US10104820B2
A mounting machine acquires identification information arranged in a back-up plate, from the back-up plate. The mounting machine controls a conveyance unit so as to change a conveyance lane based on mounting conditions when the acquired identification information is identification information which is included in the mounting conditions of a printed circuit board. Meanwhile, in the mounting machine, when the acquired identification information is not the identification information which is included in the mounting conditions of the printed circuit board, the conveyance lane is stopped from being changed. In this manner, a conveyance width of the conveyance lane is not changed when the back-up plate which is ready to be subjected to mounting processing and matches the mounting conditions is not mounted.
US10104819B2
A rotary head is configured of at least two types of rotary heads, such as a first rotary head in which four suction nozzles are respectively held to be rotatable on the circumference, and a second rotary head in which the suction nozzles of which the number is more than four are respectively held to be rotatable on a pitch circle diameter which is the same as that of the suction nozzle of the first rotary head, the first rotary head is attached to the drive unit, and a control device which controls an angular position of the first rotary head and an angular position of the components suctioned to the suction nozzles, to be respectively controlled to be changed by 45 degrees when the components held by the suction nozzles are imaged by a component camera is provided.
US10104818B2
A personal communication device (“PCD”) holder including (i) a first housing portion including a material that causes the first housing portion to be data signal blocking; (ii) a second housing portion including a material that causes the second housing portion to be data signal blocking; and (iii) a data signal blocking gasket fitted to at least one of the first and second housing portions, the gasket positioned and arranged such that when the first and second housing portions are mated together to form an enclosure about the PCD, the data signal blocking gasket engages and seals to the other of the first and second housing portions to ensure that the enclosure is completely data signal blocking regardless of whether imperfections are present in an interface between the mated first and second portions.
US10104816B2
A board includes a first magnetic conductive plate and a second magnetic conductive plate. The first magnetic conductive plate has a first magnetic conductive direction. The second magnetic conductive plate overlaps with the first magnetic conductive plate. The second magnetic conductive plate has a second magnetic conductive direction. The first magnetic conductive direction and the second magnetic conductive direction cross.
US10104814B2
Systems and methods for cooling one or more electrical components of a current conversion device of a renewable energy power system (e.g. a wind turbine or a solar power system) are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes an immersion tank comprising a cooling medium, a heat exchanger, and a pumping device. One or more of the electrical components are at least partially submerged within the cooling medium, which has a predetermined dielectric constant. The heat exchanger is in fluid communication with the cooling medium of the immersion tank. Thus, the pumping device is configured to circulate the cooling medium between the immersion tank and the heat exchanger to remove heat from the one or more electrical components.
US10104812B2
A semiconductor module includes a base plate having an inner region adjacent an edge region, a substrate attached to the inner region of the base plate and a heat sink on which the base plate is mounted so that the base plate is interposed between the substrate and the heat sink and at least part of the inner region of the base plate contacts the heat sink. The module further includes a stress relief mechanism configured to permit the base plate to bend away from the heat sink in the edge region responsive to a thermal load so that at least part of the inner region of the base plate remains in contact with the heat sink.
US10104810B2
Coupling assemblies for connecting fluid-carrying components are provided. The coupling assemblies include, for instance: a socket fitting with a first opening and a second opening in fluid communication through the fitting, the first opening being sized to accommodate a first fluid-carrying component, and the second opening being sized to accommodate a second fluid-carrying component; a sleeve, the sleeve encircling the socket fitting and being rotatable relative to the fitting, and the sleeve including a first locking feature; and a second locking feature associated with one of the fluid-carrying components. The second locking feature is positioned and sized to engage the first locking feature of the sleeve when the one fluid-carrying component is inserted into the socket fitting. Once engaged, rotating of the sleeve locks the first and second locking features together to secure the one fluid-carrying component to the socket fitting.
US10104797B2
A power module includes a heat-dissipating substrate, a first planar power device and a second planar power device. The first planar power device includes a plurality of electrodes disposed on an upper surface of the first planar power device. The second planar power device includes a plurality of electrodes disposed on an upper surface of the second planar power device. Lower surfaces of the first planar power device and the second planar power device are disposed on the heat-dissipating substrate.
US10104796B1
A data storage securing device configured to receive a data storage comprises a shell, a bracket slidably installed in the shell, and a locking module. The shell defines a through hole, and a pressing member is located at the front end of the through hole. The bracket comprises a resilient piece received in the through hole and a plurality of blocks. The locking module comprises a body slidably installed in the shell and a button. The body comprises a plurality of baffles, the button is pressed to push the body, and the plurality of baffles is disengaged from the blocks. When the bracket slides along the shell, the pressing member is pressed against the resilient piece, and the resilient piece is elastically deformed to abut against the data storage, to prevent the data storage from falling off.
US10104791B2
The invention relates to a modular assembly that comprises at least two housing parts (1), in which in each case a circuit board (L) is received, at least one internal connecting means (17), one cover element and one closing element. Each housing part (1) is formed from a base plate (3), a rear wall (5) and side walls (4) that are connected to said rear wall. The housing parts (1) are stacked in such a manner that the side walls (4) combine to form a first (6) and a second complete side wall (7), and that the rear walls (5) combine to form a complete rear wall (8). At least two of the housing parts (1) are stacked in such a manner that the base plate (3) of the one housing part (1) is connected to the side walls (4) of the other housing part (1). The at least one internal connecting means (17) extends in a direction perpendicular to the base plates (3) and connects multiple circuit boards (L) by way of first connectors (18). The cover element lies on the side walls (4) of precisely one housing part (1). The closing element is attached to a front side on the housing parts (1), said front side lying opposite the complete rear wall (8).
US10104790B2
A mobile terminal is disclosed. The mobile terminal comprises a flexible display; a first body positioned at a rear of the flexible display, the first body connected to the flexible display; a second body positioned at the rear of the flexible display, the second body connected to the flexible display and spaced apart from the first body, the second body movable with respect to the first body; a hinge assembly positioned at the rear of the flexible display, the hinge assembly located between the first body and the second body, the hinge assembly connecting the first body and the second body; and a hinge cover positioned at a lateral side of the hinge assembly, the hinge cover between the first body and the second body, wherein the hinge cover has a thinner thickness toward a central portion of the hinge cover from both ends of the hinge cover in a direction from the hinge cover toward the hinge assembly.
US10104778B2
A flexible printed circuit board structure includes a spiral flexible printed circuit board and a protection cover capable of providing functions of extensibility and retractility. The spiral flexible printed circuit board includes a flexible substrate curling up spirally, a patterned circuit layer and a plurality of electrical contacts. The patterned circuit layer is disposed on the flexible substrate. The electrical contacts are disposed on an end of the flexible substrate and electrically connected to the patterned circuit layer. The protection cover at least covers a part of the spiral flexible printed circuit board.
US10104776B2
A chip resistor element includes an insulating substrate, a resistor layer, first and second internal electrodes, a resistor protection layer, first and second electrode protection layers, and first and second external electrodes. The resistor layer is on the insulating substrate, the first and second internal electrodes are on respective sides of the resistor layer, and the resistor protection layer covers the resistor layer and extends onto portions of the internal electrodes. The first electrode protection layers are on the first and second internal electrodes so as to overlap with portions of the resistor protection layer and contain first conductive powder particles and resin, while the second electrode protection layers are disposed on the first electrode protection layers and contain second conductive powder particles and resin. A content of resin in the second electrode protection layer is lower than in the first electrode protection layer.
US10104774B2
Provided is a flexible printed wiring board capable of increasing the number of wires even when the board is used in a narrow arrangement space and enhancing the degree of freedom for design while maintaining the board in a self-supported state. A flexible printed wiring board 100 is used in a state, in which one and another ends in a longitudinal direction are fixed respectively to one and another members that move in relation to each other in a state of being bent to be curved in the longitudinal direction. The flexible printed wiring board includes wiring board units 100A and 100B in which a plurality of wires are formed on a flexible insulating substrate and which are molded in a state of being curved in a lateral direction, and adjacent wiring board units are partially connected at side edges thereof in the lateral direction.
US10104770B2
Provided is a touch panel comprising: a transparent substrate, a transparent conductive material disposed on the 5 substrate, and a Ag—Pd—Nd alloy layer disposed on the transparent conductive material. Provided are also a preparation method of the touch panel and a display comprising the touch panel. Provided are also a Ag—Pd—Nd alloy for touch panel, comprising: 97.9 to 99.2 weight % of Ag, 0.7 to 1.8 weight % of Pd, and 0.1 to 0.3 weight % of Nd, based on 100 weight % of the alloy.
US10104768B2
Provided are a sizing agent for quartz glass fibers capable of suppressing charging of quartz glass fibers, and suppressing generation of fluff in a production process for quartz glass fibers and a weaving process for a quartz glass cloth, a quartz glass fiber or a quartz glass yarn having applied thereonto the sizing agent, a quartz glass cloth, a prepreg for a printed circuit board, and a product using the quartz glass fiber. The sizing agent for quartz glass fibers includes an aqueous solution containing: a cationic vinyl acetate copolymer emulsion in which a cationic vinyl acetate copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 5,000 to 500,000 is dispersed in water; and starch, in which emulsion particles of the cationic vinyl acetate copolymer emulsion have a 50% diameter on a volume basis of from 0.1 μm to 5 μm.
US10104766B2
A resin substrate includes an insulating base material in which conductive particles are mixed with resin, and conductor patterns provided on the principal surfaces of the insulating base material. When a length at a position at which a distance between two conductor patterns that are adjacent to each other without directly electrically connecting to each other on the same principal surface of the insulating base material is smallest is indicated by L1 and a length at a position at which a distance between two conductor patterns that face each other without directly electrically connecting to each other between the different principal surfaces of insulating base materials is smallest is indicated by L2, L1 is larger than or equal to L2 (L1 ≥L2).
US10104765B2
A printed wiring board includes a digital circuit, an analog circuit, and a power supply path that is disposed on an insulating layer between the digital circuit and the analog circuit. EBG unit cells are disposed on a boundary between the digital circuit and the analog circuit one dimensionally or two dimensionally and periodically, and an interdigital electrode is formed. A magnetic body film is formed over the printed wiring board, partially formed on the EBG unit cells, or formed avoiding the EBG unit cells.
US10104764B2
A system-in-a-package (SIP) has a semiconductor chip embedded in a dielectric substrate. An inductor is on a top surface of a substrate and is connected to the semiconductor chip. A thin film capacitor may be placed between the inductor and the dielectric substrate. A second thin film capacitor may be placed on the top surface of the semiconductor chip, or be embedded in the dielectric substrate with a thermal pad on a bottom surface of the substrate which is connected to the second thin film capacitor to facilitate heat dissipation.
US10104760B1
A pluggable module includes a pluggable body extending between a front end and a mating end receivable in a module cavity of a receptacle assembly to mate with a communication connector. The pluggable body has channel walls defining a cooling channel at a top of the pluggable body allowing airflow between the front end and the mating end. The pluggable body has a plurality of heat transfer fins in the cooling channel between the channel walls and a landing cover spanning between the channel walls over the heat transfer fins. The channel walls, the heat transfer fins and the landing cover are an integral unitary structure.
US10104757B2
A particle accelerator for creation of a bunched particle beam and a method for the operation of such a particle accelerator are provided, wherein the particle accelerator includes an HF source and a directional coupler for splitting HF power of the HF source of an HF side into at least a first and a second HF power coupler of a cavity side for coupling in the HF power into at least one accelerator cavity. A non-reciprocal phase shifter is inserted on the cavity side between the directional coupler and the second HF power coupler, and an HF load is connected on the HF side to the directional coupler, where the non-reciprocal phase shifter is configured to pass a reflected HF wave of the second HF power coupler with phase delay in the direction of the directional coupler in such a way that a destructive interference of the reflected HF waves of the first and second power couplers occurs in the directional coupler in the direction of the HF source on the HF side.
US10104753B2
An optical waveguide is formed using a gas-enclosed vessel that has an internal space in which a polyvalent ionizable gas is enclosed, a laser beam irradiation unit, and a discharge circuit that causes a pulse current to flow in the gas-enclosed vessel at an initial current value. The pulse current is increased from the initial current value to a subsequent current value greater than the initial current value, and a polyvalent ionization channel is formed in the internal space, while increasing the pulse current, by irradiating the internal space in the plasma state with a trigger laser beam generated by the pulse laser beam irradiation device. The polyvalent ionization channel expands by an inverse pinch effect after the internal space is irradiated with the trigger laser beam due to a concentration of the pulse current in the internal space.
US10104752B2
An X-ray detector is disclosed, including a detection unit to generate a detection signal for incident X-ray radiation; a signal analysis module to determine a set of count rates for incident X-ray radiation based upon the detection signal and signal analysis parameters for X-ray radiation; and a switchover control unit for switching between first signal analysis parameters and second signal analysis parameters. When an amount of X-ray radiation is incident on the detection module, a first set of count rates is generated for a first time interval based upon first signal analysis parameters and a second set of count rates is generated for a second time interval based upon second signal analysis parameters, different from the first signal analysis parameters. An X-ray imaging system including the detector; a method for determining count rates for X-ray radiation; and a method for calibrating signal analysis parameters are also disclosed.
US10104750B2
A controllable light source is provided that includes a load control circuit and an integrated lighting load. The controllable light source is configured to receive wirelessly communicated commands transmitted by a remote control device associated with the controllable light source, such as a rotary remote control device. The controllable light source may include an actuator for associating the controllable light source with the remote control device, such that the load control circuit is operable to adjust the intensity of the lighting load in response to wireless signals received from the remote control device. The controllable light source may support the actuator such that the actuator may be actuated when the controllable light source is installed in a fixture.
US10104744B2
The present invention relates to an electro-fluorescence device which includes an electro-active infrared fluorescence compound or a mixture including these compounds, and an electrolyte, such that an infrared light emitting signal is controlled by selecting and supplying a power source, which may induce electrical oxidation and reduction, so as to switch the infrared fluorescence. The low-voltage driven infrared signal modulating device of the present invention may be driven at 3 V or less, and thus may be applied for the use of an infrared biosensor, an infrared security signal generator, and an infrared signal disturbance.
US10104742B2
An LED lighting device or LED lamp comprises one or more LED packages, and a switch comprising at least two selectable positions. At least one selectable position corresponds to a set operating mode and one selectable position corresponds to a configurable operating mode. When the switch is in the selectable position corresponding to the set operating mode, responsive to receiving an indication of user input for selecting user-selected operating light qualities, the one or more LED packages continue to be operated in accordance with the predefined operating light qualities corresponding to the set operating mode. When the switch is in the selectable position corresponding to the configurable operating mode, responsive to receiving an indication of user input for selecting user-selected operating light qualities, operation of the one or more LED packages is modified in accordance with the user-selected operating light qualities.
US10104738B1
The present invention discloses a feedback circuit capable of regulating response according to variation of dimming signal, comprising an error amplifier unit, a bandwidth regulating unit and an optical coupler. This feedback circuit is applied in an LED illumination apparatus comprising a plurality of LED components, an LED driver, a PWM controller, and a dimming circuit unit. When the LED driver and the dimming circuit unit normally work, the bandwidth regulating unit produces an electrical resistance for regulating a feedback signal provided by the error amplifier unit according to a dimming signal of the dimming circuit unit. Therefore, the regulated feedback signal is outputted by the optical coupler for making the PWM controller correspondingly generates a controlling signal to adaptively regulate bandwidth of the LED driver, so as to attenuate an audible noise produced by the LED driver due to instability of the response.
US10104718B2
A system for detecting and controlling temperature of a layered heater is provided that includes a layered heater having in one form a substrate, a first dielectric layer disposed on the substrate, a sensor layer disposed on the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer disposed on the sensor layer, a resistive heating layer disposed on the second dielectric layer, and a third dielectric layer disposed on the resistive heating layer. An overtemperature detection circuit is provided in one form that is operatively connected to the resistive heating layer. The circuit includes a resistor, the sensor layer, and an electromechanical relay in parallel with the sensor layer. The sensor layer defines a material having a relatively high TCR and the resistive heating layer defines a material having a relatively low TCR such that a response time of the control system is relatively fast.
US10104716B2
The disclosure provides an apparatus and method for relaying by a mobile device and a storage medium, the apparatus including: one or more processors; and a memory, where: the memory stores therein one or more computer readable program codes configured to be executed by the one or more processors to perform operations of: connecting with a wireless access point through a station node of Wi-Fi; enabling a softAP node of Wi-Fi so that logon information of the mobile device is broadcasted, and one or more electronic devices are connected through the softAP node; enabling a packet forwarding function to enable a data packet to be forwarded between different nodes of Wi-Fi in the mobile device; and sending configuration information of packet forwarding to a Wi-Fi module so that a data packet is forwarded between the station node and the softAP node.
US10104713B2
A method for implementing networking of an access network includes: implementing networking of small cells within a range covered by a macro coverage cell to form a distributed cell when number of the small cells within the range covered by the macro coverage cell reaches a threshold; and communicating the small cells in the distributed cell with neighboring cells or core network CN through the macro coverage cell in the distributed cell, where the neighboring cells include another distributed cell, a conventional cell.
US10104707B2
Techniques for implementing Wireless Gigabit (WiGig) Display Extension (WDE) communications as Wi-Fi Direct Services (WFDS) services are described. According to such techniques, WDE services may make use of primitives and events obtained from a WFDS application service platform (ASP). This application of WFDS to WDE may provide necessary mechanisms for layer 2 operations such as device and service discovery, P2P connection management, and session management. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10104705B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of communicating between a cellular manager and a User Equipment (UE) via a Wireless Local Area network (WLAN) access device. For example, an air interface to communicate with a User Equipment (UE) via a cellular link; a controller to route at least part of downlink traffic to the UE via a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access device; and an access device interface to send to the WLAN access device a general packet radio service (GPRS) Tunneling Protocol User Plane (GTP-U) packet including the downlink traffic for the UE, and transport bearer information to identify a transport bearer between the eNB and the UE.
US10104700B2
The present application discloses a message processing method, an MME selection method and apparatuses. The method includes: receiving, by a mobility management entity (MME), a first message sent by an evolved NodeB (eNB), where: multiple virtual machines are deployed in the MME; the first message includes a non-access stratum (NAS) message sent by user equipment UE and identification information of a target virtual machine; and the identification information of the target virtual machine is generated by the target virtual machine in the MME; determining, by the MME according to the identification information of the target virtual machine, the target virtual machine from the multiple virtual machines, and allocating the NAS message to the target virtual machine for processing; and returning, a first response message generated by the target virtual machine to the eNB, so that the first response message is sent to the UE by using the eNB.
US10104698B2
A random access channel (RACH) management method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system and an apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving, from a network, a signal indicative of a resolution of contention in a RACH procedure before a contention resolution timer expires; determining, if the received signal includes a contention resolution message including a unique identifier (ID) of the UE, that the RACH procedure has been successfully completed; receiving, from the network, after the successful completion of the RACH procedure, a UE information transmit request; and transmitting, to the network, in response to receipt of the UE information transmit request, a response message including first information indicating that the contention is detected in at least one preamble transmitted for the completed RACH procedure and indicating a number of the at least one preamble in which the contention is detected.
US10104687B2
A pair of Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) rules are presented that protect an initiator's transmission at the responder, and the responder's transmission at the initiator, using additional fields transmitted in a preamble (header) of a Physical Layer Convergence Procedure (PLCP) Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) or in a Media Access Control (MAC) header, if unencrypted and robustly modulated. These techniques enable more parallel/simultaneous transmissions between devices that might otherwise interfere with each other, subject to ensuring an adequate Signal-to-Interface and-Noise Ratio (SINR) for the initiator's transmission at the responder and ensuring an adequate SINR for the responder's transmission at the initiator.
US10104686B2
A method and transmission apparatus transmit broadcast system information in a mobile communication system. Further, a method and mobile terminal receive the broadcast system information. An improved method for broadcasting broadcast system information maps different partitions of broadcast system information to a shared transport channel or a broadcast transport channel for transmission. The mapping may take into account parameters inherent to the mobile terminals to which the broadcast system information is to be transmitted and/or parameters inherent to the different partitions of broadcast system information.
US10104684B2
A user equipment (UE) receives downlink data using resource blocks in a wireless mobile communication system. The UE receives downlink control information including resource allocation information and downlink data mapped to physical resource blocks (PRBs) based on the downlink control information. The resource allocation information indicates virtual resource block (VRB) allocations for the UE. A resource block pair includes a first resource block associated with a first time slot and a second resource block associated with a second time slot adjacent to the first time slot. The first and second resource blocks are allocated to the same frequency indices. A mapping between VRB pairs and PRB pairs exists such that frequency consecutive VRB pairs are mapped to non-frequency consecutive PRB pairs and that each resource block pair is split so there is a frequency gap between the first and second parts of the resource block pair.
US10104673B2
Provided is a more appropriate determination method in determining radio resources with which interference has occurred. A communication apparatus, which uses a radio resource group including a plurality of radio resources, includes: a comparison unit that makes mutual comparison of the interference powers of at least two of a plurality of radio resources; and a determination unit that determines, on the basis of a result of the comparison made by the comparison unit, whether interference has occurred with the radio resources compared by the comparison unit.
US10104669B2
The invention relates to a user equipment of device-to-device communications and a resource selection method thereof. The user equipment includes a resource selection device and a transceiver device. The resource selection device is configured to create a state machine model, which includes an in-coverage state and an out-of-coverage state corresponding to a base station. The resource selection device is also configured to select a corresponding device-to-device communication resource in response to a current state of the user equipment during transferring of the user equipment from the in-coverage state to the out-of-coverage state or from the out-of-coverage state to the in-coverage state. The transceiver device is configured to perform a device-to-device communication with another user equipment according to the corresponding device-to-device communication resource. The resource selection method includes the steps corresponding to the operations of the user equipment.
US10104666B2
A method and system for compensating for a doubly selective channel, and a related apparatus are applied to the field of communications technologies. In embodiments of the present invention, a receive end obtains, based on a minimum mean square error between a transmit pilot sequence and a receive pilot sequence, an optimal parameter used in a process of channel compensation and signal modulation, that is, a modulation order and a channel compensation parameter such as a channel compensation matrix. Therefore, according to the embodiments of the present invention, an optimization method is used to apply a banded equalization channel compensation method and a partial FFT transform to a communications system, thereby improving system performance.
US10104663B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for channel availability query on multiple locations in a wireless local area network system. A method for a station (STA) to perform a channel query procedure in a wireless communication system comprises: transmitting, at a first STA corresponding to a channel availability query requesting STA, a first message to a second STA supporting the channel availability query procedure, wherein the second STA corresponds to a channel availability query responding STA, wherein the first message comprises device location information of one or more locations for the channel availability query; and receiving, at the first STA from the second STA, a second message comprising channel availability information, wherein the channel availability information is commonly applicable to multiple locations within an area, when the device location information of the first message is for the multiple location within the area.
US10104661B2
In a wireless communication system, a wireless communication device equipped with multiple antennae may be located in an area covered by more than one base station. The wireless communication device may be configured to measure a respective channel gain of multiple channels between the wireless communication device and the base stations and, further, to select a base station in accordance with the channel gains to communicate with.
US10104660B2
Techniques are disclosed for a wireless router or residential gateway to distinguish power-sensitive wireless sensors and provide separate treatments thereto for low power consumption connections. In some embodiments, a network device includes a wireless network circuit, and control circuitry coupled to the network circuit and configured to, upon receipt of a request of connection from a client, identify whether the client is power-sensitive. The network device can further cause, if the client is identified as power-sensitive, the power-sensitive client to connect using a low-power connection while maintaining a regular connection to other regular clients. The low-power connection can be operated on a first channel different from but in a same frequency band as a second channel on which the regular connection is operated.
US10104652B2
In M2M communication, data transmission is performed 4 msec after control information for dynamic scheduling is received from a base station apparatus, and the data transmission that needs immediacy has more overhead. In a case where a transmission apparatus performs data transmission to a reception apparatus, there are a first transmission mode in which a data signal based on a transmission parameter included in the received control information is transmitted, and a second transmission mode in which the control signal information is not received, and the data signal is transmitted without the reception apparatus being notified of a transmission timing of the data signal. In a case where transmission of an SR is possible and in a case where data communication is possible with the first transmission mode and the second transmission mode, the transmission apparatus configures different transmission powers in accordance with the transmission modes.
US10104651B2
Narrowband downlink control channel (NB-PDCCH) design for Narrowband Internet of Thing (IoT) devices is proposed. In one novel aspect, NB-PDCCH spans both first and second slots in the region of legacy physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). A plurality of physical resource blocks (PRBs) is allocated for NB-PDCCH transmission that carry downlink control information (DCI). Furthermore, each NB-IoT device can be configured with nPRB PRB pairs for NB-PDCCH transmission (e.g., nPRB=1, 2, 4, or 8), and an NB-PDCCH transmission time interval (TTI) is composed by nPRB subframes. An NB-PDCCH is encoded and occupies multiple narrowband control channel elements (NCCEs) based on aggregation level. In a preferred embodiment, each PRB pair for NB-PDCCH occupies two NCCEs.
US10104648B2
An information configuration method, a data receiving method, and a device are provided. A first network device configures a first resource set group of a physical downlink control channel set for user equipment, and configures for the user equipment, a second resource set group of a physical downlink control channel for retransmission, where the physical downlink control channel for retransmission is a physical downlink control channel for retransmission corresponding to downlink data indicated by a physical downlink control channel in at least one subset of the physical downlink control channel set. The first network device sends information about the first resource set group and information about the second resource set group to the user equipment.
US10104645B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. According to one embodiment, a method of operating a device includes: selecting a signal format from a plurality of signal formats, each of the plurality of signal formats corresponding to a respective coding and modulation scheme of a plurality of coding and modulation schemes; and sending a request for random access to a base station according to the selected signal format.
US10104644B2
Provided is a base station capable of suppressing increase of overhead of allocation result report in frequency scheduling in multi-carrier communication and obtaining a sufficient frequency diversity effect. In the base station, encoding units (101-1 to 101-n) encode data (#1 to #n) to mobile stations (#1 to #n), modulation units (102-1 to 102-n) modulate the encoded data so as to generate a data symbol, a scheduler (103) performs frequency scheduling according to a CQI from each mobile station so as to uniformly allocate data to the respective mobile stations for a part of RB extracted from a plurality of RB, and an SCCH generation unit (105) generates control information (SCCH information) to report the allocation result in the scheduler (103) to the respective mobile stations.
US10104641B2
A technology for a user equipment (UE) in a multiple radio access technology (multi-RAT) heterogeneous network (HetNet) that is operable to receive node-selection pricing information from a plurality of nodes in the multi-RAT HetNet. Effective normalized rate can be determined for the plurality of nodes in the multi-RAT HetNet using the node-selection pricing information. A node can be selected to communicate with in the multi-RAT HetNet to maximize a selected preference based on the effective normalized rate.
US10104639B2
A method for paging a user equipment, UE, in a radio access network, RAN, served by a core network node. When a UE attaches to the radio access network, a service area identity included in the respective a respective registration message from each UE, is received and registered in the core network node. The method further includes a step of receiving one or more data packets to be sent to a receiving UE attached to the network and determining a permitted latency for delivery of the one or more data packets to the UE. When permitted latency exceeds a predetermined latency threshold, a step of retrieving the registered SAI for the receiving UE is performed. In a concluding step in the method of paging, a first page is performed of the UE, directing the first page to cells belonging to a first paging area determined by the retrieved SAI.
US10104624B2
Various aspects described herein relate to controlling transmit power in wireless communications. It can be determined, at a user equipment (UE), that communications with a base station are configured over a connection associated with a threshold reliability. Based at least in part on this determination, a configured transmit power can be adjusted to an adjusted transmit power for a transmission attempt over the connection. Data can then be transmitted at the adjusted transmit power.
US10104621B2
Systems and methods are provided for packet detection in a wireless local area network transceiver. An antenna is configured to receive a signal, having a carrier frequency. A mixer is configured to mix the received signal with one of the in-phase and quadrature components of the local oscillator to produce a corresponding one of an in-phase downconverted signal and a quadrature phase downconverted signal. A packet detector is configured to determine, from the one of the in-phase downconverted signal and the quadrature phase downconverted signal, if the signal contains a packet of data and instruct a set of components associated with an other of the in-phase and quadrature components of the local oscillator to activate to process the received signal.
US10104615B2
In order to reduce the power consumption after a transmitting electronic device in a wireless network has been detected, a receiving electronic device calculates transmit times of subsequent beacons from the transmitting electronic device based on a clock drift of the transmitting electronic device and the beacon period. Then, the receiving electronic device receives the subsequent beacon by opening scan windows that encompass the calculated transmit times. However, because the transmit times are more predictable after the transmitting electronic device has been detected (and the clock drift of the transmitting electronic device is known to the receiving electronic device), the receiving electronic device can reduce the width of the scan windows. In addition, the transmitting electronic device can further reduce the power consumption by increasing the beacon period.
US10104614B2
Embodiments provide a waking-up system made up of an access point (AP) device, a terminal device and a wakeup server. The wakeup server comprises a receiving unit, configured to receive an AP activation request sent by the terminal device, where the AP activation request includes an identity of the terminal device. Also included a determining unit, configured to determine a target AP device according to the AP activation request. Also included is an acquiring unit, configured to acquire a status of the target AP device, and a sending unit, configured to send a wakeup request to the target AP device, wherein the sending unit is further configured to send a first AP activation success response to the terminal device.
US10104612B2
A method and apparatus for UE to report preference indication and other UE assistance information to the network is proposed. In a first embodiment, the UE transmits a power preference indication to the network with a prohibition mechanism for optimal DRX configuration. A first level of prohibition is applied if the UE indicates preferring power-saving mode, and a second level of prohibition is applied if the UE indicates preferring normal mode. In a second embodiment, the UE transmits two-level speed information to the network. The two-level speed information is mapped from MSE mobility states based on a mapping rule. In a third example, the UE transmits RRC release assistance information to the network. The assistance information is based on both cell change count and RRC state transition count so that RRC inactivity time can be determined to reduce signaling overhead.
US10104611B2
Systems and methods for low overhead paging in a wireless communications network are described herein. In some aspects, an apparatus for wireless communication includes a receiver and a processor. The receiver receives a request from a first device. The request indicates a first period of a plurality of periods corresponding to a periodicity for transmitting paging messages. The processor assigns the first device to a group scheduled to receive paging messages at most every first period based on the request and determines a start time for transmitting paging messages to the first device based on schedules for transmitting paging messages to a plurality of other devices. In other aspects, an apparatus for wireless communication includes a processor and memory. The processor derives an information sub-unit from an information unit associated with a paging message, compresses the information sub-unit, and generates a second information unit associated with the method of compression.
US10104600B2
A method for active scanning in a wireless network may include two transmitters. In such a method, the following steps may take place: initiating active scanning on at least one of a plurality of channels; waiting to transmit a first probe request on a first channel of the plurality of channels based on a delay timer; receiving at the first STA, while the delay timer is not expired, a probe request from a second STA; and skipping the first probe request on the first channel of the plurality of channels based on information contained in the received probe request from the second STA.
US10104593B2
Computer-implemented techniques involve detecting, by a server having one or more processors, a first cellular connection between a computing device and a first cellular network of a first cellular carrier associated with a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), detecting, by the server, an outage of at least the first cellular network of the first cellular carrier, in response to detecting the outage of the first cellular network, determining, by the server, an alternate communication channel by which to communicate with the computing device, and transmitting, by the server, a carrier switch instruction to the computing device via the alternate communication channel, wherein receipt of the carrier switch instruction causes the computing device to: (i) terminate the first cellular connection and (ii) initiate a second cellular connection with another cellular network of different second cellular carrier associated with the MVNO.
US10104568B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may detect the size of a payload for reporting hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for transmissions on a set of component carriers (CCs) and may determine whether a scheduling request (SR) and/or a periodic channel state information (P-CSI) report is present. The UE may compare a size of an uplink control message, which may include a HARQ payload size and a payload for the SR or P-CSI report, with a threshold to select an uplink control format. The selected uplink control format maybe associated with a large number of CCs if the uplink control message has a payload size above a threshold. The UE may also use a configuration for transmitting two or more P-CSI reports during a subframe for CCs of a carrier aggregation (CA) configuration. P-CSI reports due for transmission during a given subframe.
