures and signaling for millimeter wave WLANs. In some embodiments, there are multi-dimensional enhanced beam refinement protocol MAC and PHY frame designs that extend the MAC packet and the PPDU format with or without backwards compatibility. The multiple dimensions may be supported jointly or separately. In other embodiments, the increased data signaled in the eBRP frame designs may be more efficiently signaled with reduced BRP frame sizes, such as through a training type dependent BRP minimum duration selection procedure or use of null data packet BRP frames. In further embodiments, the maximum duration of the interframe spacing between BPR packets may be varied to improve the efficiency of BRP operation.
US10985821B1
Methods and systems are provided for dynamically adjusting broadcast beam patterns of a wavefront emitted by an antenna array based on the velocities of devices communicatively coupled to the base station associated with the antenna array. The broadcast beam patterns can be adjusted by modifying the broadcast mode or at least one phase, amplitude, or power of the at least one antenna associated with the base station. Adjusting the beam pattern, for example between multiple beams and a single unified beam, based on device types can improve the quality of service for the devices and reduce the processing burden of the base station.
US10985801B1
A method of operating an Ethernet transceiver includes initializing the Ethernet transceiver during a training mode of operation by monitoring background link operating characteristics with on-chip circuitry during a non-data-transfer interval to establish a baseline alien crosstalk value. Training data is then transmitted at a first transmit power level and first data rate to a link partner during a data transfer interval. The link is monitored with the on-chip circuitry during the data transfer interval to detect feedback indicating alien crosstalk effects to neighboring Ethernet links due to the transmitting. The first data rate and/or first transmit power level is then adjusted to an adjusted second data rate and/or second transmit power level based on the feedback. The Ethernet transceiver is then operated in a normal data transfer mode utilizing the adjusted second data rate and/or transmit power level.
US10985796B2
Noise cancellation techniques based on differential filtering, and front-end modules and wireless devices incorporating same. An example of a front-end module includes transmit, receive, and antenna contacts, and a duplexer including a first transmit filter connected in a transmit path between the transmit contact and the antenna contact, and a first receive filter connected in a receive path between the antenna contact and the receive contact, the first transmit filter having a differential input. In one example, the front-end module includes a power amplifier module connected in the transmit path and configured to supply a differential transmit output on first and second differential signal lines connected to the differential input of the first transmit filter, and a first bandpass filter connected between the first and second differential signal lines and configured to provide a first frequency-specific short between the first and second differential signal lines.
US10985791B1
A method and device for adaptive performance optimization of wireless receivers operating in dynamic electromagnetic environments are disclosed. The wireless receiver measures the frequency and amplitude of all interference signals that can affect the quality of the desired received signal. Based on the interference signals, the wireless receiver estimates the effects of the interference signals on the desired received signal and mitigates the influence of the interference signals by totally suppressing or at least significantly reducing the interference signals through the use of adjustable components along the receiving chain. By dynamically adapting the receiver's sensitivity and selectivity, the most optimal conditions for receiving the desired signal at each moment are provided.
US10985790B2
A communication circuit (20) for communication via multiple antenna elements (10j) of a communication apparatus (2) is disclosed. The communication circuit (20) comprises a plurality of communication units (30j) configured to communicate simultaneously in the same frequency band. Each communication unit (30j) of said plurality of communication units (30j) is arranged to be connected to a separate antenna element (10j) and comprises a data converter (90, 120). The data converters (90, 120) of the plurality of communication units (30j) together form a set of data converters. Furthermore, the communication circuit (20) comprises a clock-signal generation circuit (50) configured to generate a distinct sampling clock signal at a distinct sampling clock frequency (fsj) to each data converter (90, 120) in the set of data converters.
US10985789B2
A system and method for improving radio performance through automatic channel selection utilizing a closed-channel model is disclosed. A measurement engine records maximum user throughput on a per station basis during normal traffic operation. The measurement engine further records throughput metrics based on test traffic sent to all associated stations during idle operation. A policy logic engine utilizes the measurements to determine an optimal transmission channel for transmission and receipt of data.
US10985784B2
In some embodiments, a front-end architecture can include a quadplexer configured to support uplink carrier aggregation with a first antenna. The quadplexer can include a low-band filter, a mid-band filter, a first high-band filter, and a second high-band filter, with each filter having a respective input node, and the quadplexer including a common output node associated with the first antenna. The front-end architecture can further include a triplexer configured to support uplink carrier aggregation with a second antenna. The triplexer can include a mid-band filter, a first high-band filter, and a second high-band filter, with each filter having a respective input node, and the triplexer including a common output node associated with the second antenna.
US10985780B2
Provided herein may be an error correction circuit, and a memory controller and a memory system. The error correction circuit may include an encoder configured to generate a codeword comprising a message part, a first parity part, and a second parity part, and a decoder configured to perform error correction decoding using read values corresponding to at least a portion of the codeword, wherein, the decoder is configured to perform error correction decoding based on a first or a second error correction ability such that error correction decoding using the first error correction ability is performed using partial read values corresponding to a partial codeword including the message part and the first parity part, and error correction decoding using the second error correction ability is performed using read values corresponding to the entire codeword, and wherein the second error correction ability is greater than the first error correction ability.
US10985776B2
Methods for converting an n-bit number into an m-bit number for situations where n>m and also for situations where n
US10985772B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor integrated circuit 1 includes a sample and hold circuit and a clock generation circuit. The sample and hold circuit has a device with a first withstand voltage and a device with a second withstand voltage that is higher than the first withstand voltage. The clock generation circuit generates a first clock signal to be supplied to the first withstand voltage device and generates a second clock signal to be supplied to the second withstand voltage device based on the first clock signal. The clock generation circuit has a delay adjustment circuit that performs adjustment to delay the second clock signal and bring a phase of the second clock signal close to a phase of the first clock signal in the generation of the second clock signal.
US10985767B2
A phase-locked loop circuitry (200) having low variation transconductance design comprises a voltage controlled oscillator structure (308) to provide an output signal (Fosc) having an oscillation frequency. The voltage controlled oscillator structure (308) comprises a voltage-to-current converter circuit (312) and a current controlled oscillator circuit (314). The voltage-to-current converter circuit is designed with a low variation transconductance. The voltage-controlled oscillator circuit (200) has a characteristic curve being independent of different PVT (processes, supply voltages and temperature) conditions to ensure that the phase-locked loop circuitry (200) is stable under different PVT condition.
US10985763B2
A circuit includes a bandpass filter and a self-tracking circuit. The bandpass filter has a first input node configured to receive an input square wave signal and an output node configured to provide an output sine wave signal. The bandpass filter includes a first binary-weighted programmable resistor array. The self-tracking circuit includes a second input node coupled to the output node. The self-tracking circuit includes a counter, and the counter includes an output node coupled to the first binary weighted programmable resistor array.
US10985762B2
Systems, methods, and devices of the present disclosure relate, generally, to compensating for frequency error of a reference signal supplied to a clock-tracking-loop due to temperature. Error characteristics of a crystal oscillator that supplies the reference signal are used to compensate for possible frequency errors. Other systems, methods and devices are disclosed.
US10985755B2
The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system include a pre-mount chassis system. The methods include attaching a chassis to an electrical wall box, the chassis comprising at least one hook extending in an upward direction and at least one opening, the at least one hook positioned along a peripheral portion of the at least one opening. The methods include hanging a base module from the at least one hook in the chassis.
US10985752B2
A hybrid drive circuit (100, 100′) drives a first characteristic transistor and a second characteristic transistor coupled in parallel to the first characteristic transistor according to an input signal (Sin). The hybrid drive circuit (100, 100′) includes a first turn-on path (Pc1), a first turn-off path (Ps1), a second turn-on path (Pc2), and a second turn-off path (Ps2). The first turn-on path (Pc1) and the second turn-on path (Pc2) produce a first delay time to delay turning on the first characteristic transistor. The first turn-off path (Ps1) and the second turn-off path (Ps2) produce a second delay time to delay turning off the second characteristic transistor.
US10985751B2
A method and an apparatus for determining switching delay times of power semiconductor switch components in parallel connected half bridge legs in which two or more power semiconductor switches are controlled in parallel. The method includes providing a gate control signal to gate drivers of the parallel connected power semiconductor switch components, determining collector to emitter voltages of the parallel connected power semiconductor switch components, and determining separate delay times for each of the parallel connected power semiconductor switch components based on the time instant of the gate control signal and the determined collector to emitter voltages or time derivatives of the determined collector to emitter voltages.
US10985749B2
A semiconductor device having a switch circuit and an integrated circuit. The switch circuit includes serially-connected first and second switching devices respectively on a power supply side and a ground side thereof, and first and second free-wheeling diodes connected respectively in parallel with the first and second switching devices. The integrated circuit performs switching of the second switching device, and including a detection circuit that detects a load current flowing through a load of the switch circuit, and a drive circuit that controls magnitude of a current flowing to the gate terminal of the second switching device, to thereby charge a gate capacitance of the second switching device according to a detection result of the detection circuit, when a received drive signal is at one logic level, and turns off the second switching device when the received drive signal is at another logic level.
US10985748B2
This disclosure describes a gate driver with voltage boosting capabilities. In some embodiments, the gate driver may comprise a charge pump that includes capacitor(s) and switch(es). Responsive a logic low input signal, the gate driver may bypass the capacitor(s) to allow the input digital signal to drive the gating signal directly. Conversely, responsive to a logic high input signal, the gate driver may couple the capacitor(s) in series with the input digital signal to generate a boosted gating signal. In some embodiments, the gate driver may comprise an inductor-capacitor resonant circuit to create a doubled output gating signal with respect to the input digital signal. In some embodiments, the resonant gate driver may include an additional voltage boosting capability that can be selectively enabled to compensate for a voltage drop during the signal transfer from the input to the output.
US10985747B2
The Robust Safe Switch and Control Device is an “Internet of Things” end effecter that provides a minimally dissipating, robust switch tightly integrated with circuit, life and property automated safety features. The device enables extended sensing and monitoring capabilities that enable the effective management of the “Internet of Things.”
US10985746B1
Non-overlap generation circuitry may include a first portion configured to condition an input signal to generate a first predriver signal, the first portion comprising a first switching threshold logic path and a second switching threshold logic path in parallel with the first switching threshold logic path, wherein the first portion is configured to select between the first switching threshold logic path and the second switching threshold logic path based on the input signal. The non-overlap generation circuit may also include a second portion configured to condition the input signal to generate a second predriver signal, the second portion comprising a third switching threshold logic path and a fourth switching threshold logic path in parallel with the third switching threshold logic path, wherein the second portion is configured to select between the third switching threshold logic path and the fourth switching threshold logic path based on the input signal.
US10985744B2
An apparatus includes an electronic switch, a drive unit for driving the electronic switch, a diagnosis unit for determining a current through the electronic switch, a memory for storing a protection profile. The drive unit is configured such that the electronic switch is driven on the basis of the current through the electronic switch determined by the diagnosis unit and on the basis of the protection profile. Furthermore, a method is specified for driving an electronic switch.
US10985739B2
A system comprises an electromagnetic pulse generation system that comprises a first pulse generation circuit, a second pulse generation circuit, and a mixing circuit. The electromagnetic pulse generation system is operable to output a first pulse generated by the first pulse generation circuit onto a first signal path, output a second pulse generated by the second pulse generation circuit onto the first signal path, generate a third pulse by mixing, via the mixing circuit, a fourth pulse generated by the first pulse generation circuit and a fifth pulse generated by the second pulse generation circuit, and output the third pulse on the first signal path.
US10985737B2
A DC-coupled buffer is provided with two switch transistors controlled by a delayed version of an output signal for the DC-coupled buffer. A first one of the switch transistors functions to cut off a current discharged into ground that would otherwise flow while an input signal for the DC-coupled buffer is discharged. A remaining second one of the switch transistors functions to increase the operating speed of the DC-coupled buffer.
US10985736B2
An embodiment device comprises a processing circuit and IP circuitry coupled to a power supply line, wherein the IP circuitry has an IP circuitry supply threshold for IP circuitry operation. A supply monitor circuit is coupled to the power supply line to sense the voltage on the power supply line and to switch the processing circuit to a low-power mode as a result of a drop in the voltage on the power supply line. The supply monitor circuit comprises a threshold setting node and is configured to be deactivated as a result of the voltage on the power supply line dropping below a deactivation threshold level set at the threshold setting node. A threshold setting circuit is configured to apply to the threshold setting node of the supply monitor circuit the IP circuitry supply threshold as a result of the processing circuit being in the low-power mode.
US10985735B2
An impedance matching device includes: a variable capacitor in which a plurality of series circuits of capacitors and semiconductor switches are connected in parallel; a calculation unit that calculates an impedance or a reflection coefficient on the load side using information regarding impedance acquired from the outside; and a control unit that determines ON/OFF states to be taken by the semiconductor switches included in the variable capacitor using the impedance or the reflection coefficient calculated by the calculation unit and turns on or off the semiconductor switches based on the determined states. The control unit changes an ON/OFF control timing between one and another of the semiconductor switches.
US10985730B2
There is disclosed acoustic resonators and filter devices. An acoustic resonator includes a substrate having a surface and a Z-cut piezoelectric plate having parallel front and back surfaces, the back surface attached to the surface of the substrate except for a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm that spans a cavity in the substrate. An interdigital transducer (IDT) is formed on the front surface of the single-crystal piezoelectric plate such that interleaved fingers of the IDT are disposed on the diaphragm. The IDT is configured to excite a primary acoustic mode in the diaphragm in response to a radio frequency signal applied to the IDT. A thickness of the interleaved fingers of the IDT is greater than or equal to 0.85 times a thickness of the diaphragm.
US10985729B2
A pressure sensor apparatus is disclosed. The pressure sensor apparatus includes a bulk acoustic wave (BAW) die having a die interface side and a pressure contact side, a sensor BAW resonator and a reference BAW resonator disposed on the die interface side of the BAW die, a control circuit die coupled to the die interface side of the BAW die via an attachment layer, and an extended opening on the pressure contact side that extends into a depth of the BAW die and is generally aligned with the sensor BAW resonator, the extended opening being configured to translate an external pressure on the pressure contact side onto the sensor BAW resonator.
US10985723B2
An electronic device for receiving a radio signal includes an upstream amplifier configured to amplify a received radio signal, a control module configured to control a gain of the upstream amplifier, and a mixer connected at the output of the upstream amplifier and configured to mix the signal from the upstream amplifier with a reference signal. The control module is further configured to perform an intermodulation detection, by commanding the generation by the upstream amplifier of a gain increase and comparing a first power with a second power, the first and second powers being respective powers of a signal at the output of the mixer, the first power being measured in the absence of gain increase and the second power being measured in the presence of the gain increase.
US10985722B2
Amplifying signals using compensating impedances to improve return loss and mismatch over gain modes
Disclosed herein are methods for amplifying a signals. The methods include receiving signals at a plurality of input nodes. The methods also include configuring a gain stage to be in a selected one of a plurality of gain settings, at least some of the gain settings resulting in different impedances presented to the signal. The methods also include adjusting the resistance presented to the signal by the gain stage for the selected gain setting, the adjusted resistance being configured to provide a targeted constant value of the impedance at the input across the plurality of gain settings. The methods also include amplifying at least a portion of the received signals. Adjusting the resistance compensates for changes to the input impedance to improve return loss and mismatch over gain modes.
US10985714B2
The disclosure provides an amplifying apparatus including a plurality of amplifying circuits and an adjusting circuit. The input terminals of the amplifying circuits are coupled to a first common node. The output terminals of the amplifying circuits are coupled to a second common node. The adjusting circuit adjusts an input signal to generate an adjusted signal to the first common node; the adjusting circuit adjusts the signal of the second common node; or the adjusting circuit adjusts the input signal to generate the adjusted signal to the first common node and adjusts the signal of the second common node. The first control signal and the second control signal respectively control the amplifying circuits and the adjusting circuit to determine the gain, the linear power, and the output current of the amplifying apparatus.
