US10356969B2
A recognition mark which is formed on a tape retaining cover which retains a carrier tape, which holds components in pockets, in relation to a sprocket with which the tape feeder is provided, and the component or the pocket which is positioned at a suction position through an opening which is formed in the tape retaining cover are recognized. Based on recognition results, tape feed positional correction for positioning the suction target component at the suction position is performed such that the component, which is adjacent on an upstream side in a tape feed direction to the component which is positioned at the suction position, is not exposed by greater than or equal to a predetermined amount from the opening.
US10356965B2
A hollow shielding structure for different types of circuit elements is provided. The hollow shielding structure includes at least one element mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB), a shield dam surrounding the at least one element, and a shield cover is configured to be electrically coupled to an upper portion of the shield dam and cover the at least one element, with a gap formed between the at least one element and the shield cover.
US10356963B2
An ultrathin LCD module and a liquid crystal display are provided. The ultrathin LCD module has a printed circuit board, a liquid crystal panel connected with the printed circuit board through at least one flexible circuit board, and an array light source of light emitting diodes disposed between the printed circuit board and the liquid crystal panel, which has a plurality of light emitting diodes and a substrate to carry the light emitting diodes. A projection of the flexible circuit board projected on the substrate is not overlapped with the light emitting diodes.
US10356961B2
Electrical units for a Motor Control Center (MCC) can be improved to provide ventilation for cooling elements of the unit while also providing better system protection by providing a combination of baffle assemblies and protective layers over openings providing the ventilation in doors of the units. The baffle assemblies can be configured to provide arc flash resistance for containing possible arc blasts within the units, and water intrusion resistance for protecting the units from possible water intrusion, while allowing substantial airflow. The protective layer, which could include a steel mesh and/or dust filter, can be configured to prevent solid objects above a certain size from passing through the opening allowing the airflow. As a result, airflow can be increased to cool elements of the unit while maintaining protections from arc flash, water intrusion and/or solid objects.
US10356959B2
Example implementations relate to a chassis cooling resource. In some examples, a chassis cooling resource includes a controller, comprising instructions to detect a failure corresponding to a first cooling system of a first chassis coupled to a server rack, and alter settings of a second cooling system of a second chassis coupled the server rack to provide additional cooling resources to the first cooling system in response to the detected failure.
US10356953B2
A cooling air supplying booth apparatus for supplying cooling air to pieces of equipment in a rack unit includes a first frame and a plurality of plates. The first frame forms edges of a cuboid. The plates are fixed to the first frame and disposed at four of sides of the cuboid and form a cooling air moving path. A cooling plate includes at least one fan and is disposed at the bottom of the first frame opposite the top side of the first frame. Cooling air is supplied to the cooling air moving path through the fan, and supplied to the equipment through an outlet side in the cooling air supplying booth apparatus.
US10356948B2
Systems, electronic devices, and methods are directed to a self-adjustable heat spreader. A spring system may include one or more spring members and a contact surface adapted to contact a circuit board component. Each spring member may include a thermally conductive material. A thermal spreader plate may be coupled to the one or more spring members. The spring system and the thermal spreader plate may be configured to allow movement, with respect to the thermal spreader plate along multiple axes, of one or more portions of the one or more spring members proximate to the thermal spreader plate when the contact surface is pressed against the circuit board component and the spring system transitions from a first state to a compressed state. The contact surface and the spring system may be configured to transfer heat between the circuit board component and the thermal spreader plate.
US10356947B2
An electronic apparatus which can achieve both a reduction in thickness of a chassis and an improvement in a heat releasing performance is provided. An electronic apparatus 10 includes a chassis 12 having an electronic component 18 arranged therein, a heat sink 20 which is provided in the chassis 12 and absorbs heat generated from the electronic component 18 when its one surface 20a is arranged to enable conduction of the heat from the electronic component 18, and a heat conducting sheet 22 which is arranged in the chassis 12, closely arranged on the other surface 20c on the side opposite to the one surface 20a of the heat sink, has an outer shape area larger than an outer shape area of the heat sink 20, and extends to the outside of an outer shape of the heat sink 20.
US10356944B2
A liquid-encapsulation heat dissipation member is prepared by encapsulating a thermally conductive fluid in a closed container nd dissipates heat transferred from an electronic device in contact with the closed container, wherein the closed container includes an elastic portion composed of a thin elastomer serving as a surface to come into contact with the electronic device and following the shape of the electronic device and a heat dissipation portion composed of a hard material for dissipating heat, and the thermally conductive fluid contains a thermally conductive powder and has a viscosity of 200,000 mPa·s to 3,000,000 mPa·s.
US10356931B1
A rack mounting system is applicable to a rack. The rack mounting system includes a mounting mechanism, a first connecting assembly and a second connecting assembly. The mounting mechanism is detachably mounted to a first side of the rack. The first connecting assembly is detachably mounted to a second side of the rack. The second connecting assembly is connected to the mounting mechanism. Wherein, the mounting mechanism includes a main body and at least one pin, the main body is configured to be detachably mounted to the rack. The at least one pin is slidably passing through the main body, so that the at least one pin is movable relative to the rack. Wherein, the first connecting assembly and the second connecting assembly are configured to carry a first chassis with a first chassis width when the at least one pin is moved to a first position.
US10356928B2
An enclosure for protecting electronic devices. The enclosure has a rear base defining a cavity for holding different interchangeable electronic devices. The enclosure has a front cover coupled to the rear base. The enclosure has a backplane within the cavity of the rear base and a drawer chest. The drawer chest has a drawer chest has multiple drawers. The backplane connects to any of the different interchangeable electronic devices when an electronic device of the different interchangeable electronic devices is inserted into any drawer of the plurality of drawers.
US10356926B1
An electronic assembly comprises a gate drive module comprising multiple circuit board layers sandwiched together, where each layer has a central opening that is aligned with the other layers. A switching circuit chipset is positioned in the central opening. The switching circuit chipset has lead frames for providing electrical connections to the switching circuit chipset. The lead frames are alignable with pockets in two or more of the layers to facilitate alignment of the contact portions of the lead frames with corresponding conductive pads on the circuit board.
US10356924B1
A container may be provided. The container may comprise a first surface and a second surface concentric with the first surface. The first surface and the second surface may define a volume. The volume may house a concentric length of multiple parallel conductors. The multiple parallel conductors may pass through a restricting mechanism to restrict the multiple parallel conductors to pass at the same rate and at the same length.
US10356922B2
This disclosure provides a middle frame and a flexible display device. The middle frame comprises a first framework component, a second framework component and a flexible component comprising a first chain link element, a second chain link element, a third chain link element, a fourth chain link element, a flexible element and a plurality of rotors. Under collaboration of the plurality of the rotors, the third chain link element is connected to the first framework component and the third chain link element, the third chain link element is connected to the flexible component, the second chain link element is connected to the second framework component and the fourth chain link element, and the fourth chain link element is connected to the flexible component.
US10356908B2
An electronic component containing substrate includes a substrate, a first electronic component mounted on a main surface of the substrate, and an embedment layer provided on the main surface of the substrate and embedding the first electronic component. The first electronic component is a multilayer ceramic capacitor including a ceramic multilayer body including a layered portion and a first side portion and a second side portion between which the layered portion lies and having two end surfaces opposed to each other and side surfaces connecting the two end surfaces to each other. The first side portion is located between the layered portion and the main surface of the substrate in a direction of thickness which is a direction perpendicular to the main surface of the substrate. The embedment layer is smaller in elastic modulus than the substrate.
US10356906B2
A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board includes providing a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate including at least one insulating layer and first and second conductive layers separated from one another by the at least one insulating layer, forming a first via hole in the PCB substrate extending from the first conductive layer to the second conductive layer, where the first via hole is defined by a first sidewall of the PCB substrate, forming a second via hole in the PCB substrate, where the second via hole is defined by a second sidewall of the PCB substrate, and selectively plating the first sidewall and the second sidewall to form a first via and a second via, respectively, where the first via and the second via have different via sidewall thicknesses.
US10356902B2
A system for board-to-board interconnect is described herein. The system includes a first printed circuit board (PCB) having a first recess along a first edge of the first PCB that exposes a first solder pad on a layer of the first PCB. The system also includes a second PCB having a second recess along a second edge of the second PCB that exposes a second solder pad on a layer of the second PCB. The second recess is complementary to the first recess to allow the first PCB to mate with the second PCB. The first solder pad is aligned with the second solder pad when the first PCB is mated with the second PCB. The system additionally includes an assembly configured to electronically couple the first solder pad with the second solder pad.
US10356900B2
A circuit board, a display device including the same, and a method of manufacturing a circuit board are provided. A circuit board includes a base substrate, a wiring line provided on the base substrate, a passivation layer provided on the wiring line, an elastic bump provided on the passivation layer, and a conductive layer provided on the elastic bump. The passivation layer includes a first opening and a second opening that expose a partial region of the wiring line, and the second opening is arranged in a region adjacent to the first opening.
US10356892B2
An image pickup apparatus improved in heat dissipation efficiency. An image pickup section includes an image pickup device. A circuit board includes an image processor for processing on output from the image pickup device. A duct section has a fan for discharging heat generated on the circuit board to the outside. A rear cover forming a part of an exterior is disposed at the rear of the apparatus in an optical axis direction. The circuit board is disposed between the duct section and the rear cover in the optical axis direction. The duct section includes a plurality of extended portions which are extended in the optical axis direction to surround the circuit board and are in contact with the rear cover.
US10356890B2
This core for a high-frequency acceleration cavity has shape formed with the single roll process by winding, with an interposed insulating layer, a Fe-based nanocrystal alloy thin strip having a roll contact surface and a free surface. The core for a high-frequency acceleration cavity is characterized in that projections having a crater-form depression are dispersed on the free surface of the Fe-based nanocrystal alloy thin strip, and the apexes of the projections are ground and blunted.
US10356885B2
The invention provides a lighting system which includes a lighting device, a remote database and a controller. The lighting device includes at least a transceiver which includes at least one identification information and at least one security information. The remote database contains the identification information and an associated security information for each lighting device. The controller is adapted to retrieve the identification information of the transceiver, to retrieve the associated security information from the remote database, and to then use the associated security information to enable secure communication between the controller and the lighting device.
US10356877B2
The invention provides a multi-channel independent control circuit of lighting power supply, including a power supply control circuit, a transformer, a main current rectifier circuit, a feedback circuit and a main current output circuit, and also including one or more secondary side units. The secondary side unit includes secondary windings, secondary side rectifier circuit, secondary side output circuit, switching circuit, detector and logic control circuit, the secondary side winding is couple to the primary winding, the secondary side rectifier circuit and the secondary side output circuit are sequentially connected in parallel across the loop of the secondary winding, the detector is disposed in the secondary side output circuit and an output end of the detector is connected to an input end of the switching circuit through the logic control circuit. An output end of the switching circuit is connected to the secondary side output circuit. The invention relates to the multi-channel independent control circuit of lighting power supply, realizing independent and normal operation of multiple lighting apparatus or devices, and improving the flexibility, reliability and safety of the entire lighting system.
US10356876B2
According to the present disclosure, a lighting device provides: an elongate support element, a plurality of lighting units distributed along the length of said support element, each of said units including: a set of electrically powered light radiation sources, a driver supplying said set of light radiation sources with a supply current having an intensity which is a function of an impedance value sensed at a current control input of driver. At least one of said lighting units includes a mounting seat for a lighting adjustment impedance, said seat having an electrical connection to the current control input of at least one driver, so that the intensity of the current supplied by driver to a respective set of light radiation sources is a function of the impedance value of a lighting adjustment impedance arranged at said seat.
US10356857B2
A light emitting diode (LED) lighting system includes a power factor correction (PFC) controller that determines at least one power factor correction control parameter from phase delays of a phase modulated signal. In at least one embodiment, a peak voltage of the phase modulated signal is a PFC control parameter used by the PFC controller to control power factor correction and generation of a link voltage by a PFC LED driver circuit. The phase delays are related to a peak voltage of the phase modulated signal. Thus, in at least one embodiment, detecting the phase delay in one or more cycles of the phase modulated signal allows the PFC controller to determine the peak voltage of the phase modulated signal.
US10356856B2
The present disclosure relates to a capacitor step-down LED driver and a driving method using the same. A capacitor step-down LED driver comprises a control circuit and a switching circuit. The control circuit turns on or off the switching circuit in response to an output current and an output voltage of the capacitor step-down LED driver, and thus controls an amount of energy supplied from an input side to an output side. In a first operation state, the switching circuit is controlled not to supply energy from the input side to the output side. In a second operation state, the switching circuit is controlled to supply energy from the input side to the output side. Thus, the output current is maintained to be a value of a desired driving current.
US10356852B2
Plant for melting metal materials comprising at least a heating unit (11) provided with a container (13) to contain the mainly metal materials and with at least an induction heating device (22) configured to heat the mainly metal materials contained in the container (13). The plant also comprises a transfer unit (25) disposed downstream of the heating unit (11) and configured to move, substantially continuously, the mainly metal solid materials exiting from the heating unit (11) to a melting furnace (12). The container (13) is provided with an aperture (16) through which the mainly metal material, heated and in a solid state, is discharged onto the transfer unit (25), and opening/closing members (17) are associated with the aperture (16), commanded by an actuator (19) and configured to open, close and choke the aperture (16) in order to regulate the delivery of the metal materials that is discharged onto the transfer unit (25).
US10356846B2
An ultra-small cell base station for a vehicle is coupleable, for signal exchange, to a first antenna assembly, which is configured to receive radio signals of a cellular radio user device situated inside the vehicle and to emit radio signals to be received by the user device. The ultra-small cell base station is also coupleable to a second antenna assembly, configured to receive radio signals of a further cellular radio user device situated outside the vehicle and to emit radio signals to be received by the further user device. The ultra-small cell base station is also coupleable to a network-side antenna assembly of the vehicle configured to receive radio signals emitted by a pre-defined static cellular radio base station and to emit radio signals to be received by the static base station. The ultra-small cell base station is configured to operate a first and a second small cell.
US10356841B2
A method, an apparatus, and a system for enhancing a concurrent processing capability of a wireless local area network (WLAN) are disclosed. The method includes receiving a first association request including an identifier of a first station (STA) that is from the first STA; performing association with the first STA; sending a first association query request including the identifier of the first STA to a WLAN controller; after the first STA is associated, receiving an association query response from the WLAN controller; and performing disassociation from the first STA when the association query response is used to instruct an access point (AP) not to associate with the first STA. When a large quantity of association events need to be concurrently processed, a STA is associated with at first, improving user experience.
US10356839B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques and apparatus for efficient support of connected discontinuous reception (C-DRX) by using a wireless device (e.g., a user equipment (UE)) with a second receiver. A wireless device with two receivers may place one receiver in a low power mode and take the receiver out of the low power mode in response to a signal received from a serving base station (BS) of the wireless device. A BS may direct a wireless device to enter a low power DRX (LP-DRX) mode or enhanced DRX mode having longer low power cycles than a non-enhanced DRX mode, and the wireless device may place a primary receiver in a low power mode in response to the directive from the BS. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and disclosed.
US10356837B2
The disclosure is directed to a state transitioning method for switching between a connected state and an inactive state and related apparatuses using the same. In one of the exemplary embodiments, the disclosure is directed to a state transitioning method used by a user equipment (UE) for switching between a connected state and an inactive state. The method would include not limited to: establishing a wireless connection to enter into a connected state; receiving an inactive state command while being in the connected state; entering into the inactive state in response to receiving the inactive state command; transmitting a connection resume request while being in the inactive state; receiving an uplink (UL) grant which corresponds to the connection resume request; and transmitting UL data in response to receiving the UL grant.
US10356835B2
A communication control apparatus according to a first feature is used in a mobile communication system. The communication control apparatus includes: a controller configured to perform control related to a radio access bearer established between a user terminal and a serving gateway. The radio access bearer is configured with: a first bearer between the user terminal and a base station; and a second bearer between the base station and the serving gateway. The communication control apparatus is positioned on the second bearer. The controller is configured to maintain at least some sections of the second bearer without releasing, even when the first bearer is released.
US10356834B2
Provided in an embodiment of the present invention are a method and user equipment (UE) for reestablishing an RRC connection. The method of the embodiment of the present invention includes a UE having experienced a connection failure initiates a request for reestablishing an RRC connection in a selected reestablishment cell, and when determining that the reestablishment cell does not meet a preset cell selection criterion or the UE did not receive an RRC connection reestablishment command transmitted by the network side device that the reestablishment cell belongs to, the UE determines not to carry, in the information related to the connection failure and stored by the UE, the identifier information of the reestablishment cell, or not to store any information related to the connection failure.
US10356829B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting metadata in a WFD. More particularly, a WFD source transmits, to a WFD sink, a first transmission stream in which an audio stream and a video stream are superimposed and multiplexed. The WFD source receives, from the WFD sink, a first RTSP request message for requesting transmission of metadata for audio data and video data during the transmission of the first transmission stream. The WFD source transmits, to the WFD sink, a first RTSP response message in response to the first RTSP request message during the transmission of the first transmission stream. The WFD source transmits, to the WFD sink, a metadata stream including the metadata and a second transmission stream in which the audio stream and the video stream are superimposed and multiplexed.
US10356824B2
An apparatus can include: (i) a network controller in a mesh network, the network controller being configured to send a beacon in a predetermined beacon slot in a broadcast manner, where the beacon includes a slot allocation state of the mesh network; and (ii) a plurality of node devices, where each node device is configured to synchronize according to the beacon, and to send a data packet within a corresponding fixed time slot according to the slot allocation state, where each of the fixed time slots corresponds to only one of the plurality of node devices.
US10356822B2
A radio communication system provided with a communication device and a radio communication network system is characterized by comprising a transmission delay estimate information transmitting means for transmitting transmission delay estimate information to the radio communication network system when the transmission condition of the transmission delay estimate information is met.
US10356816B2
Techniques for managing re-contention on a shared communication medium are disclosed. In order to facilitate re-contending for access to the communication medium, an access point may adjust one or more uplink transmission parameters associated with a triggering condition for invoking a contention timer. In addition or as an alternative, the access point may mute transmission on the communication medium during one or more symbol periods designated for transmission. In addition or as an alternative, the access point may configure a timing advance to create a re-contention gap.
US10356814B2
Systems and methods for search area-based control channel monitoring are provided. According to one exemplary embodiment, a method is performed by a control node for communication with a user equipment. Further, the communication is structured in frames with each frame having subframes. The method includes transmitting, by the control node, a control channel in a search area that is in a subset of the subframes for a frame so as to enable the user equipment to monitor the control channel in only the subset of the subframes for that frame.
US10356806B2
A method, in a network node, for transmitting data in a heterogeneous network cellular communication system comprises transmitting of a SFN pilot signal (262). A SFN pilot signal is a pilot signal transmitted by all radio units of a heterogeneous network cell. Optionally, configuration information about non-SFN pilot signals in a cell of the network node is transmitted (260). Non-SFN pilot signals are pilot signals transmitted by less than all radio units of a heterogeneous network cell. The non-SFN pilot signal is transmitted (264). A control channel signal is transmitted (270) on a control channel and a data channel signal associated with the transmitted control channel signal is transmitted (280) on a data channel. A network node operable therefore is also presented. A method for receiving data in a heterogeneous network cellular communication system and a wireless device operable therefore are also presented.
US10356804B2
A data transmission method and user equipment is provides. The method includes: sending, by user equipment (UE), auxiliary scheduling information to a first part of or all of network side devices, an uplink transmission state of the UE is determined according to the auxiliary scheduling information, and perform scheduling on the UE according to the uplink transmission state of the UE, where the uplink transmission state is a first uplink transmission state in which uplink data can be simultaneously transmitted on an uplink carrier corresponding to all of the network side devices, or is a second uplink transmission state in which uplink data can be simultaneously transmitted on an uplink carrier corresponding to a second part of the network side devices; and transmitting, by the UE, data according to scheduling information of the second part of or all of the network side devices.
US10356802B2
A scheduling method of uplink resource unit includes selecting an uplink parameter set, by calculating the uplink parameter set capable of achieving a minimized energy consumption according to a traffic and a QoS of a user equipment (UE). The uplink parameter set allows a plurality of transmission variations. A score function is used to calculate a score of a transmission condition variation of the UE and a transmission order of the UE is determined according to the score. A disposing position of the resource units in uplink subcarriers is determined. The time occupied by the disposing position is checked to see whether or a delay constraint allowed by the UE is satisfied. If the result of checking the disposing position does not satisfy the delay constraint, the number of consecutive subcarriers is changed and the step of determining the disposing position of the resource units in the uplink subcarriers is repeatedly performed.
US10356798B2
A frame structure for network communication, in particular for device-to-device network communication, with high and low priority data. The frame structure includes a control channel related to a first communication resource, a high priority data channel related to a second communication resource, and a low priority data channel related to a third communication resource. The control channel includes a high priority data channel control portion configured to communicate control data that is related to the high priority data channel, and a low priority data channel control portion configured to communicate control data that is related to the low priority data channel.
US10356796B2
The present disclosure provides a method of improving interference robustness in a LTE based wireless communication system. At a transmitting side, a MAC layer outputs MAC data units each including a resource mapping assigning said MAC data units to resource blocks of an LTE frame. The method comprises, at the transmitting side, modifying the MAC data units output by the MAC layer to scramble the resource mapping of said MAC data units thereby providing corresponding scrambled MAC data units including a scrambled resource mapping to a PHY layer of the transmitting side, the scrambled resource mapping being obtained by using a carrier permutation retrievable by a receiving side.
US10356793B2
According to one embodiment of the present specification, a method for reporting performance of a terminal in a mobile communication system includes the steps of: receiving a request for performance reporting from a base station; determining an indicator of whether a delay time related operation that the terminal supports is in correspondence with the request which corresponds to a pre-set condition; and transmitting a message including the determined indicator to the base station. According to one aspect of the present specification, the size of the performance reporting message is minimized in reporting the performance of the terminal.
US10356792B2
A mobile communication unit performs communication using a first communication scheme. A business wireless communication unit performs communication using a second communication scheme. A storage unit stores first information and second information, mapping the first information and the second information to each other, the first information being defined to receive, using the first communication scheme, service from a further communication terminal device capable of communication using the first communication scheme and the second communication scheme, and the second information being defied to perform communication with the further communication terminal device using the second communication scheme. A business wireless processing unit causes communication based on the second information stored in the storage unit to be performed preferentially, when the business wireless communication unit performs communication with the further communication terminal device while the mobile communication unit is receiving the service from the further communication terminal device.
US10356781B2
Method and device for communicating within an operating bandwidth in a wireless local area network is provided. A PPDU is received over an operating bandwidth. The PPDU has a first part having a first Fourier transform (FFT) size and a second part having a second FFT size, the second FFT size four times greater than the first FFT size. The PPDU is received via multiple sub-channels and in various portions of the first and the second part. Further, various portions of the first part and the second part of the PPDU have identical or different phases with respect to other portions of the PPDU.
US10356777B2
Method and systems are disclosed for qualifying a wireless device as frequency hopping device. In some aspects, an access point (AP) may determine a frequency hopping pattern for the wireless device, and then allocate a sequence of unique resource units to the wireless device based on the frequency hopping pattern. Each of the unique resource units include a different set of frequency subcarriers. The AP may receive a series of uplink orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) transmissions from the wireless device on the allocated sequence of unique resource units.
US10356772B2
A wireless local area network (WLAN) point-to-point communications link between an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network node B (eNB) and a user equipment device (or simply UE) is identified by UE/eNB media access control (MAC) identifiers on a per UE or per data radio bearer (DRB) basis for offloading cellular data from a long term evolution (LTE) link to the WLAN point-to-point communications link. A wireless local area network tunneling protocol (WLTP) includes packet formats and network protocol stack arrangements to support functions facilitated by the WLAN point-to-point communications link, such as, for example, identification of control and data traffic messages, DRB identification for WLTP packets, quality of service (QoS) delay and packet loss measurement, support of bearer splitting, and support of a general framework for offloading cellular traffic at different depths of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) network protocol stack.
US10356771B2
A 5th-generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system which is to support a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4G communication system such as a long term evolution (LTE) is provided. The method for transmitting a downlink signal by a base station in a wireless communication system supporting non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) includes the steps of selecting a pair of terminals including one short-distance terminal and at least one long-distance terminal which will share an identical downlink transmission resource, generating a superimposed signal in which a signal for the short-distance terminal and a signal for the long-distance terminal are superimposed on one another, generating information necessary for cancelling the signal of the long-distance terminal from the superimposed signal, transmitting the generated information necessary for cancelling the signal of the long-distance terminal to the short-distance terminal, and transmitting the generated superimposed signal to the pair of terminals.
US10356769B2
A control unit (208) transmits a response signal on an uplink control channel on the basis of a rule. In the rule, error detection result pattern candidates are associated with multiple resources of the uplink control channel used in the transmission of the response signal and with phase points within each resource, and at least a specific pattern candidate, wherein the pattern for a specific error detection result with respect to downlink data of a first unit band is identical to the error detection result pattern when communication with the base station (100) occurs using only the first unit band, and the error detection results other than the specific error detection result are all NACK or DTX, is associated with the first resource of the multiple resources. In addition, at least the first resource of the multiple resources is arranged within the first unit band.
US10356767B2
A base station transmits, to a wireless device, at least one message comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of cells. The plurality of cells may be grouped into a plurality of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) groups. The PUCCH groups may comprise: a primary PUCCH group comprising a primary cell with a primary PUCCH; and a secondary PUCCH group comprising: a PUCCH secondary cell with a secondary PUCCH, and a first secondary cell. A state of the PUCCH secondary cell for the wireless device; may be deactivated in response to a deactivation condition for the PUCCH secondary cell being met. Transmission of downlink shared channel transport blocks via the first secondary cell to the wireless device may be stopped in response to deactivation of the PUCCH secondary cell. Transmission of downlink multicast channel transport blocks via the first secondary cell may continue.
US10356760B2
Provided is a method and apparatus for performing active scanning in a wireless communication system. The method for performing active scanning in a wireless communication system may comprise the steps of: receiving, from an access point (AP) by a station (STA), a trigger frame including information on a probing duration which allows transmission of a probe request; and transmitting a probe request frame to the AP during the probing duration by the STA.
US10356759B2
Various embodiments are generally directed to parameter encoding techniques for wireless communication networks. In various embodiments, a transmitting device may communicate a plurality of wireless communication parameter values using a single index value comprised in a field of a header or frame. In various embodiments, a receiving device may use the index value to identify the plurality of wireless communication parameter values by consulting mapping information specifying mappings of possible index values to respective sets of parameter values. In some embodiments, the mapping information may specify mappings associated with a defined mapping scheme.
US10356754B2
A method for supporting a sporadic high-capacity packet service by a terminal may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a base station, control information including pre-defined timing information for synchronization and resource allocation information associated with the terminal; when uplink traffic occurs, performing transmission synchronization on the basis of the pre-defined timing information for synchronization; selecting a resource for uplink data transmission on the basis of the resource allocation information; and transmitting uplink data through the selected resource.
US10356753B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are described. The apparatus wirelessly transmits a reservation signal intended for a plurality of receivers for scheduling a broadcast/multicast data transmission, monitors for a confirmation signal from at least one of the plurality of receivers, wirelessly transmits the broadcast/multicast data transmission to the plurality of receivers if the confirmation signal is received, and suppresses transmission of the broadcast/multicast data to the plurality of receivers if the confirmation signal is not received. In some embodiments, the apparatus further determines at least one of a number of received confirmation signals or a signal strength of a received confirmation signal from the at least one of the plurality of receivers, and suppresses transmission of the broadcast/multicast data based on the determined at least one of the number of received confirmation signals or the signal strength of the received confirmation signal.
US10356738B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for acquiring, by a first user equipment (UE) in a coverage of a first cell, synchronization in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving a message for a sidelink resource configuration from a second cell through the second UE in a coverage of the second cell; if a channel quality of the second cell is less than a predetermined threshold, selecting the first cell as a synchronization reference cell; and transmitting a sidelink data to the second UE using the sidelink resource configuration based on the synchronization acquired from a synchronization signal of the first cell.
US10356736B2
A circuit arrangement may include an analog-to-digital-converter (ADC) configured to convert an analog signal into a digitized signal having an ADC frequency, a decimation circuit configured to provide a first signal having a sampling frequency based on the digitized radio signal having the ADC frequency. The sampling frequency is smaller than the ADC frequency. The circuit arrangement may further include a timer circuit providing a second signal having a timer frequency and a timing control signal to control the timing of the decimation circuit, and a difference determination circuit configured to determine a phase difference between the second signal and the first signal.
US10356734B2
The present disclosure provides an example method and an apparatus for transmitting synchronization signals from an eNB with a different subcarrier spacing from rest of transmissions. That is, a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) may be transmitted using a first subcarrier spacing, a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), and/or a reference signal (RS) may be transmitted with a second subcarrier spacing, and other transmissions may be made using a third subcarrier spacing that is different from at least one of the first or second subcarrier spacing. Further, the order of symbols mapped to the synchronization signals may be reversed or otherwise modified within a transmission subframe.
US10356729B2
There is provided a communication device including: a communication unit that receives a beacon for a second communication service making secondary usage of a spectrum assigned to a first communication service; and a control unit that controls a transmission power to be used for transmission of a radio signal of the second communication service from the communication unit based on location data included in the beacon and indicating a location of a transmission source node of the beacon and a location of an interfered node interfered by the second communication service.
US10356725B2
An uplink signal transmitting method applied to a carrier aggregation system, comprises: after configuring more than two timing advances, user equipment rate-matching uplink signals and/or uplink channels between which front-to-back symbol overlap will occur in time domain over different uplink carriers, and then transmitting the uplink signals and/or uplink channels, or discarding and then transmitting the uplink signals and/or uplink channels, or transmitting simultaneously.
US10356717B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of power management in a wireless network. For example, a wireless station may be configured to transmit a first frame including a first Wakeup Schedule Element (WSE), the first WSE including a first beacon interval (BI) start time field value; to switch to a Power Save (PS) mode based on the first BI start time field value; and during the PS, transmit a second frame including a second WSE, the second WSE including a second BI start time field value, e.g., different from the first BI start time field value.
US10356699B2
There is provided mechanisms for cell search in a cluster based communications network. According to one aspect there is provided a method performed by a wireless device camping on or served by a cluster head device associated with a cluster head carrier frequency. According to one aspect there is provided a method performed by a cluster head device associated with a cluster head carrier frequency. A corresponding wireless device, a corresponding cluster head device, and corresponding computer programs and computer program products are also provided.
US10356692B2
A computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a computing device, information defining a beacon coverage area in which beacon signals transmitted by one or more beacons traverse the beacon coverage area; determining, by the computing device, the beacon coverage area based on the information defining the beacon coverage area; determining, by the computing device, beacon distribution based on the determined beacon coverage area; generating, by the computing device, a report identifying information regarding the beacon distribution; and storing or outputting, by the computing device, the report identifying information regarding the beacon distribution.
US10356691B2
A technique comprising: detecting at a first radio node a first signal indicating the number of hops at which a second radio node that transmitted the first signal first detected a second, earlier signal; and deciding whether to transmit said first signal onwards from said first radio node based at least partly on (i) a direction indicator in said first signal, (ii) a comparison of the respective numbers of hops at which said first and second radio nodes first detected said earlier second signal, and (iii) the result of a search at said first radio node for onwards transmission of said first signal by another radio node in the direction indicated by said hop-count number direction indicator.
