US10278306B2
The invention relates to a cooling arrangement comprising a heat spreader (2) comprising a first surface (5), a second surface (8), at least one heat absorption chamber (9) and at least one heat dissipation chamber (10), the at least one heat absorption chamber (9) being in thermal contact with the first surface (5) and the at least one heat dissipation chamber (10) being in thermal contact with the second surface (8) and hydraulically coupled to the at least one heat absorption chamber (9). A cooling fluid (13) can be driven from the heat absorption chamber (9) to the heat dissipation chamber (10) using a plurality of flow patterns for cooling the first surface (5).
US10278305B2
An electronic assembly comprises a heat-generating semiconductor device that has a first side and a second side opposite the first side. An evaporator stack has a floor and a hollow body. The evaporator stack overlies the first side of the semiconductor device. The heated floor can convert a liquid-phase of a coolant (e.g., refrigerant) into a gas-phase of the coolant. A condensation container is in communication with the evaporator stack and is arranged to receive a gas-phase of the coolant. The condensation container is configured to convert the received gas-phase of the coolant into a liquid phase to replenish the liquid-phase coolant for interaction with the floor of the evaporator stack.
US10278302B2
Techniques and mechanisms for providing socket connection to a substrate. In an embodiment, a socket device includes a first socket body portion that is to provide for signal exchanges as part of a socket connector including the first socket body portion and a second socket body portion. The first socket body portion and the second socket body portion comprise respective zones, wherein, of the two zones, only one such zone has a first electro-mechanical characteristic. The first electro-mechanical characteristic is selected from the group consisting of an interconnect dimension, an interconnect material, an interconnect structure, a socket body material, and a shielding structure. In another embodiment, modular socket sub-assemblies each comprise a respective one of the first zone and the second zone.
US10278297B1
A case with assembly structure includes a body, an engaging portion, a fixing element and an elastic element. The body has an accommodating slot and the engaging portion is disposed in the accommodating slot. The fixing element is slidably disposed on the main body and is located on one side of the accommodation slot and adjacent to the engaging portion. The fixing element has a hook. One end of the elastic element is disposed to the body and another end is disposed to the fixing element. The fixing element is moved between a fixed position and a release position along a first direction. When the fixing element is moved to the release position, the hook of the fixing element is moved along a second direction to hook the engaging portion. Meanwhile, the elastic element is made the fixing element be pulled toward the fixed position.
US10278296B2
A shroud including a body comprising a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a printed circuit board assembly (“PCBA”) reception unit configured to receive a PCBA unit of an electronic device, wherein the PCBA unit comprises multiple light emitting diode (“LED”) units which emit multiple light emitting diode (“LED”) signals. The shroud can also include a plurality of ribs located on the body and configured to contact a cover for the electronic device, wherein the plurality of ribs are configured to substantially isolate each of the multiple LED signals, and wherein the body and the plurality of ribs comprise a resilient material.
US10278281B1
A MEMS thermal stress isolation system is disclosed. The MEMs thermal stress isolation system is a MEMS embedded hardware implementation designed to isolate the sensitive sensor die from external stresses caused by rigid attachment to packaging and to allow the sensor to perform with improved immunity to the negative impacts of rigid sensor packaging attachment. A planar, micro-etched interface structure is integrated into the MEMS wafer stack, which serves as the mechanical connection between the MEMS sensor and the external packaging.
US10278278B2
A circuit structure includes an electronic component, a circuit board having a conductive path, the electronic component being mounted on the circuit board, a heat dissipation member on top of which the circuit board is placed and which dissipates heat of the circuit board, a sheet-like spacer sheet provided in a predetermined region between the circuit board and the heat dissipation member, and a bonding portion for bonding the circuit board and the heat dissipation member to each other, the bonding portion having adhesive properties or tackiness and being provided in a region between the circuit board and the heat dissipation member where the spacer sheet is not provided.
US10278266B1
A lighting device includes a light source to emit a modulated light, a memory device for storing an access code of a wireless network, and a controller to control generation of the modulated light based on the access code, wherein the access code is extractable from the modulated light by a light receiving device.
US10278257B2
A protection circuit and an LED driving circuit are provided, which include a Zener diode, a potential dividing unit, a first switch unit, and a second switch unit. The cathode and anode of the Zener diode are connected to a first power source and an input terminal of the potential dividing unit, respectively. The control terminal, input terminal, and output terminal of the first switch unit are connected to an output terminal of the potential dividing unit, a second power source, and the control terminal of the second switch unit, respectively. The input terminal and output terminal of the second switch unit are connected to the second power source and a boost circuit, respectively.
US10278255B1
Disclosed are a light-emitting device for digital control of color temperature modulation and its application. The light-emitting device is electrically connected to a wall switch and includes a DIP switch, first LEDs, second LEDs and a control module. The control module is electrically connected to the above components and contains a truth table. The truth table includes at least a first mode, second mode, third mode and a memory and automatically switch mode, and a digital switching is accomplished by correlating the DIP switch to the truth table. In the memory and automatically switch mode, the first to third mode color temperatures are sequentially switched and controlled by turning on or off the wall switch according to the truth table information. The light-emitting device may be applied to light fixtures or mirror products to improve the convenience of use.
US10278246B2
A system and related techniques for dimming a solid-state light source are disclosed. The system may be configured to dim the output of a solid-state emitter via a combination of phase-cut dimming and high-frequency pulse-width modulation (PWM) dimming. To this end, the system may include a digital rectification module configured to generate a rectified DC power and a rectified phase-cut signal based on a phase-cut AC signal received from a phase-cut dimmer. The system further may include a microcontroller unit (MCU) configured to measure the duration of low and high states of the rectified phase-cut signal using zero-crossing digital phase-cut detection and output PWM signal(s) based, at least in part, on those measured values. The rectified DC power and PWM signal(s) may be delivered to a DC-to-DC converter, which may output DC power(s) having an intensity based on the rectified DC power and PWM signal(s), causing receiving emitter(s) to dim.
US10278243B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a backlight module using MJT LEDs and a backlight unit including the same. More specifically, embodiments of the disclosure provide a backlight module, which includes MJT LEDs configured to increase an effective light emitting area of each of light emitting cells and optical members capable of uniformly dispersing light emitted from the MJT LEDs. In addition, embodiments of the disclosure provide a backlight unit using the backlight module, thereby reducing the number of LEDs constituting the backlight unit while allowing operation at low current.
US10278236B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus including a first communication section configured to communicate with a communication terminal through a first communication channel, and a second communication section configured to communicate with the communication terminal through a second communication channel different from the first communication channel, wherein the first communication section is used for transmission of connection information for establishing the second communication channel with the communication terminal, wherein the second communication section is configured to establish the second communication channel based on the connection information, and wherein the information processing apparatus is connected to a network based on a connection instruction transmitted across the second communication channel, and receives service data by which to run the information processing apparatus from a service providing apparatus via the network.
US10278227B2
In aspects of downlink-only fifth generation new radio, a mobile communication device includes a radio frequency transceiver, a radio frequency receiver, and a processor and memory system to implement a radio control manager application that establishes an LTE anchor link with a base station using the LTE transceiver, establishes a 5G NR downlink from the base station to the mobile communication device using the radio frequency receiver, and manages the 5G NR downlink via an uplink of the LTE anchor link. In another aspect, a mobile communication device estimates channel conditions for a 5G NR downlink, selects a precoding matrix to beamform the 5G NR downlink, and provides an indication of the selected precoding matrix via the LTE anchor link.
US10278223B2
A communication system maintains a signal processing license within a memory of the communication system. The signal processing license allows the communication system to perform a license-enabled signal processing function on signals received from one or more devices external to the communication system while the signal processing license is maintained within the memory. As such, the communication system detects that an additional communication system is within a transfer range of the communication system, and, in response, performs a transfer operation in which the signal processing license is transferred from the communication system to the additional communication system such that the signal processing license is no longer maintained within the memory once the transfer operation is completely performed. Consequently, subsequent to the transfer operation, the additional communication system is enabled to perform the license-enabled signal processing function while the communication system is prevented from performing the license-enabled signal processing function.
US10278222B2
Devices and methods are provided for determining the proximity of client nodes within a wireless-enabled communication environment. A first client node comprises a database containing identification data associated with a plurality of wireless network access nodes and fingerprint data associated with the client node and a plurality of second client nodes. As the fingerprint information is updated, it is processed by the first client node to identify second client nodes that have matching, or similar, fingerprint information. Those that do are determined to be within a viable device-to-device (D2D) communication range.
US10278218B2
A wireless communication system, in some embodiments, comprises: a receiver; one or more tunable elements, coupled to the receiver, to adjust an impedance of the system; and a processor, coupled to the one or more tunable elements, to tune said one or more tunable elements based on the strength of a received signal.
US10278215B2
A method and a system are described for resolution of collision of Physical Cell Identifier (PCI) between a plurality of base stations. The method includes determining a value of a Physical Cell Identifier Collision Margin (PCICM). The method includes detecting a PCI collision among a plurality of base stations based on the determined PCICM value. In an embodiment, the plurality of base stations may include a Serving Base Station (SBS) and one or more Neighboring Base Stations (NBS). The method includes estimating a relative distance between the SBS and each of the one or more NBS. The method includes reconfiguring a new PCI value associated with the SBS based on the estimated relative distance.
US10278213B2
Embodiments herein relate to a communication device and a method performed by the communication device for enabling improved random access transmissions in a radio communications network. The communication device obtains information indicating a first random access channel configuration and also obtains information indicating at least a second random access channel configuration. Then, the communication device determine whether or not the at least second random access channel configuration is orthogonal to the first random access channel configuration. Furthermore, the communication device uses the result of the determining to determine the time required by the communication device to configure the at least second cell. Embodiments herein also relate to a first network node and a method therein for enabling improved random access transmissions in a radio communications network.
US10278212B2
A communication device of handling a random access procedure comprises a storage unit for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage unit. The processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit. The instructions comprise determining a first coverage enhancement (CE) level; selecting at least one first random access preamble from a first preamble group corresponding to the first CE level; performing the random access procedure according to the at least one first random access preamble with a network; determining a second CE level, if the random access procedure performed according to the first access preamble is performed unsuccessfully; selecting at least one second random access preamble from a second preamble group; and performing the random access procedure according to the at least one second random access preamble with the network.
US10278208B2
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method by which a station (STA) performs uplink transmission in a wireless communication system, the method for performing uplink transmission comprising the steps of: receiving a trigger frame from an AP; and performing uplink transmission as a response to the trigger frame, wherein, when a network allocation vector (NAV) of the STA receiving the trigger frame is idle and clear channel assessment (CCA) result is idle, the uplink transmission is performed.
US10278206B2
A method for scheduling radio resource in an unlicensed spectrum and a base station using the method is provided. This method includes following steps. Downlink data are obtained, and the first starting time point for a downlink transmission of this downlink data is estimated. A plurality of second starting times are set according to the first starting time point. A plurality of downlink control information (DCIs) for the downlink data are prepared before the earliest second start time point. Each of the DCIs is corresponding to each of the first start time point or the second start time points, and each of the DCIs points to a radio resource block of the downlink data. Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) procedure in the unlicensed spectrum is performed, and the DCIs are disposed in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) after the channel process is completed.
US10278197B2
Techniques and systems for prioritizing beacon messages are disclosed. Such a technique can include receiving, at a mobile device, beacon messages from multiple beacon devices over short-range communication links, the beacon devices being within a vicinity of an establishment, the beacon messages being configured to provide content associated with the establishment; determining, at the mobile device, priorities of the beacon messages based on one or more criteria; selecting, at the mobile device, a beacon message of the beacon messages based on the priorities to produce a selected beacon message; and presenting the selected beacon message through the mobile device.
US10278183B2
In order to transmit capability information of a user equipment (UE) to an evolved Node B (eNB), the UE may generate a UE CAPABILITY INFORMATION message including the capability information of the UE, and transmit the generated UE CAPABILITY INFORMATION message to the eNB. Here, the capability information of the UE may include at least one band combination supported by the UE and whether Time Division Duplexing-Frequency Division Duplexing Carrier Aggregation (TDD-FDD CA) for the band combination is supported.
US10278181B2
Disclosed herein are low data rate electronic devices capable of wireless communication at ranges of thousands of meters. These devices may be such things as keypads, door latches, occupancy monitors, sprinkler controllers and other devices controlled or monitored in a campus or a collection of buildings. These devices operate at intermediate ranges in RF congested areas and failure-intolerant situations through the use of discrete programmable channels. Devices may measure the quality of a communications link on a channel, and apply varying levels of redundancy based upon a recent history of success and failure of packet transmission to other distant devices, which measurement may be a value of badness increased as errors are encountered and decreased as packet communication is successful.
US10278175B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink data by means of multiple serving cells. A method for a terminal for transmitting uplink data by means of multiple serving cells may comprise the steps of: the terminal receiving a first timing advance command (TAC) for a first serving cell and a second TAC for a second serving cell; and determining whether the terminal transmits uplink data by means of the second serving cell on the basis of whether the timing difference is below the threshold value, wherein the timing difference is acquired on the basis of the first TAC and the second TAC, and the first serving cell can be a cell configured so that an uplink can be always transmitted regardless of the timing difference.
US10278170B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide information sending and receiving methods and devices. The information sending method includes: determining, by a base station, a downlink subframe that is used to send first information to user equipment UE; and sending, by the base station, the first information to the UE by using the downlink subframe, where the downlink subframe is a first subframe, a second subframe, or a third subframe, where the first subframe includes at least two sub-physical resource block pairs, the second subframe includes at least two physical resource block pairs, and the third subframe includes at least one sub-physical resource block pair and at least one physical resource block pair. According to the embodiments of the present invention, an LTE communications system efficiently and flexibly supports various network architectures and various types of UEs.
US10278167B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In one example, an indication in a first control message in a control region of a first transmission time interval (TTI) identifies a data region of the first TTI. A data region of the second TTI may be identified based on a grant of resources received in a second control message of a second TTI, where the data region of the first TTI and the control region of the second TTI are frequency division multiplexed with the data region of the second TTI. Other examples include a downlink grant at the beginning of a control region and uplink grants at the end of the control region. In other examples, a downlink grant for a user equipment (UE) may include an indication of resources allocated to the UE in that resource block and a second resource block.
US10278160B2
A method for performing a random access is provided. The method includes identifying a first downlink (DL) reception (RX) beam based on a measurement on a beam measurement signal, identifying a first uplink (UL) transmission (TX) beam corresponding to the identified first DL RX beam and transmitting at least one random access preamble for an RX sweeping at a base station, using the identified first UL TX beam based on a first power.
US10278158B2
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed to determine access control and channel and signaling priority. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may comprise a processor configured, at least in part, to determine device-to-device (D2D) data to be transmitted. The WTRU may determine if the D2D data may be transmitted. The WTRU may determine available scheduling assignment (SA) resources used for priority based D2D data signals. The WTRU may select one or more available SA resources used for priority based D2D data signals. The WTRU may transmit the D2D data, wherein the D2D data may be transmitted on the selected SA resources.
US10278156B2
Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for allocating a source specific multicast internet protocol address to a streaming media content are disclosed. For example, a processor of a device may receive a streaming media content, allocate a source specific multicast internet protocol address to the streaming media content for a base station of a cellular network, allocate a first broadcast channel of the base station to the streaming media content, and associate the first broadcast channel with the source specific multicast internet protocol address. The processor may further generate a manifest file, the manifest file including an identification of the streaming media content and the source specific multicast internet protocol address, transmit the manifest file via a second broadcast channel of the base station, and transmit the streaming media content via the first broadcast channel of the base station.
US10278145B2
Various aspects of the disclosure relate to communicating random access information and uplink control information. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) or other suitable apparatus transmits physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) information concurrently with random access channel (RACH) information transmitted by another UE or other apparatus. For example, the RACH access information and the PUCCH information may be frequency division multiplexed orthogonal tones. The disclosure relates in some aspects to using downlink-uplink (DL-UL) channel reciprocity to determine symbol and/or tone locations. For example, a base station or other suitable apparatus may initially sweep across different directions in different time slots to transmit directional primary synchronization signals (DPSSs). A UE or other suitable apparatus can then find an appropriate RACH symbol from its best DPSS beam index and transmit PUCCH information in those symbols.
US10278143B2
According to certain embodiments, a method of operating an electronic device includes identifying an RSSI value and setting a power amplifier to a first power amplification mode or a second power amplification mode based on the identified one or more RSSI value, wherein the first power amplification mode and the second power amplification mode supply different supply voltages to the power amplifier.
US10278142B2
A transmit power control rule for device-to-device (D2D) transmissions may not be necessary during periods in which no uplink transmissions are scheduled to be received by an enhanced Node B base station (eNB). When uplink transmissions are not scheduled to be received by the eNB, the eNB may send a transmit power control (TPC) command to a D2D capable user equipment (D2D UE) that instructs the D2D UE to perform a D2D transmission at a pre-defined transmit power level (e.g., maximum transmit power level). When uplink transmissions are scheduled to be received the eNB, the eNB may send a TPC command to the D2D UE that instructs the D2D UE to perform a D2D transmission at a transmit power level defined by a power control rule.
US10278140B2
A radio communication apparatus is provided, which includes a receiver and a controller. The receiver, in operation, receives a first power headroom (PHR), which is obtained by subtracting a transmit power for a data channel from a maximum transmit power at a mobile station and which is transmitted from the mobile station, and receives a second PHR, which is obtained by subtracting the transmit power for the data channel and a transmit power for a control channel from the maximum transmit power at the mobile station and which is transmitted from the mobile station. The controller, in operation, selectively sets a simultaneous transmission of the data channel and the control channel in different frequency bands to be performed by the mobile station. When the data channel and the control channel are simultaneously transmitted in different frequency bands from the mobile station, the second PHR is obtained and transmitted from the mobile station.
US10278133B2
A system and method for controlling uplink power to combat rain fade in satellite communication systems. First communication signals transmitted from a satellite to a satellite operations center are monitored at a gateway. A downlink attenuation level is determined for the first communication signals, and compared to an ideal attenuation level. if the downlink attenuation level exceeds the ideal attenuation level, then a corresponding uplink attenuation level is determined for a second frequency used to transmit second communication signals to the satellite, and converted to a power control command for adjusting an amplifier gain. The second communication signals are transmitted to the satellite at either a compensated power level or a normal power level, depending on whether the downlink attenuation level exceeds the ideal attenuation level.
US10278130B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to enhanced procedures for search, measurement, and positioning with aid of motion detection information. According to certain aspects, a method is provided for wireless communications which may be performed, for example, by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes determining one or more parameters of the UE; dynamically adjusting a periodicity of at least one of: cell search and measurements or global positioning system (GPS) signal acquisition based, at least in part, on the one or more parameters; and performing at least one of: the cell search and measurements or GPS signal acquisition according to the adjusted periodicity. In aspects, an enhanced technique for motion state detection is provided. The method may result in power savings, for example, when the UE is stationary and can reduce the periodicity that the UE performs search, measurement and GPS signal acquisition.
US10278124B1
Methods and systems are provided for calculating a bias value based on radio frequency signal power measurements. A wireless communication device (WCD) measures the powers of radio frequency signals received by the WCD, including a first radio frequency signal transmitted by a first base station of a wireless network and a second radio frequency signal transmitted by a second base station of the wireless network. The first base station transmits radio frequency signals at a higher power than the second base station. The WCD calculates a bias value based on at least one of the measured powers of the first radio frequency signal and the second radio frequency signal. The bias value, in combination with the measured powers of the first and second radio frequency signals, can be used to select one of the first and second base stations.
US10278116B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and system, for performing an initial network access procedure by a user equipment (UE) to access a network in a coverage area. The method includes performing, by the UE, initialization procedure of the UE. Synchronization, is performed by the UE with one or more base stations to prepare a fast network access index (FNAI) list. An initial network access message (INAM) is multicasted to at least one base station based on an INAM multicast list prepared in response to the FNAI list. At least one initial network access response (INAR) is received from the at least one base station in response to the INAM, each INAR comprising a current load information of a base station. The INAR is processed to determine at least one suitable base station. Synchronization with the suitable base station is performed to access the network in the coverage area.
US10278105B2
AP's associated with a communication network and any wireless devices desiring contact, operated according to a protocol in which each wireless device selects AP's with which to communicate. A system coordinator causes the AP's to operate so as to guide each wireless device to an AP selected by the system coordinator. This has the effect that, notwithstanding that the protocol involves having the wireless device make the selection of AP, functionally, the AP's make the selection for it. In a 1st technique, multiple AP's share an identifier, with the system coordinator directing one particular AP to respond to the wireless device, thus appearing to wireless devices as a “personal cell”. In a 2nd technique, AP's each maintain identifiers substantially unique to each wireless device, with the system coordinator directing only one particular AP to maintain any particular wireless device's identifier, thus appearing to wireless devices as a “personal AP”.
US10278094B2
The present invention discloses a first mobile terminal. A receiver receives wireless backhaul data sent by a wireless access point or a micro base station; a processor determines, according to a wireless network connection relationship of the first mobile terminal, at least one wireless backhaul channel for transmitting the wireless backhaul data, where the wireless backhaul channel includes a first access network device connected to a core network device, or a first access network device connected to a core network device, and at least one of the following transit nodes: at least one second mobile terminal or at least one second access network device; and a sender sends the wireless backhaul data to the first access network device according to the wireless backhaul channel, where the first access network device is configured to send the wireless backhaul data to the core network device.
US10278093B2
A method, an apparatus, and a system for quality of service (QoS) parameter configuration in a wireless local area network (WLAN), where the method includes sending, by a network device, a default first QoS parameter set to a terminal, sending, by the network device, a QoS parameter set modification message including a second QoS parameter set to the terminal, where the second QoS parameter set is different from the first QoS parameter set, and the QoS parameter set modification message is a unicast beacon frame or an active probe response frame. In this way, the second QoS parameter set different from the first QoS parameter set is sent to the terminal using the unicast beacon frame or the active probe response frame, which ensures that the network device dynamically adjusts a QoS parameter set of the terminal on a per terminal basis, thereby improving data transmission efficiency and user experience.
US10278091B2
Provided are a method for steering traffic performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, and the terminal using the method. The method comprises: receiving a traffic steering indicator from a first network; evaluating a traffic steering condition; and if the traffic steering condition is satisfied, operating in a first operation mode or a second operation mode indicated by the traffic steering indicator, wherein the first operation mode is an operation mode in which the terminal is capable of performing, by itself, traffic steering for moving traffic from the first network to a second network, and the second operation mode is an operation mode for reporting the evaluation result of the traffic steering condition to the first network.
US10278073B2
A processing method for terminal access to a 3GPP network is provided. A UE sends an access request message to a core network device on the 3GPP network, and the core network device sends an unauthorized access message to the UE after determining that the UE has no permission to access the 3GPP network. The unauthorized access message includes authentication information of the core network device. The UE performs authentication on the core network device according to the authentication information of the core network device, and executes a corresponding network access policy after authentication on the core network device by the UE succeeds, that is, after the UE determines that a source of the unauthorized access message is authorized.
US10278069B2
Techniques to authorize access to a service are disclosed. In various embodiments, a token that includes data comprising or otherwise associated with a device identifier of a device on which an application configured to access a service is installed is provided to the application. A service access authorization request that includes the token is received. The token is used to determine device information associated with the service access authorization request.
US10278068B2
A communication device of handling communication with a network including a cellular network and a wireless local area network (WLAN) comprises instructions of receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message configuring cellular-WLAN aggregation (CWA) to the communication device from a base station (BS) of the cellular network; deriving a first pairwise master key (PMK) according to the RRC message; deriving a first encryption key for encrypting first data transmitted to the WLAN or decrypting second data received from the WLAN from the first PMK; releasing the CWA during connecting to the WLAN; performing an extensible authentication protocol (EAP) authentication and key agreement (AKA) procedure with the WLAN to derive a second PMK, when releasing the CWA; and deriving a second encryption key for encrypting third data transmitted to the WLAN or decrypting fourth data received from the WLAN from the second PMK.
US10278066B2
The present invention provides methods and apparatus for displaying identifications of lost device for anti-theft operation. One of methods for displaying identifications of a mobile device for anti-theft operation in a wireless access system, the method comprises steps of receiving a paging message including a show lock screen command indicating whether a screen-lock is requested and a displaying identification indication requesting a display of device identification of the mobile device on a screen of the mobile device; and displaying the device identification on the locked screen according to the show lock screen command and the displaying identification indication.
US10278062B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are provided for configuring a “SIM-less” System-on-Chip (S2oC) with integrated reprogrammable cellular network connectivity. Digitally issued Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards may be digitally issued by a remote server and downloaded and managed by the S2oC. A virtual SIM card container may be packaged in the S2oC and hosts an identity manager used by a plurality of applications residing in the multi-core processor of the S2oC. A virtual modem with a custom communication protocol allows the multi-core processor applications to exchange data with the virtual SIM card container.
US10278056B2
In one example, a method for providing probe responses in a wireless communication network includes determining, in response to a broadcast probe request from a station, to respond to the broadcast probe request based on whether the station previously acknowledges a previous broadcast probe response from an access point. Additionally, the method includes transmitting a probe response to the station based on the determination.
US10278022B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus is configured to determine a communication deferral policy within a BSS associated with the apparatus. The apparatus is configured to receive a message from a second wireless device. The apparatus is configured to determine a message type of the message. The apparatus is configured to determine whether the message is associated with an OBSS based on the determined message type. The apparatus is configured to determine whether to defer communications based on the communication deferral policy, the message type, and whether the message is associated with the OBSS.
US10278017B2
Audio information is monitored by a user device that performs audio content recognition of any received audio content. The user device includes a scheduling logic unit, a probe, and an audio signature generator. The scheduling logic unit maintains a set of scheduling rules that define conditions that were present when previous audio content recognition of audio content received by the user device was successful. The scheduling logic unit receives currently present conditions of the user device, and compares the currently present conditions to the set of scheduling rules to determine if the currently present conditions match any scheduling rules. The user devices captures ambient audio content via the probe and generates audio signatures of the captured audio content using the audio signature generator if a match occurs, and inhibits capturing audio content by the user device and/or inhibits generating audio signatures if a match does not occur.
US10278015B2
A method of estimating flows of persons gathering at an Area of Interest for attending a public happening during a time interval on a day includes defining a plurality of calculated radius values of the Area of interest radius, and, for each calculated radius value: identifying a number of relevant served areas; identifying a first number of user equipment; identifying a second number of user equipment associated; computing a normalized statistical quantity by normalizing the statistical quantity with respect to the radii of the relevant served areas; computing an optimum radius value of the Area of Interest radius; identifying persons gathering for attending the public happening; computing at least one matrix accounting for movements of persons.
US10278014B2
A system coupled to a packet-based network is configured to predict the locations of mobile devices that have communicated with the packet-based network. The system includes a request processor configured to detect location events associated with mobile devices communicating with the packet-based network, each location event corresponding to a time stamp and identifying a geo-place in a geo database. The geo-places include geo-blocks and geo-fences. The system further comprises a location prediction subsystem configured to construct first feature space using first location events and second feature space using second location events, and to extract a set of labels from third location events. The location prediction subsystem is further configured to train a prediction model using the first feature space and the set of labels, and to apply the prediction model to the second feature space to obtain prediction results.
US10278008B2
Apparatus and methods for enabling location identification and related services in a premises. In one embodiment, location identification services are provided via a gateway device using data extracted from a wireless signal. The data is used to estimate a location of a device (based on comparison to previously gathered and/or reference data). In another embodiment, infrared (IR) or other short range wireless signals are broadcast from the client devices to a set-top-box (STB), and the STB or gateway correlates the signals to a location within the premises. A profiling process is used to establish specific locations within a premises, and associate location-specific services therewith. The location-based services include for example (i) loading particular applications and/or content when the user enters a particular location, (ii) providing information and/or advertisement opportunities when the user is near a particular public or business location, and (iii) content delivery optimization among multiple user devices.
US10277996B2
A hearing aid having an electrical assembly, the electrical assembly includes a printed circuit board having a first board surface and a second board surface, the printed circuit board having a first pad in a first pad region on the first board surface, the first pad region having a first board normal; a flexible printed circuit board comprising an antenna, the antenna having a first terminal in a first terminal region on a first flexfilm surface of the flexible printed circuit board, the first terminal region having a first terminal normal; and first electrically conductive material connecting the first pad and the first terminal, and wherein the first terminal normal and the first board normal forms a first angle that is anywhere from 30° to 150°.
US10277988B2
Microphone systems including a MEMS microphone and an electronic controller. The MEMS microphone includes a movable membrane and a backplate. The movable membrane includes a capacitive electrode and a piezoelectric electrode. The capacitive electrode is configured such that acoustic pressures acting on the movable membrane cause movement of the capacitive electrode. The piezoelectric electrode alters a mechanical property of the MEMS microphone based on a control signal. The backplate is positioned on a first side of the movable membrane. The electronic controller is electrically coupled to the piezoelectric electrode and is configured to generate the control signal.
US10277984B2
Disclosed is a multi-strand independent input-output voice coil. The voice coil is a potted coil, which is formed by winding in the following steps: a. forming a multi-strand flat cable by synchronizing and juxtaposing at least two enameled wires; b. winding the multi-strand flat cable to form the potted coil, each enameled wire including independent current input and output ends; and c. under the control of an ICE chip, forming, by the enameled wires together, a multiple-input multiple-output electrical connection end to correspond to vibration drive control of sounds at different frequencies separately. During use, the independent current input and output ends of the enameled wires reduce impact of inertia in vibration of a vibrating diaphragm and impact of a frequency and current on a sound during a change in a volume or tone. Quality of a sound made by the loudspeaker is notably improved.
US10277974B2
A headphone includes: a headband; a pair of housing support portions, one and the other of which are provided at one and the other ends of the headband, respectively; a pair of rotational shafts, one and the other of which rotatably connect one and the other of the pair of housing support portions to the headband, respectively; a pair of housings, one and the other of which are provided on one and the other of the pair of housing support portions, respectively, wherein, in a folded state of the housing support portions as a result of a rotation, the pair of housings are disposed in positions contained within an area inside an arc formed by the headband and the housing support portions in an opened state of the housing support portions, and are located side by side without crossing each other; and a pair of ear pads.
US10277973B2
Ear buds may have sensors to gather orientation information such as accelerometer measurements during user movements. A host electronic device may communicate wirelessly with the ear buds and may form part of an ear bud system that supplies the user with coaching and feedback while evaluating user performance of a head movement routine or other exercise routine. During operation, the ear buds may gather accelerometer data in a first reference frame such as a reference frame associated with the ear buds and may use a rotation matrix to rotate the data in the first reference frame into a second reference frame such as a neutral reference frame with a fixed orientation to the earth. The data in the neutral reference frame may be analyzed using a user head pose look-up table to categorize measured user head positions as corresponding to respective user head poses.
US10277971B2
An earpiece for reproducing audio has multiple drivers, including a bone conduction bass driver and an air conduction treble driver, attached to the ends of a malleable, yet stiff, tubing. The bass driver is placed behind or over the ear to provide a high quality bass output while the treble driver is placed so as to extend in proximity to the user's ear canal. The malleable, yet stiff, tubing enables a user to bend the earpiece and thereby position the earpiece comfortably and securely around the user's ear and to optimally position the drivers in the desired positions around the user's ear. The tubing also allows the earpiece, when not in use, to be reshaped for easy storage or to be worn as an accessory. The earpiece may also include one or more microphones with the treble and/or bass drivers.
US10277966B2
The present application relates to a bus FC-AE-1553 network system and a method of data transmission and acquisition. The bus FC-AE-1553 network system includes a network controller, at least one network terminal, a bus optical distribution network, an optical splitter and a network matching device. The network controller optical distribution networks used for managing a communication process of the whole bus FC-AE-1553 network system; the network terminal optical distribution networks used for passively receiving an instruction of the network controller in the FC-AE-1553 network system, and completing an operation for the instruction of the network controller; the optical splitter is used for realizing branching of a fibre channel signal; and the network matching device is used for terminal matching of the bus optical distribution network, and realizing sequence forwarding.