US10985704B2
According to one embodiment, an amplifier circuit includes N (N>=3) transistors, two first branches and N−2 second branches. The N (N>=3) transistors are connected in parallel. The two first branches each include the transistor and a first transmission line which is connected to an output terminal of the transistor. The N−2 second branches each include the transistor and a second transmission line which is connected to the output terminal of the transistor. For each of the first branches, a sum between an electrical length of a parasitic component of the transistor and the electrical length of the first transmission line are odd multiples of approximately 90 degrees. For each of the second branches, the sum between the electrical length of the parasitic component of the transistor and the electrical length of the second transmission line are multiples of approximately 180 degrees.
US10985695B2
An arc detection method includes classifying whether an arc fault is present in the power system by, for each of a plurality of bins of a current frame of a signal, marking the bin as a candidate bin if a magnitude spectrum of the bin meets first criteria; determining a number of candidate bins in the current frame; marking the number of candidate bins as candidate cluster bins if the number of candidate bins exceeds a minimum cluster size; for each of the candidate cluster bins, determining whether the candidate cluster bin is also a candidate cluster bin of a previous frame of the first signal and if so, identifying the current frame as a candidate frame and incrementing a candidate frame count; and if the candidate frame count exceeds a candidate frame count threshold, determining that an arc fault is present in the power system.
US10985694B2
A method and apparatus for using MLPE data for characterizing real-world operation a PV module. In one embodiment, the method comprises obtaining a plurality of temperature measurements, wherein each temperature measurement is a measure, by an MLPE proximate to a PV module, of temperature; obtaining a plurality of DC voltage measurements, wherein each DC voltage measurement of the plurality of DC voltage measurements is a measure by the MLPE of a DC voltage of the PV module; obtaining a plurality of DC current measurements, wherein each DC current measurement of the plurality of DC voltage measurements is a measure by the MLPE of a DC current of the PV module; obtaining racking design information with respect to the PV module; and determining a plurality of PV module temperatures for the PV module based on the plurality of temperature measurements and the racking design information.
US10985689B2
A shelter or camper that provides improved portability and protection. The shelter or camper may include rigid walls to offer greater protection from weather, animals, and theft. The shelter or camper may be transitionable between different configurations for different purposes, including an open and expanded configuration for use as a shelter, camper, or sleeping quarters and a compact, closed case configuration for easy storage and transport. To facilitate this, the walls may be foldable, expandable, or collapsible. When the walls are folded or collapsed, roof and floor sections may be connected to each other and may enclose the folded, collapsed walls and internal components within the collapsed closed case.
US10985686B2
A unit for installation in a complex product comprising an electric machine requiring an AC power supply. The unit comprises: a housing carrying an AC output; a battery in the housing comprising at least one battery cell; an inverter in the housing, the inverter comprising a plurality of voltage controlled impedances, VCIs, for providing a power supply to the AC output based on energy from the battery; wherein the housing carries a timing signal input configured to receive a timing signal from outside the housing; and wherein the timing signal input is coupled to control the VCIs so that changes in the impedances of the VCIs are synchronised with the timing signal.
US10985681B2
The present invention relates to a generator control system that includes a generator, a variable displacement pump, a generator speed sensor, and a generator speed controller. The generator speed sensor generates a measurement output signal that corresponds to the speed of the generator. The generator speed controller generates a control signal that controls the displacement of the displacement pump to limit generator speed surging. The generator speed controller applying default commanded event control gain values to the control signal when a commanded change in the load or speed of the engine or generator occurs, applying uncommantled event control gain values to the control signal in the absence of a commanded change in load or speed of the engine or gen erator, and reducing the uncommanded event control gain values as needed until the magnitude of generator speed surging is less than a threshold value or until a minimum uncommanded event control gain value threshold is reached.
US10985675B2
There is provided a drive controller including a determination part that compares a target stop position of a movable body, which is driven by a piezoelectric actuator driven by a piezoelectric element expanded and contracted in response to an applied voltage, with a real position of the movable body acquired on the basis of a position sensor, and determines whether or not the target stop position matches with the real position, and a drive control part that turns off energization of the piezoelectric actuator when the target stop position matches with the real position while the movable body is being driven by the piezoelectric actuator.
US10985671B2
A converter (30) comprises first and second DC terminals (32,34) connectable in use to a DC network (40), the converter (30) including a converter limb (36) extending between the DC terminals (32,34), the converter limb (36) including first and second limb portions separated by an AC terminal (38), the AC terminal (38) connectable in use to an AC voltage, each limb portion including at least one director switch (44) connected in series with a waveform synthesizer between the AC terminal (44) and a respective one of the first and second DC terminals (32,34), the waveform synthesizers operable to control the modulation of an AC voltage waveform at the AC terminal (38), each director switch (44) operable to switch the respective waveform synthesizer into and out of circuit between the respective DC terminal (32,34) and the AC terminal (38); and a controller (56) programmed to selectively control the switching of the director switches (44) to switch both of the limb portions into circuit concurrently to form a current conduction path between the DC terminals (32,34), the current conduction path configured to carry a current for presentation to the DC network (40), wherein the controller (56) is programmed to selectively operate the waveform synthesizers to inject at least one harmonic component to modulate the AC voltage waveform at the AC terminal (38) so that during the formation of the current conduction path the magnitude of the modulated AC voltage waveform is lower than the magnitude of the fundamental component of the AC voltage waveform, and wherein the at least one harmonic component is a non-triplen harmonic component.
US10985667B2
A direct-current voltage is applied to a series circuit composed of a switching transistor, a sense resistor, and a coil. A control circuit is configured to be capable of performing current control in which the control circuit, after turning on the switching transistor, determines a turn-off time point of the switching transistor based on a sense voltage appearing across the sense resistor, and to turn off the switching transistor during the current control if, despite a predetermined time having passed after the switching transistor being turned on, the sense voltage does not reach a predetermined threshold voltage.
US10985659B2
A DC-DC power converter comprises: first, second and third input nodes for connection to one or more DC input power sources; a pair of upper switches TH1, TH2 connected in series between the first and second input nodes; and a pair of lower switches TL1, TL2 connected in series between the second and third input nodes. An output port is connected, via one or more output capacitors and one or more output inductors, to an upper switching node between the pair of upper switches and a lower switching node between the pair of lower switches TL1, TL2. The converter is connectable to a pair of DC input power sources, with a first DC input power source connected between the first and second input nodes and a second DC input power source connected between the second and third input nodes, and, when so connected, the pair of upper switches TH1, TH2 and the pair of lower switches TL1, TL2 are switchable to provide DC output power at the output por. The converter is connectable to one DC input power source connected between the first and third input nodes, and, when so connected, the pair of upper switches TH1, TH2 and the pair of lower switches TL1, TL2 are switchable to provide DC output power at the output port.
US10985645B2
The present disclosure provides an alternatingly-switched parallel circuit, an integrated power module and an integrated power package. The alternatingly-switched parallel circuit includes a first bridge arm and a second bridge arm at least partly formed in a chip containing a plurality of first cell groups and a plurality of second cell groups. The plurality of first cell groups are configured to form the first upper bridge-arm switch and the plurality of second cell groups are configured to form the second upper bridge-arm switch, or the plurality of first cell groups are configured to form the first lower bridge-arm switch and the plurality of second cell groups are configured to form the second lower bridge-arm switch. The plurality of first cell groups and the plurality of second cell groups are switched on and off alternatingly.
US10985638B2
A rotary electrical machine includes a stator, a field core, a rotor, and first and second air gaps. The stator includes an AC coil that generates a rotating magnetic field with an alternating current. The field core includes a field coil excited by a direct current. The rotor is disposed on an outer circumference of a starting apparatus and held rotatably about a rotational axis relative to the stator and the field coil. The first air gap is formed between the stator and the rotor, and allows a magnetic flux to flow therebetween. The second air gap is formed between the field core and the rotor, and allows a magnetic flux to flow therebetween. The second air gap defines an interval extending along a direction that intersects an axial direction of the rotational axis on one end surface of the rotor in the axial direction of the rotational axis.
US10985634B2
Provided is an inverter-integrated rotating electric machine capable of suppressing an influence of electromagnetic noise between a peripheral device and a control circuit board. An inverter-integrated rotating electric machine (1A) includes: a rotating electric machine main body (2); and an inverter device (3A), which is provided to the rotating electric machine main body (2). The inverter device (3A) includes: a heat sink (32) configured to cool switching elements (31); a control circuit board (33), which is provided so as to be opposed to the heat sink (32), and includes a drive circuit configured to drive the switching elements (31); and a metal shield plate (34), which is provided so as to be opposed to the control circuit board (33) in such a manner that the control circuit board (33) is arranged between the metal shield plate (34) and the heat sink (32), and is electrically connected to the heat sink (32).
US10985630B2
A cooling fan module includes a fan and a PMDC motor. The PMDC motor includes a stator and a rotor. The stator has 2P magnetic poles. The rotor includes a rotary shaft, a rotary core, a commutator, and a winding. The rotor core includes m×P pole teeth. The commutator includes k×m×P commutator segments. Adjacent pole teeth define therebetween winding slots for receiving the winding. The winding includes winding units each having P coils. Each of two ends of each winding unit includes a lead-out line connected to the commutator segment. Any two lead-out lines extending out of different winding slots are spaced from each other at locations outside the commutator segments.
US10985602B2
An automatic power switching system includes a first power interface module coupled to a first power supply terminal for obtaining a first power signal, a second power interface module coupled to a second power supply terminal for obtaining a second power signal, a power input identification module for identifying whether the first power signal meets a requirement, a power output module for receiving the first power signal or the second power signal and for providing a corresponding power signal to a power consumption module, and a switch module for turning on the second power interface module and the power output module when confirming the first power signal not meeting the requirement.
US10985593B2
A method for charging a power supply battery of a portable device by near-field communication with a base station. The method, implemented by the device, includes, the primary antenna of the base station and the secondary antenna of the device being electromagnetically coupled, the steps of modifying the coupling between the primary antenna of the base station and the secondary antenna of the device, of receiving an authentication request signal sent by the base station subsequent to the step of modifying the coupling, and of charging the power supply battery of the device from the energy of the received authentication request signal.
US10985592B2
In a wireless charging system having a power transmitter (TX) and a power receiver (RX), the RX has a rectifier that rectifies an AC power signal received wirelessly from the TX into a rectified DC power signal. The RX also has regulation modules that monitor the DC power signal at various different voltage regions having one or more different high-voltage regions and one or more different low-voltage regions. Each regulation module affects operations of the wireless charging system in a different way. The regulation modules protect the RX from both over-voltage and under-voltage conditions.
US10985591B2
A battery includes plural battery cells that output a source voltage to power a device, such as an information handling system. A controller of the battery disconnects each battery cell at a predetermined interval for a predetermined time period, such as from a range of between 15 and 60 seconds, while maintaining the source voltage. The predetermined time and interval are selected based upon the load supplied by the battery and an estimated increase in battery output efficiency.
US10985590B2
A battery charging method includes: charging a battery with a charging current; and changing the charging current in response to a current change event occurring during the charging of the battery, wherein the current change event occurs when the battery reaches a threshold voltage at which an anode potential of the battery reaches a reference value.
US10985589B2
A method for operating a traction battery in a motor vehicle, wherein the traction battery is charged in a charging operating state with a fast-charging device. A quantity of energy to be recharged at the fast-charging device is specified. An anticipated heating of the traction battery is determined depending on a charging capacity, which, taking into consideration a predeterminable maximum charging time, is determined from the quantity of energy that is to be recharged. A starting temperature (Tstart) for the battery charging is determined in such a way that, after the charging operation has been carried out at the fast-charging device, a battery operating temperature (Tbatt) of the traction battery does not exceed an upper limit (Thi) for the battery operating temperature. The battery operating temperature (Tbatt) is recorded during a driving operating state of the motor vehicle.
US10985580B2
A battery pack includes a main switch configured to electrically connect a battery module and a load, a power supply configured to supply driving power to the main switch, and a power blocking device configured to block the driving power based on a current flowing between the battery module and the load.
US10985579B2
A circuit arrangement for protection against an undue overheating of a charging control, discharging control and/or a secondary battery is disclosed, the circuit arrangement comprising the secondary battery, the charging and/or discharging control for charging and/or discharging the secondary battery, a connector for connecting the charging and discharging control to an external power supply, at least one current limiting electronic component arranged in electrical connection to the charging and/or discharging control and optionally, a switchable load.
US10985574B2
The present invention relates to a current multiplier primarily in the field of power conversion. The invention relates to a controlled current multiplier with a resonant winding to assist with, for example, power conversion. In particular, but not solely, the invention may broadly consist in a current multiplier comprising: a primary winding associated with a power source; a secondary winding associated with a load; a resonant winding associated with a capacitance; and a control means for controlling an output of the secondary winding to the load, the control means associated with the primary or resonant winding. This allows, for instance, control of the high current output to be placed on a low current winding.
US10985572B2
Systems and methods are disclosed to manage a microgrid with a hybrid energy storage system (HESS) includes deriving a dynamic model of a bidirectional-power-converter (BPC)-interfaced HESS; applying a first neural network (NN) to estimate a system dynamic; and applying a second NN to calculate an optimal control input for the HESS through online learning based on the estimated system dynamics.
US10985561B2
A method for monitoring and controlling an electrical network that includes at least one transformer station delimiting a medium-voltage sub-network and a low-voltage sub-network and a plurality of entities that are connected to a determined voltage in the low-voltage sub-network, each entity being a consumer and/or a producer of electricity in the low-voltage sub-network. The method includes determining control data on the production and/or on the consumption of electricity to be applied to one or more entities of the low-voltage sub-network taking into account previously determined production and/or consumption quotas.
US10985555B2
Systems and methods for distributing power over a relatively long distance by sending high frequency alternating current (AC) over a transmission subsystem between a sender subsystem and a receiver subsystem. Power may be sent from the sender subsystem to the receiver subsystem over a transmission subsystem that includes first and second conductors, such as pair of shielded or unshielded wires twisted together. The sender subsystem may utilize a resonant converter to provide sinusoidal oscillation, which greatly reduces the radio emissions normally caused in DC systems due to high frequency current draws by a load. The receiver system may include a resonant converter or discontinuous conduction mode flyback converter, which provides DC power to a load.
US10985548B2
Circuit interrupter positioned between supply circuit and load circuit includes fault detection circuit that senses wave forms to the load circuit, fault processing circuit that detects presence of fault and generates fault output signal when fault detected, and control circuit switch connected to fault processing signal output, wherein control circuit switch is opened by presence of fault output signal, thus isolating load circuit from supply circuit. Preferably fault processing circuit and control circuit are optically linked, such that when fault is detected, control circuit switch is opened by optical fault output signal, thus isolating load circuit from the supply circuit. Circuit interrupter may couple another circuit interrupter via power distribution control unit, optionally manageable remotely via automated control interface.
US10985547B2
A current differential protection method for a self-adaptive half-wavelength line based on a time-difference method. Since an electrical distance of half-wavelength power transmission is long, after a fault occurs, there is an obvious time difference between the actuation times for protecting starting elements at two sides of a line. According to the principles of wave propagation, the position of a fault point can be determined by means of a difference between the actuation times for protecting the starting elements at the two sides of the line. By means of taking the fault point as a differential point, a current value at the differential point can be obtained according to a long line equation by means of the voltage and current at protection-mounted positions at the two sides of the line, and a differential current is then calculated.