US10356685B2
Systems and methods for handling undesirable inter-frequency cell changes are disclosed. A small cell base station receives a request to perform a cell change of a user equipment (UE) from a base station serving the UE to the small cell base station, wherein the base station serving the UE is operating on a different frequency than the small cell base station, receives, from the base station, parameters related to one or more previous cell changes performed by the UE, and determines whether or not the cell change is desirable based on the parameters related to the one or more previous cell changes.
US10356682B2
Embodiments herein provide a method of managing indication of Coverage Extension (CE) level. The method includes determining the CE level from a Downlink (DL) measurement. Further, the method includes indicating the CE level determined to a Base station (BS). Further, the method includes determining a change in the CE level and indicates the change in the CE level to the BS. Further, the method includes attempting a RRC connection establishment using one of a CE specific Random Access Channel (RACH) preamble and CE specific Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) resources.
US10356680B1
An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to receive an initial user equipment message from a target cell, transmit an initial context setup request message to the target cell including one or more service indicators, receive an initial context setup response message from the target cell, and calculate a drop ratio associated with a double S1 connection based upon a number of abnormal radio access bearer releases subtracted from a number of radio access bearer releases associated with the successful double S1 connection divided by a total number of radio access bearer releases. The one or more service indicators are determined based upon the received initial user equipment message.
US10356675B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to identifying a cell as a handover candidate in coverage areas based on decoding a secondary synchronization signal and/or a primary broadcast channel of the handover candidate cell. An example method generally includes initiating a search for a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) for a first cell of one or more handover candidate cells, and reporting the first cell as a handover candidate in a measurement report if the SSS for the first cell is detected a threshold number of times.
US10356673B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method, including applying a voice quality model to network performance information associated with a voice over internet protocol call session to generate a measure of voice quality associated with a first wireless radio access network wirelessly coupling a mobile device and a communication network, detecting a trigger condition for a measurement reporting according to the measure of voice quality, a first signal of the first wireless radio access network, and a second signal of a second wireless radio access network, and detecting a trigger condition for a measurement report according to the measure of voice quality, a first signal of the first network, and a second signal of a network. The measurement report can be transmitted to the first wireless radio access network responsive to detecting the trigger condition for the measurement reporting. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10356668B2
Methods, nodes, computer programs and a mobile network for handling a terminating circuit switched signaling service to a terminal in a mobile network are described. A method of handling a terminating circuit switched signaling service to a terminal in a mobile network is described. The signaling service is distinct from a call. The mobile network comprises a first control node and a second control node. The method is performed by the first control node. The method comprises receiving signaling information for terminating the circuit switched signaling service to the terminal, subsequent to the step of receiving, detecting that the terminal has requested a location update from a second control node of the mobile network, and, based on the step of detecting, forwarding the received signaling information to the second control node.
US10356664B2
A wireless communication method in a wireless network comprising an access point and a plurality of stations. The method includes selecting a transmission mode among a first and a second transmission modes, wherein access to a communication channel in the first transmission mode uses a contention mechanism with stations of the network, while access to the communication channel in the second transmission mode uses a preemption mechanism; sending a trigger frame to the stations using the selected transmission mode, the trigger frame reserving a transmission opportunity on at least one communication channel of the wireless network and defining resource units forming the communication channel and including a plurality of resource units that the stations can access for sending data; and receiving data from stations over the defined resource units.
US10356656B2
A method and apparatus for performing a buffer status reporting (BSR) procedure in a wireless communication system is provided. A relay user equipment (UE) receives data to be relayed from a remote UE via sidelink, triggers a BSR or a sidelink BSR for the data to be relayed, and transmits the BSR or the sidelink BSR to a network.
US10356650B2
A system is provided for remotely communicating with one or more cleaning units, each including a control unit for operating the cleaning unit, and a first low data rate device coupled to the control unit. A gateway unit nearby each of the cleaning units includes a Wi-Fi protocol device and a second low data rate device coupled to the Wi-Fi protocol device. An internet connected device is wirelessly coupled to the WiFi protocol device, and the first low data rate device is wirelessly coupled to the second low data rate device. A data transfer rate of the first and second low data rate devices is substantially lower than a data transfer rate of the WiFi protocol device.
US10356647B2
A base station device, user equipment, and a method for reporting channel state information are disclosed. The base station device receives at least one piece of aperiodic channel state information (CSI) from user equipment, where the at least one piece of aperiodic CSI corresponds to an aperiodic CSI measurement result on a first reference subframe, the aperiodic CSI measurement result on the first reference subframe is an aperiodic CSI measurement result of a first downlink subframe set, and the first reference subframe is a subframe in the first downlink subframe set. The base station device effectively receives an aperiodic channel state measurement result of the downlink subframe set.
US10356643B2
A base station apparatus includes a traffic determination unit, a parameter generator and a setting information transmitter. The traffic determination unit determines whether a traffic amount is larger than a threshold. The parameter generator generates, when the traffic amount is larger than the threshold, indicator information indicating to the terminal to use a parameter set to a parameter region corresponding to a highest moving speed in mobility parameters to which a parameter decreasing with increasing moving speed of the terminal is set to a plurality of parameter regions respectively corresponding to a plurality of moving speeds of the terminal. The setting information transmitter transmits the indicator information to at least one terminal.
US10356642B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for enhanced mechanism for RRM measurement in the mmW system. In one novel aspect, the filtered-consolidation measurement result is generated for each cell. The UE measures multiple control beams in an mmW system. The UE either performs a layer-3 filtering on each of the measured control beams or on consolidation measurement results for each control beam of the cell. The UE generates the filtered-consolidation measurement results for each corresponding cell. In another novel aspect, an intra-cell threshold and an inter-cell threshold are configured, wherein the intra-cell threshold is greater than the inter-cell threshold. The UE obtains a consolidation measurement for the serving cell and compares the result with the two preconfigured thresholds. The UE performs different level of control beam measurements based on the comparison of the consolidation measurement of the serving and the two thresholds.
US10356635B2
A base station which uses either one of a plurality of component carriers individually or uses an aggregate carrier which is an aggregate of the above-mentioned plurality of component carriers to carry out radio communications with a mobile terminal corresponding to the above-mentioned component carrier and also carry out radio communications with a mobile terminal corresponding to the above-mentioned aggregate carrier is provided. The base station notifies a bandwidth of an aggregate carrier which is an aggregate of all of the above-mentioned component carriers, as a bandwidth which the above-mentioned base station uses, to the mobile terminal corresponding to the above-mentioned aggregate carrier. As a result, while an improvement in the transmission rate is provided according to the aggregate carrier, the base station can also support an operation of a mobile terminal corresponding to a component carrier.
US10356625B2
A concept of having at least one representative access node for inter-operator interactions for spectrum sharing between a first operator's network and one or more further operators' networks is introduced, the representative access node being discoverable by a discovery procedure performed by access nodes. According to an example implementation, a method or technique may include performing a discovery procedure for discovering one or more representative access nodes for inter-operator interactions for spectrum sharing between a first operator's network and one or more further operators' networks, and causing a transmission of results of the discovery procedure to a controlling entity.
US10356623B2
Aspects for reducing interference between networks are provided. A signal transmitted by a first network over a communications medium using an unlicensed frequency spectrum is decoded to determine one or more parameters of a packet in the signal. A level of utilization of the communications medium by the first network can be estimated based at least in part on a signal strength of the signal and the one or more parameters. A time for communicating in a second network over the communications medium using the unlicensed frequency spectrum can be adjusted based at least in part on the level of utilization of the communications medium by the first network.
US10356617B2
Disclosed is a mobile device to authenticate a user. The mobile device may comprise: a first sensor; a second sensor to use more power than the first sensor; and a processor coupled to the first sensor and the second sensor. The processor may be configured to: collect data from the first sensor; determine if an environmental change occurred based on the collected data from the first sensor; engage the second sensor to collect data if the environmental change occurred; and modify a polling rate for the second sensor based on the collected data from the second sensor.
US10356615B2
A method and an apparatus are provided for accessing a wireless LAN. The method includes: accessing a first wireless LAN generated by a routing device when a smart device is in a station mode, in which the access permission of the first wireless LAN is restricted such that accessing other addresses except for that of a target server for the first wireless LAN is forbidden; receiving an encryption protocol packet including verification information sent by the routing device when it is determined that the smart device is a trusted device by the routing device; receiving by the smart device a decrypting information sent by the target server, and performing a decryption on the encryption protocol packet according to the decrypting information to obtain verification information, and accessing a second wireless LAN according to the verification information, in which the second wireless LAN has an unlimited access permission.
US10356601B1
A system for communicating to an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network mobility events occurring in a telecommunications access network. A mobile device connects to a first base station and registers on an IMS network. A component in the IMS network, such as a telephone application server (TAS), stores the first identifier. In addition, the TAS creates or modifies a call detail record (CDR) to indicate that the mobile phone is connected to the base station. After a handover occurs from the first base station to a second base station, the mobile device transmits to the IMS network a second identifier that identifies the second base station. The mobile device transmits the identifier of the second base station to the TAS within the IMS network via an XCAP PUT or POST request. After receiving the second identifier, the TAS stores the identifier and modifies a CDR to reflect the identifier.
US10356598B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a mobility management method, apparatus, and system. An HA-C sends a first BA message to an MN, where the first BA message includes an address of a first HA-U; and the HA-C sends a configuration message to the first HA-U, where the configuration message includes an HoA and a CoA that are of the MN, so that the first HA-U performs tunnel communication with the MN according to the configuration message. In this way, an original proxy server or an original gateway completes only tunnel communication with the MN, and a newly-added proxy server completes control signaling interaction with a BU, thereby reducing load of the original proxy server or the original gateway, and resolving a prior-art problem that load of a proxy server or a gateway is relatively heavy.
US10356597B2
Compatibility and/or compliance testing for a wireless cellular network may be performed using a testing system that includes a device that implements multiple base stations in a single hardware device. Additionally, a network simulation server may simulate a core portion of the wireless cellular network. Test cases, such as test cases defined using a scripting language, may be received and the test cases may be interpreted to obtain configuration information for the testing system. Based on the configuration information, the base stations and the simulated network devices may be initially configured. After configuration, and based on the test case, a UE may be controller to interact with the simulated network in a manner implements the desired compatibility and/or compliance tests.
US10356594B2
Methods and wireless devices for proximity in-app sensor pairing for science education are described. The method may include initiating a science software application on a wireless device, automatically displaying a sensor connection display on a user interface of the wireless device with the sensor connection display including selectable available sensors, obtaining wireless sensor connection information for sensors that are advertising their availability to the wireless device, and sorting the available sensors by the wireless sensor connection information including received signal strength indicator (RSSI) information.
US10356592B2
There is provided a reception apparatus including a first acquisition unit which acquires, preceding text format second signaling data to be transmitted in a lower-level layer than an IP layer in a hierarchy of a protocol of an IP transmission system and containing control information independent of a service identified by an IP address, binary format first signaling data containing a flag indicating whether the second signaling data exists in digital broadcast using the IP transmission system, a second acquisition unit which acquires the second signaling data on the basis of the first signaling data, and a control unit which controls operation of the units which perform various types of processing on the basis of the second signaling data. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a television receiver.
US10356590B2
A method includes: providing to a robot, by a system, a predetermined behavior configured to help an emergency responder; directing the robot, by the system, to a designated location; instructing the robot, by the system, to gather emergency data; receiving, by the system, from the robot, the gathered emergency data; and transmitting the emergency data, by the system, to the emergency responder. A method for responding to emergencies using robotic assistance includes: receiving, by a robot, from a system for responding to emergencies using robotic assistance, a predetermined behavior configured to help an emergency responder; instituting, by the robot, the predetermined behavior; receiving, by the robot, a direction to a designated location; proceeding, by the robot, to the designated location; receiving, by the robot, an instruction to gather emergency data; gathering, by the robot, the emergency data; and transmitting, by the robot to the system, the gathered emergency data.
US10356587B2
A wearable device, such as a smartwatch, may be used to enable switching of network services between endpoints. The switching of network services may include transferring the telephone number associated with a user's account to a particular active device, selected from a number of possible devices, of the user. The switching may be based on a number of factors and coordinated through the wearable device. The factors may include, for example, the location of the user, the location of the user relative to the user's endpoints, user provided priority information, and/or other user-specified profile information relating to endpoint preferences.
US10356582B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus, for changing system information by an MTC UE. The method may include receiving system information block 1bis (SIB 1bis) for the MTC UE; confirming a change in system information by using at least one from among a count value of the system information, which is included in the system information block 1bis, and system information change indicator information; and receiving at least one system information message which includes changed system information.
US10356578B2
Techniques are disclosed for controlling, in a network device, multiple radio circuits operating in a same or similar frequency band and in close physical proximity. In some embodiments, the radio circuits operate on the same network protocol. The network device can include a coexistence controller coupled to the network circuits. According to some embodiments, the network circuits are each assigned a priority, and the coexistence controller can control operations between the network circuits by selectively adjusting one or more transmission operating parameters of a respective network circuit based on a plurality of operating criteria, which include each network circuit's priority. Among other benefits, the embodiments disclosed herein can increase wireless network bandwidth and reduce mobile device power consumption by providing coordination among the radio circuits so that the transmitting and receiving operations are performed in a way that they do not interfere with their respective antennas.
US10356560B2
Disclosed are an indication direction-based instruction transmission method and apparatus, a smart device and a storage medium. According to the method, after a first smart device receives a first instruction, a current orientation of a set orientation on the first smart device is determined. It is detected whether there is at least one second smart device in the current orientation or not, and a first detection result is generated. When the first detection result represents that there is at least one second smart device in the current orientation, the first instruction is sent to at least one second smart device in the detected at least one second smart device to enable the at least one second smart device receiving the first instruction to execute the first instruction.
US10356553B2
Methods and devices useful in performing precise indoor localization and tracking are provided. By way of example, a method includes locating and tracking, via a first wireless electronic device, a plurality of other wireless electronic devices within an indoor environment. The method also includes performing front-back detection, performing stationary node detection, performing angle of arrival (AoA) error correction, and performing field of view (FOV) filtering. Performing indoor localization and tracking of the plurality of other wireless electronic devices includes providing an indication of a physical location of the plurality of other wireless electronic devices within the indoor environment.
US10356551B2
A system and method for creating a synchronized dynamic geolocation area and augmenting a view of the synchronized dynamic geolocation area with content based on one or more display parameters may be provided. An initiating user may generate a dynamic geolocation area that may track the location of the initiating user as the initiating user moves, and indicate content to associate with the geolocation area and one or more display parameters to associate with the content. A recipient user may be provided with an augmented view of the geolocation area based on the content and the display parameters. Further, a location of the recipient user may be synchronized with the geolocation area, such that as the recipient user or the geolocation area move, the augmented view may be modified to account for the movement.
US10356543B2
A MEMS may include a backplate comprising first and second electrodes electrically isolated from one another and mechanically coupled to the backplate in a fixed relationship relative to the backplate, and a diaphragm configured to mechanically displace relative to the backplate as a function of sound pressure incident upon the diaphragm. The diaphragm may comprise third and fourth electrodes electrically isolated from one another and mechanically coupled to the diaphragm in a fixed relationship relative to the diaphragm such that the third and fourth electrodes mechanically displace relative to the backplate as the function of the sound pressure. The first and third electrodes may form a first capacitor, the second and fourth electrodes may form a second capacitor, and the first capacitor may be configured to sense a displacement of the diaphragm responsive to which the second capacitor may be configured to apply an electrostatic force to the diaphragm to return the diaphragm to an original position.
US10356540B2
A first lifetime estimate is determined for a first acoustic component of a first audio playback device configured with first signal processing settings. A second audio playback device is configured with second signal processing settings. A second lifetime estimate is determined for a second acoustic component of the second audio playback device configured with the second signal processing settings, where the second lifetime estimate is determined based on first lifetime estimate and where the first acoustic component is substantially similar to the second acoustic component.
US10356529B2
A film speaker includes a metal foil; a diaphragm apart from and opposed to the metal foil; an elastomer for supporting the diaphragm; and a voice coil disposed on the metal foil for producing magnetic field. The diaphragm includes a substrate layer and a magnetic material layer attached to a surface of the substrate layer for interacting with a magnetic field produced by the voice coil so as to drive the diaphragm to vibrate for generating sound.
US10356522B2
This application describes methods and apparatus for loudspeaker protection. A loudspeaker protection system (100) is described having a first frequency band-splitter (102) for splitting an input audio signal (Vin) into a plurality of audio signals (v1, v2 . . . , vn) in different respective frequency bands (ω1, ω2 . . . , ωn). A first gain block (103) is configured to apply a respective frequency band gain (g1, g2 . . . , g3) to each of the audio signals in the different respective frequency bands and a gain controller (107, 108, 109) is provided for controlling the respective band gains. A displacement modeller (104, 105) determines a plurality of displacement signals (x1, x2 . . . , xn) based on the input audio signal (Vin) and a displacement model (104a) where each displacement signal corresponds to a modelled cone displacement for the loudspeaker for one of said different respective frequency bands. The gain controller (107, 108, 109) is configured to control the respective frequency band gains based on the plurality of displacement signals.
US10356488B2
An output control system and the like that can control output of a content having a quality the user desires is provided. A client transmits a video content output request to a server. Receiving the output request from the client, the server transmits an advertising content to the client. The client transmits output information presenting the viewing time of the advertising content to the server. The server outputs to the client a video content having a quality corresponding to the viewing time presented by the acquired output information.
US10356486B2
Various implementations provide an improved advertisement model that enables users to skip advertisements based on an advertisement-watching score. That is, as a user watches advertisements or, in some cases, portions of advertisements, an advertisement-watching score is computed. The more advertisements that a user watches, the higher their advertisement-watching score will be. When the user's advertisement-watching score reaches or exceeds a certain threshold, the user is provided with an option to skip subsequent advertisements so that they can consume their content in a generally uninterrupted manner. When an advertisement is skipped, the user's advertisement-watching score is decreased by an amount. If the user's advertisement-watching score is decreased to below the threshold, the user cannot skip additional advertisements until the advertisement-watching score again reaches or exceeds the threshold. The user can cause their advertisement-watching score to increase by watching additional advertisements or, in some cases, portions of advertisements.
US10356485B2
Methods and apparatus to calculate granular data of a region based on another region for media audience measurement are disclosed. An example method for calculating, via a processor, granular data of a region includes determining aggregate behavioral data associated with a media audience measurement of a target region. The example method includes determining, via the processor, aggregate demographics data of the target region. The example method includes determining, via the processor, granular data of a source region. The example method includes calculating, via the processor, granular data of the target region to measure a media audience of the target region by apportioning the aggregate demographics data and the aggregate behavioral data of the target region based on the granular data of the source region.
US10356476B2
Introduced here are computer programs and associated computer-implemented techniques for streaming pre-recorded social media sessions involving a host (also referred to as a “communicator”) and one or more participants. In some embodiments the pre-recorded social media sessions are based on recordings of live interactions between the host and the participant(s), while in other embodiments the pre-recorded social media sessions are based on separate recordings that are combined in such a way to mimic a live face-to-face interaction. Accordingly, these pre-recorded social media sessions may be presented in such a manner that they appear to be live broadcasts that are streamed in real time. Various embodiments also concern technologies that enable an interaction management platform to intelligently create social media sessions from pre-recorded media content generated by the host and/or the participant(s).
US10356472B2
Methods and apparatus for smoothly and efficiently upgrading set top boxes, e.g., personal video recorders, which have customer selected content stored thereon are described. The described methods allow content stored on a set top box to be uploaded to a network storage device, e.g., automatically at a predetermined time prior to a scheduled upgrade, or in some cases, via manual control of the set top box to be upgraded. After stored content is uploaded to the network storage device, the set top box is replaced with a new set top box. The new set top box can be preloaded with the previously uploaded content or a content download can be triggered, e.g., by activating a hidden application and by supplying information identifying the set top box being replaced as part of the upgrade process.
US10356459B2
The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that enable recognition of performance required for decoding more accurately. A file of an MP4 file format, in which information specifying a plurality of NAL units corresponding to a partial image which can be independently decoded in a whole image is stored in moov and the encoded partial image is stored in mdat, is generated, and the generated file is transmitted. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an information processing apparatus such as an image encoding apparatus or an image decoding apparatus.
US10356448B2
A video server comprising an input port configured to receive from a user terminal requests to deliver video segments in a target representation. The server comprises an output port configured to deliver the requested video segments to the user terminal. The server comprises a data link configured to retrieve from storage capabilities, for each request from the user terminal, a video segment in at least one source representation in an Open GOP scheme. The server comprises an access to one or more video transcoding capabilities. The video server is configured to cause one or more video transcoding capabilities to transcode at least a part of the video segment in at least one source representation in an Open GOP scheme into the requested target representation in a Closed GOP scheme when the requested target representation is different from a representation previously provided to the user terminal.
US10356447B2
Systems and methods enable the determination of a playback position of a video player. A request is received, at a system over a network from a user device, for an item of video content. Interstitial content is received. The interstitial content is segmented into segments and the segments are encrypted. A given decryption key is associated with a respective locator, such as a URL. A playlist manifest file is generated that includes locators corresponding to segments of the requested item of video content, segments of the interstitial content, and decryption keys for respective encrypted interstitial segments. The generated playlist manifest file is transmitted to the user device. A request for a first decryption key for an encrypted first interstitial segment is received, and based on the request, a playback position of the video player is determined. A corresponding message, indicating the playback position, may be transmitted to a remote destination.
US10356442B2
The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and a method that can more easily improve encoding efficiency. A packing processing unit configured to perform packing processing of rearranging pixel data of RAW data that is image data before demosaicing processing is performed according to the degree of correlation, and an encoding unit configured to encode the RAW data subjected to the packing processing by the packing processing unit are included. The present disclosure can be applied to image processing apparatuses such as an image encoding device that encodes the RAW data and an image decoding device that decodes encoded data that is encoded RAW data.
US10356434B2
There is provided a picture encoding device that encodes a picture and encodes a difference quantization parameter in a unit of a quantization coding block which is divided from the picture and is a management unit of a quantization parameter. A quantization parameter calculator derives a quantization parameter of the quantization coding block to be encoded. A prediction quantization parameter derivation unit derives a prediction quantization parameter using the quantization parameters of a plurality of quantization coding blocks which precede the quantization coding block to be encoded in order of encoding. A difference quantization parameter generator derives a difference quantization parameter of the quantization coding block to be encoded, using a difference between the quantization parameter of the quantization coding block to be encoded and the prediction quantization parameter. A first bitstream generator encodes the difference quantization parameter of the quantization coding block to be encoded.
US10356432B2
A device for decoding video data includes a memory configured to store the video data; and one or more processors configured to receive, in a picture parameter set (PPS), a first syntax element indicating that a palette predictor is to be generated using PPS-level palette predictor initializers; receive, in the PPS, a second syntax element indicating a number of the PPS-level palette predictor initializers included in the PPS is equal to zero; and decode a block of video data based on the first syntax element and the second syntax element.
US10356409B2
A method of decoding video data using a merge mode can include constructing a merge list using available spatial and temporal merge candidates; determining a merge candidate on the merge list corresponding to a merge index as motion information of a current prediction unit; generating a predicted block of the current prediction unit using the motion information; generating a transformed block by inverse-quantizing a block of quantized coefficients using a quantization parameter; generating a residual block by inverse-transforming the transformed block; and generating a reconstructed block using the predicted block and the residual block, in which the merge list contains a predetermined number of merge candidates among the available spatial and temporal merge candidates, the quantization parameter is derived per a quantization unit, a minimum size of the quantization unit is adjusted per picture, and the quantization parameter is derived using a differential quantization parameter and a quantization parameter predictor.
US10356407B2
Embodiments relate to a method and a system for performing image compression and decompression of image data. In one or more embodiments, the image data is divided into one or more image data blocks, and the image compression and decompression are performed for each image data block. The image data block is compressed and includes a base value corresponding to a first image component and a compressed difference value corresponding to a second image component. For decompression, a first value of the image data block can be obtained based on the base value, and a second value of the image data block can be obtained based on the first value, the first compressed difference value and a corresponding quantization table. An output image can be presented to a user, according to the decompressed image data block.
US10356394B2
An apparatus and method for measuring the position of a stereo camera. The apparatus for measuring a position of the camera according to an embodiment includes a feature point extraction unit for extracting feature points from images captured by a first camera and a second camera and generating a first feature point list based on the feature points, a feature point recognition unit for extracting feature points from images captured by the cameras after the cameras have moved, generating a second feature point list based on the feature points, and recognizing actual feature points based on the first feature point list and the second feature point list, and a position variation measurement unit for measuring variation in positions of the cameras based on variation in relative positions of the actual feature points.
US10356392B2
A method for performing high dynamic range optical image detection of a scene. The method comprises imaging incident light from a scene onto an object plane of an Optical Array Device, the OAD operating in time modulation mode; determining the locations of those pixels in the object plane of a first light level; detecting the optical irradiance values of those pixels of the first light level to produce a first detected image; detecting the optical irradiance values of those pixels of a second light level to produce a second detected image; and generating a high dynamic range optical irradiance map of the scene by combining the first detected image and the second detected image into a single image.
US10356388B2
It is the object of the present invention to provide a stereoscopic video distribution system, a stereoscopic video distribution method, a stereoscopic video distribution apparatus, a stereoscopic video viewing system, a stereoscopic video viewing method, and a stereoscopic video viewing apparatus. In the stereoscopic video distribution system according to this invention, stereoscopic video signals provided by a plurality of video distribution source servers for distributing stereoscopic videos are once received by a transcoding server, so that the stereoscopic video signals can be reproduced by a BD player and a TV for stereoscopic viewing.
US10356378B2
An image processing device includes: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire images including at least one narrow-band image and having different wavelength component distributions from one another; an absorption information extracting unit configured to extract absorption information from a first image on the basis of a specific frequency component in the first image and correlation between the first image and a second image, the first image being a narrow-band image among the images, the second image being an image different from the first image among the images, the absorption information being image information indicating a change in absorption caused by absorption of narrow-band light used in capturing of the first image by a light absorber; and a display image generating unit configured to generate an image for display by combining the absorption information with at least any one of the images.
US10356370B2
A feature extracting unit obtains sensor data from a plurality of sensors to calculate each feature. When an event determining unit determines the occurrence of an event based on each feature, a display data constructor generates remote-controller display data for displaying the event, and controls a remote-controller display device to display the remote-controller display data. When a user decision is input from a user input IF based on this display, a control unit controls the sensors to be turned ON or OFF. When an infrared sensor detects an abnormality, a microwave sensor whose power consumption is small after the infrared sensor is turned ON. When the microwave sensor detects an abnormality, a video camera and a microphone are turned ON, and the microwave sensor is turned OFF. A communication unit wirelessly transmits an image signal captured by the video camera and an audio signal processed by the microphone. Then, if the infrared sensor does not detect an abnormality, the video camera and the microphone are turned OFF. With this arrangement, power consumption can be suppressed. The present invention is applied to, for example, a security system, for example, for monitoring outside a vehicle by a video camera disposed in the vehicle when the vehicle is parked.
US10356366B2
During output of a primary media stream from a cable, satellite, television, radio or internet source, a condition, signal or indication of a commercial break is detected causing a context switch to occur and enabling other services, programming or devices to intervene during the commercial break and causing an alternative output to be produced by a process or device. When the commercial break is over, the system may optionally rejoin with the primary media stream.
US10356361B2
A communication terminal includes a receiver and circuitry. The receiver receives first content data from a counterpart communication terminal with a first communication; and receives second content data from the counterpart communication terminal with a second communication. The circuitry controls a display to display the first image generated based on the first content data, the second image generated based on the second content data, one of the first image and the second image being superimposed on the other one of the first image and the second image, a first instruction image for accepting a first instruction to display one of the first image and the second image, and a second instruction image for accepting a second instruction to end the first communication and the second communication with the counterpart communication terminal.
US10356350B2
Photocharge is accumulated within an image sensor pixel array during a first exposure interval. At conclusion of the first exposure interval, accumulated photocharge is discarded from a first subset of the pixels to emulate absence of incident light with respect to those pixels. After discarding accumulated photocharge from the first subset of the pixels, first and second readout signals are generated, the first readout signals corresponding to respective pixels not included in the first subset and indicative of photocharge accumulated therein, and the second readout signals corresponding to respective pixels included in the first subset.
US10356349B2
Embodiments of the subject application disclose various light field capture control methods and apparatuses and various light field capture devices, wherein one of the light field capture control methods comprises: determining at least one sub-lens, which affects light field capture of a first region, in a sub-lens array of a light field camera, the first region being a local part of a to-be-shot scene; determining a to-be-adjusted region of an image sensor of the light field camera according to the at least one sub-lens; adjusting pixel density distribution of the image sensor, to cause average pixel density distribution of the to-be-adjusted region to be distinguished from that of other regions of the image sensor; and performing, by the adjusted image sensor, light field capture of the to-be-shot scene. The technical solution provided in the embodiments of the subject application improves light field capture efficiency while making full use of overall pixels of the image sensor, and can better meet users' diversified actual application demands.
US10356345B2
The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device, an electronic apparatus, and an AD converter that are capable of suppressing the occurrence of an error in AD conversion results.The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel section having a plurality of pixels, a comparator for comparing a pixel signal outputted from the pixels with a reference signal, and a counter for counting the time of comparison made by the comparator. The comparator includes a first amplifier for comparing the pixel signal with the reference signal, a second amplifier that has a first transistor and amplifies an output signal of the first amplifier, and a second transistor having the same polarity as the first transistor. A gate of the second transistor is connected to an output end of the first amplifier, and a source and a drain of the second transistor are connected to the same fixed potential as a source of the first transistor. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a CMOS image sensor.
US10356340B2
Systems and methods for rendering video with teleprompter script overlays are described. A video rendering system provides a user interface for displaying a script for use during the rendering of the video (e.g., while the user records and/or streams the video). The script is arranged such that it at least partially overlays the video feed and is positioned within the display of the user interface to produce a line of sight of a user corresponding to first region of a field of view of the video capture device. When a user's line of sight is fixed upon the script overlay (i.e., when the user is reading the script) and aligned with the first region of the field of view of the video capture device, a viewer of the video rendering is given a visual perception that the user is looking directly at the viewer (e.g., making eye contact).
US10356337B2
A vision system of a vehicle includes at least one camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The camera has at least one pixelated imaging array having a plurality of photosensing elements. The pixelated imaging array includes a plurality of event-based gray level transition sensitive photosensing elements. A processor is operable to process data captured by the camera and, responsive to processing of captured data, the processor is operable to detect objects present in the field of view of the camera. The pixelated imaging array may include a first imaging array having visible light sensitive photosensing elements and a second imaging array having the plurality of event-based gray level transition sensitive photosensing elements.
US10356335B2
An imaging device can include an image sensor, a control unit coupled to the image sensor, and a light blocking element coupled to the control unit. The control unit can be configured to adjust the light blocking element in response to image information received from the image sensor. The light blocking element can be configured to regulate light received at the image sensor.
US10356332B2
A dual-aperture zoom digital camera operable in both still and video modes. The camera includes Wide and Tele imaging sections with respective lens/sensor combinations and image signal processors and a camera controller operatively coupled to the Wide and Tele imaging sections. The Wide and Tele imaging sections provide respective image data. The controller is configured to output, in a zoom-in operation between a lower zoom factor (ZF) value and a higher ZF value, a zoom video output image that includes only Wide image data or only Tele image data, depending on whether a no-switching criterion is fulfilled or not.
US10356330B1
A small, rugged, concentric square, forward-pivot, assembly with motorized pan and tilt, two-point suspension of pan and tilt axes, multiple photo-sensors, and capable of using lenses that are much larger than pinhole lenses, is provided. It is combined with a motorized zoom lens, image sensor, processor and enclosure to form a covert outdoor video surveillance camera. It enables a viewing window for the lens to be small yet provide large angles of view without needing a light-losing, dark material or sharpness-losing perforated media to conceal it, and captures much more light than a pinhole. Three photo sensors are arranged around the lens and collectively control an IR-cut filter. The sensors are integrated into the assembly to point in the same direction as the lens, and provide a good assessment of the scene brightness even when some of them have been panned or tilted out of view of the window.