US10277957B2
For delivering an AV live content, time being divided into transmission periods, the AV live content being divided into chunks, a server performs: obtaining at least one multicast reference stream intended to transport one chunk per transmission period; obtaining at least one multicast side stream intended to transport, for each transmission period, a plurality of chunks which at least includes the same chunk as in each multicast reference stream and at least one preceding chunk; and synchronously transmitting each multicast reference stream and each multicast side stream along the transmission periods. A device willing to receive the AV live content performs: joining one multicast side stream for obtaining at least one chunk transmitted in a first transmission period; and switching to one multicast reference stream for obtaining subsequent chunks which are transmitted from a second transmission period following the first transmission period.
US10277952B2
A method and system are provided for identifying a television content item desired by a television viewer from a set of television content items. Each of the television content items has one or more associated descriptors. The system receives from the television viewer a reduced text search entry directed at identifying the desired television content item. The search entry is a prefix substring of one or more words relating to the desired television content item. The system dynamically identifies a group of one or more television content items from the set of television content items having one or more descriptors matching the search entry as the television viewer enters each character of the search entry. The system then transmits the names of the one or more television content items of the identified group to he displayed on a device operated by the television viewer.
US10277941B2
A method and apparatus are provided for producing full synchronization of a digital file with a live event. Using time-based cues such as musical beats, the live event is time mapped. The video file to be synced is measured in frames per second is then translated from its frames per second original time code into the time code of the live event in beats per minute making it possible to measure the playback rate of the source media file in the same units of measurement as the live event. The result is a playback mechanism that allows for more precise real time playback rate corrections by an operator by providing a visible cue so they can better keep the source media synced with the live event, even if there are real time tempo variations in the live event.
US10277938B2
A reference verification module identifies content items stored in a content repository that include at least a portion of the content included in a reference content item provided by an entity. The reference verification module classifies the reference content item based on the uneven distribution of the percentages of the identified content items that include each of the claimed portions. Specifically, if the average difference between the percentage of content items that include a given portion and the percentages of the remaining content items is above a threshold, then the reference verification module classifies the reference content item as having a higher than threshold likelihood of including third party content.
US10277926B2
A block-base error measure method for object segmentation includes the steps of dividing a reference image having an object into plural non-overlapping blocks, superimposing the reference image with a segmented image to obtain an error ratio of the block to define an enhanced equation and a modification equation to suppress the scattered error and enhance the contribution of the region error, so as to calculate the error amount of the segmented image and evaluate the performance of image segmentation. Compared with the conventional error measure method based on pixels, the present invention provides a more accurate high-level semantic.
US10277924B1
Methods and apparatus are described for stitching independently encoded content streams together such that they appear to be part of a single streaming session.
US10277915B2
The techniques of this disclosure may be generally related to signaling values of a quantization matrix. In some examples, coefficient values in the quantization matrix may be downsampled with different factors based on where the coefficient values are located in the quantization matrix.
US10277910B2
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for escape color coding for palette coding mode. A video bitstream may be received. The video bitstream may comprise a quantization parameter (QP) and/or a quantized escape color value that corresponds to an escape color pixel. A scaled escape color value may be generated by scaling the quantized escape color value by a scaling factor. A left-shift parameter may be determined based on the QP. A left-shifted escape color value may be generated by left-shifting the scaled escape color value based on the left-shift parameter. A right-shifted escape color value may be generated by right-shifting the left-shifted escape color value based on a constant parameter. A reconstructed escape color value may be determined based on the right-shifted escape color value. The device may decode the video bitstream based on the reconstructed escape color value.
US10277902B2
The present invention has a converting unit that converts image data in a Bayer array into three planes consisting of G, B and R planes that have the same array relationship as YCC 422, and an encoding unit that performs prediction encoding of the G, B and R planes obtained by the converting unit as YCC 422 image data. Here, the number of pixels in the horizontal direction of the G plane is twice the number of pixels in the horizontal direction of the B or R plane. Also, the encoding unit includes a motion searching unit that obtains a motion vector of a pixel block to be encoded as a motion vector of the G plane, and a correcting unit that corrects a motion vector of the B and R planes based on the motion vector for the G plane.
US10277896B2
System and method for improving operational efficiency of a video encoding pipeline, which includes a mode decision block that selects a luma intra-frame prediction mode used to encode a luma component of the source image data and a chroma reconstruction block that determines a first distortion expected to result in a first chroma transform block when each of a plurality of candidate chroma intra-frame prediction modes is implemented based on reconstructed image data, determines a second distortion expected to result in a second chroma transform block of the prediction unit when each of the plurality of candidate chroma intra-frame prediction modes is implemented based at least in part on the source image data, and selects a chroma intra-frame prediction mode used to encode a chroma component from the plurality of candidate chroma intra-frame prediction modes based at least in part on the first distortion and the second distortion.
US10277892B2
In order to enhance security of a parked vehicle, an image transmitting device to be mounted on a vehicle includes: a checking unit that checks, at a parking place of the vehicle, communicability with an external device outside of the vehicle, that is, whether an image can be transmitted from the parking place to the external device; a providing unit that provides notification information based on a result of the checking by the checking unit; a capturing unit that captures an image while the vehicle is parked; and a transmitting unit that transmits the image captured by the capturing unit to the external device.
US10277890B2
A system for acquiring a sequence of image frames for display having depth perception through motion parallax includes a base unit, a stage unit, and a camera unit. The stage unit is disposed over the base unit and is configured to rotate, with respect to the base unit, about an axis of rotation, and is configured to hold the camera element thereon at a predetermined offset, as measured from the axis of rotation to a no-parallax point or least-parallax point of the camera element. The camera element is configured to acquire a sequence of image frames, as it is rotated about the axis of rotation by the stage unit and is kept at the predetermined offset, and is configured to acquire the sequence of image frames during the rotation. The predetermined offset is a positive distance value.
US10277887B2
A calibration method calibrates a stereo camera. The calibration method includes: measuring a relative position between the stereo camera and an object that is placed so as to fall within an image capturing area of the stereo camera; acquiring a captured image that is captured by the stereo camera and includes the object; and determining a calibration parameter for calibrating the stereo camera based on the relative position and the captured image.
US10277884B2
Disclosed herein is a method for acquiring a three-dimensional (3D) image including: acquiring a 3D primary image of an object from two-dimensional (2D) primary image data acquired by first and second cameras when a predetermined pattern is projected on the object by a projector and a 2D primary image of the pattern-projected object is acquired by the first and second cameras, and then converting it into a 2D re-viewpoint image; correcting a missing area in the 2D re-viewpoint image corresponding to the 3D data missing area for compensating for a 3D data missing area caused by a curvature of the object and the points of view of the first and second cameras; and generating a corrected 3D image by referring to the 2D primary image data acquired by the first or second camera and the corrected 2D re-viewpoint image information.
US10277876B2
Provided is a first recording apparatus for recording a video stream in association with a second recording device. The first recording apparatus includes a video stream receiving unit for receiving a video stream from a video providing device via a network, a buffering unit recording a portion of the received video stream in a queue, a transmission unit relaying the video stream to the second recording device, a storage unit recording the video stream, and a switching unit for switching an operation mode to one of a relay mode for relaying the video stream to the second recording device based on a state report periodically received from the second recording device and a recording mode for storing the video stream in the storage unit.
US10277872B2
A projector includes a light source portion and a light modulation device which modulates light from the light source portion. The projector includes an entire control processor which controls an operation of the projector by executing an OS, and a video-output system processor which is operated in parallel to the entire control processor and controls a light source of the light source portion and the light modulation device. The projector includes a nonvolatile storage unit which stores control data processed by the video-output system processor. The entire control processor transmits the control data stored in the nonvolatile storage unit to the video-output system processor before activating the OS.
US10277869B2
A surveillance system includes one or more camera systems at least some of the camera systems including a camera element comprising optical components to capture and process light to produce images, camera processing circuitry that receives the light and processes the light into electrical signals and encodes the signals into a defined format, power management circuitry to power the camera system, the power management system including first and second power interfaces and first and second video output interfaces.
US10277862B2
Video conversion technology, in which a first stream of video content is accessed and multiple, different layers are extracted from the first stream of the video content. Each of the multiple, different layers are separately processed to convert the multiple, different layers into modified layers that each have a higher resolution. The modified layers are reassembled into a second stream of the video content that has a higher resolution than the first stream of the video content.
US10277857B2
An image processing apparatus having a plurality of Bayer arrays each including 4 pixels sharing a common electrode connected to a vertical signal line wherein: each of the pixels has a pixel electrode connected to a horizontal signal line; and the location of each of the horizontal signal lines and the location of each of the pixel electrodes each connected to one of the horizontal signal lines are determined so that the locations in a neighboring Bayer array are a mirror image of counterpart locations in another Bayer array adjacent to the neighboring Bayer array.
US10277846B2
A photoelectric conversion element comprises: a plurality of pixels, each of which performs photoelectric conversion and outputs an analog signal; an analog processing unit that sequentially processes, on a pixel-to-pixel basis, the analog signals output from a pixel group including the pixels; and a signal supply unit that supplies a signal needed for preliminary operation to the analog processing unit so as to enable the analog processing unit to perform the preliminary operation before the analog processing unit starts to process the analog signals output from the pixel group.
US10277845B2
There is provided a method of driving a solid-state imaging device, the solid-state imaging device including a plurality of column circuits which are arranged for each column of pixels and an amplification and selection circuit configured to amplify a differential signal based on a column pixel signal and a column reset signal, the method including causing the amplification and selection circuit to perform at least two operations among a first operation of sampling the column pixel signal, a second operation of sampling the column reset signal, and a third operation of output the amplified differential signal in parallel in the same period; and causing components connected to different horizontal signal lines to perform operations corresponding to the first to third operation in that order, and causing the components to perform different operations in parallel in the same period with respect to the first to third operations.
US10277841B2
This application discloses an image capture control method and apparatus, and an image capture device, wherein the method comprises: configuring different exposure periods for at least two photosensitive areas of a photosensitive array; determining start exposure times of the photosensitive areas, wherein a start exposure time of a photosensitive area having a relatively long exposure period is earlier than a start exposure time of a photosensitive area having a relatively short exposure period, and exposure of the photosensitive areas is completed in a longest exposure period of the exposure periods; and controlling exposure of the corresponding photosensitive areas according to the determined exposure periods and the start exposure times of the exposure periods. This application can improve quality of an HDR image by using a total exposure time as short as possible.
US10277828B2
An image pickup apparatus is configured to obtain polarization information based on a plurality of images having different polarization states obtained by changing a retardation provided to light from an object. The image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup element configured to obtain the plurality of images, and a controller configured to change the retardation and to set an image pickup condition of the image pickup apparatus. The controller sets the image pickup condition while the retardation is changed to a reference value that is from −90 degrees to +90 degrees inclusive.
US10277824B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods that employ a mechanical method for adjusting camera field angles at a high speed. The adjustments may be synchronized to a high speed image capture process. As such, multiple frames can be captured without experiencing significant object movement or hand shake. The systems and methods may be used to capture videos and/or photo stitching, because both camera position and objects in the scene are static during the high speed image capture.
US10277822B2
An image forming apparatus which is able to shoot high-quality images while improving image stabilization performance. An optical device which corrects for image blurring is moved in a direction different from an optical axis. Focusing is controlled by calculating a shape of a contrast using AF evaluation values at respective positions of a focus lens, which moves in the direction of the optical axis, at predetermined intervals and using a position of the focus lens at which the contrast is at its peak as a position at which a bundle of rays comes to a focus on a light-incident plane of the image pickup device. During the focusing control, positions of the focus lens obtained when the AF evaluation values were obtained or the obtained AF evaluation values are corrected according to detected positions of the optical device in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis.
US10277821B2
Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise a method and apparatus for optical image stabilization. The apparatus may comprise a lens coupled to an actuator. The actuator may receive signals from an OIS circuit corresponding to a magnitude and direction, and the actuator may act on these signals by positioning the lens accordingly. The OIS circuit may comprise a gain control circuit configured to limit the magnitude of the signal sent to the actuator.
US10277820B2
Techniques to capture and fuse short- and long-exposure images of a scene from a stabilized image capture device are disclosed. More particularly, the disclosed techniques use not only individual pixel differences between co-captured short- and long-exposure images, but also the spatial structure of occluded regions in the long-exposure images (e.g., areas of the long-exposure image(s) exhibiting blur due to scene object motion). A novel device used to represent this feature of the long-exposure image is a “spatial difference map.” Spatial difference maps may be used to identify pixels in the short-and long-exposure images for fusion and, in one embodiment, may be used to identify pixels from the short-exposure image(s) to filter post-fusion so as to reduce visual discontinuities in the output image.
US10277815B2
In a communication apparatus to which a battery can be detachably attached, even in a case where the communication apparatus is set to an off state, a power control unit supplies power to a communication unit, and the communication unit is communicable with an external apparatus by executing firmware held in a memory unit. When the power supply from the battery to the communication apparatus is supplied, even in a case where the communication apparatus is set to the off state by the setting unit, the power control unit supplies power to a transfer unit, and the transfer unit executes transfer of the firmware.
US10277814B2
A display control method includes generating first virtual space data defining a first virtual space including a first virtual camera and a display object. The method includes displaying a first visual-field image on a head-mounted display based on a visual field of the first virtual camera and the first virtual space data. The method includes updating the first visual-field image by moving the first virtual camera in synchronization with detected movement of the head-mounted display. The method includes generating second virtual space data for defining a second virtual space including a second virtual camera. The method includes displaying a second visual-field image on the display object based on a visual field of the second virtual camera and the second virtual space data. The method includes updating the second visual-field image by moving the second virtual camera in the second virtual space in synchronization with the detected movement.
US10277809B2
An imaging device includes a subject detecting unit configured to detect a subject image from a captured image captured by an imaging element; a motion vector acquiring unit configured to acquire a motion vector of the subject image detected by the subject detecting unit, by comparing image signals in different frames acquired by the imaging element; a comparison unit configured to acquire a comparison result, by comparing a position of the subject image detected by the subject detecting unit with a predetermined position; and a moving unit configured to reduce movement of the position of the subject image in the imaging range, by moving the subject image on the basis of the motion vector and the comparison result.
US10277806B2
A method comprising using at least one hardware processor for: receiving a continuous stream of images; and in real time, for each image of some of the images: extracting composition features from the image, determining photographic composition functions for at least some of the extracted composition features based on a plurality of composition rules, defining a photographic composition sum-function by summing up at least some of the photographic composition functions, and calculating an extremum of the photographic composition sum-function, wherein the extremum reflects a photographic composition suggestion with respect to a photographic composition of the image.
US10277805B2
In a monitoring system, each individual camera device divides image data acquired by an image sensor unit into a plurality of areas, and detects video-image abnormality from an average luminance signal value in each area or from a change thereof. The camera device that has detected video abnormality transmits video-image abnormality detection information to a server. In the plurality of areas, it is possible to use different detection algorithms such as a first algorithm in which it is determined that an abnormality has occurred when there is no change in the average luminance value, a second algorithm in which it is determined that an abnormality has occurred when there is a change in the average luminance value, and a third algorithm for observing a change in the video captured while a change is made to an aperture, exposure time, or the like.
US10277803B2
A control method for controlling an electronic apparatus includes controlling an image sensor to output a merged image and a color block image of a same scene; defining a first predetermined region using the merged image based on a user input; converting the color block image into a first imitating image and converting the merged image into a restored image, wherein a second predetermined region in the color block image is converted using a first interpolating method, and the second predetermined region corresponds to the first predetermined region, and wherein a third predetermined region in the merged image is converted using a second interpolating method, and the third predetermined region corresponds to a first region outside the first predetermined region; obtaining a second imitating image by synthesizing the first imitating image and the restored image. An electronic apparatus is also provided.
US10277802B2
A focusing control device includes: a plurality of signal detection sections that receives luminous fluxes passing through an imaging optical system including a focus lens capable of moving in an optical axis direction in a first range and detects signals corresponding to light reception amounts; a movement allowable range control unit that controls a movement allowable range in which movement of the focus lens set in the first range is allowed; and a lens driving control unit that moves the focus lens within the movement allowable range controlled by the movement allowable range control unit based on a signal group output from the plurality of signal detection sections.
US10277796B2
An imaging control apparatus for achieving proper image control such as focusing control is provided. The imaging control apparatus includes a detection control unit, an image correction unit, and a display control unit. The detection control unit controls detection on the basis of a detection area corresponding to a predetermined area in an object image acquired by an image sensor. The image correction unit corrects, on the basis of lens information relating to an image-pickup lens, the object image displayed on a screen. The display control unit displays, on the basis of the detection area and the lens information, a detection area display at a predetermined position on the screen, the detection area display representing the detection area.
US10277794B2
An acquisition unit acquires an image of a partial region which is a portion of an image captured by an imaging unit. During a time in which the image of the partial region is acquired by the acquisition unit, a control unit performs control to restrict operations of driving units for changing an imaging range of the imaging unit.
US10277792B2
A camera module and array camera module with circuit board unit and photosensitive unit and manufacturing method thereof is provided. The array camera module comprises two or more camera lenses and a circuit unit. The circuit unit comprises a circuit board portion for electrically connecting two or more photosensitive sensors of the array camera module, and a conjoined encapsulation portion integrally encapsulated on the circuit board portion. The camera lenses are respectively arranged along the photosensitive paths of the photosensitive sensors.
US10277787B2
A portable eye tracker device is disclosed which includes a frame, at least one optics holding member, a movement sensor, and a control unit. The frame may be a frame adapted for wearing by a user. The at least one optics holding member may include at least one illuminator configured to selectively illuminate at least a portion of at least one eye of the user, and at least one image sensor configured to capture image data representing images of at least a portion of at least one eye of the user. The movement sensor may be configured to detect movement of the frame. The control unit may be configured to control the at least one illuminator for the selective illumination of at least a portion of at least one eye of the user, receive the image data from the image sensors, and receive information from the movement sensor.
US10277785B2
The various implementations described herein include a video camera assembly that includes: (1) a housing; (2) an image sensor positioned within the housing and having a field of view corresponding to a scene in the smart home environment; and (3) a concave-shaped front face positioned in front of the image sensor such that light from the scene passes through the front face prior to entering the image sensor; where the front face includes: (a) an inner section corresponding to the image sensor; and (b) an outer section between the housing and the inner section, the outer section having a concave shape that extends from an outer periphery of the outer section to an inner periphery of the outer section; and where the concave shape extends around an entirety of the outer periphery.
US10277784B2
In an imaging device, a bracket and a camera are capable of rotating with respect to a base, and harnesses are routed inside an inner supporting tube of the base. A covering frame of a harness cover covers an upper end portion of the inner supporting tube, the harness is abutted on the covering frame, and the covering frame is capable of rotating integrally with the bracket. This enables the harnesses to be suppressed from sliding on the covering frame and enables load input to the harnesses to be suppressed when the bracket is rotated, even though the harness is press-contacted to the covering frame.
US10277778B2
Methods and systems for an auditing infrastructure for an Internet fax service architecture are provided. According to one embodiment, information regarding an event, associated with a component of the Internet fax service architecture, that is to be logged, is received by a centralized audit logging module of the Internet fax service architecture. The component may be a web server, an email server, a fax server, a notification server or an imaging system. The information is utilized by the centralized audit logging module to determine specific parameters within the Internet fax service architecture to be logged. Finally, the event, including the information and the specific parameters, is recorded by the centralized audit logging module to an audit log associated with the Internet fax service architecture in a standardized format.
US10277769B2
An image forming apparatus is provided that includes a scanning unit that performs a scanning operation of scanning each page of a document to acquire image data, and a printing unit that performs a printing operation of printing data based on the image data acquired by the scanning unit in parallel with the scanning operation by the scanning unit. The image forming apparatus further includes a control unit that controls the printing unit to stop the printing operation before the printing operation is performed with respect to all the image data acquired by the scanning unit, and controls the printing unit to resume the printing operation with respect to data that is stored in a storage unit based on the image data acquired by the scanning unit while the printing operation is stopped when the data that is stored in the storage unit reaches a first threshold value.
US10277765B2
A program is provided for causing a computer of a device having a predetermined program and at least one other program other than the predetermined program to execute acquiring processing for acquiring an exclusive object before the job is generated using the predetermined program and generating the job by means of the predetermined program in a state in which the acquired exclusive object is held.
US10277751B2
Customer devices (e.g., mobile cellular phones) are configured to interact with a communications service provider (and optionally an administration and monitoring system). A customer device is configured as a “capped pay-as-you-go” device in which the customer associated with the device is charged no more than a pre-arranged amount in any given (dynamic or static) billing period. For example, if $50 is the “capped” amount for a billing period, a user might pay $10 for using 1 gigabyte of data in a billing period, or it might pay $50 whether it used 5 gigabytes of data or 10 gigabytes of data in a single billing period.
US10277750B2
A method and system for improving an echo in a hands-free call of a mobile terminal may include the mobile terminal comprising a speaker, a primary microphone and an auxiliary microphone; the distance from the primary microphone to the speaker can be less than that from the auxiliary microphone to the speaker; and the method may include using the auxiliary microphone to acquire outside sound during a hands-free call.
US10277749B2
A mobile device executes an operating system (OS) call manager and an over-the-top (OTT) calling application. The OTT calling application receives a notification for a first OTT call, and notifies the OS call manager of the first OTT call. The OS call manager assigns shared device resources of the mobile device to the first OTT call. The OTT calling application receives a notification for a second OTT call, and sends, to an OTT Telephony Application Server (TAS) without notifying the OS call manager of the second OTT call, a request to switch from the first OTT call to a second OTT call. The OTT calling app identifies the first OTT call as inactive and the second OTT call as active, and allocates the shared device resources assigned to the first OTT call to the second OTT call.
US10277748B2
The present invention relates to a method for forming a mobile ad-hoc voice network for operation in a rapidly changing environment, which comprises (A) assigning to a plurality of devices a group ID and to each of said devices a respective serial number (B) providing within each of said devices an algorithm for (B.1) calculating, based on individual neighbors data that are transmitted by each of the network devices within slots of a TDMA cycle, a structure of the network, including determination of one or more relay devices (B.2) calculating a leader for the network and (B.3) calculating a synchronizer for the network (C) transmitting by each of said devices within slots of said TDMA cycle the respective neighbors of that device (D) transmitting by the synchronizer of said network periodical synchronization data within slots of the TDMA cycle, and propagating the synchronization data to all the network devices upon, completion of each of said TDMA cycle, applying said algorithm by each of said devices to determine and possibly update the structure of the network, the relays of the network, and the leader of said network (E) within a period of said TDMA cycle, synchronizing each of the devices based on said synchronization data, while upon determination that the synchronizer is missing, determining by each device a new synchronizer for the system and (F) sending by devices of said network within a plurality of said TDMA slots voice data in digital form.
US10277745B1
Answering machine detection (“AMD”) processes in a contact center are improved by obtaining and storing call pickup times regarding answered calls. The call pickup time is based on the time between detection of a signaling message indicating the call was offered to the remote interface and a signaling message indicating the call was answered. The value of the call pickup time may be useful to determine if an automatic voice messaging capability (“AVMC”) or a live human answered the call. In other embodiments, the call pickup time is used to generate a call pickup time weighting factor that is used to supplement the analysis of the initial audio greeting after the call has been answered to determine whether an AVMC or live person answered the call. The analysis can be used to determine whether the AVMC is an answering machine or a voice mail service.
US10277733B1
An interactive contact workflow system provides a graphical representation of a contact workflow in a graphical user interface (GUI). The system displays a first visual indicator that graphically highlights a first visual display object to indicate that a first instruction block is active. The system executes the first instruction block and outputs a first prompt via a communication interface, the communication interface to simulate a telephone communication with the interactive contact workflow system. The system receives a first response to the first prompt from a GUI element, identifies a first command to execute a second instruction block based at least in part on the first response to the first prompt, and displays a second visual indicator that graphically connects the first visual display object to a second visual display object within the GUI, the second visual display object corresponding to the second instruction block of the interactive contact workflow system.
US10277730B1
Described is a smartphone lock box system that is used to track and record when and how long a mobile computing device is locked or secured in a container, such as a box (lock box), a sleeve or the like, without access by the owner of the mobile computing device. The smartphone lock box system is used to help the owner of a mobile computing device disconnect from the mobile computing device to devote time and attention to other tasks. The smartphone lock box system includes a container that holds at least one mobile computing devices such as a smartphone or tablet. The container senses when a mobile computing device is within it and records and reports the amount of time the mobile computing device is in the box and tracks the frequency that the user checks or removes the phone from the box.
US10277724B2
Injury to the digits, hand and wrist are associated with the frequent usage of portable hand-held electronic devices (“PEDs”), including but not limited to smartphones. This is true as well for injury to the neck and shoulder areas. The potential for injury to the digits, hand and wrist in particular is anticipated to be exacerbated by the larger smartphones, and especially the tablet-like smartphones. The ergonomic accessory of the invention has several embodiments whose design is intended to ameliorate if not prevent such injuries. Certain embodiments are partially or fully case-like in form so that they envelope to a greater or lesser degree, such hand-held electronic devices. Another embodiment attaches to a PED through an element of the PED such as the charging socket. The accessory also removably attaches the hand of the user or provides a secure holding surface for the user.
US10277722B2
Electronic devices are provided with ejectable component assemblies that can be substantially flush with the external surfaces of the housings of the devices, despite variations in their manufacture. The ejectable component assemblies may include connectors coupled to circuit boards of the devices, and trays that can be loaded with removable modules, inserted through openings in the housings of the devices, and into the connectors for functionally aligning the removable modules with the circuit boards. The ejectable component assemblies may also include ejectors coupled to the housings of the devices for ejecting the trays from the connectors and, thus, from the devices themselves.
US10277713B2
Information identifying a user as having accessed a first network device from an external network connected device is received at an intermediate network connected device from an edge network device. The intermediate network connected device is arranged between the first network device and a second network device. The intermediate network connected device, the first network device and the second network device are within the network and the external network connected device is outside the network. A request to access the second network device is received at the intermediate network connected device from the first network device. It is determined that the user is a source of the request via the first network device based upon the received information. The request from the first network device is evaluated based upon determining the user is the source of the request.
US10277712B2
The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, machine type communication (MTC), machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure provides intelligent services based on a variety of technologies, such as a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car, a connected car, a health care, a digital education, a smart retail, security and safety services. An apparatus and method for executing a task of an electronic device are provided. The apparatus includes a communication interface configured to receive state information associated with the electronic device from the electronic device, and a processor configured to determine whether to execute a specific task in the electronic device or a mobile terminal based on the state information about the electronic device and state information about the mobile terminal, and to indicate a result of the determination to the electronic device through the communication interface.
US10277709B2
A method, non-transitory computer-readable storage device, and apparatus for determining a visitation profile for a user are disclosed. For example, the method gathers uniform resource locator visitation data from each user endpoint device of a plurality of user endpoint devices associated with the user, aggregates the uniform resource locator visitation data that is gathered from the plurality of user endpoint devices associated with the user, and determines the visitation profile for the user, wherein the visitation profile indicates a trend of the uniform resource locator visitation data over a time period.
US10277706B2
An aspect of preemptive distribution of content includes monitoring content accessed in a local cache of a computing device. A time and a location of content accesses in the local cache are tracked. Prefetching heuristics are determined based on patterns of the time and the location of the content accesses. The prefetching heuristics are applied to speculatively prefetch additional content prior to the computing device receiving a request to access the additional content.
US10277693B2
A system and method for trend detection in a messaging platform. A trend detection model is selected and a time series having a plurality of instances of social data is received, wherein the instances of social data share a countable parameter. A count is made of occurrences of countable parameters in each instance of social data assigned to that bin and a trend detected based at least in part on the trend detection model and on the count for each bin.
US10277690B2
Systems and methods for conducting a sign-up process according to configuration data are presented. As indicated, the sign-up process is driven by configuration data, typically though not exclusively contained in an accessible configuration file, to conduct a sign-up process. According to the configuration data, the sign-up process utilizing the base set of executable code may conduct a sign-up process that includes presentation of data according to thematic elements, control the ordering of data aggregation and presentation, provide conditional branching among configuration items/instructions based on a variety of factors including user-provided input, validation of sign-up information including third-party validation of sign-up information, nesting sign-up processes, access to remotely located information, and external execution of functionality from or by external third-party services.
US10277684B2
An internet of things device containing a memory device, GPS antenna, Wi-Fi connection, microcontroller and power source that is in a mobile, compact, flexible form factor. System units can execute specific functionality it is programmed and can be easily reprogrammed by a user. A system unit can connect to the internet through various means based on the components contained within the system unit to include cellular data, Bluetooth and other wireless protocols to execute functions.
US10277680B2
A vehicle includes: a first electronic module transmitting one data object of new data and comparison data indicating a difference between the new data and existing data when transmission of the new data is requested; a second electronic module receiving the comparison data, acquiring the new data from the comparison data, and controlling at least one operation of the vehicle based on the acquired new data; and a bus transferring data between the first electronic module and the second electronic module.
US10277679B1
A photograph sharing system is described. The photograph sharing system allows for contributors to upload photographs of an event. Contributors or other application users may select an uploaded photograph in a desired section and digitally zoom in on a desired individual in that section and then download the zoomed in photograph.
US10277677B2
Mechanisms for disaggregated storage class memory over fabric and associated methods, apparatus, and systems. A rack is populated with pooled system drawers including pooled compute drawers and pooled storage class memory (SCM) drawers, also referred to as SCM nodes. Optionally, a pooled memory drawer may include a plurality of SCM nodes. Each SCM node provides access to multiple storage class memory devices. Compute nodes including one or more processors and local storage class memory devices are installed in the pooled compute drawers, and are enabled to be selectively-coupled to access remote storage class memory devices over a low-latency fabric. During a memory access from an initiator node (e.g., a compute node) to a target node including attached disaggregated memory (e.g., an SCM node), a fabric node identifier (ID) corresponding to the target node is identified, and an access request is forwarded to that target node over the low-latency fabric. The memory access request is then serviced on the target node, and corresponding data is returned to the initiator. During compute node composition, the compute nodes are configured to access disaggregated memory resources in the SCM nodes.
US10277670B2
A transcoding service is described that is capable of transcoding or otherwise processing content, such as video, audio or multimedia content, by utilizing one or more pipelines. A pipeline can enable a user to submit transcoding jobs (or other processing jobs) into an available pipeline, where a transcoding service (or other such service) assigns one or more computing resources to process the jobs received to each pipeline. The transcoding service and the pipelines can be provided by at least one service provider (e.g., a cloud computing provider) or other such entity to a plurality of customers. A service provider can also provide the computing resources (e.g., servers, virtual machines, etc.) used to process the transcoding jobs from the pipelines.
US10277666B2
Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to escalation of feedback instances. In one aspect disclosed herein, a feedback instance escalation resolver (“FIER”) system can receive a feedback instance escalation request from an original feedback instance. The feedback instance escalation request can identify a deficiency in the original feedback instance. The FIER system can examine the feedback instance escalation request and an objective of the original feedback instance to identify a new objective of an escalated feedback instance. The FIER system can create a definition for the escalated feedback instance to satisfy the objective and can map the definition for the escalated feedback instance to an existing feedback instance model. The FIER system can generate a feedback instance escalation realization request directed to a feedback instance orchestrator and controller (“FIOC”) system. The feedback instance escalation realization request can instruct the FIOC system to realize the escalated feedback instance.
US10277658B2
Methods and systems for reducing web page load time using HTTP header compression are provided. A method for reducing web page load time includes preloading HTTP header keywords into a compression dictionary. The method also includes compressing one or more fields in an HTTP header corresponding with a web page request using the compression dictionary. The method further includes transmitting the compressed HTTP header over a network. A system for reducing web page load time includes a compression dictionary preloaded with HTTP header keywords. The system also includes a header compressor to compress one or more fields in an HTTP header using the compression dictionary, and a transmitter to transmit the compressed HTTP header over a network.