US10985544B2
A subsea connector (20) is provided for joining a first cable (2) having a first minimum bending radius (MBR) and a second cable (3) having a second minimum bending radius (MBR). The subsea connector is arranged with a first joint device (21, 53) for connection with the first cable and a second joint device (22, 54) for connection with the second cable (3). The subsea connector comprises a conductive member (25, 57) for transfer of electric power between the first and the second cable (2,3), the conductive member having, in an installed position, a U-shape configuration and the radius of curvature of the subsea connector is less than or equal to the first and second minimum bending radii such that at least a portion of the first cable (2) extending from connection with the first joining device (21,53) is arranged essentially parallel with at least a portion of the second cable (3) extending from connection with the second joint device (22,54). The invention also concerns a cable arrangement, a junction box and a method for assembly and installation of a flowline arrangement.
US10985535B2
In a method for manufacturing a spark plug, a space on a proximal end side of a center electrode in a shaft hole of an insulator is filled with first electrically conductive glass powder. A space on the proximal end side of the first electrically conductive glass powder in the shaft hole is filled with resistor composition powder. A space on the proximal end side of the resistor composition powder in the shaft hole is filled with second electrically conductive glass powder. The first electrically conductive glass powder, the resistor composition powder, and the second electrically conductive glass powder are sintered in the shaft hole. Prior to filling of the resistor composition powder, at least one of the insulator and the first electrically conductive glass powder is placed in an uncharged state, or the insulator and the first electrically conductive glass powder are placed in the same charged state.
US10985531B2
A VCSEL device includes a substrate and a first DBR structure disposed on the substrate. The VCSEL device further includes a cathode contact disposed on a top surface of the first DBR structure. In addition, the VCSEL device includes a VCSEL mesa that is disposed on the top surface of the first DBR structure. The VCSEL mesa includes a quantum well, a non-circularly-shaped oxide aperture region disposed above the quantum well, and a second DBR structure disposed above the non-circularly-shaped oxide aperture region. In addition, the VCSEL mesa includes a selective polarization structure disposed above the second DBR structure and an anode contact disposed above the selective polarization structure.
US10985524B1
An optoelectronic device includes a silicon substrate, with a silicon waveguide layer disposed over the silicon substrate and including an optical waveguide. One or more through-silicon vias (TSVs) extend through the silicon substrate and contact the silicon waveguide layer. A III-V base layer is disposed over the silicon waveguide layer, and an optical amplifier is disposed on the III-V base layer and optically coupled to the optical waveguide.
US10985519B2
A laser system based on nonlinear pulse compression and a LMA optical fiber therefor are provided. The LMA optical fiber is configured to amplify seed light pulses and promote the onset of nonlinear spectral broadening. The LMA optical fiber includes a first section having constant core and cladding diameters and receiving and supporting propagation of the light pulses in multiple transversal modes. The first section is configured to suppress high order modes propagating therealong. The LMA optical fiber further includes a tapered second section receiving the fundamental mode from the first section, the core and cladding diameters increasing gradually along said second section so as to provide an adiabatic transition of the fundamental mode. The LMA optical fiber further includes an optional third section having constant core and cladding diameters. Dispersive compression of the light pulses outputted by the LMA optical fiber provides excellent beam quality and high peak powers.
US10985508B1
A water-proof and explosion-free reception safety receptacle includes a base having a first conductive member and a second conductive member. At least one conductive unit is connected between the first and second conductive members. A cover is mounted to the base. The at least one conductive unit includes a first seat and a second seat. Two micro switches are respectively connected between the first conductive member and the first seat, and between the second conductive member and the second seat. The at least one conductive unit includes a button switch which is biased by a resilient unit and protrudes through a hole in the cover. When plug is inserted through slots of the cover, the button switch is pushed by the plug to activate the micro switches to form a circuit.
US10985502B2
A connector (10) includes a first connector (20) and a second connector (50) to be connected to each other. The first connector (20) includes first terminals (21) and a first housing (23) configured to accommodate the first terminals (21). The second connector (50) includes second terminals (51) and a second housing (53) configured to accommodate the second terminals (51) and having a receptacle (54) to be fit to the first housing (23). A concave portion (30) is provided on a side of the first housing (23) to be fit to the second housing (53). The second housing (53) is provided with a pry preventing protrusion (62) projecting forwardly of the receptacle (54) and configured to suppress a positional deviation of the second housing (53) with respect to the first housing (23) by entering the concave portion (30) during a connecting operation.
US10985500B2
A connector assembly is provided, including a plug including a plug casing defining a housing, and a plug polarizing socket arranged in the housing; a base including a base casing configured to be assembled with the plug casing, the base casing including a base polarizing pin matching the plug polarizing socket and configured to fit together with the plug polarizing pin during assembly of the plug and base casings; and a snap-fitting component supported by the base polarizing pin and by the plug casing, and configured to be activated when the base polarizing pin is in an end of travel position in the housing of the plug casing.
US10985497B1
A connecting device with multiple axial connectors. The connecting device includes a main base and a plurality of connectors, wherein the main base has a long shape. A plurality of first through holes are formed on the main base, and the connectors extend through the first through holes. Each connector has a tubular body, and a groove is formed on an outer periphery of the tubular body. A wire extends from one end of the tubular body. A c-shaped clamp joins the groove and presses an inner surface of the first through hole, whereby the connectors is secured to the main base. The difficulty of maintenance of the connecting device is reduced.
US10985490B1
A safety socket is provided, comprising: a neutral-wire conductive base, a live-wire conductive base, an insulator, a neutral-wire wiring terminal, a live-wire wiring terminal, and a live-wire connection piece. The insulator is disposed between the neutral-wire conductive base and the live-wire conductive base. The contact of the neutral-wire wiring terminal is close to the contact of the first end of the neutral-wire conductive base. The live-wire wiring terminal is disposed between the live-wire conductive base and the insulator. The two contacts of the live-wire connection piece are respectively close to the contact of the second end of the live-wire conductive base and the contact of the live-wire wiring terminal. The invention can prevent electric shock when a conductive non-plug foreign body is inserted to provide high safety. The overall structure of the invention is simplified and easy to assemble, to achieve reducing manufacturing costs, and facilitating mass production.
US10985488B1
An electrical contact and connector (also known as elastic electrical contact and system) are disclosed herein for testing semiconductor devices such as integrated circuit (IC) packages, particular high density IC packages. The elastic electrical contact comprises a plurality of interlaced or interwove and unsupported conductive wires. The electrical contact system comprises the elastic electrical contacts and a carrier having a plurality of through openings. The elastic electrical contacts are placed in their respective through openings with both ends exposed from the through openings. Method of making and using the elastic electrical contact are also provided.
US10985487B2
An electrical connector is provided for electrically coupling two electrical components. Opposing ends of the connector are coupled to each of the electrical components. At the first end, the connector is disposed in an opening of the first electrical component to establish electrical connection. The first end includes multiple contact portions that are equally biased against the sides of the opening.
US10985485B2
There are provided a tin-plated product which has a zinc plating layer on the surface thereof and which has good corrosion resistance and good adhesion of the zinc plating even if the connecting portion of a terminal of the tin-plated product to an electric wire of aluminum or an aluminum alloy is not processed during press fitting such as swaging (or caulking) when the tin-plated product is used as the material of the terminal which is to be connected to the electric wire by press fitting, and a method for producing the same.
US10985484B1
A seam jump connector provides connectivity over an irregular area, such as seam, in a textile. The textile is part of a textile base structure that includes one or more electrically conductive interconnects formed either directly on the textile or on intermediate substrates that are attached to the textile. The intermediate substrates can be TPU sheets having conductive interconnects printed on a surface. The conductive interconnects of the textile base structure are discontinuous at an irregular area on the textile, and the seam jump connector includes a flexible and/or stretchable substrate with conductive interconnects. The seam jump connector is aligned with and stacked onto the conductive interconnects so as to provide electrical connectivity across the irregular area. The seam jump connectors can be configured to be permanently or removably attached to the textile base structure.
US10985483B2
A connector includes: a first connector including a fitting portion and a first terminal provided in the fitting portion; and a second connector including a fitted portion configured to be fitted into the fitting portion of the first connector and a second terminal that is provided on the fitted portion, extends along a fitting direction, and comes into electrical contact with the first terminal in a case where the fitted portion is fitted into the fitting portion of the first connector, in which in the second terminal, a wide-width portion is formed in the second terminal, and the first terminal comes into contact with the wide-width portion of the second terminal from a state in which the fitted portion of the second connector is started to be fitted into the fitting portion of the first connector to a state in which the fitted portion cannot be fitted any further.
US10985472B2
The present invention provides a waveguide slot array antenna having an excitation slot arrangement radiating a signal corresponding to an operating frequency in a radiation plate, the waveguide slot array antenna comprising: a first auxiliary radiation plate installed on a main radiation plate and rotating a polarization plane of a signal radiated from the excitation slot arrangement of the main radiation plate; and a second auxiliary radiation plate installed on the first auxiliary radiation plate and distributing and radiating the signal, the polarization plane of which has been rotated in the first auxiliary radiation plate.
US10985468B2
An apparatus includes a first conductive patch coupled to a first surface of a dielectric layer, a second conductive patch coupled to a second surface of the dielectric layer, and a probe coupled to the second conductive patch. The apparatus further includes a waveguide having a wall conductively coupled to the first conductive patch. Responsive to a signal provided to the second conductive patch by the probe, interaction of the waveguide, the first conductive patch, and the second conductive patch generates a transmission signal that propagates in the waveguide.
US10985461B2
A terminal device includes a first antenna, a second antenna, a first channel electrically connected to the first antenna, and a second channel electrically connected to the second antenna. The first channel includes at least two first transmitting branches used to transmit carrier signals for carrier aggregation (CA). The second channel includes a receiving branch electrically connected to the second antenna and a receiving filter electrically connected to the receiving branch. The receiving branch may be used to receive CA signals through the second antenna, and the receiving filter may be used to filter the CA signals to obtain the carrier signals for CA.
US10985455B2
The invention relates to an improved electromagnetic band gap (EBG) structure. The invention also relates to an electromagnetic band gap (EBG) component for use in an EBG structure according to the invention. The invention further relates to an antenna device comprising at least one EBG structure according to the invention.
US10985450B2
Provided is an antenna built-in touch panel that includes an antenna that reads information via near field wireless communication, and that has a small thickness. An antenna built-in touch panel includes: a touch panel; and an antenna that reads information via near field wireless communication, wherein the touch panel includes a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer, and antenna patterns 21a to 21c are provided in at least one of a sensing electrode layer and a drive electrode layer of the touch panel.
US10985442B2
An antenna apparatus includes: a ground plane having a through-hole; a feed line disposed below the ground plane; an insulating layer disposed between the feed line and the ground plane; a feed via electrically connected to the feed line, and passing through the through-hole; and a chip patch antenna electrically connected to the feed via. The chip patch antenna includes: a patch antenna pattern electrically connected to the feed via; an upper coupling pattern disposed above the patch antenna pattern; edge coupling patterns surrounding a portion of the patch antenna pattern; upper edge coupling patterns surrounding a portion of the upper coupling pattern; and a dielectric layer disposed in a first region between the patch antenna pattern and the upper coupling pattern, and in a second region between the edge coupling patterns and the upper edge coupling patterns, and having a dielectric constant higher than that of the insulating layer.
US10985441B2
A radio frequency filter module includes: an antenna package including patch antennas and having first and second frequency passbands different from each other; an integrated circuit (IC) package including an IC; and a connecting member disposed between the antenna package and the IC package, and having a laminated structure configured to electrically connect the patch antennas and the IC to each other. The connecting member includes: a first radio frequency filter pattern having the first and second frequency passbands, and including a first port electrically connected to the IC and a second port electrically connected to at least one of the patch antennas; and a second radio frequency filter pattern having the first and second frequency passbands, and including a third port electrically connected to the IC and a fourth port electrically connected to at least another one of the patch antennas.
US10985438B2
A vehicle window glass according to the present invention includes a glass plate having a defogger region and an antenna region, a defogger disposed in the defogger region and having a plurality of horizontal heating wires, and an antenna including at least an FM antenna and disposed in the antenna region, the FM antenna including a first power supply part disposed on the glass plate, and an FM antenna body having a first horizontal part, a second horizontal part closer to the defogger than is the first horizontal part and at least one vertical part linking both the horizontal parts, and connected to the first power supply part.
US10985431B2
The present disclosure relates to a battery. The battery includes an encapsulation casing, a battery cell and a sealing cover. The encapsulation casing has an opening in an end thereof. The battery cell is arranged in the encapsulation casing. The sealing cover is bonded with the end of the encapsulation casing to seal the opening.
US10985429B2
A connection module includes: an insulating protector that holds a plurality of bus bars to connect between electrode terminals; and a flexible printed circuit that is held by the insulating protector, and includes a detection line that is connected to the each of the bus bars and detects a state of the power storage element. The insulating protector includes a protector horizontal part including a holding part which holds each of the bus bars and is formed at one end; and a vertical part that is extended in a vertical direction from the protector horizontal part in at least a part of another end, opposite to the one end, of the protector horizontal part. The flexible printed circuit includes: a substrate horizontal part that is held by the protector horizontal part; and a bent part that is bent perpendicularly to the substrate horizontal part and held by the vertical part.
US10985425B2
A flow battery includes: a first liquid containing a first nonaqueous solvent; a first electrode that is at least partly immersed in the first liquid; a second electrode which is a counter electrode to the first electrode; and a separator isolating the first electrode from the second electrode. The separator contains a lithium ion conductor. The lithium ion conductor contains a compound including main chains. At least one main chain of the main chains includes one or more aromatic rings and is cross-linked to at least another main chain of the main chains. At least one aromatic ring of the one or more aromatic rings includes one or more sulfo groups.
US10985424B2
Equipment for underwater use with battery compartment cover provided with bayonet type connection system for fastening and unfastening the cover to/from the body of the equipment.
US10985416B2
Provided is a thermal conduction sheet that is easily attached from one face to the other face of a battery cell, the faces being perpendicular to each other. Thermal conduction sheet includes graphite sheet, and insulating sheets between and with which graphite sheet is entirely sandwiched and sealed. Graphite sheet has a plurality of cut-out portions arranged linearly. Thermal conduction sheet is bent at a region where cut-out portions are formed. Thus, thermal conduction sheet is attached from one face to the other face of a battery cell, the faces being perpendicular to each other.
US10985410B2
A plant-soil battery includes a plant body, a soil layer in which the plant body is planted, an anode electrode disposed in the soil layer and including microorganisms that degrade glucose discharged from the plant body to generate electrons, and a cathode electrode disposed in the soil layer to receive the electrons. The plant-soil battery is capable of supplying energy for 24 hours a day, is harmless to the environment, can be easily moved and installed, and has an adjustable generating capacity.
US10985389B1
A fuel cell power and control system may comprise a fuel cell stack configured to generate electric power, a fuel carrier for the fuel cell stack, at least one temperature control element in thermal communication with the fuel carrier, and an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to regulate electric current supplied to the temperature control element to control a rate at which a fuel is released from the fuel carrier. In various embodiments, the system further comprises an energy storage device configured to receive the electric power from the fuel cell stack. In various embodiments, the ECU is configured to vary the electric current supplied to the temperature control element in response to the voltage across the energy storage device varying.
US10985385B2
Layers for a bipolar plates are disclosed, as well as bipolar plates including the layers and fuel cells and/or electrolyzers including the bipolar plates. The layer may include a homogeneous or heterogeneous solid metallic solution or compound which either contains a first chemical element from the group of the noble metals in the form of iridium; or contains a first chemical element from the group of the noble metals in the form of iridium and a second chemical element from the group of the noble metals in the form of ruthenium. The layer may also include at least one further nonmetallic chemical element from the group consisting of nitrogen, carbon, boron, fluorine, and hydrogen.
US10985368B2
The invention relates to a method for fabricating a regenerative polysulfide-scavenging layer (RSL). The method includes embedding nanowires or nanocrystals of metal oxides with a membrane of carbon nanotubes (CNTs); and forming the RSL with the embedded nanowires or nanocrystals of the metal oxides and the membrane, so as to enable lithium-sulfur batteries with high energy density and prolonged cycling life. The invention also relates to a lithium-sulfur battery that contains the RSL.
