US10993359B2
A reel holder includes a reel supporting member that is configured to support an axle against a force of gravity. The reel supporting member has an abutting part configured to support a reel, form a discharge opening having a width that allows the axle of the reel to be discharged through the discharge opening, and abut on carrier tape that is wound around the axle and accommodates a component. The reel holder further includes a tape supplier configured to pull out the carrier tape from the reel held by the reel holder and feed the carrier tape to a predetermined component supplying position. The axle of the reel, which displaces under the force of gravity with a decreasing amount of the carrier tape wound around the axle by pulling the carrier tape from the reel, is guided to the discharge opening by the reel supporting member.
US10993354B2
A data center system includes: a data center including an electronic device and an air conditioner configured to cool the electronic device; a cooling device including a first cooler configured to cool cooling water to be supplied to the data center by an air blow and a second cooler configured to cool the cooling water by heat exchange; and a control device configured to control the cooling device, wherein the control device is configured to: acquire outside temperature information from a temperature sensor provided outside the data center; calculate cooling water temperature information to be set to the cooling device by adding a cooling temperature difference based on a cooling ability of the first cooler to the outside temperature information; and set the cooling water temperature information to the cooling device.
US10993351B2
An electronic device and a heat-dissipation device for an electronic device are provided. The heat-dissipation device comprises an airflow channel; an airflow source located in the airflow channel; a plurality of elongated heat-dissipation fins arranged in the airflow channel; and a plurality of heat-dissipation flow-guiding devices arranged in the airflow channel and between the airflow source and the plurality of elongated heat-dissipation fins, wherein the plurality of heat-dissipation flow-guiding devices include a first heat-dissipation flow-guiding device in a central position of the airflow channel and a second heat-dissipation flow-guiding device on two sides of the airflow channel, and a longitudinal distance between the first heat-dissipation flow-guiding device and the airflow source is less than the distance between the second heat-dissipation flow-guiding device and the airflow source.
US10993346B2
A case module that is capable of installing a first electronic module and a second electronic module, includes a cage and a restraining component. The first electronic module can move relative to the cage to a first installation position along a first direction. The second electronic module can move relative to the cage to a second installation position along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. When the first electronic module moves relative to the cage toward the first installation position along the first direction, the restraining component is driven to move relative to the cage toward a restraining position along the first direction. The second electronic module can be stopped by the restraining component when the restraining component is located at the restraining position.
US10993345B2
A storage card insertable into a host system is provided that includes a plurality of storage devices connectors. The storage card include slot offset features to offset a circuit board of the storage card from a host system slot alignment. This offset provides for storage device connector placement on both sides of the storage card. The storage card also can include a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) switch circuit configured to communicatively couple the PCIe signaling of the plurality of storage device connectors and PCIe signaling of a host connector of the storage card, where the PCIe switch circuit is configured to receive storage operations over the PCIe signaling of the host connector of the storage card and transfer the storage operations for delivery over the PCIe signaling of selected ones of the plurality of storage device connectors.
US10993329B2
A first board includes a first insulating substrate including a first main surface, a first electrode pad, and a first resist film. The first electrode pad is a conductor pattern provided on the first main surface. The first resist film is provided on the first main surface and is located closer to the first electrode pad than any conductor provided on the first main surface. The first resist film is spaced away from the first electrode pad with a gap provided between the first resist film and the first electrode pad. The first resist film is thicker than the first electrode pad.
US10993321B2
A wiring substrate has a substrate body formed by a single or a plurality of insulating layers and having front and back surfaces located at opposite sides of the substrate body; a plurality of pads formed on at least one of the front surface, the back surface and an inner layer surface that is located between the front and back surfaces, and having a staggered arrangement in plan view; and a plurality of via conductors formed at each of the pads, extending in a thickness direction of the substrate body with the plurality of via conductors being parallel to each other and connecting the pads located on different surfaces. Arrangement, in plan view, of the plurality of via conductors connecting to the pad and arrangement, in plan view, of the plurality of via conductors connecting to an adjacent pad located on the same surface are different from each other.
US10993316B2
A protective film of a conductive adhesive, a circuit board and a method for assembling a display device are provided. The protective film of conductive adhesive includes: a basic material layer; and a photoinduced peelable adhesive and a protective layer which are arranged on a first surface of the basic material layer in sequence, and the photoinduced peelable adhesive has a low adhesive force in the exposure of light with a first wavelength. The protective film further includes a light-shielding film located on a second surface of the basic material layer opposite to the first surface.
US10993310B2
An accelerator comprising at least one accelerator cavity, an electron gun, at least one cavity cooler configured to at least partially encircle the accelerator cavity, a cooling connector, an intermediate conduction layer formed between the at least one cavity cooler and the at least one accelerator cavity configured to facilitate thermal conductivity between the cavity cooler and the accelerator cavity, a mechanical support connected to the accelerator cavity via at least one endplate and configured for stabilizing the accelerator cavity, and a refrigeration source for providing refrigerant via the cooling connector to the at least one cavity cooler.
US10993300B1
A low power consumption LED constant current drive circuit includes a power source input circuit, a constant current source circuit, an output voltage detection circuit, and a reference current control circuit, having the advantage of lower power consumption.
US10993299B1
An LED driving circuit includes a transformer circuit, a voltage supply circuit, a voltage-stabilizing circuit and a ripple compensation circuit. The transformer circuit is configured to convert an input voltage into a ripple output voltage. The voltage supply circuit is configured to provide a driving voltage associated with the maximum value of the ripple output voltage. The voltage-stabilizing circuit is configured to provide a first pulse DC voltage associated with the variation of the ripple output voltage. The ripple compensation circuit is configured to provide a second pulse DC voltage associated with the value of the input voltage, provide a compensation voltage according to the first pulse DC voltage, the second pulse DC voltage and the driving voltage, and provide a pure DC output voltage by superposing the compensation voltage on the ripple output voltage.
US10993298B2
An example device is configured to emit a first light having a first luminous flux and a peak intensity at a first wavelength that is greater than or equal to 400 nanometers (nm) and less than or equal to 480 nm. The first luminous flux is variable and/or the emission of the first light is interrupted one or more times. The device is also configured to emit a second light having a second luminous flux and a peak intensity at a second wavelength that is greater than or equal to 500 nm and less than or equal to 630 nm. The second luminous flux is variable and/or the emission of the second light is interrupted one or more times. The first luminous flux is at a maximum at least during a time at which the second luminous flux is not at a maximum.
US10993295B2
A microwave mode stirrer apparatus having a stirring member with microwave-transmissive regions is disclosed, along with methods of performing microwave stirring using the microwave mode-stirring apparatus. The microwave-transmissive regions can be in the form of holes or can include microwave-transmissive material. The stirring member can have a variety of configurations, and the microwave-transmissive regions can have a variety of sizes and shapes. A microwave oven that uses the mode stirrer apparatus for drying green ceramic-forming bodies is also disclosed.
US10993291B2
An electrical device (100, 200) is provided with a tubular metal sheath (110, 210, 250, 260) and with an insulator body (120, 160, 220, 251, 261), which is arranged in the interior of the tubular metal sheath (110, 210, 250, 260) and through which passes at least one tunnel-like opening (tunnel opening) (121, 122, 161, 162, 221, 252, 262). At least one section (131a, 132a, 171a, 172a) of a first electrical conductor (131, 132, 171, 172, 231) is arranged in the tunnel opening (121, 122, 161, 162, 221, 252, 262), in which the cross-sectional geometry of the tunnel opening (121, 122, 161, 162, 221, 252, 262) deviates from a circular shape.
US10993287B2
A heat generating element includes at least one PTC element, contact sheets flatly lying against the PTC element on either side, a housing which forms at least one opening for receiving the at least one PTC element and which has a terminal side at which contact tongues allocated to the contact sheets are exposed. The device also has a wedge element with a broader and a narrower end face which are connected to each other via first and second wedge surfaces, the first wedge surface extending in parallel to one of the contact sheets and lying against it with a slide plate being inserted, and the second wedge surface being exposed at the outer side of the housing. A heat generating element less susceptible to damages during assembly has a slide plate connected to the housing.
US10993277B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform enhanced duplication handling and/or failure handling procedures with a network, including one or more base station. The wireless device may connect to a network using multiple paths. The wireless device may autonomously determine whether to duplicate one or more transmissions to the network on the multiple paths. In the event of a radio link control failure associated with one bearer, the wireless device may suspend transmission of the failed bearer while continuing to use one or more other bearers for transmission.
US10993276B2
There is provided a radio communication device including a reception unit which receives information indicating a connection state or a communication capability of another radio communication device which the radio communication device attempts to connect to, and a selection unit which selects, depending on the information received by the reception unit, which communication is to be performed from among first communication in which a direct connection to such other radio communication device is established and direct communication with such other radio communication device is performed, second communication in which a connection to such other radio communication device via a base station is established and direct communication with such other radio communication device is performed, and third communication in which a connection to such other radio communication device via the base station is established and indirect communication with such other radio communication device via the base station is performed.
US10993275B2
An apparatus for managing communication links with a plurality of traffic nodes registered with a radio network configured to receive a request from a first traffic node to establish a communication link with a second traffic node, which is one of the plurality of traffic nodes. The apparatus further receives, from the first traffic node, object description information associated with the request, compares the object description information with stored information relating to at least some of the plurality of traffic nodes, determines, based on the comparison, a likelihood that the object description information pertains to the second traffic node and decides, based on the determination, whether to grant the request. The apparatus is able to act as a traffic node manager for the radio network and could be a network node such as a Base Station or Base Transceiver Station or a dedicated vehicle identity manager for example.
US10993272B2
Systems and methods for efficient delivery of infrequent small data are provided. A system for providing communication infrequent small Protocol Data Units (PDUs) to/from a UE includes an Access Node (AN); a session management functions node; and a User Plane (UP) functions entity. The session management functions node receives a session setup request and selects the UP functions entity and a tunnel identifier associated with the UE. In case of an IP PDU session type, trigger an establishment of a UP. The UP functions entity creates a UE context for the UE; stores the UE context for the UE; completes an establishment in a Control Plane (CP); and provides the AN with uplink tunnel information. The AN stores the UE context and transmits a session setup response to the UE. In this way, an improved ratio of the signalling/user data relation may be obtained for devices sending infrequent small data.
US10993270B2
A communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for performing a random access by a terminal in a wireless communication system by starting a backoff timer for a random access preamble retransmission, determining whether a criterion to select a contention free random access resource is met during the backoff timer, selecting a random access resource for a transmission of a random access preamble when the criterion is met during the backoff timer, and transmitting, to a base station, the random access preamble in the selected random access resource.
US10993267B2
Disclosed is a determination, access, sending and processing method and device, base station and terminal. The method for determining au uplink receiving beam and applied to a base station includes: receiving, by using N receiving configurations, a random access signal sent by a terminal, where N is an integer equal to or greater than 2; obtaining respective receiving state information corresponding to the N receiving configurations; and determining a receiving configuration of the uplink receiving beam according to the receiving state information.
US10993262B2
A method for transmission and reception in parallel on dual channels includes, when detecting that a first channel is occupied by CSMA contention, determining, by an AP, first transmission duration of a first channel data packet; determining, by means of CCA detection, that a second channel is idle, where the second channel is used to transmit a second channel data packet whose transmission direction is opposite to a transmission direction of the first channel; determining, using the first transmission duration, second transmission duration for transmitting the second channel data packet, and transmitting the second channel data packet according to the second transmission duration, where an end time of transmission of the second channel data is not later than an end time of transmission of the first channel data.
US10993260B2
The present disclosure relates to a method performed in a network node of a communication network, for facilitating downlink transmission in a shared cell served by a group of at least one Listen Before Talk (LBT) capable Transmission Point (TP). The method comprises determining, for each TP of the group, whether an LBT procedure is to be performed before signal transmission by said TP. The method also comprises, based on the determining, controlling the use of LBT procedures in the shared cell.
US10993258B2
The present disclosure provides an information transmission method, a base station, and user equipment. The method includes: receiving a random access preamble sent by user equipment (UE); generating first information according to the received random access preamble, where the first information is random access response information, and the first information includes at least one of the following information: narrowband indication information used for transmission of a control channel, initialization parameter indication information of a demodulation reference signal scrambling sequence initialization parameter used for transmission of the control channel, coverage enhancement level indication information used for transmission of the control channel, or resource allocation information used for transmission of second information, where the second information is response information to the first information; and sending the first information to the UE.
US10993257B2
The method comprises receiving periodic CSI feedback configuration information including a periodicity value and an offset value corresponding to a first CSI report, and at least one periodicity value and at least one offset value corresponding to a second CSI report, measuring a first CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) and a second CSI-RS configured for a periodic CSI reporting based on at least two different enhanced MIMO types (eMIMO-Types), generating the first CSI report and the second CSI report for the first eMIMO-Type and the second eMIMO-Type, respectively, determining a periodic reporting interval for each of the first CSI report and the second CSI report, and reporting the first and second CSI reports based on the determined periodic reporting intervals using a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format 2 or a PUCCH format 3 or a combination of the PUCCH format 2 and the PUCCH format 3.
US10993248B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus relating to designs for the remaining minimum system information (RMSI) control resource set (CORESET) and the other system information (OSI) CORESET. In certain aspects, a wireless communication device (e.g., user equipment) is enabled to determine the location of Type0-PDCCH common search space CORESET and the OSI CORESET in the frequency and time domains based on the location of the synchronization signal block (SSB) transmissions in the frequency and time domains. Determining the location of the RMSI CORESET and the OSI CORESET frequency and time resources enables the UE to receive the RMSI CORESET and the OSI CORESET, respectively.
US10993243B1
A method for communicating in a wireless local area network is disclosed herein. The AP sets an uplink target received signal strength information (RSSI) for all participating stations (STAs) and transmits the information to the STAs in a trigger frame. Specifically, the AP sets the uplink target RSSIs for each STA to be within a predetermined range of each other so that when the STAs transmit respective uplink frames, those frames are received at the AP at the set uplink target RSSI.
US10993242B1
Methods and systems are provided for dynamic performance of antenna calibration. To ensure channel reciprocity of downlink and uplink channels, antenna calibration must be performed with some degree of regularity. The present disclosure includes systems and methods for performing antenna calibration, wherein noise levels are determined at various subframes of wireless telecommunication frame structures as a basis for determining when the calibration signal should be transmitted in an OFDM symbol. Utilizing the disclosed systems and methods yields preferred antenna calibration, avoiding gain degradations caused by decreases in propagation performance.
US10993230B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure propose techniques for transmission time interval (TTI) bundling for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in long term evolution (LTE). According to certain aspects a method is provided for wireless communications. The method may be performed, for example, by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes identifying a transmit time interval (TTI) bundle comprising a subset of subframes from a set of subframes for transmitting data on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and receiving the data on the PDSCH in the subset of subframes.
US10993218B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for carrier determination. One apparatus includes a processor that determines a first carrier of multiple carriers for a first device to transmit control information. The apparatus also includes a transmitter that transmits, to the first device, a first physical control signal indicating the first carrier, wherein the first physical control signal further indicates an interlace index for transmitting control information. The apparatus includes a receiver that receives control information from the first device on the first carrier.
US10993213B2
The invention provides a method and an apparatus for controlling secondary carriers in an asymmetric uplink carrier aggregation, the method includes: an eNB transmits configuration information of uplink secondary carriers configured for a UE to the UE, wherein the configuration information includes carrier-specific common configuration information and/or UE-specific configuration information; furthermore, the eNB schedules the uplink secondary carriers via a physical downlink control channel PDCCH of the downlink primary carrier, so that the UE performs a scheduling of a PUSCH to the eNB via the uplink secondary carriers, thus realizing a control of the secondary carriers in the asymmetric uplink carrier aggregation and greatly improving the uplink throughput.
US10993209B2
The present invention provides a data communication performing method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: determining a resource configured for data communication having a relatively short latency requirement; and performing, on the resource, the data communication having the relatively short latency requirement, wherein the resource is a semi-statically configured resource.
US10993207B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a paging method, apparatus, and system, so as to implement paging of a UE in an area with relatively poor signal coverage. The UE includes: a receiving unit, configured to receive a broadcast message from a base station; and a determining unit, configured to determine whether the UE is first UE where the determining unit is further configured to: in a case in which it is determined that the UE is the first UE, determine a start PF and a start PO according to the first radio frame parameter; the determining unit is further configured to determine a first subframe set according to the start PF and the start PO; and the receiving unit is further configured to receive, according to the start PF, the start PO, and the first subframe set, a paging message sent by the base station.
US10993206B2
A paging method for a user equipment in an NR-U system is provided, wherein the user equipment is configured with a paging monitor window comprising paging plurality of monitor occasions. The paging method includes determining locations of the plurality of monitor occasions based on at least one NRUP rule; and receiving a paging message at the plurality of monitor occasions within the paging monitor window.
US10993195B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining a power headroom report. One method includes determining a power headroom report for transmission on a physical uplink shared channel resource corresponding to a configured grant. The method includes transmitting the power headroom report on the physical uplink shared channel resource, wherein: determining the power headroom report comprises determining whether the power headroom report is based on a real transmission or a reference format based on signaling for configured grants and downlink control information received up until a predetermined time before a first uplink symbol of the physical uplink shared channel resource; and the predetermined time is computed based on: a first parameter set to zero; and a subcarrier spacing of an active downlink bandwidth part of a scheduling cell for the configured grant.
US10993194B2
The present invention relates to reducing the decrease of uplink throughput in the event a user terminal connects with a plurality of radio base stations. In one aspect of the claimed invention, a user terminal includes a transmitter that performs transmission in a first cell group (CG) and a second CG, and a processor that, if the transmitter reports user terminal capability information indicating that the user terminal is capable of sharing transmission power dynamically and if transmission in the first CG overlaps in time with transmission in the second CG, scales transmission power of the second CG so that total transmission power of the transmission in the first CG and the transmission in the second CG does not exceed maximum allowable power.
US10993187B2
A computer implemented method is provided including establishing a value corresponding to a particular user of a device, receiving an indication of a triggering condition of the particular user of the device, the triggering condition being enabled by the device or measurable by the device, and determining the triggering condition has been met by the user via the device. The method further includes modifying the value responsive to determining the triggering condition has been met, determining when the value crosses a particular threshold, and disabling an application or a functional component of the device responsive to the value crossing the particular threshold. A system for implementing the method is also provided.
US10993186B2
This disclosure relates to energy budgeted cellular service recovery techniques. A wireless device may determine one or more energy budgets for service recovery. It may be determined that cellular service loss is currently occurring. Cellular service recovery may be attempted, where service recovery scan timing for the attempt to recover cellular service is determined based at least in part on the one or more energy budgets for service recovery.
US10993183B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may identify that data is available to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE) that is operating in a discontinuous reception mode. The base station may transmit, based at least in part on identifying that the data is available to be transmitted to the UE, a wakeup message to the UE using a first transmit beam. The base station may initiate a beam management procedure based at least in part on identifying that the data is available to be transmitted to the UE, to identify a second transmit beam for the base station to use to transmit the available data to the UE, wherein the second transmit beam comprises a narrower beam width than the first transmit beam.
US10993182B2
Disclosed is a power saving method for a station (STA) in a mobile communication system. On receiving a trigger frame from an access point (AP), a STA transmits a physical protocol data unit (PPDU) to the AP through a multi-user scheme, in response to the trigger frame, wherein the trigger frame includes subsequent scheduling information for each STA. Accordingly, the STA may transit to a doze state on the basis of the subsequent scheduling information for each STA.
US10993180B2
Systems and methods for providing wake-up radio (WUR) signals are disclosed. In accordance with some implementations, a base station determines a numerology for WUR signaling and a WUR signaling configuration. The base station may transmit a WUR signal to one or more UEs based on the determined numerology and the signaling configuration. The base station, in response to transmitting a WUR signal, may transmit a paging message to the one or more UEs. Systems and methods for monitoring WUR signals are also disclosed. In accordance with some implementations, a wireless device determines numerology for WUR signal and WUR signaling configuration. A wireless device may monitor a WUR signal based on the determined numerology and the signaling configuration. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US10993171B2
Certain aspects relate to methods, apparatuses, computer readable mediums, access points and stations. For example, the apparatus generally includes (1) a processing system configured to select a first address from a plurality of addresses associated with the apparatus, said plurality of addresses including the first address and one or more second addresses and generate a frame having (i) a header having the first address (ii) a first portion having one or more indications of the one or more second addresses and (iii) a second portion comprising first parameters for communication with the apparatus and (2) an interface configured to output the frame for transmission.
US10993169B2
Methods and systems are described for intelligently steering client devices operating in an enterprise network system to an appropriate access point based on types of traffic on each client device and/or types of traffic on access points. In particular, client devices may be moved to a different access point when the wireless channel provided by a current access point fails to meet the signal strength requirements of latency sensitive traffic utilized by the client device. Client devices may be further steered to new access points based on load conditions on access points. For example, client devices with low priority traffic sessions may be steered away from access points with high traffic load levels. Accordingly, the methods and systems described herein ensure improved network access for latency sensitive access categories and/or access categories that are considered important to an enterprise system with minimal disruptions to these sessions.
US10993141B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a first device, the first device is configured with a second set of slot offsets by a network. The first device receives, from the network, a second Downlink Control Information (DCI) scheduling a sidelink resource. The first device performs sidelink transmission, to a second device, on the sidelink resource. The first device monitors and/or receives a sidelink hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (SL HARQ-ACK) feedback from the second device in a fourth slot. The SL HARQ-ACK feedback is associated with the sidelink transmission. The first device derives, based on the fourth slot and a second slot offset value indicated by the second DCI, a third slot for transmitting a SL HARQ-ACK to the network. The second set of slot offsets includes the second slot offset value. The SL HARQ-ACK is set/derived/determined based on the received SL HARQ-ACK feedback.
US10993133B2
Provided are a method for a terminal for reporting a measurement result in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus supporting the method. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving a measurement configuration comprising a measurement object and reporting configuration, the reporting configuration comprising a first measurement reporting triggering condition to be applied to a first wireless local area network (WLAN) not included in the measurement object; determining that measurement reporting for the first WLAN not included in the measurement object is permitted; measuring the first WLAN not included in the measurement object; and, if the measurement result for the first WLAN satisfies the first measurement reporting triggering condition, then reporting the measurement result for the first WLAN not included in the measurement object.
US10993131B2
The present invention provides a method for performing logging by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: determining whether a downlink has been affected by interference; when it is determined that whether the downlink has been affected by interference is unclear, determining whether to perform logging of measurement for the downlink; and performing the logging according to the determination as to whether to perform the logging.
US10993129B2
The present invention is designed to measure and/or report CSI (Channel State Information) of a plurality of narrow bands, even when the band to use is limited to a partial narrow band in a system band. According to one aspect of the present invention, a user terminal, in which the band to use is limited to a partial narrow band in a system band, has a receiving section that receives information related to CSI (Channel State Information) measurement in a narrow band, a measurement section that measures CSIs in a plurality of narrow bands based on the information related to CSI measurement, and a transmission section that reports the measured CSIs.
US10993124B2
A satellite communication terminal for a field environment includes: a broadband interface that creates a broadband link with a device in the field environment and that manages communication over the broadband link; a satellite antenna that creates a satellite backhaul link with a satellite in orbit; a satellite interface that manages communication over the satellite backhaul link; and a processor that controls a beam direction of the satellite antenna, performs broadband services on data exchanged with the device over the broadband link and the satellite backhaul link, and provides access to the exchanged data to the device.
US10993115B2
A telecommunications service provider's real time analysis system analyzes communications data to detect potentially fraudulent communications data, where the analysis is performed in real time in the routing path of the communications data. The communications data may include calls (e.g., SS7, VoIP, etc. based calls) and messages (e.g., SMS, MMS, etc.). The real time analysis system rejects potentially fraudulent communications data and non-fraudulent communications data in order to be used in real time in the routing path of the communications data. A rejection by the real time analysis system may cause non-fraudulent communications data to still be sent to the intended destination of the communications data. The real time analysis system can be in the routing path of the communications data without further routing non-fraudulent communications data traffic to the next appropriate hop in the routing path.
US10993105B2
Provided are terminal devices and a method for establishing association between terminal devices. A first terminal device transmits information of terminal capabilities to a network device, the information of terminal capabilities being used to indicate that the terminal device has capabilities of receiving and forwarding data. The first terminal device receives confirmation information for confirming that the terminal device has the capabilities of receiving and forwarding data, from the network device. The first terminal device establishes an association with a second terminal device according to the confirmation information.
US10993102B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for localized routing. In some example embodiments, there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, by a target base station, localized routing context information for a user equipment, wherein the localized routing context is received from at least one of a user gateway or a controlling mobility gateway; and sending, by the target base station, updated localized routing context information to at least one other base station, wherein the updated localized routing context information is sent via a local interface between the target base station and the at least one other base station. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
US10993099B2
Aspects of the present invention provide a software defined radio (SDR) system and/or an approach for enabling heterogeneous device communications using a SDR device in an internet of things (IoT) environment. In an embodiment, the SDR device (e.g., a network adapter thereof) obtains a set of communications sent by an IoT device. Based on an analysis of the set of communications by an SDR bot running on the SDR device, a protocol of the set of communications is determined. The SDR bot interprets a communication of the set of communications, and, based on the interpreted communication, a notification is forwarded by the SDR device (e.g., by the network adapter). This notification can include an instruction to another IoT device to perform a task, a report based on communications from multiple IoT devices, or the like.
US10993096B1
A service provider may receive a user device that includes an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) associated with an equipment identifier (eID) with a previously provisioned service. The previously provisioned service may be provided by an eSIM profile (identified by an Integrated Circuit Card Identifier or ICCID) and the eSIM may contain more than one ICCID. The service provider may re-provision one of the existing ICCIDs to provide service based on the eID and historical data. The device and the carrier provisioning system may determine whether one of the profiles (ICCIDs) installed in the eSIM matches an already known eSIM profile (ICCD) and re-provision the eSIM profile (ICCD) for new wireless service. The service provider may then activate the user device for communication via the new wireless service in response to re-provisioning of the applicable eSIM profile (ICCID).
US10993093B2
A vehicle-to-entity (V2X) communication method, device, and system, the method including obtaining, by a terminal, a correspondence between a priority of a pedestrian-to-entity (P2X) service data packet and a V2X communication parameter value range, where the V2X communication parameter comprises at least one of a modulation and coding scheme (MCS), a quantity of transmissions, a transmit power, or a quantity of occupied resource blocks (RBs), determining, by the terminal, according to the priority of the P2X service data packet and the correspondence, a V2X communication parameter value range corresponding to the priority of the P2X service data packet, selecting, by the terminal, a V2X communication parameter value from the determined V2X communication parameter value range, and transmitting, by the terminal, the P2X service data packet on a radio resource according to the selected V2X communication parameter value.
US10993089B2
An Application Data Delivery Service (ADDS) facilitates application data transfer between applications that may reside in a device domain (e.g., M2M/MTC devices and gateways) and applications residing in a network domain (e.g., an AS or SCS). The ADDS leverages existing 3GPP transport mechanisms, such as NAS, SMS, USSD, and User Plane, and it is configured to select a transport mechanism for delivering application data based on criteria, such as application data characteristics, application/end node characteristics and availability, subscription information, policies of the network, network conditions (such as congestion, node availability) and the like.
US10993079B2
The present disclosure provides a motion detection method, a device, and a medium. The method includes: verifying a pre-trained model according to a present posture of an intelligent device in a mobile carrier, and accelerations of the intelligent device when the mobile carrier is in different motion states, the pre-trained model being corresponding to a preset posture; taking a model passing the verifying as a prediction model; and inputting a collected-presently acceleration of the intelligent device to the prediction model, to output a prediction motion state of the mobile carrier.
US10993078B2
A tracking system and a computer-implement operating method for the same are provided. The method includes transmitting a plurality of request wireless signals; in response to receiving the request wireless signals by the tag device, transmitting a plurality corresponding response wireless signals by the tag device; in response to receiving the corresponding response wireless signals by the anchor array, calculating a plurality of distances between the tag device and each of a plurality of anchor devices of the anchor array according to the request wireless signals and the response wireless signals, and accordingly calculating an absolute coordinate of the tag device; and in response to the absolute coordinate of the tag device is identified as being in a seen space of the virtual space by the processor, rendering a virtual object corresponding to the physical object into the seen space according to the absolute coordinate of the tag device.
US10993073B2
Systems and methods for geofence information delivery are disclosed. A multiplicity of devices constructed and configured in network communication in a region of interest via a peer-to-peer network. The multiplicity of devices store cached geofence information for the region of interest. The multiplicity of devices on the peer-to-peer network are operable to convert between an IP address and a geographic location. Each of the multiplicity of devices is operable to query peer devices on the peer-to-peer network for geofences associated with an IP address or a geographic location. At least one peer device is operable to deliver one or more geofences associated with the IP address to the querying device via zero-configuration networking or web service.
US10993054B2
A hearing aid assembly includes a receiver speaker enclosed within a receiver housing. The receiver housing defines a circuitous receiver acoustic channel, wherein the receiver channel defines an open side along at least a portion of the receiver channel. The receiver channel also defines a pass-through passage extending from a first side of the receiver housing to a second side of the receiver housing, wherein the pass-through passage is partially defined by the wall defining a receiver opening. The hearing aid assembly also includes an earbud configured to fit over at least a portion of the receiver housing and partially cover the open side of the receiver channel.
US10993052B2
A method for selecting audio input from a microphone of a hearing device or a microphone of a mobile device comprising: detecting proximity between the hearing device and the mobile device. If proximity between the hearing device and the mobile device is detected, receiving an audio input with the microphone of the mobile device and generating a mobile device audio signal from the audio input; transmitting the mobile device audio signal from the mobile device into a communication network. If proximity between the hearing device and the mobile device is not detected, the method comprises: receiving an audio input with the microphone of the hearing device and generating the hearing device audio signal from the audio input with the hearing device; transmitting the hearing device audio signal from the hearing device to the mobile device; transmitting the hearing device audio signal from the mobile device into a communication network.
US10993049B2
Systems and methods are provided for modifying an audio signal using custom psychoacoustic models. A user's hearing profile is first obtained. Subsequently, an audio processing function is parameterized so as to optimize the user's perceptually relevant information. The method for calculating the user's perceptually relevant information comprises first processing audio signal samples using the parameterized processing function and then transforming samples of the processed audio signals into the frequency domain. Next, masking and hearing thresholds are obtained from the user's hearing profile and applied to the transformed audio sample, wherein the user's perceived data is calculated. Once perceptually relevant information is optimized, the resulting parameters are transferred to the audio processing function and an output audio signal is processed.
US10993048B2
A hearing device includes: an antenna for receiving a first wireless input signal from an external device and providing an antenna output signal; a transceiver configured to provide a transceiver input signal; an input module for provision of a first input signal, the input module comprising a first microphone; a processor; a receiver configured to provide an audio output signal; a pre-processor for provision of a pre-processor output signal based on the first input signal; and a controller comprising a speech intelligibility estimator for determining a speech intelligibility indicator indicative of speech intelligibility based on the transceiver input signal and a first controller input signal, wherein the controller is configured to provide a controller output signal based on the speech intelligibility indicator; wherein the pre-processor is configured to apply, based on the controller output signal, a pre-processing scheme to the first input signal and/or the transceiver input signal.
US10993046B2
The present invention relates to a smartphone-based hearing aid which does not employ a separate power supply or digital signal processing device and instead has an analogue interface unit, configured with a single integrated circuit chip, connected between a plurality of microphones and a smartphone, thereby realizing a compact size, reducing the cost and enhancing the audio performance. Instead of employing a digital signal processing chip which is essentially used in the existing hearing aids or personal sound amplifiers, the smartphone-based hearing aid according to the present invention utilizes components such as a smartphone-embedded application processor (AP), RAM, digital-analogue converter, speaker and display and is therefore affordable. In particular, if a CPU and a GPU which are embedded in the application processor of the smartphone are utilized, digital signal processing necessary for the operation of the hearing aid can be performed within a short time of milliseconds (ms) just by using software.
