US10426068B1
A collapsible shield for shielding an electromagnetic field (“EMF”) shield has a tubular configuration with an open top and a ground connection to shunt away internally generated EMF's. The device further comprises an internal spring frame that enables the device to expand or contract.
US10426066B2
An electrical member comprises a housing and an electromagnetic shielding. The electromagnetic shielding is formed at least in sections by an electrically conductive coating on the housing.
US10426054B1
An integrated adapter configured to hold two first circuit card assemblies in a larger second circuit card assembly space includes a thermally-conductive frame and two vertical thermally-conductive guide rails in the inboard region of the frame front. A channel is formed in each of the two guide rails, extending from the guide rail top to the guide rail bottom on the respective outboard side, thereby defining a front rail and a back rail, each configured to receive and support an edge of a first circuit card assembly, and the frame is configured to be attached to a second circuit card assembly, thereby forming an integrated adapter circuit card. Various circuit card sizes can be adapted for use, including supporting two 3U circuit cards in a 6U circuit card space. A method of making the integrated adapter is also disclosed.
US10426053B2
A configurable radio frequency system. The system includes: a plurality of radio frequency cells connected in a cascade. Each of the radio frequency cells includes an input switch connected to an input of the radio frequency system, an output switch connected to an output of the radio frequency system, and a plurality of elements, each of the elements being connected between the input switch and the output switch. The input switch and the output switch are configured, depending on their respective settings, to cause a radio frequency signal path from an input of the cell to an output of the cell to include one of the elements. The plurality of elements in each cell includes a band pass filter, an attenuator, a through path, an amplifier, and a mixer.
US10426044B2
An object of the present invention relates to a thermosetting adhesive sheet that, without the use of a metal reinforcement sheet, which is regarded as a major factor responsible for an increase in thickness of electronic devices and other devices, reinforces a flexible printed circuit to such a level that detachment of mounted components, for example, is prevented, prevents warping, and has good electrical conductivity. The present invention relates to a thermosetting adhesive sheet configured to be used to reinforce a flexible printed circuit. The thermosetting adhesive sheet includes a woven fabric, a nonwoven fabric, or a metal base of 50 μm or less thickness and a thermosetting adhesive layer adjacent to at least one surface of the woven fabric, the nonwoven fabric, or the metal base of 50 μm or less thickness.
US10426039B2
A method for stencil printing during manufacture of a printed circuit board includes forming a circuit diagram on a trepanned circuit board using a first stencil that has the circuit diagram, a scraper and conductive inks, forming a solder mask layer on the circuit board using a second stencil, the scraper, and solder materials, forming words and marks on the circuit board using a third stencil, the scraper, and inks, and forming a solder paste layer on the circuit board using a fourth stencil, the scraper, and solder paste.
US10426038B2
A manufacturing method of a circuit board and a stamp are provided. The method includes: forming a circuit pattern and a dielectric layer on a dielectric substrate; forming a conductive via in the dielectric layer; forming a thermal-sensitive adhesive layer on the dielectric layer; forming a photoresist material layer on the thermal-sensitive adhesive layer; imprinting the photoresist material layer using a stamp, wherein a first conductive layer is disposed on the surface of the pressing side of the stamp, a second conductive layer is disposed on the surface of the other portions; applying a current to the stamp; removing the stamp and the photoresist material layer and the thermal-sensitive adhesive layer below the pressing side to form a patterned photoresist layer and thermal-sensitive adhesive layer; forming a patterned metal layer on the region exposed by the patterned photoresist layer; removing the patterned photoresist layer and thermal-sensitive adhesive layer.
US10426031B2
A method for producing a flexible printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a through-hole formation step of preparing a base material including a base film having insulating properties and flexibility and a pair of metal films stacked on both surface sides of the base film, and forming a through-hole in the metal film on a front surface side of the base material and the base film; a filling step of stacking, by electroplating on a front surface of the base material, stacking a conductive material on a surface of the metal film on the front surface side to form a conductive material layer and to fill the through-hole with the conductive material; and a removal step of removing, by etching the front surface of the base material, a surface layer of the conductive material layer stacked on the surface of the metal film on the front surface side and a surface layer of the conductive material filling the through-hole.
US10426028B2
A power electronic device includes an Insulated Metal Substrate Printed Circuit Board (IMS PCB) and a power semiconductor device package. The power semiconductor device package includes a lead frame configured to electrically and mechanically couple the power semiconductor device package to the IMS PCB. The lead frame has a rigid configuration and is made of a lead frame material having a first thermal expansion coefficient. The IMS PCB includes an insulated metal substrate made of a substrate material having a second thermal expansion coefficient within a range of 60% to 140% of the first thermal expansion coefficient.
US10426026B2
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a structure constructed by a sheet includes a sheet body. The sheet body has a plurality of enclosed paths. A plurality of slits and connection portions are arranged along each enclosed path. Each connection portion is located between two adjacent slits. The sheet body is flexible. In an extended state, the slits form extended openings. At least one extended opening is a symmetric opening, so that the sheet body is extended to form a structure constructed by sheet. The structure constructed by sheet forms a stereoscopic curved surface, and the plurality of connection portions is located on a plurality of contours of the stereoscopic curved surface.
US10426017B2
A load control system may include control devices for controlling electrical loads. The control devices may include load control devices, such as a lighting device for controlling an amount of power provided to a lighting load, and input devices, such as a remote control device configured to transmit digital messages comprising lighting control instructions for controlling the lighting load via the lighting device. The remote control device may communicate with the lighting device via an intermediary device, such as a hub device. The remote control device may detect a user interface event, such as a button press or a rotation of the remote control device. The remote control device or the hub device may determine whether to transmit digital messages to as unicast messages or multicast messages based on the type of user interface event detected.
US10426014B2
A data generation method is for generating video data that covers a second luminance dynamic range wider than a first luminance dynamic range and has reproduction compatibility with a first device that does not support reproduction of video having the second luminance dynamic range and supports reproduction of video having the first luminance dynamic range, and includes: generating a video signal to be included in the video data using a second OETF; storing, into VUI in the video data, first transfer function information for identifying a first OETF to be referred to by the first device when the first device decodes the video data; and storing, into SEI in the video data, second transfer function information for identifying a second OETF to be referred to by a second device supporting reproduction of video having the second luminance dynamic range when the second device decodes the video data.
US10426003B2
An LED tube lamp includes a tube having two ends, two end caps respectively at the ends of the tube, a power supply in one or both of the end caps, an LED light strip in the tube; and a plurality of LED light sources on the LED light strip. Each of the end caps comprises a lateral wall substantially coaxial with the tube, an end wall substantially perpendicular to an axial direction of the lateral wall, and at least one opening penetrating through the end wall. An axial direction of the at least one opening is substantially parallel with an axial direction of the lateral wall. The LED light sources electrically connected to the power supply via the LED light strip.
US10426001B2
A processing system is disclosed, having a process chamber that houses a substrate for exposure of a surface of the substrate to a travelling electromagnetic (EM) wave. The processing system also includes an EM wave transmission antenna configured to launch the travelling EM wave into the process chamber for the travelling EM wave to propagate in a direction substantially parallel to the surface of the substrate. The processing system also includes a power coupling system configured to supply EM energy into the EM wave transmission antenna to generate the travelling EM wave at a prescribed output power and in a prescribed EM wave mode during treatment of the substrate. The processing system also includes an EM wave receiving antenna configured to absorb the travelling EM wave after propagation through the process chamber.
US10425999B2
An apparatus is provided for applying electromagnetic energy at a frequency or frequencies in a frequency range of 1 MHz to 100 GHz to an object in a cavity via at least one radiating element. At least one processor is configured to receive a target energy distribution, select, based on the target energy distribution, a plurality of sets of values of field-affecting parameters controllable by the apparatus. The parameters include at least one of frequency, phase, and amplitude. The apparatus provides for the control of a source coupled to the at least one radiating element to excite a respective field pattern for each selected set of values.
US10425993B2
A heating element includes a bottom layer, a web consisting of a carbon nanotube (CNT) yarn wherein the web is affixed to a first side of the bottom layer, and an encapsulating layer positioned on the web and the first side of the bottom layer. A method for making a heating element includes providing a bottom layer, inserting a plurality of pegs into the bottom layer such that a portion of each peg protrudes from the bottom layer, weaving a CNT yarn around the protruding portions of the plurality of pegs to form a CNT web, affixing the CNT web to the bottom layer, and encapsulating the CNT web and the bottom layer to form the heating element.
US10425988B1
Disclosed are a network coding method and apparatus for reliable communication in a LoRa communication system. The network coding apparatus may include a network server connected to an end node over a network to receive a packet transmitted by the end node in a LoRa communication system, a stationary gateway positioned between the network server and the end node to deliver the packet, transmitted by the end node, to the network server, and a temporary gateway positioned between the stationary gateway and the end node to deliver the packet, transmitted by the end node, to the stationary gateway.
US10425978B2
A method and apparatus of routing a call in a femtocell network are disclosed. In one example call routing method, a call is originated from the mobile station via a femtocell access point and the call is transmitted to a femtocell gateway, a mobile switching center and a carrier gateway server and onto an enterprise gateway server to obtain policy information. A routing policy is determined based on the obtained policy information and the call is routed to its destination based on the routing policy. The call may be routed via local media from a femtocell access point directly to the enterprise gateway server. The call routing procedures may implement the Iuh protocol and/or the session initiation protocol (SIP) for call signaling in the femtocell network. Call routing may be performed in a wireless cellular communications network or an enterprise network environment.
US10425972B2
A communications device and a method therein for accessing a Resource Unit (RU) are provided. The communications device and an Access Point (AP) are operating in a wireless communications network. When wanting to start an access attempt within a time interval, the communications device selects a counter value from a first range given by zero and a first Contention-Window OFDMA (CWO) value CWO1. Further, when wanting to start an access attempt outside the time interval, the communications device selects the counter value from a second range given by zero and a second CWO value CWO2, wherein the second CWO value CWO2 is larger than the first CWO value CWO1. The communications device performs a contention procedure using the selected counter value, wherein a Resource Unit (RU) is accessed in dependence of the performed contention procedure.
US10425969B2
There is provided mechanisms for performing random access in a network. A method is performed by a terminal device and a method is performed by a network node. The terminal device method comprises decoding a time index from received system information. The system information is transmitted with a first symbol duration from a network node and is received by the terminal device at a first time instant. The method comprises determining a second symbol duration from the system information. The method comprises determining a second time instant, in relation to the first time instant, based on the time index, the second symbol duration, and a first receiver parameter. The method comprises transmitting a random access preamble at the second time instant.
US10425965B2
The present disclosure relates to a method used in a radio node and the associated radio node. The method comprises: obtaining a network geometry of a User Equipment (UE) served by the radio node with respect to a coverage served by the radio node; determining a carrier sensing threshold for the UE based on the network geometry, the carrier sensing threshold for use in Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) measurement over a radio frequency band applicable for transmitting data to the UE; and applying the carrier sensing threshold in the LBT measurement. The present disclosure also relates to a method used in a UE and the associated UE, and to a method used in a radio node and the associated radio node.
US10425962B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to communication systems, apparatus and methods which enable or support flexible symbol configurations for uplink channels. In one example a method includes performing transmitting first uplink information from a subordinate entity to a scheduling entity in a long burst portion of one or more slots, and transmitting second uplink information from the subordinate entity to the scheduling entity in a combination of long burst and short burst portions of the one or more slots. Each of the one or more slots includes a portion that carries a physical downlink control channel. The second uplink information is transmitted in a physical uplink control channel.
US10425949B2
Provided is a communication control device including a radio communication unit configured to perform radio communication with a plurality of terminal apparatuses of a primary system using communication resources of the primary system, and a generating unit configured to generate resource information for notifying a secondary system secondarily using the communication resources of available communication resources. The radio communication unit transmits the resource information generated by the generating unit through a downlink control channel including a common space that is decoded in common by the plurality of terminal apparatuses and a plurality of individual spaces that are decoded by only some of the plurality of terminal apparatuses.
US10425945B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for multi-stage channel reservation signals for direction transmission and reception. According to certain aspects, a method of wireless communication by a cell is provided. The method generally includes determining a portion of a shared spectrum for at least one of sending or receiving a transmission and transmitting a plurality of channel reservation signals associated with a plurality of beams to reserve the portion of the shared spectrum.
US10425941B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for de-configuring a cell from PUCCH resource in a carrier aggregation system, the method comprising: configuring a Secondary Cell (SCell) with Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource; receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling indicating that the PUCCH resource is de-configured from the SCell with the PUCCH resource; de-configuring the PUCCH resource from the SCell according to the RRC signaling; re-activating the SCell; and starting a SCell deactivation timer associated with the SCell.
US10425929B2
Technologies and implementations for resource allocation for Voice over Internet Protocol are generally disclosed.
US10425927B2
A mobile station (MS) receive a higher layer signal including first information used for indicating a first downlink component carrier (DCC). MS transmits in a first subframe, HARQ control information using a first PUCCH and a first PUCCH format in a case that a first PDSCH transmission on a second DCC different from the first DCC is indicated by a detection of a first PDCCH in a second subframe. MS transmits in a third subframe, HARQ control information using a second PUCCH and a second PUCCH format in a case that a second PDSCH transmission only on the first DCC is indicated by a detection of a second PDCCH in a fourth subframe. First PUCCH format supports a number of information bits per subframe larger than a number of information bits per subframe supported by the second PUCCH format. First PUCCH format is used for transmitting HARQ control information with a scheduling request.
US10425926B2
Provided are a method for a user equipment (UE) to request additional system information in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus supporting the same. The method may include: transmitting a first uplink message including a system information request to a radio access network (RAN); receiving a first downlink message including requested system information from the RAN in response to the system information request; transmitting a second uplink message including an additional system information request to the RAN; and receiving requested additional system information from the RAN in response to the additional system information request.
US10425920B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data using a plurality of carriers in a wireless communication system. The method includes the steps of: receiving secondary serving cell (SCell) setting information for setting an SCell from a base station; determining whether the secondary SCell belongs to a primary set or to a non-primary set; and, according to a results of the determination, setting forward and reverse initial states as an active or inactive state.
US10425914B2
A method performed by a network node for deciding a probability that a first User Equipment, UE, is located in a building is provided. The network node, the first UE and one or more second UEs operate in a wireless communications network. The network node learns that one or more second UEs are associated to a respective subscription comprised in a group of subscriptions related to the building. The one or more second UEs are decided to be located in said building. The network node identifies cell relation metrics, which relate to the building, for the one or more second UEs associated to the group of subscriptions. The network node then decides the probability that the first UE is located in the building, based on to what extent a cell relation metric of the first UE matches the identified cell relation metrics for the one or more second UEs.
US10425909B2
An information processing method, performed by a computer, includes: acquiring a beacon signal from a radio circuit coupled to a processor of the computer and configured to receive the beacon signal from a transmission source; calculating a length of a monitoring period, based on time intervals at which the beacon signal is received in a period of duration of a stationary state of the computer; and determining as being out of an area in proximity to the transmission source of the beacon signal in a case where the beacon signal is not received during the monitoring period having the length.
US10425907B2
Embodiments of this application provide a parameter determining method, a base station, and user equipment. The parameter determining method provided in this application includes: determining, by a base station, a first subcarrier spacing corresponding to UE; and notifying, by the base station, the UE of the first subcarrier spacing. In the embodiments of this application, the UE may accurately learn of, in a multi-subcarrier-spacing system, a subcarrier spacing used for data transmission, and then perform data transmission. This can effectively ensure that the UE performs a corresponding service, thereby meeting a corresponding service requirement.
US10425889B2
A communication device may search via a first wireless interface so as to specify one or more candidate access points and send, to a terminal device, an information request for requesting the terminal device to send information for establishing a wireless connection with an experienced access point. The experienced access point is an access point having an experience of establishing a wireless connection with the terminal device. The terminal device stores use information which has been used by the terminal device for establishing the wireless connection with the experienced access point. The communication device may receive a response including a target password included in the use information from the terminal device in response to sending the information request and establish a wireless connection with a target access point among the one or more candidate access points via the first wireless interface by using the target password included in the response.
US10425887B2
A method, computer program product and a user equipment (UE) are provided for selecting a second network node for connection. A first message is sent to a first network node. The first message includes UE request capabilities. A second message is received from the first network node. The second message includes an indication. A second network node is selected for connecting to the network based on the received indication. The second network node may be an Evolved Packet Data Gateway (ePDG). The UE request capabilities may indicate ePDG selection and/or allow discovery of details of one or more ePDGs for connection. the indication contains at least one of a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) or an indication that the UE must attempt to connect using only an ePDG belonging to a Registered Public Land Mobile Network (RPLMN).
US10425881B2
A user terminal according to an embodiment includes a receiver that receives a list transmitted from a base station, the list including discovery resource configurations; and a controller that selects a discovery resource configuration from among the discovery resource configurations, and uses the selected discovery resource configuration to directly transmit a discovery signal to other user terminals. Each of the discovery resource configurations includes: time resource information indicating time resources used for transmitting a discovery signal and including a variable number substituted into a mathematical expression; frequency resource information indicating frequency resources used for transmitting the discovery signal and including a range of continuous resource block numbers; and power information indicating transmission power used for transmitting the discovery signal.
US10425874B2
Radio link failures, “RLF”, of a wireless device served by a wireless communication network are managed. A first, default, RLF procedure is associated with at least a first type of wireless devices supported by the wireless communication network. The wireless device obtains, e.g. received from a network node information indicative of a second RLF procedure based on that the wireless device is of a second type having an improved radio coverage capability compared to the first type. The wireless device applies, based on the obtained information, said second RLF procedure.
US10425873B2
A method for a terminal to perform cell reselection procedures in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus supporting the same are provided. The terminal may: receive, from a network, a carrier spreading parameter and re-spreading priority; select a frequency on the basis of a re-spreading test; assign the re-spreading priority to the selected frequency; and perform cell reselection procedures on the basis of the assigned re-spreading priority. The carrier spreading parameter may be a variable for re-spreading of the terminal.
US10425870B2
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, causes performance of operations comprising: analyzing, by a first network coordination device, at least one session of the client device for selected characteristics, the first network coordination device being the primary network coordination device for the client device; and providing, by the first network coordination device, current session information of the at least one session of the client device having the selected characteristics to the second network coordination device, the second network coordination device being the standby network coordination device for the client device is shown.
US10425858B2
A method is provided for performing, by a first device, channel coding of data to be transmitted to a second device. The first device determines a size of a transport block for the data, attaches a first cyclic redundancy check (CRC) code to the transport block having the determined size to produce a first CRC-attached transport block, and segments the first CRC-attached transport block into multiple code blocks when a size of the first CRC-attached transport block is larger than a predetermined size. The size of the transport block is determined from among a plurality of predetermined transport block sizes, and the plurality of predetermined transport block sizes are predetermined such that all the multiple code blocks have a same size as each other.
US10425855B2
A method for acquiring channel state information, includes transmitting, by a transmitting end, a first probing signal and a second probing signal in at least one probing zone, receiving, from a receiving end, channel state information acquired based on measurement of the first probing signal and the second probing signal, wherein the channel state information includes one or more of beam width information, adaptively quantized channel direction information, or predicted channel quality information. A terminal includes a signal receiving module adapted to receive a first probing signal and a second probing signal in at least one probing zone, and a feedback module adapted to acquire channel state information based on the first probing signal and the second probing signal, feed back the channel state information to a transmitting end.
US10425853B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are described that receive an indication of power levels at the base station in a wireless communications system from each user equipment of user equipments served by the base station and determine whether at least one user equipment of those user equipments is capable to overlap at least one same time-frequency resource as at least one user equipment of a remainder of those user equipments. In response to the determination that at least one user equipment is capable to overlap with at least one user equipment of the remainder, then such overlap is scheduled. Based on the overlap being scheduled, packets from the one or more user equipments received are then decoded using an advanced receiver process.
US10425849B1
A QoE (quality of experience) system utilizes QoS (quality of service) of a mobile network and specification of user device connected for providing a personalized metric (QoE) that represents an expected level of user experience at a geographic location. The personalized metric can be calculated based on the QoS of the mobile network at the geographic location and hardware/software characteristics of the user device to implement specific services at the user device using the mobile network. While QoS of the mobile network merely represents quality of network communication regardless of device characteristics, QoE can represent actual expectation of user experience at a user device using the mobile network.
US10425842B2
The present invention discloses a AP switching method for mobile robots based on path setting, including the following steps: install APs in the application environments of mobile robots; control the mobile robots to move along established routes, record the signal strengths of each of the APs on each of the paths of the mobile robots, and determine the AP with the strongest signal strength on each path; configure the MAC addresses of the APs to be connected on each path whereon the mobile robots will move; the mobile robots monitor continuously whether the AP that is connected at the moment coincides with the AP configured for the current path, if not, then switch to the configured AP directly. The present invention can avoid effectively the problem of switching APs excessively frequently, the method is simple and effective, without the need for setting thresholds for signal strengths, and it can decrease uncertainty effectively, which is valuable in the application environments of mobile robots.
US10425833B2
A multiple overlapping layer wireless network system for providing coverage in a multiple-office or business environment with multiple APs, and an improved method of designing and installing these multiple layers of wireless networks. Multiple overlapping wireless networks (i.e., multiple layers) are superimposed in the same area, and offset from each other according to their geometry. This results in a multiple wireless network installation with sufficient signal coverage in all areas for all networks with minimal inter-AP interference, segregated traffic, and multiple connections for each wireless network to one or more wired networks, thereby reducing the possibility of a single point of failure.
US10425826B2
Wireless communications systems and methods related to autonomous uplink transmission and autonomous downlink transmission in a shared spectrum are provided. A first wireless communication device identifies a transmission opportunity (TXOP) in a shared spectrum shared by a plurality of network operating entities. The first wireless communication device is associated with a first network operating entity of the plurality of network operating entities. The first wireless communication device a first frequency band of the shared spectrum designated for autonomous communication by the first network operating entity during the TXOP. The first wireless communication device communicates, with a second wireless communication device associated with the first network operating entity in the first frequency band, autonomous data during the TXOP.
US10425822B2
Disclosed is a radio resource reuse method, a base station device, a terminal device, and a radio communication system. The system at least comprises two adjacent cells Ci (i=1, 2), using time-frequency resource, denoted as S for communication, which is divided into at least two resource units, each of the resource units being one time-frequency resource block. The method comprises: dividing the time-frequency resource S into N non-overlapping resource groups, denoted as RGn (n=1, 2, . . . , N), N being an integer larger than 1, and each of the resource groups comprising at least two of the resource units; and dividing RGn (n=1, 2, . . . , N), in cell Ci (i=1, 2), into two non-overlapping portions, of which, one portion is configured with an upper power density limit h(i)n and termed a primary sub-resource group of RGn, and the other portion is configured with an upper power density limit l(i)n and termed a secondary sub-resource group of RGn, wherein the sub-resource groups have the following relationships in terms of upper power density limit thereof: l(i)1/h(i)1
US10425813B2
An authentication management method executed in a plurality of apparatuses cooperating each other communicably connecting, to allow reception of instruction by a user, a first information processing apparatus which performs authentication that the user is a predetermined person and a second information processing apparatus which is worn by the user, in a case where the user wearing the second information processing apparatus has been identified, by the second information processing apparatus, to be the predetermined person, identifying, by the second information processing apparatus, whether or not the first information processing apparatus and the second information processing apparatus are associated with each other as a plurality of apparatuses which perform cooperative processing.
US10425812B2
The invention relates to a method and devices for mutual communication between devices, and to computer programs enabling such communication. According to the invention, in a first device is controlled a transmitter module operable in a local radio communications network to transmit a sequence of radio signal pulses representing a predetermined code. In at least one second device a receiver module is scanning said local radio communications network to detect said predetermined code. A contact network of the user of said at least second device is accessed, and the predetermined code is checked in the second device against the user's contact network for a match stored in the network profiles for the contacts. Then a validation key is fetched, that relates to a matching contact found in said contact network, and a connection establishment request containing the validation key is sent over said local radio communications network from the second device to the first device. Thus the origin of the connection establishment request is validated in the first device.
US10425811B2
A computing device generates a link between a first user account and a second user account. The computing device logs in in an application or service using the first user account. The computing device receives a request to modify a state of a network-accessible device associated with the second user account. The computing device determines, based on the link, that the application or service has access to the network-accessible device. The computing device then causes the state of the network-accessible device to be modified in accordance with the request.
US10425801B2
A method for providing contents in a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: discovering multiple synchronization devices which will communicate with a source device and identifying device types of the discovered multiple synchronization devices; generating multiple contents for the multiple synchronization devices on the basis of the identified device types; and providing each of the generated multiple contents to a corresponding synchronization device, wherein each of the device types is determined according to at least one among the capacity, type, and function of the device.
US10425800B1
A method may include receiving, a session initiation protocol (SIP) Invite message associated with a Voice over WiFi (VoWiFi) call made by a user device and determining if the SIP Invite message includes a geolocation header having location information associated with the user device. The method may also include in response to determining that the SIP Invite message includes a geolocation header having location information, initiating a location session with the user device and generating assistance data based on the location information, wherein the assistance data is to be used by the user device to generate assisted global positioning system (aGPS) measurements. The method may further include transmitting, to the user device and during the location session, the assistance data, receiving, from the user device, aGPS measurements based on the assistance data and determining, based on the aGPS measurements, a location of the user device.
US10425790B2
A sensor device includes: a sensor element configured to detect a physical quantity in a time-series manner; a data processing part configured to perform filtering on time-series data detected during a predetermined period by the sensor element to extract time-series data having a predetermined frequency component, and compare the extracted time-series data with a predetermined threshold value to determine one or a plurality of significant sections within the predetermined period, the extracted time-series data exceeding the threshold value in each of the significant sections; and a communication part configured to arrange and wirelessly transmit time-series data of each of the significant sections among the time-series data detected during the predetermined period by the sensor element.
US10425789B2
An example implementation involves a media playback system that includes one or more playback devices that are controllable by the mobile device while the mobile device is joined to the media playback system. The mobile device may join the media playback system over one or more communication paths via a cellular network from the mobile device to the media playback system. The example implementation may involve detecting that the mobile device is outside of a threshold proximity to the media playback system while the mobile device is joined to the media playback system. Based on detecting that the mobile device is outside of the threshold proximity to the media playback system, the mobile device may disconnect from the media playback system.
US10425782B2
An apparatus supporting a messaging method includes a display; and a control unit operatively coupled to the display. The control unit is configured to execute a communication service in which the control unit receives at least one text to communicate with an electronic device external to the apparatus, receives a request for sending a voice message to the electronic device, in response to receiving the request for sending the voice message, records an audio signal and stops transmitting a text message, receives a command to complete the recording of the audio signal, and after receiving the command to complete the recording of the audio signal, transmits the audio signal to the electronic device and restarts a text messaging with the electronic device.
US10425774B2
Provided herein are systems, methods, and software to manage group communications using distributed end user devices. In one example, a method of operating a communication device to facilitate secure group communications in a distributed communication environment is provided. The method includes establishing a communication channel (140) with an end user device (110), retrieving registration information from the end user device (110) over the communication channel (140), and generating a device configuration request including the registration information. The method further includes sending the device configuration request for delivery to a group management system (130) over a packet-based network (141), and responsive to receiving a particular device configuration, automatically configuring a group communications application executing on the communication device based on one or more parameters contained in the particular device configuration. The particular device configuration is selected by the group management system based on the registration information.
US10425773B1
A method and system of updating a direction of traversal of a mobile device. The method comprises determining that a first and a second mobile device are traversing an indoor route in a same heading based on a first and second heading angles determined at the first and the second mobile devices respectively, the first and second heading angles having an associated first and a second confidence levels respectively, receiving a broadcast, from the second mobile device, of a localization data packet that includes data of the second heading angle and the associated second confidence level, and if the first confidence level determined at the first mobile device is lower than the second confidence level determined at the second mobile device, updating the first heading angle of the first mobile device in accordance with the second heading angle of the second mobile device.
US10425766B2
This application relates to location systems suitable for monitoring the locations of people or objects within a group. Each person or object has a master or slave unit, which has a short-range wireless transceiver. Each unit has a unique identifier, and an ad-hoc mesh network is created between the units using short-range wireless connections between the units. Each unit periodically broadcasts its ID, which is received by other in-range units, and which compiles a list of received IDs and routing data (the IDs of the other units from which each ID was received). The IDs and routing data are shared on the ad-hoc mesh network, enabling the locations of the units to be approximately triangulated by placing the master or slave units in a virtual map in which the routing data for each received ID corresponds to that of second data signal, and wherein the placement of the master or slave units in the virtual map is also correct with regard to the estimated range of each master or slave unit. Each unit is able to determine its absolute position, when required, for example, using a GPS receiver, and this can also be shared on the ad-hoc mesh network. By using primarily short-range communications, the power consumption of each unit is reduced, as well as the incidence of erroneous transmission of signals to an external or public network. However, the master unit has a long-range wireless transceiver to enable it to transmit, for example, a distress signal to an external remote monitoring station.
US10425763B2
In some embodiments, virtualization methods for generating a binaural signal in response to channels of a multi-channel audio signal, which apply a binaural room impulse response (BRIR) to each channel including by using at least one feed-back delay network (FDN) to apply a common late reverberation to a downmix of the channels. In some embodiments, input signal channels are processed in a first processing path to apply to each channel a direct response and early reflection portion of a single-channel BRIR for the channel, and the downmix of the channels is processed in a second processing path including at least one FDN which applies the common late reverberation. Typically, the common late reverberation emulates collective macro attributes of late reverberation portions of at least some of the single-channel BRIRs. Other aspects are headphone virtualizers configured to perform any embodiment of the method.
US10425748B2
An embodiment of a hearing assistance device comprises a housing, a power source, a radio circuit, an antenna and a transmission line. The radio circuit is within the housing and electrically connected to the power source. The antenna has an aperture, and the radio circuit is at least substantially within the aperture. The transmission line electrically connects to the antenna to the radio circuit. Various antenna embodiments include a flex circuit antenna.
US10425747B2
A new binaural hearing aid system is provided with a hearing aid in which signals that are received from external devices, such as a spouse microphone, a media player, a hearing loop system, a teleconference system, a radio, a TV, a telephone, a device with an alarm, etc., are filtered with binaural filters in such a way that a user perceives the signals to be emitted by respective sound sources positioned in different spatial positions in the sound environment of the user, whereby improved spatial separation of the different sound sources is facilitated.
US10425746B2
A hearing apparatus has a microphone for converting ambient sounds into a microphone signal, a signal processor for processing the microphone signal and an output transducer for outputting an output signal. A characteristic voice measure is ascertained for a voice component in the ambient sounds, and a supplementary measure characteristic of an activity of the wearer of the hearing apparatus is ascertained. Subsequently, an evaluated correlation between the voice measure and the supplementary measure is used to increase a probability value for the presence of a communication situation between the user and a third party if the voice measure and the supplementary measure, under at least one prescribed criterion, assume a value representative of the presence of the voice component and of the activity of the wearer. The probability value forms the basis for altering a signal processing algorithm that is executed to process the microphone signal.
US10425742B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus associated with an electrostatically driven graphene speaker. In one aspect, a device includes a graphene membrane, a first frame on a first side of the graphene membrane, and a second frame on a second side of the graphene membrane. The first frame and the second frame both include substantially circular open regions that define a substantially circular portion of the graphene membrane. A first electrode is proximate the first side of the circular portion of the graphene membrane. A second electrode proximate the second side of the circular portion of the graphene membrane.
US10425739B2
A deflector assembly includes an acoustic deflector that defines at least a portion of an electronics compartment; and electronics mounted within the electronics compartment. The deflector assembly is configured to provide convective cooling of the electronics via a stack effect air flow through the electronics compartment.
