US10510976B2
A light-emitting apparatus including a light-emitting device, a light-guiding structure and a light output structure is provided. The light-emitting device includes a light-emitting layer. The light-guiding structure is configured to guide light emitted from the light-emitting layer. The light-guiding structure is disposed beside the light-emitting device and a refractive index of the light-guiding structure is greater than or equal to an average refractive index of the light-emitting device. The light output structure is configured to receive the light guided by the light-guiding structure to output the light out of the light-emitting apparatus.
US10510972B2
The present disclosure relates to an OLED display panel. With the OLED display panel, a higher luminous efficiency is achieved by selecting a thermally activated delayed fluorescent material for doping into an organic light emitting layer and applying a compound having a specific energy level to match, thereby the luminous efficiency of an organic photo electronic device is improved.
US10510967B2
An organic compound having the following structural formula is provided: wherein Ar1 to Ar5 are aromatic or heteroaromatic structural units, X, Y, and Z are bridging groups connecting two or three aromatic rings, and n is an integer between 1 and 4. The organic compound has an increased resonance factor and a reduced Δ(S1-T1), thus facilitating acquisition of thermally-excited delayed fluorescence properties provided with increased light emission efficiency, and implementing high efficiency and extended service life of an OLED component. In addition, a synthesis process for the organic compound is simple and inexpensive. A mixture, a formulation and an organic eletronic device containing the organic compound are also provided.
US10510957B2
A multi-layer memory device with an array having multiple memory decks of self-selecting memory cells is provided in which N memory decks may be fabricated with N+1 mask operations. The multiple memory decks may be self-aligned and certain manufacturing operations may be performed for multiple memory decks at the same time. For example, patterning a bit line direction of a first memory deck and a word line direction in a second memory deck above the first memory deck may be performed in a single masking operation, and both decks may be etched in a same subsequent etching operation. Such techniques may provide efficient fabrication which may allow for enhanced throughput, additional capacity, and higher yield for fabrication facilities relative to processing techniques in which each memory deck is processed using two or more mask and etch operations per memory deck.
US10510954B2
A memory device includes: a first conductive column structure extending through a first dielectric layer, wherein the first conductive column structure comprises a shell portion wrapping a core structure filled with a dielectric material and an end portion that is coupled to one end of the shell portion and disposed below the core structure; and a first phase change material layer formed over the first dielectric layer, wherein a lower boundary of the first phase change material layer contacts at least a first portion of the other end of the shell portion of the first conductive column structure.
US10510928B2
Printed micro-LEDs have a top metal anode electrode that is relatively tall and narrow and a bottom cathode electrode. After the LED ink is cured, the bottom electrodes are in electrical contact with a conductive layer on a substrate. The locations of the LEDs are random. A thin dielectric layer is then printed between the LEDs, and a thin conductive layer, such as a nano-wire layer, is then printed over the dielectric layer to contact the anode electrodes. The top conductive layer over the tall anode electrodes has bumps corresponding with the locations of the LEDs. An omniphobic liquid is then printed which only resides in the “low” areas of the top conductive layer between the bumps. Any optical material is then uniformly printed over the resulting surface. The printed optical material accumulates only on the bump areas by adhesion and surface tension, so is self-aligned with the individual LEDs.
US10510923B2
Disclosed are a display device and a method of manufacturing a display device. The method of a display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first transferring step of transferring a plurality of LEDs disposed on a wafer onto a plurality of donors; and a second transferring step of transferring the plurality of LEDs transferred onto the plurality of donors onto a display panel, in which in the second transferring step, an area where one of the plurality of donors overlaps the display panel partially overlaps an area where the other one of the plurality of donors overlaps the display panel. Therefore, the plurality of LEDs having different wavelengths is uniformly transferred to reduce a boundary caused by the difference in wavelengths and improve color uniformity.
US10510922B2
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to group III-V QDs and manufacturing methods thereof. More specifically, the embodiments disclosed herein relate to group III-V QDs that have at least one shell of a group II-VI compound surrounding the group III-V QD core. Thus, the QDs disclosed herein are core/shell QDs and in some embodiments may be a core/shell/shell QD. For example, the group III-V QD core material may be surrounded by a shell of a group II-VI compound, which itself may be surrounded by a shell of a group II-VI compound.
US10510921B2
A graphene display is provided. The graphene display includes a first graphene light-emitting unit and a second graphene light-emitting unit, which are stacked and overlapped, and a metal shield layer disposed between the first graphene light-emitting unit and the second graphene light-emitting unit. The graphene display is simple in structure, and the colors of the emitted light at the two sides will not change because of the electric field of the gate electrode pattern so as to have more stable color and color reproduction.
US10510918B2
An endoscope includes: an imaging device chip having a chip connection portion; a tubular housing tube used to a scope tip portion of an endoscope; a substrate to which the imaging device chip is fixed, the substrate having a substrate connection portion, the substrate being capable of bending at near the substrate connection portion when the substrate is inserted into the housing tube; a lead wire connecting the substrate connection portion and the chip connection portion; flexible and non-conductive resin covering an entirety of the lead wire; and an imaging module including the substrate provided with the imaging device chip thereon, the imaging module inserted into the housing tube.
US10510912B2
A system and method for blocking heat from reaching an image sensor in a three dimensional stack with a semiconductor device. In an embodiment a heat sink is formed in a back end of line process either on the semiconductor device or else on the image sensor itself when the image sensor is in a backside illuminated configuration. The heat sink may be a grid in either a single layer or in two layers, a zig-zag pattern, or in an interleaved fingers configuration.
US10510909B2
A backside-illuminated photodetector structure includes a first reflecting region, a second reflecting region and a semiconductor region. The semiconductor region is between the first reflecting region and the second reflecting region. The semiconductor region comprises a first doped region and a second doped region.
US10510907B2
A high efficiency configuration for a solar cell module comprises solar cells arranged in an overlapping shingled manner and conductively bonded to each other in their overlapping regions to form super cells, which may be arranged to efficiently use the area of the solar module.
US10510905B2
A Schottky diode includes a drift region, a channel in an upper portion of the drift region, and first and second adjacent blocking junctions in the upper portion of the drift region that define the channel therebetween. The drift region and channel are doped with dopants having a first conductivity type, and the first and second blocking junctions doped with dopants having a second conductivity type that is opposite the first conductivity type. The blocking junctions extend at least one micron into the upper portion of the drift region and are spaced apart from each other by less than 3.0 microns.
US10510892B2
Semiconductor devices include one or more fins. Each fin includes a top channel portion formed from a channel material and a bottom substrate portion formed from a same material as an underlying substrate, the top channel portion having a different width than the bottom substrate portion. An isolation dielectric layer formed between and around the bottom substrate portion of the one or more fins. A space exists between at least a top portion of the isolation dielectric layer and the one or more fins. A gate dielectric is formed over the one or more fins and in the space.
US10510890B2
A fin-type field effect transistor comprising a substrate, a plurality of insulators, at least one gate stack and strained material portions is described. The substrate has a plurality of fins thereon and the fin comprises a stop layer embedded therein. The plurality of insulators is disposed on the substrate and between the plurality of fins. The at least one gate stack is disposed over the plurality of fins and on the plurality of insulators. The strained material portions are disposed on two opposite sides of the at least one gate stack.
US10510885B1
An asymmetric field-effect transistor having different gate-to-source and gate-to-drain overlaps allows lower parasitic capacitance on the drain side of the device and lower resistance on the source side. Source and drain regions having different configurations can be formed simultaneously using the same precursor materials.
US10510884B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed. A dummy gate is formed on a semiconductor substrate. The dummy gate has a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall. A low-k dielectric layer is formed on the first sidewall of the dummy gate and the semiconductor substrate. A spacer material layer is deposited on the low-k dielectric layer, the second sidewall of the dummy gate, and the semiconductor substrate. The spacer material layer and the low-k dielectric layer are etched to form a first spacer structure on the first sidewall and a second spacer structure on the second sidewall. A drain doping region is formed in the semiconductor substrate adjacent to the first spacer structure. A source doping region is formed in the semiconductor substrate adjacent to the second spacer structure.
US10510879B2
A semiconductor device includes first to third semiconductor layers stacked, and control electrodes provided in trenches extending in a stacking direction. The device further includes an insulating region and a fourth semiconductor layer. The insulating region is provided between first and second control electrodes adjacent to each other. The fourth semiconductor layer is provided between the insulating region and the first and second control electrodes, and between the insulating region and the first semiconductor layer. A first insulating film is provided between the first control electrode and the fourth semiconductor layer, and contacts the first control electrode and the fourth semiconductor layer. A second insulating film is provided between the second control electrode and the fourth semiconductor layer, and contacts the second control electrode and the fourth semiconductor layer. The insulating region has an end positioned at a level lower than a level of ends of the control electrodes.
US10510878B1
A method for forming a semiconductor device is provided. A plurality of trenches are formed in the substrate. An isolation oxide layer is formed in the trenches and on the substrate. A shield polysilicon is deposited in the trenches and on the isolation oxide layer on the substrate. A first etching process is performed to remove a first portion of the shield polysilicon. A first removal process is performed to remove a first portion of the isolation oxide layer. A second etching process is performed to remove a second portion of the shield polysilicon. A second removal process is performed to remove a second portion of the isolation oxide layer. An inter-poly oxide layer is formed on the remaining shield polysilicon and the remaining isolation oxide layer, wherein the inter-poly oxide layer has a concave top surface.
US10510870B2
A method for forming a semiconductor device may include providing a transistor structure. The transistor structure may include a set of semiconductor fins and a set of gate structures, disposed on the set of semiconductor fins, wherein an isolation layer is disposed between the set of semiconductor fins and between the set of gate structures. The method may include implanting ions into an exposed area of the isolation layer, wherein an altered portion of the isolation layer is formed in the exposed area, wherein an altered region of the set of semiconductor fins is formed in an exposed portion of the set of semiconductor fins. The altered portion of the isolation layer may have a first etch rate, wherein an unaltered portion of the isolation layer, not exposed to the ions, has a second etch rate, greater than the first etch rate.
US10510865B2
Embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to forming a gate layer in high aspect ratio trenches using a cyclic deposition-etch process. In an embodiment, a method for semiconductor processing is provided. The method includes performing a cyclic deposition-etch process to form a conformal film over a bottom surface and along sidewall surfaces of a feature on a substrate. The method includes forming a dielectric cap layer on the conformal film. The method includes performing an anneal process on the conformal film.
US10510863B2
In one embodiment, a power MOSFET vertically conducts current. A bottom electrode may be connected to a positive voltage, and a top electrode may be connected to a low voltage, such as a load connected to ground. A gate and/or a field plate, such as polysilicon, is within a trench. The trench has a tapered oxide layer insulating the polysilicon from the silicon walls. The oxide is much thicker near the bottom of the trench than near the top to increase the breakdown voltage. The tapered oxide is formed by implanting nitrogen into the trench walls to form a tapered nitrogen dopant concentration. This forms a tapered silicon nitride layer after an anneal. The tapered silicon nitride variably inhibits oxide growth in a subsequent oxidation step.
US10510853B2
A fin structure for a fin field effect transistor (FinFET) device is provided. The device includes a substrate, a first semiconductor material disposed on the substrate, a shallow trench isolation (STI) region disposed over the substrate and formed on opposing sides of the first semiconductor material, and a second semiconductor material forming a first fin and a second fin disposed on the STI region, the first fin spaced apart from the second fin by a width of the first semiconductor material. The fin structure may be used to generate the FinFET device by forming a gate layer formed over the first fin, a top surface of the first semiconductor material disposed between the first and second fins, and the second fin.
US10510851B2
A device includes a metal-silicide region formed in a semiconductor material in a contact opening. A concentration of a material, including chlorine, fluorine, or a combination thereof is in the metal-silicide region near an uppermost surface of the metal-silicide region. The presence of chlorine or fluorine results from a physical bombarding of the chlorine or fluorine in the contact opening. As a result of the physical bombard, the opening becomes wider at the bottom of the opening and the sidewalls of the opening are thinned. A capping layer is over the metal-silicide region and over sidewalls of a contact plug opening. A contact plug is formed over the capping layer, filling the contact plug opening. Before the contact plug is formed, a silicidation occurs to form the metal-silicide and the metal-silicide is wider than the bottom of the opening.
US10510850B2
A semiconductor device and method of manufacture are provided. A source/drain region is formed next to a spacer, which is adjacent to a gate electrode. An implantation is performed through an implantation mask into the source/drain region as well as the first spacer, forming an implantation region within the spacer.
US10510849B2
A MOS transistor, in particular a vertical channel transistor, includes a semiconductor body housing a body region, a source region, a drain electrode and gate electrodes. The gate electrodes extend in corresponding recesses which are symmetrical with respect to an axis of symmetry of the semiconductor body. The transistor also has spacers which are also symmetrical with respect to the axis of symmetry. A source electrode extends in electrical contact with the source region at a surface portion of the semiconductor body surrounded by the spacers and is in particular adjacent to the spacers. During manufacture the spacers are used to form in an auto-aligning way the source electrode which is symmetrical with respect to the axis of symmetry and equidistant from the gate electrodes.