US10104564B1
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to determine the mobile device usage within vehicles having media application are described herein. An example method includes classifying an SSID detected by a mobile device as a vehicle SSID, determining application usage of a mobile device and a vehicle media device, and determining a ratio of mobile device application usage to vehicle media device application usage.
US10104561B2
A computer implemented method and telecommunications diagnostic apparatus that correlates packets on a core network with those on the access network. Generated is an identification attribute from Information Elements (IEs) in S1AP packets present in the core network and accessible to the access network. The generated identification attribute is integrated to an access and core session of the access and core network to correlate data packets between the access and core session by comparing if a core session contains the same identification attribute as that of an access session within the life span of the access session.
US10104557B2
A microwave transceiver comprises a plurality of antenna arrays, each of which is oriented in a different direction, and circuitry operable to automatically select which of the antenna arrays to use for establishing a microwave backhaul link with a link partner. The circuitry may comprise a plurality of front-ends, each of which may be operable to perform beamforming of signals transmitted and received via a respective one of the antenna arrays. The circuitry may comprise a modem circuit. For transmit operations, the modem may generate a modulated signal for output to one of the plurality of front-end circuits. For receive operations, the modem may demodulate a signal received from one of the plurality of front-end circuits. Each of the antenna arrays may be mounted to a different one of a plurality of surfaces of a housing of the microwave transceiver. The housing of the microwave transceiver may form a polyhedron.
US10104548B1
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving from a first cellular-capable apparatus operating in a first area outside of coverage of a cellular network, an authentication request to connect to a non-stationary cellular host, determining, according to the authentication request, whether the first cellular-capable apparatus is subscribed to a first service of a plurality of services supported by the non-stationary cellular host, and, in response, instantiating at the non-stationary cellular host a first set of virtual network functions required to facilitate the service for the cellular-capable apparatus, and facilitating the service to the first cellular-capable apparatus according to a first set of virtual network functions to generate first information associated with the first cellular-capable apparatus. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10104542B2
A method for updating a group encryption key association, the method includes receiving an encrypted group key from a second device, where the group key has been encrypted using a device key of a first device. The method further includes, in the first device, using the group key to encrypt an input vector, transmitting the encrypted input vector, encrypting privacy-sensitive information using a device key, an encryption algorithm, and the input vector, and transmitting the encrypted privacy-sensitive information to the second device.
US10104540B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for confirming identity of a user equipment (UE) registered in both a wireless local area network (WLAN) and WWAN. A method is provided for wireless communications by a base station (BS). The method generally includes establishing communications with a first UE, wherein the UE is identified by a first set of one or more identifiers in a wide area wireless network (WWAN) and by a second set of one or more identifiers in a wide local area network (WLAN), and determining, based on the first and second set of identifiers, a UE connected to the WWAN and WLAN is the first UE.
US10104535B2
A mobile terminal, a maintenance server, a method and an apparatus for maintaining a virtual subscriber identity module (SIM) card, where the method includes checking that a physical SIM card is inserted into a physical SIM card slot, switching a SIM card in a working state from the virtual SIM card to the physical SIM card using a SIM card switching switch, accessing a carrier network using the physical SIM card, receiving maintenance data sent by a maintenance server to the physical SIM card, and maintaining the virtual SIM card according to the maintenance data. Hence, after data of a virtual SIM card is damaged, the virtual SIM card can still be maintained without returning the virtual SIM card to a manufacturer for repair.
US10104533B2
A method for transmitting a signal by device to device (D2D) user equipment (UE) supporting D2D communication, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a message which requests reporting of the UE category of the D2D UE; and reporting the D2D UE category for a D2D operation of the D2D UE, which is set independently of the UE category for communication with the base station, wherein the D2D UE category is set on the basis of the number of fast Fourier transform (FFT) operations for asynchronous D2D links which the D2D UE can simultaneously process, and the data rate for the asynchronous D2D links which the D2D UE can process per unit time.
US10104531B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of communicating in a data path group. For example, an apparatus may include logic and circuitry configured to cause a Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) device to communicate during one or more Discovery Windows (DW) of a NAN cluster; and to communicate with one or more NAN devices of at least one data path group having a data path topology according to a scheduling scheme corresponding to the data path topology, the data path group including two or more NAN devices of the NAN cluster.
US10104527B1
A method for assessing a safety of a user of an application executing on a mobile device, including collecting a location data, a motion data, and a location data source from the application; transmitting, at a time, the location data, the motion data, and the location data source to a server; obtaining, from the server, a normal behavior data associated with the user; determining an abnormality score; determining a confidence score; determining a threat score; determining a threat type; calculating a safety score for the user; determining that the safety score is less than a safety score threshold; and transmitting a message to the mobile device of the user requesting a reply.
US10104520B2
The disclosure relates to a method for selecting a capillary network gateway for a machine device of a capillary network. The capillary network gateway is capable of data exchange between the machine device and a wireless network. The method comprises: acquiring information about a respective message box capability for two or more capillary network gateways of the capillary network; and selecting, for the machine device, the capillary network gateway based on the information about the message box capability. The disclosure also relates to a corresponding node, computer program and computer program product.
US10104510B2
A method for locating, via ultra high frequency, a mobile device (T) for “hands-free” access to a vehicle (V), via a locating device (D′) on board the vehicle (V), the locating device (D′) including an ultra high frequency transceiver (10′), an electrical power supply source (Vcc) and an antenna (A′), the locating method being noteworthy in that the transceiver (10′) is disconnected from the antenna (A′), and that the transceiver (10′) is connected to an attenuation module (M1, M2, M3) located at a predetermined distance (L1, L2, L3) from the transceiver (10′) and including an impedance (Z1, Z2, Z3) of predetermined value connected to ground, the predetermined distance (L1, L2, L3) between the transceiver (10′) and the attenuation module (M1, M2, M3) and the predetermined value of the impedance (Z1, Z2, Z3) defining an area (A1, A2, A3) for locating the mobile device (T) around the vehicle (V).
US10104505B2
A method may include receiving location communications from multiple wearable devices that indicate locations of the multiple wearable devices. The method may also include determining the locations of the multiple wearable devices based on the location communications. The method may also include receiving a request communication from a wearable device of the multiple wearable devices that indicates that a user of the wearable device requests assistance.
US10104494B2
A client device for gathering mobility information of a user is described. The device comprises a sensor data obtaining means for collecting sensor data representative for transportation-characteristic information of a user and a marker information obtaining means for collecting marker information, the marker information being related to an environmental characteristic of the user or an activity of the user not determined based on a transportation characteristic. The system also comprises a processing means for combining the transportation-characteristic information of the user and the marker information so as to be able to determine based thereon mobility information of the user. The system also comprises an output means for outputting the combined transportation-characteristic information and the marker information. A corresponding server device, method and computer implemented inventions also are disclosed.
US10104491B2
A first sound is output by a first transducer in an earcup located at a pinna. Respective second sound based on the output of the first audio sound is detecting by each of one or more microphones in the earcup located at the pinna. Based on the respective detected second sound, a non-linear transfer function is determined which characterizes how sound is transformed via the pinna. A signal indicative of one or more audio cues for spatializing third sound is generated based on the determined non-linear transfer function.
US10104489B2
A smartphone having two microphones is used for determining the direction of a loudspeaker in a surround system setup. This is performed using smartphone rotation in azimuth and polar angle direction while capturing in its microphones a test signal from a current one of the loudspeakers. From the microphone signals a corresponding TDOA value is calculated, and the smartphone is rotated until that TDOA value is nearly zero, resulting in a loudspeaker direction information.
US10104485B2
An apparatus for evaluating performance of a headphone assembly is provided with a base and a support having a proximal end extending from the base. The support includes a distal end that is adapted for supporting a headphone assembly, and the support includes a pair of opposing sides that are laterally spaced apart. The apparatus also includes a pair of plates and at least two microphones. Each plate is mounted to one of the opposing sides of the support, and includes a central portion with at least two apertures formed therein. The central portion is sized for receiving a headphone of the headphone assembly. Each microphone is disposed within one of the apertures and arranged such that an outer surface of the microphone is oriented substantially parallel to an outer surface of the plate and adapted for receiving sound emitted from the headphone.
US10104477B2
To respond to an n-bit digital signal, a speaker (1) is provided that includes an sound pressure generator (10) including 2i−1 piezoelectric elements (51, 52, and 53) for an i-th bit, and a total of 2n−1 stacked piezoelectric elements (51, 52, and 53). Due to divided vibration of the piezoelectric elements (51, 52, and 53), the speaker (1) has low directionality. Planar electrodes (80, 81, 82, and 83), to which voltage is applied, are provided between the piezoelectric elements (51, 52, and 53). By this means, all the piezoelectric elements can be driven using similar voltages, and high sound quality can be obtained without a problem of unit-to-unit differences between voltage sources.
US10104476B2
A loudspeaker module emitting sound at a lateral side comprises a loudspeaker unit and a module housing comprising a lower module housing, a middle module housing and an upper module housing. A space formed by the loudspeaker unit, the middle module housing and the lower module housing is a rear sound cavity. A space formed by the loudspeaker unit, the middle module housing and the upper module housing is a front sound cavity. The loudspeaker module further comprises a cover plate which forms a cavity together with the upper module housing. The cavity is communicated with the rear sound cavity through a conducting hole. By utilizing the loudspeaker module of the present invention, superfluous space of the upper module housing can be converted into the rear sound cavity, and therefore the size of the rear sound cavity is increased, and the acoustic performance of the loudspeaker module is improved.
US10104472B2
An acoustic capture device includes an acoustic transducer, an acoustic detector, an analog-to-digital converter, and a processing element. The acoustic transducer captures an acoustic wave to generate an analog signal. The acoustic detector detects, according to the analog signal, a specific event to generate a trigger signal. The analog-to-digital converter converts the analog signal to generate a digital signal. The processing element receives the trigger signal to execute a control process. The control process includes: analyzing the digital signal to determine ambient information; determining a first set of parameters of the acoustic detector according to the ambient information; performing a control information protocol to adjust the acoustic detector according to the first set of parameters; and performing, according to the ambient information, an enhancement processing on the digital signal to generate an enhanced digital signal.
US10104459B2
An audio system includes a headset and a control device. The headset includes a housing, a speaker and a microphone. When the headset is mounted on an ear, the housing is configured for forming a cavity along with an external auditory canal of the ear. The speaker and the microphone are disposed in the housing. The control device is coupled to the headset. The control device is operable to provide a reference audio signal to the speaker to be broadcasted toward the cavity, further to receive a sampled sound signal through the microphone corresponding to a reflection of the reference audio signal from the cavity, further to calculate an acoustic intensity distribution curve over frequencies from the sampled sound signal, and further to determine whether the cavity has a leakage outlet according to the acoustic intensity distribution curve over frequencies.
US10104449B1
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for causing a stunt switcher to run a bug-overlay digital video effect (DVE). In one aspect, a method involves (i) selecting a first log-entry from a traffic log, wherein the first log-entry corresponds to a bug-overlay DVE stored in the stunt switcher, and to a start time; (ii) selecting a second log-entry from the traffic log, wherein the second log-entry corresponds to a video component (VC) and the start time; (iii) causing the VC to start being channeled through the stunt switcher proximate the start time; (iv) making a determination that a threshold time-period has passed since the start time; and (v) responsive to making the determination that the threshold time-period has passed since the start time, causing the stunt switcher to run the stored bug-overlay DVE, thereby overlaying a bug on the VC as the VC is being channeled through the stunt switcher.
US10104446B2
The present invention relates to an advertisement detection system based on fingerprints, and provides an advertisement detection systems based on fingerprints, including a content stream storage unit for storing broadcast content in real time, a section selection unit for selecting a reference section and a test section from broadcast content stored by the content stream storage unit, a fingerprint extraction unit for extracting fingerprints from the reference section and the test section selected by the section selection unit using one or more methods, a fingerprint matching unit for comparing the fingerprints from the test section and the reference section, extracted by the fingerprint extraction unit, with each other and then performing matching between the fingerprints, an advertisement section determination unit for determining advertisement segments from the test section based on results of the matching performed by the fingerprint matching.
US10104444B2
An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a speed information acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a content acquisition unit. The speed information acquisition unit acquires information on a communication speed between the information processing apparatus and a distribution apparatus distributing a video content. The determination unit determines timing of advance acquisition of the video content from the distribution apparatus based upon the information on the communication speed acquired by the speed information acquisition unit. The content acquisition unit acquires the video content in advance from the distribution apparatus at the timing of advance acquisition determined by the determination unit.
US10104437B2
Methods, systems, and media for providing media guidance are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: causing live media content associated with a first content feed of an event to be presented on a media playback device; causing a verification code to be presented on the media playback device; detecting that the verification code has been provided on a page using a web browsing application executing on a mobile device; in response to the detection, causing additional content relating to the media content that is presented on the media playback device to be presented on the mobile device and causing a user interface element to be presented on the mobile device that, when selected, causes live media content associated with a second content feed of the event to be presented on the media playback device; and in response to determining that the user interface element has been selected, causing the presentation of the live media content associated with the first content feed of the event to no longer be presented and causing the live media content associated with the second content feed of the event to be presented.
US10104426B2
A computing system will compare various reference fingerprints each representing a reference media stream broadcast on a different respective known channel, and the computing system will determine that a plurality of the reference fingerprints match each other, thus defining a multi-match group of the matching reference fingerprints. Further, the computing system will determine that a query fingerprint representing a media stream being rendered by a media presentation device matches the multi-match group, thus raising a question of which channel is carrying the media stream that is being rendered by the media presentation device. By considering one or more attributes of the query fingerprint, the server may then disambiguate and thereby determine the channel at issue, and the server may in turn take channel-specific action.
US10104423B2
Systems and methods here may be used to communicate wirelessly with a wireless user device, communicate with a media service provider by a network, communicate with a media equipment player, receive from the wireless user device, a request to access a media service by the media service provider, access media available by the media service provider and communicate the availability of the media to the wireless user device, and mirror playing of the media from the media service provider by the media equipment player.
US10104417B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including monitoring a communication network managed by a service provider to detect transmission of content to a communication device through the communication network, analyzing content information associated with the content that is transmitted to the communication device to identify a feature of the content, capturing a user-generated comment that is transmitted from the communication device through the communication network, analyzing the user-generated comment that is captured to detect an occurrence of a keyword that is associated with the feature of the content, determining whether the keyword in the user-generated comment was temporally associated with the feature of the content transmitted to the communication device to identify an occurrence of a trigger event associating the keyword with the feature of the content, and responsive to identification of the occurrence of the trigger event, transmitting a message associated with the trigger event to the communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10104412B2
A method and a related electronic device for selecting, from a plurality of candidate video frame sets, a candidate video frame set to be inserted in a video frame slot of a given video content. It comprises obtaining the plurality of candidate video frame sets according to ranking values of a sorting parameter associated with each of the candidate video frame sets, thereby obtaining a list of candidate video frame sets and for each candidate video frame set of the list, determining a processing cost for inserting the candidate video frame set and applying the processing cost for obtaining an updated candidate video frame set ranking value according to the sorting parameter. The list is then sorted according to the updated ranking values of the sorting parameter and a selection of a candidate video frame set of the sorted list according to the updated ranking value.
US10104408B1
Embodiments provide for outputting video and allowing a user to switch between different audio steams in a synchronous manner without impacting the timeline of the audio presentation. The audio and video streams may be directed to a single sporting event. For example, a user can view video associated with a national television broadcast of a baseball game, and switch between the audio from the national broadcast and the audio from the radio broadcast. Similarly, the user can view video associated with a local television broadcast, and switch between the audio from the national, regional, and/or radio broadcast. As any sport fan would appreciate, such flexibility enables users to watch the video with, e.g., the best quality and camera angle, while at the same time listening to the audio or broadcaster they find the most appealing.
US10104402B2
A system and method for providing awareness in a hospitality environment are presented. In one embodiment, a vertical and horizontal array of set-top boxes is provided and each set-top box includes an identification corresponding to the room in which the set-top box is placed. Each set-top box includes a wireless transceiver that periodically transmits an identification beacon that is received by a proximate wireless-enabled interactive device. The proximate wireless-enabled interactive device, in turn, broadcasts data packets including an indication of the strength of set-top box identification signals received. The broadcasts are received by a server via an array of wireless routers. The location of the proximate wireless-enabled interactive device is determined based on the signal strength information in the data packets.
US10104401B2
The latest High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard achieves significant compression efficiency improvement over the H.264 standard, at a much higher cost of computational complexity. A framework for software-based H.264 to HEVC transcoding on multicore processors and distributed systems is provided. By utilizing information extracted from the input H.264 bitstream, the transcoding process can be accelerated at a high ratio with modest visual quality loss. Wavefront Parallel Processing (WPP) and SIMD acceleration are also implemented to improve the trans coding efficiency on multi-core processors with SIMD instruction set extensions. Based on the HEVC HM 12.0 reference software and using standard HEVC test bitstreams, the proposed transcoder can achieve around 120× speed up over decoding and re-encoding based on ffmpeg and the HM software without significant R-D performance loss.
US10104395B2
A method for encoding a video stream is provided that includes computing activity of a block of video data in the video stream when a parent block of the block is not predicted in intra block copy (IntraBC) mode, computing an IntraBC coding cost of the block based on a two dimensional (2D) search when the activity is not less than an activity threshold, computing the IntraBC coding cost of the block based on a one dimensional (1D) search when the activity is less than the activity threshold, and selecting a best mode for encoding the block based on the IntraBC coding cost.
US10104392B2
A predicted signal generation unit provided in a video predictive encoding device estimates a zero-th motion vector for derivation of a zero-th predicted signal, selects a zero-th motion vector predictor similar to the zero-th motion vector, and generates zero-th side information containing a zero-th motion vector predictor index to identify the motion vector predictor and a motion vector difference determined from the zero-th motion vector and the zero-th motion vector predictor. The video predictive encoding device selects a motion vector for generation of a first predicted signal having a high correlation with a target region, generates first side information containing a first motion vector predictor index to identify the motion vector as a first motion vector predictor, sets the first motion vector predictor to a first motion vector, and combines the zero-th and first predicted signals to generate a predicted signal of the target region.
US10104391B2
Methods and systems for improving coding efficiency of video. In one aspect of the disclosure, efficiency may be improved by trimming candidate motion vectors used for spatial and/or temporal prediction. In another aspect of the disclosure, efficiency may be improved by choosing selective combinations of syntax elements from video data.
US10104389B2
An apparatus for encoding a moving picture by an inter-layer prediction coding determines, in a first encoding process for a first layer, whether the orthogonal transformation is applied to a first sub-block, based on a feature amount indicating a localization degree level of a pixel having a non-zero value in a prediction error signal. The apparatus generates, in the first encoding process, a local decoding picture by decoding the first sub-block based on a quantized coefficient obtained by quantizing either one of an orthogonal transformation coefficient or the prediction error signal, according to a result of the determining. The apparatus generates, in a second encoding process for a second layer, a second prediction block based in part on the local decoding picture. The apparatus applies the entropy encoding to a second prediction error signal between the second prediction block and a second block, to output an encoded bit stream.
US10104386B2
Scalable coding concepts are described. One aspect improves parallel decoding of inter-dependent layers of a multi-layer video data stream by introducing a long-term syntax element structure for guaranteeing that during a predetermined time period the pictures of the dependent layer are subdivided so that borders of the spatial segments of the pictures of the second layer and the spatial segments of the first layer overlay. Another aspect concerns upsampling from base layer to enhancement layer. Another aspect introduces a long-term syntax element structure allowing the decoder to determine the inter-layer offset for a predetermined time period. Another aspect introduces a type indicator field changing a way a layer indicator field within the NAL unit headers is to be interpreted. Another aspect allows different codecs/standards to be used for the different layers. Another aspect concerns a syntax element structure which indicates the inter-layer offset in units of the base layer blocks.
US10104384B2
A method performed by a video encoder for encoding a current picture belonging to a temporal level identified by a temporal_id. The method includes determining a Reference Picture Set (RPS) for the current picture indicating reference pictures that are kept in a decoded picture buffer (DPB) when decoding the current picture, and when the current picture is a temporal switching point. The method further comprises operating to ensure that the RPS of the current picture includes no picture having a temporal_id greater than or equal to the temporal_id of the current picture.
US10104372B2
The present technique relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method which allow the encoding efficiency to be improved. The image processing apparatus includes: a control unit that controls encoding of various parameters related to intra prediction in accordance with a size and a shape of a prediction unit that is a region in a prediction processing unit by selecting a table and setting a context probability model, and an encoding unit that encodes the parameters according to control by the control unit. The present disclosure can be applied to an image processing apparatus.
US10104358B2
A 3D image display method and a head-mounted device. The method including: building a 3D background model and setting a video image display area in the 3D background model; acquiring video image data, and projecting the video image data into the video image display area of the 3D background model; acquiring a display parameter of a head-mounted device, and according to the display parameter, performing image morphing processing of the 3D background model to which the video image data are projected to generate a first 3D video image corresponding to a left eye and a second 3D video image corresponding to a right eye; and displaying the first 3D video image and the second 3D video image in the video image display area after refracting them through two lenses, respectively. The above-mentioned technical solutions can solve the problem of the narrow 3D image display angle that in the existing head-mounted devices.
US10104354B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a method and device of converting a high-dynamic-range (HDR) version of a picture to a standard-dynamic-range (SDR) version of this picture. The method is characterized in that it converts the high-dynamic-range version to the standard-dynamic-range version of the picture according to: a first indicator (I1) that indicates the presence of color mapping parameters; a second indicator (I2) that indicates whether a device is configured to convert the high-dynamic-range version to the standard-dynamic-range version of the picture by taking into account said color mapping parameters; and a third indicator (I3) that indicates whether converting without taking into account said color mapping parameters is inhibited.
US10104353B2
A scanning projector and method is provided that generates a feedback signal from at least one photodetector. In the scanning projector, a scanning mirror is configured to reflect laser light into an image region and an over scanned region. The at least one photodetector is configured to receive a portion of the reflected laser light impacting the over scanned region, and provides the feedback signal responsive to the received portion of light. This feedback signal can then be used to provide precise control of the scanning mirror.
US10104351B2
A projection system includes a projection unit, an optical path change unit, a capture unit, and a controller. The projection unit emits projection light for displaying an image. The optical path change unit changes an optical path for the projection light and guides the projection light toward a prescribed projection surface. The capture unit captures a projection image that is projected onto the projection surface from the optical path change unit, based on the image. The controller calculates a first distance that is a length from the projection unit to the optical path change unit along the optical path and a second distance that is a length from the projection unit to the projection surface along a vertical direction, based on the captured image by the capture unit, and controls the projection image based on the first distance and the second distance that are calculated.
US10104350B2
An image display device according to the exemplary embodiment includes: an RGB laser diode that outputs a light beam; a laser driver that drives the RGB laser diode based on input image data; a scanning mirror that scans the light beam by reflecting the light beam at an angle according to a drive voltage; and a scanner control unit that applies a bias voltage to the scanning mirror based on an angle with respect to a horizontal plane, or a static angle of the scanning mirror that is at a standstill when the drive voltage is not applied.
US10104348B2
The present invention relates to a system and method for regenerating image contents in a theater, and more specifically, to an image management system and method for regenerating image contents in a theater, which can decode high-resolution image contents and store the decoded image contents in a shared storage unit so that a plurality of slave devices may read image data from the shared storage unit and perform data processing or image processing on needed portions.
US10104343B2
A system for performs video analytics by receiving a video stream from a video capture device over a network to a server remotely located from a video capture device. The server extracts the one or more metrics by analyzing the video stream. The server compares the extracted one or more metrics from the video stream from the video stream against at least one previously established value defined at the server as part of assessing a previously established condition, defined at the server, to generate either a TRUE or a FALSE result. Responsive to a TRUE result, the server automatically performs a notification action that conveys a notification to a remotely located device of a previously designated user when the previously established condition is automatically detected by the analytics engine. Responsive to a FALSE comparison result, the server does not performing the notification action to the remotely located device.
US10104342B2
Techniques for improved decryption of an encrypted media stream are described. In one embodiment, a system may include a receiver to receive an encrypted media stream, an extraction module to extract an encryption characteristic of the encrypted media stream, a first processor to produce configuration commands from the extracted encryption characteristic, a second processor to receive the encrypted media stream and the configuration commands, and to produce decrypted media based upon a decryption scheme indicated by the configuration commands, and a key distribution module, to distribute a decryption key to the second processor.
US10104335B2
A device applied to a display includes a receiving circuit, a detecting circuit, an image processing circuit and a response time enhancing circuit. The receiving circuit receives an input image signal. The detecting circuit detects a frame rate of image data of a frame in the input image signal. The image processing circuit performs image processing on the image data of the frame to generate a target pixel value of multiple pixels in the frame. The response time enhancing circuit determines multiple adjusted pixel values of the multiple pixels according to the frame rate, and outputs the adjusted pixel values to a display panel. For a pixel, the adjusted pixel values generated for the pixel under different frame rates are different.
US10104332B2
An image processing apparatus includes an image processing unit that calculates two types of image data from one image data and outputs the calculated image data, a data combination unit that combines the two type of data supplied from the image processing unit and outputs the combined data to one terminal, an output buffer that adjusts an output timing of the combined data according to an instruction supplied from bus arbitration means for arbitrating a bus, and a data distribution unit that outputs the combined data output from the output buffer to the bus in a form of the combined data, or distributes the combined data and outputs the distributed data to the bus according to an external combination distribution instruction.
US10104331B2
A video imaging system, and more particularly, a modular video imaging system having a control module connectable to multiple input modules. The input modules each capable of receiving differing types of image data from different types of cameras including stereoscopic camera configurations and processing the image data into a format recognizable by the control module. The control unit providing general functions such as user interface and general image processing that is not camera specific including the generation of a 3D image stream formed by combining two image streams.
US10104330B2
Various embodiments facilitate minimization of multimedia content currently being shown on a display in response to a mute command. In a first embodiment, a receiver is configured to provide multimedia content to an entertainment system and obtain commands from a control device. A user presses the control device's mute button and a mute command is transmitted from the control device to the receiver and the entertainment system. In response to the mute command, the entertainment system turns off its own audio and the receiver minimizes multimedia content currently being provided by the receiver to the entertainment system. In a second embodiment, the mute command is transmitted from the control device to the receiver. In response to the mute command, the receiver mutes and minimizes multimedia content currently being provided by the receiver to the entertainment system.
US10104327B2
A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels in a two-dimensional array. Each pixel includes a photoelectric conversion element that converts incident light into electric charge, and a charge holding element that receives the electric charge from the photoelectric conversion element, and transfers the electric charge to a corresponding floating diffusion. The charge holding element further includes a plurality of electrodes.
US10104321B1
An image processing system for an image sensor includes an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) unit that performs ADC on pixel signals, thereby generating digital pixel signals; a correlated double sampling (CDS) unit that performs CDS on the digital pixel signals; a black level estimation (BLE) unit that generates a negative offset voltage according to dark voltage obtained from CDS performed on estimating optical black pixels (OBPs) of a pixel array, the negative offset voltage being subtracted from the pixel signals before feeding the pixel signals to the ADC unit; and a black level compensation (BLC) unit that performs BLC on active pixels sensors (APSs) and the compensating OBPs of the pixel array.
US10104318B2
A pixel array within an integrated-circuit image sensor is exposed to light representative of a scene during a first frame interval and then oversampled a first number of times within the first frame interval to generate a corresponding first number of frames of image data from which a first output image may be constructed. One or more of the first number of frames of image data are evaluated to determine whether a range of luminances in the scene warrants adjustment of an oversampling factor from the first number to a second number, if so, the oversampling factor is adjusted such that the pixel array is oversampled the second number of times within a second frame interval to generate a corresponding second number of frames of image data from which a second output image may be constructed.
US10104310B1
A security-monitoring platform adapted to automatically create real-time associations between security monitoring assets (SMAs) and a security alert based on location specific information for both the SMAs and the source of the security alert. When an alert occur, the security-monitoring platform automatically retrieves location and/or movement information for the source of the security alert. The system then retrieves and analyzes location and/or movement information for a plurality of SMAs to determine whether any SMAs are within a set of location-based parameter limits. Those SMAs that fall within the limits are automatically associated with the security alert and provided to the operator of the security monitoring platform. The system is further adapted to continuously evaluate the location and movement of the SMAs and the active security alert to ensure that the associations are always up-to-date as the security alert is processed.
US10104303B2
The present invention can provide solutions to many common imaging problems, such as, for example, unevenly distributed illumination, shadows, white balance adjustment, colored ambient light and high dynamic range imaging. Imaging systems and methods can be provided through a computer (e.g., laptop or desktop) such that the system or method can take advantage of the computer's processing power to provide functionality that goes beyond typical camera. Such an imaging system may include an imaging device, a camera, a light source and a user interface.
US10104300B2
System and method can support photography. A controller can configure a carrier to move an imaging device along a moving path. Furthermore, the controller can apply a time-dependent configuration on the imaging device, and use the imaging device for capturing a set of image frames along the moving path based on the one or more time-dependent parameters.
US10104298B2
A vision system for a vehicle includes at least one image sensor, a control and a display. The image sensor is disposed at a subject vehicle and has a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The control, at least in part responsive to image processing of image data captured by the image sensor, is operable to generate an avatar representative of at least one object or scene segment in the field of view of the image sensor. The display is operable to display the avatar. The vision system may display an avatar that is a representation of an object that is only partially viewed by the image sensor to enhance the display for viewing and understanding by the driver of the subject vehicle, and a portion of the avatar representing the non-viewed portion of the object may be displayed in phantom.
US10104283B2
Provided is a method for reproducing a situation using a mobile device having an image shooting function. The method may include extracting first keypoints from a live view output to a display of the mobile device, extracting second keypoints from a previously shot image, calculating a tilt of the mobile device at which the first keypoints are mapped to the second keypoints within a critical range, and synthesizing the previously shot image with the live view in a state where the mobile device has been adjusted according to guide information based on a result of the calculating.
US10104278B2
In an aspect of the present invention, assignment and a rotation direction of a pan motor and a tilt motor of each key of a cross key are set on the basis of the installation posture of the camera. Accordingly, it is possible to operate the cross key without discomfort when the camera is caused to perform a pan operation or a tilt operation using the cross key. Further, if the camera is caused to perform the pan operation using the cross key and a specific condition under which a video rotates is discriminated from a tilt angle, a display of a corresponding icon of the cross key is switched from a first icon indicating an up and down direction or a left and right direction to a second icon indicating a rotation direction. Accordingly, it is possible not to cause discomfort even when a video rotates.
US10104263B2
Tools (e.g., a device administration application) may be provided to permit a document production administrator to configure stamper parameters and to pick and choose parameters to be made available for setting by users of a multi-function document processing (MFP) device, for example, via a graphical user interface (GUI) provided on the operational display of the MFP device. The device administration application may be configured to permit the document production administrator to configure, from a user terminal or from the MFP device, a stamper GUI portion of a graphical user interface (GUI) provided on the operational display of the MFP device.
US10104261B2
A printing apparatus includes a memory, a receiving unit, and a printing unit. The memory stores print schedule information indicating regular time information concerning a time at which printing is regularly performed and also stores print settings information in association with the print schedule information. The receiving unit receives print data. The printing unit prints the print data received by the receiving unit in accordance with the print settings information if a time at which the print data is received matches the regular time information indicated in the print schedule information.
US10104254B2
An image forming apparatus appropriately changes the sensitivity of a human body detection sensor according to its usage environment. The image forming apparatus includes at least a first power state and a second power state that is less in electric power consumption than the first power state, the image forming apparatus including a sensor that detects a heat source present in the vicinity of the image forming apparatus, a control unit configured to shift the image forming apparatus into the first power state from the second power state if the position of the detected heat source satisfies a return condition causing the image forming apparatus to return to the first power state from the second power state, and a changing unit that changes the return condition based on a user operation.