US10985366B2
Systems, methods, and high performance electrochemical devices employing electroactive particles having a sandwich structure are described. The electroactive particle includes an electroactive layer between a pair of dimension-control layers. The electroactive layer includes an electroactive material configured to receive cations and experience a volumetric change in response thereto. The dimension-control layers are configured to inhibit planar dimensional changes of the electroactive particle such that the volumetric change of the electroactive layer occurs through a vertical dimension of the electroactive particle. The vertical dimension is orthogonal to the planar dimensions.
US10985362B2
A negative electrode for an electrochemical device includes: a negative current collector; a first negative electrode active material layer supported on a first surface of the negative current collector; and a second negative electrode active material layer supported on a second surface of the negative current collector. And capacity C1 per unit mass of the first negative electrode active material layer is greater than capacity C2 per unit mass of the second negative electrode active material layer. As a result, it is possible to provide a negative electrode suited for an electrochemical device having high capacitance, the electrochemical device being manufactured by pre-doping the negative electrode with lithium ions.
US10985350B2
A method of forming a package is provided and includes providing two laminate edge portions of the package, each of which includes a foil layer between first and second resin layers; and welding together the respective first resin layers at a first position spaced apart from the edges while not welding the respective first resin layers at the edges, wherein the edge portions include edges from which electrode terminals extend such that portions of the electrode terminals are exposed beyond the edges, and wherein the edge portions are between a sealing portion and exposed portions of positive and negative electrode terminals.
US10985347B2
A display apparatus includes a buffer layer provided on a substrate and having a plurality of concave portions and a black matrix disposed at each of the plurality of concave portions, whereby loss of the black matrix may be prevented and a filling material may be uniformly filled when a transistor substrate and a color filter substrate are bonded.
US10985332B2
A display device includes a plurality of islands and a bridge connecting the plurality of islands to each other. Each of the plurality of islands includes a flexible substrate, a thin film transistor positioned on a first surface of the flexible substrate, a first electrode connected to the thin film transistor, and a protective mask positioned on a second surface of the flexible substrate.
US10985331B2
Novel Pt tetradentate complexes having Pt—O bond is disclosed. These complexes are useful as emitters in phosphorescent OLEDs.
US10985321B2
Compositions are included comprising heterocyclic organic compounds based on fused thiophene compounds, polymers based on fused thiophene compounds, and methods for making the monomers and polymer along with uses in thin film-based and other devices.
US10985319B2
A method comprising: providing a substrate comprising one or more electronic structures; providing a layer of perovskite overlaying the one or more electronic structures; coating a layer of photoresist material overlaying the layer of perovskite; aligning a mask with the one or more electronic structures and patterning the photoresist material; and using the same etchant to remove sections of the patterned photoresist material and the perovskite underneath the sections of the photoresist material.
US10985318B2
A memristor device is disclosed comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode; a cathode metal layer disposed on a surface of the first electrode; and an active region disposed between and in electrical contact with the second electrode and the cathode metal layer, the active region comprising at least one layer of an amorphous metal oxide, wherein when a switching voltage is applied between the first and second electrodes, the active region exhibits a resistive switching behaviour. A method of fabricating a memristor device is also disclosed.
US10985316B2
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes one or more lower interconnect layers arranged within a dielectric structure over a substrate. A bottom electrode is disposed over one of the one or more lower interconnect layers. A lower surface of the bottom electrode includes a material having a first electronegativity. A data storage layer separates the bottom electrode from a top electrode. A reactivity reducing layer contacts the lower surface of the bottom electrode. The reactivity reducing layer has a second electronegativity that is greater than or equal to the first electronegativity.
US10985315B2
Techniques for fabricating a volatile memory structure having a transistor and a memory component is described. The volatile memory structure comprises the memory component formed on a substrate, wherein a first shape comprising one or more pointed edges is formed on a first surface of the memory component. The volatile memory structure further comprises transistor formed on the substrate and electrically coupled to the memory component to share operating voltage, wherein operating voltage applied to the transistor flows to the memory component.
US10985313B2
Arrays containing carbon nanostructure-oxide-metal diodes, such as carbon nanotube (CNT)-oxide-metal diodes and methods of making and using thereof are described herein. In some embodiments, the arrays contain vertically aligned carbon nanostructures, such as multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) coated with a conformal coating of a dielectric layer, such as a metal oxide. The tips of the carbon nanostructures are coated with a low work function metal, such as a calcium or aluminum to form a nanostructure-oxide-metal interface at the tips. The arrays can be used as rectenna at frequencies up to about 40 petahertz because of their intrinsically low capacitance. The arrays described herein produce high asymmetry and non-linearity at low turn on voltages down to 0.3 V and large current densities up to about 7,800 mA/cm2 and a rectification ratio of at least about 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, or 60.
US10985311B2
A semiconductor element includes a semiconductor layer, a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode are separated from each other on the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer has a first semiconductor region and a second semiconductor region. The first electrode and the second electrode are provided on the first semiconductor region. The second semiconductor region is separated from the first electrode and the second electrode. The second semiconductor region is provided to be in contact with at least a part of an end surface of the first semiconductor region. The first semiconductor region has n-type/p-type conductivity. The second semiconductor region has p-type/n-type conductivity.
US10985308B1
In a general aspect, an integrated microwave circuit is disclosed for processing quantum information. The integrated microwave circuit includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The substrate is formed of a silicon oxide material having a loss tangent no greater than 1×10−5 at cryogenic temperatures at or below 120 K. The integrated microwave circuit also includes qubit circuitry disposed on the first surface that includes a Josephson junction. A ground plane is disposed on the first surface or the second surface. In some variations, the silicon oxide material is fused silica. In other variations, the silicon oxide material is crystalline quartz.
US10985303B2
A thermally efficient, cost efficient and compact LED device having an LED module and a circuit board. The LED module having an LED substrate and an LED chip mounted on a mounting surface of the LED substrate. The circuit board is composed of a circuit board substrate and has a plurality of conductive tracks on a surface of the circuit board substrate. The LED substrate is embedded in the circuit board substrate.
US10985298B2
A light emitting device including a light emitting element, a light transmissive member, a light guide member, and a light reflective member. The light transmissive member is disposed on an upper surface of the light emitting element, and has a lower surface including a first region facing the light emitting element and a second region positioned outside of the first region. The light guide member covers a lateral surface of the light emitting element and the second region of the lower surface of the light transmissive member. The light reflective member covers the light emitting element, an upper surface of the light transmissive member and the light guide member. One of lateral surfaces of the light transmissive member is exposed from the light reflective member.
US10985297B2
A package of photoelectric device including a substrate, at least one photoelectric device, a first barrier layer, a wavelength-converting layer, and a second barrier layer is provided. The photoelectric device is disposed on the substrate. The first barrier layer is disposed on the substrate and covers the photoelectric device. The wavelength-converting layer is disposed on the first barrier layer. The second barrier layer covers the wavelength-converting layer. A composition of the first barrier layer includes a nitrogen content of more than 0 atomic percent (at %) to 10 at %, an oxygen content of 50 at % to 70 at %, and a silicon content of 30 at % to 50 at %.
US10985281B2
A transistor may include a semiconductor, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode. The semiconductor may include a first doped region, a second doped region, a source region, a drain region, and a channel region. The channel region is positioned between the source region and the drain region. The first doped region is positioned between the channel region and the source region. The second doped region is positioned between the channel region and the drain region. A doping concentration of the first doped region is lower than a doping concentration of the source region. A doping concentration of the second doped region is lower than a doping concentration of the drain region. The source electrode is electrically connected to the source region. The drain electrode is electrically connected to the drain region. The gate electrode overlaps the channel region.
US10985275B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including an active pattern, a gate electrode crossing the active pattern in a plan view, and a ferroelectric pattern interposed between the active pattern and the gate electrode. The gate electrode includes a work function metal pattern disposed on the ferroelectric pattern, and an electrode pattern filling a recess formed in an upper portion of the work function metal pattern. A top surface of a topmost portion of the ferroelectric pattern is lower than a bottom surface of the recess.
US10985272B2
Integrated circuit devices including standard cells are provided. The standard cells may a first vertical field effect transistor (VFET) having a first conductivity type, a second VFET having a second conductivity type, and a third VFET having the first conductivity type. The first VFET may include a first channel region protruding from a substrate, and the first channel region has a first length. The second VFET may include a second channel region protruding from the substrate, and the second channel region has a second length. The third VFET may include a third channel region protruding from the substrate. The first channel region, the second channel region, and third channel region may be spaced apart from each other and may be sequentially arranged along a direction, and the second length may be greater than 1.5 times the first length.
US10985264B2
A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes: forming a first semiconductor layer and an insulating layer on a substrate; removing the insulating layer and the first semiconductor layer to form openings; forming a second semiconductor layer in the openings; and patterning the second semiconductor layer, the insulating layer, and the first semiconductor layer to form fin-shaped structures.
US10985262B2
A semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a plurality of gate structures, a plurality of dielectric structures, and spacers. The plurality of gate structures is disposed on the substrate. The plurality of dielectric structures is respectively disposed between the gate structures and the substrate, wherein a top width of the dielectric structure is less than the bottom width of the dielectric structure. The spacers are disposed on the sidewalls of the gate structures and cover the sidewalls of the dielectric structures.
US10985254B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a source region, a drain region, and a gate electrode. The source region and the drain region are in the substrate, and the gate electrode is partly buried in the substrate and between the source region and the drain region.
US10985253B2
The present invention relates, for example, to a semiconductor structure containing multiple parallel channels in which several parallel conductive channels are formed within the semiconductor structure. Electric contact or electrostatic control over all these channels is done by three-dimensional electrode structures. The multiple channel structure with three-dimensional electrodes can be applied to semiconductors devices such as field effect transistors, diodes, and other similar electronic or quantum-effect devices. This structure is practical for materials where multiple parallel conduction channels can be formed, such as in III-V semiconductors. Ill-Nitride semiconductors with such structures are described which can lead to increased power density, reduced on-resistance and improved device performance, in addition to reducing dynamic on-resistance, and improving the stability of their threshold voltage and reliability.
US10985247B2
A layer according to one embodiment of the present invention may exhibit a first number of electron states in a low-level electron energy range in a conduction band, and exhibit a second number of electron states in a high-level electron energy range higher than the low-level electron energy level in the conduction band, wherein localized states may exist between the low-level electron energy range and the high-level electron energy level.
US10985239B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to trim a semiconductor structure using oxygen are described. An example method includes forming a support structure for a semiconductor structure having a first silicate material on a working surface. The method further includes forming a first nitride material on the first silicate material. The method further includes forming a second silicate material on the first nitride material. The method further includes forming a second nitride material on the second silicate material. The method further includes forming an opening through the semiconductor structure. The method further includes depositing an electrode material within the opening. The method further includes removing portions of the support structure. The method further includes performing a controlled oxidative trim to an upper portion of the electrode material.
US10985236B2
A method of forming an integrated circuit device having a nanosheet resistor includes forming a nanosheet structure having alternating sheets of silicon and silicon germanium. An ion implantation is performed on the nanosheet structure. A thermal anneal is performed on the nanosheet structure. A dielectric oxide is placed around the nanosheet structure. A first contact and a second contact are coupled to the nanosheet structure to form a resistor between the first contact and the second contact. Other embodiments are also described herein.
US10985234B2
An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate, a scan line on the substrate for transferring a scan signal, a data line crossing the scan line and for transferring a data signal, a driving voltage line crossing the scan line and for transferring a driving voltage, a switching thin film transistor coupled to the scan line and the data line, a driving thin film transistor coupled to a switching drain electrode of the switching thin film transistor, and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) coupled to a driving drain electrode of the driving thin film transistor, wherein a driving semiconductor layer of the driving thin film transistor is bent and in a plane substantially parallel to the substrate.
US10985227B2
A display may include flexible substrate, a blocking layer on the flexible substrate, a pixel on the flexible substrate and the blocking layer, and a scan line, a data line, a driving voltage line, and an initialization voltage line connected to the pixel. The pixel may include an organic light emitting diode, a switching transistor connected to the scan line, and a driving transistor to apply a current to the organic light emitting diode. The blocking layer is in an area that overlaps the switching transistor on a plane, and between the switching transistor and the flexible substrate, and receives a voltage through a contact hole that exposes the blocking layer.
US10985224B2
Provided is a display panel having a display area including a first display area and a second display area. The display panel includes: a substrate; an array layer; a display layer including light-emitting elements each including an anode, a light-emitting layer and a cathode that are sequentially stacked; the light-emitting elements comprises first light-emitting elements and second light-emitting elements; a state switching layer located at a side of the display layer facing away from a display surface of the display panel and located in the first display area, wherein in a direction perpendicular to the display panel, the state switching layer overlaps the first light-emitting elements; the state switching layer is switchable between a first state and a second state, and the state switching layer has a smaller light transmittance in the first state than in the second state; and an optical element.
US10985223B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate, a pixel structure, and a touch sensor electrode. The substrate includes a sub-pixel region and a transparent region. The pixel structure is disposed in the sub-pixel region on the substrate. The touch sensor electrode is disposed in the transparent region on the substrate.
US10985213B2
A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array, a word line drive block that is connected to a first group of memory cells through a first group of word lines and to a second group of memory cells through a second group of word lines, a bit line bias and sense block that is connected to the first and second groups of memory cells through bit lines, a variable current supply block that generates a word line current to be supplied to a selected word line, and a control logic block that receives an address and a command and controls the variable current supply block to adjust an amount of the word line current based on the address. The control logic block further varies the amount of the word line current depending on a distance between the selected word line and the substrate.
US10985210B2
A nonvolatile storage device includes first and second interconnections and a memory cell between the first and second interconnections. The memory cell includes a storage element, a first switch, and a second switch. The first switch has two terminals and transitions from an off-state to an on-state when a first threshold voltage is applied between its terminals and then voltage between the terminals falls to a first hold voltage. The second switch has two terminals and transitions from an off-state to an on-state when a second threshold voltage is applied between its terminals and then voltage between the terminals falls to a second hold voltage. An off-current of the first switch is less than an off-current of the second switch. The first threshold voltage is greater than the second threshold voltage, which is greater than the first hold voltage, which is greater than or equal to the second hold voltage.
US10985201B2
An image sensor including a first image sensor element underlying a second image sensor element is provided. The first image sensor element is configured to generate electrical signals from an electromagnetic radiation within a first range of wavelengths. The second image sensor element is over the first image sensor and is configured to generate electrical signals from the electromagnetic radiation within a second range of wavelengths that is different than the first range of wavelengths. The first and second image sensor elements are within a substrate. The first image sensor element comprises a germanium layer between a bottom surface of the substrate and the second image sensor element. The second image sensor element comprises silicon.
US10985196B2
Provided are a thin film transistor substrate and a display using the same. A thin film transistor substrate includes: a substrate, a first thin film transistor disposed on the substrate, the first thin film transistor including: a polycrystalline semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode on the polycrystalline semiconductor layer, a first source electrode, and a first drain electrode, a second thin film transistor disposed on the substrate, the second thin film transistor including: a second gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer on the second gate electrode, a second source electrode, and a second drain electrode, an intermediate insulating layer including a nitride layer and an oxide layer on the nitride layer, the intermediate insulating layer being disposed on the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode and under the oxide semiconductor layer, and an etch-stopper layer disposed on the oxide semiconductor layer.
US10985186B1
To provide a display device including a flexible panel that can be handled without seriously damaging a driver circuit or a connecting portion between circuits. The display device includes a bent portion obtained by bending an element substrate. A circuit for driving the display device is provided in the bent portion and a wiring extends from the circuit, whereby the strength of a portion including the circuit for driving the display device is increased and failure of the circuit is reduced. Furthermore, the element substrate is bent in a connecting portion between an external terminal electrode and an external connecting wiring (FPC) so that the element substrate provided with the external terminal electrode fits the external connecting wiring, whereby the strength of the connecting portion is increased.