US10356329B2
The invention relates to a method for correcting the zoom setting and/or the vertical offset in an image assembled from two sub-frames of a stereo film, wherein the one sub-frame is provided by a first camera of a camera rig and the second sub-frame is provided by a second camera of the camera rig, wherein a vertical offset is changed via a change in the pitch setting, wherein, during the operation when recording the stereo film, a difference between the present zoom-results in the first sub-frame relative to the second sub-frame is measured and/or a vertical offset of the image points present in the first sub-frame in relation to those corresponding image points in the second sub-frame is measured and, on the basis of this information, correction values are calculated, with which the zoom difference and/or the vertical offset is reduced, given appropriate application to the zoom and/or pitch setting. The invention also relates to a controlling means or regulating means of a camera rig having two cameras, which is configured to carry out said method.
US10356326B2
A camera includes an image pickup device configured to receive a light flux passing through a photographing lens and to convert the light flux into an electric signal, a display device configured to perform a live-view display on the basis of the electric signal output from the image pickup device, an aperture driving actuator configured to adjust a light amount passing through the photographing lens, and a controller configured to control a stop timing of the live-view display performed before an exposure at the time of a still-image photography on the display device in accordance with an operation condition of the aperture driving actuator at the time of the still-image photography.
US10356321B2
An imaging apparatus includes: an optical system that includes a focus lens and an aperture; an image sensor that converts a subject image formed by the optical system into an electric signal; a reading control circuit that reads the electric signal converted by the image sensor; a shaking detection sensor that detects movement applied to the imaging apparatus, the shaking detection sensor including an angular velocity sensor and an acceleration sensor; a camera-work detection unit that detects camerawork in the imaging apparatus according to a detection result of the shaking detection sensor; and a shooting control unit that controls the focus lens and the aperture in the optical system, and the shooting control unit switches focus adjustment control and/or exposure adjustment control when the camera work is detected by the camera-work detection unit.
US10356319B2
Example implementations described herein are directed to systems and methods for providing a panoramic video connection between one location and another, or between one location and a number of distributed remote viewers, which provides reciprocity in terms of awareness of who is viewing and what they are looking at. In example implementations described herein, radial displays present panoramic video from remote locations, or synthesized views of face shots positioned to indicate the viewing direction of remote viewers.
US10356317B2
A system for wide-scale light field imaging comprising: a network of multiple terrestrial cameras positioned at multiple known locations, where each of the cameras comprises a wide-angle lens directed towards the sky and configured to capture one or more images of the sky, and a processor configured to operate a wired and/or wireless communications infrastructure for transmitting the captured images; and a server configured to receive the wirelessly transmitted images and jointly process the received images, thereby producing a wide-scale light field image of the sky.
US10356301B2
An embodiment of the invention provides an imaging system (10) in which captured data obtained by an imaging unit (22) of a pan/tilt camera (14) provided in a moving body (12) is transmitted and a captured image is displayed on a display screen (200). The imaging system (10) includes a coordinate designation unit (46) that designates designation coordinates and movement destination coordinates as a command to adjust an angle of view, an angle-of-view adjustment period calculation unit (50) that calculates pan/tilt operation parameters, using the designation coordinates and the movement destination coordinates, a movement state calculation unit (52) that calculates a movement state of the imaging unit from the captured data, and a pan/tilt operation parameter correction unit (54) that corrects the pan/tilt operation parameter on the basis of the movement state of the imaging unit.
US10356289B2
A simple method is presented, of converting a smartphone into a high quality portable wearable video/audio hidden camera. The conversion produces a camera with the typical for modern smartphones, very high resolution close to 20+ MP. The proposed method of smartphone conversion provides still another benefit: The estimated cost price of the additional new items needed for the conversion is totally less than $1.00 in mass production. As to the smartphone itself, it remains completely unchanged after the less-then-a-minute-long conversion process and can be returned to all its normal functions even quicker. This allows a user to avoid buying the second smartphone specially for conversion, that is, to have the camera in question almost “for free”, because these days virtually any adult already has a smartphone anyway.
US10356288B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide electronic devices, information processing methods and computer programs products wherein collecting units are used for collecting images. A display unit can be used for displaying images collected by the collecting unit on a first plane. A collecting support can be used for installing the collecting unit, wherein the collecting support comprises: a first movable support, arranged on the case of the display unit through a first rotating shaft, which can rotate in a second plane perpendicular to the first plane; a second movable support, arranged on the first movable support through a second rotating shaft, which can rotate relative to the first movable support in the second plane; and wherein the collecting unit is arranged on the second movable support.
US10356284B2
Color processing apparatus, color processing method, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
An input chromaticity data calculation unit 113 calculates input chromaticity data rg from device-dependent color data RGB. A chromaticity data transformation unit 114 transforms the input chromaticity data rg into output chromaticity data xy by referring to an LUT stored by an LUT storage unit 13. A total amount calculation unit 115 refers to the LUT of the LUT storage unit 13 to calculate a total amount Σ′XYZ of the device-independent color data XYZ from the color data RGB. An output color data calculation unit 116 uses the total amount Σ′XYZ to calculate color data XYZ from the output chromaticity data xy.
US10356280B2
An information processing device includes a linker that links respective identification information of one or more persons and an object involved in a transfer established using a network, and an updater that updates the respective identification information for a subsequent transfer transaction.
US10356273B2
The image reading device includes a scanner, a controller, and storage. The controller replicates first original image data specified by a replication instruction among the original image data stored in the storage to generate second original image data and stores information indicating a replication destination of the first original image data in the storage. Upon acquiring third original image data that is original image data from an image of an original document that is newly read by the scanner, the controller determines whether or not original document data volume indicating volume of the third original image data is greater than available capacity of the storage. Upon determining that the original document data volume is greater than the available capacity, the controller deletes one or more parts of the first original image data for which the replication destination information fulfills a predetermined condition from the storage.
US10356268B2
An image reading device includes an image reading unit, a conductive member, a switching portion, and a switching control portion. The image reading unit includes a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion. The light emitting portion irradiates light on a document sheet that is conveyed while in contact with an upper surface of a plate-like contact member. The light receiving portion outputs image data corresponding to light reflected from the document sheet. The conductive member is provided on a lower surface of the contact member. The switching portion is switched between an on-state and an off-state so as to select between a state where the conductive member is grounded or a state where the conductive member is not grounded. The switching control portion controls switching of the switching portion.
US10356261B2
Provided is an image-forming apparatus that is able to determine whether or not reading of a document ends properly without knowing the number of sheets of the document, and when overlapped feeding occurs, is able to estimate the location where overlapped feeding occurs. The image-forming apparatus has a document feeding unit that conveys a set document one sheet at a time, and a document reading unit that reads the conveyed document and obtains document image data. The image-forming apparatus includes an extraction-area-specifying unit that specifies part or all of the top and bottom margins of document image data as extraction areas, a number-image-extracting unit that respectively extracts the images in the extraction areas specified by the extraction-area-specifying unit as number images, and a number-image-summarizing unit that generates a number-verification page on which plural number images are summarized.
US10356260B1
A medium conveyance device includes an openable and closable cover that covers a conveyance path for a medium, a sensor that includes a transmission unit which transmits a measured object and a reception unit which receives the measured object transmitted from the transmission unit, the sensor for detection of the medium being present on the conveyance path, and a processor that increases a transmission level of the transmission unit when a reception level for the measured object received by the reception unit is less than a threshold, and determines whether the cover is opened based on whether a rate of change of the reception level between before and after an increase in the transmission level is less than a threshold.
US10356257B2
An information processing apparatus includes a presentation unit that, if there is no contact name registered in a contact list in which a contact name representing a name indicative of a contact and multiple pieces of destination information are associated with each other, presents a contact name that includes an attribute of the contact or destination information indicative of a destination of transmission for the transmitting application of interest.
US10356255B2
There is provided an image processing apparatus that outputs projection image data to a projection unit configured to display an image by projecting a projection image onto a print image at a projection plane. A first acquisition unit acquires image data. A second acquisition unit acquires parameters related to reflectances at a plurality of positions on the print image. A setting unit sets an offset value for performing offset adjustment of at least one color of the image at the projection plane. A correction unit configured to generate the projection image data by correcting a pixel value of a pixel in the image data based on the offset value and the parameter at a position in the print image that corresponds to the pixel.
US10356253B2
In an image reading system that includes an information processing apparatus and an image reading apparatus which can communicate with the information processing apparatus, the image reading apparatus receives, from the information processing apparatus, a scan job and causes a reader to read a document in response to a user instruction, transmits an execution status of the scan job to the information processing apparatus, and transmits the image data obtained by the reading to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus transmits the scan job, makes a request to the image reading apparatus to obtain the image data of the document based on the execution status of the scan job, and receives the image data from the image reading apparatus.
US10356251B2
A system, smart device and method for apportioning costs of smart device operations between purposes. Operation information concerning operations performed by the smart device is recorded. The operations are apportioned between purposes based on categorization information and the operation information. The cost of the apportioned operations performed by the device is determined for the purposes based on the operation information and tariff information.
US10356249B2
An echo time delay detection method, an echo elimination device, and terminal equipment are provided. The echo time delay detection method includes: obtaining an audio signal transmitted through air and acquired by an audio input device of terminal equipment when detecting a call access request, the audio signal corresponding to an audio output by an audio output device of the terminal equipment; converting the audio signal to obtain a signal to be processed; determining a reference signal corresponding to the audio signal; and determining an echo time delay value according to the reference signal and the signal to be processed.
US10356244B1
Methods and apparatuses are described for automated predictive call routing using reinforcement learning. A server captures a bitstream of an incoming call from a first client device, the bitstream including metadata comprising attributes of the incoming call and attributes of a user of the device. The server determines an identity of the user based upon the metadata. The server generates a first context vector comprising a multidimensional array corresponding to the metadata. The server inserts the first vector into a high-dimensional vector space comprising historical context vectors, each historical vector (i) corresponding to metadata associated with a historical call and (ii) associated with an income value and a routing decision. The server determines historical vectors in proximity to the first vector. The server identifies one of the determined historical vectors with an optimal income value and routes the bitstream to a second device using the routing decision.
US10356242B2
A computing system for managing one or more communication interrupts during a communication session associated with a resource in an enterprise is disclosed. The computing system includes a monitoring module for monitoring one or more parameters of the communication session. The system further includes a database for storing the one or more monitored parameters. The system further includes a determination module for determining at least one participation score for the resource based on the one or more stored parameters. The system further includes a control module for controlling the one or more communication interrupts based on the at least one determined participation score.
US10356240B2
In particular embodiments, the system is adapted to: (1) monitor a user's behavior to anticipate that the user is likely to imminently place a request for emergency services; and (2) in response to determining that a request for emergency services is likely to be initiated imminently, facilitating the transmission of telemetry data from the user's mobile computing device to a remote computer for use in determining a dispatchable location for use by a PSAP that will handle the request for emergency services. The system may execute these steps in advance of the request for emergency services being initiated.
US10356239B1
A computer-implemented method to provide transcriptions of an audio communication session is disclosed. The method may include receiving audio data at a first device from a second device over a first wireless network connection of a first wireless network type and providing the audio data to a speaker of the first device for output of the audio data. The method may further include encoding the audio data at the first device based on a second wireless network type and transmitting the encoded audio data from the first device over a second wireless network of the second wireless network type.
US10356223B1
Technology is described for migrating connections for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Data packets may be received from an IoT device for forwarding to a first physical host in a computing service environment. A determination to migrate the connection for the IoT device from the first physical host to a second physical host in the computing service environment may be performed when a throughput of the data packets received from the IoT device for the first physical host exceeds a defined threshold. A connection migration procedure may be initiated to migrate the connection for the IoT device from the first physical host to the second physical host. The connection migration procedure may include an exchange of session state information for the IoT device from the first physical host to the second physical host to enable the migration of the connection to the second physical host.
US10356220B2
A determination unit determines whether a server is an apparatus configured with an information processing apparatus in an integrated manner, and according to a result of the determination of the determination unit, a communication connection between the server and the information processing apparatus is controlled, and the transition of a power state is controlled.
US10356219B2
The present invention provides an image transmission apparatus, an information processing terminal, an image transmission method, an information processing method, a program, and an information storage medium that allow a user to obtain a high-quality image according to a desired field-of-view range without constraining the communication band. A panorama image acquiring section acquires an image. A field-of-view range data accepting section accepts field-of-view range data associated with a field-of-view range from a client. A clip image transmitting section transmits, to the client, an image that is an image generated on the basis of part of the acquired image and is according to the field-of-view range associated with the accepted field-of-view range data.
US10356217B2
A method and apparatus for providing virtual weather data are described. Embodiments retrieve a plurality of weather data snapshots of historical weather data and provide an API through which a plurality of remote clients request weather data. A request specifying a first set of geographical and spatial coordinates and further specifying a first set of time and date coordinates is received. In response to the request, a first set of weather data is determined from the plurality of weather data snapshots of historical weather data, based on the first set of geographical and spatial coordinates and the first set of time and date coordinates and transmitted to the first remote client. A plurality of follow-on sets of geographical and spatial weather data are also requested and transmitted to the first remote client.
US10356211B2
Large-scale images are retrieved over network communications channels for display on a client device by selecting an update image parcel relative to an operator controlled image viewpoint to display via the client device. A request is prepared for the update image parcel and associated with a request queue for subsequent issuance over a communications channel. The update image parcel is received from the communications channel and displayed as a discrete portion of the predetermined image. The update image parcel optimally has a fixed pixel array size, is received in a single and or plurality of network data packets, and were the fixed pixel array may be constrained to a resolution less than or equal to the resolution of the client device display.
US10356209B2
The disclosure relates to technology for supporting context-aware content retrieval in a network. A router receives an interest message including a content name and a contextual requirement. Memory is accessed to determine whether the content name of the interest message matches a content name stored in the memory. In response to the content name matching the content name of the interest message, the router determines whether interfaces stored in the memory are associated with the content name. The contextual requirement in the interest message is matched with the contextual information associated with the interfaces stored in the memory, the interest message is forwarded to one of interfaces for which the contextual requirement in the interest message matches the contextual information of the interface(s) pertaining to the content. The router then aggregates the forwarded interest message including the contextual requirement with the pending interest message in the memory.
US10356201B2
Embodiments herein include methods and systems for use in delivering resources to a client device over a local network. An exemplary system comprises a plurality of caching devices operable to cache resources on behalf of a plurality of content providers, and a local caching device communicatively situated between an access network and the client device, wherein the access network is communicably situated between the plurality of caching devices and the local caching device. The local caching device is operable to retrieve a requested resource from at least one of the plurality of caching devices, deliver the requested resource to the client device over the local network, and store the requested resource for future requests by other client devices.
US10356200B2
The subject matter of this specification generally relates to pre-caching data for a predicted future action. In some implementations, a client device includes a data storage device having a cache that stores data received for one or more mobile applications and a data processing apparatus that communicates with the data storage device and a display. A user interface context can be determined for a given user interface being presented for a given application. A predicted next action that a user of the client device will perform at the given user interface can be determined based on the user interface context. Prior to detecting the predicted next action, a request for next action data that will be presented in response to the user performing the predicted next action can be transmitted over a network. The next action data can be received and stored in the cache.
US10356189B2
A method, a sports watch, a computer program, a computing device and a system for creating an event accessible over a communications network, characterized by the method comprising receiving a first sport-specific data from a first sports watch; receiving a second sport-specific data from a second sports watch; comparing the first sport-specific data and the second sport-specific data; detecting a common context with the first sport-specific data and the sport-specific second data; and creating an event based on the common context.
US10356183B2
An image photographing method for sharing a shared image, which is a plurality of images obtained by photographing an identical subject 103 with a plurality of cameras or an image generated from the plurality of images, between a plurality of users of the plurality of cameras, the image photographing method including: judging whether a target camera that is one of the plurality of cameras photographs subject 103 (S401); and allowing a user of the target camera to browse the shared image according to a period in which the target camera photographs subject 103 (S403) when the judgement that the target camera photographs subject 103 is made (Yes in S402).
US10356181B2
An information processing system includes a device; and an information processing apparatus including a conversion unit configured to convert second data in a second format, different from a first format processable for the device, to generate first data in the first format; a first transmission unit configured to send the first data to the device; a reception unit configured to receive information indicating an operation to a screen, displayed on a display unit of the device based on the first data; and a second transmission unit configured to send to the device, an instruction to perform processing related to the operation indicated by the information, the processing being defined in the second data. The device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire data that is an object to be processed in the processing performed in accordance with the instruction, via a network without passing through the information processing apparatus.
US10356163B2
A method at a server system includes: in response to a request for a user to enter a first information exchange hall, detecting a lock status of predefined information of an information exchange operation that is associated with the user and a second information hall; in accordance with a determination that an operation state of an information exchange operation that was executed at the second information exchange hall is a predefined inactive operation state: changing the lock status of the predefined information from the locked state to the unlocked state; and processing entry of the user into the first information exchange hall; and in accordance with a determination that the operation state of the information exchange operation is a predefined active operation state, initiating a process to restore entry of the user into the second information exchange hall.
US10356161B2
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for classloading in a multitenant application server environment. The system includes a domain with a plurality of partitions, and a resource group template including one or more applications, each configured with code shareable across the plurality of partitions. A class loader hierarchy can be created for each application instance in a partition, wherein the class loader hierarchy includes a class loader structure for that application instance, a partition class loader for the partition, and a shared application class loader for all instances of that application. At runtime, the class loader structure for an application instance can use the partition class loader as a parent class loader to load classes visible to the partition, and use the shared application class loader as an alternative parent class loader.
US10356159B1
Techniques are described that enable initiating playback of a media fragment before the entire fragment has been downloaded. Also described are techniques that enable a more granular approach to the way in which a client device requests and plays back media fragments.
US10356158B2
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for aggregation and management of cloud storage among a plurality of providers. In a first aspect, the invention is directed to file distribution and management across multiple cloud services via a storage manager. The storage manager may aggregate third-party cloud storage provider accounts into a single cloud storage space and load balance files among the third party-accounts as necessary. In one implementation, the storage manager may act as an intermediary, and files may be transferred by the client to the storage manager, which may select and forward the files to a third-party storage provider. File retrieval may be performed similarly, with the client requesting a file from the intermediary storage manager, which may retrieve the file from the corresponding third-party storage provider and forward the file to the client device.
US10356156B2
The present disclosure discloses a method and a device for loading a webpage. The method for loading a webpage includes: sending a webpage request message to a server; receiving an initial webpage of the webpage returned from the server, the initial webpage including an agent; sending a WebSocket connection request message to the server through the agent, to establish a WebSocket connection with the server; sending a page component request message of the webpage to the server based on the WebSocket connection, to load page component of the webpage; receiving the page components of the webpage returned from the server based on the WebSocket connection; and creating the page components at corresponding positions in the initial webpage.
US10356153B2
A method for transferring session data includes receiving a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request that includes user credential data from a client computer program; determining whether to apply a filter that includes data inclusion condition(s) or data exclusion condition(s) to data pertaining to a session between a first application and the client computer program; storing a data structure containing the user credential data in response to the client computer program not meeting the data inclusion condition(s) or the session meeting the data exclusion condition(s); transmitting an HTTP response that includes an identifier of the data structure and an identifier of a second computer program function, which utilizes the identifier of the data structure to retrieve data to authenticate the client computer program; and erasing the data structure from the memory to prevent replay attacks.
US10356152B2
Some embodiments relate to a system for processing local information. The system provides feedback of certain information from a central processor to local processors, thus leaving the local processors to decide on the relevance of the individual contribution of same before transmitting the local information thereof. This allows the central processor to obtain all the information it needs in order to perform a real-time merge, while greatly reducing the number of messages transmitted by the local processors.
US10356147B2
Media consumers can elect to have local news, weather, traffic, or other perishable content inserted into customized media streams. The perishable content is inserted into the media stream as an add-in block containing items associated with a particular locale that matches a user location source preference. The user can specify a static location source preference, or a follow-me, or roaming preference, in which the user's current location is used. The perishable content is selected for inclusion in an add-in block by matching a user's location preference to a locale associated with the perishable content.
US10356145B2
A method and apparatus for an adaptive Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) streaming service using metadata of content are provided. The metadata of the content may be efficiently divided for a purpose of use of a terminal based on general media information or specific media information, and may be transmitted to the terminal. A group may include one or more representations of content. The metadata may include a group element, and the group element may provide a summary of attributes of one or more representations included in the group.
US10356141B2
Provide are a method and device for exchanging endpoint information and a telepresence endpoint. The method includes that: multiplexing information is exchanged between telepresence endpoints. By means of the present disclosure, the problem in the related art that there are too many ports and multiplexing transmission is unsmooth due to the fact that a multiplexing transmission mode of a traditional session system is still adopted in a telepresence system based on a conventional protocol architecture is solved, and the effect of exchanging the multiplexing information between the telepresence endpoints and therefore multiplexing can be successfully performed in the telepresence system is further achieved.
US10356135B2
A social networking system generates stories based on actions taken by entities of the social networking system. The system applies a set of rules to the stories to categorize each story and displays the news feed as multiple sections, each displaying a category of generated stories. A story may be categorized according to its content and/or the user associated with the story. In addition to stories about a user's direct connections, stories may be generated by the user's soft connections. Supplemental content may be generated based on a section of the newsfeed currently being accessed and displayed in a related content unit adjacent to a news feed section.
US10356133B2
The present invention provides a telecom control function in a communication terminal. The telecom control function is configured to receive call indicia when a call tag in a software entity, such as an application or electronic document, is selected by a user of the communication terminal. The call indicia provides information associated with a remote party with which a call is being requested by the user. The telecom control function may use the call indicia along with user indicia obtained from the user and indirectly establish a call with the remote party using a telephony terminal other than the communication terminal. If the communication terminal includes a telecommunication client capable of supporting a call, the telecom control function may instruct the telecommunication client to directly initiate the call with the remote party using the call indicia.
US10356131B2
A system and method for facilitating communication between one or more of a plurality of user virtual machines and external devices is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of uplink bridges configured to facilitate communication between the plurality of user virtual machines and the external devices, a plurality of local bridges, with each of the plurality of user virtual machines being connected to one or more of the plurality of local bridges, and a first multiplexing bridge connected to the plurality of local bridges. The first multiplexing bridge is configured to direct data between the plurality of user virtual machines and the plurality of uplink bridges. The system also includes a second multiplexing bridge connected to the first multiplexing bridge and the plurality of uplink bridges. The second multiplexing bridge is configured to direct the data between the first multiplexing bridge and the plurality of uplink bridges.
US10356125B2
A computer-implemented method of preventing leakage of user credentials to phishing websites may comprise capturing user credentials input to website; updating a stored list of trusted website credentials upon determining that the domain of the URL of the website is present in a stored list of trusted websites; generating a hash of the captured user credentials; determining whether the hashed user credentials matches one of the hashed user credentials in the list of trusted website credentials; and when a match is found, requesting input whether the website is trusted or whether the website is unknown and/or untrusted; sending the URL to a remote computer server when the input indicates that the website is unknown and/or untrusted and disallowing submission of the user credentials to the website; adding the domain of the URL to the stored list of trusted websites, adding the generated hash of the captured user credentials to a stored list of trusted website credentials and allowing submission of the user credentials to the website.
US10356123B2
A method, computer program product, and computer system for identifying a first user in a network. Access to at least a portion of the network is available to at least one of the first user and a second user based upon, at least in part, one or more attributes of the first user. If there is a determination of a change in an attribute of the one or more attributes of the first user has occurred, removing at least a portion of the access to at least the portion of the network from at least one of the first user and the second user based upon, at least in part, the change in the attribute of the one or more attributes of the first user.
US10356113B2
Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for detecting abnormal behavior in a main device and a terminal device, included in a control network, using a whitelist. The apparatus for detecting abnormal behavior includes an information collection unit for collecting system information about the main device and system information about the terminal device and a detection unit for detecting abnormal behavior in the main device and the terminal device by comparing a whitelist with system information that includes the system information about the main device and the system information about the terminal device, wherein the whitelist includes a process whitelist, a file whitelist, and a network whitelist.
US10356109B2
According to an example, security indicator linkage determination may include parsing input data that is used to determine a plurality of sequences of steps that are involved in attacks. A linkage selected from temporal, spatial, and/or behavioral linkages may be applied to the parsed input data to determine the plurality of sequences of steps. A security indicator that is related to a potential attack may be received. The plurality of sequences of steps may be used to determine whether the security indicator matches a step in one of the plurality of sequences of steps. In response to a determination that the security indicator matches a step in one of the plurality of sequences of steps, linkage between the security indicator and another security indicator from the one of the plurality of sequences of steps that are involved in the attacks may be identified.
US10356099B2
A controller for user authentication and access control, configured to: store data representing a graph having: nodes representing data elements associated with accesses made using an access token; and links among the nodes representing connections between the data elements identified in details of the accesses. In response to receiving details of an access made using the access token, the controller updates the graph according to the details and identifies a new connection in the graph resulting from update. The controller communicates with an identity service to verify the association of data elements corresponding to the new connection in the graph. Based on a result of the verification, the controller authenticates the user of the access and/or controls the access.
US10356097B2
A server system for a domain name system (DNS) which operates to concurrently provide both public-facing and restricted channels for receiving and handling Internet Protocol (IP) address requests from a population of computers. The server system implements an alternative DNS request handling process to provide a trusted computer entity with exclusive access to the restricted channels.
US10356096B2
An authentication system can be operable to receive from a user premises device credentials associated with a user identity, wherein the user premises device can also be operable to monitor and control a premise of the user identity. The authentication system can process the credentials and transmit an authentication verification to an on-line system to enable access to the on-line system by a user equipment of the user identity. The authentication system can be used as a factor (or additional factor) of authentication, for example, to gain sooner access to an on-line system that has locked out a user identity in response to a personal denial of service (PDoS) attack.
US10356095B2
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for managing access to a secure exchange environment managed by an intermediate business entity through a user email identity, the method comprising establishing a secure exchange server hosted by an intermediate business entity, wherein communications and access to a collection of files established by a first business entity are managed for a second business entity; and establishing an email effectivity facility that allows a user of the first business entity to specify a condition for email-based access to at least one resource in the collection of files, wherein the condition expresses (a) an effective period for using an email providing access to the resource and (b) a condition of email access to the resource by a designated individual of the second business entity, wherein the access permission was assigned using a specific email address of the designated individual.
US10356091B2
A system for automatic authentication of service requests includes authentication of a remote access device. This authentication may be accomplished automatically prior to text or audio communication between a customer and a service agent. In some embodiments, authentication is accomplished automatically by authentication of the remote access device or accomplished by asking the customer questions. A single authentication of the remote access device may be used to authenticate a service request transferred between service agents. The authentication of the remote device may include, for example, use of a personal identification number, a fingerprint, a photograph, and/or a hardware identifier. Some embodiments include an intelligent pipeline configured for managing queues of customer service requests and/or customer service agent control over a customer's access device. Some embodiments include logic configured to manage and enhance communication channels between devices.
US10356090B2
A first terminal initiates a communication session with a second terminal by sending a first session request to a server for initiating a communication channel with the second terminal, receiving a first session response from the server, said first response including an identifier for a session channel and data relevant to the second terminal, sending a second session request to the second terminal including an identifier for the first terminal, receiving a third session response from the second terminal, and establishing a connection over the session channel.
US10356089B2
An electronic device includes a processor and a memory functionally connected to the processor. The electronic device acquires user's biometric information through a biometric sensor, determines virtual biometric information corresponding to the acquired biometric information, and transmits the virtual biometric information to an external electronic device through communication circuitry. The electronic device may include the biometric sensor, the communication circuitry, and the memory may be electrically connected to the biometric sensor and the communication module and store instructions to be executed by the processor.
US10356086B1
The present invention provides methods and apparatuses that utilize a portable apparatus to securely operate a host electronic device. Typically, each portable apparatus includes a data storage unit which stores an operating system and other software. In one example, a portable apparatus can provide a virtual operating environment on top of a host's operating system for a host device. In another example, a portable apparatus containing its operating system can directly boot a host device with one or more hardware profiles. Furthermore, a device-dependent protection against software piracy, a user-dependent protection against sensitive data leaks, a controllable host operating environment to prevent unwanted information exposure, and a secure restoration procedure to prevent virus infection between the host device users may be incorporated. Moreover, a pre-defined information may also be utilized to authorize a connected-state guest operation environment in the host device.
US10356082B2
Disclosed are various examples for facilitating distribution of an authentication code to installation of managed applications. An identity certificate is sent to a device by installing a configuration profile on the client device. The configuration profile includes the identity certificate. A management service can also initiate installation of a managed application. The identity certificate can be used to authenticate the client device so that an authentication key can be provided to the managed application.
US10356080B2
Techniques described herein may be used to centralize authentication and authorization for accessing cloud services provided by different cloud platform deployments. A user equipment (UE) may provide user information to a cloud admin server. The cloud admin server may authenticate and authorize the UE locally and then initiate a sign on procedure with each cloud platform deployment. The sign on procedure may include obtaining user group information for the user and providing the user group information to the cloud platform deployments so that the cloud platform deployments may return permission information without having to each perform an authentication and authorization procedure. The cloud admin server may relay the permission information to the UE, and the UE may use the permission information to access any/all of the cloud services.
US10356068B2
In one embodiment, a system includes a sender host having a processing circuit and logic integrated with and/or executable by the processing circuit. The logic is configured to cause the processing circuit to select a plurality of base parameters commonly identifiable by a sender host and a receiver host and determine at least one external event that triggers a change in selection of the plurality of base parameters to a plurality of changed parameters. The logic also causes the processing circuit to generate a unique security key using the plurality of base parameters in response to a determination that the at least one external event has not occurred, generate the unique security key using the plurality of changed parameters in response to a determination that the at least one external event has occurred, and send, by the sender host, a message including the unique security key to the receiver host.
US10356067B2
A method of operating a first device in group of devices in a network is disclosed. The method comprises encrypting and decrypting, with a processor of the first device, communications with other devices in the group of devices using a shared key that is stored in a memory of each device in the group of devices; receiving, with a transceiver of the first device, a first message from a second device in the group of devices, the first message indicating that the first device is authorized to share the shared key; and transmitting, with the first device, the shared key to a third device in the network that is not in the first group of devices only after receiving the first message indicating that the first device is authorized to share the shared key.
US10356062B2
A plurality of keys is obtained, with each obtained key of the plurality of keys being based at least in part on an information set for the plurality of keys and at least one other key distinct from the plurality of keys. A signing key is calculated by inputting a combination of the plurality of keys into a function with the information set for the plurality of keys, and the signing key is used to evaluate whether access to one or more computing resources is to be granted, with the information set preventing access from being granted when a request for the access is submitted out of compliance with the information set for the plurality of keys.
US10356061B2
A process of hiding one or more public keys inside of random noise is introduced, whose purpose is to protect the privacy of the public keys. In some embodiments, the random noise is produced by quantum randomness, using photonic emission with a light emitting diode. When the public key generation and random noise have the same probability distributions, and the key size is fixed, the security of the hiding can be made arbitrarily close to perfect secrecy, by increasing the noise size. The process of hiding can protect public keys that are vulnerable to Shor's algorithm or analogs of Shor's algorithm, executed by a quantum computer. The hiding process is practical in terms of infrastructure and cost, utilizing the existing TCP/IP infrastructure as a transmission medium, and a light emitting diode(s) in the random noise generator.