US10104250B2
Disclosed is a preprinting system of secured information connected to a game host device. The preprinting system includes a controller, a printer, a plurality of printer detectors, a housing, a plurality of housing detectors. The controller is configured to communicate with the game host device, and to receive a game information signal and a status checking request signal. The printer is electronically connected to the controller, which is configured to print a game draw of the game program on printable medium, and the printed printable medium is partially revealed to the player while the game result draw thereon is unknown to the player. By preprint game draw of the game program, the possibility of adulteration from the game system is eliminated, the preprinting system also provides reliability, and the verification mechanism provides information security of digital chance games to the players. An preprinting method of secured information is also disclosed.
US10104245B2
A server apparatus includes a memory to store internal information of each of a plurality of image forming apparatuses and a job received from a first information terminal in association with identification information of the first information terminal, and circuitry to receive, from one image forming apparatus, identification information of a second information terminal that is brought close to the one image forming apparatus, determine whether the identification information of the first information terminal and the second information terminal match with each other, based on a determination that the identification information of the first information terminal matches the identification information of the second information terminal, select an image forming apparatus that is to execute the job from among the plurality of image forming apparatuses that belong to a same group to which the one image forming apparatus belongs, and instruct the selected image forming apparatus to execute the job.
US10104234B2
A computing apparatus uses an interactive user assessment test to identify and/or assess the need and skills of the user as part of an enrollment process for the user to register for the services of the system that provides real time communications connections between users and advisers. The advisers provide coaching services over real time communications connections provided via the system. A recommendation engine is configured to use the assessment results to recommend advisers for the user based on the need and skills of the user, as well as the real time availability of the advisers to provide the coaching services.
US10104232B2
Embodiments provide a system and method for integrating a cognitive system into a call center. The system and method include ingesting, through an instant messaging application, one or more original questions from one or more call center agents; ingesting, through the instant messaging application, one or more answers associated with the one or more original questions; receiving, through the instant messaging system, one or more additional questions; determining one or more proposed answers to each additional question based on analysis of the one or more original questions and answers; determining a confidence score for each of the one or more proposed answers; if the confidence score of the proposed answer exceeds a confidence threshold, providing the proposed answer to the call center agent; receiving, through a feedback module, feedback on the proposed answer from one or more subject matter experts or call center managers; and incorporating the feedback on the proposed answer into the analysis of the one or more original questions.
US10104231B2
A system for handling a transaction for a client service center comprising only one interface configured to communicate with a plurality of data stores to access data, interact with a user via a single screen device, and display one at a time on the single screen device a plurality of subsequent and dependent screen views to enable the user to view the data and implement a sequence of steps selected by the user to complete a transaction, wherein the interface does not display and does not notify the user of access to data on the different data stores, and wherein the screen views are displayed in a determined order based on the transaction and the steps selected by the user to reveal the data and the steps in a hierarchical manner from more general data and steps to more detailed and dependent data and steps.
US10104227B2
In general, a computing device is described that receives an indication of a particular communication from a particular sender. The computing device determines a relationship score based at least in part on a relationship context between the particular sender and a user of the computing device. The relationship score indicates a degree of strength of a relationship between the particular sender and the user of the computing device. While outputting an alert indicative of the communication, the computing device adjusts one or more characteristics of the alert based at least in part on the relationship score.
US10104217B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first electromagnet mounted to a side surface of the electronic device and configured to generate a magnetic force, a data channel terminal configured to transmit and receive a signal for detecting whether another electronic device is attached, and a processor configured to determine at least one of a polarity and a strength of the magnetic force of the first electromagnet for an attachment or detachment between the electronic device and the other electronic device, control the first electromagnet according to at least one of the determined polarity and strength, and detect an attachment or detachment state between the electronic device and the other electronic device.
US10104216B2
An electronic device and method are provided. The electronic device includes a built-in microphone; a Bluetooth communication module configured to wirelessly connect to a first wireless external device including a speaker and a second wireless external device including a speaker; and a controller configured to detect a call establishment, if the call establishment is detected while one of the first and second wireless external devices is connected to the electronic device, operate the built-in microphone to receive sound based on information regarding the connected one of the first and second wireless external devices, and if the call establishment is detected while both of the first and second wireless external devices are connected to the electronic device, select one of the first and second wireless external devices and provide an incoming call audio signal received via the call establishment to the selected one of the first and second wireless external devices.
US10104206B2
A network module for sending and/or receiving of data packages from a network arrangement located in a network with ring structure, wherein the data package includes at least one data package segment, a source address, a destination address and an identification number. The network module includes a first network interface and a second network interface, for receiving and/or sending of data packages via the ring structure, a processor configured to determine, based on the destination address, if data packages received are directed to the network module and to determine if the source address and/or the destination address are contained in a predefined list of the network participants, to determine, based on the source address and the identification number, if a copy of a data package directed to the network module is already created in a memory, to create a copy of the data package in the memory.
US10104203B2
A system includes a processor configured to receive data, gathered by a vehicle, for use by a mobile application. The processor is further configured to receive instructions from the application interacting with the vehicle, for continuing usage in the extra-vehicular environment, utilizing the received data. Also, the processor is configured to determine that a mobile device, containing the processor, has left the vehicle. Additionally, the processor is configured to execute the instructions to continue application functionality while the mobile device remains out of contact with the vehicle in the extra-vehicular environment.
US10104199B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for creating a communicable linkage for information retrieval and notifications between devices. In this way, the invention identifies a mobile device at an entity location. The system may integrate into the mobile device and present an interactive display onto the display of the mobile device, allowing the user to select products/services associated with the entity. Based on the general interaction and selection a user makes via the mobile device, the system identifies the interaction and presents interaction data to the entity representative at the entity location for assisting the user.
US10104198B1
A delivery system delivers an electronic document over a data network, where the delivery system stores a delivery container received from a sender device in a delivery storage. The delivery container includes the electronic document, a recipient identity of a recipient device, and a location. The delivery system matches the recipient identity in the delivery container with a recipient entry in a recipient registry coupled to the delivery system, obtains a current location of the recipient device, and matches the current location of the recipient device with the location included in the delivery container. In response to the matchings, the delivery system sends a notification of an availability of the electronic document to the recipient device over the data network.
US10104187B2
A system, computer program, and method are provided for service placement in a network. Information is stored on a collection of services that are configured to be performed in a dynamic order. Further, one or more interdependencies between at least a portion of the services are identified. Still yet, the collection of services is divided into one or more subsets of the services, based on the one or more interdependencies. A plurality of parts of at least one of the one or more subsets of the services is combined, resulting in one or more composite subsets of the services that are outputted to at least one of a plurality of service nodes.
US10104175B2
Several different embodiments of a massively scalable object storage system are described. The object storage system is particularly useful for storage in a cloud computing installation whereby shared servers provide resources, software, and data to computers and other devices on demand. In several embodiments, the object storage system includes a ring implementation used to associate object storage commands with particular physical servers such that certain guarantees of consistency, availability, and performance can be met. In other embodiments, the object storage system includes a synchronization protocol used to order operations across a distributed system. In a third set of embodiments, the object storage system includes a metadata management system. In a fourth set of embodiments, the object storage system uses a structured information synchronization system. Features from each set of embodiments can be used to improve the performance and scalability of a cloud computing object storage system.
US10104171B1
Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture comprising processor-readable storage media are provided for implementing server architectures having dedicated systems for processing infrastructure-related workloads. For example, a computing system includes a server node. The server node includes a first processor, a second processor, and a shared memory system. The first processor is configured to execute data computing functions of an application. The second processor is configured to execute input/output (I/O) functions for the application in parallel with the data computing functions of the application executed by the first processor. The shared memory system is configured to enable exchange of messages and data between the first and second processors.
US10104168B2
A method for managing throughput in a distributed storage network includes encoding data to produce a plurality of sets of encoded data slices. According to the method, one or more write slice requests are generated corresponding to one or more sets of encoded data slices, and write slice requests are then output to a set of distributed storage and task execution units. For each distributed storage and task execution unit, a data ingest rate is generated and a write threshold number of distributed storage and task execution units is determined. A transmit data rate is determined and write slice requests are determined, followed by the generation write slice requests to the distributed storage and task execution units. A write threshold number of write slice requests is then input to the distributed storage and task execution units.
US10104165B1
Features are disclosed for sharing network connections among client devices. A client device may connect to an intermediary system and request content from content provider. The intermediary system may, in addition to opening a connection with the content provider and receiving the content on behalf of the client, create a request profile for the client device regarding likely future content requests. The request profile may be used to assign the client device to network comparing components that have available open network connections to one or more content providers from which the client device is likely to request content. In some cases, a gateway network computing component may route content requests to other network computing components which have available open network connections to content providers hosting requested content. Additionally, the number of active network computing components may be adjusted to increase connection sharing and reuse opportunities.
US10104162B2
It is described a location based interactive method, user terminal, server, system and computer storage medium, which relate to the field of computers. The method includes: it is send a geographic coordinate of a user's location to a location server; it is received from the location server and displayed a POI list containing at least one POI corresponding to the geographic coordinate; it is acquired a group creating instruction, and a group creating request is sent to a login server based on the group creating instruction; and interaction is performed with the login server based on a group to provide the user with an intra-group interactive service, where the group is created by the login server based on the POI carried in the group creating request. According to the method, the group is created based on the POI corresponding to the geographic coordinate, and the interactive service is provided to the user based on the group, and thereby extending the interactive mode and range of the location based service, and achieving better sharing of information between users.
US10104137B2
A system and method for recording ABR content at a client recording device. A variety of recording service selection mechanisms may be applied at the client side based on network bandwidth conditions and other criteria for selecting ABR content fragments encoded at suitable bitrate quality levels to be downloaded for recording at the client recording device. One or more post-recording optimization schemes may also be applied in one arrangement with respect to, for example, the client recording device's media storage space.
US10104118B2
Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. An agent resides in a mobile communication device. The agent detects Proximity-based Mobile Malware Propagation. The agent injects one or more trigger network connections in the candidate connection list. These connections appear as legitimate networks and devices, but instead trigger connection to an agent server on a service provider's network. By attempting to connect through the trigger network connection, the malware reveals itself. The system helps collect the malware signature within a short period of time after the malware outbreak in local areas, though such attacks typically bypass network based security inspection in the network.
US10104117B2
A list of electronic mail (e-mail) accounts is extracted from an electronic mail system. A list of electronic mail accounts, with forwarding enabled, are identified as a set of collection accounts. A dropbox account is identified, from the collection accounts, as a destination e-mail account for the forwarded collection accounts. The collection accounts that forward to the dropbox account that has in excess of a threshold number of collection accounts forwarding to it, are identified as malicious e-mail collection accounts and are forwarded to a resolution system, for resolution.
US10104116B2
A system for determining whether a website is an illegitimate website, the system comprising: a requester module configured to request one or more rules from a host server for a website and to receive a response from the host server in response to a request; an analysis module configured to determine whether a response or lack of a response received by the requester module indicates that the website is an illegitimate website; and a record module configured to store an indication that the website is an illegitimate website, wherein the one or more rules provide one or more instructions to a robot computer program regarding access of the website by the robot computer program.
US10104109B2
A device for providing hierarchical threat intelligence includes a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions that cause the device to receive, a plurality of calculated threat scores for a plurality of threat management devices, wherein the threat scores are respectively associated with context information, determine a first threat scores for a first entity based on a first subset of the calculated threat scores, determine a second threat score for a second entity based on a second subset of the calculated threat scores, receive update information of one of the calculated threat scores of the first subset from a listener of the threat management devices, and update the first threat score based on the update information.
US10104101B1
Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to intelligent malware detection. A scanner server is used to scan an endpoint device for malware. Various attributes and behaviors of the endpoint device are identified in retrieved scan data. Identified attributes and behaviors are then evaluated according to a malware detection framework, which is used to determine whether (as well as to what extent) the identified attributes and behaviors are indicative of malware. In this manner, potential security risks associated with the malware may be identified. The framework is constructed through a machine learning process that aggregates attributes and behaviors common amongst members of malware families. Advantageously, the framework enables the scanner server to detect unknown variants of known malware families.
US10104096B1
An Enhanced Ethernet Network Interface Card (EENIC) interfaces with a host and a network. The EENIC includes an internal network interface controller (NIC), a field programmable array (FPGA) in electrical communication with the internal network interface controller, and a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) controller, in independent electrical communication with the field programmable array or the internal network interface controller. The FPGA is configured to intercept data from either the host, or from the network, or from a combination thereof. Additionally, the configured interception is undetected by the host, or by the network, or a combination thereof.
US10104093B2
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, receive secret information and non-secret information from a secure download application function, provide a request for a first verification to a secure element where the first verification is associated with access to content and/or an application that is accessible via the secure download application function, receive the first verification which is generated by the secure element based on the secret information without providing the secret information to the secure device processor, receive the non-secret information from the secure element, and generate a second verification for the access based on the non-secret information, where the content and/or application is accessible from the secure download application function responsive to the first and second verifications. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10104085B2
Systems and methods for network access control, including sending a service request from an on-premise system to one or more offloaded front-end services on one or more offloading servers. The requests by the offloaded services to access back-end services in one or more on-premise systems are monitored, and access requests by the offloaded services for unauthorized back-end services are denied. The service request is redirected and locally executed to generate logs of the back-end services used to perform the service request if the access requests are denied. A permission mapping in a firewall between the offloaded services and the logged back-end services is updated to permit future access requests by the offloaded services.
US10104084B2
Techniques are provided for augmenting the capabilities of the standard OAuth2 authorization framework in such a way as to allow clients to consume the services of multiple resource servers residing in disjoint security domains while requiring only a single one-time user authentication. An access token that provides access to resource services distributed across a plurality of security domains is partitioned into a plurality of reduced-scope access tokens. Each reduced-scope access token is limited to a subset of authorization scopes of the access token, providing access to a resource service in a particular security domain based upon the subset.
US10104076B2
A system performs mutual authentication between a controller and a first device, creates a group key, shares the group key, and sets the first device as a reference device. The system performs mutual authentication between the controller and a second device, and shares the group key with the second device. Thereafter, the system, performs mutual authentication between the controller and the first device, updates the group key, and shares the updated group key between the controller and the first device. At a group key update timing when the group key is updated, the system performs mutual authentication between the controller and the second device, and shares the updated group key with the second device.
US10104074B2
The inventive data processing system and method enable verifiable secure transfer of information between two or more parties, each having access to at least one identity verification system, utilizing a platform-independent architecture to enable verification of identities of parties sending and receiving secured information, and ensuring that only an authorized receiving party gains access to the secured information, regardless of the type, model, ownership and/or quantity of biometric identity verification (BIV) systems being utilized by each party. Parties desiring to securely transfer information between one another register at a central security management system, and each provide at least one biometric enrollment to their unique record configured for storing multiple BIV system enrollments for each party. The inventive system and method also provide an adaptive enrollment feature which enables the system to function automatically and transparently with new BIV systems that have not been previously enrolled by the user.
US10104066B2
A user login method for use in a terminal is provided. The method includes: receiving an automatic login request; acquiring a terminal identifier of the terminal; sending, to a server, a query request about a user account associated with the terminal identifier and a password corresponding to the user account, the query request including the terminal identifier; receiving, from the server, a query result based on the query request; selecting a user account from the query result and a password corresponding to the selected user account, if the query result is not empty; and sending, to the server, the selected user account and the corresponding password, for the selected user account to login after authentication by the server.
US10104064B2
Systems and methods are provided for authentication by combining a Reverse Turing Test (RTT) with password-based user authentication protocols to provide improved resistance to brute force attacks. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for user authentication, the method including receiving a username/password pair associated with a user; requesting one or more responses to a first Reverse Turing Test (RTT); and granting access to the user if a valid response to the first RTT is received and the username/password pair is valid.
US10104062B2
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, receiving a baseline credential and an external credential, mapping the external credential to the baseline credential in a secure element memory, receiving a request for an authentication from a secure device processor of the communication device where the request for the authentication includes a user credential inputted into the communication device, comparing the user credential with the baseline credential to verify the authentication, and providing the authentication and the external credential to the secure device processor without providing the baseline credential to enable the secure device processor to provide the external credential to an external entity device that is remote from the communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10104061B2
A method and an apparatus for distinguishing humans from computers and for controlling access to network services. One intended application of the method is a CAPTCHA technique, deployed using a shared Trusted Computing technology over a trusted network of a user terminal, a network server, and a Trusted Party, any of which may be at a Decision Point. The method distinguishes a human user making a legitimate request for network access from a programmed computer making undesired requests, by detecting unusually high network access request frequencies made by an identifiable user and/or a trusted module from the user terminal. The CAPTCHA function is further used to improve the method for controlling access to network services. The information transmitted between the members of the trusted network may be encrypted.
US10104051B2
Disclosed are examples of searching for content associated with multiple applications. In various examples, a first application can obtain a search query and provide a request to a second application to search for content associated with the second application that corresponds to the search query. The request can include a key that indicates to the second application that the first application is authorized to request the second application to search for the content. The first application can obtain a search result from the second application based on the request an present the search result in a user interface for the first application.
US10104037B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a method and system for network access request control. During operation, the system may identify a network access request received by a website. The system may determine a type of the network access request, and control the network access request according to the type of the network access request. The type of the network access request can be one of a user access request, a crawler access request, or an invalid access request. Based on the type of the network access request and/or the access requests overall compared to a cluster stability threshold, the system may take measures to throttle the access requests or otherwise adjust a throttling policy. The system may take measures such as demoting a service to a lower priority, rejecting execution of an access request, redirecting an access request to another service cluster, and expanding a physical layer of a service cluster.
US10104035B2
A routing bridge at an edge of a transparent interconnection of lots of links (TRILL) campus, comprises a first access port and a second access port each designated as one of a multi-chassis link aggregation (MC-LAG) designated forward (DF) port and an MC-LAG non-DF port, wherein the first access port is associated with a first pseudo-nickname, and a second access port is associated with a second pseudo-nickname, wherein a frame received via the first access port from a first customer equipment (CE) is replicated to generate a replicated frame, wherein the replicated frame is forwarded via the second access port to a second CE when the first pseudo-nickname and the second pseudo-nickname are the same, and when the first pseudo-nickname and the second pseudo-nickname are different and the second access port has been designated as the MC-LAG DF port.
US10104032B2
A computer-implemented method receives information describing a current or future activity from a user of a computing system via a mobile device. The current activity is an activity occurring at a current time when the information is received, while the future activity is an activity occurring at a future time relative to a time when the information is received. The method transmits the information describing the current or future activity to a backend database coupled to the Internet and remote from the mobile device. The information describing the current or future activity is accessible to at least one recipient having access privilege to information associated with the user and describing the current or future activity via the Internet.
US10104030B2
Systems and methods are provided for pushing messages. For example, upon receiving a push trigger message, one or more first user identifiers corresponding to the push trigger message are acquired; in response to the acquired first user identifiers being in a predetermined target user group, one or more first push messages are selected based on at least information associated with a first promotion type of the target user group; and the first push messages are pushed based on at least information associated with the first user identifiers, wherein the target user group includes a plurality of second user identifiers and is generated by statistical processing of first user attributes of registered user identifiers based on at least information associated with a predetermined first forecast model.
US10104026B2
In one embodiment, a method for generating a message to a friend of a user is provided, comprising: processing activity data of a first user measured by an activity monitoring device to update a value of an activity metric for the first user; identifying a change in an inequality relationship between the value of the activity metric for the first user and a value of the activity metric for a second user; in response to identifying the change in the inequality relationship, prompting the first user to generate a message to the second user.
US10104023B2
Many users may plan meetings through social networks, email, and/or websites. As provided herein, a user may efficiently plan a meeting with other users through a map interface. For example, the user may identify a location of interest on a map, and choose one or more target users to receive an automatically generated location of interest message about meeting at the location of interest. The location of interest message may comprise text describing the location of interest (e.g., I am at the back table at the Steak Grill, I am near the library sign on the corner of West St. and East St., etc.), directions to an event at the location of interest, instructions about the event, a location of the event, a time of the event, etc.
US10104013B2
A control device which is in communication with a switch comprises a memory which stores applications. The applications can handle received data streams of the switch. The control device selects first applications from all the applications and transmits the first applications and a command to the switch to install the first applications. The switch itself transmits received data streams to the first applications for processing when external data streams are received.
US10103996B2
A system and method of providing status updates to one or more mobile devices. The method includes receiving a vehicle action request from the mobile device at a central office, determining a status update frequency based upon at least one real-time characteristic, and instructing the mobile device to request status updates on the vehicle action request to the central office at the status update frequency. In an alternative method, a plurality of mobile devices may be instructed to use different status update frequencies. The system includes a server configured to receive a vehicle action request from the mobile device at a central office, determine a status update frequency based upon at least one real-time characteristic, and instruct the mobile device to request status updates on the vehicle action request to the central office at the status update frequency.
US10103993B2
A data processing system includes a phantom queue for each of a plurality of output ports each associated with an output link for outputting data. The phantom queues receive/monitor traffic on the respective ports and/or the associated links such that the congestion or traffic volume on the output ports/links is able to be determined by a congestion mapper coupled with the phantom queues. Based on the determined congestion level on each of the ports/links, the congestion mapper selects one or more non or less congested ports/links as destination of one or more packets. A link selection logic element then processes the packets according to the selected path or multi-path thereby reducing congestion on the system.
US10103989B2
One embodiment provides a system that indicates conditions associated with received content. During operation, the system generates, by a first computing device, an interest message which includes a name, wherein the interest message further includes a verification token which is a hash of a nonce. In response to transmitting the interest message to a second computing device, the system receives a content object message which includes a same name as the name for the interest message. In response to detecting a condition associated with the content object message, the system generates a content object return message which includes the nonce and a same name as the name for the content object message. The system forwards the content object return message to the second computing device, thereby facilitating the second computing device to process the content object return message.
US10103980B1
In some embodiments, a network segment within a switch fabric system includes a layer-2 flood route database and a layer-3 switch interface operatively coupled to the flood route database. The flood route database is configured to store layer-2 flood route information associated with the network segment and contains information such as a set of port identifiers and a set of status indicators. Each port identifier identifies a particular port within the network segment and each status indicator is uniquely associated with a particular port identifier. The layer-3 switch interface associated with the network segment is automatically activated when the flood route database contains at least one valid port identifier and the status indicator associated with at least one port identifier is active. This can allow data traffic to flow between separate network segments within the switch fabric system.
US10103979B2
A control device, a system, and a transmission channel adjustment method in software-defined networking (SDN) where, a connection status of a control channel is acquired, it is determined, according to a preset threshold, whether a standby channel is suitable to continue serving as a standby channel. The standby channel is adjusted when the standby channel is congested to a specific extent and another uncongested channel is set as the standby channel, and the standby channel is switched to an active channel when the active channel is congested such that real-time channel adjustment is ensured, effective transmission of control information is ensured, and control reliability of a control device in SDN is improved.
US10103956B2
A network monitor is used to determine resource (e.g., CPU, memory, storage, or network) utilization of one or more virtual machines on one or more corresponding servers. Using resource utilization data for an original configuration of the virtual machines on the servers, the described system and methods simulate reconfigurations of various VMs on servers, determines resource utilization of the simulated reconfigurations, and proposes a reconfiguration that results in lower resource utilization across the one or more corresponding servers.
US10103952B2
A tracking system is provided comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein data representing instructions executable by a programmed processor for monitoring a database. The storage medium comprises instructions for receiving a current shortened content address from a requesting user, the current shortened content address including a shortened content address base and an appended link identifier, and instructions for determining a content address associated with the current shortened content address. The storage medium further comprises instructions for storing the shortened content address base and the appended link identifier in a database and instructions for determining if the tracking system has previously received a request for a shortened content address associated with the content address from the requesting user. The storage medium also comprises instructions for generating a new link identifier when the system has not previously received a request for a shortened content address associated with the content address from the requesting user and instructions for recording a chain of relationships of appended link identifiers with any new link identifiers in the database.
US10103949B2
Count tracking in distributed environments is described, for example, as in data centers where many sites receive data and a coordinator node estimates a sum of the data received across the sites. Count tracking may be used in database applications, search engines, social networking applications and others. In various embodiments sites and a coordinator node work together to implement a process for summing data received at sites, where the sum takes into account both increments and decrements. In examples, a site decides whether to notify the coordinator node of a new data item according to a sampling probability that is related to an estimate of the current global sum of the data input across sites. In some examples a multi-mode algorithm is implemented which increases or decreases communication between the sites and the coordinator node according to behavior of the estimated global sum such that communications costs are optimized.
US10103947B2
A method for processing data in a data processing system, the method comprising: receiving, by the data processing system, portable device data collected by a portable device; determining, by a first data processing program of the data processing system, one or more characteristics of the portable device data; based on the one or more characteristics, selecting, by the data processing system, prompt data for transmission to a client device; and causing, by the data processing system over one or more networks, the prompt data to be transmitted to the client device.
US10103941B2
The present invention relates to the smart home field and discloses a node of a wireless network and a status updating method thereof. In the present invention, each node in the wireless network periodically sends status broadcast message according to the preset period, and the status broadcast message at least carries the identifier and current status information of the present node. The nodes receiving the status broadcast messages record the current status information of the other nodes carried in the received status broadcast messages, wherein the recorded current status information of the other nodes is carried in the sent status broadcast message if the each node in the wireless network has received the status broadcast message of the other nodes when needing to send the status broadcast message. In the present invention, the nodes in wireless network can periodically send status broadcast message carrying the received current status information of the other nodes, such that it can automatically update status of the device nodes in the smart home system and improve the user experience.
US10103937B1
A computer-implemented method for deploying application environments is presented. A central day server may receive a selection of two or more application environment and capture configuration data for two or more application environments. The data server may further deploy the application environments. Deploying each application environment may include: creating a directory required by the application environment, adding one or more users for each application environment, and/or adding one or more connection objects for each application environment. A user interface for the central administration of multiple applications and/or application environments may include functionality related to, and/or visually represent items associated with, (1) an environment status dashboard; (2) an application setup wizard; (3) application modification; (4) application deployment; and/or (5) application or environment administration.
US10103933B2
Methods and apparatuses for increasing quality of service in a network having nodes if there is a faulty node which can result in data traffic being overloaded in at least one part of the network are provided. The disclosed embodiments of the invention can be used in the field of safety-critical applications, such as medial applications, monitoring devices, and in-vehicle communication systems.
US10103919B2
A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, the apparatus comprises an encoder for encoding service data corresponding to each of a plurality of data transmission path, wherein each of the data transmission path carries at least one service component, an encoder for encoding signaling data, a frame builder for building at least one signal frame including the encoded service data, a modulator for modulating the at least one signal frame by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme and a transmitter for transmitting the broadcast signals carrying the at least one modulated signal frame.
US10103912B1
Data communication/transfer has been in binary form from the first simple service through today's complex internet systems. Binary uses zeros and ones transmitted as voltage changes. The invention introduces multi-state digits beyond zeroes and ones to a multi-schema, one, two, three and/or more, thus increasing capacity and speed of data transfer. The present invention uses an electrical pulse that can be phased to communicate the binary data in a multi-phased format. The phased information pulse results in a significant increase in combinations used for the transfer of information. This format improves capacity utilization of networks, increases data transfer speed and secondly provides new opportunities for applications. In the future, the invention can also provide added benefits in data centers and communications security.
US10103908B1
Embodiments are directed to an apparatus, method and system for relative or absolute equalization of two or more channels. The apparatus includes a receiver that receives a variable-envelope signal, a self-consistent outphasing separator that splits the received variable-envelope signal into constant-envelope signals, and linear pre-equalizers that equalize the constant-envelope signals relative to each other or to some target. The apparatus also includes an analog combiner that combines the constant-envelope signals, and a feedback loop with a processor that receives the combined constant-envelope signals as inputs, analyzes the combined constant-envelope signals to identify pre-equalization inputs that, when applied to the linear pre-equalizers, will equalize the constant-envelope signals, and provide the identified pre-equalization inputs to the linear pre-equalizers, so that the combined constant-envelope signals are equalized relative to each other or to some target. Adaptive algorithms use a dedicated calibration signal, regularly transmitted (data) signal or combination of the two.
US10103904B2
A method for estimating a channel in a wireless communication system in which a plurality of terminals and a base station communicate with each other, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving reference signals transmitted through a plurality of slots; and estimating a channel by using the reference signals. Here, for the channel estimation, the number of reference signals received through at least one slot among the plurality of slots is different from the number of reference signals received through the other slots.
US10103903B2
A method and system for maximizing throughput and minimizing latency in a communication system that supports heterogeneous links is presented. The communication system supports a primary link and an alternate link, and the method and system leverage the alternate link to reduce the overhead transmitted over the primary link, thereby increasing throughput and reducing end-to-end latency. The higher latency alternate link provides a delayed version of an information signal that corresponds to a portion of the information signal that is transmitted on the primary link. The received samples from the primary and alternate links may be used to equalize subsequent portions of the information signal received over the primary link, and may also be used for synchronization, timing recovery, DC offset removal, I/Q imbalance compensation, and frequency-offset estimation.
US10103882B2
In some embodiments, a method may include: enforcing a key rotation policy associated with a current encryption key being used to encrypt and decrypt data stored in an IHS; monitoring a cryptoperiod associated with the current encryption key; in response to a determination that the current encryption key has reached the end of the cryptoperiod, automatically transmitting a request to a key provider for a new encryption key; and in response to the request, automatically: receiving the new encryption key, marking the current encryption key as old, un-encrypting the data using the old encryption key, re-encrypting the data using the new encryption key, and, in response to a determination that all of the data has been re-encrypted with the new encryption key, transmitting a request to the key provider that the old encryption key be discarded, and deleting a local copy of the old encryption key.
US10103878B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for separating security credential verification. A first authentication service receives a first security credential from a client. The first authentication service also receives an encrypted version of a second security credential from a second authentication service. The first authentication service determines a stored encrypted credential corresponding to the second security credential based at least in part on the first security credential. The first authentication service authenticates the client by comparing the encrypted version of the second security credential to the stored encrypted credential.
US10103874B2
Systems and methods of selecting message settings mimetically on a messaging client. In one embodiment, when an outgoing message is composed on a messaging client, the messaging client determines whether the outgoing message is related to a received message. Where the outgoing message is related to the received message, the messaging client determines the messaging settings used in the received message, and selects the messaging settings used in the received message to control message characteristics of the outgoing message.
US10103863B2
The present invention discloses a superposition coding method, apparatus, and system, The method of the present invention includes: generating a superposition coding signal according to bit data to be separately sent to the at least two user equipments (UEs); sending notification signaling to at least one UE in the at least two UEs, where the notification signaling carries data selection information, and the data selection information is used for instructing the UE to acquire, from bit data demodulated from the superposition coding signal, at least one bit of data that is of a specific quantity and at a specific location as received data; and sending the superposition coding signal to the at least two UEs. The present invention is mainly applied in a demodulation process of a superposition coding signal.
US10103862B2
A method apparatus and system for efficiently transmitting and receiving channels are provided in a wireless communication system based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM). A multiplexing scheme differs according to a channel when a transmitter transmits a packet data channel, a common control channel and a control channel designated for a particular user. Uncoded 1-bit information is broadly dispersed in frequency and time domains using multiplexing technology for maximizing diversity gain in a channel for transmitting information of at least one bit to a particular user like an acknowledgement (ACK) channel. The transmitter converts a sequence obtained by multiplexing multiple bits to be transmitted to a plurality of users to parallel signals, and broadly disperses the parallel signals in the time and frequency domains. When the uncoded 1-bit information is transmitted, reception reliability is improved because channel coding and transmission are efficiently performed using a small amount of resources.
US10103859B2
A base station apparatus transmits first information indicating a subframe in which a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) is present, and second information which indicates a subframe other than a subframe indicated as the subframe in which the CRS is present by the first information, as a multicast broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe, to a terminal apparatus. Accordingly, the base station apparatus can efficiently communicate with a terminal apparatus using a downlink physical channel.