US10985181B2
According to one embodiment, a source layer includes a semiconductor layer including an impurity. A stacked body includes a plurality of electrode layers stacked with an insulator interposed. A gate layer is provided between the source layer and the stacked body. The gate layer is thicker than a thickness of one layer of the electrode layers. A semiconductor body extends in a stacking direction of the stacked body through the stacked body and the gate layer. The semiconductor body further extends in the semiconductor layer where a side wall portion of the semiconductor body contacts the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor body does not contact the electrode layers and the gate layer.
US10985180B2
A semiconductor device includes: hole source patterns; electron source patterns located between adjacent hole source patterns; a stack structure over the hole source patterns and the electron source patterns; and channel layers penetrating the stack structure, wherein each channel layer is in contact with a corresponding hole source pattern and an electron source pattern adjacent to the corresponding hole source pattern.
US10985178B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of first conductor layers stacked in a first direction, a second conductor layer provided above the first conductor layer, a first semiconductor layer extending in the first direction in the plurality of first conductor layers, a second semiconductor layer including a first portion extending in the first direction in the second conductor layer and a second portion of which a diameter in a cross section orthogonal to the first direction is larger than a diameter of the first portion, and being in contact with the first semiconductor layer in the second portion, and a first charge storage layer disposed between the plurality of first conductor layers and the first semiconductor layer. An upper end of the first charge storage layer protrudes upward in the first direction in comparison with an upper end of the first semiconductor layer.
US10985172B2
A combination of an alternating stack and a memory opening fill structure is provided over a substrate. The alternating stack includes insulating layers and electrically conductive layers. The memory opening fill structure vertically extends through the alternating stack, and includes a memory film, a vertical semiconductor channel, and a core structure comprising a core material. A phase change material is employed for the core material. A volume expansion is induced in the core material by performing an anneal process that induces a microstructural change within the core material. The volume expansion in the core material induces a lateral compressive strain and a vertical tensile strain within the vertical semiconductor channel. The vertical tensile strain enhances charge mobility in the vertical semiconductor channel, and increases the on-current of the vertical semiconductor channel.
US10985160B2
Semiconductor structures and methods for forming a semiconductor structure are provided. The method includes forming a first active semiconductor region disposed in a first vertical level of the semiconductor structure, forming a second active semiconductor region disposed in the first vertical level, where the second active semiconductor region is separated from the first active semiconductor region by a distance in a first direction, forming a first conductive structure disposed in a second vertical level that is adjacent to the first vertical level. The first conductive structure extends along the first direction and electrically couples the first active semiconductor region to the second active semiconductor region.
US10985158B2
To improve the withstand capability of a transistor portion, provided is a semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate; a transistor portion provided in the semiconductor substrate; and a diode portion provided in the semiconductor substrate and arranged adjacent to the transistor portion in a predetermined arrangement direction. The transistor portion includes a collector region provided in a bottom surface of the semiconductor substrate, at respective ends adjacent to the diode portion; and a first low injection region that is provided on a bottom surface side of the semiconductor substrate farther inward than the respective ends, and has a carrier injection density from the bottom surface side to a top surface side of the semiconductor substrate that is lower than that of the collector region.
US10985153B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes: a printed wiring substrate that includes a substrate, a wiring layer on the substrate, and a first insulating layer on the wiring layer. The wiring layer includes a connection terminal and a wiring electrically connected to the connection terminal. The first insulating layer includes an opening that exposes at least a portion of the connection terminal and at least a portion of the wiring, and at least one of a protrusion portion or a recess portion, provided along an edge of the opening, that overlaps the wiring. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip mounted on the printed wiring substrate; a bonding wire that electrically connects the connection terminal and the semiconductor chip; and a second insulating layer that covers the semiconductor chip, the bonding wire, and the opening.
US10985149B2
A semiconductor device package includes a transparent substrate, a photo detector and a first conductive layer. The transparent substrate has a first surface and a first cavity underneath the first surface. The photo detector is disposed within the first cavity. The photo detector has a sensing area facing toward a bottom surface of the first cavity of the transparent substrate. The first conductive layer is disposed over the transparent substrate and electrically connected to the photo detector.
US10985145B1
A light source module including a substrate and a plurality of light emitting units is provided. The light emitting units are disposed on a surface of the substrate and each light emitting unit includes a first light emitting device, a second light emitting device, a first reflective element, a second reflective element and a package structure. The first reflective element and the second reflective element are respectively overlapped with the first light emitting device and the second light emitting device along a direction being perpendicular to the surface of the substrate. The package structure is disposed between the first reflective element, the second reflective element, the first light emitting device and the second light emitting device. The package structure includes a main body portion and a first recess. The main body portion covers the first light emitting device and the second light emitting device.
US10985141B2
A semiconductor device includes first, second and third stacked chips with a first, second and third substrate, respectively, at least three first, second and third logical circuits, respectively, and at least two first, second and third vias, respectively, and a fourth chip stacked on the third chip having a fourth substrate, and at least three fourth logical circuits. First and second ones of the first to third logical circuits of the first to fourth chips are each configured to perform a first and second logical operation, respectively, on a first and second address input signal, respectively, received at the respective chip to thereby output a first and second address output signal, respectively. Third ones are each configured to activate the respective chip based on at least the second address output signal transmitted within the respective chip.
US10985140B2
A structure and a formation method of a package structure are provided. The method includes disposing a semiconductor die structure over a substrate. The method also includes disposing a protective film over the substrate. The protective film has an opening exposing the semiconductor die structure, and sidewalls of the opening surround the semiconductor die structure. The method further includes dispensing an underfill material into the opening to surround the semiconductor die structure.
US10985138B2
A semiconductor package includes a first interconnect substrate on a first redistribution substrate and having a first opening penetrating the first interconnect substrate. A first semiconductor chip is on the first redistribution substrate and the first opening of the first interconnect substrate. A second redistribution substrate is on the first interconnect substrate and the first semiconductor chip. A second interconnect substrate is on the second redistribution substrate and has a second opening penetrating the second interconnect substrate. A second semiconductor chip is on the second redistribution substrate and in the second opening of the second interconnect substrate.
US10985135B2
A method includes placing a plurality of dummy dies over a carrier, placing a plurality of device dies over the carrier, molding the plurality of dummy dies and the plurality of device dies in a molding compound, forming redistribution line over and electrically coupled to the device dies, and performing a die-saw to separate the device dies and the molding compound into a plurality of packages.
US10985131B2
A microelectronic device includes a chip housing a functional part and carrying first electrical contact regions in electrical connection with the functional part through first protected connections extending over or in the chip. A substrate has a first contact area and a second contact area, which is remote from the first contact area. The first contact area carries second electrical contact regions, and the second contact area carries external connection regions. The second contact regions and the external connection regions are in mutual electrical connection through second protected connections extending over or in the substrate. A protection-ring structure surrounds the first and second electrical contact regions and delimits a first chamber closed with respect to the outside. The first electrical contact regions and the second electrical contact regions are in mutual electrical contact.
US10985129B2
Multiple integrated circuit (IC) devices are connected to a top side metallization surface of a multi IC device carrier. The carrier includes resin based substrate layers and associated wiring line layers. To reduce stain of the resin layers, especially in region(s) within the carrier between the IC devices, a stiffener or stiffeners are applied to the back side metallization (BSM) surface of the IC device carrier. The stiffener(s) reduce the amount of curvature of the IC device carrier and reduce the strain seen by the resin layer(s), thereby mitigating the risk for cracks forming and expanding within the resin layers.
US10985127B2
A fan-out semiconductor package includes: a frame including insulating layers, wiring layers, and connection via layers, and having a recess portion having a stopper layer; a semiconductor chip having connection pads, an active surface on which the connection pads are disposed, and an inactive surface opposing the active surface, and disposed in the recess portion so that the inactive surface is connected to the stopper layer; an encapsulant covering at least portions of the semiconductor chip and filling at least portions of the recess portion; and a connection member disposed on the frame and the active surface of the semiconductor chip and including a redistribution layer electrically connecting the wiring layers of the frame and the connection pads of the semiconductor chip to each other, wherein the stopper layer includes an insulating material.
US10985126B2
A semiconductor package includes a first connection structure having first and second surfaces and including a first redistribution layer, a first semiconductor chip disposed on the first surface and having a first connection pad electrically connected to the first redistribution layer, a second semiconductor chip disposed around the first semiconductor chip on the first surface and having a second connection pad electrically connected to the first redistribution layer, an interconnection bridge disposed on the second surface to be spaced apart from the second surface and connected to the first redistribution layer through a connection member to electrically connect the first and second connection pads to each other, and a second connection structure disposed on the second surface to embed the interconnection bridge and including a second redistribution layer electrically connected to the first redistribution layer.
US10985123B2
A first wiring is disposed above operating regions of plural unit transistors formed on a substrate. A second wiring is disposed above the substrate. An insulating film is disposed on the first and second wirings. First and second cavities are formed in the insulating film. As viewed from above, the first and second cavities entirely overlap with the first and second wirings, respectively. A first bump is disposed on the insulating film and is electrically connected to the first wiring via the first cavity. A second bump is disposed on the insulating film and is electrically connected to the second wiring via the second cavity. As viewed from above, at least one of the plural operating regions is disposed within the first bump and is at least partially disposed outside the first cavity. The planar configuration of the first cavity and that of the second cavity are substantially identical.
US10985119B2
The present invention includes a first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip, a first inductor, a second inductor, a second capacitor, protective diodes, and a third inductor. A field effect transistor includes a gate terminal, a drain terminal, and a source terminal connected to a ground terminal. The second semiconductor chip includes an input terminal and an output terminal connected in a direct current manner, and includes a first capacitor connected to the input terminal and to the ground terminal. The first inductor is connected between the output terminal and the gate terminal. The second inductor includes a first terminal connected to the input terminal. The second capacitor is connected between a second terminal of the second inductor and the ground terminal. Protective diodes are connected in series in a forward direction, and each has a cathode, and an anode connected to the ground terminal. The third inductor is connected between the cathode and the second terminal.
US10985118B2
A method and a high-frequency module that includes (a) a high frequency die that includes multiple die pads, (b) a substrate that comprises a first buildup layer, a second buildup layer and a core that is positioned between the first buildup layer and a second buildup layer, (c) a heat sink and coupling module that comprises a heat sink and multiple first conductors that pass through the heat sink and extend outside the heat sink; (d) a line card that comprises multiple line card pads that are coupled to external ends of the multiple first conductors; (e) coupling elements that are coupled to internal end of the multiple first conductors; and (f) multiple second conductors that pass through the substrate without reaching a majority of a depth of the core, and couple the multiple die pads to the coupling elements. The high frequency it not lower than fifty gigabits per second.
US10985112B2
A vertical memory device includes: a substrate including a memory cell region and a contact region; a plurality of gate electrodes that extend from the memory cell region to the contact region and include pad portions which are end portions stacked in a step shape in the contact region; a plurality of contact plugs coupled to the pad portions of the gate electrodes; and a plurality of supporters formed below the pad portions of the gate electrodes.
US10985110B2
A semiconductor package having a double-sided cooling structure includes an upper electrically conductive element having an outwardly exposed metal surface, a lower carrier substrate having an upper electrically conductive layer, a lower electrically conductive layer having an outwardly exposed surface, and an electrical insulation layer arranged between the upper and lower electrically conductive layers, a first electrically conductive spacer arranged between the upper electrically conductive element and the upper electrically conductive layer, a power semiconductor chip arranged between the upper electrically conductive element and the upper electrically conductive layer, a second electrically conductive spacer arranged between the upper electrically conductive element and the power semiconductor chip, and a shielding structure configured to electromagnetically shield a line of the semiconductor package.
US10985094B2
A lead frame includes a lead portion having a first surface and a second surface, a connecting bar that has a first surface and a second surface and to which the lead portion is connected, and a raised portion provided on the first surface of the connecting bar. The first surface of the connecting bar is positioned between the first and the second surfaces of the lead portion. The tip of the raised portion is positioned between the first surface of the lead portion and the first surface of the connecting bar.
US10985087B2
A wiring board has a metal-made base having a front surface and a back surface, an insulating frame body bonded to the front surface of the base through a bonding layer made of bonding material, a mounting area where a component is supposed to be mounted on the front surface of the base, and a restriction portion formed by a groove or a protrusion that is provided on the front surface of the base or by a combination of the groove and the protrusion. The restriction portion is arranged in at least a part of an area between the mounting area and the frame body on the front surface in plan view.
US10985077B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device and a method for preparing the same. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first type region, and a second type region. The first type region is disposed on the substrate and has a ring structure. The second type region is disposed on the substrate and disposed in the center of the first type region. The second type region has a square shape and includes a plurality of corners.
US10985075B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method that includes forming a first channel fin in an n-type region of a substrate, forming a second channel fin in a p-type region of the substrate, and depositing a gate dielectric over the substrate and the first and second channel fins. A work function metal stack is deposited over the gate dielectric, the first fin in the n-type region, and the second fin in the p-type region. The work function metal stack over the gate dielectric and the first fin in the n-type region forms a first work function metal stack. The work function metal stack over the gate dielectric and the second fin in the p-type region forms a second work function metal stack. The first work function metal stack includes at least one shared layer of work function metal that is shared with the second work function metal stack.
US10985063B2
A first TS is coupled to first S/D over first fin, second TS coupled to second S/D over first fin, third TS coupled to third S/D over second fin, fourth TS coupled to fourth S/D over second fin, gate metal over first and second fins, and gate cap over gate metal. First TS cap is on first TS, second TS cap on second TS, third TS cap on third TS, and fourth TS cap on fourth TS. ILD is formed on top of gate cap and first through fourth TS caps. First opening is through ILD and second TS cap such that part of gate metal is exposed, after removing part of gate cap. Second opening is through ILD to expose another part of gate metal. Combined gate metal contact and local metal connection is formed in first opening and individual gate metal contact is formed in second opening.
US10985062B2
A method for forming a semiconductor device includes recessing a gate conductor in a gate structure to form a first divot, forming a gate cap in the first divot and recessing a dielectric fill that encapsulates the gate structures to a position below a top of the gate cap. An extension layer is deposited over the dielectric fill and the top of the gate cap and is planarized to the top of the gate cap. The extension layer is expanded to form a profile growth layer that is thicker than the extension layer and creates a second divot over the gate cap. A top cap is formed in the second divot to provide a cap with a thickness of the gate cap and the top cap.
US10985061B2
A method includes forming an ILD to cover a gate stack of a transistor. The ILD and the gate stack are parts of a wafer. The ILD is etched to form a contact opening, and a source/drain region of the transistor or a gate electrode in the gate stack is exposed through the contact opening. A conductive capping layer is formed to extend into the contact opening. A metal-containing material is plated on the conductive capping layer in a plating solution using electrochemical plating. The metal-containing material has a portion filling the contact opening. The plating solution has a sulfur content lower than about 100 ppm. A planarization is performed on the wafer to remove excess portions of the metal-containing material. A remaining portion of the metal-containing material and a remaining portion of the conductive capping layer in combination form a contact plug.
US10985060B2
A laser processing method for applying a laser beam to the reverse side of a substrate with a device formed on a face side thereof and including an electrode pad, to form a pore in the substrate that leads to the electrode pad, includes an irradiation area setting step of detecting the size of the electrode pad and setting an irradiation area for the laser beam such that the pore to be formed is positioned within the electrode pad. After the irradiation area setting step has been performed, the laser beam is applied to the reverse side of the substrate to form a pore in the substrate at a position corresponding to the electrode pad. First plasma light emitted from the substrate and second plasma light emitted from the electrode pad are detected. When the second plasma light is detected, the beam is stopped from being applied to the substrate.