US10510843B2
An insulated gate silicon carbide semiconductor device includes: a drift layer of a first conductivity type on a silicon carbide substrate of 4H type with a {0001} plane having an off-angle of more than 0° as a main surface; a first base region; a source region; a trench; a gate insulating film; a protective diffusion layer; and a second base region. The trench sidewall surface in contact with the second base region is a surface having a trench off-angle of more than 0° in a <0001> direction with respect to a plane parallel to the <0001> direction. The insulated gate silicon carbide semiconductor device can relieve an electric field of a gate insulating film and suppress an increase in on-resistance and provide a method for manufacturing the same.
US10510842B2
Most semiconductor devices manufactured today, have uniform dopant concentration, either in the lateral or vertical device active (and isolation) regions. By grading the dopant concentration, the performance in various semiconductor devices can be significantly improved. Performance improvements can be obtained in application specific areas like increase in frequency of operation for digital logic, various power MOFSFET and IGBT ICs, improvement in refresh time for DRAMs, decrease in programming time for nonvolatile memory, better visual quality including pixel resolution and color sensitivity for imaging ICs, better sensitivity for varactors in tunable filters, higher drive capabilities for JFETs, and a host of other applications.
US10510837B2
Structures, devices and methods are provided for forming nanowires on a substrate. A first protruding structure is formed on a substrate. The first protruding structure is placed in an electrolytic solution. Anodic oxidation is performed using the substrate as part of an anode electrode. One or more nanowires are formed in the protruding structure. The nanowires are surrounded by a first dielectric material formed during the anodic oxidation.
US10510835B2
A semiconductor device comprises a source/drain diffusion area, and a first doped region. The source/drain diffusion area is defined between a first isolation structure and a second isolation structure. The source/drain diffusion area includes a source region, a drain region, and a device channel. The device channel is between the source region and the drain region. The first doped region is disposed along a first junction between the device channel and the first isolation structure in a direction from the source region to the drain region. The first doped region is separated from at least one of the source region and the drain region, and has a dopant concentration higher than that of the device channel. The semiconductor device of the present disclosure has low random telegraph signal noise and fewer defects.
US10510828B2
High aspect ratio passive electrical components are presented formed from a single-piece silicon (Si) substrate having a textured surface with at least one high aspect ratio structure. The high aspect ratio structure includes a Si core having a width (CX), a height (CZ), and a minimum aspect ratio of CZ-to-CX of at least 5:1. An electrical conductor layer overlies the Si core. The electrical component may be a capacitor, inductor, or transmission line. In the case of a capacitor, the substrate textured first surface is made up of a plurality of adjacent high aspect ratio conductor-dielectric-Si (CDS) structures. Each CDS structure includes: a Si core, a dielectric layer overlying the Si core, and an electrical conductor layer overlying the dielectric layer. The Si cores may be formed in the geometry of parallel ridges, columns, or as a honeycomb. Each Si core comprises at least 90% of the CDS structure height.
US10510824B2
A semiconductor device includes as a resistance element a first polycrystalline silicon and a second polycrystalline silicon containing impurities, such as boron, of the same kind and having different widths. The first polycrystalline silicon contains the impurities at a concentration CX. The second polycrystalline silicon has a width larger than a width of the first polycrystalline silicon and contains the impurities of the same kind at a concentration CY lower than the concentration CX. A sign of a temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) of the first polycrystalline silicon changes at the concentration CX. A sign of a TCR of the second polycrystalline silicon changes at the concentration CY.
US10510822B2
A display device includes a substrate having a display area and a non-display area, a plurality of pixels in the display area, scan lines for supplying a scan signal to the pixels, the scan lines extending in a first direction, data lines for supplying a data signal to the pixels, the data lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a first dummy part in the non-display area, adjacent to an outermost pixel, connected to an outermost data line of the display area, forming a parasitic capacitor with the outermost pixel, and including a first dummy data line and a first dummy power pattern extending in parallel to the data lines.
US10510818B2
An OLED display device is disclosed, and the metal connection electrode is connected to the auxiliary electrode through a recessed hole; the recessed hole forms a first cavity and a second cavity communicating with each other, and the first cavity extends from an edge line of the second cavity away from the pixel electrode in the same direction; the pixel definition layer is above the array substrate, and reserved with grooves corresponding to the recessed holes and the pixel electrodes; an OLED semiconductor layer on the pixel definition layer covers on the pixel electrode and the metal connection electrode, and also extends into the first cavity to be connected with the auxiliary electrode; a cathode is on the OLED semiconductor layer, and extends into the first cavity to be connected with the auxiliary electrode, and is in a discontinuous connection state with the recessed hole as a breakpoint.
US10510813B2
Disclosed is a transparent display device. The transparent display device includes a first display panel, including a transmissive area and an emissive area where a first pixel including a plurality of subpixels displaying an image is provided, and a second display panel including a second pixel provided to overlap the emissive area and the transmissive area of the first display panel, the second display panel being provided on a first surface of the first display panel. The second pixel of the second display panel controls an amount of light incident on the first display panel, thereby preventing a visibility of an image displayed by the first display panel from being reduced by external light.
US10510809B2
The present invention provides an OLED display, comprising a substrate, a thin film transistor layer, a blue light emitting layer, a cover plate and a color conversion layer; wherein the color conversion layer comprises a plurality of red conversion units and green conversion units, and both materials of the red conversion units and the green conversion units are organic metal halide perovskite materials; the blue light emitted by the blue light OLED correspond to the red, the green and the blue sub pixel regions, and respectively converted into red light by the red conversion units to emit, converted into green light by the green conversion units to emit and emitted through the cover plate, directly to obtain the red, green, blue lights of high color saturation to realize the color display of the high color gamut.
US10510794B2
A BSI image sensor includes a substrate including a front side and a back side opposite to the front side, a pixel sensor disposed in the substrate, an isolation structure surrounding the pixel sensor and disposed in the substrate, a dielectric layer disposed over the pixel sensor on the front side of the substrate, and a plurality of conductive structures disposed in the dielectric layer and arranged to aligned with the isolation structure.
US10510791B2
A device includes an image sensor chip having formed therein an elevated photodiode, and a device chip underlying and bonded to the image sensor chip. The device chip has a read out circuit electrically connected to the elevated photodiode.
US10510786B2
The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device and a driving method thereof, and an electronic apparatus that make it possible to improve the precision of phase difference detection while suppressing deterioration of resolution in a solid-state imaging device having a global shutter function and a phase difference AF function. Provided is a solid-state imaging device including: a pixel array unit including, as pixels including an on-chip lens, a photoelectric conversion unit, and a charge accumulation unit, imaging pixels for generating a captured image and phase difference detection pixels for performing phase difference detection arrayed therein; and a driving control unit configured to control driving of the pixels. The imaging pixel is formed with the charge accumulation unit shielded from light. The phase difference detection pixel is formed in a manner that at least part of at least one of the photoelectric conversion unit and the charge accumulation unit refrains from being shielded from light. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a CMOS image sensor.
US10510776B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a pair of transistor devices and an isolation region. The pair of transistor devices are disposed over the substrate. Each of the pair of the transistor devices includes a channel, a gate electrode over the channel, and a source/drain region alongside the gate electrode. The isolation region is disposed between the source/drain regions of the pair of the transistor devices. The isolation region has a first doping type opposite to a second doping type of the source/drain regions.
US10510773B2
An apparatus comprises field-effect transistor (FET) structures stacked horizontally and vertically in a three-dimensional memory array architecture, gates extending vertically and spaced horizontally between the plurality of FET structures, and a ferroelectric material separating the FET structures and the gates. Individual ferroelectric FETs (FeFETs) are formed at intersections of the FET structures, the gates, and the ferroelectric material. Another apparatus comprises a plurality of bit lines and word lines. Each bit line has at least two sides that are coupled with a ferroelectric material such that each bit line is shared by neighboring gates to form a plurality of FeFETs. A method of operating a memory array comprises applying a combination of voltages to a plurality of word lines and digit lines for a desired operation for a plurality of FeFET memory cells, at least one digit line having the plurality of FeFET memory cells accessible by neighboring gates.
US10510767B1
Various embodiments of the present application are directed to an integrated circuit (IC) comprising a memory cell with a large operation window and a high erase speed. In some embodiments, the IC comprises a semiconductor substrate and a memory cell. The memory cell comprises a control gate electrode, a select gate electrode, a charge trapping layer, and a common source/drain region. The common source/drain is defined by the semiconductor substrate and is n-type. The control gate electrode and the select gate electrode overlie the semiconductor substrate and are respectively on opposite sides of the common source/drain. Further, the control gate electrode overlies the charge trapping layer and comprises a metal with a p-type work function. In some embodiments, the select gate electrode comprises a metal with an n-type work function.
US10510763B2
A nonvolatile memory embedded in an advanced logic circuit and a method forming the same are provided. In the nonvolatile memory, the word lines and erase gates have top surfaces lower than the top surfaces of the control gate. In addition, the word lines and the erase gates are surrounded by dielectric material before a self-aligned silicidation process is performed. Therefore, no metal silicide can be formed on the word lines and the erase gate to produce problems of short circuit and current leakage in a later chemical mechanical polishing process.
US10510757B2
An object is to provide a semiconductor device with a novel structure. The semiconductor device includes a first wiring; a second wiring; a third wiring; a fourth wiring; a first transistor having a first gate electrode, a first source electrode, and a first drain electrode; and a second transistor having a second gate electrode, a second source electrode, and a second drain electrode. The first transistor is provided in a substrate including a semiconductor material. The second transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer.
US10510756B1
In an embodiment, a method includes: forming a gate dielectric layer on an interface layer; forming a doping layer on the gate dielectric layer, the doping layer including a dipole-inducing element; annealing the doping layer to drive the dipole-inducing element through the gate dielectric layer to a first side of the gate dielectric layer adjacent the interface layer; removing the doping layer; forming a sacrificial layer on the gate dielectric layer, a material of the sacrificial layer reacting with residual dipole-inducing elements at a second side of the gate dielectric layer adjacent the sacrificial layer; removing the sacrificial layer; forming a capping layer on the gate dielectric layer; and forming a gate electrode layer on the capping layer.
US10510755B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate and at least one gate stack. The gate stack is present on the semiconductor substrate, and the gate stack includes at least one work function conductor and a filling conductor. The work function conductor has a recess therein. The filling conductor includes a plug portion and a cap portion. The plug portion is present in the recess of the work function conductor. The cap portion caps the work function conductor.
US10510752B2
A semiconductor device includes at least one semiconductor fin, a gate electrode, at least one gate spacer, and a gate dielectric. The semiconductor fin includes at least one recessed portion and at least one channel portion. The gate electrode is present on at least the channel portion of the semiconductor fin. The gate spacer is present on at least one sidewall of the gate electrode. The gate dielectric is present at least between the channel portion of the semiconductor fin and the gate electrode. The gate dielectric extends farther than at least one end surface of the channel portion of the semiconductor fin.
US10510726B2
A semiconductor device includes a base including interconnects, a first semiconductor chip including a first semiconductor element portion, and a second semiconductor chip including a second semiconductor element portion. The second semiconductor chip is electrically connected to the first semiconductor chip via at least one of the interconnects. The second semiconductor chip includes a first region, a first portion, and a second portion. The first region includes the second semiconductor element portion. The first portion is continuous with the first region. The second portion is continuous with the first region and is separated from the first portion in a second direction crossing a first direction. The first direction is from the base toward the first region. The second portion, the first portion, and at least a portion of the first semiconductor chip each is positioned between the base and the first region.
US10510723B2
A structure includes first and second substrates, first and second stress buffer layers, and a post-passivation interconnect (PPI) structure. The first and second substrates include first and second semiconductor substrates and first and second interconnect structures on the first and second semiconductor substrates, respectively. The second interconnect structure is on a first side of the second semiconductor substrate. The first substrate is bonded to the second substrate at a bonding interface. A via extends at least through the second semiconductor substrate into the second interconnect structure. The first stress buffer layer is on a second side of the second semiconductor substrate opposite from the first side of the second semiconductor substrate. The PPI structure is on the first stress buffer layer and is electrically coupled to the via. The second stress buffer layer is on the PPI structure and the first stress buffer layer.
US10510722B2
A semiconductor device includes a first electronic component, a second electronic component and a plurality of interconnection structures. The first electronic component has a first surface. The second electronic component is over the first electronic component, and the second electronic component has a second surface facing the first surface of the first electronic component. The interconnection structures are between and electrically connected to the first electronic component and the second electronic component, wherein each of the interconnection structures has a length along a first direction substantially parallel to the first surface and the second surface, a width along a second direction substantially parallel to the first surface and the second surface and substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and the length is larger than the width of at least one of the interconnection structures.
US10510719B2
Methods of packaging semiconductor devices and packaged semiconductor devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of packaging a semiconductor device includes forming a dam structure on dies proximate edge regions of the dies. A molding material is disposed around the dies, and a top portion of the molding material and a top portion of the dam structure are removed.