US10425734B2
Disclosed is a noise control apparatus which reduces noise at a position away from a head of a passenger in a seat in a room under a noisy environment created by a noise source. The apparatus includes: a weight sensor, and control speakers installed in the seat; a noise detector which detects the noise from the noise source, and outputs a noise signal; a control circuit which obtains the noise signal, and outputs a control signal for reducing the noise to the speakers; and a memory which stores control coefficients each used to generate the control signal for reducing the noise at a position which becomes higher from the seat as the corresponding weight becomes heavier. The circuit reads a coefficient corresponding to a detected weight or a correlation value from the coefficients, and outputs the control signal generated using the noise signal and the read coefficient to the speakers.
US10425723B2
A soundbar speaker for transmitting reflected sound waves off an upper surface down to a listening environment, comprising: a cabinet containing a plurality of audio drivers, direct-firing drivers within the cabinet oriented to transmit sound along a horizontal axis substantially perpendicular to a front surface of the cabinet, and a pair of upward-firing slotted drivers placed proximate to ends of an top surface of the cabinet and oriented at an inclination angle relative to the horizontal axis. The slotted drivers are configured to create an overlapping reflected sound projection for high frequency sound when reflected down to a listening position located at a distance in front of the speaker pair. Such a speaker projects reflected sound that provides wider horizontal or side-to-side dispersion to better cover the listening area.
US10425721B1
A loudspeaker is provided that includes an outer tubular section, an inner tubular section at least partially disposed concentrically within outer tubular section, a driver disposed in the inner tubular section, a sound deflector disposed at a first end of the outer tubular section, and a void defined collectively by a space between a first end of the inner tubular section within the outer tubular section and the sound deflector, and a space between an outer portion of the inner tubular section and an inner portion of the outer tubular section. The sound produced by the driver passes through the void via the space between a first end of the inner tubular section within the outer tubular section and the sound deflector, and then via the space between an outer portion of the inner tubular section and an inner portion of the outer tubular section.
US10425713B2
An example headphone arrangement includes at least one earphone. The at least one earphone includes a sealed housing having an aperture and a tube with a longitudinal axis. The tube is curved along its longitudinal axis to form a closed or open ring configured to totally or partly surround an ear of a user. A speaker is mounted to the housing at the aperture so that the housing in connection with the speaker encloses a closed acoustic volume.
US10425711B2
An apparatus can include a first housing that includes a processor and memory accessible by the processor; a second housing; a speaker accessible by the processor; and a hinge assembly that rotatably couples the first housing and the second housing where the first housing and the second housing include a 0 degree angle of rotation, closed orientation and a 360 degree angle of rotation, tablet orientation and where the hinge assembly includes an opening for the speaker that rotates responsive to rotation of the first housing and the second housing via the hinge assembly.
US10425697B2
Multiple broadcasters create live streams of digital content relating to live events, and multiple viewers of each broadcaster receive copies of the live streams. Viewer latency is significantly reduced, and event information relating to live events is synchronized amongst all broadcasters and viewers of live streams relating to the same event. Scalable and flexible access to live streams is provided to different types and numbers of viewers with different qualities of service. A social media platform is provided in tandem with live streaming of digital content relating to live events, to allow a given broadcaster and their associated viewers to communicate with one another, comment on the event and/or the broadcaster's live stream, and send digital gifts. In one example, the broadcasters' digital content includes video-based commentary regarding live sporting events, and studio-quality graphics and animations (including animated synchronized scorebugs) are provided on mobile client devices in tandem with the broadcasters' video-based commentary and social networking functionality.
US10425683B2
A method includes receiving, with a computing system, data representing a video item into a buffer. The method further includes outputting the video item from the buffer to a display system. The method further includes determining that utilization of the buffer falls below a predetermined threshold. The method further includes, in response to determining that the utilization of the buffer falls below the predetermined threshold, determining that there is a specified rebuffering point within a predetermined time frame. The method further includes pausing with the computing system, the video item at the specified rebuffering point in response to determining that there is the specified rebuffering point within the predetermined time frame.
US10425676B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a mobile communication device, having a controller to capture media content and transmit the media content to a media server with a request for distribution of the media content to one or more targeted recipients according to a user profile associated with the mobile communication device that is stored in the media server, where a format of the media content is adjusted by the media server based at least in part on the user profile. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10425675B2
A system includes a television executing a discoverable service thereon to provide a communication, and a device residing in a same private network of a computer network as the television. The device is configured to constrain an executable environment in a security sandbox, execute a sandboxed program in the executable environment, use a pseudonym of a user, and call a discovery agent to find the discoverable service of the television within the same private network in accordance with the communication. The device and the television are associated by way of the sandboxed program and the discoverable service using at least the communication from the discoverable service within the same private network. The system also includes a targeting system to receive the pseudonym, identify the user of the device using the pseudonym, and target advertising to the identified user of the device using the sandboxed program and/or the discoverable service.
US10425673B2
Control information for configuring an audiovisual device to present multimedia content according to a first service type may be generated. A method may include generating first control information for configuring an audiovisual device to decode a multimedia stream, generating first data that indicates a structure of the first control information, and transmitting the first data and the first control information. The first control information may be generated according to a first protocol version. Second data and second control information may be similarly generated and transmitted according to a second protocol version. Disclosed techniques may facilitate receiving devices to determine whether they support received wireless transmissions and decode the transmissions based on the control information.
US10425666B2
A method and apparatus for adaptively transmitting and receiving media data to a streaming environment by segmenting into segments a plurality of media data, which is generated by encoding content to have different qualities.
US10425664B2
A media processing system including a media studio allows the user to bring the studio along to live events. The media studio allows for preview, e.g., simultaneous preview, of multiple media input items (referred to herein as an aggregated media item), generating a media output item based on the multiple media input items, sharing the media output item, and storing the media output item for future viewing, all via a remote operator console. The media studio may be programmed to generate recommendations for the media output item and/or generate the media output item directly based on predetermined rules.
US10425651B2
The signalization of the inter-layer dependencies between layers of a multi-layered data stream is described. A good compromise between a too intensive restriction of the potential diversity of inter-layer dependencies on the one hand and a too complex signaling of the inter-layer dependencies on the other hand has been found by describing the inter-layer dependencies by way of a first inter-dependency syntax structure indicating inter-dependencies between pairs of different values representable by a base layer-ID and a second inter-dependency syntax structure indicating inter-dependencies between pairs of different values representable by an extension layer-ID, the base layer ID and extension layer ID indexing the layers the portions of the multi-layer data stream are associated with. In accordance with this concept, emphasis may be shifted between increased diversity of the signalizable inter-layer dependencies on the one hand and reduced side-information overhead for signaling the inter-layer dependencies on the other hand.
US10425650B2
A scalable video signal decoding method according to the present invention comprises determining a corresponding picture of a reference layer used for inter-layer prediction of a current picture using interlayer reference information on the current picture of a current layer, generating an interlayer reference picture by up-sampling the determined corresponding picture, generating a reference picture list including a temporal reference picture and the interlayer reference picture, and performing an inter prediction of the current picture on the basis of the reference picture list.
US10425648B2
Techniques are described to improved video intra prediction using position-dependent prediction combination in video coding. In High Efficiency Video Encoding a set of 35 linear predictors are used for doing intra coding and prediction can be computed from either a nonfiltered or a filtered set of neighboring “reference” pixels, depending on the selected predictor mode and block size. Techniques of this disclosure may use a weighted combination of both the nonfiltered and filtered set of reference pixels to achieve better compression via improved prediction and therefore small residual, enable effective parallel computation of all sets of prediction values, and maintain low complexity via applying filtering only to a set of reference pixels and not to predicted values themselves.
US10425638B2
The present invention is to provide an image processing equipment and method, for enabling an electronic device having a plurality of image capturing elements installed thereon to capture calibration sample images of a parameter calibration module and verification sample images of a parameter verification module, wherein the parameter calibration module is formed by four calibration identification boards each having a chess board pattern printed thereon and arranged parallelly in a predetermined angle with each other, the parameter verification module is formed by four verification identification boards each having a chess board pattern printed thereon and arranged in parallel with each other, so as for the electronic device to promptly calibrate the intrinsic and extrinsic parameters of the mage capturing elements according to the calibration sample images and then to promptly verify the correctness of the calibrated intrinsic and extrinsic parameters according to the verification sample images.
US10425637B2
Example implementations relate to cross-calibration of imagers. For example, cross-calibration of imagers can include modeling a response of each of a plurality of imagers to a color sample, modeling a response of a composite the a plurality of imagers to the color sample based on the modeled response of each of the plurality of imagers to the color sample, generating generate a cross-calibration of the modeled response of each of the plurality of imagers to the modeled response of the composite of the plurality of imagers, and generating a calibration of the modeled response of the composite of the plurality of imagers to a response of a reference imager.
US10425636B2
A near-to-eye display (NED) device comprises a light sensor, a processor, a first imager to generate a left image of an object for the user's left optical sensor, and a second imager to generate a right image of the object for the user's right optical sensor. The device further comprises at least one light-transmissive optical component arranged to receive concurrently the left image and the right image, the at least one light-transmissive optical component further arranged to direct a first portion of each of the left and right images to the left and right optical sensors, respectively, of the user while directing a second portion of each of the left and right images to the light sensor. The at least one processor detects a binocular misalignment between the left and right images based on output of the light sensor and to control the imagers to correct for the misalignment.
US10425629B2
A system and method includes generation of a first map of first descriptors based on pixels of a first two-dimensional depth image, where a location of each first descriptor in the first map corresponds to a location of a respective pixel of a first two-dimensional depth image, generation of a second map of second descriptors based on pixels of the second two-dimensional depth image, where a location of each second descriptor in the second map corresponds to a location of a respective pixel of the second two-dimensional depth image, upsampling of the first map of descriptors using a first upsampling technique to generate an upsampled first map of descriptors, upsampling of the second map of descriptors using a second upsampling technique to generate an upsampled second map of descriptors, generation of a descriptor difference map based on differences between descriptors of the upsampled first map of descriptors and descriptors of the upsampled second map of descriptors, generation of a geodesic preservation map based on differences between geodesic distances between pairs of descriptors of the upsampled first map of descriptors and geodesic distances between corresponding pairs of descriptors of the upsampled second map of descriptors, and generation of a mapping between pixels of the first two-dimensional depth image and pixels of the second two-dimensional depth image based on the descriptor difference map and on the geodesic preservation map.
US10425625B2
Techniques for projecting images onto fabricated surfaces. One or more electronic files containing an engineering diagram that describes a three-dimensional shape of the fabricated surface are retrieved. Warp transformation information for transforming images to be projected onto the fabricated surface is calculated, based on the engineering diagram, positional information defining a three-dimensional position of a projection device, relative to the fabricated surface, and positional information of an intended viewer relative to the fabricated surface. The warp transformation information is applied to one or more images to generate one or more transformed images. Embodiments project, using the projection device, the one or more transformed images onto the fabricated surface.
US10425624B2
The present technology relates to a solid-state image capturing device and an electronic device which are capable of improving detection accuracy for polarization information and color information. The solid-state image capturing device includes a pixel array unit including a plurality of polarizing pixels configured to detect polarization information, and a plurality of color pixels configured to detect color information. The polarizing pixels are arranged in a row direction and a column direction in a grid form. The color pixels are arranged in the row direction and the column direction in the grid form between the polarizing pixels that are adjacent, at positions shifted from the polarizing pixels in the row direction and the column direction. For example, the present technology can be applied to the solid-state image capturing device.
US10425622B2
A method for generating a predictive image to enable remote control of an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) under conditions of long communications latency. An original digital image of the UGV environment (from a UGV-mounted camera) is projected forward such that a lower portion falls on a ground plane defined to approximate the UGV's travel surface and an upper portion falls on a far plane defined approximately normal to the ground plane and forward of the UGV. A perspective transformation technique used to generate the predicted image separates the ground plane image from the far plane image. Two separate mathematical perspective transforms are defined and applied, one for the lower (ground plane) part of the image, and one for the upper (far plane) part of the image. The resulting predicted upper and lower image are rejoined to form the complete predicted image, which may then be presented on a video screen.
US10425619B2
A vehicular control system includes a plurality of cameras, a radar device and a central electronic control unit. The vehicular control system is operable to fuse image data captured by at least one of the cameras with radar data sensed by the radar device. The central electronic control unit is operable to at least partially control the vehicle. Threat recognition/evaluation by a threat recognizer/evaluator of the central electronic control unit and risk assessment by a risk assessor of the central electronic control unit is responsive, at least in part, to (i) image data captured by at least one of the cameras, (ii) radar data sensed by the radar device and (iii) map data associated with a current geographical location of the vehicle. The central electronic control unit, responsive at least in part to threat recognition/evaluation and risk assessment, controls braking of the equipped vehicle.
US10425617B2
A distribution element for a self-calibrating RF network and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the distribution element, the distribution element is located between a headend layer and an endpoint layer. An upstream directional control circuit and a downstream directional control circuit are positioned in a spaced opposing relationship such that respective upstream line and the downstream line are separated into a forward line and reverse line therebetween while being combined at the respective upstream directional control circuit and the downstream directional control circuit. A pair of amplifier circuits positioned between the upstream and downstream control circuits are under the control of a controller to amplify and shape the signal of the forward line and the reverse line. The controller monitor and analyzes signals through the distribution element.
US10425614B2
A moving image reproduction apparatus that reproduces and displays captured moving image on a display device. An MPU acquires a shake amount, and determines whether the shake amount exceeds a range within which camera shake in the captured moving image can be corrected. When the shake amount exceeds the range, the MPU calculates an interpolated shake amount based on the shake amount such that the interpolated shake amount is within the range. The MPU decides a camera shake correction amount based on the shake amount and the interpolated shake amount. The MPU corrects camera shake using the camera shake correction amount. When the shake amount does not exceed the range, the MPU decides the shake amount as the camera shake correction amount, whereas when the shake amount exceeds the range, the MPU decides the interpolated shake amount as the camera shake correction amount.
US10425582B2
An image processing system generates 360-degree stabilized videos with higher robustness, speed, and smoothing ability using a hybrid 3D-2D stabilization model. The image processing system first receives an input video data (e.g., a 360-degree video data) for rotation stabilization. After tracking feature points through the input video data, the image processing system determines key frames and estimates rotations of key frames using a 3D reasoning based on the tracked feature points. The image processing system also optimizes inner frames between key frames using a 2D analysis based on the estimated key frame rotation. After the 3D reasoning and the 2D analysis, the image processing system may reapply a smoothed version of raw rotations to preserve desirable rotations included in the original input video data, and generates a stabilized version of the input video data (e.g., a 360-degree stabilized video).
US10425573B2
A device having: an optical system configured to be controlled to adjust a focal position so as to focus in an adjustment range; a switch configured to be switched between a first state and a second state; and a processor comprising hardware, wherein the processor is configured to implement: a focal position adjustment range setting unit configured to set: the adjustment range to a whole region in the first state; and the adjustment range to a part of the whole region in the second state, wherein the part of the whole region as a predetermined range is determined from a focal position of an object point conjugate with an imaging surface at the time the first switch is switched to the second state; and a controller configured to control the optical system to adjust the focal position based on the set adjustment range.
US10425567B2
The invention describes an apparatus for detecting an object area with a flat housing having a first main side, a second main side, a lateral side; and a multi-aperture device with a plurality of laterally juxtaposed optical channels facing the lateral side, wherein each optical channel is configured to detect a respective partial area of the object area through the lateral side or along an optical axis of the respective optical channel that is deflected between a lateral course within the housing and a non-lateral course outside the housing, wherein the partial areas of the optical channels cover the object area.
US10425566B2
A method calibrates a camera having image sensor having a center position. An image view projected onto the image sensor by a lens is captured. At least one image view boundary of the captured image view is detected. A projection center position corresponding to a center of the projected image view is determined in at least one dimension. Offset between the projection center position and a sensor center position is determined, defined in at least one dimension, corresponding to the center of the image sensor capturing the projected image view. The image sensor is moved in relation to the lens based on the offset in order to arrive at a substantially zero offset in at least one dimension between the center of image sensor and the center of the projected image view.
US10425563B2
Embodiments provide a lens moving apparatus including a first magnet, a housing, a bobbin, around which a coil is wound and which moves in a first direction in the housing, an upper elastic member disposed on upper surfaces of the bobbin and the housing, a lower elastic member disposed under lower surfaces of the bobbin and the housing, and a damping member disposed between the upper or lower elastic member and the bobbin.
US10425555B2
A method to make a decoration, the decoration made from a plurality of colored objects arranged in a regular pattern on a colored substrate, individual colored objects discernable at arm's length, with the decoration recognizable at greater distance as corresponding to a digital image. The colored objects may be pushpins, and no colored objects are placed at positions where the substrate color is the desired color. Embodiments also include an apparatus to select a single pushpin from a container of pushpins, and an apparatus to orient a pushpin in preparation for insertion into the substrate.
US10425550B2
An optical scanning device has a housing in which a duct surrounds a space from the deflector and its circumference to an outlet in insulation from the optical system, and guides gas from an inlet to the space. A positioning member is shaped as a pillar that protrudes from the floor of the duct towards the deflector and has a tip to contact with the deflector to locate the rotation axis of the polygon mirror at a position relative to the housing. The positioning member further limits a clearance between an outer surface of the deflector and the floor to secure therein a flow path of the gas.
US10425542B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a plurality of items (A) customized with visually coherent features, which includes the following steps: generating a plurality of unique decorative images each encoding a plurality of unique codes (Cx), each unique code 5 (Cx) being reconstructible through analysis of an image output from a digital camera of a communicating device that has captured a unique image (ICx), and each unique code (Cx) representing a unique address accessible, via a network, from said communicating device, and printing the unique decorative images on a plurality of respective items 10 (A) or on a plurality of substrates (Sx) intended to be attached to said plurality of individual or grouped items using a digital printing system. Items are thus mass-produced, making it possible for every item, without using an optical bar code or QR code, to access 15 content or a unique digital space, with customization possible.
US10425536B2
Phone systems, phone devices (including hardware, software and firmware), and methods of operating a phone. Described herein are dissociated phone systems including one or a plurality of local client phones with basic call handling capability that communicate though a remote phone server but are locally controlled by a controller gateway that manages the local network including the local client phones.
US10425528B2
Methods and systems for providing standardized mobile device distraction prevention and safety protocols are disclosed. In particular, an embodiment of a method for activating a distraction prevention or safety protocol behavior in a mobile device when the mobile device satisfies a specific condition is disclosed. The method includes discovering one or more protocol activators configured to transmit discovery information associated with a specific condition. The method further includes activating distraction prevention safety protocol behavior in the mobile device based at least in part on the discovery information. In an implementation, the specific condition may be a specified environment itself and or include an event when the mobile device enters a specified environment or a specified sequence of numbers is dialed from the mobile device.
US10425527B1
Disclosed is a system for managing wireless transmitting devices in which a wireless transmission from a transmission device is detected within or about a set area and an allowability of the transmission device to continue transmitting is based on an identification information, of the device, a location of the device and a number being called by the device.
US10425523B2
The present disclosure discloses a method of controlling a mobile terminal, and a mobile terminal. The method of controlling a mobile terminal includes obtaining a motion status of a user of the mobile terminal, and performing a function of the mobile terminal corresponding to a predetermined event, based on the obtained motion status.
US10425519B2
A sensing device includes a radio-wave based sensor module, and a control processor configured to transmit data sensed by the radio-wave based sensor module to a mobile terminal. A holder is configured to hold the mobile terminal and to comprise the radio-wave based sensor module.
US10425518B2
An expandable or all-in-one telephone system is designed for seniors suffering from Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia as well as other cognitively challenged individuals. The features and settings are managed by their caregivers through a web browser or a smartphone application. This phone system provides caregivers with peace of mind and care-receivers with an easy-to-use safe system customized to fit their individual abilities and adaptable as their needs change. Accordingly, the system may help seniors retain dignity and independence, while reducing daily stress points for caregivers.
US10425516B2
An iPhone LED projector device that projects a large image from an iPhone onto a nearby wall or screen, where the LED projector is built into a housing for the iPhone, where the iPhone is attached via a lightning connector, where the LED projector device is about the same size as an iPhone and encloses the iPhone in a case, where the LED projector has a removable rechargeable lithium ion battery, an A/C power unit, wherein the LED projector includes external controls on one or more outer surfaces of the housing, wherein the LED projector is able to project an image approximately 100″ in size diagonal dimension, and wherein the LED projector includes an audio Bluetooth connection for connecting to an external audio unit.
US10425512B2
A method of transmitting data for use at a data processing system and network interface device, the data processing system being coupled to a network by the network interface device, the method comprising: forming a message template in accordance with a predetermined set of network protocols, the message template including at least in part one or more protocol headers; forming an application layer message in one or more parts; updating the message template with the parts of the application layer message; processing the message template in accordance with the predetermined set of network protocols so as to complete the protocol headers; and causing the network interface device to transmit the completed message over the network.
US10425506B2
A method for processing machine data within a communication system that includes a computing unit receiving a network data message from a wireless access node of the communication system and determining whether the network data message includes machine data. When the network data message includes the machine data, the method further includes the computing unit identifying a wireless data device associated with the network data message to produce a wireless data device identifier, identifying one or more cloud services to produce one or more cloud service identifiers, and for each cloud service, processing the machine data to produce a transformed data message, where the transformed data message is in accordance with a data protocol associated with the cloud service, and facilitating transmission of the transformed data message to the cloud service.
US10425505B2
In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method comprises: receiving a selection of at least one of: an initial air traffic control (ATC) message communications protocol and an initial controller-pilot data link communications (CPDLC) system; determining if a second communications protocol was selected; if the second communications protocol was selected, trapping at least one of a received ATC message in a first communications protocol, and a to be sent ATC message in the first communications protocol; and at least one of sending an ATC message in the selected communications protocol and receiving an ATC message in the selected communications protocol.
US10425504B1
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and processes to secure internal services in a distributed computing environment. A service packet that includes a service call from a source appliance is intercepted at a server. A determination is made that the service call is for an internal service provided by the source appliance and includes client information with client process properties. The service packet is demultiplexed. A determination is made that rule attributes associated with the internal service match the client process properties. The client information is removed from the service packet and the service call is forwarded to the server.
US10425502B2
A system, apparatus, and method for maintaining the consistency of global information is disclosed herein. The method includes storing historical version information associated with global information; retrieving current version information associated with the global information from a global information server; generating updated historical version information based on the current version information; transmitting an update confirmation notice to the global information server; and retrieving updated global information from the global information server based on the updated historical version information.
US10425501B2
A new element mapper is provided for mapping elements of a page using user-provided or automatically generated terms or names. Specifically, a user may direct an application displaying a page to enter into an in-context element mapping mode, in which page elements eligible for mapping may be identified and highlighted whenever one is moused or hovered over. Responsive to the user selecting a page element of interest, the element mapper may provide a dialog with an input field. The dialog may be displayed near the page element of interest or as part of the page. Based on a user-provided or automatically generated name, the element mapper may generate a mapping output and store it in association with a selector for the page element of interest. The mapping output can be used to build a site rule in context of the page element of interest.
US10425497B1
A method to process webhook calls is described. The method comprises receiving, from a callback producer server and at a proxy callback interface of a proxy server, a webhook call comprising a webhook channel address and payload callback data. A callback record is stored in a proxy server database, the callback record comprising a sequence number and the payload callback data. A callback query is received, from a callback client and at a query interface of the proxy server, the callback query identifying the webhook channel address. The callback record is identified, using the callback query, the callback record, and provided, responsive to the callback query, from the query interface to the callback client.
US10425493B2
An approach is described for adjusting prominence of a participant profile in a social networking interface. An associated method may include receiving an activity stream update of the participant and calculating a relevancy score based on content in the activity stream update. The method further may include adjusting a visibility level of the participant profile in the social networking interface based upon the calculated relevancy score. Adjusting the visibility level may include increasing the visibility level of the participant profile upon determining that the calculated relevancy score is greater than or equal to a first predefined threshold value. Adjusting the visibility level further may include decreasing the visibility level of the participant profile upon determining that the calculated relevancy score is less than a second predefined threshold value.
US10425491B2
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing network application programming interface (“API”), and, more particularly, API to provide network metrics and network resource control to users. In some embodiments, a computing system might receive customer network telemetry data from a first network via a gateway API, might receive service provider network telemetry data from a second network(s) via a network API, might compile the customer network telemetry data and the service provider network telemetry data, might receive a request from a user to access information regarding network services associated with the user, might filter the compiled customer network telemetry data and the compiled service provider network telemetry data to isolate first telemetry data and second telemetry data, respectively, might provide the user with access to at least one of the first telemetry data or the second telemetry data, and might provide the user with options to control network resources.
US10425490B2
A network computer system can receive data indicating a first service location from a computing device of a requesting user via an executing service application and determine data indicating a second service location. Based the first and second service locations, the network computer system can compute an upfront cost for each of a plurality of service options for completing an on-demand service for the requesting user. The network computer system can transmit data associated with the upfront cost for each of the plurality of service options to the computing device to enable a plurality of selectable graphic features to be displayed as part of a user interface on the computing device. Each of the graphic features can indicate the upfront cost for the corresponding service option.
US10425487B2
A method for managing a first communication connection between a first communication partner and a second communication partner. The method entails receiving a first message by the first communication partner, wherein the first message contains a command to disconnect the first communication connection. The method further entails transmitting a second message by the first communication partner to the second communication partner via a different second communication connection between the first communication partner and the second communication partner, wherein the second message contains a request to confirm the validity of the command. The method also entails disconnecting the first communication connection by the first communication partner if the first communication partner receives a third message via the second communication connection, wherein the third message contains a confirmation of the validity of the command.
US10425486B2
An aspect includes detecting a recurring intermittent error in a path of a network in a system that includes at least one data transmission port configured for connection to at least one shared data storage device via a plurality of paths of the network. It is determined by a path control module (PCM) in the network, whether a path recovery action has been initiated by a fiber channel protocol driver in the network. In response to determining that the path recovery action has not been initiated, the data transmission port is prevented from accessing the path for a specified time period by moving the path into a degraded sub-state, and subsequent to the specified time period the data transmission port is provided access to the path. In response to determining that the path recovery action has been initiated, the data transmission port is provided access to the path.
US10425485B2
In one embodiment, a device in a network joins an Information Centric Networking (ICN)-based directed acyclic graph (DAG) based on the device being able to act as an ICN cache in the network. The device receives ICN content data for forwarding between a content provider node in the network and a destination node in the network. The device forwards the ICN content data towards the destination node in the network. The device coordinates, with one or more other members of the ICN-based DAG, caching of the ICN content data by the device or by one of other members of the ICN-based DAG.
US10425483B2
A method and system of storing and retrieving data in a computer system are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method comprises storing a data object at a specified location in a first data store, storing in a second data store first information identifying said specified location, retrieving the data object from a defined location in the first data store, obtaining second information identifying the defined location in the first data store, and comparing the second information to the first information to determine if the first information and the second information identify a same location in the first data store. In embodiments of the invention, the method further comprises when the second information and the first information identify different locations in the first data store, generating a fault signal to indicate that the location of the data object in the first data store has changed.
US10425478B2
Task-based data transmission comprises, at a user end, sending a data synchronization request related to a task to a server end, wherein the data synchronization request comprises information about the task and a data synchronization strategy corresponding to the task, and receiving data corresponding to the data synchronization request that is returned by the server end. At the server end, a data synchronization request related to a task can be received by a requesting end. Data corresponding to the data synchronization request is determined, and then the requested corresponding data can be returned to the requesting end. Data related to a task currently to be done by a user is acquired from a server end by using a task-related data synchronization request, so that the user can quickly and flexibly virtualize a working environment of the user related to the task.
US10425475B2
In some examples, a system for managing distributed data can include a processor to detect an update notification from a client device to update a managing server, the update notification indicating that a remote server node is unavailable. The processor can also generate a comparison value by comparing a first time stamp to a second time stamp, wherein the first time stamp corresponds to a time at which the system receives the update notification from the client device and the second time stamp corresponds to a time the remote server node transmits a set of renewal data. Furthermore, the processor can determine that the comparison value indicates the remote server node is unavailable and remove the remote server node from the managing server.
US10425470B1
Partitions of a hosted computing service may be maintained on a computing node. Processing of requests to access the partition may be limited to constrain capacity utilization to a provisioned amount of capacity reserved for the partition. A second, additional amount of capacity may be associated with the partition and may reflect potential future changes to the provisioned amount of capacity. A sum of provisioned and additional capacities associated with partitions on a computing node may be calculated. The computing node may be ranked, relative to other computing nodes, for maintaining new or relocated partitions based on the sum.
US10425469B2
There is provided an information processing device including a determination unit configured to determine one operation mode among a plurality of operation modes in which processing speeds are different when a process is performed, and a processing unit configured to transmit information regarding a processing time which is based on the determined operation mode and indicates a reference of the processing time when the process is performed to a communication control device capable of performing contactless communication with an external device using the information regarding the processing time for setting of a waiting time of the process.
US10425441B2
Systems, methods, and software described herein enhances how security actions are implemented within a computing environment. In one example, a method of implementing security actions for a computing environment comprising a plurality of computing assets includes identifying a security action in a command language for the computing environment. The method further provides identifying one or more computing assets related to the security action, and obtaining hardware and software characteristics for the one or more computing assets. The method also includes translating the security action in the command language to one or more action procedures based on the hardware and software characteristics, and initiating implementation of the one or more action procedures in the one or more computing assets.
US10425431B2
A method for processing an intrusion in a communication network including a plurality of node equipment, including a current node, which: discovers of a neighborhood of the current node, including assigning a resilience group to the neighboring node, according to at least one piece of information representative of a resilience level of the neighboring node to at least one type of attack; detecting an intrusion affecting at least one suspect node of the neighborhood of the current node; establishing a consensus concerning the at least one suspect node in a neighborhood by counting a number of resilience groups having detected the intrusion in the neighborhood of the suspect node and a total number of resilience groups represented in the neighborhood of the suspect node; and deciding to change a status of the suspect node based on a result of the consensus by comparison of both numbers.
US10425423B2
A computer-implemented method includes identifying a set of electronic commands for operation of an electronic device, identifying a guest user, and designating permissions for the guest user, command-by-command, in the set of electronic commands for operating the electronic device. A designated permission for an electronic command in the set of electronic commands includes either granting the guest user access to the electronic device with a privilege of using the electronic command to operate the electronic device, or denying the guest user access to the electronic device and the privilege of using the electronic command to operate the electronic device.
US10425415B2
A method, system and computer program product for handling potential service load interruptions. The utilization of resources, such as servers in a service infrastructure of a SaaS provider, are monitored. If the utilization of a resource exceeds a threshold, then the resource is identified as having an excessive service load leading to a potential service load interruption. When a request is received from a user requesting to access such a resource, one or more action items to be completed by the user are generated and presented to the user. “Action items” refer to any activity that is required by the user to be performed thereby providing the SaaS provider additional time to address the potential service load interruption in an appropriate manner. Additional action item(s) will be presented to the user until the SaaS provider addresses the potential service load interruption, at which point, the request will be serviced.
US10425410B2
An identity authentication method includes detecting a scenario in which the user equipment is located, determining, from at least two different authentication levels of the user equipment, an authentication level corresponding to the scenario in which the user equipment is located, acquiring current biometric feature data entered by a user, and determining, according to the current biometric feature data, preconfigured biometric feature data, and the authentication level, whether identity authentication succeeds.
US10425407B2
The present invention enables secure transactions or access using insecure endpoint devices, such as computers, tablets and smart-phones. These insecure devices are potentially compromised with malicious software that may attack the user in every possible way. The present invention does not pretend to prevent malware. Instead, malware attacks against secure transactions and access are made obsolete. The present invention includes data, directly connected to transaction or access request to Relying-Party-Service-Provider, into authentication process of Identity-as-a-Service Provider. The present invention includes user authentication using mobile phone vs. Identity-Management-as-a-Service provider. The present invention also includes entering request for secure transaction or access to Relying-Party-Service-Provider, using insecure device. The present invention also includes two-way communication between Relying-Party-Service-Provider and Identity-Management-as-a-Service. The advantages of the present invention include, without limitation, that it is resilient to malware attack.