US10277648B2
Systems and methods for playing adaptive bitrate streaming content by multicast in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of receiving and playing back adaptive bitrate streaming content using a playback device includes receiving an adaptive streaming session description including information about a piece of adaptive streaming content and information for accessing a multicast session of the piece of adaptive streaming content using a playback device, receiving portions of a first alternative stream of the piece of adaptive streaming content sent to a first multicast group that includes the playback device using the playback device, computing a bandwidth measurement using the playback device, and switching to a second alternative stream of the piece of adaptive streaming content based upon the computed bandwidth measurement using the playback device.
US10277644B2
A transmission system is provided. The transmission system includes a first transmission terminal and a second transmission terminal. The second transmission terminal includes an accepting unit configured to accept a destination selection, a transmission unit configured to transmit to the first transmission terminal information of the selected destination and personal account information of the second transmission terminal. The first transmission terminal includes a receiving unit configured to receive from the second transmission terminal the destination information and the personal account information of the second transmission terminal and a starting unit configured to start communication with the destination transmission terminal based on the received information.
US10277640B2
A system is described herein that facilitates the monitoring of inmate communications. The system provides a remotely-accessible means for a reviewer to monitor a call between an inmate and another person. The system includes a monitoring server and a monitoring station. The monitoring server is configured to receive a call and call information from a communication center and process the call for monitoring, schedule a review of the call; and store the call, the call information, and scheduling data. The monitoring station is configured to receive the call and the call information from the monitoring server based on the scheduling data, and to display the identifying information and facilitate the review of the call.
US10277633B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for storing, by a policy enforcement system, a plurality of policies and data associating a plurality of user credentials with the plurality of policies; receiving, from a client device, a request for data from a file system, the request further comprising user credentials; forwarding the request for data to a second node that stores the data from the file system; receiving, from the node, the data from the file system; selecting from the plurality of policies, based on the received user credentials and the data associating the plurality of user credentials with the plurality of policies, one or more policies that correspond to the received user credentials; filtering, by the policy enforcement system, the data from the file system based on the one or more policies; and sending the filtered data to the client device.
US10277632B2
Certain embodiments provide means for managing automated access to computers, e.g., using SSH user keys and other kinds of trust relationships. Certain embodiments also provide for managing certificates, Kerberos credentials, and cryptographic keys. Certain embodiments provide for remediating legacy SSH key problems and for automating configuration of SSH keys, as well as for continuous monitoring.
US10277631B1
Systems and methods herein discuss a policy engine stored on a mobile device that intercepts content requests to a content provider. The policy engine is self-preserving, and may, subsequent to intercepting the content requests and based upon a determination that the requesting entity is associated with a whitelist; blocking, by the policy engine. The policy engine may in some cases transmit at least some of the requested content in response to a determination that the requesting application is associated with a blacklist or may transmit an HTTP200 response to the requesting entity based on a determination that the requesting application anticipates a response.
US10277622B2
Automatic detection and remediation of cybersecurity threats to an information technology installation is disclosed. An information technology installation receives at an orchestration system a requested update which may include a configuration change, a code change, a change to a binary, or other change to the installation. A mirror instance of the installation is instantiated on a cloud infrastructure where the requested updated is applied and scanned for cybersecurity threats. Where cybersecurity threats are detected, a remediation response is identified. The update and the remediation response may either be sent to an administrator for acceptance prior to deployment to production, or may be deployed automatically, with rollback information generated in the event the administrator desires to undo the deployment. Information as to whether an administrator accepts or rejects an update and/or a remediation are stored in a community database to assist others to evaluate the update and/or remediation for their use.
US10277616B2
A network monitoring “sensor” is built on initial startup by checking the integrity of the bootstrap system and, if it passes, downloading information from which it builds the full system including an encrypted and an unencrypted portion. Later, the sensor sends hashes of files, configurations, and other local information to a data center, which compares the hashes to hashes of known-good versions. If they match, the data center returns information (e.g., a key) that the sensor can use to access the encrypted storage. If they don't, the data center returns information to help remediate the problem, a command to restore some or all of the sensor's programming and data, or a command to wipe the encrypted storage. The encrypted storage stores algorithms and other data for processing information captured from a network, plus the captured/processed data itself.
US10277608B2
Whenever users receive or transfer a copy of any of a set of documents, prior verification of the document is enforced by an administrative system, which associates verification metadata with the copy. As each copy is itself copied and transferred, updated verification metadata is included with the previous verification metadata to form a verification lineage chain, which can later be examined to determine the circumstances of any verification failure. Documents are preferably verified by comparing the digital signature of the current copy with the signature of a reference copy. Documents may be signed by submitting them as input records to a distributed, keyless, hash tree infrastructure.
US10277607B2
An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and system for receiving a request from a user to access a system. The user requesting access has an associated job function. The embodiment of the invention may include determining an access window for the job function of the user. The access window for the job function is a range of time where historical usage of the system by one or more users having the job function is above a threshold amount. The embodiment of the invention may include determining whether a time of access of the request is within the access window. The embodiment of the invention may include granting access to the system based on determining that the time of access of the request is within the access window.
US10277606B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for providing approaches to anonymous application wrapping on a mobile device. The methods and systems may include receiving, by a controller service, a request to associate a first application executing on a client device with the controller service, and obtaining, by the controller service, a first application identifier associated with the first application. The methods and systems may also include receiving, by the controller service from an application service, a request for a first service and a conditional application identifier, and configuring, by the controller service and based on the request for the first service, the first application with a second set of one or more policy instructions used to control the first application.
US10277603B2
The present invention provides a method (500) for secure access to a network resource (150), comprising the steps of receiving a selection of a workflow from the set of workflows, made by a user, from a first client device (160), obtaining a user identifier from the user and a resource key and an interface key from the first client device (160), verifying the user with the user identifier and verifying the network resource (150) with the resource key and the interface key and executing a plurality of activities comprised within the workflow on successful verification of the user and the network resource (150).
US10277602B2
A wireless device blocking tool includes a user interface, a location engine, and a connection engine. The user interface receives at least one of a MAC address and an IP address of a device. The location engine communicates a query to an access control server, receives a response from the access control server, and determines, based on the response, whether the device connected to a network through a wireless connection or a wired connection. If the device connected through the wireless connection, the location engine determines a WLC through which the device connected and if the device connected through the wired connection, the location engine determines a switch through which the device connected. The connection engine connects to the determined WLC if the device connected through the wireless connection and connects to the determined switch if the device connected through the wired connection.
US10277600B2
The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for increasing relevance of a content provided to a visitor by a content provider by providing one or more server computers and at least one data storage communicably coupled to the one or more server computers, receiving at least a portion of a visitor token and at least a portion of a content provider token at the one or more server computers from a content provider device, determining whether a release of an anonymous unfilled demand for the visitor is authorized based on the visitor token, the content provider token and one or more preferences stored in the at least one data storage, and sending at least a portion of the anonymous unfilled demand for the visitor to the content provider device when the release is authorized.
US10277593B2
A wireless network includes a base transceiver station configured to transmit signals over a wireless connection to a plurality of communication devices and receive signals over a wireless connection from a plurality of communication devices. A first communication device may receive a connect message from at least one second communication device. The connect message may comprise an identifier. Communication between the first communication device and the at least one second communication device may be prevented until communication is allowed. An indication of the at least one second communication device may be displayed via an integral user interface. The integral user interface may detect entry of a control command. Communication between the first communication device and the at least one second communication device may be allowed based on the detected entry of a control command.
US10277590B2
Mechanisms are provided to detect a potentially fraudulent voice conversation. The mechanisms process a corpus of electronic information to extract a fraud feature representative of at least one fraudulent activity, receive a first voice input from a user, and convert the first voice input into a textual representation of the first voice input and a set of behavioral speech characteristics associated with the user. The mechanisms generate a speech model for the user based on the textual representation and the behavioral speech characteristics, receive a second voice input from an entity requesting access to resources associated with the user, and evaluate the second voice input based on the speech model for the user and the fraud feature. The mechanisms generate an output indicating whether or not the entity is the user based on results of the evaluation.
US10277586B1
This invention is a system and method for mobile authentication using HTTP redirect in GTP tunnels. The authentication procedure generates a one-time-token that returns to the Enterprise application that requests the authentication. The authentication platform injects a HTTP redirect response to the mobile device via the GTP-U tunnel that corresponds to the GTP session of the inputted-MSISDN. The HTTP redirect response carries a URL with the one-time-token as parameter. The Enterprise application authenticates the HTTP request by comparing the one-time-token in the HTTP request parameter against the value returned by the authentication platform during its authentication request API call.
US10277576B1
A method of enhancing end-to-end security of the Diameter protocol. A client transmits a Request message to the server. The request message has a signature, which is generated by encrypting a hash result calculated by the client using predefined AVPs of the Request message. The server validates the signature by independently calculating the hash result and determining whether the hash result within the signature matches the calculated result. Upon successful validation of the signature, the server transmits an Answer message to the client. The Answer message contains a nonce value and a request for Authenticator message from the client. The client transmits an Authenticator message having a second signature based on the hash result calculated using the nonce. The server compares the received hash result with the calculated hash result. If there is a match, the server updates the information requested in the Request message.
US10277574B2
There are provided systems and methods for authentication through multiple pathways depending on device capabilities and user requests. A user may wish to utilize some device process, such as unlocking and accessing the device to utilize the device's operating system or access and use of a device application or other module (e.g., a camera). The device may be protected by an authentication profile that includes one or more authentication pathways in order to authenticate the user to use those processes. The device may collect user data using device components, such as biometrics, user movements, environmental factors, or other information. The device may attempt to authenticate the user through one of the authentication pathways. If the collected user data is insufficient for one pathway, another pathway may be used. If the user is authenticated under any pathway, the device may provide access to the correspond process.
US10277573B2
Embodiments of systems and methods as disclosed herein may determine that an initiator of a communication on a distributed computer network is an automated script or the like. More particularly, in one embodiment, a web page including a hidden field may be generated in response to a request for the web page. This hidden field is a field included in the web page that is not visible to a human user when the web page is rendered by a browser and presented to the user. By comparing a received value for such a hidden field with an associated value for the hidden field as provided in the web page, the use of an automated script may be detected.
US10277565B2
Logging of enterprise service bus (ESB) activity includes receiving, from the ESB, information specific to an inter-application message. Control data, provided by an application communicating via the ESB that specifies how the information is to be encrypted for logging and what portions of the information is to be logged is extracted from the information. The information is encrypted in accordance with the control data, and the encrypted information is recorded.
US10277554B2
A DNS nameserver processes requests for domain name information based on subscriber identifiers, and optionally subscriber information. Based on a subscriber identifier, requests for a target domain name may generate a DNS response with domain name information for a proxy service. Techniques are provided to seamlessly and transparently authenticate a subscriber at the proxy service. The proxy service generates a redirect with a unique domain name including a tracking identifier in response to requests for a target domain name. The nameserver receives a request associated with the unique domain name. The nameserver responds with domain name information of the proxy service and generates a message to the proxy service mapping the tracking identifier to the subscriber identifier. The client then generates a request to the proxy service that includes the tracking identifier. The proxy service uses the mapping from the nameserver to authenticate the corresponding subscriber identifier.
US10277548B2
Disclosed is a method for prompting dynamic information about a contact person. The method comprises: obtaining dynamic information about a contact person of a user; and displaying the dynamic information about the contact person in an instant messaging chat window of the user. Also disclosed is a device for prompting dynamic information about a contact person. After applying the method, the dynamic updated information about a contact person can be displayed in an instant messaging chat window of a user. Thus, when chatting with the contact person, the user can see a message about dynamic updated information about the contact person in the interactive chatting mode promptly. The user can obtain information and filter information more conveniently and with a shorter delay, thereby facilitating good communication between the user and the contact person and improving the user experience.
US10277544B2
An information processing apparatus is configured to transmit transmission target data to another information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display at least one object corresponding to the transmission target data together with a live view image on a display screen, and a receiving unit configured to receive an association operation for associating any one of the objects with any one of photographic subjects included in the live view image on the display screen. The information processing apparatus includes an identifying unit configured to identify another information processing apparatus associated beforehand with the photographic subject to be subjected to the association operation received by the receiving unit as a transmission destination to which the transmission target data corresponding to the object associated with the photographic subject is transmitted.
US10277537B2
Predicting and notifying availability status of a user may include determining, using a processor, an availability status of a user according to historical data for the user and automatically updating the availability status of the user using the processor.
US10277533B2
A system includes a cut-through bridge including a plurality of stages within a controller for communication packet transmission to transfer data and one or more control signals successively between the stages. The system also includes a control signal interceptor within the controller operable to intercept control signals between a first stage and a second stage of the cut-through bridge. The control signal interceptor is further operable to generate a forced valid control signal for each of the control signals regardless of an error condition of the control signals. The control signal interceptor outputs the forced valid control signal for each of the control signals to the second stage of the cut-through bridge. The forced valid control signal for each of the control signals is propagated through one or more successive stages of the cut-through bridge to an end stage to prevent an invalid state at the end stage.
US10277521B2
An approach for authorizing an action requested by a user in a networked computing environment (e.g., a cloud computing environment) is provided. In a typical embodiment, a request for a particular action associated with a computing resource is received. The connected systems which may be affected by the requested action are identified. The actual users of the connected systems are determined. A response from each of the actual users is requested. The responses are collected and weighted to determine if authorization for the requested action is granted.
US10277511B2
A network processor has a “bi-level” architecture including a classification algorithm level and a single-record search level to search a hash database that stores packet classification information based on packet field values. The classification algorithm level implements multiple different classification algorithm engines, wherein the individual algorithm applied to a received packet can be selected based on a field of the packet, a port at which the packet was received, or other criteria. Each classification algorithm engine generates one or more single-record search requests to search the hash database for classification information based on one or more field values of the received packet or other classification parameters. Each single-record search requests is provided to the single-record search level, which executes the requests at the hash database and returns the corresponding record to the requesting classification algorithm engine.
US10277508B2
The application provides a service routing packet processing method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a first service router SR, a first service routing packet; querying, by the first SR, a service routing table according to path identification information and identification information of a source service node SN that are carried in the first service routing packet, to determine identification information of a destination SN, where the service routing table includes a correspondence between the path identification information, the identification information of the source SN, and the identification information of the destination SN; generating, by the first SR, a second service routing packet according to the identification information of the destination SN and the first service routing packet; and sending, by the first SR, the second service routing packet. According to the technical solutions of the present invention, support of an independent SN for service routing can be implemented.
US10277500B2
Using the ALTO Service, networking applications can request through the ALTO protocol information about the underlying network topology from the ISP or Content Provider. The ALTO Service provides information such as network resource preferences with the goal of modifying network resource consumption patterns while maintaining or improving application performance. This document describes, in one example, an ALTO server that implements enhancements to the ALTO service to assign a PID-type attribute to each of a set of one or more PIDs each associated with a subset of one or more endpoints of a network, wherein a PID-type attribute specifies a type for the subset of endpoints associated with the PID. The ALTO server generates an ALTO network map that includes a PID entry to describe each of the PIDs, wherein each PID entry includes a PID-type field that stores the assigned PID-type attribute for the PID described by the PID entry.
US10277493B2
A method for monitoring a network includes generating a first receiving sequence number representing a first location within a first ordered sequence of a number of data packets as received by a receiving device, and extracting a first transmission sequence number representing a second location within a second ordered sequence of the number of data packets as transmitted by a transmitting device. The method further includes generating a second receiving sequence number representing a third location within the first ordered sequence of the number of data packets, extracting a second transmission sequence number representing a fourth location within the second ordered sequence of the number of data packets. The method further includes generating a measurement of network transmission based at least on the first receiving sequence number, the first transmission sequence number, the second receiving sequence number, and the second transmission sequence number.
US10277492B2
Downlink signals output from a transmission and reception unit are combined with an interference signal of a CW, a resultant signal is applied to a mobile terminal, throughputs for respective interference signal frequencies for the downlink signals are collectively measured, a signal suppression band of the filter is fitted to a frequency band of the downlink signal determined not to reach a defined value, and re-measurement and re-determination of the throughput for the downlink signal among the collectively measured throughputs are performed. In a case where throughputs collectively measured at a certain interference signal frequency are equal to or greater than the defined value and a case where re-measured throughputs of all the downlink signals are equal to or greater than the defined value, the interference signal frequency is switched to the next interference signal frequency, and collective throughput measurement is performed.
US10277488B2
A method is provided, the method including initiating execution of a macro-transaction comprising a set of micro-transactions, wherein execution of a given micro-transaction is based at least on a set of prerequisites associated with the given micro-transaction; causing a pending state of a first micro-transaction to be stored on a database; executing the first micro-transaction; and updating the state of the first micro-transaction in the database based at least on a result returned in response to executing of the first micro-transaction. An apparatus and computer program product are also provided.
US10277485B1
A network topology service receives a request to validate a plurality of network connections of a network topology specified by an administrator or other network technician. The network topology service evaluates the network topology to determine the structure of the network topology, which is used to select an algorithm for organizing the network connections into one or more groups. The network topology service uses these groups to perform one or more non-destructive tests on network devices associated with the plurality of network connections in a manner that does not cause disruption to the network connections. The network topology service compiles the results of these one or more tests and provides these results to the administrator or other network technician.
US10277483B2
Disclosed embodiments relate to apparatuses, systems, and methods for transmitting/receiving data. In some embodiments, a system includes a server operative to collect data from remote apparatuses and transmit the collected data to a client group, and at least one client group including at least one client, the client group checking data received from the server and acquiring data requested by the client.
US10277481B2
A method implemented in a network element (NE) configured to operate in an information centric network (ICN), comprising receiving an Interest packet through an interface, wherein the Interest packet comprises an in-packet bloom filter and at least one counting filter associated with an element of the in-packet bloom filter; determining an outbound interface to forward the Interest packet to a next hop in the ICN; selecting a local bloom filter based on a mapping of the interface to the local bloom filter; updating a value for the in-packet bloom filter based on a product determined by a bitwise OR operation of the local bloom filter and the in-packet bloom filter; incrementing the at least one counting filter based on a change to the associated element of the in-packet bloom filter; updating the in-packet bloom filter in the Interest packet; updating the at least one counting filter in the Interest packet; and forwarding the Interest packet through the outbound interface.
US10277472B2
The present invention provides a system and method that improves efficiency and resilience of the communications between clients and nodes, and between the nodes of a distributed, scale-out storage system by participating in the topology of an L3 network. The present disclosure relates to a device in a network. The receiving module is configured to receive information associated with the storage endpoints advertised by nodes of the network, wherein the information is an IP address associated with the storage endpoints or removal and/or updation of the IP address of the storage endpoints. The update module is configured to summarize or re-advertise the information received from the one or more nodes, and advertise the summarized or re-advertised information to all nodes of the network to be utilized by the one or more nodes to achieve communication between the node and the storage endpoint based on the summarized or re-advertised information.
US10277464B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch capable of auto-configuration of client devices for a link aggregation. The switch includes a packet processor, an auto-configuration module, and a link-aggregation management module. During operation, the packet processor extracts an identifier of a client device from a notification message received via a local port. The auto-configuration module, which is coupled to the packet processor, associates the local port with the identifier of the client device. If the packet processor recognizes the identifier of the client device in a message received from a remote switch, the link-aggregation management module forms a multi-switch link aggregation for the client device in conjunction with the remote switch.
US10277454B2
This application provides a method for deciding on handling a failure of a stacking system, where the method includes: collecting values of a decision parameter for respective groups after the stacking system is divided; and applying a preset reserve strategy according to the values of the decision parameter for the respective groups to decide on one of the groups to be reserved.
US10277450B2
A method employed by a circuit included within a receiver apparatus and configured for performing IQ mismatch compensation when receiver apparatus is operating under data reception mode includes: transforming a data signal, which is generated by a radio frequency receiver under the data reception mode, from time domain into a plurality of frequency bin signals in frequency domain; calculating to obtain at least one frequency domain calibration parameter according to the plurality of frequency bin signals in frequency domain; and, updating at least one coefficient parameter of IQ mismatch compensation according to the obtained at least one frequency domain calibration parameter, to make IQ mismatch compensation compensate IQ mismatch based on the updated at least one coefficient parameter.
US10277444B2
Embodiments include a method, computer program product, and system for utilizing a system for peak cancellation for a received Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol to reduce the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR). The system detects M sets of clipping noise samples of the symbol where each set includes one of the M highest clipping noise peaks of the symbol, determines cancellation pulses that correspond to the highest clipping noise peaks of the M sets in the time domain, and subtracts the cancellation pulses from the corresponding highest clipping noise peak samples to reduce the PAPR. The cancellation pulses are determined at least in part from the center-of-mass of each set of the clipping noise samples, the phase of some samples of each set, and the in-band energy limitation associated with the OFDM symbol.
US10277443B2
Disclosed is a technique related to a method and apparatus for generating a preamble and a data frame for wireless communication, and to a synchronization estimation method using the preamble. According to the technique, a method for generating a frame for wireless communication is disclosed, wherein the method comprises: a step of generating a modified sequence using a first base sequence for synchronization estimation; and a step of allocating the first base sequence and the modified sequence to the frequency domain of a first timeslot to generate a preamble. The modified sequence includes a complex conjugated sequence of the first base sequence or a sequence having a code different from that of the first base sequence.
US10277440B1
Systems and techniques for determining common phase error (e.g., phase error common to subcarriers) in an OFDM symbol are described. A respective common phase error for each data symbol of a plurality of data symbols in a data packet are combined to form a refined common phase error. The refined common phase error is based on pilot tones from a plurality of data symbols in a data packet, rather than being limited to pilot tones of a single data packet. Accordingly, refined common phase errors are determined that provide processing gain to accurately estimate common phase error in an OFDM symbol when other systems fail, including when the number of pilot tones in OFDM symbols is low or the data packets are received with high noise. Further improvement is made when the data packet is long due to the coherency of oscillator phase noise and amplifier gain drift.
US10277437B2
Telematics, telemetry, including medical telemetry and telematics, one or multiple Remote Control (RC) or Universal Remote Control (URC) devices, Multimode 5G, 4G and 3G Mobile Modulation Format Selectable (MFS) communications wireless and wired communication networks, cellular systems and devices with fingerprint signal authentication. Touchscreen and motion detectors are controlling mobile devices. Processing, modulating and transmitting stored analog or digital information, such as stored music or stored video, or stored images, or stored scanned data information or other stored information. Method and system for processing and displaying and/or transmitting in mobile devices a heart rate sensor and/or pacemaker provided signal. Remote Control (RC) or Universal Remote Control (URC) signals and devices are used to control home security systems and automobiles. Device receiving, demodulating and processing spread spectrum signal into processed Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) signal. Mobile devices modulate and transmit processed OFDM signal. Processing spread spectrum or OFDM signals into Bit Rate Adaptable (BRA), Modulation Format Selectable (MFS) and cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase Time Constrained Signal (TCS) wave form and Long Response (LR) filtered cross-correlated filtered baseband signals. Generation of video signals and processing video signals into cross-correlated signals and modulation and transmission of video cross-correlated signals. Photo camera generated photo signal in mobile device is processed with baseband location finder GPS signal. The photo camera generated photo with baseband location finder signal is modulated and transmitted.
US10277436B2
Modulated signal A is transmitted from a first antenna, and modulated signal B is transmitted from a second antenna. As modulated signal B, modulated symbols S2(i) and S2(i+1) obtained from different data are transmitted at time i and time i+1 respectively. In contrast, as modulated signal A, modulated symbols S1(i) and S1(i)′ obtained by changing the signal point arrangement of the same data are transmitted at time i and time i+1 respectively. As a result the reception quality can be changed intentionally at time i and time i+1, and therefore using the demodulation result of modulated signal A of a time when the reception quality is good enables both modulated signals A and B to be demodulated with good error rate performances.
US10277431B2
Methods and systems are described for generating, with a local oscillator and an adjustable phase interpolator, a data-sampling clock and a variable-phase-offset eye-measurement clock, forming a received data signal using a multi-input comparator, generating, using a data slicer and the data sampling clock, a receive sample of the received data signal, and generating, using at least one eye slicer and the variable-phase-offset eye-measurement clock, a plurality of eye characteristic measurements by adjusting a sampling threshold of the at least one eye slicer and a phase offset of the variable-phase-offset eye-measurement clock.
US10277430B2
A method of configuring user equipment in a wireless communication network to operate to receive a dynamically changing coordinated multipoint transmission from one or more transmission point in said network, a computer program product and network control node operable to perform that method. The method comprises: determining, for the user equipment, a set of two or more transmission points from which the user equipment may receive a transmission and allocating them to a coordinated multipoint transmission measurement set associated with the user equipment; allocating a set of modes of operation of the transmission points in the coordinated multipoint transmission measurement set for communication with the user equipment; associating a codepoint to each mode in the allocated set of modes of operation of the set of transmission points to form a codebook; and informing the user equipment of the codebook.
US10277428B2
This invention presents methods for using spatial FFT to reduce the number of computations for generating the pre-coding matrix in a MIMO system comprising reducing the dimension of channel vectors by neglecting entries whose values are significantly smaller or near zero, and to select UEs into a group assigned to the same time and frequency resources.
US10277423B2
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: providing a distributed virtual gateway for Network Virtualization over Layer 3 (NVO3) network. A gateway stack having three or more nodes is implemented as a distributed virtual gateway, providing Layer 2 or Layer 3 gateway services in a fail-safe manner. Nodes of the gateway stack are configured to autonomously process and forward inbound NVO3 data packets with known destination addresses without engaging a master of the gateway stack.
US10277405B2
A method for updating seed data in a dynamic token comprises: an interaction interface sends user information to an application server for verification, receives a verification result returned by the application server, continuously receives dynamic token information when the verification result is valid, and sends same to the application server; the application server generates a request data packet containing the dynamic token information and application information and sends same to an authentication center; the authentication center acquires seed data corresponding to the dynamic token information and the application information and sends same to the application server; the application server converts the seed data into photosensitive data and displays same by means of the interaction interface; and the dynamic token obtains the seed data by acquiring the photosensitive data. The present invention can realize that the seed data in a dynamic token is automatically updated by a user, and meanwhile, a dynamic token can be applied to multiple applications.
US10277394B2
A system and method for securing information associates a party with a node that communicates messages over one or more channels based on a channel access privilege. One or more authorities sign a cryptographic authorization permit (CAP) to authorize the channel access privilege, which can be a write privilege or a read privilege. In one embodiment, the authorization for the channel access privilege is based on a public key issued by an authority and the CAP comprises a cryptographic certificate digitally signed by the authority.
US10277389B2
Phase detectors for clock and data recovery circuits are provided herein. In certain implementations, a phase detector includes sampling circuitry that generates a plurality of samples of an input data signal based on timing of a plurality of clock signals, a binary response circuit that processes the plurality of samples to generate a plurality of binary output signals providing a binary detector response, and a linear response circuit that processes the plurality of samples to generate a plurality of linear output signals providing a linear detector response. The phase detector generates one or more data output signals based on the plurality of samples to thereby recover data from the input data signal.
US10277386B2
An on-body sensor system includes a hub configured to be attached to a surface of a user. The hub being further configured to transmit electrical power and/or data signals into the surface and to receive response data signals from the surface. The system further including at least one sensor node configured to be attached to the surface. The sensor node being further configured to receive the electrical power and data signals from the hub through the surface and to transmit the response data signals into the surface. The electrical power from the hub can power the sensor node and cause or enable the at least one sensor node to generate sensor information that is transmitted back to the hub within the response data signals.
US10277385B1
A CAN bus system that permits a slave node to be connected to the CAN bus. The slave node uses a preamble of a data frame transmitted by the master node on the bus to generate an internal CAN sampling clock. The slave node over-samples frames transmitted over the bus, and monitors the sampled data for a predetermined pattern, which is used to generate the slave node CAN sampling clock. Thus, the slave node does not require or include an external crystal for generating its CAN sampling clock.
US10277382B2
Embodiments of transceivers with one or more reconfigurable antennas are described. In one embodiment, a reconfigurable antenna transceiver includes a transmit chain, a receive chain, and a reconfigurable antenna having a plurality of reconfigurable modes. The transceiver may also include an antenna controller configured to set a mode of the reconfigurable antenna. According to other aspects, the transceiver may also include a signal processor configured to transmit a set of training symbols during a training interval. The antenna controller may be further configured to select a respective mode of the reconfigurable antenna for each training symbol in the set of training symbols. Additionally, the antenna controller may be configured to calculate a received Signal-of-Interest to Interferer Ratio (SIR) for each training symbol of the set of training symbols. In this context, a system utilizing a reconfigurable antenna may achieve significant rate improvement compared to half-duplex systems.
US10277379B2
A method in a UE for adapting a radio procedure is provided. The UE obtains information about signal configurations indicating: whether or not a DL RS, transmitted in cells on a first carrier frequency of a first carrier use the same one of a first and a second signal configuration, or whether or not the DL RS transmitted in the cells on the first carrier frequency use the same one of the first and the second signal configuration as that used for DL RS transmitted in a serving cell of the UE on the first carrier frequency. The first signal configuration includes the DL RS not being transmitted in every subframe. The second signal configuration includes the DL RS being transmitted in every subframe and also in every resource block over an entire channel bandwidth of a neighbor cell. The UE adapts a radio procedure based on the information.
US10277375B2
A method for transmitting and receiving a signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: transmitting uplink data to a base station; and receiving an acknowledgement of reception of the uplink data, wherein a first area, to which the acknowledgement of reception is transmitted, is determined in such a manner that a difference value between the number of REs, to which a first antenna port is allocated, and the number of REs, to which a second antenna port is allocated, is a predetermined value or less.
US10277369B2
A receiver for detecting and recovering payload data from a received signal, the receiver comprises a radio frequency demodulation circuit configured to detect the received signal. The received signal carries the payload data as OFDM symbols in one or more of a plurality of time divided frames. Each frame begins with a plurality of bootstrap symbols for the frame, the bootstrap symbols comprising a useful part and two sets of samples from the useful part. The receiver further comprises a processor configured to apply processing delays for both first and second bootstrap symbols to received useful parts of the bootstrap symbols and to at last some of the samples added to useful parts and to determine from the first bootstrap symbol and the at least one second bootstrap symbol a FFT trigger timing point, the receiver further comprising an FFT processor configured to receive the FFT trigger timing point.
US10277364B2
A method is disclosed of a first device for wireless communication adapted to communicate with a second device for wireless communication over a communication channel in accordance with a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) protocol. The method comprises receiving a first signal from the second device over the communication channel, estimating a first quality of the communication channel based on the received first signal, and transmitting a HARQ packet to the second device over the communication channel, wherein a transmission format of the HARQ packet is based on the estimation of the first quality. The method also comprises receiving a second signal from the second device over the communication channel, estimating a second quality of the communication channel based on the received second signal, and determining whether a deterioration between the first quality and the second quality exceeds a quality deterioration threshold. If the deterioration exceeds the quality deterioration threshold, the method comprises retransmitting the HARQ packet to the second device over the communication channel before reception of a response message associated with the HARQ packet is expected. Corresponding computer program product, arrangement and wireless communication device are also disclosed.
US10277363B2
The present invention provides a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement transmission method, a user equipment, and a base station. The transmission method includes: receiving, by a user equipment, on a first serving cell and in a downlink subframe n−k, PDSCH transmission or a downlink control channel that indicates downlink SPS release, where a duplex mode of the first serving cell is FDD, or all subframes on the first serving cell are downlink subframes, or one radio frame on the first serving cell includes nine downlink subframes and one special subframe; and transmitting, in an uplink subframe n, an HARQ-ACK response corresponding to the first serving cell and the downlink subframe n−k; where n is an integer, k is a positive integer, k belongs to a set K, and the set K is determined according to first HARQ-ACK timing.
US10277362B2
Embodiments are disclosed for fast data fetching and rendering. In some embodiments, in response to receiving a page display request, a system constructs a static, possibly nested query for retrieving all the data to be rendered for the page and stores the query result in a data store. For a future page display request, the system similarly constructs a query and determines whether the query can be resolved from the data store. If not, the system constructs a “diff query” to fetch only the missing data. In some embodiments, in response to a subsequent page update request, the system retrieves from the server all the data likely to be viewed or updated and renders the data changes corresponding to the requested update. The system then submits the data changes to the server and undoes the rendering of the data changes when the server fails to process the data changes.