US10510718B2
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate; a first die disposed over the substrate; a second die disposed over the substrate; a molding disposed over the substrate and surrounding the first die and the second die; an interconnect structure including a dielectric layer and a conductive member, wherein the dielectric layer is disposed over the first die, the second die and the molding, and the conductive member is surrounded by the dielectric layer; and a via extended within the second die and between the dielectric layer and the substrate.
US10510715B2
A semiconductor structure includes a first die, a second die horizontally disposed adjacent to the first die, a third die disposed over the first die and the second die, and a first dielectric material surrounding the first die and the second die, wherein a portion of the first dielectric material is disposed between the first die and the second die, and the third die is disposed over the portion of the dielectric.
US10510706B2
A package structure including at least one semiconductor die, an insulating encapsulant, an insulating layer, conductive pillars, a dummy pillar, a first seed layer and a redistribution layer is provided. The semiconductor die have a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The insulating encapsulant is encapsulating the semiconductor die. The insulating layer is disposed on the first surface of the semiconductor die and on the insulating encapsulant. The conductive pillars are located on the semiconductor die. The dummy pillar is located on the insulating encapsulant. The first seed layer is embedded in the insulating layer, wherein the first seed layer is located in between the conductive pillars and the semiconductor die, and located in between the dummy pillar and the insulating encapsulant. The redistribution layer is disposed over the insulating layer and is electrically connected to the semiconductor die through the conductive pillars.
US10510700B2
Disclosed is a semiconductor device suppressed in decrease of reliability. The semiconductor device comprises an electrode pad portion (2) formed on the upper surface of a semiconductor substrate (1), a passivation layer (3) so formed on the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate (1) as to overlap a part of the electrode pad portion (2) and having a first opening portion (3a) where the upper surface of the electrode pad portion (2) is exposed, a barrier metal layer (5) formed on the electrode pad portion (2), and a solder bump (6) formed on the barrier metal layer (5). The barrier metal layer (5) is formed such that an outer peripheral end (5b) lies within the first opening portion (3a) of the passivation layer (3) when viewed in plan.
US10510677B2
A semiconductor structure includes a wafer comprising a plurality of viewing fields defined thereon, a plurality of dies defined by a scribe line formed in each viewing field, a plurality of mark patterns formed in the scribe line, and a plurality of anchor pattern respectively formed in the review fields, the anchor patterns being different from the mark patterns.
US10510675B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a substrate structure for an integrated circuit (IC) structure, including: a first dielectric layer positioned above a semiconductor substrate; a first plurality of trenches extending at least partially into the first dielectric layer from an upper surface of the first dielectric layer; and a first metal formed within the first plurality of trenches, wherein a spatial arrangement of the first plurality of trenches causes coupling of surface plasmons in the first metal to at least one wavelength of an incident light.
US10510672B2
A semiconductor package and a method manufacturing the same are disclosed. At least one semiconductor chip is mounted on a package substrate. An insulative mold layer is formed at sides of the semiconductor chip having at least one recess in a region in which conductive connection members are formed, the recess defining one or more protrusions within the mold layer. An interposer is positioned on the protrusions with the conductive connection members connecting and providing electrical connections between conductive pads on the upper surface of the package and conductive pads on the lower surface of the package substrate. The protrusions may position the interposer in the vertical direction by defining the vertical spacing between the lower surface of the interposer and the upper surface of the package substrate. The protrusions may also position the interposer in one or more horizontal directions and/or prevent substantial movement during connecting of the interposer to the package substrate. An under-fill resin layer may be injected into remaining space between the interposer and the package substrate.
US10510666B2
An apparatus comprises a first metal feature in a first dielectric layer over a substrate, wherein a sidewall portion of the first dielectric layer is over a top surface of the first metal feature, a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer and a second metal feature extending through the second dielectric layer, wherein a bottom of a first portion of the second metal feature is in contact with the top surface of the first metal feature and a bottom of a second portion of the second metal feature is in contact with the sidewall portion of the first dielectric layer.
US10510662B2
One illustrative method disclosed herein comprises forming a vertically oriented semiconductor (VOS) structure in a semiconductor substrate and performing a metal silicide formation process to convert at least a portion of the VOS structure into a metal silicide material, thereby forming a conductive silicide vertically oriented e-fuse.
US10510658B2
Semiconductor devices are provided. The semiconductor devices may include a substrate, a first insulating film on the substrate, a lower metal layer in the first insulating film, and a second insulating film on the first insulating film. The lower metal layer may be in the second insulating film, the second insulating film may include a lower surface facing the substrate and an upper surface that is opposite the lower surface, and the upper surface of the second insulating film may be upwardly convex. The semiconductor devices may further include a barrier dielectric film including a recess on the second insulating film, and a via metal layer that is in the recess of the barrier dielectric film and electrically connected with the lower metal layer. The first insulating film and the second insulating film may be sequentially stacked on the substrate in a vertical direction, and a longest vertical distance between an upper surface of the lower metal layer and the substrate may be less than a longest vertical distance between the upper surface of the second insulating film and the substrate.
US10510653B2
A method to produce a semiconductor package or system-on-flex package comprising bonding structures for connecting IC/chips to fine pitch circuitry using a solid state diffusion bonding is disclosed. A plurality of traces is formed on a substrate, each respective trace comprising five different conductive materials having different melting points and plastic deformation properties, which are optimized for both diffusion bonding of chips and soldering of passives components.
US10510652B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: receiving a first substrate with a surface; receiving a second substrate; determining a pad array on the surface of the first substrate, wherein the pad array includes a first type pad and a second type pad; forming a via pattern underlying the pad array in the first substrate according to the location of each via, wherein the first type pad in the pad array is directly contacting a via of the via pattern and the second type pad in the pad array is clear of any via of the via pattern; laterally connecting the second type pad with a conductive trace, wherein the conductive trace connects to another via that is same level with the via contacting the first type pad; and disposing a first conductive bump and a second conductive bump between the first substrate and the second substrate.
US10510650B2
A semiconductor device and method of manufacture are presented in which a first semiconductor device and second semiconductor device are bonded to a first wafer and then singulated to form a first package and a second package. The first package and second package are then encapsulated with through interposer vias, and a redistribution structure is formed over the encapsulant. A separate package is bonded to the through interposer vias.
US10510643B2
A semiconductor device (100) comprising a leadframe (120) having an assembly pad (121) in a first horizontal plane (180), the pad's first surface (121a) with a semiconductor chip (110) attached; further a plurality of leads (122) in a parallel second horizontal plane (190) offset from the first plane in the direction of the attached chip, the leads having a third surface (122a) with bonding wires, and an opposite fourth surface (122b); a package (140) encapsulating leadframe, chip, and wires, the package having a fifth surface (140a) parallel to the first and second planes; a plurality of recess holes (150) in the package, each hole stretching from the fifth surface to the fourth surface of respective leads; and solder (160) filling the recess holes, the solder attached to the fourth lead surface and extending to the fifth package surface.
US10510631B2
A package structure and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The package structure includes a die, a redistribution layer (RDL) structure, a through integrated fan-out via (TIV) and a first connector. The RDL structure is connected to the die and includes a plurality of RDLs. The TIV is aside the die and penetrates through the RDL structure. The first connector is in electrical contact with the TIV and electrically connected to the die. The TIV is in electrical contact with the RDLs of the RDL structure.
US10510614B2
A semiconductor arrangement and method of forming the same are described. A semiconductor arrangement includes a third metal connect in contact with a first metal connect in a first active region and a second metal connect in a second active region, and over a shallow trench isolation region located between the first active region and a second active region. A method of forming the semiconductor arrangement includes forming a first opening over the first metal connect, the STI region, and the second metal connect, and forming the third metal connect in the first opening. Forming the third metal connect over the first metal connect and the second metal connect mitigates RC coupling.
US10510610B2
A method for forming a semiconductor device. The method may include providing a transistor structure, where the transistor structure includes a fin array, the fin array including a plurality of semiconductor fins, disposed on a substrate. A liner may be disposed on the plurality of semiconductor fins. The method may include directing first angled ions to the fin array, wherein the liner is removed in an upper portion of the plurality of semiconductor fins, and wherein the liner remains in a lower portion of the at least one of the plurality of semiconductor fins, and wherein the upper portion comprises an active fin region to form a transistor device.
US10510609B2
A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a first region and a second region; forming a first fin-shaped structure on the first region and a second fin-shaped structure on the second region; forming a shallow trench isolation (STI) around the first fin-shaped structure and the second fin-shaped structure; forming a mask layer on the first fin-shaped structure; and performing a first anneal process so that the first fin-shaped structure and the second fin-shaped structure comprise different radius of curvature.
US10510605B2
An embodiment method includes providing a wafer including a first integrated circuit die, a second integrated circuit die, and a scribe line region between the first integrated circuit die and the second integrated circuit die. The method further includes forming a kerf in the scribe line region and after forming the kerf, using a mechanical sawing process to fully separate the first integrated circuit die from the second integrated circuit die. The kerf extends through a plurality of dielectric layers into a semiconductor substrate.
US10510604B2
A semiconductor device and method of manufacture are provided. In an embodiment a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor device are formed within a semiconductor wafer and a scribe region between the first semiconductor device and the second semiconductor device is patterned. A singulation process is then utilized within the scribe region to singulate the first semiconductor device from the second semiconductor device. The first semiconductor device and the second semiconductor device are then bonded to a second semiconductor substrate and thinned in order to remove extension regions from the first semiconductor device and the second semiconductor device.
US10510603B2
An embodiment method includes bonding a first die to a first side of an interposer, the interposer comprising a substrate; after bonding the first die to the first side of the interposer, depositing a first insulating layer on a second side of the interposer opposite the first side; patterning an opening through the substrate and the first insulating layer; and depositing a second insulating layer over the first insulating layer and along sidewalls and a lateral surface of the opening. The second insulating layer comprises silicon. The method further includes removing lateral portions of the second insulating layer to define a sidewall spacer on sidewalls of the opening and forming a through via in the opening, wherein the through via is electrically connected to the first die.
US10510596B2
A method includes forming a transistor, which includes forming a gate dielectric on a semiconductor region, forming a gate electrode over the gate dielectric, and forming a source/drain region extending into the semiconductor region. The method further includes forming a source/drain contact plug over and electrically coupling to the source/drain region, and forming a gate contact plug over and in contact with the gate electrode. At least one of the forming the gate electrode, the forming the source/drain contact plug, and the forming the gate contact plug includes forming a metal nitride barrier layer, and depositing a metal-containing layer over and in contact with the metal nitride barrier layer. The metal-containing layer includes at least one of a cobalt layer and a metal silicide layer.
US10510587B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a structure protruding from a substrate, forming a dielectric layer covering the structure, forming a dummy layer covering the dielectric layer, and performing a planarization process to completely remove the dummy layer. A material of the dummy layer has a slower removal rate to the planarization process than a material of the dielectric layer.
US10510581B2
The benefits of strained semiconductors are combined with silicon-on-insulator approaches to substrate and device fabrication.
US10510561B2
In accordance with an embodiment a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes bonding a first semiconductor die and a second semiconductor die to a first substrate, forming a conductive layer over the first semiconductor die, the second semiconductor die, and the first substrate, applying an encapsulant over the conductive layer, and removing a portion of the encapsulant, wherein the removing the portion of the encapsulant exposes the conductive layer.
US10510559B2
A power semiconductor module arrangement includes a base plate configured to be arranged in a housing, a contact element configured to, when the base plate is arranged in the housing, provide an electrical connection between the inside and the outside of the housing, and a connecting element configured to connect the contact element to the base plate. The connecting element includes a first electrically insulating layer, a second electrically insulating layer configured to attach the contact element to the first electrically insulating layer, and a third electrically insulating layer configured to attach the first electrically insulating layer to the base plate.
US10510554B2
Among other things, one or more semiconductor arrangements and techniques for forming such semiconductor arrangements are provided. A semiconductor arrangement comprises a first guard ring surrounding at least a portion of a device, and a first poly layer formed over the first guard ring.
US10510543B2
A semiconductor device includes an n−-type drift layer of an formed on an n+-type SiC substrate; a p-type layer provided on a surface opposite that facing the n+-type SiC substrate; and an n-type buffer layer provided, as a recombination promoting layer, between the n−-type drift layer and the n+-type SiC substrate, the n-type buffer layer having an impurity concentration higher than that of the n−-type drift layer. In the buffer layer, as a recombination site, a defect energy-level is introduced at a high concentration of 1×1012/cm3 or higher. The buffer layer promotes internal electron-hole recombination and without applying high energy to BPDs at an interface of the buffer layer and the SiC substrate, may reduce the amount of recombination near the interface even at a current density equivalent to that of a conventional structure and thereby, prevents characteristics degradation at the time of operation.
US10510542B2
A device includes a semiconductor substrate, and a Device Isolation (DI) region extending from a top surface of the semiconductor substrate into the semiconductor substrate. A gate dielectric is disposed over an active region of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the gate dielectric extends over the DI region. A gate electrode is disposed over the gate dielectric, wherein a notch of the gate electrode overlaps a portion of the DI region.