US10993038B2
The invention discloses a speaker. The speaker includes a housing, a magnetic circuit system and a vibration system. The vibration system has a diaphragm and a voice coil. The housing includes a front cover and a frame. The diaphragm has a dome, a suspension and a fixing portion. The frame includes a first connecting wall and a second connecting wall extending from the first connecting wall. The front cover includes a third connecting wall and a fourth connecting wall. The fixing part includes a first fixing portion sandwiched between the first connecting wall and the third connecting wall and a second fixing part sandwiched between the second connecting wall and the fourth connecting wall. By virtue of the configuration, the speaker is provided with better waterproof performance and higher sensitivity.
US10993036B2
A sound generating device includes a magnet and a center pole on a yoke, a bobbin around the center pole, a coil wound around the bobbin, a frame outside the yoke, a damper between the frame and the bobbin, and a spacer in the bobbin.
US10993033B2
A speaker frame, and corresponding speaker, may have tapered spokes that form a radial triangular pattern with an apex converging near the frame's mounting flange, for example, near tabs including mounting holes where the frame attaches to a speaker baffle. The tapered spokes may include a triangular cut-out region defining a pair of converging legs that converge at the mounting flange. The width, curvature, and the angle of the spokes may allow for a thin and lightweight configuration with uniformly distributed minimal stress.
US10993032B2
A distributed mode loudspeaker (DML) includes a flat panel extending in a panel plane. The DML also includes a rigid, elongate member displaced from the flat panel and extending parallel to the panel plane, the elongate member being mechanically coupled to the flat panel at a first position along the elongate member and extending away from the first position to an end of the member free to vibrate in a direction perpendicular to the plane. The elongate member includes a soft magnetic material. The DML also includes an electromagnet system including at least one electrically-conducting coil having an axis perpendicular to the panel plane and displaced from the elongate member. The DML further includes an electronic control module electrically coupled to the electromagnet system and programmed to energize the electrically-conducting coil sufficient such that a magnetic field produced by the electrically-conducting coil displaces the free end of the elongate member.
US10993020B2
A speaker module for a mobile device is provided. The speaker module changes a shape of an opening surface of a duct to which a protection member for preventing a foreign substance from entering is attached. The speaker module includes a speaker for outputting a sound signal, a body in which the speaker is mounted, a duct connected to the body for forming a radiation path of a sound signal output from the speaker, and a protection member attached to an opening surface of the duct for preventing a foreign substance from entering the speaker module, wherein the opening surface has an area larger than that of a cross-sectional opening surface formed vertically with respect to a length direction of the duct.
US10993016B2
An earphone includes a body portion and a sound port, with the sound port including an earhook attachment located adjacent the body portion, an earfin attachment located adjacent the earhook attachment, and an ear tip adjacent the earfin attachment. An earhook is provided which engages the earhook attachment adjacent the body portion. An earfin includes an earfin aperture, which engages the earfin attachment when the sound port portion is inserted through the aperture. The earfin is configured such that when the tip is attached to the sound port, the tip extends beyond the earfin, opposite the body portion.
US10993008B2
A composite multilayer filtering construction for use in filtering applications requiring a high filtering efficiency for particles of the order of microns and a high permeability of the filtering medium, and for use as a sub-component within acoustic and electronic products, in particular microphones and speakers, comprises at least a first layer of polymeric nanoporous membrane and at least a second layer of a synthetic monofilament precision fabric, the first polymeric nanoporous membrane layer being coupled to the second precision fabric layer thereby providing an integral filtering medium adapted to prevent a passage therethrough of particles even of 1-2 μm and of pressurized liquids.
US10992998B2
The virtual broadcast system of the present invention optimizes the routing of digital content among nodes along overlay networks that are dynamically reconfigured based upon forecasts of frequently-changing congestion levels of component interconnections within an underlying network. In the context of delivering streaming video over the Internet to large numbers of concurrent users, the present invention makes efficient use of the limited capacity of congested ASN peering points by employing deep learning techniques to forecast congestion levels across those ASN peering points and, based on those forecasts, to optimize the routing of video content along dynamically reconfigured overlay networks. The virtual broadcast system handles unscheduled as well as scheduled events, streams live as well as pre-recorded events, and streams those events in real time with minimal delay in a highly scalable fashion that maintains a consistent QoE among large numbers of concurrent viewers.
US10992995B2
A device for enabling content selection is configured to display a program guide that presents a plurality of icon groupings. Each icon grouping corresponds to one of a plurality of sub-categories within a category of media content. An icon in an icon grouping representing a media content item within a sub-category of the plurality of sub-categories. The device is further configured to receive a first input indicative of a selection of the icon grouping and based on the received first input, update the programming guide to present the icon grouping for selection. The updating of the program guide includes changing a manner in which the icons of the icon grouping are organized within the icon grouping. The device is further configured to perform an operation associated with the icon from the icon grouping based on a second input indicative of a selection of the icon.
US10992989B2
Video information may define video content. The video content may be characterized by capture information. A remote device may transmit at least a portion of the capture information to a computing device. The computing device may identify one or more portions of the video content based on the transmitted capture information. The remote device may receive the identification of the identified portion(s) of the video content from the computing device. The remote device may stream one or more portions of the video information defining at least some of the identified portion(s) of the video content to the computing device. The streamed video information may enable the computing devices to provide a presentation of at least some of the identified portion(s) of the video content using a buffer of the streamed video information, which may allow the computing device to present the video content without permanently storing the video information.
US10992983B2
A method is directed to recovering a target file by an audio/video receiving equipment, the audio/video receiving equipment including at least two communication interfaces, including a first communication interface able to receive broadcast data and a second communication interface able to establish a bidirectional dialog with a server. The method makes possible to make data available simultaneously: in the “normal” direction, from the beginning to the end, on an IP interface via a file server (HTTP/FTP/etc.); in the “reverse” direction, from the end to the beginning, on a broadcast interface via a DSM-CC carousel, referred to as a dedicated channel. Thus the audio/video reception equipment can efficiently recover the data by simultaneously using two communication interfaces including at least one unidirectional interface.
US10992981B2
A computing system identifies a media stream being received by a client, based on fingerprint matching conducted with query fingerprints generated by the client at a frame rate. The computing system then causes the client to increase the frame rate, in order to facilitate establishment by the computing system of synchronous lock between true time within the media stream and client time according to a clock of the client. The computing system then uses the established synchronous lock as a basis to map a true-time point at which a content revision should be performed in the media stream to a client-time point at which the client should perform the content revision. And the computing system causes the client to perform the content revision at the determined client-time point.
US10992979B2
Methods, systems and computer program products for providing modifications to an electronic messaging space to enhance presentation of content in a video broadcast are provided. Aspects include receiving electronic messaging space data including a location and a message content for each of a plurality of electronic messaging spaces. Aspects also include determining that a target electronic messaging space is visible in a video broadcast. Responsive to determining a location depicted by the video broadcast, aspects include determining a location of the target electronic messaging space and a message content displayed by the target electronic messaging space. Aspects also include causing the target electronic messaging space to modify the display of the message content for improved presentation via the video broadcast.
US10992977B2
A system is provided for streaming media content in a vehicle. The system includes a personal media streaming appliance system configured to connect to a media delivery system and receive media content from the media delivery system at least via a cellular network. The personal media streaming appliance system includes one or more preset buttons for playing media content associated with the preset buttons. The media contents associated with the preset buttons are automatically determined to be personalized to the user of the system.
US10992971B2
Systems and methods are described for delivering regional content for a lineup over a national network. A content provider may select a particular regional broadcast for inclusion in a regional service lineup. The content provider may be able to broadcast multiple, or even all, services nationally. At regional distribution centers, a multiplexer may select only those services that are desired for the region in response to in-stream signals. In some instances, a single region-specific version of a given service may be selected from multiple versions broadcasted nationally. The regional lineup, including the selected services, can then be multiplexed and transmitted to customers throughout the region.
US10992964B2
This application provides a method for determining a coding tree node split mode and a coding device. The method includes the step of determining a non-split based coding cost for coding a current image area corresponding to the current node and determining a binary tree split based coding cost for coding the current image area. The method further includes determining, based on the non-split based coding cost and the binary tree split based coding cost, whether a triple tree split based coding cost for coding the current image area needs to be obtained. If the triple tree split based coding cost needs to be obtained, a triple tree split is performed on the current node. The method then determines a split mode of the current node that corresponds to a minimum coding cost.
US10992963B2
A decoder for decoding a block of a current frame of a video from a bitstream, the decoder comprising a reference sample selection unit configured to select reference samples of a reconstructed part of the current frame, a filter unit configured to filter the reference samples, and a block generation unit configured to generate a prediction of the block based on the filtered reference samples, wherein the filter unit comprises a sharpening filter and/or a de-ringing filter.
US10992955B2
Systems and methods for performing trick play functionality using trick play streams during adaptive bitrate streaming in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment includes requesting a video container index from a video container file containing a video stream from a plurality of alternative streams of video; requesting at least one portion of the video stream using at least one entry from the video container index; decoding the at least one portion of the video stream; receiving at least one user instruction to perform a visual search of the media; requesting a trick play container index from a trick play container file containing a trick play stream; requesting at least one frame of video from the at least one trick play stream; and decoding and displaying the at least one frame of video from the trick play stream.
US10992954B2
A decoder for decoding a block of a current frame of a video from a bitstream, the decoder comprising a reference sample selection unit configured to select reference samples of a reconstructed part of the current frame, a filter unit configured to filter the reference samples, and a block generation unit configured to generate a prediction of the block based on the filtered reference samples, wherein the filter unit comprises a sharpening filter and/or a de-ringing filter to be applied based on a flag in the bitstream.
US10992946B2
A new file format for coded video data is provided. A decoder may identify patterns in the coded video data in order to make the decoding process and/or display of data more efficient. Such patterns may be predefined and stored at the decoder, may be defined by each encoder and exchanged during terminal initialization, or may be transmitted and/or stored with the associated video data. Initialization information associated with the fragments of video data may also provide for carouseling initialization updates such that the initialization fragments may indicate either that the initialization information should be updated or that the decoder should be re-initialized. Additionally, media files or segments may be broken into fragments and each segment may have an index to provide for random access to the media data of the segment.
US10992940B2
When a temporally compressed video stream is decoded and subsequently re-encoded, quality is typically lost. The quality loss may be mitigated using information about how the source video stream was encoded during the re-encoding process. According to some aspects of the disclosure, this mitigation of quality loss can be facilitated by decoders that output such information and encoders that receive such information. These decoders and encoders may be separate devices. The functionality of these decoders and encoders may also be combined in a single device, such as a transcoding device. An example of the information that may be used during re-encoding is whether each portion of the original stream was intra-coded or non-intra-coded.
US10992933B2
Provided is a video decoding method including obtaining a bitstream including residual data about a residual block of a current block, determining a plurality of prediction directions with respect to the current block, determining a plurality of reference samples included in a neighboring region of the current block in a current image, by using the plurality of prediction directions that are determined, generating a prediction block of the current block by using the plurality of reference samples, obtaining a residual block of the current block based on the residual data about the residual block of the current block, and reconstructing the current block by using the prediction block of the current block and the residual block of the current block.
US10992922B2
An optical imaging system to image a target object includes a light source configured to emit one or more light rays to illuminate the target object and an image detector configured to capture a three-dimensional topography image of the target object when emitted light is emitted from the target object in response to being illuminated by the light rays emitted by the light source. A fluorescence image detector captures a fluorescence image of the target object when fluorescence is emitted from the target object in response illumination by light rays emitted by the light source. A controller instructs the image detector to capture the 3D topography image and the fluorescence image detector to detect the fluorescence image of the target object intraoperatively and to co-register and simultaneously display intraoperatively the co-registered topography and fluorescence information to the user via a display.
US10992917B2
[Object] Observation is made possible by switching between a stereoscopic vision image and a depth-of-field extended image correspondingly to a situation. [Solution] An image processing device according to the present disclosure, includes a photographing situation acquiring section that acquires information with regard to a photographing situation of an image for a left eye or an image for a right eye, and a determining section that determines correspondingly to the information with regard to the photographing situation whether to perform stereoscopic vision image processing for the image for a left eye or the image for a right eye, or whether to perform two-dimensional depth-of-field extension processing with at least one of the image for a left eye or the image for a right eye. With this, it becomes possible to observe by switching between a stereoscopic vision image and a depth-of-field extended image correspondingly to a situation.
US10992911B2
A method for operating an electronic display includes receiving, using a controller, sensor data related to operational parameters of the electronic display based at least in part on illuminating a sense pixel of at least one row of pixels of the electronic display, wherein a first set of pixels below the at least one row of pixels renders a portion of a first image frame and a second set of pixels above the at least one row of pixels renders a portion of a second image frame. The method also includes adjusting, using the controller, image display on the electronic display based at least in part on the sensor data.
US10992906B2
A web conferencing system includes web conferencing server for outputting a visual presentation which includes a visual cue. The visual cue is linked with an executable action. A visual robot operated by the web conferencing server graphically recognizes the visual cue when the visual presentation is displayed in a web conference, and associates the visual cue with the executable action. The executable action is then executed.
US10992892B2
There is provided an imaging device that includes a pixel, the pixel comprising: a photodetector; a control transistor; a capacitor coupled to the photodetector; a reset transistor coupled between the control transistor and the capacitor; an amplifier transistor having a gate terminal coupled to the capacitor; and a select transistor coupled to the amplifier transistor; a first signal line coupled to the select transistor; and a first amplifying circuit including a first input terminal coupled to the first signal line and a second input terminal configured to receive a first reference signal and an output terminal coupled to the control transistor.
US10992888B2
An image capture system has an electronic rolling shutter (ERS) imager in area mode with high illumination to perform image acquisition (i.e. barcode reading) for fast moving items. Shearing distortion may occur but image blur is reduced and the image can be decoded. The ERS imager replaces global shutter imagers at a much lower cost and wider availability. The image capture system separates illumination into multiple bands in space and then synchronize the illumination bands with the exposure of the ERS imager in time. Much less illumination is required for the same image quality.
US10992874B2
The present application related to a camera system and a camera fill light method. The camera system establishes a wireless communications connection with a fill light, captures an original image by a camera in the camera system, and then transmits a first test light signal to the fill light such that a first flash is performed by the fill light. The camera captures a first light source image during the first flash period of the fill light. A fill light controller in the camera system compares differences of the brightness or the chroma of different image information and, after determining the present location of the fill light, calculates a dislocation result of the present location of the fill light and the best placement location of the fill light. The camera system yields the dislocation result to the photographer via a notification message.
US10992870B1
A video system is provided. The video system, comprising: a plurality of imaging sensors each including an image signal processor; an image stitching engine analyzes un-stitched images generated by each of the plurality of imaging sensors. The un-stitched images are analyzed for a presence of face and then divided into a plurality of zones. A mapping function is implemented for each of the plurality of zones based on a number of consecutive frames in which presence of a face is analyses and a minimum number of frames in which a face was detected. A zoom engine determines a region of interest which includes a left edge and a right edge, wherein said left edge is set based on coordinates associated with a face detected in a left most zone of the unstitched images, and said right edge is set based on coordinates associated with a right most face detected in a right most zone of the unstitched images.
US10992868B2
An electronic device includes a receiver that receives image data of an image taken with a camera by wireless communication, a touchscreen that displays a camera image of the camera, and a controller that, when the touchscreen is tapped, gives the camera instructions on a capturing direction so that a tapped position of the image displayed on the touchscreen moves to the center of the touchscreen, and displays on the camera image an operation image for receiving an operation to instruct the capturing direction of the camera.
US10992867B2
An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing device, a period detection circuit configured to detect a period of a focus variation, a first detection device configured to detect a first translation component, a second detection device configured to detect a rotation component, a first extraction unit configured to extract a component of a predetermined frequency band from the first translation component, a second extraction unit configured to extract the component of the predetermined frequency band from the rotation component, a obtaining unit configured to compare a signal extracted by the first extraction unit with a signal extracted by the second extraction unit to obtain a rotation radius, and a translation obtaining unit configured to obtain a second translation component using the signal from the second detection device and the rotation radius.
US10992864B2
A control apparatus includes a measuring unit configured to measure an elapsed time after start of recording movie, a set movie creation unit configured to create a set of movies from a plurality of movies, a display control unit configured to perform control so as to display a plurality of sections respectively corresponding to the set of movies, and to display a section corresponding to a recorded movie in a first display appearance, and to display a section corresponding to a not-recorded movie in a second display appearance, wherein the display control unit is further configured to perform control to display, a portion indicating a rate of an elapsed time in the first display appearance, and a remaining portion in the second display appearance.
US10992857B2
The present technology relates to an input control device, an input control method, and an operation system, which enable achievement of a highly flexible input operation without a burden on a user. A target point determination unit determines a target point to be a display reference in an operative field image in a display, on the basis of a user's line-of-sight position with respect to the operative field image displayed in the display and of a characteristic point detected in the operative field image. The present technology can be applied to an input device for an operation system.
US10992850B2
An information processing apparatus including circuitry is provided. The circuitry is configured to transmit list information indicating a plurality of cameras for display on a display device. The circuitry is configured to receive a selection of at least one camera from the plurality of cameras, and control transmission of image data generated by the selected at least one camera. The circuitry is configured to generate a control signal for controlling an operational setting of the selected at least one camera, and transmit the generated control signal to the selected at least one camera. The circuitry is configured to transmit transmission information indicating a transmission state of the selected at least one camera, and transmit correspondence relationship information indicating a correspondence relationship between the plurality of the cameras and a plurality of communication devices. Further, the circuitry is configured to change the correspondence relationship information.
US10992849B1
Portable pipe inspection video systems are disclosed. The system may include a camera head, a push-cable, a cable reel, and a camera controller having a built-in transmitter for energizing a pipe-inspection cable for magnetic field tracing applications.
US10992847B2
An image device for generating a 360 degree depth map includes a plurality of image capturers, wherein an image pair captured by each two adjacent image capturers of the plurality of image capturers is used for generating the 360 degree depth map, and a sum of all view angles of the plurality of image capturers is not less than 720 degree.
US10992845B1
This disclosure relates to techniques for synthesizing out of focus blurring effects in digital images. Cameras having wide aperture lenses typically capture images with a shallow depth of field (SDOF). SDOF cameras are often used in portrait photography, since they emphasize subjects, while deemphasizing the background via blurring. Simulating this kind of blurring using a large depth of field (LDOF) camera may require a large amount of computational resources, i.e., to simulate the physical effects of using a wide aperture lens, while constructing a synthetic SDOF image. Moreover, cameras having smaller lens apertures, such as those in mobile phones, may not have the ability to accurately estimate or recreate the true color of clipped background light sources. Described herein are techniques to synthesize out of focus background blurring effects that attempt to reproduce accurate light intensity and color values for clipped background light sources in images captured by LDOF cameras.
US10992841B2
An information processing apparatus for managing a printing apparatus in a print site including at least one printing apparatus includes a memory that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the instruction to determine a custom color that is used in a color verification operation of the at least one printing apparatus, obtain an input profile of a color verification setting of the determined custom color, display a screen for selecting whether or not to add a standard color corresponding to the obtained input profile to the color verification operation, and according to having received an instruction, via the screen, for adding the standard color to the color verification operation, instruct the at least one printing apparatus to perform printing in accordance with the color verification setting, including the input profile, for the custom color and the standard color.
US10992836B2
A device based system for interacting around a collection of user definable moments portraying a theme readable by others via a filter. Users may participate actively, voyeuristically, passively, or vicariously, to share propaganda, graffiti, news, parody, satire, opinions, information, commentary, entertainment, contests, and amusement to a location or an object.
US10992829B2
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming device; a recording paper conveyance device discharging, to an outside of the image forming apparatus, a print result obtained by forming an image on a recording paper by the image forming device; a microphone; and a control device functioning as a controller that controls the image forming device and the recording paper conveyance device in accordance with a print condition and as a voice recognition device that recognizes voice collected by the microphone during a predefined detection period starting after the print result is discharged to the outside of the image forming apparatus and detects, from the recognized voice, a word indicating a predefined complaint against appearance of the print result. Upon detecting the word indicating the predefined complaint by the voice recognition device, the controller performs predefined processing as processing of resolving a cause of the complaint indicated by the word.
US10992824B2
An information processing system includes: first circuitry, on a device, which transmits an execution request for executing a processing flow to a service providing server, the processing flow defining an execution order of a plurality of processing to be executed by the service providing server; and second circuitry on the service providing server, which, in response to the execution request, executes at least one component for executing a particular processing of the plurality of processing in the processing flow, and in case that an error occurs in execution of the particular processing by the component, refers to error notification configuration information associating an error notification condition with each processing included in the processing flow, the error notification condition being different for each processing, and reports that the error has occurred based on an error notification condition associated with the particular processing.
US10992815B2
A mobile communications system includes switching between communication paths based on the quality of service. A VoIP service is coupled to a mobile network and a wireless local-area network (WLAN) via a wide-area IP network. A plurality of mobile communications devices are associated with VoIP telephone numbers. A public switched telephone network (PSTN) is coupled to the plurality of mobile communications devices and coupled to the VoIP service. A quality of service server is coupled to the plurality of mobile communications devices via the wide-area IP network for determining the quality of data channels to a mobile communications device via the mobile network and to the mobile communications device via the WLAN. A voice call is carried over one of the mobile network, the WLAN, and the PSTN depending on the quality of the data channels.
US10992805B1
A device, system and method for modifying workflows based on call profile inconsistencies is provided. A device monitors a call, received from a caller reporting an incident. The device performs one or more sentiment analysis and semantic analysis on one or more of: video of the caller on call; audio of the caller on call; and transcribed text of the audio of the call. The device determines a profile for the call, from a plurality of predetermined profiles stored at a memory accessible to the device, the plurality of predetermined profiles previously generated from historical data. In response to determining an inconsistency between the profile for the call and one or more of the sentiment analysis and the semantic analysis, the device determines a modified workflow for handling the call. The device provides, at a notification device, the modified workflow for handling the call reporting the incident.
US10992802B2
A system for tracking electronic communications of a subscriber includes a gateway configured to track a communication between a mobile device and a subscriber mobile device that has a subscriber software module associated with a subscriber business number. The gateway is configured to send the communication to an Enterprise Information Archiving system. The gateway also is configured to: (i) if the communication is sent from the subscriber software module intended for the mobile device, send the communication to the mobile device via at least one of an SMS, MMS, and voice communication capability of the mobile device; and (ii) if the communication is sent from the mobile device to the subscriber business number via at least one of an SMS, MMS, and voice communication capability of the mobile device, send the communication to the subscriber software module associated with the subscriber business number.
US10992801B2
A system and method of providing caller identification (ID) over a public switched telephone network (PSTN). For outbound calls, the system and method enable a caller to provide a caller ID that differs from the native caller ID of their mobile phone. The system and method enable multiple phones tied to a single account to display the same caller ID for outbound calls. For forwarded inbound calls, such as calls being forwarded from an office, the system and method inform the recipient of the identification of the call as well as that the call is being forwarded. The system and method enable the recipient to have calls forwarded from more than one number and identify the identity of the caller as well as the specific number the call is being forwarded from.
US10992796B1
A system for device customization based on beacon-determined device location is provided. The system comprises: a memory device with computer-readable program code stored thereon; a communication device connected to a network; a processing device, wherein the processing device is configured to execute the computer-readable program code to: establish a beacon device at a beacon location, the beacon device defining a communication range covering an area; determine a device location of a user device; determine that the device location of the user device is within the area of the beacon device at the beacon location; based on determining the user device is within the area, generate a data stream for the user device tailored for the beacon location; and present the data stream to the user device.
US10992795B2
The present disclosure generally relates to interfaces and techniques for media playback on one or more devices. In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device includes a display, one or more processors, and memory. The electronic device receives user input and, in response to receiving the user input, displays, on the display, a multi-device interface that includes: one or more indicators associated with a plurality of available playback devices that are connected to the device and available to initiate playback of media from the device, and a media playback status of the plurality of available playback devices.
US10992771B2
A technique for identifying an opt-out status for a user's mobile or other computing device without relying exclusively on client-side storage or primarily on the use of non-determinative mechanisms is discussed. Embodiments provide server-based or otherwise hosted techniques of accurately identifying devices of users that wish to opt-out of having their device activity tracked. These techniques enable accurate identification of a device's opt-out status even in the absence of a client-side opt-out indicator.
US10992770B2
A method for managing network service includes: when a target server is in a self-controlled “ON” state, detecting, by the target server, an actual on-and-off state of a target network service every preset period of time, and acquiring, by the target server, a standard on-and-off state of the target network service from a control center; if the target network service needs to be turned off based on the standard and actual on-and-off states, sending, by the target server, a service turn-off request of the target network service to the control center; if it is allowed to turn off the target network service, sending, by the control center, a service turn-off notification to the target server, and updating the standard on-and-off state of the target network service of the target server to an “off” state; and after receiving the service turn-off notification, turning off, by the target server, the target network service.
US10992769B2
Data transmission method, apparatus and system, for broadening MEC application scenarios, are disclosed, so service data cannot only be terminated at a local service platform, but also can be processed by the local service platform and then delivered to a remote service platform for processing; alternatively the service data is processed by the remote service platform and then delivered to the local service platform for processing. The data transmission method includes an MEC server determining, when receiving a service data packet sent by a local service server, a service data packet forwarding mode corresponding to the local service server according to a pre-set data forwarding information table; and the MEC server processing, according to the service data packet forwarding mode corresponding to the local service server, the service data packet by adopting a processing manner corresponding to the service data packet forwarding mode, and then sending the service data packet.
US10992767B2
Embodiments as disclosed provide a distributed caching solution that improve the performance and functionality of a content management platform for sites that are physically or logically remote from the primary site of the content management platform. In particular, according to embodiments, a remote cache server may be associated with a remote site to store local copies of documents that are managed by the primary content management platform. Periodically, a portion of the remote site's cache may be synchronized with the content management platform's primary site using an extensible architecture to ensure that content at the remote cache server is current.
US10992760B2
An information processing apparatus including: a processor configured to: receive halted virtual machine information that identifies a first virtual machine to be halted in a plurality of virtual machines that execute requests each being distributed to one of the plurality of virtual machines, receive, from a second virtual machine, specified session identification that identifies a specified session associated with a second request to be executed by the second virtual machine when the second virtual machine does not hold, specified session information taken over from a first request to the second request, the first request being associated with the specified session and having been executed specified one of the plurality of virtual machines other than the second virtual machine, request, when detecting the specified one of the plurality of the virtual machines is the first virtual machine, transmission of the specified session information held in the first virtual machine.
US10992759B2
Various examples are directed to systems and methods for secure communication sessions between a web application and a server. A session vault routine executing at a computing device may receive a first request message directed to a server computing device. The first request message may comprise a client session identifier at a session identifier field of the first request message. The session vault routine may access supplemental session identifier data from a session vault persistence at the data storage. The session vault routine may write the supplemental session identifier data to a second field of the first request message, and initiate sending the first request message to the server computing device.
US10992756B2
An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit and a notification unit. The reception unit receives a function of an apparatus. The notification unit transmits a notification indicating a warning in a case where when the function is executed, it is presumed that electric power exceeds a threshold and at least one of the function received by the reception unit and a function does not operate normally.
US10992755B1
Smart car operations are detailed including capturing a point cloud from a vehicle street view and converting the point cloud to a 3D model; applying a trained neural network to detect street signs, cross walks, obstacles, or bike lanes; and updating a high definition (HD) map with the neural network output.
US10992753B2
The disclosure relates to an edge computing-based distributed network architecture. A central server in the architecture may include a client-location monitoring module for tracking a principle location of a client, which may be co-located with a remote hub institution. The central server may also include a client information packaging module, for packaging information associated with the client into a digital package; a natural-disaster monitor module, for monitoring for future natural-disasters; and a transmission module for transmitting a packaging instruction from the natural-disaster monitor module to the client information packaging module when the natural-disaster monitor module communicates that a natural-disaster is predicted to occur within a certain threshold distance and within a certain threshold amount of time. The transmission module may also retrieve, following packaging, the package from the client information packaging module and transmit the digital package to the remote hub institution for secure, albeit typically temporary, storage thereat.
US10992747B2
A data storage system, and a method of operation thereof, includes: an interface module for creating a login credential for storing on a removable storage device; a backup module, coupled to the interface module, for transferring data for an automatic backup of the removable storage device to a remote backup system based on the login credential and a status of the removable storage device; and a close module, coupled to the backup module, for disconnecting an application from a cloud backup service for closing a connection between a computing device and the remote backup system with the data from the automatic backup.
US10992746B2
System management services can discover the addition of new physical devices, take automated actions to provision software (operating system and other related cloud services software components) on them, and scale out management infrastructure based on the new capacity of the total resources (including the newly added resources). A configuration file can contain the rules for automatic expansion and contraction of the system.
US10992741B2
A solution for circumventing censorship is disclosed. A first device connects to a first server hosted in a content delivery network (CDN). The CDN routes the first device's connection request to the first server. The first server responds by providing the first device with a configuration file that contains a plurality of secondary servers for the first device to access. Accordingly, the first device disconnects from the first server and hops between one or more of the plurality of secondary servers contained in the configuration file. By distributing the configuration file from a first server hosted in a CDN, the first device is able to obfuscate the true endpoint of the connection. Thus, the first device is able to obtain the configuration file without drawing the ire of censors. By hopping from server-to-server, the first device is able to stay one-step ahead of censors. Accordingly, the present disclosure describes a multi-prong approach to staying a step ahead of eavesdroppers, sniffers, and censors.
US10992740B2
Described is a system that improves the performance of brokers that store partitions of data within a distributed data streaming platform by performing an efficient data redistribution process. The system may obtain data (e.g. metadata) describing the distribution storage partitions amongst storage brokers and determine the current (or initial) distribution may negatively impact the performance of the platform. Accordingly, the system may perform an efficient redistribution by performing a particular sequence of partition reassignments amongst brokers.
US10992738B1
Provided herein are systems and processes for transmitting interactive content to an application and causing the interactive content to be rendered on a display of the application. In at least one embodiment, the system is configured to analyze mapping metadata based on deployment criteria and cause a content element to be rendered on a display when the mapping metadata satisfies the deployment criteria. A content element may be a permitted content element from a plurality of permissible content elements. The deployment criteria includes temporal criteria, mapping criteria, and/or other criteria described herein.
US10992730B2
Systems and methods are provided for delaying publicizing, at a second source, upload of a content item to a first source, until confirmation of availability of the content item at the first source. In one or more aspects, a system includes an upload component configured to upload content to a content server, a share component configured to receive selection of a sharing source to post a notification that informs users regarding availability of the content at the content server, a confirmation component configured to receive confirmation from the content server in response to the content becoming available at the content server following the upload of the content, and a notification component configured to post the notification at the sharing source in response to receipt of the confirmation.
US10992729B2
Techniques for endpoint configuration for a communication session are described. According to various implementations, a cloud-based connectivity service maintains network path information that identifies routing paths for routing communication sessions across different networks. The connectivity service is also able to determine configuration information for configuring endpoint devices to participate in a communication session. According to various implementations, configuration information is determined based on a packet quality of a routing path. Thus, an endpoint device can apply the configuration information to attempt to increase packet quality across a routing path, and thus increase media quality for a communication session at the endpoint device.