US10356051B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed for facilitating two-way email communication in manner that obfuscates sender and recipient email addresses. The method includes receiving a correspondence request indication; assigning a first transaction address to a sender and a second transaction address to a recipient; receiving a message from the sender; associating the message from the sender with the first transaction address; and causing a transmission of the message from the sender to the recipient using the first transaction address. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.
US10356049B2
Based on a hidden service address table stored in a memory, a virtual circuit related to a hidden service is mapped to a corresponding port-level channel based on the hidden service's address. Data associated with the hidden service is routed between the virtual circuit and the port-level channel. This enables binding of high level anonymity protocols to low level communication services of a network fabric and ensures that other nodes in the network fabric can leverage fabric-hosted hidden services without requiring updates to an existing anonymity protocol.
US10356041B2
A Domain Name Service (DNS) administration computer system for centralized DNS administration includes at least one processor. The processor is configured to identify a first administrative action to be performed on a first DNS server. The processor is also configured to generate a first operation request message in an administrative language. The processor is further configured to transmit the first operation request message to a first DNS interface module associated with a first DNS server type of the first DNS server. The first DNS interface module is configured to perform one or more operational interactions with the first DNS server based at least in part on the first operation request, thereby performing the first administrative action on the first DNS server.
US10356033B2
A method and communication device for processing data for transmission from the communication device to a second communication device is provided. It is detected that the data comprises an attachment. An address of a copy of the attachment is determined, the attachment present on a storage device external to the communication devices. An address of the copy of the attachment is substituted in the data such that the copy is retrievable at the second communication device via the address. The data is then transmitted to the second communication device.
US10356032B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting confidential information emails. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided for detecting confidential information emails. The method includes obtaining a sender address of an electronic message, the sender address comprising a first username and a first domain name, and obtaining at least one recipient address of the electronic message, the recipient address comprising a second username and a second domain name. The method also includes determining whether the recipient address and the sender address are different addresses of a user, and based on the determination, flagging the electronic message.
US10356030B2
Systems and methods for email synchronization may include a computing device with a token bucket. The token bucket allows for temporary storage of tokens, each token authorizing a synchronization of at least one email application running on the computing device. The device may determine a frequency of received email communications associated with an email account managed by the at least one email application and hosted by an email server. The determining may be based on one or more characteristics associated with the token bucket. The determined frequency may be compared with a threshold value. When the determined frequency is equal to or lower than the threshold value, a push communication channel may be established with the email server, the push communication channel for receiving server-initiated email push communications. The at least one email application may be synchronized with the email account by receiving push communications using the push communication channel.
US10356023B2
A system and method for the late-biding of time-based media in real-time. With late binding, the sender may create time-based media before or at the same time an active delivery route to the recipient is discovered. As soon as the route becomes available, the media is transmitted. The existing DNS and email infrastructure is possibly used for route discovery, while any real-time transmission protocol may be used for the actual delivery of the media. “Progressive” emails may also be used for the real-time delivery of time-based media.
US10356021B2
A method of event creation and communication comprising: sending an invitation to an event by an individual; displaying the invitation on an event page of the individual, wherein the invitation appears as a bubble on the event page of the individual, information on the event displayed within the bubble; and illuminating a perimeter of the bubble at a predetermined timeframe prior to the event.
US10356009B2
Multiple-core processor to be connected, by way of communication ports, to a deterministic switched Ethernet network using virtual links to which items of equipment are connected, the processor including clusters each including cores, wherein at least one cluster of the processor implements a switch function that makes it possible to interconnect the items of equipment in the network. At least one cluster of the processor implements an end system function providing functions of sending and receiving data in the network, and at least one cluster of the processor implements an application.
US10356004B2
A load balancer receives a sequence of requests for computing service and distributes the requests for computing service to a computing node in an ordered list of computing nodes until the computing node reaches its maximum allowable compute capability. Responsive to an indication that the computing node has reached its maximum allowable compute capability, the load balancer distributes subsequent requests for computing service to another computing node in the ordered list. If the computing node is the last computing node in the ordered list, the load balancer distributes a subsequent request for computing service to a computing node other than one of the computing nodes in the ordered list of computing nodes. If the computing node is not the last computing node in the ordered list, the load balancer distributes a subsequent request for computing service to another computing node in the ordered list of computing nodes.
US10356003B2
The present invention discloses a method for truncating a service period, a network controller, and a station. The method includes: determining allocation control information of an service period, where the allocation control information includes a truncation indication and a truncation type indication; and sending the allocation control information to a station, so that the station uses the service period to perform communication, and truncates the service period according to a truncation type indicated by the truncation type indication when the service period is surplus and the truncation indication indicates that the service period can be truncated. According to the method for truncating a service period, the network controller, and the station in embodiments of the present invention, interference to communication after the service period is truncated can be reduced.
US10356001B1
Systems, methods, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed for processing and displaying multiple signals in near real-time. An embodiment operates by processing, using a first digital signal processor (DSP) of a first signal module, a first packet associated with a first signal. The embodiment also processes, using a second DSP of a second signal module, a second packet associated with a second signal. The embodiment equalizes a first processing delay associated with the first DSP with a second processing delay associated with the second DSP such that the first DSP completes processing of the first packet approximately simultaneously with the second DSP completing processing of the second packet. The embodiment then displays the processed first packet approximately simultaneously with the display of the processed second packet.
US10355997B2
A method and system of improving TCP performance by offloading TCP processing to a protocol acceleration module is provided. For example, one or more in-sequence data packets being transmitted between a protocol sender and a protocol receiver is observed, and either the protocol sender or receiver resides within a virtualized host. A determination is made whether the protocol packet buffer within the protocol acceleration module is full. In further examples, one or more in-sequence packets are processed in an accelerated mode, where the processing includes copying the in-sequence data packets into the protocol packet buffer.
US10355995B2
A method of identifying a network condition between a pair of network devices, wherein one of the devices comprises a processor capable of executing instructions for forming a media stream for transmission over the network, the method comprising: monitoring a measure of delay in receiving media over the network; monitoring a measure of load on the processor; and identifying a network condition in dependence on a change in the measure of delay and the measure of load on the processor.
US10355991B1
Techniques are described for managing communications for a managed virtual computer network overlaid on a distinct substrate computer network, including for communications involving computing nodes of the managed virtual computer network that use an alternative addressing scheme to direct network packets and other network communications to intended destination locations by using textual network node monikers instead of numeric IP addresses to represent computing nodes at a layer 3 or “network layer” of a corresponding computer networking stack in use by the computing nodes. The techniques are provided without modifying or configuring the network devices of the substrate computer network, by using configured modules to manage and modify communications from the logical edge of the substrate network.
US10355990B2
A multi-port access node, for communicating data to-and-fro a plurality of transceiver units via a plurality of respective communication lines, comprising: a plurality of processors, each processor includes a main communication unit that includes a network-side port, said processor includes at least one line-side port associated with a respective one of said communication lines, at least one of said processors further includes a relay unit having a relay port, said relay unit Is coupled with said main communication unit of the same said processor, said relay port is coupled with at least one of said network-side port of at least one different said processor, wherein said relay unit is configured to relay at least part of said data in at least one of a downstream direction destined toward at least one of said transceiver units, and an upstream direction arriving from at least one of said transceiver units.
US10355987B1
In various embodiments, an apparatus, non-transitory computer-readable media, and computer-implemented method are provided to: detect, by a current node in a network path along which first data is transmitted from a transmitting node to a receiving node in the network path along which the first data is transmitted in a network, network path information that is based on a first policy and is positioned in a header of a first packet that is specified according to a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network protocol, the network path information in the header of the first packet being for use by the current node in transmitting the first data from the transmitting node to the receiving node in the network path along which the first data is transmitted, where the network path information in the header of the first packet includes: a region scoped node identifier that is in an identifier space having a scope that spans within a particular region of the network, and that globally identifies a particular node in a plurality of nodes in the particular region of the network, where the particular node is included in a network path segment that includes the current node and the receiving node in the network path along which the first data is transmitted, and a node scoped network interface identifier that identifies a network interface of a specific node for transmitting the first data that is communicatively coupled between the transmitting node and the receiving node in the network path along which the first data is transmitted; and perform additional processing.
US10355980B2
In one example, a method includes receiving, by a network device, first data defining a group of LSPs, receiving second data defining one or more constraints for one or more bypass LSPs, and receiving third data defining a mapping between the group of LSPs and the one or more bypass LSPs. The method also includes, in response to receiving the third data, automatically signaling, by the network device, a bypass LSP in accordance with the one or more constraints, selecting, by the network device and based on the mapping, a respective alternate next hop for rerouting network traffic received on each LSP of the group of LSPs to the signaled bypass LSP, and programming a forwarding component of the network device to install each of the respective alternate next hops as alternate next hops to primary next hops for the LSPs of the group of LSPs.
US10355965B1
A mobility management entity to facilitate responses to service requests comprises a communication transceiver and a processing system. The communication transceiver is configured to transfer a plurality of requests for delivery to a network element. The processing system is configured to monitor response times of individual responses transmitted from the network element in response to the plurality of requests, process the response times to determine whether or not at least one of the response times exceeds a threshold value, and responsive to determining that at least one of the response times exceeds the threshold value, increase a capacity indicator that indicates an amount of loading on the mobility management entity.
US10355962B2
Embodiments provide systems, methods, and computer program products for inferring node and link information from traceroute data in order to generate topology information. A system receives traceroute data for a data packet that traverses a path from a source to a destination. The system infers port types for the addresses in the traceroute data and groups subsets of the addresses in the traceroute data into logical nodes based on neighbor relationships demonstrated in backward and forward neighbors sets. The system then generates node and link information based on the inferred and grouped information.
US10355959B2
Examples are disclosed for determining or using server transaction latency information. In some examples, a network input/output device coupled to a server may be capable of time stamping information related to ingress request and egress response packets for a transaction. For these examples, elements of the server may be capable of determining transaction latency values based on the time stamped information. The determined transaction latency values may be used to monitor or manage operating characteristics of the server to include an amount of power provided to the server or an ability of the server to support one or more virtual servers. Other examples are described and claimed.
US10355943B1
Various example implementations are directed to circuits, apparatuses, and methods for monitoring and/or analysis of computing servers. According to an example embodiment, an apparatus includes a processing circuit having an analysis circuit configured to retrieve operating state data for a plurality of servers. The analysis circuit determines an operating state of each of the servers for a plurality of time periods. The determined operating state is one of an up state, a warning state, and a down state. The processing circuit also includes an interface circuit configured to provide a graphical user interface (GUI). For each of the servers, the GUI displays a timeline having a respective time block for each of the plurality of time periods. Each time block has a graphical indication of one of the three states of operation corresponding to the operating state of the server at the corresponding time period.
US10355942B1
Features are disclosed for facilitating remote management of network directories of organizations by a directory management system. The network directories may change over time, experiencing growth in size and number of current connections, increased latency, reduced performance, and the like. The network directories may also shrink over time, experience fewer connections, etc. Organizations can define scaling policies by which the directory management system can automatically respond to the occurrence of various events, such as changes in the size or usage of the organizations' network directories, by scaling resources associated with the directories. The directory management system can perform various scaling actions on-demand or without requiring additional action by the organizations, thereby reducing the time and effort required by the organizations to monitor their own directories and implement (or request implementation of) changes.
US10355939B2
A method is provided for networking nodes in a data center network structure, including connecting at least ten base units each including connected nodes with southbound connections of a multi-host NIC controller having northbound a higher total bandwidth than southbound, the controllers configured as dragonfly switches; connecting the ten base units with their respective controllers in a modified Peterson graph form as an intragroup network to build a super unit including three groups, where each controller uses three northbound connections for a direct connection to three other base units of the super unit, and in which two base units of each group are connected via a respective one of a fourth northbound connection to one of the other groups, and a remaining base unit not being part of one of the groups is adapted for using three northbound connections for direct connection to one base unit in each group.
US10355920B2
A machine monitoring system uses generically defined collection definitions, acquisition definitions, and measurement definitions to define machine data to be collected by machine monitoring devices and other data sources in a unified and device/source independent manner. Configuration software of the machine monitoring system defines data to be collected for a particular machine in such a manner that multiple different types of monitoring devices or data sources can each interpret the data definitions and provide the same type of data back to the software system. Thus, the data to be collected is defined once by the configuration software, and the data definition is interpreted internally by each monitoring device or data source. This greatly simplifies the monitoring system and provides the advantage that new monitoring devices can be added to the system to collect data without impacting the software configuration of the data required.
US10355913B2
A computing system and method for remote monitoring and forecasting of performance of a managed network is disclosed. The computing system may be disposed within a remote network management platform and be configured for monitoring respective performance of each of a plurality of network entities of the managed network. For each network entity, an alert may be issued in response to determining that the monitored respective performance is below a respective threshold performance level. Based on analysis of a group of alerts, a likelihood may be determined that a different alert will be issued for the monitored performance of a particular network entity of the plurality for which no respective alert has yet been issued. In response to the likelihood exceeding a threshold, an alert prediction for the performance of the particular network entity may be issued together with a score corresponding to the likelihood.
US10355912B2
A system for troubleshooting a network, the system comprising a virtual machine including a virtual central processor in communication with at least one memory, virtual machine including a knowledge base configured to store contextual information related to the network; a knowledge base manager in communication with the knowledge base, the knowledge base manager configured to collect at least one of contextual information and problem information from at least one data source on the network and populate the knowledge base; a problem monitor in communication with the knowledge base and the knowledge base manager, the problem monitor configured to receive the problem information from the knowledge base manager; a query evaluation engine in communication with the knowledge base and the problem monitor; an interface configured to receive a query; and a natural language query translator in communication with the interface and the query evaluation engine; wherein the natural language query translator is configured to provide a natural language query from the interface and transmit the query in a machine readable format to the query evaluation engine; wherein the query evaluation engine collects at least one of the contextual information in the knowledge base and the problem information in the problem manager relevant to the query and generate a recommendation list.
US10355903B2
Systems and methods are provided for peak to average power ratio (PAPR) reduction in multichannel transmissions. A plurality of frequency-domain symbols may be generated and assigned to a plurality of subcarriers associated with a multichannel transmission. The subcarriers may be assigned to a plurality of channels used for the multichannel transmission, with a number of the channels being different than a number of the subcarriers. A plurality of time-domain signals corresponding to the plurality of channels may be generated, and an adjustment may be applied to at least one time-domain signal, to generate a corresponding adjusted time-domain signal. The adjustment may be configured based on one or more characteristic associated with at least two of the frequency-domain symbols. Handling related information may be communicated form the transmit-side to the receive-side, such as using spare carriers, to enable handling an output corresponding to the plurality of time-domain signals.
US10355897B2
The present disclosure provides a method for transmission of uplink control information, UCI, over a physical uplink shared channels, PUSCHs. The method comprising: determining a minimum number of physical resource blocks, PRBs, required for transmission of the UCI, based on the number of downlink component carriers, DL CCs; and scheduling at least the minimum number of PRBs for an uplink component carrier, UL CC, to transmit the UCI. The present disclosure also provides a network node for implementing the same.
US10355895B2
A distributed radio frequency communication system facilitates communication between a wireless terminal and a core network. The system includes a remote radio unit (RRU) coupled to at least one antenna to communicate with the wireless terminal. The RRU includes electronic circuitry to perform at least a first portion of a first-level protocol of a radio access network (RAN) for communicating between the wireless terminal and the core network. The system also includes a baseband unit (BBU) coupled to the core network, and configured to perform at least a second-level protocol of the RAN. A fronthaul link is coupled to the BBU and the RRU. The fronthaul link utilizes an adaptive fronthaul protocol for communication between the BBU and the RRU. The adaptive fronthaul protocol has provisions for adapting to conditions of the fronthaul link and radio network by changing the way data is communicated over the fronthaul link.
US10355894B2
Systems, methods and apparatus are described that facilitate transmission of data between two devices within an electronic apparatus. An apparatus has a bus interface, a 3-phase encoder, and a processing circuit that can configure the 3-phase encoder for a first mode of operation in which data is encoded in a sequence of two-bit symbols, transmit a first three-phase signal representative of the sequence of two-bit symbols on each of the three wires. The processing circuit may be configured to configure the 3-phase encoder for a second mode of operation in which data is encoded in a sequence of three-bit symbols. Three-phase signal representative of the sequence of two-bit symbols or sequence of three-bit symbols on each of three wires, where a three-phase signal is in a different phase on each wire when transmitted, and a transition in signaling state occurs between transmission of each pair of symbols.
US10355891B2
Embodiments may include systems and methods for authenticating a message between a transmitter and a receiver. An apparatus for communication may include a transmitter to transmit a message to a receiver via a physical channel coupling the transmitter and the receiver. The message may be transmitted via a plurality of transmission voltage levels varied from a plurality of nominal voltage levels on the physical channel. The transmitter may include a voltage generator to generate the plurality of transmission voltage levels varied in accordance with a sequence of voltage variations from the plurality of nominal voltage levels for the message. The sequence of voltage variations may serve to authenticate the message between the transmitter and the receiver. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10355886B2
The present invention is directed to data communication systems and methods. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for transceivers to quickly identify FEC mode used in data communication. A transmitting transceiver embeds FEC mode information in a designated field of an alignment marker. The receiving transceiver acknowledges the receipt of the FEC mode information and processes the incoming data accordingly. There are other embodiments as well.
US10355883B2
A signal detection method and a signal detection device are provided. The signal detection method includes steps of: performing channel estimation based on a signal received by each of antennae, to acquire a channel estimation matrix for transmitters multiplexing on identical time-frequency resources on each of the antennae; determining an equivalent Pattern Division Multiple Access (PDMA) channel estimation matrix for each of the antennae based on a PDMA encoding matrix, and acquiring an equivalent multi-antenna PDMA channel estimation matrix for all the antennae based on the equivalent PDMA channel estimation matrix for each of the antennae; performing a joint detection based on the equivalent multi-antenna PDMA channel estimation matrix, an equivalent multi-antenna received signal vector and a set of constellation points of the transmitters multiplexing on the identical time-frequency resources, to acquire Log Likelihood Ratios (LLRs) for the transmitters; and decoding the LLRs for the transmitters, to acquire multi-user information at transmitting end.
US10355881B2
Provided is a system and method for a multi-tenant datacenter with layer 2 cloud interconnection. More specifically the multi-tenant datacenter includes a plurality of client systems in a first datacenter each client system having a set of physical infrastructure resources. A first cloud computing environment is also in the first datacenter, and coupled to the client systems by OSI Layer 2. The first cloud computing environment thereby virtually extending the physical infrastructure resources of each client system. An associated method of providing a multi-tenant datacenter with layer 2 cloud interconnection is also provided.
US10355861B2
Cryptographic affinities are generated to improve security in data centers. When a blade server is hot swapped, the cryptographic affinities protect electronic data stored within the blade server. The cryptographic affinities are generated based on hashing a unique chassis identifier. If the blade server is installed in a different chassis, the cryptographic affinities lock out the different chassis from read, write, and other access operations. The cryptographic affinities may even require deleting or reformatting before rekeying is commenced.
US10355860B2
The present disclosure provides a method and system for generating a QR code by receiving an inputted document; pre-processing the inputted document so as to obtain desired content; encrypting the desired content; and generating one or more QR codes based on the encrypted desired content.
US10355853B1
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a multilayered obstructed brokered network routing and data repackaging system, sometimes referred to as a MOB HUB. The MOB HUB is configured to communicate with a mission computer on a vehicle. At least one mobile computer is configured to communicate with the MOB HUB.
US10355850B2
A high frequency module includes a duplexer that includes a transmission filter, a receive-only filter, and a power amplifier that power-amplifies a transmission signal. In order to improve the isolation characteristics between a transmission signal and a reception signal at the duplexer, the receive-only filter is arranged between the power amplifier and the duplexer.
US10355846B2
The invention relates to a method in a wireless device for mapping a logical channel to one of a first and a second link. The first link is maintained to a first radio network node and the second link is maintained to a second radio network node. The method comprises obtaining (910) information indicating to which of the first and the second links one or more of at least one logical channel is mapped. The method also comprises selecting (920) a logical channel among the at least one logical channel, and mapping (930) the selected logical channel to one of the first and the second links based on the obtained information. The invention also relates to a corresponding method in the first radio network node.
US10355843B2
The present invention provides a massive carrier aggregating method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: controlling a plurality of sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission powers with respect to a plurality of SRS cells to be triggered, respectively; and simultaneously transmitting a plurality of SRSs relating to the plurality of SRS cells to be triggered to a network, wherein the plurality of SRS transmission powers are different from each other.
US10355827B2
Radio equipment (12, 14) is configured for use in a wireless communication system (10). The radio equipment (12, 14) transmits or receives a status report message (18) that includes a negative acknowledgement, NACK, sequence number, SN, field (20) and multiple different sets of segment offset, SO, fields (22-1, . . . 22-N) related to the NACK SN field (20). The different sets of SO fields (22-1, . . . 22-N) may for instance indicate different respective service data unit, SDU, portions that have been detected as lost. These different respective SDU portions may be portions of the same SDU with a SN indicated by the NACK SN field (20).
US10355812B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A transmission method for multiple access is provided. The transmission method including performing, by a transmitter, channel coding on a bit sequence to determine a coded sequence, performing, by the transmitter, symbol modulation on the coded sequence, performing, by the transmitter, grid mapping on the modulated symbol sequence to determine a mapped sequence, and transmitting the mapped sequence.
US10355807B2
The present invention provides a jamming device for jamming a frequency hopping signal, the jamming device comprising at least one receiving antenna configured to receive signals in the signal spectrum of the frequency hopping signal, an emission detection unit configured to detect relevant emissions in the received signals that pertain to the frequency hopping signal, and an effectivity analysis unit configured to determine and output the effectivity of the emission detection unit based on the number of detected relevant emissions and an expected number of relevant emissions of the frequency hopping signal. Further, the present invention provides a respective jamming method.
US10355806B2
A device for controlling sparse code multiple access is described. The device includes a generation unit configured to generate, for each of a plurality of layers that are subject to non-orthogonal multiplexing using a codebook, a codeword of a layer from data of the layer on the basis of a codebook for a layer, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust a radio resource to be used in transmission of a signal element included in a multiplexed codeword obtained by multiplexing of codewords of the plurality of layers.
US10355791B1
One example discloses a circuit for varying a quality-factor of a wireless device: wherein the wireless device includes an antenna tuning circuit and a communications signal interface; the circuit including, a quality-factor circuit having a feedback circuit; wherein the feedback circuit is configured to be coupled between the antenna tuning circuit and the communications signal interface; wherein the quality-factor circuit is configured to measure an antenna system bandwidth of the wireless device; and wherein the feedback circuit is configured to apply positive feedback to the antenna tuning circuit if the measured bandwidth is greater than a maximum communication signal bandwidth.
US10355784B2
A method for creating an optical binary digital transmit signal to be supplied to an optical transmission link including: operating an optical transmitter in such a state that mode hopping occurs between a predefined first and a predefined second optical mode of the optical transmitter if a binary digital modulation signal is supplied to the optical transmitter and creating a modulated optical output signal of the optical transmitter corresponding to the binary digital modulation signal supplied to the optical transmitter. The modulated optical output signal is optically filtered in such a way that at least a portion of the optical power spectrum of the modulated optical output signal caused by a selected one of the first and second optical modes is suppressed or at least substantially attenuated.
US10355778B1
A telecommunications platform comprises an antenna configured to generate a plurality of communications beams within a respective footprint on the surface of the Earth, wherein each communications beam provides data communications services over a respective cell coverage area on the surface of the Earth. The telecommunications platform further comprises a processor configured to control the plurality of communications beams of the antenna to form the respective cell coverage areas in a fixed cell pattern that remains essentially fixed relative to the surface of the Earth, such that, as the telecommunications platform travels through an orbit around the Earth, the footprint of the antenna sweeps across the fixed cell pattern and provides the communications services via the cell coverage areas of the fixed cell pattern that are within the footprint of the antenna at any given point in time.
US10355768B2
Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a relay node for relaying user data from/to one or more communication devices to/from a radio access node in a wireless communication network. The relay node receives a first user data stream in a first time slot and/or a second user data stream in a second time slot from a first communication device and a second communication device respectively, or from the radio access node. The relay node independently applies a network coding on the received first and/or second user data streams. The relay node forwards the network coded first user data stream in a third time slot to the radio access node or the first communication device, and/or the second user data stream in another time slot to the radio access node or the second communication device.
US10355763B2
A method for reporting a channel state of a downlink channel transmitted through two-dimensionally arranged Nt number of antenna ports, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, is performed by a terminal, and the method comprises the steps of: receiving a reference signal (RS) configuration for measuring a channel for the two-dimensionally arranged Nt number of antenna ports, wherein the RS is code division multiplexed (CDM) and is transmitted through the Nt number of antenna ports; and receiving the RS by using the received RS configuration, and calculating channel state information on a downlink channel so as to report the channel state information to a serving cell, wherein the reported channel state information includes a precoding matrix for the transmission of the RS, and the precoding matrix for the transmission of the RS can be subset of a codebook for a precoding matrix for the data transmission of the Nt number of antenna ports.
US10355762B2
A wireless communication system includes a controller to control a plurality of antenna subarrays of a first wireless communication device to form a plurality of directional beams to communicate a beamformed diversity wireless transmission between the first wireless communication device and a set of second wireless communication devices over a plurality of communication channels. The controller assigns at least some antenna subarrays to at least some second wireless communication devices using a greedy optimization with a relaxation parameter and controls the plurality of antenna subarrays according to the assignment.
US10355760B2
Various aspects described herein relate to small cyclic delay diversity (SCDD) operation used in a wireless communication system (e.g., 5G New Radio). A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. In an aspect, the method, computer-readable medium, or apparatus operates to identify a type of information for transmission, identify a rank associated with the type of information, and perform an SCDD precoding operation based at least in part on the identified type of information or the rank.
US10355758B2
Antennas and MIMO antenna arrays in a housing of an electronic device are described. The MIMO antenna array includes a plurality of antennas. At least one of the antennas has operating frequency ranges of 700 MHz-900 MHz, 1700 MHz-2100 MHz, and 3 GHz-5 GHz. The MIMO antenna array may include 8 or 10 antennas.
US10355757B2
A method and apparatus may include receiving, by a first network node, mapping information from at least one second network node. The mapping information indicates restrictions with respect to antenna ports to be used for measurements on each of one or more channel-state-information-reference-signal resources transmitted by at least one second network node. The method may also include transmitting a message to a user equipment. The message configures the user equipment to measure channel-state-information-reference-signal-received power from at least one of said one or more channel-state-information-reference-signal resources. The method may also include receiving a reporting from the user equipment.
US10355755B2
A method for transmitting a data unit and a device suing the same is provided. The device generates a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) that includes a first part and a second part. The first and second part are generated with different fast Fourier transform (FFT) size. A phase rotation of the second part is different from a phase rotation of the first part.
US10355752B1
Systems and methods for providing configured and/or dynamically adjustable coverage in wireless communications networks is disclosed. A broadcast cell may include one or more antennas used to provide one or more sectors of coverage in the network. Each antenna may include at least one radio and at least one corresponding signal transmitting and receiving component that is in communication with the radio, allowing a signal generated by the radio to be broadcast by the signal transmitting and receiving component to form at least a portion of a sector of coverage provided by the antenna. Additionally, the signal generated by the radio may be modifiable, allowing the beam of coverage emitted by the signal transmitting and receiving component to be adjusted (e.g., in any one of an x, y, and/or z-plane) for a particular operating environment.
US10355746B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for transmitting first electromagnetic waves that propagate on a surface of a component of a transit system, and receiving second electromagnetic waves that propagate on the surface of the component of the transit system. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10355744B2
Provided is a feedline branching apparatus that makes it possible for additional submarine cables to be installed easily, and with which cost increases can be restricted. For these purposes, the feedline branching apparatus comprises a branching unit and an earth unit. First, second and third terminal stations are connected to the branching unit via first, second and third cables, respectively. When the first and second cables are normal, the branching unit connects a feedline of the first cable to a feedline of the second cable, thereby forming a feedline using a first current. If one of the first and second cables is faulty, the branching unit grounds the feedline of the one of the first and second cables, while connecting the feedline of the other cable to the earth unit. The earth unit grounds a feedline of the third cable, thereby forming a feedline using a second current. When the feedline of the other cable is connected to the earth unit from the branching unit, the earth unit grounds the feedline of the other cable, thereby forming a feedline using the first current.
US10355743B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for hopping design for larger bandwidth allocations in enhanced machine type communications (eMTC). A method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method generally includes receiving a resource allocation for uplink transmission in at least one subframe. The resource allocation includes a set of allocated subframes and configuration information for frequency hopping. The method includes determining allocated frequency hopped resources, within a system bandwidth, for each subframe of the set of allocated subframes. The method includes including a center resource block (RB) in addition to the determined allocated frequency hopped resources if the determined allocated frequency hopped resources include resources around the center RB. The method includes removing a last RB from the determined allocated frequency hopped resources if the determined allocated frequency hopped resources include resources around the center RB.
US10355736B2
An apparatus including a first central section, a second central section, a left side wall, and a right side wall. The first and second central sections, the left side wall, and the right side wall may be attached together in a first assembled state so that the first central section is adjacent to and at a first angle of substantially less than ninety degrees and substantially more than zero degrees with respect to the second central section, and the left side wall and the right side wall are adjacent to and approximately perpendicular to the second central section, and so that a mobile electronics device having a screen, can be placed on the first central section, and the screen viewed, with the left side wall, the right side wall, and the second central section providing shading to the mobile electronics device when it is on the first central section.
US10355732B2
A protective case for housing a mobile device is provided. The case comprises a shell assembly including a top shell and a bottom shell that at least partially enclose and form a perimeter around the device. The case further includes a backing assembly comprising an upper backing element and a lower backing element configured to join together along a parting line between a top end and a bottom end of the shell assembly. The case also includes a lock assembly for use in drawing together the upper and lower backing elements to hold the components of the shell assembly together.
US10355729B2
A single receiver to process multiple signals to achieve carrier aggregation includes a main path, an auxiliary path and one or more local oscillators. The main path has an input that receives an input signal. The input signal includes non-contiguous wanted signals and a jammer signal. The single receiver also includes an output coupled to a modem. The output provides the wanted signals to the modem. The auxiliary path is coupled to ground and includes an N-path filter. The N-path filter has multiple mixers. The N-path filter filters out at least a portion of the jammer signal in one or more gaps between the non-contiguous wanted signals in a same frequency band. The one or more local oscillators are coupled to the main path and/or the auxiliary path to provide a first reference signal to the main path and/or to the N-path filter of the auxiliary path.
US10355723B2
A communication circuit according to one embodiment includes a single element antenna, a plurality of signal-limiting circuits, a high-frequency transceiver circuit, and a low-frequency transceiver circuit. The high-frequency transceiver circuit is adapted to be selectively coupled to the single element antenna via the plurality of signal-limiting circuits and tuned to operate at a high frequency carrier frequency, and the low-frequency transceiver circuit is adapted to be selectively coupled to the single element antenna via the plurality of signal-limiting circuits and tuned to operate at a low frequency carrier frequency.
US10355719B1
Information reduction in data processing environments includes at least one of: one or more Error Correcting Codes that decode n-vectors into k-vectors and utilize said decoding to information-reduce data from a higher dimensional space into a lower dimensional space. The information reduction further provides for a hierarchy of information reduction allowing a variety of information reductions. Transformations are provided to utilize available data space, and data may be transformed using several techniques including windowing functions, filters in the time and frequency domains, or any numeric processing on the data.