US10510539B2
A method for forming a fin field effect transistor (FinFET) device structure is provided. The FinFET device structure includes a substrate and a first fin structure and a second fin structure extending above the substrate. The FinFET device structure also includes a first transistor formed on the first fin structure and a second transistor formed on the second fin structure. The FinFET device structure further includes an inter-layer dielectric (ILD) structure formed in an end-to-end gap between the first transistor and the second transistor, and the end-to-end gap has a width in a range from about 20 nm to about 40 nm.
US10510532B1
Disclosed is a method of fabricating a gallium nitride substrate using a plurality of ion implantation processes. A method of fabricating a gallium nitride substrate using a plurality of ion implantation processes according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a step of forming a bonding oxide film on the first gallium nitride; a step of performing first ion implantation for a surface of the first gallium nitride, on which the bonding oxide film is formed, at least once to form a damaged layer, thereby releasing bowing of the first gallium nitride; a step of performing second ion implantation for the surface of the first gallium nitride, on which the bonding oxide film is formed, to form a blister layer; a step of bonding the bonding oxide film of the first gallium nitride to a temporary substrate; a step of separating the first gallium nitride using the blister layer to form a seed layer; and a step of allowing growth of the second gallium nitride using the seed layer to form bulk gallium nitride.
US10510530B2
The present disclosure relates to the deposition of dopant films, such as doped silicon oxide films, by atomic layer deposition processes. In some embodiments, a substrate in a reaction space is contacted with pulses of a silicon precursor and a dopant precursor, such that the silicon precursor and dopant precursor adsorb on the substrate surface. Oxygen plasma is used to convert the adsorbed silicon precursor and dopant precursor to doped silicon oxide.
US10510526B2
A gas light source is disclosed where gas is contained within a graphene cylinder or graphene capsule. Electrodes extending into the graphene cylinder or capsule are stimulated by an electric voltage to emit light. Eight graphene cylinder light sources can be arranged into a seven-segment alpha-numeric display having a decimal point. Different gases produce different colors of light. Three gas light sources having different gases can be arranged into an RGB pixel. An array of RGB pixels can be formed into a display.
US10510520B2
Various configurations of electrically conductive, gas-sealed connections between two pieces of aluminum are described along with methods of making an electrically conductive, gas-sealed connection between two pieces of aluminum.
US10510519B2
In time-series data indicating light emission of plasma when plasma processing is carried out on a sample by generating the plasma, an analysis apparatus creates combinations of a plurality of light emission wavelengths of elements and a plurality of time intervals within a plasma processing interval and calculates, for each of the combinations of the wavelengths and the time intervals, a correlation between an average value of light emission intensity and the number of times the plasma processing is carried out on the samples for each of the combinations of the wavelengths and the time intervals that have been created. Thereafter, the data analysis apparatus selects, as a combination of the wavelength and the time interval used to observe or control the plasma processing, a combination of a wavelength of light emitting from a specific element and a specific time interval having a maximum correlation.
US10510518B2
Embodiments of the invention generally relate to methods of dry stripping boron-carbon films. In one embodiment, alternating plasmas of hydrogen and oxygen are used to remove a boron-carbon film. In another embodiment, co-flowed oxygen and hydrogen plasma is used to remove a boron-carbon containing film. A nitrous oxide plasma may be used in addition to or as an alternative to either of the above oxygen plasmas. In another embodiment, a plasma generated from water vapor is used to remove a boron-carbon film. The boron-carbon removal processes may also include an optional polymer removal process prior to removal of the boron-carbon films. The polymer removal process includes exposing the boron-carbon film to NF3 to remove from the surface of the boron-carbon film any carbon-based polymers generated during a substrate etching process.
US10510514B2
According to an aspect, a gas supply mechanism for supplying a gas to a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus is provided. The gas supply mechanism includes a pipe connecting a gas source and the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus to each other, and a valve which is provided on the pipe. The valve includes a plate rotatable about an axis, the axis extending in a plate thickness direction, and a housing provided along the plate without contacting the plate to accommodate the plate, the housing providing a gas supply path along with the pipe. A through hole is formed in the plate, the through hole penetrating the plate at a position on a circle which extends around the axis and intersects the gas supply path.
US10510508B2
A charged particle beam apparatus includes a sample chamber; a sample stage; an electron beam column for irradiating a sample with an electron beam; and a focused ion beam column for irradiating the sample with a focused ion beam. The apparatus includes a displacement member having an open/close portion displaceable between an insertion position between a beam emitting end portion of the electron beam column and the sample stage, and a withdrawal position away from the insertion position, and a contact portion provided at a contact position capable of contacting the sample before the beam emitting end portion during operation of the sample stage. A driving unit displaces the displacement member, and a conduction sensor detects whether the sample is in contact with the contact portion.
US10510506B1
A circuit breaker design allows for the circuit breaker to have an overall width (i.e., measured along the circuit breaker's exposed outwardly-facing surface of its housing) that is narrower than achievable with known typical configurations, while at the same time still providing robust arc interruption capabilities. This is achieved in large part by providing a specific orientation of a moveable contact arm assembly and/or by providing a specific configuration of a current path within the housing.
US10510502B2
A thermal protector includes, in a fixed manner, a first terminal and a second terminal that are respectively connected to external circuits, at lower left/right ends of the longitudinal directions of a base, and a right end at which a movable plate and a bimetal are superimposed is fixed to the right end of the upper surface of the base and is connected to the second terminal. A fixed contact is fixed to an internal end of the first terminal that is exposed in the left end of the base. A movable contact is fixed at a position facing the fixed contact on the lower surface of the left end of the movable plate. A partition wall that encloses the movable contact and the fixed contact from three directions is provided and bent plate planes are formed on both sides of the movable plate in the vicinity of the movable contact. The bent plate planes adjust the flow direction of hot air in cooperation with the partition wall so as to prevent a malfunction of a breaking arc flying to surrounding conductive members.
US10510500B2
In some examples, a computing device may include a first housing coupled to a second housing. The first housing may include a first set of components including a display device. The second housing may include a second set of components including a keyboard and a light source that emits light. An individual key of the keyboard may include one or more lenses. The one or more lenses may focus the light towards an area below an individual keycap of the individual key. For example, the one or more lenses may be integrated into a scissor mechanism of the individual key. The keycap may include an opaque material into which is embedded a character or a symbol made of a transparent or translucent material through which the light is visible.
US10510492B2
Monolithic capacitor structures having a main capacitor and a vise capacitor are discussed. The vise capacitor provides to the monolithic capacitor structure reduced vibrations and/or acoustic noise due to piezoelectric effects. To that end, vise capacitor may cause piezoelectric deformations that compensate the deformations that are caused by the electrical signals in the main capacitor. Embodiments of these capacitor structures may have the main capacitor and the vise capacitor sharing portions of a rigid dielectric. Electrical circuitry that employs the vise capacitor to reduce noise and/or vibration in the monolithic capacitor structures is also described. Methods for fabrication of these capacitors are discussed as well.
US10510491B1
A capacitor component includes a body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes, alternately disposed in a first direction, and first and second external electrodes, respectively disposed on opposite end surfaces of the body in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction in the body. An amorphous second phase is disposed at an interface between the first and second internal electrodes and the dielectric layer, and s/e is between 0.02 and 0.07, where s is a total length of the amorphous second phase disposed in a boundary line between the first or second internal electrode and the dielectric layer in the second direction and e is a length of the first or second internal electrode in the second direction.
US10510481B2
The regulation, power-handling capability, and reliability of a transformer is improved by a connected switching network which changes the effective numbers of turns and effective wire size of the windings synchronously during each cycle of an applied AC input voltage.
US10510477B2
A planar transformer includes a magnetic core and a multilayer printed circuit board. A primary winding of the planar transformer is formed by winding traces on several layers of the printed circuit board. A layer of the printed circuit board that has a winding trace of the primary winding has a winding trace of another winding of the planar transformer, such as a winding trace of an auxiliary winding or a winding trace of a shield winding. The planar transformer further includes a secondary winding. The secondary winding can be a solid wire or a winding trace on a layer of the printed circuit board.
US10510470B2
In various embodiments, superconducting wires incorporate diffusion barriers composed of Ta alloys that resist internal diffusion and provide superior mechanical strength to the wires.
US10510468B2
A LAN cable includes a sheath; an electrical wire accommodated in the sheath and including a conductor and an insulating body covering the conductor; and an intermediate layer having a mass reduction rate at 500.degree. C. of less than or equal to 10% by mass and a mass reduction rate at 600.degree. C. of less than or equal to 50% by mass, and located between the sheath and the electrical wire. The insulating body includes polyethylene having a dielectric constant of smaller than or equal to 2.5. The sheath includes a polyolefin-based polymer and a flame retardant, and a content of the flame retardant in the sheath is greater than or equal to 150 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polyolefin-based polymer.
US10510466B2
In general, aspects of this invention relate to electrical cables and, in particular, to a cable with electromagnetic and/or anti-ballistic shielding. According to one aspect, a cable may comprise: a conductor; a continuous metallic sheath surrounding the conductor; and a supplemental sheath layer surrounding the metallic sheath. According to another aspect, a cable may comprise: a conductor; an armor layer surrounding the conductor; a fabric layer surrounding the conductor; and a polymer layer surrounding the conductor. According to yet another aspect, a cable may comprise: a conductor; an inner synthetic strength member surrounding the conductor; a polymer compound positioned between the conductor and the inner synthetic strength member; a polymer layer surrounding the inner synthetic strength member; an armor layer surrounding the polymer layer; an outer synthetic strength member surrounding the armor layer; and a polyolefin layer surrounding the outer synthetic strength member.
US10510459B2
Insulated winding wire articles and associated formation methods are described. An insulated winding wire article may include a conductor and optional base insulation formed around the conductor. The conductor may be formed into a predefined shape having at least one bend, such as a U-shaped bend. A coating comprising parylene may be formed around the conductor and any base insulation.
US10510450B2
A molten salt reactor includes a containment vessel, a reactor core, a neutron reflector spaced from the containment vessel, and liquid fuel enclosed within the core. The liquid fuel is comprised of a nuclear fission material dissolved in a molten salt. A heat exchanger is positioned external to the containment vessel. A plurality of heat transfer pipes are provided for transferring heat from the core to the heat exchanger. Each pipe has a first and a second end. The first end of each pipe is positioned within the reactor core for absorbing heat from the fuel. The heat exchanger receives the second end of each heat transfer pipe. At least two or more reactor shut down systems are provided. At least one shut down system may be a passive system and at least one or both shut down systems may be an active or a manually operated system.
US10510442B2
A cabinet that can control the distribution of products that can optionally include medications. The cabinet can have a user interface that receives information about a user and the user's identity can then be authenticated. The cabinet can accept a user's request to dispense a product and, if the user is approved, the cabinet can dispense a quantity of product to the approved user.
US10510441B2
The subject matter disclosed herein includes distributed systems for secure storage and retrieval of encrypted biological specimen data. According to one embodiment, the system may comprise a submission device client operable to send, to a patient record server device, a patient record; and receive, from the patient record server device, a confirmation of receipt of the patient record. The system may further comprise a patient record server device comprising a first processor and second memory, a second communications interface associated with the first processor and second memory and operable to receive, from the submission device client, the patient record; send, to the submission device client, the confirmation of receipt of the patient record; receive, from a member device client, patient profile information; determine search results based on the patient profile information; and send, to the member device client, information indicating the search results. They system may yet further comprise a member device client operable to send, to the patient record server device, the patient profile information; receive, from the patient record server device, the information indicating the search results based on the patient profile information; and receive the search results based on the information indicating the search results.
US10510440B1
A method, computing device and computer program product are provided to identify records that are associated with same person, even in instances in which the records are created and stored by different entities. In a method, a plurality of records are received, each having attributes associated with a person. For each record, the method determines a digest by determining a fuzzy representation of one or more of the attributes for the person and then combining representations of the attributes. The method also receives a query relating to a record for the person and determines a digest based upon the attributes of the person. In response to the query, the method identifies one or more records that are associated with respective individuals who are candidates to match the person based upon a comparison of representations of the digests of the records and the person.
US10510430B2
A method for accessing a flash memory module is provided. The flash memory module is a 3D flash memory module including a plurality of flash memory chips, each flash memory chip includes a plurality of blocks, each block includes a plurality of pages, and the method includes: configuring the flash memory chips to set at least one super block of the flash memory chips; and allocating a buffer memory space to store a plurality of temporary parities generated when data is written into the at least one first super block.
US10510429B2
A memory device including a memory cell array connected to a first bit line, first word lines, and second word lines, the memory cell array including a first memory cell and a second memory cell, the first memory cell being connected between the first word lines and the first bit line, and the second memory cell being connected between the second word line and the first bit line; a first word line driver configured to drive the first word lines; a second word line driver configured to drive the second word lines; and a test manager configured to drive second word lines to change a capacitance of the first bit line, and after the capacitance of the first bit line is changed, drive first word lines to test the first word lines.