US10985053B2
An embodiment method includes patterning an opening through a dielectric layer, depositing an adhesion layer along sidewalls and a bottom surface of the opening, depositing a first mask layer in the opening over the adhesion layer, etching back the first mask layer below a top surface of the dielectric layer, and widening an upper portion of the opening after etching back the first mask layer. The first mask layer masks a bottom portion of the opening while widening the upper portion of the opening. The method further includes removing the first mask layer after widening the upper portion of the opening and after removing the first mask layer, forming a contact in the opening by depositing a conductive material in the opening over the adhesion layer.
US10985051B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device and a method for forming the semiconductor device. The method includes forming a first conductive structure over a substrate, forming a first dielectric structure over the first conductive structure, transforming a sidewall portion of the first conductive structure into a first dielectric portion, removing the first dielectric portion such that a width of the first dielectric structure is greater than a width of a remaining portion of the first conductive structure, and forming an inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer covering sidewalls of the first dielectric structure such that a first air spacer is formed between the ILD layer and the remaining portion of the first conductive structure.
US10985048B2
A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a fin-shaped structure thereon; forming a single diffusion break (SDB) structure in the substrate to divide the fin-shaped structure into a first portion and a second portion; forming a first gate structure on the SDB structure; forming an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer on the first gate structure; removing the first gate structure to form a first recess; and forming a dielectric layer in the first recess.
US10985043B2
A sealing member of this substrate housing container has: a base part-side deformation part that couples the base part and the container contact tip part and is elastically deformable to allow the container contact tip part to oscillate relative to the base part; and a protruding part that is present in the portion of the container contact tip part connected to the base part-side deformation part and that protrudes from the outer surface of the container contact tip part. The thickness of the container contact tip part in the oscillating direction of the container contact tip part is configured to be greater than the thickness of the base part-side deformation part.
US10985040B2
A substrate treatment method in accordance with an exemplary embodiment includes: heating a substrate, for a substrate treatment process, so that a temperature of the substrate reaches a target temperature; calculating the temperature of the substrate using a sensor located facing the substrate while heating the substrate; and controlling an operation of a heating part configured to heat the substrate according to the temperature calculated from the calculating the temperature, wherein the calculating the temperature comprises: measuring a total radiant energy (Et) radiated from the substrate using the sensor; calculating a corrected total emissivity (εt0) by applying a correction value for correcting the total emissivity (εt) which is the emissivity of the radiant energy (Et); and calculating the temperature (Ts) of the substrate using the total radiant energy (Et) and the corrected total emissivity (εt0).
US10985035B2
Disclosed is a method for performing a liquid processing on a substrate using an aqueous solution of a chemical agent at a predetermined concentration as a processing liquid. The method includes: storing the processing liquid in a processing liquid storage unit; and supplying an aqueous solution of the chemical agent at a different concentration from the concentration of the processing liquid to the processing liquid storage unit, discharging the processing liquid from the processing liquid storage unit so as to update the processing liquid stored in the processing liquid storage unit. The aqueous solution in a predetermined amount is supplied to the processing liquid storage unit, and the processing liquid is discharged from the processing liquid storage unit, the processing liquid containing the chemical agent in the same amount as the amount of the chemical agent contained in the aqueous solution supplied to the processing liquid storage unit.
US10985027B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes: forming a first layer on a semiconductor substrate, a surface of the first layer having a first plane of which distance from the semiconductor substrate is a first distance and a second plane of which distance from the semiconductor substrate is a second distance smaller than the first distance, and a difference between the first distance and the second distance being 30 nm or more; performing planarization processing on the first layer to have the difference of less than 30 nm; forming a second layer directly on the first layer after performing the planarization processing; supplying a resist to the second layer; bringing a template having a pattern into contact with the resist to form a resist layer to which the pattern has been transferred; and etching the second layer using the resist layer as a mask.
US10985021B2
A gallium nitride (GaN) substrate is injected with magnesium as a p-type dopant. The GaN substrate undergoes preheating through irradiation with light from halogen lamps in an atmosphere containing nitrogen and hydrogen, and further undergoes heating to a high temperature for a super-short time through irradiation with flashes of light from flash lamps. Heating the GaN substrate in the atmosphere containing nitrogen and hydrogen complements removed nitrogen, thus preventing nitrogen shortage. Such a heating process also enables heat treatment while supplying hydrogen to the GaN substrate. The heating process further enables crystal defects in the GaN substrate to be recovered. With these effects, the p-type dopant injected into the GaN substrate is activated with high efficiency.
US10985013B2
Described herein is an apparatus comprising a plurality of silicon-containing layers wherein the silicon-containing layers are selected from a silicon oxide and a silicon nitride layer or film. Also described herein are methods for forming the apparatus to be used, for example, as 3D vertical NAND flash memory stacks. In one particular aspect or the apparatus, the silicon oxide layer comprises slightly compressive stress and good thermal stability. In this or other aspects of the apparatus, the silicon nitride layer comprises slightly tensile stress and less than 300 MPa stress change after up to about 800° C. thermal treatment. In this or other aspects of the apparatus, the silicon nitride layer etches much faster than the silicon oxide layer in hot H3PO4, showing good etch selectivity.
US10985008B2
An outer peripheral end of a substrate is held with a plurality of chuck pins provided at a spin plate abutting against a plurality of portions of the outer peripheral end of the substrate, and the spin plate is rotated about a rotation axis. A cleaning head is moved by a head moving mechanism while being pressed against a back surface of the substrate held by the plurality of chuck pins by the head moving mechanism, and foreign matter on the back surface of the substrate is removed by polishing with the cleaning head. A reaction force against a load applied to the back surface of the substrate by the cleaning head is generated in the substrate by auxiliary pins. Alternatively, the back surface of the substrate, which has been cleaned or is being cleaned by the cleaning head, is further cleaned by a cleaning brush.
US10985002B2
Certain configurations of an ionization source comprising a multipolar rod assembly are described. In some examples, the multipolar rod assembly can be configured to provide a magnetic field and a radio frequency field into an ion volume formed by a substantially parallel arrangement of rods of the multipolar rod assembly. The ionization source may also comprise an electron source configured to provide electrons into the ion volume of the multipolar rod assembly to ionize analyte introduced into the ion volume. Systems and methods using the ionization source are also described.
US10985001B2
A rapid online analyzer for a 14C-AMS, comprising: a solid sample processing module, an atmospheric sample collection and processing module, a microflow control module, an AMS module and an automatic control module. Sample preparation and AMS measurement are combined, a solid sample is directly converted into CO2 gas by an element analyzer and then enters an AMS for measurement, and an atmospheric sample is collected in real time for analysis by the AMS, such that quick and efficient analysis of the solid sample and the atmospheric sample is realized.
US10984996B2
This application discloses a background subtraction-mediated data dependent acquisition method useful in mass spectrometry analysis. The method includes subtraction of background data from precursor ion spectra of a sample in real-time to obtain mass data of component(s) of interest and performs data-dependent acquisition on the component(s) of interest based on the resultant mass data from the background subtraction step. The present invention also encompasses mass spectrometer systems capable of background subtraction-mediated data-dependent acquisition and computer programs adapted for use in the background-subtraction-mediated data-dependent acquisition. The invention thus provides highly sensitive data-dependent acquisition for minor components of interest in a sample.
US10984993B2
A plasma processing apparatus includes a chamber (20) and a target (25) above the chamber (20). The surface of the target (25) contacts the processing area of the chamber (20). The chamber (20) includes an insulating sub-chamber (21) and a first conductive sub-chamber (22), which are superposed. The first conductive sub-chamber (22) is provided under the insulating sub-chamber (21). The insulating sub-chamber (21) is made of insulating material, and the first conductive sub-chamber (22) is made of metal material. A Faraday shield component (10) which is made of metal material or insulating material electroplated with conductive coatings and includes at least one slit is provided in the insulating sub-chamber (21). An inductance coil (13) surrounds the exterior of the insulating sub-chamber (21). The problem about the wafer contamination due to particles formed on the surface of the coil during the sputtering process can be solved by using the plasma processing apparatus.
US10984992B2
A sputtering target comprising a flat part and a tapered part, wherein a machined groove for use in ignition is arranged on a sputtering surface of the target. With the sputtering target of the present invention, the ignition failure rate during ignition (plasma ignition) can be reduced, and the sputtering process can be started stably. It is thereby possible to shorten the downtime of the device, and consequently contribute to improved throughput and enhanced cost performance.
US10984990B2
A plasma processing apparatus is provided including a radio frequency power source; a direct current power source; a chamber enclosing a process volume; and a substrate support assembly disposed in the process volume. The substrate support assembly includes a substrate support having a substrate supporting surface; an electrode disposed in the substrate support; and an interconnect assembly coupling the radio frequency power source and the direct current power source with the electrode.
US10984989B2
A charge neutralizer that includes a vacuum chamber which is capable of having a charged object installed therein and includes a high vacuum processing unit that performs vapor deposition, and a plasma generator configured to supply plasma caused by an electron cyclotron resonance to an inside of the vacuum chamber. The plasma generator includes a plasma source configured to generate the plasma, and a flange configured to install the plasma source inside the vacuum chamber.
US10984969B1
Systems and methods for providing illumination to illuminable portions of keys associated with a keyboard are described. A key disposed on a flexible substrate includes a light guide positioned below a keycap. The light guide includes one or more light extraction features to produce a substantially uniform light distribution of light from a light emitting element at an illuminable portion of the key. In one embodiment, a light emitting element is positioned on the flexible substrate and is optically coupled to the light guide. In another embodiment, a light emitting element is positioned below the flexible substrate and is optically coupled to the light guide via an optical interface.
US10984968B2
A keyswitch structure includes a base plate, a keycap, and two supports connected to the base plate and the keycap. The keycap is movable relative to the base plate through the two supports. In an embodiment, the support is pivotally connected to the base plate through a pivotal connection structure that includes a guiding slot and a protruding shaft oppositely disposed on the support and the base plate. The guiding slot has an indentation portion and can guide the protruding shaft to fit in the indentation portion. In another embodiment, the support includes a support body connected to the base plate, and an abutting arm extending from the support body. The base plate structurally constrains the support through a hook and a limitation post thereof. The abutting arm of one support extends under the other support, so that the two supports can move each other through the abutting arms.
US10984957B1
A capacitor comprises a housing and a first stack of parallel plates within the housing. A first plate and a second plate in the first stack are capacitively coupled. The capacitor comprises a second stack of parallel plates within the housing. A third plate and a fourth plate in the stack are capacitively coupled. The capacitor also comprises a first input electrode and a second input electrode. The capacitor also comprises a first output electrode and a second output electrode on a side surface of the capacitor. The capacitor also comprises a dielectric material located between each plate in the first stack and the second stack. The first stack is not capacitively coupled with the second stack.
US10984956B2
A ceramic electronic device includes: a multilayer chip having a first and a second internal electrode layers; a first and a second external electrodes covering a first a second regions of a surface of the multilayer chip, wherein: a mark is shifted on a side of one of two end faces on an upper face; the first internal electrode layer is exposed to the first region and connected to the first external electrode; the second internal electrode layer is exposed to the second region and connected to the second external electrode; the second internal electrode is shifted further on a side of the lower face than on a side of the upper face; the second internal electrode layer is shifted further on a side of the lower face than the upper face; the second region is a region of a half of the surface on the lower face side.
US10984953B2
An electronic device assembly includes a first electronic device, a second electronic device, and a connection member. The first electronic device includes a first metal terminal configured to hold a first chip component. The second electronic device includes a second metal terminal configured to hold a second chip component. The connection member connects the first electronic device and the second electronic device.
US10984947B2
A contactless inductive energy transmission device includes a primary and a secondary each having at least one coil. The coils are inductively coupled via an air gap. The primary and the secondary each also have a data transmission unit for the transmission of data via the air gap.
US10984933B2
Thermally annealed superparamagnetic core shell nanoparticles of an iron-cobalt ternary alloy core and a silicon dioxide shell having high magnetic saturation are provided. A magnetic core of high magnetic moment obtained by compression sintering the thermally annealed superparamagnetic core shell nanoparticles is also provided. The magnetic core has little core loss due to hysteresis or eddy current flow.
US10984922B2
There is provided an insulated electric wire comprising a conductor wire coated by an insulating film, in which the insulating film contains 5 to 20% by mass of a low boiling point component having a boiling point of less than 300° C. under normal pressure. The insulating film preferably has a thickness of 40 to 65 μm. The conductor wire preferably has a cross-sectional shape in a rectangular shape or a square shape.
US10984920B2
A concentrated dispersion of nanometric silver particles, and a method of producing the dispersion, the dispersion including a first solvent; a plurality of nanometric silver particles, in which a majority are single-crystal silver particles, the plurality of nanometric silver particles having an average secondary particle size (d50) within a range of 30 to 300 nanometers, the particles disposed within the solvent; and at least one dispersant; wherein a concentration of the silver particles within the dispersion is within a range of 30% to 75%, by weight, and wherein a concentration of the dispersant is within a range of 0.2% to 30% of the concentration of the silver particles, by weight.
US10984911B2
A physiological sensor has light emitting sources, each activated by addressing at least one row and at least one column of an electrical grid. The light emitting sources are capable of transmitting light of multiple wavelengths and a detector is responsive to the transmitted light after attenuation by body tissue.
US10984908B2
A medical device includes a network interface, a processor unit, a memory unit, an actuator physiologically acting on a patient and/or a sensor interface detecting a sensor signal indicative of a patient physiological parameter. The network interface receives a sender network identity data message, a sender authorization level and a sender change request to change an actuator operating parameter and/or a predefined alarm detection value. The memory unit provides a predefined minimum authorization level. The processor unit determines an actual authorization of the sender to change the operating parameter and/or to predefine a value on the basis of the sender authorization level and of the predefined minimum authorization level as well as to change the operating parameter as a function of the result of the determination and/or to perform a detection of an alarm generation state as a function of the indicated predefined value and of the sensor signal.
US10984886B2
A memory device includes a memory bank accessible via a plurality of memory addresses. The memory device further includes a fuse array including a plurality of fuse banks. A fuse bank of the plurality of fuse banks includes a fuse circuit, which includes a fuse latch having first input circuitry. The fuse latch is implemented to store a first bit of a first memory address received at the first input circuitry. The fuse circuit also includes a matching circuit coupled to the first input circuitry. The matching circuit is implemented to receive a first bit of a second memory address at the first input circuitry and to output, at output circuitry, a comparison result based at least in part on the first bit of the first memory address and the first bit of the second memory address.
US10984884B2
A memory device includes a memory bank having multiple addressable groups of memory cells. The multiple addressable groups of memory cells include a primary set of addressable groups and a secondary set of addressable groups. The memory bank has a control circuitry that activates an addressable group with the control circuitry including repair address match circuitry that includes dynamic selection circuitry having multiple first inputs that receive row address values corresponding to the primary set. The dynamic selection circuitry includes one or more second inputs configured to receive one or more fused address values corresponding to the secondary set of addressable groups. The dynamic selection circuitry includes an output configured to selectively transmit a result that is based at least in part on a selection of one or more first inputs and a comparison of the selected one or more first inputs with the one or more the second inputs.
US10984883B1
A memory management method includes identifying memory segments of a memory device. The method also includes identifying, for each memory segment, a number of faulty columns and determining a total number of faulty columns for the memory device. The method also includes, in response to a determination that the total number of faulty columns is greater than a threshold, identifying a memory segment having a highest number of faulty columns. The method also includes disabling the memory segment. Another method includes identifying, for each memory segment, a number of faulty memory blocks and determining a total number of faulty memory blocks. The method also includes, in response to a determination that the total number of faulty memory blocks is greater than a threshold, identifying a memory segment having a highest number of faulty memory blocks. The method also includes disabling the memory segment.