US10355713B2
A device configured to emulate a correlithm object logic function gate comprises a memory and a logic engine. The memory stores a logical operator truth table that includes a plurality of input logical values, a plurality of output logical values, and a plurality of logical operators. These logical values and the logical operators are represented by correlithm objects. The logic engine receives at least one input and a context input correlithm object representing one of the plurality of logical operators. The logic engine determines a portion of the truth table to apply based at least in part upon the logical operator represented by the context input correlithm object. The logic engine further determine an output of the logic function gate based at least in part upon the determined portion of the truth table to apply and the input.
US10355709B1
A sigma-delta ADC circuit with an analog loop filter circuit can be multiplexed between different inputs by flushing the memory of the analog loop filter integrators and the digital decimation filter and filling it with new data for the current input. However, filling the memory can be slow with respect to the sampling frequency because the information about past history has to be built up before meaningful output data can be generated. Thus, the multiplexing rate between channels using a sigma-delta ADC circuit can be slowed by such memory flushing. A multiplexed sigma-delta ADC circuit is described that can overcome these problems so as to be able to support cycle-by-cycle sampling of multiple channels. These techniques can provide a fast sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit that is small in area and that can multiplex over a number of channels dynamically.
US10355708B2
An idle tone dispersion device outputs a frequency delta-sigma modulation signal obtained by using either one of a reference signal and a measured signal to perform frequency delta-sigma modulation of the other and dispersing an idle tone. The idle tone dispersion device includes n (n is any natural number equal to or larger than 2) frequency delta-sigma modulation sections and an adder configured to add up output signals of the n frequency delta-sigma modulation sections and output the frequency delta-sigma modulation signal. Each of the n frequency delta-sigma modulation sections uses either one of the reference signal and the measured signal to perform the frequency delta-sigma modulation of the other. At least one of the reference signal and the measured signal includes jitter including a frequency component higher than a frequency of an idle tone of an output signal of the frequency delta-sigma modulation section.
US10355707B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a microcontroller with a processor core, memory, and a plurality of peripheral devices including a differential digital delay line analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The ADC includes differential digital delay lines and circuit comprising a set of delay elements included in the differential digital delay lines configured to generate data representing an analog to digital conversion of an input. The microcontroller also includes a digital comparator coupled with an output of the ADC and an associated register, wherein at least one output of the digital comparator is configured to directly control another peripheral of the plurality of peripherals.
US10355704B2
Amplifier circuitry has sampling circuitry which samples an input voltage, a quantizer which quantizes an output voltage of the sampling circuitry and outputs an output code, a differential amplifier which amplifies a differential voltage between the output voltage of the sampling circuitry and a reference voltage and performs offset adjustment according to the output code of the quantizer, and a first capacitor which is connected between an output node of the differential amplifier and an output node of the sampling circuitry.
US10355699B2
An apparatus comprising an accumulator circuit and an offset register. The accumulator circuit may be configured to (a) receive a plurality of frequency offset values from a plurality of sourcing DPLLs and (b) generate a current combined offset value in response to a sum of the frequency offset values. The offset register may be configured to (a) store an offset value corresponding to the current combined offset value in a first mode and (b) store an offset value corresponding to an updated offset value in a second mode. The updated offset value may comprise a difference between the offset value stored in the offset register and the current combined offset value. The offset value may be presented to a receiving DPLL during a re-arrangement of the sourcing DPLLs. Presenting the offset value may reduce a phase transient caused by the re-arrangement.
US10355697B2
An oscillator configured to generate an oscillation signal is provided. The oscillator includes a transistor pair and a cross-coupled transistor pair. The transistor pair is coupled to a first current source and has a first transconductance. The first transconductance is changed in response to a current value of the first current source. The cross-coupled transistor pair is coupled to a second current source and has a second transconductance. The second transconductance is changed in response to a current value of second current source. The transistor pair and the cross-coupled transistor pair are mutually coupled by a plurality of inductors. A frequency of the oscillation signal is determined according to the first transconductance and the second transconductance. Furthermore, a clock generator and a method for generating a clock signal thereof are also provided.
US10355687B2
A wave loss detection circuit includes: an anode of the diode receives a first drive signal, and a cathode of the diode is connected to a first end of the first resistor; a second end of the first resistor is connected to a first end of the first energy storage unit, a first end of the second resistor, and a first input end of the comparison unit; a second end of the first energy storage unit and a second end of the second resistor are connected to a ground level, and a resistance of the first resistor is less than a resistance of the second resistor; a second input end of the comparison unit is configured to receive a threshold voltage, and if a voltage signal received by the first input end is less than the threshold voltage, which indicates that a wave loss occurs in the first drive signal.
US10355685B2
An output transistor (2) has a source connected to a VDD1 and a drain connected to an output terminal (1). A pre-driver (3) receives a signal varying in accordance with a data input signal (DIN), and provides a gate signal (SG1) to a gate of the output transistor (2), the gate signal (SG1) transiting between the VDD1 and a potential (VP) at a power source end (4). When a VDD2 is output from an output node (N1) and an assist signal (SA) makes a first transition corresponding to the transition of the gate signal (SG1) from HIGH to LOW, the drive assist circuit (20) performs an assist operation in which a potential of the output node (N1) is temporarily brought down from VDD2.
US10355673B2
An object is to provide a level shift circuit that operates stably. A semiconductor device includes a level shift circuit including first to fourth transistors and a buffer circuit. One of a source and a drain (S/D) of the first transistor is connected to one of a source and a drain of the second transistor. The other of the source and the drain of the second transistor is connected to one of a source and a drain of the third transistor. A gate of the first transistor and a gate of the fourth transistor are connected to the other of the source and the drain of the second transistor and the one of the source and the drain of the third transistor. A gate of the third transistor is connected to a wiring to which an input signal is input. An input terminal of the buffer circuit is connected to one of a source and a drain of the fourth transistor. An output terminal of the buffer circuit is connected to a gate of the second transistor and a wiring to which an output signal is output.
US10355664B2
Oscillators that use resonator elements formed from langasite or one of its isomorphs are described herein. The resonator elements include crystal orientations that are stress and/or temperature compensated. The resonators vibrate at an oscillating frequency in a thickness-shear mode of vibration. The oscillating frequency can be used to derive temperature, derive pressure, and/or for frequency control applications.
US10355653B2
A power amplifier circuit includes a first amplifier transistor, an input signal being supplied to a base of the first amplifier transistor, a first amplification signal obtained by amplifying the input signal being output from a collector of the first amplifier transistor; a first bias circuit that supplies a first current or a first voltage to the base of the first amplifier transistor; a second bias circuit that supplies a second current or a second voltage to the base of the first amplifier transistor; and a first resistor element that is connected in series between the base of the first amplifier transistor and the first bias circuit. The second bias circuit includes a diode, an impedance circuit, and a first capacitor element.
US10355652B2
A power amplifier includes a two-dimensional matrix of N×M active cells formed by stacking main terminals of multiple active cells in series. The stacks are coupled in parallel to form the two-dimensional matrix. The power amplifier includes a driver structure to coordinate the driving of the active cells so that the effective output power of the two-dimensional matrix is approximately N×M the output power of each of the active cells.
US10355650B2
The present invention addresses method, apparatus and computer program product for controlling a Direct Learning Algorithm. Thereby, a power amplifier operating in a non-linear state is controlled. A signal to be amplified is input to a pre-distorter provided for compensating for non-linearity of the power amplifier. The pre-distorted output signal is forwarded from the pre-distorter to the power amplifier. Parameters of the pre-distorter are adapted in plural steps based on an error between a linearized signal output from the power amplifier and the signal to be amplified using an adaptive direct learning algorithm. It is detected whether the error diverges; and adapting of the parameters of the pre-distorter is stopped when it is determined that the error is diverging.
US10355649B2
A voltage or current generator has a configurable temperature coefficient and includes a first voltage generator that generates a first voltage having a first negative temperature coefficient. A second voltage generator generates a second voltage having a second negative temperature coefficient different to the first negative temperature coefficient. A circuit generates an output level based on the difference between the first voltage scaled by a first scale factor and the second voltage scaled by a second scale factor.
US10355636B2
A structure and support device for photovoltaic arrays is provided. The device provides a structural connection between photovoltaic modules, wind deflectors and similar hardware. The invention provides an advantage of quick and easy installation of hardware components and associated parts, and meets the demand for a single device capable of combining solar energy associated hardware into photovoltaic arrays.
US10355633B2
The inventive method is of the type of those comprising a control stage for driving mode operation of the machine (12) in which currents of the phases in phase windings (u, v, w) of a stator (10) of the machine, which is connected to an on-board power system (2, 15) supplied by a battery (2) providing a predetermined nominal voltage (Ubat), is “full wave” controlled. In accordance with the invention, the control stage is preceded by a pre-magnetizing stage of the stator in open circuit, in which an electromotive peak force between phases substantially equal to the nominal voltage is created by a rotor excitation current (Ir) of a rotor (8) of the machine.
US10355623B1
Disclosed are various embodiments of systems, devices and methods for generating electricity, transforming voltages and generating motion using one or more piezoelectric elements operably coupled to one or more non-piezoelectric resonating elements. In one embodiment, a non-piezoelectric resonating element is configured to oscillate and dissipate mechanical energy into a piezoelectric element, which converts a portion of such mechanical energy into electricity and therefore acts as a generator. In another embodiment, a piezoelectric element is configured to drive one or more mechanical elements operably coupled to the one or more non-piezoelectric resonating elements, and therefore acts as a motor. In still another embodiment, a piezoelectric element is operably coupled to a non-piezoelectric resonating element to form an electrical transformer. The mechanical properties of the non-piezoelectric resonating elements are typically selected to permit relatively high permissible stress and strain in comparison to the corresponding piezoelectric elements to which coupled or attached.
US10355620B2
This conversion device converts DC powers from a plurality of DC power supplies, to AC power and supplies the AC power to a load. The conversion device includes: a filter circuit including an AC reactor and a first capacitor; a DC/AC inverter connected to the load via the filter circuit; DC/DC converters provided between the respective plurality of DC power supplies and the DC/AC inverter; a second capacitor provided between the DC/AC inverter and the DC/DC converters; and a control unit configured to set a current target value for each of the DC/DC converters to thereby be synchronized with current of the AC power, based on voltage of the AC power, voltage variation due to current flowing through the AC reactor and an impedance thereof, reactive currents respectively flowing through the first capacitor and the second capacitor, and voltage of each DC power.
US10355616B2
The invention relates to an electromechanical assembly comprising: an alternator with a wound rotor; a regulator acting on the excitation of the alternator; a rectifier at the outlet of the alternator, supplying a rectified voltage to a continuous bus; and a booster circuit connected by means of a filter to the outlet of the alternator and supplying a voltage to the continuous bus.
US10355604B2
The present invention provides a control circuit and a control method for a switch circuit and a switching-mode power supply circuit. The control method comprises following steps: detecting an output voltage or an output current, and adjusting an upper limit value and a lower limit value of an inductor current according to a result of comparing the output voltage or the output current with the corresponding reference; and sampling the inductor current, and controlling a main switch transistor in the circuit to be switched off when a sampling current rises to the upper limit value, and controlling the main switch transistor to be switched on when the sampling current drops to the lower limit value. In the present invention, the inductor current is fast in response without overshoot, the output voltage drops very little, there is no overshoot in a process of voltage recovery, and circuit transient response is fast.
US10355602B2
A flyback power conversion circuit can be operated by selectively establishing and interrupting a current through a first inductance to store energy. A portion of the energy from a second inductance can be transferred to a storage device to provide an output voltage, where the second inductance is magnetically coupled to the first inductance. Information transmitted across an isolation barrier can be monitored, such as information indicative of the output voltage. The monitoring can include detecting whether information from at least two sources is consistent. An operating mode of the flyback power conversion circuit can be selected, such as response to the detecting whether the information from at least two sources is consistent, or whether valid information is being transmitted across the isolation barrier, or in response to one or more other criteria.
US10355595B2
A circuit and method providing switching regulation configured to provide a pulse frequency modulation (PFM) mode of Operation with reduced electromagnetic interference (EMI) comprising an output stage configured to provide switching comprising a first and second transistor, a sense circuit configured to provide output current information sensing from an output stage and a current limit reference, a first digital-to-analog converter (DAC) configured to provide signal to the current limit reference, an adder function configured to provide a signal to the first digital-to-analog converter (DAC), and a linear shift feedback register (LSFR) configured to provide a signal to an adder function followed by the first digital-to-analog converter (DAC), and the LSFR receives a clock signal from said output stage.
US10355591B2
Described examples include DC to DC converters and systems with switching circuitry formed by four series-connected switches, inductors connected between the ends of the switching circuitry and corresponding output nodes, and with a flying capacitor coupled across interior switches of the switching circuitry and a second capacitor coupled across the ends of the switching circuitry. A control circuit operates the switching circuit to control a voltage signal across the output nodes using a first clock signal and a phase shifted second clock signal to reduce output ripple current and enhance converter efficiency using valley current control. The output inductors are wound on a common core in certain examples.
US10355580B2
A DC-DC converter includes a protection function for handling a reverse connection state, and a protection function for handling a predetermined abnormality other than a reverse connection state, while reducing conduction loss. The DC-DC converter includes a first protection circuit unit, and a switching element on a first conductive path of a high-voltage side switches to an OFF state upon a predetermined abnormal state being detected to prevent a current from flowing into a voltage conversion unit. Furthermore, a reverse connection protection circuit unit and a switching element, on a third conductive path between the voltage conversion unit and a reference conductive path, is configured to switch to an off state if at least a low-voltage side power supply unit is in a reverse connection state, preventing a current from the reference conductive path. Thus, a current is prevented from flowing toward a power supply that is improperly connected.
US10355575B2
A linear motor includes a plurality of magnets arranged at equal intervals, and an armature arranged opposite to the magnets and including an armature core having a plurality of teeth extending toward the magnets. The teeth include a first tooth located at one end in the thrust direction and a second tooth located at the other end on the opposite side. The first tooth and the second tooth have different dimensions or shapes so as to reduce cogging force generated due to the structure of the armature core at the ends in the thrust direction.
US10355573B2
A linear vibration motor comprises a frame wherein a coil is secured, and a movable element that comprises a magnet portion and a weight portion, and which is supported elastically within the frame, wherein the movable element comprises guide shafts that protrude in both axial-direction sides; the frame comprises a bottom frame that has a bottom plate portion along the axial direction, and a pair of side frames that have side plate portions and that face the axial direction; the side frame has a bearing retaining portion for holding a bearing that bears a guide shaft, and a connecting portion for connecting the bearing retaining portion to the side plate portion; the bearing retaining portion and the connecting portion are structured integrally with the side plate portion; and the bottom plate portion has an opening portion with which the bearing retaining portion engages.
US10355572B2
A vibration motor is disclosed. The vibration motor includes a housing, a substrate engaging with the housing, a vibration unit received in the housing, an elastic member suspending the vibration unit, and a coil assembly interacting with the vibration unit. The vibration unit further includes a slot for receiving a fixing part of the elastic member, and the slot includes a first part having a first width and a second part having a second width greater than the first width, and the first part is relatively closer to a distal end of the second fixing part.
US10355566B2
A production line (100,200,300,400) for manufacturing wound core components (10,10′) of a dynamo electric machine, comprising a central processing zone (101) provided with at least a winder (104,104′) for winding coils (15) to produce wound core components, a downstream processing zone (111) for finishing the wound core components. The production line further comprises a first load and unload device (105) for transferring the core components to be wound to at least a winder (104,104′) from a waiting position (103a), or from an upstream transport carrier (108a), located at a first position (G), for transferring core components to be wound from an upstream processing zone (201). The first load and unload device (105) transferring wound core components from the at least a winder (104,104′) to a downstream transport carrier (108b), located at a second position (A), for transferring wound core components to the downstream processing zone (111).
US10355557B2
The invention discloses an ocean current power generator disposed in the ocean. The ocean current power generator includes two power generators, a foil floating member and a control unit. Each of the power generators includes an impeller, and the ocean current drives the impellers to rotate to generate electricity. The foil floating member is connected to the two power generators, and the foil floating member includes a front body and a rear body. The control unit is configured to control the amount of sea water in the front body or the rear body, so as to adjust the center of gravity of the foil floating member.
US10355551B2
The present disclosure relates to a stator assembly for an electrical machine, and more in particular relates to a support element utilized within the stator assembly in order to improve its performance. The support element allows the thermal expansion of round connection arms while detuning the Eigen-frequency and reducing the amplitude of the vibrations.
US10355529B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling a wireless power receiver for wirelessly receiving power. A drive power for driving the wireless power receiver is received from a wireless power transmitter. A communication network is established with the wireless power transmitter. A wireless power network that is controlled by the wireless power transmitter is joined. A charge power is received from the wireless power transmitter.
US10355526B2
A method, apparatus, and system are provided which enables the control of contactless power transfer in an inductive power transfer system using a phase control technique. The method comprises adjusting the phase of a secondary-side converter output voltage with respect to that of a primary-side converter. The magnitude of power transfer is determined by the relative phase angle, and the direction of power transfer is determined by whether the secondary converter output voltage leads or lags the input converter voltage, thereby enabling bi-directional power transfer between the primary and secondary sides of the system. According to alternative embodiments, the method may also be used for uni-directional power transfer only, and/or the secondary converter may be operated to maintain a constant relative phase angle.
US10355524B2
Examples disclosed herein provide an electronic device to allow wireless charging of the electronic device when it is operated in various operation modes. The electronic device can include a base member comprising a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface and a display member rotatably connected to the base member. The electronic device can include a rechargeable battery and a receiver to wirelessly charge the rechargeable battery when the bottom surface of the base member is to be placed atop a transmitter. As an example, the bottom surface of the base member is to remain atop the transmitter while the electronic device is in different operation modes.
US10355521B2
An uninterruptible power supply for providing an output power signal to a load comprises a ferroresonant transformer, a resonant capacitor, and an inverter. The resonant capacitor is operatively connected to the ferroresonant transformer. The inverter is operatively connected to the ferroresonant transformer. The inverter is configured to generate the output power signal based on at least one inverter control signal such that the output power signal is a quasi square wave having at least one change of phase and an upper limit. The at least one inverter control signal is held in an OFF state during at least a portion of the at least one change of phase, pulse-width modulated during at least a portion of the at least one change of phase, and held in an ON state when the output power signal is at the upper limit.
US10355519B2
This power supply unit includes: an AC path from an input end to an output end; a first voltage sensor configured to detect an input voltage at the input end; a second voltage sensor configured to detect an output voltage at the output end; a bidirectional inverter connected to the AC path; a storage battery connected to the AC path via the bidirectional inverter; an AC switch provided between the input end and a point at which the bidirectional inverter is connected to the AC path; and a control unit configured such that, in a state in which the AC switch is controlled to be opened, if current conduction via the AC switch is detected on the basis of an operation state of the bidirectional inverter, the input voltage, and the output voltage, the control unit determines that the AC switch has failed, and stops the bidirectional inverter.
US10355512B2
A rechargeable cell of an implantable medical device is recharged by an external charging unit that includes a transmitting coil configured to emit an electromagnetic field and a near-field focusing plate having a subwavelength structure pattern that focuses the emitted electromagnetic field to a focal pattern. The implantable medical device includes a housing having a window of an electromagnetically transparent material and a receiving coil enclosed by the housing. The receiving coil extends adjacent to and is aligned with the window. The rechargeable cell is enclosed by the housing and is configured to be charged by current induced in the receiving coil when the receiving coil is exposed to the focal pattern. In some examples, the near-field focusing plate is configured to produce the focal pattern to have a size that is less than an outer dimension of the window and a focal length from the near-field focusing plate that at least reaches the window.
US10355510B2
A battery pack is disclosed. In one aspect, the battery pack includes a chargeable battery and a battery management system (BMS) configured to charge the battery in a plurality of charging periods each including a constant current supply period and a constant voltage supply period. The battery pack also includes a resistance estimator configured to estimate the resistance of the battery. The BMS is further configured to change a charging period of the battery from a constant voltage supply period of an ith charging period to a constant current supply period of an (i+1)th charging period based on the resistance of the battery, and wherein i is a natural number.
US10355489B2
A solar cell management system for increasing the efficiency and power output of a solar cell and methods for making and using the same. The management system provides an electric field across an individual solar cell, an array of solar cells configured as a panel, or a group of solar panels. The imposed electric field exerts a force on both the electrons and holes created by light incident on the solar cell and accelerates the electron-hole pairs towards the electrodes of the solar cell. Compared to conventional solar cells, these accelerated electron-hole pairs travel a shorter distance from creation (by incident optical radiation) and spend less time within the solar cell material, therefore the electron-hole pairs have a lower likelihood of recombining within the cells' semiconductor's material. This reduction in the electron-hole recombination rate results in an overall increase in the solar cells' efficiency and greater power output.
US10355487B2
A photovoltaic system includes power generators configured to generate power utilizing sunlight, inverters configured to convert the power generated by the power generators into alternating-current power output to a power system, a first limiter configured to limit output power of the inverters not more than a predetermined capacity, a second limiter configured to limit output power of at least one of the inverters to a level exceeding the predetermined capacity limited by the first limiter, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and an inverter controller configured to control the output power of the inverters, based on the first limiter or the second limiter.
US10355485B2
Disclosed are methods and systems for adjusting a High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) compensator output signal to an HVDC system to reduce control loop modulus due to excessive time delay of sensor measurements. Two different time windows, a Short-Time Variance Window (STVW) and an Extended-Time Variance Window (ETVW) may be examined for detection of increased energy. To detect increased energy the HVDC compensator output signal may be passed through a bandpass filter, then variances for the STVW and ETVW may be generated to produce corresponding test statistics. The STVW and ETVW test statistics may be compared to hypothesis test thresholds and have binary logic based on the hypothesis test comparisons used to generate a gain. The gain may then be multiplied times the original HVDC feedback compensator output such that the adjusted HVDC feedback compensator output reduces the control loop modulus when applied to the HVDC system.
US10355482B2
A controllable electrical outlet may be used to control one or more standard electrical outlets. The controllable electrical outlet may include a first connection configured to be electrically coupled to a hot connection, a second connection configured to be electrically coupled to a standard electrical outlet, and a third connection configured to be electrically coupled to a neutral connection. The controllable electrical outlet may also include a load control circuit, a communication circuit, and a control circuit. The load control circuit may be electrically coupled in series between the first and second screw terminals to control power delivered to the standard electrical outlet, and the control circuit may be coupled to the load control circuit and the communication circuit. The control circuit may be configured to control power delivered to the standard electrical outlet in response to a wireless signal received via the communication circuit.
US10355461B2
The invention relates to a stripping tool, in particular stripping pliers. The stripping tool is here used for a multi-wired cable. According to the invention two pairs of stripping blades are used in the stripping tool. The two pairs of stripping blades are moved in preferably parallel planes (60, 61) besides one another. According to the invention it is possible to simultaneously strip the insulations of e.g. four conductors of a four-wired cable.
US10355458B2
Disclosed is a production method of a spark plug in which a ground electrode has an electrode base and a tip welded to a surface of the electrode base via a weld metal. The production method includes an image capture step, an image analysis step and an inspection step. The image capture step is to capture image data about the surface of the electrode base to which the tip has been welded. The image analysis step is to perform analysis of the image data, thereby detecting an edge of the electrode base and an edge of the weld metal, determining a center point of a contour of the weld metal and then detecting an edge of the tip in a specific area of the image data. The inspection step is to inspect a welding position of the tip based on the detected edges of the electrode base and the tip.
US10355455B2
A photonic crystal laser and a strain measuring device are provided. The photonic crystal laser includes a disk-shaped photonic crystal structure two-dimensionally disposed in a matrix on a disposition plane and a flexible substrate disposed to support the photonic crystal structure and to cover at least a side surface of the photonic crystal structure.
US10355452B2
An optical module includes a light source; a demultiplexer configured to demultiplex a light into a transmission light and a local light; an optical modulator; an excitation light source; an optical waveguide substrate that includes: a polarization beam splitter configured to split a reception light into an X-polarized component and a Y-polarized component, a beam splitter, a pair of optical hybrid circuits configured to cause the X-polarized component and the Y-polarized component to interfere with the local light split by the beam splitter, a pair of local light waveguides configured to couple the beam splitter and the pair of optical hybrid circuits, a pair of reception light waveguides configured to couple the polarization beam splitter and the pair of optical hybrid circuits, wherein the pair of local light waveguides and the transmission light waveguide are doped with a rare-earth ion that amplifies a light when the excitation light is introduced.
US10355442B2
An optical module that includes at least one semiconductor optical device, a carrier, a housing, and eutectic alloy that fixes the carrier to the housing is disclosed. The carrier mounts a component that couples with the semiconductor optical device. The housing, which includes a side wall made of ceramics and a base made of metal to form a space that encloses the semiconductor optical device, the carrier, and the component therein. The carrier provides a room facing the base and the side wall, where the room receives excess eutectic alloy oozing out from a gap between the carrier and the base.
US10355440B2
The invention relates to a method for the synthesis of electromagnetic radiation, wherein electromagnetic radiation having a spectrum comprising two or more spectral components is generated and phase setting of the electromagnetic radiation is performed. The invention proposes that the phase setting comprises phase shifting of the spectral components of the electromagnetic radiation, wherein the relative phase relationship of the spectral components is predeterminable. In addition, the invention relates to an apparatus for the synthesis of electromagnetic radiation, said apparatus comprising a pulsed laser (1), which generates a sequence of temporally equidistant light pulses, wherein the spectrum of the electromagnetic radiation of the pulsed laser (1) is the spectrum of an optical frequency comb, which is characterized by an offset frequency and a repetition rate. Furthermore, the apparatus has a phase setter (5), which effects phase setting of the electromagnetic radiation of the pulses laser (1). In accordance with the invention, the offset frequency of the spectral lines of the optical frequency comb is adjustable by time-proportional phase setting by means of the phase setter (5).
US10355439B2
An apparatus for installing at least one electrical contact into a connector housing comprises a base configured to fixedly support the connector housing, an alignment guide, extending from the base and having a central axis, and a carrier, translatably and pivotally coupled with the alignment guide. With the connector housing fixedly supported by the base, the alignment guide is configured to be parallel to an insertion axis of a socket of the connector housing, and the carrier is movable parallel to the insertion axis. The apparatus additionally comprises a tool holder, coupled to the carrier. The tool holder has a working axis, only one degree of freedom relative to the carrier, and only three degrees of freedom relative to the base.
US10355436B2
A coaxial connector assembly for interconnection with a coaxial cable with a solid outer conductor is provided with a monolithic connector body with a bore. A mating surface with a decreasing diameter toward a connector end is provided on an outer diameter of the connector body proximate the connector end. An overbody may be provided overmolded upon a cable end of the connector body. An interface end may be seated upon the mating surface, the interface end provided with a desired connection interface. The interface end may be permanently coupled to the mating surface by a molecular bond interconnection. In a method of interconnection, the interface end is coupled to the mating surface by application of radial ultrasonic welding.
US10355432B2
The present disclosure provides a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a display screen and an earphone socket, the display screen being spaced apart from the earphone socket. The earphone socket includes: a housing defining a mounting cavity; a support bracket in the mounting cavity; and a plurality of pins are located between the support bracket and inner walls of the mounting cavity, and the plurality of pins passes through a back wall of the mounting cavity to expose outer ends of the plurality of pins. The support bracket is provided with a supporting passage, and at least one pin is snapped into the supporting passage.
US10355428B2
A card edge connector includes a longitudinal insulative housing, a number of terminals retained in the insulative housing, a pair of transparent members mounted to the insulative housing, and a metallic shell surrounding around the insulative housing. The insulative housing has two side walls extending along a longitudinal direction, two end walls connecting between the longitudinal ends of the two side walls and a center slot defined therebetween. The metallic shell includes two covering portions respectively located above the two side walls in a vertical direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. Each of the covering portions has a number of through-holes arranged above the transparent members to leak out the light transferred therefrom.
US10355427B2
A light pipe is for an EV charging handle. The EV charging handle includes a housing having a thru hole, and a light source coupled to the housing. The light pipe includes a body structured to be coupled to the light source in order to transmit light from the light source through the thru hole of the housing, the body having a first side portion having a first interior surface having a first surface roughness, and a second side portion extending from the first side portion, the second side portion having a second interior surface having a second surface roughness greater than the first surface roughness in order to increase a visibility range with which the light is transmitted through the thru hole of the housing.
US10355425B2
The disclosure proposes a cable for connecting to an electronic device. The cable comprising an electrical cord, a connector, a sensor device and an alarm unit. The connector is connected to one end of the electrical cord, and adapted to connect the cable to the electronic device. The sensor device is arranged at the connector and is adapted for collecting sensor data from the electronic device when the connector is connected to the electronic device. The alarm unit is connected to the sensor device and arranged to initiate an alarm based on output data from the sensor device.
US10355419B2
Connector systems may include a connector receptacle and connector plug or insert. The connector receptacle may include a tongue. A first plurality of contacts may be formed on a top surface of the tongue. A first ground pad may be located on a top surface of tongue, and a shield may be formed around the tongue. The connector insert may include a housing and a conductive shield around the housing behind a leading edge of the connector insert. A front edge of the shield may be folded into an opening at the leading edge. In other examples, the receptacle shield may include one or more fingers. These fingers may contact the connector insert shield to form a ground path. One or more of these fingers may engage openings in the insert shield to provide a retention force between the connector insert and receptacle.
US10355418B2
A noise reduction unit (100) is equipped with a noise filter (10), a housing (80) which houses the noise filter, and a sealing material (90) which is charged in the housing. The noise filter is equipped with conductors (20) having respective winding portions (21) and a ring-shaped core (30) which is made of a magnetic material and is inserted through the winding portions of the conductors. In the housing, a mounting portion (83) for the ring-shaped core has recesses (84) that are recessed in a direction going away from the ring-shaped core and support portions (83b) that support the ring-shaped core so that gaps (S) are formed between the ring-shaped core and the bottom surfaces of the respective recesses. The sealing material goes into the gaps and comes into contact with both of the ring-shaped core and the bottom surfaces of the recesses in the mounting portion.
US10355403B2
A tool coupler includes a first component having a shaft and a plurality of locking members; a second component having an inner housing for receiving the shaft and a plurality of complementary locking member; and an outer housing configured to rotationally lock the first component to the second component.
US10355394B2
An electrical connector is provided which has a reliable waterproof performance. The electrical connector has an insulated body having a housing, a plurality of conductive terminals, a metal shell, two fixed plates, and a waterproof adhesive. The plurality of conductive terminals are fixed to the insulative body. The insulated body is inserted into a cavity of the metal shell from back to front. The two fixed plates are respectively mounted on two opposite sides of the housing. Each fixed plate has a fixed portion and a holding portion bent downwardly from a rear side of the fixed portion. A rear side of the housing is held by the holding portions. The waterproof adhesive is coated on the holding portion and the rear side of the housing to form an overall seal on a rear portion of the cavity.
US10355392B2
A connector (10) has a housing (20) including a body (21). A work hole (23) long in a lateral direction penetrates through the body (21). Terminals (30) are held in the housing (20) and are arranged side by side in the lateral direction in the work hole (23). Each terminal (30) includes an embedded portion (31) embedded in the housing (20), an internal connecting portion (32) connected to the embedded portion (31) and disposed inside the work hole (23) and an external connecting portion (33) connected to the internal connecting portion (32) and disposed outside the work hole (23). Protection walls (22) project from the body (21) at both sides of a terminals (30). Tip parts of the protection walls (22) are more distant from the body (21) than the external connecting portions (33) in a penetration direction of the work hole (23).
US10355384B2
In one example an electronic device comprises a chassis and a printed circuit board coupled to the chassis and comprising a body formed from a plurality of laminate layers, and at least one receptacle formed in the body and comprising at least one data connector positioned in the receptacle to provide a communication connection. Other examples may be described.