US10510417B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a first memory unit including first and second memory cells; a second memory unit including third and fourth memory cells; a third memory unit including fifth and sixth memory cells; a first word line coupled to gates of the first, third, and fifth memory cells; and a second word line coupled to gates of the second, fourth, and sixth memory cells. In a write operation, the first memory cell, the third memory cell, the fifth memory cell, the sixth memory cell, the fourth memory cell, and the second memory cell are written in this order.
US10510416B2
Disclosed are methods, systems and devices for operation of correlated electron switch (CES) devices. In one aspect, a CES device may be placed in any one of multiple impedance states in a write operation by controlling a current and a voltage applied to terminals of the non-volatile memory device. In one implementation, a CES device may be placed in a high impedance or insulative state, or two more distinguishable low impedance or conductive states.
US10510401B2
A semiconductor memory device comprising a plurality of memory cells configured to store digital data and an input multiplexer configured to enable the selection of a particular memory cell from the plurality of memory cells. The semiconductor memory device further comprises a read/write driver circuit configured to read data from the selected memory cell and write data to the selected memory cell, and a write logic block configured to provide logical control to the read/write driver circuit for writing data to the selected of memory cell. The read/write driver circuit may be coupled to the read/write input multiplexer by a data line and an inverted data line and the read and the write operations to the selected memory cell occur over the same data line and inverted data line.
US10510396B1
A memory controller includes a state machine that initiates a memory refresh of a DRAM (having a number of banks) by sending thereto a refresh command. Responsive to receiving the command, the DRAM may perform a per-bank refresh in which individual ones of the banks are refreshed in succession, one at a time. Upon receiving a high priority transaction, a determination is made as to the number of memory banks that have currently been refreshed in the per-bank refresh. If the number of banks refreshed is less than a threshold value, the per-bank refresh is aborted.
US10510395B2
The present embodiments provide a system that supports self-refreshing operations in a memory device. During operation, the system transitions the memory device from an auto-refresh state, wherein a memory controller controls refreshing operations for the memory device, to a self-refresh state, wherein the memory device controls the refreshing operations. While the memory device is in the self-refresh state, the system sends progress information for the refreshing operations from the memory device to the memory controller. Next, upon returning from the self-refresh state to the auto-refresh state, the system uses the progress information received from the memory device to control the sequencing of subsequent operations by the memory controller.
US10510391B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) storage element that includes a reference layer, a tunnel barrier and a free layer on an opposite side of the tunnel barrier layer from the reference layer. The reference layer has a fixed magnetization direction. The free layer includes a first region, a second region and a third region. The third region is formed from a third material that is configured to magnetically couple the first region and the second region. The first region is formed from a first material having a first predetermined magnetic moment, and the second region is formed from a second material having a second predetermined magnetic moment. The first predetermined magnetic moment is lower that the second predetermined magnetic moment.
US10510389B2
A word line decoder circuit located in a memory storage apparatus is provided. The memory storage apparatus includes a memory cell array. The word line decoder circuit includes a word line decoder and a power supply circuit. The word line decoder is coupled to a plurality of word lines of the memory storage apparatus. The power supply circuit is coupled to the word line decoder. The power supply circuit is configured to provide a first power to the word line decoder in a read mode, and provide a second power to the word line decoder in a standby mode. A voltage value of the first power is greater than or less than that of the second power.
US10510385B2
A structure includes a write driver circuit configured to drive both a true bitline side and a complement bitline side up to a power supply and down to ground such that one of the true bitline side and the complement bitline side is driven to ground and another of the true bitline side and the complement bitline side is driven to a high level at a same time and before a precharge below a level of the power supply of the one of the true bitline side and the complement bitline side.
US10510384B2
The present disclosure relates to a structure which includes at least one bit line restore device which is configured to precharge a bit line to a specified voltage during an intracycle time between a read operation and a write operation and is configured to be turned off during the read operation and the write operation.
US10510383B2
A circuit includes selected sense circuits configured to be connected to selected bit lines and unselected sense circuits configured to be connected to unselected bit lines during a sense operation. The selected and unselected sense circuits are configured to perform a state-dependent pre-charge operation during the sense operation. In particular, the selected sense circuits may enable respective pre-charge circuit paths that supply a pre-charge supply voltage to respective sense nodes in the selected sense circuits. Additionally, the unselected sense circuits may disable respective pre-charge circuit paths to prevent the supply of the pre-charge supply voltage to respective sense nodes in the unselected sense circuits. A sense circuit controller may control latches to control the enabling and disabling of the pre-charge circuit paths.
US10510375B2
The invention pertains in general to a latching mechanism for maintaining desired friction levels on an optical disc in an optical disc restoration device. In particular the invention pertains to devices, systems and methods for easily maintaining friction levels between pads and an optical disc in an optical disc restoration device for ease of adjusting friction settings during quality control, repair operation or when optimization settings are being set in an optical disc restoration device by a user.
US10510370B2
A magnetic tape is provided in which the total thickness of a non-magnetic layer and a magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 0.60 μm. The magnetic layer includes a timing-based servo pattern and also includes fatty acid ester. The full width at half maximum of spacing distribution measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the magnetic layer before performing vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape is greater than 0 nm and less than or equal to 7.0 nm, while the same value measured after performing the vacuum heating is also greater than 0 nm and less than or equal to 7.0 nm. Further, the difference between a spacing measured after performing the vacuum heating and a spacing measured before performing the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 8.0 nm.
US10510366B2
The magnetic tape device includes: a magnetic tape; and a servo head, in which a magnetic tape transportation speed of the magnetic tape device is equal to or lower than 18 m/sec, the servo head is a magnetic head including a tunnel magnetoresistance effect type element as a servo pattern reading element, the magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, the magnetic layer includes a servo pattern, and a coefficient of friction measured regarding a base portion of a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 0.30.
US10510364B2
Devices that include a near field transducer (NFT) including a crystalline plasmonic material having crystal grains and grain boundaries; and nanoparticles disposed in the crystal grains, on the grain boundaries, or some combination thereof, wherein the nanoparticles are oxides of, lanthanum (La), barium (Ba), strontium (Sr), erbium (Er), hafnium (Hf), germanium (Ge), or combinations thereof; nitrides of zirconium (Zr), niobium (Nb), or combinations thereof; or carbides of silicon (Si), aluminum (Al), boron (B), zirconium (Zr), tungsten (W), titanium (Ti), niobium (Nb), or combinations thereof.
US10510363B2
A pitch detection method. Such a pitch detection method may apply Pseudo Weigner Ville Transformation (PWVT) as a spectral representation of speech signal. Also, the pitch detection method may take the median value of each frame of the speech signal as a threshold for making the voicing decision. Additionally, the pitch detection method may take a moving average of PWVT as the threshold for voicing decision.
US10510358B1
An approach to speech synthesis uses two phases in which a relatively low quality waveform is computed, and that waveform is passed through an enhancement phase which generates the waveform that is ultimately used to produce the acoustic signal provided to the user. For example, the first phase and the second phase are each implemented using a separate artificial neural network. The two phases may be computationally preferable to using a direct approach to yield a synthesized waveform of comparable quality.
US10510355B2
The present document relates to time-alignment of encoded data of an audio encoder with associated metadata, such as spectral band replication (SBR) metadata. An audio decoder (100, 300) configured to determine a reconstructed frame of an audio signal (237) from an access unit (110) of a received data stream is described. The access unit (110) comprises waveform data (111) and metadata (112), wherein the waveform data (111) and the metadata (112) are associated with the same reconstructed frame of the audio signal (127). The audio decoder (100, 300) comprises a waveform processing path (101, 102, 103, 104, 105) configured to generate a plurality of waveform subband signals (123) from the waveform data (111), and a metadata processing path (108, 109) configured to generate decoded metadata (128) from the metadata (111).
US10510354B2
A speech/audio coding apparatus includes a receiver that receives a time-domain speech input signal. The apparatus also includes a processor that transforms a time-domain speech input signal into a frequency-domain spectrum, and divides a frequency region of the spectrum in an extended band into a plurality of bands. The processor sets a limited band for each divided band in the current frame, a width of the limited band in the current frame being narrower than the divided band and the limited band including a first frequency. The processor further encodes the spectrum in the limited band within each divided band in the current frame, wherein the width of the limited band is predetermined and is set to 31.
US10510348B1
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for optimizing speech recognition in a smart medical room. The present invention may include receiving a piece of verbal data associated with a medical encounter from one or more audio recording devices. The present invention may also include accessing a plurality of signals from a plurality of biometric sensors associated with a plurality of medical equipment associated with the smart medical room based on the received piece of verbal data associated with the medical encounter. The present invention may further include selecting, from a database, one or more speech domain models based on the accessed plurality of signals from the plurality of biometric sensors associated with the plurality of medical equipment, wherein the one or more speech domain models are utilized to optimize a transcription of speech during the medical encounter in the smart medical room.
US10510347B2
A language storage method according to one aspect of the present invention includes vectorization steps for vectorizing language accumulated in a dialog log database using a word vector created in advance for each word; determination step for determining whether to employ the language that has been vectorized as response data; and a storage step for accumulating the language that has been determined to be employed as the response data in a response database, in which a dimension reduction step for reducing the number of dimensions of the vector of the language vectorized in the vectorization step is included between the vectorization step and the determination step, and in the determination step, it is determined which one of an employed group and an unemployed group the vector of the language whose number of dimensions has been reduced in the dimension reduction step belongs to.
US10510342B2
Provided herein is a voice recognition server and a control method thereof, the method including determining an index value for each of a plurality of training texts; setting a group for each of the plurality of training texts based on the index values of the plurality of training texts, and matching a function corresponding to each group and storing the matched results; in response to receiving a user's uttered voice from a user terminal apparatus, determining an index value from the received uttered voice; and searching a group corresponding to the index value determined from the received uttered voice, and performing the function corresponding to the uttered voice, thereby providing a voice recognition result of a variety of user's uttered voices suitable to the user's intentions.
US10510341B1
A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses.
US10510340B1
Techniques for using a dynamic wakeword detection threshold are described. A server(s) may receive audio data corresponding to an utterance from a device in response to the device detecting a wakeword using a wakeword detection threshold. The server(s) may then determine the device should use a lower wakeword detection threshold for a duration of time. In addition to sending the device output data responsive to the utterance, the server(s) may send the device an instruction to use the lower wakeword detection threshold for the duration of time. Alternatively, the server(s) may train a machine learning model to determine when the device should use a lower wakeword detection threshold. The server(s) may send the trained machine learned model to the device for use at runtime.
US10510335B2
Embodiments of the present invention are generally related to acoustic white noise machines. In particular, embodiments of the present invention are directed to an acoustic white noise machine that comprises a fan blade designed to shear airflow against a sharp edge in order to create broadband turbulent noise. Embodiments of the present invention may further include an adjustable enclosure that may be manipulated via the rotation or other movement of an outer shell to alter the amount of air being sheared by the fan blade, thereby changing the frequencies which resonate in the adjustable enclosure.
US10510332B2
According to one embodiment, a noise reduction apparatus includes a speaker, a generator and a controller. The speaker outputs control sound. The generator generates self-excited sound. The controller controls a phase and an amplitude of the control sound to reduce noise generated from a noise source, based on the control sound and the self-excited sound that is synchronized with the control sound.
US10510330B2
A device for deadening the sound of a component having a damping layer of a foamed material and a stiffening layer, which is fixedly connected to the damping layer and which is stiffer than the damping layer, wherein the damping layer is formed by a foamed hot-melt adhesive.
US10510328B2
A lyrics analyzer generates tags and explicitness indicators for a set of tracks. These tags may indicate the genre, mood, occasion, or other features of each track. The lyrics analyzer does so by generating an n-dimensional vector relating to a set of topics extracted from the lyrics and then using those vectors to train a classifier to determine whether each tag applies to each track. The lyrics analyzer may also generate playlists for a user based on a single seed song by comparing the lyrics vector or the lyrics and acoustics vectors of the seed song to other songs to select songs that closely match the seed song. Such a playlist generator may also take into account the tags generated for each track.
US10510326B1
A bow grip aid for string instruments comprised of a body having a U-shape in cross-section so as to be capable of sandwiching a stick of a bow, wherein the body includes a first portion and a second portion to sandwich the stick by the first portion and the second portion from both sides, a surface of the first portion has a recess corresponding to a thumb of a player on the opposite side of a surface contacting with the stick, a distance from a bottom of the recess of the first portion to a surface of the stick is 2 mm to 10 mm, a length of the second portion in a longitudinal direction of the stick is 30 mm to 50 mm, and a thickness of the second portion from a surface contacting with the stick to an opposite surface is 5 mm to 15 mm.
US10510321B2
Disclosed are embodiments of flexible display modules and systems of flexible display modules. Display modules have a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a predetermined pattern and providing a highly uniform visual effect. Alignment and complementary alignment features enable the alignment of adjacent display modules and the creation of large displays from a plurality of aligned display modules. Features to couple to and retain a support frame are provided. Flexible and durable weather resistance features are provided. Modules and systems have features that permit installation and removal from the front side or the back side of the display. A system of modular support frames works cooperatively with the display modules, adapting to different mounting environments, and thereby providing large modular displays with desirable properties.