US10103856B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may select, and a user equipment (UE) may identify, an initial symbol of a transmission time interval (TTI) based on a particular characteristic of a communication link between the base station and UE. A two-symbol TTI for one UE may thus be scheduled to align with or complement a longer TTI for another UE. For instance, the initial symbol of a two-symbol TTI may be restricted to certain symbol periods of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) subframe to limit interference with other transmissions scheduled during the subframe (e.g., reference signals, control channels, guard periods, etc.). Additionally or alternatively, a UE may identify and blindly decode control channel transmissions for low latency communications by assuming a presence of reference signals within the symbols that include a low latency control channel.
US10103855B2
One method includes receiving at a user equipment (UE) information associated with two or more interference measurement resources (IMRs) for a channel state information (CSI) process, the information comprising an allocation of the two or more IMRs for the CSI process and a plurality of management configurations for use of the two or more IMRs; and using the two or more IMRs in accordance with the plurality of management configurations to perform one or both of channel measurement and CSI reporting. Another method includes transmitting information associated with two or more IMRs for a CSI process, the information comprising an allocation of the two or more IMRs for the CSI process and a plurality of management configurations for use of the two or more IMRs; and receiving at least one CSI report based on at least one of the two or more IMRs.
US10103841B2
A turbo decoder system decodes L-length digital data consisting of a systematic code and 1st and 2nd parity check codes, and includes a trellis controller obtaining the ratio of the bit-number Ep of the 1st/2nd parity check code to the bit-number D of an original systematic code and generating, based on the code rate of the digital data, a trellis control output indicating a target decoding trellis, which is selected by a turbo decoder to perform decoding operations. A zero-patch module patches zeros into the systematic code, and patches, based on the value of Ep/D, one or more zeros into the 1st/2nd parity check code so that parity check bits of the 1st/2nd parity check code and the zero-bit(s) form a periodically depunctured parity check code.
US10103837B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing asynchronous feedback training sequences are described. A transmitter transmits a training sequence indication to a receiver via a communication channel including a plurality of data lines. The training sequence indication includes a bit sequence to indicate the beginning of a training sequence. The indication includes a transition from a zero to a one at the midpoint of a supercycle of ‘N’ clock cycles in length, followed by a predetermined number of ones. The training sequence indication is then followed by a test pattern. The beginning of the test pattern occurs at the end of a supercycle. The receiver determines if there are any errors in the received test pattern, and then sends feedback to the transmitter that indicates whether any errors were detected. Responsive to receiving the feedback, the transmitter alters delay settings for one or more of the data lines.
US10103830B2
A method for reducing latency in a networking application includes receiving data at a physical coding sublayer (PCS) from a media access control (MAC) sublayer, where the MAC sublayer utilizes a first clock domain operating at a first clock frequency. The method further includes performing one or more functions in the PCS on the data in the first clock domain. The method also includes transmitting the data on one or more physical medium attachment (PMA) lanes, where the one or more PMA lanes utilize a second clock domain operating at a second clock frequency, where the first clock frequency and the second clock frequency have a fixed ratio. The data is transmitted from the first clock domain to the second clock domain without buffering the data. The method also includes performing one or more functions in the PCS on the data in the second clock domain.
US10103825B2
A self-calibrating transceiver includes a baseband processor, a receiver chain comprising an amplifier and a digital front end (DFE), and a transmitter chain, and a calibration control state machine. The state machine stores amplifier gain steps and is in communication with the transmitter chain, the receiver chain, and the baseband processor. The state machine can set a receiver chain frequency at a predefined frequency and set a transmitter chain frequency to be offset relative to the receiver chain frequency. For each of the amplifier gain steps, the state machine can set a gain of the receiver chain and set a power of the transmitter chain. The baseband processor can measure an RSSI and transmit the measured RSSI to the state machine. The state machine can determine a digital gain compensation value based on the one or more measured RSSIs and apply the determined digital gain compensation value.
US10103823B1
A test system is provided that for testing base stations (BSs) and user equipment (UE) that includes a radio channel (RC) emulator having a dynamically-variable channel model that is configured to be dynamically varied in accordance with beam indices received in the RC emulator from the BS and/or the UE, depending on implementation scenario and on whether the BS or the UE is the DUT. The beam indices are used by the BS or US to obtain antenna element weights that are used by analog beam former circuits of the BS or UE, respectively, to weight their antenna elements to cause time-variant antenna beam patterns to be formed by their antenna arrays, which are modelled by the dynamically-variable channel model to generate time-variant signals. The RC emulator performs emulation operations and outputs faded time-variant signals for use by the BS or UE in evaluating characteristics of the DUT.
US10103821B2
A method performed in a cellular communication network for establishing that a first cell of said network is unable to receive uplink radio signals. The method comprises determining that no indicative radio message has been received from any radio device during a predetermined time period. In view of said determining, requesting a second cell, neighboring the first cell, to instruct at least one radio device, connected to said second cell and able to detect said first cell, to transmit a radio signal. The method may also comprise obtaining information about how to receive the radio signal. The method may also comprise determining that the radio signal was not successfully received by the first cell in accordance with the obtained information.
US10103815B2
The present invention is directed to optical communication systems and methods thereof. In various embodiments, the present invention provides method for linearizing Mach Zehnder modulators by digital pre-compensation and adjusting the gain of the driver and/or the modulation index. The pre-compensation can be implemented as a digital pre-compensation algorithm, which is a part of an adaptive feedback loop. There are other embodiments as well.
US10103812B2
A satellite communication system may include a communication satellite orbiting Earth, a user terminal in radio communication with the communication satellite through a user link, a communication relay apparatus operating at an altitude of approximately 65,000 feet and in optical communication with the communication satellite through a feeder link, and a gateway station in radio communication with the communication relay apparatus through a gateway link.
US10103811B2
Techniques are disclosed for enhancing indoor navigation using light-based communication (LCom). In some embodiments, an LCom-enabled luminaire configured as described herein may include access to a sensor configured to detect a given hazardous condition. In response to detection of a hazard, the LCom-enabled luminaire may adjust its light output, transmit an LCom signal, or both, in accordance with some embodiments. A given LCom signal may include data that may be utilized by a recipient computing device, for example, in providing emergency evacuation routing or other indoor navigation with hazard avoidance, emergency assistance, or both. In a network of such luminaires, data distribution via inter-luminaire communication may be provided, in accordance with some embodiments, via an optical interface or other wired or wireless communication means. In some cases, the network may include a luminaire that is not LCom-enabled yet still configured for inter-luminaire communication.
US10103809B2
A wavelength tunable light source includes a light source, a wavelength monitor circuit configured to receive light emitted from the light source, and a processor that controls the light source based upon an output value of the wavelength monitor circuit, wherein the wavelength monitor circuit has a wavelength filter with a periodic transmission spectrum, and three photo detectors connected to outputs of the wavelength filter, and wherein the processor is configured to calculate a ratio of photo-detection normalized with two of three quantities of light received at the three photo detectors and control electric current input to the light source such that a calculated ratio of photo-detection approaches a target ratio at a designated wavelength.
US10103808B2
An example optical module includes: an optical splitter configured to split a received incident optical signal into a first optical signal and a second optical signal; a wavelength filter sheet configured to receive the second optical signal to reflect a first part of the second optical signal to generate reflected light, and to transmit a second part of that to generate transmitted light; a first photo detector configured to convert the reflected light into an electric signal; a second photo detector configured to convert the transmitted light into an electric signal; and an MCU configured to obtain the first detected signal and the second detected signal, to determine the difference in optical power between the reflected light and the transmitted light, and to determine from the difference in optical power and a specified standard difference in optical power whether the wavelength of the second optical signal is shifted.
US10103803B2
Ground terminal and gateway beam pointing toward an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for network access
Systems and methods for detecting an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Network access (for example, to the Internet) may be provided by detecting a UAV and fixing one or more beams from one or more ground terminals to the UAV. In one embodiment, the detection of a UAV includes forming and pointing beams from a ground terminal and ground gateways toward the UAV. The ground terminal may be configured to autonomously steer its antenna beam during initial installation to detect the reference signal from a UAV. In one variant, the ground terminals are steered to more finely track the position of the UAV based on a signal quality metric such as received signal strength. In one embodiment, the ground terminal antenna is initially manually pointed toward the UAV, and thereafter allowed to automatically steer to track the position of the UAV.
US10103799B2
A system for providing underwater communication using orbital angular momentum (OAM) includes a transmitter that processes input data to be transmitted using pre-coding information based on current transmission channel conditions to maximize data rate based on channel conditions. A receiver receives a transmitted multiplexed OAM optical signal and analyzes the received signal for channel state information. The channel state information is used to determine a set of pre-coding values that allow the transmitter to pre-code the input data to maximize the data rate based on current channel conditions. The pre-coding values are mapped to a codebook entry which identifies the pre-coding values. The codebook entry is transmitted from the receiver to the transmitter. The transmitter uses the received codebook entry to identify pre-coding values used to process subsequent input data to be transmitted in order to enhance data rate across the transmit channel.
US10103793B2
The present system and method provides a spatial multiplexing scenario that is performed purely in the analog domain when transmit and receive arrays are in Line of Sight (LoS) and hence significantly reduce the DSP requirements of massive MIMO systems.
US10103787B2
Examples disclosed herein provide for the exchange of signals wirelessly between devices. One example includes a first wireless communication unit of a first device and a second wireless communication unit of a second device. The example further includes a first magnetic member disposed within the first device to magnetically couple with a second magnetic member disposed within the second device when the first and second devices are to be placed within proximity of each other. The first and second wireless communication units may exchange signals between the first device and the second device over a wireless communication link formed by the magnetically coupled magnetic members.
US10103783B2
Embodiments described in the present disclosure disclose a radio frequency discovery method that relates to a first device and a second device. At least two applications are installed on the first device. After a user selects a first application from the at least two applications, a near field communication controller in the first device obtains an RF technology supported by the first application; determines at least one to-be-used RF technology in information indicating the RF technology supported by the first application; then receives a detection command sent by the second device for a first RF technology; and when the to-be-used RF technology includes the first RF technology, sends a response message for the detection command to the second device; or when the to-be-used RF technology does not include the first RF technology, determines not to send a response message for the detection command.
US10103781B2
Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to performing a transaction between a mobile device and an access device. Value information is provided to the access device by the mobile device. The value information is not necessary to complete the transaction.
US10103777B1
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system that guides electromagnetic waves that propagate along a transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and at least reduces radiation on an outer surface of a structure reducing a flow of an electrical current from an inner surface of the structure to the outer surface of the structure. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10103776B2
Systems and methods are provided for synchronizing multiple channels in an access network, where the multiple channels are neighboring channels such that a guard band between them or use of a diplexer to prevent inter-channel interference is not required. Synchronization is achieved by defining channel MAP (media access plan) cycle structures such that all channels work in the same direction (upstream US or downstream DS) at any given time. Moreover, the network controller of channel may send out a beacon to allow new nodes to join. A long MAP cycle (402) may be followed by three consecutive regular MAP cycles (404, 406), and (408). These MAP cycles are repeated between beacon transmissions. Synchronization allows multiple channels to be configured contiguous (without a guard band between neighboring channels) and without utilizing diplexers. A plurality of customer premises equipment may operate on each of the communications channels.
US10103774B1
A system for digital self-interference cancellation includes a filter that generates a reduced-noise digital residue signal; a channel estimator that generates a current self-interference channel estimate from a digital transmit signal, the reduced-noise digital residue signal, and past self-interference channel estimates; a controller that dynamically sets the digital transform configuration in response to changes in a controller-sampled digital residue signal; and a channel memory that stores the past self-interference channel estimates.
US10103762B1
Provided are mechanisms and processes for a lighting system for medical schedule management. According to various examples, an apparatus is provided which comprises a lighting interface configured to connect to a lighting element for illuminating a medical examination room. The apparatus further comprises a power interface coupled to a power source. The apparatus further comprises a Wi-Fi transceiver configured to transmit a wireless signal to connect to a device corresponding to a physician. The wireless signal corresponds to a local area network. The duration of the connection is used to track the presence of the physician in the medical examination room. The Wi-Fi transceiver is tuned to transmit a signal strength corresponding to the size and characteristics of the medical examination room. The apparatus is located in a lighting fixture in the medical examination room. The lighting fixture may be centrally located in the medical examination room.
US10103758B2
This application discussed trajectory modification techniques for polar transmission architectures. In an example, a method can include receiving a first sample, determining an absolute phase angle change between the first sample and a third sample, and if the first angle change is greater than a threshold phase angle, adjusting phase information of a second sample to provide a modified second sample such that a trajectory associated with the first sample, the modified second sample and the third sample passes through an origin. In an example, the second sample can be received prior to receiving the first sample, and the third sample can be received prior to receiving the second sample.
US10103753B1
A pipeline ADC comprising an ADC segment and a digital backend coupled to the ADC segment. In some examples the ADC is configured to receive an analog signal, generate a first partial digital code representing a first sample of the analog signal, and generate a second partial digital code representing a second sample of the analog signal. In some examples the digital backend is configured to receive the first and second partial digital codes from the ADC segment, generate a combined digital code based at least partially on the first and second partial digital codes, determine a gain error of the ADC segment based at least partially on a first correlation of a PRBS with a difference between the first and second partial digital codes, and apply a first correction to the combined digital code based at least partially on the gain error of the ADC segment.
US10103751B2
A decoder performs forward error correction based on quasi-cyclic regular column-partition low density parity check codes. A method for designing the parity check matrix reduces the number of short-cycles of the matrix to increase performance. An adaptive quantization post-processing technique further improves performance by eliminating error floors associated with the decoding. A parallel decoder architecture performs iterative decoding using a parallel pipelined architecture.
US10103750B2
An error correction decoding apparatus includes column operators 201 and row operators 211 to 213 provided respectively in accordance with the columns and rows of a check matrix of an LDPC code. A received LLR (log-likelihood ratio) of a received sequence is input into the column operators 201 together with row LLRs from the row operators 211 to 213, whereupon the column operators 201 calculate a total value z1 of the received LLR of the received sequence and the row LLRs from the row operators 211 to 213. The row operators 211 to 213 hold operation results relating to row LLRs or column LLRs obtained during a previous operation, calculate column LLRs using the total value input from the column operators 201 and the held operation results, calculate row LLRs from the calculated column LLRs, and output the calculated row LLRs to the column operators 201.
US10103747B1
A method for compressing a data structure generated for a computing system includes: generating a table comprising block values of a set of blocks in the data structure, where a block size of each block in the set of blocks is determined by an architecture of the computing system and the values are a threshold number of the most frequently occurring values; determining whether a first value of a block is stored in the table, where the block occurs; storing, in response to determining that the first value is stored in the table, a table index of the first value in a first data structure; storing, in a second data structure, a second value indicating whether the first value is stored in the table; generating a compressed data structure, where the compressed data structure comprises the table, first data structure and the second data structure.
US10103739B2
A phase locked loop circuit is disclosed. The phase locked loop circuit includes a ring oscillator. The phase locked loop circuit also includes a digital path including a digital phase detector. The phase locked loop circuit further includes an analog path including a linear phase detector. Additionally, the phase locked loop circuit includes a feedback path connecting an output of the ring oscillator to an input of the digital path and an input of the analog path. The digital path and the analog path are parallel paths. The digital path provides a digital tuning signal the ring oscillator that digitally controls a frequency of the ring oscillator. The analog path provides an analog tuning signal the ring oscillator that continuously controls the frequency of the ring oscillator.
US10103735B1
One example includes a superconducting gate system. The system includes a first input that is configured to provide a first input pulse and a second input that is configured to provide a second input pulse. The system also includes a gate configured to provide a first output pulse at a first output corresponding to a first logic function with respect to the first and second input pulses and based on a positive bias inductor and a first Josephson junction that are each coupled to the first output. The gate is also configured to provide a second output pulse at a second output corresponding to a second logic function with respect to the first and second input pulses and based on a negative bias inductor and a second Josephson junction that are each coupled to the second output.
US10103734B2
A level shifter circuit includes: an input stage for receiving an input signal switchable between a first and a second input level and an output stage to produce a drive signal for the load that is switchable between a first and a second output level. A level translator translates the input signal switching between the input levels into the output stage switching between the output levels. A feedback element coupled to the output stage transfers to the input stage a feedback signal representative of the output level of the output stage. The input stage includes control circuitry sensitive to the input signal and the feedback signal for detecting undesired switching of the output stage between the first and second output levels occurring in the absence of input signal switching between the first and second input levels. The control circuitry inverts the output level of the output stage resulting from undesired switching.
US10103733B1
An integrated circuit (IC) based physically unclonable function (PUF) that comprises a common source amplifier for generating PUF output voltages, a unity gain, negative feedback operational amplifier for generating bias voltages, a voltage regulator and a bit exclusion circuit that excludes unstable PUF bits. Compensation circuitry built into the IC-PUF provides a high power supply rejection ratio and enables highly reliable operation of the IC-PUF across varying input voltages and operating temperatures. The IC-PUF generates a uniformly random output bit stream by taking advantage of process variations that are inherent to the fabrication of (metal-oxide semiconductor) MOS transistors.
US10103726B2
A switch bias control circuit includes a level shifter and voltage regulator circuitry configured to receive a voltage reference signal, provide a first voltage output at a first node and provide a second voltage output at a second node, the first node and the second node being at least partially isolated from one another. coupling circuitry couples the first node to the level shifter and couples the second node to a negative voltage generator.
US10103724B2
A parameter is compared to a lower threshold. The parameter is a gate-to-source voltage that is associated with a first transistor or a drain current that is associated with the first transistor. The first transistor is a field effect transistor, and the first transistor is a power device. If one or more of at least one supplemental transistor is coupled to the first transistor, and the parameter is less than the lower threshold, a plurality of switches is controlled to decouple at least one of the at least one supplemental transistor from the first transistor.
US10103718B1
An example method of calibrating a source-synchronous system includes: performing initial calibration of a source-synchronous receiver, which is configured to receive data signals and a strobe, to determine an initial strobe delay and initial data delays; setting a strobe delay circuit that delays the strobe to have the initial strobe delay and data delay circuits that delay the data signals to have the initial data delays; measuring first data eye margins of the data signals at a first time; calculating metrics for the data signals based on the first data eye margins; and measuring second data eye margins of the data signals at a second time; and updating the data delay circuits and the strobe delay circuit based on the second data eye margins and the metrics.
US10103715B2
A method of laying out a semiconductor device includes arranging a flip-flop in the semiconductor device, and rearranging the flip-flop to a selected location in the semiconductor device. The flip-flop may be configured to receive a clock from a clock gating cell through a clock line, to receive an input signal through an input line, and to output an output signal through an output line. The flip-flop may be rearranged based on a length of the clock line, the number of times the clock line is toggled per reference time, a length of the input line, a length of the output line, and at least one of: the number of times that the input signal is toggled per the reference time, and the number of times that the output signal is toggled per the reference time.
US10103712B2
The present disclosure provides a voltage variable attenuator (VVA) with a controllable matching network. The output of the attenuation portion of the VVA is couple to a matching network. The matching network includes a resistive element, which may be a Field Effect Transistor (FET), whose resistance may be controlled as a function of attenuation. In particular, a control voltage used to control the resistance of the attenuation portion of the VVA is also used to control the resistive element of the matching network. In this manner, the output impedance of the VVA may be maintained at a desired level.
US10103704B2
A diplexer module includes substrates, an external connection terminal, a first diplexer including a first transmission filter and a first reception filter, a second diplexer including a second transmission filter and a second reception filter, and a switch. The external connection terminal is connected to the switch, the switch is connected to the first diplexer and the second diplexer, and the first transmission filter, the second transmission filter, the second reception filter, and the first reception filter are aligned in this order when the substrates are seen in plan view from above.
US10103703B2
The present disclosure provides circuits and methods for fabricating circuits. A circuit may include an insulator having a first surface, a second surface, a periphery, a first subset of circuit elements disposed on the first surface, a second subset of circuit elements disposed on the second surface, and at least one conductive sidewall disposed on the periphery, wherein the conductive sidewall electrically couples the first subset of circuit elements to the second subset of circuit elements.
US10103691B2
A power amplifier system includes a differential power amplifier and a bias circuit. The differential power amplifier is arranged for receiving a differential input pair to generate an output signal. The bias circuit is arranged for generating a bias voltage to bias the differential power amplifier, and the bias circuit comprises a source follower for receiving a reference voltage to generate the bias voltage.
US10103680B2
Disclosed herein is a solar array structure that includes a first vertical column having a first height and a second vertical column having a second height, the second height being taller than the first height. The solar array support structure further includes a telescopic wind brace extending between an upper portion of the first vertical column and a lower portion of the second vertical column.
US10103678B2
A method of controlling an electric motor of a drive device of a power steering system, in which a temperature sensor senses the temperature of the drive device and transmits information about the temperature of the drive device to an evaluation unit, the evaluation unit estimates the temperature of a gearbox based on the temperature of the drive device, and, based on the estimated temperature of the gearbox, the evaluation unit adjusts a requested torque of the electric motor.
US10103677B2
Upon determining that the absolute value of an electrical angular speed of a motor-generator is smaller than or equal to a threshold value, a control apparatus compensates a current detected by a U-phase current sensor based on a temperature detected by a U-phase temperature sensor and compensates a current detected by a V-phase current sensor based on an estimated temperature of a V-phase current sensor. On the other hand, upon determining that the absolute value of the electrical angular speed is larger than the threshold value, the control apparatus compensates the currents detected by the U-phase and V-phase current sensors based on temperature detected by the U-phase temperature sensor.
US10103669B2
A method to control a motor which is electrically excited. The method includes providing a unit capable of learning which is configured to analyze processes in a machinery into which the motor is built so as to learn to optimally control a variable motor flux. The unit capable of learning thereby sets the variable motor flux so as to minimize motor losses absent an adverse impact on a dynamic property of a drive
US10103668B2
A system and method of avoiding hunting behavior by a motor around disallowed speed ranges. A sensor or sensorless method determines the motor's actual speed. A memory contains lower and upper speed values that define a disallowed range. A control unit determines whether the motor is operating under a limiting condition and engaged in hunting behavior by determining whether the motor is repeatedly moving between an actual speed that is within the disallowed range and an actual speed that is at or below the lower speed value during a first period, and if so, sets a temporary speed limit for the motor at the lower speed value for a second period. The first period may be the time required for the motor to change its actual speed a few times and thereby confirm hunting behavior. The second period may be sufficiently long that the limiting condition may have changed.
US10103663B1
Systems and methods for protecting switching devices in a power converter in doubly fed induction generator power systems are provided. A DFIG system can include a DFIG generator and a power converter comprising a line side converter and a rotor side converter connected by a DC bus. Each of the line side converter and rotor side converter can include a plurality of bridge circuits. Each bridge circuit can include a plurality of switching devices. A method can include monitoring, by a control device, a voltage of the DC bus of the power converter. The method can further include implementing, by the control device, a switching device protection measure based at least in part on the voltage of the DC bus of the power converter. The switching device protection measure can be operable to protect the switching devices by operating the switching devices within a safe operating area.
US10103659B2
A stepper control circuit includes numerical controlled oscillators configured to provide step signals for multiple axes of stepper motor movement. The numerical controlled oscillators are configured to be operated at a same frequency provided by a synchronized clock signal.
US10103657B2
The motor drive control apparatus includes first and second rotation information detection function units and a power control unit. When it is determined the ignition switch is changed from the ON state to the OFF state, the power control unit intermittently supplies power from a battery to the first and second rotation information detection function units at a first interval while a motor rotation number is lower than a preset rotation number set in advance. When it is determined the motor rotation number becomes equal to or higher than the preset rotation number during this intermittent supply state, the power control unit intermittently supplies the power from the battery to the first and second rotation information detection function units at a second interval shorter than the first interval while the motor rotation number is equal to or higher than the preset rotation number.
US10103655B2
According to one embodiment, a control device detects a field current in a rotary electrical machine, estimates a rate of rotation of a rotor of the machine based on the detected current, obtains a field voltage in the machine based on a difference between the estimated rate of rotation and a target rate of rotation, and controls the switching of an inverter based on the field voltage such that the rate of rotation follows the target rate of rotation. A permanent magnet using the machine is an R—Co permanent magnet containing 25 to 40 at % iron. The control device performs field-weakening control by increasing and decreasing the field voltage based on a negative-field current in accordance with the rate of rotation by a material of the permanent magnet.
US10103652B2
A piezoelectric power generator assembly includes a housing, a piezoelectric transducer located in the housing, and a piston located in the housing. The piston is movable with respect to the housing and is configured to be moved into contact with the piezoelectric transducer, and the piezoelectric transducer is configured to generate an electrical charge when contacted by the piston.
US10103645B2
This power converter is provided with: three clusters (CLu, CLv, CLw) in which unit cells are cascade-connected; and power supplies of the same kind which are respectively connected to one end of each of the three clusters. Terminals of the three clusters at the side not connected to the power supplies are respectively connected to other ends of the power supplies connected to the other clusters to form a delta-connection configuration. Three connections of the delta-connection configuration are respectively connected to each of the U, V, and W phases of a three-phase alternating current, and power conversion between the power supplies and the three-phase AC is enabled. If DC power supplies (Vdcu, Vdcv, Vdcw) are employed as the power supplies, power conversion between the DC power supplies and the three-phase AC power supplies can be performed. If in-phase single-phase AC power supplies are employed as the power supplies, power conversion between either the single-phase AC power supplies and the three-phase AC power supplies, or the three-phase AC power supplies can be performed.
US10103644B2
An AC-to-DC converter includes a multi-resonant switching circuit including an AC-AC stage soft-switched LC network that converts a low-frequency low-amplitude alternating input voltage into a higher-frequency higher-amplitude alternating voltage and an AC-DC stage rectifying the higher-frequency higher-amplitude alternating voltage into a DC output voltage via a soft-switched diode. An AC-to-DC converter system includes at least two multi-resonant switching circuits that include at least two AC-AC stages and an AC-DC stage. A control system for the AC-to-DC converter includes at least two resonant gate drivers that each includes: one MOSFET gate configured to transmit a gate voltage signal to an AC-to-DC converter; an on/off logic module electrically coupled to the MOSFET gate; a resonant tank LC circuit electrically coupled to the on/off logic module; and a voltage bias module electrically coupled to the resonant tank LC circuit.
US10103642B2
A power supply device includes a rectifying unit for rectifying an AC input voltage, a voltage conversion unit including a switching element and configured to receive a rectified input voltage from the rectifying unit and obtain an output voltage voltage-converted by a switching operation of the switching element, and a voltage comparison unit configured to generate a comparison signal between the output voltage and a set output voltage. The power supply device further includes an oscillation unit configured to output a control signal having an oscillation period and an oscillation-stop period as a control signal for controlling an ON/OFF of the switching element. The oscillation period and the oscillation-stop period of the control signal are controlled by the comparison signal outputted from the voltage comparison unit, and a pulse duty ratio of the control signal in the oscillation period is variably controlled based on the input voltage.
US10103640B2
A power converter, including: at least two inverting modules, where direct current sides of the at least two inverting modules are connected in parallel using a laminated busbar or a circuit board, and the at least two inverting modules run in an interleaved and parallel manner. In the present invention, the power converter is formed by connecting at least two inverting modules in parallel, and the direct current sides of the at least two inverting modules are connected in parallel using the laminated busbar or the circuit board, so that parasitic inductance between inverting modules is small, forming a low parasitic inductance loop. When the at least two inverting modules run in an interleaved and parallel manner, the low parasitic inductance loop counteracts most ripple currents in a circuit, thereby reducing the burden of the ripple currents on a bus capacitor. Therefore, the demand of the power converter provided in the present invention for the bus capacitor is small.
US10103637B2
A switching power supply comprises a power converter that includes a transformer, a low side switch and a high side switch. The low side switch draws current from a supply voltage through a primary winding of the transformer. The high side switch discharges current from the primary winding of the transformer to a snubber capacitor. The controller synchronously controls the opening and closing of the low side switch and the high side switch. The power converter can be included in a flyback converter. The power converter can generate a regulated output voltage.
US10103634B2
A power converter device, includes switching devices and a controller, to realize conversion between power supplies by controlling on and off the switching devices via the controller. The switching devices include: at least one normally-on type switching device and at least one normally-off type switching device both having an operation frequency greater than 1 kHz and connected in series. The controller outputs a first and second control signal to correspondingly control the normally-on type switching device and the normally-off type switching device to control the normally-off type switching device to be turned on after the normally-on type switching device to be turned off. The present disclosure uses the normally-off type switching device originally disposed in the circuit, having a voltage blocking ability, to realize directly usage of the normally-on type switching device to improve efficiency and power density of switching power supply.
US10103631B2
A power converter circuit and an associated method of converting an AC power supply. The power converter circuit comprises: a supply rectifier circuit (2) for rectifying an AC supply power to generate a rectified supply power; an inverter circuit (3) for receiving the rectified supply power to generate an inverted supply power; a load rectifier circuit (4) for rectifying the inverted supply power to generate a rectified load power for supplying a load current to a load (5); and a boost circuit (6) driven by the load current to provide a boosted voltage to the rectified supply power.
US10103629B2
A DC-to-DC converter is disclosed. The SMPS driver includes a highside switch having a first terminal, a second terminal and a gate. The first terminal is coupled to an input voltage terminal. The SMPS driver further includes a lowside switch having a first terminal, a second terminal and a gate. The first terminal of the lowside switch is coupled to the second terminal of the highside switch and the second terminal of the lowside switch is coupled to ground. A diode is coupled to the gate of the lowside switch on one side and to a capacitor on the other side. An integrated circuit (IC) is included to generate control signals for switching the highside switch and the lowside switch. The IC includes a highside supply pin, a highside gate control pin, a half bridge pin, a lowside gate control pin and a ground pin. The gate of the lowside switch is coupled to the lowside gate control pin, the highside supply pin is coupled to the diode and the capacitor is coupled to the half bridge pin.
US10103625B2
A light emitting load driving device includes a plurality of constant current sources structured to be serially connected to a plurality of light emitting loads connected in parallel respectively, and structured to control a current flowing through the plurality of light emitting loads connected in parallel respective; a plurality of load connection terminals structured to connect the plurality of light emitting loads connected in parallel and the plurality of constant current sources respectively; a signal processing circuit structured to select and compare a lowest terminal voltage applied to the plurality of load connection terminals with a reference voltage, and output a comparison result; and a pulse width modulation control circuit structured to output a drive signal according to the comparison result, and structured to control a voltage output portion generating an output voltage provided to the plurality of light emitting loads connected in parallele respectively.
US10103623B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit for controlling a power switch in accordance with a control signal, which is at one of a first level and a second level for respectively turning on and off the power switch. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes a control circuit configured to receive the control signal to thereby output a reference voltage, a value of which gradually drops from a predetermined value when the received control signal remains at the first level for a predetermined time, a current sensing circuit configured to sense a current flowing through the power switch, and a drive circuit configured to receive the control signal and the reference voltage to thereby output a drive signal, the drive signal limiting the current flowing through the power switch in accordance with the reference voltage and a sense voltage corresponding to the current sensed by the current sensing circuit.
US10103622B2
A switching module comprising at least one power switching device arranged to output from an output node thereof a load current for the switching module, and at least one current sense component arranged to generate at least one sense current representative of the load current. The at least one current sense component comprises at least one temperature coefficient compensation resistance within the path of the at least one sense current and arranged to cause the at least one sense current to be at least partly compensated for a temperature coefficient caused by at least one parasitic routing resistance of a load current path for the at least one power switching device.
US10103611B2
A machine learning apparatus, which learns a condition associated with arrangement positions of magnets on a core of a motor rotor, includes: a state observation unit that observes a state variable composed of data relating to arrangement positions of a plurality of the magnets arranged on the core, data relating to a magnitude of cogging torque generated when the plurality of the magnets are arranged at the respective arrangement positions, and data relating to a magnetic flux density of each of the magnets; and a learning unit that learns the condition associated with the arrangement positions of the magnets on the core in accordance with a training data set constituted by the state variable.