US10425404B2
A reminder terminal creates a table having random letter strings in elements. A user views the created table and registers, at a resource server, a password obtained by arranging first letter strings contained in first elements extracted from the viewed table in accordance with a selection sequence. The created table is stored at the reminder terminal. When the user accesses the resource server, the reminder terminal presents the stored table to the user and transmits information indicative that the stored table is presented. The user obtains a password for the resource server by arranging second letter strings contained in second elements extracted from the presented table in accordance with the selection sequence. Unless the information is received by a management server, the resource server does not permit the user to access contents of the resource server.
US10425400B2
An information processing apparatus stores information concerning a communication path for authentication between a first apparatus and a second apparatus that provides a service, in response to a service access request from the first apparatus; transmits the service access request to the second apparatus by using the information concerning the communication path for authentication; transfers, in response to an authentication request from the second apparatus, the authentication request to the first apparatus by using the information concerning the communication path for authentication; transfers, in response to a response including authentication information from the first apparatus, the response including the authentication information to the second apparatus by using the information concerning the communication path for authentication; and receives data of the service provided by the second apparatus and output a content based on the received content.
US10425399B2
One example method may include generating a template transaction certificate by one or more entities which verify proof of ownership of attributes incorporated into the template transaction certificate, and generating one or more operational transaction certificates by the one or more entities which verified proof of ownership of the template transaction certificate.
US10425387B2
Techniques for credentials enforcement using a firewall are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for enforcement using a firewall includes storing a plurality of user credentials at a network device; monitoring network traffic at the network device to determine if there is a match with one or more of the plurality of user credentials; and performing an action if the match is determined.
US10425382B2
In one aspect, a computerized system useful for implementing a cloud-based multipath routing protocol to an Internet endpoint includes an edge device that provides an entry point into an entity's core network. The entity's core network includes a set of resources to be reliably accessed. The computerized system includes a cloud-edge device instantiated in a public-cloud computing platform. The cloud-edge device joins a same virtual routing and forwarding table as the edge device. The cloud-edge device receives a set of sources and destinations of network traffic that are permitted to access the edge device and the set of resources.
US10425381B2
An approach includes providing support multi-tenancy support on a DHCP protocol. The approach includes receiving a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) packet, inserting a tenant-specific option information within the DHCP packet, and transmitting the DHCP packet with the tenant-specific option information.
US10425379B2
A system establishes virtual DNS servers that are supported by a DNS server. Target IP addresses are assigned for the virtual DNS servers. Network capable devices are uniquely assigned to the virtual DNS servers for domain name resolution. Each network capable device accesses the communication network through a corresponding network device associated with a corresponding source IP address. A client's service plan is assigned to a first network capable device used by the client. The service plan is implemented through a DNS request under a session established between the first network capable device and its assigned first virtual DNS server. The session is uniquely identified by a first source IP address of a first network device used by the first network capable device to access the communication network and a first target IP address of the first virtual DNS server.
US10425377B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are configured to monitor event information relating to an event broadcasted to an audience of a social networking system. The event information can include users who are participating in the event. It can be determined that a predetermined entity is participating in the event. A notification that the predetermined entity is participating in the event is provided during the event to at least one of a broadcaster of the event and a user participating in the event.
US10425369B2
In one embodiment, the first processors of a mobile device determine an operating condition of the mobile device. These operating conditions are based on a current velocity of the mobile device, and the current time of day. If the operating conditions satisfy an operating criteria for the mobile device, the first processors send a message to second processors of the mobile device, causing one or more of the second processors to wake up from a sleeping state to an active state.
US10425350B1
An apparatus in one embodiment comprises at least one processing device having a processor coupled to a memory. The one or more processing devices are operative to configure a plurality of distributed processing nodes to communicate over a network, to abstract content locally accessible in respective data zones of respective ones of the distributed processing nodes into respective catalogs of a distributed catalog service in accordance with a layered extensible data model, and to provide in the distributed processing nodes a plurality of microservices for performing processing operations on at least one of the layered extensible data model and the catalogs. The layered extensible data model comprises a plurality of layers including a core data model layer and at least one extensions layer. The microservices may comprise at least one microservice to alter the layered extensible data model and at least one microservice to query one or more of the catalogs.
US10425341B2
Disclosed are a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for event messaging over a network. A subscription interface receives data indicative of a subscription request for sessionized data. An allocation module allocates a sessionizer bank linked to the subscription request. A messaging interface module provisions identifiers linked to the respective processing engines of the sessionizer bank. The messaging interface module registers the allocated sessionizer bank as available to process event messages matching the subscription request by providing the provisioned identifiers. The messaging interface module receives event messages from a producer device linked by a collection server to a selected one of the processing engines of the sessionizer bank. The selected one of the processing engine processes the received event messages in accordance with session rule data linked to the subscription request to generate sessionized data.
US10425338B2
A timer is associated with a packet of a flow from a VM at an application executing in conjunction with a vSwitch in a host system, using a processor assigned to the vSwitch in the host system. At the application, using a counter, a number of packets of the flow that are received and acknowledged in response packets is counted, the response packets being received from a receiver of the flow. At the application, using a period measured by the timer and the number of received packets acknowledged as counted by the counter, a CWND value is computed. The CWND value is applied to the flow at the vSwitch such that the vSwitch transmits, from the flow to a network, only a number of packets up to the CWND value.
US10425335B2
A hash value is determined based on a payload of a message associated with a first system, the hash value related to a message flow instance that includes the message, wherein the payload associates the message with the message flow instance. Upon sending the message to a second system, generating a first event corresponding to the message, wherein the first event includes the hash value. The first event is sent to a monitoring system. The monitoring system receives a second event including the hash value, wherein the hash value included in the second event is determined in association with the second system. Based on the hash value, a relation is determined to associate the first event and the second event with the message flow instance. The message flow instance is reconstructed based on the determined relation.
US10425333B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to managing phys of a data storage target device. In one embodiment, a method of managing phys of a data storage target device includes waiting to receive a host address on a target phy and transmitting a target phy address for the target phy after waiting to receive the host address on the target phy. In another embodiment, a method of managing phys of a data storage target device includes configuring a target port comprising a first target phy and reconfiguring the target port comprising a first target phy and a second target phy.
US10425332B2
A method of processing data packets, the method executable by a router. The method comprises receiving an indication of a UDP port number associated with a port used by a DNS server and a session duration for the port; receiving a UDP packet; in response to a destination port of the UDP packet matching the DNS port number, sending by a NAT component of the router, the UDP packet to an ALG DNS handler of the router. The method further comprises analyzing, by the ALG DNS handler, a payload length of the at least one UDP packet and verifying whether the UDP packet meets a processing condition. The method further comprises determining a DNS packet type.
US10425331B2
Data center systems are described. A router can receive a data packet having a header indicating the destination for that data packet. That router can then route the data packet to another, second router. The routers can consider different portions of the header when making their routing decisions. For example, the different portions can be different sizes to allow for the first router to perform less complex routing decisions while the second router can perform more complex routing decisions.
US10425328B2
A device receives Ethernet based tunnelled Internet Protocol (IP) traffic transmitted from a first network node towards a second network node of an IP communications network. The Ethernet based tunnelled IP traffic comprises an Ethernet based tunnelled IP packet that comprises a header and a payload. The header contains a destination Ethernet address and the payload contains an inner user IP header of an inner user IP packet. An Ethernet Switch modifies the destination Ethernet address contained in the header of the Ethernet based tunnelled IP packet based on the inner user IP header. One PU is selected, from the plurality of PUs, for traffic analysis of a data session comprising the Ethernet based tunnelled IP traffic. The Ethernet based tunnelled IP packet is to be redirected to the selected PU in accordance with the modified destination Ethernet address.
US10425326B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to reroute tunnel traffic in a network are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein include, in response to detecting an event associated with routing first traffic in the network, determining a plurality of paths to carry respective traffic for a plurality of tunnels between pairs of routers in the network, the plurality of paths being determined based on a quality metric characterizing an aggregate tunnel bandwidth to be carried by the plurality of paths for the plurality of tunnels. Such disclosed example methods also include sending first routing information describing the plurality of paths to the routers in the network to cause the routers to route the respective traffic for the plurality of tunnels using the plurality of paths.
US10425309B2
Disclosed herein is a method, a computer program product, and a carrier for indicating one-way latency in a data network (N) between a first node (A) and a second node (B), wherein the data network (N) lacks continuous clock synchronization, comprising: a pre-synchronization step, a measuring step, a post-synchronization step, an interpolation step, and generating a latency profile. The present invention also relates to a computer program product incorporating the method, a carrier comprising the computer program product, and a method for indicating server functionality based on the first aspect.
US10425300B2
A computer-implemented method, system, and computer-readable media are disclosed herein. In embodiments, the computer-implemented method may entail receiving, by a data service, live data associated with an entity. The entity may be, for example, a customer of the data service. The method may then route the live data to a dual-queue system of the data service. The live data may be loaded into a live data queue of the dual queue system for processing. Processing may entail generating summary statistics from the live data. An alert may then be transmitted to the customer in response to detecting the occurrence of one or more alert events. In embodiments, the alert events may include events identified in the summary statistics. Additional embodiments are described and/or claimed.
US10425292B1
A computing system may include a database disposed within a remote network management platform that manages a managed network, and a software application associated with the platform and configured to: obtain, from an external computing system, information about a function-application arranged to execute source code segment(s) on demand; determine that the obtained information relates to (i) a plurality of authorization-keys each respectively arranged to authorize on-demand execution of one of the source code segments, (ii) a first key-value string pair that enables establishment of connectivity to a service of the external computing system or of another computing system, and/or (iii) a second key-value string pair that enables establishment of connectivity to a data source of the external computing system or of another computing system, and responsively determine association(s) between the source code segment(s), the function-application, the service, and/or the data source; and store the association(s) in the database.
US10425288B2
The present disclosure provides systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for determining container to leaf switch connectivity information in a data center in a presence of blade switches and servers. In one aspect of the present disclosure, a method of determining container to leaf switch connectivity information of a data center utilizing at least one blade switch and at least one blade server, includes receiving, at a network controller, link connectivity information that includes south-bound neighboring information between the at least one blade switch of the data center and the at least one blade server of the data center; determining, at the network controller, the container to leaf switch connectivity information of the data center, based on the link connectivity information; and generating a visual representation of a topology of the data center based on the container to leaf switch connectivity information.
US10425277B2
Methods, systems and apparatuses for logging diagnostic information are disclosed. In accordance with one method, first diagnostic information is logged in a router in accordance with a first mode having a first logging rate. In addition, an operational problem within the router is detected. Further, in response to detecting the operational problem, second diagnostic information is logged in accordance with a second mode having a second logging rate that is greater than the first logging rate of the first mode.
US10425267B2
Adjacent channel leakage-power ratio (ACLR) can be reduced at a transmitter of a device. A modulated signal can be mapped into a plurality of tone sets in a frequency domain, wherein the plurality of tone sets include a first, a second, and a third set of tones. The first and the third set of tones can be converted in the frequency domain to a fourth and a fifth set of tones, respectively, in a time domain. A zero padding of one or more symbols associated with the fourth and the fifth set of tones can be performed to output a sixth and a seventh set of tones, respectively. The sixth and the seventh set of tones can be converted to an eighth and a ninth set of tones, respectively, in the frequency domain. The eighth and the ninth set of tones can be processed for transmitting to another wireless device.
US10425254B2
A gateway provides duplex-directional, multimedia ad hoc mesh networking, peer-to-peer direct communications, power optimization, dynamic configuration, and data management, while operating within various devices and network topologies. A multitasking virtual machine monitor for mobile networked devices, that is capable of functional expandability and portability to various operating environments, interoperability with a variety of operating systems, the Gateway Control System (GCS) performs functional capabilities in both a local and a networked topology using local and remote hardware and software. Software within the GCS is partitioned into sequentially, autonomous code, referred to herein as “modules,” each module being configured to communicate with hardware and other gateway modules. Collectively, all gateway modules are referred to herein as the gateway stack (GS). Each member of the GS can be turned on or off, downloaded from a remote site, and dynamically configured.
US10425253B2
Included are a method to manage subscriptions over a network, where the network may comprise intermediaries, clients, and service providers, and the method may include, receiving a subscription at a network intermediary, the subscription having management application data and having application level header information. The method may further include reviewing the application level header information of the received subscription and redirecting the subscription over the network using the reviewed application level header information.
US10425249B2
The present disclosure provides for devices, systems, and methods which optimize throughput of bonded connections over multiple variable bandwidth logical paths by adjusting a tunnel bandwidth weighting schema during a data transfer session in response to a change in bandwidth capabilities of one or more tunnels. By making such adjustments, embodiments of the present invention are able to optimize the bandwidth potential of multiple connections being used in a session, while minimizing the adverse consequences of reduced bandwidth issues which may occur during the data transfer session.
US10425235B2
Various embodiments enhance security and tamper resistance of device or components having a hardware intrinsic identity. For example, devices or components having PUFs can map challenges and helper values to a secret or share of secret to utilize a local identity in cryptographic operations. A plurality of components having individual identities can be extend so that the plurality of components can enroll into a shared global identity. Shares of the global identity can be distributed among the plurality of components or devices such that at least two devices must provide at least two shares of the global identity (or threshold operations on the at least two shares) to successfully use the global identity. Such sharing mitigates adversarial tampering attack on the global identity. Share refresh protocols can provide additional security, enable introduction of new components or devices to the global identity, and allow removal of existing components or devices.
US10425234B2
A new approach is proposed to support monitoring Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) network traffic by utilizing a hardware security module (HSM) appliance. Here, the HSM appliance is a high-performance, Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-compliant security hardware with embedded firmware, which can be used for management and sharing of ephemeral keys used in a secured PFS communication session between two parties. Specifically, the HSM allows a server to share one or more of its ephemeral keys and/or parameters used in PFS traffic during the session with a third party under specified access rights and/or authorization, wherein the third party can be but is not limited to a traffic monitoring module. The HSM allows the third party to access the ephemeral keys stored on the HSM under the specified access rights and/or authorization so that the third party may decrypt and run analytics on the PFS traffic captured during the session.
US10425231B2
An information processing apparatus includes a shared information generation unit for generating shared information via a network, a communication unit configured to receive a message, a shared information verification unit configured to compare shared information in the message with the information generated by the shared information generation unit, and verify validity of the shared information in the message based on the comparison, a security code generation unit for generating a security code based on the shared information, a security code verification unit configured to compare a security code in the message with the security code generated by the security code generation unit, and verify correctness of the shared information in the message based on the comparison, and a processing determination control unit configured to determine normality of the message on the based on the verification by the shared information verification unit and the verification by the security code verification unit.
US10425226B2
An encryption processing device includes an encryption processing section that repeats a round operation on input data and generate output data, and a key scheduling section that outputs a round key to be applied in the round operation to the encryption processing section. The encryption processing section has an involution property in which a data conversion function E and an inverse function E−1 are executed sequentially, and executes the round operation in which a constant is applied once or more in only one of the function E and the inverse function E−1. The constant is a state that satisfies a condition that all of constituent elements of a state which is a result of a matrix operation with the linear conversion matrix which is applied in the linear conversion processing section at a position adjacent to the exclusive-OR section to which the constant is input are nonzero.
US10425219B2
A data recovery circuit adjusts skew between a first and second clock signals when a signal level of recovered data changes relative to first reference level between a first timing of the first clock signal and a second timing of the second clock signal. Prior to adjusting the skew, a first signal level of the recovered data at the first timing is compared to a second and/or a third reference level. A second signal level at the second timing is compared to the second and/or the third reference level. The skew is adjusted based on a first sign of an error of the first signal level relative to one of the second and third reference levels. The first sign is opposite to a second sign of an error of the second signal level relative to another one of the second and third reference levels.
US10425214B2
Scheduling and allocating resources in a millimeter wave communication system are performed by components of both the MAC and the RF front end acting in cooperation with one another. MAC components operate essential in accordance with the 802.11 standard. Signals at 2.4/5 GHz intermediate frequency (IF) output from an IF module are upconverted to an RF mmWave spectrum. The RF signals are routed to different subsector antennas and/or polarizations of a subsector antenna in order to direct the RF mmWave signal to a desired destination. Beamforming by the physical structures of antennas, direct the RF signals to a particular subsector. The combination of allocating resources within the MAC, processing within the MBI module before being upconverting to RF, together with signal switching of the RF signals, determines the destination to which signals are to be transmitted and the source from which signals are to be received.
US10425211B2
A wireless access system supporting an unlicensed band and, more particularly, to a method for measuring a channel state and an apparatus for supporting the same. As one embodiment of the present invention, a method for reporting channel state information (CSI) in a wireless access system supporting an unlicensed band may comprise the steps of: receiving an upper layer signal including channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) configuration information and channel state information-interference measurement (CSI-IM) configuration information for one or more transmission points (TP) included in a transmission opportunity (TxOP) duration; receiving a physical layer signal including TxOP configuration information that indicates which TP is included in the TxOP duration; measuring the CSI by using a CSI-RS resource and a CSI-IM resource for the TP indicated by the TxOP configuration information, on the basis of the CSI-RS configuration information and the CSI-IM configuration information; and reporting the measured CSI.
US10425206B2
A technique for assigning pilot signals to user equipments is described. The UEs access an RBS that provides radio access. As to a method aspect of the technique, an access burst including initial pilot signals is received from the UEs, wherein at least two of the UEs apply simultaneously the same initial pilot signal. A multicast channel to the at least two UEs is estimated based on the received access burst. A combined signal power received at the RBS is computed for the at least two UEs based on the estimated multicast channel. A message to the at least two UEs is sent using the multicast channel. The message is indicative of the combined signal power and assigns different pilot signals to the at least two UEs, wherein the assignment depends for each of the at least two UEs on the combined signal power and a signal power received at the respective UE.
US10425186B2
Concepts and examples pertaining to combined coding design for efficient codeblock extension are described. A processor of a communication apparatus may combine channel polarization of a communication channel with a first coding scheme for first codeblocks of a smaller size to generate a second coding scheme. The processor may also code second codeblocks of a larger size using the second coding scheme.
US10425185B2
A first Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) node and a method therein for performing a transmission to a second WLAN node in a WLAN. The first WLAN node identifies a third WLAN node transmitting a first signal (S1) overheard by the first WLAN node, and determines to transmit, to the second WLAN node, a second signal (S2) based on the identity of the third WLAN node and on a received power of the first signal. When determined to transmit the second signal, the first WLAN node determines a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) index value by means of a link adaptation process specific for the identified third WLAN node and transmits to the second WLAN node, the second signal using the determined MCS index.
US10425184B2
A device for sound wave communication, including: a hardware correction table for setting a correction frequency band; a sound wave transmission unit for generating data frequencies at a predetermined base decibel level, generating separate reception filter frequencies at the base decibel level for receiving data carried by a sound wave transmitted from the nearest location when sound waves are received, and generating the correction reference frequency at the base decibel level for correcting hardware transmission; and a sound wave reception unit for receiving a sound wave signal transmitted from the sound wave transmission unit, extracting decibel levels at each of the data frequencies to form an array of decibel levels, correcting the array by shifting the array by a correction value extracted using the hardware correction table, and reconstructing data.
US10425179B2
According to at least one aspect, a large area wireless communication station is provided. The wireless communication station may provide mobile communication signals at distances up to 100 kilometers from the location of the station. The wireless communication station may include a plurality of antennas that are co-located and configured to each provide coverage to a portion of a coverage area and in sum to provide coverage to the entirety of the coverage area, a plurality of transmitters communicatively coupled to the plurality of antennas and configured to communicate with an external system, and a signal routing system configured to dynamically direct a radio frequency signal from any one or more of the plurality of transmitters to any one or more of the plurality of antennas.
US10425173B2
A method for a phase calibration in a frontend circuit of a near field communication (NFC) tag device is disclosed. An active load modulation signal is generated with a preconfigured value of a phase difference with respect to a reference signal of an NFC signal generator device. An amplitude of a test signal present at an antenna of the NFC tag device is measured. The test signal results from overlaying of the reference signal with the active load modulation signal. The following steps are repeated: modifying the value of the phase difference, providing the active load modulation signal with the modified value of the phase difference, measuring an amplitude of the test signal and comparing the measured amplitude with the previously measured amplitude until the measured amplitude fulfills a predefined condition. The value of the phase difference corresponding to the previously measured amplitude is stored.
US10425172B2
Methods and apparatus to provide clutter rejecting built-in-test and/or fault isolation of individual array elements in assignment-based AESAs. BIT beam states for array element testing can be stored in AESA memory for rapid assignment sequencing of RF waveform generators and receive processing. Simultaneously transmitted signals for BIT sequences have unique signal characteristics that allow test signal clutter rejection on the receive side processing.
US10425162B2
Scrambler for a multimode optical fiber and optical transmission system using such scrambler systems
Embodiments of the invention provides a deterministic scrambler (1) arranged in a multimode optical fiber (130) for scrambling light, the light comprising a set of optical signals propagated in said multimode optical fiber according to a set of propagation modes, each propagation mode being associated with a power value, wherein the scrambler is configured to determine a permutation of said propagation modes depending on the power values associated with said propagation modes, the scrambler being configured to redistribute the optical signals according to said permutation of the propagation modes.
US10425161B2
Enabling Low Frequency Periodic Signalling over an optical link with a circuit arrangement and method for controlling a light-emitting component, including: monitoring a differential input for the presence of an electrical idle state by an IDLE detector; triggering a time delay block by the IDLE detector when the electrical idle state at the differential input is interrupted or resumed; detecting whether the differential input is driven by a Low Frequency Periodic Signalling or by a Super Speed/Enhanced Super Speed signalling by a signal type detector; making a decision whether the signalling is to be transmitted by a decision circuit; an input stage connected to the decision circuit; and driving the light-emitting component by an output stage.
US10425160B2
Example methods and apparatus to implement an electrical/optical transceiver to facilitate data transfer are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an electrical transceiver lane to transfer data at a first bandwidth over an electrical link. The example apparatus also includes a plurality of optical transceiver sub-lanes to transfer data over an optical link. The example apparatus also includes a lane switch to dynamically map the electrical transceiver lane to the plurality of optical transceiver sub-lanes based on an analysis of the first bandwidth and the plurality of optical transceiver sub-lanes to accommodate the first bandwidth with at least a subset of the plurality of optical transceiver sub-lanes to transfer data between the electrical link and the optical link.
US10425156B1
The amount of current provided to a laser diode of an optical network transceiver device, the power output of the optical network transceiver device, and the device temperature of the optical network transceiver device is monitored. Based at least in part on a detected fluctuation in at least one of the amount of current provided to the laser diode, the power output of the optical network transceiver device, and the device temperature of the optical network transceiver device, a determined expected life of the optical network transceiver device is dynamically adjusted.
US10425149B1
A communication system in an aircraft is described. The communication system includes a CMU that is coupled to at least one safety subnetwork and an AOIP computing device. The AOIP computing device is coupled to at least one non-safety subnetwork. The AOIP computing device determines whether ACARS messages received from the CMU are ACARS safety messages or ACARS non-safety messages. The AOIP computing device monitors CMU status messages from the CMU. In response to the AOIP computing device receiving an ACARS safety message, the AOIP computing device periodically transmits a second status message indicating that the AOIP computing device is unavailable. In response to determining that at least one safety subnetwork is available, the AOIP computing device stops periodically transmitting the second status message and transmits a first status message indicating that the AOIP computing device is available.
US10425144B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide various appropriate frame structures, sweep sequences, and procedures that may assist in beam sweeping, tracking and recovery.
US10425143B2
A method and system of a configurable phased array transceiver are provided. A first beamforming unit is configured to provide a first beam. A second beamforming unit is configured to provide a second beam. A first bi-directional power controller is configured to combine or to split the first beam and the second beam. Each beamforming unit comprises a plurality of radio frequency (RF) front-ends, each front-end being configured to transmit and receive RF signals. Each beam is independently configurable to operate in a transmit (TX) or a receive (RX) mode.
US10425139B2
A method of a user equipment (UE) for a beam management in a wireless communication system/ The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), configuration information including information of receive (Rx) beam identifications (IDs) associated with Rx beams, receiving, from the BS, reference signals for determining the Rx beams, wherein the Rx beams include different Rx beam IDs, respectively, measuring, based on the Rx beams, a beam reference signal (BRS) and a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) received from the BS, and performing, based on the configuration information, an Rx beam cycling operation for the Rx beams to receive downlink channels.
US10425128B2
A system for transmitting data between components of an industrial vehicle that are powered by electricity received through a power line is provided. The system includes a first electrical choke with a conductor arranged to pass through the first electrical choke and to connect a first component to the power line, and a first communication circuit for at least one of sending and receiving signals and having a transmission wire for carrying the signals. When the first communication circuit transmits a communication signal, the communication signal passes along the transmission wire through the first electrical choke in a first direction, and subsequently the communication signal passes along the conductor through the first electrical choke in a second direction opposite to the first direction thereby cancelling attenuation of the communication signal by the first electrical choke.
US10425113B2
A multiband radio frequency transmitter of a transceiver in which a receiving band is varied, includes a transmitting circuit, a receiving band-rejection filter, a power amplifying circuit, and an impedance compensating circuit. The transmitting circuit is configured to generate a transmission signal. The receiving band-rejection filter is configured to vary a rejection band in response to a variation of the receiving band, and reject the receiving band from the transmission signal provided from the transmitting circuit. The power amplifying circuit is configured to amplify the transmission signal that passes through the receiving band-rejection filter. The impedance compensating circuit is configured to compensate for impedance mismatch due to the variation of the rejection band of the receiving band-rejection filter.
US10425107B2
Bits in a received word that is based on a codeword of a polar code are decoded to generate decoded bits. A lower-order partial sum is updated based on the decoded bits, and a higher-order partial sum based on the lower-order partial sum is computed. The higher-order partial sum computation is a live computation performed during decoding of a subsequent bit in the received word in some embodiments. In decoding the subsequent bit, nodes in a Data Dependency Graph (DDG) of the polar code may be traversed in a reverse order relative to node indices of at least some of the nodes in the DDG. A reverse order may also be applied to partial sum computations, to combine multiple lower-order partial sums that are based on previously decoded bits according to a reverse order relative to an order in which at least some of the previously decoded bits were decoded.
US10425087B1
The exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a phase adjustment apparatus, and its operation method, provided with a phase detector, phase controller and phase calibrator for reducing complexity of a circuit and enabling execution of a phase adjustment operation in the background.
US10425086B1
A divider-less phase locked loop (PLL) includes a phase frequency detector (PFD), a charge pump (CP), a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), a delay unit, and a clock gating unit. The PFD is electrically connected to the VCO through the CP, and the CP outputs a voltage control signal to the VCO. The VCO generates an output signal. The delay unit receives and delays a reference signal to generate a delay signal. The clock gating unit samples the output signal according to the delay signal. Since the clock gating unit samples the output signal according to the delay signal, the divider-less PLL does not need to include a divider to divide a frequency of the output signal. Therefore, power consumption of the divider-less PLL can be reduced.
US10425084B2
A calibration system is provided for an oven controlled MEMS oscillator. The calibration system includes control circuitry that to separately selects predetermined target set-point values and controls a heater inside the oven controlled MEMS oscillator based on each of the selected target set-point values to adjust a set-point of the oven controlled MEMS oscillator. The system further includes an oscillation measurement circuit that measures respective oscillation frequencies at each adjusted set-point corresponding to each of the selected predetermined target set-point values. The measured oscillation frequencies can then be used to determine a target set-point operation value for the oven controlled MEMS oscillator, which can be sued to calibrate the oven controlled MEMS oscillator.
US10425083B1
A divider circuit and method for generating one or more digital signals is presented. The circuit has a first output section for generating a first digital signal. There is a first output section with an output node to output the first digital signal, and a plurality of switches with one or more control switches. The plurality of switches selectively couple the output node to a first voltage and/or to selectively couple the output node to a second voltage, thereby generating the first digital signal. The or each control switch is prevents at least one of (i) the output node being coupled to the first and second voltages simultaneously and (ii) the output node being decoupled from both the first and second voltages simultaneously.
US10425077B1
The present disclosure relates to a gate driver system suitable for driving the gate voltage of one or more transistors. The gate driver system is configured to operate in a first state when the current conducted by the transistor is relatively low and in a second state when the current conducted by the transistor is relatively high. In the second state, the gate voltage is set such that the source voltage at the transistor establishes a lower voltage across a source-driven load than is the case when operating the first state, thereby reducing the level of power consumption in the load during second state operation.
US10425072B2
An output circuit outputs communication signals and communicates with an external device ED, and includes: a PNP first transistor, which is capable of outputting a collector current as the communication signals; and a first current source, which is capable of changing a base current of the first transistor, and which reduces the base current to a predetermined current value after the first transistor is turned on and before the first transistor is turned off.
US10425070B2
Systems and methods associated with reducing clock skew are disclosed. In some exemplary embodiments, there is provided circuitry associated with lock loop circuits such as a phase lock loop (PLL). Such circuitry may comprise output clock tree circuitry and phase averaging circuitry. In other exemplary embodiments, there is provided circuitry associated with delay lock loop (DLL) circuits. Such circuitry may comprise output clock tree circuitry and/or phase averaging circuitry.
US10425069B2
A signal output circuit includes a slope control circuit, a capacitor, a noise detector circuit and a fail-safe circuit. The slope control circuit charges and discharges the capacitor, the first terminal of which is connected to an output terminal, according to the control signal level, and drives transistors using the voltage of the second terminal of the capacitor, thereby controlling the slope of the output single. The noise detector circuit detects noise superimposed on the output terminal. When noise is detected, the fail-safe circuit performs a forced drive operation on the transistor to output the output signal at a level corresponding to the level of the control signal is output, regardless of the transistor being driven by the slope control circuit.
US10425066B2
A memory circuit includes, a latch circuit that includes a first node, a second node, a first inverter having an input coupled to the first node and an output coupled to the second node, and a second inverter having an input coupled to the second node and an output coupled to the first node, a writing circuit that includes a first transistor coupled to the first node and a second transistor coupled to the second node and executes writing to the latch circuit using the first transistor and the second transistor, a command circuit detects the execution of the writing to the latch circuit and output a command signal to increase the potential of the second node before the termination of the writing of a low level to the first node, and a potential control circuit increases the potential of the second node based on the command signal.
US10425062B2
Provided is a polyphase filter, which is capable of achieving amplitude matching and phase matching while achieving a low insertion loss with a single-stage configuration. A first variable resistor and a second variable resistor have resistance values that are equal to each other, and the resistance values are set so as to correct an amplitude error between orthogonal signals of outputs of a first output terminal to a fourth output terminal. A first variable capacitor, a second variable capacitor, a third variable capacitor, and a fourth variable capacitor have capacitance values that are equal to one another, and the capacitance values are set so as to correct a phase error between the orthogonal signals of the outputs of the first output terminal to the fourth output terminal.
US10425056B2
An EMI filter network may be used to provide interference filtering for multiple loads (referred to collectively as a dynamic load). In one aspect, the EMI filter network includes electrical switches that establish different configurations or arrangements of passive circuit elements (e.g., inductors and capacitors) where each configuration generates a different filter value. The EMI filter network may be communicatively coupled to a controller which changes the configuration of the EMI filter network using the switches in response to the dynamic load changing operational states. For example, each configuration of the EMI filter network may correspond to one of the operational states of the dynamic load. Thus, as the operational state of the dynamic load changes—e.g., different motors become operational—the controller alters the configuration of the EMI filter network to provide a filter value that corresponds to the current operational state of the dynamic load.