US10277360B2
Methods and systems are provided for allocating resources including VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) and Non-VoIP resources. In some embodiments, multiplexing schemes are provided for use with OFDMA (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access) systems, for example for use in transmitting VoIP traffic. In some embodiments, various HARQ (Hybrid Automatic request) techniques are provided for use with OFDMA systems. In various embodiments, there are provided methods and systems for dealing with issues such as Handling non-full rate vocoder frames, VoIP packet jitter handling, VoIP capacity increasing schemes, persistent and non-persistent assignment of resources in OFDMA systems.
US10277355B2
A method for adjusting the timing of beam projections in a beam detector. The method includes projecting a beam for the purpose of detecting obscuration of the beam and, if a level of signal of the beam detected is less than a threshold for each of a number of consecutive projections or for each consecutive projection over a pre-determined time period, initiating a warning, signalling an alarm or otherwise reacting. The method further includes adjusting the timing of projecting the beam from a nominal transmit interval ‘T’ to be within a window time-period ‘W’ extending from an amount before to an amount after the nominal transmit interval ‘T’.
US10277351B2
In a wireless communication system, wireless communication devices are disposed, each including two orthogonal antennas, a transmitter, and a receiver using rotating polarized wave having a changeable transmission frequency. Specific codes are assigned to the devices, respectively and are shared. In a first of the devices, information and a first code are superimposed on a first carrier wave. In a second of the devices, the transmitted wave is received to reproduce the information with the codes assigned to the second device and the shared code assigned to the first device. The second device transmits second information through modulation using the code thereof. Each of the first and second devices adjusts the propagation frequency for a maximum ratio in intensity of a signal reproduced with the code assigned to another device to an intensity of a signal reproduced with the code assigned to the own device.
US10277345B2
In some examples, an interactive audio system includes a receiver for receiving a broadcasted radio frequency (RF) carrier signal. The system may demodulate a portion of the RF carrier signal to receive a demodulated output signal. For example, the demodulated output signal may include a demodulated audio program having embedded data contained within the demodulated audio signal. The system may extract the embedded data from the demodulated audio program. The system may present information related to the extracted embedded data on a display and/or may send at least a portion of the extracted embedded data to another device.
US10277342B2
A system and method provide an enhanced listening experience for a user of a radio receiver or other device that receives broadcast or streamed content having a plurality of program channels. The method and system buffer designated channels at the receiver and, when switching among channels, play back the buffered designated channels during reception from a selected point therein depending on the channel or other criteria. When switching to a different channel during reception, a user is able to hear content in a buffered program channel with music from the start of a song, for example, whereas content in a channel with news, talk radio, or live sports is played back from live reception, even though the content segments are transmitted at different start times relative to their selected times for playback following a channel change. User controls allow navigation among buffered designated channels during reception.
US10277341B2
A test system is used for testing multiple input multiple output capabilities. The system comprises a device under test, a movable antenna and a signal simulation unit. Furthermore, the signal simulation unit simulates at least two multiple input multiple output channels in order to test the multiple input multiple output capabilities of the device under test.
US10277339B2
A measuring apparatus 10 includes: a transmission and reception unit 12 which wirelessly communicates with devices 1 to 3 under test (DUTs); a measurement unit 13 which receives data from the DUTs through the transmission and reception unit 12, measures the DUTs based on the received data and outputs measurement results; a display unit 15 which displays predetermined information regarding the measurement; a disconnection related information acquisition unit 24 which, on the condition that a connection state of the wireless communication has been changed to a disconnected state, acquires disconnection related information including information indicating a reason for changing to the disconnected state and information on a state immediately before the disconnected state; and a display control unit 14 which performs control to display the disconnection related information on the display unit 15.
US10277334B2
A radio-frequency (RF) body-coupled communications (BCC) transceiver is disclosed according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The RF BCC transceiver includes an RF BCC transmitter and an RF BCC receiver, such that the RF BCC transmitter transmits an RF signal to the RF BCC receiver via a body area network (BAN) of a human body.
US10277332B2
A telecommunications device includes an electronic memory to store at least a network address and a random number code, and a sound unit to transmit the network address and the random number code via ultrasonic sound waves. The telecommunications device also includes a network interface to communicate via a data network using the network address and a processor to establish a communication session with another device over the data network based upon receipt of a response from the other device via the data network, the response including at least the random number code. The telecommunications device does not establish the communication session with the other device if the random number code is missing from the response or if the random number code in the response does not match the random number code transmitted in the ultrasonic sound waves.
US10277323B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to combining uplink radio frequency (RF) communications signals in a remote unit in a wireless distribution system (WDS) using a differential mixer. A remote unit in a WDS receives a first uplink RF communications signal(s) and a second uplink RF communications signal(s). A differential mixer, which is typically configured to combine a pair of differential input signals, is controlled to combine the first uplink RF communications signal(s) and second uplink RF communications signal(s) without requiring the first uplink RF communications signal(s) and second uplink RF communications signal(s) to be converted into the pair of differential input signals. As a result, it may be possible to eliminate a signal combiner and a BalUn circuit from the remote unit, thus helping to save component costs and board space, and to reduce insertion loss and ripple to improve uplink signal quality in the remote unit.
US10277318B2
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for registering visible light communication devices and combining a visible light communication signal and a wireless communication signal. It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a visible light communication device registration method in which a lighting device allows collective registration of the lighting device and a terminal as the terminal transmits data to a light using wireless communication.
US10277298B2
The present invention relates to a method for allowing a terminal to transmit cone or more pieces of channel state information (CSI) in a wireless communication system, and the method for transmitting the CSI comprises the steps of: determining CSI reference resources from a subframe which is to transmit the one or more pieces of CSI; and transmitting the one or more pieces of CSI measured in the CSI reference resources wherein the determination of the CSI reference resources uses measurement sets which include one or more interference measurement sets and one or more signal measurement sets, and if the CSI reference resources are included in an overlapping manner in two or more of the one or more interference measurement sets and the one or more signal measurement sets, a resource for measuring interference or a signal is separated within the CSI reference resources.
US10277294B2
The present invention provides for an improved application of signal strength weightings in a SDMA sectorized cellular network. The improved signal strength weightings application is conducted through the improved selection of weightings from a new codebook subset or by the selection of weightings from a larger codebook subset. In a further embodiment, an antenna beam index or bit map can be used to select the best beam(s) in a SDMA sectorized cellular network. In another embodiment, a field or factor in an uplink or downlink transmission packet can designate which directional transmission beam is best suited for the transmission or when the directional transmission beam should be activated.
US10277292B2
Radio network node and method therein, for communication in a wireless communication system. The radio network node comprises: a plurality of antenna elements, forming an antenna array; a plurality of transceivers, each transceiver coupled to at least one dedicated antenna element of the antenna array; and a controller configured to adjust a first subset of the transceivers to work at a first frequency band, and to adjust a second subset of the transceivers to work at a second frequency band. The first subset of transceivers and the second subset of transceivers (are disjoint and configured to operate at their respective frequency bands simultaneously.
US10277282B2
An antenna for short-range applications, including an elongate two-pole conductor structure with an internal conductor and a sheath conductor coaxially surrounding the internal conductor, and a terminal structure connected to the conductor structure. The terminal structure includes an electrically insulating carrier plate, an electrically conductive sheath conductor connection surface that extends over a first region of the carrier plate on the upper side of the carrier plate and is connected to the sheath conductor, an electrically conductive internal conductor connection surface that extends over a second region of the carrier plate, which is spaced apart from the first region of the carrier plate, on the upper side of the carrier plate and is connected to the internal conductor, an electrically conductive coupling conductor surface that extends over a third region of the carrier plate on the underside of the carrier plate. The antenna provides reliable transmission of information over short distances.
US10277276B2
Systems and methods for application profiles and device classes in power line communications (PLCs) are described. In some embodiments, a PLC device has the device class defined by a PHY layer and may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory may be configured to store program instructions, which may be executable by the processor to cause the PLC device to communicate with a higher-level PLC apparatus over a power line using a frequency band. The frequency band may be selected based upon an application profile and/or a device class associated with the PLC device. In some implementations, the higher-level PLC apparatus may include a PLC gateway or a data concentrator, and the PLC device may include a PLC modem or the like. Examples of application profiles include access communications, in-premises connectivity, AC charging, and/or DC charging. Device classes may represent a minimum communication data rate and/or an operating frequency band restriction of the PLC device.
US10277271B2
An optical module that suppresses crosstalk between high-frequency transmission lines includes at least one set of: an optical port; an optical processing circuit optically connected to the optical port; an electro-optical transducer optically connected to the optical processing circuit; two or more high-frequency transmission lines connected to the electro-optical transducer; and electrical ports connected to the high-frequency transmission lines, and includes a conductive cover block which is provided above the high-frequency transmission lines so as to at least partly cover the high-frequency transmission lines and which is grounded.
US10277264B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems are described related to interference averaging to generate feedback information and interference averaging to demodulate receives signals. In embodiments, an evolved Node B (eNB) may transmit interference averaging information to a user equipment (UE) including a time domain averaging indicator indicating a time domain averaging window to be used by the UE for averaging interference measurements in a time domain or a frequency domain averaging indicator to indicate a frequency domain averaging window to be used by the UE for averaging interference measurements in a frequency domain. Additionally, or alternatively, the eNB may transmit an interference resource group (IRG) indicator to the UE to indicate an IRG over which the UE is to perform interference averaging to facilitate demodulation of signals received by the UE from the eNB.
US10277258B2
According to one embodiment, in a case where a first command is received from a host, a storage device starts a first process. The storage device transmits a first response to the host in a case where a first condition is satisfied and transmits a second response and an interrupt signal to the host in a case where the first process is completed. The host, in a case where the first response is received, stops the polling and receives the second response based on reception of the interrupt signal.
US10277250B2
A transmitter is provided. The transmitter includes: a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) encoder configured to encode input bits to generate parity bits; a parity permutator configured to perform parity permutation by interleaving the parity bits and group-wise interleaving a plurality of bit groups including the interleaved parity bits; and a puncturer configured to puncture some of the parity bits in the group-wise interleaved bit groups, wherein the parity permutator group-wise interleaves the bit groups such that some of the bit groups are positioned at predetermined positions, respectively, and a remainder of the bit groups are positioned without an order within the group-wise interleaved bit groups.
US10277244B1
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) implemented with a passive gain scaling architecture. Certain aspects provide a circuit for analog-to-digital conversion. The circuit generally includes a plurality of capacitive elements, a plurality of switches coupled to the plurality of capacitive elements, and SAR logic having an output coupled to control inputs of the plurality of switches. The circuit also includes a comparator having an output coupled to an input of the SAR logic, a sampling circuit coupled to an input node of the circuit, and a first capacitive element coupled in series between the sampling circuit and the plurality of capacitive elements.
US10277239B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to averaging modules. For example, a method may include obtaining, by an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a plurality of samples of an input analog signal. The method may also include determining, by an averaging module, a sum value of the plurality of samples, such that a set of most significant bits of the sum value represent an average value of the plurality of samples. The method may further include determining the average value based at least on the set of most significant bits, and outputting the average value to a bus coupled to a memory module.
US10277226B1
In at least one general aspect, an apparatus can include a first voltage domain circuit configured to operate based on a first upper voltage and a first lower voltage, and a second voltage domain circuit configured to operate based on a second upper voltage and a second lower voltage. The apparatus can include a capacitive coupling circuit electrically connected between the first voltage domain circuit and the second voltage domain circuit, and a driver circuit including a switch device and electrically coupled to the second voltage domain circuit. The apparatus can also include an intermediate voltage domain circuit configured to trigger switching of the switch device included in the driver circuit where the intermediate voltage domain is configured to operate based on an intermediate voltage and the second upper voltage or the second lower voltage.
US10277225B2
A switching device, in particular in a motor vehicle, includes a control element (12) having an operating interface (14) which may include a plurality of control panels (16). A haptics actuator which is seated in the interior of the switching device provides a haptic response by displacing the control element (12) in a lateral direction as soon as a switching signal is generated. The haptics actuator has a force-travel characteristic with a second force maximum which is remote from the end stop and in the range of which the working travel is placed.
US10277221B2
A protection circuit includes a periodicity determination device, an off circuit and a control device. The periodicity determination device directly or indirectly detects a noise superimposed on a first transistor including a control terminal and determines periodicity of the noise. The off circuit is connected to the control terminal of the first transistor and is configured to perform an off-operation of the first transistor. The control device enables the off-operation of the first transistor, performed by the off circuit, when the periodicity determination device determines that the noise has periodicity. The control device disables the off-operation of the first transistor, performed by the off circuit, when the periodicity determination device determines that the noise does not have periodicity. Accordingly, the protection circuit withdraws an ESD energy while stabilizing a circuit operation.
US10277204B2
Self-interference cancellers are provided. The self-interference cancellers can include multiple second-order, N-path Gm-C filters. Each filter can be configured to cancel self-interference on a channel of a desired bandwidth. Each filter can be independently controlled using a variable transmitter resistance, a variable receiver resistance, a variable baseband capacitance, a variable transconductance, and a variable time shift between local oscillators that control switches in the filter. By controlling these variables, magnitude, phase, slope of magnitude, and slope of phase of the cancellers frequency responses can be controlled for self-interference cancellation. A calibration process is also provided for configuring the canceller.
US10277192B2
A phase shifter includes a transformer including a first coil, a second coil that is magnetically coupled to the first coil, and a parasitic inductance component, and an impedance adjustment circuit including a reactance element connected to the transformer. The impedance adjustment circuit includes an input/output capacitor connected between a first port and a second port of the transformer, and the input/output capacitor is defined by an inter-coil capacitance generated between the first coil and the second coil and an input/output additional capacitor connected between the first port and the second port.
US10277185B2
A communication system includes a first microphone, a first loudspeaker, a second loudspeaker, a second microphone, a speaker number determination unit, and a control unit. The first microphone acquires a surrounding voice as a voice signal. The first loudspeaker is provided near the first microphone and outputs a voice. The second loudspeaker acquires the voice signal from the first microphone and outputs the voice signal as a voice. The second microphone acquires a surrounding voice as a voice signal and outputs the voice signal to the first loudspeaker. The speaker number determination unit determines the number of speakers around the first microphone based on the voice signal acquired by the first microphone. The control unit controls a volume of the first loudspeaker based on the determination of the speaker number determination unit.
US10277183B2
A computer-implemented method to generate an audio output signal is disclosed. The method may include receiving an audio input signal at an automatic gain control (AGC) unit. The method may further include receiving a volume setting indicator signal at the AGC unit. Further, the method may include setting one or more operational parameters for the AGC unit based on the volume setting indicator signal. In addition, the method may include applying a gain to the audio input signal based on the one or more operational parameters to generate an audio output signal at a desired output level.
US10277173B1
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for amplifying signals with an amplification circuit. The amplification circuit generally includes a first transistor, an input path coupled between an input node of the amplification circuit and a control input of the first transistor, and a feedforward path coupled between the input node and a feedforward node. In certain aspects, the amplification circuit may also include a first resistive device coupled between the feedforward node and the control input of the first transistor, a biasing circuit coupled to the feedforward node, and a low-impedance path coupled to the feedforward node.
US10277171B2
An amplifying unit includes a converter and a feedback mechanism. The converter has a supply input coupled to a supply node. The converter further has an input terminal configured to receive an input signal. The converter is configured to amplify the input signal from the input terminal to generate an output signal. The feedback mechanism is coupled to the input terminal of the converter and is configured to cause a constant bias current to flow from the supply node through the converter based on the input signal.
US10277164B2
The flexible dust shield (10) is a dust cover for repelling dust particles from a photovoltaic solar collector panel, the exposed glass surfaces of a high-rise building façade or the like by action of an electric field. The dust shield (10) includes a pattern of electrodes (12) made from a conductive ink, such as silver ink or carbon ink, which is printed on a flexible substrate (14) made from a thermoplastic film. A cover sheet (16) of thermoplastic film is laminated to the substrate (14) over the pattern of electrodes (12). The electrodes (12) are adapted for attachment to a single phase or multi-phase alternating current signal, which generates an electric field for repelling dust particles.
US10277151B2
An apparatus for driving an actuator includes a driving coil configured to generate magnetic force depending on driving signals, a control circuit configured to provide a first control signal and a second control signal, and a driving circuit including a high-side switch and a low-side switch connected to the driving coil, the high-side switch and the low-side switch configured to generate the driving signals based on the first and second control signals, respectively, and to provide the driving signals to the driving coil, wherein the control circuit is further configured to control the driving circuit so that the high-side switch is operated as a current source using the first control signal, and to control the driving circuit so that the low-side switch is driven in a pulse width modulation (PWM) scheme using the second control signal.
US10277148B2
In various example embodiments, a low energy electric motor brake is described comprising one or more electronic switches that connect the input wires to an electric motor together, thus shorting out the motor and braking the motor. The electronic switches are separate from the control system, and provide the braking function. This alleviates the motor controllers and other system control units from providing the braking function to the motor. The electronic switches require minimal to no power in order to maintain the brake to the motor. The control unit may be placed in a low power or sleep mode while the electronic switches maintain the brake.
US10277136B2
A power converter includes a primary winding and multiple output windings to provide multiple independently controlled and regulated outputs with a common return line. The outputs are coupled to independently regulate constant current, constant voltage, or both constant current and constant voltage outputs. A secondary control block is coupled to control a synchronous rectifier switch coupled to the common return line to synchronize switching with a primary side power switch to provide complementary conduction of the primary winding and the multiple output windings. A plurality of controlled power pulse switches is coupled to the multiple output windings. A request of a power pulse from each of the outputs is transferred through the secondary control block to a primary switch control block to turn on the primary side power switch to transfer a power pulse to the multiple output windings and through controlled power pulse switches to the outputs.
US10277121B2
A charge pump circuit includes a first switch˜a fourth switch, a capacitor, a current source, a first resistor, a second resistor, an amplifier, another current source, a current mirror, a skip detection circuit, a switch generation circuit and a control unit. A method includes: (a) starting the charge pump circuit; (b) operating the charge pump circuit in a first phase, wherein the first switch and second switch are conducted and the third switch and fourth switch are disconnected; (c) operating the charge pump circuit in a second phase, wherein the third switch and fourth switch are conducted and the first switch and second switch are disconnected; (d) determining whether a detected voltage in the skip detection circuit is higher than a threshold voltage; and (e) selectively performing step (b) or (c) again according to determination result of step (d).
US10277112B2
A physical topology for receiving top and bottom power electronic switches comprises a top collector trace connected to a positive voltage power supply tab and having a connection area for a collector of a top power electronic switch, a bottom emitter trace connected to a negative voltage power supply tab and having a connection area for an emitter of the bottom power electronic switch, and a middle trace connected to a load tab and having a connection area for an emitter of the top power electronic switch and a connection area for a collector of the bottom power electronic switch. Sampling points are provided on the traces for voltages on the emitters of the top and bottom power electronic switches, on the trace for voltage of the collector of the bottom power electronic switch, and on the negative voltage power supply tab. The topology defines parasitic inductances.
US10277110B2
System and method for protecting a power converter. An example system controller for protecting a power converter includes a signal generator, a comparator, and a modulation and drive component. The signal generator is configured to generate a threshold signal. The comparator is configured to receive the threshold signal and a current sensing signal and generate a comparison signal based on at least information associated with the threshold signal and the current sensing signal, the current sensing signal indicating a magnitude of a primary current flowing through a primary winding of a power converter. The modulation and drive component is coupled to the signal generator.
US10277108B1
A power converter suitable for power elements of different sizes including a base, a heat sink, a circuit board and a power element is provided. The base has a partition and an opening. The partition has a first step surface and a second step surface. The first step surface and the second step surface are located at different levels. The heat sink is mounted on the base and leans against one of the first step surface and the second step surface of the partition. The circuit board is assembled on the base. The power element is disposed on the circuit board and contacts the heat sink through the opening.
US10277104B2
An electromagnetic converter that converts kinetic energy to electric energy, or converts electric energy to kinetic energy, includes a core configured to have a coil disposed; a magnet configured to be magnetically coupled with the core; a yoke configured to have the magnet disposed; a fixing portion configured to have the core and the yoke placed; and an elastic member configured to support the yoke, and to elastically deform so as to displace the magnet with respect to the core. Both ends of the elastic member are fixed to the fixing portion. The magnet and the yoke can rotate around an axis in an extending direction of the elastic member.
US10277102B2
A vibration motor is disclosed. The vibration motor includes a housing; a fixed component accommodated in the housing; a vibrating component comprising a counterweight and a pole plate; and an elastic connecting piece for suspending the vibrating component in the housing. One of the fixed component and the vibrating component includes coils, and the other includes a magnet component. The pole plate includes a pole plate body part adhered to the counterweight and a fixation part positioned on two sides of the pole plate body, further, the fixation part is at least partially inserted into the counterweight.
US10277097B2
A motor assembly is presented. A motor assembly can include at least one motor; a memory to store calibrated parameters related to the at least one motor; and electronics coupled to the memory, the at least one motor, the electronics including interfaces to couple with a clamping device and a system to control the operation of the at least one motor. The calibrated parameters are determined for the at least one motor with a procedure that includes performing an initial calibration of the at least one motor; wearing in the at least one motor; performing a final calibration of the at least one motor; and storing calibration data in the memory. In some embodiments, the at least one motor can include a clamping motor and/or a firing motor. In some embodiments, lifetime parameters are stored in the memory.
US10277084B1
One example device includes a rotor platform that rotates about an axis of rotation. The device also includes a rotor coil comprising a first plurality of conductive loops disposed along a planar mounting surface of the rotor platform. The device also includes a stator platform and a stator coil comprising a second plurality of conductive loops disposed along a planar mounting surface of the stator platform. The rotor coil and the stator coil are coaxially arranged about the axis of rotation. The stator coil remains within a first predetermined distance to the rotor coil in response to rotation of the rotor platform. The device also includes a magnetic core extending along the axis of rotation and through the stator coil. The magnetic core remains within a second predetermined distance to the stator coil in response to rotation of the rotor platform.
US10277080B2
An apparatus includes an AC power module that provides alternating current (“AC”) electrical power; a power distribution wiring harness that receives the AC electrical power from the AC power module; a signal injection module that injects a communication signal on the power distribution wiring harness using signal modulation; and a plurality of inductive coupling modules, each inductive coupling module inductively receiving power and the communication signal from a location along the power distribution wiring harness, wherein each inductive coupling module is structured to transmit at least one of the power and the communication signal to one or more loads, wherein each inductive coupling module is separate from other inductive coupling modules in the plurality of inductive coupling modules.
US10277078B2
Various embodiments of the present technology generally relate to wireless power transmitter and antenna configurations for transmitting wireless power to one or more clients. In some embodiments, the wireless power transmitter includes boards having multiple antennas (i.e., an Antenna Matrix Board(s) (AMB)). The antennas can be on one side of each AMB board, while the control and power circuitry are on the reverse side. The antennas emit electromagnetic (EM) radiant energy that the client(s) receive, store, and/or use for communication with the charger or for the client device battery charging process. The antenna boards can be arranged in a configuration to increase (e.g., optimize) the amount of power transmitted to client(s). In various embodiments, the boards are arranged in polygonal shape as individual flat panels physically coupled to a support structure and attached to the CCB by plug in multiple pin connectors unique in mechanical design.
US10277076B2
A power receiving unit of the disclosure includes a communicator that communicates with a feed unit, a power receiver that has a first rectifier circuit and a second rectifier circuit that each rectify an electric power signal supplied from the feed unit, and a controller that selects and operates one of the first rectifier circuit and the second rectifier circuit.
US10277071B2
A wireless power receiver can include a magnetic substrate and a coil configured to wirelessly receive power. The coil can be formed as a conductive layer on the magnetic substrate. A connecting unit can be disposed in a receiving space of the magnetic substrate and can be connected to the coil unit.
US10277070B2
A wireless power distribution and control system may be used to supply power wirelessly to various devices. The devices in the system may have control over the system and/or over certain features of other devices. For example, a smartphone charging in the wireless power distribution and control system may have access to and control over other devices in the system, such as the overhead lights, or a projector in a conference room. The identification of other devices, as well as commands for controlling these devices may be communicated over the wireless power link. The type and degree of control of each device in that system may vary based on access control levels for the power supplies and connected devices. The devices that receive power may be configured to automatically connect with the power distribution system and to monitor the other devices connected to the system.
US10277069B2
A wireless power transmitter includes a case including a base plate and a structure disposed on the base plate; and a transmitting coil having a three-dimensional spiral shape disposed on a side surface of the structure and configured to generate a magnetic field in a direction perpendicular to the side surface of the structure.
US10277068B2
A system comprises a plurality of power supplies, wherein a power supply provides a supply voltage rail to a voltage domain of the system; a plurality of power supply voltage sequencer devices electrically coupled to multiple power supplies of the plurality of power supplies, wherein a voltage sequencer device is configured to activate the multiple power supplies in a specified sequence; and a bus electrically coupled to the plurality of power supply voltage sequencer devices, wherein the bus is configured to communicate state information of the plurality of power supply voltage sequencer devices.
US10277067B2
According to one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a power supply system comprising an input configured to receive input power from an input power source, an output configured to provide output power to a load, a power factor correction circuit coupled to the input, an inverter coupled to the output, a bus coupled to the power factor correction circuit and the inverter, and a switching circuit coupled to the inverter, the switching circuit configured to direct power from the power factor correction circuit to the inverter when in a first mode of operation and from the bus to the inverter when in a second mode of operation.
US10277055B2
A system for wirelessly charging an electrical energy storage device such as an electrochemical cell or battery pack is described. The system comprises a transmitting base unit having a charging tray that is capable of wirelessly transmitting electrical power received from an external electrical energy source. In addition, the system comprises an electrical energy capture assembly that is electrically incorporatable with an energy storage device. The energy capture assembly comprises a receiving coil that is electrically connected to various sub-circuits that condition and modify the wirelessly received electrical energy so that it re-charges the energy storage device. The system is primarily designed to be used with electrical power that is wirelessly transmitted by near field magnetic induction. The circuitry of the system is designed to accommodate for fluctuations in magnitude of wirelessly transmitted electrical power. In addition, system is designed to optimally utilize wireless near field magnetic induction electrical power.
US10277051B2
A battery module includes a crystal lattice type battery, a detection circuit, a control circuit and an excitation circuit. The detection circuit is electrically coupled to the battery. The control circuit is electrically coupled to the detection circuit. The excitation circuit is electrically coupled to the control circuit and the battery. When the battery is charged or discharged, the detection circuit is configured to detect an impedance of the battery. The control circuit is configured to compare the impedance and a threshold. And the control circuit is configured to produce a control signal. The excitation circuit is configured to selectively provide an excitation signal to the battery according to the control signal.
US10277049B1
Aspects include a hold-up capacitor charging circuit for a power supply. The hold-up capacitor charging circuit includes a voltage boosting charge pump circuit with a hold-up capacitor electrically coupled to a voltage source. The hold-up capacitor charging circuit also includes a fly-back circuit. The fly-back circuit includes a transformer with a primary winding electrically coupled to the voltage source and a secondary winding electrically coupled to a load. A switch is electrically coupled to the primary winding and the voltage boosting charge pump circuit. A controller is operable to open and close the switch to control energy transfer from the primary winding to the secondary winding and charge the hold-up capacitor responsive to voltages of the voltage source, the voltage boosting charge pump circuit, and a reflected voltage of the secondary winding at the primary winding.
US10277047B2
A multi-function car-mounted charger comprises a main housing, a lighting housing, a power input portion, a main circuit, a rechargeable battery, a magnet, a power output portion and a lighting portion; the power input portion, the main circuit, the rechargeable battery, the magnet, and the power output portion are disposed in the main housing; the lighting portion is disposed in the lighting housing; the power input portion, the rechargeable battery, the power output portion, and the lighting portion are electrically connected with the main circuit respectively; the power input portion comprises a first electrode and a second electrode, both of which are electrically connected with the main circuit respectively; and the first electrode is provided with a cone body. The car-mounted charger is diverse in function and may be attracted onto a car shell through the magnet.
US10277042B2
The multi-functional charger includes a charger body, circuit board and an external charging plug, wherein the circuit board is arranged in the charger body and electrically connected with the external charging plug; the external charging plug is detachably connected with one end of the charger body and electrically connected with the circuit board through a connecting cable; a containing cavity is formed in the charger body and used for containing the connecting cable; the charger body is further provided with at least one mounting groove, the interiors of all the mounting grooves are respectively and detachably, connected with a functional assembly, and each functional assembly are in electric connection with the circuit board; the functional assembly includes a retractable USB assembly for the cable connection and a charging power assembly for electric energy storage.
US10277039B2
Systems for tuning a wireless power transfer system are provided, which may include any number of features. In one embodiment, a TET system includes a receive resonator is adapted to be implanted in a human patient and is configured to receive wireless power from a transmit resonator. The system can include a controller configured to identify if a foreign object is interfering with the transmission of power or generating an induced voltage in the receiver resonator. The controller can also be configured to control the transmit resonator to phase match with the foreign object. Methods of use are also provided.
US10277035B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for a modular inverter system having a system controller module that includes several electronic switches that may be controlled to couple various nodes in the system controller module to various circuits coupled to input/output terminals at the modular inverter system to realize various modes of operation. Such modes of operation may include powering a local load (e.g., a house) with locally generated power as well as charging a local battery stack and selling excess power to a utility company that provides a grid tie-in. Such control may be automated based on monitoring various control signals or may be manually invoked by a system operator.
US10277032B2
The present invention discloses a fiducial node DC voltage based DC voltage droop control method with dead-band for HVDC grids. Two levels of DC voltage control e.g. primary and secondary DC voltage regulation are introduced to realize load sharing and DC voltage control in HVDC grids. In the process of primary DC voltage regulation, the power flow regulation ability of the entire HVDC grids can be significantly improved, and the DC voltage and stability of the HVDC grids will be quickly controlled and guaranteed for the benefit of droop characteristic. Secondary DC voltage regulation is achieved by by introducing the load-DC voltage controller. In the process of secondary DC voltage regulation, the burden of accommodating power imbalance by the DC voltage fiducial node will be alleviated, thus improving the ability to resist disturbances of the entire HVDC grids.
US10277022B2
A cable suspension may allow a cable to be pivoted about a pivot axis that passes through a thickness of a cable. A bend radius of the cable entering and exiting the cable suspension may be increased and/or the degree of bend by a cable entering and exiting the cable support may be decreased. The cable may comprise insulated electrical cables, non-insulated electrical cables (e.g., conductors), shielded cables, non-electrical signal cables (e.g., optical cables), and/or assemblies thereof.
US10277016B2
A hand-held apparatus for repairing a defect in an outer jacket of an elongated wire or cable includes a portable die and a source of a settable material. The die has a first portion connected by a hinge to a second portion. They cooperatively define a channel in a closed configuration. The source is connected to the channel through an opening between the inlet and outlet. A heating element is adapted to heat the settable material into a flowable condition and a control circuit is adapted to vary the supply of heat. The die is juxtaposed around the jacket near the defect. As the settable material is introduced into the channel, the wire or cable is moved along the channel relative to the die in the closed configuration such that a coating is formed over the defect. When the die is removed, the settable material sets into a solid condition.
US10277014B2
The disclosure describes a frame profile of a rack for a switching or distribution cabinet, which forms a vertical and/or horizontal profile of the rack, consisting of a plurality of profile sections, which at least in part fit into each other, in order to form an open or closed hollow profile, with the additional features: at least one first profile section which has a plurality of attachment openings, wherein a first surface of the profile section determines an exterior assembly plane; by at least one second profile section a sealing plane for sealing of the inner area of the rack is defined; the outer assembly plane is displaced by the sealing plane to the inner area of the rack; and the attachment openings of the first profile section point away from the inner area of the rack.
US10277012B2
A spark plug having a connection portion disposed between a metal terminal and a center electrode. The connection portion includes: a magnetic substance formed from a Fe-containing oxide; a conductor which is a wire helically disposed on an outer periphery of the magnetic substance and electrically connected to the metal terminal and the center electrode; and an intermediate member which is in contact with the magnetic substance, the conductor, and an inner peripheral surface of the insulator, is disposed between the magnetic substance and the conductor, and the inner peripheral surface of the insulator, and has lower electrical conductivity than the conductor. The conductor is made of one or more of an oxide conductor, carbon, and a carbon compound.