US10103610B2
A manufacturing method of a core for a rotary electric machine includes: forming a crimped portion on both a first magnetic steel sheet and a second magnetic steel sheet. The crimped portion has a recessed portion that is recessed from a first surface and a protruding portion that protrudes from a second surface in a position on the reverse side of the recessed portion on the second surface; and stacking the first magnetic steel sheet and the second magnetic steel sheet while curving the first magnetic steel sheet such that a first surface side bulges out, and inserting the protruding portion of the crimped portion of the second magnetic steel sheet into the recessed portion of the crimped portion of a curved first magnetic steel sheet.
US10103592B2
In one possible implementation, a motor is provided including a rotor and a stator. Front cooling fins are thermally coupled to a front of the stator, and rear cooling fins are thermally coupled to a rear portion of the stator. The winding is between the front and rear cooling fins.
US10103565B2
This handheld-terminal charging device has a plurality of charging coils, a plurality of detection coils, and a control unit that is electrically connected to said charging coils and detection coils. The control unit drives the plurality of detection coils and watches for impedance changes that said detection coils detect when thus driven. If a detection coil detects an impedance change, a charging coil corresponding to said detection coil is selected from among the plurality of charging coils and a magnetic field is outputted from the selected charging coil. If a response signal that has been agreed upon with a handheld terminal is received in response to said magnetic field, the selected charging coil is used to charge said handheld terminal.
US10103563B2
A power supply system having a wireless security module for vehicles is provided. The power supply system comprises a battery module, a power management module, an energy management module and the wireless security module. The battery module powers a starting motor of a vehicle. The power management module is used to receive a power from a power generating device. The power management module transmits the power of the power generating device into the battery module. The power management module comprises a monitoring unit and a controlling unit. The monitoring unit is used to monitor a voltage value of the battery module. When the voltage value monitored is equal to a minimum setting, the power management module is used to prevent the battery module from powering the starting motor. When the voltage value monitored is equal to a maximum setting, the power management module stops powering the battery module. The controlling unit is used to control a current value outputted from the battery module. Furthermore, when the voltage value of the battery module is equal to the maximum setting, the energy management module is used to receive a power from the power generating device. The power is transmitted into the vehicle by the energy management module.
US10103559B2
A system and method for using statistical analysis of information obtained during a rechargeable battery charging session, wherein the method is for optimizing one or more parameters that are used for controlling the charging of a rechargeable battery during the charging session.
US10103546B2
A controller and system with a controller that is configured to determine the energy input to an energy storage device at any time and control the activation of one or more electrical load devices. Each load device has an associated load profile data list that includes parameters pertaining to an energy storage threshold parameter and a nominal energy consumption parameter. The controller activates one load devices and controls the power input to the energy storage device by a proportional amount when the energy input to the energy storage device exceeds the nominal energy consumption parameter of the load device.
US10103545B2
In an approach for detecting islanding effect in a power electrical network topology, a computer processor finds, in the power electrical network topology, a point of common coupling between a load and a distributed generation with potential islanding effect as well as a substation supplying power to said point of common coupling; collects operating parameters of the power grid in vicinity of said point of common coupling as well as in vicinity of said substation; determines whether islanding effect exists in said distributed generation and the load in accordance with a variation characteristic of the operating parameters of the power grid in vicinity of said point of common coupling and the operating parameters of the power grid in vicinity of said substation. Higher degree of accuracy and sensitivity of detecting islanding effect is achieved without compromising the energy quality on user side according to embodiments of the present invention.
US10103544B2
Disclosed are a medium and high voltage grid-connected power generation system, a medium and high voltage grid-connected system, and a control circuitry thereof. The voltage of the medium and high voltage power grid is collected through the control circuitry. A power grid amplitude and a power grid phase synchronization signal are obtained, and then sent to an inverter unit through a communication line.
US10103539B2
A semiconductor device, including a main transistor configured to supply power from a power source to a load, and a current limiting device including a control transistor. The current limiting device is configured to detect that the current flowing from the main transistor is an overcurrent, and to limit the current upon determining that the current is equal to or greater than a current limit value, and an operating voltage of the control transistor is equal to or greater than a current limiting activation voltage. The current limit value is a threshold for determining whether the current is greater than an operating current of the main transistor for the load to operate in a steady state. The current limiting activation voltage is a sum of a correction voltage and a predetermined threshold voltage at the gate of the control transistor when the current rises to the current limit value.
US10103529B2
A wire harness, comprising a tube-shaped exterior member and one or multiple conductive paths to be inserted into and protected by the exterior member. The exterior member includes a flexible tube part having a flexible bellows tube shape and a straight tube part not having the flexible bellows tube shape. The one or multiple conductive paths are straightly wired into the straight tube part and the straight tube part is continuous with the flexible tube part. A continuous portion of the flexible tube part and the straight tube part includes multiple reinforcement shape portions which are capable of withstanding stress concentration in the continuous portion and are arranged in a tube outer peripheral direction of the exterior member.
US10103527B2
A shielded harness is simply constructed such that covered wires are fitted into a groove of a molded body, and then an opening of the groove is covered with a metal casing. This simple structure allows noise to be released to the metal casing, which functions as a ground, via a metal plate constituting the molded body when the noise is generated at a control system unit or comes from an external device. The metal casing of the shielded harness can be used as a housing of a device, such as a power converter, and therefore, a fixing tool is not required for wiring, and the wiring is made easy. Moreover, compared with a conventional shielded wire, this shielded harness has a small number of parts and is produced by an easy method, thereby allowing reduction in production cost.
US10103522B2
A method is presented for remote installation or removal of circuit breakers using a remote racking tool outside the arc flash zone of the circuit breakers. The remote racking tool has a drive assembly, remote control assembly, and radio remote pendant station. The remote racking enables operators to install or remove circuit breakers in switchgear or equipment rooms safely away from the arc flash zone.
US10103521B2
Electrical power distribution plate comprising a distribution bar, a first mounting board to which the distribution bar is attached and a contactor connected to the distribution bar. The plate comprises a second mounting board attached to the distribution bar so that the distribution bar is placed between the first mounting board and the second mounting board.
US10103519B2
An approach is disclosed for generating seed electrons at a spark gap in the absence of 85Kr. The present approach utilizes the photo-electric effect, using a light source with a specific nominal wave length (or range of wavelengths) at a specific level of emitted flux to generate seed electrons.
US10103512B2
An optoelectronic device includes a semiconductor substrate, having front and back sides and having at least one cavity extending from the back side through the semiconductor substrate into proximity with the front side. At least one optoelectronic emitter is formed on the front side of the semiconductor substrate in proximity with the at least one cavity. A heat-conducting material at least partially fills the at least one cavity and is configured to serve as a heat sink for the at least one optoelectronic emitter.
US10103498B2
A shield connector includes a shielded cable (11) with wires (12) enclosed by a shield layer (13). An inner housing (16) accommodates terminals (15) connected to the wires (12). A shield shell (20) covers the inner housing (16) and includes a connecting portion (23) to be connected electrically to the shield layer (13). An outer housing (30) accommodates the shield shell (20) and is locked to a mating connector. The outer housing (30) includes a body (31) enabling the shield shell (20) to be inserted therein through an opening (31A) on a rear side, and two covers (40A, 40B) integrally hinged to the body (31) to close the opening (31A) and cover the connecting portion (23). Each cover (40A, 40B) includes a first lock (43, 44) to be locked to the mating cover and a second lock (45) to be locked to the body.
US10103495B2
Methods and apparatus for providing adaptive grounding in mixed-signal electronic dies, circuits, modules, or other devices. In one example a module in which adaptive grounding is implemented includes a substrate having disposed thereon a plurality of signal contacts and a ground connection, and a mixed-signal die disposed on the substrate and including a signal section and a control section, the signal section having a plurality of radio frequency components each connected to a respective one of the plurality of signal contacts on the substrate by a corresponding signal connector, and the control section having at least two ground paths that selectively connect the control section to the ground connection on the substrate and which are physically spaced apart from one another, the mixed-signal die further including at least two switches, each operable to selectively connect one of the ground paths to the ground connection.
US10103487B2
Connector latch used to securely hold together a connector apparatus, such that the connector apparatus has at least a first connector assembly and a second connector assembly which can be mated together. Initially, after the connector latch is manufactured, the connector latch is in an undeflected position. After manufacture, the connector latch is subjected to a pre-mating deflection process, in order to deflect the connector latch into a preloaded position. After the pre-mating deflection process has been completed, the connector latch is locked in the preloaded position. The preloaded connector latch provides a number of desirable characteristics, including at least an extra loud “click” sound when the first connector assembly and the second connector assembly are mated together.
US10103482B2
A spring loaded direct plug-in terminal with a direct plug-in connector for the connection of a conductor includes a housing with a chamber and a plug-in channel for plugging the conductor into the chamber. The terminal also includes a busbar, a clamping spring arranged in the chamber and acting as a compression spring for fixing the electrical conductor on the busbar in the area of a clamping site. The clamping spring includes a pivotable clamping arm which can be adjusted from a locked state in a locked position into a clamping state in which it is unlocked from the locked state and presses the electrical conductor against the busbar. An actuation element which is movable in the housing is provided which, together with the clamping arm of the clamping spring, can be locked in the locked state. The mobility of the actuation element in the housing in the locked state can be arrested by a locking element which is movable at an angle relative to the movement direction of the actuation element.
US10103480B2
A suction device and a connector are provided. The suction device has a control electromagnetic core and a suction member. A cavity is provided between the control electromagnetic core and the suction member. The suction member is operative to slide up and down within the cavity in response to changes of a magnetic property of the control electromagnetic core.
US10103472B2
An automotive electrical wiring connector for being inserted through a interior of a hollow shaft. It comprises a body having at least one receiving portion for an electrical conductor end that is adapted for being connected to another electrical conductor end, and a lid for covering the electrical conductor receiving portion. The lid is suitable to be in at least one operating position in which the lid is closed to the body and retaining the at least one electrical conductor therein while retaining the connector body through the interior of the hollow shaft, and in at least one non-operating position in which the lid is open for allowing the at least one electrical conductor to be accessed and released.
US10103470B2
An electrical connector includes an insulating body having multiple receiving slots, and multiple first terminals and multiple second terminals respectively received in the receiving slots. Each first terminal has a first connecting portion, a first elastic arm bending and upward extending from the first connecting portion, and a first conducting arm bending and extending from the first connecting portion. Each second terminal has a second connecting portion, a second elastic arm bending and extending upward from the second connecting portion, and a second conducting arm bending and extending from the second connecting portion. A bent position between each of the first connecting portions and a corresponding one of the first elastic arms is higher than a bent position between each of the second connecting portions and a corresponding one of the second elastic arms.
US10103468B2
An electrical connecting apparatus and related systems and methods are provided. The electrical connecting apparatus includes a substantially flat body having a top surface and a bottom surface. At least one electrically conductive tooth is positioned on the body, the at least one tooth having at least one puncture point positioned beyond at least one of the top and bottom surfaces, respectively. A coating is positioned on the at least one tooth. In use, when the electrical connecting apparatus is compressed, the at least one puncture point on the at least one tooth pierces through the coating thereon.
US10103467B2
A liquid discharge apparatus is provided with a first flexible flat cable, a second flexible flat cable, a head unit, and a liquid absorbing member, the head unit includes discharge section which discharges a liquid due to driving signals being applied, a discharge surface which is provided with a discharge opening for discharging the liquid, a first connection section which is connected to the first flexible flat cable, and a second connection section which is connected to the second flexible flat cable, and the liquid absorbing member is provided between the first flexible flat cable and the second flexible flat cable.
US10103464B2
The present invention provides a connection structure of a plug-in power supply and a light source plate, and it relates to the field of electronic circuit connection. The connection structure of the plug-in power supply and the light source plate comprises: a card slot, which is soldered on the light source plate; a card, which is matched with the card slot and soldered on the power supply; metal contacts, which is arranged in the card slot; pre-printed circuits connected to the metal contacts and arranged on the card; the power supply is connected to the light source plate through the matching of the card slot and the card, which facilitates the disassembly and assembly and improves the production efficiency.
US10103463B1
An atomtronic (e.g., ultra-cold-matter physics or ion-trap) system includes a vacuum-cell structure, an integrated-circuit package with a pin-grid array, and a socket for interfacing the integrated-circuit package with external control and monitoring systems. After pins of the pin-grid array are inserted into holes of plates in the socket, the plates are moved in opposite directions so that contacts within the holes clamp in place the pins, providing electrical connections. The in-place clamping avoids stress at the seal between the integrated circuit package and the vacuum cell structure; thus, stress that could otherwise compromise the vacuum seal is avoided so as to yield a more reliable vacuum.
US10103461B2
A connection device including a plurality of substrates which are arranged overlapping with one another at predetermined intervals and have electrodes provided on respective opposing surfaces thereof, a connection member which has a main body section that is fixed to any one of the plurality of substrates, and a plurality of contact sections that are provided on the main body section and arranged among the plurality of substrates so as to respectively come in contact with the electrodes, and a fixing member which fixes the plurality of substrates and the main body section of the connection member to each other.
US10103458B2
A system and device for sealing a plurality of electrical wires to a wire attachment portion of an electrical terminal, wherein a shrinkable tubing is placed over the plurality of electrical wires such that one end thereof extends over the wire attachment portion of the electrical terminal. A band of the high viscosity sealant/adhesive is placed within the heat shrink tubing adjacent to the edge of heat shrink tubing. A band of the low viscosity sealant/adhesive is placed within the heat shrink tubing. Upon the application of heat to the device, the shrinkable tubing starts to recover, the high viscosity sealant/adhesive seals the edge of the shrinkable tubing and the low-viscosity sealant/adhesive flows across and through the plurality of electrical wires to create a seal. The high viscosity sealant/adhesive prevents flow of the low-viscosity sealant/adhesive from contaminating the electrical terminal.
US10103457B2
A terminal attached wire includes a wire and a terminal fitting. The wire includes a core wire. The core wire is made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy and is covered with a coating. The core wire is exposed at and end portion of the wire. The terminal fitting is made of copper or a copper alloy and is connected to the end portion of the wire. A sacrifice layer having a higher ionization tendency than aluminum is provided on a portion of the terminal fitting except for an electrical connection portion with another member.
US10103451B2
The disclosure concerns an antenna assembly having a substrate with an antenna radiating element and a ground conductor disposed on the substrate, the ground conductor further characterized by a plurality of ground resonators, wherein a length associated with each of the ground resonators increases as the ground resonators are distanced from the antenna radiating element. Additionally, a coaxial cable is routed around the antenna assembly for configuring the coaxial cable as an additional ground resonator associated with the antenna assembly. The resulting antenna provides wide band performance between 700 MHz and 2700 MHz with improved efficiency compared with conventional antennas.
US10103450B2
Package structures are provided for integrally packaging antennas with semiconductor RFIC (radio frequency integrated circuit) chips to form compact integrated radio/wireless communications systems that operate in the millimeter-wave and terahertz frequency ranges. For example, a package structure includes an RFIC chip, and an antenna package bonded to the RFIC chip. The antenna package includes a glass substrate, at least one planar antenna element formed on a first surface of the glass substrate, a ground plane formed on a second surface of the glass substrate, opposite the first surface, and an antenna feed line formed through the glass substrate and connected to the at least one planar antenna element. The antenna package is bonded to a surface of the RFIC chip using a layer of adhesive material.
US10103441B2
Antenna system being tunable over multiple frequency bands. One planar surface of the antenna structure has metallic radiating elements of various geometries with selectable electrical interconnections between the radiating elements. An opposite side of the antenna structure has a signal transmission network with signal feedthroughs to selected metallic radiating elements. The signal transmission network also has phase shift inducing means. Depending on the frequency band of operation, metallic radiating elements are appropriately combined through the electrical interconnections to form composite radiating elements with resonant frequencies within the frequency band of operation. Induced phase shifts in the signal paths feeding selected metallic radiating elements cause a net resultant free-space directivity gain.
US10103438B2
A magnetic field focusing assembly includes a magnetic field generating device configured to generate a magnetic field, and a split ring resonator assembly configured to be magnetically coupled to the magnetic field generating device and configured to focus the magnetic field produced by the magnetic field generating device.
US10103428B2
A high gain multi-beam aircraft blade antenna of an air-to-ground antenna systems includes multiple columnar matrix antenna elements housed within a blade. The elements are arranged to create independently steerable directed beams. A first independently steerable beam is used to provide communication. A second independently steerable beam is used to simultaneously search other signals.
US10103426B2
This invention discloses a mobile tower system in which a telescoping tower may be with a plurality of tower structures may be extended to a height much greater than its contracted length. The tower may be transported horizontal, rotated to a vertical position and then the individual tower structures extended and secured via spring pins relative to the adjacent tower structure, the erection of the tower sections may be with external equipment such as a boom truck, or utilizing an internal hydraulic cylinder.
US10103421B1
An assembly for mounting a wireless access point includes a base panel configured to be mounted to a post and to support the access point. The assembly includes a shroud configured to at least partially surround the base panel, the access point, and the post. The assembly can also include an antenna support configured to support an antenna coupled to the access point and configured to rotate between a first position and a second position. A method of mounting the access point to the post includes mounting, to the post, the base panel supporting the access point. The method also includes, after mounting the base panel to the post, coupling the shroud to the base panel such that the shroud at least partially surrounds the base panel, the access point, and the post.
US10103369B2
The invention relates to a battery retaining device, comprising a guide device which is designed to receive a vehicle battery; at least one retaining element which is designed to rigidly retain a vehicle battery received in the guide device in a mechanical manner up to a first maximum retaining force value in a first operating state and to rigidly retain the vehicle battery received in the guide device in a mechanical manner up to a second maximum retaining force value in a second operating state; and an actuator system with at least one actuator which is designed to bring the at least one retaining element from the first operating state to the second operating state.
US10103367B2
Present embodiments include a lithium ion battery module having a lineup of prismatic lithium ion battery cells positioned within a cell receptacle area of a housing of the lithium ion battery module. The prismatic battery cells of the lineup are spaced apart from one another in a spaced arrangement by fixed protrusions extending from internal surfaces of the housing forming the cell receptacle area, and the fixed protrusions extend inwardly to form a plurality of discontinuous slots across a width of the cell receptacle area.
US10103366B2
A battery array according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a plurality of battery cells, a support structure surrounding the plurality of battery cells and a first lifting feature protruding from a first wall of the support structure.
US10103362B2
A rechargeable battery includes a battery case, a cover that closes an open end of the battery case, and a power collection terminal arranged on the cover to supply power from a power generating element to an external terminal. The power collection terminal extends through a gasket arranged on a lower surface of the cover, an insulator arranged on an upper surface of the cover, and the external terminal arranged on an upper surface of the insulator. An annular sealing member is held between the lower surface of the cover and the gasket. The insulator is a resin-molded component. The insulator includes a through hole defined by an inner wall that includes a lower open end, an upper open end, and a central portion. At least one of the lower open end and the upper open end has a larger diameter than the central portion.
US10103353B2
The present application relates to an encapsulation film and an organic electronic device including the encapsulation film, and provides an encapsulation film and an organic electronic device which effectively prevents the penetration of moisture or oxygen from the outside into the organic electronic device and also achieves the light diffusion and extraction effects.
US10103349B2
The embodiments of the present invention provide an electroluminescent device and manufacturing method thereof, display substrate and display device, which relate to the field of display technology. The overall luminous efficiency of the OLED device is improved without reducing the thickness of the metal cathode, ensuring a good display effect of the OLED device. The electroluminescent device comprises a metal cathode layer, a functional layer and a transparent anode layer arranged on a basal substrate; the transparent anode layer is located on the light exit side of the electroluminescent device; the functional layer is located between the metal cathode layer and the transparent anode layer; the functional layer comprises an electron transport layer, an emitting layer and a hole transport layer sequentially arranged from the metal cathode layer.
US10103348B2
A method for manufacturing the OLED includes: forming an anode, a cathode layer and an intermediate layer; forming a patterned first organic material layer on the cathode layer; forming a patterned second organic material layer on the first organic material layer using a material different from that of the first organic material layer, wherein a projection of the first organic material layer in a direction perpendicular to a major plane of the OLED overlaps with a projection of the second organic material layer in the direction; and forming an auxiliary electrode on the cathode layer, wherein a projection of the auxiliary electrode in the direction perpendicular to the major plane of the OLED does not overlap with the projections of the first organic material layer and the second organic material layer in the direction.
US10103347B2
A transparent electrode includes: a substrate; and a conductive metal layer on the substrate. The conductive metal layer has a thin metal wire and a plating layer. The plating layer covers the thin metal wire. The transparent electrode further includes a transparent conductive layer on a surface of the substrate on a side on which the thin metal wire is formed. The transparent conductive layer covers the substrate and the conductive metal layer. The thin metal wire is formed using a metal nanoparticle ink or a metal complex ink.
US10103345B2
Provided are a quantum dot light-emitting diode including an interface control layer located between a luminous material layer using quantum dots as a luminous material and at least one charge transfer layer for supplying charges to the luminous material layer, and a quantum dot light-emitting display device including the same. Since the interface control layer is provided between the luminous material layer and the at least one charge transfer layer, the occurrence of an interface defect due to an interfacial energy mismatch between the luminous material layer and the at least one charge transfer layer may be prevented to obtain the luminous material layer including quantum dots with uniform morphology. Furthermore, since the interface control layer is used, oxygen or moisture may be prevented from permeating into the luminous material layer, thereby preventing degradation of the quantum dots used as a luminous material.
US10103344B2
An electroluminescence display device includes a pixel electrode; a first organic layer provided on the pixel electrode; a light emitting layer provided on the first organic layer; a second organic layer provided on the light emitting layer; and a counter electrode provided on the second organic layer. The light emitting layer includes a host material, a light emitting dopant material and an assist dopant material. The light emitting dopant material has a first concentration distribution in a thickness direction of the light emitting layer; the assist dopant material has a second concentration distribution in the thickness direction of the light emitting layer; and the first concentration distribution has a concentration peak in a range of the second concentration distribution.
US10103342B2
An organic light-emitting diode display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a substrate, a scan line formed over the substrate and configured to provide a scan signal, and a data line crossing the scan line and configured to provide a data voltage. A driving voltage line crosses the scan line and is configured to provide a driving voltage. The display also includes a switching transistor electrically connected to the scan line and the data line and a driving transistor electrically connected to the switching transistor and including a driving gate electrode, a driving source electrode, and a driving drain electrode. The display further includes a storage capacitor including a first storage electrode formed over the driving transistor and the driving gate electrode as a second storage electrode. The second storage electrode overlaps the first storage electrode in the depth dimension and extends from the driving voltage line.
US10103339B2
The present invention discloses an iridium complexes and the organic EL device employing the iridium complexes as light emitting guest of emitting layer can display good performance like as lower driving voltage and power consumption, increasing efficiency and half-life time. Additional, the present invention provide the suitable emitting host (H1 to H6) to collocate with the energy level of iridium complexes for the present invention. Also provided a novel preparation method to synthesize the novel ligand such as 6-bromo-3,3-dimethyl-1-phenyl-1,3-dihydroindeno[2,1-b]carbazole.
US10103336B2
The present specification provides a heterocyclic compound and an organic light emitting device using the same.
US10103331B2
The present invention relates to slurry for polishing crystalline phase-change materials and to a method for producing a phase-change device using the same. The slurry for polishing crystalline phase-change materials according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises an abrasive, an alkaline abrasive enhancer, an oxidizing agent having a standard reduction potential higher than that of perchlorates, and ultrapure water. In addition, the method for producing a phase-change device according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the following steps: preparing a substrate; forming a crystalline phase-change material film on the substrate; and removing the phase-change material film through a chemical-mechanical polishing process using slurry for polishing phase-change materials, which comprises an abrasive, an alkaline abrasive enhancer, an oxidizing agent having a standard reduction potential higher than that of perchlorates, and ultrapure water.
US10103319B2
A material stack of a synthetic anti-ferromagnetic (SAF) reference layer of a perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) may include an SAF coupling layer. The material stack may also include and an amorphous spacer layer on the SAF coupling layer. The amorphous spacer layer may include an alloy or multilayer of tantalum and cobalt or tantalum and iron or cobalt and iron and tantalum. The amorphous spacer layer may also include a treated surface of the SAF coupling layer.
US10103317B2
Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention implement efficient magnetoelectric junctions (MEJs). In one embodiment, an MEJ system includes: at least one MEJ, and a first layer including a piezoelectric material disposed proximate at least one MEJ; where the straining of at least some portion of the first layer including a piezoelectric material causes at least some portion of at least one MEJ to experience a stress and a related strain.
US10103315B2
An electro-mechanical transduction element includes a lower electrode formed above a substrate; an electro-mechanical transduction film which is formed on the lower electrode and includes a perovskite-type crystal containing lead zirconate titanate (PZT); and an upper electrode formed on the electro-mechanical transduction film, wherein, in a state where the electro-mechanical transduction film is not bound by the substrate, a peak position of X-ray diffraction caused by a plane (200) of the electro-mechanical transduction film is 2θ=44.45° or greater and 44.75° or smaller, and a peak of diffraction caused by the plane (200) or a plane (400) of the electro-mechanical transduction film has an asymmetry property.
US10103312B2
A thermoelectric conversion device including an n-type thermoelectric converter, a p-type thermoelectric converter, a high temperature-side electrode with which one end of the n-type thermoelectric converter and one end of the p-type thermoelectric converter are put into contact, a first low temperature-side electrode in contact with another end of the n-type thermoelectric converter, and a second low temperature-side electrode in contact with another end of the p-type thermoelectric converter, wherein in the n-type thermoelectric converter, the side in contact with the high temperature-side electrode is composed of a carrier generation semiconductor containing Mg2Sn, and in the n-type thermoelectric converter, the side in contact with the first low temperature-side electrode is composed of a carrier transfer semiconductor containing Mg2Si1-xSnx, wherein 0.6≤x≤0.7, and a first n-type dopant.
US10103304B2
A LED module includes a substrate, a LED chip supported on the substrate, a metal wiring installed on the substrate, the metal wiring including a mounting portion on which the LED chip is mounted, an encapsulating resin configured to cover the LED chip and the metal wiring, and a clad member configured to cover the metal wiring to expose the mounting portion, the encapsulating resin arranged to cover the clad member.
US10103286B2
A package structure of a long-distance sensor includes a substrate, a light-emitting chip, a sensing chip, two packaging gel bodies, and a cap. The substrate has a bearing surface. The light-emitting chip and the sensing chip are disposed on the bearing surface and separated from each other. The two packaging gel bodies cover the light-emitting chip and the sensing chip respectively and are separated from each other. The cap is disposed on the bearing surface and the packaging gel bodies, fastened to the bearing surface and the packaging gel bodies by adhesive, and provided with a light-emitting hole located above the light-emitting chip and a light-receiving hole located above the sensing chip.
US10103278B2
A method to integrate a vertical IMPATT diode in a planar process.
US10103276B2
A thin film transistor substrate includes: a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each of the pixels including: a thin film transistor including: a gate electrode made of a metal and disposed on the substrate; a gate insulating film covering at least the gate electrode; a semiconductor layer including an oxide semiconductor provided at a position facing the gate electrode with the gate insulating film interposed therebetween; a source electrode and a drain electrode in contact with the semiconductor layer; and an interlayer insulating film provided on at least the semiconductor layer, the source electrode, and the drain electrode; and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the drain electrode. The gate electrode has hydrogen occlusion capability of 2.5×1020 to 2×1022 atoms/cm3, and the semiconductor layer has a hydrogen concentration of 1×1016 atoms/cm3 or less.
US10103269B2
The present specification relates to a thin-film transistor substrate and a display device including the same.
US10103267B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor fin, a first silicon nitride based layer, a lining oxide layer, a second silicon nitride based layer and a gate oxide layer. The semiconductor fin has a top surface, a first side surface adjacent to the top surface, and a second side surface which is disposed under and adjacent to the first side surface. The first silicon nitride based layer peripherally encloses the second side surface of the semiconductor fin. The lining oxide layer is disposed conformal to the first silicon nitride based layer. The second silicon nitride based layer is disposed conformal to the lining oxide layer. The gate oxide layer is disposed conformal to the top surface and the first side surface of the semiconductor fin.
US10103265B1
A CMOS device is disclosed, including a plurality of active regions having a length along a first direction, wherein the active regions are arranged end-to-end along the first direction and are separated by an isolation structure. A recessed region is formed in the isolation structure between the adjacent terminals of the each pair of neighboring active regions and is completely filled by an interlayer dielectric layer, wherein the interlayer dielectric layer comprises a stress.
US10103264B2
A circuit device having differently-strained NMOS and PMOS FinFETs is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate with a first fin structure and a second fin structure formed thereup. The first fin structure includes opposing source/drain regions disposed above a surface of the substrate; a channel region disposed between the opposing source/drain regions and disposed above the surface of the substrate; and a first buried layer disposed between the channel region and the substrate. The first buried layer includes a compound semiconductor oxide. The second fin structure includes a second buried layer disposed between the substrate and a channel region of the second fin structure, such that the second buried layer is different in composition from the first. For example, the second fin structure may be free of the compound semiconductor oxide.
US10103260B1
A semiconductor device including a first P-type well region and an asymmetric second P-type well region each formed in a semiconductor substrate; a gate insulating layer and a gate electrode formed on the substrate; a first N-type source/drain region and a second N-type source/drain region that are formed on respective sides of the gate electrode; and an asymmetric LDD region of N-type formed to extend from the second source/drain region, wherein the asymmetric second P-type well region encompasses the second N-type source/drain region and the asymmetric LDD region, and the first N-type source/drain region both the asymmetric second P-type well region and the substrate, and the asymmetric second P-type well region is formed encompassing the second N-type source/drain region and in contact with the first N-type source/drain region.
US10103257B1
A plurality of trench stripes are disposed in parallel in an epitaxial layer on a drain and extends from a top region to a bottom region of a first surface of the semiconductor. A first polysilicon layer is in each of the trench stripes. The first polysilicon layer extends between the drain and the first surface proximal to the top region and the bottom region, and between the drain and a level below the first surface in a middle region between the top region and the bottom region. A second polysilicon layer is over the first polysilicon layer in the middle region, wherein the first poly silicon layer forms a shield, and the second polysilicon layer forms a gate. A source is in a silicon mesa stripe surrounding the first trench stripe.
US10103256B2
A semiconductor device, including a first groove, a second groove and a first impurity region provided on a semiconductor substrate, a second impurity region provided in the first impurity region, a gate electrode provided in the first groove, a first insulating film provided between the first groove and the gate electrode, a second insulating film provided in the second groove, and a third insulating film provided astride tops of the first groove and the second groove. Each of the first and second insulating films has a lower half portion that is thicker than an upper half portion thereof. The lower half portions of the first and second insulating films are connected. The gate electrode has first and second portions thereof respectively contacting the lower and upper half portions of the first insulating film, a width of the first portion being narrower than a width of the second portion.
US10103250B2
A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same, the semiconductor device includes a fin shaped structure, a gate structure, an epitaxial layer, an interlayer dielectric layer, a first plug and a protection layer. The fin shaped structure is disposed on a substrate, and the gate structure is across the fin shaped structure. The epitaxial layer is disposed in the fin shaped structure, adjacent to the gate structure. The interlayer dielectric layer covers the substrate and the fin shaped structure. The first plug is formed in the interlayer dielectric layer, wherein the first plug is electrically connected to the epitaxial layer. The protection layer is disposed between the first plug and the gate structure.
US10103236B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a conductive pattern on a substrate, forming a filling insulation layer covering the conductive pattern, forming a contact hole in the filling insulation layer and adjacent to the conductive pattern, forming an opening in the conductive pattern by removing a portion of the conductive pattern adjacent to the contact hole such that the opening is connected to the contact hole, and forming a contact plug filling the contact hole and the opening. A width of the opening is greater than a width of the contact hole.
US10103228B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, having a drain region, a body region, and a source region, a gate electrode, facing the body region via a gate insulating film, a first pillar layer disposed inside the semiconductor layer so as to be continuous to the body region, and a trap level region, disposed inside the semiconductor layer and containing charged particles that form a trap level, and an electric field concentration portion, where an electric field concentrates in an off state in which a channel is not formed in the body region, and the trap level region are disposed at mutually different depth positions in a depth direction of the first pillar layer.