US10510319B2
A technique for enhancing an image includes manipulating a base image to highlight pixels showing a particular material based on the energy absorption information of each pixel. In another technique, pixels in a base image are each converted to an output value to produce a converted image. Another technique allows imaging an obstructed object within a base image which is made of pixels, each representing a captured signal from a source emitting a source signal I0. An obstruction region contains pixels representing a combined signal I3 having traversed the obstructed object and an obstructive layer. Knowing a layer signal I2 representing a signal having traversed the obstructive layer outside of the obstruction region, the layer signal I2 may be removed from the combined signal I3, in order to reveal the original signal I1 representing an image of the obstructed object.
US10510315B2
Provided are a display panel, a driving method thereof and a display device, for improving the quality of displayed images and reducing the power consumption. The display panel includes first and second pixel units of opposite polarities, and first and second data lines for transmitting signals of opposite polarities. The first and the second pixel units each includes at least two sub-pixels of different colors. The first data line is connected to the first pixel units in the (j−1)th and jth columns of sub-pixels. Sub-pixels in the first pixel unit in the (j−1)th column have different colors from those in the first pixel unit in the jth column. The second data line is connected to the second pixel units in the jth and (j+1)th columns. Sub-pixels in the second pixel unit in the jth column have different colors from those in the second pixel unit in the (j+1)th column.
US10510305B2
In some implementations, a computing device may include a first display device and a second display device. An embedded controller may determine a first perceived brightness of the first display based on a first current and a first amount of ambient light associated with the first display device, determine a second perceived brightness of the second display device based on a second current and a second amount of ambient light associated with the second display device, and determine a ratio of the first perceived brightness to the second perceived brightness. The embedded controller may modify, based at least in part on the ratio, the second current to create a second modified amount of current associated with the second display device that modifies the second perceived brightness of the second display device to create a modified second perceived brightness of the second display device.
US10510301B2
A scan driver is integrated to include multiple drivers in a peripheral area of a display. The drivers output gate, emission, and/or other signals for driving pixel circuits in the display based on one or more clock signals.
US10510290B2
The present invention provides a display apparatus with display screen burn-ins prevention functions, comprising a calculation module configured to identify a set of to-be-adjusted grayscale edge pixels corresponding to a static display part in a detection area based on a plurality of sets of grayscale edge pixels identified from a plurality of images in the detection area at different time instances; a determination module configured to determine whether the set of to-be-adjusted grayscale edge pixels is an empty set; and an adjustment module configured to adjust intensity levels of the to-be-adjusted grayscale edge pixels when the determination module determines that the set of to-be-adjusted grayscale edge pixels is not an empty set.
US10510284B2
A display driver includes a drive circuit that receives input of a first reference voltage to an nth reference voltage (where n is an integer of two or more), and outputs a drive voltage that is based on a grayscale voltage obtained by voltage division of an ith reference voltage and an (i+1)th reference voltage (where i is an integer of n−1 or less), and a control circuit that utilizes frame rate control on first display data corresponding to a grayscale voltage obtained by voltage division of the first reference voltage and a second reference voltage to generate second display data, and supplies the second display data to the drive circuit.
US10510277B2
An organic light emitting display device including pixels positioned in regions defined by scan lines and light emission control lines extending in a first direction, and data lines extending in a second direction different from the first direction, the pixels being configured to control an amount of current flowing from a first power source to a second power source by way of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) in response to data signals, organic light emitting display device includes a scan driver configured to sequentially supply scan signals to the scan lines and light emission control signals to the light emission control lines during an inspection period, and a data driver configured to supply inspection data signals to the data lines in synchronization with the scan signals during the inspection period.
US10510259B2
This disclosure generally relates to a method and system for providing a ride for a third party rider at the request of a user ride requestor. In one embodiment, a driver device may be used to receive a ride request from one or more server computing devices for a third party rider. The driver device may receive information identifying the third party rider, including a password. Further, the driver device may transmit real time ride status information to the ride requestor directly or indirectly via the one or more server computing devices.
US10510257B2
An object tracking device tracks objects in a time series using an object detection sensor for detecting objects around a host vehicle. When a plurality of objects are detected, the object tracking device sorts the objects into groups in accordance with a degree of influence of the positions of the objects on the movement of the host vehicle. The object tracking device tracks each of the groups as a single object in a time series.
US10510247B2
The present disclosure provides a method and a device for detecting whether an object violates a traffic signal. The terminal moving along with the object is in communication with the network to acquire the state of the traffic signal in the moving direction of the object; when the acquired state of the traffic signal is in the no-passing state, the terminal determines a current position of the object according to beacons surrounding the intersection where the object is; and then, the terminal moving along with the object detects whether the object violates the traffic signal according to the determined current position of the object.
US10510238B1
The present disclosure relates to a tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable medium, having machine-readable instructions to pair a water detection device of a plurality of water detection devices with a user account via a user device, receive a first signal indicative of a location of the water detection device from the user device, receive a second signal indicative of a personalized message to be sent to the user device upon a detection event of the water detection device, and display a list of the plurality of water detection devices and corresponding locations of each water detection device of the plurality of water detection devices on the user device.
US10510233B2
The present disclosure describes how to reduce or eliminate negative effects caused by bright lights in a change detection system. As a result, false alarms caused by lighting changes may be significantly reduced or eliminated.
US10510229B2
A mount aims to prevent an accessory mountable in an image pickup apparatus from being stolen using a simple configuration. The mount is disposed in a main body of an image pickup apparatus, and comprises a first mount portion attachable/detachable with respect to an accessory. The first mount portion includes a fixing portion fixed to the main body of the image pickup apparatus, a fixed mount portion fixed and held to the fixing portion, a movable mount portion relatively rotatable with respect to the fixed mount portion with an optical axis of the image pickup apparatus as a center, a mount ring rotatable with the movable mount portion, and an insertion portion to which an operation member to switch a non-lock state and a lock state of the accessory with respect to the first mount portion is inserted from an outside of the first mount portion.
US10510227B2
Apparatus and systems using merchandise activity sensors for increasing the awareness of interactivity with merchandise on retail store displays (shelves, peg hooks, merchandise pushers, and other Point of Purchase displays) in order to facilitate more effective customer service, reduce theft and to provide additional analysis data related to merchandise/shopper interaction.
US10510226B2
A meter socket with a tamper detection assembly is disclosed. The tamper detection assembly may include a light sensor that enables the detection of tampering caused by an energy thief removing the cover of the meter socket enclosure and/or removing the meter from the meter socket in an effort to access the power supply connectors and steal electricity. The tamper detection assembly may also include an acoustic sensor that enables the detection of tampering caused by an energy thief drilling, cutting, hammering, bending or otherwise attempting to violate the integrity of the meter socket enclosure in an effort to access the power supply connectors and steal electricity. The tamper detection assembly is preferably mounted within a mounting block of the meter socket so as to provide a secure source of power and communications for the assembly.
US10510216B2
An electronic gaming system includes a plurality of electronic gaming machines including a display, a wager acceptor to receive value, and a controller, and a server in communication with the gaming machines. The server is configured to determine the machines participating in a session of a bingo-type game with a progressive prize; collect a portion of a wager received at each of the machines, wherein the size of the wager may vary; determine a number of virtual bingo cards for each of the machines in accordance with the size of the wager received; issue the virtual bingo cards to each of the machines in accordance with the determination; generate one or more sets of indicia; determine a progressive win event based on the virtual bingo cards and the one or more sets of indicia; and award the progressive prize to the machine associated with the win event.
US10510213B2
A time-synchronizing wagering system is disclosed. The time-synchronizing wagering system includes an interactive controller; a credit processing controller; a regulated server; and a client station that allows for a skill-based game trigger point to be associated with a timestamp, compare the timestamp against a master timer, and determine a winner based on the comparison of the timestamp against a regulated timestamp.
US10510205B2
A gaming machine provides an operation unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The operation unit is an operation of the player. The display unit displays a display area with a plurality of cells arranged in a grid. The control unit allows a player to establish a wager, to establish one of a plurality of predefined subsets of the cells as a feature area as a function of the wager and to provide a game in response to player operation. The control unit randomly selects a plurality of symbols associated with the display area. Each symbol in the plurality of symbols is associated with one of the plurality of cells in the grid. The plurality of symbols forming an outcome of the game; detect an occurrence of a predetermined symbol in the feature area; and provide a game feature as a function of the occurrence of the predetermined symbol.
US10510196B2
A remote key fob for a vehicle, includes a communications and control device, at least one transmit/receive device and a microcontroller. At least one control surface is arranged on an outer shell of a housing of the remote key fob and is coupled to the communications and control device. A printed circuit board held in the housing is placed beneath the control surface. The control surface is mechanically coupled to a metal detection section. Pressure actuation of the control surface from the outside results in a deformation or change of position of the detection section. A detection coil is located on the printed circuit board, wherein the detection coil is coupled to the communications and control device for forming an inductive proximity switch. The communications and control device determines an actuation of the control surface as a function of the inductivity or quality of the detection coil.
US10510193B2
A method and system for geofencing of vehicle impound yards. One or more geofences around impound yards are selected. The one or more geofences are associated with one or more vehicles. When a vehicle enters the geofenced area, a user (e.g., an individual, car dealer, finance company, etc.) is immediately notified to prevent excessive impound financial charges. If a vehicle is left in a geofence area, a cumulative time duration and a cumulative finance charge are accurately recorded to reduce or prevent financial fraud.
US10510191B2
A wearable system can comprise a display system configured to present virtual content in a three-dimensional space, a user input device configured to receive a user input, and one or more sensors configured to detect a user's pose. The wearable system can support various user interactions with objects in the user's environment based on contextual information. As an example, the wearable system can adjust the size of an aperture of a virtual cone during a cone cast (e.g., with the user's poses) based on the contextual information. As another example, the wearable system can adjust the amount of movement of virtual objects associated with an actuation of the user input device based on the contextual information.
US10510185B2
A technique for performing rasterization and pixel shading with decoupled resolution is provided herein. The technique involves performing rasterization as normal to generate fine rasterization data and a set of (fine) quads. The quads are accumulated into a tile buffer and coarse quads are generated from the quads in the tile buffer based on a shading rate. The shading rate determines how many pixels of the fine quads are combined to generate coarse pixels of the coarse quads. Combination of fine pixels involves generating a single coarse pixel for each such fine pixel to be combined. The positions of the coarse pixels of the coarse quads are set based on the positions of the corresponding fine pixels. The coarse quads are shaded normally and the resulting shaded coarse quads are modified based on the fine rasterization data to generate shaded fine quads.
US10510180B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for obtaining first image features derived from an image of an object, providing the first image features to a three-dimensional estimator neural network, and obtaining, from the three-dimensional estimator neural network, data specifying an estimated three-dimensional shape and texture based on the first image features. The estimated three-dimensional shape and texture are provided to a three-dimensional rendering engine, and a plurality of three-dimensional views of the object are generated by the three-dimensional rendering engine based on the estimated three-dimensional shape and texture. The plurality of three-dimensional views are provided to the object recognition engine, and second image features derived from the plurality of three-dimensional views are obtained from the object recognition engine. A loss is computed based at least on the first and second image features, and the three-dimensional estimator neural network is trained based at least on the computed loss.
US10510175B2
The present disclosure provides example methods for changing graphics processing resolution according to a scenario. In one example, a first display scenario is determined as a scenario in which energy can be saved. Based on the determination, a graphics processing resolution of a graphics processor can be reduced. At least one target graphics frame in the first display scenario can be rendered by the graphics processor according to the reduced graphics processing resolution to obtain at least one target image frame. The at least one target image frame can be adapted according to screen display resolution, and the at least one adapted target image frame can be displayed. The present disclosure further provides a portable electronic device and a system for changing graphics processing resolution according to a scenario.
US10510156B2
Methods and apparatus for estimating a depth of unfocused plenoptic data are suggested. The method includes: determining a level of homogeneity of micro-lens images of unfocused plenoptic data; determining pixels of the micro-lens images of the unfocused plenoptic unfocused plenoptic data which either have disparities equal to zero or belong to homogeneous areas as a function of the calculated level of homogeneity of the micro-lens images of the unfocused plenoptic data; and estimating the depth of the unfocused plenoptic data by a disparity estimation without considering the determined pixels. With the disclosure, by pre-processing the raw data, it can prevent any disparity estimation method to spend time on estimating disparities for: (i) pixels that are in focus, (ii) pixels that belong to homogenous areas of the scene.
US10510148B2
Methods and systems which provide object edge image representation generation using block based edgel techniques implementing post edgel detection processing to eliminate false edges are described. Embodiments subdivide image data (e.g., image point clouds) to facilitate separate edgel detection processing of a plurality of sub-blocks of the image data. A false edge elimination algorithm of embodiments is applied in recombining the object edge image representation sub-blocks resulting from the sub-block edgel detection processing to eliminate false edge artifacts associated with use of block based edgel detection.