US10277005B2
An edge emitting structure includes an active region configured to generate radiation in response to excitation by a pumping beam incident on the structure. A front facet of the edge emitting structure is configured to emit the radiation generated by the active region. A metallic reflective coating disposed on at least one of the front and rear facets of the edge emitting structure. The metallic reflective coating is configured to reflect the radiation generated by the active region.
US10277003B2
In a laser device 1 in which a laser module 2 is mounted on a heat sink 3, a base plate 20 of the laser module 2 is fixed onto a mounting surface 3s of the heat sink 3 in such a manner that a peripheral part 20b is fixed to the heat sink 3 with screws. The elastic force of the base plate 20 causes stress in the direction toward the mounting surface 3s on the central part 20a of the base plate 20 surrounded by the peripheral part 20b.
US10277002B2
The system and method of integrated seed and high power pump source generates two wavelengths outside the effective gain bandwidth of a single gain medium without using two unique pump sources in a fiber amplifier train. The system and method uses a single pump power oscillator that passes a seed wavelength with no loss and minimal amplification to pump integrated amplifiers in both directions (forward and backward) resulting in amplification of the seed wavelength.
US10277001B2
A laser system for medical treatment is disclosed which comprises a pump, wherein the laser system is adapted to be operated in pulsed operation so that at least one laser pulse of a temporally limited pulse duration (Tp) is generated. The generated laser pulse irradiates some part of the human or animal body so that a two-dimensional laser spot S is located on the top layer of the irradiated part of the human or animal body. The pump power of the pump of the laser system is modulated in such a way that the cumulative energy ES(Tp/2) which is delivered by said laser pulse to said laser spot S during the first half of the pulse duration is less than 45% of the energy ES(Tp) which is delivered by said laser pulse to said laser spot S during the entire pulse duration Tp.
US10277000B2
A novel broadband light source composed of supercontinuum light source and high-power single-wavelength semiconductor laser diodes. It includes an electronics control board, a supercontinuum light source, and a series of single-wavelength semiconductor laser diodes. The frequency of each single-wavelength semiconductor laser diodes is adjusted to integer times or division times of a frequency of the supercontinuum light source by using the electronics control board. Weaknesses of the supercontinuum light source that it is difficult to cover a wavelength less than 400 nm and power density at a wavelength of 400-2400 nm is less than 10 mW/nm are compensated by using the single-wavelength semiconductor lasers. Wavelengths of the single-wavelength semiconductor laser diodes can cover 375-2400 nm, and the highest power density can reach 200 mW/nm, so that the novel broadband light source composed by the single-wavelength semiconductor laser diodes is applicable to a field such as spectral microscopy in a range of 375-400 nm. In addition, by means of electronics clock control on the single-wavelength semiconductor laser diodes and a pulse generation circuit of the supercontinuum light source, same-phase output of the single-wavelength semiconductor laser diodes and the supercontinuum light source can be kept, and relative pulse delays are flexible and adjustable.
US10276982B2
An electrical connector includes an insulating body, multiple terminals, a shielding sheet, a metal member, and a metal shell. The insulating body includes a base and a tongue extending forward from the base. The rear end of the tongue is provided with a step portion. The terminals are fixed in the base, exposed to the upper and lower surfaces of the tongue, and arranged in an upper row and a lower row. The shielding sheet is disposed in the tongue and located between the upper and lower rows of terminals. The metal member is fixed on the step portion, and has a first section located on the step portion and a second section located on the base. The second section extends forward to form an elastic piece. The metal shell wraps a periphery of the insulating body and the metal member. The elastic piece urges against the metal shell.
US10276981B2
Provided are a connector member and a connector that suppress breakage due to butting, pressing in a fitting direction. In the connector, a first connector member having a first housing is fitted with a second connector member having a second housing and a supporting member having a cylindrical shape that supports the second housing. The second housing has a pair of shaft pins formed at positions opposed to each other on the supporting member side. The supporting member has a support claw including a pair of claw pieces that are elastically deformable and hold each of the shaft pins. After the first connector member and the second connector member are fitted together, when a pressure is applied thereto in a fitting direction, the shaft pins are moved to cause the claw pieces of the support claw to elastically deform, causing the shaft pins to detach from the support claw.
US10276980B2
A connector comprises a connector face, a latch, and a CPA receiving space. A plurality of contact receiving spaces of the connector are open to the connector face. The latch engages a mating connector when the connector is inserted into the mating connector along an insertion direction. The CPA receiving space is disposed adjacent an inner side of the latch and receives a position securing member. At least one contact receiving space is disposed between the connector face and the CPA receiving space.
US10276973B2
A connector comprises a housing, a slider, a regulating portion and an operation portion. The housing has a lock portion. The slider has a release portion and a regulated portion. Under a mated state where the connector is mated with a mating connector having a mating lock portion, the lock portion locks the mating lock portion of the mating connector, and the regulating portion faces the regulated portion and regulates a rearward movement of the slider. When the operation portion is operated to be pressed inward of the connector, at least one of the regulating portion and the regulated portion is moved, and the regulating portion does not regulate the rearward movement of the slider. When the slider is moved rearward, the release portion moves the lock portion and releases the mating lock portion.
US10276964B2
A contact carrier can be inserted into the contact carrier and removed again by a slight elastic deformation of a holding element, a detent engagement action of a detent of the holding element with a further detent of a main body of the contact carrier can be released. A particularly simple mounting and dismounting of a contact element in the contact carrier is realized. The contact carrier is constructed such that the holding element and the contact element can be inserted into the main body from an attachment side which is situated opposite a plug-in side.
US10276962B2
A terminal (10) includes a case (20), and a coil spring (30) is accommodated in a compressed state inside the case (20). A first conductive member (40) is sandwiched between one end of the coil spring (30) and an inner wall of the case (20) and has a contact portion (43) movable in a direction to compress the coil spring (30) farther. A flexible wire (60) is connected to the first conductive member (40) and is disposed outside the coil spring (30).
US10276961B2
A printed circuit board (PCB) device is provided, which includes a base board, a part, and a conductive elastic member configured to electrically connect the base board with the part. The conductive elastic member comprises a non-conductive body and at least one conductive interconnect port provided on the non-conductive body and configured to electrically connect an interconnect terminal of the base board with an interconnect terminal of the part.
US10276960B2
A connector includes a plurality of terminal units. The terminal unit includes a terminal main body, a plug cap having the terminal main body inserted therein, fitted with a counterpart connector, and formed in a cylindrical shape, and a contact passing between the terminal main body and the plug cap. The contact includes a first connecting portion having a first abutting portion abutting on an outer circumferential surface of the terminal main body and a second connecting portion having a second abutting portion abutting on an inner circumferential surface of the plug cap. At least either the first connecting portion or the second connecting portion is a spring member movably biasing the plug cap in a perpendicular direction to a fitting direction with the counterpart connector in a state in which electric connection to the terminal main body is maintained.
US10276959B2
A contact for an electrical plug connector comprises a plug portion and a contact spring. The plug portion has an opening receiving a pin contact in an insertion direction. The contact spring is connected by at least one spring arm base to the plug portion and extends from the at least one spring arm base toward the opening in a direction opposite the insertion direction. The contact spring exerts a contact force on the pin contact perpendicular to the insertion direction.
US10276956B2
An electrical connector for electrically connecting a chip module includes an insulating body, a signal terminal received in the insulating body, and a first and a second shielding sheets retained in the insulating body. The insulating body sustains a chip module, and the signal terminal elastically urges against the chip module. The first shielding sheet is located on one side of the signal terminal and elastically urges the chip module. The second shielding sheet is located on the other side of the signal terminal, and adjacent to the first shielding sheet. The first and second shielding sheets are communicated through an electric conductor. The second shielding sheet does not urge the chip module.
US10276951B2
A cable connector includes an outer conductor engager, a body, a coupler, a compression sleeve, a radially compressible grounding member, and an end cap. The outer conductor engager is configured to receive an end of a coaxial cable and has an outer circumferential surface defining an annular groove. The body includes an annular ring portion coaxially aligned with the outer conductor engager along an axis, and the annular ring is configured to circumscribe the coaxial cable. The coupler is rotatably mounted relative to the outer conductor engager and the body, and the compression sleeve is disposed at an opposite axial side of the body relative to the coupler. The radially compressible grounding member is configured to establish an electrical grounding path between the outer conductor engager and the coupler, and the end cap has a radial projection slidably retained in the groove. As the coupler is threadably coupled to an interface port, the end cap slides axially in the groove and urges the grounding member into a forward end of the outer conductor engager.
US10276945B2
A phased array antenna which can change the configuration of the phased array antenna by controllable quad switches on the phased array antenna is presented. The phased array antenna adapts monolithic microwave integrate circuit (MMIC) technology to have high isolation interconnection of the reconfigurable phased array antenna. The reconfigurable phased array antenna can be reusable and adaptable to different configurations so that the overall cost and lead time of the phased array antenna is reduced compared to the existing RF antennas in the market.
US10276942B2
A wireless communication device includes an array of helical antennas on a substrate. Each helical antenna comprises a strain-relieved sheet with a conductive strip thereon, where the strain-relieved sheet and the conductive strip are in a rolled configuration about a longitudinal axis. The conductive strip is oriented at an angle α with respect to a rolling direction so as to comprise a helical configuration about the longitudinal axis with a non-zero helix angle β. The array exhibits a maximum gain of at least about 10 dB at a working frequency of at least about 0.1 THz.
US10276940B2
An antenna is provided with improved ruggedness and flexibility through the use of an embedded substrate with impedance matching circuitry disposed thereon, and a flexible electrical interconnect. The flexible electrical interconnect is coupled between the substrate and an antenna connector. The antenna comprises a first top flexible section having the flexible radiator element, a second stiff section comprising the impedance matching circuit for multi-band operation, and a third lower flexible section comprising the flexible electrical interconnect. Portable radio products incorporating the antenna can now provide multiband capability along with protection against drop.
US10276938B2
A mobile terminal device is disclosed. The mobile terminal device includes a metal rear cover; a metal frame forming an accommodation space with the metal rear cover; a printed circuit board assembly; and an antenna module inside the accommodation space and electrically connected with the printed circuit board assembly. The antenna module includes a grounding terminal and a feeding point disposed on the printed circuit board assembly. The metal rear cover includes a first metal part, a second metal part, a third metal part and the two coupled gap. The first metal part and the third metal part are connected to both ends of the second metal part.
US10276929B2
A device including a receiving antenna on a circuit board and a radome, multiple reflections of the received signals between the radome and the receiving antenna being avoided by using a polarization-rotating structure on the circuit board. The device may in particular be an integral part of a distance controller for adaptive cruise control of a motor vehicle.
US10276926B2
A deployable reflectarray antenna stowable in a 6U CubeSat volume is deployed through tape deployers and quartz cables. The telescoping waveguide is attached to the horn with a threaded insert. The reflectarray antenna has, at 37.75 GHz, a directivity of 48.5 dBi, a gain of 47.8 dBi, and an aperture efficiency of 42%. Hinges with a ball-end screw enable precise control of deployment angle of adjacent panels in the reflectarray antenna.
US10276924B2
An antenna structure includes a metal housing, a first feed source, and a first radiator. The metal housing includes a front frame, a backboard, and a side frame. The side frame defines a slot and the front frame defines a gap. The metal housing is divided into at least a long portion and a short portion by the slot and the gap. The radiator is positioned in the housing and includes a first radiating portion and a second radiating portion. One end of the first radiating portion is electrically connected to the first feed source and another end of the first radiating portion is spaced apart from the long portion. One end of the second radiating portion is electrically connected to the first feed source and another end of the second radiating portion is spaced apart from the short portion.
US10276922B2
A wireless transmission system disclosed herein includes a radiating structure integrated into a computing device case that substantially encloses electronics of a computing device. The radiating structure includes an insulator that forms a boundary with the metal plate on the computing device case. A proximity sensor collects data from an exposure point located within the radiating structure.
US10276916B2
An antenna device includes a first plate conductor that is disposed approximately in parallel to the GND conductor plate, of which one end is connected to the GND conductor plate, and the other end that is opposed to the one end is opened, and a second plate conductor that has approximately the same shape as that of the first plate conductor, of which one end is grounded to the GND conductor plate, of which the other end that is opposed to the one end is opened, that is disposed at a position obtained by rotating the first plate conductor approximately 180 degrees about an intersection line passing through an approximately central point of the GND conductor plate as an axis on the same plane as the first plate conductor on the GND conductor plate, and that has a ground portion at which the grounding is performed and an open portion at which the opening is performed at positions obtained by rotating the ground portion and the open portion of the first plate conductor approximately 180 degrees about the axis.
US10276912B2
The auxiliary ground layer is a part in which the main line and the sub line do not overlap in the lamination direction and is disposed to face a part in which a distance from the first ground layer and a distance from the second ground layer are different in the lamination direction. When a longer distance is set as a first distance a and a shorter distance is set as a second distance b between a distance between the non-overlapping part and the first ground layer and a distance between the non-overlapping part and the second ground layer, and a third distance between the non-overlapping part and the auxiliary ground layer is set as c, the relationship of a>c≥b is satisfied.
US10276904B2
A resonant unit and a filter, where the resonant unit includes a dielectric substrate, a metal microstrip disposed on a plane of the dielectric substrate, where the metal microstrip is used as a signal input/output port, and a defected ground structure disposed on another plane opposite to the plane of the dielectric substrate, where the defected ground structure includes a ground loop and an interdigital structure located inside the ground loop, the interdigital structure includes multiple fingers, and the ground loop or at least one finger in the interdigital structure includes at least one embedded interdigital structure. Harmonic suppression capabilities of the resonant unit and the filter can be improved, and an area can be reduced.
US10276898B2
A pack for containing and recharging an e-cigarette includes: a re-chargeable pack battery; a first connector which is electrically connectable to an external power source; a first recharging mechanism for re-charging the pack battery using the external power source when the first connector is electrically connected to the external power source; a second connector which is electrically connectable to an e-cigarette contained within the pack; and a second recharging mechanism for re-charging the e-cigarette when the e-cigarette is electrically connected to the second connector. The first recharging mechanism includes a first protection circuit module and the second re-charging mechanism includes a second protection circuit module, wherein the protection modules protect the pack and e-cigarette against excessive voltage or current during re-charging.
US10276887B2
Disclosed herein is a battery cell having an electrode assembly including one or more unit cells mounted in a variable cell case in a state in which the electrode assembly is impregnated with an electrolyte, wherein at least one of the unit cells includes a flexible electrode that can be bent or curved, an electrode current collector of the flexible electrode includes a first surface, to which an electrode active material is applied, and a second surface, to which no electrode active material is applied, the second surface being opposite to the first surface, and the second surface is provided with a mesh for improving flexibility of the electrode.
US10276884B2
A method and system for diagnosing a state of fuel cell are provided. The system includes a signal measurement unit that has a high pass filter with a predetermined cut-off frequency and a voltage measurement circuit, and that measures a first AC voltage to measure the fuel cell state diagnosis signal and a noise measurement unit including a band pass filter that has a predetermined pass band and a voltage measurement circuit, and that measures a second AC voltage to measure the fuel cell state diagnosis noise. A controller calculates a signal to noise ratio (SNR) of fuel cell state diagnosis data based on the first and second AC voltages, determines the corresponding fuel cell state diagnosis data to be reliable when the SNR value is greater than a predetermined reference value, and applies the fuel cell state diagnosis data to a control of a fuel cell vehicle.
US10276881B2
The invention relates to a stack of cells of a fuel cell comprising an anode plate and a cathode plate, at a first one of the two ends thereof, the stack ending in a first anode or cathode end plate, respectively, arranged on the cathode or anode plate, respectively, of the last cell of the stack, said first end plate defining a circuit for the cooling fluid of the last cell and said first end plate being an anode or cathode plate, respectively, identical to the anode and cathode plates, respectively, of the cells but missing the opening for dispensing reagent. It is thus possible to simplify the development and the assembly of a stack of cells of a fuel cell with proton-exchange membrane while ensuring a good seal and satisfactory cooling at the end of the stack.
US10276879B2
A fuel battery cell has a membrane electrode assembly, a frame, a pair of separators, and support members. The membrane electrode assembly is formed with an anode and a cathode bonded so as to face an electrolyte membrane. The frame holds the periphery of the membrane electrode assembly. The pair of separators sandwich the frame holding the membrane electrode assembly. The support members protrude along an edge part of the frame so as to pass beyond the frame and support the membrane electrode assembly.
US10276867B2
Provided is a new 5 V-class spinel-type lithium-manganese-containing composite oxide capable of achieving both the expansion of a high potential capacity region and the suppression of gas generation. Proposed is the spinel-type lithium-manganese-containing composite oxide comprising Li, Mn, O and two or more other elements, and having an operating potential of 4.5 V or more at a metal Li reference potential, wherein a peak is present in a range of 14.0 to 16.5° at 2θ, in an X-ray diffraction pattern measured by a powder X-ray diffractometer (XRD) using CuKα1 ray.
US10276864B2
The anode active material of the present invention comprises silicon-based particles obtained from at least one of silicon, a silicon oxide and a silicon alloy, and the silicon-based particles have a faceted shape, thereby providing high capacity and good life characteristics without causing any deterioration which has been generated in the use of conventional silicon-based particles, and eventually providing a lithium secondary battery having such characteristics.
US10276856B2
A process for producing an electrode for an alkali metal battery, comprising: (a) Continuously feeding an electrically conductive porous layer to an anode or cathode material impregnation zone, wherein the conductive porous layer has two opposed porous surfaces and contain interconnected conductive pathways and at least 70% by volume of pores; (b) Impregnating a wet anode or cathode active material mixture into the porous layer from at least one of the two porous surfaces to form an anode or cathode electrode, wherein the wet anode or cathode active material mixture contains an anode or cathode active material and an optional conductive additive mixed with a liquid electrolyte; and (c) Supplying at least a protective film to cover the at least one porous surface to form the electrode.
US10276854B2
A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly, a case accommodating the electrode assembly, a cap plate coupled to the case, an electrode terminal within a terminal hole of the cap plate, and a lead tab connecting the electrode assembly to the electrode terminal, wherein the electrode terminal includes a plate terminal located outside of the cap plate and having a through-hole corresponding to the terminal hole, a sub-terminal extending into the through-hole and coupled to the plate terminal, and a rivet terminal penetrating the terminal hole, the rivet terminal being connected to the lead tab and being compression-molded to the sub-terminal.
US10276850B2
A multilayer deep cycle battery separator comprising at least two layers of an automotive-sized separator bonded or welded together. The automotive-sized separator layers include a backweb having a backweb thickness between 6 to 10 mils, an overall thickness of between 25 to 65 mils, and a rib base width of between 20 to 35 mils. The automotive-sized separator layers also have an extraction time of between 45 to 75 seconds, thereby providing an overall extraction time of less than a standard deep cycle battery separator.
US10276849B2
A separator for nonaqueous electrolyte batteries having multilayer porous membrane, having a polyolefin microporous membrane and a porous layer having an inorganic filler, disposed on at least one side of the polyolefin microporous membrane, wherein, in pores with an area of 0.01 μm2 or more in a cross section of the porous layer, the pores having an angle θ formed between a major axis of each pore and an axis in parallel with an interface between the microporous membrane and the porous layer in a range of 60°≤θ≤120° occupying a proportion of 30% or more therein.
US10276847B2
A rechargeable battery pack including unit cells each including a rechargeable battery, barriers coupled to each other at an outer circumference of the unit cells and each located between respective ones of the unit cells, and a pack housing that accommodates the unit cells and the barriers, and that is coupled to the barriers by tight-fitting.
US10276838B2
Provided are an organic light-emitting display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same. An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes: a substrate including an active area and a pad area, an anode electrode in the active area, an organic emission layer on the anode electrode, a cathode electrode on the organic emission layer, an auxiliary electrode connected to the cathode electrode, a signal pad in the pad area, and a first pad electrode connected to the signal pad, the first pad electrode covering a top of the signal pad, the first pad electrode being configured to prevent the top of the signal pad from being corroded, wherein the auxiliary electrode includes a first auxiliary electrode and a second auxiliary electrode connected to the first auxiliary electrode through a contact hole, and wherein the first pad electrode includes a same material as the first auxiliary electrode.
US10276828B2
An organic light-emitting display (OLED) apparatus includes an organic light-emitting device including an anode, an organic light-emitting layer, and a cathode. The OLED apparatus also includes an encapsulation element covering the organic light-emitting device, and a particular layer disposed between the organic light-emitting device and the encapsulation element. The particular layer is doped with a light absorption material that absorbs light having a wavelength shorter than a wavelength of light emitted from the organic light-emitting device so that variation in characteristics of the organic light-emitting device by external light is reduced. Accordingly, the lifespan of the OLED apparatus can be improved.
US10276816B2
A semiconductor device that includes a layer of highly crystalline semiconductor material positioned on an insulating substrate. The semiconductor device also includes a source structure and a drain structure positioned on the layer of highly crystalline semiconductor material. The semiconductor device also includes a photoelectric element positioned on the layer of highly crystalline semiconductor material. The photoelectric element forms an electrical junction with the layer of highly crystalline semiconductor material. The photoelectric element is positioned between the source structure and the drain structure. The photoelectric element is also electrically floating.
US10276814B2
Disclosed herein is a display apparatus, including: a foldable substrate; a pixel array section including a plurality of pixels disposed on the substrate and each including an electro-optical device; the foldable substrate being folded at a substrate end portion at least on one side thereof around the pixel array section; a peripheral circuit section disposed on the substrate end portion and adapted to drive the pixels of the pixel array section; and a pad section provided on the substrate end portion on which the peripheral circuit section is provided and adapted to electrically connect the peripheral circuit section to the outside of the substrate.
US10276812B2
Simple and high-precision processing, and narrowing of the frame are to be facilitated at the time of preparing display panels by multiple formation. After bonding a first substrate layer in which a plurality of element substrates is formed on a support plate and a second substrate layer in which a plurality of counter substrates is formed on a support plate, these substrate layers are divided into a plurality of display panels. Ridge-like ribs of a covalently or ionically bonding inorganic material are formed along edges of the element substrate and the counter substrate. The dividing includes scribing the support plates along the ribs, and flexing and breaking the support plates.
US10276804B2
The present invention relates to a compound for an organic optoelectronic element represented by Chemical Formula 1, an element comprising the same, and a display device comprising the organic optoelectronic element (details of Chemical Formula 1 are as described in the specification).
US10276802B2
Example embodiments provide a compound of Chemical Formula 1, and an organic photoelectric device, an image sensor, and an electronic device including the same.
US10276800B2
The present invention provides an organic EL device having at least an anode, a hole injection layer, a first hole transport layer, a second hole transport layer, a luminous layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode in order of description. The second hole transport layer includes an arylamine compound having a specific structure, and the electron transport layer includes a pyrimidine derivative having a specific structure. The organic EL device of the present invention has a high efficiency, a low driving voltage, and a longer life.
US10276795B2
Subject matter disclosed herein may relate to fabrication of correlated electron materials used, for example, to perform a switching function. In embodiments, processes are described, in which an ultraviolet light source is utilized during fabrication of a correlated electron material. In embodiments, use of ultraviolet light may decrease a likelihood of diffusion of atomic and/or molecular components of a substrate that may bring about undesirable electrical performance of a CEM device.
US10276785B2
Spin current magnetization rotational element, magnetoresistance effect element, and magnetic memory
A spin current magnetization rotational element includes: a magnetization free layer including a synthetic structure consisting of a first ferromagnetic metal layer, a second ferromagnetic metal layer and a first non-magnetic layer sandwiched by the first ferromagnetic metal layer and the second ferromagnetic metal layer; and an antiferromagnetic spin-orbit torque wiring that extends in a second direction intersecting with a first direction that is a lamination direction of the synthetic structure and is joined to the first ferromagnetic metal layer, wherein the spin current magnetization rotational element is configured to change a magnetization direction of the magnetization free layer by applying current to the antiferromagnetic spin-orbit torque wiring.
US10276783B2
A four terminal magnetoresistive memory cell comprises a magnetic tunnel junction stack, a ferroelectric layer and a non-ferromagnetic spin polarization layer between the magnetic tunnel junction stack and the ferroelectric layer. The magnetic tunnel junction includes a first layer with fixed direction of magnetization, a free layer capable of changing direction of magnetization and an insulation layer between the first layer and the free layer. The non-ferromagnetic spin polarization layer is configured to generate perpendicular spin polarization in response to electrical current through the non-ferromagnetic spin polarization layer and a voltage received at the ferroelectric layer. The perpendicular spin polarization applies a torque on the free layer to change direction of magnetization of the free layer.
US10276782B2
The present disclosure generally relates to SHE-MRAM memory cells. A memory cell array comprises one or more memory cells, wherein each of the one or more memory cells comprises a gate electrode, an insulating layer, a spin orbit material electrode, a MTJ, and a top electrode parallel to the gate electrode. The gate electrode and the top electrode are perpendicular to the spin orbit material electrode. By applying a voltage to the gate electrode, passing a current along the spin orbit material electrode, and utilizing Rashba and/or spin Hall effects, writability of select memory cells is enhanced, allowing for individual memory cells to be written upon without disturbing neighboring memory cells. Additionally, Rashba and/or spin Hall effects in neighboring memory cells may be suppressed to ensure only the selected memory cell is written.
US10276777B2
There is provided a ferroelectric thin-film laminated substrate, including a substrate, and further including a lower electrode layer, a ferroelectric thin-film layer, an upper electrode adhesive layer, and an upper electrode layer being sequentially stacked on the substrate, in which: the lower electrode layer is made of platinum or a platinum alloy; the ferroelectric thin-film layer is made of a sodium potassium niobate (typical chemical formula of (K1-xNax)NbO3, 0.4≤x≤0.7); the upper electrode layer is made of gold; the upper electrode adhesive layer is made of a metal that has less oxidizability than titanium and can make a solid solution alloy without generating an intermetallic compound with gold; and a part of the upper electrode adhesive layer and a part of the upper electrode layer are alloyed.
US10276776B2
A smart material actuator comprising a layered web assembly, compensator, smart material device and at least one actuating arm. The web assembly comprises a first surface in operable contact with the smart material device and having at least one resilient member in operable connection with the compensator and the actuating arm. Upon activation of the smart material device, the resilient member flexes and the actuating arm moves. The web assembly is formed of joined layers of inner and outer plates.
US10276773B2
The invention concerns an electronic wearable device (1) adapted to form a loop around a body part of a user and comprising an elongated member (10) being a part of the loop and a control unit (20). The elongated member (10) comprises an electroactive polymer (11), whereby the shape of the electroactive polymer is adapted to be changed by regulating a voltage applied to the electroactive polymer. The invention also concerns an electronic wireless communication system comprising the electronic wearable device and a mobile electronic communication device for wireless communication with the electronic wearable device.
US10276772B2
A Josephson parametric converter is provided. The Josephson parametric converter includes a multi-Josephson junction ring modulator having arrays of Josephson junctions arranged in a ring configuration with ring nodes inter-dispersed between the arrays and a center node inter-connecting the ring nodes. The Josephson parametric also includes resonators formed from capacitors that shunt the multi-Josephson junction ring modulator and enable respective modes of the Josephson parametric converter.
US10276771B2
A Josephson parametric converter is provided. The Josephson parametric converter includes a multi-Josephson junction ring modulator having arrays of Josephson junctions arranged in a ring configuration with nodes inter-dispersed between the arrays. The Josephson parametric converter includes resonators formed from capacitors that shunt the multi-Josephson junction ring modulator and enable respective modes of the Josephson parametric converter.
US10276767B2
A light emitting device includes an element mounting board including a base, a set of conductive patterns, one or more light emitting elements, and a cover member. The set of conductive patterns includes one or more first conductive layers and one or more second conductive layers made of a different material. The second conductive layers partially cover the first conductive layers. The set of conductive patterns defines one or more element mounting areas each including a part of the first conductive layers not covered by the second conductive layers, and external connectors each including one or more outer edge exposed parts where a part of an outer edge of a corresponding one of the first conductive layers is exposed from the second conductive layers. The cover member covers the light emitting elements and the element mounting areas. The cover member is spaced apart from the outer edge exposed parts.
US10276762B2
An optoelectronic component includes a carrier, and a light source arranged on a surface of the carrier, said light source including at least one luminous surface formed by at least one light-emitting diode, wherein a transparent converter-free spacer is arranged on the luminous surface such that a distance is formed between the luminous surface and a spacer surface of the spacer facing away from the luminous surface, and wherein the light source is potted by a potting compound such that the spacer surface is formed extending flush with a potting compound surface facing away from the surface of the carrier and a surface formed by a spacer surface and the potting compound surface is plane.
US10276761B2
A photoelectric device package including a substrate, a first circuit layer, a carrier structure, a second circuit layer, at least one photoelectric device, and a first encapsulation layer is provided. The first circuit layer is disposed on the substrate. The carrier structure is disposed on the substrate and covers the first circuit layer. The carrier structure includes a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, and an elastic layer disposed between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer. The Young's modulus of the elastic layer is less than the Young's modulus of the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer. The second circuit layer is disposed on the carrier structure. The photoelectric device is disposed on the carrier structure and is electrically connected to the first and second circuit layers. The first encapsulation layer is disposed on the carrier structure and encapsulates the photoelectric device.
US10276744B2
A light-emitting diode epitaxial wafer, including: a substrate; and a buffer layer, an undoped GaN layer, an n-type GaN contact layer, a multi-quantum well layer, and a p-type GaN contact layer, which are sequentially laminated on the substrate in that order. The multi-quantum well layer includes GaN barrier layers and at least one InxGa1-xN well layer, where 0
US10276743B2
A light emitting diode (LED) apparatus is provided. The LED apparatus includes a light emitting diode, a light conversion layer stacked on the light emitting diode and configured to convert a wavelength of light incident from the light emitting diode, a reflection coating layer stacked on the light conversion layer and configured to pass the light of which the wavelength is converted in light incident from the light conversion layer therethrough and reflecting the other light, and a color filter stacked on the reflection coating layer and configured to correspond to the light conversion layer.
US10276740B1
A method for forming a photon absorbing layer. A substrate having a target surface is introduced into a controllable environment, and the pressure within the controllable environment is reduced. A first flux of a semiconductor material and a second flux of a dopant are simultaneously directed toward the target surface for a period of time, thereby producing a thickness of a substantially amorphous layer of the semiconductor material and dopant on the target surface. The semiconductor layer is laser annealed to convert it to a substantially multi-crystalline layer.
US10276728B2
A semiconductor device includes a non-volatile memory (NVM) cell. The NVM cell includes a semiconductor wire disposed over an insulating layer disposed on a substrate. The NVM cell includes a select transistor and a control transistor. The select transistor includes a gate dielectric layer disposed around the semiconductor wire and a select gate electrode disposed on the gate dielectric layer. The control transistor includes a stacked dielectric layer disposed around the semiconductor wire and a control gate electrode disposed on the stacked dielectric layer. The stacked dielectric layer includes a charge trapping layer. The select gate electrode is disposed adjacent to the control gate electrode with the stacked dielectric layer interposed therebetween.
US10276724B2
A transistor with favorable electrical characteristics is provided. One embodiment of the present invention is a semiconductor device including a semiconductor, a first insulator in contact with the semiconductor, a first conductor in contact with the first insulator and overlapping with the semiconductor with the first insulator positioned between the semiconductor and the first conductor, and a second conductor and a third conductor, which are in contact with the semiconductor. One or more of the first to third conductors include a region containing tungsten and one or more elements selected from silicon, carbon, germanium, tin, aluminum, and nickel.
US10276722B2
A thin film transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer including a channel region, and a source region and a drain region having a resistivity lower than that of the channel region; a gate insulating layer disposed on the channel region of the oxide semiconductor layer; a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulating layer; and an aluminum oxide layer covering the lateral surface of the gate insulating layer, and the source region and the drain region, wherein the gate insulating layer has a multi-layer structure including a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer, and the first insulating layer contains silicon oxide as a main component, and is disposed on and in contact with the channel region.