US10103227B2
A method for manufacturing a power semiconductor device includes: forming a drift region of a first conductivity type, a second emitter region of a second conductivity type, a pn-junction between the second emitter region and drift region, and a first emitter region having a first doping region of the first conductivity type and a second doping region of the first conductivity type; forming a first emitter metallization in contact with the first emitter region to form an ohmic contact between the first emitter metallization and the first doping region, and to form a non-ohmic contact between the first emitter metallization and the second doping region; and forming a second emitter metallization in contact with the second emitter region. The first emitter region is formed using a mask that is aligned with respect to the second emitter region, so that the first and second doping regions are formed in aligned relation.
US10103226B2
A method of manufacturing a tunnel field effect transistor (TFET) includes forming on a substrate covered by an epitaxially grown source material a dummy gate stack surrounded by sidewall spacers; forming doped source and drain regions followed by forming an inter-layer dielectric surrounding the sidewall spacers; removing the dummy gate stack, etching a self-aligned cavity; epitaxially growing a thin channel region within the self-aligned etch cavity; conformally depositing gate dielectric and metal gate materials within the self-aligned etch cavity; and planarizing the top surface of the replacement metal gate stack to remove the residues of the gate dielectric and metal gate materials.
US10103221B2
The present examples relate to a power semiconductor device. The present examples also relate to a power semiconductor device that maintains a breakdown voltage and reduces a gate capacitance through improving the structure of an Injection Enhanced Gate Transistor (IEGT), and thereby reduces strength of an electric field compared to alternative technologies. Accordingly, the present examples provide a power semiconductor device with a small energy consumption and with an improved switching functionality.
US10103218B1
A metal-insulator-metal capacitor (MIM cap) includes a dielectric layer disposed over a substrate three contacts. A stacked structure of first and second metal layers separated by high-k dielectrics is disposed over the substrate and contacts. Three vias are formed through the structure to expose each of the three contacts. Selective etching is used to create gaps between the various metal layers at the location of the vias and these gaps are filled with an insulator. The vias are then filled with metal and the MIM cap is constructed such that the metal of the first via is electrically connected to the second metal layers and the metal of the second via is electrically connected to the first metal layers.
US10103209B2
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a touch sensible organic light emitting device. The organic light emitting device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises: a substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate; an organic light emitting element connected to the thin film transistor and receiving a data voltage; a plurality of encapsulation thin films disposed on the organic light emitting element, and encapsulating the thin film transistor and the organic light emitting element; a planarization layer disposed on the encapsulation thin film; and a touch sensor disposed on the planarization layer.
US10103208B2
A display device includes a scan line extending in a first direction, a data line and a driving voltage line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a switching thin film transistor (“TFT”) connected to the scan line and the data line, a driving TFT connected to the switching TFT and including a driving semiconductor layer and a driving gate electrode, a storage capacitor connected to the driving TFT and including first and second storage capacitor plates, a node connection line between the data line and the driving voltage line and connected to the driving gate electrode, and a shielding portion between the data line and the node connection line.
US10103206B2
Provided is a manufacturing method of a display device, which includes: forming a first electrode; forming a first insulating film covering an edge portion of the first electrode and having an opening portion overlapping with the first electrode; forming an EL layer over the first electrode and the first insulating film; forming a second electrode over the EL layer; forming a second insulating film over the second electrode so as to overlap with the first insulating film; removing the second insulating film; and forming a sealing film over the second electrode.
US10103202B2
In an organic EL element including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a light emitting layer (recombination layer) provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, an electron transport layer and an electron injection layer are provided between the light emitting layer and the negative electrode, and are sequentially arranged in the direction from the light emitting layer to the negative electrode. A hole injection layer and a hole transport layer are provided between the light emitting layer and the positive electrode, and are sequentially arranged in the direction from the positive electrode to the light emitting layer. A buffer layer for suppressing the electron trapping properties is provided between the light emitting layer and the hole transport layer.
US10103201B2
A flexible display device includes a flexible substrate, an inorganic barrier layer, a metal layer, an organic buffer layer, and an insulating layer. The inorganic barrier layer is located on the flexible substrate. The metal layer is located on the inorganic barrier layer and in contact with the inorganic barrier layer. The organic buffer layer covers the inorganic barrier layer and the metal layer, and has at least one conductive via connected to the metal layer. The insulating layer is located on the organic buffer layer.
US10103200B2
A resistive random access memory (RRAM) structure includes a resistive memory element formed on a semiconductor substrate and designed for data storage. The resistive element includes a resistive material layer. The resistive element further includes first and second electrodes interposed by the resistive material layer. The resistive element further includes a field effect transistor (FET) formed on the semiconductor substrate and coupled with the resistive memory element, wherein the FET includes asymmetric source and drain, the drain having a higher doping concentration than the source. The resistive memory element is coupled with the drain.
US10103190B2
An image sensor may include a symmetrical imaging pixel with a floating diffusion region. The floating diffusion region may be formed in the center of the imaging pixel. A shallow p-well may be formed around the floating diffusion region. A transfer gate configured to transfer charge from a photodiode to the floating diffusion region may be ring-shaped with an opening that overlaps the floating diffusion region. Isolation regions including deep trench isolation and a p-well may surround the photodiode of the imaging pixel. A p-stripe may couple the shallow p-well around the floating diffusion region to the isolation regions. The floating diffusion regions of neighboring pixels may be coupled together with additional conductive layers to implement shared configurations.
US10103184B2
Disclosed are a latch circuit receiving a negative output of a next stage latch circuit as a feedback input, a double data rate (DDR) ring counter based on the latch circuit to perform DDR counting of pulse periods and reduce the number of toggles, a hybrid counting device counting lower-bit portion by using the latch-based DDR ring counter and upper-bit portion by using a binary counter, and an analog-to-digital converting device and a CMOS image sensor employing the hybrid counting device. A double data rate ring counter may include a plurality of latches coupled in a ring type. The plurality of latches may include positive-edge-triggered latches and negative-edge-triggered latches arranged alternately. A current stage latch receives an output of a previous latch stage to shift to a next latch stage according to a counter clock, receives an output of the next latch stage to check a data shift to the next latch stage, and falls to a low level if the data shift is checked.
US10103182B2
A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate having one principle surface including recessed portions, and insulation bodies in the recessed portions. The semiconductor substrate includes photoelectric conversion elements each of which includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type, and a third semiconductor region of the second conductivity type which has at least a portion disposed nearer to the principle surface relative to the second semiconductor region. The second semiconductor region has a polarity of signal charge. The second semiconductor region is in contact with the first and third semiconductor regions. Signal charge paths are disposed between the recessed portions in a cross section perpendicular to the principle surface. At least one of the second and third semiconductor regions is positioned in directions of at least two of the signal charge paths.
US10103181B2
A solid-state imaging device includes: pixels arranged in a matrix; a vertical signal line provided for each column, conveying a pixel signal; a power line provided for each column, proving a power supply voltage; and a feedback signal line provided for each column, conveying a signal from a peripheral circuit to a pixel, in which each of the pixels includes: an N-type diffusion layer; a photoelectric conversion element above the N-type diffusion layer; and a charge accumulation node between the N-type diffusion layer and the photoelectric conversion element, accumulating signal charge generated in the photoelectric conversion element, the feedback signal line, a metal line which is a part of the charge accumulation node, the vertical signal line, and the power line are disposed in a second interconnect layer, and the vertical signal line and the power line are disposed between the feedback signal line and the metal line.
US10103175B2
A method of forming a fin-shaped structure includes the following steps. A substrate having at least a fin structure thereon is provided. A liner is formed on sidewalls of the fin structure. An oxide layer is formed between the fin structure and the substrate. The fin structure is removed until a bottom layer of the fin structure is reserved, to form a recess between the liner. A buffer epitaxial layer and an epitaxial layer are sequentially formed in the recess. A top part of the liner is removed until sidewalls of the epitaxial layer are exposed. Moreover, a fin-shaped structure formed by said method is also provided.
US10103171B2
An integrated circuit containing elongated contacts, including elongated contacts which connect to at least three active areas and/or MOS gates, and including elongated contacts which connect to exactly two active areas and/or MOS gates and directly connect to a first level interconnect. A process of forming an integrated circuit containing elongated contacts, including elongated contacts which connect to at least three active areas and/or MOS gates, using exactly two contact photolithographic exposure operations, and including elongated contacts which connect to exactly two active areas and/or MOS gates and directly connect to a first level interconnect.
US10103165B2
A memory device includes a gate structure including a plurality of gate electrode layers stacked on an upper surface of a substrate, a plurality of vertical holes extending in a direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the substrate to penetrate through the gate structure, and a plurality of vertical structures in the plurality of vertical holes, respectively, each vertical structure of the plurality of vertical structures including an embedded insulating layer, and a plurality of channel layers separated from each other, the plurality of channel layers being outside the embedded insulating layer.
US10103162B2
Provided is a vertical neuromorphic devices stacked structure comprising a main gate which is formed on a substrate and has a vertical pillar shape, a main gate insulating layer stack formed on outer side surface of the main gate; a semiconductor region formed on outer side surface of the main gate insulating layer stack, a plurality of electrode layers formed on the side surface of the semiconductor region, a plurality of control gates formed on the side surface of the semiconductor region; and a plurality of control gate insulating layer stacks which are surrounding surfaces of the control gates and are formed between the control gate and the semiconductor region, and between the control gate and the electrode layer, and wherein the electrode layers and the control gates surrounded by the control gate insulating layer stack are stacked sequentially and alternately on the side surface of the semiconductor region.
US10103160B2
Semiconductor structures may include a stack of alternating dielectric materials and control gates, charge storage structures laterally adjacent to the control gates, a charge block material between each of the charge storage structures and the laterally adjacent control gates, and a pillar extending through the stack of alternating oxide materials and control gates. Each of the dielectric materials in the stack has at least two portions of different densities and/or different rates of removal. Also disclosed are methods of fabricating such semiconductor structures.
US10103155B2
A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment, includes a first semiconductor member, a second semiconductor member, an insulating member, a plurality of electrode films, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The first semiconductor member and the second semiconductor member are separated in a first direction and extending in a second direction. The second direction crosses the first direction. The insulating member is provided between the first semiconductor member and the second semiconductor member. The plurality of electrode films are arranged to be separated from each other along the second direction. Each of the electrode films surrounds the first semiconductor member, the second semiconductor member, and the insulating member when viewed from the second direction. The first electrode is provided between the first semiconductor member and the electrode film. The second electrode is provided between the second semiconductor member and the electrode film.
US10103147B1
Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same include forming vertical semiconductor channels on a bottom source/drain layer in a first-type region and a second-type region. A gate dielectric layer is formed on sidewalls of the vertical semiconductor channels. A first-type work function layer is formed in the first-type region. A second-type work function layer is formed in both the first-type region and the second-type region. A thickness matching layer is formed in the second-type region such that a stack of layers in the first-type region has a same thickness as a stack of layers in the second-type region. Top source/drain regions are formed on a top portion of the vertical channels.
US10103145B1
A semiconductor structure, such as a microchip that includes a finFET, includes fins that have a 2D material, such as Graphene, upon at least the fin sidewalls. The thickness of the 2D material sidewall may be tuned to achieve desired finFET band gap control. Neighboring fins of the semiconductor structure form fin wells. The semiconductor structure may include a fin cap upon each fin and the 2D material is formed upon the sidewalls of the fin and the bottom surface of the fin wells. The semiconductor structure may include a well-plug at the bottom of the fin wells and the 2D material is formed upon the sidewalls and upper surface of the fins. The semiconductor structure may include both fin caps and well-plugs such that the 2D material is formed only upon the sidewalls of the fins.
US10103142B2
Integrated circuit devices are provided. The devices may include first and second fin-shaped channel regions protruding from a substrate, and the first and second fin-shaped channel regions may define a recess therebetween. The devices may also include an isolation layer in a lower portion of the recess. The isolation layer may include a first stress liner extending along a side of the first fin-shaped channel region, a second stress liner extending along a side of the second fin-shaped channel region and an insulation liner between the first stress liner and the side of the first fin-shaped channel region and between the second stress liner and the side of the second fin-shaped channel region. The devices may further include a gate insulation layer on surfaces of upper portions of the first and second fin-shaped channel regions and a gate electrode layer on the gate insulation layer.
US10103140B2
A switch circuit includes a first MOS transistor and a second MOS transistor of a same conductivity type connected in parallel between a first terminal and a second terminal of the switch circuit, the first and second MOS transistors having respective gate terminals coupled to the control terminal to receive a control signal to turn the first and second MOS transistors on or off. The first MOS transistor is characterized by a first reverse gate-to-drain capacitance (Crss) and the second MOS transistor is characterized by a second Crss that is greater than the first Crss.
US10103134B2
Methods of making semiconductor device packages may involve attaching a first semiconductor die to a carrier wafer, an inactive surface of the first semiconductor die facing the carrier wafer. One or more additional semiconductor die may be stacked on the first semiconductor die on a side of the first semiconductor die opposite the carrier wafer to form a stack of semiconductor dice. A protective material may be positioned over the stack of semiconductor dice, a portion of the protective material extending along side surfaces of the first semiconductor die to a location proximate the inactive surface of the first semiconductor die. The carrier wafer may be detached from the first semiconductor die.
US10103125B2
A chip package structure is provided. The chip package structure includes a chip structure. The chip package structure includes a first ground bump below the chip structure. The chip package structure includes a conductive shielding film disposed over the chip structure and extending onto the first ground bump. The conductive shielding film is electrically connected to the first ground bump.
US10103124B2
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip including plural circuit blocks provided on a semiconductor substrate, and plural through-silicon vias that are arranged so as to surround the outer periphery of each of the plural circuit blocks and that penetrate the semiconductor substrate, and a second semiconductor chip that is stacked on the first semiconductor chip, and that is supplied with a power source through the plural through-silicon vias.
US10103118B2
Wafers and methods of forming solder balls include etching a hole in a final redistribution layer over a terminal contact pad on a wafer to expose the terminal contact pad. Solder is injected into the hole using an injection nozzle that is in direct contact with the final redistribution layer. The final redistribution layer is etched back. The injected solder is reflowed to form a solder ball.
US10103113B2
A step of forming bump pads on the surface of the substrate corresponding to the cavity region, and covering the whole surface with a second insulating layer, forming a copper barrier on the surface of a second insulating layer corresponding to the cavity region for protection of the second insulating layer, forming a third insulating layer, and forming a copper layer for electrical circuit. A mask is formed on the copper later of the external circuit so that only the cavity region is exposed. The cavity is formed by laser-drilling only the surface-exposed area of the third insulating layer. The bottom copper layer protects the second insulating layer and bump pads underneath from laser damages. The copper barrier is removed by chemical etch after the laser drill. The second insulating layer with the bottom surface exposed will be removed via sand blast process, exposing the bump pads fabricated.
US10103110B2
A semiconductor package structure and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The fabrication method comprises: providing a substrate strip, the substrate strip comprising a plurality of substrate units which comprise a substrate unit; disposing a plurality of chips on the plurality of substrate units; disposing a packaging encapsulant on the substrate strip to encapsulate the chips; forming a warp-resistant layer on a top surface of the packaging encapsulant; and dividing the substrate strip to separate the plurality of substrate units to further fabricate a plurality of semiconductor package structures which comprise a semiconductor package structure comprising the substrate unit, wherein the warp-resistant layer is formed of a selected material with a selected thickness to make a variation of warpage of the semiconductor package structure at a temperature between 25° C. and 260° C. to be smaller than 560 μm.
US10103106B2
The present disclosure relates to an integrated circuit module with electromagnetic shielding. The integrated circuit module includes a die with an input/output (I/O) port at a bottom surface of the die, a mold compound partially encapsulating the die and leaving the bottom surface of the die exposed, a first dielectric pattern over the bottom surface of the die, a redistribution structure over the first dielectric pattern, and a shielding structure. The I/O port at the bottom surface of the die is exposed through the first dielectric pattern. The redistribution structure includes a shield connected element that is coupled to the I/O port and extends laterally beyond the die. The shielding structure resides over a top surface of the mold compound, extends along side surfaces of the mold compound, and is in contact with the shield connected element. Herein, the shielding structure does not extend vertically beyond the shield connected element.
US10103101B2
A semiconductor device includes: a first interconnection line and a second interconnection line which extend apart from each other on a first plane at a first level on a substrate; a bypass interconnection line that extends on a second plane at a second level on the substrate; and a plurality of contact plugs for connecting the bypass interconnection line to the first interconnection line and the second interconnection line. A method includes forming a bypass interconnection line spaced apart from a substrate and forming on a same plane a plurality of interconnection lines connected to the bypass interconnection line via a plurality of contact plugs.
US10103099B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a semiconductor device and methods of forming the same. A representative embodiment includes a method of forming a semiconductor device that includes a first conductive feature over a substrate, a dielectric layer over the conductive feature, and an opening through the dielectric layer to the first conductive feature. The method further includes selectively forming a first capping layer over the first conductive feature in the opening, and a second conductive feature on the first capping layer.
US10103096B2
A semiconductor device (10) of the present invention includes at least one circuit unit (41, 42, 43) which includes: a device main body (20); and a power supply terminal (31, 32, 33), an output terminal (34, 35, 36), and a ground terminal (37, 38, 39) which protrude from the device main body (20). The output terminal (34, 35, 36) protrudes from the device main body (20) in an opposite direction to the ground terminal (37, 38, 39). The power supply terminal (31, 32, 33) protrudes in a same direction as the ground terminal (37, 38, 39) and is positioned so as to be shifted in a direction orthogonal to an arrangement direction of the output terminal (34, 35, 36) and the ground terminal (37, 38, 39).
US10103092B2
A multilayer substrate includes a flexible element assembly including a principal surface, a first to an n-th external electrode disposed on the principal surface, and at least one first dummy conductor disposed inside the element assembly and being in a floating state. When the element assembly is viewed from a normal direction that is normal to the principal surface, a distance between an m-th external electrode and a nearest external electrode therefrom among the first to the n-th external electrodes is defined as a distance Dm, an average of distances D1 to Dn is defined as an average Dave, and when the element assembly is viewed from the normal direction, an area within a circle with a center on the m-th external electrode and with a radius of Dm is defined as an area Am. The first dummy conductor is located in at least one area Am with a radius of Dm smaller than the average Dave when viewed from the normal direction.
US10103090B2
The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, and an electro-conductive first plate-like part electrically connected to a top-face-side electrode of the semiconductor element and including a first joint part projecting from a side face, and an electro-conductive second plate-like part including a second joint part projecting from a side face. A bottom face of the first joint part and a top face of the second joint part face one another, and are electrically connected via an electro-conductive bonding material. A bonding-material-thickness ensuring means is provided in a zone where the bottom face of the first joint part and the top face of the second joint part face one another to ensure a thickness of the electro-conductive bonding material between an upper portion of a front end of the second joint part and the bottom face of the first joint part.
US10103086B2
A fixing frame for a heat sink includes boards, at least one foldable plate, and connection members. The boards surround a hollow area, and the hollow area includes a main accommodating space and at least one subsidiary accommodating space at one side of the main accommodating space. At least one foldable plate is detachably connected to one of the boards and is disposed in the subsidiary accommodating space. The connection members are disposed on the boards. By means of the connection members, the fixing frame mounts the heat sink on a circuit board of various sizes to dissipate heat therefrom.
US10103081B2
A heat sink (100) for an electronic device comprising a first plate (102), a second plate (104) and a pipe (106). One side of the first plate (102) is in thermal contact with the electronic device. The second plate (104) is in thermal contact with the other side of the first plate (102). Further, the second plate (104) includes a hole and placed such that, a gap for airflow maintained between the first plate (102) and the second plate (104). One end the pipe (106) thermally coupled to the second plate (104). Thus facilitating the air flowing into the pipe (106) through the other end escapes the heat sink through the gap maintained between the first plate (102) and the second plate (104) via the hole on the second plate (104).
US10103080B2
The present disclosure relates to a thermally enhanced semiconductor package, which includes a module substrate, a thinned flip chip die over the substrate, a first mold compound component, and a thermally enhanced mold compound component. The first mold compound component resides over the module substrate, surrounds the thinned flip chip die, and extends above an upper surface of the thinned flip chip die to form a cavity over the upper surface of the thinned flip chip die. The thermally enhanced mold compound component includes a lower portion filling a lower region of the cavity and residing over the upper surface of the thinned flip chip die, and an upper portion filling an upper region of the cavity and residing over the lower portion. A first average thermal conductivity of the lower portion is at least 1.2 times greater than a second average thermal conductivity of the upper portion.
US10103076B2
A method includes coupling a first major surface of a semiconductor die to a metallic body, depositing an insulation body over said semiconductor die, and removing a portion of said insulation body to expose a plurality of electrodes of said semiconductor die on a second major surface of said semiconductor die opposite said first surface. The method further includes forming a plurality of conductive pads over the plurality of electrodes, each conductive pad of said plurality of conductive pads providing an external connection for a respective one of said plurality of electrodes, wherein each conductive pad of said plurality of conductive pads has an area larger than an area of said respective one of said plurality of electrodes to which the respective conforming conductive pad of said plurality of conductive pads is coupled and extending over said insulation body.
US10103075B2
When VC inspection for a TEG is performed, it is easily detected whether any failure of a contact plug occurs or not by increasing an emission intensity of a contact plug, so that reliability of a semiconductor device is improved. An element structure of an SRAM is formed on an SOI substrate in a chip region. Also, in a TEG region, an element structure of an SRAM in which a contact plug is connected to a semiconductor substrate is formed on the semiconductor substrate exposed from an SOI layer and a BOX film as a TEG used for the VC inspection.
US10103066B2
A method of forming a logic cell utilizing a TS gate cross-couple construct and the resulting device are provided. Embodiments include forming active fins and dummy fins on a substrate, the dummy fins adjacent to each other and between the active fins; forming STI regions between and next to the active and dummy fins; forming gate structures in parallel across the active and dummy fins; forming a gate cut region by cutting the gate structures between the dummy fins; forming a TS layer between the gate structures, the TS layer crossing the gate cut region; and forming a contact connecting a gate structure and the TS layer on a first side of the gate cut region and forming a contact connecting a gate structure and the TS layer on a second side of the gate cut region, the TS layer and contacts cross coupling the gate structures.
US10103059B2
A method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device includes forming on a front surface of a silicon carbide substrate of a first conductivity type, a silicon carbide layer of the first conductivity type of a lower concentration; selectively forming a region of a second conductivity type in a surface portion of the silicon carbide layer; selectively forming a source region of the first conductivity type in the region; forming a source electrode electrically connected to the source region; forming a gate insulating film on a surface of the region between the silicon carbide layer and the source region; forming a gate electrode on the gate insulating film; forming a drain electrode on a rear surface of the substrate; forming metal wiring comprising aluminum for the device, the metal wiring being connected to the source electrode; and performing low temperature nitrogen annealing after the metal wiring is formed.
US10103055B2
An expansion sheet is adapted to be held and expanded by an expanding apparatus when a platelike workpiece is attached to the expansion sheet. The expansion sheet has a peripheral area around the workpiece where the expansion sheet is adapted to be held by first, second, third, and fourth holding units that are moveable away from each other. The expansion sheet includes a base sheet and an adhesive layer formed on the base sheet, the adhesive layer having adhesion adapted to be reduced by applying ultraviolet light. The adhesion of the adhesive layer in the peripheral area of the expansion sheet is lower than that in the other area of the expansion sheet.
US10103053B1
Some embodiments include methods in which a structure has a first semiconductor material over a dielectric region, a second semiconductor material under the dielectric region, an insulative wall laterally surrounding a volume of the first semiconductor material, and a first doped region along a lower surface of the first semiconductor material. The first semiconductor material is patterned to form a pillar within a tub. The pillar has top and bottom portions. An upper doped region is formed within the pillar top portion. A dielectric liner is formed to extend along the pillar, and to extend along the bottom of the tub. Conductive gate material is formed within the tub and over the dielectric liner. The lower and upper doped regions within the pillar are first and second source/drain regions, respectively, and the conductive gate material includes a transistor gate which gatedly couples the first and second source/drain regions.
US10103050B2
Stress compensated systems and methods of compensating for electrical and mechanical stress are discussed. One example system can include a first circuit and a global stress compensation component. The first circuit can be configured to generate a first signal and can comprise at least one local stress compensation component (e.g., employing dynamic element matching, chopping, etc.). The global stress compensation component can comprise one or more stress sensors configured to sense one or more stress components associated with the system. The global stress compensation component can be configured to receive the first signal and to compensate for stress effects on the first signal.
US10103048B2
A process is disclosed for using two polymeric bonding material layers to bond a device wafer and carrier wafer in a way that allows debonding to occur between the two layers under low-force conditions at room temperature. Optionally, a third layer is included at the interface between the two layers of polymeric bonding material to facilitate the debonding at this interface. This process can potentially improve bond line stability during backside processing of temporarily bonded wafers, simplify the preparation of bonded wafers by eliminating the need for specialized release layers, and reduce wafer cleaning time and chemical consumption after debonding.
US10103038B1
Semiconductor devices having a semiconductor die electrically coupled to a redistribution structure and a molded material over the redistribution structure are disclosed herein, along with associated systems and methods. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die attached to a first side of a substrate-free redistribution structure, and a plurality of conductive columns extending through a molded material disposed on the first side of the redistribution structure. The semiconductor device can also include a second redistribution structure on the molded material and electrically coupled to the conductive columns. A semiconductor device can be manufactured using a single carrier and requiring processing on only a single side of the semiconductor device.
US10103036B2
A packing method for a semiconductor device includes a step of preparing the semiconductor device that has a sealing body having a principal surface and a plurality of leads, and a step of preparing a base carrier tape that has a peripheral portion, a step portion, and a pocket portion. The method further includes a step of placing the semiconductor device in the pocket portion, a step of bonding a cover tape to the step portion in such a manner that the sealing body is pressed against the base carrier tape, and a step of winding the base carrier tape with the semiconductor device placed therein and with the cover tape bonded thereto, around a tape reel. The base carrier tape includes a principal surface of the peripheral portion, a principal surface of the step portion, and a principal surface of the pocket portion.
US10103033B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device including a film to be processed having a uniform height. A first coating film made of photosensitive material is formed so as to cover step parts and to become thicker in a central part of a semiconductor substrate in planar view and to become thinner in an outer peripheral part. Next, a first pattern part located on the central part side relative to the step parts and a second pattern part located on the outer peripheral part side relative to the step parts are formed. The first pattern part and the second pattern part are formed so that the occupied area of the first pattern part in planar view becomes smaller than that of the second pattern part in planar view. Next, the first pattern part and the second pattern part are sagged by heating. Next, a second coating film is formed by spin coating so as to cover the step parts.
US10103032B2
Techniques disclosed herein provide a method and fabrication structure for pitch reduction for creating high-resolution features and also for cutting on pitch of sub-resolution features. Techniques include using multiple materials having different etch characteristics to selectively etch features and create cuts or blocks where specified. A hardmask is positioned first on an underlying layer or layers to be etched. A pattern of alternating materials is formed on the hardmask. One or more of the alternating materials can be preferentially removed relative to other materials to uncover a portion of the hardmask layer. The hardmask and the remaining lines of alternating material together form a combined etch mask defining sub-resolution features.
US10103027B2
Embodiments described herein generally relate to enable the formation of a metal gate structure with a reduced effective oxide thickness over a similar structure formed via conventional methods. A plasma hydrogenation process followed by a plasma nitridization process is performed on a metal nitride layer in a film stack, thereby removing oxygen atoms disposed within layers of the film stack and, in some embodiments eliminating an oxygen-containing interfacial layer disposed within the film stack. As a result, an effective oxide thickness of the metal gate structure is reduced with little or no accompanying flatband voltage shift. Further, the metal gate structure operates with an increased leakage current that is as little as one quarter the increase in leakage current associated with a similar metal gate structure formed via conventional techniques.
US10103025B2
A method includes oxidizing a semiconductor fin to form an oxide layer on opposite sidewalls of the semiconductor fin. The semiconductor fin is over a top surface of an isolation region. After the oxidizing, a tilt implantation is performed to implant an impurity into the semiconductor fin. The oxide layer is removed after the tilt implantation.
US10103018B2
Provided is a substrate treatment apparatus using plasma. The substrate treatment apparatus includes a housing having an inner space in which a substrate is treated, a support member disposed within the housing to support the substrate, a gas supply unit supplying a gas into the housing, a plasma source generating plasma from the gas supplied into the housing, and a baffle unit disposed to surround the support member within the housing, the baffle unit including a baffle in which through holes for exhausting the gas into the inner space of the housing are defined. The baffle is divided into a plurality of areas when viewed from an upper side, and each of portions of the plurality of areas is formed of a metallic material, and each of the other portions of the plurality of areas is formed of a nonmetallic material.
US10103012B2
Embodiments of process kit shields and process chambers incorporating same are provided herein. In some embodiments, a one-piece process kit shield configured for use in a processing chamber for processing a substrate having a given diameter includes: a cylindrical body having an upper portion and a lower portion; an annular heat transfer channel disposed within the upper portion; and a cover ring section extending radially inward from the lower portion and having an annular leg extending from a bottom surface of the cover ring section, wherein the annular leg is configured to interface with a deposition ring to form a tortuous path between the bottom surface and the deposition ring.
US10103009B2
An operation method of a plasma processing device, includes performing a plasma process on a workpiece by supplying first high frequency power of a predetermined output to an electrode and generating plasma; and performing a charge storage process before the plasma process when a time interval from an end of a previous operation of the plasma processing device exceeds a predetermined interval, the charge storage process including supplying, to the electrode, second high frequency power of a lower output than the predetermined output.
US10102999B2
A magnetic assembly for focusing an electron beam includes one or more quadrupole assemblies, each quadrupole assembly having at least a pair of separate opposing members with angular pole extensions of one opposing member facing angular pole extensions of another opposing member. An X-ray tube includes a magnetic assembly for focusing an electron beam extending from a cathode to an anode of the X-ray tube, the magnetic assembly comprising one or more quadrupole assemblies, each quadrupole assembly having at least a pair of opposing members with angular pole extensions of one opposing member facing angular pole extensions of another opposing member.
US10102993B2
A contact device (15) of a starter contactor (1) comprising:—a contact rod (17) made of an electrically insulating material,—a contact strip (19) made of an electrically conducting material comprising a hole (19a) in which is mounted the contact rod (17),—a squashing spring (25),—a restoring spring (27), the contact device (15) also comprises a closure clip (33) of radial width greater than or equal to the diameter of the squashing spring (25), a radial notch (33a) being made in the closure clip (33), the radial notch (33a) receiving a portion of the contact rod (17), the squashing spring (25) being mounted compressed between the closure clip (33) and the contact strip (19) which is in abutment on a retaining collar (17a) of the contact rod (17).
US10102988B2
A locking arrangement for a plurality of toggle switches is provided, which facilitates independent locking and independent actuation of the toggle switches. The locking arrangement restricts the movement of a lever associated with a toggle switch of the plurality of toggle switches so as to maintain the lever of the toggle switch in at least one predetermined position. The locking arrangement is adapted to receive a locking device that restricts the movement of the lever in at least one predetermined position defined by the periphery of a locking plate or a base plate of the locking arrangement.
US10102983B2
What is provided is an arrangement for electrically contacting electrically conductive elements, comprising a first element, at least a portion of which is electrically conductive, at least one second element, at least a portion of which is electrically conductive, for electrically contacting the first element, comprising a contact area in at least one end region thereof, the contact area having a radius at least at predefined contact points. The first electrically conductive element has at least one area that is designed to receive at least a portion of the contact area of the second electrically conductive element such that an electrical contact is created between the first electrically conductive element and the contact points of the second electrically conductive element. Furthermore, a corresponding first and second element is provided.