US10510143B1
Systems and methods for generating a mask for automated assessment of embryo quality are disclosed herein. The method for generating a mask for automated assessment of embryo quality can include receiving an image, including a plurality of pixels, of a human embryo from an imaging system. A pixel can be selected and features of the selected pixel can be determined by generating a plurality of random boxes of random sizes and at random locations about the selected pixel. The selected pixel can be identified as one of: inside of a mask area; and outside of the mask area based on the determined features.
US10510131B2
In an embodiment, an apparatus comprises one or more processors and one or more memories communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and storing instructions which, when processed by the one or more processors, cause: receiving a digital image of undeliverable mail and storing the digital image in a first database; causing data to be extracted from the digital image using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) or by processing encoded data; in response to causing data to be extracted from the digital image, identifying a sender of the undeliverable mail and a recipient of the undeliverable mail based on the data; causing additional data to be requested from two or more second databases based on the data extracted from the digital image; in response to delivery of the undeliverable mail and using the additional data requested from the two or more second databases, determining delivery hit rates for each of the two or more second databases; assigning, based on a highest hit rate of the delivery hit rates, at least one of the two or more second databases as a primary database from which additional data is requested; and in response to assigning the at least one of the two or more second databases as the primary database, causing additional data to be requested from the primary database.
US10510128B1
Disclosed herein are embodiments for optimization of an energy grid system. First and second prediction models associated with a first energy grid system and a second energy grid system, respectively, may be trained based on historical data associated with each energy grid system. A prediction model basis may be created including the first and second prediction models. Training data associated with a third energy grid system may be input into each prediction model of the prediction model basis, and an accuracy of the prediction models may be evaluated to determine whether the prediction model basis is complete. When complete, a context-matching model may be trained based on subsequent energy grid systems until the context-matching model is determined to be sufficiently accurate. Then, the context-matching model may be used to identify a prediction model matching a new energy grid system, which may be used to warm-start the new energy grid system.
US10510122B2
Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for processing claims. In various embodiments, claims can be processed in accordance with a data-driven approach that limits changes to existing claims processing rules by using an inclusions table, an exclusions table, and/or a decision table as part of firing or executing claims processing rules to accommodate for such changes.
US10510113B2
The disclosure extends to computer-implemented personal financial management tools, methods and systems for providing financial transaction data to a user in the form of transaction images, such as check images, deposit images, receipt images, and other transaction related images, which may be incorporated into the personal financial management tool. The disclosure also extends to computer-implemented personal financial management tools, methods and systems for receiving core data, which may include transaction data, from a financial or banking institution and processing the data by cleansing the data, automatically categorizing the data, classifying the data, and then sending that processed data back to the financial or banking institution. The disclosure also extends to receiving and sending such data to and from the financial or banking institution in real-time.
US10510107B1
Systems and methods for operatively coupling a payment card to a customer database are disclosed. A financial institution computing system includes a customer database, a network interface circuit enabling the financial institution computing system to exchange information over a network, and a data circuit. The customer database stores financial information and non-financial information received from at least one merchant computing system. The data circuit receives non-financial information associated with a customer from at least one merchant computing system and updates the non-financial information in the customer database. The data circuit receives a transaction request generated by the customer at a transaction terminal using a payment card corresponding to a payment card account. The data circuit transmits an approval or a denial of the transaction request and at least some of the non-financial information in the customer database to the transaction terminal to update non-financial information on the payment card.
US10510101B2
A merchant management system aims to make product sales by multiple merchants more efficient so that the resulting savings can be passed down to consumers. Specifically, the merchant management system evaluates discounts that the consumer may be eligible for (e.g., being within a certain shipping distance, buying multiple units, or waiving the ability to return the item) in order to present the consumer with the lowest price available. Additionally, the merchant management system may price a product in light of other products and pass down any savings that result from purchasing multiple products from the same merchant (e.g., reduced shipping costs for shipping multiple products in the same box).
US10510097B2
A mobile terminal includes a touch screen display, a camera, a power button and an activation button for turning on the touch screen display. The mobile terminal has a first function and a second function to perform in response to user input and provides user settings for configuring at least one of the first and second functions such that the at least one of the first and second functions is performed along with turning on the touch screen display when pressing of the activation button is detected while the touch screen display is turned off. The mobile terminal is configured to perform the first and second functions depending upon length of pressing of the activation button in addition to turning on the touch screen display.
US10510086B2
The present invention discloses an analysis system for analyzing the popularity of a target product. The popular product analysis system comprises an analysis server, a Bluetooth tracking device, a wireless base station, and a mobile device. The Bluetooth tracking device is configured on the target product. When the product was moved by non-specific consumers, the Bluetooth tracking device is for generating a product movement Bluetooth signal. The analysis server is for receiving the product movement Bluetooth signal through a wireless base station or a mobile device. According to the product movement Bluetooth signal, the analysis server can determine the popularity of the target product and the consumer information for providing a better location for storing target products and shopping suggestions for consumers.
US10510081B2
The present invention provides apparatuses and methods for analyzing patterns and generating rules related to actions taken in auditing cargo air waybills. Various embodiments of the invention may receive one or more user actions applied to an air waybill and analyze the user's actions to determine if a pattern of behavior is consistent in the user's actions. When one or more patterns are determined, one or more rules may be generated based on the patterns and the actions. If a generated rule is approved by a user, the generated rule may be applied to any future air waybill sent to an accounting system for auditing. The integration of pattern analysis and rule generation may ease some or all of the burden of manually auditing thousands of air waybills daily and reduce the temporal costs of internal audit staff and the financial costs of employing an outside company to audit cargo air waybills.
US10510078B2
A payment processing system continuously processes transactions. A group of transactions satisfying criteria within a recent measurement window are extracted from transaction data. A second group of transactions satisfying the criteria within a past baseline window are also extracted. An attribute of transactions is selected for analysis and a risk metric value is calculated for transactions in the measurement window having a particular attribute value. The same risk metric is used to calculate a baseline value for transactions in the baseline window having the same attribute value. The baseline value may be normalized and adjusted. The risk metric value is compared to the baseline value and an alert is generated if the risk metric value is greater. Any of a variety of risk metrics are used. Total dollar amount and total order count from the measurement window compared to similar from the baseline window are also used to inform the alert.
US10510077B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for facial recognition identification for in-store payment transactions. In particular, a payment system allows a user to engage in a payment transaction with a merchant to purchase goods or services at an in-store checkout location. For example, one or more implementations involve receiving a payment request to initiate an in-store payment transaction between a user and a merchant, the payment request including an image of the user. One or more embodiments identify a payment account for the user based on the image and send a payment confirmation request to a client device of the user. Additionally, one or more embodiments process the in-store payment transaction based on a confirmation response received from the client device.
US10510068B2
Items are sold via a wireless mobile telecommunications network in which multimedia presentations describing items offered for sale are broadcast for reception by wireless mobile devices. Users of the devices can transmit responses indicating requests to buy the items or bid for them in auctions.
US10510065B2
A device may receive an indication that an ATM transaction is to be conducted, display prompt(s) for a user to input user authentication credential information and to select an ATM transaction type, detect user input(s) that include a user authentication credential and a selection of a particular ATM transaction type, and receive, from an ATM device, a request to establish a communication session. The ATM device may include a sync button to initiate communicative coupling of the ATM device and the user device. The request may be based on a user selection of the sync button. The device may communicatively couple to the ATM device, and provide, to the ATM device, the user authentication credential and data regarding the particular ATM transaction type to cause the ATM device to perform the ATM transaction. The device may display information regarding the ATM transaction.
US10510062B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer-readable media related to mobile device purchase flows. In some embodiments, a mobile device may obtain a uniform resource identifier (URI). The mobile device may launch a browser based at least in part on the URI. The mobile device may submit a first set of data to a server based at least in part on the URI and receive a re-direct URI. The mobile device may launch an application in response to receiving the re-direct URI from the server, wherein the application submits a second set of data to the server. The mobile device may facilitate completion of a transaction by the application based at least in part on matching the first set of data and the second set of data at the server.
US10510059B2
A printer device includes: a receiver configured to receive pieces of information from a host device; a storage configured to store output information among the pieces of information received by the receiver; a printer configured to print information on a sheet based on printing information; a display communication device configured to transmit display information to a display device; an output destination selection module configured to select an output destination of the output information stored in the storage based on instruction information among the pieces of information received by the receiver from the host device; a display information generation module configured to generate, when the output destination selected by the output destination selection module is the display device, the display information based on the output information stored in the storage; a display communication device configured to output the display information generated by the display information generation module to the display device; and a printing controller configured to output, when the output destination selected by the output destination selection module is the printer, the printing information that is based on the output information stored in the storage, to the printer, wherein the display communication device configured to output the display information generated by the display information generation module to the display device.
US10510056B2
Methods and systems for receiving a proximity payment account number (PPAN) with payment transaction data for a payment transaction from a mobile device, the PPAN selected from at least one PPAN; mapping the received PPAN to a primary account number (PAN); generating an authorization request for the payment transaction based on the PAN and the payment transaction data; receiving an authorization response message; and providing an output including the authorization response message and the PPAN.
US10510037B1
A computer-based system that manages the shipment of one or more freight units includes a measuring system for measuring dimensions and weight of a freight unit, wherein the freight unit includes products, a database for storing rules for shipping freight, and a host computer system. The host computer system is for receiving information about the freight unit to be shipped, determining whether the products of the freight unit should be classified as density-based for a shipping rate determination, determining a density-based class of the freight unit, determining whether the linear feet parameter for the freight unit exceeds a predetermined threshold value, receiving a selection input for a selected carrier from the one or more carriers displayed on the web site, and upon receipt of the selection input for the selected carrier, creating a bill of lading.
US10510035B2
This patent specification relates to apparatus, systems, methods, and related computer program products for providing home security/smart home objectives. More particularly, this patent specification relates to a plurality of devices, including intelligent, multi-sensing, network-connected devices, that communicate with each other and/or with a central server or a cloud-computing system to provide any of a variety of useful home security/smart home objectives.
US10510031B2
In various embodiments, a system may be configured to substantially automatically determine whether to take one or more actions in response to one or more identified risk triggers (e.g., data breaches, regulation change, etc.). The system may, for example: (1) compare the potential risk trigger to one or more previous risks triggers experienced by the particular entity at a previous time; (2) identify a similar previous risk trigger (e.g., one or more previous risk triggers related to a similar change in regulation, breach of data, type of issue identified, etc.); (3) determine the relevance of the current risk trigger based at least in part on a determined relevance of the previous risk trigger; and (4) determine whether to take one or more actions to the current risk trigger based at least in part on one or more determined actions to take in response to the previous, similar risk trigger.
US10510025B2
A computer-implemented method includes receiving a new data record associated with a transaction, and generating, using an adaptive model executed by the computer, a score to represent a likelihood that the transaction is associated with fraud. The adaptive model employs feedback from one or more external data sources, the feedback containing information about one or more previous data records associated with fraud and non-fraud by at least one of the one or more external data sources. Further, the adaptive model uses the information about the one or more previous data records as input variables to update scoring parameters used to generate the score for the new data record.
US10510021B1
Systems and methods for evaluating a loss function or a gradient of the loss function. In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes partitioning a weight matrix into a plurality of blocks. The method includes identifying a first set of labels for each of the plurality of blocks with a score greater than a first threshold value. The method includes constructing a sparse approximation of a scoring vector for each of the plurality of blocks based on the first set of labels. The method includes determining a correction value for each sparse approximation of the scoring vector. The method includes determining an approximation of a loss or a gradient of a loss associated with the scoring function based on each sparse approximation of the scoring vector and the correction value associated with the sparse approximation of the scoring vector.
US10510013B2
In implementations of the subject matter described herein, each token for containing an element in the training data is sampled according to a factorization strategy in training. Instead of using a single proposal, the property value of the target element located at the token being scanned is iteratively updated one or more times based on a combination of an element proposal and a context proposal. The element proposal tends to accept a value that is popular for the target element independently of the current piece of data, while the context proposal tends to accept whenever the property value that is popular in the context of the target data or popular for the element itself. The proposed modeling training approach can converge in a quite efficient way.
US10510010B1
This invention comprises a method of simulating an ecological environment, where digital agents within the environment are capable of processing data, and agents that successfully process data are permitted to reproduce to generate new algorithms. The invention is a groundbreaking advance in artificial intelligence and machine learning and enables processes that were once considered computationally impossible.
US10510009B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training and applying a machine learning model. One of the methods includes the actions of obtaining a collection of training data, the training data comprising collection of data points associated with a labeled set of real property parcels; training a machine learning model using the training data, the machine learning model being trained to generate a likelihood with respect to a parameter from input data associated with a specific parcel of real property, wherein training includes optimizing the model using a Markov chain optimization that seeks to minimize error in the model where the model is underpinned by one or more non-differentiable functions; receiving a plurality of data points associated with an input parcel of real property; and using the optimized model to generate a likelihood for the parameter for the input parcel of real property.