US10992725B2
A method or system configured for receiving a first single data stream representing a first multimedia file, the first single data stream including an interleaved sequence of data elements of a plurality of media, and/or transmitting a second single data stream representing a second multimedia file, the second single data stream including an interleaved sequence of data elements of said plurality of media, where the second multimedia file differs from said first multimedia file by at least one data element of a selected medium extracted from said first multimedia file, and/or by at least one data element of a selected medium added to the first multimedia file, and/or by at least one data element of a selected medium added to the first multimedia file being a converted version of the at least one data element of a selected medium extracted from the first multimedia file.
US10992724B2
A media playback apparatus and a method including a system for preventing a playback delay are provided. The media playback apparatus may include a delay detecting module to detect a playback delay. The playback delay detection may determine a delay caused by a network, decoding and rendering through a single measurement. When the playback delay occurs, it may be possible to eliminate the playback delay by requesting that a server provide media data having a changed profile. Since the playback delay can be determined through a single measurement of a plurality of playback delay factors, it may be possible to simply and stably perform media playback in a manner suitable for a non-plug-in environment.
US10992720B1
A social networking system includes pages created by users for providing content related to topics of interest. An interaction engine captures data and maintains analytical information about how users interact with pages and posts. When a user takes an action such as liking a page or a post, the interaction engine updates the page's activity history to reflect the activity and information about the user who took the action. The interaction engine also measures the reach of pages and posts, by determining how and from where each user viewed the page and its contents. The interaction engine further tracks the community's interest in pages and posts by determining how many unique users create stories that include a page or its content. An insights module uses the data obtained by the interaction engine to synthesize graphical reports about page interactions and present the reports to page administrators.
US10992716B1
Systems and methods for an identity management router to allow application clients/servers to communicate via an identity management protocol to facilitate communication of identity management artifacts with a simplified topology. Specifically, embodiments of an IM router may adhere to various data protection requirements, including, but not limited to, local data protection regulations, when routing identity management information. The identity management router is location aware and applies data compliance policies for areas of data compliance to selectively route or not route identity management data based on location.
US10992714B2
An example operation may include one or more of an authentication system determining authentication rules, the authentication system determining scan properties, the authentication system operating a scanning device to capture scan data for a physical object based on the scan properties and the authentication rules, the authentication system generating a data block based on the scan data and the scan properties, and the authentication system transmitting the data block to a decentralized database.
US10992697B2
Method and apparatus for detecting anomalous flights. Embodiments collect sensor data from a plurality of sensor devices onboard an aircraft during a flight. Feature definitions are determined, specifying a sensor device and an algorithm for deriving data values from sensor data collected from the device. Embodiments determine whether anomalous activity occurred during the flight using an anomaly detection model. An anomaly is detected including at least one of (i) a contextual anomaly where a data instance of a plurality of data instances is anomalous relative to a specific context, or (ii) a collective anomaly where two or more data instances are anomalous relative to a remainder of the plurality of data instances, even though each of the two or more data instances is not anomalous in and of itself. A report specifying a measure of the anomalous activity for the flight is generated.
US10992693B2
Detecting emergent abnormal behavior in a computer network faster and more accurately allows for the security of the network against malicious parties to be improved. To detect abnormal behavior, outbound traffic is examined from across several devices and processes in the network to identify rarely communicated-with destinations that are associated with rarely-executed processes. As a given destination and process is used more frequently over time by the network, the level of suspicion associated with that destination and process is lowered as large groups of devices are expected to behave the same when operating properly and not under the control of a malicious party. Analysts are alerted in near real-time to the destinations associated with the activities deemed most suspicious.
US10992686B2
An internet service provider (ISP) is configured to analyze data sent by a user to determine a subscriber account associated with the data and a user associated with the data. A database is then queried to determine the number of users of the subscriber account, with a number above a threshold indicating a likely theft of service. This automatic process is accompanied by automated messaging to the user with information as to the measures taken and remedial options. The messaging may be different dependent on whether the user is deemed to be an authorized user having subscriber account administration rights.
US10992682B2
A method for providing access to media content from a media content provider is performed at an electronic device. The method includes receiving, from a client device, a request for access to a media item. The method further includes, in response to the request for access to the media item: initiating an heuristic analysis to determine whether the client device is authorized to access the media item, including an examination of a media consumption log associated with the client device; and asynchronously providing access to the media item while performing the heuristic analysis. The method further includes, based on the examination of the media consumption log, determining that the client device has reached an access limit of requests to access media content. The method further includes, in accordance with the determination, after the client device has been provided to access the media item, terminating access to the media item.
US10992681B2
An authentication device that includes a memory operable to store a behavior signature for a user and a distributed ledger comprising information for a private blockchain and a semi-private blockchain associated with the user. The network device further includes an authentication engine implemented by a processor. The authentication engine is configured to receive an authentication request for a network resource and to determine a resource classification type based on the network resource. The authentication engine is further configured to identify one of the private blockchain and the semi-private blockchain based on the resource classification type and to extract data from one or more blocks in the identified blockchain. The authentication engine is further configured to determine at least a portion of the extracted data matches the stored behavior signature for the user and to provide access to the network resource in response to the determination.
US10992660B2
Methods and systems are provided for managing access to a client account related (CAR) resource. When a privilege-constrained (PC) application requests access to an individual client account, a single use authorization (SUA) code is created that is associated with the individual client account. The SUA code is routed to, and returned from, the privilege-constrained (PC) application to authenticate the PC application. The PC application, once authenticated, receives a permitted action token that identifies a limited set of privileges that the PC application is authorized to perform in connection with the CAR resource. The PC application provides the permitted action token to an access service. The access service limits access, by the PC application, to the CAR resource based on the permitted action token.
US10992650B2
The techniques described herein enable a user that sends an email message that includes encrypted content to define a time period during which a recipient of the encrypted content has decrypted access rights. To effectively define the time period, the user can set a time at which the decrypted access rights for the recipient expire. The time occurs after a time at which the email message is sent to the recipient. Upon expiration of the time period, the decrypted access rights to the encrypted content is revoked for the recipient of the email message, thereby providing a proactive element of security for confidential and/or sensitive information. Further, the techniques enable a user to revoke decrypted access rights to the encrypted content for a recipients at any given time after the email message has already been sent, thereby adding a reactive element of security for confidential and/or sensitive information.
US10992642B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for document isolation. A host computer system may be configured to implement document isolation via one or more of a host-based firewall, an internet isolation firewall, and/or a segregation of a trusted memory space and an untrusted memory space. The host computer system may be configured to access one or more files using a first set of one or more applications and/or processes operating within the trusted memory space and/or a second set of one or more applications and/or processes operating within an untrusted memory space. The host computer system may be configured to open (e.g., always open) the one or more accessed files in the trusted memory space of the host computer system.
US10992629B2
Notifying a user about a previous conversation includes based on an analysis of the previous conversation between a first user and second user determining a characterization between the first user and the second user, in response to the first user selecting, via a user device, an option to open a subsequent conversation with the second user, notifying the first user via an alert as to the characterization of the previous conversation that the first user had with the second user before reengaging the second user in a subsequent conversation, and based on an analysis of the subsequent conversation between the first user and the second user, updating the characterization to a current characterization in a database.
US10992622B2
The method, device, terminal equipment and storage medium of sharing personal information are provided. The method includes: acquiring the personal information sharing instruction; acquiring personal information to be shared according to the user attribute of the user targeted by the personal information sharing instruction; generating two at least sharing ways according to the personal information; displaying the selection page of the at least two sharing ways, and determining the sharing way based on a selection instruction from the terminal user.
US10992621B2
A method of enhancing data sharing between mobile or other computing device users includes receiving a submission request generated by user interaction with a first user interface on a first computing device, the submission request including an image and associated submission data indicative of a recipient of the image, and updating a second user interface on a second computing device associated with the recipient to make the image available for display. The method may include sending a push notification to the second computing device indicating that the image is available for display for a period of time. The image may be displayed together with a call button operable to initiate a phone call from the second computing device to the first computing device. The image may be available for display on the second communication device upon receipt of a communication from the first computing device by the second computing device.
US10992617B2
A mobile device, such as a cellular telephone or a personal digital assistant (PDA), stores first personal data, such as any one or more of image, video, and audio data. The mobile device transmits the first personal data over a first wide area network (WAN) to a personal server.
US10992609B2
Technology is directed to text message based concierge services (“the technology”). A user interacts with a concierge service (CS) via text messages to obtain a specific concierge service. For example, the user can send a text message to the CS, e.g., to a contact number provided by the CS, requesting for a recommendation of a restaurant, and the CS can respond by sending the recommendation as a text message. The CS determines a context of the request and generates recommendations that are personalized to the user and is relevant to the context. The CS can use various techniques, e.g., artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing, to determine a context of the request and generate the recommendations accordingly. The CS can also receive additional information from a person associated with the CS, such as a concierge, to further customize or personalize the recommendations to the user.
US10992604B1
Generally, this disclosure enables a chatbot to host a chat session with a user. In some implementations, when the chatbot is not able to or does not know an answer to a query from the user, then the chatbot can import another chatbot into the chat session such that the user is aware of such importation and such that the other chatbot can output the answer to the query into the chat session. In other implementations, when the chatbot is not able to or does not know the answer to the query from the user, then the chatbot can query another chatbot, in background, without notifying the user, and when the response is received from the other chatbot, the chatbot can output that response to the user seamlessly such that the user is not aware of such querying.
US10992600B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a virtual network element that includes a plurality of virtual machine modules configured to process a plurality of control packets in a virtualized telecommunication network. A classifier module is configured to receive telecommunications traffic that includes the plurality of control packets and a plurality of data packets, to separate the plurality of control plane data from the at least one data packet, and to forward the plurality of control packets to selected ones of the plurality of virtual machine modules. A forwarding device, coupled to the classifier module and separate from the plurality of virtual machine modules, is configured to forward the plurality of data packets in the virtualized telecommunication network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10992599B2
In a communication method of an Ethernet network for a vehicle, a load of a CPU in a reception ECU is reduced by enabling the reception ECU receiving an Ethernet message to receive the message with a changed period. For this, each time a message is transmitted from a transmission ECU to an Ethernet switch, the message is transmitted with a changed period by the Ethernet switch selectively only to a reception ECU determined on the basis of setting information and information included in the transmitted message, thereby controlling a message reception period for each reception ECU.
US10992581B2
Disclosed is a method and a device for optimizing load balancing based on cloud monitoring that relate to loading balancing and that can improve the primary/backup Availability Zone (AZ) switchover efficiency of an load balancing instance by intelligently switching the preferences of load balancing devices. The method includes: obtaining statistics on traffic distribution within a controlled area of a load balancing system, statistics on backend servers within a plurality of AZs of the load balancing system, and monitored network quality of the AZs; determining an AZ suitable to serve as a corresponding primary AZ of a load balancing instance based on the traffic distribution statistics, the backend server statistics, and the monitored network quality; and performing a primary AZ switchover of the load balancing instance based on the determined result. The present application is intended for the optimizing of load balancing.
US10992573B2
Disclosed are a multi-layer LSP control method and apparatus. The method comprises: acquiring a label switched path (LSP) addition request, wherein the LSP addition request carries identifier information for identifying a layer associated group that the LSP is to be added to; and in response to the LSP addition request, adding the LSP to the layer associated group, wherein the layer associated group comprises: an upper-layer LSP and several lower-layer LSPs.
US10992555B2
Network monitoring views can be recorded, replayed and shared. A monitoring system receives monitoring data, in response to which a monitoring view can be constructed. The monitoring data is maintained in memory or mass storage. One or more monitoring views can later be constructed in response to user preferences, even if those users would not have known to select those particular preferences or construct those particular monitoring views at the time. The monitoring views constructed in response to that monitoring data can be presented to users in a simulation of the problem, as if it were occurring at that time. Users can send particular monitoring views to others, with both the effects that the monitoring view can be preserved as part of a trouble report, and the persons receiving the monitoring view can have useful insight into what problem the user has pointed to.
US10992538B2
Systems and methods for using InfiniBand routing algorithms for Ethernet fabrics in a high performance computing environment. The method can provide, at a computer comprising one or more microprocessors, a plurality of switches, a plurality of hosts, a topology provider (TP) module, a routing engine (RE) module, and a switch initializer (SI) module. The method can perform a discovery sweep, by the TP, of the plurality of hosts and the plurality of switches and assigns an address to each of the plurality of hosts and the plurality of switches. The method can calculate, by the routing engine, a routing map, based upon a routing scheme, for the plurality of hosts and the plurality of switches, the routing map comprising a plurality of forwarding tables. The method can configure, each of the plurality of switches with a forwarding table of the plurality of forwarding tables calculated by the routing engine.
US10992536B2
Systems, methods and computer readable media are provided to control anycast traffic using a software defined network controller. Telemetry and event data is gathered from a plurality of service nodes in the network. The telemetry and event data sent by an event broker to an analytic application with a resource conditions at each of the plurality of service nodes is determined based on the telemetry and event data. Traffic routing change recommendations are provided to a software defined network controller based on resource conditions at each of the plurality of service nodes and a set of predetermined policies.
US10992532B1
Techniques for determining connectivity may include: defining predetermined configurations, each including a predetermined zoning configuration of a network and selection criteria indicating when to transition into and activate the predetermined configuration; loading the predetermined configurations; activating a first of the predetermined configurations that includes a first predetermined zoning configuration and first selection criteria; receiving current I/O workload and/or performance information for the network; determining whether the current I/O workload and/or performance information for the network matches second selection criteria associated with a second of the predetermined configurations that is different from the first predetermined configuration currently activated; and responsive to determining the current I/O workload and/or performance information matches the second selection criteria, activating the second predetermined configuration that is different from the first predetermined configuration currently activated. The predetermined configurations may configure paths between initiator ports and target ports of the network.
US10992529B2
A first device, which is any one of a plurality of devices communicating with each other using an Ethernet scheme in the in-vehicle Ethernet communication system includes: a central processor, and a physical layer processor to connect the central processor to a second device which is another one of the plurality of devices, wherein the physical layer processor includes a counter to output a first counting end signal, a signal transmitter to demand that the first device continuously operate in response to receiving at least one of a mode signal and the first counting end signal, a signal receiver to output a master sensing signal, and an operation mode controller to determine an operation mode of the first device in response to receiving at least one of the first counting end signal and the master sensing signal and to generate the mode signal.
US10992523B2
An information processing apparatus according to this embodiment performs network setting of a peripheral apparatus having a plurality of communication interfaces. The information processing apparatus is connected to the peripheral apparatus using a predetermined communication interface from among the plurality of communication interfaces, and sets the communication interfaces of the peripheral apparatus via the predetermined communication interface. An IP address used for connection during these network settings is determined using AutoIP, if the type of predetermined communication interface is a wired communication interface.
US10992515B1
Presented herein are methodologies for tracking a link state of a physical network connection and selectively reporting the link state to virtual machines that rely on the physical network connection. A method includes receiving an indication, at a hypervisor, which is running on a host computer and which instantiates a virtual switch, that a physical link interconnecting the host computer to a network has failed; determining that the physical link serves the virtual switch; determining whether link state tracking is enabled for the physical link; and when link state tracking is enabled for the physical link, notifying a virtual machine, which is running on the host computer and which is being served by the virtual switch, that a connection between the virtual machine and the network has failed.
US10992510B2
A method and apparatus provide synchronization signals and random access for flexible radio communication. Information can be received from a base station. The information can include a plurality of subcarrier spacings and at least one random access configuration for a cell. Each of the at least one random access configuration can be associated with at least one subcarrier spacing of the plurality of subcarrier spacings. The at least one subcarrier spacing can be used for communication. A random access configuration can be selected from the at least one random access configuration. A random access preamble can be transmitted according to the selected random access configuration.
US10992506B2
A transmission device includes a data generation unit to generate a data symbol, a linear processing unit to generate an additional symbol, a power conditioning unit to perform power conditioning on the additional symbol, a frequency-domain multiplexing unit to arrange the additional symbol after the power conditioning and the data symbol along a frequency axis, a conversion unit to convert a signal arranged along the frequency axis by the frequency-domain multiplexing unit into a time domain signal, and a transmission processing unit to transmit the time domain signal. The linear processing unit generates the additional symbol to cause a data portion in a predetermined position in a block, which is a transmission unit of the time domain signal, to be set as a predetermined data group.
US10992502B2
Embodiments of this application provide a method for sending downlink control information, a terminal device, and a network device, and relate to the communications field, to resolve problems of low flexibility and low reliability of a system DCI configuration. The method includes: receiving DCI for scheduling downlink data to be transmitted as one codeword, wherein the DCI comprises a value of a set of values each indicating a corresponding quantity of layers of the one codeword and one or more antenna ports used for sending the one codeword, and wherein the set of values comprises: a first value indicating that the quantity of layers of the one codeword is 2, and a first antenna port and a second antenna port are used for sending the one codeword, and a second value indicating that the quantity of layers of the one codeword is 2 and a third antenna port and a fourth antenna port are used for sending the one codeword.
US10992500B2
A method and a device in a UE and a base station for wireless communication are provided. A first node performs a first channel coding and transmits a first radio signal. First channel coding is based on a polar code, an input of which comprises a first information bit block and a first check bit block corresponded to an information bit block comprising the first information bit block, and an output of which generates first radio signal and related to a second bit block, values of bits comprised in the second bit block are related to a correlation parameter group comprising at least one of a time-frequency resource occupied by first radio signal, a number of bits comprised in first information bit block, or a first scrambling sequence. First scrambling sequence generates the first check bit block. The method improves precision of error check without increasing CRC length.
US10992499B2
A radio apparatus (10) includes an estimation unit (2) configured to calculate an estimated value of a channel response for each of a plurality of antennas, a padding unit (3) configured to generate a first antenna-space channel vector having dimensions larger than the number of the antennas by combining the estimated value with a padding value, a spatial transformation unit (4) configured to calculate a first beam-space channel vector by spatial transforming the first antenna-space channel vector, a noise suppression unit (5) configured to generate a second beam-space channel vector by suppressing at least one element of the first beam-space channel vector, an inverse spatial transformation unit (6) configured to calculate a second antenna-space channel vector by inversely and spatial transforming the second beam-space channel vector, and an extraction unit (7) configured to determine an estimated value of each channel based on the second antenna-space channel vector.
US10992496B2
In an embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a data processing system, a packet from a first component in a first remote network in an overlay network. In an embodiment, a method includes determining whether a largesend option is supported on a set of paths between the first component and a second component, the second component in a second remote network in the overlay network. In an embodiment, a method includes sending, responsive to determining a largesend option is supported on a subset of the set of paths, a packet on the subset of the set of paths.
US10992492B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for machine learning for home understanding and notification. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining reference videos from a camera within a home, determining from the reference videos that a particular person routinely leaves the home with a particular object at a particular time of day, determining from a sample video from the camera within the home that the particular person appears to be leaving the home without the particular object at the particular time of day, and in response, providing a notification regarding the particular object.
US10992489B2
An electronic device includes a display, communication circuitry performing wireless connection with an external electronic device, a processor operatively coupled with the display and the communication circuitry, and a memory operatively connected with the processor. Based on executing instructions stored in the memory, the processor is configured to control the electronic device to receive information on a first notification message generated within the external electronic device using the communication circuitry. Based on instructions stored in the memory being executed, the processor controls the electronic device to display the first notification message through the display. Based on the instructions stored in the memory being executed, the processor is configured to control the electronic device to receive one or more second notification messages which have been generated within the external electronic device prior to the first notification message. Based on instructions stored in the memory being executed, the processor is configured to control the electronic device to display, in response to an input, the second notification message in at least a portion of the display.
US10992486B2
Synchronizing collaboration times for members of a team includes extracting emotive content and topical indicia from conversation data generated from multiple electronically captured conversations involving the team members. A model for generating time-based collaboration profiles for each member with respect to a specific topic can be constructed based on the emotive content and topical indicia. A synchronized collaboration time for the members of the team can be determined based on comparisons of each team member's respective collaboration profile.
US10992485B2
The present disclosure relates to a Network Interface Card (NIC) that is operatively coupled with a network device and comprises at least one network interface/port, wherein the NIC further comprises a processing unit; a non-volatile memory operatively coupled with the processing unit; and a power input connected to a decoupled power supply, wherein the NIC is configured in a manner that allows the NIC to work in an independent mode by decoupling from the main processor of the network device such that the NIC performs one or more programmed operations even when the network device is non-operational or when the network device undergoes a network change event.
US10992483B2
A physically unclonable function (PUF) device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells, a selecting circuit configured to select one or more memory cells among the plurality of memory cells in response to a challenge, and a sense amplifier and quantizer configured to generate a quantize signal from the selected memory cell. The number of quantization sections for generating the quantize signal may be different from the number of resistance state distributions generated from the selected memory cell. One or more quantization sections may exist in one resistance state distribution section.
US10992465B2
A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a platform including one or more computing devices, a blockchain authorization information generation request from a client, in which the blockchain authorization information generation request includes a target blockchain identifier and user information; determining, based on the target blockchain identifier, a target blockchain; determining a blockchain parameter of the target blockchain, in which the blockchain parameter indicates one or more requirements for authorization information used to join the target blockchain; generating blockchain authorization information based on the blockchain parameter and the user information, in which the blockchain authorization information conforms to the one or more requirements; and sending the blockchain authorization information to the client.
US10992462B2
A concealed-decision-tree computation system includes a user apparatus and 0th to (n−1)-th server apparatuses, where n is a predetermined positive integer. The user apparatus secret-shares data D into n shares [D]j (j=0, . . . , n−1) and sends the n shares [D]j (j=0, . . . , n−1) to the 0th to (n−1)-th server apparatuses, respectively. The 0th to (n−1)-th server apparatuses use the n shares [D]j (j=0, n−1) to perform secret cooperation computation to obtain n shares [out]0, . . . , [out]n-1 of a value “out” corresponding to the data D in a predetermined decision tree and send the n shares [out]0, . . . , [out]n-1 to the user apparatus. The user apparatus uses at least k shares out of the n received shares [out]0, . . . , [out]n-1 to restore the value “out” corresponding to the data D in the predetermined decision tree, where k is a predetermined integer equal to or smaller than n.
US10992461B2
Technology permitting secure storage and transmission of data stream as well as tiered access to multiple data stream according to permission. Data streams may be encrypted using symmetric encryption performed with varying symmetric keys according to a key stream of symmetric keys. Native data may be discarded for safety. Whole or partial key streams may be encrypted using the public keys of authorized entities having permission to access respective data streams or portions thereof. Only the corresponding private keys can decrypt the encrypted key streams required to decrypt the encrypted data streams. Thus rigorous access control is provided. IT personnel accessing data stream files on a server or intruders maliciously obtaining files will not be able to derive the data stream. Sensitive data streams may be stored using cloud services despite inherent risks.
US10992458B2
One example method includes creating a backup of data, creating metadata associated with the backup, hashing the backup to create a backup hash, obtaining a key from a blockchain, generating an aggregate hash of a combination that includes the key and the backup hash, and transmitting the aggregate hash to a blockchain network. Because the aggregate hash is not modifiable when stored in a blockchain, an immutable record exists that establishes when a particular backup was created.
US10992444B2
A method of full-duplex cellular communications includes receiving a first signal transmitted by a first cellular device at a base station using a cellular uplink frequency in a cellular frequency band. A second signal is transmitted from the base station to the first cellular device using a cellular downlink frequency in the cellular frequency band simultaneously with the receiving the first signal transmitted by the first cellular device. A third signal is transmitted from the base station to a second cellular device using the cellular uplink frequency in the cellular frequency band simultaneously with the receiving the first signal transmitted by the first cellular device and simultaneously with the transmitting the second signal from the base station to the first cellular device.
US10992443B2
Methods and devices enable a fine synchronization related to a data transmission on a physical channel. A fine timing reference signal is occasionally transmitted to the data transmission recipient using one of time-frequency resources in a recipient-specific pattern.
US10992440B2
A method performed by a wireless device for determining a search space for a physical control channel in a wireless communications network is provided. The wireless device is configured with a first search space of a physical control channel which first search space is associated with a first synchronization signal. The wireless device attempts to receive the first synchronization signal from a first network node. The wireless device then determines a search space for a physical control channel based on whether or not the attempt to receive said first synchronization signal was successful. When the attempt to receive said first synchronization signal was successful determining a first search space for the physical control channel, and when the attempt to receive said first synchronization signal was not successful determining a second search space for any one or more out of: the physical control channel and a second physical control channel.
US10992430B2
A transmitting device comprises a plurality of distributed transceivers, a baseband processor and a network management engine. Data streams are generated at baseband by the baseband processor. Diversity coding such as space-time coding may be performed over the generated data streams in the baseband. The transmitting device concurrently transmits each of the coded streams in a same radio frequency (RF) band to a receiving device over the entire distributed transceivers through associated antennas. When needed, the network management engine may identify one or more auxiliary devices providing available transceivers and antenna beamformers to the transmitting device for sharing. Beam patterns and antenna orientations may be determined for associated antennas of the available transceivers for the transmitting device. Each of the coded data streams in the same radio frequency band may be transmitted to the receiving device over the entire available transceivers for the transmitting device through the associated antennas.
US10992429B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting data using a multi-carrier in a mobile communication system. The method of transmitting data in user equipment of a wireless communication system using a carrier aggregation technique according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of setting secondary cells included in an S-TAG (Secondary-Timing Advance Group) configured of only secondary cells (SCells), deactivating a downlink timing reference cell in the S-TAG; determining whether other activated secondary cells exist besides the deactivated downlink timing reference cell in the S-TAG, and when the other activated secondary cells exist in the S-TAG, setting one of the other activated secondary cells as a new downlink timing reference cell. According to the present invention, uplink transmission speed can be increased in the user equipment and user QoS can be improved by transmitting data using one or more uplink carriers in the terminal.
US10992424B2
According to an embodiment, proposed herein is an operating method of a first apparatus in a wireless communication system. The method may include the steps of determining a first region for selecting resources related to transmission of sidelink information, and adjusting the first region to a second region based on information related to sidelink HARQ feedback.
US10992416B2
Compression coding may be used with forward error correction (FEC) coding to provide higher information rates by reducing the proportion of redundant bits relative to information bits that are transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver. In one example, first determiners and second determiners are calculated from a set of information bits, where each first determiner is calculated from a different first subset of the information bits along a first dimension, and each second determiner is calculated from a different second subset of the information bits along a second dimension that differs from the first dimension. First and second nubs are calculated from the first and second determiners, respectively, each nub comprising a number of redundant bits that is less than the number of bits in the determiners from which the nub is calculated. The information bits and the nubs are transmitted over one or more communications channels.
US10992412B2
Disclosed are a transmitter capable of cancelling simultaneous switching noise while ensuring low costs and a small area and a data transmission method in the same. The transmitter includes an encoder configured to convert input data of two levels (1 and 0) into data of three levels (+1, 0, and −1) and an output unit configured to output the data converted by the encoder. Here, the encoder adds 1 bit to the input data such that the number of bits corresponding to logic 1 becomes an even number. In addition, a specific correlation is established between currents or voltages corresponding to at least two levels of levels “+1”, “0”, and “−1” so that “+1” and “−1” corresponding to the logic 1 are alternately arranged and a current flowing through a power line or a ground line is constant regardless of the input data.
US10992411B2
Systems and methods described herein employ wireless physical network coding (WPNC) together with superposition modulation to support a highly reliable transmission. Embodiments include a composite constellation for carrying the side information that avoids use of extra resources. In additional embodiments, the MIMO, multi-stream transmission and multi-user superposition transmission (MUST) configurations are configured to utilize superposition modulation signaling.
US10992396B1
A RAN node may determine an aggregate signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of each resource block of a plurality of resource blocks, where the aggregate SNR of a given resource block of the plurality of resource blocks is based on SNRs of subcarrier frequencies of the given resource block. The RAN node may determine, based on a type of network traffic on each network slice of a plurality of network slices, an index value of each network slice of the plurality of network slices. The RAN node may map, based on the aggregate SNR of each resource block, based on the index value of each network slice, and for each resource block of the plurality of resource blocks, a resource block of the plurality of resource blocks to a network slice of the plurality of network slices.
US10992387B2
A method of combining optical signals from a plurality of optical fibers into a single optical signal includes receiving, at corresponding optical-signal receivers optically coupled to corresponding trunk fibers, respective optical signals. The method further includes determining, by the corresponding optical-signal receivers, when each respective optical signal is received. When the respective optical signal is received, the method includes performing the following steps: converting, by the corresponding optical-signal receiver, the respective optical signal to a corresponding electrical signal; transmitting, by the corresponding optical-signal receiver, the corresponding electrical signal to a corresponding input channel of an electrical-multiplexing device; and configuring the electrical-multiplexing device to select the corresponding input channel. Configuring the electrical-multiplexing device to select the corresponding input channel causes the electrical-multiplexing device to transmit the corresponding electrical signal to an electro-optical converter configured to convert the corresponding electrical signal back to the respective optical signal.
US10992385B2
Software Defined Networking concepts apply to access, fronthaul, backhaul and core networks of 5G mobile networks and beyond. Such network components currently have individual/segmented control planes and associated controllers to provide configurability, provisioning, and network slicing. This is because of technology disparity between these network components: access is wireless/cellular, backhaul and fronthaul are optical/fiber, and core is electrical/wire-line. A system/method is detailed that enables a coordinated and unified end-to-end slicing, wherein the coordination is provided in the system/method that (a) attaches to the respective controllers of these network components in real-time, (b) collects the connectivity topology of each network segment as the network evolves, (c) passes the slice-profile information (translating according to capabilities of that network segment to configure an end-to-end slice with a specified bandwidth requirement and service quality level), and (d) passes across a VLAN tag to be used across network segments to associate with the same slice.
US10992361B2
A split radio access network is provided that efficiently transmits beamforming coefficients from a distributed baseband unit device to a remote radio unit device to facilitate beamforming at the remote radio unit. The beamforming coefficients can be determined at the baseband unit device and transmitted along with the IQ data (data to be beamformed) to the remote radio unit device. Due to the large number of antenna ports however, there can still be a very large number of coefficients to transmit, and the disclosure provides for a compressed set of coefficients that reduces the overhead signaling requirements. Instead of sending coefficients for every kth antenna port, the system can select a subset of the coefficients corresponding to a set of k antenna ports which can be used by the remote radio unit to approximate the full set of beamforming coefficients.
US10992358B2
Embodiments of apparatus and methods for signaling for resource allocation and scheduling in 5G-NR integrated access and backhaul are generally described herein. In some embodiments, User Equipment configured for reporting a channel quality indicator (CQI) index in a channel state information (CSI) reference resource assumes a physical resource block (PRB) bundling size of two PRBs to derive the CQI index.
US10992356B2
A main Bluetooth circuit of a multi-member Bluetooth device includes: a Bluetooth communication circuit; a data transmission circuit; and a control circuit arranged to operably conduct bidirectional packet transmission with a remote Bluetooth device through the Bluetooth communication circuit by utilizing a Bluetooth wireless transmission approach, and arranged to operably communicate data with other devices through the data transmission circuit. During the period in which the Bluetooth communication circuit conducts packet transmission with the remote Bluetooth device, an auxiliary Bluetooth circuit of the multi-member Bluetooth device sniffs packets transmitted from the remote Bluetooth device. When the control circuit has detected that the auxiliary Bluetooth circuit missed packets transmitted from the remote Bluetooth device, the control circuit is further arranged to operably transmit missing packets of the auxiliary Bluetooth circuit to the auxiliary Bluetooth circuit through the data transmission circuit.
US10992355B2
An operating method of an electronic device including a plurality of panel antennas and storing information about a plurality of codebooks includes: determining at least one panel antenna among the plurality of panel antennas based on environmental information; receiving control information from a base station; and selecting an optimal codebook among the plurality of codebooks based on the determined at least one panel antenna and the received control information.