US10355383B2
A communication system includes a first circuit card assembly having a first PCB including a first slot and a first electrical connector mounted to the first PCB along the first slot and having a first mating end. The communication system includes a second circuit card assembly having a second PCB and a second electrical connector mounted to the second PCB and having a second mating end. The first and second circuit card assemblies are mated along a board mating axis parallel to the first slot with the first PCB oriented perpendicular to the second PCB. The first and second mating ends are oriented parallel to the board mating axis. The second PCB is received in the first slot to align the second mating end with the first mating end.
US10355374B2
A terminal fitting (1) includes a rectangular tube (11) with a bottom wall (12), two side walls (13A, 13B) rising from the bottom wall (12) and a ceiling wall (15) facing the bottom wall (12). The rectangular tube (11) includes a terminal insertion opening (17) on one end, and a tab (T) is insertable therein. A resilient contact piece (21) is arranged along the bottom wall (12) inside the rectangular tube (11). Two protection walls (31A, 31B) extend respectively from the side walls (13A, 13B) to close the terminal insertion opening (17), leaving a clearance for entrance of the tab (T) between the ceiling wall (15) and the protection walls. The protection walls (31A, 31B) have facing edges (35A, 35B) facing the mating protection walls (31B, 31A), and the facing edges (35A, 35B) extend obliquely with respect to a line (L) perpendicular to the bottom wall (12).
US10355372B2
A conductor unit includes: a plurality of conductors each including a conducting portion covered with an insulating coating; an annular core that includes a first core constituent portion and a second core constituent portion combined with the first core constituent portion, and that interposes the conductors between the first core constituent portion and the second core constituent portion; and a holding member that makes the first core constituent portion and the second core constituent portion press and hold the conductors therebetween.
US10355369B1
Dipole antenna coupled to a source of excitation signals with center frequency of wavelength λ, comprising a first dipole element with a first feeder element electrically connected to a first radiating element and a first crested element electrically connected to the first radiating element. Second dipole element comprising a second feeder element electrically connected to the second radiating element. Groundplane electrically connected to first and second dipole elements. Antenna hole formed through first feeder element. Source of excitation signals received in the first feeder element the antenna hole, connected to the second feeder element. Parallel first and second feeder elements. Coaxial first and second radiating elements. Parallel first and second crested elements. The groundplane is orthogonal to the first and second dipole elements, and parallel to the first and second radiating element. First and second feeder elements, first and second radiating elements, and first and second crested elements measure 0.25λ.
US10355363B2
An antenna-like matching component is provided, comprising one or more conductive portions formed on a substrate. Shapes and dimensions of the one or more conductive portions are determined to provide impedance matching for one or more antennas coupled to the matching component.
US10355360B2
The disclosed antenna is designed to work at GPS L1, GPS L2, GPS L5/GLONASS/BEIDOU frequencies. The antenna is fabricated on a flexible body and includes a meander line between a 50Ω RF feeding cable on the ground plane and a patch element. The resonant mechanism is excited by the meander line structure from 1170 Mhz to 1610 MHz and the Patch gives the wideband performance. Most configurations of the antenna have a low profile of about 0.15 mm.
US10355358B2
A reconfigurable antenna system is described which combines active and passive components used to impedance match, alter the frequency response, and change the radiation pattern of an antenna. Re-use of components such as switches and tunable capacitors make the circuit topologies more space and cost effective, while reducing complexity of the control signaling required. Antenna structures with single and multiple feed and/or ground connections are described and active circuit topologies are shown for these configurations. A processor and algorithm can reside with the antenna circuitry, or the algorithm to control antenna optimization can be implemented in a processor in the host device.
US10355355B2
An antenna system includes an antenna array, a wireless transceiver module and a control module. The antenna array includes a first antenna and a second antenna coupled respectively to the wireless transceiver module. The wireless transceiver module sends and receives signals via the first antenna based on a first phase and sends and receives signals via the second antenna based on a second phase. The control module coupled to the wireless transceiver module, and controls the phase difference between the first phase and the second phase. The radiation pattern of the antenna array is modulated towards one pointing direction based on the phase difference.
US10355352B2
An alignment system for point-to-point alignment of spaced apart first and second antennas may include first and second end-point alignment kits. The first end-point alignment kit may include a first antenna alignment device for determining the actual position data, and actual azimuth and tilt data for the first antenna, and a first technician tool for communicating the actual position data for the first antenna to the second end-point alignment kit. The second end-point alignment kit may include a second antenna alignment device for determining the actual position data, and actual azimuth and tilt data for the second antenna, and a second technician tool. The second technician tool may receive the actual position data for the first antenna, determine respective target azimuth and tilt data for the second antenna based upon the actual position data of the first antenna, and display the actual azimuth and tilt data for the second antenna.
US10355349B2
A dual mode electromagnetic detection system and a protective dome for the electromagnetic detection system are described. The protective dome includes a substrate having a portion transparent to both infrared radiation and radio frequency radiation. The portion of the substrate includes a macromolecular material including a polymer selected from a family of polyolefins and an antistatic additive.
US10355348B2
An optically transparent graphene-based wire-grid polarizer for operating at microwave frequencies (X band) has a glass substrate having multiple strips or layers of SOCl2 doped graphene. The strips are separated by portions of the glass substrate such that the strips are arranged in parallel. The SOCl2 doped graphene strips have a quasi-metallic quality allowing for the transmission of an electric field with horizontal polarization in the horizontal direction while reflecting the vertical portion of the electric field.
US10355337B2
A base carries a first chip and a second chip oriented differently with respect to the base and packaged in a package. Each chip integrates an antenna and a magnetic via. A magnetic coupling path connects the chips, forming a magnetic circuit that enables transfer of signals and power between the chips even if the magnetic path is interrupted, and is formed by a first stretch coupled between the first magnetic-coupling element of the first chip and the first magnetic-coupling element of the second chip, and a second stretch coupled between the second magnetic-coupling element of the first chip and the second magnetic-coupling element of the second chip. The first stretch has a parallel portion extending parallel to the faces of the base. The first and second stretches have respective transverse portions extending on the main surfaces of the second chip, transverse to the parallel portion.
US10355336B2
A magnetic field focusing assembly includes a magnetic field generating device configured to generate a magnetic field, and a split ring resonator assembly configured to be magnetically coupled to the magnetic field generating device and configured to focus the magnetic field produced by the magnetic field generating device.
US10355326B2
An apparatus may store at least one object including at least one top end and at least one bottom end. The apparatus may include a container configured to store the at least one object and a pouch containing a liquid. The pouch may be configured to substantially cover the at least one top end of the at least one object when stored inside the container. The pouch may be configured to contact the at least one top end of the at least one object and to open when contacted by contents expelled from the at least one object due to thermal runaway.
US10355320B2
The power storage device includes a battery group in which n series circuits C1 (wherein n represents an integer of 2 or greater) are connected in parallel and a battery controller controlling a switching device based on allowable charge/discharge power of the capacitor. The series circuit C1 includes a capacitor and the switching device which are connected in parallel. The battery controller controls the switching device to maximize the allowable charge/discharge power of the battery group.
US10355299B2
Provided are a reinforced composite membrane and a method of manufacturing the reinforced composite membrane, and more particularly, a reinforced composite membrane including a porous support layer; and an electrolyte membrane layer formed on one surface or each of both surfaces of the porous support layer, at least a portion of the porous support layer being impregnated with an electrolyte, and a method of manufacturing the reinforced composite membrane. The reinforced composite membrane may enhance an interfacial adhesive force between a support and the electrolyte membrane layer, and may be manufactured on a continuous mass production.
US10355295B2
This disclosure is drawn to systems, devices, apparatuses, and/or methods, related to fuel cell cartridges. Specifically, the disclosed systems, devices, apparatuses, and/or methods relate to compact fuel cell cartridges for producing hydrogen gas for use by fuel cells. Some example fuel cell cartridges may include a reactor module for storing a reactant, a water module for storing water, and an interface coupling the reactor module and the water module. The interface may permit the water to flow from the water module to the reactor module such that the water mixes with the reactant in the reactor module to form a gas (e.g., hydrogen gas) that may exit through a gas outlet.
US10355291B2
The fuel cell system is provided with a radiator, a first flow passage in which refrigerant flows from a fuel cell stack towards a radiator, a second flow passage in which refrigerant flows from the radiator towards a fuel cell stack, a bypass flow passage that connects the radiator with a position in the second flow passage at which refrigerant flows into the fuel cell stack, and a control part. In the bypass flow passage, an on-off valve and a reserve tank are provided from the upstream side. The control part feeds refrigerant to the fuel cell stack by opening the on-off valve and allowing refrigerant previously stored in the reserve tank to join the second flow passage in a case where refrigerant temperature detected by an inflowing refrigerant temperature detection part exceeds previously set base temperature.
US10355279B2
A negative electrode material, for lithium ion secondary batteries, that has a high Li ion conductivity and improves the lithium ion secondary batteries in cycle characteristic. The negative electrode material includes: a negative electrode active material including silicon and/or a silicon compound; and a polymer represented by a chemical formula (1): wherein: A is a functional group having an amide group (—CONH—) and a sulfo group (˜SO3X); X represents an alkali metal or hydrogen (H); B is a functional group having a polar functional group; R1 to R6 are each a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or hydrogen (H); x and y are composition proportions, respectively, in the polymer that is a copolymer, and satisfies 0
US10355271B2
Improved anodes and cells are provided, which enable fast charging rates with enhanced safety due to much reduced probability of metallization of lithium on the anode, preventing dendrite growth and related risks of fire or explosion. Anodes and/or electrolytes have buffering zones for partly reducing and gradually introducing lithium ions into the anode for lithiation, to prevent lithium ion accumulation at the anode electrolyte interface and consequent metallization and dendrite growth. Various anode active materials and combinations, modifications through nanoparticles and a range of coatings which implement the improved anodes are provided.
US10355259B2
An exemplary method of securing battery cells of a battery pack includes limiting upward movement of a separator by blocking movement of a projection with a structure. The projection extends from a spacer section of the separator and has a hook shape with an upwardly extending portion outside the structure. The method further includes limiting upward movement of a battery cell using the separator. Another exemplary method of securing battery cells of a battery pack includes limiting movement of a separator in a direction by blocking movement of a projection in the direction. The projection extends from a spacer section of the separator. The projection has a hook shape with a portion extending in the direction. The spacer section and the portion are on opposite sides of a structure. The method further includes limiting movement of a battery cell in the direction using the separator.
US10355249B2
A manufacturing method of an organic EL display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: disposing a first organic substrate having flexibility on a glass substrate; disposing a barrier layer on the first organic substrate; disposing a second organic substrate having flexibility on the barrier layer such that a thickness of a terminal section area is thinner than a thickness of a pixel section area, or at least a part of the terminal section area is not covered; disposing a pixel control section on the terminal section area of the second organic substrate and a pixel generating section on the pixel section area, respectively; disposing a circuit section at least on the terminal section area, the circuit section having a thin film transistor, wherein the circuit section is formed directly on the second organic substrate.
US10355239B2
Provided are an encapsulation film, an organic electronic device including the same, and a method of manufacturing the organic electronic device. Therefore, provided is the encapsulation film, which may form a structure capable of effectively blocking moisture or water entering the organic electronic device from the outside, and have excellent processability in a process of manufacturing a panel and excellent heat retention under a high-temperature and high-humidity condition.
US10355235B2
Embodiment of the present disclosure discloses an organic light emitting display device and apparatus, the organic light emitting display device includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed opposite to each other, a light emitting layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a cap layer positioned on a side surface of the second electrode facing away from the light emitting layer, wherein the cap layer includes at least two composite layers, the refractive index of the composite layer of the at least two composite layers closer to the second electrode is greater than that of the other composite layer further away from the second electrode in the range of wavelength of 400 nm to 700 nm.
US10355220B2
An organic light emitting display device is disclosed. The organic light emitting display device comprising at least one light emitting part between an anode and a cathode and comprising at least one organic layer and a light emitting layer, wherein the at least one organic layer comprises a compound that includes a functional group having at least three or more nitrogen atoms and has high electron mobility, a bridge connected to the functional group, and a substituent substituted at a meta position of the bridge.
US10355209B2
A vapor deposition mask includes a metal mask and a resin mask having an opening. An inner wall surface for composing the opening has an inflection point in a thicknesswise cross section of the resin mask. When an intersection of a first surface, not facing the metal mask, of the resin mask and the inner wall surface is set to be a first intersection, an intersection of a second surface, facing the metal mask, of the resin mask and the inner wall surface is set to be a second intersection, and there is set a first inflection point first positioned from the first intersection toward the second intersection, an angle formed by a line connecting the first intersection and the first inflection point and the first surface is larger than an angle formed by a line connecting the first inflection point and the second intersection and the second surface.
US10355208B2
The present teachings disclose various embodiments of a printing system for printing a substrate, in which the printing system can be housed in a gas enclosure, where the environment within the enclosure can be maintained as a controlled printing environment. A controlled environment of the present teachings can include control of the type of gas environment within the gas enclosure, the size and level particulate matter within the enclosure, control of the temperature within the enclosure and control of lighting. Various embodiments of a printing system of the present teachings can include an X-axis and a Y-axis motion system utilizing linear air-bearing technology, as well as an ultrasonic floatation table as a substrate apparatus that are configured to substantially decrease excess thermal load within the enclosure by, for example, eliminating or substantially minimizing the use of conventional electric motors. Additionally, an X-axis and a Y-axis motion system utilizing linear air-bearing motion systems, and an ultrasonic floatation table as a substrate apparatus are low-particle generating devices, which in conjunction with a filtration and circulation system can, provide a low-particle printing system environment.
US10355204B2
A method of fabricating a magneto-resistive random access memory (MRAM) cell with at least one magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) is provided. The method includes disposing a metallic landing pad within a dielectric pad in a substrate and selectively depositing seed layer material over the substrate. This selective deposition forms a seed layer on which the MTJ is disposable on the metallic landing pad but not the dielectric pad.
US10355198B2
A memory device includes an MTJ structure and a first metal residue. The MTJ structure includes a top surface having a first width, a bottom surface having a second width greater than the first width, and a stepped sidewall structure between the top surface and the bottom surface. The stepped sidewall structure includes a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and an intermediary surface connecting the first sidewall to the second sidewall. The first metal residue is in contact with the first sidewall and not in contact with the second sidewall.
US10355197B2
An integrated circuit includes a magnetic field sensor and an injection molded magnetic material enclosing at least a portion of the magnetic field sensor.
US10355193B2
A quantum bit (qubit) flip chip assembly may be formed when a qubit it formed on a first chip and an optically transmissive path is formed on a second chip. The two chips may be bonded using solder bumps. The optically transmissive path may provide optical access to the qubit on the first chip.
US10355188B2
The present invention provides an LED lamp heat sink which has excellent thermal conductivity and moldability, is light in weight, and can be produced at low cost. The LED lamp heat sink is partially or wholly made of a thermally conductive resin composition and cools an LED module. The thermally conductive resin composition contains at least: 10 to 50 wt. % of thermoplastic polyester resin (A) having a number average molecular weight of 12,000 to 70,000; 10 to 50 wt. % of polyester-polyether copolymer (B); and 40 to 70 wt. % of scale-like graphite (C) having a fixed carbon content of 98 wt. % or more and an aspect ratio of 21 or more. Specific gravity of the thermally conductive resin composition is 1.7 to 2.0. Heat conductivity of the thermally conductive resin composition in a surface direction is 15 W/(m·K) or more.
US10355185B2
An LED package includes N number of first pins, six second pins and N number of LED units, where N is four or six. Each of the LED units includes first to third LEDs, each of which has first and second terminals. The first terminal of the first LED for each of (2j−1)th and (2j)th LED units is connected to a (2j−1)th first pin. The first terminals of the second and third LEDs for each of the (2j−1)th and (2j)th LED units are connected to a (2j)th first pin, where j is an integer and 0
US10355184B2
A light-emitting diode package comprising: a substrate having one or more first pads, one or more second pads, a first terminal, and a second terminal, which are all formed on the upper surface; a plurality of light-emitting diode chips loaded on the one or more first pads and electrically connected to the first pad and the second pad; and a reflector coupled to an upper part of the substrate and having an opening part through which the plurality of light-emitting diode chips is exposed, wherein the first pad is formed as one body with the substrate, and the first terminal or the second terminal are connected to an external power source and formed to have a predetermined height at the upper surface of the substrate.
US10355182B2
A lens is affixed over an LED die mounted on a substrate to encapsulate the LED die. The lens may have a top surface shaped as a dome or other shape to achieve the desired light pattern. The lens has a cavity for the LED die. A reflector pattern is molded into the bottom surface of the lens, such as one or more facet rings with an angled surface surrounding the LED die. The angled surface of the facet ring reflects the downward or shallow light emission from the LED die upward. A plurality of facet rings of different radii and heights may be formed in the bottom of the lens for shaping the light emission. Any suitable shape of facet may be used. The facet rings may be formed to cause the LED module to emit a narrow beam or other light emission patterns.
US10355180B2
A light emitting device including: a light emitting element including a growth substrate and a semiconductor layer located below the growth substrate; a light transmissive member disposed above a top surface of the light emitting element; and a transparent resin bonding the top surface and a bottom surface of the light transmissive member, wherein the bottom surface encompasses the top surface, the transparent resin continuously covers the bottom surface and a side surface of the semiconductor layer. The transparent resin is disposed to cover a covered portion located at a central portion of the semiconductor layer and to expose an exposed portion located at a side edge portion of the semiconductor layer in a direction parallel to the top surface in a side view, and covers the side surface of the semiconductor layer so that at least 20% in length of the semiconductor layer in the direction is covered.
US10355179B2
An LED package structure includes a carrier mounted with a plurality of LED chips, a first glue-layer, a second glue-layer and an encapsulation resin filled within the first and the second glue-layers. The first glue-layer is formed on a top surface of the carrier and has a thin-film structure which is substantially flat on a top surface thereof. The second glue-layer is stacked on the first glue-layer. The second glue-layer has a height higher than that of the first glue-layer. The second glue-layer has a volume greater than that of the first glue-layer. The present invention also provides a method of LED package structure to stably produce a dam structure with uniform shape and high ratio of height/width.
US10355177B2
To provide an illumination method and a light-emitting device which are capable of achieving, under an indoor illumination environment where illuminance is around 5000 lx or lower when performing detailed work and generally around 1500 lx or lower, a color appearance or an object appearance as perceived by a person, will be as natural, vivid, highly visible, and comfortable as though perceived outdoors in a high-illuminance environment, regardless of scores of various color rendition metric. Light emitted from the light-emitting device illuminates an object such that light measured at a position of the object satisfies specific requirements. A feature of the light-emitting device is that light emitted by the light-emitting device in a main radiant direction satisfies specific requirements.
US10355171B2
A light emitting diode including a first conductive type semiconductor layer; a mesa disposed on the first conductive type semiconductor layer and including an active layer and a second conductive type semiconductor layer; an electrode disposed on the mesa and configured to be in ohmic-contact with the corresponding second conductive type semiconductor layer of the mesa, a current spreading layer disposed on the mesa and the electrode and including a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion configured to be in ohmic-contact with a first end portion, a second end portion, and a middle portion of the first conductive type semiconductor layer, respectively, an insulation layer disposed on the mesa and the first conductive type semiconductor layer and having a first region having a thickness that varies along a longitudinal direction of the first semiconductor layer.
US10355155B2
A method of producing an optical element, which includes a glass substrate and a sheet-like formed body, is provided. The sheet-like formed body is formed of an organic resin, one surface of which has a fresnel lens pattern and the other surface of which is bonded to the glass substrate. The sheet-like formed body is a thermoplastic polymer composition. A bonding surface of the sheet-like formed body facing the glass substrate is treated by irradiating active energy. A bonding surface of the glass substrate facing the sheet-like formed body is bonded to the bonding surface of the sheet-like formed body by using a silane coupling agent as a crosslinking agent.
US10355147B2
A solar cell module capable of preventing the occurrence of a PID failure in a solar photovoltaic power generation system with a MW capacity, said system being used in a high-temperature high-humidity environment; and a method for manufacturing this solar cell module. A solar cell module which comprises a protection glass material and a sealing material on a light receiving surface side of a substrate, and which also comprises an oxide layer between the substrate and the protection glass material, said oxide layer containing a metal element and silicon. It is preferable that the oxide layer contains at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of magnesium, aluminum, titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, zirconium, niobium and molybdenum. It is also preferable that the oxide layer has a refractive index of from 1.5 to 2.3 (inclusive) with respect to incident light having a wavelength of 587 nm.
US10355145B2
A photovoltaic device (1) includes: an i-type amorphous semiconductor layer (102i) formed in contact with one of the surfaces of a semiconductor substrate (101); p-type amorphous semiconductor strips (102p) spaced apart from each other and provided on the i-type amorphous semiconductor layer (102i); and n-type amorphous semiconductor strips (102n) spaced apart from each other and provided on the i amorphous semiconductor layer (102i), each n-type amorphous semiconductor strip (102n) being adjacent to at least one of the p-type amorphous semiconductor strips (102p) as traced along an in-plane direction of the semiconductor substrate (101). The photovoltaic device (1) further includes electrodes (103) as a protection layer formed in contact with the i-type amorphous semiconductor layer (102) between adjacent p-type amorphous semiconductor strips (102p) and between adjacent n-type amorphous semiconductor strips (102n).
US10355132B2
An insulated-gate field effect transistor includes a substrate having a drift region and a source region of first conductivity type, and a base region and shielding region of second conductivity type therein. The base region forms a first P-N junction with the source region and the shielding region extends between the drift region and the base region. A transition region of first conductivity type is provided, which is electrically coupled to the drift region. The transition region extends between a first surface of the substrate and the shielding region, and forms a second P-N junction with the base region. An insulated gate electrode is provided on a first surface of the substrate. The insulated gate electrode has an electrically conductive gate therein with a drain-side sidewall extending intermediate the second P-N junction and an end of the shielding region when viewed in transverse cross-section.
US10355127B2
The present technique relates to a semiconductor device including a current sensor, which can improve the electrostatic discharge ruggedness. The semiconductor device includes: a first switching element through which a main current flows; and a second switching element through which a sense current flows. The first switching element includes a first gate oxide film formed in contact with a first base layer sandwiched between a first source layer and a drift layer. The second switching element includes a second gate oxide film formed in contact with a second base layer sandwiched between a second source layer and the drift layer. A part of the second gate oxide film including a portion covering the second base layer is thicker than the first gate oxide film.
US10355125B2
In one embodiment, a method for forming a semiconductor device having a shield electrode includes forming first and second shield electrode contact portions within a contact trench. The first shield electrode contact portion can be formed recessed within the contact trench and includes a flat portion. The second shield electrode contact portion can be formed within the contact trench and makes contact to the first shield electrode contact portion along the flat portion.
US10355118B2
Semiconductor devices include a thin channel region formed on a buried insulator. A source and drain region is formed on the buried insulator, separated from the channel region by notches. A gate structure is formed on the thin channel region.
US10355111B2
A method includes depositing an inhibitor layer on a first surface, depositing a film on a second surface by performing a first set of deposition cycles. Each deposition cycle includes adsorbing a first precursor over the second surface, performing a first purge process, adsorbing a second precursor over the second surface, and performing a second purge process. The method also includes performing a third purge process that is different from the first purge process or the second purge process.
US10355109B2
A method for forming a semiconductor device comprising forming a semiconductor fin on a substrate, forming a first sacrificial gate stack over a first channel region of the fin and forming a second sacrificial gate stack over a second channel region of the fin, forming spacers adjacent to the first sacrificial gate stack and the second sacrificial gate stack, depositing a first liner layer on the spacers, the first sacrificial gate stack and the second sacrificial gate stack, depositing a first sacrificial layer on the first liner layer, removing a portion of the first sacrificial layer over the first gate stack to expose a portion of the first liner layer on the first sacrificial gate stack, and growing a first semiconductor material on exposed portions of the fin to form a first source/drain region adjacent to the first gate sacrificial gate stack.
US10355107B2
The present application discloses a method of fabricating a polycrystalline silicon thin film transistor, the method including forming an amorphous silicon layer on a base substrate having a pattern corresponding to a polycrystalline silicon active layer of the thin film transistor; the amorphous silicon layer having a first region corresponding to a source electrode and drain electrode contact region in the polycrystalline silicon active layer and a second region corresponding to a channel region in the polycrystalline silicon active layer; forming a first dopant layer on a side of the second region distal to the base substrate; forming a second dopant layer on a side of the first region distal to the base substrate; and crystallizing the amorphous silicon layer, the first dopant layer, and the second dopant layer to form the polycrystalline silicon active layer, the polycrystalline silicon active layer being doped with a dopant of the first dopant layer in the second region and doped with a dopant of the second dopant layer in the first region during the step of crystallizing the amorphous silicon layer.
US10355099B2
A plurality of gate electrodes is stacked on an upper surface of a substrate in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate. A channel region penetrates through the plurality of gate electrodes to extend perpendicularly to the upper surface of the substrate. A gate dielectric layer includes a tunneling layer, a charge storage layer and a blocking layer that are sequentially disposed between the channel region and the plurality of gate electrodes. The charge storage layer includes a plurality of doping elements and a plurality of deep level traps generated by the plurality of doping element. A concentration distribution of the plurality of doping elements in a thickness direction of the charge storage layer is non-uniform.
US10355088B2
The present invention provides a MOS (Metal-Oxide-Silicon) device having mitigated threshold voltage roll-off and a threshold voltage roll-off mitigation method therefor. The MOS device includes: a substrate, a well region, an isolation region, a gate, two LDDs (Lightly-Doped-Drains), a source, a drain and a compensation doped region. The compensation doped region is substantially in contact with at least a part of a recessed portion along the channel length direction. Viewing from a cross-section view, at a boundary where the compensation doped region is in contact with the isolation region along the channel length direction, the compensation doped region has two doped region widths along the channel width direction, wherein, the two doped region widths of the compensation doped region are both not greater than 10% of the width of the operation region. Two doped region widths are defined as distances within an interior part and an exterior part of the operation region, respectively.
US10355086B2
A semiconductor device includes a fin patterned in a substrate; a gate disposed over and substantially perpendicular to the fin; a pair of epitaxial contacts including a III-V material over the fin and on opposing sides of the gate; and a channel region between the pair of epitaxial contacts under the gate comprising an undoped III-V material between doped III-V materials, the doped III-V materials including a dopant in an amount in a range from about 1e18 to about 1e20 atoms/cm3 and contacting the epitaxial contacts.
US10355078B2
A device includes a silicon carbide layer between first and second electrodes. The silicon carbide layer includes first region, second region between the first region and second electrode, and third region between the second region and second electrode. The device includes first and second trenches, through the second and third regions and terminating within the first region, having a layer formed thereon, and spaced by portions of the second and third regions. The silicon carbide layer includes fourth region between the third region and first trench, and fifth region between the third region and second trench. The second region includes a fourth portion between first and second portions, and a fifth portion between second and third portions. The first, second, and third portions have lower impurity than the fourth and fifth portions, and the fourth and fifth portions extend closer to the first electrode than do the other portions.
US10355076B2
In some embodiments, an apparatus comprises a semiconductor layer doped with a first-type dopant, a first region doped with the first-type dopant, a second region doped with the first-type dopant, and a third region doped with a second-type dopant, where the second-type dopant is opposite the first-type dopant. The first, second, and third regions are non-overlapping and are formed in the semiconductor layer. The third region is positioned between the first region and the second region. The apparatus also comprises a plurality of Zener implant regions buried in the semiconductor layer and the third region, where each of the plurality of Zener implant regions is configured to generate a different pinch-off region.
US10355075B2
Disclosed herein is a device that includes: a semiconductor substrate; a first insulating layer over a surface of the semiconductor substrate; first and second contact plugs each including side and upper surfaces, the side surfaces of the first and second contact plugs being surrounded by the first insulating film, the upper surfaces of the first and second contact plugs being substantially on the same plane with an upper surface of the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer over the first insulating layer; a first conductive layer including a bottom portion on the first contact plug and a side portion surrounded by the second insulating layer; a third insulating layer over the first conductive layer; and a second conductive layer on the second contact plug, a part of a side surface of the second conductive layer being surrounded by both the second and third insulating layers.
US10355065B2
A double-sided OLED packaging structure is provided and has an upper plate and a lower plate. Edges of each of the upper plate and the lower plate has a bending structure disposed thereon. A packaging glue is disposed on an inner side of the bending structure, such that two light emitting display portions are corresponding to and connected to each other by the packaging glues and the bending structures. Therefore, the double-sided OLED packaging structure can protect an organic light-emitting layer from high-temperature damage and prolong the display life by disposing the packaging glue on a side part of the packaging cover and thus away from a light-emitting surface.
US10355063B2
An organic light emitting display panel is discussed, which includes: a data line and a first scan line disposed to intersect each other; a plurality of sub-pixels; a second scan line; a driving voltage line and a reference voltage line; and a plurality of active layers for the plurality of sub-pixels, wherein at least one active layer of at least one sub-pixel among the plurality of sub-pixels overlaps any one of the data line, the driving voltage line, and the reference voltage line, and also overlaps the first or second scan line.
US10355061B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate including a pixel region and a non-pixel region; a first electrode over the substrate in the pixel region; an organic emitting layer over the first electrode in the pixel region; a bank over the substrate in the non-pixel region; an auxiliary conductive line covered by the bank in the non-pixel region, a thickness of the auxiliary line larger than a thickness of the first electrode; and a second electrode on the organic emitting layer in the pixel region and on the bank in the non-pixel region, the second electrode electrically connected to the auxiliary conductive line.
US10355057B2
An OLED interface has a panel layer, an anode-electrode layer, a cathode-electrode layer, an organic illuminant layer structure received between the anode-electrode layer and the cathode-electrode layer, and an evaluation circuit. The evaluation circuit is designed and connected in such a way that, together with at least the anode-electrode layer and/or the cathode electrode layer, a sensor system is produced, for detecting a finger or a hand of a user in a region upstream of the panel layer without, or before, the finger or hand touching the OLED interface or a panel element covering same.
US10355056B2
The present disclosure relates to an OLED device and a manufacturing method thereof, a display panel and a display device. The OLED device includes: a first electrode disposed on a substrate; an organic light emitting layer disposed on the first electrode; a second electrode disposed on the organic light emitting layer; and a stack of layers disposed on the second electrode. The stack of layers includes at least one inorganic layer and at least one organic layer. The at least one inorganic layer and at least one organic layer are alternately arranged. One organic layer of the at least one organic layer includes a color conversion layer.
US10355048B1
An isolation structure is disposed between fin field effect transistors of a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) device. The isolation structure includes a fin line substrate, having a trench crossing the fin line substrate. An oxide layer is disposed on the fin line substrate other than the trench. A liner layer is disposed on an indent surface of the trench. A nitride layer is disposed on the liner layer, partially filling the trench. An oxide residue is disposed on the nitride layer within the trench at a bottom portion of the trench. A gate-like structure is disposed on the oxide layer and also fully filling the trench.
US10355047B1
A method, according to one embodiment, includes: forming an annular cylindrical channel from a single block of electrically conductive material; forming an oxide layer over exposed surfaces of the annular cylindrical channel and exposed surfaces of the block of electrically conductive material; removing a portion of the oxide layer from an exterior base of the annular cylindrical channel, thereby forming a source contact recess which surrounds the base of the annular cylindrical channel; ion-implanting the exposed electrically conductive material substrate at a base of the source contact recess; and depositing a silicide material in the source contact recess, thereby forming a source contact tab. Moreover, other systems and methods are also described in additional embodiments herein which provide various different improved processes of forming the annular cylindrical channels, the source contact tabs, and/or the cylindrical pillar gate contacts for vertical transistor structures in comparison to conventional surface transistor structures.