US10102974B2
Prismatic polymer monolithic capacitor structure including multiple interleaving radiation-cured polymer dielectric layers and metal layers. Method for fabrication of same. The chemical composition of polymer dielectric and the electrode resistivity parameters are chosen to maximize the capacitor self-healing properties and energy density, and to assure the stability of the capacitance and dissipation factor over the operating temperature range. The glass transition temperature of the polymer dielectric is specifically chosen to avoid mechanical relaxation from occurring in the operating temperature range, which prevents high moisture permeation into the structure (which can lead to higher dissipation factor and electrode corrosion). The geometry and shape of the capacitor are appropriately controlled to minimize losses when the capacitor is exposed to pulse and alternating currents.
US10102972B2
A method of forming a capacitor structure includes forming a first set of electrodes having a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein each electrode of the first set of electrodes has an L-shaped portion. The method further includes forming a second set of electrodes having a third electrode and a fourth electrode, wherein each electrode of the second set of electrodes has an L-shaped portion. The method further includes forming insulation layers between the first set of electrodes and the second set of electrodes. The method further includes forming a first L-shaped line plug connecting the first electrode to the third electrode, wherein an entirety of an outer surface of the first L-shaped line plug is recessed with respect to an outer surface of the L-shaped portion of the first electrode. The method further includes forming a second line plug connecting the second electrode to the fourth electrode.
US10102948B2
A chip resistor includes first and second electrodes spaced apart from each other, a resistor element arranged on the first and the second electrodes, a bonding layer provided between the resistor element and the two electrodes, and a plating layer electrically connected to the resistor element. The first electrode includes a flat outer side surface, and the resistor element includes a side surface facing in the direction in which the thirst and the second electrodes are spaced. The outer side surface of the first electrode is flush with the side surface of the resistor element. The plating layer covers at least a part of the outer side surface of the first electrode in a manner such that the covering portion of the plating layer extends from one vertical edge of the outer side surface to the other vertical edge.
US10102945B2
Provided is a coating device and a method capable of coating a conductor of a plurality of electrical wires with coating material with simple configuration and of coating without exposing the conductor. A nozzle and a coating area of a terminal-equipped electrical wire are applied to voltage by a voltage applying unit such as to be electrified with polarity different from each other, and jetting jet liquid forms jet liquid over the whole coating area, forms the coating layer with anticorrosion material on a surface of the terminal-equipped electrical wire, and coats the coating area including a conductor with anticorrosion material without being exposed. Furthermore, it is possible to allow the nozzle jet the jet liquid and to move the nozzle in an arranging direction of the terminal-equipped electrical wire, and also to coat the coating area of the terminal-equipped electrical wire with anticorrosion material.
US10102944B2
A multi-core cable for vehicles comprises two power lines, two signal lines, two electric wires, and a jacket. The two power lines are the same in size and material, each comprise an insulation layer composed of an inner layer and an outer layer, and are excellent in abrasion resistance and bending resistance. The two signal lines are the same in size and material and the two lines are twisted as a set to constitute a twisted pair of the signal lines. The two electric wires are the same in size and material and the two wires are twisted as a set to constitute a twisted pair of the electric wires. The two power lines, the twisted pair of the signal lines, and the twisted pair of the electric wires are integrally twisted.
US10102943B2
A flat shielded cable includes conductors arranged in parallel, an insulating jacket section that covers the conductors and has an exposed conductor section which exposes a part of at least one of the conductors, and a shielding member that covers the jacket section. The conductor is electrically connected to the shielding member via the exposed conductor section. The shielding member has a first layer made of shielding material and a second layer made of binder resin containing metal filler. A D90 particle diameter of the metal filler is 6 μm and a difference between a D10 particle diameter and a D95 particle diameter of the metal filler is 6 μm or more, and the metal filler is contained in the second layer in an amount of 65 wt % or more.
US10102940B2
Provided is an insulated electric wire, a wire harness, and a composition for an electric wire coating material with which the amount of a filler, which is the flame retardant, can be reduced as much as possible without using electron beam crosslinking, the composition having a high heat resistance, a high gel fraction, flexibility, and good workability of assembling a wire harness. An electric wire coating material is made of a composition comprising (A) a silane-grafted polyolefin obtained by grafting a silane coupling agent onto a polyolefin having a density of 0.855 to 0.885 g/cm3, (B) an unmodified polyolefin having a density of 0.890 to 0.955 g/cm3, (C) a modified polyolefin modified by one or more functional groups selected from a carboxylic acid group, an acid anhydride group, an amino group, an acrylic group, a methacrylic group, and an epoxy group, (D) a bromine-based flame retardant and antimony trioxide, (E) a crosslinking catalyst batch, (F) zinc oxide and an imidazole-based compound, or zinc sulfide, (G) an antioxidant, (H) a metal deactivator, and (I) a lubricant.
US10102938B2
An extreme ultraviolet light generating apparatus may include a chamber including a window to allow first and second pulse laser beams to enter, a mirror to reflect the first pulse laser beam, a first actuator to control a position or a posture of the mirror, a beam combiner to cause optical paths of the first and second pulse laser beams to substantially coincide with each other, a reflective optical system to reflect the first and second pulse laser beams from the beam combiner, a second actuator to control a position or a posture of the reflective optical system, sensors each configured to output data for detecting a position of an optical path of the first pulse laser beam, and a controller to control the first actuator based on the data and control the second actuator based on a value related to control of the first actuator.
US10102937B2
A collimator taking the form of a prolate spheroid (40) comprising radiation attenuating material and featuring a twisted slit comprising radiation transmissive material. The twisted slit featuring first (43) and second (44) apertures arranged such that for each entrance point in one of the apertures there is a direct pathway through the major axis ‘B’ of the prolate spheroid (40), at a pre-determined angle, to a point in the other aperture, such that a compound aperture is formed. For each compound aperture the length of the direct pathway through the prolate spheroid (40) is constant. Rotation of the collimator about the major axis ‘B’, relative to a stationary point at the first aperture (43), steers in angle the compound aperture through the collimator from said stationary point. Such an arrangement allows radiation from a source positioned at said point to be collimated into a beam, the resultant beam being scanned in angle, and the resultant collimation effect being constant across the angular range of the scan.
US10102935B2
A lifting fixture for removing the upper internals from a nuclear reactor to provide access to the core during a refueling that does not require flooding of a refueling canal. A shield plate is integral to a lifting rig used to remove the upper internals. The shield plate is sized to be supported on the reactor vessel upper flange and to cover the reactor vessel opening with the closure head removed. The shield plate has openings that are in-line with the control rod assembly drive rod travel housings. Control rod assembly drive rods can be accessed through the openings. The lifting rig allows personnel to decouple the drive rods from the rod cluster control assemblies. The lifting fixture enables the decoupled drive rods to be lifted from the core with the upper internals, while shielding maintenance personnel without flooding the area above the reactor.
US10102934B2
A reactor state monitoring apparatus including: a first gamma ray-dose measurement device that detects and measures an atmospheric radiation dose caused by radioactive substances on a containment vessel side respective to a biological shielding wall surrounding a pressure vessel and outside the pressure vessel; a second gamma ray-dose measurement device that detects and measures a radiation dose on the pressure vessel side respective to the biological shielding wall; a fuel radiation measuring device that detects and measures a radiation dose of fuel in the pressure vessel; and a water amount evaluation device that calculates a difference between radiation doses measured by the fuel radiation measuring device and the first gamma ray-dose measurement device as a corrected fuel radiation dose, and acquires a cooling water level as a water level evaluation value, based on the radiation dose measured by the second gamma ray-dose measurement device and the corrected fuel radiation dose.
US10102926B1
Example embodiments of a system, apparatus, computer readable media, and method are disclosed for improving clinical and financial outcomes for a healthcare provider The example embodiments may be used for aggregating data corresponding to care for a group of patients by at least one healthcare provider, generating a statistical model based on the aggregated data, periodically determining a current value for the treatment parameter associated with care of a patient provided by a healthcare provider, and causing treatment to be administered to the patient in response to applying the statistical model to determine that the current value for the treatment parameter is associated with an adverse outcome.
US10102921B1
A fuse blowing method is disclosed. The fuse blowing method comprises the following operations: detecting a plurality of voltages of a plurality of word lines; sending an enabling signal to a fuse circuit when one of the voltages is below a voltage threshold, in which the one of the voltages corresponds to one of the word lines; and blowing a fuse, in which the fuse is connected to the one of the word lines, such that the one of the voltages is higher than the voltage threshold.
US10102917B2
A multi-bit-per-cell three-dimensional read-only memory (3D-OTPMB) comprises a plurality of OTP cells stacked above a semiconductor substrate. Each OTP cell comprises an antifuse layer, which is irreversibly switched from a high-resistance state to a low-resistance state during programming. By adjusting the programming current, the programmed antifuses have different resistances.
US10102915B2
The present invention provides a semiconductor device including a nonvolatile memory of which the memory size of a data area and the memory size of a code area can be freely changed. The semiconductor device according to one embodiment includes a nonvolatile memory which can switch between a reference current reading system which performs data read by comparing a current flowing through a first memory cell as a read target and the reference current and a complementary reading system which performs data read by comparing currents flowing through a first memory cell and a second memory cell storing complementary data, as a read target.
US10102913B2
A controlling method of a semiconductor device provided with a memory array including a plurality of complementary cells, each cell including a first memory element and a second memory element, for holding binary data depending on a difference of threshold voltage therebetween, the controlling method comprising: performing a prewrite procedure that writes ‘0’ or ‘1’ to both of the first memory element and the second memory element.
US10102902B2
One embodiment includes a superconducting gate memory circuit. The circuit includes a Josephson D-gate circuit configured to set a digital state as one of a first data state and a second data state in response to a write enable single flux quantum (SFQ) pulse provided on a write enable input and a respective presence of or absence of a write data SFQ pulse provided on a data write input. The circuit also includes a storage loop coupled to the Josephson D-gate. The storage loop can be configured to store the digital state and to readout the digital state at an output in response to a read enable SFQ pulse provided on a read enable input and a read data SFQ pulse provided on a read data input.
US10102896B2
A circuit and method for adaptive trimming of the reference signal for sensing data during a read operation of magnetic memory cells to improve read margin for the magnetic memory cells. The circuit has a trim one-time programmable memory array programmed with offset trim data applied to magnetic memory array sense amplifiers. Sense amplifier trimming circuits receive and decode the trim data to determine offset trim signal magnitude to adjust the reference signal to improve the read margin. The method sets the offset trim level to each increment of the offset trim level. Data is written and read to the magnetic memory array, the number of errors in the array is accumulated for each setting of the offset trim level. The error levels are compared and the appropriate trim level is programmed to the trim memory cells such that a read margin of the sense amplifier is improved.
US10102895B1
Back gate biasing magneto-resistive random access memory (MRAM) bit cells to reduce or avoid write operation failures caused by source degeneration are disclosed. In one aspect, an MRAM bit cell includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device and an access transistor used to control reading and writing of the MRAM bit cell. To reduce or avoid source degeneration caused by a voltage at a source region of the access transistor in response to a write operation, a back gate bias voltage is applied to a back gate electrode of the access transistor, the back gate bias voltage controlled to be greater than or equal to a back gate voltage associated with the access transistor having a nominal threshold voltage corresponding to operation without source degeneration plus a voltage corresponding to the source region of the access transistor.
US10102889B2
A processing device is operated using a plurality of volatile storage elements. N groups of M volatile storage elements of the plurality of volatile storage elements per group are connected to an N by M size non-volatile logic element array of a plurality of non-volatile logic element arrays using a multiplexer. The multiplexer connects one of the N groups to the N by M size non-volatile logic element array to store data from the M volatile storage elements into a row of the N by M size non-volatile logic element array at one time or to write data to the M volatile storage elements from a row of the N by M size non-volatile logic element array at one time. A corresponding non-volatile logic controller controls the multiplexer operation with respect to the connections between volatile storage elements and non-volatile storage elements.
US10102887B2
A lateral transfer path within an adjustable-width signaling interface of an integrated circuit component is formed by a chain of logic segments that may be intercoupled in different groups to effect the lateral data transfer required in different interface width configurations, avoiding the need for a dedicated transfer path per width configuration and thereby substantially reducing number of interconnects (and thus the area) required to implement the lateral transfer structure.
US10102878B2
A method of displaying images on a display. Images from a video playback are displayed on the display with a first luminance profile, the luminance profile mapping video data samples to output luminance of the display. A user initiated modification of a speed of the video playback is detected. A second luminance profile is determined for the display of the video playback, the second luminance profile being determined according to the modified speed of the video playback and a predetermined adaptation speed of a human visual system of a viewer of the video playback. Further images from the video playback are displayed on the display using the determined second luminance profile.
US10102875B1
Techniques for performing precise tracking in optical tapes are provided. The techniques include providing and using a servo pattern on an optical tape. The servo pattern includes a first set of parallel physical grooves slanted in a first direction across a width of the optical tape and a second set of parallel physical grooves slanted in a second direction that is different from the first direction across the width of the optical tape. Subsets of the first set of parallel physical grooves alternate with subsets of the second set of parallel physical grooves along a length of the optical tape. Two subsets of the first set of parallel physical grooves separated by one subset of the second set of parallel physical grooves form a servo frame in the optical tape.
US10102870B2
A magnetic read head including a first read element magnetically coupled to a bottom shield; a second read element magnetically coupled to a top shield; a magnetic shielding structure that magnetically shields the first read element from the second read element; and a first electrical contact electrically coupled to the bottom shield, a second electrical contact electrically coupled to the top shield and a third electrical contact electrically coupled to the magnetic shielding structure.
US10102868B2
One embodiment provides a method comprising answering one or more incoming phone calls received at one or more pre-specified phone numbers utilizing a bot. The bot is configured to engage in a conversation with a caller initiating an incoming phone call utilizing a voice recording that impersonates a human being. The method further comprises recording each conversation the bot engages in, and classifying each recorded conversation as one of poison data or truthful training data based on content of the recorded conversation and one or more learned detection models for detecting poisoned data.
US10102865B2
Provided are a voice audio encoding device, voice audio decoding device, voice audio encoding method, and voice audio decoding method that efficiently perform bit distribution and improve sound quality. Dominant frequency band identification unit identifies a dominant frequency band having a norm factor value that is the maximum value within the spectrum of an input voice audio signal. Dominant group determination units and non-dominant group determination unit group all sub-bands into a dominant group that contains the dominant frequency band and a non-dominant group that contains no dominant frequency band. Group bit distribution unit distributes bits to each group on the basis of the energy and norm variance of each group. Sub-band bit distribution unit redistributes the bits that have been distributed to each group to each sub-band in accordance with the ratio of the norm to the energy of the groups.
US10102848B2
A computer system can include a hotword manager, a hotword detection module, and a browsing application. The hotword manager can maintain information for a plurality of hotwords that correlates identifiers for the hotwords with respective representations for the hotwords. The hotword detection module can listen for spoken input and detect when spoken input corresponds to one of the plurality of hotwords. The browsing application can (i) parse an electronic document to identify respective identifiers for one or more hotwords included in the electronic document, (ii) generate a display of the electronic document that includes respective representations for the one or more hotwords, the respective representations obtained from the hotword manager using the identifiers for the one or more hotwords included in the electronic document, and (iii) perform a particular set of operations in response to identifying spoken input for a particular hotword included in the electronic document.
US10102847B2
Systems and methods for modifying a computer-based speech recognition system. A speech utterance is processed with the computer-based speech recognition system using a set of internal representations, which may comprise parameters for recognizing speech in a speech utterance, such as parameters of an acoustic model and/or a language model. The computer-based speech recognition system may perform a first task in response to the processed speech utterance. The utterance may also be provided to a human who performs a second task based on the utterance. Data indicative of the first task, performed by the computer system, is compared to data indicative of a second task, performed by the human in response to the speech utterance. Based on the comparison, the set of internal representations may be updated or modified to improve the speech recognition performance and capabilities of the speech recognition system.
US10102843B1
A hearing protection headset that can be worn by a user includes left and right earcups. The headset includes a radio communication system enabling at least one radio signal to be received and played through one or both of the earcups. Noise control circuitry in the headset is configurable by a user between at least three active modes of operation—the circuitry having a first active mode in which the headset provides automatic noise reduction, a second active mode in which the headset provides automatic noise cancellation, and a third active mode in which the headset provides both automatic noise reduction and automatic noise cancellation. A switch is manually operable by the user to configure the circuitry between the first active mode and the second active mode and the third active mode.
US10102841B2
The invention relates to an acoustic absorber comprising a support (2) which comprises a plurality of recesses (22), and a coating (3) on a visible side (21) of the support (2), said coating covering the recesses (22) and being made from a lacquer. According to the invention the sections (31) of the coating (3), which cover the recesses (22), forming respectively at least two segments (311) which are separate from each other due to an opening (312), are foam or air-permeable. The invention also relates to the use of said type of absorber as a surface-covering element, as a ceiling or wall element or as part of a piece of equipment.
US10102839B2
Systems, methods, and devices for providing interactive striking objects (e.g., drumsticks) and performing actions in response to striking motions of the striking objects are disclosed. In some embodiments, the systems and methods provide an interactive drumstick, which includes a lighting display located at a tip portion of the interactive drumstick, a motion detector contained at least partially within the drumstick, a processor and memory contained at least partially within the drumstick, and an interactive system stored within the memory of the drumstick. The interactive system includes a striking motion module that determines striking motions of the drumstick with respect to a virtual percussion instrument based on accessing information measured by the motion detector, and a display module that causes the lighting display to present a certain type of illumination based on the striking motions determined by the striking motion module.
US10102830B2
A method for adjusting a screen displaying direction and a terminal include the follows. At least one authority fingerprint is acquired, and the authority fingerprint is a fingerprint having the authority of changing a screen displaying direction. A first fingerprint is acquired. When the first fingerprint is the authority fingerprint, an input direction of the first fingerprint is acquired. The screen displaying direction is adjusted according to the input direction of the first fingerprint.
US10102823B2
Examples described herein generally relate to a display device and computing device where a display is configured for displaying images, a display controller is configured for receiving image data via a display port when coupled to a computing device, and sending signals to the display, based on the image data, to cause the display to display the images, and a memory is accessible by the display controller for storing a resume image received from the computing device. The display controller is further configured for detecting a power on event, accessing the memory to obtain the resume image, and sending signals to the display to cause display of the resume image based at least in part on detecting the power on event.
US10102822B2
An array substrate includes a base substrate, a thin film transistor and at least one photosensitive structure formed on the base substrate, the at least one photosensitive structure electrically connected to a drain electrode of the thin film transistor and configured to sense light intensity outside, and a common electrode formed on the base substrate on which the thin film transistor and the at least one photosensitive structure are formed. A method for manufacturing the array substrate, a control assembly and a display device are further disclosed.
US10102820B2
The invention provides a GOA circuit, comprising a plurality of GOA units, for a positive integer n, n-th GOA unit comprising: a first TFT (T1), a second TFT (T2), a third TFT (T3), a fourth TFT T(4), a fifth TFT (T5), a sixth TFT (T6), a seventh TFT (T7), an eighth TFT (T8), a ninth TFT (T9), a first capacitor (C1) and a second capacitor (T2). The invention, based on known GOA circuit, uses T8 and T9 connected in parallel between node H and node Qn for conduction. The gate of T8 is connected to Qn−1 (the output signal of the previous GOA unit), and the gate of T9 is connected to Qn+1 (the output signal of the next GOA unit). The invention can provide the function of the known GOA circuit to prevent the stress on TFT T7, can also prevent the output Gn from instability.
US10102808B2
Systems and methods of color data driving for light emissive visual display technology, and particularly to systems and methods for driving pixels with more than three primary color subpixels. Only a subset of the total number of subpixels per pixel are driven at any one time reducing the number of decoders/DACs. The decoders/DACs are coupled by a color decoder only to the active subpixels using a switching fabric.
US10102806B2
A shift register, comprising: a buffer discharging device which controls whether to transfer a signal of a fixed voltage terminal to an output terminal and whether to transfer the signal of the fixed voltage terminal and a signal of a second clock signal terminal to a pull-up node in accordance with a signal of an input terminal, a signal of a reset terminal and a level of a pull-down node; a holding device which controls the level of the pull-down node in accordance with the signal of the second clock signal terminal and a level of the pull-up node; an output device which controls whether to transfer a signal of a first clock signal terminal to the output terminal; a pull-down device which controls whether to transfer the signal of the fixed voltage terminal to the output terminal; a charging device which retains a level of the output terminal.
US10102801B2
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel, an OLED display device, and a method of driving the same are discussed, which can improve image quality by enabling compensation for the unique characteristics of a driving transistor without an influence on gradation under any circumstances.
US10102796B2
Systems and methods for systems and methods for image sticking avoidance in Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) displays. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include an OLED screen and a controller coupled to the OLED screen, where the controller is configured to: generate at least one current histogram matrix for a current frame; compare the at least one current histogram matrix against at least one previous histogram matrix generated for a previous frame; and enter a screen protection mode of operation in response to the comparison indicating that the at least one current histogram matrix is different from the at least one previous histogram matrix by an amount equal to or smaller than a threshold.
US10102792B2
A driving circuit of a display panel and a display apparatus using the same are provided. The driving circuit includes a shift register, a latch, a level shifter, a current source and a charge switch. The shift register receives a trigger signal to provide a data latch signal. The latch couples to the shift register, and receives a gray-level data to latch and output the gray-level data according to the data latch signal. The level shifter couples to the latch and provides a charge switch signal according to the gray-level data. The current source provides a charge current. The charge switch couples between the current source and a pixel of the display panel, and receives the charge switch signal to determine whether the current source is coupled to the pixel according to the charge switch signal.
US10102781B1
A religious message display system for displaying various illuminated and uplifting religious messages through a rear window of a vehicle is provided. The religious message display system comprises a housing having a base wall, a first side wall extending from the base wall, and a second side wall extending from the base wall opposite the first side wall. A light box is rotatably mounted between the first side wall and the second side wall of the housing. At least one religious message is mounted on the light box. An illumination source illuminates the at least one religious message. A power source activates illumination of the illumination source. The light box displays various illuminated and uplifting religious messages viewable to anyone following the vehicle or viewing the vehicle from behind.
US10102777B1
A label attachable to a fabric includes a plate member having a shape, a first end and a second end, the plate member having a plurality of holes therethrough disposed between the first end and the second end, the plate member having a pivot hole therethrough adjacent to the first end, and the plate member having a notch disposed adjacent to the second end; and a cover member having substantially the same shape as the plate member, a top surface, a bottom surface, a first end and a second end, the cover member having a pivot pin integrally formed therewith and projecting from the bottom surface adjacent to the first end, the pivot pin rotatably attached to the plate member through the pivot hole of the plate member, and the cover member having a protrusion configured to engage the notch of the plate member projecting from the bottom surface and disposed adjacent to the second end; wherein the cover member is pivotable with respect to the plate member and is substantially alignable with the plate member such that the protrusion of the cover member is engageable with the notch of the plate member.
US10102769B2
The present invention relates to a device for providing feedback to a user relating to a behavior of the user, said device comprising, a data interface for obtaining context data indicative of a context of the user; a processor for determining whether the obtained context data are characterized by a context pattern, wherein the context pattern characterizing context data relating to a particular behavior of the user; a user interface configured to obtain a behavior input indicative of a currently performed behavior or of an urge to perform a behavior; and a database for storing the behavior input along with context data obtained simultaneously to the behavior input and/or along with context data obtained prior to the behavior input; wherein the processor is configured to determine a context pattern based on the content of the database; and wherein the user interface is configured for providing feedback to the user if the obtained context data are characterized by the context pattern.
US10102767B2
The invention relates to the digital music writing being a digital musical notation symbols input tool. The invention is a keyboard specially dedicated for digital input of musical notation symbols. The keyboard is used for digital input of sheet music. The keyboard can be implemented as a physical device and shaped as combination of images in a touch screen. Every musical notation symbol shall be inputted with the keyboard control element specially dedicated for input of such symbol. Novelty of the invention is that the keyboard is a device specially dedicated for input of musical notation which does not require any accessories; all the musical notation symbols can be inputted using this keyboard only with the combination of two actions: indication of the symbol's location and the symbol itself; all the symbols shall be inputted as such, not by indication of their values; all the symbols which consist of elements, which have the values of their own shall be inputted by elements; the note heads, located vertically in different positions on the musical staff shall be considered as independent signs.
US10102765B2
An apparatus assists educators in selecting achievement tools to meet an applicable one of a plurality of sets of educational standards. A first table holds a plurality of educational standards and a plurality of linked keywords. A second table holds a plurality of achievement tools, such as lesson plans, assessments and resources, and a plurality of linked keywords. A table manipulator program permits an educator to select an educational standard and shows achievement tools applicable to the selected educational standard by having a matching of keywords linked to the achievement tools to keywords linked to the educational standards.
US10102759B2
Systems and methods for collecting weather information for selected airspace regions are provided. In one embodiment, a method for collecting weather information for selected airspace regions comprises: receiving aircraft position information for a plurality of aircraft; forming an aircraft weather group based on flight path attributes derived from the aircraft position information; selecting at least a first representative aircraft from the weather group; and receiving at a weather information ground station, weather data from one or more representative aircraft of the aircraft weather group, wherein only the one or more representative aircraft transmit weather information to the weather information ground station from the aircraft weather group.
US10102758B1
An approach is provided for routing an aerial drone while preserving privacy. The approach involves processing model data depicting at least one structure to determine one or more privacy-sensitive features of the at least one structure. The approach also involves calculating line-of-sight data between a route of an aerial drone and the one or more privacy-sensitive features. The approach further involves configuring a routing of the aerial drone based on the line-of sight data when the aerial drone is traveling near the at least one structure.
US10102754B2
Systems and methods for a non-integrated CPDLC solution are provided. In one embodiment, the system includes: a first and second computing system for respectively executing a first and second CPDLC application; a Human Machine Interface coupled to the first and second computing systems, the Human Machine Interface providing access to display screens generated by both the first and second CPDLC applications; and a data authority function that determines a data authority application from the first and second CPDLC applications based on which of the first and second CPDLC applications has a current data authority (CDA) session. The data authority function prevents the first CPDLC application from establishing a concurrent current data authority session when the second CPDLC application is the data authority application. The data authority function prevents the second CPDLC application from establishing a concurrent current data authority session when the first CPDLC application is the data authority application.
US10102753B2
Systems and methods for processing flight information. Using a flight plan/route message and other flight information (aircraft type and navigation database information), the portion of the message containing the flight plan or route is decoded and translated to construct a ground-based flight route comprising a list of waypoints and associated flight information. The list of waypoints may then used in calculations performed by a flight trajectory predictor to identify spatially associated weather information and/or to create an updated flight plan or route (e.g., by adding or changing waypoints in a flight object) and thereafter transmit that information to users. Prior to transmitting any updated flight plan/route, the associated waypoints and other flight information must be translated and encoded into the required format for inclusion in an outgoing (i.e., uplinked) flight plan/route message.
US10102747B2
A method of providing current traffic light status information to a driver of an object vehicle for one or more traffic light devices at an intersection is provided. The method includes receiving current traffic light status information by an intersection traffic signal indicator system of the object vehicle from a source external the object vehicle using one or both of vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication. The current traffic light status information is indicative of a traffic light of a traffic light device visible to an oncoming vehicle. A reproduction of the traffic light visible to the oncoming vehicle is displayed as a graphic object on a display of the object vehicle using the traffic light status information.
US10102745B2
An information providing apparatus includes a traffic information database and a data processing device. The data processing device detects, based on the traffic information data, an impediment event. The data processing device extracts the impediment event potentially encountered by an assisted vehicle. The data processing device provides a driver of the assisted vehicle with a notification regarding the impediment event potentially encountered by the assisted vehicle. The data processing device generates, based on the traffic information data, item data regarding a detailed item defined with respect to the impediment event. The data processing device generates, based on the item data, an analysis result regarding the detailed item and a confidence level of the analysis result. The data processing device changes, depending on the confidence level, contents regarding the analysis result to be included in the notification.
US10102732B2
A danger monitoring system is disclosed. A danger monitoring device comprises a microphone configured to continuously digitize environmental sound, a first memory, a first processor configured to determine whether a stored interval meets a threshold criteria for a dangerous event, and a first network interface configured to send a danger observation data to a server. The danger monitoring server comprises a second memory, a second processor configured to verify the dangerous event digitized by the danger monitoring device and determine an event location of the verified dangerous event, and a second network interface configured to send a danger alert. A danger mitigation device comprises a third network interface configured to receive the danger alert, a GPS receiver, a screen, a third memory comprising map data, and a third processor configured to render a map indicating at least a current location of the danger mitigation device, and the event location.
US10102727B2
A system for detecting a structural change to a structure is provided, wherein an exciter is positioned at a first location of the structure to transmit an excitation signal that is based on a reference signal and to apply the excitation signal to the structure. An accelerometer is positioned at a second location of the structure to sense the excitation signal after it has propagated to the second location. The accelerometer outputs an electrical signal that represents seismic activity applied to the structure by the excitation signal. A signal processing component is synchronized with the reference signal and receives the electrical signal. The signal processing component is configured to use the reference signal to extract portions of the electrical signal that are synchronized with the reference signal, and to output phase and amplitude values of the extracted portion. A computer is operatively connected to the signal processing component to compare the output phase and amplitude values to structural damage signals indicative of structural damages stored in a database for determining whether the signal is indicative of a change in the structure.
US10102721B2
A display unit for a fluid delivery device which outputs water includes a printed circuit board, a diffuser supported by the printed circuit board, and a display screen electrically coupled to the printed circuit board. The display unit further includes a first light source electrically coupled to the printed circuit board, and a second light source electrically coupled to the printed circuit board. The first and second light sources define backlighting for the display screen. Operation of the first and second light sources is adjusted in response to a change in temperature of the output water of the fluid delivery device.
US10102711B2
In various embodiments, the present disclosure generally relates to gaming systems and methods which utilize a symbol matrix or symbol field in conjunction with a movable symbol display window to randomly select different subsets of symbols from the symbol matrix and provide different awards to players based on such selected symbol subsets.
US10102709B2
The disclosed gaming system displays an arrangement of symbols including a plurality of symbol positions. For a play of the game, the gaming system displays a randomly generated symbol in each symbol position. One or more of the symbols are displayed as associated with a directional indicator indicating a shift direction for that symbol. If any winning symbol combination is displayed, the gaming system shifts at least one symbol within the symbol matrix according to the directional indicator associated with that symbol, such as by shifting the symbol as designated distance in the shift direction indicated by the symbol's directional indicator. In one embodiment, the gaming system removes one or more symbols in the shift path of a shifting symbol. In one embodiment, the gaming system generates and displays new symbols in the then-empty symbol positions of the symbol matrix and repeats the determination, shifting, and generation.
US10102702B1
Voice control is extended outside of an automotive vehicle by an access system associated with a door and window. An accelerometer is mounted on the window to generate a vibration signal. A passive entry system generates an unlock standby signal when an authorized user carrying a wireless fob is detected proximate the door. A voice recognizer in the vehicle is activated by the standby signal to scan the vibration signal for a spoken command for opening the door. A door actuator is activated by the voice recognizer when the command is detected.
US10102695B2
A method for wire connectivity testing includes receiving wiring data indicating at least a length of a wire segment of a vehicle from a design database. The method further includes receiving spread-spectrum time-domain reflectometry (SSTDR) data associated with the wire segment from an SSTDR device coupled to an endpoint of the wire segment. The method also includes calculating a distance-to-fault based on the SSTDR data. The method includes comparing the distance-to-fault to the length of the wire segment. The method further includes, in response to the distance-to-fault being less than the length of the wire segment, generating fault data indicating a failure within the wire segment. The method also includes sending the fault data to a user output device.
US10102692B2
A method can be executed to diagnose an aerodynamic system of a vehicle and includes the following steps: (a) determining, via a controller, an expected downforce acting on an aerodynamic element of a vehicle based, at least in part, on a position of the aerodynamic element relative to a vehicle body of the vehicle; (b) determining, via the controller, a measured downforce based, at least in part, on a signal received from at least one force sensor; (c) determining a deviation, via the controller, based, at least in part, on the expected downforce and the measured aerodynamic force; and (d) controlling, via the controller, the aerodynamic element based, at least in part, on the deviation.