US10992354B2
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE measures one or more reference signals to determine a channel state on a channel including M delay taps. The UE determines a first precoder matrix for selecting a set of beams from L beams transmitted from the base station on the channel. The UE determines a second precoder matrix for combining the set of beams. The second precoder matrix includes at least two groups of coefficients each including coefficients being normalized based on a respective reference coefficient. Each coefficient corresponds to a respective one beam of the L beams at a particular polarization on a respective one delay tap of the M delay taps. The UE quantizes coefficients of the second precoder. The UE transmits an indication of the second precoder matrix having quantized coefficients.
US10992350B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may configure a first sub-band and a second sub-band of a system bandwidth for communication with a user equipment (UE). The base station may determine a spatial quasi co-location (QCL) relationship between the first sub-band and the second sub-band and may transmit signaling to the UE that indicates the determined spatial QCL relationship. Upon receiving the signaling, the UE may derive, based on the indicated spatial QCL relationship, spatial parameters (e.g., beam width, pointing angle, etc.) for communication with the base station via the second sub-band. The spatial parameters may be derived based on spatial parameters used for reception of a downlink transmission from the base station via the first sub-band. Subsequently, the UE may communicate with the base station via the second sub-band using the derived spatial parameters.
US10992345B2
Disclosed is a method for low voltage broadband power line carrier communication; when transmitting a physical layer protocol frame, short preambles are first transmitted to undergo automatic gain control, channel estimation, coarse-grained frequency offset compensation, and symbol synchronization; and then long preambles are transmitted to undergo automatic gain control, channel estimation, fine-grained frequency offset compensation, and symbol synchronization. Compared with the scheme of only transmitting long preambles, the present disclosure combines transmissions of short preambles and long preambles, which thus may quickly and accurately implement frequency offset compensation, automatic gain control, symbol synchronization, and channel estimation without sacrifice of precision, thereby achieving quick convergence, reducing resource overheads and time overheads, and enhancing system performance.
US10992341B2
A multi-line digital transceiver configured to use low-complexity beamforming on at least some tones to boost effective SNR values for selected subscriber lines. In an example embodiment, the beamforming coefficients can be restricted to one-bit values or two-bit values, e.g., such that the corresponding beamforming computations can be implemented using only sign changes, swaps of the real and imaginary parts, and/or zeroing of some values, and without invoking any full-precision hardware multiplication operations. At least some embodiments can be run on a significantly simpler and/or less powerful vectoring engine than conventional beamforming solutions while still being able to provide nearly optimal beamforming SNR gains. In some embodiments, additional scaling by powers of two may be applied to at least some signals contributing to the beamforming, e.g., to satisfy power constraints for some or all of the subscriber lines.
US10992336B2
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for identifying audio characteristics of a room using a spread code. In some embodiments, a first electronic device receives a spread spectrum signal from a second electronic device over an audio data channel. The first electronic device determines a time of receipt of the spread spectrum signal based on despreading. The first electronic device calculates an airtime delay based on the time of receipt and a time of transmission of the spread spectrum signal. The first electronic device determines a direction of the second electronic device based on the spread spectrum signal and beam forming techniques. The first electronic device adjusts playback of audiovisual content at the second electronic device and a third electronic device for a location based on the airtime delay and the direction.
US10992323B2
A decoder can receive an indication that a portion of a codeword has been decoded during a decoding operation. The decoder can determine a group of candidate output values of the decoding operation for the portion of the codeword, and eliminate one or more candidate output values from the group of candidate output values based on a decoded check code for each of the group of candidate output values. In response to determining that all of the candidate output values have been eliminated from the group of candidate output values, the decoder can terminate the decoding operation.
US10992314B2
A method and apparatus for detecting and correcting digit errors of arithmetic results and signed data represented in a redundant residue number system (RRNS) and further represented using a non-systematic method of complements suitable for processing by a complement based digital arithmetic of the full redundant range.
US10992307B2
A frequency signal generation apparatus includes a light source, an atom cell with gaseous alkali metal atoms and a buffer gas enclosed therein, through which light output from the light source passes, and a container with a gas containing gas molecules in common with the buffer gas enclosed, housing the atom cell, wherein pressure of the common gas molecules is substantially the same within the atom cell and within the container.
US10992304B2
An example apparatus (100) is for use for use with front-end circuitry (102) to transmit and receive radar wave signals, The apparatus (100) includes digital phase locked loop (PLL) circuitry (104) and a control circuit (106). The digital PLL circuitry (106) provides a chirp sequence with frequency modulated continuous wave signals (FMCW), the FMCW signals being chirps containing a start frequency and a stop frequency, representing a selected chirp bandwidth (BW). The digital PLL circuitry (104) includes the DCO circuit (108) which frequency resolution is configured and arranged to be tuned relative to the selected chirp BW, the frequency resolution configured in response to a selected level of capacitance. The control circuit (106) controls the selected level of capacitance used by the DCO circuit (108) by changing the frequency resolution of the DCO according to the selected chirp BW, wherein different frequency resolutions are used for a first selected chirp BW and for a second selected chirp BW.
US10992296B2
The invention relates to a circuit arrangement (100) for the temperature-dependent actuation of a first switching element (S1), comprising an input terminal (EA) for accepting an input potential, an output terminal (AA) for transferring an output potential to a first control terminal (G1) of the first switching element (S1), and a temperature-dependent component (RT) which is connected between the input terminal (EA) and the output terminal (AA).
US10992281B2
A bulk acoustic wave resonator includes a substrate; a lower electrode disposed on the substrate; a piezoelectric layer disposed to cover at least a portion of the lower electrode; an upper electrode disposed to cover at least a portion of the piezoelectric layer; and a passivation layer disposed to cover at least a portion of the upper electrode, wherein the passivation layer includes a non-trimming-processed portion disposed outside an active region of the bulk acoustic wave resonator in which portions of the lower electrode, the piezoelectric layer, and the upper electrode overlap, and having a thickness that is thicker than a thickness of a portion of the passivation layer disposed in the active region.
US10992273B2
Provided are an electronic device and an operation method thereof. The operation method of an electronic device for processing an audio signal may include obtaining viewing environment information related to sound intelligibility, processing an input audio signal by separating the input audio signal into a first channel including a primary signal and a second channel including an ambient signal based on the viewing environment information, processing the input audio signal based on a frequency band and based on the viewing environment information, and generating an output signal based on processing the input audio signal.
US10992266B2
A power amplifier circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor and a bias circuit. The first transistor has a base configured to receive a first signal. The second transistor has an emitter connecting to a collector of the first transistor and a collector configured to output a second signal. The bias circuit is coupled to the first transistor and the second transistor. The bias circuit is configured to provide a direct current (DC) voltage at the collector of the second transistor about twice a DC voltage at the collector of the first transistor. The bias circuit is configured to provide an alternating current (AC) or radio frequency (RF) voltage at the collector of the second transistor about twice an AC or RF voltage at the collector of the first transistor.
US10992260B2
In an oscillator device that outputs a frequency signal based on an oscillation frequency of a crystal resonator and a frequency setting value, a frequency difference detector that obtains a difference value corresponding to a frequency difference between the output frequency of the oscillator device and an external clock signal and a temperature detector are disposed. An aging coefficient and a temperature characteristic coefficient are obtained based on a secular change of the difference value obtained in the frequency difference detector and a secular change of the detected temperature during a period where the external clock signal is obtained. Furthermore, a frequency correction value is calculated using the aging coefficient and the temperature characteristic coefficient during a holdover period, and the frequency correction value is added to the frequency setting value.
US10992257B2
A method of monitoring state of health for an energy generation system includes receiving a measurement of a parameter of an electrical component in the PV energy generation system at an instance in time, referencing a look-up table containing several values of the parameter representing an expected degradation trend across a progression of time for the electrical component, comparing the measurement to an expected value of the expected degradation trend for a period of time corresponding to the instance in time, and initiating a preventative measure based upon the comparison between the measurement and the expected value of the expected degradation trend.
US10992245B2
Technical solutions are described herein for position estimation of permanent magnet synchronous machines through vibration induced saliency. An example permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) includes a motor control system to provide input command to the motor to cause a position of the motor to change. The PMSM further includes a motor position estimation module configured to estimate the position of the motor. The estimation includes measuring a current Iabc across the motor. The estimation further includes extracting a filtered current Iabc_inj at a predetermined frequency from the current Iabc. The estimation further includes estimating the position of the motor based on the filtered current Iabc_inj.
US10992233B2
A DC to DC power converter is described that includes a transformer, a primary side connected to a primary transformer winding, and a secondary side connected to a secondary transformer winding. The secondary side comprises inductor-capacitor (LC) circuitry at an input, and a plurality of diodes providing uncontrolled rectification. A controller controls switching of the switching circuitry to apply voltage pulses to the primary transformer winding. The voltage pulses are separated by zero-voltage periods. A switching frequency of the switching circuitry is less than the resonant frequency of the LC circuitry.
US10992217B2
To suppress a leakage current flowing through a parasitic capacitor of an insulated transformer of a high-side insulated power. The present invention suppresses a common mode current using a common mode reactor by focusing on the fact that a leakage current flowing through a parasitic capacitor of an insulated transformer of a high-side insulated power source resulting from a high-frequency signal generated due to an on/off operation of a high-side switching element is the common mode current. The common mode reactor reduces the common mode current and bears the high-frequency signal to prevent the high-frequency signal from being applied to the insulated transformer of the high-side insulated power source, suppress the leakage current flowing through the parasitic capacitor of the insulated transformer, and reduce an erroneous operation of the high-side switching element generated due to the leakage current flowing through the parasitic capacitor of the insulated transformer.
US10992212B2
A method for manufacturing a stator includes the steps of: (1) providing a stator core module having a first stator fixture disposed on a first side of the stator core module, the first stator fixture is configured to support a first set of stator core junction portions in a fixed position; (2) providing a first crown module having a set of first crown junction portions and a first crown fixture to support the first set of first crown junction portions; (3) aligning the first stator fixture with the first crown fixture so that the first set of stator core junction portions are aligned with the first crown junction portions; and (4) joining the first set of stator core junction portions with the first crown junction portions.
US10992207B2
A power tool has a housing, a motor disposed within the housing, a power supply circuit for providing power to the motor, a controller circuit for controlling the power provided to the motor, and an electric static discharge (ESD) protection circuit connected to the power supply circuit and the housing. The ESD protection circuit includes a first resistor connected to the power supply circuit and the housing. The first resistor may be a high impedance resistor. The ESD protection circuit may also have a first capacitor connected in parallel to the first resistor, a second resistor connected in series to the first resistor, and a second capacitor connected in series to the first capacitor and in parallel to the second resistor.
US10992205B2
The present invention relates to an arrangement for cooling of an electrical machine. The electrical machine comprises a rotor rotatably arranged around a rotation axis, a stator including a stator winding arranged radially outside of the rotor, a housing enclosing the rotor and the stator, at least one drain hole configured to drain a cooling fluid from the housing, at least one spraying device configured to spray cooling fluid on the stator winding and a pump configured to pump cooling fluid to the spraying device. The arrangement comprises a control unit, which is configured, when the electrical machine is in operation, to receive information of the temperature in at least one position of the stator winding and to control the pump such that it pumps a flow rate of the cooling fluid to the spraying device, which is related to the estimated temperature of the stator winding.
US10992204B2
The invention relates mainly to a rotary electrical machine including: a bearing (12); a stator (11) including a stator body (13); and a tubular ring (27), said stator body (13) being mounted braced in the ring (27); a cooling chamber (28) for circulating coolant liquid defined by an outer periphery of said tubular ring (27) and an inner periphery of said bearing (12); said bearing (12) including an intake and an outlet of coolant liquid, said machine including a separating wall (42) for separating said cooling chamber (28) extending between said intake and said outlet of coolant liquid, said separating wall (42) being added relative to said tubular ring (27) and including at the ends thereof attachment members for holding said wall (42) on said tubular ring (27).
US10992200B2
An electric motor (1) comprising an armature (10) having a plurality of teeth (20), and slots (30) configured between the teeth (20), at least one winding (40), which is constituted by a winding conductor (42), wherein at least part of the winding (40) is accommodated within one of the slots (30), a first guide (52) and a second guide (52), respectively having a spacer (56) and a guide slot (54), configured within the slot (30), wherein a winding conductor section (44) of the winding conductor (42) is guided at least in one of the guide slots (54), and wherein the spacer (56) separates the winding conductor section (44) from the winding (40), wherein the free ends of the spacer (56) and the openings in the guide slots (54) are configured in a mutually facing arrangement.
US10992199B2
An insulation system and method are disclosed for insulating formed coils of hydroelectric machines, such as a hydroelectric generator. The system includes strand/turn insulation that may include one or more layers of different materials, depending upon the dielectric requirements. A ground wall insulation is applied over the group of turns. The coil may be sized in a slot cell section. Additional insulation layers are provided, including a slot corona suppression insulation that extends just beyond stator slots, a voltage grading layer, and an armor layer. Time temperature profiles and preheating may be used to cure coil sections via press and heat. The resulting system is suitable for installation in situ, and affords superior resistance to degradation.
US10992198B2
A motor includes a stator including a stator core and teeth respectively protruding from the stator core, and coils respectively wound onto the teeth n (n is an integer of 3 or greater) turns. In a cross section in a first direction representing each of directions of protrusion of the teeth from the stator core, a k-th (k is an integer, 1
US10992186B2
The present specification discloses a wireless power transmission device and method thereof. Here, the wireless power transmission device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a laser light source unit; a light output unit which emits laser light generated from the laser light source to a light receiving unit of the wireless power receiving device; and a control unit which controls shaping of the emitted light according to the angle of arrival with the light receiving unit so that an overfill loss is less than a predetermined threshold value. Here, the control unit detects the point at which the power conversion efficiency of the light receiving unit is highest, and sets and controls the power density value of the emitted light at the detected point.
US10992179B2
A system, recharge apparatus, and method includes transmit coils positioned in a pattern to allow at least one of the transmit coils to establish a wireless link with a receive coil positioned in proximity of the recharge apparatus. A power source is coupled to the transmit coils and configured to selectively energize ones of the transmit coils to transfer power to the receive coil. An energy efficiency detection circuit is configured to detect an electrical response of each one of the transmit coils when energized by the power source, the electrical response indicative of an energy efficiency between the one of the transmit coils and the receive coil. The power source selectively energizes ones of the transmit coils, selected according to a statistical analysis of an historical record and the electrical response indicative of the energy efficiency meeting a minimum efficiency criterion for energy transfer to the receive coil.
US10992172B2
An improved power supply circuit which includes a utility power source, a plurality of silicon controlled rectifiers (SCR1-SCR6), a first battery, a second battery, a first inductor, a second inductor, a first capacitor, a second capacitor and a plurality of power switch elements (Q1˜Q4). When the utility power source is in a positive half cycle, the SCR1 and the SCR6 are turned on; the SCR2, the SCR3, the SCR4 and the SCR5 are turned off; the Q1 is activated to make the electrical energy directed to the first capacitor through the diode of the Q3, and the voltage on the first capacitor is maintained at a constant. Meanwhile, the Q2 is turned off, the Q4 is operated to let the current flow through the second inductor to charge the second battery.
US10992168B2
The power distribution device includes a power regulating device and a first auxiliary power distribution component. The power regulating device has a first output end connected to an AC power grid and a second output end. The first auxiliary power distribution component has a first movable end electrically connected to a load, a first fixed end electrically connected to the AC power grid and a second fixed end electrically connected to the second output end, and a ground line of the second fixed end is grounded. When the AC power grid is normal, the first movable end is connected to the first fixed end, such that the AC power grid supplies power to the load. And when the AC power grid is abnormal, the first movable end is connected to the second fixed end, such that the power regulating device supplies power to the load through the second output end.
US10992166B2
In general, one or more loads on a vehicle can be connected to both a first voltage source on the vehicle and a backup vehicle power system on the vehicle. If the voltage provided by the first voltage source to the one or more loads satisfies a voltage threshold, the backup vehicle power system does not provide power to the one or more loads. However, if the voltage provided by the first voltage source to the one or more loads falls below the voltage threshold, the backup vehicle power system provides power to the one or more loads.
US10992164B2
An electric system is disclosed. The electric system comprises first and second battery subassemblies, an interrupter, and a system controller. The interrupter connects the first battery subassembly in series to the second battery subassembly via a switched current-limiting path in parallel with a switched non-current-limiting path. The first battery subassembly causes closing of the switched current-limiting path when an energizing trigger is applied to the electric system. The system controller causes closing of the switched non-current-limiting path when energized by the first and second battery subassemblies. The electric system may be integrated in an electric vehicle. A method for energizing an electric system is also disclosed.
US10992163B2
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly, a mobile terminal for transmitting and/or receiving power and data to or from another mobile terminal connected thereto through a cable. A first mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a memory configured to store data, a display unit configured to enable information to be input or output therethrough, an interface unit connected to a cable through which at least one of data and power is transmitted, and a controller, wherein the controller may obtain, through the cable, connection information about the first mobile terminal and a second mobile terminal and may transmit or receive at least one of the data and the power to or from the second mobile through the cable. Accordingly, the first mobile terminal may transmit or receive power to or from another mobile terminal connected to the cable and may select a mobile terminal supplied with power and a mobile terminal supplying power from among a plurality of mobile terminals.
US10992151B2
Power management techniques are disclosed. For instance, an apparatus may include a bidirectional voltage converter circuit, and a control module that selectively operates the bidirectional voltage converter circuit in a charging mode and a delivery mode. The charging mode converts a voltage provided by an interface (e.g., a USB interface) into a charging voltage employed by an energy storage module (e.g., a rechargeable battery). Conversely, the delivery mode converts a voltage provided by the energy storage module into a voltage employed by the interface. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10992144B2
A circuit provides for regulating charge and discharge current of a battery. A bypass circuit is connected to a terminal of the battery and connected in parallel with a load switch. The bypass circuit may selectively direct a bypass current around the load switch. A controller can operate in plural modes to control the bypass circuit. In a first mode, the controller controls one or more parameters of the bypass current based on values corresponding to a current at the terminal, a voltage at the terminal, and/or a temperature of the battery. In a second mode, the controller controls the bypass circuit to disable the bypass current.
US10992143B2
A power bank has a station and a plurality of battery modules. When the battery modules are stacked on the station, rechargeable batteries of the battery modules are electrically connected in parallel. When a charging port of the station is electrically connected to an external power supply, a charging-discharging control circuit of the station receives electric energy from the external power supply via the charging port and uses the received electric energy to charge the rechargeable batteries. When a discharging port of the station is electrically connected to an external electronic device, the charging-discharging control circuit transfers electric energy received from the rechargeable batteries to the external electronic device. Each of the battery modules is replaceable, and the total number of the battery modules of the power bank is adjustable.
US10992134B2
The present disclosure relates to shedding loads based on perturbation of active power and perturbation of reactive power. For instance, a method includes receiving electrical measurements of a power system. The method includes detecting a contingency in the power system. The method includes determining perturbation of the active power and perturbation of reactive power in the power system based on the electrical measurements. The method includes shedding one or more loads of the power system due to the contingency based on the perturbation of the active power and the perturbation of reactive power.
US10992128B2
The present invention relates to a battery reverse voltage prevention system, and more particularly, to a battery reverse voltage prevention system, which prevents current of a battery from flowing to a resistor by connecting an additional P-type channel MOSFET to a P-type channel MOSFET gate terminal in the related art in order to prevent opening/closing of a P-type channel MOSFET from being delayed due to a resistor installed to limit capacitance and dark current generated by the P-type channel MOSFET in a battery reverse voltage prevention system in the related art, which includes the P-type channel MOSFET, thereby reducing an opening/closing delay time of the P-type channel MOSFET in the related art.
US10992123B2
Circuits, systems and methods are provided wherein a bypass circuit provides an auxiliary current path to supply current from a power supply line to an electrical load. The bypass circuit is used during a low-power mode, and consumes less quiescent power than a main current path that provides current from the power supply line to the electrical load during normal operation. The bypass circuit includes a current limiter and a comparator, and generates a high-current detection signal responsive to the comparator detecting that a current through the current limiter exceeds a maximum allowed or expected current.
US10992120B2
There is provided a sidewall closeout area assembly for an aircraft. The assembly includes a raceway with a first end to attach to a sidewall assembly, a second end to attach to aircraft floor structure(s), and a raceway body with first access opening(s) providing access to one or more of, a crown area and an underfloor area, for conductive elements routed along the raceway. The assembly further includes a raceway cover removably coupled to the raceway and having second access opening(s) providing access to the cabin and to an overfloor area in the cabin for the conductive elements. The assembly further includes a closeout area formed between the raceway body and the raceway cover, to house and protect the conductive elements. The assembly facilitates accessibility to the conductive elements, and provides a routing path for the conductive elements that does not need to be reconfigured for different aircraft cabin layouts.
US10992118B1
A wire stripping tool includes a shaft having a handle at a distal end and a wire cutting device at a proximal end. The wire cutting device is a circular metallic form the plane of which is secured centrally and perpendicular to the shaft. A plurality of notches is disposed about the circumference of the circular metallic form.
US10992112B2
A spark plug includes an insulative sleeve. A glaze coating is disposed on an exterior surface of the insulative sleeve. The glaze coating includes a boric acid, a borosilicate glass, a barium borate glass, a phosphorous glass, a silicate glass, or a combination thereof. The glasses are independently modified with a modifier selected from the group consisting of alkali group metals, alkali earth group metals, aluminum, silicon, a halogen, or a combination thereof. The glaze coating has a softening point between about 650° C. and about 1100° C.
US10992111B2
The occurrence of an upward streamer is effectively suppressed by reducing a positively charged region formed around a lightning protection device as much as possible. The lightning protection device includes: an inner electrode body 2 which is grounded; an outer electrode body 3 which is provided so as to enclose the inner electrode body 2 with a predetermined gap G from the inner electrode body 2; an electrical insulator S which is provided in the gap G to hold the inner electrode body 2 and the outer electrode body 3 in a state of being electrically insulated from each other; and a support body for the inner electrode body, in which the inner electrode body 2 is formed in a substantially spherical shape, the outer electrode body 3 is formed in a spherical shell shape similar to an outer surface shape of the inner electrode body 2, and substantially an entire surface of the inner electrode body 2 is covered by the outer electrode body 3.
US10992109B2
A device includes a substrate, a first vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) array on the substrate, a second VCSEL array on the substrate and adjacent to the first VCSEL array, and an isolation structure between the first VCSEL array and the second VCSEL array. The isolation structure provides electrical isolation between the first VCSEL array and the second VCSEL array.
US10992105B2
A coating having a mismatched coefficient of thermal expansion is applied to an underlying light emitting diode (LED) or laser diode (LD), such that as the temperature of the device changes, a varying level of strain is introduced to the underlying LED or LD. Because strain can also adjust the effective bandgap energy (and hence emission wavelength) of the device, the external strain-inducing coating can act to either compensate for the wavelength shift due to temperature (resulting in reduced dλ/dT) or accentuate it (resulting in increased dλ/dT). By proper selection of coating material and geometry, full control over dλ/dT can be achieved.
US10992104B2
A system includes a grating coupled laser and a photonic integrated circuit (PIC). The grating coupled laser includes a first waveguide and a transmit grating coupler optically coupled to the first waveguide. The PIC includes a second waveguide and a receive grating coupler optically coupled to the second waveguide. The receive grating coupler is in optical alignment with the transmit grating coupler. The receive grating coupler includes a first grating and a second grating spaced apart from and above the first grating within the PIC.
US10992103B1
A laser device includes a substrate including a principal surface and a recess provided in the principal surface; a laser oscillation unit fixed to the principal surface in direct contact with the principal surface or with an adhesive interposed between the laser oscillation unit and the principal surface, the laser oscillation unit having an emission surface from which laser light that diverges as the laser light travels is emitted along the principal surface; and a reflecting member fixed to a bottom surface of the recess and having an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to the principal surface so as to reflect the laser light. At least a portion of the inclined surface is positioned in a space inside the recess.
US10992097B2
An apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises: an optical resonator including a surface; wherein a Bragg grating is formed at least part of the surface of the optical resonator; and wherein the Bragg grating has a Bragg frequency substantially equal to a center frequency of an Nth order Brillouin gain region capable of generating an Nth order Stokes signal.
US10992093B1
A universal adapter structure comprises a housing, a socket unit, a first plug unit and a second plug unit. The first and the second plug units have a rocking base, two plug terminals and a driving member, respectively. The rocking base is pivotally disposed on the housing, the two plug terminals are fixed on the rocking base, and the driving member is movably disposed on the housing. By pressing the driving member, the rocking base can be pivoted, thereby driving an outer end of the plug terminal to pivot toward a direction away from the housing.
US10992092B2
A connector is provided that is configured to mate with a second connector and a third connector includes a housing, terminals equipped in the housing that are configured to connect to third terminals provided in the third connector, and coupling terminals that can at least connect to a second terminal provided in the second connector. The terminals include an electric wire connecting part that is configured to connect to electric wires included in a cable connected to the housing and a contact part that is configured to make contact with the third terminals. The electric wire connecting part and contact part positions are offset with regard to a direction orthogonal to a mating direction.
US10992084B2
An electrical connector includes: a housing having a base, a front tongue, and a rear mount; an upper and lower rows of contacts arranged in the housing and exposed respectively to two opposite surfaces of the tongue; an insulative shell mounted to the base and including a pair of mounting lugs, each mounting lug having a hole; and a metallic shell shielding the rear mount, wherein the metallic shell has a pair of securing arms fastened to the pair of mounting lugs.
US10992074B2
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of passageways, a plurality of blade type contacts retained to the retaining grooves in the corresponding passageways, a spacer located in a rear receiving space of the housing with corresponding slits through which tails of the contacts rearwardly extend, and a plurality of wires having the inner conductors soldered upon the tails of the contacts behind the spacer. A waterproof glue plate fills the receiving space of the housing to enclose the exposed inner conductors and the corresponding tails. A plurality of passages are formed in one side of the peripheral wall, through which the wires extend in a vertical direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction along which the contacts extend. The spacer forms a recess to receive a protrusion of the glue plate, and the protrusion is located adjacent to the passages for assuring sealing around said passages.
US10992072B2
The electrical connector includes a main body comprising an insertion opening into which a connection target is inserted and an accommodation space to accommodate the connection target inserted into the insertion opening, a conductive contact held in the main body so as to be connected to the connection target in the accommodation space, and a cover member rotatably mounted on the main body so as to be rotatable around a rotation axis passing through the main body. The cover member comprises a shaft hole along the rotation axis. The main body includes a side face which intersects the rotation axis at an intersection, an auxiliary wall portion which faces the side face, an opening portion formed at the intersection of the rotation axis and the side face, and a rotation shaft. The rotation shaft extends from the wall portion protruding along the rotation axis toward the side face from the auxiliary wall portion and inserted into the opening portion via the shaft hole.
US10992068B2
A solder with ground bar includes a first unit and a second unit. The first unit includes a first ground bar and a first solder layer attached to one side of the first ground bar. The second unit includes a second ground bar and a second solder layer attached to one side of the second ground bar. The first unit and the second unit are arranged in such a manner that the first solder layer and the second solder layer face each other. The first solder layer and the second solder layer are partially joined together.
US10992066B2
A single polarized radiator operating within a frequency range, the radiator comprising multiple active dipoles configured to be arranged a predetermined distance from a ground plane. Each active dipole comprising a first active element having first electrical characteristics and a second active element having second electrical characteristics, which first and second active elements are equal in length and provided with a respective feeding point. In each active dipole, first electrical characteristics differs from second electrical characteristics, the length of each active element is selected based on an upper frequency of the frequency range, and the first active element and/or the second active element of each active dipole is/are configured to be capacitively coupled to an active element of an adjacent active dipole.
US10992064B2
A mobile device includes a WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) module, a WWAN (Wireless Wide Area Network) module, a first antenna element, a second antenna element, a third antenna element, a fourth antenna element, a first switch element, and a second switch element. The WLAN module has a first port, a second port, and a first control port. The WWAN module has a third port, a fourth port, a fifth port, and a sixth port. The first antenna element is coupled to the third port. The first switch element couples the second antenna element to the first port or the fourth port according to a first control signal. The second switch element couples the third antenna element to the second port or the fifth port according to a second control signal. The fourth antenna element is coupled to the sixth port.
US10992056B2
A slot antenna device includes a first electrical conductor including first and second electrically conductive surfaces, a second electrical conductor including a third electrically conductive surface that opposes the second electrically conductive surface, a waveguide body on the second electrically conductive surface, and an artificial magnetic conductor extending on both sides of the waveguide body. The first electrical conductor includes a slot. The waveguide body includes a waveguide surface that opposes the third electrically conductive surface. The third electrically conductive surface, the waveguide surface, and the artificial magnetic conductor define a waveguide. The waveguide body includes a first ridge and a second ridge. As viewed from a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the waveguide surface, the slot is located between the one end of the first ridge and the one end of the second ridge.
US10992047B2
An antenna includes a first folded dipole, and a second folded dipole connected in parallel to the first folded dipole. The antenna further includes a conductor that extends across a first gap in the first folded dipole and a second gap in the second folded dipole to connect to a first central section of the first folded dipole and to a second central section of the second folded dipole.
US10992046B2
The system and method for a low profile high gain dual polarization UHF/VHF antenna. In some cases a spiral antenna over a small cavity, with arms attached on either side is provided. The antenna structure is a short distance above a ground plane (e.g., less than 1/10 wavelength at the high frequency of operation). The arms are terminated to ground and the values of the terminations can vary depending on installation and the value chosen for the spiral termination. In some cases, the spiral antenna is not limited to a two arm spiral only as any type of spiral antenna may be used.
US10992042B2
An antenna is connected to a first end of a high-frequency transmission line, and a connector is connected to a second end of the high-frequency transmission line. A characteristic impedance of a microstrip line is higher than characteristic impedances of first and second strip lines, and a characteristic impedance of a coplanar line is higher than a characteristic impedance of the second strip line. Thus, at a certain frequency, a standing wave develops in which the position of the microstrip line and the position of the coplanar line are maximum voltage points and three-quarter-wavelength resonance is a fundamental wave mode. Thus, the cutoff frequency of the high-frequency transmission line is high, and an insertion loss of a signal is significantly reduced to be low over a wide band.
US10992041B2
The present invention discloses a dual-frequency feed-source module and a dual-frequency microwave antenna, wherein the dual-frequency feed-source module mainly comprises two coaxially arranged waveguides, the two waveguides respectively provide microwave energy of two different frequency bands to radiating portions for feeding, so that the antenna can be operated in different frequency bands at the same time. The combination of the two coaxial waveguides, a reflector and other structures can form different microwave antennas such as a feedforward dual-band microwave antenna and a feedback Cassegrain dual-band microwave antenna. The invention feeds microwave energy through the two waveguides, so that the antenna can be operated in two frequency bands at the same time, thus greatly expanding an application range of the microwave antenna.
US10992033B1
An antenna apparatus includes a substrate, a transmission antenna disposed on the substrate, and an auxiliary substrate disposed in an upper portion of the transmission antenna and having a radio wave guide unit having a horn shape. The auxiliary substrate further includes an insulator and a second metal pattern disposed in the radio wave guide unit on the insulator.
US10992030B2
The present disclosure provides an ultra-wideband multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna, including a printed circuit board (PCB) and four mirror-symmetrical antenna components having a same structure and disposed on the PCB. The PCB includes a system ground and a circuit region, and an orthographic projection of the antenna components on the PCB falls within the system ground. The radiation portion is disposed parallel to and separately from the PCB. The connection portion includes a first grounding pin, a second grounding pin, and an antenna feed point pin respectively extending from the radiation portion toward the PCB and disposed separately from each other, the first grounding pin and the second grounding pin are connected to the system ground, and the antenna feed point pin is connected to an external power supply. The present disclosure further provides a terminal. The ultra-wideband MIMO antenna and the terminal have good antenna performance.