US10276721B2
A liquid crystal display includes a first gate line, a first data line, and a first pixel. The first pixel includes: a first subpixel including a first thin film transistor connected to the first gate line and data line, and a first liquid crystal capacitor, wherein a first terminal of the first liquid crystal capacitor is electrically connected to the first thin film transistor and a second terminal of the first liquid crystal capacitor is configured to receive a common voltage; and a second subpixel including a second thin film transistor connected to the first gate line and data line, a second liquid crystal capacitor, wherein a first terminal of the second liquid crystal capacitor is configured to receive the common voltage, and a thin film transistor resistor electrically connected between the second thin film transistor and a second terminal of the second liquid crystal capacitor.
US10276718B2
A method and structure for mitigating strain loss (e.g., in a FinFET channel) includes providing a semiconductor device having a substrate having a substrate fin portion, an active fin region formed over a first part of the substrate fin portion, a pickup region formed over a second part of the substrate fin portion, and an anchor formed over a third part of the substrate fin portion. In some embodiments, the substrate fin portion includes a first material, and the active fin region includes a second material different than the first material. In various examples, the anchor is disposed between and adjacent to each of the active fin region and the pickup region.
US10276713B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a semiconductor component includes a plurality of layers of compound semiconductor material over a body of semiconductor material and first and second filled trenches extending into the plurality of layers of compound semiconductor material. The first trench has first and second sidewalls and a floor and a first dielectric liner over the first and second sidewalls and the second trench has first and second sidewalls and a floor and second dielectric liner over the first and second sidewalls of the second trench.
US10276710B1
A high voltage transistor including a substrate is provided, and the substrate has an indent region. A doped region is disposed in the substrate at both sides of the indent region. A shallow trench isolation (STI) structure is disposed in the doped region of the substrate, at a periphery region of the indent region, wherein a portion of a bottom of the STI structure within the indent region has a protruding part down into the substrate. A gate insulating layer is disposed on the substrate at a central region of the indent region other than the STI structure, wherein the gate insulating layer has a protruding portion. A gate structure is disposed on the gate insulating layer and the STI structure within the indent region, covering the protruding portion of the gate insulating layer.
US10276709B2
A MOS gate having a trench gate structure is formed on the front surface side of a silicon carbide substrate. A gate trench of the trench gate structure goes through an n+ source region and a p-type base region and reaches an n− drift region. Between adjacent gate trenches, a first p+ region that goes through the p-type base region in the depth direction and reaches the n− drift region is formed at a position separated from the gate trenches. The first p+ region is formed directly beneath a p++ contact region. The width of the first p+ region is less than the width w1 of the gate trench. A second p+ region is formed at the bottom of the gate trench. The first and second p+ regions are silicon carbide epitaxial layers.
US10276707B2
A switching element includes a semiconductor substrate that includes a first n-type semiconductor layer, a p-type body layer constituted by an epitaxial layer, and a second n-type semiconductor layer separated from the first n-type semiconductor layer by the body layer, a gate insulating film that covers a range across the surface of the first n-type semiconductor layer, the surface of the body layer, and the surface of the second n-type semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode that faces the body layer through the gate insulating film. An interface between the first n-type semiconductor layer and the body layer includes an inclined surface. The inclined surface is inclined such that the depth of the body layer increases as a distance from an end of the body layer increases in a horizontal direction. The inclined surface is disposed below the gate electrode.
US10276703B2
A compound semiconductor device includes: a carrier transit layer; a carrier supply layer over the carrier transit layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode above the carrier supply layer; a gate electrode above the carrier supply layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode; and a first insulating film and a second insulating film above the carrier supply layer between the gate electrode and the drain electrode. The gate electrode includes a portion above the second insulating film, the second insulating film covers a side surface of the first insulating film from the drain electrode side, and a second concentration of electron traps in the second insulating film is higher than a first concentration of electron traps in the first insulating film.
US10276698B2
A method of forming an electrical device that includes forming a gate dielectric layer over a gate electrode, forming source and drain electrodes on opposing sides of the gate electrode, wherein one end of the source and drain electrodes provides a coplanar surface with the gate dielectric, and positioning a 1D or 2D nanoscale material on the coplanar surface to provide the channel region of the electrical device.
US10276697B1
A negative capacitance device includes a semiconductor layer. An interfacial layer is disposed over the semiconductor layer. An amorphous dielectric layer is disposed over the interfacial layer. A ferroelectric layer is disposed over the amorphous dielectric layer. A metal gate electrode is disposed over the ferroelectric layer. At least one of the following is true: the interfacial layer is doped; the amorphous dielectric layer has a nitridized outer surface; a diffusion-barrier layer is disposed between the amorphous dielectric layer and the ferroelectric layer; or a seed layer is disposed between the amorphous dielectric layer and the ferroelectric layer.
US10276696B2
A method of forming a non-volatile memory cell on a substrate having memory cell and logic circuit regions by forming a pair of conductive floating gates in the memory cell region, forming a first source region in the substrate between the pair of floating gates, forming a polysilicon layer in both regions, forming an oxide layer over the polysilicon layer in the logic circuit region, performing a chemical-mechanical polish of the polysilicon layer in the memory cell area leaving a first block of the polysilicon layer between the floating gates that is separated from remaining portions of the polysilicon layer, and selectively etching portions of the polysilicon layer to result in: second and third blocks of the polysilicon layer disposed in outer regions of the memory cell area, and a fourth block of the polysilicon layer in the logic circuit region.
US10276689B2
Disclosed are embodiments of an improved method for forming a vertical field effect transistor (VFET). In each of the embodiments of the method, a semiconductor fin is formed sufficiently thick (i.e., wide) so that the surface area of the top of the semiconductor fin is sufficiently large to facilitate epitaxial growth thereon of a semiconductor material for a second source/drain region. As a result, the second source/drain region will be sufficiently large to avoid potential contact-related defects (e.g., unlanded contacts, complete silicidation of second source/drain region during contact formation, etc.). Additionally, either before or after this second source/drain region is formed, at least the center portion of the semiconductor fin, which will include the channel region of the VFET, is thinned down to a desired critical dimension for optimal VFET performance. Also disclosed are VFET structure embodiments resulting from this method.
US10276688B2
A device comprising Si:As source and drain extensions and Si:As or Si:P source and drain features formed using selective epitaxial growth and a method of forming the same is provided. The epitaxial layers used for the source and drain extensions and the source and drain features herein are deposited by simultaneous film formation and film etching, wherein the deposited material on the monocrystalline layer is etched at a slower rate than deposition material deposited on non-monocrystalline location of a substrate. As a result, an epitaxial layer is deposited on the monocrystalline surfaces, and a layer is not deposited on non-monocrystalline surfaces of the same base material, such as silicon.
US10276687B1
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a fin on a substrate. Source/drain regions are arranged on the substrate on opposing sides of the fin. The method includes depositing a semiconductor layer on the source/drain regions. The method includes depositing a germanium containing layer on the fin and the semiconductor layer. The method further includes applying an anneal operation configured to chemically react the semiconductor layer with the germanium containing layer and form a silicon oxide layer.
US10276680B2
A semiconductor device includes a fin structure, disposed on a substrate, that horizontally extends along a direction; and a gate feature comprising a gate dielectric layer and at least a first metal gate layer overlaying the gate dielectric layer, wherein the gate dielectric layer and the first metal gate layer traverse the fin structure to overlay a central portion of the fin structure and further extend along the direction to overlay at least a side portion of the fin structure that is located outside a vertical projection of a sidewall of the gate feature.
US10276666B2
On a front surface of an n+-type SiC substrate becoming a drain region, an n−-type drift layer, a p-type base layer, and an n+-type source layer are sequentially formed by epitaxial growth. In the n+-type source layer, the p+-type contact region is selectively provided. A trench is provided penetrating the n+-type source layer and the p-type base layer in the depth direction and reaching the n−-type drift layer. In the trench, a gate electrode is provided via a gate insulating film. A width between adjacent trenches is, for example, 1 μm or less. A depth of the trench is, for example, 1 μm or less. The width is narrow whereby substantially the entire p-type base layer forms a channel. A cell includes a FinFET structure in which one channel is sandwiched between MOS gates on both side. Thus, ON resistance may be reduced and decreased reliability may be prevented.
US10276659B2
A vertical transistor device includes a vertically-oriented channel semiconductor (VOCS) structure positioned above a substrate and a first bottom spacer positioned above the substrate adjacent the VOCS structure. The first bottom spacer extends around less than an entirety of a perimeter of the VOCS structure. A gate structure is positioned around the VOCS structure. Only a portion of the gate structure is positioned vertically above the first bottom spacer so as to thereby define an air gap that is positioned under the gate structure. The air gap extends around a majority of a perimeter of the VOCS structure and a second bottom spacer positioned above the substrate. An upper portion of the second bottom spacer contacts a material formed around the VOCS structure so as to seal the air gap. The second bottom spacer has a vertical thickness that is greater than a vertical thickness of the air gap.
US10276657B2
An isolation structure for active devices is provided. In some embodiments, the isolation structure is used in a transistor. The transistore includes a substrate having a first doping type. The transistor also includes a channel layer positioned over the substrate and comprising a first section and a second section. The transistor further includes an active layer positioned over the channel layer. The isolation structure includes a horizontal segment, a first vertical segment, and a second vertical segment. The horizontal segment is arranged below the second section of the channel layer and continuously extends between the first vertical segment and the second vertical segment. The isolation structure has a second doping type that is different than the first doping type.
US10276651B2
A capacitor structure and method of forming the capacitor structure is provided, including a providing a doped region of a substrate having a two-dimensional trench array with a plurality of segments defined therein. Each of the plurality of segments has an array of a plurality of recesses extending along the substrate, where the plurality of segments are rotationally symmetric about a center of the two-dimensional trench array. A first conducting layer is presented over the surface and a bottom and sidewalls of the recesses and is insulated from the substrate by a first dielectric layer. A second conducting layer is presented over the first conducting layer and is insulated by a second dielectric layer. First and second contacts respectively connect to an exposed top surface of the first conducting layer and second conducting layer. A third contact connects to the substrate within a local region to the capacitor structure.
US10276646B2
A display is provided. The display device includes a display area and a non-display area located around the display area; a base layer; an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) that is located on the base layer in the display area; and a first crack detection line that is located on the base layer in the non-display area; wherein the first crack detection line comprises a first line that extends substantially in a first direction along a first edge of the display area, a second line that is separated from the first line and extends substantially in the first direction, and a third line that is connected to an end of the first line and an end of the second line, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the first line in a second direction crossing the first direction is inversely tapered.
US10276644B2
An organic light emitting diode display comprises a substrate including a display area in which a pixel is disposed and a peripheral area surrounding the display area, a driving semiconductor layer disposed in the display area on the substrate, a driving gate electrode disposed in the display area on the driving semiconductor layer, a common voltage line disposed in the peripheral area on the substrate and disposed on a same layer as the driving gate electrode, a gate electrode anti-oxidation layer disposed on the driving gate electrode, a common voltage line anti-oxidation layer disposed on the common voltage line, an interlayer insulating layer disposed on the driving semiconductor layer, the driving gate electrode, the common voltage line, the gate electrode anti-oxidation layer, and the common voltage line anti-oxidation layer. A driving source electrode and a driving drain electrode are disposed in the display area on the interlayer insulating layer, and a common voltage applying electrode is disposed in the peripheral area on the interlayer insulating layer and on the same layer as the driving source electrode and the driving drain electrode.
US10276641B2
The disclosure discloses a display panel and a display device. Since at least a part of the transparent areas includes the transparent auxiliary electrode electrically connected with the cathode in the adjacent pixel display area and extends to a top of the cathode auxiliary wire to be electrically connected with the cathode auxiliary wire, i.e., the cathode is electrically connected with the cathode auxiliary wire via the transparent auxiliary electrode, resistance of the cathode is reduced by the use of the transparent auxiliary electrode. Furthermore, since the transparent auxiliary electrode is arranged in a transparent area, neither the size of the at least one pixel display area is reduced, nor the transparent function of the transparent areas is affected.
US10276635B2
Some embodiments include apparatus and methods having a memory device with diodes coupled to memory elements. Each diode may be formed in a recess of the memory device. The recess may have a polygonal sidewall. The diode may include a first material of a first conductivity type (e.g., n-type) and a second material of a second conductive type (e.g., p-type) formed within the recess.
US10276634B2
A semiconductor memory structure is provided. The semiconductor memory structure includes a bottom electrode formed over a substrate and a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) cell formed over the bottom electrode. The semiconductor memory structure includes a top electrode formed over the MTJ cell and a passivation layer surrounding the top electrode. The passivation layer has a recessed portion that is lower than a top surface of the top electrode. The semiconductor memory structure further includes a cap layer formed on the top electrode and the passivation layer, wherein the cap layer is formed in the recessed portion.
US10276632B2
The present invention relates to a display device and, particularly, to a display device using semiconductor light-emitting diodes. In the display device according to the present invention, at least one of the semiconductor light-emitting diodes comprises: a first conductive electrode and a second conductive electrode; a first conductive semiconductor layer having the first conductive electrode arranged thereon; a second conductive semiconductor layer overlapping with the first conductive semiconductor layer in a vertical direction, and having the second conductive electrode arranged thereon; and an active layer arranged between the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer, wherein a connecting unit electrically connected to the first conductive electrode is formed on one surface of the first conductive semiconductor layer, and the connecting unit is arranged so as to lean to one side on the basis of the second conductive electrode along the horizontal direction.
US10276630B2
A light emitting device includes a first electrode, an insulating layer, a second electrode, and a bar-type light emitting diode (LED). The insulating layer includes a plurality of protruding parts protruding from the first electrode and at least one hole between the protruding parts. The second electrode on the insulating layer. The bar-type LED is in the at least one hole. The bar-type LED has a first end and a second end in the length direction. One of the first or second ends is connected to the first electrode and the other of the first or second ends is connected to the second electrode.
US10276626B2
A three-dimensional multispectral imaging sensor and method for forming a three-dimensional multispectral imaging sensor are provided. The three-dimensional multispectral imaging sensor includes a monolithic structure having a plurality of layers. Each of the layers is formed from light detecting materials for detecting light of respective different non-overlapping wavelengths and having respective different bandgaps.
US10276615B2
The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device that can improve the sensitivity of imaging pixels while maintaining AF properties of a focus detecting pixel. The present technology also relates to a method of manufacturing the solid-state imaging device, and an electronic apparatus.The solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel array unit including pixels; first microlenses formed in the respective pixels; a film formed to cover the first microlenses of the respective pixels; and a second microlens formed on the film of the focus detecting pixel among the pixels. The present technology can be applied to CMOS image sensors, for example.
US10276610B2
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor photomultiplier comprising a substrate; an array of photosensitive cells formed on the substrate that are operably coupled between an anode and a cathode. A set of primary bus lines are provided each being associated with a corresponding set of photosensitive cells. A secondary bus line is coupled to the set of primary bus lines. An electrical conductor is provided having a plurality of connection sites coupled to respective connection locations on the secondary bus line for providing conduction paths which have lower impedance than the secondary bus line.
US10276602B2
An array substrate according to an embodiment includes a substrate having a first side and a second side, multiple control lines, multiple data lines, a first region having multiply first interconnect pads, and a second region having multiply second interconnect pads. There is at least one of a distance between the first side and a center line of the first region being longer than a distance between the first side and a center line extending in the first direction of a region including the multiple control lines electrically connected to the multiple first interconnect pads, or a distance between the second side and a center line of the second region being longer than a distance between the second side and a center line extending in the second direction of a region including the multiple data lines electrically connected to the multiple second interconnect pads.
US10276599B2
A fan-out circuit structure, a display panel, and a display device are provided. The fan-out circuit structure includes: a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and a third metal layer, wherein the first metal layer includes a first metal sub-layer and a second metal sub-layer; the third metal layer includes a third metal sub-layer and a fourth metal sub-layer; the first metal sub-layer is connected with a first end of the second metal layer through the third metal sub-layer; and a second end of the second metal layer is connected with the second metal sub-layer through the fourth metal sub-layer.
US10276598B2
An array substrate and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes a base substrate. The base substrate includes a display area and a non-display area. The display area is provided with a plurality of first signal lines and a plurality of second signal lines. The plurality of first signal lines and the plurality of second signal lines intersect to define a plurality of pixel units, and the plurality of first signal lines is substantially radially distributed.
US10276597B2
An electro-optical device includes a first light shielding film; a transistor element formed on the first light shielding film to overlap the first light shielding film; a second light shielding film formed on the transistor element to overlap the transistor element and electrically connected to an input terminal of the transistor element; a transparent conductive film extended toward an upper layer side of the second light shielding film in an opening region, through which light penetrates, of the display region; a dielectric film formed on the transparent conductive film in the opening region; and a transparent pixel electrode formed on the dielectric film in the opening region, constituting a storage capacitor together with the transparent conductive film and the dielectric film, and having a transparent pixel electrode which is electrically connected to the transistor element.
US10276595B2
Provided is a liquid crystal display device, including: an array substrate; a plurality of pixels sectioned by video signal lines and scanning signal lines formed on the array substrate; a TFT arranged for each of the plurality of pixels; and a pixel electrode arranged inside each of the plurality of pixels. The TFT includes a channel semiconductor layer and the pixel electrode that are formed of a seamless layer made of an oxide semiconductor. The pixel electrode has an electrical conductivity larger than an electrical conductivity of the channel semiconductor layer under a state in which a gate voltage is not applied.
US10276594B2
A novel display device is provided. The display device includes a pixel portion and a driver circuit for driving the pixel portion. The driver circuit includes a first transistor having a dual-gate structure. The pixel portion includes a second transistor having a single-gate structure and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the second transistor. The first transistor and the second transistor each include a first metal oxide film functioning as a channel. The metal oxide films each include a first region and a second region. The first region contains In or Zn, and oxygen. The second region contains In or an element M, and oxygen. The first region and the second region are dispersed or distributed in a mosaic pattern.
US10276592B2
The present disclosure provides a display substrate and a method of fabricating the same, a display panel and a pressure welding device. The display substrate includes a flexible substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, and the first surface includes a first area and a second area. The method includes forming thin film transistors and light-emitting elements in the first area, forming a lead for circuit-bonding in the second area, forming a curable material layer on the second surface, and performing a curing process on a part of the curable material layer corresponding to the second area to form a cured layer. The technical solutions of the present disclosure improves the stability of pressure welding during a pressure welding process of circuit component, and lowers the possibility of occurrence of wire defect.
US10276588B2
The present disclosure relates to a structure and method for embedding a non-volatile memory (NVM) in a HKMG (high-κ metal gate) integrated circuit which includes a high-voltage (HV) HKMG transistor. NVM devices (e.g., flash memory) are operated at high voltages for its read and write operations and hence a HV device is necessary for integrated circuits involving non-volatile embedded memory and HKMG logic circuits. Forming a HV HKMG circuit along with the HKMG periphery circuit reduces the need for additional boundaries between the HV transistor and rest of the periphery circuit. This method further helps reduce divot issue and reduce cell size.
US10276584B2
A semiconductor structure for a split gate flash memory cell device with a hard mask having an asymmetric profile is provided. In some embodiments, a semiconductor substrate of the semiconductor structure includes a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region. A control gate and a memory gate, of the semiconductor structure, are spaced over the semiconductor substrate between the first and second source/drain regions. A charge trapping dielectric structure of the semiconductor structure is arranged between neighboring sidewalls of the memory gate and the control gate, and arranged under the memory gate. A hard mask of the semiconductor structure is arranged over the control gate and includes an asymmetric profile. The asymmetric profile tapers in height away from the memory gate. A method for manufacturing a pair of split gate flash memory cell devices with hard masks having an asymmetric profile is also provided.
US10276580B2
Systems and methods are provided for forming an intra-connection structure. A first gate structure and a first source/drain region adjacent to the first gate structure is formed on a substrate. A first dielectric material is disposed on the first source/drain region. A spacer material is formed on the first gate structure. The first dielectric material is removed to expose at least part of the first source/drain region. At least part of the spacer material is removed to expose at least part of the first gate structure. A first conductive material is formed between the first gate structure and the first source/drain region to electrically connect the first source/drain region and the first gate structure.
US10276574B2
A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes forming fins in first and second regions defined on a substrate. The fins include first fin, second fin, third fin, and fourth fin. A dielectric layer is formed over fins and a work function adjustment layer is formed over dielectric layer. A hard mask is formed covering third and fourth fins. A first conductive material layer is formed over first fin and not over second fin. A second conductive material layer is formed over first and second fins. A first metal gate electrode fill material is formed over first and second fins. The hard mask covering third and fourth fins is removed. A third conductive material layer is formed over third fin and not over fourth fin. A fourth conductive material layer is formed over third and fourth fins, and a second metal gate electrode fill material is formed over third and fourth fins.
US10276566B2
A method and structure for suppressing band-to-band tunneling current in a semiconductor device having a high-mobility channel material includes forming a channel region adjacent to and in contact with one of a source region and a drain region. A tunnel barrier layer may be formed such that the tunnel barrier layer is interposed between, and in contact with, the channel region and one of the source region and the drain region. In some embodiments, a gate stack is then formed over at least the channel region. In various examples, the tunnel barrier layer includes a first material, and the channel region includes a second material different than the first material. In some embodiments, the semiconductor device may be oriented in one of a horizontal or vertical direction, and the semiconductor device may include one of a single-gate or multi-gate device.
US10276556B2
A semiconductor device includes a floating buried doped region, a first doped region disposed between the floating buried doped region and a first major surface, and a semiconductor region disposed between the floating buried doped region and a second major surface. Trench isolation portions extend from the first major surface and terminate within the semiconductor region to define an active region. An insulated trench structure is laterally disposed between the trench isolation portions, terminates within the floating buried doped region, and defines a first portion and a second portion of the active region. A biasing semiconductor device is within the first portion, and a functional semiconductor device is within the second portion. The biasing semiconductor device is adapted to set a potential of the floating buried doped region and adapted to divert parasitic currents away from the functional semiconductor device.
US10276553B2
A chip package structure including a substrate, a first chip, a frame, a plurality of first conductive connectors, a first encapsulant, and a package is provided. The first chip is disposed on the substrate. The first chip has an active surface and a back surface opposite to the active surface, and the active surface faces the substrate. The frame is disposed on the back surface of the first chip and the frame has a plurality of openings. The first conductive connectors are disposed on the substrate and the first conductive connectors are disposed in correspondence to the openings. The first encapsulant is disposed between the substrate and the frame and encapsulates the first chip. The package is disposed on the frame and is electrically connected to the substrate via the first conductive connectors.
US10276547B2
The present disclosure provides an image display module and a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device. The image display module includes a circuit substrate, a light-emitting group and a light-shading structure. The light-emitting group includes a plurality of light-emitting chips for generating a predetermined image. Each light-emitting chip has a light-emitting region, and the light-emitting region has an exposed portion and a shading portion. The light-shading structure includes a light-shading unit and a plurality of through openings passing through the light-shading unit. The exposed portion of the light-emitting region of each light-emitting chip is exposed by the through opening. The shading portion of the light-emitting region of each light-emitting chip is contacted and covered by the light-shading unit. The exposed portions of the light-emitting regions can be arranged regularly in a predetermined shape due to the through openings that are arranged in a regular arrangement.
US10276540B2
A packaging method and a packaging structure are provided. The method includes: providing a first substrate and a second substrate, the second substrate having a fist surface and a second surface opposite to each other, a side surface of the first substrate being adhered to the first surface of the second substrate via an adhesive layer; forming a groove structure on the second surface of the second substrate; providing a base, the base having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, the first surface of the base including a sensing region and multiple bonding pads around the sensing region; and laminating the second surface of the second substrate with the first surface of the base to form a cavity between the groove structure and the base, such that the sensing region is located in the cavity.
US10276532B2
A three-dimensional chip stack includes a first chip bonded to a second chip to form an electrical interconnection therebetween. The bonded interconnection includes a first conductive pillar overlying a first substrate of the first chip, a second conductive pillar overlying a second substrate of the second chip, and a joint structure between the first conductive pillar and the second conductive pillar. The joint structure includes a first IMC region adjacent to the first conductive pillar, a second IMC region adjacent to the second conductive pillar, and a metallization layer between the first IMC region and the second IMC region.
US10276520B2
A switch circuit package module includes a semiconductor switch unit and a capacitor unit. The semiconductor switch unit includes a first semiconductor switch element and a second semiconductor switch element. The first semiconductor switch element includes sub micro-switch elements, each sub micro-switch element configured with a drain electrode and a source electrode. The second semiconductor switch element includes sub micro-switch elements, each sub micro-switch element configured with a drain electrode and a source electrode. The capacitor unit includes a plurality of capacitors. The semiconductor switch unit includes a plurality of common electrodes, each common electrode connects the source electrode of one sub micro-switch element in the first semiconductor switch element with the drain of one sub micro-switch element in the second semiconductor switch element and is disposed adjacent to at least one drain electrode from the first semiconductor switch element or one source electrode from the second semiconductor switch element.
US10276518B2
Semiconductor arrangement in fan out packaging including magnetic structure around transmission line
A semiconductor arrangement in fan out packaging has a molding compound adjacent a side of a semiconductor die. A magnetic structure is disposed above the molding compound, above the semiconductor die, and around a transmission line coupled to an integrated circuit of the semiconductor die. The magnetic structure has a top magnetic portion, a bottom magnetic portion, a first side magnetic portion, and a second side magnetic portion. The first side magnetic portion and the second side magnetic portion are coupled to the top magnetic portion and to the bottom magnetic portion. The first side magnetic portion and the second side magnetic portion have tapered sidewalls.
US10276508B2
Semiconductor packages and methods of forming the same are disclosed. The semiconductor package includes a plurality of chips, a first molding compound, a first redistribution structure, a second molding compound and a second redistribution structure. The first molding compound encapsulates the chips. The first redistribution structure is disposed over the plurality of chips and the first molding compound. The second molding compound surrounds the first molding compound. The second redistribution structure is disposed over the first redistribution structure, the first molding compound and the second molding compound.
US10276502B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: a process of forming a Cu wiring electrode by a plating method above a semiconductor element using a wide bandgap semiconductor as a base material; a reducing process of reducing the Cu wiring electrode under a NH3 atmosphere; a heating process of heating the Cu wiring electrode at the same time as the reducing process; a process of forming a diffusion prevention film covering the Cu wiring electrode after the heating process; and a sealing process of covering the diffusion prevention film with an organic resin film.
US10276500B2
A semiconductor structure including a first metal line and a second metal line in a dielectric layer, the first metal line and the second metal line are adjacent and within the same dielectric level; an air gap structure in the dielectric layer and between the first metal line and the second metal line, wherein the air gap structure includes an air gap oxide layer and an air gap; and a barrier layer between the air gap structure and the first metal line, wherein the barrier layer is an oxidized metal layer.
US10276491B2
A method and structure for forming a local interconnect, without routing the local interconnect through an overlying metal layer. In various embodiments, a first dielectric layer is formed over a gate stack of at least one device and a second dielectric layer is formed over a contact metal layer of the at least one device. In various embodiments, a selective etching process is performed to remove the second dielectric layer and expose the contact metal layer, without substantial removal of the first dielectric layer. In some examples, a metal VIA layer is deposited over the at least one device. The metal VIA layer contacts the contact metal layer and provides a local interconnect structure. In some embodiments, a multi-level interconnect network overlying the local interconnect structure is formed.
US10276490B2
An isolation device includes a first integrated circuit in electrical communication with first circuitry. The first integrated circuit includes a first light emitter portion to emit a first optical signal based on first electrical signals received at the first integrated circuit from the first circuitry. The isolation device includes a second integrated circuit in electrical communication with second circuitry. The second integrated circuit includes a first light-sensitive area to convert the first optical signal into second electrical signals for communication to the second circuitry. The isolation device includes an isolation material between the first integrated circuit and the second integrated circuit to electrically isolate the first integrated circuit from the second integrated circuit and to pass the first optical signal from the first light emitter portion to the first light-sensitive area. The isolation device includes a first shield to shield the first light emitter portion from electromagnetic radiation.
US10276486B2
A chip package is disclosed that includes an electronic chip having a plurality of die pads formed on a top surface thereof, with a polyimide flex layer positioned thereon by way of an adhesive layer. A plurality of vias is formed through the polyimide flex layer and the adhesive layer corresponding to the die pads. A plurality of metal interconnects are formed on the polyimide flex layer each having a cover pad covering a portion of a top surface of the polyimide flex layer, a sidewall extending down from the cover pad and through the via along a perimeter thereof, and a base connected to the sidewall and forming an electrical connection with a respective die pad. Each of the base and the sidewall is formed to have a thickness that is equal to or greater than a thickness of the adhesive layer.
US10276484B2
A package includes a chip formed in a first area of the package and a molding compound formed in a second area of the package adjacent to the first area. A first polymer layer is formed on the chip and the molding compound, a second polymer layer is formed on the first polymer layer, and a plurality of interconnect structures is formed between the first polymer layer and the second polymer layer. A metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor is formed on the second polymer layer and electrically coupled to at least one of the plurality of interconnect structures. A metal bump is formed over and electrically coupled to at least one of the plurality of interconnect structures.
US10276480B1
A substrate structure includes a dielectric layer, a first circuit layer, a second circuit layer and at least one conductive pillar. The dielectric layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first circuit layer is disposed adjacent to the first surface of the dielectric layer. The second circuit layer is disposed adjacent to the second surface of the dielectric layer and electrically connected to the first circuit layer. The second circuit layer includes a plurality of pads and at least one trace disposed between two adjacent pads of the plurality of pads. The at least one conductive pillar is tapered toward the second circuit layer and disposed on one of the pads. A portion of the second surface of the dielectric layer is exposed from the second surface layer.
US10276479B1
Methods of processing a semiconductor device include providing a patterned mask over a major surface of a substrate and comprising at least one opening exposing a conductive structure, and depositing particles of material by direct material deposition adjacent and in contact with an edge wall of the mask adjacent the at least one opening to form a supplemental mask over the major surface of the substrate. Other methods of processing semiconductor devices include depositing particles of material by direct material deposition adjacent a conductive structure at an intersection of the conductive structure and a surface of a substrate.
US10276472B2
A power semiconductor device module includes, among other parts, a DMB structure. The DMB structure includes a ceramic sheet, a top metal plate that is directly bonded to the top of the ceramic, and a bottom metal plate that is directly bonded to the bottom of the ceramic. A power semiconductor device die is attached to the top metal plate. The bottom surface of the bottom metal plate has a plurality small cavities. When the bottom metal plate is attached to another metal member, a material between the plate and the member (for example, thermal grease or a PCM or solder) is forced into the cavities. This results in an improvement in thermal transfer between the plate and the member. Such cavities can alternatively, or in addition, be included on a metal surface other than a DMB, such as the bottom surface of a baseplate of the module.
US10276470B2
Semiconductor device 1000 includes semiconductor 102, an electric field relaxation structure, at least one surface electrode 112, passivation layer 114, and insulating layer 115. Semiconductor layer 102 has a predetermined element region. The electric field alleviation structure is disposed on semiconductor 102 at an end of the element region. On semiconductor 102, surface electrode 112 is disposed inside the electric field alleviation structure when viewed in a normal direction of semiconductor 102. Passivation layer 114 covers the electric field alleviation structure and a peripheral portion of at least one surface electrode 112, and has an opening portion above surface electrode 112. On surface electrode 112, insulating layer 115 is disposed inside opening portion 114p so as to be separated from passivation layer 114. When viewed in the normal direction of semiconductor 102, insulating layer 115 is disposed so as to surround partial region 112a of surface electrode 112.
US10276463B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate with a recess subsiding from a selected surface of the substrate to accommodate a semiconductor element. Connected to the semiconductor element, an electroconductive portion extends from the recess onto the selected surface. A post, formed at the selected surface, has a first surface in contact with the electroconductive portion, a second surface, and a side surface between the first and second surfaces. A sealing resin covers the side surface of the post and the semiconductor element, and has a mounting surface facing in the same direction as the selected surface of the substrate. A pad, on the mounting surface of the sealing resin, is in contact with the second surface of the post. In the thickness direction, the second surface of the post is offset from the mounting surface of the sealing resin toward the selected surface of the substrate.