US10102691B1
This disclosure relates to a distributed data center that includes resources carried by a fleet of vehicles. The system includes sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to the vehicles. The system may detect vehicle events based on the information conveyed by the output signals. The system includes a remote computing server configured to present a user interface to a user. Through the user interface, the user may query information from one or more vehicles in the fleet. The distributed query is transmitted to individual vehicles, and results are locally processed in accordance with response constraints and subsequently transmitted back to the remote computing server for presentation to the user.
US10102688B2
The aspects of the present disclosure may provide a wireless data system for a mechanical power transmission. The wireless data system may be configured to measure the displacement between two or more components within a powertrain driveline, where one or more of the components are in relative motion.
US10102673B2
Under an embodiment of the invention, an image capturing and processing system creates 3D image-based rendering (IBR) for real estate. The system provides image-based rendering of real property, the computer system including a user interface for visually presenting an image-based rendering of a real property to a user; and a processor to obtain two or more photorealistic viewpoints from ground truth image data capture locations; combine and process two or more instances of ground truth image data to create a plurality of synthesized viewpoints; and visually present a viewpoint in a virtual model of the real property on the user interface, the virtual model including photorealistic viewpoints and synthesized viewpoints.
US10102663B2
In a computer graphics processing unit (GPU) having a shader and a texture unit the pixel shader is configured to receive or generate one or more sets of texture coordinates per pixel sample location. The pixel shader and texture unit between them are configured to calculate texture space gradient values for one or more primitives and generate and apply per-pixel gradient scale factors configured to modify the gradient values to smoothly transition them between regions of a display device having different pixel resolutions.
US10102662B2
Techniques for culling primitives are provided herein. The techniques involve automatic generation of shader programs to be executed by an accelerated processing device. A just-in-time compiler automatically generates the shader programs based on a vertex shader program that is provided for use in the vertex shader stage of the graphics processing pipeline. The automatically generated shader programs include instructions from the vertex shader program that transform the positions of vertices provided as input to the graphics processing pipeline to generate transformed input vertices. The shader programs also include instructions to cull primitives based on the transformed input vertices. After generating the automatically generated shader programs, the software module transmits the automatically generated shader programs to the graphics processing pipeline for execution. After culling primitives, the automatically generated shader programs output culled primitives to the remainder of the graphics processing pipeline.
US10102661B2
A method for managing a multi-user animation platform is disclosed. A three-dimensional space within a computer memory is modeled. An avatar of a client is located within the three-dimensional space, the avatar being graphically represented by a three-dimensional figure within the three-dimensional space. The avatar is responsive to client input commands, and the three-dimensional figure includes a graphical representation of client activity. The client input commands are monitored to determine client activity. The graphical representation of client activity is then altered according to an inactivity scheme when client input commands are not detected. Following a predetermined period of client inactivity, the inactivity scheme varies non-repetitively with time.
US10102658B2
An apparatus and a method for providing information are provided. The apparatus includes an interfacing unit configured to receive biometric information, which is measured by an external measuring device, corresponding to a health condition of a body part of a user, from the external measuring device; and a processor configured to determine a visual metaphor representation for characterizing a degree of the health condition based on mapping information between components of the visual metaphor representation and types of the received biometric information, and transform the received biometric information into the determined visual metaphor representation, where the interfacing unit is configured to transmit the transformed visual metaphor representation to an external displaying device.
US10102655B2
A method for generating an output image with realistic individual text inserts via software loaded on a computer is provided. The method comprises the steps of providing a base image in a commercial graphical format with at least one position frame defined within the base image; the position frame defines an area within the base image where a text insert is insertable; providing software loaded on the computer which transforms a low resolution image into a high resolution image; defining a vector path within the position frame; arranging the text insert along the vector path; composing the text insert wherein the such step comprises the steps of selecting individual elements, sizing the individual elements as a function of the vector path, assembling the elements into letters, and assembling the letters along the vector path to compose the text insert; and entering text of the text insert via a user interface.
US10102653B2
A method for identifying a reaction site associated with an amplification curve from a plurality of amplification curves is provided. Amplification data is received from a plurality of reaction sites, wherein each reaction site contains a sample. A plurality of amplification curves is generated from the amplification data and a first portion of the plurality of amplification curves is displayed on a display screen. A list of indications of reaction sites associated with the first portion of amplification curves is displayed alongside the first portion of amplification curves on the display screen. Then the view is adjusted to display a second portion of the plurality of amplification curves, and the list is dynamically adjusted to display indications of reaction sites associated with the second portion of amplification curves alongside the second portion of amplification curves on the display screen, wherein the list is configured to be scrollable.
US10102645B2
A method for counting and aggregating a pre-determined number of articles includes: driving, by a conveyor, an article stream to move to an end of the conveyor in a single layer state; conveying the article stream in a periodic motion; after the articles in the article stream leave the conveyor, accurately counting the number of the articles; and when a total number of articles in a combination of temporary storage bin is the same as a target number, transporting all articles in the combination of temporary storage bin to a storage device. Article batches are separately delivered to different temporary storage bins, and the total number of articles in temporary storage bins in different combinations is calculated, so as to obtain with a combination in which the number of articles is the same as the target number. The operation efficiency is improved and the manufacturing cost of device is reduced.
US10102643B2
An endoscope apparatus includes: a reference image generating section that generates a reference image to be used for determining whether an inspection object is non-defective or defective; and a mixer that outputs the reference image in a superimposed manner on an endoscopic image from an endoscope, the endoscopic image being obtained by photographing the inspection object, in a predetermined inspection mode, and an image of the inspection object and the reference image are displayed in a superimposed manner, to thereby facilitate a non-defective/defective determination and improve an operability in an inspection.
US10102636B2
When the position of a target moving in a monitoring region is intermittently detected, the position of the target is predicted in a higher precision. The prediction precision of the position of the target can be improved by calculating an existence probability distribution of the target and by accumulating the data of the intermittent detection by use of the Bayes' theorem.
US10102627B2
A head-mounted display device includes an image display unit cause a user to visually recognize image light as a virtual image on the basis of image data and cause the user to visually recognize an outside scene in a state in which the image display unit is worn on the head of the user, an image pickup unit configured to pick up an image of the outside scene, and a control unit configured to cause, when a mark image, which is an image of a specific mark, is included in the picked-up image, using the image display unit, the user to visually recognize a specific virtual image associated with a combination of a kind of the mark image and a shape of the mark image.
US10102623B2
An analysis method is provided that ensures objective and quantitative analysis for analyzing time-series images. For implementing the method are provided an image data storage unit that stores therein image data on a plurality of time-series computed tomography (CT) images of an organ of a subject captured after a contrast medium has been administered; a target pixel extraction unit configured to extract an intra-organ pixel position, which is a position of a pixel in a region of the organ; a change-over-time determining unit configured to determine a change-over-time of a CT value of the pixel at the determined intra-organ pixel position, based on image data on the time series CT images in the plurality of frames; and a function approximation processing unit configured to determine an arrival time at which the contrast medium has arrived at an organ at the intra-organ pixel position and a base value, which is a CT value serving as a base of the pixel at the intra-organ pixel position, based on the determined change-over-time.
US10102621B2
A high-resolution image suited to the purpose of a doctor or the like is acquired. The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a tomogram of a subject eye; a first extraction unit configured to extract part of the tomogram acquired by the acquisition unit; an estimating unit configured to estimate a high-frequency component based on a result of extraction by the extraction unit; and a combining unit configured to combine the high-frequency component with the tomogram acquired by the acquisition unit.
US10102618B2
A system for detecting a state of a current collector of an electrically driven vehicle includes a video camera device for digitally recording images of the current collector and an image-evaluating device for the data evaluation of the image recordings. The current collector has optically detectable markings, the position and/or shape and/or surface area and/or color of which can be detected by the image-evaluating device in an automated manner. A system that makes the automatic state detection faster and more reliable is thereby provided.
US10102616B2
Implementations of the present disclosure provide a method and system for surface wear determination. According to one implementation, an image of an object surface is captured via an input device. A surface pattern is detected from the captured image and object data associated with the object surface is identified based on the detected pattern. Additionally, a surface wear value of the object surface is determined based on the object data and surface pattern.
US10102614B2
To allow fog removal even in a densely foggy image. A fog density calculating unit 11 calculates the fog density of an input image given, by using a separated illumination light component. A reflectance component fog removing unit 13 performs fog removal on a reflectance component calculated by a reflectance calculating unit. An illumination light component fog removing unit 14 performs fog removal on the separated illumination light component. Here, the degree of fog removal by the reflectance component fog removing unit 13 is higher than the degree of fog removal by the illumination light component fog removing unit 14. Thereby, the degree of fog removal of the reflectance component can be raised without significantly raising the level of fog removal of the illumination light component.
US10102608B2
A memory management system for generating 3-dimensional computer images is provided. The memory management system includes a device for subdividing an image into a plurality of rectangular areas, a memory for storing object data pertaining to objects in the image which fall in each rectangular area, a device for storing the object data in the memory, a device for deriving image data and shading data for each rectangular area from the object data, a device for supplying object data for each rectangular area from the respective portion of the memory and, if the rectangular area contains objects also falling in at least one other rectangular area, also from the global list, to the deriving device, and a device for storing the image data and shading data derived by the deriving device for display. The memory includes at least one portion allocated to each rectangular area and at least one portion allocated as a global list.
US10102588B1
In a method, a client device may be caused to provide an interactive display to the customer. The display may include controls usable by the customer to select different coverage combinations for a hypothetical policy, and an insurance premium quote for the hypothetical policy. Each control may enable the customer to adjust coverage for a different coverage type, be associated with a control graphic, and include a respective set of radio buttons distributed along a line within the control graphic. Each radio button may correspond to a different coverage level. The client device may also be caused to display, each time the customer adjusts a control by selecting a new radio button, a current selection indicator at the new radio button. The client device may also be caused to set, each time the customer selects a new coverage combination, the premium quote to a value corresponding to the new combination.
US10102587B1
In system and methods for pre-generating insurance claims, accident data associated with a vehicle accident involving a driver may be collected. The accident data may be analyzed, and a likely severity of the vehicle accident may be determined based upon the analysis of the accident data. An estimated insurance claim may be generated based upon the determined likely severity of the vehicle accident, and transmitted, via wireless communication, from one or more remote servers to a mobile device associated with the driver to facilitate presenting all, or a portion of, the estimated insurance claim to the driver or the insured. A wireless communication from the driver or insured indicating approval, rejection or modification of the estimated insurance claim may be received. The estimated insurance claim may be handled in accordance with the approval, rejection or modification.
US10102581B2
An exemplary system according to the present disclosure comprises a computing device that in operation, causes the system to receive financial product or financial portfolio data, map the financial product to a risk factor, execute a risk factor simulation process involving the risk factor, generate product profit and loss values for the financial product or portfolio profit and loss values for the financial portfolio based on the risk factor simulation process, and determine an initial margin for the financial product. The risk factor simulation process can be a filtered historical simulation process.
US10102577B2
Orders received by an electronic trading system are processed in batches based on the instrument to which an order relates. An incoming order is assigned to a queue of a queue set that makes up the batch according to a random process. Where orders are received from related trading parties they are assigned to the same queue set according to their time of receipt. The batch has a random duration within defined minimum and maximum durations and at the end of the batch, the orders held in the queues are transferred to a matching thread of the trading system sequentially with one order being removed from each queue and a number of passes of the queues completed until orders have been removed.
US10102576B2
The disclosed embodiments provide trading circles. An example method includes defining a group having a plurality of members, wherein one or more of the plurality of members interacts with an exchange that facilitates market transactions; detecting a first interaction of a first group member with the exchange; and communicating, in response to detecting the first interaction, data related to the first interaction to a second group member before the first group member receives confirmation of the first interaction from the exchange.
US10102567B2
An online application store may include an interface that provides collections to users of the application store. In one implementation, a webpage may be provided that presents, to a user of the online application store, a number of applications that are available, to the client, as applications for installation. The webpage may provide a visual interface that includes a first section that includes graphical representations of at least some of the applications; and a second section that provides an identification of one or more collections that each correspond to a subset of the applications. The one or more collections may include: a first collection that was created or edited by the user; and a second collection that was created or edited by one or more other users, the second collection being selected for the webpage, from a number of collections that were created or edited by the one or more other users, based on a ranking score that is determined at least based on a number of times that the subset of the applications, corresponding to the second collection, were installed.
US10102566B2
An interface mechanism in a system receives an alert associated with an environment. In response to the alert, a control mechanism in the system identifies an environmental monitoring device within the environment, where the environmental monitoring device provides sensor data that represents an environmental condition in the environment. Moreover, the control mechanism: provides, via the interface mechanism, a service offer to an electronic device associated with an entity associated with the environment, where the service offer includes information associated with the environmental condition. After receiving a response from the electronic device that authorizes the service, the control mechanism provides, via the interface mechanism, a data request for the sensor data to the environmental monitoring device. Furthermore, after receiving the sensor data from the environmental monitoring device, the control mechanism provides the service to the entity based on the environmental condition.
US10102565B2
In a system and method for providing augmented content, embodiments disclose a communication module that receives a product identifier for a product and content including an object. The embodiments also disclose an overlay creation module that creates a user interface with a first actuatable element, the first actuatable element being configured to send product purchase instructions to a merchant server when actuated. The embodiments also disclose a product matching module that matches the object to the product identifier and an augmentation module that, in response to the product matching module matching the object to the product identifier, creates an augmented content which includes the content and a second actuatable element, the second actuatable element being configured to display the user interface as an overlay over the content on a user device when actuated. The embodiments also disclose a displaying module that instructs a user device to display the augmented content.
US10102560B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for identifying correlations between child nodes of a taxonomy. A correlation service identifies a correlation between parent nodes of the taxonomy. A data set such as an interaction history is filtered according to the parent node correlation. The filtered data set is then used to identify correlations between the respective child nodes of the correlated parent nodes.
US10102557B1
The invention is incorporated into an interactive web data seller widget that enables any ecommerce site to provide access to and from large, remotely stored databases to its web visitors and for those visitors to prospect/filter within the databases, for example both via geographic and demographic criteria. Users can find, for example, appropriate geographic and demographic matches to any applicable search criteria. Additionally the invention enables the web visitor to order as a deliverable subset of the remotely stored database a detailed list of the required database subset and for the ecommerce site to sell that data subset to the visitor via a web shopping cart and checkout process. And the invention enables the web visitor to preview the selected subset of data from any database prior to placing an order for the same.
US10102554B2
A method includes: inputting information indicating power usage; generating a differential value between i) a first cumulative value of power usage corresponding to a first user ID and ii) a second cumulative value of power usage corresponding to a second user ID in a prescribed period; generating a first conversion value by converting the differential value to a use time of a first electric home appliance; generating a first electricity bill value by converting the differential value to an electricity bill; generating display data indicating that the first electricity bill value corresponds to the first conversion value; and transmitting the display data.
US10102543B2
Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring a captured image, wherein the captured image depicts at least one entity, performing a comparison between an estimated potential revenue generated from a distribution of the captured image and an estimated potential liability incurred for the distribution of the captured image, and modifying the captured image by placing at least one advertisement image at a particular location of the captured image. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.
US10102539B2
A system can determine that a mobile device, located at a physical place of business transmits a first electronic communication for redemption of an electronic offer at the physical place of business. The system can further detect a second electronic communication transmitted from the mobile device, which indicates a first identifier. The first identifier can be associated with a verifier of the electronic offer (e.g., a staff member) at the physical place of business. The system can further determine, based on analysis of the first identifier, a second identifier (e.g., contact data, a telephone number, etc.), that corresponds to the verifier, without providing the second identifier to the mobile device. The system can further electronically transmit, utilizing the second identifier, a third electronic communication that indicates information about the redemption of the electronic offer.
US10102538B2
Methods and systems are described for issuing and settling electronic coupons. A financial service host may receive authorization and settlement information, wherein the authorization and settlement information comprises an account number of the consumer. The account number may be linked to an account of the consumer enrolled in an electronic coupon program. The methods and system may also include transmitting a notification to the consumer that indicates the electronic coupon has been redeemed. A monetary value associated with the electronic coupon may be debited from an account linked to the merchant, and the account of the consumer may be credited with the monetary value associated with the electronic coupon.
US10102536B1
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for automatically rolling-up data associated with one or more geographic units, such as ZIP+4 codes, such that the rollup comprises a minimum number of households to protect anonymity and ensure compliance with privacy regulations, while preserving variance of the underlying data associated with the geographic regions. Data attributes may include demographic data, socio-economic data, lifestyle segmentation, psychographic data, behavioral data, credit data, and other data. The rollup process may involve identifying one or more geographic units with a number of households below a minimum or threshold amount, applying filters to find candidate geographic units for rollup, scoring candidate geographic units to select best pairings for rollup, and repeating until the rollup group has at least the minimum number of households. The process may make trades off between granularity (e.g., number of households), proximity, and similarity of data attributes associated with each geographic unit.
US10102534B2
The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing an advertising offer that is configured to relocate an avatar within the virtual environment. The system is configured to ascertain one or more advertisements for display based on at least one of: an inventory analysis of an avatar, a historical teleportation analysis of the avatar, a motion analysis of the avatar, a social network analysis of the avatar, and a ratings analysis of the one or more advertisements within a virtual universe. The system also includes an advertisement display system structured to display the one or more advertisements to the avatar.
US10102533B2
Data processing systems and methods for: (1) receiving from a first set of users, respective answers for question/answer pairings regarding a product's proposed design; (2) using the question/answer pairings to prepare an initial privacy impact assessment for the product; (3) displaying the plurality of question/answer pairings to a second set of users; (4) receiving recommended steps to be implemented, before the product's implementation date, as part of the design of the product to address any privacy-related concerns identified in the initial privacy impact assessment; and (5) after the tasks have been completed, generating a report documenting that: (a) the initial privacy assessment has been conducted for the product; (b) one or more revisions have been made to the product to facilitate the compliance of the product with the one or more privacy standards; and (c) an updated privacy assessment has been conducted for the product.
US10102531B2
A method for failure analysis and warranty claim assessment, the method may include sensing sensed vehicle parameters by multiple vehicle sensors that include multiple types of sensors; calculating, by a vehicle monitor, based on the sensed vehicle parameters, parameters of multiple vehicle components; wherein the vehicle monitor is mechanically coupled to a vehicle or installed in the vehicle; determining, by the vehicle monitor and based on the parameters of the multiple vehicle components, whether the operation of the vehicle exceeds a warrantable operation of the vehicle; and evaluating, by the vehicle monitor and based on the parameters of the multiple vehicle components and by the vehicle monitor, whether a vehicle failure resulted from an operation of the vehicle that exceeds the warrantable operation of the vehicle or will result from the operation of the vehicle that exceeds the warrantable operation of the vehicle.
US10102528B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for real-time provisioning of new card numbers to users of a consumer computing system. A consumer computing system (“CCS”) may have servers and databases situated within a banking infrastructure in order to provide various features to users via a software application executed by a client device. The software application may interact with the CCS servers, such that the CCS servers and the software application offer the client device and the user certain features not ordinarily available in conventional banking infrastructures. These features may include the real-time provisioning of card numbers for a user's banking account. In operation, the client device may submit a request for a new card number to a CCS server, which may be generated in real-time and active in the payment stream when the card number is generated.
US10102523B2
In a payment-enabled smartphone, a shared cardholder verification method (CVM) applet serves a number of mobile payment cardlets. The shared CVM applet validates CVM information input by a user of the smartphone and in response issues a CVM token. The CVM token is passed to a particular one of the mobile payment cardlets that is selected for a current transaction. The selected mobile payment cardlet submits the CVM token back to the shared CVM applet for verification. Upon verifying the CVM token, the shared CVM applet enables the selected mobile payment cardlet to perform the current transaction.
US10102517B2
A request to make a purchase from a mobile device of a first entity is detected. In response to the detected request, a determination is made whether the first entity has a subservient relationship with a second entity. In response to a determination that the first entity has the subservient relationship with the second entity, another determination is made whether the first entity is located proximate to the second entity. A first set of purchasing limitations is applied to the request in response to the determination that the first entity has the subservient relationship with the second entity and a determination that the first entity is located proximate to the second entity.
US10102496B2
A product order fulfillment system includes multiple decks arrayed at different levels and defining multilevel decks, at least one autonomous transport vehicle on each of the decks, and configured for holding and transporting a pickface on each deck, at least one lift, traversing and connecting more than one level of the decks, and arranged for lifting and lowering the pickface from the decks, and at least one pickface transfer station on each deck interfacing between the transport vehicle and the at least one lift to effect transfer of the pickface between the transport vehicle and the at least one lift, the at least one lift defines a fulfillment stream of mixed case pickfaces outbound from the multilevel decks to a load fill, at least one stream of the fulfillment stream has an ordered sequence of streaming pickfaces wherein the ordered sequence of streaming pickfaces is based on another fulfillment stream.
US10102494B2
Methods, computer-readable medium, and apparatus are described for detecting a plurality of package types in the custody of a node-enabled logistics receptacle in a wireless node network. The receptacle detects a first type of package by receiving a signal broadcast from a node within a first node-enabled package prior to sensing a deposit of the first package. The receptacle also detects a second type of package (not a node-enabled package) by sensing a deposit of a second package without receiving a signal broadcast from a node within the second package. The node-enabled logistics receptacle then logs the detections of the first type of package and the second type of package. Then, the node-enabled logistics receptacle notifies another network device within the wireless node network about the logged detection of the first type of package and the second type of package.
US10102491B2
A system and method for aggregating a customer's anonymous online experience and associating it to the customer once the customer is known. A server monitors and aggregates data on anonymous interactions between a customer and a website. The collected data is stored in a data store in association with a code. The server detects occurrence of a trigger event as the data is collected, and the code is provided to the customer in response to detecting the trigger event. When the customer presents the code at the retail store, a retail store device sends a message including the code to the server. The retail store device also provides other identification information of the customer. The server may then associate the anonymous data to customer based on the identification information.
US10102489B2
A method, system, and computer program product for work plan based access control are provided in the illustrative embodiments. For a portion of the work plan, a physical space is determined. Access to the physical space is used in a task in the portion. At least one workflow is initiated to determine whether to grant the access to the physical space. Responsive to the workflow granting the access to the physical space, the access to the physical space is configured for a first duration for a first user performing the task. Responsive to an indication of closing of the portion, the access to the physical space for the first duration for the first user performing the task is revoked.
US10102487B2
A crew planning system includes a demand forecasting module and an optimization module. The system forecasts anticipated reserve demand levels, and determines suitable reserve staffing approaches to meet anticipated reserve demand. The forecasting is based upon probabilistic distribution models which take into account variability associated with reserve demand for a particular day. Via use of the crew planning system, reserve staffing expenses may be reduced and/or reserve demand may be met with a higher degree of probability.
US10102485B2
The disclosed embodiments illustrate methods and systems for predicting demand of vehicles in a transportation network. The method includes determining demand events at each of one or more locations for time intervals based on historical demand data. The demand events correspond to a demand of vehicles at one or more locations during plurality of time intervals throughout a day. The method includes creating a graph comprising nodes, and edges connecting nodes, each node being representative of a demand event from demand events. An edge is representative of dependency between two demand events from demand events. The method includes predicting demand of vehicles at a location from one or more locations during a predetermined time interval based on the graph and a real time demand of vehicles associated with other demand event. The method includes displaying demand prediction on a computing device at one or more locations of transportation network.
US10102471B2
According to one aspect, an apparatus adapted to be connected to a component that is part of a pump system or a manifold trailer includes a block defining opposing first and second exterior surfaces. In one aspect, the block includes a recess formed in the first exterior surface and extending towards the second exterior surface, and an opening formed in the second exterior surface. In another aspect, the apparatus also includes an electronic identifying device at least partially accommodated within the recess, the device including a first portion having data stored thereon that provides identification of the component. In one aspect, the electronic identifying device further includes a second portion having data stored thereon that provides one of: information associated with certification of the component; and identification of the pump system or the manifold trailer of which the component is a part.
US10102459B2
In a case where a tile image drawing instruction is included in a Graphics Device Interface (GDI) drawing instruction output from a GDI application, there is a difference between a result of drawing the drawing instruction with a GDI printer driver and a result of drawing the drawing instruction with a V4 printer driver in some cases. In a case where an application of an output source of an XML Paper Specification (XPS) drawing instruction is a GDI application and a tile image drawing instruction is included in the XPS drawing instruction, the aspect of the embodiments performs modification of the tile image drawing instruction so that resolution of a tile image with which pattern drawing is performed in accordance with the tile image drawing instruction is changed.
US10102454B2
A method includes utilizing two or more classifiers to calculate, for an input image, probability scores for a plurality of classes based on visual information extracted from the input image and semantic relationships in a classification hierarchy, wherein each of the two or more classifiers is associated with a given one of two or more levels in the classification hierarchy with each level in the classification hierarchy comprising a subset of the plurality of classes, and classifying the input image based on the calculated probability scores.
US10102444B2
Provided are an object recognition method and apparatus which determine an object of interest included in a recognition target image using a trained machine learning model and determine an area in which the object of interest is located in the recognition target image. The object recognition method based on weakly supervised learning, performed by an object recognition apparatus, includes extracting a plurality of feature maps from a training target image given classification results of objects of interest, generating an activation map for each of the objects of interest by accumulating the feature maps, calculating a representative value of each of the objects of interest by aggregating activation values included in a corresponding activation map, determining an error by comparing classification results determined using the representative value of each of the objects of interest with the given classification results and updating a CNN-based object recognition model by back-propagating the error.
US10102439B2
A method of and system for verifying a document, the method comprising generating verification information for the document, comparing the verification information with authentic verification information, and identifying differences between the document and an authentic document.
US10102434B2
A lane detection system includes a non-volatile memory storing machine-readable instructions and an image processor capable of receiving a road image. The image processor, when executing the machine-readable instructions, is capable of: (i) processing the road image to identify a lane candidate within a lane-existing region of the road image, the lane-existing region having (a) a near subregion including an imaged road region nearer to the vehicle and (b) a far subregion including an imaged road region farther from the vehicle, (ii) verifying the lane candidate as a true lane candidate when a minimum distance between (a) a line fit to a portion of the lane candidate in the near subregion and (b) a predetermined reference point in the road image is less than a neighborhood distance; and (iii) extending the true lane candidate into the far subregion to form a detected lane marker demarcating the lane marker.
US10102433B2
An apparatus that detects a road surface on the basis of a parallax image around a vehicle, the road surface detection apparatus includes an ECU configured to determine on the basis of parallax information of the parallax image whether a unit area is a road surface area for each unit area of the parallax image associates each unit area with a grid in a map on the basis of parallax information and coordinate position of the unit area, an eye point of the map being set so as to be higher than an eye point of the parallax image, the map being obtained by partitioning an area around the vehicle in a grid, and detect road surface grids and each grid located between the road surface grids as the road surface, the road surface grids being the grids corresponding to the unit areas determined as the road surface areas.
US10102428B2
An unmanned autonomous vehicle assessment and reporting system may conduct patch scan analyses of a roof. Damage points on the roof may be evaluated for severity and assigned a severity value. A remediation status may be objectively developed for one or more faces of the roof based on the number of damage points within a patch region of a defined size and the severity value of each of the damage points within the patch region. A visualization system may overlay markings, such as color-coded markings, to display a representation of a roof, patch regions, damage points, and/or severity values.
US10102426B2
When recognizing leads by processing an image captured by a camera of a component provided with a single row or multiple rows of leads of the same size and shape at a regular pitch, waveform analysis of a change pattern of brightness (pixel value) along multiple lines set in a vertical, a horizontal, or a diagonal direction of the image is performed so as to identify a region in which the brightness changes cyclically as a lead recognition target region in which there is a possibility of a lead existing. Then, image recognition of leads is performed in the lead recognition target region.
US10102425B2
A controlling apparatus for controlling a printer includes at least one memory storing instructions and at least one processor. The processor executes the instructions to receive a print job, and determine whether there is a difference between a first conveying mechanism that has been used for a first print job received and a second conveying mechanism that is to be used for a second print job received after the first print job. The instructions are also executed to, according to the determination that there is a difference between the first conveying mechanism and the second conveying mechanism, perform an inspection process based on a result of reading a print medium that has been conveyed using the second conveying mechanism, after a printing operation of the first print job.
US10102417B2
The present invention provides a mobile terminal, including a terminal body having a case made of a metal, a finger scan unit disposed beneath the case and configured to detect a pressure level of external force and a fingerprint, and a controller configured to decide output intensity of an ultrasonic wave for detecting the fingerprint based on the pressure level, and to control the finger scan unit based on the output intensity.
US10102415B1
The present disclosure relates to simultaneous multiple fingerprint enrollment in the field of fingerprint detection and authentication. The enrollment apparatus is configured to perform the following procedures: instruct a user to present a randomly selected set of multiple fingers on a sensing surface of the enrollment apparatus interactively, capture a fingerprint image of the multiple fingers on the sensing surface simultaneously, identify boundaries of the multiple fingers by scanning from edges of the sensing surface of the enrollment apparatus, segment the fingerprint image into a plurality of individual fingerprint images based on the identified boundaries, and store the individual fingerprint images.
US10102407B2
A method for generating a package identifier includes generating an image of a portion of a surface of a substrate of the package, generating a serial number of the package from the image, the serial number being based on at least one surface feature of the portion of the surface, and affixing a visual indicator on the package that is based on the serial number. The visual indicator affixed on the package is therefore based on the at least one surface feature of the package.
US10102402B2
An authentication channel is established between a mobile device and a transaction terminal that uses a keypad for access control. The terminal keypad is assumed to be untrusted, whereas the mobile device has a trusted interface that only the device user can access and use. The transaction terminal includes a short-range communication device, and a keypad interface application configured to communicate with an external keypad device in lieu of the transaction terminal's own keypad. The mobile device includes a mobile app. In response to detecting a user access request, a handshake protocol is performed between the keypad interface application in the transaction terminal and the keypad interface function in the mobile device. If the handshake protocol succeeds, the user is notified that the transaction terminal is trusted. The user then enters his or her password and/or PIN on the mobile device in lieu of direct entry via the terminal keypad.
US10102400B2
A system comprising a processor adapted to activate multiple security levels for the system and a monitoring device coupled to the processor and employing security rules pertaining to the multiple security levels. The monitoring device restricts usage of the system if the processor activates the security levels in a sequence contrary to the security rules.
US10102396B2
An application data storage area generation method that is executed by a processor includes, (a) generating an application data storage area including a data structure area where data of an application is stored, in a user data storage area shared by a plurality of user accounts, in response to a utilization request for the application, (b) generating, in the user data storage area, role information including a plurality of roles for which access control information on access to a data structure of the application is set, and (c) storing, in the user data storage area, information on association between the plurality of user accounts and the plurality of roles included in the role information.
US10102395B2
Systems and methods for facilitating users to create multi-faceted social media objects (e.g., text, images, videos, etc.) with one public facing front side and multiple secondary facets that have optional privacy controls are provided. Users can scroll down a feed and perform gestures on each social media object to transition them to flipsides to view optionally private content in an intuitive manner. Graphical animations for transitioning from the front side of the social media object to the secondary facets can be simultaneously viewed within the feed interface. This enables a user to create a publicly visible social media object and essentially hide a message on the flipside(s) for selected other users to access. The hidden message may be contextual to the public side.
US10102394B2
The present invention provides methods for using abstractions of people, including dynamic and static groups of people, to enhance the efficiency of the specification and automation of policies for sharing information between users with a “need-to-know.” An instance of the present invention can also provide these users information based on a “time-to-know.” By providing access to information based on group affiliation and properties of the content of the information, the present invention maintains optimal information privacy while minimizing encumbrances to sharing data with appropriate users and even at appropriate times. The present invention can be integrated with other communication technologies to facilitate access to information in a time appropriate manner. Other instances of the present invention employ automated and semi-automated, mixed-initiative techniques, to make information-sharing decisions. Additional instances of the present invention include the employment of machine-learning techniques to facilitate construction of access policies from the actions or profile of a single user or a community of users, including the construction of automated sharing agents that work in an automated or mixed-initiative manner to respond to real-time requests for information.