US10992020B1
A very low frequency (VLF) antenna includes a metal monopole and a dielectric metamaterial cladding surrounding a periphery of the monopole.
US10992017B2
Embodiments may relate to a dielectric waveguide that includes a substrate and a waveguide material disposed within the substrate. The dielectric waveguide may further include a waveguide launcher electromagnetically and physically coupled with the waveguide material, wherein the waveguide launcher is exposed at a side of the dielectric substrate. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.
US10992016B2
Embodiments of the invention include a mm-wave waveguide connector and methods of forming such devices. In an embodiment the mm-wave waveguide connector may include a plurality of mm-wave launcher portions, and a plurality of ridge based mm-wave filter portions each communicatively coupled to one of the mm-wave launcher portions. In an embodiment, the ridge based mm-wave filter portions each include a plurality of protrusions that define one or more resonant cavities. Additional embodiments may include a multiplexer portion communicatively coupled to the plurality of ridge based mm-wave filter portions and communicative coupled to a mm-wave waveguide bundle. In an embodiment the plurality of protrusions define resonant cavities with openings between 0.5 mm and 2.0 mm, the plurality of protrusions are spaced apart from each other by a spacing between 0.5 mm and 2.0 mm, and wherein the plurality of protrusions have a thickness between 200 μm and 1,000 μm.
US10992014B2
Disclosed herein is a nonreciprocal circuit element that includes a permanent magnet, a magnetic material having an insulating property, a magnetic rotator sandwiched between the permanent magnet and the magnetic material, and an external terminal. The magnetic rotator includes a center conductor connected to the external terminal, and first and second ferrite cores sandwiching the center conductor. The external terminal covers a side surface of the magnetic material without covering a side surface of the permanent magnet.
US10992007B2
A battery case includes a first cell accommodating portion that accommodates a first number of battery cells, and a second cell accommodating portion that accommodates a second number of battery cells, smaller than the first number. The second cell accommodating portion is shorter than the first cell accommodating portion in one of three directions parallel to sides of the battery case. The battery case further includes a board accommodating portion, which is adjacent to the second cell accommodating portion in the one of the three directions, and that accommodates a circuit board therein; a first partition wall arranged between the first cell accommodating portion and the board accommodating portion; and a second partition wall arranged between the second cell accommodating portion and the board accommodating portion. Thus, the thickness of the battery is reduced and the circuit board is separated from the battery cells.
US10992006B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a battery pack, a battery module and an output electrode base. The output electrode base includes a base body and a connector, and the connector is a metal structure; the connector includes a securing member and a connecting post, the securing member is secured in the base body, and the connecting post protrudes from the base body; an output electrode connection piece of the battery module is provided with a first installing hole, and the connecting post passes through the first installing hole to be connected with the output electrode connection piece.
US10992002B2
The present invention relates to a rechargeable battery, and a rechargeable battery including: a liquid cathode portion including a sodium-containing solution and a cathode current collector impregnated in the sodium-containing solution; an anode portion including a liquid organic electrolyte, an anode current collector impregnated in the liquid organic electrolyte, and an anode active material provided in the surface of the anode current collector; and a solid electrolyte provided between the cathode portion and the anode portion can be provided.
US10991985B2
A secondary battery of sealed structure disclosed herein is provided with a stacked electrode body inside a battery case. At a region closer to a lid body of the battery case when a rectangular positive electrode sheet and rectangular negative electrode sheet that make up the electrode body is bisected with respect to a direction from the lid body to a bottom surface of a case body, a positive electrode collector exposed portion and a negative electrode collector exposed portion, which do not have a positive or negative electrode active material layer, are formed, in the rectangular positive electrode sheet and negative electrode sheet, on the inward side of the rectangular positive and negative electrode sheets, in such a manner that one side of each exposed portion makes up part of an edge, of the positive and negative electrode sheets, neighboring and opposing the lid body.
US10991981B2
This nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided with a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The non-aqueous electrolyte contains: a non-aqueous solvent that contains a fluorine-containing cyclic carbonate; an isocyanuric acid derivative such as triallyl isocyanurate; and a cyclic carboxylic acid anhydride such as diglycolic acid anhydride.
US10991980B2
The secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution including at least one kind of cyclic nitrogen compounds and at least one of a first nitrile compound and a second nitrile compound.
US10991978B2
A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte layer. The electrolyte layer includes an electrolytic solution, a polymer compound, and a plurality of inorganic particles. The polymer compound includes a copolymer including vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene, and a ratio W2/W1 of a weight W2 of the electrolytic solution to a weight W1 of the polymer compound is from 2.5 to 50.
US10991971B2
The present disclosure relates to a negative electrode active material including: particles of negative electrode active material, wherein the particles of negative electrode active material contain particles of silicon compound containing a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.55≤x≤1.6), and the particles of silicon compound includes at least one or more kinds of Li2SiO3 and Li4SiO4; the particles of silicon compound contain nickel; and, a mass of the nickel to a mass of the particles of negative electrode active material is 2 mass ppm or more and 100 mass ppm or less. Thus, when used as the negative electrode active material of a secondary battery, a negative electrode active material capable of improving the initial charge/discharge characteristics and cycle characteristics is provided.
US10991968B2
A conveying device includes a flat plate member including a through-hole and a first conveying head that sucks a conveyance object via the through-hole in a state of holding the flat plate member and conveys the flat plate member and the conveyance object to an accommodation case. Moreover, the flat plate member has a shape that prevents an end of the conveyance object from abutting an inner side surface of the accommodation case during placement into the accommodation case.
US10991967B2
A preparation method for a novel composite anode based on nitrogen-doped charcoal of sludge and porous volcanic, and a microbial fuel cell, relating to the technical field of resource utilization of new materials, new energy and wastewater. Active sludge is prepared into porous nitrogen-doped charcoal by using a nitrogen high-temperature pyrolysis baking method; and then, surface minerals are removed by using an acidification method to improve the electrical conductivity of the charcoal; finally, surface charcoal loading is performed by taking volcanic granules as a carrier to prepare and form nitrogen-doped charcoal granules on a volcanic surface. The novel granules have high porosity, high electrical conductivity and large specific surface area, and fully meet the performance requirement of the anode material of the microbial fuel cell. The anode of the novel nitrogen-doped porous charcoal can increase the loading capacity of electricity-producing bacteria and microorganisms of the anode of the microbial fuel cell, and improve the conversion rate of biomass energy in wastewater; by virtue of low-resistance characteristics, the electron transfer efficiency is also improved, and finally, the power of the microbial fuel cell is enhanced, so that both wastewater treatment and recycling and efficient biological power generation are achieved.
US10991959B2
A fuel cell stack includes: a cell stacked body in which a plurality of fuel cells are stacked in multiple layers; and an end plate by which the plurality of fuel cells are fastened, the end plate including an open end plate disposed at one end of the cell stacked body and a closed end plate disposed at another end of the cell stacked body, wherein the open end plate includes a gas inlet delivering a reactant gas supplied from an outside of the fuel cell stack to the cell stacked body, a gas outlet discharging the reactant gas having passed through the cell stacked body to the outside of the fuel cell stack, and a bypass channel connecting the gas inlet to the gas outlet to guide condensed water introduced to the gas inlet to the gas outlet, the bypass channel partially curved to allow the condensed water to be collected.
US10991957B2
An illustrative example fuel cell assembly includes a plurality of cells respectively including at least an electrolyte layer, an anode flow plate on one side of the electrolyte layer, and a cathode flow plate on an opposite side of the electrolyte layer. At least one cooler is situated adjacent a first one of the cells. The cooler is closer to that first one of the cells than it is to a second one of the cells. The cathode flow plates respectively include a plurality of flow channels and the anode flow plates respectively include a plurality of flow channels. The anode flow plates respectively include some of the flow channels in a condensation zone of the fuel cell assembly. The flow channels of the anode flow plate in the condensation zone of the first one of the cells have a first flow capacity. The flow channels of the anode flow plate of the second one of the cells that are in the condensation zone have a second flow capacity. The second flow capacity is greater than the first flow capacity.
US10991952B2
Catalysts comprising nanostructured elements comprising microstructured whiskers having an outer surface at least partially covered by a catalyst material having the formula PtxNiyAuz, wherein x is in a range from 27.3 to 29.9, y is in a range from 63.0 to 70.0, and z is in a range from 0.1 to 9.6. Catalyst described herein are useful, for example, in fuel cell membrane electrode assemblies.
US10991947B2
A battery according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a first electrode layer, a first counter electrode layer being a counter electrode of the first electrode layer, a first solid electrolyte layer located between the first electrode layer and the first counter electrode layer, and a first heat-conducting layer including a first region containing a heat-conducting material. The first region is located between the first electrode layer and the first solid electrolyte layer.
US10991946B2
An electroactive material for use in an electrochemical cell, like a lithium ion battery, is provided. The electroactive material comprises silicon or tin and undergoes substantial expansion during operation of a lithium ion battery. A polymeric ultrathin conformal coating is formed over a surface of the electroactive material. The coating is flexible and is capable of reversibly elongating by at least 250% from a contracted state to an expanded state in at least one direction to minimize or prevent fracturing of the negative electrode material during lithium ion cycling. The coating may be applied by vapor precursors reacting in atomic layer deposition (ALD) to form conformal ultrathin layers over the electroactive materials. Methods for making such materials and using such materials in electrochemical cells are likewise provided.
US10991945B2
An electrode active material for non-aqueous secondary batteries containing a compound represented by formula (1) is a material that is less likely to dissolve in an electrolyte during charge and discharge, and that exhibits an excellent discharge capacity and excellent charge-and-discharge cycle characteristics: the compound represented by formula (1) wherein Y1 and Y2 are identical or different and represent an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or a selenium atom, R1 to R8 are identical or different and represent an oxygen atom or a group represented by —OLi, R9 to R12 are identical or different and represent a hydrogen atom or an organic group, and bonds that are each represented by a solid line and a dashed line indicate a single bond or a double bond.
US10991933B2
A secondary battery according to the present invention includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a charging layer arranged between the first electrode (11) and the second electrode and containing a mixture of an insulating material and a first n-type oxide semiconductor material, an n-type oxide semiconductor layer arranged between the charging layer and the first electrode and containing a second n-type oxide semiconductor material, a p-type oxide semiconductor layer (16) arranged between the charging layer and the second electrode and containing a p-type oxide semiconductor material, a mixture layer arranged between the charging layer and the p-type oxide semiconductor layer and containing a mixture of silicon oxide and a third n-type oxide semiconductor material, and a conductive layer arranged between the first electrode and the n-type oxide semiconductor layer and containing a metal material.
US10991927B2
The present application provides a separator and an energy storage device. The separator comprises: a first porous substrate; and a second porous substrate arranged on at least one surface of the first porous substrate; wherein the elongation at break of the second porous substrate is greater than the elongation at break of the first porous substrate in at least one of the machine and transverse directions of the separator. The separator has a high tensile strength and an elongation at break and good heat resistance, and may improve the safety performance of the energy storage device when the separator is applied to the energy storage device.
US10991921B2
A multilayer dielectric and sealing film is disclosed. The multi-layer dielectric sealing film comprises a layer of dielectric material and at least one layer of sealing material. The multilayer film may be positioned between the current collector tabs and the packaging material of a thin film battery to prevent shorting between the tabs and the edge of a metal foil layer in the packaging material. The multi-layer film also provides additional sealant which can flow around and seal around the terminals. By combining the sealing material and the dielectric material into one multi-layer assembly, manufacturing steps can be eliminated.
US10991919B2
According to a flexible light-emitting device production method of the present disclosure, after an intermediate region (30i) and a flexible substrate region (30d) of a plastic film (30) of a multilayer stack (100) are divided, the interface between the flexible substrate region (30d) and a glass base (10) is irradiated with lift-off light. The multilayer stack (100) is separated into the first portion (110) and the second portion (120) while the multilayer stack (100) is kept in contact with the stage (210). The first portion (110) includes a plurality of light-emitting devices (1000) which are in contact with the stage (210). The light-emitting devices (1000) include a plurality of functional layer regions (20) and the flexible substrate region (30d). The second portion (120) includes the glass base (10) and the intermediate region (30i). The step of irradiating with the lift-off light includes forming the lift-off light from a plurality of arranged light sources and temporally and spatially modulating a power of the plurality of lift-off light sources according to a shape of the flexible substrate region of the synthetic resin film such that the irradiation intensity of the lift-off light for at least part of the interface between the intermediate region (30i) and the glass base (10) is lower than the irradiation intensity of the lift-off light for the interface between the flexible substrate region (30d) and the glass base (10).
US10991913B2
Provided are an encapsulating structure, an organic light-emitting display device including the encapsulating structure, and a method of manufacturing the same. The encapsulating structure includes a first barrier layer including a first inorganic layer having a first thickness; a plasma polymer layer on the first inorganic layer, the plasma polymer layer having a second thickness smaller than or equal to the first thickness; and a second barrier layer including at least one second inorganic layer on the plasma polymer layer. The at least one second inorganic layer has a third thickness, and the third thickness is smaller than or equal to the second thickness.
US10991907B2
A display device includes: a resin layer on the circuit layer including a groove surrounding and separating a display area; light-emitting elements on an upper surface of the resin layer so as to emit light with luminances controlled by the currents; a sealing layer covering the light-emitting elements; a second substrate above the sealing layer; a sealing material provided between the sealing layer and the second substrate so as to surround the display area and the groove; and a filling layer surrounded by the sealing material between the sealing layer and the second substrate. The groove is formed along a line describing a shape that is inscribed in a rectangle and not in contact with corners of the rectangle as viewed in a direction vertical to the upper surface of the resin layer.
US10991905B2
An organic EL element includes a support substrate, an organic EL portion that is disposed on the support substrate and is formed by stacking a first electrode layer, an organic functional layer, and a second electrode layer, a sealing member that seals the organic EL portion, and one or more moisture absorbing portions that have moisture absorption characteristics. The moisture absorbing portion is disposed in an outer edge portion of a light emitting area of the organic EL portion in which the first electrode layer, the organic functional layer, and the second electrode layer are sequentially continuously superimposed when viewed in a stacking direction of the organic EL portion. An area of the moisture absorbing portion disposed on the light emitting area is smaller than an area of the light emitting area.
US10991900B2
A light-emitting device includes an anode; a cathode; and an emissive layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, the emissive layer including quantum dots dispersed in a crosslinked matrix formed from one or more crosslinkable charge transport materials. A method of forming the emissive layer of a light-emitting device includes depositing a mixture including quantum dots and one or more crosslinkable charge transport materials on a layer; and subjecting at least a portion of the mixture to UV activation to form an emissive layer including quantum dots dispersed in a crosslinked matrix.
US10991894B2
Disclosed are an organic semiconductor compound that exhibits chemical resistance and etch resistance while maintaining electrical characteristics and thus is applicable to an existing photolithography process, thereby increasing process efficiency, and an organic semiconductor device using the same.
US10991883B2
A deposition mask has a central axis extending in a first direction, arranged at a central position in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. Spaced apart point P1 and Q1 are provided on one side of the central axis, and spaced apart points Q1 and Q2 are provided on another side of the central axis. When a dimension from point P1 to point Q1 is X1, a dimension from point P2 to a point Q2 is X2, and a design value is αx, the deposition mask satisfies the following. α X - X 1 + X 2 2 ≤ 40 µm and [ Formula 1 ] X 1 - X 2 ≤ 60 µm [ Formula 2 ]
US10991871B2
A piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric element main body as a laminated body of a first electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer disposed on the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer disposed on the piezoelectric layer, and a metal layer disposed on the second electrode layer via an insulating layer, the piezoelectric layer extends from an inner side of at least a part of an overlapping part of an outer peripheral edge of the second electrode layer overlapping an outer peripheral edge of the piezoelectric element main body to an outer side, and the metal layer and the insulating layer extend from an inner side of at least a part of the overlapping part to an outer side to overlap the piezoelectric layer on an outer side of an outer peripheral edge of the second electrode layer.
US10991867B2
A thermoelectric material, having a formula TbxM1y-xM2zOw where M1 is one of Ca, Mg, Sr, Ba and Ra, M2 is at least one of Co, Fe, Ni, and Mn, x ranges from 0.01 to 5; y is 1, 2, 3, or 5; z is 1, 2, 3, or 4; and w is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, or 14. The thermoelectric material is chemically stable within 5% for one year and is also non-toxic. The thermoelectric material can also be incorporated into a thermoelectric system which can be used to generate electricity from waste heat sources or to cool an adjacent region.
US10991861B2
Flip chip LEDs incorporate multi-layer reflectors and light transmissive substrates patterned along an internal surface adjacent to semiconductor layers. A multi-layer reflector may include a metal layer and a dielectric layer containing conductive vias. Portions of a multi-layer reflector may wrap around a LED mesa including an active region, while being covered with passivation material. A substrate patterned along an internal surface together with a multi-layer reflector enables reduction of optical losses. A light transmissive fillet material proximate to edge emitting surfaces of an emitter chip may enable adequate coverage with lumiphoric material. An emitter chip may be elevated with increased thickness of solder material and/or contacts, and may reduce luminous flux loss when reflective materials are present on a submount. Methods for coating emitter chips with lumiphoric material include one or more of angled spray coating, fillet formation prior to spray coating, stencil island coating, and releasable tape coating.
US10991856B2
A device comprising a light emitting diode (LED) substrate, and a meta-molecule wavelength converting layer positioned within an emitted light path from the LED substrate, the a meta-molecule wavelength converting layer including a plurality of nanoparticles, the plurality of nanoparticles configured to increase a light path length in the wavelength converting layer.
US10991852B2
A transparent light-emitting display film includes a transparent substrate in a form of film, a transparent electrode on a first side of the transparent substrate, a through hole formed to penetrate the transparent substrate in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the transparent substrate, a light-emitting device mounted in the through hole, and a connection member configured to electrically connect the transparent electrode and the light-emitting device.
US10991847B2
The present disclosure relates to a device that includes, in order, an emitter layer, a quantum well, and a base layer, where the emitter layer has a first bandgap, the base layer has a second bandgap, and the first bandgap is different than the second bandgap by an absolute difference greater than or equal to 25 meV.
US10991846B2
A method of manufacturing micro light-emitting element array is disclosed. A transfer substrate and at least one metal bonding pad are provided, and the metal bonding pad is disposed on the transfer substrate. A growth substrate and a plurality of micro light-emitting elements are provided. The micro light-emitting elements are disposed on the growth substrate, and a surface of each of the micro light-emitting elements away from the growth substrate having at least one electrode. The metal bonding pad is molten at a heating temperature, and the electrode is connected to the metal bonding pad. Then, the growth substrate is removed.
US10991845B2
A method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor component and an optoelectronic semiconductor component are disclosed. In an embodiment the method include A) providing at least two source substrates, wherein each of the source substrates is equipped with a specific type of radiation-emitting semiconductor chip; B) providing a target substrate having a mounting plane, the mounting plane being configured for mounting the semiconductor chip; and C) transferring at least part of the semiconductor chips with a wafer-to-wafer process from the source substrates onto the target substrate so that the semiconductor chips, within one type, maintain their relative position with respect to one another, so that each type of semiconductor chips arranged on the target substrate has a different height above the mounting plane, wherein the semiconductor chips are at least one of at least partially stacked one above the other or at least partially applied to at least one casting layer.
US10991840B2
A stacked multi-junction solar cell having a first subcell and second subcell, the second subcell having a larger band gap than the first subcell. A third subcell has a larger band gap than the second subcell, and each of the subcells include an emitter and a base. The second subcell has a layer which includes a compound formed at least the elements GaInAsP, and a thickness of the layer is greater than 100 nm, and the layer is formed as part of the emitter and/or as part of the base and/or as part of the space-charge zone situated between the emitter and the base. The third subcell has a layer including a compound formed of at least the elements GaInP, and the thickness of the layer is greater than 100 nm.
US10991837B2
Embodiments of the disclosure are generally related to solar panel configurations. In some embodiments, the active surface area of the solar panel is increased compared to traditional flat solar cell arrays. The increase in active surface area may increase solar panel efficiency. For example, in some embodiments, a single light ray may have portions reflected onto a plurality of solar cell surfaces to provide further opportunities for light capture and conversion to electricity.
US10991836B2
A semiconductor device and method for fabricating same is disclosed. Embodiments are directed to a semiconductor device and fabrication of same which include a polycrystalline or amorphous substrate. An electrically conductive Ion Beam-Assisted Deposition (IBAD) template layer is positioned above the substrate. At least one electrically conductive hetero-epitaxial buffer layer is positioned above the IBAD template layer. The at least one buffer layer has a resistivity of less than 100 μΩcm. The semiconductor device and method foster the use of bottom electrodes thereby avoiding complex and expensive lithography processes.
US10991829B2
Provided is a structure of a transistor, which enables a so-called normally-off switching element, and a manufacturing method thereof. Provided is a structure of a semiconductor device which achieves high-speed response and high-speed operation by improving on characteristics of a transistor, and a manufacturing method thereof. Provided is a highly reliable semiconductor device. In the transistor in which a semiconductor layer, source and drain electrode layers, a gate insulating layer, and a gate electrode layer are stacked in that order. As the semiconductor layer, an oxide semiconductor layer which contains at least four kinds of elements of indium, gallium, zinc, and oxygen, and has a composition ratio (atomic percentage) of indium as twice or more as a composition ratio of gallium and a composition ratio of zinc, is used.
US10991821B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, a first semiconductor region of the first conductivity type, a second semiconductor region of the second conductivity type, a gate electrode, a first electrode, and a gate electrode pad. A first lower region opposing the gate electrode pad in a depth direction has a carrier recombination rate that is lower than that of a second lower region opposing the first electrode in the depth direction. With such a configuration, when high electric potential is applied to a source electrode and a built-in PN diode is driven, the generation of crystal defects may be suppressed.
US10991818B2
A nitride semiconductor device includes an electron transit layer (103) that is formed of a nitride semiconductor, an electron supply layer (104) that is formed on the electron transit layer (103), that is formed of a nitride semiconductor whose composition is different from the electron transit layer (103) and that has a recess (109) which reaches the electron transit layer (103) from a surface, a thermal oxide film (111) that is formed on the surface of the electron transit layer (103) exposed within the recess (109), a gate insulating film (110) that is embedded within the recess (109) so as to be in contact with the thermal oxide film (111), a gate electrode (108) that is formed on the gate insulating film (110) and that is opposite to the electron transit layer (103) across the thermal oxide film (111) and the gate insulating film (110), and a source electrode (106) and a drain electrode (107) that are provided on the electron supply layer (104) at an interval such that the gate electrode (108) intervenes therebetween.
US10991814B2
Disclosed are a three-dimensional tunneling field-effect transistor and a method of fabricating the same. A method of fabricating a three-dimensional tunneling field-effect transistor according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes growing a buffer layer, an embedded source layer, an etch stop layer, an active source layer, a channel layer, and a drain layer on a substrate; depositing a metal layer on the drain layer, and then forming a pattern in a mesa structure shape; forming a vertical gate at one end of each of the etch stop layer, the active source layer, the channel layer, and the drain layer; isolating the active source layer from the substrate to form a first air bridge; isolating the drain layer from the substrate to form a second air bridge; and isolating the vertical gate from the substrate to form a third air bridge.
US10991813B1
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is carried out so that silicon nanowires may be made of vertically stacked one or more floating silicon layers, and a silicon buffer layer may be surrounded on each surface of the silicon nanowires with a sufficient thickness, e.g., close to the diameter of the nanowire, and then a silicon germanium shell may be formed on it. Thus, a semiconductor device having a silicon germanium shell channel structure can be fabricated with a uniform thickness even on a bulk silicon substrate using a conventional silicon CMOS process.
US10991805B2
A method of applying and then removing a protective layer over a portion of a gate stack is provided. The protective layer is deposited and then a plasma precursor is separated into components. Neutral radicals are then utilized in order to remove the protective layer. In some embodiments the removal also forms a protective by-product which helps to protect underlying layers from damage during the etching process.
US10991801B2
A semiconductor device is provided, including: a semiconductor substrate; a transistor section provided in the semiconductor substrate; and a diode section provided in the semiconductor substrate being adjacent to the transistor section, wherein the diode section includes: a second conductivity-type anode region; a first conductivity-type drift region; a first conductivity-type cathode region; a plurality of dummy trench portions arrayed along a predetermined array direction; a contact portion provided along an extending direction of the plurality of dummy trench portions that is different from the array direction; and a lower-surface side semiconductor region provided directly below a portion of the contact portion at an outer end in the extending direction.
US10991798B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method of forming a nanosheet transistor. A non-limiting example of the method includes forming a nanosheet stack having alternating layers of channel nanosheets and sacrificial nanosheets, wherein each of the layers of channel nanosheets includes a first type of semiconductor material, and wherein each of the layers of sacrificial nanosheets includes a second type of semiconductor material. The layers of sacrificial nanosheets are removed from the nanosheet stack, and layers of replacement sacrificial nanosheets are formed in the spaces that were occupied by the sacrificial nanosheets. Each of the layers of replacement sacrificial nanosheets includes a first type of non-semiconductor material.
US10991782B2
Disclosed is a display device. The display device includes a substrate having an active area and a non-active area, a thin film transistor arranged on the active area of the substrate, at least two planarization layers arranged on the thin film transistor, signal links arranged on the non-active area of the substrate, and an outer cover layer spaced apart from the at least two planarization layers and configured to overlap upper and side surfaces of the signal links, thus preventing or reducing damage to the signal links.
US10991776B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate, a pixel defining layer, a spacer, an auxiliary electrode, and an organic light emitting diode. The substrate includes a light emitting area and a non-light emitting area adjacent to the light emitting area. The pixel defining layer is disposed on the non-light emitting area of the substrate. The spacer is disposed on the pixel defining layer. The auxiliary electrode is disposed on the spacer. The organic light emitting diode is disposed on the substrate, and at least a portion thereof is disposed in the light emitting area. The organic light emitting diode includes a pixel electrode, an intermediate layer disposed on the pixel electrode and including an organic light emitting layer, and an opposite electrode disposed on the intermediate layer and electrically connected to the auxiliary electrode.
US10991770B2
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention is related to a display device, the display device including: a substrate which includes a display portion, a light sensing portion, and a connection portion located between the display portion and the light sensing portion, in which the connection portion is bent such that the light sensing portion overlaps the display portion by bending of the connection portion.
US10991769B2
A display that includes a base layer having an emission area and a non-emission area adjacent to the emission area. A circuit element layer is disposed on the base layer. A display element layer is disposed on the circuit element layer. The display element layer includes an organic light emitting diode. An encapsulation layer is disposed on the display element layer and is configured to encapsulate the organic light emitting diode. A color filter layer is disposed in the encapsulation layer. The color filter layer includes a color shielding layer having a plurality of layers disposed in the non-emission area and a color filter disposed in the emission area.
US10991761B2
First electrically conductive lines, first pillar structures, second electrically conductive lines, second pillar structures, third electrically conductive lines, third pillar structures, fourth electrically conductive lines, and fourth pillar structures are formed over a substrate. Each pillar structure includes a memory element. Interconnection structures are formed on the first electrically conductive lines. The first electrically conductive lines may have thinned segments located outside the area of the arrays of memory elements, and the interconnection structures may be formed on the thinned segments. Alternatively or additionally, the interconnection structures may include a vertical stack of a first conductive via structure contacting a respective one of the first electrically conductive lines, a conductive pad structure, and a second conductive via structure. Fifth electrically conductive lines may be formed on top surfaces of the second two-dimensional array of memory elements and on top surface of the interconnection structures.
US10991760B2
A memory device includes first and second peripheral regions in which peripheral circuits related to data input/output are disposed, a normal cell region which is disposed on the first peripheral region, and in which a plurality of memory cells storing data are formed, and a dummy cell region which is disposed on the second peripheral region, and in which a plurality of dummy cells forming a plurality of capacitors are formed.
US10991755B2
Various techniques and apparatus permit fabrication of superconductive circuits and structures, for instance Josephson junctions, which may, for example be useful in quantum computers. For instance, a low magnetic flux noise trilayer structure may be fabricated having a dielectric structure or layer interposed between two elements or layers capable of superconducting. A superconducting via may directly overlie a Josephson junction. A structure, for instance a Josephson junction, may be carried on a planarized dielectric layer. A fin may be employed to remove heat from the structure. A via capable of superconducting may have a width that is less than about 1 micrometer. The structure may be coupled to a resistor, for example by vias and/or a strap connector.
US10991750B2
An active matrix substrate includes a photoelectric conversion element 12, a first planarizing film 107, a first inorganic insulating film 108a, and a bias wire 16. The first planarizing film 107 covers the photoelectric conversion element 12 and has a first opening 107h at a position at which the first opening 107h overlaps with the photoelectric conversion element 12 in plan view. The first inorganic insulating film 108a has a second opening on an inner side of the first opening h and covers a surface of the first planarizing film 107. The bias wire 16 is provided on a first inorganic insulating film 108a and is connected to the photoelectric conversion element 12 via the second opening CH2.
US10991743B2
Solid state image pickup device and production method, semiconductor wafer, and electronic apparatus
The present technology relates to a solid state image pickup device and a production method, a semiconductor wafer, and an electronic apparatus by which the yield can be improved. On a semiconductor wafer, a chip region in which pixels and so forth that configure a solid state image pickup device are formed and a scribe region are formed. In the scribe region, a measuring region in which an inspection circuit for measuring a property of the chip region and measurement pads are formed and a dicing line to be cut upon fragmentation of the semiconductor wafer are provided. The measuring region is positioned between the dicing line and the chip region. The present technology can be applied to a solid state image pickup device.
US10991740B2
Various embodiments of the present application are directed to a narrow band filter with high transmission and an image sensor comprising the narrow band filter. In some embodiments, the filter comprises a first distributed Bragg reflector (DBR), a second DBR, a defect layer between the first and second DBRs, and a plurality of columnar structures. The columnar structures extend through the defect layer and have a refractive index different than a refractive index of the defect layer. The first and second DBRs define a low transmission band, and the defect layer defines a high transmission band dividing the low transmission band. The columnar structures shift the high transmission band towards lower or higher wavelengths depending upon a refractive index of the columnar structures and a fill factor of the columnar structures.
US10991735B2
Optical detection pixel unit, optical detection circuit, optical detection method and display device
The present disclosure provides an optical detection pixel unit, an optical detection pixel circuit, an optical detection method and a display device. The optical detection pixel unit comprise a photosensitive element and a detection transistor, wherein the photosensitive element has a first electrode connected with a photovoltage terminal, and a second electrode connected with a gate of the detection transistor; the photosensitive element is configured to detect an optical signal under the control of the photovoltage terminal; and the detection transistor has a first electrode connected with a detection voltage line, and a second electrode connected with a reading line.
US10991734B2
The present disclosure relates to an imaging device and an electronic device that make it possible to obtain a better pixel signal. A photoelectric conversion part that converts received light into a charge, and a holding part that holds a charge transferred from the photoelectric conversion part are provided, the photoelectric conversion part and the holding part are formed in a semiconductor substrate having a predetermined thickness, and the holding part is formed with a thickness that is half or less of the predetermined thickness. A charge capturing region that captures a charge is further provided on a light incident side of a region where the holding part is formed. A light shielding part that shields light is formed between the photoelectric conversion part and the charge capturing region. The present technology is applicable to an imaging device.
US10991731B2
The number of masks and photolithography processes used in a manufacturing process of a semiconductor device are reduced. A first conductive film is formed over a substrate; a first insulating film is formed over the first conductive film; a semiconductor film is formed over the first insulating film; a semiconductor film including a channel region is formed by etching part of the semiconductor film; a second insulating film is formed over the semiconductor film; a mask is formed over the second insulating film; a first portion of the second insulating film that overlaps the semiconductor film and second portions of the first insulating film and the second insulating film that do not overlap the semiconductor film are removed with the use of the mask; the mask is removed; and a second conductive film electrically connected to the semiconductor film is formed over at least part of the second insulating film.