US10355044B2
A magnetic cell includes magnetic, secondary oxide, and getter seed regions. During formation, a diffusive species is transferred from a precursor magnetic material to the getter seed region, due to a chemical affinity elicited by a getter species. The depletion of the magnetic material enables crystallization of the depleted magnetic material through crystal structure propagation from a neighboring crystalline material, without interference from the now-enriched getter seed region. This promotes high tunnel magnetoresistance and high magnetic anisotropy strength. Also during formation, another diffusive species is transferred from a precursor oxide material to the getter seed region, due to a chemical affinity elicited by another getter species. The depletion of the oxide material enables lower electrical resistance and low damping in the cell structure. Methods of fabrication and semiconductor devices are also disclosed.
US10355030B2
A display panel and a display apparatus are provided. The display panel includes: a substrate; multiple first-layer wires disposed on the substrate; and an insulating dielectric layer disposed on the first-layer wires. A dielectric constant of the insulating dielectric layer is higher than dielectric constants of silicon oxide layer and silicon nitride layer. The insulating dielectric layer includes a composition. The composition includes a first component and a second component. A dielectric constant of the first component is lower than the dielectric constants of silicon oxide layer and silicon nitride layer. A dielectric constant of the second component is higher than the dielectric constants of silicon oxide layer and silicon nitride layer.
US10355029B2
A switching element, a manufacturing method thereof, an array substrate and a display device are provided. The switching element includes: a base substrate; a first thin-film transistor (TFT), disposed on the base substrate; and a second TFT, disposed on the first TFT, wherein the first TFT includes a first electrode and a second electrode, and the first TFT and the second TFT share the first electrode and the second electrode.
US10355016B2
A semiconductor device including: a substrate including a top surface configured to extend in a first direction and a second direction that are perpendicular to each other; gate stack structures disposed on the substrate, spaced apart from one another in the first direction and configured to extend in the second direction; a first region in which levels of top surfaces of the gate stack structures are constant; a second region in which levels of top surfaces of the gate stack structures are stepped, the second region configured to surround at least a portion of the first region; and conductive lines disposed in the second region between the gate stack structures and configured to extend in the second direction in an uneven form.
US10355015B2
A memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers. Vertical NAND strings are formed through the alternating stack, each of which includes a drain region, memory cell charge storage transistors, and a pair of drain select transistors in a series connection. A common bit line is electrically connected to drain regions of two vertical NAND strings. The drain select transistors of the two vertical NAND strings are configured such that drain select transistors sharing a first common drain select gate electrode provide a higher threshold voltage for one of the two vertical NAND strings, and drain select transistors sharing a second common drain select gate electrode provide a higher threshold voltage for the other of the two vertical NAND strings. The different threshold voltages can be provided by a combination of a masked ion implantation and selective charge injection.
US10355011B2
Methods for forming semiconductor structures are provided. The method for forming the semiconductor structure includes forming a control gate over a substrate and forming a dielectric layer covering the control gate. The method further includes forming a conductive layer having a first portion and a second portion over the dielectric layer. In addition, the first portion of the conductive layer is separated from the control gate by the dielectric layer. The method further includes forming an oxide layer on a top surface of the first portion of the conductive layer and removing the second portion of the conductive layer to form a memory gate.
US10355008B2
Floating gate memory cells in vertical memory. A control gate is formed between a first tier of dielectric material and a second tier of dielectric material. A floating gate is formed between the first tier of dielectric material and the second tier of dielectric material, wherein the floating gate includes a protrusion extending towards the control gate. A charge blocking structure is formed between the floating gate and the control gate, wherein at least a portion of the charge blocking structure wraps around the protrusion.
US10355006B2
A semiconductor storage device according to an embodiment includes a plurality of memory cells, a first film, and a second film. The memory cells are placed at intervals in a first direction on a semiconductor substrate. The first film is placed continuously in the first direction above the memory cells so as to cover all of the memory cells and including mainly metal oxide. The second film is placed on the first film and including mainly silicon nitride or silicon dioxide.
US10354965B2
The present disclosure describes an bonding pad formation method that incorporates an tantalum (Ta) conductive layer to block mobile ionic charges generated during the aluminum-copper (AlCu) metal fill deposition. For example, the method includes forming one or more interconnect layers over a substrate and forming a dielectric over a top interconnect layer of the one or more interconnect layers. A first recess is formed in the dielectric to expose a line or a via from the top interconnect layer. A conductive layer is formed in the first recess to form a second recess that is smaller than the first recess. A barrier metal layer is formed in the second recess to form a third recess that is smaller than the second recess. A metal is formed to fill the third recess.
US10354963B2
A pattern of information is detected in a thin-film electrical element including a plurality of thin-film layers on a substrate, the plurality of thin-film layers overlapping in an encoding region to form an optical layer structure. At least one of the thin-film layers in the optical layer structure includes an embedded information-encoding pattern. The thin-film electrical element is illuminated with an incident light beam from a light source thereby producing an optically-detectable interference image including the embedded pattern of information. An image capture system is used to capture an image of the optically-detectable interference image, and a data processing system is used to analyze the captured image to detect the embedded pattern of information. One or more actions are initiated in response to the detected pattern of information.
US10354961B2
A package includes a first dielectric layer, a device die over and attached to the first dielectric layer, an active through-via and a dummy through-via, and an encapsulating material encapsulating the device die, the active through-via, and the dummy through-via. The package further includes a second dielectric layer over and contacting the device die, the active through-via, and the dummy through-via. An active metal cap is over and contacting the second dielectric layer and electrically coupling to the active through-via. The active metal cap overlaps the active through-via. A dummy metal cap is over and contacting the second dielectric layer. The dummy metal cap overlaps the dummy through-via. The dummy metal cap is separated into a first portion and a second portion by a gap. A redistribution line passes through the gap between the first portion and the second portion of the dummy metal cap.
US10354955B2
An integrated circuit may include multiple back-end-of-line (BEOL) interconnect layers. The BEOL interconnect layers may include conductive lines and conductive vias. The integrated circuit may further include an interlayer dielectric (ILD) between the BEOL interconnect layers. The ILD may include the conductive lines and the conductive vias. At least a portion of the ILD may include a low-K insulating graphene alloy.
US10354939B2
A multilayer board includes a base including insulating layers stacked in a stacking direction, and a mounting surface at an end of the base in a first direction along the stacking direction, an electronic component inside the base, and a first heat dissipator extending through at least one of the insulating layers from a surface of the electronic component located at an end of the electronic component in the first direction to the mounting surface. When a section of the first heat dissipator is defined as a first section, and a section of the first heat dissipator located farther in a second direction along the layer stacking direction than the first section is defined as a second section, there is a combination of a first section and a second section in which the second section extends farther outward than the first section when viewed from the layer stacking direction.
US10354936B2
An electronic component includes a substrate having a principal surface, a chip arranged at the principal surface of the substrate, a sealing resin sealing the chip on the principal surface of the substrate, and a heat dissipation member formed on the sealing resin.
US10354928B2
A method of controlling NFET and PFET gate heights across different gate widths with chamfering and the resulting device are provided. Embodiments include forming an ILD over a fin; forming cavities in the ILD, each with similar or different widths; forming a high-K dielectric layer over the ILD and in each cavity; forming a pWF metal layer over the dielectric layer in one cavity; recessing the pWF metal layer to a height above the fin; forming an nWF metal layer in the cavities over the dielectric and pWF metal layers; recessing the nWF metal layer to a height above the pWF metal layer; forming a barrier layer over the dielectric and nWF metal layers; filling the cavities with a low-resistive metal; and recessing the barrier and dielectric layers to a height above the nWF metal layer; and concurrently etching the low-resistive metal.
US10354926B2
An integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate with an electrically isolated semiconductor well. An upper trench isolation extends from a front face of the semiconductor well to a depth located a distance from the bottom of the well. Two additional isolating zones are electrically insulated from the semiconductor well and extending inside the semiconductor well in a first direction and vertically from the front face to the bottom of the semiconductor well. At least one hemmed resistive region is bounded by the two additional isolating zones, the upper trench isolation and the bottom of the semiconductor well. Electrical contacts are electrically coupled to the hemmed resistive region.
US10354920B2
Methods and apparatus for polysilicon MOS capacitors in a replacement gate process. A method includes disposing a gate dielectric layer over a semiconductor substrate; disposing a polysilicon gate layer over the dielectric layer; patterning the gate dielectric layer and the polysilicon gate layer to form a plurality of polysilicon gates spaced by at least a minimum polysilicon to polysilicon pitch; defining a polysilicon resistor region containing at least one of the polysilicon gates and not containing at least one other of the polysilicon gates, which form dummy gates; depositing a mask layer over an inter-level dielectric layer; patterning the mask layer to expose the dummy gates; removing the dummy gates and the gate dielectric layer underneath the dummy gates to leave trenches in the inter-level dielectric layer; and forming high-k metal gate devices in the trenches in the inter-level dielectric layer. An apparatus produced by the method is disclosed.
US10354915B2
An adhesion layer formed of a thin film can be formed on a surface of a substrate. An adhesion layer forming method of forming the adhesion layer on the substrate includes supplying a coupling agent onto the substrate 2 while rotating the substrate 2. The substrate 2 is rotated at a low speed equal to or less than 300 rpm and the coupling agent diluted with IPA is supplied onto the substrate 2.
US10354911B2
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a first cavity within a substrate. The first cavity is disposed under a portion of the substrate. The method further includes forming a first pillar within the first cavity to support the portion of the substrate.
US10354894B2
A semiconductor wafer held by a holder within a chamber is irradiated and heated with halogen light emitted from multiple halogen lamps. Cylindrical outer and inner louvers made of opaque quartz are provided between the halogen lamps and the semiconductor wafer. A reflector is provided in an area of tube walls of the halogen lamps that faces the spacing between the inner wall surface of the outer louver and the outer wall surface of the inner louver. The spacing between the two louvers is located immediately below and faces the peripheral portion of the semiconductor wafer. Thus, the illuminance of light that reaches the peripheral portion of the semiconductor wafer where a temperature drop is likely to occur will be higher than the illuminance of light that travels toward the central portion from the halogen lamps. This configuration will help make uniform the in-plane temperature distribution of the semiconductor wafer.
US10354892B2
Embodiments of the invention generally relate to a method of cleaning a substrate and a substrate processing apparatus that is configured to perform the method of cleaning the substrate. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to a method of cleaning a substrate in a manner that reduces or eliminates the negative effects of line stiction between semiconductor device features. Other embodiments of the present invention relate to a substrate processing apparatus that allows for cleaning of the substrate in a manner that reduces or eliminates line stiction between semiconductor device features formed on the substrate.
US10354888B2
Methods for anisotropically etching a tungsten-containing material (such as doped or undoped tungsten metal) include cyclic treatment of tungsten surface with Cl2 plasma and with oxygen-containing radicals. Treatment with chlorine plasma is performed while the substrate is electrically biased resulting in predominant etching of horizontal surfaces on the substrate. Treatment with oxygen-containing radicals passivates the surface of the substrate to etching, and protects the vertical surfaces of the substrate, such as sidewalls of recessed features, from etching. Treatment with Cl2 plasma and with oxygen-containing radicals can be repeated in order to remove a desired amount of material. Anisotropic etching can be performed selectively in a presence of dielectric materials such as silicon oxide, silicon nitride, and silicon oxynitride.
US10354886B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a computer-implemented method for validating a design includes generating, using the computer, a first graph representative of the design, when the computer is invoked to validate the design, and decompose, using the computer, the first graph into at least three sets using a hybrid evolutionary algorithm to form a colored graph.
US10354884B2
The etching of a sacrificial silicon dioxide (SiO2) portion in a microstructure such as a microelectro-mechanical structures (MEMS) by the use an etchant gas, namely hydrogen fluoride (HF) vapor is performed with greater selectivity to other portions within the MEMS, and in particular portions of silicon nitride (Si3N4). This is achieved by the addition of a secondary non-etchant gas suitable for increase the ratio of difluoride reactive species (HF2− and H2F2) to monofluoride reactive species (F−, and HF) within the HF vapor. The secondary non-etchant gas may comprise a hydrogen compound gas. The ratio of difluoride reactive species (HF2− and H2F2) to the monofluoride reactive species (F−, and HF) within the HF vapor can also be increased by setting an etch operating temperature to 20° C. or below.
US10354880B2
Embodiments herein describe techniques for forming sidewalls on vertical structures on a semiconductor substrate. In one embodiment, the semiconductor substrate includes a first layer (e.g., a conductive layer such as an electrode) on which a second layer (e.g., an insulator) is disposed. An undercut etch is performed which selectively etches the sides of the material in the first layer but not the material in the second layer. A conformal deposition process is used to deposit the material of the sidewall into the undercut regions. Further etches can be performed to shape the sidewalls disposed on the sides of the material in the first layer.
US10354876B1
A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same, the semiconductor device includes a substrate and a material layer. The substrate has a first region, and the material layer is disposed on the substrate. The material layer includes plural of first patterns and plural of second patterns arranged in an array, and two third patterns. The first patterns are disposed within the first region, the second patterns are disposed at two opposite outer sides of the first region, and the third patterns are disposed at another two opposite outer sides of the first region, wherein each of the third patterns partially merges each of a part of the first patterns and each of a part of the second patterns.
US10354870B2
First, second and third series of samples are successively made so as to determine the influence of the deposition parameters on the crystallographic quality of a layer of semiconductor material of III-V type. The parameters studied are successively the deposition pressure, the deposition temperature and the deposited thickness of a sub-layer of semiconductor material of III-V type so as to respectively determine a first deposition pressure, a first deposition temperature at the first deposition pressure, and a first deposited thickness at the first deposition temperature and at the first deposition pressure. The sub-layer of semiconductor material of III-V type is thickened by ways of a second layer of semiconductor material of III-V type deposited under different conditions.
US10354869B2
A method of manufacturing a nanostructure includes: heating a mixed solution to a first temperature, the mixed solution including a solvent, a compound including indium, and an octadecylphosphonic acid; heating the mixed solution to a second temperature; injecting, after heating the mixed solution to the second temperature, a phosphine precursor into the mixed solution; and heating the mixed solution including the injected phosphine precursor to a third temperature.
US10354864B2
A compound semiconductor substrate having a desired quality is provided.A compound semiconductor substrate has an SiC (silicon carbide) layer, an AlN (aluminum nitride) buffer layer formed on the SiC layer, an Al (aluminum) nitride semiconductor layer formed on the AlN buffer layer, a first GaN (gallium nitride) layer formed on the Al nitride semiconductor layer, a first AlN intermediate layer formed on the first GaN layer in contact with the first GaN layer, and a second GaN layer formed on the first AlN intermediate layer in contact with the first AlN intermediate layer.
US10354861B2
Methods for the deposition of a SiCON film by molecular layer deposition using a multi-functional amine and a silicon containing precursor having a reactive moiety.
US10354859B1
An alternating stack of insulating layers including a silicon oxide material and electrically conductive layers is formed over a substrate. Sidewalls of the insulating layers are selectively silylated with a chemical including at least one silyl group without silylating sidewalls of the electrically conductive layers. Silicon-containing barrier material portions are formed by selectively growing a first silicon-containing barrier material from surfaces of the electrically conductive layers without growing the first silicon-containing barrier material from silylated surfaces of the insulating layers. A memory material layer is formed on the silicon-containing barrier material portions and the sidewalls of the insulating layers. A vertical conductive line is formed on the memory material layer.
US10354851B2
A secondary ion mass spectrometer comprises: (a) a first primary ion source for generating a first pulsed primary ion beam with short pulse durations; (b) a second primary ion source for generating a second pulsed primary ion beam with pulse durations in the range of 50 ns and up to 5 s; (c) a first TOF-SIMS analysis unit for mass spectroscopic analysis of the secondary ions generated by the primary ion pulses of the first primary ion source from a sample; and (d) a second analysis unit for mass spectroscopic analysis of the secondary ions generated by the primary ion pulses of the second primary ion source from a sample.
US10354843B2
Gas distribution assemblies are described including an annular body, an upper plate, and a lower plate. The upper plate may define a first plurality of apertures, and the lower plate may define a second and third plurality of apertures. The upper and lower plates may be coupled with one another and the annular body such that the first and second apertures produce channels through the gas distribution assemblies, and a volume is defined between the upper and lower plates.
US10354838B1
An apparatus for generating plasma, including a quadrupole antenna having a center region and an outer region and configured to be disposed over a dielectric window of a plasma chamber. The quadrupole antenna including a first coil defining a first SDA and a second coil defining a second SDA, the first coil being in a nested arrangement within the second coil. The nested arrangement places a turn of the first coil to be adjacent to a corresponding turn of the second coil as the first and second coils spiral from the center region to the outer region of the quadrupole antenna. Adjacent turns of each of the first and second coils are horizontally separated from one another by a distance when disposed over the dielectric window.
US10354831B2
The present invention relates to a charged particle system comprising: a charged particle source; a first multi aperture plate; a second multi aperture plate disposed downstream of the first multi aperture plate, the second multi aperture plate; a controller configured to selectively apply at least first and second voltage differences between the first and second multi aperture plates; wherein the charged particle source and the first and second multi aperture plates are arranged such that each of a plurality of charged particle beamlets traverses an aperture pair, said aperture pair comprising one aperture of the first multi aperture plate and one aperture of the second multi aperture plate, wherein plural aperture pairs are arranged such that a center of the aperture of the first multi aperture plate is, when seen in a direction of incidence of the charged particle beamlet traversing the aperture of the first multi aperture plate, displaced relative to a center of the aperture of the second multi aperture plate. The invention further pertains to a particle-optical component configured to change a divergence of a set of charged particle beamlets and a charged particle inspection method comprising inspection of an object using different numbers of charged particle beamlets.
US10354829B2
An antenna part of a magnetron includes an exhaust portion that is connected to an antenna conductor derived from an anode part and has an output terminal from which a microwave is outputted, and an output-side ceramic stem that holds internally the antenna conductor and is firmly fixed to the exhaust portion to insulate electrically a side pipe connected to the anode part of a main body of the magnetron from the exhaust portion. An antenna part further includes an antenna cap that is joined to the exhaust portion by a conductive adhesive arranged on an outer periphery of the exhaust portion. Accordingly, it is possible to provide the magnetron that can prevent occurrence of electric discharge between the antenna cap and the exhaust portion.
US10354823B2
A mains-operated handheld machine tool includes a tool housing, an electric drive motor arranged in the housing and configured to drive an associated tool insert, and a slide switch arranged, at least in a longitudinally displaceable fashion, on the tool housing and coupled to a sliding element configured to switch the drive motor on and off. The mains-operated handheld machine also includes a protection device with an electromechanical relay. The protection device is configured to prevent, by way of the electromechanical relay, uncontrolled restarting of the drive motor after an interruption to a corresponding power supply to the drive motor as a result of latching of the relay being canceled.
US10354815B2
A push switch includes a base member including a depressed accommodating part, a fixed contact member provided and exposed in the accommodating part of the base member, a movable contact member installed in the accommodating part and including a dome part configured to be reversible to contact the fixed contact member, a sheet member installed to cover the accommodating part and hold the movable contact member, a pusher member installed between the top of the dome part and the sheet member, and a sheet-shaped reinforcing member formed of a material having a lower coefficient of thermal expansion than the sheet member. The reinforcing member is installed over the sheet member.
US10354813B2
One or more arc gas outlet holes are formed in a trip device such that an effect of easily venting an arc gas, which flows into the trip device, to the outside through the arc gas outlet holes is provided.
US10354802B1
A ceramic electronic component includes a body including dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrodes disposed to face each other while having each of the dielectric layers interposed therebetween; and external electrodes including a connection portion disposed on end surfaces of the body opposing each other and band portions extending onto portions of upper and lower surfaces of the body from the connection portion, wherein the external electrodes include electrode layers connected to the plurality of internal electrodes, conductive resin layers disposed on the electrode layers, Ni plating layers disposed on the conductive resin layers, and Sn plating layers disposed on the Ni plating layers, and tc1 is 0.5 μm or more and tc2/tc1 is 1.2 or less, in which a thickness of the Ni plating layer in the connection portion is “tc1” and a thickness of the Ni plating layer in the band portion is tc2.
US10354788B2
A universal solenoid actuator includes a housing, a flange, a single armature, a first rod, a second rod, a first coil, and a second coil. The housing defines a cavity that is devoid of permanent magnets. The flange comprises a magnetic material and divides the cavity into a first cavity portion and a second cavity portion. The single armature extends through, and is movable within, the armature opening. The first rod and second rods are coupled to opposite ends of the single armature and are moveable therewith. The first and second coils are wound such that: when the first coil is electrically energized, a first force is generated that causes the single armature to move in a first direction, and when the second coil is electrically energized, a second force is generated that causes the single armature to move in a second direction.
US10354778B2
The present invention relates to a high speed transmission cable that includes a first conductor set, a dielectric film at least partially concentrically disposed around the first conductor set and a pinched portion forming an insulating envelope around the first conductor set. The dielectric film includes a base layer having a plurality of first protrusions formed on a first major surface of the base layer, wherein the dielectric film is disposed such that the base layer is partially concentric with the conductor set and wherein a portion of the first protrusions is disposed between the first conductor set and the base layer in a region where the base layer is concentric with the first conductor set.
US10354774B2
The present invention relates to a composition for forming a conductive pattern that enables forming conductive micropatterns on various polymer resin products or resin layers by a simplified process without deformation of the polymer resin products or resin layers, and enables effectively satisfying requirements of the art, and a resin structure having a conductive pattern.
US10354773B2
Noble metal-coated nanostructures and related methods are disclosed. According to an aspect, a nanostructure may include a structure comprising a base metal. As an example, the structure may be a nanowire. In a more specific example, the structure may be a copper nanowire or a nanowire made of a base metal such as nickel, tin, indium, zinc, the like, or combinations thereof. The base metal structure may be coated with a noble metal that conformally covers the base metal structure. Example noble metals include, but are not limited to, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, silver, iridium, platinum, and gold. The coating may be made of one or more of the noble metals along with other materials.
US10354770B2
A residual heat removal ventilation system for spent fuel dry storage facility of nuclear power plant includes a natural ventilation apparatus and a forced ventilation apparatus, comprising a cold air intake chamber, a hot air removal chamber, a pipeline, a ventilation heat shield cylinder, a heat removal fan, and an air cooling equipment having certain connecting relationships and being correspondingly arranged in a storeroom, an operating room and a ventilation equipment room. The system doesn't require storing spent fuel in a pool storage manner. The safety of the spent fuel doesn't rely on power equipment, thus not only reducing routine maintenance, saving energy, but also has inherent safety. Furthermore, the system can be used to cool spent fuel storage canisters within spent fuel storage facility of pebble bed high temperature gas-cooled reactor nuclear power plant, and discharge residual heat of spent fuel storage canisters to the external environment.
US10354769B2
Embodiments herein disclose a shielding curtain that is configured to block through passage of electromagnetic radiation. The shielding curtain may be a flap portion of a larger shielding curtain or a single, unitary body that includes a single mounting bead and a plurality of flaps. The shielding curtain is formed of a polymer material that has a uniformly dispersed particulate material. Electromagnetic radiation emitted by an inspection system is blocked by the uniformly dispersed particulate material.
US10354768B2
A structure for preventing a scan by a beam is provided. The structure includes a primary material forming the structure. The primary material includes a first mass attenuation coefficient enabling the primary material to be penetrated by the beam. The structure also includes a matrix of dense particles within the primary material. The dense particles include secondary materials different than the primary material. The secondary materials comprise a subsequent mass attenuation coefficient that is greater than the first mass attenuation coefficient of the primary material. The subsequent mass attenuation coefficient enables the dense particles to attenuate the beam to distort the scan.
US10354763B2
A sodium-cooled nuclear reactor includes at least one electromagnetic pump assembly and a backflow reduction pipe. The backflow reduction pipe may include an inlet, an outlet, at least one tubular section having a first length and a first diameter, and at least one fluid diode section between the inlet and the outlet.
US10354760B1
A system and method for mediating anomaly notifications in health data to health alerts using data structures and logic to organize, contain, and disposition identified health anomalies. Multiple generators of anomaly notifications operating asynchronously and independently can be processed. The case manager organizes anomaly notifications and supports collaborative decision making among users with diverse areas of expertise. A network server stores health data that has been gathered from various sources. A user can visualize the data on a client computer networked to the server by downloading from the server user specified sets of health-related data based on a case or set of anomalies describing a subset of the data, and source code for visualizing the data.
US10354759B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for modeling changes in patient-specific blood vessel geometry and boundary conditions resulting from changes in blood flow or pressure. One method includes determining, using a processor, a first anatomic model of one or more blood vessels of a patient; determining a biomechanical model of the one or more blood vessels based on at least the first anatomic model; determining one or more parameters associated with a physiological state of the patient; and creating a second anatomic model based on the biomechanical model and the one or more parameters associated with the physiological state.
US10354758B2
A method and system for simulating patient-specific atrial electrophysiology is disclosed. A patient-specific anatomical atria model is generated from medical image data of a patient. A patient-specific atria electrophysiology model is generated based on the patient-specific anatomical atria model and electrophysiology measurements of the patient. One or more virtual electrophysiological therapies are performed by performing atrial electrophysiology simulations using the patient-specific atria electrophysiology model. Atrial electrophysiology simulation results resulting from the one or more virtual electrophysiological therapies are displayed.
US10354756B2
A method for at least one of characterizing, diagnosing, and treating a cutaneous condition in at least a subject, the method comprising: receiving an aggregate set of biological samples from a population of subjects; generating at least one of a microbiome composition dataset and a microbiome functional diversity dataset for the population of subjects; generating a characterization of the cutaneous condition based upon features extracted from at least one of the microbiome composition dataset and the microbiome functional diversity dataset; based upon the characterization, generating a therapy model configured to correct the cutaneous condition; and at an output device associated with the subject, promoting a therapy to the subject based upon the characterization and the therapy model.
US10354755B2
In one embodiment, a method comprises identifying one or more health-care-providers associated with one or more medical-specializations, wherein each medical-specialization is associated with a specialty class and at least one geographic area. A number of patient-diagnosis codes is received, each patient-diagnosis code corresponding to one of the health-care-providers and representing a patient-visit to the health-care-provider. The patient-diagnosis code includes at least one diagnosis within a condition-group for the patient visit, and a severity-factor for the diagnosis. The method further comprises determining all patient-diagnosis codes corresponding to the health-care-providers. A patient-volume is calculated for each health-care-provider, based on the patient-diagnosis codes and associated severity-factors. A variety-score is calculated for each health-care-provider based on the patient-diagnosis codes. An experience-score is calculated for each health-care-provider based on the patient-volume and variety-score.
US10354747B1
A method for variant calling in a next generation sequencing analysis pipeline involves obtaining a plurality of sequence reads that each include a nucleotide aligned at a nucleotide position within a sample genome. The method also involves obtaining a plurality of alleles associated with the nucleotide position. The method further involves determining that a particular allele of the plurality of alleles matches one or more sequence reads of the plurality of sequence reads, wherein the particular allele is located at the nucleotide position. Additionally, the method involves generating an image based on information associated with the plurality of sequence reads. Further, the method involves determining, by providing the generated image to a trained neural network, a likelihood that the sample genome contains the particular allele. The method may also involves providing an output signal indicative of the determined likelihood.
US10354746B2
Methods and systems for searching genomes for potential CRISPR off-target sites are provided. In preferred embodiments, the methods include identifying possible on- and off-target cleavage sites and/or ranking the potential off-target sites based on the number and location of mismatches, insertions, and/or deletions in the gRNA guide sequence relative to the genomic DNA sequence at a putative target site in the genome. These methods allow for the selection of better target sites and/or experimental confirmation of off-target sites and are an improvement over partial search mechanisms that fail to locate every possible target site.
US10354745B2
A system and method of discovering sequence patterns with variations is provided. The method includes: accessing or acquiring a data set including a family of sequences or related families of sequences; a) applying a pattern discovery process to the sequences; b) grouping and aligning the similar patterns that may have different lengths into one or more Aligned Pattern Clusters; c) discovering the co-occurrence relation between Aligned Patterns and/or Aligned Pattern Clusters to reveal the distal function between segments represented by the aligned Pattern Clusters and d) breaking down an Aligned Pattern Cluster into sub-clusters with stable cluster configuration that reveals sub-clusters with distinct and shared characteristic among sub-family of the sequences.
US10354744B2
A method and system for non-invasive assessment of coronary artery stenosis is disclosed. Patient-specific anatomical measurements of the coronary arteries are extracted from medical image data of a patient acquired during rest state. Patient-specific rest state boundary conditions of a model of coronary circulation representing the coronary arteries are calculated based on the patient-specific anatomical measurements and non-invasive clinical measurements of the patient at rest. Patient-specific rest state boundary conditions of the model of coronary circulation representing the coronary arteries are calculated based on the patient-specific anatomical measurements and non-invasive clinical measurements of the patient at rest. Hyperemic blood flow and pressure across at least one stenosis region of the coronary arteries are simulated using the model of coronary circulation and the patient-specific hyperemic boundary conditions. Fractional flow reserve (FFR) is calculated for the at least one stenosis region based on the simulated hyperemic blood flow and pressure.
US10354737B2
A non-volatile memory is configured to allow programming and erase at the sub-block level. In a sub-block erase, some of the memory cells can be selected for erase while others are not selected for erase, such as by leaving their word lines to float while applying the erase voltage to the well structure of the physical block to which the sub-blocks belong. Although a sub-block erase applies a lower electric field across the non-selected memory cells than the erase selected memory cells, it still places the non-selected memory cells under some degree of stress and can lead to erase disturb. To help manage this erase disturb, each sub-block has an associated erase disturb count, which is incremented when another sub-block of the same physical block is erased, but reset when the sub-block itself is erase. Once a count reaches a threshold value, the sub-block can be marked for remedial action, such as refresh or garbage collection.
US10354736B1
The present disclosure is directed to a device, a method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium for determining a level of uncertainty of programmed states of memory cells. In one aspect, a memory device includes memory cells, an uncertainty prediction circuit coupled to the memory cells, and a data conversion circuit coupled to the memory cells. The uncertainty prediction circuit is configured to determine, from a subset of the memory cells coupled to a word line, a number of memory cells having a predetermined state. The data conversion circuit is configured to apply a data conversion to a portion of data stored by the subset of the memory cells, in response to the uncertainty prediction circuit determining that the number of memory cells is between a first threshold and a second threshold.
US10354730B2
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods using a substrate, a first memory cell block including first memory cell strings located over the substrate, first data lines coupled to the first memory cell strings, a second memory cell block including second memory cell strings located over the first memory cell block, second data lines coupled to the second memory cell strings, first conductive paths located over the substrate and coupled between the first data lines and buffer circuitry of the apparatus, and second conductive paths located over the substrate and coupled between the second data lines and the buffer circuitry. No conductive path of the first and second conductive paths is shared by the first and second memory cell blocks.
US10354723B2
A memory device may include: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells; and a control circuit suitable for programming the memory cell array. The control circuit may program the memory cell array according to a predetermined coding method, such that read voltage levels for multi-sensing are minimized and the numbers of read operations for logical pages are distributed. Therefore, the memory device can improve the cell distribution for the plurality of memory cells and the performance of read timing.
US10354721B2
A storage bitcell comprising a first inverter cross-coupled with a second inverter, both the first and second inverter being in a path between a first potential and a second potential; wherein a first isolator is connected in the path between the first inverter and the first potential. The storage bitcell has particular application as Static Random-Access Memory (SRAM) circuitry.