US10425054B2
As viewed from the front of an operation panel, adjustment sections for individual input channels are positioned on the operation panel close to a human operator, and a display, a control section for setting an equalizer process, compressor process etc. for one selected channel and a signal delivery control section for setting signal delivery to mixing buses for the selected channel are positioned, in a horizontal row remotely from the human operator. Operators in the delivery control section are varied in function in accordance with a selected operation mode. For example, in a mix send mode, a plurality of rotary operators are set to function as send level adjustment operators for the respective input channels so as to adjust send levels to a given mixing bus, while, in a mix master mode, the rotary operators are set to function as output gain adjustment operators for the respective mixing buses.
US10425051B2
An analog multiplexer core circuit (120A) includes a differential pair (121) that includes two transistors (Q1, Q2), a differential pair (122) that includes two transistors (Q3, Q4), a differential pair (123) that includes two transistors (Q5, Q6), and a constant current source (124) that causes a current (IEE) to flow. This analog multiplexer core circuit (120A) time-multiplexes two analog signals (Ain1, Ain2) and outputs a time-multiplexed analog signal (Aout). Each emitter resistor (REA1, REA2, REA3, REA4) is connected to a corresponding one of the transistors (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4). At this time, a relation of “REA·IEE≥the amplitude of an input analog signal” is satisfied. As a result, linearity of response can be ensured by expanding the linear response input range of the differential pairs (121, 122).
US10425046B1
A differential power amplifier having first and second amplifiers with first and second signal output terminals along with bias circuitry in communication with the first and second amplifiers is disclosed. The differential amplifier further includes a first output clamp coupled to the first signal output terminal and a bias control terminal of the bias circuitry, wherein the first output clamp is configured to limit voltage at the first signal output terminal to a first predetermined voltage magnitude and lower bias current to the first amplifier in response to an overvoltage at the first signal output terminal. A second output clamp is coupled to the second signal output terminal and is configured to limit voltage at the second signal output terminal to a second predetermined voltage magnitude.
US10425043B1
An operational amplifier with a constant transconductance bias circuit and a method thereof are introduced. The operational amplifier includes a differential difference amplifier and the constant transconductance bias circuit. The differential difference amplifier has at least one first differential transistor pair and at least one second differential transistor pair. The constant transconductance bias circuit is electrically connected to the differential difference amplifier, and configured to output a first bias voltage to bias the at least one first differential transistor pair and output a second bias voltage to bias the at least one second differential transistor pair. The first bias voltage and the second bias voltage are configured to maintain constant transconductance of the differential difference amplifier.
US10425041B2
Disclosed is a differential transimpedance amplifier (TIA). In the differential TIA, an input end of the first source follower is coupled to the first output end of a first differential amplification circuit. The output end of the first source follower is coupled to the second input end of a second differential amplification circuit with feedback and a first feedback resistor. The input end of a second source follower is coupled to the second output end of the first differential amplification circuit. The output end of the second source follower is coupled to the first input end of the second differential amplification circuit with feedback and a second feedback resistor. A photo diode and a dummy diode are coupled respectively to two input ends of the first differential amplification circuit.
US10425039B2
A frequency calibrator includes an input signal generator configured to generate an input signal based on an oscillation signal and an external signal; a frequency difference extractor configured to extract, from the input signal, a frequency difference signal having a frequency corresponding to a frequency difference between an external frequency of the external signal and an oscillation frequency of the oscillation signal; a divider configured to generate a division signal by dividing a signal having the oscillation frequency by a division ratio; and a frequency tuner configured to tune the oscillation frequency of the oscillation signal based on a result of comparing the frequency difference signal to the division signal.
US10425034B2
A motor controller, including: a microprocessor including a signal identification unit; an inverter circuit; a rotation speed detection circuit; a power module; and an isolation circuit. The power module supplies power for the microprocessor, the inverter circuit, the rotation speed detection circuit, and the isolation circuit. The isolation circuit is connected to the microprocessor via a pulse width modulation (PWM) input line, and a PWM signal is transmitted to the isolation circuit and the microprocessor successively via the PWM input line. One rotation speed input signal of a motor is transmitted to the signal identification unit of the microprocessor via the isolation circuit and the PWM input line. The signal identification unit determines whether an input signal of the PWM input line is the PWM signal or the one rotation speed input signal of the motor.
US10425031B2
In a motor driver of the present invention, voltage and current values measured by a voltage and current detector and a voltage value measured by a voltage detector are determined as first measurement results, in the state of turning on semiconductor switching elements connected between a positive terminal of a capacitor and motor coils. Voltage and current values measured by the voltage and current detector and a voltage value measured by the voltage detector are determined as second measurement results, in the state of, as to a group A, turning on a semiconductor switching element connected between the positive terminal of the capacitor and the motor coil, and as to a group B, turning on semiconductor switching elements connected between a negative terminal of the capacitor and the motor coil. The insulation resistance values are calculated between the motor coils of each group A or B and a ground.
US10425030B2
A semiconductor device disclosed in the present specification has a structure that includes: a first terminal that is to be externally connected to a power source line; a second terminal that is to be externally connected to a ground line; a third terminal that is internally connected to the first terminal and to be externally connected to a first terminal of a bypass capacitor; and a fourth terminal that is internally connected to the second terminal and to be externally connected to a second terminal of the bypass capacitor.
US10425020B2
In a linear driving apparatus including a vibration wave motor, a sliding guide method is used as a guiding method for a moving member. The apparatus further includes a driving target body movable in a moving direction, a transmission member configured to engage with the driving target body, abut against the abutment part of the moving member, and transmit the driving force of the vibration wave motor to the driving target body, and a biasing member configured to apply a biasing force between the transmission member and the abutment part. The direction of a frictional contact force that the vibrator receives from the friction member and the direction of a biasing contact force that the abutment part receives from the biasing member are parallel and opposite, and the load center of the distribution load of the biasing contact force exists in the range of the outside shape of the vibrator.
US10425015B2
A converter arrangement has a converter which can be switched between an AC network and a DC voltage circuit and which has power semiconductor valves that extend between AC voltage connections and DC voltage connections. Each power semiconductor valve has a series connection of bipolar submodules that in turn include power semiconductor devices. The arrangement further includes a star point reactor which is arranged on the AC voltage side of the converter and has impedance coils that are connected to a grounded neutral point. In order to better balance the voltages in the DC circuit, the impedance coils have a common coil core.
US10425004B2
A power converter includes: a power conversion circuit; and an electronic control unit configured to output plural control commands for a first switching element and a second switching element to the power conversion circuit. The electronic control unit is configured to output a first drive command, a second drive command, a first drive stop command, and a second drive stop command. The first drive command is a command to turn on the first switching element. The second drive command is a command to turn on the second switching element. The first drive stop command is a command to turn off the first switching element regardless of presence or absence of the first drive command. The second drive stop command is a command to turn off the second switching element regardless of presence or absence of the second drive command.
US10424999B2
The present invention makes thinness or widthwise compactness possible, while exhibiting the advantages of obtaining stable vibrations and excellent impact strength, just as in a linear vibration motor equipped with a fixed shaft. A linear vibration motor equipped with: a needle equipped with a magnet and a spindle part; a frame for slidably supporting the needle in one axial direction; a coil for driving the magnet in the one axial direction, and affixed to the frame; and an elastic member for imparting an elastic force to the needle in opposition to the driving force imparted on the magnet. Therein, the needle is equipped with a pair of shaft parts which project in opposite directions in the one axial direction, and the frame is equipped with bearings for slidably supporting the pair of shaft parts.
US10424996B2
Provided is a motor rotor which, without changing an integral fastening structure relying on swage pins, increases resistance to the excessive excitation force of the motor rotor and which can easily prevent decreases in fastening strength; a motor that uses the motor rotor, and an electric compressor are also provided. This motor rotor is provided with a cylindrical rotor core comprising multiple laminated magnetic steel sheets, end plates and balance weights laminated on both ends of the rotor core, and multiple headed swage pins which are inserted from one side and which integrally fasten the rotor core, the end plates and the balance weights. The material of the balance weight arranged to the head of the swage pin is harder than that of the swage pin, and the material of the balance weight arranged to the swage part of the swage pin is softer than that of the swage pin.
US10424994B2
A drive device that includes a rotating electric machine having a stator with a winding wound on the stator, a rotor rotatably disposed relative to the stator, and a shaft rotating together with the rotor. The drive device also includes a frame member fixed on the rotating electric machine. The drive device further includes a circuit board fixed on the frame member, with a first surface of the circuit board on a frame member side serving as a heat generation element mount surface. The drive device also has a drive element located on the first surface of the circuit board in a heat dissipatable manner, and serving as a component of an inverter that switches on and off to supply an electric current to the winding.
US10424988B2
An electric submersible pump is provided which has improved vibrational characteristics relative to conventional electric submersible pumps. The improved electric submersible pumps comprise an electric motor mechanically coupled to a pumping section. The improved vibrational characteristics of the electric submersible pump are attributed to the presence of one or more rotor bearings selected from the group consisting of herringbone patterned rotor bearings, pressure dam rotor bearings, circumferential groove rotor bearings, and combinations of two or more of any of the foregoing rotor bearings.
US10424987B2
The present invention relates to a protective structure of a stator and a fan using the same. The protective structure of a stator comprises plural silicon steel sheets, at least one first filler, and a cover body. The silicon steel sheets are surrounded by plural coils. Each of the silicon steel sheets has a hole and plural magnetic poles extending symmetrically outward from the hole. Each of two adjacent magnetic poles defines a space. The first filler is disposed in the spaces. The cover body is disposed to surround the silicon steel sheets such that the cover body, the silicon steel sheets, and the first filler are integrally combined. Therefore, by means of the first filler disposed in the spaces of each of two adjacent magnetic poles, the amount of cover body material can be effectively reduced to further achieve the effect of cost reduction.
US10424975B2
A sensor module (112) for determining a concentration of at least one analyte in a body fluid of a user is disclosed. The sensor module (112) includes at least one sensor element (116) adapted to determine the concentration of the analyte, wherein the sensor element (116) is at least partly implantable into a body tissue of the user; at least one control device (118) connected to the sensor element (116), wherein the control device (118) includes at least one data collection device (122) adapted to collect measurement data acquired by using the sensor element (116). The control device (118) further includes at least one wireless near-field communication device (124) adapted to transmit measurement data. The control device (118) further includes a rechargeable energy storage device (134) and is adapted to transmit at least one demand for recharging the rechargeable energy storage device (134) via the near-field communication device (124).
US10424972B2
Systems and methods for leveraging multipath wireless transmissions for high data rate communication and charging devices within multipath vehicle environments are described. The techniques include deploying a wireless charger, including an array of antennas, within a vehicle interior. The wireless charger may detect an incoming signal from a client device. Each antenna in the array may determine an offset for the received signal, which is then used to tune parameters for each antenna individually. Upon transmission, the resulting signal is directionally biased toward the least lossy pathways between the device and the charger. These pathways avoid passengers and other sources of signal attenuation. Thus, for a given total power envelope, a greater total signal amplitude may be delivered to the device, with reduced exposure to any occupants of the vehicle. Additionally, the interior of the vehicle may be provisioned to help improve multipath focusing of transmissions.
US10424966B2
A power receiver includes a first secondary-side resonant coil that receives electric power from a primary-side resonant coil through magnetic field resonance; a rectifier circuit that rectifies alternating-current power; a smoothing circuit; a pair of output terminals; a switch, inserted in series on a line between the rectifier circuit and the smoothing circuit, that switches a state of the line, and a drive controller that drives the switch through a first PWM drive pattern determined by a first duty cycle and a first frequency that is less than or equal to a frequency of the magnetic field resonance. The first duty cycle is set based on a first power reception efficiency of the first secondary-side resonant coil, a first rated output of a first load, a second power reception efficiency of a second secondary-side resonant coil of another power receiver, and a second rated output of a second load.
US10424963B1
An electrical circuit can include a power supply that provides primary power, and an electrical load coupled to the power supply. The electrical circuit can also include an energy storage unit coupled to the power supply and the electrical load. The energy storage unit can include at least one energy storage device that stores reserve power using the primary power, and a first switch disposed between the power supply and the at least one energy storage device. The energy storage unit can also include a controller that operates the first switch from a closed position to an open position after a first amount of time. The at least one energy storage device can receive the primary power when the first switch is in the closed position. The at least one energy storage device can fail to receive the primary power when the first switch is in the open position.
US10424952B2
A bi-stage temperature device may include a low temperature component, comprising a negative temperature coefficient (NTC) material; and a high temperature component, mechanically coupled to the low temperature component, and comprising a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) material, and a flexible substrate. The low temperature component may be arranged to generate a low temperature transition, the low temperature transition comprising a first change in electrical resistance, from a first resistance to a second resistance at a first temperature. The high temperature component may be arranged to generate a high temperature transition, the high temperature transition comprising a second change in electrical resistance, from a third resistance to a fourth resistance at a second temperature.
US10424944B2
The invention relates to a method for automatically regulating an electric output which is dispensed by a secondary battery that has at least two battery cells, wherein the charge states of all the battery cells are repeatedly detected at time intervals, an average charge state (SOCaverage) is ascertained per battery cell from the detected charge states of the battery cells, a deviation of at least one charge state of a battery cell from the average charge state (SOCaverage) is detected, and the average charge state (SOCaverage) and the deviation are taken into consideration during the automatic and dynamic regulation of the electric output dispensed by the secondary battery.
US10424941B2
A wireless power transfer system is disclosed. A wireless power transmitting apparatus for wirelessly transmitting power to a wireless power receiving apparatus includes a transmitting coil for transmitting the power, a hall sensor for sensing a change width of flux density caused by the wireless power receiving apparatus, and a controller for comparing the sensed change width of the flux density with a predetermined critical value to determine whether to transmit the power, wherein magnets provided in the wireless power transmitting apparatus and the wireless power receiving apparatus are disposed such that polarities of the magnets are different from each other at opposite faces thereof. In the wireless power transfer system, the magnets having polarities are disposed in the wireless power transmitting apparatus and the wireless power receiving apparatus.
US10424936B2
A power conditioning unit for delivering power from a dc power source to an ac mains power supply output includes a dc power input to receive dc power from a dc power source, an ac power output for delivering ac power to the ac mains power supply, a dc link coupled between the dc power input and the ac power output, first and second dc-to-dc converters coupled between the dc power input and the dc link, wherein one or both of the first and second dc-to-dc converters comprises a pair of resonant capacitors, a sensing element connected in parallel to one of the pair of the resonant capacitors for sensing a ripple voltage, and a controller operative to control the first and second dc-to-dc converters in response to the sensed ripple voltage.
US10424935B2
Systems, methods, and devices relating to operating a power generation facility to contribute to the stability of the power transmission system. A controller operates on the power generation facility to modulate real power or reactive power or both in a decoupled manner to contribute to the stability of the power transmission system. Real power produced by the power generation facility can be increased or decreased between zero and the maximum real power available from the PV solar panels, as required by the power system. Reactive power from the power generation facility can be exchanged (injected or absorbed) and both increased or decreased as required by the power transmission system. For solar farms, the solar panels can be connected or disconnected, or operated at non-optimal power production to add or subtract real or reactive power to the power transmission system.
US10424934B2
A multi-input power manager includes: first to n-th maximum power point tracking circuits for respectively receiving first to n-th powers from the outside and controlling voltages of first to n-th nodes to be first to n-th reference voltages based on the first to n-th powers; first to n-th input capacitors which respectively store the first to n-th powers by control of the first to n-th maximum power point tracking circuits, and are respectively connected to the first to n-th nodes; first to n-th transfer switches which are respectively connected to the first to n-th nodes, and output powers respectively stored in the first to n-th input capacitors, responding to first to n-th transfer switching signals; and a transfer switch control circuit which compare the first to n-th reference voltages and the voltages of the first to n-th nodes respectively, and generate the first to n-th transfer switching signals accordingly.
US10424932B2
An energy management controller acquires, for each of power lines in a demand area, from devices, measurement data relating to a power value measured by each device. The energy management controller selects, when power values are measured from a single power line, one power value as a power value measured from the power line, based on a priority assigned beforehand to each device. Then, the energy management controller manages power consumed in the demand area using the power value measured from each power line. Furthermore, the energy management controller causes an operation terminal to display, in a predetermined mode, information indicating the power value measured from each power line.
US10424931B2
A storage battery system relating to the present invention includes first and second PCSes. The first PCS performs charge and discharge to/from a first storage battery. The second PCS performs the charge and the discharge to/from a second storage battery. The second storage battery has a shorter service life than the first storage battery. A controllers controls the first and second PCSes on the basis of a charge/discharge request and storage battery information. The controller includes an SOC correction unit and a charge/discharge command unit. The SOC correction unit calculates SOCs of the first and second storage batteries, corrects the SOC of the second storage battery upwards in the case that the charge/discharge request is a charge request, and corrects the SOC of the second storage battery downwards in the case of a discharge request. The charge/discharge command unit determines charge/discharge commands so as to preferentially perform the charge from the storage battery of a low SOC in the case that the charge/discharge request is the charge request and to preferentially perform the discharge from the storage battery of a high SOC in the case of the discharge request.
US10424920B2
A semiconductor device that can have both noise resistance and ESD resistance is provided.The semiconductor device includes a first and a second digital circuits, a first and a second ground potential lines respectively provided corresponding to the first and the second digital circuits, a first and a second analog circuits, a third and a fourth ground potential lines respectively provided corresponding to the first and the second analog circuits, a first bidirectional diode group provided between the first and the second ground potential lines, a second bidirectional diode group provided between the third and the fourth ground potential lines, and a third bidirectional diode group provided between the first and the third ground potential lines. The number of stages of bidirectional diodes of the third bidirectional diode group is greater than that included in each of the first and the second bidirectional diode groups.
US10424918B2
A fault current limiter, including: an inductor, a direct current circuit breaker, a shunt resistor, and a first fixed resistor. The inductor includes wound superconducting wires. The direct current circuit breaker and the inductor are connected in series to form a series branch. The shunt resistor is connected in parallel to the series branch. The first fixed resistor is connected in parallel to the direct current circuit breaker.
US10424910B2
A protective device is provided comprising a microswitch which is serially connected to a fuse or a circuit breaker, a current measuring unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. At least one current value range is stored on the storage unit. The current measuring unit is designed to measure current intensities in the protective device and to generate current values which represent the measured current intensities. The control unit is designed to process the current values, to open the microswitch if a current value lies in the current value range, and to reclose the microswitch after being opened. Also provided is a protective system for electrical circuits with multiple protective devices of the aforementioned type and to a method for controlling the protective system.
US10424905B2
A shallow octagonal electrical box having a back wall and a stepped sidewall construction. The back wall includes at least first and second substantially flat sections connected by an intermediate section. The sidewall extends from the back wall to an open front and has an octagonal shape formed by eight sidewall sections. At least three contiguous sidewall sections have a first height and at least three of the other sidewall sections have a second height that is different from the first. At least one sidewall section has an opening or aperture adapted to provide a passage into the interior. The sidewall can have a hub or connector attached to the exterior surface around the opening/aperture. The sidewall can also have a knockout and a plurality of mounting apertures.
US10424901B2
Provided is a spark plug capable of ensuring fouling resistance with a simple configuration. An insulator includes a step portion formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof. A center electrode is arranged in an axial hole of the insulator. A cylindrical metal shell having a shelf portion formed on an inner circumferential surface thereof is arranged radially outside the insulator. The insulator further includes a front end portion located frontward of the step portion. An outer circumferential surface of the front end portion has an arithmetic average roughness of 0.5 μm or smaller in a circumferential direction. A recess is formed with a depth of 3 to 20 μm in at least part of an end surface and the outer circumferential surface of the front end portion so as to extend from the front toward the rear.
US10424896B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a laser light source module capable of diverting current flowing to a laser diode when the laser diode does not emit light. A laser light source module includes a laser diode, a bypass circuit parallelly connected to the laser diode and diverting current flowing to a laser diode in an on state, a light detection circuit detecting laser light of the laser diode, and the bypass circuit switching circuit switching the bypass circuit to the on state in accordance with a control signal being input thereto, and the bypass circuit switching circuit can switch the bypass circuit to the on state in accordance with a state where the light detection circuit does not detect the laser light.
US10424890B2
A crimping tool, for attaching at least one wire to a connector, includes a housing, a first handle coupled to the housing, and a second handle coupled to the housing and movable relative to the first handle. The crimping tool also includes a working head coupled to the housing opposite the first and second handles. The working head includes an upper wall, an end wall, and a gap defined between the upper wall and the end wall. The crimping tool also includes a punch assembly slidable along the working head toward the end wall in response to movement of the second handle toward the first handle. The punch assembly is visible through the gap as the punch assembly slides toward the end wall.
US10424887B2
A busbar and connector assembly is provided. The busbar and connector assembly includes a printed circuit board having an attached connector arranged to couple to a first busbar and a second busbar coupled to the connector. The busbar and connector assembly includes the connector arranged to distribute a first portion of current from the first busbar to the printed circuit board and distribute a second portion of the current from the first busbar to the second busbar.
US10424884B2
Systems and apparatuses are provided in which outlets are coupled to a power distribution unit (PDU) or PDU module in various configurations. The outlets may be coupled to a recessed surface within a PDU housing. The outlets may be coupled to a printed circuit board that is at least partially disposed within the PDU housing. The outlets may extend away from the recessed surface or printed circuit board towards or beyond a front face of the PDU housing.
US10424882B2
In one example, the connector includes a body portion configured to be connected to a cord and a connection portion engaged with the body portion and comprising a plurality of conductors. The connection portion includes a conductive shield electrically connected to a plurality of the conductors when the connection portion is not engaged with the article of merchandise, and the connection portion also includes at least one ground conductor that is not electrically connected to the remaining conductors and/or the conductive shield when the connection portion is not engaged with the article of merchandise. At least one of the conductors and/or the conductive shield is configured to cooperate with the ground conductor to define a sense loop when the connector is engaged with the article of merchandise, and interruption of the sense loop is indicative of a security event.
US10424878B2
A cable connector for use in a bypass assembly is disclosed. Twin-ax cables are directly terminated to the cable connector. The cable connector includes a sub-connector that includes terminals that have termination portions extending outwardly and signal conductors from the bypass cables are aligned with the termination portions and welded together. A carrier and ground collar can help connect termination portions that are intended for ground terminals together to form commoned ground terminals.
US10424866B1
A waterproof connector includes a base and a guiding seat. The base includes a seat. The seat includes a bottom plate and a guiding sleeve is connected to the bottom plate. A first waterproof sealing ring is disposed in the connection of the guiding sleeve and the bottom plate. A conductive member is disposed within the guiding sleeve. The conductive member extends through a first fixing seat. A second waterproof sealing ring allows the conductive member to extends therethrough and overlaps the first fixing seat. The second waterproof sealing ring has two grooves formed on two surfaces thereof. The conductive member extends through a second fixing seat, and the second fixing seat overlaps the second waterproof sealing ring. Finally the guiding seat is connected to the guiding sleeve. The guiding seat has a through groove, and the first waterproof sealing ring is sandwiched between an inner surface of the through groove and the outer surface of the guiding groove for the first waterproof element.
US10424865B2
A splice connector, comprising a connector body and a connecting component connected with the connector body by plug joint. The connector body comprises a shell, a magnetic component arranged in an inside of the shell and configured for magnetic attraction, and a conductive component embedded on the shell. The shell comprises an abutting surface, two end surfaces vertical to the abutting surface, a positioning component arranged on the abutting surface and for positioning while abutting with other connectors, a first jack and a second jack respectively opened on the two end surfaces. The connecting component is electrically connected to the conductive component via the first jack and second jack.
US10424861B2
A conductor having a conductive terminal; an intermediate insulator housing the terminal; an outer conductor part that is an integrated molded product formed from a conductive metal plate housing the intermediate insulator; and a housing formed from an insulating material, which housing houses the outer conductor part; wherein the outer conductor part includes: a cylindrical main body part formed from a curved plate, a plate-like rear plate part electrically connected to a rear end of the main body part, which rear plate part closes the rear end of the main body part; and left and right leg parts extending downward from a cylindrical wall of the main body part, the rear plate part includes left and right anchor parts extending forward from left and right ends of the rear plate part, the housing includes slit-shaped left and right anchor housing parts extending forward, and the outer conductor part is housed in the housing, and each anchor part is inserted into and retained by a corresponding anchor housing part.
US10424847B2
A wideband dual-polarized current loop antenna element is provided having a ground tower and an antenna circuit integrated, such as within a multi-layer circuit board configuration. The antenna circuit includes feed conductors and element conductors, each of which are capacitively coupled to a top ground plane of the ground tower. The feed conductors are coupled to receive signals from coaxial feed lines coupled to the respective antenna element and element conductors are coupled to receive signals from adjacent antenna elements, such as in an antenna array configuration. The antenna element can further include one or more frequency selective surface (FSS) layers disposed proximate to the top ground plane of the ground tower and the antenna circuit. The ground tower, antenna circuit and one or more FSS layers can be formed to provide a low-profile antenna element having wide broadband performance.
US10424846B2
Antenna devices, antenna systems and methods of their fabrication are disclosed. One such antenna device includes a semiconductor chip and a chip package. The semiconductor chip includes at least one antenna that is integrated into a dielectric layer of the semiconductor chip and is configured to transmit electromagnetic waves. In addition, the chip package includes at least one ground plane, where the semiconductor chip is mounted on the chip package such that the ground plane(s) is disposed at a predetermined distance from the antenna to implement a reflection of at least a portion of the electromagnetic waves.
US10424835B2
A door handle comprising: a housing mounted swingably with respect to a door of a vehicle; an antenna portion accommodated in the housing; an electrostatic-capacity sensor including an electrostatic-capacity detecting electrode, which is accommodated in the housing; and a conductive member which is formed between the electrostatic-capacity detecting electrode and the inner surface of the housing in a state of always being insulated with respect to the electrostatic-capacity detecting electrode.
US10424830B2
The present invention provides an omni-directional antenna element configuration having a compensated radiation pattern. Broadband antenna elements are coplanarly disposed on a suitable planar dielectric material. A single element or antenna comprises a pair of balanced fed radiating microstrip elements symmetrically disposed about the centerline of a balanced signal feed network. Additionally, a pair of pattern augmentation rods positioned on each side of and proximate to the planar dielectric material running longitudinally to the centerline axis of a balanced feed network. Disposed proximate to each radiating element are partially coplanar, frequency bandwidth expanding microstrip lines. The combination of radiating elements together with pattern augmentation rods provides a broad bandwidth omni-directional radiating element suitable for use in multi-element antenna arrays.
US10424820B2
A battery module includes battery packs. Heat may be efficiently dissipated from the battery packs of the battery module, and heat dissipating efficiency may not vary according to positions of the battery packs; that is, heat may be uniformly dissipated. In addition, leakage of a cooling medium for dissipating heat may be prevented, and permeation of the cooling medium into the battery packs may be prevented.
US10424814B2
Electrolytes, anodes, lithium ion cells and methods are provided for preventing lithium metallization in lithium ion batteries to enhance their safety. Electrolytes comprise up to 20% ionic liquid additives which form a mobile solid electrolyte interface during charging of the cell and prevent lithium metallization and electrolyte decomposition on the anode while maintaining the lithium ion mobility at a level which enables fast charging of the batteries. Anodes are typically metalloid-based, for example include silicon, germanium, tin and/or aluminum. A surface layer on the anode bonds, at least some of the ionic liquid additive to form an immobilized layer that provides further protection at the interface between the anode and the electrolyte, prevents metallization of lithium on the former and decomposition of the latter.
US10424812B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a non-aqueous electrolytic solution which can improve a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery in high-temperature storage characteristics and load characteristics, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the non-aqueous electrolytic solution. The present invention is directed to a non-aqueous electrolytic solution for use in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery which comprises a positive electrode and a negative electrode each being capable of having occluded therein and releasing metal ions, wherein the non-aqueous electrolytic solution contains an electrolyte, a non-aqueous solvent, and a compound represented by the following general formula (A): wherein each of R1, R2, and Y represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms and optionally having a substituent, and X represents a hydrogen or fluorine atom, wherein R1, R2, and Y are the same or different.
US10424809B2
A secondary battery including an electrode body that includes a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, an outer body that houses the electrode body, a metal sealing plate that seals an opening of the outer body, a positive electrode collector electrically connected to the positive electrode plate and the sealing plate, a negative electrode external terminal connected to the negative electrode plate through a negative electrode collector. In the secondary battery, a first projection and a second projection are formed on a surface of the sealing plate on a battery inner side, the positive electrode collector includes a first opening and a cut-out, the first projection is disposed in the first opening, the first projection and an edge portion of the first opening is welded and connected to each other, and the second projection is disposed in the cut-out.
US10424807B2
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack including an air electrode and a fuel electrode, a stack housing having a hollow therein to accommodate the fuel cell stack in the hollow, an air compressor configured to pump air to supply the air to the air electrode, a ventilation pipe connecting an entrance of the air compressor and the hollow, and at least one vent hole provided on an outer wall of the stack housing such that the hollow and an outside of the stack housing communicate with each other. An interior of the stack housing is ventilated by lowering of a pressure at the entrance of the air compressor, which is generated as the air compressor is operated, while air outside the stack housing is suctioned into the entrance of the air compressor after passing through the vent hole, the hollow, and the ventilation pipe.
US10424802B2
An innovative device that integrates, internally to one individual electrochemical cell, the functions of an electrolyzer, a hydrogen accumulator, and a fuel cell. The device can be recharged both electrically, by connecting it to a usual battery charger, and by way of a direct injection of gaseous hydrogen. The present device is very compact and features a reduced weight, consequently it can be advantageously used both to supply power to small-size portable electronic devices and to supply power to motors of electric vehicles.
US10424800B2
The present invention provides a process for the manufacture of a reinforced membrane-seal assembly, the process comprising, forming one or more strips of an ion-conducting component in a plane on a temporary carrier component, forming a plurality of strips of seal component in the same plane on the temporary carrier component, such that the one or more strips of an ion-conducting component lie between two of said strips of seal component, wherein a planar reinforcing component comprising a plurality of pores is provided in the plane, such that the ion-conducting component and the seal component fill the plurality of pores, the one or more strips of an ion-conducting component, the plurality of strips of seal component and the planar reinforcing component thereby together form a reinforced membrane-seal assembly, and wherein each strip of ion-conducting component extends from a first end of said assembly to a second opposite end.
US10424797B2
An apparatus monitors the state of charge (SOC) of a flow battery system. The monitoring method include determining SOCs of at least two pairs of different monitoring positions. A pair of monitoring position may be located inside of an anode electrolyte storage tank (2) and inside of a cathode electrolyte storage tank (3), or inside of an anode electrolyte outlet pipeline (6) of a stack and inside of a cathode electrolyte outlet pipeline (7) of the stack, or inside of an anode electrolyte inlet pipeline (8) of the stack and inside of a cathode electrolyte inlet pipeline (9) of the stack. The SOCsum of the flow battery system is acquired according to the SOCs corresponding to different pair of monitoring positions, respectively. The method ensures acquiring an SOC monitoring result timely and accurately.
US10424794B2
To provide a material suitable for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery having high-temperature durability. An ionic complex of the present invention is represented by any of the following formulae (1) to (3). For example, in the formula (1), A is a metal ion, a proton, or an onium ion; M is any of groups 13 to 15 elements. R1 represents a C1 to C10 hydrocarbon group which may have a ring, a heteroatom, or a halogen atom, or —N(R2)—. R2 at this time represents hydrogen atom, alkali metal atom, a C1 to C10 hydrocarbon group which may have a ring, a heteroatom, or a halogen atom. R2 can also have a branched chain or a ring structure when the number of carbon atoms is 3 or more. Y is carbon atom or sulfur atom. a, o, n, p, q, and r are each predetermined integers.