US10991730B2
An active matrix substrate includes, in a peripheral region that is disposed around a display region, a connecting portion formation region in which a plurality of line connecting portions are arranged. Each line connecting portion includes: a lower connecting portion; an organic insulating layer disposed on the lower connecting portion so as to be in contact with the lower connecting portion, the organic insulating layer having at least one aperture through which a part of the lower connecting portion is exposed; and an upper connecting portion disposed on the organic insulating layer and in the at least one aperture, the upper connecting portion being directly in contact with the part of the lower connecting portion within the at least one aperture. The organic insulating layer extends into an adjoining region that adjoins the connecting portion formation region. In the adjoining region, the organic insulating layer has a plurality of dummy apertures that are disposed so as not to overlap the lower connecting portions when viewed from the normal direction of the substrate, each dummy aperture exposing a part of an underlying layer that is located on the substrate side of the lower connecting portion. The upper connecting portions are not provided in the plurality of dummy apertures.
US10991725B2
An active matrix substrate includes: a substrate (1); a peripheral circuit including a plurality of first TFTs (10); and a plurality of second TFTs (20), wherein each of the first and second TFTs (10, 20) includes: a gate electrode (3A, 3B); a gate insulating layer (5); an oxide semiconductor layer (7A, 7B) including a channel region (7Ac, 7Bc), a source contact region (7As, 7Bs) and a drain contact region (7Ad, 7Bd), wherein the source contact region and the drain contact region are located on opposite sides of the channel region; a source electrode (8A, 8B) that is in contact with the source contact region and a drain electrode (9A, 9B) that is in contact with the drain contact region; the oxide semiconductor layer of the first TFTs and the second TFTs is formed from the same oxide semiconductor film; a carrier concentration in the channel regions (7Ac) of the first TETs is higher than a carrier concentration in the channel regions (7Bc) of the second TETs.
US10991716B2
A semiconductor device includes a core insulating layer extending in a first direction, an etch stop layer disposed on the core insulating layer, a channel layer extending along a sidewall of the core insulating layer and a sidewall of the etch stop layer, conductive patterns each surrounding the channel layer and stacked to be spaced apart from each other in the first direction, and an impurity region formed in an upper end of the channel layer.
US10991715B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a stack body having a step structure body with a plurality of wire line layers and a plurality of interlayer insulating layers alternately stacked being set as one step on a substrate; and memory cells arranged three-dimensionally in the stack body, in which the step structure body includes: a plurality of terrace portions configured with the interlayer insulating layers, the plurality of terrace portions having different heights; a plurality of step portions connecting the respective terrace portions in a height direction; insulating layers covering the step portions; and a lead wire line leading out a lowermost wire line layer of a first step onto the terrace portion of a second step being a lower step of the first step.
US10991713B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: first and second signal lines; a first memory cell storing first information by applying voltage across the first signal line and a first interconnect layer; a second memory cell storing second information by applying voltage across the second signal line and a second interconnect layer; a first conductive layer provided on the first and second signal lines; third and fourth signal lines provided on the first conductive layer; a third memory cell storing third information by applying voltage across the third signal line and a third interconnect layer; and a fourth memory cell storing fourth information by applying voltage across the fourth signal line and a fourth interconnect layer.
US10991707B2
A semiconductor device is disclosed. A gate electrode is provided above a semiconductor substrate. A sidewall insulation film is provided to the gate electrode. Source and drain regions are provided in the substrate and contain first conductive impurities. A first semiconductor region is provided in the substrate, is on a source region side, and has a concentration of the first conductive impurities lower than the source region. A second semiconductor region is provided in the substrate, is on a drain region side, and has a concentration of the first conductive impurities lower than the drain and first semiconductor regions. A channel region is provided between the first and second semiconductor regions. A third semiconductor region is provided under the channel region, and includes second conductive impurities higher in concentration than the channel region. Information is stored by accumulating charges in the sidewall insulation film.
US10991700B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device comprises forming a patterned masking material comprising parallel structures and parallel trenches extending at a first angle from about 30° to about 75° relative to a lateral direction. A mask is provided over the patterned masking material and comprises additional parallel structures and parallel apertures extending at a second, different angle from about 0° to about 90° relative to the lateral direction. The patterned masking material is further patterned using the mask to form a patterned masking structure comprising elongate structures separated by the parallel trenches and additional parallel trenches. Exposed portions of a hard mask material underlying the patterned masking structure are subjected to ARDE to form a patterned hard mask material. Exposed portions of a semiconductive material underlying the patterned hard mask material are removed to form semiconductive pillar structures. Semiconductor devices and electronic systems are also described.
US10991688B2
A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a gate stack, a first doped region, a second doped region, and a buried doped region. The first doped region has a first conductivity type and is located in the substrate at a first side of the gate stack. The second doped region has the first conductivity type and is located in the substrate at a second side of the gate stack. The buried doped region has the first conductivity type and is buried in the substrate, extended from the first doped region to the second doped region, and separated from the gate stack by a distance.
US10991686B2
A low cost IC solution is disclosed to provide Super CMOS microelectronics macros. Hereinafter, the Super CMOS or Schottky CMOS all refer to SCMOS. The SCMOS device solutions with a niche circuit element, the complementary low threshold Schottky barrier diode pairs (SBD) made by selected metal barrier contacts (Co/Ti) to P— and N—Si beds of the CMOS transistors. A DTL like new circuit topology and designed wide contents of broad product libraries, which used the integrated SBD and transistors (BJT, CMOS, and Flash versions) as basic components. The macros include diodes that are selectively attached to the diffusion bed of the transistors, configuring them to form generic logic gates, memory cores, and analog functional blocks from simple to the complicated, from discrete components to all grades of VLSI chips. Solar photon voltaic electricity conversion and bio-lab-on-a-chip are two newly extended fields of the SCMOS IC applications.
US10991676B2
A three-dimensional stacking technique performed in a wafer-to-wafer fashion reducing the machine movement in production. The wafers are processed with metallic traces and stacked before dicing into separate die stacks. The traces of each layer of the stacks are interconnected via electroless plating.
US10991671B2
A multi-piece wiring substrate includes a matrix substrate including a first main surface, a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, a third main surface disposed between the first main surface and the second main surface, an arrangement of a plurality of wiring substrate regions, a margin region surrounding the plurality of wiring substrate regions, and a dividing groove. The multi-piece wiring substrate further includes a through-hole disposed across the boundary between the wiring substrate regions or the boundary between the wiring substrate regions and the margin region, and which penetrates from the first main surface to the second main surface, and an external connection conductor at each corner of the wiring substrate regions on the second main surface. An auxiliary conductor is disposed around the through-hole on the third main surface.
US10991670B2
In a general aspect, a semiconductor device assembly can include a semiconductor die having a first surface including active circuitry, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a plurality of side surfaces. Each of the plurality of side surfaces can extend between the first surface of the semiconductor die and the second surface of the semiconductor die. The semiconductor device assembly can also include a conductive spacer having a cavity defined therein. The semiconductor die can be electrically and thermally coupled with the conductive spacer, the semiconductor die being at least partially embedded in the cavity.
US10991665B2
A semiconductor package and a packaged electronic device are described. The semiconductor package has a foundation layer and a planar filtering circuit. The circuit is formed in the foundation layer to provide EMI/RFI mitigation. The circuit has one or more conductive traces that are patterned to form an equivalent circuit of inductors and capacitors. The one or more conductive traces include planar metal shapes, such as meanders, loops, inter-digital fingers, and patterned shapes, to reduce the z-height of the package. The packaged electronic device has a semiconductor die, a foundation layer, a motherboard, a package, and the circuit. The circuit removes undesirable interferences generated from the semiconductor die. The circuit has a z-height that is less than a z-height of solder balls used to attach the foundation layer to the motherboard. A method of forming a planar filtering circuit in a foundation layer is also described.
US10991661B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device involves providing a transistor device formed over an oxide layer formed on a semiconductor substrate, removing at least part of the semiconductor substrate, applying an interface material below to at least a portion of the oxide layer, removing a portion of the interface material to form a trench, and at least partially covering the interface material and the trench with a substrate layer to form a cavity.
US10991658B2
An electronic element module includes: a substrate including ground wirings; at least one electronic element mounted on a first surface of the substrate; a sealing portion embedding the at least one electronic element therein and disposed on the substrate; connection conductors partially disposed on side surfaces of the substrate and having lower ends connected to the ground wirings; and a shielding portion disposed along the sealing portion, and connected to the connection conductors.
US10991657B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes obtaining a pattern density of an integrated circuit (IC) design layout; adjusting a density of an alignment mark pattern of the IC design layout according to the pattern density; and patterning a material layer according to the IC design layout after adjusting the density of the alignment mark pattern.
US10991656B2
A semiconductor device package includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed over the first substrate, and a surface mount device (SMD) component disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The SMD component includes a plurality of connection electrodes electrically connecting the first substrate to the second substrate, and the plurality of connection electrodes are electrically disconnected from each other.
US10991648B1
An RDL structure including a first pad, a second pad, a third pad, a fourth pad, a first switch device, a second switch device, a third switch device, and a fourth switch device is provided. The first pad, the second pad, the third pad, and the fourth pad are separated from each other. The first switch device includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer separated from each other. The second switch device includes a third conductive layer and a fourth conductive layer separated from each other. The third switch device includes a fifth conductive layer and a sixth conductive layer separated from each other. The fourth switch device includes a seventh conductive layer and an eighth conductive layer separated from each other.
US10991647B2
A printed circuit board including: an insulating material having a bump pad embedded in a first surface thereof; a first insulating layer stacked on the first surface of the insulating material and including an opening portion exposing the bump pad; a second insulating layer stacked on the first insulating layer and including a first cavity exposing the opening portion; and a bump disposed on the bump pad in the opening portion.
US10991646B2
A flexible circuit board for a display, having a chip-on-film structure, is disclosed. A connection pattern which is selected as a first connection pattern among connection patterns connected to panel contact pads does not reach a cutting line and is confined within a product region. As a consequence, the connection pattern selected as the first connection pattern may be prevented from being exposed on a cutting section along the cutting line, and thus, may be prevented from being changed in its electrical property due to penetration of moisture.
US10991639B2
A compliant pin fin heat sink includes a flexible base plate having a thickness of from about 0.2 mm to about 0.5 mm. A plurality of pins extends from the flexible base plate and is formed integral with the flexible base plate by forging. A flexible top plate is connected to and spaced from the flexible base plate. The plurality of pins is disposed between the flexible base plate and the flexible top plate.
US10991636B2
A semiconductor device and method of manufacture comprise forming a channel-less, porous low K material. The material may be formed using a silicon backbone precursor and a hydrocarbon precursor to form a matrix material. The material may then be cured to remove a porogen and help to collapse channels within the material. As such, the material may be formed with a scaling factor of less than or equal to about 1.8.
US10991627B2
A method includes forming a patterned etching mask, which includes a plurality of strips, and etching a semiconductor substrate underlying the patterned etching mask to form a first plurality of semiconductor fins and a second plurality of semiconductor fins. The patterned etching mask is used as an etching mask in the etching. The method further includes etching the second plurality of semiconductor fins without etching the first plurality of semiconductor fins. An isolation region is then formed, and the first plurality of semiconductor fins has top portions protruding higher than a top surface of the isolation region.
US10991622B2
A wafer processing method includes the following steps: forming, on a back side of a wafer including a device layer, a mask to be used in forming grooves in a substrate along streets from the back side of the wafer; applying plasma etching from the back side of the wafer through the mask to form the grooves in the substrate along the streets and to define chip regions surrounded by the grooves; immersing the wafer in water, to which ultrasonic vibrations are being applied, after the etching step, whereby the device layer is cracked or ruptured along outer peripheral edges of the chip regions; and bonding a tape to a front side of the wafer before performance of the water immersion step.
US10991617B2
Methods and apparatus for cleaving a substrate in a semiconductor chamber. The semiconductor chamber pressure is adjusted to a process pressure, a substrate is then heated to a nucleation temperature of ions implanted in the substrate, the temperature of the substrate is then adjusted below the nucleation temperature of the ions, and the temperature is maintained until cleaving of the substrate occurs. Microwaves may be used to provide heating of the substrate for the processes. A cleaving sensor may be used for detection of successful cleaving by detecting pressure changes, acoustic emissions, changes within the substrate, and/or residual gases given off by the implanted ions when the cleaving occurs.
US10991608B2
Provided is a coating apparatus including: a stage unit which floats the substrate to a predetermined height by using wind pressure of gas; a droplet discharge unit which drops the droplet of the functional liquid on the substrate floated to the predetermined height from the stage unit; a main scanning direction moving unit which moves the substrate, which is floated to the predetermined height from the stage unit, in the main scanning direction while holding the substrate; and a sub-scanning direction moving unit which moves the droplet discharge unit in the sub-scanning direction with respect to the substrate floated to the predetermined height from the stage unit. The sub-scanning direction moving unit moves the droplet discharge unit in the sub-scanning direction while the main scanning direction moving unit repeatedly moves the substrate in the main scanning direction and the droplet discharge unit repeatedly drops the droplet.
US10991602B2
A substrate washing device includes a substrate holding mechanism 70 that holds a substrate W, a substrate rotating mechanism 72 that rotates the substrate W held by the substrate holding mechanism 70, and a two-fluid nozzle 46 that ejects a two-fluid jet toward a surface of the rotating substrate W. The two-fluid nozzle 46 is formed of a conductive material. Accordingly, the electrification amount of droplets ejected as the two-fluid jet from the two-fluid nozzle 46 can be suppressed.
US10991591B2
The reactive ion etching apparatus of this invention has a stage provided with an electrostatic chuck having a pair of electrodes. At the time of etching a to-be-processed substrate, by applying DC voltage to the pair of electrodes, the to-be-processed substrate is electrostatically absorbed to the electrostatic chuck. In this reactive ion etching apparatus, a radio-frequency power source connected to the stage, through a first output line, applies bias potential to the to-be-processed substrate. The radio-frequency power source is also arranged to be connected through a second output line to the pair of electrodes so as to apply radio-frequency potential in a manner to be superposed on the DC voltage. The first capacitor and the second capacitor are respectively interposed in the first output line and the second output line. A capacitance ratio of the first capacitor to the second capacitor is set to a range of 2.5 to 25.
US10991586B2
In-situ methods for depositing a metal film without the use of a barrier layer are disclosed. Some embodiments comprise forming an amorphous nucleation layer comprising one or more of silicon or boron and forming a metal layer on the nucleation layer. These processes are performed without an air break between processes.
US10991585B2
A method of trimming the refractive index of material forming at least part of one or more structures integrated in one or more pre-fabricated devices, the method comprising: implanting one or more first regions of material of one or more pre-fabricated devices, encompassing at least partially one or more device structures, with ions to alter the crystal form of the material within the one or more first regions and change the refractive index of the material within the one or more first regions; and heat treating one or more second regions of material of the one or more devices, encompassing at least partially the one or more first regions, to alter the crystal form of the material within the one or more first regions encompassed by the one or more second regions and change the refractive index thereof, thereby trimming the refractive index of the material of at least part of the one or more device structures, such that the one or more device structures provide one or more predetermined device outputs.
US10991580B2
A laser crystallizing apparatus includes a first light source unit configured to emit a first input light having a linearly polarized laser beam shape. A second light source unit is configured to emit a second input light having a linearly polarized laser beam shape. A polarization optical system is configured to rotate the first input light and/or the second input light at a predetermined rotation angle. An optical system is configured to convert the first input light and the second input light, which pass through the polarization optical system, into an output light. A target substrate is seated on a stage and output light is directed onto the target substrate. A monitoring unit is configured to receive the first input light or the second input light from the polarization optical system and measure a laser beam quality thereof.
US10991576B2
A crystalline channel layer of a semiconductor material is formed in a backend process over a crystalline dielectric seed layer. A crystalline magnesium oxide MgO is formed over an amorphous inter-layer dielectric layer. The crystalline MgO provides physical link to the formation of a crystalline semiconductor layer thereover.
US10991574B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a three-dimensional (3D) structure on a substrate, forming an adsorption control layer to cover an upper portion of the 3D structure, and forming a material layer on the adsorption control layer and on a lower portion of the 3D structure that is not covered by the adsorption control layer, wherein a minimum thickness of the material layer on the adsorption control layer is less than a maximum thickness of the material layer on the lower portion of the 3D structure.
US10991571B2
Atomic layer deposition (ALD) process formation of silicon oxide with temperature>500° C. is disclosed.
US10991564B2
The invention generally relates to mass spectrometry probes and systems for ionizing a sample. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a mass spectrometry probe including a substrate in which a portion of the substrate is coated with a material, a portion of which protrudes from the substrate.
US10991562B2
An ion source for a mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising an ultrasonic transducer which focuses ultrasonic energy onto a surface of a sample fluid without directly contacting the sample fluid.
US10991558B2
This invention relates to graphical user-interactive displays for use in MS-based analysis of protein impurities, as well as methods and software for generating and using such. One aspect provides a user-interactive display comprising interactive and dynamic selection of one or more masses and concurrent display of peaks (points) corresponding to that predicted mass value across other displays (MS1, deconvolved mass spectrum, etc.).
US10991553B2
Some embodiments include a thermal management system for a nanosecond pulser. In some embodiments, the thermal management system may include a switch cold plates coupled with switches, a core cold plate coupled with one or more transformers, resistor cold plates coupled with resistors, or tubing coupled with the switch cold plates, the core cold plates, and the resistor cold plates. The thermal management system may include a heat exchanger coupled with the resistor cold plates, the core cold plate, the switch cold plate, and the tubing. The heat exchanger may also be coupled with a facility fluid supply.
US10991552B2
Embodiments of the invention generally provide a cooling mechanism utilized in a plasma reactor that may provide efficient temperature control during a plasma process. In one embodiment, a cooling mechanism disposed in a plasma processing apparatus includes a coil antenna enclosure formed in a processing chamber, a coil antenna assembly disposed in the coil antenna enclosure, a plurality of air circulating elements disposed in the coil antenna enclosure adjacent to the coil antenna assembly, and a baffle plate disposed in the coil antenna enclosure below and adjacent to the coil antenna assembly.
US10991546B1
A monitoring circuit that includes a pickup loop to monitor a voltage applied to a cavity of a linear accelerator is disclosed. The monitoring circuit is electrically isolated from the linear accelerator and is also electrically isolated from the controller that receives input from the circuit and controls the linear accelerator. In certain embodiments, the monitoring circuit also includes an energy harvester so as to capture energy without any physical connection to the controller. This may be achieved using light energy or electromagnetic energy, for example. In certain embodiments, the monitoring circuit includes an analog-to-digital converter to convert the signals received from the pickup loop to digital values. In other embodiments, the monitoring circuit passes analog voltages to the controller. The outputs from the monitoring circuit may include the amplitude and phase of the voltage being applied to the respective cavity.
US10991534B1
A leakage protector comprises a housing, a rotating member, a MCU (Microprogrammed Control Unit), an electromagnet, and a leakage protection module. The rotating member, the MCU, the electromagnet and the leakage protection module are all disposed in the housing. The housing is provided with an input terminal and an output terminal. The MCU is configured to perform power supply through the input terminal. The leakage protector has a compact structure while reducing the cost, and effectively reduces the occupied space.
US10991531B2
A stationary core is in an exciting coil. A yoke covers an outer periphery and an axial end of the exciting coil to form a magnetic circuit and has an opening portion. The movable core faces the stationary core through the opening portion and is attracted toward the stationary core on energization of the exciting coil. A return spring urges the movable core against the attraction direction. A first gap is formed between the stationary core and the movable core on deenergization of the exciting coil. A second gap is formed between the yoke and the movable core on deenergization of the exciting coil. The second gap allows the yoke and the movable core to generate an attractive force therebetween on energization of the exciting coil. The return spring is made of a magnetic material to magnetically bridge the first gap or the second gap.
US10991530B2
A portable object including a near-field communication device. The communication device includes an antenna, the ends of which are configured to be connected electrically to an electronic chip, forming, together with the chip, an electrical circuit. In an original manner, the portable object includes a control element which is able to be displaced between two predefined positions, i.e. an active position wherein the communication device is activated and a passive position wherein the communication device is deactivated. The portable object includes, furthermore, a mechanical switch which is able to switch between an open state and a closed state in response to a displacement of the control element from one to the other of its predefined positions.
US10991528B2
A load-break switch has a housing holding insulation gas at ambient pressure; a first main contact and a second main contact being movable relative to each other in an axial direction of the switch; a first arcing contact and a second arcing contact being movable relative to each other in the axial direction and defining an arcing region where an arc is formed during a current breaking operation, wherein the arcing region is located radially inward from the first main contact; a pressurizing system pressurizing a quenching gas during the current breaking operation; and a nozzle system arranged to blow the pressurized quenching gas onto the arc. The first main contact includes at least one pressure release opening to allow gas flow in a radial outward direction. A total area of the pressure release opening suppresses a reduction of gas flow out of the pressure release opening.
US10991525B2
The electric switch comprises at least one key (4) that pivots about a pivoting axis (5) and a base (2) provided with at least one electric connection and disconnection actuation point (3), so that the pivoting of the key 4 causes the application of pressure to at least one actuation point 3 and causes the electric connection or disconnection, and it is characterized in that the base (2) comprises at least one pivoting actuator (6). A low-cost mechanical type electric switch is obtained which automatically returns to its rest position, and which for the user has the same sensation as an electronic type electric switch.
US10991523B2
A keyboard device includes a base plate and a plurality of keyswitches disposed on the base plate. At least one of the keyswitches includes a keycap, two linkages, and two magnetic attraction members. The linkages are connected between the base plate and the keycap and configured to guide the movements of the keycap toward and away from the base plate. The magnetic attraction members are rotatably connected to the linkages, respectively, and are configured to attract each other. When the magnetic attraction members abut against each other, the keycap is at a highest position relative to the base plate. When the keycap moves toward the base plate from the highest position, the magnetic attraction members are separated from each other.
US10991522B2
A movable contact includes a conductive member having an outer end having substantially a rectangular shape when viewed from above the conductive member. The conductive member includes a dome portion, a flange extending in a direction away from the dome portion, a connection portions provided at each of four corners of the rectangular shape, and a contact portion extending away from the flange. The connection portion, a first boundary portion where the connection portion is connected to the flange, and a second boundary portion where the connection portion is connected to the contact portion may constitute a drawn portion. Alternatively, the first and second boundary portions may be curved to be concave toward the dome portion.
US10991521B2
A locking mechanism for a circuit breaker operation device includes a housing (1). A button (2) is mounted in a button slot (101) of the housing (1). The locking mechanism is characterized in that the housing (1) is provided with a locking member (3) therein, and the locking member (3) can lock or unlock the button (2). In the locking mechanism for a circuit breaker operation device, a locking member is added in the circuit breaker; only after a lock button is pressed, an operation button is pressed to close the circuit breaker; when the operation button is pulled out, the circuit breaker is disconnected; when the lock button is not pressed, the operation button is locked by the lock button, the operation button cannot be pressed down, the circuit breaker cannot be closed.
US10991518B2
An apparatus and associated method for an energy-storage device (e.g., a capacitor) having a plurality of electrically conducting electrodes including a first electrode and a second electrode separated by a non-electrically conducting region, and wherein the non-electrically conducting region further includes a non-uniform permittivity (K) value. In some embodiments, the method includes providing a substrate; fabricating a first electrode on the substrate; and fabricating a second electrode such that the second electrode is separated from the first electrode by a non-electrically conducting region, wherein the non-electrically conducting region has a non-uniform permittivity (K) value. The capacitor devices will find benefit for use in electric vehicles, of all kinds, uninterruptible power supplies, wind turbines, mobile phones, and the like requiring wide temperature ranges from several hundreds of degrees C. down to absolute zero, consumer electronics operating in a temperature range of −55 degrees C. to 125 degrees C.
US10991517B2
Transmission of low energy light is one of the primary loss mechanisms of a single junction solar cell. Molecular photon upconversion via triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA-UC)—combining two or more low energy photons to generate a higher energy excited state—is an intriguing strategy to surpass this limit. The present disclosure is directed to self-assembled multilayers, e.g., bi- or trilayers, on metal oxide surfaces as a strategy to facilitate TTA-UC emission and demonstrate direct charge separation of the upconverted state. A three-fold enhancement in transient photocurrent is achieved at light intensities as low as two equivalent suns. The multilayer structure comprises a substrate comprising a metal oxide surface and a bulk region, and a self-assembled bilayer film, the bilayer film comprising: (a) an acceptor molecule covalently bonded to the metal oxide surface; (b) a linking metal ion bonded to the acceptor molecule; and (c) one or more sensitizer molecule(s) bonded to the linking coordinating metal ion.
US10991516B2
A solid electrolytic capacitor that includes a plurality of capacitor elements laminated in parallel, and an exterior resin that seals the plurality of capacitor elements. Each of the plurality of capacitor elements includes a valve action metal base, an oxide film dielectric layer on a surface of the valve action metal base, and a cathode layer on a surface of the dielectric layer, and at least one capacitor element among the plurality of capacitor elements has a thicker oxide film dielectric layer than that of another capacitor element.
US10991515B2
A solid electrolytic capacitor that includes a plurality of laminated units each including a valve action metal substrate including a porous layer on a surface thereof, a dielectric layer on a surface of the porous layer, and a solid electrolyte layer on the dielectric layer. A metal foil is between the laminated units. The units and the conductor layers are sealed with a coating resin. The valve action metal substrate has an anode section-side end surface directly connected to an anode outer electrode on the surface of the coating resin, and the metal foil is directly connected to a cathode outer electrode on the surface of the coating resin.
US10991513B2
A composite electronic component includes: a first electronic component including a ceramic body having a main surface caused to face a circuit board at a time of mounting and first and second end surfaces orthogonal to the main surface, and a first external electrode and a second external electrode respectively provided to the first end surface and the second end surface and respectively extending from the first end surface and the second end surface to the main surface; and a second electronic component including a functional film provided to the main surface, and a first electrode film and a second electrode film provided to both end portions of the functional film separately from the first external electrode and the second external electrode, the second electronic component being configured to fit within a thickness of each of the first external electrode and the second external electrode from the main surface.
US10991498B2
Sine pulse actuation, and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method for actuating an actuator includes: supplying a first input to the actuator, where the first input corresponds to a rising edge of a first sine function; supplying a second input to the actuator, where the second input corresponds to a generally constant amplitude plateau; and supplying a third input to the actuator, where the third input corresponds to a falling edge of a second sine function. The first, second and third inputs are control inputs or actuation inputs.
US10991495B2
A soft magnetic alloy which includes nanocrystal parts and amorphous parts is provided. The nanocrystal parts include αFe(—Si) as a main component, and include at least one of elements selected from B, P, C, Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, Mo, V, W, Cr, Al, Mn, Zn, and Cu as a sub-component. When a total content ratio of the sub-component in the nanocrystal parts is set as α (at %), and a total content ratio of the sub-components of the nanocrystal parts included in the amorphous parts is set as β (at %), 0.01≤(α/β)≤0.40, and a crystallinity degree is 5% or more and 70% or less.
US10991492B2
The present invention provides an R-T-B based permanent magnet capable of improving a coercive force HcJ while maintaining a residual magnetic flux density Br. The R-T-B based permanent magnet includes Ga. R is one or more selected from rare earth elements, T is Fe or a combination of Fe and Co, and B is boron. The R-T-B based permanent magnet has main phase grains including a crystal grain having an R2T14B crystal structure and grain boundaries formed between adjacent two or more main phase grains, and 0.030≤[Ga]/[R]≤0.100 is satisfied in which [Ga] represents an atomic concentration of Ga and [R] represents an atomic concentration of R in the main phase grains.
US10991488B2
A shed housing is disclosed. The shed housing covers an insulator including at least one shed. The shed housing includes a receiving cavity allowing an upper surface and a lower surface of the shed to be received in the receiving cavity. The shed housing is provided with a mounting hole through which the insulator passes, and an opening corresponding to the mounting hole. The opening communicates the mounting hole with an outer edge of the shed housing. The mounting hole communicates with the receiving cavity. A first connecting portion and a second connecting portion cooperating with the first connecting portion are arranged respectively on both ends of the opening. When the first connecting portion is connected to the second connecting portion, the shed housing is closed along a circumferential direction. The shed housing is able to receive the entire piece of shed, and can be assembled on the shed without any additional connecting components, which is convenient and high-efficient and has good effect on preventing pollution flashover and rain flashover.
US10991487B2
A cable is composed of a linear shape conductor, a first electrical insulating member coating a periphery of the conductor, a shield made of a plating layer coating a surface of the first electrical insulating member, a second electrical insulating member coating a surface of the shield, and an exposed shield portion provided in at least one end portion of the cable with the second electrical insulating member being removed therefrom and the shield being exposed therein during termination. An adhesion strength between the shield and the second electrical insulating member in the exposed shield portion is lower than an adhesion strength between the shield and the second electrical insulating member in an other part of the surface of the shield.
US10991482B2
A cable includes a line for signal transmission or power source supply, a first metal wire having flexibility and a shape-retaining property, a plurality of yarns extending substantially in the same direction as that of the first metal wire, and a coating material for coating the line, the first metal wire, and the plurality of yarns.
US10991481B2
The present disclosure provides insulated electrical conductors, e.g., wires, and methods for producing such insulated electrical conductors to combat partial discharge by enhancing bond strength between the electrical conductor and a base insulating thermoplastic layer (e.g., including a PAEK). Such insulated electrical conductors can include: an electrical conductor; an insulating coating on at least a portion of a surface of the electrical conductor; and an oxide layer between the electrical conductor and the insulating coating. Methods for producing such insulated electrical conductors can involve extrusion of an insulating polymer onto the electrical conductor under ambient atmosphere and a subsequent heat treatment step, which can also be conducted under ambient atmosphere.
US10991480B2
An aluminum wire includes a strand main body, an inner layer, and an outer layer. The strand main body includes aluminum wire or an aluminum alloy wire. The inner layer includes Zn, a Zn alloy, Ni, or an Ni alloy and covers the outer circumferential surface of the strand main body. The outer layer includes Sn or an Sn alloy and covers the outer circumferential surface of the inner layer. In the aluminum wire, the pinhole ratio in the outer layer is no more than 4% and/or the thickness of the inner layer is at least 0.3 μm.
US10991465B2
Methods and systems may be used for performing computer-simulated evaluation of treatments. For example, the method may include: for each of a plurality of patients, receiving one or more patient-specific anatomical and/or physiological models; selecting, from the plurality of patients, a set of patients that have one or more common characteristics; for each patient in an experimental group, modifying at least one model of the respective one or more patient-specific models to obtain at least one modified patient-specific model that models an effect of an evaluation treatment on the respective patient, and calculating a value of an evaluation endpoint based on the respective at least one modified patient-specific model; and comparing the calculated values of the evaluation endpoint with one or more control values of the evaluation endpoint for patients that satisfy the one or more selection criterion.
US10991463B2
A computer implemented method of predicting the health and therapeutic behavior of patients and making treatment plan recommendations includes the steps of: receiving patient healthcare data having one or more conditions and limiting factors; determining a therapeutic behavior pattern of patient; determining unsuccessful therapies and successful therapies for each condition based on therapeutic behavior pattern; and calculating cost quote for successful therapies based on limiting factors for time period. A computer implemented method of providing cost effective therapy for a patient is also provided and includes the steps of: receiving patient healthcare data; determining unsuccessful therapies and successful therapies; calculating probability of disease progression; calculating possible therapies ranked by probability of successful treatment; calculate cost quote for possible therapies; and paying a smart contract for a selected therapy.