US10984874B1
A random access memory is provided including a plane structure comprising a plurality of sense amplifiers, each including a local data latch, a pair of local busses connected to each of the data latches, a differential data bus, and a pair of redrivers connected between the pair of local busses and the differential data bus.
US10984863B2
Various implementations described herein are directed to an integrated circuit having an array of bitcells. The integrated circuit may include latch circuitry having a latch for each row of bitcells that latches valid match data into the latch for each row of bitcells. The integrated circuit may include priority encoding circuitry that receives the valid match data from the latch for each row of bitcells. The integrated circuit may include first logic circuitry coupled between the array of bitcells and the priority encoding circuitry to assist with providing the valid match data to the latch circuitry.
US10984860B2
A DPE memristor crossbar array system includes a plurality of partitioned memristor crossbar arrays. Each of the plurality of partitioned memristor crossbar arrays includes a primary memristor crossbar array and a redundant memristor crossbar array. The redundant memristor crossbar array includes values that are mathematically related to values within the primary memristor crossbar array. In addition, the plurality of partitioned memristor crossbar arrays includes a block of shared analog circuits coupled to the plurality of partitioned memristor crossbar arrays. The block of shared analog circuits is to determine a dot product value of voltage values generated by at least one partitioned memristor crossbar array of the plurality of partitioned memristor crossbar arrays.
US10984850B2
An apparatus may include a semiconductor device that includes an internal clock circuit configured to receive an internal clock signal and to provide a local clock signal based on the internal clock signal. The internal clock circuit comprises a clock synchronizer configured to, in response to receipt of a command to exit a self-refresh mode, disable provision of the local clock signal by a number of cycles of the internal clock signal.
US10984843B2
A memory cell arrangement for Random Access Memory (RAM) including one or more RAM cell groups. The RAM cell groups having two or more local bit-lines sharing a Global Bit-Line (GBL), a pre-charging circuit connected to the GBL, a multiplexer connected to multiple GBLs and configured to shift an output of a first GBL from a first bit to a second bit at least in part according to a value of a fuse bit register associated with a second GBL, and at least one pre-charge enabling circuit controlled by a combination of a pre-charge input value applied to all GBLs of the memory cell arrangement and a pre-charge enable signal for the GBL.
US10984842B2
Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for multiple endianness compatibility. An example method comprises receiving a plurality of bytes in a non-bit-sequential format. The method includes reordering the bits in each byte of the plurality of bytes such that the plurality of bytes are arranged in a bit-sequential format.
US10984841B2
A length of a longest element can be determined in a memory device. An example method includes determining, using a controller to control sensing circuitry, a length of a longest element of a plurality of variable length elements of a vector stored in a memory array. The determination of the length of the longest element can include performing a number of AND operations, shift operations, and invert operations.
US10984840B2
To provide a novel semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes cell arrays and peripheral circuits; the cell arrays include memory cells; the peripheral circuits includes a first driver circuit, a second driver circuit, a first amplifier circuit, a second amplifier circuit, a third amplifier circuit, and a fourth amplifier circuit; the first driver circuit and the second driver circuit have a function of supplying a selection signal to the cell array; the first amplifier circuit and the second amplifier circuit have a function of amplifying a potential input from the cell array; the third amplifier circuit and the fourth amplifier circuit have a function of amplifying a potential input from the first amplifier circuit or the second amplifier circuit; the first driver circuit, the second driver circuit, the first amplifier circuit, the second amplifier circuit, the third amplifier circuit, and the fourth amplifier circuit include a region overlapping with the cell array; and the memory cells include a metal oxide in a channel formation region.
US10984839B2
A voltage regulation circuit includes a first comparison and control unit and a second comparison and control unit. The first comparison and control unit is connected to a first switch unit, determine a first bias voltage based on a first output voltage, a first reference voltage, and a second reference voltage, and control a value of an equivalent resistance of the first switch unit using the first bias voltage. The second comparison and control unit is connected to a third switch unit and the second switch unit, determine a second bias voltage based on the first output voltage, a second output voltage, and a third reference voltage, and control values of equivalent resistances of the third switch unit and the second switch unit using the second bias voltage.
US10984836B2
An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives, during or after play of a video, a predetermined operation with respect to the video, an associating unit that associates the received operation with a play location where the received operation has been generated in the video, and a setting unit that sets in response to the received operation an importance degree of the play location associated with the received operation.
US10984829B2
A magnetic recording medium includes a nonmagnetic substrate, a soft magnetic underlayer, an orientation control layer, a perpendicular magnetic layer, and a protection layer that are arranged in this order. The perpendicular magnetic layer includes a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer that are arranged in this order on the orientation control layer. The first magnetic layer has a granular structure including an oxide at grain boundary parts of magnetic grains, and the second magnetic layer is closest to the protection layer among layers within the perpendicular magnetic layer, and includes magnetic grains made of a CoCrPt alloy, and a nitride of carbon or a hydride of carbon.
US10984827B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided a hard disk drive including a first recording surface, a second recording surface, a first magnetic head, a first actuator and a second actuator that move the first magnetic head, a second magnetic head, a third actuator and a fourth actuator that move the second magnetic head, a fifth actuator that moves the second actuator and the fourth actuator, a drive circuit that implements at least one of a first mode in which the second actuator and the fourth actuator operate differently from each other or a second mode in which the first and third actuators operate differently from each other, and a controller that controls the drive circuit.
US10984826B2
A magnetic disk device includes a magnetic disk, a first read element, a second read element, and a controller. In the magnetic disk, first servo information is written. The controller controls the servo writing of second servo information on the magnetic disk, based on the first servo information. In addition, the controller controls acquisition of the first servo information by the first read element. The controller switches a read element to be used to control the servo writing from the first read element to the second read element based on quality of the first servo information acquired by the first read element.
US10984818B2
The disclosure relates to an apparatus for determining a quality score (MOS) for an audio signal sample, the apparatus comprising: an extractor configured to extract a feature vector from the audio signal sample, wherein the feature vector comprises a plurality of feature values and wherein each feature value is associated to a different feature of the feature vector; a pre-processor configured to pre-process a feature value of the feature vector based on a cumulative distribution function associated to the feature represented by the feature value to obtain a pre-processed feature value; and a processor configured to implement a neural network and to determine the quality score (MOS) for the audio signal sample based on the pre-processed feature value and a set of neural network parameters for the neural network associated to the cumulative distribution function.
US10984812B2
The invention relates to a codec and a discriminator and methods therein for audio signal discrimination and coding. Embodiments of a method performed by an encoder comprises, for a segment of the audio signal: identifying a set of spectral peaks; determining a mean distance S between peaks in the set; and determining a ratio, PNR, between a peak envelope and a noise floor envelope. The method further comprises selecting a coding mode, out of a plurality of coding modes, based at least on the mean distance S and the ratio PNR; and applying the selected coding mode for coding of the segment of the audio signal.
US10984806B2
A stereo sound encoding method and system for encoding left and right channels of a stereo sound signal, down mix the left and right channels of the stereo sound signal to produce primary and secondary channels, encode the primary channel, and encode the secondary channel. Encoding the secondary channel comprises analyzing coherence between coding parameters calculated during the secondary channel encoding and coding parameters calculated during the primary channel encoding to decide if the coding parameters calculated during the primary channel encoding are sufficiently close to the coding parameters calculated during the secondary channel encoding to be re-used during the secondary channel encoding.
US10984802B2
A system of determining identity based on voiceprint and voice password, and a method thereof are disclosed. In the method, after the voice signal is received, the judgment result of the voiceprint of the voice signal and the judgment result of the content of the voice signal are used to determine whether to pass the verification, and this technical solution of the present invention can confirm that the voice, identified based on the voiceprint thereof, is made by a real person, so as to improve the security of identity determination.
US10984794B1
An information processing system according to an embodiment includes a storage, a plurality of conversationers, and a selector. The storage stores a regulation rule indicating a generation rule of a speech in a conversation. Each of the plurality of conversationers makes conversation with a user on the basis of the regulation rule. The selector selects some or all of the plurality of conversationers to cause a conversation to be performed.
US10984782B2
To address the issues of handling conversations with multiple users, an intelligent digital assistant system is provided. The system may include at least one microphone configured to receive an audio input, a speaker configured to emit an audio output, and a processor. The processor may be configured engage in a conversation with a first user, and, concurrent with the first user being engaged in the conversation with the system, recognize speech of one or more additional users in the audio input. The processor may process the recognized speech of the one or more additional users to determine a context for each additional user, and execute a conversation disentanglement module to select and perform one or more predetermined conversation disentanglement actions according to the context of the recognized speech of each additional user.
US10984775B2
The present disclosure relates to a light fixture for absorbing sound energy. The light fixture is composed of a body comprising a set of discs and a set of supporting elements. As an example, the discs may be annular discs with a central opening for receiving a lamp fitting and/or a reflector. The supporting elements may be pillars that are fixedly attached to the discs e.g. using a plurality of fittings. The discs may comprise a sound absorbing material, such that the light fixture is suitable for absorbing sound energy. This is particularly useful in large indoor environments such as open offices, lobbies, halls, and auditoriums, which all benefit from improved acoustics. The light fixture may comprise two or more light sources, e.g. for distributing light both radially and downwards. In one embodiment, the light fixture is a pendant light.
US10984764B2
A guitar includes fibers of lengths between 0.2 millimeters to 3 millimeters. The guitar further includes a guitar body, a headstock board, a soundboard, a fretboard, and a guitar bridge. Each of the guitar body, the headstock board, the soundboard, the fretboard, and the guitar bridge is a continuous and single structure. The disclosure also relates to a guitar and a method for manufacturing a guitar. The guitar is superior to the traditional acoustic guitars in terms of volume and mechanical performance, so that a service life of the guitar of the application can be increased by 2 to 3 times compared with traditional acoustic guitars and durable.
US10984760B2
Provided is a musical instrument including a vibratable body; and a vibrator. The vibrator includes a vibrating body that vibrates in a predetermined direction; and a coupling member coupling the vibrating body and the vibratable body and that transmits vibration of the vibrating body to the vibratable body. The coupling member includes a shaft extending between the vibrating body and the vibratable body; a first wire rod coupling one end portion of the shaft and the vibrating body; and a second wire rod coupling another end portion of the shaft and the vibratable body. A resonance frequency of each of the shaft, the first wire rod, and the second wire rod is at least 10 kHz.
US10984744B2
To prevent a decrease in display quality caused when a display apparatus performs pause driving. One end of the n-th scanning signal line (GLn) is connected to the n-th stage circuit (UCn) of a driver circuit. The other end of the n-th scanning signal line is connected to a waveform adjusting circuit (HKn) which adjusts the waveform of the pulse signal of the n-th scanning signal line (GLn) by using a clock signal (CKA) and the pulse signal of the m-th scanning signal line (GLn−1) scanned prior to the n-th scanning signal line.
US10984743B2
A novel semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device has a function of changing a pixel selection period in accordance with a distance from a driver circuit. Specifically, when the distance between a first pixel and the driver circuit is longer than the distance between a second pixel and the driver circuit, the pulse width of a selection signal supplied to the first pixel is set larger than the pulse width of a selection signal supplied to the second pixel. Accordingly, writing of image signals to pixels provided far from the driver circuit can be accurately performed while the selection period for pixels provided near the driver circuit is kept short.
US10984735B2
Embodiments of a device and a method of tuning white point values of light distributed by a backlight unit of a display device are described. The device includes a backlight unit, an image generating unit, and a patterned layer. The backlight unit includes a light source unit and an optical processing unit having a quantum dot film coupled to the light source unit. The image generating unit includes a display screen. The backlight unit is configured to distribute light to the display screen and the patterned layer is configured to tune white point values of the distributed light to a desired white point value in order to achieve substantially uniform white point values across the display screen.
US10984733B2
A circuit arrangement for controlling a backlight source and an operation method are provided. The circuit arrangement includes a generator. The generator receives a sync signal and generates a pulse width modulation signal synchronous with the sync signal to control the backlight source. The sync signal indicates a frequency of a video including a series of image frames. The sync signal includes a sync period corresponding to a frame of the video. The pulse width modulation signal includes a first waveform pattern in a first sub-period of the sync period and a second waveform pattern in a second sub-period of the sync period. Each of the first waveform pattern and the second waveform pattern includes at least one active pulse. The first waveform pattern is substantially identical to the second waveform pattern.
US10984731B2
An apparatus is described that includes a display panel and a sensor. The display panel includes an array of pixels configured to direct light through a front side of the display panel. Each pixel includes sub-pixels, each of which includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED) and an integrated circuit (IC) for controlling an electrical current to the OLED. The sensor is arranged at a back side of the display panel. The sensor includes an emitter configured to emit electromagnetic radiation transmitted through a first area of the display panel. The IC of sub-pixels of the array of pixels outside the first area includes a first IC arrangement. The IC of sub-pixels of the array of pixels within the first area includes a transistor in addition to the first IC arrangement. The transistor is configured to operate as a control switch controlling emission of light from the sub-pixel.
US10984724B2
A pixel compensation circuit and an OLED display device are disclosed. Two or more TFTs are controlled by the scanning signal output from the scanning signal line in the same row in the pixel compensation circuit proposed by the present disclosure. Further, the OLED and the storage capacitor are both connected to the reset voltage signal line. So the OLED and the storage capacitor are reset after receiving the reset voltage signal. The size of the pixel structure in the horizontal direction is compressed in the pixel compensation circuit of the present disclosure, thereby providing space for the improvement of the PPI and facilitating the design of the high PPI panel successfully.
US10984721B2
A pixel, wherein: gates of second and fifth transistors receive a first gate signal; gates of third and fourth transistors respectively receive second and third gate signals; first terminals (FTs) of the second to fifth transistors respectively receive a data voltage, reference voltage, initialization voltage, and first power supply voltage (PSV); a second electrode of a second capacitor receives the first PSV; a second terminal (ST) of a light emitting element (LEE) receives a second PSV; a gate of a first transistor, STs of the second and third transistors, and a first electrode of a first capacitor are connected to a first node; STs of the first and fourth transistors, a FT of the LEE, and second and first electrodes respectively of the first and second capacitors are connected to a second node; and a ST of the fifth transistor is connected to a FT of the first transistor.
US10984715B2
A display module including a substrate having a plurality of pixels, a data line that supplies a data signal to a pixel, a current supply line that supplies electric current to the pixel, a data driving circuit that supplies a data signal to the data line, and a gate driving circuit thereon. The plurality of pixels are arranged in a display area of the substrate, and each of the plurality of pixels includes a light emitting device, a first thin film transistor connected to the data line that supplies the data signal, a second thin film transistor connected to the current supply line, and a capacitor. The light emitting device includes a first electrode layer connected to the second thin film transistor, an organic layer formed on the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer formed on the organic layer.
US10984708B1
To manufacture a display using light emitting diodes (LEDs), the LEDs are transferred from fabrication substrates where they are fabricated to a target substrate (e.g., a backplane) that forms part of a display. The LEDs are transferred in three stages: first from fabrication substrates to hard handles, subsequently from the hard handles to a carrier substrate, and last from the carrier substrate to the target substrate. The LEDs are placed onto the carrier substrate to form pixel arrangements. One or more pick-up tools are used to transfer the LEDs. Switchable adhesives are used to facilitate the transfer of the LEDs from the fabrication substrates to the target substrate.
US10984705B2
A method of fabricating an image generator for use in a display, the method comprising: fabricating a plurality of discrete ILED array chips comprising a plurality of ILED emitters configured to produce light having the same wavelength, and wherein each of the plurality of ILED array chips is configured to produce light having one of a plurality of wavelengths; positioning the plurality of discrete ILED array chips on a carrier substrate such that a plurality of ILED emitters from adjacent chips form a pixel of a display; and bonding a first surface of the plurality of ILED array chips to a driver backplane such that electrical contacts of the plurality of ILED array chips are in electrical communication with the driver backplane, wherein the driver backplane comprises electronics for driving the ILED array chips.