US10424789B2
Provided is a negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery including: a negative electrode current collector; and a negative electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery which is disposed on the negative electrode current collector and contains a carbon material and an aqueous binder. The carbon material is a graphite particle having a covering layer containing amorphous carbon by 5 wt % or less relative to a total weight of the carbon material.
US10424784B2
An example of a negative electrode includes silicon nanoparticles having a carbon coating thereon. The carbon coating has an oxygen-free structure including pentagon rings. The negative electrode with the silicon nanoparticles having the carbon coating thereon may be incorporated into a lithium-based battery. In an example of a method, silicon nanoparticles are provided. A carbon precursor is applied on the silicon nanoparticles. The carbon precursor is an oxygen-free, fluorene-based polymer. Then the silicon nanoparticles are heated in an inert gas atmosphere to form the carbon coating on the silicon nanoparticles. The carbon coating formed on the silicon nanoparticles has an oxygen-free structure including pentagon rings.
US10424774B2
A rechargeable battery includes: a case having a receiving space at the inside thereof and having an opening; an electrode assembly accommodated in the receiving space of the case and including a first electrode and a second electrode; a cap plate at the opening of the case; and a terminal assembly at the cap plate, wherein the terminal assembly includes a terminal plate electrically connected to the first electrode, a terminal post extending through the terminal plate and the cap plate, an end of the terminal post being connected to the first electrode, and a bonding member between the terminal post and the terminal plate.
US10424765B2
Provided are a cover having a metallic grid structure and a method for manufacturing the cover. The cover includes a pattern portion formed of a metallic material, in which a plurality of patterns are independently disposed spaced apart from each other and an injection portion disposed between pattern portions to connect the pattern portions, the injection portion being formed of a non-metallic material. The method includes forming a pre-pattern portion including patterns in a regular or irregular form and a bridge connecting the patterns on a metallic plate, forming the injection portion on the pre-pattern portion by insert-injection or thermo-compression press, and removing the bridge.
US10424763B2
Provided is an energy storage apparatus includes: at least one energy storage device; and a spacer disposed adjacently to the energy storage device, the spacer being configured to form a ventilation passage which allows cooling air to pass therethrough between the spacer and the energy storage device, wherein the spacer has an opposedly facing portion which opposedly faces a spacer disposed adjacently to the spacer with the energy storage device sandwiched therebetween at a position which faces the ventilation passage and is disposed adjacently to the energy storage device in a flow direction of the cooling air in the ventilation passage, one opposedly facing portion of a pair of opposedly facing portions which opposedly faces each other of the spacers disposed on both sides of the energy storage device has an extending portion extending toward the other opposedly facing portion of the pair of opposedly facing portions, and the extending portion is brought into contact with the other opposedly facing portion.
US10424760B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first base, a second base, a middle layer including a metal layer located between the first base and the second base, and a circuit unit and a display element unit located above the second base.
US10424757B2
An organic light emitting apparatus including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a light emitting layer. The first electrode includes a metallic layer containing a first metal and a mixture layer disposed between the metallic layer and the organic layer. The mixture layer contains the first metal and a second metal having lower reflectance than the first metal.
US10424750B2
A stretchable display panel, a manufacturing method of the stretchable display panel and a stretchable display apparatus are provided. The manufacturing method of the stretchable display panel includes: providing a first substrate; defining a plurality of pixel regions and a plurality of stretchable regions in the first substrate; each stretchable region being located between two adjacent pixel regions; forming a pixel device in each pixel region, and forming a conducting wire connecting two adjacent pixel regions in each stretchable region; wherein a length of the conducting wire is greater than a distance between two adjacent pixel regions. In this way, the stretchable display panel may achieve a great amount of deformation, and the display panel can be bent conveniently.
US10424749B2
A flexible display device is provided according to the present disclosure. The flexible display device includes a display panel, a support frame configured to support the display panel and provide strength to the flexible display device, and an adhesive layer between the display panel and the support frame. The adhesive layer includes a base film with a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, first protuberances extending from the first surface towards the display panel and attaching to the display panel, and second protuberances extending from the second surface towards the support frame and attaching to the support frame.
US10424748B2
A flexible display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a flexible display device, which relate to the technical field of flexible display and reduce the probability of the occurrence of cracks on an inorganic encapsulation structure when a flexible display panel is bent, so that the service life of light emitting devices in the flexible display substrate is prolonged. The flexible display panel includes a flexible display substrate and an encapsulation structure arranged on a surface of the flexible display substrate. A portion of the encapsulation structure corresponding to a non-display region is an inorganic encapsulation structure. The flexible display panel further includes an organic encapsulation layer covering the inorganic encapsulation structure. The manufacturing method of a flexible display panel manufacture the flexible display panel described in the above technical solutions. The flexible display panel provided by the present disclosure is used in a flexible display device.
US10424744B2
A novel compound is disclosed, which is represented by the following Formula (I): wherein Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, Ar4, L, Q, G, n1, n2, m1, m2 and q represent the same as defined in the specification. In addition, an organic electronic device is also disclosed, and an organic layer therein comprises the novel compound of the present invention.
US10424741B2
Provided are a compound of Formula 1 and an organic electric element including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic material layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and comprising the compound, the element showing improved luminescent efficiency, stability, and life span.
US10424739B2
The invention relates to arylamino compounds and to the use thereof in electronic devices, for example organic electroluminescent devices. The invention furthermore relates to electronic devices comprising one or more of the said compounds, for example as hole-transport materials in a corresponding functional layer of the device. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the said compounds, and to a formulation comprising one or more of the said compounds.
US10424737B2
The present invention relates to polymers comprising a repeating unit of the formula (I) and their use as organic semiconductor in organic devices, especially a diode, an organic field effect transistor and/or a solar cell, or a device containing a diode and/or an organic field effect transistor, and/or a solar cell. The polymers according to the invention have excellent solubility in organic solvents and excellent film-forming properties. In addition, high efficiency of energy conversion, excellent field-effect mobility, good on/off current ratios and/or excellent stability can be observed, when the polymers according to the invention are used in semiconductor devices or organic photovoltaic (PV) devices (solar cells).
US10424724B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic element includes a first member and a first magnetic portion. The first member includes a first region, a second region, and a third region positioned between the first region and the second region in a first direction. The first region includes at least one first element selected from the group consisting of Au, Ir, Al, Ta, TaN, W, Hf, Pt, and Pd. The second region includes at least one second element selected from the group. The third region includes at least one third element selected from the group. A concentration of the third element in the third region is lower than a concentration of the first element in the first region and lower than a concentration of the second element in the second region. A direction from the first region toward the first magnetic portion is aligned with a second direction.
US10424716B2
A method for producing a piezoelectric device includes a laminate formation step in which a laminate including a piezoelectric thin film, a support substrate, a metal layer, and a silicon oxide film respectively stacked on both of an upper surface and a lower surface of the metal layer interposed between the piezoelectric thin film and the support substrate is formed, a semi-conducting layer formation step in which a semi-conducting layer is formed by oxidizing the metal layer, and a functional electrode formation step in which a functional electrode that is electro-mechanically coupled to the piezoelectric thin film is formed on a first principal surface of the piezoelectric thin film. The semi-conducting layer is a layer composed of a mixture of a metal constituting the metal layer and an oxide thereof, or a layer composed of a semiconductor which is an oxide of a metal constituting the metal layer.
US10424714B2
A piezoelectric dipole transmitter is provided that includes a piezoelectric element, an insulating support disposed at a midpoint of said piezoelectric element, or along the piezoelectric element, an external capacitance driver, and an external modulation capacitance disposed proximal to a first end of the piezoelectric element, where the driver capacitance is driven by a signal appropriate to excite a length-extensional acoustic mode of the piezoelectric element, where the piezoelectric element resonates at a piezoelectric element resonance frequency to radiate energy as an electric dipole.
US10424707B2
Flexible LED assemblies are described. More particularly, flexible LED assemblies having substrates with conductive features positioned on or in the substrate, and layers of ceramic positioned over exposed portions of the substrate to protect against UV degradation, as well as methods of making such assembles, are described.
US10424704B2
A light-emitting device package according to an embodiment includes first and second lead frames, a package body exposing a portion of a front surface of at least one of the first or second lead frame, a light-emitting device, a protecting device, and at least one wire configured to electrically connect the exposed front surface of at least one of the first or second lead frame to at least one of the light-emitting device or the protecting device, wherein the exposed front surface of at least one of the first or second lead frame includes at least one bonding area connected to the at least one wire, wherein the at least one bonding area has a planar shape in which the at least one bonding area is disposed so as to contact a corner of the exposed front surface of at least one of the first or second lead frame.
US10424703B2
A method for producing a light reflecting layer-including optical semiconductor element includes the steps of temporarily fixing electrode surfaces of a plurality of optical semiconductor elements each having the electrode surface provided with an electrode, a light emitting surface opposing the electrode surface and provided with a light emitting layer, and a connecting surface connecting a peripheral end edge of the electrode surface to that of the light emitting surface to a temporarily fixing sheet at spaced intervals to each other; filling a first gap between the optical semiconductor elements that are next to each other with a light reflecting sheet and forming a light reflecting layer on the connecting surfaces of the plurality of optical semiconductor elements; removing the light reflecting layer attaching to the light emitting surfaces of the plurality of optical semiconductor elements; and cutting the light reflecting layer between the optical semiconductor elements that are next to each other.
US10424701B2
The present disclosure relates to a quantum dot (QD) light emitting diode (LED), a backlight module, and a display. The QD LED includes a support; an LED chip; at least one optical fiber layer; and a packaging layer; wherein: the LED chip is fixed and connected with the support; the at least one optical fiber layer is disposed on the LED chip, and the at least one optical fiber layer includes optical fibers encapsulated with QDs; and the packaging layer encapsulates the at least one optical fiber layer and the chip on the support.
US10424692B2
An optoelectronic device including first, and second active regions suitable for emitting or detecting electromagnetic radiation and containing a first semiconductor material that predominantly contains a first compound selected from Compounds III-V, Compounds II-VI, and mixtures of same. The first active regions have a first polarity, and the second active regions have a second polarity different from the first polarity.
US10424690B2
A semiconductor device includes a first three-terminal light emitting element, a second three-terminal light emitting element that is disposed at a prescribed distance away from the first three-terminal light emitting element in a first direction, a first current supply electrode that corresponds to the first three-terminal light emitting element, a second current supply electrode that corresponds to the second three-terminal light emitting element, a first control electrode that corresponds to the first three-terminal light emitting element, a second control electrode that corresponds to the second three-terminal light emitting element, and a current extraction electrode that corresponds to the first three-terminal light emitting element and the second three-terminal light emitting element, wherein the first control electrode and the second control electrode are disposed at an inter-region that is determined between the first three-terminal light emitting element and the second three-terminal light emitting element.
US10424689B2
A method of manufacturing a CIS solar battery includes preparing a layer-shaped member that is configured by a substrate, a first electrode layer, a CIS layer, and a second electrode layer; setting a temperature of the layer-shaped member to a second temperature that is lower than the first temperature; forming a layer of a layer forming substance having a higher linear expansion coefficient than the substrate in a solid state of the layer on the second electrode layer; and cooling the layer-shaped member. In the method, a thin-film CIS solar battery is acquired by peeling the CIS layer from the first electrode layer along with contraction of the layer of the layer forming substance caused by the cooling of the layer-shaped member.
US10424685B2
A method for manufacturing a solar cell includes forming an emitter layer on a first surface of a substrate, forming a back surface field layer on a second surface opposite the first surface of the substrate, forming a first anti-reflection layer on the emitter layer, forming a second anti-reflection layer on the back surface field layer, and forming a plurality of first electrodes each including a first metal seed layer and a first conductive layer on a plurality of first contact regions of the first anti-reflection film and a plurality of second electrodes each including a second metal seed layer and a second conductive layer on a plurality of second contact regions of the second anti-reflection film, the plurality of first contact regions being partially formed at the first anti-reflection layer and each having a first width.
US10424681B2
A solar cell is discussed, which includes a tunneling layer on one surface of a semiconductor substrate; a first conductive type region on the tunneling layer; a second conductive type region on the tunneling layer; a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode connected to the first conductive type region and the second electrode connected to the second conductive type region. The tunneling layer includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is disposed to correspond to at least a part of the first and second conductive type regions and has a first thickness. At least a part of the second portion is disposed to correspond to a boundary portion between the first conductive type region and the second conductive type region. The second portion has a second thickness greater than the first thickness.
US10424667B2
A thin film transistor with a protective layer is disclosed. The thin film transistor includes an active region (11), a gate insulating layer (12), a gate (13), a source (14) and a drain (15), a passivation layer (16), and a planarization layer (17) that are successively formed on a flexible substrate (10), wherein a protective layer (18) is formed between the passivation layer (16) and the planarization layer (17), and located directly above the active region (11) and the gate (13), and wherein the protective layer is made of metal and covers part of the active region in a direction perpendicular to the gate, the protective layer completely covering a gap between the gate and the source as well as a gap between the gate and the drain, and not completely covering the gate.
US10424657B2
A tri-gate FinFET device includes a fin that is positioned vertically above and spaced apart from an upper surface of a semiconductor substrate, wherein the fin has an upper surface, a lower surface opposite of the upper surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface opposite of the first side surface. The axis of the fin in a height direction of the fin is oriented substantially parallel to the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, and the first side surface of the fin contacts an insulating material. A gate structure is positioned around the upper surface, the second side surface, and the lower surface of the fin, and a gate contact structure is conductively coupled to the gate structure.
US10424650B2
A vertical, single column compound semiconductor bipolar junction transistor device includes an all-around extrinsic base. Homojunction and heterojunction devices are formed using III-V compound semiconductor materials with appropriate bandgaps. Fabrication of the transistor device includes epitaxially growing a III-V compound semiconductor base region on a heavily doped III-V compound semiconductor bottom layer. A polycrystalline emitter/collector layer and the all-around extrinsic base are grown on the base region.
US10424645B2
A semiconductor device includes a first source wiring substructure connected to a plurality of source doping region portions of a transistor structure, and a second source wiring substructure connected to a plurality of source field electrodes located in a plurality of source field trenches extending into a semiconductor substrate. A contact wiring portion of the first source wiring substructure and a contact wiring portion of the second source wiring substructure are located in a wiring layer of a layer stack located on the semiconductor substrate. The contact wiring portion of the first source wiring substructure and the contact wiring portion of the second source wiring substructure each have a lateral size sufficient for a contact for at least a temporary test measurement. The wiring layer including the contact wiring portions is located closer to the substrate than any ohmic electrical connection between the first and the second source wiring substructures.
US10424632B2
A display device including a wide display region in which a seam is less likely to be noticed is provided. The display device includes two display panels that overlap with each other. An upper display panel includes a first display region and a region that transmits visible light. A lower display panel includes a second display region and a region that blocks visible light. The second display region overlaps with, on a display surface side, the region that transmits visible light. The region that blocks visible light overlaps with the first display region. At least part of an insulating layer included in the upper display panel is provided in the first display region and not provided in the region that transmits visible light.
US10424629B2
A display device includes: a substrate: a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the substrate and facing each other; an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a common voltage line disposed on the substrate and connected to the second electrode to transmit a common voltage; a thin film encapsulation layer covering the second electrode; auxiliary wiring disposed on the thin film encapsulation layer and connected to the common voltage line; a covering layer covering the auxiliary wiring; and a touch panel disposed on the covering layer. Thus, a voltage drop of the common voltage ELVSS may be minimized, and the luminance uniformity may be improved.
US10424628B2
The invention provides an OLED backplane manufacturing method, comprising: depositing a buffer layer on a glass substrate; depositing a first metal layer on the buffer layer, patterning the first metal layer to form a source, a drain and a lower electrode of storage capacitor; depositing a semiconductor layer on the buffer layer, and the semiconductor layer covering the source and the drain; depositing a gate insulating layer on the semiconductor layer; depositing a second metal layer on the gate insulating layer, patterning the second metal layer to obtain a gate and an upper electrode of storage capacitor; using the gate self-aligned to etch the gate insulating layer and the semiconductor layer to expose the source and the drain. The invention educes the number of masks required for OLED backplane manufacturing and effectively reduces the production cost of OLED backplane.
US10424625B2
An organic light emitting diode display panel is disclosed, which includes: a first substrate, having a display region and a non-display region; an organic light emitting layer disposed above the first substrate; and a plurality of spacers disposed above the first substrate, the spacers including a first spacer, a second spacer, a third spacer and a fourth spacer, the first spacer and the second spacer being adjacently located in the display region, and the third spacer and the fourth spacer being adjacently located in the non-display region, wherein a first minimum distance is between the first spacer and the second spacer, a second minimum distance is between the third spacer and the fourth spacer, and the first minimum distance is different from the second minimum distance. In addition, the present invention also disclosed an organic light emitting diode display device including the same.
US10424600B2
A liquid crystal display includes: first and second thin film transistors and a compensation transistor formed on a first insulation substrate; a first gray subpixel electrode connected to a drain electrode of the first thin film transistor; a second gray subpixel electrode connected to a drain electrode of the compensation transistor and a drain electrode of the second thin film transistor; and first and second reference voltage lines overlapping at least one of the second gray subpixel electrode and the first gray subpixel electrode, wherein a pixel area occupied by the first gray subpixel electrode and the second gray subpixel electrode is extended in a first direction, the first and second reference voltage lines are extended in a second direction, which is substantially perpendicular to the first direction, to overlap the pixel area, and one of the first and second reference voltage lines is connected to a source electrode of the compensation transistor.
US10424596B2
Some embodiments include a conductive structure of an integrated circuit. The conductive structure includes an upper primary portion, with the upper primary portion having a first conductive constituent configured as a container. The container has a bottom, and a pair of sidewalls extending upwardly from the bottom. An interior region of the container is over the bottom and between the sidewalls. The upper primary portion includes a second conductive constituent configured as a mass filling the interior region of the container. The second conductive constituent is a different composition than the first conductive constituent. One or more conductive projections join to the upper primary portion and extend downwardly from the upper primary portion. Some embodiments include assemblies comprising memory cells over conductive structures. Some embodiments include methods of forming conductive structures.
US10424592B2
A method of fabricating a memory device is described. Generally, the method includes: forming on a surface of a substrate a dielectric stack including a tunneling dielectric and a charge-trapping layer overlying the tunneling dielectric; forming a cap layer overlying the dielectric stack, wherein the cap layer comprises a multi-layer cap layer including at least a first cap layer overlying the charge-trapping layer, and a second cap layer overlying the first cap layer; patterning the cap layer and the dielectric stack to form a gate stack of a memory device; removing the second cap layer; and performing an oxidation process to oxidize the first cap layer to form a blocking oxide overlying the charge-trapping layer, wherein the oxidation process consumes the first cap layer. Other embodiments are also described.
US10424583B2
A memory device and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The memory device includes a substrate, a first active region, a second active region, a gate structure, and a capping layer. The first active region and the second active region are alternately disposed in the substrate. The gate structure is disposed in the substrate and between the first active region and the second active region. The capping layer is over the gate structure to define a void therebetween.
US10424577B2
A semiconductor device including memory cell transistors on a substrate is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first wiring layer on the memory cell transistors and including a bit line and a first conductive pattern, a second wiring layer on the first wiring layer and including a ground line, a first via interposed between and electrically connecting the bit line and a source/drain of a first memory cell transistor among the memory cell transistors, and a first extended via interposed between the ground line and a source/drain of a second memory cell transistor among the memory cell transistors. The ground line is electrically connected to the source/drain of the second memory cell transistor through the first extended via and the first conductive pattern. The first extended via has a width greater than that of the first via.
US10424574B2
A method is presented for forming a layout of a MOSFET (metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor) circuit. The method includes forming a plurality of gate conductors, forming a plurality of active areas, and forming at least one gate contact (CB contact) within an active region of the plurality of active regions. The method further includes placing a marker over the at least one gate contact to identify a location of the at least one gate contact. Additionally, a distance between the at least one gate contact and at least one TS contact is optimized based on device specifications.
US10424569B2
The present invention provides a micro light emitting-diode display panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The first electrode contact and the second electrode contact are alternatively disposed on the base substrate of the micro light-emitting-diode display panel, and the first electrode contact and the second electrode contact are respectively connected with the bottom electrode and the connection electrode of the micro light-emitting-diode. The connection electrode is also connected with the top electrode of the micro light-emitting-diode, and the micro light-emitting-diodes can be immediately inspected after the micro-light-emitting-diode is transferred, to reduce the difficulty of detection and product repair, and to improve the product yield.
US10424563B2
A semiconductor package assembly is provided. The semiconductor package assembly includes a semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes a semiconductor die. A redistribution layer (RDL) structure is disposed on the semiconductor die and is electrically connected to the semiconductor die. An active or passive element is disposed between the semiconductor die and the RDL structure. A molding compound surrounds the semiconductor die and the active or passive element.
US10424557B2
A substrate bonding apparatus that brings a part of a surface of a first substrate and a part of a surface of a second substrate into contact to form contact regions at the parts, and then enlarges the contact regions to bond the first substrate and the second substrate includes: a temperature adjusting unit that adjusts a temperature of at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate such that positional misalignment between the first substrate and the second substrate does not exceed a threshold at least in a course of enlargement of the contact regions.
US10424538B2
An anisotropic conductive film that is capable of suppressing the occurrence of short circuit during anisotropic conductive connection of electrical components having decreased pitch, and suppressing a decrease in conduction reliability during storage under a high temperature and high humidity environment has a structure in which a conductive particle-containing layer containing conductive particles that are arranged in a single layer in a layered binder resin composition is layered on at least a first insulating resin composition layer. The lowest melt viscosity of the binder resin composition is equal to or higher than that of a first insulating resin composition. A second insulating resin composition layer is further layered on a surface of the conductive particle-containing layer on a side opposite to the first insulating resin composition layer. The lowest melt viscosity of the binder resin composition is higher than those of the first and second insulating resin compositions.
US10424536B2
Electronic component having a first lead frame consisting of an electrically conductive material. The first lead frame carries a first semiconductor component. In the plane of the lead frame a shunt element is arranged, wherein the shunt element comprises a resistor body arranged between a first terminal contact and a second terminal contact. An electrically conducting connection extends from a terminal of the first semiconductor component through the first lead frame to the first terminal contact of the shunt element. A current measurement with good accuracy is facilitated.
US10424531B2
Semiconductor device assemblies having stacked semiconductor dies and thermal transfer devices that include vapor chambers are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device assembly includes a first semiconductor die having a base region, at least one second semiconductor die at the base region, and a thermal transfer device attached to the first and second dies. The thermal transfer device includes an encapsulant at least partially surrounding the second die and a via formed in the encapsulant. The encapsulant at least partially defines a cooling channel that is adjacent to a peripheral region of the first die. The via includes a working fluid and/or a solid thermal conductor that at least partially fills the channel.
US10424530B1
According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electrically conductive pillar having a substrate is disclosed. The electrically conductive pillar can comprise a first portion, second portion and a third portion. The first portion and/or third portion can be formed of an electrically conductive material that can be the same or different. The second portion can be intermediate and abut both the first portion and the third portion. The second portion can comprise a solder element formed of a second electrically conductive material that differs from the electrically conductive material and has a second stiffness less than a stiffness of the electrically conductive material.
US10424527B2
An electrical package may comprise a first substrate with a first substrate surface, and a microprocessor chip connected to the first substrate surface. The microprocessor chip may comprise a first chip surface that electrically connects to the first substrate surface, and a second chip surface located opposite the first chip surface. The electrical package may comprise a heat spreader assembly that comprises a lid section and a contact surface thermally connected to the second-chip surface. The electrical package may also comprise a pedestal between the contact surface and the lid section. The pedestal may comprise a first end that is located near the contact surface and a second end that is located near the lid section. The second end may be wider than the first end.
US10424526B2
A chip package structure includes a redistribution layer, at least one chip, a reinforcing frame, an encapsulant and a plurality of solder balls. The redistribution layer includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The chip is disposed on the first surface and electrically connected to the redistribution layer. The reinforcing frame is disposed on the first surface and includes at least one through cavity. The chip is disposed in the through cavity and a stiffness of the reinforcing frame is greater than a stiffness of the redistribution layer. The encapsulant encapsulates the chip, the reinforcing frame and covering the first surface. The solder balls are disposed on the second surface and electrically connected to the redistribution layer.
US10424525B2
An assembly is provided including one or more semiconductor dice attached on a substrate, the semiconductor die provided with electrically-conductive stud bumps opposite the substrate. The stud bumps embedded in a molding compound molded thereon are exposed to grinding thus leveling the molding compound to expose the distal ends of the stud bumps at a surface of the molding compound. Recessed electrically-conductive lines extending over said surface of the molding compound with electrically-conductive lands over the distal ends of the stud bumps. A further molding compound is provided to cover the recessed electrically-conductive lines and surrounding the electrically-conductive lands.
US10424524B2
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device that includes adhering a plurality of semiconductor substrates and a framing member to a supporting surface of a carrier substrate. The semiconductor substrates can be wafers that can be diced or cut into a plurality of dies. Thus, the wafers each have respective active surfaces and at least one respective integrated circuit region. The method can further include encapsulating the framing member and the plurality of semiconductor substrates within an encapsulant. Subsequently, the carrier substrate is removed and a redistribution layer (RDL) is formed on the semiconductor substrates and the framing member.
US10424520B1
There is provided a technique of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: by a processing performing part, processing a substrate based on setting parameter corresponding to process recipe stored in a controller; by a first transceiver, transmitting measurement value of the processing performing part to the controller; by the controller, causing a learning part to perform machine learning process on the measurement value received from the first transceiver as learning data; by the controller, after the act of causing the learning part to perform the machine learning process, generating update data for updating the setting parameter; by the controller, causing an arithmetic part to generate update parameter for updating the setting parameter based on the update data; by the controller, causing a second transceiver to transmit the update parameter to the first transceiver; and by the updating part, updating the setting parameter based on the update parameter received from the controller.
US10424518B2
A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit may include placing cells, based on input data defining the integrated circuit, performing a pin reordering operation on a plurality of pins in a first cell of the cells, based on physical information regarding the pins in the first cell, wherein the physical information is determined based on the placement of the cells, performing a routing operation on the cells after the pin reordering operation, and manufacturing the integrated circuit, based on a layout produced by the routing operation.
US10424516B2
One embodiment provides a method of integrating a planar field-effect transistor (FET) with a vertical FET. The method comprises masking and etching a semiconductor of the vertical FET to form a fin, and providing additional masking, additional etching, doping and depositions to isolate a bottom source/drain (S/D) region. A dielectric is formed on the bottom S/D region to form a spacer. The method further comprises depositing gate metals, etching a vertical gate for the vertical FET and a planar gate for the planar FET using a shared gate mask, depositing dielectric, etching the dielectric to expose one or more portions of the fin, growing epitaxy on a top S/D region, masking and etching S/D contact openings for the bottom S/D region, forming silicide regions in S/D regions, depositing contact metal in the silicide regions to form contacts, and planarizing the contacts.
US10424510B2
A method for filling a through hole with solder includes mounting a substrate having a through hole formed therein on a permeable barrier layer having pores that enable gas to flow through the permeable barrier. A solder source is positioned over the through hole. Molten solder is delivered in the through hole with a positive pressure from the solder source such that gas in the through holes passes the permeable barrier while the molten solder remains in the through hole.
US10424509B2
A method for producing a semiconductor body is disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes providing a semiconductor body, applying a first mask layer and a second mask layer to the semiconductor body and forming at least one second mask opening in the second mask layer and at least one recess in the semiconductor body in a region of the at least one first mask opening in the first mask layer, wherein the recess comprises a side face and a bottom face and the recess forms an undercut with the second mask opening, when viewed from the first mask opening. The method further includes applying a contact layer to the first mask layer and the bottom face of the at least one recess using a directional deposition method and applying a passivation layer to the side face of the at least one recess.
US10424504B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes conformally depositing a liner layer on a top surface of a dielectric layer, and on sidewall and bottom surfaces of an opening in the dielectric layer, annealing the liner layer, wherein the annealing is performed in at least one of a nitrogen (N2) and ammonia (NH3) ambient, at a temperature of about 60° C. to about 500° C., and at a power of about 200. Watts to about 4500. Watts, and forming a conductive layer on the liner layer on the top surface of the dielectric layer, and on the liner layer in a remaining portion of the opening.
US10424502B2
A substrate transfer device for transferring a first substrate and a second substrate to a bonding apparatus configured to bond the first substrate and the second substrate, includes a first holding part configured to hold the first substrate from an upper surface side, a lower surface of the first substrate serving as a bonding surface, and a second holding part provided below the first holding part and configured to hold the second substrate from a lower surface side so that the second substrate faces the first substrate, a upper surface of the second substrate serving as a bonding surface to be bonded to the lower surface of the first substrate.
US10424494B2
An integrated circuit (IC) chip module includes a carrier, a stiffening frame, an IC chip, and a first directional heat spreader. A second directional heat spreader may further be arranged orthogonal to the first directional heat spreader. The carrier has a top surface and a bottom surface configured to be electrically connected to a motherboard. The stiffening frame includes an opening that accepts the IC chip and may be attached to the top surface of the carrier. The IC chip is concentrically arranged within the opening of the stiffening frame. The first directional heat spreader is attached to the stiffening frame and to the IC chip and generally removes heat in a first opposing bivector direction. When included in the IC chip module, the second directional heat spreader is attached to the stiffening frame and to the first directional heat spreader and generally removes heat in a second opposing bivector direction orthogonal to the first opposing bivector direction.
US10424489B2
A plasma etching method uses, as a processing gas, a mixed gas of at least one fluorocarbon gas and at least one hydrofluoroether gas represented by chemical formula (I).
US10424477B2
Methods and precursors for depositing silicon nitride films by atomic layer deposition (ALD) are provided. In some embodiments the silicon precursors comprise an iodine ligand. The silicon nitride films may have a relatively uniform etch rate for both vertical and the horizontal portions when deposited onto three-dimensional structures such as FinFETS or other types of multiple gate FETs. In some embodiments, various silicon nitride films of the present disclosure have an etch rate of less than half the thermal oxide removal rate with diluted HF (0.5%).
US10424475B2
A method of operating an electrostatic trapping mass analyzer, comprising: introducing a sample of ions into a trapping region of the mass analyzer, wherein a trapping field within the trapping region is such that the ions exhibit radial motion with respect to a central longitudinal axis of the trapping region while undergoing harmonic motion in a dimension defined by the central longitudinal axis, the frequency of harmonic motion of a particular ion being a function of its mass-to-charge ratio; superimposing a modulation field onto the trapping field within the trapping region, the modulation field acting to either increase or reduce the harmonic motion energies of the ions by an amount varying according to the frequency of harmonic motion; and acquiring a mass spectrum of the ions in the trapping region by measuring a signal representative of an image current induced by the harmonic motion of the ions.
US10424474B2
Methods and devices for ion separations or manipulations in gas phase are disclosed. The device includes a non-planar surface having a first, second and third region. An inner arrays of electrodes is positioned on the first region. A first set of electrodes of the inner array of electrodes is configured to receive RF voltages and generate a first potential upon the receipt of the RF voltage. A first and second outer arrays of electrodes are coupled to the second and third region, respectively. The first and second outer arrays are configured to receive a first DC voltage and generate a second potential upon the receipt of the first DC voltages. The first and second generated potential manipulate movement of ions.
US10424460B2
A plasma source includes a ring plasma chamber, a primary winding around an exterior of the ring plasma chamber, multiple ferrites, wherein the ring plasma chamber passes through each of the ferrites and multiple plasma chamber outlets coupling the plasma chamber to a process chamber. Each one of the plasma chamber outlets having a respective plasma restriction. A system and method for generating a plasma are also described.