US10276462B2
A lid constitutes, together with a housing, a package that encloses an optical element. The lid includes a frame plate divided into a first member and a second member; and a window plate that closes an opening of the frame plate. The window plate includes a lower surface whose outer peripheral part is bonded to the first member and an upper surface whose outer peripheral part is bonded to the second member.
US10276461B2
A structure and method for forming a split probe pad structure for a semiconductor structure. The split probe pad structure may include a first probe pad structure over a substrate, the first probe pad structure including a first probe pad in electrical communication with the substrate; a second probe pad structure over the substrate, the second probe pad structure including a second probe pad in electrical communication with the substrate, wherein the second probe pad structure is laterally separated from the first probe pad structure; and a non-metal region between the first probe pad structure and the second probe pad structure. The split probe pad structure may be formed in a kerf region of the semiconductor structure. The non-metal region may include a dielectric material.
US10276456B2
The present disclosure provides an array substrate, its manufacturing method and testing method, and a display device. The array substrate includes a (Test Element Group) TEG arranged at a non-display area and including a plurality of to-be-tested elements and a plurality of testing contact electrodes configured to test the to-be-tested elements. Each of the to-be-tested elements is connected to at least two of the testing contact electrodes, and at least one of the testing contact electrodes is shared by at least two of the to-be-tested elements.
US10276455B2
Methods, and corresponding systems, are described that include providing a laser-based measurement tool. An implement of a semiconductor fabrication process tool (e.g., susceptor) is delivered to the laser-based measurement tool where a plurality of measurements is performed of a surface of the implement using a blue wavelength radiation. The measurements are of a distance (e.g., angstroms) from a reference plane and provide an indication of the profile of the surface of the susceptor. As the surface profile of the susceptor can affect layers deposited on target substrates using the susceptor, the measurements provide for a disposition of the susceptor.
US10276451B2
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate and a CMOS structure. The CMOS structure includes a PMOS structure and a NMOS structure. The PMOS structure includes two first source/drain regions disposed in the substrate, a first gate dielectric disposed partially in the substrate between the first source/drain regions, and a fully silicided gate electrode disposed on the first gate dielectric. The NMOS structure includes two second source/drain regions disposed in the substrate, a second gate dielectric disposed partially in the substrate between the second source/drain regions, and a non-silicided conductive gate electrode disposed on the second gate dielectric.
US10276450B2
One aspect of the present disclosure is a method of fabricating metal gate by forming special layers in place of traditional TiN hard mask over the ILD0 layer to avoid ILD0 losses due to conventional ILD0 CMP. The method can comprise: after the ILD0 CMP, forming a first thin ashable film layer over the ILD0 layer; then forming a second thin dielectric layer over the first layer; during the aluminum CMP process for a first region (PMOS or NMOS), removing the second layer through polishing until the top surface of the first ashable film layer; and then removing first ashable film layer through an ashing method such as burning. In this way, ILD0 loss can be reduced during the first aluminum CMP step and thus can reduce initial height of ILD0, which in turn can reduce the height of initial dummy gate filled in the cavity.
US10276445B2
A method and structure for mitigating leakage current in devices that include a continuous active region. In some embodiments, a threshold voltage at the cell boundary is increased by changing a photomask logic operation (LOP) to reverse a threshold voltage type at the cell boundary. Alternatively, in some cases, the threshold voltage at the cell boundary is increased by performing a threshold voltage implant (e.g., an ion implant) at the cell boundary, and into a dummy gate disposed at the cell boundary. Further, in some embodiments, the threshold voltage at the cell boundary is increased by use of a silicon germanium (SiGe) channel at the cell boundary. In some cases, the SiGe may be disposed within the substrate at the cell boundary and/or the SiGe may be part of the dummy gate disposed at the cell boundary.
US10276434B1
Semiconductor devices and methods to fabricate the devices are provided. For example, a semiconductor device includes a back-end-of-line (BEOL) structure formed on a semiconductor substrate. The BEOL structure further includes at least one metallization layer comprising a pattern of elongated parallel metal lines. The pattern of elongated metal lines comprises a plurality of metal lines having a minimum width and at least one wider metal line having a width which is greater than the minimum width.
US10276425B2
A substrate processing system includes: a holding plate provided to be rotatable around a vertical axis; a substrate holding member provided on the holding plate to hold a substrate; a rotary drive unit that rotates the substrate in a predetermined direction; and a processing fluid supply unit that supplies a processing liquid to the substrate. The substrate holding member includes a first side portion provided at a position facing the substrate and a second side portion and a third side portion that are adjacent to the first side portion. The first side portion includes a gripping portion configured to grip an end surface of the substrate. The second side portion forms a pointed end portion with the first side portion, and includes a liquid flow guide portion that guides the processing liquid to a lower side of the substrate after the processing liquid is supplied to the substrate.
US10276421B2
An integrated fan-out package including a die, an insulating encapsulation, a filler, and a redistribution circuit structure is provided. The insulating encapsulation encapsulates sidewalls of the die, and the insulating encapsulation includes a recess on a top surface thereof. The filler covers the top surface of the insulating encapsulation and is being at least partially filled in the recess. The redistribution circuit structure covers an active surface of the die and the filler while being electrically connected to the die. The redistribution structure includes a dielectric layer covering the die and the filler. In addition, a method of manufacturing integrated fan-out packages is also provided.
US10276419B1
A compliant electrostatic transfer head and array are described. In an embodiment a compliant electrostatic transfer head includes a base substrate, and a plurality of interdigitated spring electrodes that are deflectable together into a cavity toward the base substrate. Each spring electrode includes mesa structure, and the mesa structures of the plurality of interdigitated spring electrodes are aligned.
US10276418B2
A wafer pre-alignment device is disclosed, including a first unit configured to drive a wafer to rotate or move upward or downward, a second unit configured to drive the wafer to translate, and a position detector including a light source, a lens and an image sensor. A light beam from the light source passes through the wafer and the lens and thereby provides information indicating a position of the wafer to the image sensor. The first unit and the second unit are able to adjust the position of the wafer based on the information obtained by the image sensor. A method for pre-aligning a TSV wafer is also disclosed.
US10276417B2
An apparatus for pre-aligning a wafer comprises: a wafer stage for carrying the wafer, wherein a first alignment mark (W1) and a second alignment mark (W2) are arranged on the wafer such that they are substantially symmetrical to each other with respect to a center of the wafer; a peripheral vision acquisition system (1), configured to perform a first positional compensation for the wafer based on a relative positional relationship of an edge or a notch of the wafer with respect to the wafer stage; and a mark detection system (4), configured to capture images of the first and second alignment marks (W1, W2) and perform a second positional compensation for the wafer by determining a relative positional relationship of the center of the wafer with respect to a center of the wafer stage based on the positions of the first and second alignment marks (W1, W2) in a coordinate system of the mark detection system, wherein the coordinate system of the mark detection system (4) has a horizontal axis (X) defined by a line passing through the center of the wafer stage and a center of the mark detection system (4) and a vertical axis (Y) defined by a line crossing the horizontal axis (X) at right angles and passing through the center of the wafer stage.
US10276413B2
A laser processing apparatus includes a melt processing unit for processing a melt formed by laser processing, the melt processing unit being disposed downstream of a condenser in a laser beam irradiating direction. The melt processing unit includes a gas injecting section having an opening allowing the passage of a laser beam applied from the condenser, the gas injecting section injecting high-speed gas from the opening to a workpiece, and a melt sucking section having a suction port disposed so as to surround the opening of the gas injecting section, the suction port sucking the melt scattered by the high-speed gas injected from the opening. The gas injecting section is connected to high-pressure gas supply source, and the melt sucking section is connected to melt sucking unit.
US10276408B2
A flow-rate regulator device for controlling a flow rate of a liquid includes a first flow-rate regulator component positioned on an upstream side of a liquid line, and a second flow-rate regulator component positioned on a downstream side of the liquid line and connected in series to the first flow-rate regulator component. The first flow-rate regulator component adjusts a degree of opening such that a flow rate of liquid flowing through the liquid line is set a specified number of times greater than a target flow rate when the second flow-rate regulator component has a full opening, and the second flow-rate regulator component adjusts a degree of opening such that the flow rate of the liquid flowing through the liquid line is to be at the target flow rate when the first flow-rate regulator component is adjusted to have the degree of opening.
US10276389B1
A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a silicon layer on a substrate; forming a first metal silicon nitride layer on the silicon layer; performing an oxygen treatment process to form an oxide layer on the first metal silicon nitride layer; forming a second metal silicon nitride layer on the oxide layer; forming a conductive layer on the second metal silicon nitride layer; and patterning the conductive layer, the second metal silicon nitride layer, the oxide layer, the first metal silicon nitride layer, and the silicon layer to form a gate structure.
US10276386B2
Signal relay board for power semiconductor modules enabling electrical connection between power semiconductor modules and a drive unit driving same. A first wire layer, a second wire layer, a third wire layer, and a fourth wire layer of a multiphase wire portion are assigned with a first control wire layer serving as a path to provide a control signal to a first semiconductor device of the modules, a first ground wire layer serving as a path to provide a ground potential to a low potential side terminal of the first semiconductor device of the semiconductor modules, a second control wire layer serving as a path to provide a control signal to a second semiconductor device of the modules, and a second ground wire layer serving as a path to provide a ground potential to the second semiconductor device of the modules.
US10276376B2
A multi-patterning method includes: patterning at least two first openings in a hard mask layer over a substrate using a first mask; forming spacers within two of the at least two first openings, each spacer having a spacer opening therein for patterning a respective first circuit pattern over the substrate, wherein each spacer defines a pattern-free region adjacent to a respective one of the at least two first circuit patterns, and patterning a second circuit pattern in the hard mask layer using a second mask. The second circuit pattern is located between and excluded from the pattern free regions adjacent the at least two first circuit patterns.
US10276368B2
A method for producing a glass substrate with through glass vias according to the present invention includes: irradiating a glass substrate (10) with a laser beam to form a modified portion; forming a first conductive portion (20a) on a first principal surface of the glass substrate (10), the first conductive portion (20a) being positioned in correspondence with the modified portion (12); and forming a through hole (14) in the glass substrate (10) after formation of the first conductive portion by etching at least the modified portion (12) using an etchant. This method allows easy handling of a glass substrate during formation of a conductive portion such as a circuit on the glass substrate, and is also capable of forming a through hole in the glass substrate relatively quickly while preventing damage to the conductive portion such as a circuit formed on the glass substrate.
US10276367B1
A method for improving wafer surface uniformity is disclosed. A wafer including a first region and a second region is provided. The first region and the second region have different pattern densities. A conductive layer is formed on the wafer. A buffer layer is then formed on the conductive layer. The buffer layer is polished until the conductive layer is exposed. A portion of the conductive layer and the remaining buffer layer are etched away.
US10276362B2
According to various embodiments, a method for processing a semiconductor region, wherein the semiconductor region comprises at least one precipitate, may include: forming a precipitate removal layer over the semiconductor region, wherein the precipitate removal layer may define an absorption temperature at which a chemical solubility of a constituent of the at least one precipitate is greater in the precipitate removal layer than in the semiconductor region; and heating the at least one precipitate above the absorption temperature.
US10276358B2
An ion mobility spectrometry apparatus and method wherein ions are selected using an AC gate, then separated along a drift axis while providing a drift gas flow in a direction that is substantially neither in the direction of the drift axis nor opposite to the drift axis.
US10276340B1
A system for implanting ions into a workpiece while minimizing the generation of particles is disclosed. The system includes an ion source having an extraction plate with an extraction aperture. The extraction plate is electrically biased and may also be coated with a dielectric material. The workpiece is disposed on a platen and surrounded by an electrically biased shield. The shield may also be coated with a dielectric material. In operation, a pulsed DC voltage is applied to the shield and the platen, and ions are attracted from the ion source during this pulse. Since a pulsed voltage is used, the impedance of the thin dielectric coating is reduced, allowing the system to function properly.
US10276331B2
A blocking member for an actuator having a movable arm for effecting a quick-make feature, includes for example, an elongated member having a first end and a second end, and wherein a portion of said elongated member being configured so that said blocking member disposed in a first position engages a portion of the movable arm of the actuator to restrain movement of the movable arm, and so that said blocking member disposed in a second position disengages from the portion of the movable arm of the actuator to permit movement of the movable arm.
US10276330B2
An operating mechanism of a circuit breaker comprising a static contact, a movable contact provided on a contact support and an operating handle that is in linkage with the contact support; a rotation shaft of the movable contact is concentric with a rotation shaft of the contact support, and the movable contact and the contact support are fixedly connected via an elastic component; the movable contact is capable of rotating relative to the contact support. The operating mechanism improves the response velocity of the movable contact.
US10276321B2
A dynamically coordinatable electrical distribution system includes a plurality of intelligently-controlled protection devices (PDs), a communication and control bus (comm/control) bus, and a central computer. The plurality of intelligently-controlled PDs is configured to protect a plurality of associated electrical loads from faults, developing faults, and other undesired electrical anomalies. Each of the PDs further has electrically adjustable time-current characteristics. The intelligently-controlled PDs are communicatively coupled to the comm/control bus and configured to report current data representative of real-time currents flowing through their respective loads to the central computer, via the comm/control bus. The central computer is configured to communicate with the plurality of PDs over the comm/control bus and dynamically coordinate the time-current characteristics of the plurality of PDs based on the current data it receives from the PDs.
US10276309B2
A dye-sensitized solar cell can include a plurality of a plasmon-forming nanostructures. The plasmon-forming nanostructures can include an oxide core, an inner metallic shell on a surface of the oxide core, and an outer oxide shell on a surface of the inner metallic shell.
US10276307B2
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a first organic layer that covers from a first base electrode layer to at least a portion of a surface of a laminated body, a second organic layer that covers from a second base electrode layer to at least a portion of the surface of the laminated body, a first plating layer that includes a leading end in contact with the first organic layer and that has an atomic concentration ratio of Si to Cu of about 1% or more and about 5% or less between a Cu concentration and an Si concentration at the surface of the first organic layer, and a second plating layer that includes a leading end in contact with the second organic layer and that has an atomic concentration ratio of Si to Cu being about 1% or more and about 5% or less between a Cu concentration and an Si concentration at the surface of the second organic layer.
US10276295B2
A device includes a substrate, and a vertical inductor over the substrate. The vertical inductor includes a plurality of parts formed of metal, wherein each of the parts extends in one of a plurality of planes perpendicular to a major surface of the substrate. Metal lines interconnect neighboring ones of the plurality of parts of the vertical inductor.
US10276294B2
A coil component includes a body part including a magnetic material; a coil part disposed in the body part; and an electrode part disposed on the body part, wherein the coil part includes a supporting member, a coil conductor disposed on at least one surface of the supporting member and having a conductor pattern of a planar coil shape, and an insulator filling a space between the conductor patterns and covering an outer surface of the conductor pattern, and the conductor pattern has an aspect ratio (H1/W1), which is a ratio of a height H1 to a width W1, of 3 to 9, and a method of manufacturing the same.
US10276289B1
In a general aspect, a position detection system includes a magnetic field generator configured to generate a time-varying magnetic field. The magnetic field generator includes a carrier assembly that defines a first axis of rotation and comprises a permanent magnet having a center of mass. The magnetic field generator also includes a drive assembly that is coupled to the carrier assembly and configured to act on the carrier assembly to rotate the permanent magnet simultaneously about the first axis of rotation and a second axis of rotation. The second axis of rotation intersects the first axis of rotation at an intersection that is offset from the center of mass of the permanent magnet. The position detection system additionally includes a computer device configured to determine a position of a sensor based on magnetic field measurements obtained by the sensor in the time-varying magnetic field.
US10276288B2
A coupled inductor includes a ladder magnetic core including two opposing rails extending in a lengthwise direction and joined by a plurality of rungs. The coupled inductor further includes a respective winding wound around each of the plurality of rungs. The plurality of rungs are divided into at least two groups of rungs, and a lengthwise separation distance between adjacent rungs in each group of rungs is less than a lengthwise separation distance between adjacent rungs of different groups of rungs.
US10276276B1
A movable collimator is realized with a simple mechanism in a radiation phase-contrast image capturing device. A collimator is integrated with a multi-slit or a phase grating to provide a simpler device configuration. In some examples, the collimator and the multi-slit or phase grating may be configured to move while still providing image capturing.
US10276274B2
Containers for sealing and shielding radioactive fluid are disclosed. Methods of manufacturing such containers are also disclosed. The container is arranged to maintain a fluid tight seal to contain radioactive fluid when subjected to environmental forces, while also permitting a user to manually remove the cap from the container body when desired. In some embodiments, the container includes a container body with an inner chamber, along with an associated cap. The cap forms a fluid tight seal with the body by way of an interference fit between a sealing element and a burnished abutment surface.
US10276270B2
The present invention discloses a nuclear reactor coolant pump that does not rely on an electric motor, but is operated by means of driving force generated inside a nuclear power plant, so a to be capable of maintaining the safety of the nuclear reactor when the nuclear reactor is operating normally and also in the event of an accident in the nuclear reactor. The nuclear reactor coolant pump comprises: a pump impeller rotatably installed in a first fluid passage of a nuclear reactor coolant system to circulate a first fluid inside the nuclear reactor coolant system; a drive unit receiving steam from a steam generator to generate driving force to rotate the pump impeller, and rotating about the same rotating shaft as the pump impeller to transfer the generated driving force to the pump impeller; and a steam supplying unit forming a passage between the steam generator and the drive unit to supply at least a portion of the steam released from the steam generator to the drive unit.
US10276260B2
A method and system for providing therapy to an individual, the method comprising: transmitting a log of use dataset associated with communication behavior of the individual during a time period; receiving a supplementary dataset characterizing mobility of the individual in association with the time period; generating a survey dataset upon retrieving responses provided by the individual to at least one of a set of surveys, associated with a set of time points of the time period; generating a predictive model from a passive dataset derived from the log of use dataset and the supplementary dataset and the survey dataset; generating a report summarizing a mental health state of the individual, associated with at least a portion of the time period, from the passive dataset, the survey dataset, and an output of the predictive model; and rendering information from the report to a coach associated with the individual.
US10276259B2
A memory testing method for testing a memory apparatus configured with an auxiliary testing circuit is provided. The memory testing method includes: reading a test data from a memory array of the memory; and encoding the test data into an encoded data by the auxiliary testing circuit, wherein the encoded data comprises a first piece data and a second piece data. The encoded data is encoded to include a first piece data and a second piece data, where the first piece data indicates a number of a binary state in the read test data, and the second piece data indicates an error bit in the read test data. In addition, a memory apparatus for the memory testing method is also provided.
US10276257B2
A semiconductor device may be provided. The semiconductor device may include a first oscillation signal generation circuit for generating a first oscillation signal. The semiconductor device may include a second oscillation signal generation circuit for generating a second oscillation signal. The second oscillation signal generation circuit may be provided with a test voltage. The test voltage may be generated based on a burn-in test signal.
US10276256B1
A device may include a first analog memory device to sample an analog input during a first time window of a sampling window, store a first analog signal based on sampling the analog input, and provide a first analog output after storing the first analog signal. The device may include a second analog memory device to sample the analog input during a second time window of the sampling window, store a second analog signal based on sampling the analog input, and provide a second analog output after storing the second analog signal. An output rate may be different from a sampling rate associated with sampling the analog input. An output order may be different from a sampling order associated with sampling the analog input. A time at which a read-out phase is performed, may be significantly different from a time at which a write phase is performed.
US10276249B2
A storage control device includes a determination unit configured to determine whether each area in a nonvolatile storage is set to be in a partition corresponding to a Multi Level Cell (MLC) mode or to be in a partition corresponding to a Single Level Cell (SLC) mode and a control unit configured to perform data refreshing at a higher frequency on an area determined to be set to be in the partition corresponding to the MLC mode than on an area determined to be set to be in the partition corresponding to the SLC mode.
US10276248B1
Techniques for reducing a downshift in the threshold voltage of a select gate transistor of a memory device. Due to an electric field in a NAND string, holes can move in a charge-trapping layer from a dummy memory cell to a select gate transistor and combine with electrons in the transistor, reducing the threshold voltage. In one approach, the electric field is reduced at the end of a sensing operation by ramping down the voltage of the dummy memory cells before ramping down the voltage of the select gate transistors. The ramp down of the voltage of the selected memory cells can occur after ramping down the voltage of the dummy memory cells and before ramping down of the voltage of the select gate transistors. A further option involves elevating the voltage of the select gate transistors before it is ramped down.
US10276246B2
Various embodiments are related to non-volatile memories, systems, and methods of using such. Some instances provide a computer readable medium that includes instructions executable by one or more processors of an NVM controller for controlling a NVM using memory pages where the NVM controller having a predefined error correction coding, ECC, capability (ECCCTRL). Executing the instructions may cause the NVM controller to: perform a monitoring process and perform a transitioning process.
US10276239B2
A memory cell includes a latch, two antifuse elements, and two select transistors. The latch is connected with a first node and a second node, and receives a first power voltage and a second power voltage. The latch is selectively enabled or disabled according to an enable line voltage. The first antifuse element is connected with the first node and an antifuse control line. The second antifuse element is connected with the second node and the antifuse control line. The gate terminal, the first drain/source terminal and the second drain/source terminal of the first select transistor are connected with a word line, the first node and a bit line, respectively. The gate terminal, the first drain/source terminal and the second drain/source terminal of the second select transistor are connected with the word line, the second node and an inverted bit line, respectively.
US10276237B2
Semiconductor devices are provided. A semiconductor device includes a stack of alternating gates and insulating layers. The semiconductor device includes a dummy cell region. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of bit lines and a plurality of auxiliary bit lines. Some of the plurality of auxiliary bit lines have different respective lengths. Related methods of forming semiconductor devices are also provided.
US10276236B2
A memory device includes a metal oxide material disposed between and in electrical contact with first and second conductive electrodes, and an electrical current source configured to apply one or more electrical current pulses through the metal oxide material. For each of the one or more electrical current pulses, an amplitude of the electrical current increases over time during the electrical current pulse to form a conductive filament in metal oxide material.
US10276233B1
Adaptive read reference voltage tracking techniques are provided that employ charge leakage mitigation. An exemplary device comprises a controller configured to: determine at least one reference voltage offset for a plurality of read reference voltages, wherein the at least one reference voltage offset is determined based on a shift in one or more of the read reference voltages over time; shift the plurality of read reference voltages using the at least one reference voltage offset; and employ the plurality of read reference voltages shifted by the at least one reference voltage offset to read data from the multi-level memory cells. The shifting step is optionally performed after a predefined time interval that approximates a settling time after a programming of the multi-level memory cells until a charge leakage of the multi-level memory cells has settled. The reference voltage offsets are optionally determined based on a shift in the read reference voltages after a predefined time interval since a programming of the multi-level memory cells.
US10276230B2
Some embodiments include a memory array having a series of bitlines. Each of the bitlines has a first comparative bitline component and a second comparative bitline component. The bitlines define columns of the memory array. Memory cells are along the columns of the memory array. Capacitive units are along the columns of the memory array and are interspersed amongst the memory cells. The capacitive units are not utilized for data storage during operation of the memory array, but rather are utilized for reducing parasitic capacitance between adjacent bitlines.
US10276227B2
A method for verifying a write operation in a memory cell (e.g., a non-volatile memory cell) that includes performing a first read operation of the memory cell to measure a first current associated with the memory cell and comparing the measured first current associated with the memory cell to a first predetermined threshold current to determine whether the write operation changed the state of the memory cell. If the measured first current associated with the memory cell indicates the write operation did change the state of the memory cell the method further includes performing a second read operation of the memory cell to measure a second current associated with the memory cell and comparing the measured second current associated with the memory cell to a second predetermined threshold current to determine whether the write operation changed the state of the memory cell to the desired state or an intermediate state.
US10276221B2
In one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a plurality of memory chips, at least one of the memory chips including a first controller configured to be shifted to a wait state of generating a peak current, before generating the peak current in accordance with a command. The device further includes a control chip including a second controller configured to search a state of the first controller and control, based on a result of searching the state of the first controller, whether or not to issue a cancel instruction for the wait state to the first controller that has been shifted to the wait state.
US10276218B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory chips that are stacked above one another and connected to each other through a through via, an interface chip that is connected to the plurality of memory chips, and a plurality of first terminals for connection with an external device. The interface chip includes a plurality of second terminals that are connected to the plurality of first terminals, and is capable of receiving a signal that is supplied from the external device through the first and second terminals, and stores configuration information according to which a set number of the second terminals are designated for receiving control signals for the plurality of memory chips.
US10276197B2
An apparatus may include a first and second servo channels configured to output first and second position information to first and second writers, respectively, via a shared write path such that the first and second writers write first and second position information to first and second magnetic recording medium surfaces, respectively. In addition, the apparatus may include a controller configured to control the shared write path such that write access is changed between the first servo channel and second servo channel a plurality of times during a revolution of the first magnetic recording medium surface and second magnetic recording medium surface.
US10276179B2
A system is provided that employs a statistical approach to semi-supervised speech enhancement with a low-order non-negative matrix factorization (“NMF”). The system enhances noisy speech based on multiple dictionaries with dictionary atoms derived from the same clean speech samples and generates an enhanced speech representation of the noisy speech by combining, for each dictionary, a clean speech representation of the noisy speech generated based on a NMF using the dictionary atoms of the dictionary. The system generates frequency-domain (“FD”) clean speech sample representations of the clean speech samples, for example, using a Fourier transform. To generate each dictionary, the system generates a dictionary-unique initialization of the dictionary atoms and the activations and performs a NMF of the FD clean speech samples.
US10276176B2
An audio decoder for providing a decoded audio information on the basis of an encoded audio information. The audio decoder has an error concealment configured to provide an error concealment audio information for concealing a loss of an audio frame, wherein the error concealment is configured to modify a time domain excitation signal obtained for one or more audio frames preceding a lost audio frame, in order to obtain the error concealment audio information.
US10276175B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using audio watermarks with key phrases. One of the methods includes receiving, by a playback device, an audio data stream; determining, before the audio data stream is output by the playback device, whether a portion of the audio data stream encodes a particular key phrase by analyzing the portion using an automated speech recognizer; in response to determining that the portion of the audio data stream encodes the particular key phrase, modifying the audio data stream to include an audio watermark; and providing the modified audio data stream for output.
US10276160B2
An interaction assistant conducts multiple turn interaction dialogs with a user in which context is maintained between turns, and the system manages the dialog to achieve an inferred goal for the user. The system includes a linguistic interface to a user and a parser for processing linguistic events from the user. A dialog manager of the system is configured to receive alternative outputs from the parser, and selecting an action and causing the action to be performed based on the received alternative outputs. The system further includes a dialog state for an interaction with the user, and the alternative outputs represent alternative transitions from a current dialog state to a next dialog state. The system further includes a storage for a plurality of templates, and wherein each dialog state is defined in terms of an interrelationship of one or more instances of the templates.
US10276152B2
An audible based electronic challenge system is used to control access to resources by using a test to identify an origin of a voice. The test is based on optimized text sentences selected for their discrimination capability in identifying different speakers.
US10276148B2
Some examples of assisted media representation can be implemented as a system and method that uses screen reader like functionality to speak information presented on a graphical user interface displayed by a media presentation system, including information that is not navigable by a remote control device. Information can be spoken in an order that follows a relative importance of the information based on a characteristic of the information or the location of the information within the graphical user interface. A history of previously spoken information is monitored to avoid speaking information more than once for a given graphical user interface. A different pitch can be used to speak information based on a characteristic of the information. Information that is not navigable by the remote control device can be spoken after time delay. Voice prompts can be provided for a remote-driven virtual keyboard displayed by the media presentation system. The voice prompts can be spoken with different voice pitches.
US10276144B2
A noise reduction device includes: a noise detector that detects noise in a space at least partially surrounded by a shell; a noise controller that generates a control sound signal for reducing the noise detected by the noise detector; and a control sound outputter that outputs control sound to the space based on the generated control sound signal. A seat that is reclinable including a recliner having a seat surface at a variable angle with respect to a reference plane is provided in the space. When L (cm) represents the length of the recliner in the front-to-back direction, the control sound outputter is provided at a height of L×sin θ+8 (cm) above the reference plane where θ is between two degrees and eight degrees, inclusive.
US10276138B2
A customizable electronic musical instrument includes a mounting frame for securing a plurality of user-installable electronic musical modules of various types including a type for generating at least one control signal responsive to user operation, a type for generating audio signals, responsive to a control signal. The instrument can transmit outgoing audio electrical signals to an external system and can include internal sound amplification. The instrument includes one or more types of controller elements such as a keyboard, touchpad, strumpad, impact sensor, slider control, expression wheel, joystick, ribbon controller, button, switch, pressure sensor, multiple-position selector, knob potentiometer, and further comprises at least one music synthesizer element. Control and audio signals may be routed among modules by a switch or bus. Audio signals can be mixed by a multichannel audio mixer and/or processed responsive to at least one control signal. Outgoing control signals responsive to controller electronic musical modules.
US10276134B2
Data may be handled based on compressibility (i.e., whether the data may be further compressed or is not further compressible). A supervised learning model may be trained using a set of known further compressible data and a set of known non-compressible data. Using these data sets, the model may generate weighting factors and bias for the particular data sets. The trained model may then be used to evaluate a set of unclassified data.
US10276132B2
There is provided an information processing device including an operation acceptance unit configured to accept a user operation related to an image based on image data received from another information processing device using short-range wireless communication when the image is displayed on a display unit, and a controller configured to perform control in a manner that notification information for issuing a notification that the user operation is accepted is output when the user operation is accepted, and control data corresponding to the user operation is transmitted to the other information processing device.
US10276128B2
A display control device and a display system are provided. The display control method includes: detecting if a glare is presented on the surface of the semi-translucent polarizing film layer on the emergent light side of the display device; generating a driving signal for driving the display device to display a non-black image in a glare compensation region if a glare is detected to be presented on the surface of the semi-translucent polarizing film layer; in which the glare compensation region corresponds to a glare region in the semi-translucent polarizing film layer and the glare region is an region in which a glare is presented. The display control method of the present disclosure may reduce glare intensity when a glare is created on a mirror surface such as a rearview mirror.
US10276120B2
The present application discloses a pull down maintaining circuit, comprising: a first switch transistor, an input terminal is connected to a first direct current power source, and an output terminal outputting a scanning signal of the Nth level scanning line; a second switch transistor, an input terminal is connected to the first direct current power source, and an output terminal outputting a scanning electric level signal of the Nth level scanning line; a control unit for controlling the first and the second switch transistors to turn off in accordance with a low voltage outputted from the first and the second direct current power source, and the third direct current power source, and to control the first and the second switch transistors to normally turn on in accordance with a high voltage is outputted from the first and the second direct current power source, and the third direct current power source.
US10276118B2
The invention provides a driving method and driver circuit for in-cell touch display panel. The method comprises: Step 10: providing a GOA circuit, comprising a plurality of cascade GOA units; Step 20: controlling the n-th stage GOA unit to charge the n-th horizontal scan line of the touch display panel following a preset timing sequence; Step 30: dividing GOA units into first and second types of GOA units, with each first type GOA unit corresponding to a first horizontal scan line at which a next scanning starting after completing a TP scanning, and the remaining GOA units as second type GOA unit; Step 40: the size of first type GOA unit being greater than the circuit of second type GOA unit to provide a greater thrust to corresponding scan line than second type GOA unit. As such, the uneven display phenomenon of in-cell touch display panel is improved.
US10276113B2
A display device including: a display panel; a printed circuit board (PCB) including a first substrate and a second substrate; a driving circuit disposed on the first substrate; a carrier connected between the display panel and a pad of the PCB and having a data driving integrated circuit mounted thereon; a protrusion corresponding to the pad and protruding from a side of the second substrate; and a signal line disposed in the protrusion, the first substrate, and the second substrate, the signal line for transmitting a signal from the driving circuit to the carrier.