US10354715B2
A semiconductor device in which a plurality of chips each including a memory circuit is stacked, the semiconductor device includes a transmission path including a plurality of microbumps formed in the plurality of chips, measurement circuitry that detects a reflected waveform when a signal is transmitted in the transmission path and measures propagation delay time for a certain part on the transmission path from the reflected waveform that has been detected, determination circuitry that calculates temperature of each memory area that corresponds to the certain part from the propagation delay time that has been measured by the measurement circuitry, and control circuitry that sets a refresh interval of each memory area, based on the temperature of each memory area, which has been calculated by the determination circuitry, and executes a refresh operation of the memory circuit in each memory area at the refresh interval that has been set.
US10354710B2
A memory cell includes a VCMA magnetoelectric memory element and a two-terminal selector element connected in series to the magnetoelectric memory element.
US10354709B2
A magnetic device may include a composite free layer that includes a first sub-layer comprising at least one of a Co-based alloy, a Fe-based alloy, or a Heusler alloy; a second sub-layer comprising at least one of a Co-based alloy, a Fe-based alloy, or a Heusler alloy; and an intermediate sub-layer between the first sub-layer and the second sub-layer. The composite free layer exhibits a magnetic easy axis oriented out of a plane of the composite free layer.
US10354707B2
A seed layer stack with a smooth top surface having a peak to peak film thickness variation of about 0.5 nm is formed by sputter depositing a second seed layer on a first seed layer that is Mg, MgN, or an alloy thereof where the second seed layer has a bond energy substantially greater than that of the first seed layer. The second seed layer may be Ta or NiCr. In some embodiments, an uppermost seed layer that is one or both of Ru and Cu is deposited on the second seed layer. Higher coercivity (Hc) and perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (Hk) is observed in an overlying ferromagnetic layer than when a prior art seed layer stack is employed. The first seed layer has a thickness from 2 to 20 Angstroms and has a resputtering rate about 2 to 40 times that of the second seed layer.
US10354705B2
Apparatuses and methods for controlling word lines and sense amplifiers in a semiconductor device are described. An example apparatus includes: a plurality of sense amplifier control circuits coupled to a plurality of corresponding sense amplifiers, wherein each sense amplifier control circuit of the plurality of sense amplifier control circuits provides one or more control signals to a corresponding sense amplifier of a plurality of sense amplifiers; and a driver that provides a selection signal to a plurality of word drivers responsive, at least in part, to a first control signal that is responsive to the one or more control signals from the plurality of sense amplifier control circuits.
US10354691B2
A photographing device according to the present invention comprises: an imaging section that captures a subject image and outputs image data; a motion picture recording section that records a motion picture based on the image data; a parameter setting section that sets a photographing parameter to change a photographing state; and a parameter control section that automatically changes the photographing parameter during the recording of the motion picture regardless of the set photographing parameter.
US10354688B1
An information recording medium (10) including a first region (11) in which medium identification information has been recorded, a data region (13), and a second region (12) which is positioned between the first region (11) and the data region (13) and in which control information has been recorded, in which an area of the first region (11) is greater than an area of the second region (12) in size.
US10354686B1
The invention relates to a tape drive, which may include a transport mechanism which may include a tape head. The tape drive may be adapted to receive a magnetic tape with the transport mechanism, and to transport the magnetic tape by the transport mechanism. The tape head may be adapted to perform read-write operations on an oxide side of the magnetic tape. The tape drive may include a burnishing unit, which may include a burnishing roller and a burnish controller having an abrasive shell. The burnishing roller may be installed in the tape drive upstream of the tape head such that the abrasive shell supports the received magnetic tape on the oxide side. The burnish controller may be adapted to control the movement of the burnishing roller.
US10354681B1
A tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) read head includes a first magnetic shield, a read sensor stripe located over the first magnetic shield, a second magnetic shield located over the sensor layer stack, an electrical isolation dielectric layer located on sidewalls of the read sensor stripe, and a pair of side shields located on the electrical isolation dielectric layer between the first magnetic shield and the second magnetic shield. The read sensor stripe includes a sensor layer stack containing a pinned layer stack, a non-magnetic electrically insulating barrier layer, and a ferromagnetic free layer. The side shields include nanocrystalline ferromagnetic particles, such as Fe, Co or CoFe, embedded in a non-magnetic dielectric material matrix, such as hafnium oxide.
US10354671B1
A voice coder configured to resolve periodic and aperiodic components of spectra is disclosed. The method of voice coding includes parsing the speech signal into a plurality of speech frames; for each of the plurality of speech frames: (a) generating the spectra for the speech frame, (b) parsing the spectra of the speech frame into a plurality of sub-bands, (c) transforming each of the plurality of sub-bands into a time-domain envelope signal, and (d) generating a plurality of sub-band voicing factors, wherein each sub-band voicing factor indicates the harmonicity of one of the plurality of sub-bands, and each sub-band voicing factor is based on the periodicity of one of said time-domain envelope signals associated with one of the plurality of sub-bands. The voice coder may regenerate the speech signal by generating a plurality of recomposed frames, each recomposed frame being based on: (a) the spectra for one of said plurality of speech frames, and (b) the sub-band voicing factors associated with the plurality of sub-bands for one of said plurality of speech frames; and then generating a recomposed speech signal from the plurality of recomposed frames.
US10354668B2
A codec operable to process audio data and related data. The codec further operable to receive at least one of an audio, audio auxiliary, program configuration, and data signals from a program source, the audio signals including at least one of single channel audio and multi-channel audio signals, audio auxiliary signals including spatial and motion data and environmental characteristics, the data signals including program related data. The codec further operable to generate a non-transitory encoded bitstream, wherein the bitstream includes at least one of synchronization command data and at least one of a program command data, audio channel data, audio auxiliary data, program content data, and an end of stream data, wherein the encoded bitstream includes an identifier for defining packet type for each data component. The synchronization command data includes a stream start flag defining an entry point for decoding the bitstream and further provides sample rate for the encoded bitstream.
US10354666B2
An encoder for encoding an audio signal includes an analyzer for analyzing the audio signal and for determining analysis prediction coefficients from the audio signal. The encoder includes a converter for deriving converted prediction coefficients from the analysis prediction coefficients, a memory for storing a multitude of correction values and a calculator. The calculator includes a processor for processing the converted prediction coefficients to obtain spectral weighting factors. The calculator includes a combiner for combining the spectral weighting factors and the multitude of correction values to obtain corrected weighting factors. A quantizer of the calculator is configured for quantizing the converted prediction coefficients using the corrected weighting factors to obtain a quantized representation of the converted prediction coefficients. The encoder includes a bitstream former for forming an output signal based on the quantized representation of the converted prediction coefficients and based on the audio signal.
US10354663B2
An apparatus for generating an enhanced signal from an input signal, wherein the enhanced signal has spectral values for an enhancement spectral region, the spectral values for the enhancement spectral regions not being contained in the input signal, includes a mapper for mapping a source spectral region of the input signal to a target region in the enhancement spectral region, the source spectral region including a noise-filling region; and a noise filler configured for generating first noise values for the noise-filling region in the source spectral region of the input signal and for generating second noise values for a noise region in the target region, wherein the second noise values are decorrelated from the first noise values or for generating second noise values for a noise region in the target region, wherein the second noise values are decorrelated from first noise values in the source region.
US10354660B2
An endpoint device receives a sequence of audio frames. The endpoint device determines for each audio frame a respective importance level among possible importance levels ranging from a low importance level to a high importance level based on content in the audio frame indicative of the respective importance level. The endpoint device associates each audio frame with the respective importance level, to produce different subsets of audio frames associated with respective ones of different importance levels. The endpoint device, for each subset of audio frames, applies forward error correction to a fraction of audio frames in the subset of audio frames, wherein the fraction increases as the importance level of the audio frames in the subset increases, and does not apply forward error correction to remaining audio frames in the subset.
US10354650B2
In one aspect, a method comprises accessing audio data generated by a computing device based on audio input from a user, the audio data encoding one or more user utterances. The method further comprises generating a first transcription of the utterances by performing speech recognition on the audio data using a first speech recognizer that employs a language model based on user-specific data. The method further comprises generating a second transcription of the utterances by performing speech recognition on the audio data using a second speech recognizer that employs a language model independent of user-specific data. The method further comprises determining that the second transcription of the utterances includes a term from a predefined set of one or more terms. The method further comprises, based on determining that the second transcription of the utterance includes the term, providing an output of the first transcription of the utterance.
US10354647B2
Implementations of the present disclosure include actions of providing first text for display on a computing device of a user, the first text being provided from a first speech recognition engine based on first speech received from the computing device, and being displayed as a search query, receiving a speech correction indication from the computing device, the speech correction indication indicating a portion of the first text that is to be corrected, receiving second speech from the computing device, receiving second text from a second speech recognition engine based on the second speech, the second speech recognition engine being different from the first speech recognition engine, replacing the portion of the first text with the second text to provide a combined text, and providing the combined text for display on the computing device as a revised search query.
US10354641B1
An acoustic noise reduction (ANR) headphone described herein has current detection circuitry that detects current consumed by an acoustic driver amplifier as a result of pressure changes due to a tapping of the headphone. Tapping may be performed to change an audio feature or operating mode of the audio system for the headphone. The current detection circuitry senses a characteristic of the current consumed by the acoustic driver amplifier that can be used to determine an occurrence of a tap event. Examples of a characteristic include an amplitude, waveform or duration of the sensed current. Advantageously, the ANR headphones avoid the need for control buttons to initiate the desired changes to the audio feature or operating mode.
US10354635B2
Audio pickup systems and methods are provided to enhance an audio signal by removing noise components related to an acoustic environment. The systems and methods receive a primary signal and a reference signal. The reference signal is adaptively filtered and subtracted from the primary signal to minimize an energy content of a resulting output signal.
US10354631B2
A method for processing an input sound signal of singing voice, to obtain a sound signal with an impression different from the input sound signal, includes: selecting a genre from among a plurality of tune genres in accordance with a selection operation by a user, setting, to a first unit, a set of first parameters corresponding to the selected genre, displaying a first impression identifier corresponding to the selected genre for a first control of a first user parameter in the set of first parameters, changing the first user parameter in accordance with a change operation on the first control by the user, and strengthening, by the first unit, signal components within a particular frequency band of the sound signal, in accordance with the set of first parameters including the first user parameters.
US10354629B2
A sound control device includes: a reception unit that receives a start instruction indicating a start of output of a sound; a reading unit that reads a control parameter that determines an output mode of the sound, in response to the start instruction being received; and a control unit that causes the sound to be output in a mode according to the read control parameter.
US10354625B2
A digital sight-singing piano is disclosed with a fixed-solfège keyboard, continuous keys and adjustable tones by kneading piano keys, wherein the key can be varied continuously and the frequency of a piano key can be slightly adjusted by kneading the piano key during playing. The keyboard of the digital sight-singing piano has fixed solfège, wherein no matter what key is used for playing, the piano keys in a solfège key set always have the same correspondence to the solfège syllables of the numbered musical notation in one octave. A color graphic vector numbered musical notation is also disclosed, wherein extended solfège is used to describe pitch, different colors are used to indicate the positions of the piano keys to press, notation frames with fixed width are used to represent the beat unit, and font (i.e., bold or not) of musical notes are used to show the strength of pressing piano keys. The color graphic vector numbered musical notation is suitable for computer-aided notation. It can be exhibited in several different types and provide multi-dimension playing information. The color graphic vector numbered musical notation can also be combined with the fixed-solfège keyboard to facilitate sight-singing and make it easy to learn to play the piano.
US10354619B2
An information display system comprising a tag including a signal receiver, an image-memory-type display medium that displays a display image based on an image display signal, and a storage including a first storage region for storing identification information and the image display signal and a second storage region for storing recording information indicating a storage state of the image display signal in the first storage region; and a reader/writer including a contact electrode unit that contacts the signal receiver, an information recognition unit that reads the identification information and the recording information, a memory that stores image display information corresponding to the identification information and identification information, and a writing unit that transmits an image display signal based on the image display information and a write signal for changing the recording information to indicate that the image display signal has been stored through the contact electrode unit.
US10354607B2
A display may have an array of pixels. Rows of pixels may receive gate line signals over gate lines. Display driver circuitry may have an adjustable clock generator that generates a series of clock pulses with different respective fall times to help equalize kickback voltages in the pixels of different rows. Within each row, gate lines may be provided with multiple parallel lines shorted at a series of tap points to help equalize kickback voltages across the pixels of different columns. A clock path may be formed between the clock generator and gate driver circuits. The clock path may run along an edge of the array of pixels. To help equalize kickback voltages in the pixels of different rows, the clock path may have first and second parallel metal lines that are selectively shorted to each other at a series of tap point locations along the clock path.
US10354603B2
Provided are display screens for electronic devices and methods for displaying content on electronic devices, that are particularly suitable for users who are suffering from or recovering from a concussion or mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), migraine, or computer vision syndrome. Embodiments comprise a component that modifies at least one parameter of content that is displayed on the display screen, wherein the modified displayed content reduces, minimizes, or eliminates negative side effects of users. Embodiments may include computer executable programmed instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium that direct a processor to modify at least one parameter of content that is displayed on a display screen of an electronic device, and/or to implement a simplified graphical user interface. One embodiment is implemented using an e-paper display screen.
US10354599B2
A display method is provided that includes displaying an image included in a video signal on a per frame basis, and representing a tone level of luminance of the image by controlling a light emission period in a frame. The method also includes specifying a light emission period in which light emission is performed for greater than or equal to a time required for transmitting a visible light communication signal, and transmitting the visible light communication signal by superimposing the visible light communication signal onto a portion of the video signal corresponding to the specified light emission period. The method further includes in a case where the specified light emission period is greater than or equal to a time required for transmitting the visible light communication signal, the visible light communication signal is transmitted by luminance changing of the light source in the specified light emission period.
US10354589B2
There is provided an active matrix EL display device that can display a clear multi gray-scale color display to reduce the shift in the potential caused by the potential drop due to the wiring resistance of a power source supply line, in order to decrease the unevenness in a display region. A plurality of drawing out ports of the power source supply line are arranged. Further, in the wiring resistance between the external input terminal and the pixel portion power source supply line, potential compensation is performed by supplying potential to the power source supply line by a feedback amplifier. Further, in addition to above structure, the power source supply line may be arranged in a matrix.
US10354582B2
A display device includes a scan driver to supply a scan signal via the scan lines, a data driver to supply data signals via a plurality of source channels, a demux circuit to selectively connect the data lines with the source channels; and a demux controller to control the demux circuit to simultaneously apply the data signals to different data lines between pixels of adjacent columns.
US10354580B2
An integrated LED display is provided. The integrated LED display includes a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) wafer including a driver circuitry fabricated on a substrate. Further, an insulating layer is disposed over the CMOS wafer. A conductive semiconductor layer is disposed on the insulating layer. A LED array is disposed on the conductive semiconductor layer and the LED array connected to the driver circuitry. The LED array includes a photo device array, disposed on the conductive semiconductor layer, and a switch device array, disposed on the conductive semiconductor layer.
US10354573B2
For screen color calibration is disclosed, a camera is disposed in a bezel of a computer. A mirror reflects light from a screen of the computer to the camera. A target is visible by the camera. A processor compares an image of the mirror and an image of the target captured by the camera. The processor further calibrates the screen color of the screen to match the target.
US10354570B2
A high-power power supply for use with display devices and an associated display device are provided. The high-power power supply includes an AC conversion module configured to rectify an external AC source into a DC output, a power factor correction circuit configured to perform power factor correction to the DC output and output a correction completion signal when the correction is completed, a power-on control circuit configured to control the power factor correction circuit to be turned on to perform the power factor correction to the DC current when receiving a power-on signal and to control multiple resonance control circuits to be turned on when receiving the correction completion signal, a plurality of resonance control circuits configured to, when turned on, control multiple transformers to operate normally, and multiple transformers configured to supply different operating voltages to the display device. The present disclosure has the advantage of low cost.
US10354566B2
A flexible display apparatus is provided. The flexible display apparatus includes a display unit, a sensor configured to sense a bending of the flexible display apparatus, and a controller configured to display first contents on a first screen of the display unit, and to reconfigure and display the first contents on a second screen generated on an area of the display unit based on the bending.
US10354553B2
Example embodiments relate to providing exploration maps for visualizing enterprise product knowledge. In example embodiments, a system obtains a software exploration map including feature areas, where each feature area is associated with activities and a grouping of features in a software product. At this stage, the system may detect completion of an activity by a user of the software product. The system may then modify a knowledge level of the user in the feature area based on the completion of the activity.
US10354544B1
Embodiments of the present invention allow an online course to predict proficiency of knowledge components using student responses to assessment items. In some embodiments, assessment items are tagged with metadata, such as associated knowledge component, difficulty, and depth of knowledge. Initially the author or subject matter expert supplies these values. Students then answer the assessment items. During an assessment, the student responses are automatically evaluated for correctness. Each student response receives a score between 0 and 1; where 1 corresponds to a completely correct response and 0 an incorrect response. Student proficiency can be predicted at any time using the student's up-to-date assessment item response history. Some embodiments use Samejima's Continuous Response Model (CRM), which is a special case of an Item Response Theory (IRT). Question metadata such as question difficulty, difficulty of knowledge component, impact of learning gain and retention is used to predict the most recent proficiency.
US10354528B2
A method and apparatus for a first communication device for use with a first vehicle in a system for transmitting information about an incident occurring on a road. The first communication device includes a first receiver to receive an incident indicator. In one embodiment, a first electronic processor is electrically coupled to the first receiver and a first transmitter. The first electronic processor is configured to determine whether to relay a modified incident indicator to other vehicles. The first electronic processor is further configured to modify at least a portion of incident information included in the incident indicator to create the modified incident indicator. The first electronic processor is further configured to control the first transmitter to transmit the modified incident indicator to one or more other vehicles.
US10354509B2
The present teachings disclose methods and apparatuses for an intelligent, wireless earplug system comprising a speaker, an earplug, an electronics base, and a cable. The earplug fits into a user's ear canal and is operatively connected to a smart device, such as a smart phone, to intelligently transmit sounds from the smart device to the earplugs in a manner selected by the user, such as for example transmitting binaural beats to the earplugs to facilitate sleep.
US10354495B1
A system and method for selling pre-printed instant-winner lottery tickets by use of a central computer communicating with widely-distributed enclosed vending machines and other terminals, with each ticket providing a traditional instant-winner game with a chance for an added instant-winner progressive jackpot prize. The identification code printed on each ticket is read by a code reader, after the ticket has been issued from a vending machine or selected from an accessible display of inactive tickets, and the computer determines whether the ticket is a progressive jackpot winner, and notifies the terminal at which the ticket is a processed of the win or loss. If the ticket has not been activated, the computer activates it. If necessary, the computer also supplies play data to be printed on the ticket or separate paper, or displayed to complete the traditional game and indicate the winning or loss of that game as well.
US10354491B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to systems and methods, which may receive wagers on one or more paylines. The systems and methods may utilize one or more tournament game structures. The systems and methods may utilize one or more power-up cards in the one or more tournament game structures.
US10354480B2
A gaming system comprising: a display comprising a plurality of display portions associated with respective ones of a plurality of gaming devices; and a group game controller arranged to: control the display to display an object as moving between the display portions by displaying the object in individual ones of the display portions; determine display portions at which to display the object in each of a plurality of stopped display states, at least some of which correspond to respective ones a plurality of prizes; control the display to display the object in each stopped display state in the respective determined display portion; and award any prize associated with each stopped display state to a player of the respective gaming device upon at least one eligibility criteria being met in respect of the gaming device.
US10354473B2
A validator having multiple modes of operation is contemplated. The validator may be operable in a standard mode where notes are escrowed and subsequently directed to a secure storage area depending on validity and a note-verify mode where notes are escrowed and subsequently returned to a user regardless of validity.
US10354472B2
A computerized system for classifying and authenticating documents is provided. The Classification process involves the creation of a Unique Pair Feature Vector which provides the best discrimination information for each pair of Document Classes at every node in a Pairwise Comparison Nodal Network. The Nodal Network has a plurality of nodes, each node corresponding to the best discrimination information between two potential document classes. By performing a pairwise comparison of the potential documents using this nodal network, the document is classified. After classification, the document can be authenticated for validity.
US10354465B2
Embodiments for intelligent premise security access management by a processor. Identification information of a user requesting access to enter a premise via a premise entry may be authenticated using a knowledge domain of trusted users in an Internet of Things (IoT) computing network. Entry access to the premise may be granted via the premise entry upon authenticating the identification information.
US10354464B2
A network lock system and a method for operating the network lock system. The network lock system includes: a battery controller for turning on a microcontroller using power in a battery, in response to a determination by the battery controller that there is enough power in the battery to turn on the microcontroller; the microcontroller after being turned on, for receiving a wireless signal and in response, for generating a lock signal to activate a device adapter; the device adapter for applying a power signal to a lock mechanism, in response to the device adapter having been activated by the lock signal; and the lock mechanism for locking a first lock part to a second lock part together, and for releasing the first lock part locked to the second lock part in response to the lock mechanism having received the power signal from the device adapter.
US10354456B2
A toll gate section determining apparatus may include an information providing device that provides information by use of a camera, a radar, and a navigation device; a toll gate section determining device that determines a toll gate section based on movement information and line information of a neighboring vehicle, which are provided from the camera and the radar, and map information provided from the navigation device; and a vehicle control device that controls longitudinal driving or transverse driving of a vehicle when a current section is determined as the toll gate section.
US10354452B2
Techniques for displaying navigation information on a mobile device are provided that include a method that includes obtaining an indication of a position and an indication of a direction associated with the mobile device, using the indication of the position, the indication of the direction, information regarding identities of POIs within a geographic region of interest, and information regarding areas associated with the POIs to determine at least one relevant POI, of the POIs, that is associated with the position and direction, and displaying at least one visual indication associated with each of the at least one relevant POI on the mobile device. The appearance of the at least one visual indication is dependent on at least one of a distance from the mobile device of the relevant POI associated with the visual indication or presence of a known physical barrier between the mobile device and that relevant POI.
US10354435B2
The disclosure pertains a method for determining a rendered tridimensional content intended to a viewer. The method includes inputting a reference content comprising at least a reference view, inputting at least one information related to the viewer's eyes orientation relatively to a reference axis of a display device, and determining a rendered view as a function of the reference view, and the information related to the viewer's eyes orientation relatively to the reference axis of the display device.
US10354434B1
A level of detail node may hold in a bounding volume hierarchy, an object identifier, a distance at which a transition occurs between levels of detail and a bias. When a level of detail node is encountered in the hierarchy, the distance value may be used to select a level of detail. Sometimes a different level of detail is loaded because the preferred level is not available. The different level may be marked in a register. Then for a subsequence frame, the correct level is used. A node bias may be used to override the level of detail selection is some cases.
US10354433B2
An approach involves receiving pixel-level labeling data for an image depicting at least a portion of a building facade. The pixel-level labeling data labels each of a plurality of pixels of the image as either window pixels or non-window pixels. The approach further involves generating a window pattern based on window size data, window spacing data, or a combination thereof extracted from the pixel-level labeling data. The approach further involves computing a confidence score for the window pattern based on at least one observed value of at least one characteristic of the window pattern or a deviation of the observed value from at least one expected value, and generating an abstract texture based on the window pattern, the confidence score, and/or other probabilistic metrics.
US10354425B2
Systems and methods are presented that provide for receiving, at a server computer, a content item from a client device, determining, by the server computer, that a characteristic of the content item matches a trigger for a media overlay, generating, by the server computer, a media overlay associated with the characteristic of the content item, and providing, by the server computer, the media overlay to the client device wherein the media overlay is displayed on a user interface of the client device.
US10354418B2
Some embodiments of the invention provide a method of determining a material characteristic of material in a sample by iterative tomographic reconstruction. The method conducts one or more X-ray tomography scans of a sample, and then determines one or more estimated material characteristics, such as atomic number and density, for multiple volume elements in the sample using a tomographic reconstruction algorithm. These estimated material characteristics are then modified by reference to stored known material characteristic data. Preferably, determining the composition of the sample volume during reconstruction includes segmenting the sample into regions of common composition, the segmenting being performed during iterative reconstruction instead of being based on the voxel characteristics determined upon the completion of iterative reconstruction. Preferred versions will perform one or more additional iterations of the tomographic reconstruction algorithm, where each iteration updates the one or more estimated material characteristics for the volume elements.
US10354414B2
A computer-implemented method of image processing for materials analysis is provided. At least three image datasets are obtained, these representing intensity values of image pixels and being in common spatial registration. The image datasets are processed so as to assign a comparison measure to each pair of image datasets, the comparison measure for a given pair of image datasets being representative of the difference between the spatial intensity information within the pair. A number of image datasets are then selected using the comparison measures. A color difference measure is defined which represents the difference between pairs of colors of a color set. Colors are assigned to the selected image datasets such that pairs of the selected image datasets which have substantially different spatial intensity information are assigned respective colors which have a substantially different color difference measure. A number of the selected image datasets are then combined together to form an output color image dataset for the formation of a color image. The combination is such that each pixel of the color image takes on a color according to the relative intensities and colors of the selected image datasets so that if the pixel intensity of one dataset is substantially greater than the sum of the pixel intensities for all the other selected datasets, then the output color in the respective part of the image will substantially match the color assigned to that image dataset.
US10354413B2
A detection system including a light source, an image sensor and a processor is provided. The light source is configured to illuminate an object. The image sensor is configured to output a picture. The processor is configured to generate an IR picture and a color picture according to the picture captured by the image sensor, identify a skin-color object in the color picture and determine an object image in the IR picture according to the skin-color object.
US10354409B2
An image processing device divides a recognition purpose image into a plurality of areas, selects feature points in the recognition purpose image such that a bias of the number of the feature points included in each of the areas is small registers information on the selected feature points in the recognition purpose image in a memory and estimates a position and an orientation of the camera based on the recognition purpose image registered in the memory and based on a captured image captured by a camera.
US10354405B2
One embodiment relates to a method for run-time correction of defect locations on a substrate during defect review. The substrate is loaded into a stage of a review apparatus, and coordinates for the defect locations on the substrate is received. The defect locations are grouped, and at least one local reference site in proximity to each group of defect locations is determined. The local reference site(s) is (are) used to determine a positional offset for the defect locations in each group. Another embodiment relates to an apparatus for reviewing defect locations on a substrate which provides for run-time correction of the defect locations. Other embodiments and features are also disclosed.
US10354404B2
A method for controlling an electronic device includes receiving first location information of a vehicle through a location information module, capturing an image through a camera while the vehicle is driven, extracting characteristic points from the captured image and converting the captured image into a 3-D image, obtaining second location information by correcting the first location information based on a moving displacement and orientation direction of the camera installed on the vehicle, extracting an aerial view from the 3-D image based on the moving displacement and orientation direction of the camera, estimating a moving path of the vehicle using locations of traffic lanes included in the aerial view and the second location information, and displaying the captured image and the moving path of the vehicle in augmented reality by combining the captured image and the moving path.
US10354393B2
A method and device for determining a motion trajectory of a target subject are provided. The method includes: acquiring a first control point and a second control point on a motion track based on a current position of the target object on the motion track, where the first control point and the second control point are adjacent control points; acquiring a first direction vector and a second direction vector, where the first direction vector is a unit direction vector at the first control point, and the second direction vector is a unit direction vector at the second control point; and determining the motion trajectory of the target object on the motion track through a specified spline curve interpolation model, based on the first control point, the second control point, the first direction vector and the second direction vector.
US10354391B2
The invention is a computer-method that pertains to the segmentation of images. The invention extends the Sim Cut model for image segmentation that allows for the segmentation of images into two parts to allow for the segmentation of images into an indefinite number of parts.
US10354390B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of medical image processing and, in particular, to a liver boundary identification method and a system. The method includes: obtaining liver tissue information of a liver tissue to be identified; identifying a liver tissue boundary in the liver tissue information according to a feature of the liver tissue corresponding to the liver tissue information and a feature of the liver tissue boundary corresponding to the liver tissue information using an image processing technology or a signal processing technology; and outputting position information of the identified liver tissue boundary. By using the disclosed method, the liver tissue boundary can be identified automatically, the efficiency of identifying the liver boundary can be improved, and automatic positioning of the liver boundary can thus be achieved.
US10354378B2
A five-index quantitative analysis of OCT angiograms is disclosed. One method of analyzing an anatomical region of interest of a subject includes acquiring vascular image data from the region of interest and generating a binary vasculature map from the vascular image data. A vessel skeleton map and vessel perimeter map are generated from the binary vasculature map. Based on the three generated maps, a vessel area density, vessel skeleton density, vessel perimeter index, vessel diameter index, and vessel complexity can be determined, in addition to detection of any flow impairment zones in the region of interest. These metrics can be used to detect and assess vascular abnormalities from multiple perspectives.
US10354375B2
A pattern inspection method includes: generating an image of an inspection area including a pattern to be inspected; obtaining, from the image, measured values representing two-dimensional shape information of the pattern to be inspected; producing a frequency distribution of the measured values; calculating a statistic of the measured values; calculating a change in the statistic while carrying out an inspection operation which comprises repeating the processes from generating the image to calculating the statistic; and terminating the inspection operation if the change in the statistic is smaller than a threshold value.
US10354371B2
A system for locating the position of a component includes, an image capture device, the image capture device being configured to capture an image of a component, a working implement mounted in fixed relation to the image capture device, a positioning system configured to adjust a position of the image capture device and the working implement in relation to the component, and an image processing module in communication with the image capture device, the imaging processing module being configured to receive the image from the image capture device and to identify at least one feature of the component. The positioning system is configured to adjust the position of the image capture device based on a location of the identified feature within the image to align the image capture device with the identified feature, and to align the working implement with the identified feature based upon an offset between the image capture device and the working implement.
US10354368B2
A method and apparatus for determining ground clearance of a structure are provided. The method includes removing reflection points caused by noise from first reflection point information based on temporal persistency and generating second reflection point information, extracting visual features from an image of a camera based on convolutional neural network, projecting the second reflection point information onto the image, generating region proposals based on the projected second reflection point information and the image, the region proposals indicating potential horizontal structures above a path, detecting stationary horizontal structure above a path based on the generated region proposals, and determining distance between ground and the detected stationary horizontal structure based on the projected reflection point information and the image.
US10354365B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing hybrid anti-aliasing operations are disclosed. The hybrid anti-aliasing resolve operation combines multi-sampling anti-aliasing (MSAA) and post-processing anti-aliasing to generate higher-quality images in a computationally efficient manner. In one embodiment, a processor detects a request to perform an anti-aliasing resolve operation on an image stored in the memory. Responsive to detecting the request, the processor expands dimensions of the image and then filters the image with a post-processing anti-aliasing filter. After filtering the image, the processor performs an averaging of the image which becomes the result of the anti-aliasing resolve operation. Expanding dimensions of the image involves converting sub-pixels of the image into regular pixels. The processor can also rotate the image to align the sub-pixels into a vertical and horizontal grid pattern prior to filtering the image.
US10354362B2
Methods of detecting an object in an image using a convolutional neural network based architecture that processes multiple feature maps of differing scales from differing convolution layers within a convolutional network to create a regional-proposal bounding box. The bounding box is projected back to the feature maps of the individual convolution layers to obtain a set of regions of interest. These regions of interest are then processed to ultimately create a confidence score representing the confidence that the object detected in the bounding box is the desired object. These processes allow the method to utilize deep features encoded in both the global and the local representation for object regions, allowing the method to robustly deal with challenges in the problem of robust object detection. Software for executing the disclosed methods within an object-detection system is also disclosed.