US10424457B2
Emitter (3) and target (7) are arranged so as to face each other in vacuum chamber (1), and guard electrode (5) is provided at outer circumferential side of electron generating portion (31) of emitter (3). Emitter (3) is supported movably in both end directions of vacuum chamber (1) by emitter supporting unit (4) having movable body (40). To perform regeneration process of guard electrode (5), emitter is moved to no-discharge position by operating emitter supporting unit, and state in which field emission of electron generating portion (31) is suppressed is set, then by applying voltage across guard electrode (5), discharge is repeated. After regeneration process, by operating emitter supporting unit again, emitter is moved to discharge position, and state in which field emission of electron generating portion (31) is possible is set with movement of movable body (40) toward the other and side being restrained by movement restraining unit (6).
US10424453B2
A circuit breaker having a circuit operating device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a circuit unit having a main circuit, a detecting unit having a detection circuit for detecting a fault current in the main circuit, and a circuit operating device configured to allow connection or isolation between the main circuit and the detection circuit, wherein the circuit operating device includes a first fixed unit and a second fixed unit connected to the main circuit and the detection circuit, respectively, and arranged in parallel to each other, and a moving unit rotatably coupled between the first fixed unit and the second fixed unit to connect or isolate the main circuit and the detection circuit to or from each other.
US10424448B2
A pyrotechnic disconnect comprises: a housing with at least a combustion chamber therein; a pyrotechnic charge in the combustion chamber; a busbar covering an opening of the combustion chamber, the busbar configured to be severed by activation of the pyrotechnic charge; and arc splitter plates arranged in the housing on an opposite side of the busbar from the combustion chamber.
US10424447B2
A switching system, in particular of an on-board electrical system of a motor vehicle having a first disc which has a first, a second, a third, and a fourth stationary contact. The second and the third stationary contact, are electrically contacted by a first contact bar of the first disc. The switching system also has a second disc which has a first, a second, a third, and a fourth movable contact. The first and the second movable contact are electrically contacted by a second contact bar of the second disc, and the third and the fourth movable contact are electrically contacted by a third contact bar of the second disc. The second disc is rotationally mounted about a rotational axis relative to the first disc, wherein all the contacts are electrically connected in series in an angular position. A circuit breaker is also provided that includes a switching system.
US10424440B2
A capacitor that includes a lower common electrode having a first region and a second region, a first upper electrode opposing the first region, a first dielectric layer between the first region and the first upper electrode, a second upper electrode located in a layer in which the first upper electrode is located and opposing the second region, a second dielectric layer between the second region and the second upper electrode, a first connection electrode electrically connected to the first upper electrode, a second connection electrode located in a layer in which the first connection electrode is located and electrically connected to the second upper electrode, and auxiliary electrodes located in a layer different from a layer in which the lower common electrode is located and that connect the first region and the second region of the lower common electrode.
US10424439B2
An electrified vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an electric machine electrically coupled to a battery pack through an inverter. Further, the inverter includes a capacitor with an internal cooling channel. A method is also disclosed.
US10424438B2
Systems and methods described in this disclosure are related to fabrication and utilization of two-terminal electrical components that may have terminations with reduced width. Components, such as the ones described herein may be used to increase the density of components in electrical devices, as they may reduce a separation distance between devices that lead to solder bridging. Methods for fabrication are also described, including the use of ceramic layers that may provide reduction in parasitic capacitance and/or inductances.
US10424437B2
A Fault Current Limiter (FCL) comprising a magnetisable limb, an electrically conductive coil associated with the magnetisable limb and arranged to induce a field in the limb member and magnets spaced such that the coil is positioned intermediate the spaced magnets. Magnetisable shield elements are positioned at either end of the coil.
US10424431B2
A coil comprises a plurality of conductive layers, wherein a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer of the plurality of conductive layers each comprises a winding, and the first conductive layer is adjacent to the second conductive layer; wherein a first winding on the first conductive layer is electrically connected to a second winding on the second conductive layer, a first end of the first winding is connected to a first terminal electrode, and a second end on the second winding is connected to a second terminal electrode; wherein geometric central points of the first winding and the second winding are not spatially aligned.
US10424416B2
According to an aspect, a vapor powered apparatus for generating electric power includes a liquid chamber that contains a working fluid and a first heat exchanger that transfers heat from fluid coming from a heat source to working fluid coming from the liquid chamber, where the transferred heat vaporizes at least a portion of the working fluid to provide a working pressure of the vaporized working fluid. The apparatus includes a pressure motor to convert the working pressure of the vaporized working fluid into mechanical motion for a power generator. The apparatus includes a vapor chamber to capture the vaporized working fluid and a second heat exchanger to use working fluid from the liquid chamber to condense the captured vaporized working fluid. An exchanger fluid system provides the working fluid to the second heat exchanger from a bottom portion of a pool of working liquid in the liquid chamber.
US10424410B2
Introduced here are diabetes management platforms able to guide people with diabetes toward a glycemic target. Rather than state the absolute amount of glucose within the blood, the diabetes management platform can instead produce personalized glycemic goals based on the physiological data associated with an individual. For example, if the diabetes management platform determines that the time spent within a first glycemic range exceeds a specified threshold, then the diabetes management platform may recommend that the individual attempt to keep their blood glucose level within a second glycemic range. Generally, the second glycemic range is closer than the first glycemic range to a target glycemic range corresponding to a healthy glycemic state.
US10424409B2
A system and method for guideline-based discharge planning of a patient from a facility, comprising determining via a processor whether a patient meets predetermined discharge criteria from the facility, generating a first signal indicative of the patient's risk of re-admission to the facility, generating a second signal indicative of a plan for providing care for the patient, generating a third signal indicative of a status of the patient for a post-discharge care report, and generating a fourth signal indicative of instructions to discharge the patient from the facility.
US10424404B2
A passive tracking device, a processor configured to receive information from the tracking device, and a database accessible by the processor, among other elements, are disclosed. A first activity unit having a first start time corresponding to detection of engagement is monitored. The processor is further configured to establish a first end time of the first activity unit using the monitored information, and automatically ascribe a classification of the first activity unit. The classification of the first activity unit is output to a display of a computing device, and the classification of the first activity unit is stored in the database. A revised classification is output to a display of a computing device, the revised classification is stored in the database.
US10424391B2
A decoding method, a memory controlling circuit unit, and a memory storage device are provided. The method includes: when first data is read from a first upper physical programming unit of a first physical programming unit group by using a second voltage selected from a first read voltage group, and a first error bit count of the first data is not greater than a first error bit count threshold, recording the second voltage; when a second data is read from a first lower physical programming unit of a second physical programming unit group by using a fourth voltage selected from a second read voltage group, and a second error bit count of the second data is not greater than a second error bit count threshold, recording the fourth voltage; generating a lookup table according to the second voltage and the fourth voltage; and performing a decoding operation according to the lookup table.
US10424387B1
Apparatuses and techniques are described for programming a memory device with reduced temperature-based changes in the threshold voltage distribution (Vth). Different memory cells can have different values of a temperature coefficient, Tco, and high-Tco memory cells may tend to be at the lower tail of a Vth distribution. The memory cells are programmed using a first set of verify voltages which are temperature-independent. If the temperature at the time of the programming is less than a specified temperature, the high-Tco memory cells are identified and programmed further in a second pass using a second set of verify voltages which are temperature-dependent. Further, the second pass is configured to provide a narrower Vth distribution width than the first program pass. The second pass may use a smaller program pulse step size and/or an elevated bit line voltage.
US10424379B2
A polarization-based logic gate includes a transistor having a drain and a polarizable material layer having at least two polarization states, the polarization state representing a first logic value, and a resistive element having a first terminal coupled to the drain and a second terminal. A plurality of input/output terminals connected to the transistor and second terminal of the resistive element so as to apply voltages to selected input/output terminals, including a sensing voltage representing a second logic value, with a resulting drain current of the transistor at least partially flowing through the resistive element and representing a result of a logic operation between the first logic value and the second logic value.
US10424369B2
A semiconductor memory device includes memory cells connected to word lines and bit lines. In a verification operation, a controller applies first and second verification voltages to a word line in sequence, a first voltage to a first bit line of a first cell and a second voltage to second bit line during first level verification, and, if the first cell passes first voltage level verification, the first voltage is then applied to both the first and second bit lines while the second verification voltage is applied to the word line.
US10424358B2
Disclosed is a device including a selected distributed driver, a first feedback control circuit, and a second feedback control circuit. The first feedback control circuit is coupled to the selected distributed driver. The first feedback control circuit is configured to maintain an output of the selected distributed driver within a first predetermined range. The second feedback control circuit is selectively coupled to the selected distributed driver and is configured to maintain the output of the selected distributed driver to be within a second predetermined range. The second predetermined range is within the first predetermined range.
US10424350B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to performing logical operations using sensing circuitry. An example apparatus comprises an array of memory cells and sensing circuitry coupled to the array of memory cells. The sensing circuitry includes a primary latch and a secondary latch. The primary latch is coupled to a pair of complementary sense lines and selectively coupled to a pair of adjacent complementary sense lines. The secondary latch is selectively coupled to the primary latch. The primary latch and secondary latch are configured to shift a data value between the pair of adjacent complementary sense lines and the primary latch. The primary latch and secondary latch are configured to shift the data value from the pair of adjacent complementary sense lines without activating a row line.
US10424347B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for providing power availability information to memory. A number of embodiments include a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to provide power and power availability information to the memory, and the memory is configured to determine whether to adjust its operation based, at least in part, on the power availability information.
US10424346B2
An electronic device may include an embedded storage device connected to directly communicate with an extended storage device, and an application processor connected to directly communicate with the embedded storage device and connected to the extended storage device through the embedded storage device. The embedded storage device includes a monitoring device that monitors commands received from the application processor. The monitoring device generates a command state signal representing a state of the embedded storage device and the extended storage device based on a result of monitoring the commands. The embedded storage device operates so that a power supply is controlled in a part or all of the embedded storage device according to the command state signal.
US10424343B2
An imaging device includes an imaging element that acquires a first image based on signal charge generated during a first accumulation time, and a second image based on signal charge generated during a second accumulation time relatively longer than the first accumulation time and synchronized with the first image during a synchronization period including the first accumulation time, and a moving image file generating unit that generates a moving image file including a first moving image based on the first image, a second moving image based on the second image, and synchronization information for synchronizing the first moving image and the second moving image frame by frame.
US10424332B2
An apparatus, according to one embodiment, includes: a support plate; a stator; a stator support arm having a first end that is coupled to the support plate, the stator support arm extending from the support plate to the stator. The apparatus further includes at least one isolation mount coupled between a second end of the stator support arm and the stator for reducing transfer of vibration from the stator to the stator support arm; and a rotor sub-assembly. The rotor sub-assembly is configured to rotate relative to the support plate and the stator, the rotor sub-assembly including: a magnet; and a hub rotatably fixed relative to the magnet. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are described in additional embodiments.
US10424328B1
An exemplary data refresh method disclosed herein reading data into volatile memory from a first storage region using a read element controlled by a first actuator assembly and writing the data from the volatile memory to a second storage region using a write element controlled by a second actuator assembly, where the first actuator assembly and the second actuator assembly are configured to receive data from control circuitry via independent read/write communication channels.
US10424326B1
A spin torque transfer (STT) assisted magnetic recording structure is disclosed wherein a magnetic flux guiding (MFG) device is formed between a main pole (MP) trailing side and a trailing shield (TS). The MFG device has a field generation layer (FGL) separated from first and second spin polarization (SP) layers by first and second non-magnetic layers, respectively. First and second SP layers have magnetizations in opposite directions so that when a direct current of sufficient magnitude is applied from the MP to TS, or from the TS to MP in other embodiments, FGL magnetization flips to a direction toward the MP and opposes a write gap field flux thereby enhancing the write field. Additive torque from two SP layers on the FGL enables lower current density for FGL flipping or a greater degree of FGL flipping at a given current density compared with MFG schemes having a single SP layer.
US10424324B2
Methods that include forming at least a portion of a near field transducer (NFT) structure; depositing a material onto at least one surface of the portion of the NFT to form a metal containing layer; and subjecting the metal containing layer to conditions that cause diffusion of at least a portion of the material into the at least one surface of the portion of the NFT; and devices formed thereby.
US10424320B2
A robot determines whether a voice is a voice emanated directly from an actual person or is a voice output from a speaker of an electronic device.A controller of a robot detects a voice by means of microphones, determines whether or not a voice generating source of the detected voice is a specific voice generating source, and controls, based on a result of the determination, the robot by means of a neck joint and a chassis.
US10424309B2
An apparatus for encoding a multi-channel signal including at least two channels includes a time-spectral converter for converting sequences of blocks of sampling values of the at least two channels into a frequency domain representation having sequences of blocks of spectral values for the at least two channels; a multi-channel processor for applying a joint multi-channel processing to the sequences of blocks of spectral values to obtain at least one result sequence of blocks of spectral values including information related to the at least two channels; a spectral-time converter for converting the result sequence of blocks of spectral values into a time domain representation including an output sequence of blocks of sampling values; and a core encoder for encoding the output sequence of blocks of sampling values to obtain an encoded multi-channel signal.
US10424297B1
An example method includes receiving at a conference bridge media from a plurality of participants during a conference session and mixing the media received from the plurality of participants to provide mixed media. At least one utterance of the mixed media is parsed using natural language processing to determine a command and at least one subject or object associated with the command. The method also includes invoking a selected conference function during the conference session based on the determined command and each identified subject or object.
US10424291B2
There is provided an information processing device including an analysis unit configured to analyze a character string indicating contents of utterance obtained as a result of speech recognition, and a display control unit configured to display the character string indicating the contents of the utterance and an analysis result on a display screen.
US10424286B2
An acoustic curtain comprising a panel of sound absorbent material within an envelope formed from polymeric sheets, with means for attaching adjacent panels to one another, and wherein the curtain comprises a magnetic element.
US10424280B1
The present invention provides a system and method for generating an output file including steps of generating audio or MIDI content blocks from one or more musical performances; receiving an input file having audio or MIDI music content; determining a chord structure and tempo for the input file; generating a harmonic chord map from the chord structure and tempo for the input file; using the harmonic chord map to automatically select content blocks, and generating the output file by combining the selected content blocks and the input file. The invention enables the creation of unique and new musical accompaniments by re-purposing audio or MIDI content from back catalogs and/or out-takes of musical works. The new arrangement may be provided in multiple music styles, genres, or moods and may contain performances from multiple musical instruments, which may be pre-recorded from live instrument performances and/or of MIDI generated musical content.
US10424274B2
An apparatus and method provides temporal image processing by producing, for output on a single link such as a single cable or wireless interface, packet based multi-steam information wherein one stream provides at least frame N information for temporal imaging processing and a second stream that provides frame N−1 information for the same display, such as a current frame and a previous frame or a current frame and next frame. The method and apparatus also outputs the packet based multi-stream information and sends it for the same display for use by the same display so that the receiving display may perform temporal image processing using the multi-stream multi-frame information sent with a single link.
US10424273B2
Methods, systems, and media for presenting interstitial animations are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving metadata associated with a video; receiving a request to present the video; causing the video to begin buffering; generating, using a hardware processor, an animation based on the metadata; causing the animation to be presented until a predetermined amount of the video has been buffered; and causing the video to be presented upon buffering the predetermined amount of the video.
US10424270B2
In a display apparatus, a light-emitting unit emits light of a first color; a converting unit emits light of the first color, a second color, and a third color responding to irradiation of the light of the first color from the light-emitting unit; a detecting unit outputs a first detected value in accordance with brightness of the light of the first color, and a second detected value in accordance with brightness of the light of the second color; a correcting unit corrects components corresponding to the first color, the second color, and the third color of input image data, based on the first and second detected values, and a display unit displays an image on a screen by transmitting the light emitted from the converting unit, based on the corrected input image data.
US10424268B2
A glasses type mobile terminal including an output unit configured to output information; a camera; a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with an external terminal; and a controller configured to transmit a first image received by the camera to the external terminal via the wireless communication unit, receive touch information from the external terminal indicating a touch input of the first image displayed on the external terminal is outside a corresponding viewing range of the glasses type mobile terminal, and display an indicator via the output unit indicating the touch input of the first image displayed on the external terminal is outside the viewing region of the glasses type mobile terminal.
US10424267B2
To facilitate selection of a display manner in a display device capable of displaying an image(s) based on a plurality of image signals, the display device according to the present invention includes: a video inputter including a plurality of input terminals configured to acquire a plurality of image signals including image data to be displayed by a display unit; a detector configured to detect characteristics of the image signals; a group determinator configured to classify the image signals into at least one group based on the characteristics detected by the detector; and an output control unit configured to output information indicating a display mode of the display unit associated with at least one group.
US10424256B2
Provided are a display device, gate driving circuit, and a driving method thereof. A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixel areas, a gate driving unit configured to supply an emission signal to each of the plurality of pixel areas through switching of a driving TFT by inverting an input signal, the gate driving unit including an emission boosting capacitor configured to periodically boost a voltage applied to a gate node of the driving TFT, a data driving unit configured to supply a data signal to each of the plurality of pixel areas, and a timing control unit configured to: supply a gate control signal to the gate driving unit, and supply a data control signal and image data to the data driving unit.
US10424251B2
An organic light emitting diode display device includes a display unit including pixels each configured by an organic light emitting diode, a power supply unit configured to supply power for driving the display unit, a discharge unit connected to the display unit and configured to perform a discharge operation on a display driving voltage applied to the display unit, and a discharge control unit configured to control enabling and disabling of the discharge unit based on a power state of the organic light emitting diode display device.
US10424248B2
A display panel and display device, the display panel includes: a first power terminal disposed on a first side of the display panel; a second power terminal disposed on a second side of the display panel; and a power line configured to transmit mains voltage, wherein the first side and the second side are arranged opposite to each other; and the first power terminal and the second power terminal is in one-to-one correspondence and configured to provide equal mains voltage for the power line. The display panel and display device can compensate the IR drop on a power line in the display panel and hence reduce or eliminate the problem of uneven display brightness of the display panel due to IR drop.
US10424246B2
Disclosed are a pixel circuit and a method for driving the pixel circuit. The pixel circuit includes a driving transistor, a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a driving capacitor and a light-emitting element.
US10424237B2
A method is for operating a medical imaging system including at least two executable application programs. An embodiment includes: a) a computing device of the imaging system detecting at least one display device by its properties relevant to visual display; b) the computing device retrieving at least one particular application-specific requirement made of a display device, using the at least two application programs, for visual display of corresponding application program information on a display device; c) comparing the properties detected for each at least one display device and the retrieved requirement; and d) according to a result of the comparison, the computing device either assigning the application programs respectively to the at least one display device or activating an assignment facility for a user, to increase efficiency when operating the medical imaging system having the at least two executable application programs in a manner convenient to a user.
US10424231B2
A drone apparatus or arrangement is provided. The drone apparatus or arrangement includes a plurality of drone devices, each drone device including an unmanned vehicle configured to be controlled to hover in air at a desired height and move to a desired location, and a surface apparatus connected to the plurality of drone devices such that the plurality of drone devices are collectively controllable to reposition the surface apparatus to a desired location.
US10424230B1
A banner unit has a retractable storage position and a display position. The banner unit includes a pair of elongated rigid support posts, and a banner sheet that is comprised of a pair of one and other banner segments that each have opposed one and other side edges. The one side edge of each banner segment is secured to respective elongated rigid support posts. The banner unit also includes an elongated tubular sleeve constructed and arranged to be disposed in parallel with both of the pair of elongated rigid support posts, with the other side edge of each banner segment being secured to the elongated tubular sleeve. Each banner segment is constructed and arranged with a re-coil or retractable characteristic providing a tendency to form into a closed coil configuration when the elongated rigid support posts are brought together.
US10424227B1
Multi-part label systems, and methods for their assembly. A linerless label roll separable into at least a first label and a second label is provided. The first label and second label are dispensed from the linerless label roll and applied to a surface simultaneously, whereby after application the underside of the first label is in contact with the surface and the undersurface of the second label is in contact with the top side of the first label.
US10424217B1
Systems and methods are provided for generating texts appropriate for a reading level of an individual. An existing exam unit is accessed, wherein the existing exam unit includes a reading passage and a plurality of questions related to the reading passage. The plurality of questions are filtered based on a criterion to form a subset of questions. A first difficulty score is determined based on the reading passage. A second difficulty score is determined based on the subset of questions. A correlation between the first difficulty score and the second difficulty score is determined, and a text is generated that is appropriate for a reading level of an individual based on performance of the individual on the exam unit.
US10424214B2
An aspect of student-centric learning includes a processor and software modules executable by the processor. A first module is configured to receive, via a first template, time-sensitive data about elements of learning objectives with respect to students in a structured learning environment. The elements are exported into a second template of a second module and are classified by topic. A selectable indicator in the second template is associated with each topic. The second module is configured to receive, via the second template: time-sensitive data about one of the students with respect to a real world experience that occurred outside of the learning environment; and input to a corresponding selectable indicator, which causes the second module to map the time-sensitive data of the real world experience to the corresponding topic in the first template. The learning objectives are augmented to include aspects of the real world experience.
US10424213B2
A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting a game stimulus signal generated by a first gaming accessory device, determining a first game action result based on the game stimulus signal, analyzing the first game action result to provide a first coaching message to achieve a desired result, and presenting the coaching message. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US10424205B2
The present invention provides an auxiliary berthing method and system for a vessel. Position information of a vessel relative to a berth is determined by a solar blind ultraviolet imaging method; meanwhile, by a GPS method, an attitude angle of the vessel relative to the berth is determined by at least two GPS receivers. Thus, the vessel can be berthed safely when getting close to the shore at low visibility. Further, in the method and device of the present invention, it can be preferable to integrate coordinate data and angle data received by a solar blind ultraviolet imaging module and GPS signal receiving modules by a normalized correlation algorithm and a data fusion algorithm, so as to improve the positioning accuracy.
US10424195B2
Traffic prediction system, vehicle-mounted display apparatus, vehicle, and traffic prediction method
Disclosed herein are a traffic prediction system, a vehicle-mounted display apparatus, a vehicle, and a traffic prediction method. The traffic prediction system includes: a vehicle configured to acquire a driving probability for at least one drivable route; and a server apparatus configured to receive the driving probability for the at least one drivable route from the vehicle, and to calculate a volume of traffic for the at least one drivable route based on the driving probability for the at least one drivable route.
US10424192B2
A remote control device having capacitive touch controls may be configured to enter a sleep state (or mode). For example, the remote control device may be configured to enter the sleep state upon expiration of an interval of time since a most recent button press. The remote control may be configured to awaken from the sleep state when one or more portions of a housing of the remote control are deflected, for example, when a user grasps the remote control to actuate one or more of the capacitive touch controls. For example, the remote control device may include a switch. The switch may include a carbon structure that may be configured to contact an open circuit pad on a circuit board to close the corresponding circuit when the housing is deflected and awaken the remote control device from the sleep state.
US10424190B2
A safety automation system (20) for an occupiable structure and method of operation includes a plurality of detection devices (30) to facilitate the detection of a hazard condition and output a hazard detected signal to a computing management system (44) that may be a cloud computing system. The management system includes a computer processor (46), and a computer readable storage medium (48) capable of generating various notifications to a mobile user interface device (32).
US10424189B2
In a tracking device 10, a crescent-shaped PCB 12 partially encircles a battery 15 to minimize thickness of the device 10. A speaker 23 and an LED 24 emit alerts upon command of a control apparatus 37 or in response to motion or temperature sensed by sensor 25. A local network 40 has one hub 41 to tracking devices 33 and a wider area network 45 has multiple hubs for more detailed tracking of devices 33. A wide area network 50 tracks devices anywhere and stores data of each tracking device including its last known position and its sensor data.
US10424188B2
A method for disseminating information regarding a problem and administering medical interventions comprises providing a mobile device wirelessly connectable to a network, receiving and storing contact information corresponding to a designated list of information recipients, receiving, via the mobile device and via the wireless trigger transmitting to the mobile device, a signal from a user indicating the problem, receiving, via the mobile device, information regarding the problem, transmitting an indication of the problem to a rescue clearinghouse via the network, prompting a participant of the rescue clearinghouse, different from the user, to make a decision about a course of action regarding the problem, and at least one of transmitting the information regarding the problem to the information recipients from the designated list and transmitting the information regarding the problem to a government rescue organization, based at least in part on the decision.
US10424181B2
An electronic apparatus is worn on a body of a user. At least one processor determines whether biological information of the user contains an abnormality. An abnormality notification screen is displayed on a display when the at least one processor determines that the biological information contains the abnormality, the abnormality notification screen notifying an abnormality in the user.
US10424178B2
A child safety assembly includes a wristband that is selectively worn around a child's wrist. A lock is movably coupled to the wristband and the lock is selectively manipulated. The lock is selectively positioned in a locked position to retain the wristband on the wrist. The lock is selectively positioned in an unlocked position to facilitate the wristband to be removed from the wrist. An alert unit is coupled to the wristband and the alert unit is in thermal communication with the wristband's environment. The alert unit selectively emits an audible alarm and the alert unit is in wireless electrical communication with an electronic device. The alert unit emits the audible alarm when the alert unit detects a temperature of the wristband's environment falls below or rises above a trigger temperature. In this way the alert unit alerts a caregiver to a potential hazard with respect to the child.
US10424176B2
Embodiments are disclosed for responding to an incoming alert using vehicle resources to scan and report on an environment of a vehicle. An example an in-vehicle computing system of a vehicle includes a sensor subsystem in communication with a sensor, a communication interface, a processor, and memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive, via the communication interface, an alert including one or more alert parameters, instruct the sensor to scan an assigned region around the vehicle, receive, from the sensor, locally scanned data corresponding to the assigned region, determine that the scanned data includes an object having features matching a selected alert parameter of the one or more alert parameters, and transmit, to an alert service, a notification identifying the object and the features matching the selected alert parameter, the notification including a location of the object.
US10424173B1
A lighted piling cap that is preferably solar powered and which serves as a cap/marker for another water borne or water related structure. The device can serve as a nighttime marker to alert boaters of decks, docks, waterway obstructions, etc. that may not be visible during nighttime travels. The device includes a solar powered lighting element for nighttime visibility which can be a plurality of LED light bulbs. The outer enclosure can be constructed from a rugged and/or seaworthy material, to allow it to be able to preferably withstand the harsh environment of fresh and saltwater coastlines. The device preferably includes a sealed Lithium polymer battery, with flash, strobing and/or “on” modes and an automatic sunset on, sunrise off sensor.
US10424166B2
A method of playing a game that uses the numbers generated by a Keno game is described. The method includes i) receiving a wager from a player, ii) the player selecting to play a matrix-like game displaying through a display medium the player selected variables, with the matrix containing subsets each with a plurality of numbers, the subsets defined by linear contiguous trajectories; vertical, horizontal and diagonal; the subsets including generally equivalent amounts of variables, each subset including a variable that is shared with at least one other subset in the matrix and there are a plurality of subsets that include a variable that are mutually exclusive to another subset within the matrix, and iii) determining the gaming operators variables, displaying the gaming operators variables, determining whether the player wins or loses the game according to predetermined rules.
US10424164B2
Short term wagers can be made on predicted outcomes of performances in events such as the performance of a specific player in a sports event or the performance of a company stock in a given time frame. A user can select a plurality of challenge parameters, including a time duration of a challenge; a subject matter of the challenge; a type of wager for the challenge; a specific player for the challenge; and a wager amount for the challenge. The plurality of challenge parameters can be transmitted to a matching engine in order to match the challenge to one or more target users based upon a comparison of the challenge parameters to a plurality of historical challenge parameters for each of the target users to find common parameters. A casino or sports bookmaker can also accept the challenge as a house player.
US10424163B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media are described herein for initiating a second round for a game. A round of the game can comprise: a) pseudo-randomly generating a set of game piece symbols, b) matching a game piece symbol to one or more symbols in the pseudo-random set of possible winning combinations of symbols, c) indicating to the user that the one or more symbols in the pseudo-random set of possible winning combinations of symbols have matched, and d) if all symbols in a possible winning combination of symbols are matched, awarding the user the corresponding payout value of the possible winning combination of symbols. A second round of the game can be offered; if accepted, at least one of the possible winning combinations of symbols with a lowest corresponding payout value that has not yet matched can be removed from the set of possible winning combinations of symbols.
US10424158B2
An electronic gaming machine includes a display in the form of a matrix of rows and columns and a controller configured to conduct a game instance upon receiving a wager via a player input. In conducting each game instance, the controller activates a number of columns on the display based on the wager and controls a display to indicate which columns in the display have been activated. The controller determines if any of the activated columns meets a triggering condition and controls the display to display the activated columns which meet the triggering condition with a modified background. The controller then determines an outcome of the game instance based on whether a predetermined number of activated columns which meet the triggering condition are adjacent one another and makes an award to the player based on the outcome of the instance.
US10424150B2
Various embodiments directed to systems and methods that enable cross platform persistent sessions using a mobile device in a mobile device-enhanced system are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method may include enabling a cross platform session in a system that includes a kiosk that presents a presentation, and a computing device distinct from the kiosk, both in communication with one another. The method may include associating the computing device with the kiosk. The computing device may have one or more displays. The method may include receiving, by the computing device, reformatted graphical data from the kiosk. The method may include presenting the presentation on the one or more displays of the computing device using the reformatted graphical data.
US10424148B2
The invention is directed to a gaming system and method of providing a game. The system is configured to display a plurality of symbol positions displayed on a grid. The grid defines a plurality of columns having an associated reel, reel strip, a plurality of symbol positions and game symbols displayed in each of the symbol positions in a predetermined order defining a reel layout. The method includes: initiating a game; establishing a first and second interval comprising at least two spins of the reels, the reel strip associated one of the reels has a first reel layout used during the spins of the first interval; and changing the pattern of the reel strip of one reel strip at the end of the first interval, before initiating the second interval, to a second reel layout, wherein the second reel layout is used for the spins of the second interval.
US10424138B2
Provided are techniques for monitoring a moving vessel using a detachable drone coupled to the moving vessel. An event is identified that triggers detachment of the detachable drone from the moving vessel. The detachable drone is detached from the moving vessel. The detachable drone is moved to a predetermined location. A beacon based on beacon data is transmitted from the detachable drone. In response to the detachable drone receiving a request for the data, data collected from monitoring the moving vessel is delivered.
US10424128B2
A method for controlling data acquired from vehicles, wherein case data are anonymized and provides data reduction. Control exists between the units of each vehicle, between the vehicles and a backend of the system, between the units of the backend, and also between the units of the backend and at least one external service provider. The data are reduced by avoiding the transmission of redundant data or by avoiding unnecessary data acquisition.
US10424127B2
A controller architecture for monitoring an autonomic vehicle control system includes a first controller, a second controller, a telematics controller, a third controller, a plurality of subsystem controllers, a first and a second communication bus, and a first and a second communication link. The telematics controller in communication with the first controller. The second controller includes a second processor and a second memory device. Each subsystem controller is configured to effect operation of one of a subsystem, wherein each of the subsystem controllers includes a vehicle health monitor (VHM) agent. The third controller includes a third processor and a third memory device. A first instruction set includes a prognostic classification routine based upon inputs from the VHM agents of the plurality of subsystem controllers. The telematics controller is disposed to communicate an output from the prognostic classification routine to an off-board controller.
US10424125B2
A parking enforcement device includes a weather resistant housing, a processor disposed inside of the housing, a memory disposed inside of the housing and coupled to the processor, a network interface disposed in the housing and coupled to the processor, and a first camera disposed inside of the housing and coupled to the processor. The camera is aimed to face outward from the housing towards a target space, the first camera coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to recognize when a vehicle enters the target space, determine which of a plurality of parking class rules is applicable to the vehicle in the target space, and determine that a parking violation for the vehicle has occurred if parking in the target space is prohibited by the applicable parking class rule for the vehicle.