US10276110B2
A liquid crystal panel driver includes a signal controller to generate pixel clock signals and adjust duty cycle of the pixel clock signals, and a gate driver to receive the pixel clock signal of an adjusted duty cycle and a preset gate turn-on voltage provided by an external signal source, and calculate the actual gate turn-on voltage provided to the gate lines based on the pixel clock signal of the adjusted duty cycle and the preset gate turn-on voltage. The present disclosure also proposes a method for driving drivers of a liquid crystal display, the drivers comprising a signal controller and gate drivers. The liquid crystal panel driver and the method to ensure that each gate driver outputs an identical gate turn-on voltage VGH, therefore areas driven by each gate drivers have the same actual charging time, which elevates the display quality of an LCD.
US10276101B2
Disclosed are an organic light emitting display panel and an organic light emitting display device including the same, which decrease a level of a storage capacitance in a sampling period in which a threshold voltage of a driving transistor is sensed, and increase a level of the storage capacitance in an emission period for image display.
US10276098B2
There are provided in the present disclosure a pixel driving circuit, an array substrate and a display apparatus. The pixel driving circuit comprises: a compensation module (11), a control module (12), a driving modeling (13), and a light emitting module (14), wherein: the compensation module (11) is connected to a scan signal (Scan), a data signal (Vdata) and a reference signal (VREF) and further connected to the control module (12) and the drive module (13), and is configured to receive the data signal (Vdata) and the reference signal (VREF) under the control of the scan signal (Scan) and compensate for a threshold voltage of the drive module (13) under the control of the control module (12); the control module (12) is connected to a light emitting control signal (EM) and a power supply signal (ELVDD) and further connected to the drive module (13) and the light emitting module (14), and is configured to receive the power supply signal (ELVDD) under the control of the light emitting control signal (EM) to control the compensation module (11) to compensate for the threshold voltage of the drive module (13); one terminal of the light emitting module (14) is connected to the drive module (13), and the other terminal thereof is grounded (VSS); and; the drive module (13) is configured to drive the light emitting module (14) to emit light under the control of the control module (12). The pixel driving circuit is capable of avoiding non-uniformity of luminance of the display device, and enhancing the display effect of the display device.
US10276093B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device is discussed. The OLED display device includes a display module including a display panel and a panel driver for driving the display panel, and a host system externally separated from the display module. The OLED display device further includes an interface device including a transmission module configured to transmit sensing data via a plurality of vertical synchronization signals for communication between the host system and the display module. The transmission module generates first and second vertical synchronization signals having blank periods that are not overlapping with each other. The interface device transmits the sensing data in a sensing period of one vertical synchronization signal that overlaps with the blank period of another vertical synchronization signal.
US10276091B2
A head mounted display system includes an infrared sensor generating an infrared image, an image processor measuring a position of a user pupil based on the infrared image and generating image source based on the position of the user pupil, and an organic light emitting display device displaying an image corresponding to the image source. The organic light emitting display device includes a display panel and a panel driver. The display panel includes a plurality of infrared pixels disposed in an infrared emission region, the infrared pixels emitting infrared light, and a plurality of display pixels disposed in a display region, the display pixels emitting visible light. The panel driver provides driving signals to the infrared pixels and the display pixels.
US10276090B2
An organic light emitting display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; a controller configured to correct input image signals supplied from the outside according to an amount of voltage drop; a data driver configured to supply data signals corresponding to the corrected image signals; and a scan driver configured to supply scan signals to scan lines. The controller includes: a load factor calculator configured to calculate a load factor of a panel; a horizontal block load factor calculator configured to calculate a driving current of a plurality of horizontal blocks formed by dividing the panel according to the scan lines; a voltage drop amount calculator configured to calculate the amount of the voltage drop based on the driving current; and a lookup table generator configured to generate a voltage drop correction lookup table based on the amount of the voltage drop.
US10276087B2
The present disclosure discloses a GOA unit driving circuit and a driving method thereof, a display panel and a display device. The disclosure relates to field of display technology, and solves the technical issue of increased power consumption of the display device due to the power consumption of the parasitic capacitance existing in the transistors in the GOA unit. The GOA unit driving circuit comprises a plurality of sets of GOA units, each of which includes at least one GOA unit; a plurality of clock selecting units, which are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of sets of GOA units, and each clock selecting unit is connected to a corresponding set of GOA units and connected to one of a plurality of clock signal terminals and at least one of a plurality of clock selection signal terminals, respectively. An intersection of any two sets of GOA units in the plurality of sets of GOA unit is an empty set, and each clock selecting unit transmits a signal of the clock signal terminal to which the clock selecting unit is connected to the corresponding set of GOA units, under control of a signal of the at least one clock selection signal terminal to which the clock selecting unit is connected. The GOA unit driving circuit provided by the present disclosure may be applied to a display device.
US10276080B2
The disclosure provides a RGBW pixel rendering device, including a collecting module obtaining a RGB grayscale value, converters converting the RGB grayscale value to a RGB brightness value and converting a second RGBW brightness value to a RGBW grayscale value to be output, a sampler, converting the RGB brightness value to a first RGBW brightness value, a judging element obtaining saturation values and brightness values, and calculating the saturation values and the brightness values respectively to obtain a saturation value difference and a brightness value difference for judging, a rendering element rendering the first RGBW brightness value according to an outcome to obtain the second RGBW brightness values. The disclosure further provides a rendering method. Compared with the prior art, the display has relatively high resolution without losing details.
US10276076B2
The present invention discloses a Mura offset data input device, including a Mura offset chip, a first memory unit, a second memory unit, a connector and a control circuit, the Mura offset chip is connected to the first memory unit, the second memory unit and the connector, the connector and the first memory unit are connected, the connector and the second memory unit are connected by the control circuit, the first memory unit and the second memory unit both include two operative modes—an editable mode and a read-only mode, the control circuit is applied to control the first memory unit and the second memory unit that are in different modes, the connector is applied to transfer first data to the first memory unit when the first memory unit is editable, and transfer second data to the second memory unit by the Mura offset chip.
US10276072B2
An illuminated sign for use in a vehicle wash system, including a base, an upright member extending from the base and having an upper portion and a lower portion, and a head portion connected to the upper portion of the upright member. The illuminated sign includes at least one light source having a first mode and a second mode. The first mode is associated with a first group of vehicle wash services for treating an exterior of a vehicle. The second mode is associated with a second group of vehicle wash services for treating an exterior of a vehicle. The sign includes a sign controller in communication with the at least one light source. The sign controller is configured to enable the first mode in response to detecting a selection of the first group of vehicle wash services. The sign controller is also configured to enable the second mode in response to detecting a selection of the second group of vehicle wash services.
US10276062B2
The disclosed embodiments include a calorie optimization respiratory exchange fat macro utilization metabolic system, comprising a computer-readable storage media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions; a processor for executing the computer-executable instructions, wherein the computer-executable instructions include instructions for receiving user profile data from a user, wherein the user profile data includes age, sex, height, weight, diet, fitness information; and if available, five specific metabolic data points from individual respiratory exchange testing; otherwise, calculating five specific metabolic points versus heart rate; generating an individualized metabolic profile for the user based on the five metabolic points; determining for the user an individualized target exercise heart rate zone as a percentage of maximum heart rate from the metabolic profile, and determining a nutritional guideline from the metabolic profile, measuring user compliance to facilitate machine learning progression and modification of the user metabolic profile, nutrition guideline, and target exercise heart rate zone.
US10276058B2
In one aspect, provided herein is a device for notating a musical composition. The device, in various implementations, is structured so as to be less laborious to notate, easier to read, and more simple to employ in notating, reading, and/or playing the music of a given composition to be composed and/or played. Accordingly, in its most basic form, the device herein disclosed includes a template, upon which template one or more symbols may be notated, where such notation is configured in a manner that more closely relates the note to be played with the mechanical action needed to be performed so as to play that note, such as on an instrument to be or being played.
US10276057B1
A training system includes a tether configured to removably attach a training device to an overwater aircraft which is configured to at least take off and land over water. The training system also includes the training device which has a negative buoyancy and has an out-of-water weight which prevents sustained flight by the overwater aircraft when the training device is at least partially out of the water.
US10276056B2
A vehicle safety system target includes a first platform disposed on a mobile chassis, a frame assembly, a first securing member, a second platform, and a mounting member. The frame assembly is at least partially disposed about the mobile chassis and includes a first frame member and a second frame member. The first frame member is disposed on the first platform. The second frame member is disposed on the first platform. The first securing member is configured to couple an object to the first platform. The second platform is spaced apart from the first platform. The mounting member is disposed on the second platform.
US10276055B2
The methods, apparatus, and systems described herein evaluate written essays and determine student attributes from the essays. The methods include receiving an essay, identifying keywords in text of the essay associated with one or more student metrics, outputting a score for the essay for at least one student metric using a linguistic-based psychological behavioral model, and recommending teaching methods based on the score.
US10276050B2
A method to identify the proximity of a wake turbulence and to generate a report relative to that proximity. A method implemented by an aircraft comprising a processor makes it possible to identify the proximity of a wake turbulence and to generate a report relative to that proximity. The method includes a data acquisition step during which the processor retrieves and records the data relative to each generating aircraft present around the aircraft. In a position estimation step, the processor estimates the position of the wake turbulences generated by each generating aircraft. In a proximity step, the processor determines if the aircraft is close to at least one of the wake turbulences. In a generation step, the processor generates a report containing the data relative to each wake turbulence. The method makes it possible to identify the proximity of a wake turbulence in the vicinity of the aircraft and to automatically record the data relative to that wake turbulence.
US10276028B2
An eyeglass tracking system includes an eyeglass assembly having a transceiver configured to transmit a signal to an electronic communication device having a software application for locating the eyeglass assembly. The electronics communication device may indicate a geographic location or a proximity to the eyeglass assembly when the software application is initiated. The eyeglass tracking system is useful for locating misplaced eyeglasses.
US10276026B2
A computer-implemented method for announcing reminders and alerts is described. In one embodiment, appointments of an electronic calendar are monitored via a processor of a home automation system. A trigger of an upcoming appointment is detected. Information regarding the upcoming appointment is announced via a speaker of the home automation system.
US10276018B2
Disclosed is a method for remote presence detection and remote behavioral analysis of an individual in a living area, including furnishing detection data by a presence detection unit during the detection of the individual in at least one detection zone covered by the detection unit, the transmission of data by the detection unit to an electronic data acquisition module, remote sending of data, from the electronic data acquisition module via a communication unit, to a remote data processing unit for automatically generating at least one piece of information, with the remote data processing unit being associated with at least one software application that can automatically generate one or more pieces of information relative to the fall of an individual from a standing, seated or lying-down position, and/or relative to the behavior of an individual in the detection zone or zones in particular to deduce therefrom one or more behavioral anomalies.
US10276016B2
A child car seat is provided, comprising a base; a seat coupled to the base; and a sensor device mounted to the base or the seat, the sensor device including a sensor that outputs a measurement signal indicating whether a child is present in the seat, a processor that receives the measurement signal and determines whether a child is present, and a communication circuit that transmits a proximity signal configured for reception by a first mobile device. The proximity signal causes a first alert to be communicated to the first mobile device in response to the first mobile device exceeding a range from the sensor device, and a second alert to be communicated to a second mobile device if, after a threshold amount of time, the measurement signal continues to indicate that a child is present and no response is received in response to the first alert.
US10276011B1
A web portal communicates with a variety of information sources that produce monitoring data. Information sources are configurable to user preferences and are trainable to detect patterns of sensory input. The information sources transmit the monitoring data to a central server that receives the data and traverses one or more logical rule sets to determine whether the inputted data violates policies and rules set by the user. The policies and rules define the level of monitoring desired and an appropriate response in the evaluation of the monitoring data against the rules. Based on an evaluation of the rules, the central server then generates outputs in the form of communication to the user via a variety of communication mediums and devices.
US10276008B2
A security screening apparatus for use in detecting ferromagnetic objects comprises a detector apparatus which comprises a housing that supports at least one magnetic sensor arranged to produce a signal indicative of an ambient magnetic field or gradient over a zone of sensitivity which extends away from the housing, the size of the zone being large enough to contain the whole body of the person, and a signal processing circuit which receives as an input the signal from the magnetic sensor and which, in response to a change in the signal produces an alert signal. A beacon that comprises a light source is able to emit at least two visually distinct colors of light, and a control means controls the light source such that in a first condition in the absence of the alert signal the beacon emits a first color light and in a second condition corresponding to the presence of the alert signal the beacon emits a second, different, color of light. The light source is arranged such that the position and/or size and/or shape of the illuminated area of the light source in the first condition is different from the position and/or size and or shape of the illuminated area of the light source in the second condition.
US10275991B2
Various embodiments of the present invention generally relate to operating a gaming machine to generate a wager-based video slot game. In a particular embodiment, a plurality of video slot reel games can be generated simultaneously and independently of one another. For example, nine video slot reel games can be generated simultaneously. In each of the video slot reel games, the symbols falling on one or more pay lines can be evaluated for winning combinations. In addition, a secondary array, such as a three by three array, can be populated with symbols that were presented in the plurality of video slot reel games. The symbols appearing in the secondary array can be presented to display like an additional video slot game. The symbols falling on one or more pay lines through the secondary array can be evaluated for winning combinations.
US10275986B2
Provided is a game system which performs control so as to automatically donate a fraction, which is less than a minimum unit required for playing one game, from a balance of a user card based on settings made by a user.A donation management server 40 stores settings related to donations made by the user in a donation setting information table 421 and for example, when the user performs a cashing-out operation on a slot machine 1010, performs control so as to automatically make the donation by subtracting the fraction from the card balance based on the above-mentioned settings made by the user.
US10275985B2
A computer device and method for dynamically displaying at least one advertisement to a player of a game are provided. The computer device may be an electronic gaming machine, and comprises a camera which can be used to collect data on the movement of a player of an electronic game. The movements of the player may then be analyzed and used to select an advertisement to present to the player based on player movement data. The player movement data may also be used to generate advertising preferences for the player, and may be compiled into an advertising profile. The advertising profile may then be shared with other advertisers.
US10275973B2
A control unit; a banknote handling module that includes a conveying mechanism, a first control circuit, and a second control circuit that is controlled by the first control circuit and that controls the conveying mechanism; a power supply unit; a first power supply cable that supplies electrical power from the power supply unit to the first control circuit; and a second power supply cable that supplies electrical power from the power supply unit to the second control circuit. The first control circuit includes a first connecting portion to which the first power supply cable is connected and a first hot plug-in circuit that is connected to the first connecting portion. The second control circuit includes a second connecting portion to which the second power supply cable is connected and a second hot plug-in circuit that is connected to the second connecting portion.
US10275959B2
Methods and systems for tracking user behavior, the user behavior including one or more of: one or more user actions and one or more user interactions with a vehicle. A storage system stores the user behavior, where the tracked user behavior is associated with a driver and the storage system is capable of storing the tracked behavior for the driver from a plurality of vehicles.
US10275952B2
System for automated recording of aircraft flight and maintenance information and associated methods
A method for monitoring aircraft operation status comprising the steps of transmitting aircraft operation data from an on-board monitoring system of an aircraft while in a cruising phase of flight in at least one of a continuous transmission and a batched transmission while in flight and receiving aircraft operation data in the form of at least one of the continuous transmission and the batched transmission from the aircraft in flight, the form of the aircraft operation data being responsive to at least one of phase of flight, network traffic across a communication device associated with the aircraft, or network traffic across a network associated with the aircraft. The method further comprises identifying the aircraft associated with the aircraft operation data and recording the aircraft operation data to an aircraft database.
US10275948B2
A method and system for remotely seeking assistance to timely refill an expiring parking meter and generating notifications thereof. Data indicative of a vehicle being parked in a parking space and parking meter time limit information are received for a parking meter associated with the parking space. An approaching expiration of the parking meter time limit is detected and sent to the first user. The first user may then transmit a request to additional users in the area for assistance with refilling the parking meter. Upon acceptance of the request by a second user, the first user is notified. An escrow account is established for the first user to deposit payment for the refilling, and notification of the deposit is sent to the second user. Upon completion, the second user transmits proof of the refilling and the deposit payment is transferred from the escrow account to the second user.
US10275947B2
Systems and methods for modifying images of simulated video game characters. An example method includes: identifying, by a processor, a zoom level associated with a video game character image; identifying a location, within the video game character image, of a cursor associated with an input device; identifying, based on the location and the zoom level, a modifiable portion of the video game character image; and responsive to receiving an input from the input device, modifying the portion of the video game character image in at least two directions based on a direction of movement of the cursor.
US10275946B2
A method includes obtaining volumetric image data generated by an imaging system, generating an uncertainty for each voxel of the volumetric image data, and generating an evaluation volume with volumetric image data based on the generated uncertainty. The method further includes receiving an input identifying a region and/or volume of interest in the evaluation volume, receiving an intended diagnostic type, receiving an evaluation probability level of interest, and receiving an effect direction of interest. The method further includes deforming the evaluation volume to create an artificial volume that reflects an effect of the uncertainty on the intended diagnostic type based on the evaluation probability level of interest and the effect direction of interest. The method further includes visually displaying the deformed evaluation volume.
US10275937B2
The present invention provides a method of indirect illumination, for a 3D graphics processing device, including obtaining a scene and perform a voxelization to the scene; performing a lighting computation to the voxelized scene from a plurality of light sources, and store a potential lighting driven voxel (pLDV) list according to the lighting computation; sorting the pLDV list to generate a sorted pLDV list; and performing a compaction process to the sorted pLDV list; wherein each voxel in the pLDV list stores a reflective radiance and a Morton code corresponding to each voxel.
US10275936B2
The present invention causes a computer to function as a virtual space generating unit, a game screen displaying unit, a billboard setting unit, a data acquiring unit and a transmittance setting unit. The billboard setting unit sets a billboard which has a plain object and which rotates around a predetermined center point in the plain object so that the plain object faces the virtual camera in the virtual space. The data acquiring unit acquires drawing data of the object and two-dimensional-thickness map data, the two-dimensional thickness map data showing relationship between a two-dimensional coordinate on the object shown on the billboard and thickness information on each position coordinate of the object. The transmittance setting unit sets transmittance of light from a light source in the virtual space based on the thickness information.
US10275934B1
A video rendering system includes a field-of-view detector, a display, and a computing platform including a hardware processor and a memory storing a multi-viewpoint video rendering software code. The hardware processor executes the multi-viewpoint video rendering software code to parameterize visible surfaces in a scene to define multiple texels for each visible surface, precompute one or more illumination value(s) for each texel of each visible surface, and for each texel of each visible surface, store the illumination value(s) in a cache assigned to the texel. In addition, the multi-viewpoint video rendering software code receives a perspective data from the field-of-view detector identifying one of multiple permissible perspectives for viewing the scene, and renders the scene on the display in real-time with respect to receiving the perspective data, based on the identified perspective and using one or more of the illumination value(s) precomputed for each texel of each visible surface.
US10275928B2
Examples are described for overlaying primitives, arranged as concentric circles, in circular images onto respective mesh models to generate rectangular images representative of a 360-degree video or image. Portions of the rectangular images are blended to generate a stitched rectangular image, and image content for display is generated based on the stitched rectangular image.
US10275922B2
Disclosed relates to a method for skinning technology based on extended PBD and for weight retargeting in character animation. A corresponding tetrahedral mesh is generated for a given triangular mesh; a tensile constraint, a volume constraint, a self-collision constraint and an energy constraint of the extended PBD are initialized for the tetrahedral mesh, and vertex weights of the triangular mesh and the tetrahedral mesh are optimized simultaneously; the deformations of the triangular and the tetrahedral meshes are implemented through LBS technique; deformation results of the LBS are optimized through extended PBD; the joint region of the triangular mesh is smoothed through a Laplacian smoothing; bi-harmonic distance fields of the original mesh and a new mesh are calculated respectively, and two corresponding vertices of the mesh are given and a prediction function is defined; A weight retargeting algorithm is implemented in the present application and has a good practicability.
US10275912B1
Resource visualization, evaluation, and selection is often a difficult, complex, technically challenging endeavor. This is particularly true when there the resource set is extensive, the resources have widely varying attributes and capabilities, and the resources are also widely disbursed geographically. A multi-dimensional resource evaluation and visualization system implements technical solutions to these technical challenges.
US10275910B2
Techniques and systems for managing visual layouts of ink strokes are described. In particular, an ink space coordinate system for a digital ink stroke is provided. A digital ink system can receive ink stroke data of an ink stroke. The system can define an ink space coordinate system along the ink stroke. Defining the ink space coordinate system can include assigning a reference line of the ink stroke and an origin point on the reference line, as well as creating ink space coordinates. Creating the ink space coordinates can include defining ink space x-coordinate values representing a distance along the reference line relative to the origin point and defining ink space y-coordinate values representing a distance along an axis perpendicular to the reference line of the ink stroke. Then the system can perform a warping to create curvature in the ink space coordinate system.
US10275900B2
According to an embodiment, an estimation apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The processor acquires a first measurement point groups obtained by measuring a periphery of a first moving object. The processor estimates a position and posture of the first moving object. The processor classifies first measurement points serving as candidates of measurement points on a second moving object in the newest first measurement point group as candidate points. The processor acquires second moving object information from the second moving object. The processor calculates an evaluation value using a first likelihood defined according to a position relationship between an orientation of a region specified from the second moving object information and the candidate points. The processor estimates a position and posture of the second moving object based on the evaluation value.
US10275899B2
An optical navigation system comprising a camera oriented to face towards a plurality of markers located at spaced apart locations from the camera, calculating means adapted to calculate an angle subtended between pairs of markers, the subtended angles being calculated by monitoring the pixel locations of the markers in a series of images captured by the camera, the optical navigation system additionally comprising means for creating a three-dimensional model whereby the location of the camera relative to the markers is determined by triangulating the subtended angles in the three-dimensional model.
US10275882B2
An observation apparatus includes an imaging unit, a driving mechanism, an operation circuit and a control circuit. The imaging unit generates image data by imaging a target object. The driving mechanism moves the imaging unit to change an imaging position of the target object. The operation circuit calculates information on imaging conditions of the imaging unit based on an auxiliary information calculation image, which is image data of auxiliary information calculation light. The control circuit controls the imaging performed by the imaging unit, using the information on the imaging conditions.
US10275874B2
Method and related apparatus for detecting defects on a surface of a tire, include: providing the tire; acquiring a digital image including a structure including sections representative of linear elements of a pattern in a surface portion and representative of possible elongated defects, the sections of the structure having a respective orientation; providing a model of the pattern in the surface portion, wherein each pixel is associated with a first index representative of whether the pixel belongs or not to a pattern section and a second index representative of an at least local orientation of the pattern section passing through the pixel; calculating for each pixel of the structure a third index representative of the orientation of the structure section passing through the pixel; and establishing, for each pixel of the structure having a corresponding pixel in the pattern model belonging to the pattern, whether the pixel of the structure belongs to a proposed defect on the basis of the comparison between the third index and the second index associated with the corresponding pixel in the pattern model.
US10275865B2
There is provided an image processing device comprising: a display panel; and a controller configured to acquire a peak luminance value of a high dynamic range (HDR) image, and adjust a luminance of the high dynamic range image to be within an available output luminance range of the display panel, based on the acquired peak luminance value.
US10275861B2
An image processing part includes an edge enhancing part, an artifact detecting part and a compensating part. The edge enhancing part emphasizes an edge portion of an object in input image data. The artifact detecting part detects a corner outlier artifact at an area adjacent to the edge portion of the object. The compensating part compensates the corner outlier artifact. Accordingly, the edge portion of the object may be enhanced and the corner outlier artifact is decreased so that the display quality may be improved.
US10275856B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at least two images captured by one or more cameras, wherein a first image of the at least two images has a subject and a second image of the at least two images comprises a perspective of the geographic location that is different than the first image; identifying an object that is common to the at least two images; computing a difference in perspective between the images that is based on a difference in size and shape between the object in the first image and the object in the second image; generating, based on the difference in perspective, an animation of a transition from the first image to the second image, wherein the animation comprises both the first image and the second image, and wherein the animation adds a modified version of the subject to the second image.
US10275853B2
The present disclosure describes techniques related to media caching. A media hub device may include a media hub device configured to execute an operation on a current frame of media having a frame period. The media hub device may include a cache configured to provide, to a media accelerator of the media hub device, data associated with the frame period of the current frame.
US10275842B2
Various embodiments are provided for facilitating the operation and control of a fleet of on-site energy assets and optimizing energy dispatch across the fleet, thereby facilitating the use of the on-site energy assets instead of grid-supplied electric consumption. An example system may comprise a central platform and a plurality of on-site gateway devices configured to perform on-site asset control. An example method may comprise receiving a service availability call, performing fleet-level optimization, generating a set of site-level schedules, and causing, as a function of the site-level schedules, real-time on-site asset control. Other embodiments provide for determining a location of each grid-connected energy consumer at which to reduce grid-supplied energy consumption, determining an amount of a reduction of grid-supplied energy consumption, and transmitting a signal to each corresponding gateway device located at the determined location, the signal comprising data indicative of instructions for performing on-site energy dispatch.
US10275835B2
A system and method in accordance with example embodiments for comprehensive sales and service data reporting. Sales and service events that take place at a front end branch of an enterprise may be input into a front end system and transmitted to a backend system where various modules then use the front end system data to generate various data and reports to display various data, such as, for example, sales incentive metrics and key performance indicators.
US10275831B2
Disclosed is a system implementing smart beta factor deposition based on assets in an existing portfolio. The system typically includes a processor, a memory, and a module stored in the memory. The module is typically configured to: retrieve factor data for one or more securities associated with an existing portfolio; determine a score for beta factor models for the securities; receive threshold conditions associated with the existing portfolio; defining a plurality of factor sleeves for an investment portfolio; for each factor sleeve's beta factor model, determine a score of each of a plurality of securities; select one or more securities based on the score of each security according to the factor sleeve's beta factor model and the score of each of the securities in the existing portfolio until the factor sleeve's size has been reached; and combine the positions of each factor sleeve to create the investment portfolio.
US10275830B2
Certain embodiments provide systems and methods to perform in-line translation of message content according to FIX protocol variants in a trading system. An example method includes receiving, at a computing device, a message formatted according to a FIX protocol, the message including message content and a message wrapper, the message wrapper providing session and delivery information for the message to a target. The example method includes performing in-line translation of the message content of the received message to adjust the message content according to a predefined set of rules without affecting the message wrapper (with the possible exception of the message size) and message routing session. The example method includes facilitating routing of the message to the target based on the message wrapper.
US10275828B2
Improvements in data processing to match entities allow for more accurate records to be kept, with less memory storage used and fewer processing resources to be expended when accessing records. When receiving a request for an identifier for an entity, the request is parsed to identify various demographic fields within the request. A probabilistic search is performed to compare the entity to the candidate records that are augmented with expanded demographic data, which improve the reliability in matching the requested entity to its records. As updates are made to the external resources, the requests are rerun to update the internal resource and to eliminate any new identifiers created due to non-updated data, thus reducing data storage overhead.
US10275816B1
A global internet radio and creative content service in the form of one or more mobile-based applications providing fans and other users the opportunity to interact with, connect with or otherwise obtain information corresponding to one or more artists or entertainers is presented herein. The system, method and platform of certain embodiments may provide mobile-based record label, content distribution services and features, among others, including, for example a mobile-based music broadcasting and recording company or service. Particularly, a main application is provided which links to a plurality of artist-specific sub applications. The sub applications are customized by the artist or entertainer and provide access to various revenue generative features, including, the distribution of the artist's or entertainer's creative content, such as music and videos.
US10275814B2
A manufacturing resource planning system for a manufacturer to avoid margin stacking is provided that receives order information identifying a product and provides sales information including a sales price of the product. The manufacturing resource planning system identifies the electronic components required to manufacture the product, identifies whether each electronic component is an owned electronic component owned by the manufacturer or a consigned electronic component consigned to the manufacturer, determines an acquisition cost of each owned electronic component and a consignment fee associated with each consigned electronic component, and determines the sales price of the product based on the acquisition cost of each respective owned electronic component, the consignment fee associated with each respective consigned electronic component, and a markup associated with the product.
US10275809B2
Systems and methods for delivering digital content to user who have pre-selected the digital content before they arrive at a device for distributing the digital content are described. The systems contain a storage device where the digital content is stored, a device for distributing the digital content to a user, a receiving device for receiving the digital content that has been distributed, and means for communicating with the user who is not located at the distribution device. The communication means allows the user to browse and/or purchase the digital content prior to arriving at the distribution device. As well, by purchasing the content before arrival, if the digital content is not located at the distribution device, it can be transferred from the storage device to the distribution device before the arrival of the user. Other embodiments are described.
US10275806B2
Some embodiments provide an adblocking bypass system for ensuring that advertisements are loaded and presented on a user device running one or more adblockers. The adblocking bypass system is comprised of a bypass loader and a bypass proxy. The bypass loader is a component that is embedded within content publisher content. When the content publisher content is downloaded and parsed by a user device, the bypass loader executes by detecting the presence of any adblocker on the user device. If found, the bypass loader forwards any blocked advertisement calls to the bypass proxy. The bypass proxy retrieves the requested advertisements and returns them to the bypass loader which then reintroduces the advertisements in final content presentation or rendering. The bypass proxy may also modify the content publisher content by replacing any blocked advertisement calls embedded within the content with calls to the bypass proxy.
US10275798B1
An application linking framework provides cross-platform mobile application-to-application linking, including allowing linking into particular states in an application via a deep link presented in another application. When a client device receives a content item including a deep link, the client device can also receive a tracking request for tracking user interaction with an application associated with the content item or deep link in the content item via an application linking tool. The tool can also provide suggestions to an application owner of actions to take based on the analytics and can track advertisement conversions across applications.
US10275796B2
A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions operable to determine a current location of a user, predict a change of direction of the user, and provide at least one advertisement to the user based on the predicted change of direction of the user.
US10275792B1
A content presentation bid application server comprising a processor, a non-transitory memory, and a content presentation bid application stored in the non-transitory memory. When executed by the processor the application receives a content presentation bid request, wherein the content presentation bid request comprises an identity of a user equipment (UE), retrieves enrichment data associated with the UE from a database, transmits the content presentation bid request accompanied by the enrichment data to demand side platforms, and receives content presentation bid responses from the demand side platforms. The application further selects one of the content presentation bid responses received from the demand side platforms, builds a content presentation bid based on the selected content presentation bid response, and transmits the content presentation bid.
US10275789B1
Customers receive advertisements or “impressions” related to brick and mortar merchants while accessing online content. The merchants or other entities track which impressions correlate with customers coming to a physical store and conducting a transaction (e.g., making a purchase) by comparing transaction information with information about the customer that is provided by the source of online impressions. In one implementation, the merchant creates a hash from the customer's name and account number on a payment card. This hash is compared with a hash from the impression provider that is generated using the same technique. When a match is found, it is inferred that exposure to the online impression caused the customer to make a purchase at the physical store. Merchants may pay the impression providers an advertising or referral fee based on the matches.
US10275780B1
A method and apparatus are disclosed for transferring money representing a rebate from a retailer or manufacturer to a customer/recipient via an electronic mail message over a computer network such as the Internet. The recipient purchases, either conventionally or via an online store, a product for which an electronic rebate applies. In one embodiment, the recipient acquires the product through a conventional sale and requests a rebate online. Using the product's universal product code and serial numbers as identifiers, the sale is authenticated, and a transaction processor completes a funds transfer between the retailer or manufacturer and the recipient.
US10275761B2
An electronic device includes a housing, a conductive pattern that is arranged within the housing and is formed to generate a magnetic field, a plate that forms at least a part of a first surface of the housing and includes a material that at least partially transmits the magnetic field generated by the conductive pattern; and a control circuit that is configured to transmit at least one transaction information by using the conductive pattern. The conductive pattern includes a first coil that includes a plurality of first turns that are substantially parallel to a surface of the plate, and a second coil that includes a plurality of second turns that are substantially parallel to the surface of the plate. When viewed from the upper side of the plate, the first coil and the second coil may not at least partially overlap with each other.