US10991453B2
Disclosed are new and improved methods and systems for nucleic acid sequence analysis that can analyze data indicative of natural by-products of nucleotide incorporation events without the need for exogenous labels or dyes to identify nucleic acid sequences of interest. In particular, the methods and systems of the present teachings can process such data and various forms thereof to align fragments of the nucleic acid(s) of interest, particularly those analyzed using an addition sequencing technique, for example, as occurs with the use of nucleotide flows.
US10991451B2
The present invention relates to methods for evaluating and/or predicting the outcome of a clinical condition, such as cancer, metastasis, AIDS, autism, Alzheimer's, and/or Parkinson's disorder. The methods can also be used to monitor and track changes in a patient's DNA and/or RNA during and following a clinical treatment regime. The methods may also be used to evaluate protein and/or metabolite levels that correlate with such clinical conditions. The methods are also of use to ascertain the probability outcome for a patient's particular prognosis.
US10991448B2
The present invention relates to methods for evaluating the probability that a patient's diagnosis may be treated with a particular clinical regimen or therapy.
US10991444B1
Calibrating read reference voltages is disclosed. In an aspect, a control die calibrates read reference voltages for reading the non-volatile memory cells. The control die is bonded to a memory die that contains memory cells. In one aspect, a tiered approach to calibrating read reference voltages is taken. For example, first the control die may attempt to determine new values for read reference voltages. If the new read reference voltages are satisfactory, then the control die may use the new read reference voltages. The control die could use one or more different techniques to determine new read reference voltages. If the new read reference voltages determined by the control die are unsatisfactory, then a memory controller in communication with the control die may calibrate the read reference voltages. By the control die determining the new read reference voltages, the memory controller is substantially less burdened with such tasks.
US10991443B2
A memory apparatus of an embodiment includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, an error correction circuit, a memory circuit, a data distribution circuit, and a processing circuit. The error correction circuit performs error detection in data read from the nonvolatile semiconductor memory device on a processing unit size basis and performs error correction on the data in response to its necessity. The memory circuit stores data on the processing unit size basis. The data distribution circuit transfers the data read from the nonvolatile semiconductor memory device to the error detection circuit and the memory circuit on the processing unit size basis. The processing circuit reads the data from the memory circuit and processes the data in response to the error correction circuit detecting an uncorrectable error in the data.
US10991442B2
A memory device includes a memory circuit and a fuse protection circuit. The memory circuit includes a program line and a fuse. The program line is configured to receive a program voltage for programming the fuse. The fuse protection circuit is coupled to the memory circuit and is configured to prevent unintentional programming of the fuse.
US10991419B2
A semiconductor device includes a latch circuit and a code comparison circuit. The latch circuit latches an output code generated based on an active command. The latch circuit outputs the latched output code as a latch code in response to a write command. The code comparison circuit compares the latch code with a write code to generate a detection signal.
US10991415B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes a first semiconductor chip having a latency counter supplied with a first command and configured to generate a second command when a predetermined period is elapsed after the first command is activated; and a second semiconductor chip having an active control circuit configured to activate a state signal in response to the first command when the state signal is in an inactive state, deactivate the state signal in response to the first command when the state signal is in an active state, and activate the state signal in response to the second command generated based on the first command that is activated when the state signal is in the active state.
US10991413B2
Memory devices and systems with configurable die refresh stagger, and associated methods, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a memory system includes two or more memory dies. At least one memory die includes a fuse array storing refresh information that specifies a refresh group of the memory die. In these and other embodiments, at least one memory die includes a refresh group terminal and refresh group detect circuitry electrically connected to the refresh group terminal. The at least one memory die is configured to detect a refresh group of the memory die and to delay its refresh operation by a time delay corresponding to the refresh group. In this manner, refresh operations of the two or more memory dies can be staggered to reduce peak current demand of the memory system.
US10991387B1
Data storage device migrating data from non-energy assist disk surface to energy assist disk surface
A data storage device is disclosed comprising a non-energy assist (NEA) head configured to access a first disk surface, and an energy assist (EA) head configured to access a second disk surface. The data storage device further comprises control circuitry configured to write data to the first disk surface, and migrate at least part of the data to the second disk surface.
US10991378B2
A method reduces noise in an audio signal. In the method a signal component subsequent to the prediction time is predicted for a plurality of prediction times with reference to signal components of the audio signal that are respectively prior to the prediction time. A predicted audio signal is formed from the signal components respectively following a prediction time, and a noise-reduced audio signal is generated based on the predicted audio signal.
US10991377B2
A mechanism to adjust far-end signal loudness based on environmental noise levels and device speaker characteristics has a noise-level analyzer that receives feedback from an intelligent speaker-boosting logic circuit that provides a signal to a class-D amplifier to drive the speaker. The noise-level analyzer analyzes near-end environmental noise levels and far-end speech input signal levels across critical frequency bands. The noise-level analyzer performs a masking analysis of the far-end and near-end signals, and guides the speaker-boosting logic circuit to apply determined signal boosting levels over selective bands. The speaker-boosting logic circuit monitors system activity along with the selective band boosting guidance from the noise-level analyzer. Using device speaker information and the speaker excursion pattern, the speaker-boosting logic circuit adjusts far-end speech signal loudness without over excursion of the speaker and damage to the speaker hardware.
US10991366B2
A method, performed by a dialogue processing device, of processing dialogue associated with a user based on dialog act information, the method comprises receiving speech information, corresponding to speech of the user, including a plurality of sentence units; identifying a first sentence unit and a second sentence unit, of the plurality of sentence units, based on receiving the speech information; extracting a first dialog act indicative of an intention of the first sentence unit and extracting a second dialog act indicative of an intention of the second sentence unit; extracting a first dialog act indicative of an intention of the first sentence unit and extracting a second dialog act indicative of an intention of the second sentence unit; processing the first sentence unit and the second unit in a sequence according to respective priority orders assigned based on a number of empty slots of dialogue frames of the sentence units.
US10991357B2
Communication apparatus and devices for surgical robotic systems are described. The communication apparatus can include a user console in communication with a communication device having a surgical tool. The communication device can include a microphone to convert a sound input into an acoustic input signal. The communication device can transmit the acoustic input signal to the user console for reproduction as a sound output for a remote operator. The surgical tool can include an endoscope having several microphones mounted on a housing. The surgical tool can be a sterile barrier having a microphone and a drape. The microphone(s) of the surgical tools can face a surrounding environment such that a tableside staff is a source of the sound input that causes the sound output, and a surgeon and the table side staff can communicate in a noisy environment. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US10991354B2
A hull-fitted electronic device (2) for a vessel is provided. The hull-fitted electronic device is adapted to be attached to a seat (10) having a through hole (11), the seat being attachable to a hull (20) of the vessel such that the through hole of the seat is aligned with a through hole (12) of the hull. The hull-fitted electronic device comprises a transducer (16) adapted to generate a signal to be transmitted into the water outside the hull, and a housing (14) encapsulating the transducer and having a lower portion (3) and a flange portion (4). The lower portion and at least the portion of the flange portion located closest to the lower portion are covered by a surface (5) of a material (17) being watertight and transparent to the signal generated by the transducer. A portion of the surface forms a window (13) of the housing arranged to transmit the signal of the transducer.
US10991351B2
An electronic keyboard instrument includes at least one panel supporting member which supports a panel, the at least one panel supporting member is disposed in spaces formed on an upper surface of a chassis, and the spaces are spaces generated behind rear ends of white keys between two adjacent black keys by arranging a plurality of keys in a manner that rear ends of a plurality of black keys are positioned behind rear ends of a plurality of white keys.
US10991349B2
The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for creating and synthesizing music. The disclosed method comprises obtaining at least one image including at least one object related to at least one first musical instrument, identifying a user input associated with the at least one object, mapping the at least one object to at least one second musical instrument, and generating sound based on the user input and sound data of the at least one second musical instrument.
US10991347B2
A leg attachment structure for a keyboard instrument including leg main bodies that support a keyboard portion from both sides, the keyboard portion in which plural keys are arranged on a key bed, wherein the leg attachment structure has plates installed on upper surfaces of the leg main bodies, the plates and the leg main bodies are fixed by inserting rod-shaped portions formed on lower surfaces of the plates into hole portions provided in the leg main bodies, and the plates are formed to be larger than an area of the upper surfaces of the leg main bodies, and installed at positions eccentric to the inner side and the rear side of the keyboard portion with respect to the upper surfaces of the leg main bodies.
US10991346B2
A controller includes a bit shifter and a stain compensator. The bit shifter may determine a bit shift value corresponding to a stain compensation value according to an area of a display panel. The bit shift value represents a quantity of integer bits and a quantity of decimal bits. At least one of the quantity of integer bits and the quantity of decimal bits corresponds to a quantity of stain compensation steps. The stain compensator may compensate a grayscale value of input image data using the stain compensation value and the bit shift value to generate compensated image data.
US10991345B2
To manage dynamic adjustment of the refresh rate of a computer display, the operating system defines at least two playback modes: one or more custom modes that can be selected by applications, and a standard mode which is a default setting for the system that can be expected by applications. The operating system provides an application programming interface that enables an application to request using a custom mode. If approved to use the custom mode, then the application presents frames for display based on the custom mode. The operating system stores timing data for each buffered frame indicating how to play the frame in both standard mode and the custom mode. If a transition back to the standard mode occurs, the operating system uses the timing data to properly present frames of video until the application stops generating frames of video in the custom mode.
US10991342B2
A terminal apparatus includes circuitry configured to receive image data of an object and three-dimensional computer graphics (3DCG) data transmitted from an image distribution apparatus, and display, on a display, a specific region image corresponding to a specific region within an image of the object as a background image, and an image of the 3DCG data as a superimposed image to be superimposed on the background image. The specific region image corresponding to the specific region is generatable from the image data of the object and the image of the 3DCG data is generatable from the 3DCG data.
US10991327B2
A pixel arrangement structure includes a plurality of pixel repeating units arranged in a matrix in a row direction and a column direction. Each of the plurality of pixel repeating units includes a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit sequentially arranged in the column direction. The first pixel unit includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, a third sub-pixel, and a fourth sub-pixel which are sequentially arranged in the row direction. The second pixel unit includes a third sub-pixel, a fourth sub-pixel, a first sub-pixel, and a second sub-pixel which are sequentially arranged in the row direction. Each column of sub-pixels is divided into a first subset of sub-pixels connected to a first data line and a second subset of sub-pixels connected to a second data line.
US10991316B2
A display device includes: a display panel to display an image; a signal controller to determine whether an input image signal is a still image signal, and if the input image signal is a still image signal, further determine whether image switching occurs, and if image switching occurs, to compensate image data according to frame data after the image is switched by using data values of two pieces of frame data between which the image switching occurs; and a data driver to generate a data signal based on the image data and to output the data signal to the display panel.
US10991314B2
A scan driver includes stages for outputting scan signals. An nth stage includes: a first driving controller for controlling a voltage of a first node and a voltage of a second node in response to a previous carry signal; a second driving controller for controlling a voltage of a first driving node, based on a sensing-on signal, a next carry signal, the voltage of a first power source, the voltage of the first node, and a voltage of a sampling node, and controlling a voltage of a second driving node, based on the voltage of the sampling node and a sensing clock signal; an output buffer for outputting a carry signal and the scan signal; and a connection controller for electrically coupling the first node and the first driving node and electrically coupling the second node and the second driving node, in response to a display-on signal.
US10991309B2
A light emitting element display device with a narrow frame and high light emission efficiency is provided even when high definition is achieved. The light emitting element display device includes: a light emitting element which emits light at each of a plurality of subpixels forming one pixel; a drive transistor in which one of a source and a drain is connected to an anode of the light emitting element; and an output control circuit which selectively sets the other of the source and the drain of the drive transistor into one of a state of being connected to a power-supply voltage, a state of being connected to a reset voltage that is a lower voltage than the power-supply voltage, and a high-impedance state of not being connected to any of these voltages.
US10991307B2
The present disclosure provides a pixel circuit and a driving method thereof, and a display device. The pixel circuit includes: a data switching circuit configured to transmit a data voltage signal received from a data line in response to an on-signal; a data storage circuit configured to store the data voltage signal and output a first voltage and a second voltage according to the data voltage signal, wherein the first voltage is lower than the second voltage; a first light emitting circuit configured to emit light when turned on by a voltage difference between the first voltage and a power supply voltage; and a second light emitting circuit configured to emit light when turned on by a voltage difference between the second voltage and the power supply voltage.
US10991291B2
The present disclosure provides a test device and a test method. The test device includes a first circuit, a second circuit and a third circuit. The first circuit drives a first pixel to emit light by using a first set of test signals according to the control of a first switch signal and a second switch signal, the second circuit drives a second pixel to emit light by using the first set of test signals according to the control of the first switch signal and the second switch signal, and the third circuit drives a third pixel to emit light by using a second set of test signals according to the control of the first switch signal or the second switch signal, wherein the first pixel, the second pixel and the third pixel are mutually different.
US10991284B2
A system includes a monitor stand configured to mount two or more display devices. The monitor stand includes an extension arm having an integral color calibration device. The extension arm can be manipulated to selectively position the color calibration device in contact with a light-emitting portion of each display device, and can be collapsed for stowage adjacent to the monitor stand. The system further controls the color calibration device to determine initial color attributes of each display device.
US10991278B2
Display module mounting apparatus and methods provide mounting features enabling ease of installation and service. The apparatus may have one or more releasable frame couplers and pivoting releasable frame couplers coupled to a display module having a display plane defined in relation to a substrate. One or more adjustable linkages may adjustably define a standoff distance between the display plane and a support frame to which the module may be mounted by the mounting apparatus. Concave and convex adjustments to the display plane may be made. Operation of pivoting action to tilt the display plane enables installation, removal, and serviceability of large displays constructed with a tiled plurality of display modules.
US10991268B2
A simulator system for use in simulating fabrication or construction comprises a simulation tool with a magnet mounted on a working end, a simulation workpiece comprising a substrate with an alignment location and at least one tool path indicator; and a sensor device with a corresponding alignment location and at least one magnetic sensor. The simulation tool may comprise a pivotable attachment block mounted on a handle. Different welding accessories may be mounted to the attachment block, and the orientation of the attachment block may be altered to simulate a particular type of welding tool.
US10991267B2
Systems and methods to aid a welder or welding student. A system may provide a real-world arc welding system or a virtual reality arc welding system along with a computerized eyewear device having a head-up display (HUD). The computerized eyewear device may be worn by a user under a conventional welding helmet as eye glasses are worn and may wirelessly communicate with a welding power source of a real-world arc welding system or a programmable processor-based subsystem of a virtual reality arc welding system.
US10991266B2
Dynamic industrial vehicle monitoring for modification of vehicle operator behavior comprises identifying a metric that characterizes an event associated with the operator of an industrial vehicle, the metric having a pre-action trigger that defines when the event is predicted to occur, a performance parameter to evaluate against the event and a behavior modification action that corresponds to a desired operator behavior in response to the event. Monitoring operation of the industrial vehicle is carried out for the event. Upon detecting an occurrence of the event, event data is recorded that characterizes a response of a vehicle operator to the event. The recorded event data is evaluated against at least one performance parameter associated with the corresponding metric to determine whether the vehicle operator demonstrated appropriate behavior for the event. A vehicle operator score is updated based upon the evaluation and the updated vehicle operator score is communicated.
US10991260B2
A system for intelligent non-disruptive airspace integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) is disclosed. The system includes an onboard positioning system and altimeter that determine a current position and altitude of the UAS. Under normal conditions, the UAS remains in inert mode: a transceiver listens for and decodes transmissions from nearby aircraft and ground-based traffic and control facilities. If certain conditions are met (e.g., proximate aircraft, altitude ceilings, controlled or restricted airspaces) the system may declare an alert mode. When in alert mode, the transceiver broadcasts position and identifier information of the UAS to alert neighboring aircraft to its presence. Intelligent transmission strategies regulate the power level or rate of alert-mode transmissions to reduce spectrum congestion due to high UAS density. Alert-mode transmissions continue until the underlying conditions change and inert mode is resumed.
US10991255B2
Providing an open interface to a navigation system is provided herein. A single partition (or more than one partition) of a partitioned operating system can be utilized to provide connectivity between a navigation system and one or more user equipment devices. Thus, the navigation system and the one or more user equipment devices can be communicatively coupled via the at least one partition. Further, a Software Development Kit (SDK) can be configured to enable bi-directional communication between the navigation system and the one or more user equipment devices. In addition, the SDK can provide security for the navigation system when communicating with the one or more user equipment devices.
US10991253B2
Methods and systems are provided for delivering food. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving, by a processor, a food delivery request; autonomously preparing food, by the processor and at least one robot or task specific device, based on the food delivery request in a compartment configured to be sterile of an autonomous vehicle; and autonomously delivering the prepared food by the autonomous vehicle.
US10991242B2
A secure vehicle navigational system managing recorded vehicular and human movements transmitting encrypted communications between secure interconnected devices configured along road-ways within network-topology of two or more domains interconnected within a configured infrastructure communicating with a plurality of encrypted telemetry communication devices con figured within or attached to vehicular apparatus and humans, recording received and transmitted data-content between interconnected ecomm-devices and navigational command centers, continuous calculating forecasted positional phase-change positional points determined from a plurality of algorithms and techniques, map tracking a plurality of mechanisms, performing a plurality of calculations comprised of spatial density in proportion to velocity changes, analyzing a plurality of detected guidance drive-ability and interoperability factors, forecasting programmed space time position compared with future time in space positions from a configured subnaysys network-topology, navigational directives and communications are viewable and audibly heard on a augmented VIR Inter-Face, and other embodiments are claimed and described.
US10991241B2
In one embodiment, a layer application generates navigation-related data based on observations associated with vehicles. In operation, the layer application generates an attribute based on a first observation associated with a vehicle and an observation type. The layer application then compares the attribute to an existing road database to generate a dynamic layer. Subsequently, the layer application causes the dynamic layer to be transmitted to a navigation subsystem. After receiving the dynamic layer, the navigation subsystem performs navigation operation(s) based on the road database and the dynamic layer. Because the layer application may receive and operate on real-time observations, providers of road databases may produce dynamic layers at a frequency that enables navigation applications to continually provide accurate navigation data.
US10991238B2
We disclose a roller shade which may move the roller fabric to position either a light reflecting section or a heat absorbing section of the roller fabric toward a window. The two sections may be on opposite sides of a sheet of roller fabric which is connected to the roller tube at one end. The roller shade may wind the roller fabric around the roller tube then reverse the side of the roller fabric which faces the window. Alternatively, the roller fabric may be a continuous loop of fabric that includes a light reflecting section and connected to a heat absorbing section. The roller shade may move the continuous loop of fabric to position either section toward the window. The roller shade may include sensors, a motor, and a controller. The controller may be programmed to reverse the roller fabric in response to a sensor measurement.
US10991234B2
A shutter test device is provided for determining whether or not detectors detecting flame spectrum at UV and IR wave lengths by forming virtual flame/fire spectrum work, and estimating detection time per milliseconds, estimating the time period in which tubes explode, as well as the time period in which the fire extinguishing system works. The shutter provides or prevents delivery of light source radiations to the detector under control of the control unit. The control unit receives alarm signal generated by detectors detecting sent radiation via cable or wireless estimates response time activated as a result of alarm signal and tests working of the fire extinguishing system subject to said alarm, and the activation period, and calculates the time period of activation.
US10991222B2
An active kitchen safety monitoring system includes a fire prevention alarm device, a gas safety valve, a multifunctional gateway, a server and a user terminal. The fire prevention alarm device sends temperature data of multiple locations on the kitchen stove and kitchen stove usage safety alarm information, both of which are monitored in real time, to the multifunctional gateway. The gas safety valve sends internal pressure data of the gas pipeline, working state information of the motor valve and gas usage safety alarm information to the multifunctional gateway. The multifunctional gateway sends all of the received data to the user terminal through the server, receives and executes operation instructions from the user terminal. The server stores various data and transmits the operation instructions. Through the user terminal, the user is able to view data information and control the gas safety valve and the multifunctional gateway.
US10991217B2
Systems and methods are provided for measuring, assessing, predicting, improving and presenting the state of physical object temperatures using imaging devices, e.g., a thermal infrared camera, and/or intruders in a region of interest to an operator, such that little or no operator effort is required to install, use or receive reports from the system. The invention also includes, for example, means and methods for exploiting autonomous operation and configuration, placement at remote sites, enhancement of image resolution and estimation of range such that accuracy of results and autonomy of operation is enhanced.
US10991208B1
A gaming system comprises a plurality of gaming machines configured to conduct one or more games and a management computing device communicatively coupled to the gaming machines. The management computing device receives indication of a gaming session initiating at a first gaming machine of the gaming machines, identifies one or more gaming machines associated with the first gaming machine from the gaming machines, transmits a disable command to the one or more associated gaming machines that prevents the one or more gaming machines from initiating gaming sessions, and in response to determining that the gaming session at the first gaming machine has concluded, transmits an enable command to the one or more associated gaming machines that enables the one or more gaming machines to initiate gaming sessions.
US10991206B2
A computer-implemented method of operating a regulated gaming machine may comprise enabling the player to play a wager-based game having a plurality of stages. Game play and wagers may then be enabled in a first stage of the plurality of stages of a game. A determination may be made that game play in the first stage has reached a first stage complete state in which all requirements necessary for transitioning game play from the first stage to a second stage have been completed. The player may be provided with an opportunity to win one of a plurality of prizes, a highest one of which being a first top prize. The player may then be awarded a random one of the plurality of first prizes. Game play and wagers may then be enabled in a second, later stage of the plurality of stages of the game. It may then be determined that game play in the second stage has reached a second stage complete state in which all requirements necessary for transitioning game play from the second stage to a third stage have been completed and the player may be provided with an opportunity to win one of a plurality of a second prizes, a highest one of which being a second top prize that is higher than the first top prize. The player may then be awarded a random one of the plurality of second prizes.
US10991195B2
An information processor displays a slot game on a display and stores the detail of a bet in a flash memory in accordance with an input indicating the bet. When the slot game is finished, the information processor determines whether an item for automation is valid. When the item for automation is valid, the information processor starts the next execution of the slot game with the detail of the bet stored in the flash memory. When the item for automation is not valid, the information processor waits for an input of a bet on the next execution of the slot game.
US10991193B2
A vending machine for dispensing heated granular foodstuffs includes a receptacle dispensing assembly for dispensing a receptacle into a receiving zone. A cooled storage hopper stores granular foodstuffs, and has an open bottom end. A discharge assembly is in communication with the open bottom end for transporting the quantity of the granular foodstuffs away from the cooled storage hopper. A heating assembly receives the quantity of the granular foodstuffs from the discharge assembly, heats the quantity of the granular foodstuffs with a heating fluid, and dispenses the quantity of the granular foodstuffs into the receptacle in the receiving zone. A heating fluid generator supplies heating fluid to the heating assembly. A condiment dispenser dispenses at least one condiment into the receptacle in the receiving zone.
US10991192B2
A device, system, and method are provided for grinding, dispensing, and packaging a granular material into a receptacle to be obtained by a user. The device can include: a user interface; a canister comprising a dispensing mechanism and a grinder; a packaging system configured to physically manipulate and position a receptacle within the device, thereby eliminating the need for manual handling by the user; a receptacle-storage configured to house a plurality of receptacles and from which the packaging system can obtain a receptacle; a capping station configured to apply a covering onto a filled receptacle to prevent spillage and waste; an inventory database to store inventory information; a communication system to facilitate internet connectivity; and a recommendation system to recommend various recipes to the user. The description also discloses a system of interconnected kiosks for automatically grinding, dispensing, and packaging granular materials.
US10991191B2
In some examples, a system and method for generating a payment instrument are described. The method includes receiving a unique signature that a recipient intends to associate with the payment instrument; verifying that the received feature meets an acceptability criterion; generating a representation of the received signature, wherein the representation is in a form capable of being physically associated with the payment instrument, and wherein association is established by embedding or exposing the representation on the payment instrument; and causing physical generation of the payment instrument having associated therewith the representation of the signature.
US10991188B2
Exemplary embodiments described in this disclosure are generally directed to using a vehicle to provide building security. In one exemplary embodiment, a computer that is provided in a vehicle is communicatively coupled to various sensors included in an anti-theft security system of the vehicle. The computer automatically activates a building security procedure upon determining that the vehicle has entered, or is located inside, a geofence of a residence. The sensors are configured to detect a security event that may take place near the residence. For example, a motion sensor may be used to detect a burglar approaching the residence or a sound detector may be used to detect shattering of a glass window of the residence. Upon detecting such a security event, the anti-theft security system of the vehicle may transmit a security alert to an individual and/or a monitoring service.
US10991184B2
Disclosed are a device enabling coffee preparing apparatus to provide user with ordered coffee and method for operating same, which may enable the coffee preparing apparatus to block a user other than an orderer from picking up the prepared coffee and provide the prepared coffee to the orderer by generating identification information matched to a coffee order requested from each of user terminals to enable picking-up of the coffee corresponding to the coffee order, transmitting the identification information matched to the coffee order requested from each of the user terminals to each of the user terminals, transmitting an identification information input request message to a user terminal requesting a coffee order corresponding to a coffee preparation completion message from the coffee preparing apparatus, comparing identification input from a user of the user terminal in response to the identification information input request message with identification information transmitted to the user terminal, and requesting the coffee preparing apparatus to perform a provision operation on the coffee corresponding to the identification information transmitted to the user terminal when the input identification information is the same as the transmitted identification information.
US10991179B2
Safety around a vehicle can be improved when there is a disagreement between an operation state of the vehicle and the notification contents notified from the vehicle. Abnormality notifying apparatus includes a determiner that determines whether or not there is a disagreement in correspondence relationship between operation control and notification control based on a first signal related to the operation control of vehicle and a second signal related to the notification control for notifying notification information according to the operation control to outside vehicle. When there is a disagreement in correspondence relationship, abnormality notifying apparatus notifies information indicating that the vehicle is in an abnormal state to outside vehicle.
US10991171B2
In an information processing device, an acquisition unit acquires information on a position of an occupant from a vehicle that is in an accident. A reception unit receives a manipulation input from an operator. A determination unit determines directivity of a microphone in a vehicle cabin of the vehicle based on the manipulation input received by the reception unit.
US10991170B1
A method, implemented in an electronic processing system that includes a memory and one or more processors, includes receiving, at the electronic processing system, sensor data representing information collected by a sensor (i) located on or in a first vehicle and (ii) configured to sense an environment external to the first vehicle, and storing the received sensor data in the memory. The method also includes processing the stored sensor data to determine conditions in which the second vehicle was driven, driving habits of a driver of the second vehicle, and an identifying characteristic of the second vehicle. The method further includes identifying the driver of the second vehicle using the identifying characteristic, and determining a risk level for the driver of the second vehicle using the determined conditions and driving habits.
US10991169B2
A method for determining a mean time to failure of an electrical device, and a method for adjusting a predetermined mean time to failure of an electrical power supply and for evaluating the adjusted mean time to failure. The method determines the mean time to failure by taking into account both operating conditions and operational load.
US10991166B2
An electric appliance control method, a terminal, an electric appliance, an electronic equipment and a storage medium. The method includes displaying a three-dimensional model configured to simulate an electric appliance, where the three-dimensional model includes a manipulation unit configured to simulate a manipulation component on the electric appliance; obtaining simulated manipulation information, where the simulated manipulation information is generated after a user performs a simulated manipulation on the manipulation unit, and the simulated manipulation information is the same as information generated by the manipulation component after an actual manipulation corresponding to the simulated manipulation is performed; transmitting the simulated manipulation information to a network device, so that the network device transmits the simulated manipulation information to the electric appliance and controls the electric appliance to execute a control instruction corresponding to the simulated manipulation information. The present disclosure further improves the convenience of manipulation.
US10991160B1
Approaches described and suggested herein relate to generating three-dimensional representations of objects to be used to render virtual reality and augmented reality effects on personal devices such as smartphones and personal computers, for example. An initial surface mesh of an object is obtained. A plurality of silhouette masks of the object taken from a plurality of viewpoints is also obtained. A plurality of depth maps are generated from the initial surface mesh. Specifically, the plurality of depth maps are taken from the same plurality of viewpoints from which the silhouette images are taken. A volume including the object is discretized into a plurality of voxels. Each voxel is then determined to be either inside the object or outside of the object based on the silhouette masks and the depth data. A final mesh is then generated from the voxels that are determined to be inside the object.
US10991159B2
The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for a virtual reality transportation system. In particular, the systems and methods described herein present a virtual reality experience including a virtual environment for display to a passenger including virtual inertial interactions that correspond to real-world inertial forces that a passenger experiences while riding in a vehicle. Additionally, the systems and methods described herein analyze historical sensory data to predict inertial forces that the passenger will experience while riding in the vehicle. The systems and methods also generate a virtual sensory view for display to a passenger to represent what an autonomous transportation vehicle sees by way of a sensor suite used for navigation.
US10991157B2
Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for matching 3D terrain information based on aerial images captured at different altitudes. The method includes receiving a high-altitude numerical height model based on a terrain image captured at a specific high altitude; receiving 3D terrain information observed from a low altitude, which is generated based on a terrain image captured at an altitude lower than the specific high altitude; generating a low-altitude numerical height model by converting the 3D terrain information into a numerical model in the same form as the high-altitude numerical height model; measuring the cross-correlation between the high-altitude numerical height model and the low-altitude numerical height model, thereby calculating matching parameters for enabling the low-altitude numerical height model to match the high-altitude numerical height model; and adjusting the geospatial coordinates of the 3D terrain information based on the matching parameters and outputting georeferenced 3D terrain information in the same coordinate system as the high-altitude numerical height model.
US10991149B2
An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system has an array probe for acquiring a 3D image dataset of a subject. Volume rendering is performed to produce a volume image of the subject, and MPR reconstruction is performed to produce three orthogonal 2D images of the subject. The point of intersection of the three 2D image planes is locationally marked by a crosshair or other graphic in each 2D image. The corresponding location in the volume image is marked with a virtual light source which illuminates the interior of the 3D volume and is positionally linked to the location markers in the MPR images.
US10991145B2
A system is provided for pose-variant 3D facial attribute generation. A first stage has a hardware processor based 3D regression network for directly generating a space position map for a 3D shape and a camera perspective matrix from a single input image of a face and further having a rendering layer for rendering a partial texture map of the single input image based on the space position map and the camera perspective matrix. A second stage has a hardware processor based two-part stacked Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) including a Texture Completion GAN (TC-GAN) stacked with a 3D Attribute generation GAN (3DA-GAN). The TC-GAN completes the partial texture map to form a complete texture map based on the partial texture map and the space position map. The 3DA-GAN generates a target facial attribute for the single input image based on the complete texture map and the space position map.
US10991137B2
An information processing apparatus includes a first acquiring unit, an accepting unit, a second acquiring unit, and a display control unit. The first acquiring unit acquires a processed image, wherein the processed image is acquired by processing at least one medical image. The accepting unit accepts a display instruction for the processed image based on a user's operation input. The second acquiring unit acquires information regarding a type of the processing and the medical image used for the processing. The display control unit displays the processed image, instructed by the display instruction and the medical image used for the processing, in a medical image display region based on the information regarding the type of the processing.
US10991133B2
To reduce complexity and corresponding run time, quantum computation is used for rendering a volume. The quantum computation may search for voxels along a ray or the minimum or maximum. The quantum computation may orient (e.g., rotate) data for more efficient searching for the maximum or minimum. Due to the superposition in quantum computing, the efficiency in volume rendering medical images is increased as compared to traditional binary approaches.