US10984700B1
A shift register unit includes: an input circuit, a reset circuit, and an output circuit; a first pull-down control circuit, configured to transmit the first power signal to the first and second pull-down control nodes, and the pull-down node according to the pull-up node, a second pull-down control circuit, configured to transmit a second power signal to the first pull-down control node according to the second power signal, transmit the second power signal to the second pull-down control node according to the first pull-down control node, and transmit the second power signal to the pull-down node according to the second pull-down control node, and a pull-down circuit, configured to transmit the first power signal to the pull-up node and the signal output end according to the pull-down node. The present disclosure may ensure the normal output of the signal and improve the ability of reducing noise.
US10984698B2
A method of performing image-adaptive tone mapping includes: determining a tone mapping curve based on a data signal corresponding to an image frame to be displayed on a display panel; determining whether a scene-change occurs between the image frame and a previous image frame by comparing the data signal with a previous data signal corresponding to the previous image frame; generating, in response to a determination that the scene-change does not occur, a final tone mapping curve based on the tone mapping curve and a previous tone mapping curve, which is applied to the previous image frame; determining, in response to a determination that the scene change occurs, the tone mapping curve as the final tone mapping curve; and performing a tone mapping by applying the final tone mapping curve to the image frame.
US10984694B2
A multiplexer circuit includes a first switch unit and a second switch unit. The first switch unit is electrically connected to a first data line and a first pixel circuit, and configured to turn on according to a first signal in a first time duration. The second switch unit is electrically connected to the first data line and a second pixel circuit, and configured to turn on according to a second signal in a second time duration. The first time duration and the second time duration substantially start or end at a same time, so that the first time duration and the second time duration have overlap.
US10984693B2
A display device and a shutdown control method thereof are provided. In the display device, a display panel has multiple pixels. A power supply circuit generates a power supply voltage, a gate high voltage and a common voltage according to an input power. A gate driver generates gate scan signals, and a source driver provides source driving signals to drive the display panel. A shutdown detection circuit detects a variation state of voltages values of the power supply voltage, the input voltage and the gate high voltage, and starts a shutdown process when the variation state is a decreasing state. In the shutdown process, the source driver makes the source driving signals to be equal to a reference ground voltage, the gate driver generates the gate scan signals with a high voltage pulse, and the power supply circuit makes the common voltage to be equal to the reference ground voltage.
US10984690B2
A protection circuit for a gate driver on array (GOA) unit, which relates to ESD or EOS protection for the gate GOA unit. The protection circuit includes: a first voltage gating module configured to output, when a gate line signal output end should output a valid driving voltage of a gate driving signal, an output voltage of an output end of a first voltage source; and a first protection module, an input end of which is connected to an output end of the first voltage gating module, and an output end of which is connected to a gate line; wherein in the case where the output voltage of the first voltage source and a current output voltage of the gate line signal output end satisfies a first predetermined condition, the first protection module outputs the output voltage of the output end of the first voltage source as an adjusted gate driving signal.
US10984689B2
A concealed light fixture sign includes a flange having stencil openings formed therein that define a message. A container extends from a rear surface of the flange and provides light through the stencil openings. The container is configured to be installed completely within a recess behind a mounting surface with the flange positioned substantially flush with the mounting surface. Translucent inserts positioned within the stencil openings are removable to provide access to an interior of the container after installation of the light fixture sign.
US10984682B2
A tag is configured to be inserted into a product. The tag includes a label portion and an insertion portion. The label portion has a first width. The insertion portion extends from the label portion, has a second width that is less than the first width, and has a length. An elongated wire extends along the length of the insertion portion to at least a part of the label portion. The tag has sufficient rigidity to enable a user to hold the label portion and force the insertion portion into the product. In another aspect, a method of attaching a tag to a product is described. The method includes holding the label portion and forcing the insertion portion into the product.
US10984676B2
A method of facilitating learning of correspondence between one or more letters and one or more speech characteristics, is disclosed. The method may include receiving, using a processing device, at least one letter indicator corresponding to at least one letter. Further, the method may include analyzing, using the processing device, the at least one letter indicator. Further, the method may include identifying, using the processing device, at least one orientation indicator corresponding to the at least one letter indicator based on the analyzing. Further, the method may include displaying, using a display device, the at least one letter with the at least one orientation in relation to a reference axis based on the at least one orientation indicator. Further, the displaying of the at least one letter may be representative of at least one speech characteristic associated with the at least one letter.
US10984669B2
Embodiments describe an approach for improving learning techniques based on a virtual augmented reality learning platform, comprising generating one or more augmented reality learning memories of one or more instructors teaching a task to one or more instructees. Creating ranking scores for the one or more augmented reality memories based on learning effectiveness of the one or more instructees. Incorporating a portion of the one or more augmented reality memories into a virtual augmented reality learning platform based on the ranking scores, and sharing the virtual augmented reality learning platform with the one or more instructees not associated with the portion of the one or more augmented reality memories.
US10984662B2
A system of automatically documenting a plurality of aircraft touchdown events detected by analyzing sensory data received from a plurality of sensors, comprising one or more interfaces for connecting to a plurality of sensors deployed to monitor at least part of a runway in an airport, the sensors comprising one or more image sensors, audio sensors and/or vibration sensors, and one or more processors coupled to the one or more interfaces. The processor(s) is adapted to receive sensory data from said plurality of sensors, the sensory data comprising image data, audio data and/or vibration data, identify a timing and a location of a landing touchdown event of an aircraft on the runway by analyzing the sensory data and classify the landing touchdown event as a normal landing touchdown event or an abnormal landing touchdown event based on the analysis.
US10984659B2
A parking availability map system and method, including: a sensor-based parking space detection system coupled to a vehicle and operable for detecting and identifying open and occupied parking spaces within a predetermined vicinity of the vehicle; and an application server disposed remotely from the vehicle and executing an algorithm operable for receiving open and occupied parking space data from the sensor-based parking space detection system, receiving a parking space availability query from a user disposed remotely from the server, and, responsive to the parking space availability query, transmitting parking space availability information to the user. Optionally, the sensor-based parking space detection system includes a camera-based parking space detection system.
US10984656B2
A method for stopping a bicycle at intersection, applied in a bicycle system including a signal light command device, a signal controller, an electromagnet emitting device, and a bicycle having a magnet adsorption device. The method includes controlling, by the signal controller, the electromagnet emitting device to generate magnetic attraction force when a stoplight of the signal light command device is turned on; and attracting, by the electromagnet emitting device, the magnet adsorption device of the bicycle to decelerate or stop the bicycle. A bicycle system and a bicycle are also provided.
US10984650B2
Systems and methods for managing alert notifications from a secured area are provided. Such systems and methods can include a surveillance device monitoring the secured area and transmitting data captured from the secured area to an artificial intelligence module, the artificial intelligence module using the data to identify a scenario associated with the secured area and a notification priority of the scenario, and when the notification priority is at or above a preconfigured level, the artificial intelligence module transmitting an alert notification to a cloud server indicative of the scenario.
US10984649B2
An electronic device can output a priming cue prior to outputting an alert on the electronic device. A priming cue can be a haptic priming cue, a visual priming cue, an audio priming cue, or various combinations of these priming cues. The priming cue can be perceived by a user either consciously or subconsciously and can increase a user's perceptual state for the alert.
US10984640B2
An audio/video (A/V) recording and communication device includes a camera, a passive infrared (PIR) sensor, and a light sensor. A method receives a PIR sensor output signal from the PIR sensor, receives image data from the camera, and receives a light sensor output signal from the light sensor. The method determines, using the light sensor output signal and at least one of the PIR sensor output signal and the image data whether to activate recording of the image data, and upon determining to activate recording of the image data, generates an alert. The method transmits the alert to a client device associated with the A/V recording and communication device.
US10984627B2
An overhead display configured to be mounted over one or more electronic gaming machines includes a plurality of display segments, where each display segment of the plurality of display segments is configured to mate with at least one other display segment. Each display segment includes an inner display panel, and an outer display panel, where the outer display panel is spaced apart from and outward of the inner display panel. Each display segment may further mate with one or more other display segments to form the overhead display in a variety of shapes, such as a ring or circular shape, an oval shape, a triangular shape, a rectangular shape, or a square shape.
US10984625B2
Techniques for using wireless electronic keys with devices are disclosed. For example, a computer system can program an access code into a programmable wireless electronic key. An action or function of the device can then be made contingent on there being a match between the access code from the key and an access code known by the device. Also, audit data such as device access history can be wirelessly transferred from a device to an electronic key, whereupon the key can later transfer this audit data to a computer for analysis.
US10984624B2
A paper sheet handling apparatus includes an input/output unit that is used to put in or take out a paper sheet; a distinguishing unit that distinguishes the paper sheet; an accommodating unit that temporarily accommodates the paper sheet sent from the input/output unit; a storage unit that stores therein the paper sheet sent from the accommodating unit; a conveying mechanism that includes a two-way direction conveying path that connects the input/output unit, the distinguishing unit, the accommodating unit, and the storage unit with each other and conveys the paper sheet in both directions; and a controller that is configured to control the conveying mechanism.
US10984621B2
Disclosed is an access control apparatus according to the present invention. The access control apparatus includes: a body located on a passage and having a plurality of support frames; an opening and closing part detachably attached between the plurality of support frames to open and close the passage; and a driving part coupled to the body and the opening and closing part to control an operation of the opening and closing part and having an angle control module for adjusting an opening and closing angle of the opening and closing part and a speed control module for setting an opening and closing speed of the opening and closing part, wherein the driving part controls the opening and closing part so that the opening and closing part is stopped from closing at a given angle through the angle control module.
US10984620B2
The present specification relates to an access control device, an access control system and an access control method using the same. The present specification discloses the access control method performed by a user's terminal which performs the user's access authentication, the method comprising, detecting the access control device in the user's terminal, establishing a communication channel, receiving the identification information from the access control device through the communication channel, checking the target door of the user's access authentication the based on the received identification information and determining whether or not the user is allowed to access to the target door based on access right information prestored in the user's terminal, wherein the access right information includes at least one of registered user identification information, registered terminal identification information, registered access control device identification information, access schedule information, and validity period information of the access right information.
US10984617B2
The present disclosure provides a computing apparatus and a method for securing access to the computing device. The computing apparatus comprises a housing, a data storage device disposed in the housing, a cover movably coupled to the housing to secure the data storage device in the housing, and a controller coupled to the data storage device. The controller is configured to grant access to the data storage device upon detecting an authorized attempt of opening the cover and to deny access to the data storage device upon detecting an unauthorized attempt of opening the cover.
US10984613B2
A method for estimating the travel time of a vehicle based on the determination of the state of the vehicle is described, including the recognition of a start-up event as a result of determining a transition from an inactive engine state or vehicle-at-rest state to an active engine state or running vehicle state; the recognition of an end of travel event as a result of the determination of a transition from an active engine state or vehicle running state to an inactive engine state or vehicle-at-rest state; the calculation of the travel time according to the time elapsed between the start of travel and the end of travel, wherein the two transitions are determined if, when running, it is determined that the active engine state or running vehicle state, respectively the inactive engine state or the vehicle-at rest state, is maintained unchanged for a predetermined hysteresis time interval.
US10984609B2
Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for generating a 3D avatar. The method, performed by the apparatus, includes performing a 3D scan of the body of a user using an image sensor and generating a 3D scan model using the result of the 3D scan of the body of the user, matching the 3D scan model and a previously stored template avatar, and generating a 3D avatar based on the result of matching the 3D scan model and the template avatar.
US10984604B2
A method of implementing a plurality of contextual applications within a mixed reality (MR) environment on an MR-capable device of a user is disclosed. At least one real-world object is identified in the MR environment by applying an object recognition algorithm to one or more attributes of the at least one real-world object that are captured by sensors of the MR-capable device. A first contextual application of the plurality of contextual applications is used to determine an association between a first set of contextual triggers and a second contextual application of the plurality of contextual applications. A second contextual application is initiated based on a satisfying of the at least one contextual trigger. A function is invoked within the second contextual application based on an interaction of the user with at least one virtual object satisfying a second set of contextual triggers associated with the second contextual application.
US10984603B2
A method, system, apparatus, and/or device for displaying a portion of data so as to not obstruct a portion of a central visual field. The method, system, apparatus, and/or device may include a display configured to display data and a processing device coupled to the display. The processing device may be configured to determine a position of an eye of a viewer with respect to the display, define a first region of the display substantially corresponding with a peripheral vision field of the eye, define a second region of the display substantially corresponding with a central visual field of the eye, send a first portion of the data to be displayed at the first region, and send a second portion of the data to be displayed at the second output region such that a portion of the central visual field is unobstructed by the second portion of the data.
US10984596B2
Systems and methods are provided for enriching an in-door virtual reality (VR) tour. An exemplary system may include a communication interface configured to receive input from a user, a memory storing computer-readable instructions, and at least one processor coupled to the communication interface and the memory. The computer-readable instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, may cause the at least one processor to perform operations. The operations may include detecting, through the communication interface, a trigger input by the user. In response to the detection of the trigger, the operations may include receiving, through the communication interface, enrichment data input by the user. The operations may also include determining a functional space based on a user indicator representing the user in the in-door VR tour. The operations may further include associating the enrichment data with the functional space.
US10984592B2
A computing system may include a mesh access engine and a mesh repair engine. The mesh access engine may be configured to access a boundary representation of an object design, the boundary representation including a defect. The mesh repair engine may be configured to repair the boundary representation, including by converting the boundary representation into a spatial decomposition representation of the object design and converting the spatial decomposition representation of the object design back into a boundary representation form to obtain a repaired boundary representation of the object design.
US10984585B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for registering initial computed tomography (CT) images of a luminal network with subsequent CT images of the luminal network include obtaining initial CT images of the luminal network and subsequent CT images of the luminal network, generating an initial three-dimensional (3D) model of the luminal network based on the initial CT images of the luminal network, generating a subsequent 3D model of the luminal network based on the subsequent CT images of the luminal network, matching the initial 3D model with the subsequent 3D model based on a registration, and performing geometric filtering and/or topological filtering on the matching of the initial 3D model and the subsequent 3D model.
US10984583B2
Various implementations are disclosed of producing a 3-dimensional model of a scene. Various method, electronic device, or system implementations use RGB-D camera to provide RGB-D video content or periodic aligned RGB images and depth images to localize camera spatial position(s) defined in a three dimensional (3D) coordinate system or reconstruct a 3D virtual representation of a current camera frame in the 3D coordinate system, each in real time.
US10984581B2
Embodiments provide for cut-aware UV transfer. Embodiments include receiving a surface correspondence map that maps points of a source mesh to points of a target mesh. Embodiments include generating a set of functions encoding locations of seam curves and wrap curves from a source UV map of the source mesh. Embodiments include using the set of functions and the surface correspondence map to determine a target UV map that maps a plurality of target seam curves and a plurality of target wrap curves to the target mesh. Embodiments include transferring a two-dimensional parametrization of the source UV map to the target UV map.
US10984573B2
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer program code that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising: determining a first representative point, wherein the first representative point represents a first geometric primitive; determining a second representative point, wherein the second representative point represents a second geometric primitive; determining an initial distance between the first representative point and the second representative point; calculating a first displacement based on a velocity of the first representative point; calculating a second displacement based on a velocity of the second representative point; determining a separating direction between the first representative point and the second representative point; projecting the first displacement along the separating direction; projecting the second displacement along the separating direction; calculating a predicted minimum distance between the first representative point and the second representative point based on the projection of the first displacement along the separating direction, the projection of the second displacement along the separating direction and the initial distance between the first representative point and the second representative point; and in response to the predicted minimum distance being less than a threshold distance, generating a collision constraint preventing penetration between the first geometric primitive and the second geometric primitive.