US10424124B2
An editing device for three-dimensional shape data includes: a two-dimensional region setter that sets a two-dimensional region on a two-dimensional plane, on which a three-dimensional shape represented by three-dimensional shape data is projected; and an initial edit range setter that sets a three-dimensional initial edit range in a depth direction of the two-dimensional region set by the two-dimensional region setter.
US10424123B2
An augmented reality-based content authoring tool is presented. A content author arranges machine-recognizable markers in a physical environment. A computing device operating as the authoring tool recognizes the markers and their arrangement based on a captured digital representation of the physical environment. Once recognized, augmented reality primitives corresponding to the markers can be bound together via their primitive interfaces to give rise to a content set. The individual primitives and content set are instantiated based on the nature of the marker's arrangement.
US10424109B2
Methods and apparatus relating to three-dimensional object models are described. In one example, (i) data representing a geometrical description of a three-dimensional object defining object geometry in a geometric space and (ii) at least one object property description describing an object property in an object property space are received. The object property space and the geometric space are intersected to define an object model, wherein an object property is defined at an intersection between a described object property and defined object geometry.
US10424102B2
Implementations are directed to providing an edit profile including one or more suggested edits to a digital video, actions including receiving metadata associated with the digital video, the metadata including data representative of one or more of movement and an environment associated with recording of the digital video, processing the metadata to provide a suggested edit profile including at least one set of effects, the at least one set of effects including one or more effects configured to be applied to at least a portion of the digital video, providing a respective graphical representation of individual effect of the one or more effects within an effect interface, and receiving, through the effect interface, a user selection of a set of effects of the suggested edit profile, and in response, storing, in computer-readable memory, an edit profile comprising the set of effects for application to the digital video.
US10424088B2
A start fill scheme in a first layer that is initially non-transparent is displayed on a display of a computing device. An end fill scheme in a different second layer that overlaps the first layer and is initially at least partially transparent is displayed on the display. A first transparency value of the first layer is gradually changed to a value corresponding to transparency. A second transparency of the second layer is gradually changed to a value corresponding to non-transparency. Both the first transparency value and the second transparency value are gradually changed during a particular time period. Gradually changing the first transparency value and the second transparency value includes changing the values by a plurality of increments over the particular time period.
US10424081B2
In a method and an apparatus for calibrating a camera system of a motor vehicle, the calibration parameters comprising the rotation angle, pitch angle, yaw angle and roll angle as well as the height of the camera above the road, the rotation angle is determined from the ascertainment of the vanishing point from a first optical flow between a first and a second successive camera image, and the height of the camera is determined from a second optical flow between a first and a second, successive camera image. To determine the first optical flow, a regular grid is placed over the first camera image, correspondences of the regular grid are searched for in the second camera image, and the first optical flow is determined from the movement of the grid over the camera images.
US10424077B2
Methods, apparatus, and computer programs for controlling a view of a virtual scene with a handheld device are presented. In one method, images of a real world scene are captured using a device. The method further includes operations for creating an augmented view for presentation on a display of the device by augmenting the images with virtual reality objects, and for detecting a hand in the images as extending into the real world scene. In addition, the method includes operations for showing the hand in the screen as detected in the images, and for generating interaction data, based on an interaction of the hand with a virtual reality object, when the hand makes virtual contact in the augmented view with the virtual reality object. The augmented view is updated based on the interaction data, which simulates on the screen that the hand is interacting with the virtual reality object.
US10424075B2
A method and a device for post-processing depth/disparity maps adopt a strategy of combining edge information and segmentation information when detecting irregular edge regions. The method includes dividing a color image into super pixels when performing image segmentation on a color image; partitioning a grayscale range into a preset number of intervals, and for each super pixel, statistically obtaining a histogram of all the pixel points that fall within the intervals; determining, in a current super pixel, whether a ratio of the number of pixels contained in the interval having a maximum interval distribution value, to the total number of pixels in the current super pixel is less than the first threshold; and if so, further dividing the current super pixel using a color-based segmentation method. The disclosed method and device improve accuracy of color image division while ensuring image processing speed, thus improving detection accuracy of the irregular edge regions.
US10424066B2
Plural pieces of reference data are stored for plural pixel arrangement patterns. Each piece of reference data indicates which of first-type edge pixels needs to be subjected to determination to determine whether an outside neighboring first-type pixel adjacent to the first-type edge pixel exists. A piece of reference data corresponding to a target pixel block is specified as target reference data. A reference-data-based judgment is executed on the target pixel block to perform the determination onto those first-type edge pixels that are indicated by the target reference data as need to be subjected to the determination. A correction is executed on the target pixel block to correct the type of at least one first-type pixel contained in the target pixel block into the second type in a case where a result of the reference-data-based judgment indicates that no outside neighboring first-type pixel exists with respect to the target pixel block.
US10424056B2
An active real-time characterization system for monitoring the absorption and/or curing rate of a chemical substance applied to an outer surface of an article under test. Infrared and visible light sources controllably output a pulsed beam of coherent light directed at a particular area on the article under test where the chemical substance has been applied. A series of cameras, including a visible light camera, a visible light second harmonic generation camera, an infrared camera, an infrared second harmonic generation camera, a sum-frequency camera and a third-order camera are configured to receive return beams of light. A processor controls the pulse rate of the light sources and the first visible light source and processes the signals received from the cameras to determine when the chemical substance applied to the outer surface of the article under test has been absorbed or has cured.
US10424055B2
The invention realizes, with a circuit size having a small number of multipliers, one-dimensional cubic interpolation, which is a primitive calculation of two-dimensional bicubic interpolation that is often used as high image quality interpolation processing of images. An image processing apparatus includes a first linear interpolation calculator that generates an interpolated pixel value at an interpolation position through linear interpolation, based on pixel values of a pair of pixels among a plurality of pixels, a plurality of second linear interpolation calculators that generate a plurality of correction values by respectively performing linear interpolation based on a pair of difference values among a plurality of difference values between pixel values of the plurality of pixels, and a calculator that generates a pixel value at the interpolation position based on the interpolated pixel value and the plurality of correction values.
US10424054B2
A low-illumination image processing method and device address the problem of noise amplification in existing contrast enhancement techniques when applied to original low-illumination image. A noise suppression filter is additionally arranged before an operation of contrast enhancement, and smoothing processing is performed on an inverse color image of a low-illumination image by adopting a first filtering coefficient and a second filtering coefficient, so that image contrast is enhanced while random noise is suppressed. Texture and noise level parameter of an image are calculated according to a local characteristic inside block of the image. Weighted averaging is performed on a first smoothing image and a second smoothing image after smoothing processing according to the texture and noise level parameters. The texture image is obtained by performing texture structure extraction on a gradient image of an inverse color image, and the texture image is combined with a weighted image to sharpen the weighted image, to have an effect of enhancing image details. Therefore, the contrast of low-illumination image can be effectively enhanced, various types of noise can be filtered, and the image color and details can be retained at the same time to obtain a clear and vivid restored image.
US10424048B1
Systems and methods that yield highly-accurate classification of acoustic and other non-image events, involving pre-processing data from one or more transducers and generating a visual representation of the source as well as associated features and processing, are disclosed. According to certain exemplary implementations herein, such pre-processing steps may be utilized in situations where 1) all impulsive acoustic events have many features in common due to their point source origin and impulsive nature, and/or 2) the error rates that are considered acceptable in general purpose image classification are much higher than the acceptable levels in automatic impulsive incident classification. Further, according to some aspects, the data may be pre-processed in various ways, such as to remove extraneous or irrelevant details and/or perform any required rotation, alignment, scaling, etc. tasks, such that these tasks do not need to be “learned” in a less direct and more expensive manner in the neural network.
US10424046B2
An information processing apparatus, method, and program are provided that control display of an image. The information processing apparatus, method, and program designate a first point and a second point on an image, determine a zoom direction based on a position of the first point relative to a position of the second point, and zoom the image in the zoom direction.
US10424042B2
A data processing system replicates the operation of a target graphics processor using a graphics processor of the data processing system. A driver for the target graphics processor converts higher level commands and program expressions intended for the target graphics processor into lower level control data and instructions suitable for use by the target graphics processor. The lower level control data and instructions suitable for use by the target graphics processor are then converted into lower level control data and instructions for the graphics processor of the data processing system. The graphics processor of the data processing system then generates an output using the lower level control data and instructions for the graphics processor of the data processing system. The data processing system provides an efficient and comprehensive testing environment when replicating the operation of the target graphics processor.
US10424032B2
Methods for administering preventative healthcare measures to a patient population are disclosed. A patient population eligible to receive certain healthcare benefits is defined and thereafter multiple sources of healthcare data are compiled and analyzed to create health profiles for each individual. An objective set of criteria for providing preventative care is provided to eligible members within the patient population and appropriate healthcare is administered to the degree necessary to make sure a sufficient percentage of the population receives adequate healthcare treatment consistent with the recognized, objective healthcare standards. Patients remaining non-compliant are sought for further administration of healthcare until requisite compliance standards are met.
US10424023B1
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for pricing an insurance premium based on analysis of various telematic data. The system includes a user with a wearable human telematic sensor providing telematic data about the wearer. Also, the system and method includes at least one building/environment telematic sensor configured to provide telematic data about the building and surrounding environment. The various telematic data is communicated and processed to provide an insurance quote to the user based upon analysis of the telematic data.
US10424018B2
A trade order may be submitted to an electronic exchange and updated, according to pay-up parameter values, in an attempt to receive a complete fill within a period of time. The trade order may comprise an order price and an order quantity when submitted to the electronic exchange. The pay-up parameters may include a pay-up interval, a pay-up amount, a pay-up counter, or a combination thereof. The price of the trade order may continue to be updated after the expiration of pay-up interval in an attempt to receive a complete fill of the trade order. The price of the trade order may be increased or decreased by the pay-up amount. The trade order may continue to be updated until a complete fill is received, the pay-up counter expires, and/or an ending time expires for which the pay-up parameters may be implemented.
US10424004B2
A system includes a plurality of servers that are configured to execute a distributed matching system for the trading of one or more items.
US10424000B2
Disclosed is an invention for methods, processes and systems that, among its enabling features and benefits, enhance retrieval of relevant information over a communication network. For instance, methods, processes and systems for performing annotation of digital information are provided. One method includes searching for items of interest using a search engine. Once the URIs associated with the item of interest are identified, a plurality of attributes are provided that may be associated with each URI. A user may provide the values for the attributes or the system may suggest values for the attributes based on information associated with each URI. Once the attributes and values are assigned, the annotated URI along with the attributes and values is stored. Another method provides for sharing of the annotated information. A user may communicate annotated information to an external storage system for sharing with other users having access to the external storage system. Another method provides for automatic updates of the annotation entries by periodically fetching the digital information associated with each URI and updating the values associated with each attribute. In addition, a system, method or process may provide a more reliable, inclusive, or otherwise effective way of collecting or identifying quality reviews for products, services, and sellers. Furthermore, a system, method or process may enable or otherwise enhance generation of actionable information for online shopping or comparative shopping. Furthermore, according to one embodiment, an interface or protocol that a computer uses to communicate with other computers is associated with a subject matter context. User-level contents or digital resources received across that interface or protocol are then associated with that subject matter context, and the computer may respond accordingly. For instance, a computer may associate a given network port with a subject matter context of shopping, and treat all digital resource requests received on that port as applying to only a shopping subject matter context. A web server may also listen on a network port associated with a subject matter context, thereby contextualizing the overall nature of the web site that the web server hosts.
US10423996B2
Data processing computer systems, in various embodiments, are adapted for: (1) presenting a threshold privacy assessment that includes a first set of privacy-related questions for a privacy campaign; (2) receiving respective answers to the first set of questions; (3) using this initial set of answers to calculate an initial privacy risk score for the privacy campaign; (4) determining whether the privacy risk score exceeds the threshold privacy risk value; (5) in response to the privacy risk score exceeding the threshold privacy risk value, providing one or more supplemental questions to the user to facilitate the completion of a full privacy impact assessment. In some embodiments, in response to determining that the privacy risk score does not exceed the threshold privacy risk value, the systems and methods provide an indication that the particular privacy campaign is a relatively low privacy campaign.
US10423994B2
In an example embodiment, information about a buyer in an ecommerce system is obtained. An unpaid item risk assessment is calculated for the buyer, the unpaid item risk assessment calculating a risk that the buyer will not pay for an item on which the buyer bids. A bid limit is then established based on the unpaid item risk assessment. A bid from the buyer may then later be blocked based on the bid limit.
US10423985B1
A method for conversion attribution. The method includes obtaining a first identifier associated with a first device, obtaining a second identifier associated with a second device, bridging the first identifier and the second identifier based on a determination, made by a probabilistic classifier, that the first identifier and the second identifier are associated with a common user, and attributing, using the bridge, a conversion on a website accessed using the second device.
US10423977B1
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed to improve generation of electronic communications. The method may provide a plurality of content slots each configured to receive content, the content comprising at least one of promotion content or non-promotion content. The method may also include maintaining a database comprising a plurality of promotion content generators and non-promotion content generators, and determining, using a processor, one of the plurality of promotion content generators or non-promotion content generators for respectively supplying corresponding promotion content or non-promotion content to each of the plurality of content slots. The determining the one of the plurality of promotion content generators or non-promotion content generators may include determining selection parameters, and scoring the plurality of promotion content generators and non-promotion content generators based at least in part on the selection parameters.
US10423964B2
A mobile device for use by a health care recipient in countering phantom billing fraud in connection with receiving health care services. A sensor bank comprises components capturing and outputting biometric data corresponding to the health care recipient and components capturing and outputting location data of the health care recipient. A sensor fusion component receives the biometric data and the location data and determines a confidence score that a particular user indicated by the biometric data was at a particular location indicated by the location information. An event record creator compiles the location data, the biometric data and the confidence score to create an event record evidencing the whereabouts of the health care recipient at a particular time. A data storage device stores the event record indicating when the particular user was at the particular location based upon the confidence score, a timestamp at which the biometric data and location data are captured, the biometric data and location data such that the stored event record evidences the whereabouts of the health care recipient at a time indicated by the timestamp.
US10423959B2
Systems and methods are provided for authenticating mobile payments from a customer account to a merchant. The systems and methods may include a financial service provider receiving a request to authorize an electronic transaction at a point-of-sale. A financial service provider server computer may verify that the customer is present at the point-of-sale using received location data. An image having distorted text such as a captcha may be transmitted to a device at the point-of-sale, and the customer may read the captcha aloud. A voice sample of the customer may be sent to the financial service provider for comparison to stored voice recordings, to verify that the customer's voice sample is authentic if the voice matches a previously generated voice recording for the account. If the voice sample is authentic, the financial service provider may authorize the mobile payment.
US10423955B2
As part of the method for avoiding misuse of access authorizations of an ID-based access control system comprising at least one access control device (1, 1′) and a central server (2), with which the at least one access control device (1, 1′) can be connected for the purposes of data communication, a data record is stored for each customer medium in a database of the central server (2). The data record contains at least one contact address of the rightful owner of the customer medium and the at least one customer medium ID. During a first interaction between a customer medium and an access control device (1, 1′) of the access control system access is granted for a valid access authorization, and at the same time, or within a specified configurable time span after the interaction, a message is sent involving the data record stored in the central server (2) and the read-out customer medium ID to which the access authorization is assigned, A message is also sent to a contact address of the rightful owner of the customer medium requesting confirmation that he, the rightful owner, is currently using the customer medium. As long as no confirmation is sent by the rightful owner to a specified contact address of the access control system, any further entry via the access control devices (1, 1′) of the access control system, and in the case of a post-payment scenario, the exit from the area covered by the access control system, is refused.
US10423944B1
A system, method, and computer readable medium for usage billing of one or more hosted applications serving one or more clients. The hosted applications are contained within one or more isolated environments or run without isolated environments. The system may include usage billing based on one or more of resources open, amount of data flowing through resources, number of open files, number of transactions, number of concurrent users, number of processes, CPU utilization and memory usage, The system may further include a management interface where administrators may add, remove and configure isolated environments, configure client policies and credentials, and force upgrades. If using isolated environments, the isolated environments may be isolated from other applications and the host operating system on the clients and applications within the isolated environments may run without performing an application-installation on the client.
US10423941B1
Contextual parameters of digital media content may be obtained. The digital media content may be associated with a content capture user and/or an end user. Editing parameters defining one or more editing attributes of an edited version of the digital media content may be received. Post-capture user profiles may be obtained. A set of post-capture users may be identified as potential matches for creating the edited version of the digital media content. The set of post-capture users may be presented to the content capture user and/or the end user for selection of one of the post-capture users to create the edited version of the digital media content. In response to the selection, a shipping label may be generated for shipment of the digital media content from an origin address associated with the content capture user and/or the end user to a destination address associated with the selected post-capture user.
US10423939B1
Remote deposit of checks can be facilitated by a financial institution. A customer's general purpose computer and image capture device may be leveraged to capture an image of a check and deliver the image to financial institution electronics. Additional data for the transaction may be collected as necessary. The transaction can be automatically accomplished utilizing the images and data thus acquired.
US10423937B2
A method for routing computer messages between parties is provided. The method is implemented using a message gateway computing system including a processor and a memory. The method includes receiving a message routing offer from a seller and a representing an offer to process payment card transactions. The method also includes receiving a message routing request from a buyer. The method further includes first message route between the buyer party and a first seller party of the plurality of seller parties on a message processing network. The method also includes receiving a payment card transaction from the buyer party. The method further includes identifying the first message route associated with the payment card transaction. The method also includes transmitting the payment card transaction to the first seller party based at least in part on the first message route.
US10423932B2
A method of task management executes at a computing device having one or more processors and memory. The memory stores one or more programs configured for execution by the one or more processors. There is received a description of a task associated with a user. Upon receipt of the description of the task, one or more entities associated with the task are identified using at least the description of the task and geographic information about the user. Information is identified for performing the task with the at least one respective entity in the one or more entities based upon an identity of the entity. This identified information for performing the task is then formatted for use by the user.
US10423931B2
Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for dynamic processing for collaborative events. In some embodiments, first data associated with a collaborative event may be received. Second data from one or more sensors of a user device may be received. The first data and the second data may be analyzed. An action recommendation may be generated based on the analyzed first data and the analyzed second data. The action recommendation may be transmitted.
US10423929B2
Systems and methods that support the creation and timely electronic scheduling and delivery of course materials for training of individuals in an organization, in which course recommendations, scheduling, and rollout are based upon a number of factors including, for example, specific individual and/or business day-to-day operational performance measures, sales performance, and seasonal weather conditions by geographical region.
US10423928B2
A professional services audit tool is disclosed that includes an application that performs a variety of functions such as completing certain audit planning processes/forms, offering a tailored set audit programs based on the assessed risks, allowing users to further tailor the suggested audit programs, and rendering these audit programs in a helpful format. The application also provides functionality to perform and document audit work, guide the auditor though the engagement process, isolate audit program steps by related assertions and identified risks to ensure that audit plans are tailored to specific risks, provide an engagement dashboard to view at a glance both the overall audit and for each audit area, the steps which are not yet started, in progress, or completed, and allow for the integration of generated documents to be automatically stored to, accessed from, and synchronized with various external engagement management systems.
US10423925B2
A kiosk cluster may include a plurality of kiosks. Each kiosk may include an inventory shelf, image capturing device, sensors, display device, a processor and memory coupled with the processor. The processor identifies relevant inventory items matching with a current context determined via real time data analytics. The processor captures data associated with a user within the premises of the kiosk cluster via the image capturing device and the sensors. The data may include navigation path, facial expressions, features and actions or behaviors pertaining to one or more relevant inventory items. Further, the processor determines interest of the user in a relevant inventory item and future positions of the user on the navigation path. The processor displaces a kiosk holding the relevant inventory item in the direction of the future positions on the navigation path to be available for the purchase by the user.
US10423923B2
A computer implemented method and system of allocating a target commodity product onto an omnichannel distribution system is provided. Historical data related to the target commodity product is retrieved. Data mining is performed on the retrieved historical data to identify patterns therefrom. An omnichannel nominal demand prediction model is developed based on the identified patterns of the data mining for the omnichannel distribution system. A life-cycle demand is forecast. An allocation for the target commodity product based on the omnichannel nominal demand prediction model is created. A worst case scenario of allocation of the target commodity product for the omnichannel distribution system is identified. The allocation is adjusted to prevent the worst case scenario.
US10423921B2
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to manage reservations and deliveries for a docking station. More specifically, the various embodiments described herein track spaces on a docking station to determine whether one or more spaces are available when requested by a delivery device. Each space on the docking station has a corresponding capacity unit for each location on the docking station. The transactions for the capacity units are tracked in a ledger, with available capacity units indicating an open location on the docking station or contracted out capacity units indicating that either the location has a locker secured thereto or that the location is reserved for a future delivery.
US10423918B2
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes receiving, by the computer, status information about one or more product containers, wherein the status information includes conditions of each of the one or more product containers. Preferred ranges for the conditions of each of the one or more product containers are determined based on food products stored in the one or more product containers, where the preferred ranges change over time by a predefined amount per unit time, and where the predefined amount and the unit time are specified in a profile associated with products stored in the one or more product containers. A determination is made as to whether the received conditions from the one or more product containers are within the preferred ranges. A first command is sent in response to determining that at least one of the received conditions is outside the determined preferred range.
US10423917B2
The disclosure generally describes methods, software, and systems, including a method for using an object definition from which object documents are instantiated defining real-world variants of a physical object and including a meta-model identifying nodes, fields, and associations with other object definitions. The object definition includes, at instantiation of a given object document marking an existence of the physical object, an object identifier node, including an object identifier, and at least one variant type node, including a variant type identifier identifying the real-world variant of the physical object and including variant extension nodes and fields extending the object definition to a variant object definition. For each variant type node, process variant configuration information is received that models real-world processes for the real-world variant of the physical object, including process and data interactions between the real-world variant of the physical object and the other physical objects.
US10423914B2
Technical solutions are described for selecting components from multiple vendors for a system. An example computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a processor, an environment map that identifies a first component placeholder of the system. The computer-implemented method further includes identifying, by the processor, that the first component placeholder interfaces with a second component placeholder of the system. The computer-implemented method further includes determining, by the processor, a role assigned to the first component placeholder, where the role indicates a type of data that a first component at the first component placeholder communicates with a second component at the second component placeholder. The computer-implemented method further includes determining, by the processor, a list of components for selecting the first component, where each component from the list of components matches the role assigned to the first component placeholder.
US10423911B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for extraction and utilization of user activity across networks platforms for achievement prediction and leveraging. As such, the user network activity is identified and paired with user information. Utilizing the network activity and user information the system dynamically generates a virtual visualization simulation. This virtual visualization simulation trends achievements and illustrates future user simulations based on user network activity and actions.
US10423900B2
Included are embodiments for parameter standardization. At least one embodiment of a system includes a first determining component configured to determine at least one business rule associated with at least one environment and a second determining component configured to determine settings for a plurality of assets associated with the at least one environment to enforce the determined at least one business rule. Some embodiments include a sending component configured to send a signal to the plurality of assets to implement the business rule.
US10423898B2
Techniques involving modeling and analysis of operational metrics in transportation industries are disclosed. Representative methods involve defining a set of fuel consumption performance factors having a potential to impact vehicle fuel economy. Fuel consumption performance factors are received, and categorical variables are identified from at least a subset of the fuel consumption performance factors to create one or more categorical groupings. The fuel consumption performance factors associated with at least one of the categorical groupings are processed to identify a hypothetical maximum fuel economy or “baseline” for the at least one of the categorical groupings, and to identify fuel economy deduction coefficients based on the fuel consumption performance factors that adversely impact the hypothetical maximum fuel economy. Models are created based on the hypothetical maximum fuel economy and the fuel economy deduction coefficients to predict fuel economy for vehicles in the at least one of the categorical groupings.
US10423895B2
A system and method for displaying seat inventory at a venue and facilitating planning of ticket prices for events at the venue is presented. Methods to predict total revenue for an event are described. Also presented are systems and methods for determining at what price and when to release so-called ‘flex’ price tickets during an on-sale using the sales velocity and sales/inquiry ratios. Determining demand of seats from secondary markets is also described with methods to use the demand for either repricing the seats in the primary market or presenting ‘best value’ seats to a prospective purchaser.
US10423889B2
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for machine learning in a data management product. The apparatus includes an input module, a learned function module, and a results module. The input module is configured to receive an analysis request for the data management product. The learned function module is configured to execute one or more machine learning ensembles to predict one or more unknown values for the data management product. The result module is configured to provide native access, within the data management product, to the one or more unknown values.
US10423880B2
In selected embodiments a recommendation generator builds a network of interrelationships between venues, reviewers and users based on their attributes and reviewer and user reviews of the venues. Each interrelationship or link may be positive or negative and may accumulate with other links (or anti-links) to provide nodal links the strength of which are based on commonality of attributes among the linked nodes and/or common preferences that one node, such as a reviewer, expresses for other nodes, such as venues. The links may be first order (based on a direct relationship between, for instance, a reviewer and a venue) or higher order (based on, for instance, the fact that two venue are both liked by a given reviewer). The recommendation engine in certain embodiments determines recommended venues based on user attributes and venue preferences by aggregating the link matrices and determining the venues which are most strongly coupled to the user.
US10423875B2
A system for monitoring an environment may include an input device for monitoring and capturing pattern-based states of a model of the environment. The system may also include a 5 thalamobot embodied in at least a first processor, in which the first processor is in communication with the input device. The thalamobot may include at least one filter for monitoring captured data from the input device and for identifying at least one state change within the captured data. The system may also include at least one critic and/or at least one recognition system.
US10423865B1
A system and method for paper jam prediction includes a processor, memory and a network interface. Ongoing paper jam data is received from an identified, networked multifunction peripheral. Service call data for the multifunction peripheral indicative of prior service calls is stored in the memory. A sampling window of the paper jam data prior to a service call date is defined and a point in the sampling window when no symptoms of a forthcoming paper jam were present is determined so as to define a prediction window. A relationship between paper jam data in the prediction window of the sampling window and paper jam data outside the prediction window in the sampling window is determined and incoming paper jam data is monitored relative to the relationship data. A paper jam warning is generated when monitored incoming paper jam data indicates a forthcoming paper jam on the multifunction peripheral.
US10423857B2
An imaging apparatus of an embodiment of the present invention includes an imaging means (an imaging unit), and a CPU that is configured to perform orientation detection (an orientation detecting unit) to detect an orientation of the imaging apparatus, perform subject detection (a detecting unit) to detect a subject in a detection area (a detection area in a live view image) in an image captured by the imaging means (the live view image), and perform position change (a position changing unit) to change the position of the detection area in the image according to the detected orientation of the imaging apparatus.
US10423855B2
In some examples, a system includes a color cluster learning engine and a color recognition engine. The color cluster learning engine may be configured to obtain a set of training images, process the training images to obtain clusters of pixel colors for the training images, identify learned color clusters from the clusters of pixel colors obtained from the training images, and label the learned color clusters with color indicators. The color recognition engine may be configured to receive an input image for color identification, process the input image to obtain a particular cluster of pixel colors that covers the highest number of pixels in the input image, match the particular cluster to a particular learned color cluster labeled with a particular color indicator, and identify a color of the input image as specified by the particular color indicator.
US10423851B2
Speed and accuracy of character recognition can be improved by isolating text orientation during an early stage of processing an image containing a mixture of horizontal and vertical text. Vertical and horizontal line bounding boxes are defined from characters in the image. In a section of the image containing horizontal text, vertical line bounding boxes may tend to be larger and/or spaced close together due to misalignment of characters. For the same reason, horizontal line bounding boxes may tend to be larger and/or spaced closed together in a section of the image containing vertical text. Such variations in size and/or spacing may be used to identify a division between the horizontal and vertical text. A subsequent character recognition process may take advantage of a known division to conserve computing resources.
US10423850B2
In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method of detecting infected objects from large field-of-view images is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, by a processor, a digital image capturing multiple objects; generating, by the processor, a plurality of scaled images from the digital image respectfully corresponding to a plurality of scales; and computing a group of feature matrices for the digital image. The method further comprises, for each of the plurality of scaled images. selecting a list of candidate regions from the scaled image each likely to capture a single object; and for each of the list of candidate regions, performing the following steps: mapping the candidate region back to the digital image to obtain a mapped region; identifying a corresponding portion from each of the group of feature matrices based on the mapping; and determining whether the candidate region is likely to capture the single object infected with a disease based on the group of corresponding portions. In addition, the method comprises choosing a group of final regions from the lists of mapped regions based on the determining; and causing display of information regarding the group of final regions.
US10423847B2
Systems, methods, and devices for predicting driver intent and future movements of a human driven vehicles are disclosed herein. A computer implemented method includes receiving an image of a proximal vehicle in a region near a vehicle. The method includes determining a region of the image that contains a driver of the proximal vehicle, wherein determining the region comprises determining based on a location of one or more windows of the proximal vehicle. The method includes processing image data only in the region of the image that contains the driver of the proximal vehicle to detect a driver's body language.
US10423845B2
A method of operating a remote view system with privacy protection and a remote view system with privacy protection. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a request from a remote device for one or more images of a vehicle interior, receiving one or more images of the vehicle interior, determining whether a privacy key is located within the vehicle interior, determining whether one or more occupants are located within the vehicle interior, retrieving the privacy settings of the vehicle interior stored in memory, responsive to determining that the privacy key and the one or more occupants are located within the vehicle interior, generating one or more privacy images based on the one or more images and the privacy settings of the vehicle interior, controlling a transceiver to transmit the one or more privacy images to the remote device via an antenna.
US10423844B2
The disclosure includes embodiments for providing augmented reality (“AR”) vehicular assistance for drivers who are color blind. A method according to some embodiments includes identifying an illuminated light in a driving environment of the vehicle based on sensor data recorded by a sensor. The method includes determining a color of the illuminated light based on the sensor data. The method includes determining if the color is of a specific type. The method includes determining a vehicular action to be taken responsive to the color being of the specific type. The method includes displaying an AR overlay using the AR viewing device that visually depicts a word which describes the vehicular action to be taken.
US10423843B2
A vision system for a vehicle includes a camera disposed at the vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The camera captures image data. A control includes an image processor operable to process image data captured by the camera. The control, responsive at least in part to putative detection of a traffic sign via image processing by the image processor of image data captured by the camera, enhances resolution of captured image data based at least in part on known traffic sign images to generate upscaled image data. The control compares captured image data to upscaled image data to determine and/or classify and/or identify the putatively detected traffic sign.
US10423837B2
An embodiment of a Wearable Computer apparatus includes a first portable unit for data gathering and communicating feedback and a second portable unit for processing the at least gathered data from the first unit. The first portable unit includes an eyeglass frame, at least one first optical unit disposed on the eyeglass frame for capturing at least one scene image corresponding to a field of view of a user, at least one second optical unit disposed on the eyeglass frame for capturing at least one eye image corresponding to at least a portion of at least one eye of the user, at least one microphone to allow the user to communicate via voice, at least one speaker to allow the user to receive feedback via voice, at least one visible light source to allow the user to receive feedback via light signals, at least one motion sensor to monitor the head movements of the user, and at least one first processor to at least receive data from the data gathering units in the first portable unit and at least manage the communication with the second portable unit. The second portable unit is in communication with the first portable unit and includes at least one second processor configured for receiving the at least data from the first processor and decoding a pre-defined command from the user and executing at least one command in response to the received command. At least one of the processors will determine a direction within the field of view to which the at least one eye is directed based upon the at least a history of one eye image, and generates a command or a subset of the at least one scene image based on the determined direction. At least one of the processors will provide a feedback to the user to acknowledge the user command received. In one embodiment, the Wearable Computer will function as a driver assistant and in another embodiment as a cameraman.