US10991126B2
A device, method and program may properly perform gamut conversion of content and be applied to a gamut conversion device. A restoration conversion state confirming unit performs confirmation such as gamut conversion state of image data read out from an optical disc and the existence or not of restoration metadata. An information exchange unit communicates with an output device via a communication unit and performs information exchange such as the existence or not of restoration processing functionality and gamut conversion functionality and the like. A determining unit determines whether or not restoration processing is performed with a playing device based on information obtained by the restoration conversion state confirming unit and the information exchange unit. Similarly, the determining unit determines whether or not to perform gamut conversion processing with the playing device based on information obtained by the restoration conversion state confirming unit and the information exchange unit.
US10991118B2
Exemplary embodiments provide a device (10), a process and a computer program for detecting optical image data of a patient positioning device (100). The device (10) is configured to detect optical image data of a patient positioning device (100) and to determine a position of at least one lateral limitation (110) of the patient positioning device (100) based on the image data. The device (10) is configured to determine at first a position of art least one partial segment (120) of the patient positioning device (100) based on the image data, and to determine the position of the at least one lateral limitation (110) of the patient positioning device (100) based on the position of the at least one partial segment (120).
US10991116B1
Three-dimensional (3D) depth imaging systems and methods are disclosed for automatically determining shipping container fullness based on imaging templates. A 3D-depth camera captures 3D image data of a shipping container located in a predefined search space during a shipping container loading session. A container fullness application (app) receives the 3D image data, and determines therefrom a 3D container point cloud representative of a shipping container. An imaging template that defines a 3D template point cloud corresponding to a shipping container type of the shipping container is loaded into memory. A fullness value of the shipping container is determined based on a 3D mapping that is generated from alignment of a 3D container front portion of the 3D container point cloud with a 3D template front portion of the 3D template point cloud.
US10991115B2
A technology is required in which clothing can be accurately classified, regardless of a posture of a subject. An image processing device, includes: an acquisition means for acquiring an image to be processed including an image of clothing worn by a subject on a lower body; a specifying means for specifying a position of an end portion of the clothing, in the image to be processed; an extraction means for extracting a connected region which is positioned to be adjacent to the end portion of the clothing and is configured by connecting prescribed pixels, from the image to be processed; and a determination means for determining a type of the clothing, on the basis of the connected region.
US10991113B2
A gyroscope-based system and method is disclosed. Image information data is collected; a mechanical arm working environment image is modeled; a heat source supply apparatus and a gyroscope are provided at the mechanical arm proximal end; the position of the proximal end is accurately measured by accurately tracking the heat source at the proximal end; the relative position of the mechanical arm distal end is accurately calculated by using high-precision angle information measured by the high-precision gyroscope in combination with a number-theoretic formula. The disclosure provides separately determining the position of the distal end, or for assisting other algorithms or apparatuses that track the position of the mechanical arm distal end in error correction and calibration of the position of the mechanical arm distal end. The position of the mechanical arm distal end can be continuously and dynamically tracked in real time, and virtualized in the corresponding image system.
US10991111B2
A method of refining a depth image includes extracting shading information of color pixels from a color image, and refining a depth image corresponding to the color image based on surface normal information of an object included in the shading information.
US10991103B2
A method for extracting a person region includes detecting a face from a raw image input in real time; configuring a search range based on the detected face; extracting an outline of a person region by performing preprocessing on an image within the search range; configuring watershed markers on a background and a foreground of the image within the search range based on the extracted outline; performing a watershed transform based on the configured watershed markers; and separating the person region from the raw image using a result of the watershed transform.
US10991102B2
An image processing apparatus comprises processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to select a specified cross section from three dimensional (3D) image data. And the processing circuitry is configured to perform control so as to form a curve corresponding to a curve delineated on the specified cross section, from the specified cross section to a cross section within a specified range, so as to form curved ace on the 3D image data.
US10991100B2
Disease detection from medical images is provided. In various embodiments, a medical image of a patient is read. The medical image is provided to a trained anatomy segmentation network. A feature map is received from the trained anatomy segmentation network. The feature map indicates the location of at least one feature within the medical image. The feature map is provided to a trained classification network. The trained classification network was pre-trained on a plurality of feature map outputs of the segmentation network. A disease detection is received from the trained classification network. The disease detection indicating the presence or absence of a predetermined disease.
US10991094B2
Provided is a method of analyzing a dental image for a correction diagnosis and an apparatus using the same. The method includes the steps of obtaining a dental image of an examinee and detecting at least some of a plurality of landmarks for a correction diagnosis in the dental image using a landmark detection module, wherein the landmark is an anatomical reference point indicative of a relative position of at least one of a facial skeleton, a tooth and a face contour necessary for t correction diagnosis, and the landmark detection module may include a machine learning module based on an artificial neural network.
US10991093B2
In accordance with some embodiments, systems, methods and media for generating a bone age assessment. In some embodiments, a method comprises: receiving an x-ray image of a subject's left hand and wrist; converting the image to a predetermined size; identifying, without user intervention, a first portion of the image corresponding to the hand and wrist; processing the first portion of the image to increase contrast between bones and non-bones to generate a processed image; causing a trained convolution neural network to determine a bone age based on the processed image; receiving an indication of the bone age; causing the bone age to be presented to a user as the result of a bone age assessment; and causing the bone age and the image to be stored in an electronic medical record associated with the subject.
US10991090B2
A gas detection-use image processing device includes a first processing part that acquires a first image including a first region image indicating a region where a gas candidate has appeared, extracted from an infrared image, on each of a plurality of infrared images captured in time series in a predetermined period to acquire a plurality of first images. The gas detection-use image processing device also includes a second processing part that generates a second image including a second region image in at least a part of the predetermined period, by using the plurality of first images. The first processing part acquires first images in each of at least two predetermined periods. The second processing part generates at least two second images. The gas detection-use image processing device further includes a calculation part that calculates similarity of the at least two second images.
US10991075B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide away to blend two or more of the scene surfaces based on the focus area and an offload threshold. More particularly, systems, apparatuses and methods may provide a way to blend, by a display engine, two or more of the focus area scene surfaces and blended non-focus area scene surfaces. The systems, apparatuses and methods may include a graphics engine to render the focus area surfaces at a higher sample rate than the non-focus area scene surfaces.
US10991068B2
The present application provides a method and device for constructing a projection image. The method for constructing a projection image comprises: performing projection on an equirectangular panoramic image with a cylindrical surface equal-area projection model to obtain a cylindrical surface equal-area projection image; obtaining a two-dimensional coordinate of each of pixels in the cylindrical surface equal-area projection image; obtaining a two-dimensional coordinate in the equirectangular panoramic image corresponding to each of pixels in the cylindrical surface equal-area projection image; performing pixel interpolation on the cylindrical surface equal-area projection image based on color information of each of pixels in the equirectangular panoramic image and the obtained two-dimensional coordinate in the equirectangular panoramic image corresponding to each of pixels in the cylindrical surface equal-area projection image to generate a panoramic image subjected to the cylindrical surface equal-area projection transformation. The resolution and bit rate of the panoramic image or video can be reduced by the method of the present application.
US10991067B2
A technique for transforming an image of an article for virtual presentation without transformation-induced distortion of a shape-invariant area of the article. In an embodiment, a first region of the article image may be identified using automated image processing. The first region may represent a shape-sensitive area of the article whose aspect ratio needs to be controlled when the article image is transformed for use in the virtual presentation. The article image may be transformed to provide a transformed article image for use in the virtual presentation. The transformation of the article image may include a differential transformation that transforms a shape or size of the first region of the article image differently than a shape or size of a second region of the article image representing an area of the article outside the shape-sensitive area. The differential transformation prevents distortion of the first region of the article image.
US10991063B2
A system and method for optimization of on-demand microtransit is provided. A list of possible stops of one or more vehicles is maintained. A plurality of requests for transportation are received, each of the requests associated with at least one traveler. Travelers to be transported by one of the vehicles are selected. A set of a minimal number of the stops is selected, the set comprising at least one stop that is within a predefined walking distance of the origin location of each of the selected travelers and at least one stop within the predefined walking distance of the destination location of each of the selected travelers. Potential routes are identified for the vehicle that include the stops in the set. The potential routes are evaluated using a plurality of constraints and one of the routes is selected for fulfilling the requests of the selected travelers.
US10991061B2
A system and method of verifying the identity of a user or registrant. The user or registrant provides identification information and registration information. The identification information may be a visual representation of an identifying item associated with location information. In some embodiments, the identification information may be a visual representation of a government issued identity. An identification module verifies the identification information and compares the verified identification information to the registration information.
US10991055B1
A system for recommending social media metadata tags may include a user device configured to accept, as an input, a keyword associated with social media content to be published. A metadata tag recommendation server may obtain the keyword from the user device, and generate recommended social media metadata tags based upon the keyword. The server may also determine a respective relevance of each recommended social media metadata tag within a given social media platform based upon at least one property of the recommended social media metadata tag, and determine a respective reach characteristic of each recommended social media metadata tag within the given social media platform. The server may also assign a respective score to each of the recommended social media metadata tags based upon the respective relevance and respective reach characteristic thereof, and communicate the recommended social media metadata tags and respective scores to the user device.
US10991053B2
The disclosed technology includes a system for modeling progression of lifetime healthcare expenses, including healthcare events resulting in an out-of-pocket expenditure per a given healthcare plan, wherein each healthcare event is associated with a group of healthcare events. Each group of healthcare events is associated with different sets of certainty with different groups of individuals. A central computing device communicates with healthcare event data generation sources to obtain the healthcare event data. A static database module stores the healthcare event data in hierarchical layered graphs. A dynamic database module dynamically generates data that depicts different future expenditures over a life span based on the healthcare event data in the static database module. A computer modeling module generates the most likely set of future expenditures using the different future expenditures data in the dynamic database module.
US10991052B2
Systems, methods, apparatus, computer program code and means to improve dynamic data processing associated with one or more automated rating applications are provided. In some embodiments, an apparatus may include a communication device to receive a business type and a business location. The apparatus may also include a business owner's policy coverage or standalone general liability coverage platform to query a rating database, the query resulting in at least a first price for an entity. The apparatus may further include a professional liability coverage platform operating in parallel with a business owner's platform.
US10991051B2
A computer-based method for obtaining repair estimates for a vehicle, and a related network server, are provided. The method comprises receiving a vehicle identification number (VIN) over a network from a customer computer, retrieving vehicle information, associated with the VIN, from a database, sending the vehicle information and a graphical representation of the vehicle, including a plurality of selectable vehicle damage locations, over the network to the customer computer, receiving a selection of at least one vehicle damage location over the network from the customer computer, receiving at least one image of the vehicle over the network from the customer computer, storing the vehicle information, the selected damage location and the vehicle image as a repair job in a non-volatile memory or the database, and sending a notification, indicating that the new repair job is available for review, over the network to at least one repair provider computer.
US10991050B1
A computer-implemented method of providing insurance discounts to risk averse home owners having standby generators. The method may include, with customer permission or affirmative consent, (1) receiving, at an insurance provider remote server, data that is indicative of whether a standby generator is associated with a home; (2) receiving, at the insurance provider remote server, data indicative of the current operational condition of the standby generator; and (3) determining, by the insurance provider remote server, data associated with the terms of the residential insurance coverage for the home based upon the data indicative of whether the standby generator is associated with the home and the data indicative of the current operational condition of the standby generator. The standby generator data may be generated or collected by a smart home controller, and transmitted to the insurance provider via wireless communication over one or more radio links or communication channels, for instance.
US10991047B2
The systems and methods described herein can identify meaningful relationships between variables, such as particular investments or general asset classes. Unlike conventional correlation analysis, these systems and methods provide an improved technique of comovement analysis that implements a threshold to eliminate data “noise” and then discretizes the remaining observations to normalize any outliers. Such comovement analysis has numerous advantages over known techniques for characterizing relationships between variables. In some embodiments, this improved comovement analysis can be used to calculate a covariance matrix for purposes of mean-variance optimized portfolio construction.
US10991045B2
Computer-implemented methods, non-transitory, computer-readable media, and computer-implemented systems for blockchain-based payment settlement are provided. A payment settlement request transaction of a payee system whose certificate has been stored on a blockchain is monitored. A target payment transaction is obtained that corresponds to the last node of a payment transaction linked list comprising payment transactions whose certificates have been stored on the blockchain in a payment order. A target payment write-off transaction is obtained that corresponds to the last node of a payment write-off transaction linked list comprising payment write-off transactions whose certificates have been stored on the blockchain in a payment write-off order. If an accumulated value in the target payment transaction is identical to an accumulated value in the target payment write-off transaction, fund settlement is performed based on the accumulated value in the target payment transaction or the target payment write-off transaction.
US10991044B2
The technology allows to assist the stock price forecast by referring to the past business performance and stock price based on the business performance forecast of the company by the user himself/herself. The system includes a server having a processor, a client configured to transmit a user's forecast value of the company's performance to the server, and a database configured to store the company's current and past performances and stock prices, which are retrievable by the server, wherein the server is configured to retrieve from the database a past performance of the company within a predetermined range from the user's forecast value received from the client, and a stock price at the time, calculate a multiple using the retrieved past performance and the stock price, calculate a theoretical stock price using the user's forecast value and the multiple, and transmit an alert to the client if the current stock price retrieved from the database deviates from the theoretical stock price by a predetermined value or more.
US10991037B1
An online system receives tracking requests from client devices interacting with a website. The online system analyzes user interactions with websites using the tracking requests. The online system identifies missing parameters in the tracking requests and predicts values of the missing parameters. The online system may also identify parameters that are populated incorrectly and predicts their correct values. The online system uses the predicted parameter values for generating reports describing user interactions with the website. The online system predicts the values of the missing parameters based on metadata extracted from previous tracking requests received from client devices and also via web crawling of websites. The online system generates accurate reports based on the predicted parameters values.
US10991034B2
The present invention relates to a method for on-demand beauty services that (1) considers the time and expense of the stylist traveling to meet the customer at her present location or another location, (2) provides a specific recommendation based on the user's requirements and schedules, the stylist's skills, and availability, and (3) provides the necessary other steps of the transaction, such as scheduling the appointment, handling the billing, resolving disputes, and integrating reviews back into the model. The present invention interprets the customer's location from either the customer's input or the GPS on the customer's smart phone to determine the location for the services. The stylist's location may also be determined based on the stylist's inputted location or the GPS on the smart phone of the stylist. The distance between the customer and the stylist is determined by receiving the GPS location from the smart phones of the customer and the stylist and interpreting this data.
US10991029B2
Background content suggestion for combination with identified items is described. Initially, a system receives digital visual content depicting an item, e.g., a product for purchase. The system identifies various content items that are available for suggesting as replacement backgrounds for the item and then determines a compatibility of these identified content items with the item depicted in the received digital visual content. In particular, the system determines compatibility based on both a scene compatibility and a color compatibility of the identified content items with the depicted item. Based on a combination of the scene and color compatibility, the system surfaces at least one of the identified content items (e.g., a highest scoring content item) as a suggested replacement background for the depicted item.
US10991023B2
A search application can return results including items listings posted to a website. An item listing can be posted to the website in a first format for a first time period and posted to the website in a second format for a second period of time. Responsive to a query for an item, results can be displayed in both the first format and the second format in a user interface.
US10991016B2
A method and system for managing a plurality of credit card transactions within an integrated accounting environment. Embodiments of the present disclosure enable integration between financial institutions, organizational accounting systems, and disparate user workflows to overcome deficiencies of the prior art. Specific embodiments enable tracking of credit card charges, credits, and payments directly within an accounts payable interface, enabling the ability to view activity on the credit card account record, register, and vendor record. Methods and systems are operable to establish a real-time data transfer protocol between a financial institution and an organizational accounting application to integrate transaction data in real-time, define vendor association for transactions, and create a real-time credit card register to drive decision making across disparate user roles.
US10991013B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for determining a context of a client device and selecting media content items to present at the client device based on their compatibility with the context. The context is based at least on the co-presentation rules associated with the content previously presented at the client device. Available media content items, such as invitational content items are evaluated with respect to the context, and presented according to their compatibility with at least a present context at the client device.
US10991004B2
Computer-readable media, computer systems, and computing devices of a method for facilitating providing offers utilizing population densities are provided. In embodiments, a population density for a geographical space is determined based on locations of a plurality of user devices. The population density associated with the geographical space is used to determine to provide an electronic offer to a user. The electronic offer may be associated with an item in the geographical space to entice the user to move to the geographical space. In accordance with determining to provide an electronic offer to the user, the electronic offer is provided for viewing by the user via a user device.
US10990999B1
A system may include a memory that includes a database of retailer-supplied promotions associated with a first plurality of brand items, and a database of promotions associated with a second plurality of brand items. The system also includes a communications interface configured to communicate with a remote device and a processor coupled to the memory and the communication interface. The processor is configured to determine whether a given promotion matches any retailer-supplied promotion, and when the given promotion matches, then not send a corresponding digital promotion via the communications interface to the remote device. The processor is also configured to, when the given promotion does not match, then send the corresponding digital promotion via the communications interface to the remote device for redemption.
US10990993B2
A multi-lender architecture is configured to provide a loan applicant with automated pre-qualification and automobile loan eligibility evaluation for multiple candidate lenders. Lender output data may include sensitive data. The lender output data is stored in a data object of a first format and one or more fields of the data object are encrypted at the field level. The encrypted data object may be transmitted through multiple application layers or terminals. The encrypted data object may be reformatted at one or more application layers or terminals without decryption. A reformatted encrypted data object containing the lender output data may be decrypted at the last layer before forwarding the lender output data to the loan applicant.
US10990992B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for assisting users in assessing costs of transactions. For instance, method may include: determining a cost value of at least one transaction associated with a user; classifying the user into a category, based on consumer interest characteristics of the user and consumer interest characteristics associated with the category; determining a relatable product based on the consumer interest characteristics associated with the category, the relatable product being a product purchased by a plurality of persons classified in the category; determining a relatable cost value, the relatable cost value being a representation of the cost value of the at least one transaction using a quantity of the respective relatable product; and presenting the relatable cost value to the user.
US10990988B1
A method identifies a plurality of product categories by applying a categorization model to product data that includes product names and product descriptions. The product data is obtained from internal sources and external sources. The method creates a knowledge graph for a plurality of business entities from inputs that include the plurality of product categories, published data that includes merchant categorizations, and geographical data. The method generates cohort clusters of similar business entities by applying a clustering algorithm to the knowledge graph. The method uses the cohort clusters to learn a first extrapolation model for predicting inventory. And the method provides access to the first extrapolation model to predict inventory level at a specific point in time. The access is provided via a merchant application that runs on an online merchant platform.
US10990983B2
Methods, systems and articles having machine-readable instructions can be implemented to manage advertising content using a computing device, for example, by retrieving a page of content from a network, the retrieved page including at least some advertising content, presenting the retrieved page of content to the user of the computing device, receiving user input via a user interface identifying at least a portion of the presented advertising content to be saved, saving the identified portion of advertising content, receiving user input via the user interface identifying some or all of the saved advertising content to share with another user, and causing the identified saved advertising content to be shared with the other user.
US10990970B2
Transaction information for a card transaction is automatically and selectively rendered to a screen of a display presented to a user. The user can edit zero or more operators and selected values provided in the screen and save any such edits. When saved, the transaction information and any edited operators and/or selected values are used to generate a rule for a fraud detection system for immediate application. Subsequent card transactions are evaluated in view of the generated rule to automatically detect any fraudulent transactions present in the card transactions.
US10990962B2
A dynamic transaction card with a display for providing barcodes is described. The barcodes can be generated by driving individual light emitting diodes (LEDs) of the display at frequencies of greater than 50 Hz. Due to the high frequency, the barcode can be readable by a barcode scanner, while remaining invisible to the human eye. The barcode can also be generated by driving a first set of LEDs at a different frequency and/or time interval than a second set of LEDs. Light waves from the first set of LEDs can constructively interfere with light waves from the second set of LEDs to create spatial voids readable by the barcode scanner.
US10990955B2
A method for contactless withdrawal at an automated teller machine includes: receiving, by a receiver of a computing device, a first signal indicating proximity to a first predetermined geographic location; displaying, by a display interfaced with the computing device, a prompt associated with the predetermined geographic location; receiving, by an input device interfaced with the computing device, one or more parameters and a credential selection; receiving, by the computing device, a second signal indicating proximity to a second predetermined geographic location; and transmitting, by a transmitter of the computing device, at least the one or more parameters and credentials associated with the credential selection to an automated teller machine located at the second predetermined geographic location.
US10990953B2
Systems, methods and apparatus are disclosed for remote management of payment terminals. Public keys, or other security elements can be received from a certification authority and distributed to the payment terminals. A merchant, or other entity affiliated with the payment terminals, can monitor the status of the software and security elements of the payment terminals.
US10990950B2
In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided to recognize retail products, comprising: a model training system configured to: identify a customer; access an associated customer profile; access and apply a set of filtering rules to a product database based on customer data; generate a listing of products specific to the customer; access and apply a model training set of rules to train a machine learning model based on the listing of products and corresponding image data for each of the products in the listing of products; and communicate the trained model to the portable user device associated with first customer.
US10990939B2
A voice broadcast method includes: acquiring at least one piece of voice information; delivering the at least one piece of voice information to a voice broadcast device, wherein, the at least one piece of voice information includes voice identification information and a voice content; determining a first voice content to be broadcast by the voice broadcast device, wherein the first voice content is included in the at least one piece of voice information stored at the voice broadcast device; and sending, to the voice broadcast device, a first voice identification information corresponding to the first voice content, wherein the first voice identification information is used by the voice broadcast device to obtain the first voice content stored at the voice broadcast device, and to broadcast the first voice content when a preset voice broadcast condition is met.
US10990931B2
A work period scheduler includes one or more data processors configured to receive performance data relating to the performance of one or more individual workers from a database. The performance data is then analyzed to identify one or more workers as a leader, a leader being a worker whose presence in a group of the individual workers results in an improvement in overall performance of said group. Work periods, e.g. shifts, may then be scheduled based on one or more skills attributed to one or more workers wherein the one or more skills includes leader.
US10990930B2
Computerized devices search each of a group of different calendars of a group of attendees of a proposed event for an available timeslot within each of the calendars that meets boundary conditions specified for the proposed event. In response to failing to find an available time slot in common to all attendee calendars that meets the boundary conditions, the devices autonomously identify a common existing event scheduled within the calendars of the attendees that can accommodate the boundary conditions and add the new event to the existing event, or reschedule a previously scheduled event of one or more of the attendees to create a common, free timeslot for the new event where the event cannot be accommodated within an existing event.
US10990925B2
A system for managing business to business communications may include an event generation unit configured to create a first event based on receiving a purchase order from a client. The system may also include an event detection unit in communication with the event generation unit, the event detection unit configured to detect the first event. The system may also include an action unit in communication with the event generation unit. The action unit may be configured to determine a first action to perform based on the detection of the first event, and perform the first action. The event generation unit may be further configured to create a second event based on the performance of the first action.
US10990922B1
A system, including, associating a wireless tracker with an asset, wherein the wireless tracker emits a tracker identification and a sensor payload including a fixed identification, receiving by at least one of a plurality of mobile devices the tracker identification, the sensor payload and an associated location of the at least one of the plurality of mobile devices and monitoring the tracker identification and the associated location of the at least one of the plurality of mobile devices.
US10990921B2
A computer-implemented inventory and shipping management system may include a plurality of dedicated modules integrated with a common central data store. The modules may be configured to communicate with each other only through the central data store. Item records may be stored in the central data store, including information relating to a packaging tier structure of each respective item. A user interface for entering inventory information may be dynamically updated by the system based on a selected measurement category.
US10990913B2
A method for capacity forecasting may include determining expected issues by averaging a number of each issue type submitted per a time period to predict a quantity of each issue type that will be submitted in a next time period, determining an expected issue capacity need in the future for each skill level of the assignees based on the expected issues, and determining assignee demand by averaging a number of each issue type assigned to each assignee per the time period. For each assignee, the method may include determining an expected assignee demand by identifying a number of the expected issues on which each assignee will be expected to work based on the expected issues and the assignee demand, determining an expected individual capacity based on the expected assignee demand, and determining assignments of issues to the assignee based on the expected issue capacity and the expected individual capacity.
US10990903B2
A self-learning system for categorizing log entries may be provided. The system may display a first log entry and receive a categorical identifier for the first log entry. The system may parse the first log entry for predetermined text information and predetermined image information. The predetermined text information may be included in a datafield classifier and the predetermined image information included in a metadata classifier. The system may identify the predetermined text information in the log entry and adjust a first prioritization of respective categorical identifiers included in the datafield classifier. The system may identify the predetermined image information in the first log entry and adjust a second prioritization of the respective categorical identifiers included in the metadata classifier. The system may map a second log entry to the categorical identifier based on adjustment of the first prioritization or adjustment of the second prioritization.
US10990894B2
A method of consolidating Internet of Things (IoT) devices connected via an IoT network is disclosed. An IoT integration platform implemented by a computer system can collect data from one or more of IoT devices, IoT solution specific server systems, third-party server systems, general-purpose user computing devices, or any combination thereof. The IoT integration platform can label the data based on entity-specific context. The entity-specific context can correspond to a user account, a device, a location, or any combination thereof. The IoT integration platform can generate an entity-specific profile based on the labeled data. The IoT integration platform can generate, based on the entity-specific profile, a situation forecast associated with a target entity and with a timeframe yet to occur.
US10990893B1
A computer-enabled system, method, and medium provides intellectual property analyses, for example, patent claim charts, respective to the analyzed intellectual property and a target product or other intellectual property. Analyses are stored to enable searching/reporting across multiple analyses. Units of the analysis are associated with context, inherited, e.g., from the intellectual property document's assignment to a relative role within the organizational hierarchy; and associated with a context derived from the analysis itself. The analysis and respective documents and/or targets of the analysis can be searched/retrieved/analyzed from the hierarchical analysis, the context analysis, and/or the content of the analysis. Each analysis need not be stored as a separate document. The representation of the analysis may by static or dynamic. The target or annotations may be visually represented by an item such as a thumbnail or hyperlink, and the system associates the item with the appropriate application program.
US10990891B1
A computing resource monitoring service obtains access to aggregated metrics data from computing resources of a computing resource service provider. The computing resource monitoring service may then generate a predictive model based at least in part on the aggregated metrics. The predictive model may then be used to generate a prediction associated with the computing resource and, based at least in part on the prediction, one or more alarms may be triggered. The alarm may be triggered based at least in part on a confidence interval determined based at least in part on the prediction.
US10990889B2
Certain embodiments involve a model for predicting user behavior. For example, a system accesses user behavior data indicating various users' behaviors during intervals over various periods of time and target behavior data indicating a particular user behavior. The system associates each user with a label that indicates whether a user performed a particular action during or after a time period based on the target behavior data. The system uses the user behavior data to train various deep Restricted Boltzmann Machines (“RBM”) to generate representations of each user over each period of time that indicate the user behavior over the time period. The system generates a predictive model by connecting the RBMs into a deep recurrent neural network and uses the target behavior data associated with each user, along with the representations of each user, as input data to train the deep recurrent neural network to predict user behavior.
US10990872B2
A multiplexed neural core circuit according to one embodiment comprises, for an integer multiplexing factor T that is greater than zero, T sets of electronic neurons, T sets of electronic axons, where each set of the T sets of electronic axons corresponds to one of the T sets of electronic neurons, and a synaptic interconnection network comprising a plurality of electronic synapses that each interconnect a single electronic axon to a single electronic neuron, where the interconnection network interconnects each set of the T sets of electronic axons to its corresponding set of electronic neurons.
US10990869B2
Systems and methods for operating a tag system. The methods comprising: wirelessly communicating, from a tag, a first signal at a first frequency spectrum that allows a tag reader to detect the first signal, when the tag is not proximate to an antenna modulation marker or when the antenna modulation marker has a first orientation relative to the tag; and performing operations by the tag to wirelessly communicate a second signal at a second frequency spectrum that does not allow the tag reader to detect the first signal, when the tag is proximate to the antenna modulation marker or when the antenna modulation marker has a second different orientation relative to the tag.
US10990867B1
A card may detect variations (e.g., position, velocity, acceleration and direction) of a read head in relation to the card. Based on certain parameters (e.g., card length, initially detected read head position, and read head velocity) the card may change communicated bit parameters (e.g., bit period) so that a total number of data bits may be communicated by the card to the read head while the read head remains within a communication distance of the card.
US10990863B1
A system is disclosed. The system at least one physical memory device to store ink estimation logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device, to execute the ink estimation logic to receive a histogram for each of a plurality of color planes, receive uncalibrated ink deposition data for a printing system, perform a direct conversion of the uncalibrated ink deposition data to generate first calibrated ink deposition data and generate estimated ink usage data for each of the plurality of color planes based on the histograms and the first calibrated ink deposition data.
US10990862B2
Method and apparatus for printing on a printing substrate which is a web which is elongate in a longitudinal direction, wherein frames of a maximum printing format can be printed in a sequence on the web. The printing includes arranging a number of pages on sheets of a given sheet format, wherein the maximum printing format is larger in the longitudinal direction of the web than the sheet format, wherein pages which are adjacent in the longitudinal direction of the web are separate from each in the longitudinal direction of the web, imposing pages of more than one sheet into printing frames which are larger in the longitudinal direction of the web than the sheet format but not larger than the maximum printing format, printing the frames, and grouping the pages from the printed frames to sheets on which the pages are arranged as originally.
US10990860B2
An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an image former to change a transfer condition while printing a calibration chart in which patches of different colors are repeatedly arranged in a sub-scanning direction, a scanner to scan the printed calibration chart, and a processor to determine an image defect under each transfer condition using the scanned calibration chart, and to set a transfer condition of the image former based on the determined image defect.
US10990848B1
A method for generating synthetic data is provided. The method includes retrieving, from a database, a set of authentic base class images. The method further includes generating a three dimensional mesh of a base class. The method further includes retrieving, from the database, a set of textual descriptions. The method further includes retrieving a set of authentic novel class images. The method further includes generating, at a first neural network, a set of synthetic novel class images, the generating based on at least the three dimensional mesh, the set of textual descriptions, and/or the set of authentic novel class images. The method further includes training, based on at least the set of synthetic novel class images, a second neural network, the second neural network ranking the set of synthetic novel class images and outputting a set of highest ranked synthetic images from the set of synthetic novel class images.
US10990838B2
Various implementations include a vehicle occupant imaging system that is disposed within a vehicle. The system includes an automotive clock spring, at least one imaging unit, and a first processing unit. The automotive clock spring includes a rotor to which a rotatable portion of the steering wheel assembly is coupled, a stator coupled to a stationary portion of the vehicle, and a set of wires extending between the rotor and stator. The imaging unit is coupled to the rotatable portion of the steering wheel assembly. The first processing unit is disposed within the rotor and is configured for electrically receiving image signals captured by the imaging unit and selecting at least a portion of the image signals for communicating to a second processing unit disposed outside of the rotor. The selected image signals are electrically communicated to the second processing unit via the set of electrical wires.
US10990836B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for recognizing an object, a device, a vehicle and a medium. The method includes: selecting a target camera matched with a target object from at least two cameras according to position information of the target object in a map and photographing parameters of the at least two cameras, in which, the at least two cameras has at least two focal lengths; controlling the target camera to photograph an image of the target object; and obtaining the image photographed by the target camera, and performing recognition on the image to recognize the target object.
US10990835B2
Road sign recognition method and system. The method includes performing HSV space color threshold binarization on a single frame image in a road image, obtaining a sign connected region through localization; calculating a length-to-width ratio of the sign connected region to eliminate a false target, calculating a distance from a contour edge to a target center position in the sign connected region, obtaining a target localization region with a circular contour of the sign connected region; intercepting a corresponding grayscale image and calculating an average grayscale value of the grayscale image, performing binarization on the grayscale image in the target localization region, obtaining a binary image of each target localization region; extracting connected regions in the binary images, sorting the connected regions according to coordinates; calculating and determining number or character inside the target localization region by using a neural-network mode recognition algorithm; and calculating confidence.