US10423829B2
A signal observation device includes: an observation unit that observes a volume of a target signal by using compressed sensing; a filter having a plurality of elements that are arranged in a matrix and that are capable of individually restricting the volume of the target signal to be transmitted to the observation unit; and a control unit that causes the observation unit to observe the volume of the target signal transmitted via the filter by using first control for controlling the elements of the filter on the basis of a first observation matrix in which values of matrix elements are predetermined and that causes the observation unit to observe the volume of the target signal transmitted via the filter using second control for controlling the elements of the filter on the basis of a second observation matrix in which values of matrix elements are based on random numbers. The control unit causes the observation unit to observe the volume of the target signal plural times by selectively using the first control and the second control.
US10423825B2
A retrieval device includes: a printer configured to print a document onto paper together with an identifier image, the identifier image representing an identifier of the document; a storage configured to correlate electronic data for the document with the identifier to store the electronic data; an image taking device configured to photograph the identifier image in the paper; an input device configured to receive an input of a keyword; a search portion configured to search for the keyword in the document by using the electronic data corresponding to the identifier represented in the identifier image photographed; and a display device configured to display a result of the search made by the search portion.
US10423824B2
A body information analysis apparatus (1) and method of analyzing hand skin by using same are provided. The method includes activating an image fetching module (12) of the body information analysis apparatus (1) to record an external image (61); activating a processing unit (10) of the body information analysis apparatus (1) to recognize one of a plurality of hand images (81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88) in the external image (61); recognizing an image in one of the hand images (81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88) corresponding to a defect; marking one of the hand images (81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88) based on a location of the image having a defect; and activating a display module (111) of the body information analysis apparatus (1) to show the marked one of the hand images (81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88).
US10423819B2
Disclosed herein are methods for analyzing cell kinematics in a nucleated cell culture from a time-series sequence of multiple fluorescence microscopic images of the nucleated cell culture. The method includes the steps of, (a) identifying every cell nucleus in each fluorescence microscopic image; (b) identifying every cell cluster using the cell nuclei identified in the step (a); and (c) tracking the cells and/or cell clusters using the cell nuclei and cell clusters identified for the fluorescence microscopic images in steps (a) and (b) respectively.
US10423818B2
An apparatus for detecting false fingerprints, comprising: an optical element having a detection surface on which at least one body is intended to be positioned, of which cutaneous imprints are intended to be detected, an anti-fake illuminator configured to generate at least one bright zone and at least one dark zone on said detection surface, an optical sensor arranged to capture light radiation reflected/diffused by said detection surface.
US10423810B2
An RFID-enabled retail carriage basket, which may be placed within a retail carriage or may be integrated into a retail carriage, such as a shopping cart. The RFID-enabled retail carriage basket may have a base with a near-field radio-frequency antenna, and sidewalls arranged around the perimeter of the base. RF-reflecting material may be attached to the lower part of the carriage basket, on the outside of the base and along the lowest parts of the sidewalls. RF-mitigating material may be attached to the remaining parts of the sidewalls. The RFID-enabled retail carriage basket may be connected to a host device, which may control scanning of the basket that may be performed by the antenna. If desired, the RFID-enabled retail carriage basket may be provided in the lower basket of a double-basket shopping cart and configured to scan both the upper and the lower basket with the antenna.
US10423803B2
System and method to produce an anonymized cohort, members of the cohort having less than a predetermined risk of re-identification. The method includes receiving a data query of requested traits to request in an anonymized cohort, querying a data source to find records that possess at least some of the traits, forming a dataset from at least some of the records, and calculating an anonymity histogram of the dataset. For each patient record within the dataset, the method anonymizes the dataset by calculating using a threshold selector whether a predetermined patient profile within the dataset should be perturbed, calculating using a value selector whether a value within the indicated patient profile should be perturbed, and suppressing an indicated value within the indicated patient profile. The anonymized dataset then is returned.
US10423802B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a technique for establishing data security over an Internet of Things (IoT) network. According to an embodiment, a method includes performing by at least one host entity implemented in a network, tracking distribution of data in the network by maintaining a data location file that includes plurality of parameters of each of plurality of data subsets. The data subsets are distributed in plurality of devices of the network such as key servers, host entities and client entities. The data subsets include any or a combination of an encryption key, a key identifier, a header, an authorization information, a decryption key, a control message, a computer program, a config file, data generated by any client entity of the one or more client entities, and data processed by any host entity of the one or more host entities.
US10423800B2
Provided are exemplary systems and methods for secure intelligent networked architecture, processing and execution. Exemplary embodiments include an intelligent networked architecture comprising an intelligent agent, a secure cloud of a plurality of specialized intelligent historical agents, a plurality of secure cloud based specialized insight servers configured to transform secure digital data into a scrubbed situational deployment trigger, and an intelligent operational agent configured to receive the scrubbed situational deployment trigger.
US10423793B2
Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to an approach for installing a runtime agent during a security test. A security test is initiated or performed on an application under test executing on a server. An application vulnerability associated with the application under test is determined. The application vulnerability is exploited to install the runtime agent on the server. The security test is continued using the runtime agent to receive additional information about the application under test.
US10423792B2
A system and method for identifying exploitable code sequences. In one implementation, a first processing device identifies an executable portion of a program and a set of registers of a second processing device, and stores a set of addresses in the set of registers. The first processing device allocates a region of memory populated with a set of values, and sets a stack pointer of the second processing device to point to a first location within the region of memory. The first processing device emulates an execution by the second processing device of an instruction at a first address of the executable portion. In response to determining that, after the emulating of the instruction at the first address, an address of a next instruction to execute after the instruction at the first address is in the set of addresses or the set of values, a signal is generated that indicates a potential exploitable code sequence.
US10423777B2
In one aspect of the embodiments, malicious instructions executed or to be executed by a processor in a computing device are identified and preventive action is taken in response to that detection, thereby preventing harm to the computing device and the user's data by the malicious instructions. In another aspect of the embodiments, a thread context monitor determines which thread are active within an operating system at any given time, which further enhances the ability to determine which thread contains malicious instructions.
US10423770B2
An authentication method. The method comprises comparing user voice data received via an electronic device to a stored voice template to determine a voice authentication parameter. A voice authentication threshold is determined and the voice authentication parameter is compared to the voice authentication threshold to determine whether to authenticate the user. Determining the voice authentication threshold comprises determining a current value of an enrollment counter, then comparing the current value of the enrollment counter to an enrollment counter threshold and determining whether the stored voice template is fully enrolled according to the result. If the stored voice template is fully enrolled, the voice authentication threshold is set to a first voice authentication threshold. If the stored voice template is not fully enrolled then a device attribute received from the electronic device is compared to a stored device attribute. If the received device attribute matches the stored device attribute, the voice authentication threshold is set to a second voice authentication threshold determined by the current value of the enrollment counter. If the received device attribute does not match the stored device attribute, the voice authentication threshold is set to a third voice authentication threshold.
US10423759B1
An adjudicated response to a healthcare transaction for a product or service for a patient is received and includes a transaction submission time, and transaction comparison data. The transaction comparison data can be compared to a multitude of transaction records of previously processed healthcare transactions to identify a match. The transaction submission time for each of the received healthcare transaction and stored healthcare transaction can be received and compared to one another to determine a submission time difference between the submission time for the healthcare transaction and the stored healthcare transaction. The submission time difference can be compared to a time limit threshold to determine if the difference satisfies the time limit threshold. Based on the determination that the submission time difference satisfies the threshold, the received healthcare transaction can be determined to be a request for a service, such as prior authorization assistance.
US10423749B2
Exemplary systems, methods and computer-accessible mediums can secure split manufacturing of an integrated circuit by modifying a previous location of at least one pin to a further location of the at least one pin based on a fault analysis procedure. A determination of the further location can include an iterative procedure that can be a greedy iterative procedure. The modification of the location of the at least one partition pin can be performed by swapping at least one further partition pin with the at least one partition pin.
US10423745B2
A method for reducing an effect of flare produced by a lithographic apparatus for imaging a design layout onto a substrate is described. A flare map in an exposure field of the lithographic apparatus is simulated by mathematically combining a density map of the design layout at the exposure field with a point spread function (PSF), wherein system-specific effects on the flare map may be incorporated in the simulation. Location-dependent flare corrections for the design layout are calculated by using the determined flare map, thereby reducing the effect of flare.
US10423739B2
Constraint-based methods for determining orientations of material physical properties using an isoparametric shape function are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of defining an orientation of an material physical property includes defining nonlinear and/or discontinuous design constraints of design values in a geometric domain associated with one or more physical attributes of the material physical property, and translating the nonlinear and/or discontinuous design constraints into continuous, first order design constraints of the design values by applying an isoparametric shape function. The method further includes performing a topology optimization using the continuous, first order design constraints of the design values, and reverse-translating results of the topology optimization back into the geometric domain using the isoparametric shape function. The results of the topology optimization in the geometric domain are indicative of the orientation of the material physical property.
US10423736B2
A computer implemented method simulates the behavior of a gas-solid mixture in a fluidized bed having a particulate comprising Geldart group A particles using a Eulerian model comprising, for each time step (a current time step) and for each cell: obtaining an initial value of an agglomerate diameter corresponding to the cell and corresponding to the beginning of the current time step; performing a force-balance procedure for the cell to determine a first agglomerate diameter corresponding to the cell and corresponding to the current time step, wherein performing the force-balance procedure comprises determining a plurality of forces for the cell based at least in part on the initial value of the agglomerate diameter; updating one or more drag relationships for the current time step based at least in part on the first agglomerate diameter; and performing a computational fluid dynamic (CFD) solve procedure to determine, for the current time, the any one or more of: one or more of: a gas velocity {right arrow over (V)}g for the cell, a particle velocity {right arrow over (V)}s for the cell, a gas pressure for the cell, a particulate pressure for the cell and a solid fraction εs for the cell. Performing the CFD solve procedure is based at least in part on the updated drag relationships.
US10423735B2
Techniques that facilitate hybrid modeling for a device under test associated with a cooling system (e.g., a two-phase cooling system) are provided. In one example, information indicative of a first model of a device under test associated with a cooling system is determined. Second information indicative of constraints that define values for an operational quantity related to the cooling system is also determined. Information indicative of a second model for the device under test is generated based on the information indicative of the first model and the second information indicative of the one or more constraints. In an aspect, a first simulation process is performed to determine first thermal properties for a first simulation domain associated with the device under test. In another aspect, a second simulation process is performed to determine second thermal properties for a second simulation domain associated with the device under test.
US10423728B2
A clustering method for a point of interest and a related apparatus are provided. The clustering method for a point of interest includes: acquiring a locating point set of a user within a preset period; generating a stay point set according to the locating point set, where each stay point in the stay point set represents one hot area; calculating a confidence level of each stay point in the stay point set; obtaining a trusted stay point from the stay point set by means of screening according to the confidence level of each stay point in the stay point set; and clustering density-connected trusted stay points to form a point of interest. By using technical solutions provided in the present disclosure, reliability and reference value of a POI can be effectively improved.
US10423720B2
A data analysis program receives a selection of data fields defining multiple row header areas and/or multiple column header areas for display in a summary table. Data is read from a data source containing values for the data fields and transformed into summary level data for building the summary table. A display is rendered in the summary table for each of the multiple row header areas and column header areas defined, with the row header areas being displayed vertically adjacent to one another and the column header areas being displayed horizontally, adjacent to one another.
US10423711B2
Style sheets for resources are generated during runtime. Style sheets may be generated using current values for attributes of a resource. A new style sheet may be generated, at runtime, after a request for the resource has been received. The resource is modified to reference the new style sheet and the modified resource is transmitted to the client device. The new style sheet is transmitted to the client device in response to another request, from the client device, for the new style sheet identified in the modified resource.
US10423698B2
Content displayed in an area displayed by a native application can be changed without being updated by a user. A first image is generated on a communication terminal (20) in response to launching of an application installed on the communication terminal (20) and is displayed in a first area on a screen of the communication terminal (20). An image generator (16) generates a second image displayed in a second area differing from the first area. The image generator (16) also generates a third image displayed in a third area included in the first area. A server (10) displays the second image in the second area on the screen of the communication terminal (20) and displays the third image by overlaying the third image on the first image in the third area included in the first area on the screen of the communication terminal (20).
US10423695B2
A batched Cholesky decomposition method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), include mirroring a second problem matrix of a second problem to a first problem matrix of a first problem as paired matrices and shifting the second problem by N+1, combining the first problem matrix and the mirrored second problem matrix into one matrix of (N+1)×N, and reading the fixed size data length of the one square matrix with a fixed data interval for both the first problem and the second problem.
US10423686B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure are directed towards increasing a community of interest group users of an interest group, e.g., a network site having a feed of posts generally related to a particular topic. Many newly created interest groups do not have enough content to keep users interested and attract new users. The technology described herein automatically obtains content that backfills such an interest group with additional related content. The backfilled content may be found by keywords search and/or by crawling general public data, data from specific sites, historical conversation data, and/or more widely scoped data. Also described is creating a new interest group and seeding the group with content based upon backfilling technology.
US10423682B2
The embodiments of the present invention provide a novel way of searching and interacting with content available via a network, such as the Internet, and the World Wide Web. In some embodiments, systems and methods provide a semantically-oriented structure for organizing and accessing content items. The semantic organization can be derived by leveraging user interactions with the content items. The systems and methods leverage the semantics of the content items and to help the user find content items that are consistent with the purpose of the user's search. In addition, the embodiments provide a novel navigation paradigm of search results and content items so that the user can more intuitively and more efficiently get information form an information space.
US10423681B2
A system and method for compiling search results is presented herein. A method can include gathering user behavior data, filtering the user behavior data, performing update calculations on the filtered user behavior data, using a decaying function to aggregate the filtered user behavior data; and facilitating the presentation of aggregated user behavior data. The user behavior data can include the user history for a plurality of users at an Internet-accessible site. The site can be an eCommerce site and the user history can include purchase and browsing history that can be used to determine a popularity of items sold by the eCommerce site. Facilitating the presentation can include displaying products in order of popularity. Other embodiments are also disclosed herein.
US10423675B2
An automated extensible scraping script is generated for web scraping that is extensible to a plurality of domains. Web sites are classified based on common extracted domain data, further clustering the data based on common navigation structures, and using such commonalities to automate the generation of scraping code based on predefined and reusable code snippets for specific parts of the web sites. Scraping services include a mapper module and a script generator module. Building blocks include a data model updater, a navigation model generator and a navigation model matcher. An administrative module includes domain clustering and configuration file maintenance.
US10423659B2
Disclosed subject matter relates to digital media including a method and system for generating a contextual audio related to an image. An audio generating system may determine scene-theme and viewer theme of scene in the image. Further, audio files matching scene-objects and the contextual data may be retrieved in real-time and relevant audio files from audio files may be identified based on relationship between scene-theme, scene-objects, viewer theme, contextual data and metadata of audio files. A contribution weightage may be assigned to the relevant and substitute audio files based on contextual data and may be correlated based on contribution weightage, thereby generating the contextual audio related to the image. The present disclosure provides a feature wherein the contextual audio generated for an image may provide a holistic audio effect in accordance with context of the image, thus recreating the audio that might have been present when the image was captured.
US10423654B2
The overall architecture and details of a scalable video fingerprinting and identification system that is robust with respect to many classes of video distortions is described. In this system, a fingerprint for a piece of multimedia content is composed of a number of compact signatures, along with traversal hash signatures and associated metadata. Numerical descriptors are generated for features found in a multimedia clip, signatures are generated from these descriptors, and a reference signature database is constructed from these signatures. Query signatures are also generated for a query multimedia clip. These query signatures are searched against the reference database using a fast similarity search procedure, to produce a candidate list of matching signatures. This candidate list is further analyzed to find the most likely reference matches. Signature correlation is performed between the likely reference matches and the query clip to improve detection accuracy.
US10423648B2
Method, system, and computer readable medium for interest tag recommendation are provided in the present disclosure. Statistics about feature words of an Internet article related to an existing interest tag are collected to generate a characteristic vector of the existing interest tag. According to the characteristic vector of the existing interest tag, degree of similarity between the existing interest tag and an interest tag to be recommended is calculated. An interest tag is recommended according to the degree of similarity between the existing interest tag and the interest tag to be recommended.
US10423640B2
The use of multiple logical data models to expose a data storage system. Each logical data model may expose the data storage system using a semantic mapping set that maps sets of entities or attributes of the respective logical data model to corresponding sets of entities or attributes of the physical data model or perhaps directly to the data storage system itself. Each logical data model might serve a different vertical, and have a particular modelling notation selected by the logical data model provider. The mapping may also translate different logical modelling notations into a common logical modelling notation for use in communicating with the physical data model. The system may account for the lifecycle of the logical data model including birth or retirement of logical data model entities, and merging or splitting of logical data models.
US10423638B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for storing and accessing data in a cloud system. One of the methods includes receiving an identification of log data that records occurrences of events; receiving a specification of a plurality of different event types to be indexed; indexing the log data according to the specification and group identifiers; receiving a query specifying a reference parameter and requesting one or more predicted events; searching the indexed groups to identify a plurality of groups having events associated with the reference parameter; computing one or more predicted events, from the identified plurality of groups, that are most likely to co-occur in the indexed groups with events associated with the reference parameter; and providing the computed one or more predicted events.
US10423636B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for identifying related collections of items within an item universe. Related collections of items can be identified based upon title similarity or a degree of overlap between collections of items. Additionally, relationships between collections of items can be generated if the collections have identical or nearly identical collection titles.
US10423620B2
A central relational database management system (RDBMS) is operatively interconnected to one or more back-end database systems. A set of different query criteria specified for each of different types of queries for a mixed query workload is evaluated. At least one remote derived source of data requested by at least one of the different types of queries is dynamically created using at least one of the one or more back-end database systems that supports remote processing of the at least one of the different types of queries.
US10423619B2
A system for generating a query plan is provided. In some implementations, the system performs operations comprising: translating, into corresponding code, a query operation in a query plan comprising a sequence of query operations; determining a context for the translating of the query operation, the context corresponding to whether the query operation comprises a pre-compiled query operation or a code-generating query operation; and inserting adaptor code between code for the query operation and code for one or more previous query operations in the sequence of query operations, when a change in context is detected between the translating of the query operation and a translation of the one or more previous query operations. Related methods and articles of manufacture are also described.
US10423610B2
The invention relates to a method for exchange of information between a computing unit of a first entity and a computing unit of at least one second entity. A computing unit of at least one second entity is detected and information on a token associated to the second entity from the computing unit is requested and received. On the basis of the received information, the token associated to the at least one second entity, is retrieved and a token associated to the first entity is modified at least partly with information of the received token associated to the at least one second entity. Finally, the modified token is utilized at least in the service the computing unit of the first entity belongs to. The invention relates also to a system and a computing unit implementing the method.
US10423608B2
A method, computer program product, and computer system for creating a dynamic directory of objects. A request to modify a dynamic directory of a plurality of objects is received. Each of the plurality of objects is associated with one or more attribute-value pairs. One or more first object attribute-value pairs is determined for a first object. The dynamic directory is searched for the one or more first object attribute-value pairs. A first attribute-value pair is identified from the one or more first object attribute-value pairs. The first attribute-value pair is different than the one or more attribute-value pairs associated with the plurality of objects. The dynamic directory is modified based on the first attribute-value pair. Modifying the dynamic directory includes at least one of adding the first object to the dynamic directory, deleting the first object from the dynamic directory, and modifying an attribute-value pair of the first object.
US10423606B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and a computer system for suspending a database index. A computer determines if an update to a database includes an update to an index of the database. If so, the computer suspending the index of the database, wherein the suspending the index of the database comprises: the computer deleting the index of the database; the computer retaining a definition for the index of the database, wherein the definition includes a command for rebuilding the index of the database; and the computer indicating in a system catalog of the database that a status of suspension has been applied to the index.
US10423604B2
A computer-implemented method is provided for managing and sharing picture files. In one embodiment of the present invention, the method comprises providing a server platform and providing a datastore on the server platform for maintaining full resolution copies of the files shared between a plurality of sharing clients. A synchronization engine is provided on the server platform and is configured to send real-time updates to a plurality of sharing clients when at least one of the sharing clients updates or changes one of said files. A web interface may also be provided that allows a user to access files in the datastore through the use of a web browser.
US10423603B2
A method includes determining, by a processor, whether a program check condition exists. The method further includes determining, by the processor, whether a lock descriptor of a lock in a file lock table satisfies an unlocking condition. The method further includes releasing, by the processor, the lock by setting the lock descriptor's host identifier as zero. The method further includes determining, by the processor, whether any lock in the file lock table satisfies a lock conflict condition. The method further includes determining, by the processor, whether the file lock table includes any lock descriptor that satisfies a locking condition. The method further includes creating, by the processor, a new lock using the lock descriptor that satisfies the locking condition.
US10423591B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods that generate a model file with a plurality of components. In one embodiment, a method includes reading, by a processor, an input model file. The method includes extracting, by the processor, at least one input component from the input model file. The method includes generating, by the processor, at least one output component using the at least one input component. The method includes storing, by the processor, the at least one output component in an output model file.
US10423590B2
In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, processes, and/or methods may receive a first data stream and determine a pattern from the first data stream. At least one rule set based at least on the pattern may be determined. A second data stream, different from the first data stream may be received and entities may be determined, where each of the entities may be associated with respective data of the second data stream that satisfies the at least one rule set. At least one data object of the second data stream may be tagged, in response to determining the entities. In one or more embodiments, tagging the at least one data object may associate the at least one data object with at least one of the entities.
US10423589B2
A method includes integrating a file system recovery log layer in a file system. The file system buffers data in a cyclical manner, and transforms all incoming random requests into a series of synchronous sequential updates. The method determines whether to flush a received write transaction to a recovery log that is stored in the file system recovery log layer. If it is determined to flush the received write transaction to the recovery log and the received write transaction is a first write transaction for writing data associated with the received write transaction to a file system block. The data associated with the received write transaction is appended in the recovery log and byte-ranges remaining in the file system block are recorded.
US10423587B2
Systems and methods are provided to render a plurality of graphical assets each having a format of a plurality of formats. Each graphical asset is processed by determining whether the format of the graphical asset is compatible with a predetermined render domain format and responsive to determining the format is not compatible with the predetermined render domain format, converting, using a format conversion circuit, the format to the predetermined render domain format. The plurality of graphical assets are rendered using a single rendering engine operable coupled to the format conversion circuit using the predetermined render domain format.
US10423583B1
Described is a system and method that provides a mechanism for retrieving data from a storage system using one or more techniques. These techniques may be used in a storage configuration that stores backup or recovery data that may be retrieved by an application agent (e.g. intermediary service) in response to a query from a first device (e.g. client device). When data is stored as backup or recovery data, configurations often employ more cost effective (e.g. lower performance) storage solutions. Accordingly, in order to improve retrieval performance, the system may efficiently cache data. For example, the system may store search data from previous queries in a cache associated with the application agent (e.g. local storage) such that subsequent queries may be fulfilled, at least partially, by searching the cached search data instead of the data residing on the remote backup or recovery storage system.
US10423574B2
Methods and systems for storing and managing large numbers of small files. A data processing system includes clients that generate large numbers be stored on a storage device managed by a File System (FS). An Archive Server (AS) receives multiple files from the client, archives the files in larger archives, and sends the archives to the FS for storage. When requested to read a file, the AS retrieves the archive in which the file is stored, extracts the file and sends it to the requesting client. In other words, the AS communicates with the clients in individual file units, and with the storage device in archive units. The AS is typically constructed as an add-on layer on top of a conventional FS, which enables the FS to handle small files efficiently without modification.
US10423566B2
In an electronic device and a method for operating the electronic device according to various embodiments, the electronic device may comprise a housing, a USB Type-C connector configured to be connected to the housing or exposed through the housing and to include at least one configuration channel (CC) pin, a circuit configured to be disposed in the housing and connected electrically to the connector, and a processor configured to be disposed in the housing and connected electrically to the circuit. The circuit may be configured to transmit and receive a packet through the CC pin. The packet may sequentially comprise a message header, a first vendor defined message (VDM) header, and a second VDM header including a product identifier and a data type. Further, various other embodiments can be implemented according to the present disclosure.
US10423562B2
An information processing apparatus including processing units and a connection control unit that controls the connections between the processing units, in which the connection control unit is provided with a table creation unit which, with respect to a first logical channel established with a processing unit, creates table information showing a correspondence between logical channels without designating a logical channel that corresponds to the first logical channel when there is no second logical channel established with another processing unit that corresponds to the first logical channel, a table storage unit that stores the table information created by the table creation unit, and a table update unit that updates the table information for the second logical channel that is stored in the table storage unit so as to configure the first logical channel as a logical channel that corresponds to the second logical channel when there is a second logical channel.
US10423557B2
Even in the case where a ring bus interface that is connected to an internal ring bus of an LSI is provided as an interface of the LSI in order to add a new image processing function, the position of a function extension module on the ring bus is fixed. An information processing apparatus including: a first controller unit having a plurality of modules and a ring bus that connects the plurality of modules in the form of a ring; and a second controller unit having a plurality of modules and a ring bus that connects the plurality of modules in the form of a ring, and the first controller unit having an interface that transmits data to the ring bus within the second controller unit and a switch capable of switching an output destination of data output from at least one of the plurality of modules of the first controller unit to the interface.
US10423555B2
A data storage device includes a case and a connector housed within the case. The connector includes a first connection interface having a plurality of connection fingers and a second connection interface having a plurality of springs. The case is positionable within a data storage device port such that the data storage device is completely disposed within the data storage device port when used.
US10423553B2
A system-on-chip (SoC) may include a master, a slave, and an asynchronous interface having a first first-in first-out (FIFO) memory connected to the master and the slave. A write operation of the FIFO memory is controlled based upon a comparison of a write pointer and an expected write pointer of the FIFO memory, and a read operation of the FIFO memory is controlled based upon a comparison of a read pointer and an expected read pointer of the FIFO.
US10423548B2
A memory controller accessing a memory including a plurality of blocks is provided. The memory controller includes a storage circuit and a control circuit. The storage circuit stores a refresh value and a data table. The data table has a plurality of bits. Each bit indicates whether a corresponding block has valid data. The control circuit selects a specific block according to the refresh value and determines whether the specific block stores valid data according to the data table. When the specific block stores valid data, the control circuit accesses the memory after a first waiting time. When the specific block does not store any data or stores invalid data, the control circuit accesses the memory after a second waiting time. The second waiting time is shorter than the first waiting time.
US10423545B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure identify a target chip from among multiple chips coupled to a shared bus and customize an optimization parameter for the particular chip. Stated differently, in a communication system where only one chip (or a subset of chips) on a shared bus is the intended target, the system can customize an optimization parameter for the specific location of the target chip on the bus. As new data is received that is intended for a different chip—i.e., the target chip changes—the system can dynamically change the parameter based on the location of the new target chip on the bus.
US10423544B2
An apparatus includes a processor having an array of processor interconnects arranged to connect the processor to conductive paths, a circuit substrate having an array of circuit interconnects arranged to provide connections between the processor and the circuit substrate, the circuit substrate having conductive paths connected to the array of circuit interconnects, an interposer substrate arranged between the processor and the circuit substrate, at least one conductive trace in the interposer substrate in connection with at least one processor interconnect in the array of interconnects on the processor, the conductive trace arranged at least partially parallel to the interposer substrate such that no electrical connection exists between the conductive trace in the interposer substrate and a corresponding one of the circuit interconnects on the circuit substrate, and at least one peripheral circuit connected to the at least one conductive trace.
US10423541B1
The following description is directed to the use of encryption by a computing system. In one example, a method can include determining whether information associated with a logical address is stored unencrypted within an on-chip memory of an integrated circuit or whether the information associated with the logical address is stored encrypted within an off-chip memory external to the integrated circuit. When the information is not stored unencrypted within the on-chip memory and is stored encrypted within the off-chip memory: a page associated with the logical address can be retrieved from the off-chip memory containing the encrypted information; the retrieved page can be decrypted to generate unencrypted information; and the unencrypted information can be stored in a frame of the on-chip memory.
US10423540B2
Provided are an apparatus, system, and method to determine a cache line in a first memory device to be evicted for an incoming cache line in a second memory device. An incoming cache line is read from the second memory device. A plurality of cache lines in the first memory device are processed to determine an eviction cache line of the plurality of cache lines in the first memory device having a least number of bits that differ from corresponding bits in the incoming cache line. Bits from the incoming cache line that are different from the bits in the eviction cache line are written to the eviction cache line in the first memory device.
US10423539B2
What is provided is an enhanced dynamic address translation facility. In one embodiment, a virtual address to be translated and an initial origin address of a translation table of the hierarchy of translation tables are obtained. Based on the origin address, a segment table entry is obtained which contains a format control field and an access validity field. If the format control and access validity are enabled, the segment table entry further contains an access control and fetch protection fields, and a segment-frame absolute address. Store operations to the block of data are permitted only if the access control field matches a program access key provided by either a Program Status Word or an operand of a program instruction being executed. Fetch operations from the desired block of data are permitted only if the program access key associated with the virtual address is equal to the segment access control field.
US10423525B2
An arrangement is disclosed comprising a memory arrangement configured to store and retrieve data; an interface to allow data to be received and transmitted by the arrangement from a host and a processor configured to dynamically conduct automatic performance tuning for the memory arrangement.
US10423516B2
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes receiving, by one or more processors, a set of utilization metrics for a system comprising at least an average number of concurrent requests N to the system and a maximum concurrency c that the system is capable of supporting, computing, by one or more processors, a tipping point p, computing, by one or more processors, a utilization U according to a ratio of the average number of concurrent requests N to a function, where the function is defined as: c+f(f(N/p)) for N
US10423514B1
Techniques for automated classification of mobile applications (“apps”) battery consumption using simulation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for automated classification of mobile app battery consumption using simulation includes an app analyzer for performing an analysis of the app; and a classification engine for classifying the app into a battery consumption category based on the analysis performed using the app analyzer. In one embodiment, a process for automated classification of mobile app battery consumption using simulation includes receiving an app; performing an automated analysis of the app; and generating a battery consumption score for the app based on the automated analysis of the app.
US10423499B2
A method and system for managing backup storage of file system entities. In an aspect, a file system catalog includes a database populator tool that generates records within a metadata table that may be maintained within a database. In response to detecting a replication cycle, the populator tool reads a stream of replication operations. For each of the replication operations, the populator tool determines the type of operation and in response to determining that a directory inode is an operand of the replication operation, the tool generates one or more catalog records. Each of the generated records includes and logically associates data entries corresponding to an inode number, a parent inode number, an entity type, a point-in-time-image (PTI) ID, an absolute path, and an operation.
US10423498B2
A method for reliable data synchronization within a network is disclosed. The producer system stories data in a persistent data store and produces one or more data updates. The producer system simultaneously transmits the data updates to a consumer system and initiating storage of the data updates at the producer system. When storage of the data updates at the producer system is complete, the producer system transmits a first acknowledgment to the consumer system. The producer system determines whether a second acknowledgment has been received from the consumer system, wherein the second acknowledgment indicates that the consumer system has successfully stored the data updates at the consumer system. In accordance with a determination that the second acknowledgment has been received from the consumer system, the producer system changes the temporary status of the data updates stored at the producer system to a permanent status.
US10423494B2
Trimming unused blocks from a versioned image backup of a source storage that is stored in a sparse storage. In one example embodiment, a method may include identifying a versioned image backup that is stored in a sparse storage. The sparse may store first and second versions of the versioned image backup representing states of the source storage at successive first and second points in time, respectively. The method may further include deleting the first version, identifying a first set of blocks that were allocated in the source storage at the second point in time, identifying a second set of blocks that are allocated in the sparse storage for the second version, determining a third set of blocks that are included in the second set of blocks but are not included in the first set of blocks, and trimming the third set of blocks from the second version.