US10510001B2
This invention solves the long-standing problem in Machine Learning of training a neural network on a spike-based neuromorphic computer. The preferred embodiment of the invention describes an algorithm for training a Restricted Boltzmann Machine (RBM) neural network, but the invention applies equally to training neural networks in the general class of Markov Random Fields. The standard CD algorithm for training an RBM on a general-purpose computer is unsuitable for implementation on a neuromorphic computer, as it requires the communication of real-valued parameter values between neurons, and/or shared memory access by neurons to stored parameter values. By employing the invention described, these requirements are eliminated, thus providing a training algorithm which can be implemented efficiently on a spike-based, distributed processor and memory, neuromorphic computer system.
US10510000B1
A system and method of detecting an aberrant message is provided. An ordered set of words within the message is detected. The set of words found within the message is linked to a corresponding set of expected words, the set of expected words having semantic attributes. A set of grammatical structures represented in the message is detected, based on the ordered set of words and the semantic attributes of the corresponding set of expected words. A cognitive noise vector comprising a quantitative measure of a deviation between grammatical structures represented in the message and an expected measure of grammatical structures for a message of the type is then determined. The cognitive noise vector may be processed by higher levels of the neural network and/or an external processor.
US10509999B2
A neuromorphic device may include: a pre-synaptic neuron; a plurality of post-synaptic neurons; and a plurality of synapses electrically connected to the pre-synaptic neuron and electrically connected to the plurality of post-synaptic neurons. Each of the post-synaptic neurons may include: an integrator; a main comparator having a first input port connected to an output port of the integrator; and a first sub comparator having a first input port connected to the output port of the integrator.
US10509992B2
The invention relates to an electronic card comprising a card body (1) comprising an upper surface (11) and a lower surface (12); a fingerprint sensor (2) flush with the upper surface of said card body; a tactile mark (3) placed on the upper surface of the card body near the fingerprint sensor, said tactile mark having an excess thickness from the upper surface of the card to guide, when said mark is touched, a correct positioning of a finger on said fingerprint sensor, the thickness of the tactile mark being such that the card has a thickness compatible with standard ISO 781 ID1, the thickness of the tactile mark preferably being between 30 and 60 μm, typically 50 μm.
US10509977B2
An image sensing device (130) for providing image data relating to an image of an object (120; 121; 501) comprises an image sensor (131) having a sensor area (132) for sensing light. The image sensing device (130) defines (401) Regions Of Interest, “ROIs”, (301 a-303a) in the sensor area (132). Each ROI (301 a; 302a; 303a) partially overlaps one or more of the other ROIs (301 a-303a). The ROIs (301 a-303a) are exposed individually to light from the object. The image sensing device (130) reads (403) partial image data belonging to groups respectively associated with the exposed ROIs (301 a-303a) and resulting from sensed light therein. Image data relating to the image of the object is provided based on a combination of the read partial image data.
US10509974B2
Example stain and trash detection systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a method receives a clean image of a vehicle interior and a second image of the vehicle interior after a passenger has occupied the vehicle. The method quantizes the clean image and the second image to reduce noise and identifies differences between the clean image and the second image. Additionally, the method identifies at least one contour in the identified differences and classifies an area defined by the contour as one of a stain, dirt, trash, or another item.
US10509970B2
An autonomous vehicle is configured to detect an active turn signal indicator on another vehicle. An image-capture device of the autonomous vehicle captures an image of a field of view of the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle captures the image with a short exposure to emphasize objects having brightness above a threshold. Additionally, a bounding area for a second vehicle located within the image is determined. The autonomous vehicle identifies a group of pixels within the bounding area based on a first color of the group of pixels. The autonomous vehicle also calculates an oscillation of an intensity of the group of pixels. Based on the oscillation of the intensity, the autonomous vehicle determines a likelihood that the second vehicle has a first active turn signal. Additionally, the autonomous vehicle is controlled based at least on the likelihood that the second vehicle has a first active turn signal.
US10509968B2
A data fusion based safety surveillances system has a first through Nth virtual monitoring systems and a data fusion and decision device. The data fusion and decision device defines an ith detection model of the ith virtual monitoring system, and estimates an ith detection loss probability of the ith virtual monitoring system according to detection loss sample numbers of batches of ith monitored data of the ith virtual monitoring system under conditions corresponding to the locations, batches of context data and existence of intruder, the ith detection model, the batches of ith monitored data corresponding to locations of the ith virtual monitoring system and the batches of context data. The data fusion and decision device determines a fusion parameter set according to the first through Nth detection loss probabilities, and performs data fusion on a first through Nth detection results to generate a decision result.
US10509965B2
Methods, systems, and media for analyzing spherical video content are provided. More particularly, methods, systems, and media for detecting two-dimensional videos placed on a sphere in abusive spherical video content by tiling the sphere are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving an identifier of a spherical video content item, wherein the spherical video content item has a plurality of views and wherein the spherical video content item is encoded into a plurality of two-dimensional video frames; selecting a first frame of the plurality of two-dimensional video frames associated with the spherical video content item; dividing the first frame into a plurality of tiles spanning the first frame of the spherical video content item; calculating, for each tile of the plurality of tiles, a probability that the tile includes content of a particular type of content; determining, for each tile, whether the probability exceeds a predetermined threshold; in response to determining, for a particular tile, that the probability exceeds the predetermined threshold, causing the content associated with the tile to be analyzed using a video fingerprinting technique; and in response to determining, using the video fingerprinting technique, that the content associated with the tile matches a reference content item of a plurality of reference content items, generating an indication of the match in association with the identifier of the spherical video content item.
US10509963B2
Systems, methods, and computer storage media for discovering authoritative images of people entities are provided. Selections of person entities are received. Authoritative URLs and authoritative images for the person entities are identified. Once the authoritative images are identified, features are extracted. Queries for the person entities are identified by mining search engine logs. The queries and features can be utilized to construct candidate queries to identify and retrieve candidate image URLs. Candidate features are extracted for each candidate image associated with the candidate image URLs. Training data may be utilized to train a classifier that can be run on each candidate image. Each candidate image can then be tagged with an entity ID tag. Images with the entity ID tag can be ranked higher in search engine results page than images without the entity ID tag.
US10509956B1
The present invention provides a method using a trained and activated artificial intelligence entity for detecting in photo images, moving or still, the identity of target people who are present or former members of the U.S. armed services, or are related thereto, from sources available through the Internet or other wide area computer network.
US10509955B2
A living body detection device (1) includes: an image acquisition unit (171), a determination unit (173) and a detection unit (174). The image acquisition unit (171) acquires a first image in which a subject irradiated by light in a first wavelength range is imaged, and a second image in which the subject irradiated by light in a second wavelength range is imaged, the second wavelength range being different from the first wavelength range. The determination unit (173) determines whether a relation expressed by luminance of the subject imaged in the first image and luminance of the subject imaged in the second image is a relation exhibited by a living body. The detection unit (174) detects that the subject is a living body in a case where the determination unit (173) has determined that it is the relation exhibited by the living body.
US10509930B2
Disclosed are a lighting control system including and mater and slave devices. The master device includes a lighting control unit that broadcasts a group light-emitting pattern to each corresponding group of the plurality of slave devices to control the plurality of slave devices to emit the light per group basis. Each of the plurality of slave devices includes a lighting unit configured to include at least one light source device, a storing unit configured to store the light-emitting position information corresponding, and a lighting control unit configured to extract a lighting control signal of the group identification number corresponding to the light-emitting position information stored in the storing unit among lighting control signals broadcasted by the master device, and control the lighting unit on the basis of the group light-emitting pattern corresponding to the extracted lighting control signal.
US10509929B2
The invention discloses a scan head's aiming beam exposure solution system, comprising the control circuit of aiming lamp. The control circuit is composed of 5 pin terminals, wherein pin 1 and 2 are the input terminal of gate circuit, and pin 4 is the output terminal of NOT gate circuit; the high level Vcc is connected with pin 5 of the control circuit, and pin 3 of the control circuit is grounded; the pin 1 and 2 are connected with the scanning signal and the field sync signal respectively, and resistor R1 is connected with the field sync signal and is grounded. The solution system, compared with the existing scan heads on the market, can completely solve the local overexposure problem of the aiming beam, hugely improve the decoding accuracy, stability, identification rate, decoding speed and power consumption of the scan head hugely, and realize cost-effectiveness easily.
US10509925B2
A data card enclosure method and system comprising data card connectors and host interface connectors on a data card housed in the data card enclosure. The data card enclosure method and system provided for connecting the data card connectors and host interface connectors to external communications ports.
US10509924B2
The present invention is directed to systems and methods of activating an electronic device at a point-of-sale (POS). The device may be identified by an indicia and activation may occur following purchase of the device. The method may include the steps of receiving at a central processor from the POS the indicia identifying the device purchased at the POS; enabling by the central processor a feature or functionality of the device or use of the device; and conveying to the device information material to the feature, functionality, or use. The system may include a central processor that activates the device. The central processor may include various interfaces with the POS, provider, and device, as well as a database with records related to the device and an activation processor for determining if activation is appropriate, activating the device, and sending information material to the feature, functionality, or use to the device.
US10509921B2
A system may include transaction storage devices. Each transaction storage device may include a data store configured to receive, from a first entity, a request to push a detailed transaction corresponding to a secure identifier. The secure identifier may be generated, using an encoding function, from a user identifier of a user. The data store may be further configured to store the detailed transaction based on a first determination to trust the first entity. The system may further include an access controller configured to perform the first determination by applying a first security rule corresponding to a type of the secure identifier to the request to push the detailed transaction, and a registry configured to store at least the first security rule.
US10509919B1
A target transaction initiated by a member node device in a blockchain is received, where the target transaction include a reference time parameter, and where the reference time parameter is used to determine whether the target transaction is a valid transaction within a transaction validity period. Based on the reference time parameter, a determination is performed as to whether the target transaction is a valid transaction within a transaction validity period. In response to determining that the target transaction is a valid transaction within the transaction validity period, the target transaction is recorded to a generated candidate block.
US10509903B2
A computer system, an IoT device monitoring method, and a program in which a security is improved are provided. A computer system for monitoring a connected IoT device 100 monitors a login state of the IoT device 100, detects an unauthorized access based on a result of the monitoring, learns any one or both of an ID or a password of the detected unauthorized access, determines whether a password held in advance by the IoT device is easy to be released, and periodically changes a password of the IoT device to a new password which is different from the password previously held by the IoT device when the determining unit determines that it is easy to be released.
US10509898B2
A transaction authorization apparatus includes a processor in communication with a communications interface. The processor is configured to receive a request for a transaction requested by a user with whom a plurality of user devices are associated, to obtain respective transaction measurements from at least some available devices from among the plurality of user devices, and to confirm approval of the request for the transaction in response to confirmation that the transaction measurements satisfy a multi-device authorization policy associated with the transaction.
US10509877B1
Systems and methods for reducing latency when transferring I/O between an emulator and target device
Systems, methods, and products having pipelined inputs to and outputs from an emulator are disclosed. Using a pipeline may allow the round trip cable delay (RTCD) to be spread across two or more clock cycles. In an embodiment, an emulation system may store input data received from a target device during a first clock cycle at a target timing domain interfacing component (TTD), and transmit the stored input data during a second clock cycle after the first clock cycle. In another embodiment, the emulation system may delay transmitting the input data received at the TTD during the first clock cycle such that that the input data reaches the emulator at a predetermined time during the second clock cycle. As the RTCD is spread across multiple clock cycles, the emulation system may implement faster clocks.
US10509875B2
An example embodiment may involve obtaining a model of physical characteristics of a tangible composite laminate. The tangible composite laminate may include at least two plies, and the model may include representations of each respective ply. The example embodiment may also involve identifying a virtual material model of one or more plies of the tangible composite laminate. The virtual material model may be associated with characteristics that match the representations of the one or more plies of the tangible composite laminate. The example embodiment may further involve updating the model by replacing the representations, in the model, of the one or more plies of the tangible composite laminate with the virtual material model. The example embodiment may additionally involve conducting structural analysis of the updated model.
US10509871B2
Presented are methods for determining computational flow for a data-dependent constraint network that are especially useful for modeling and trading off alternative configurations in a single computational environment, during design analysis and optimization of an engineering system. These methods leverage a preexisting constraint management system that uses a bipartite graph of variables and constraints to model an engineering system and employ logic formulae based world sets to determine the applicability of the constraints to different system configurations. These methods ensure that a data-dependent constraint network is in a consistent state, and are the essential foundation for other techniques that rely on a consistent constraint network to produce computational plans for propagating values and uncertainties through the constraint network during tradeoff analyses.
US10509870B2
A system and method for operating a remote plant simulation system is disclosed. The system and method uses a light application at the plant to collect relevant data and communicate it to a remote plant simulation. The remote plant simulation uses the relevant data, including data from the actual process, to create a process simulation and communicate the display data to the light application operating at the plant where it is displayed to a user. The remote system offers the advantage of offering decreased cost and improved simulation as the equipment cost, operator cost and set up cost is shared by a plurality of users. Further, the data may be stored remotely and subject to data analytics which may identify additional areas for efficiency in the plant.
US10509864B2
A language model training method and an apparatus using the language model training method are disclosed. The language model training method includes assigning a context vector to a target translation vector, obtaining feature vectors based on the target translation vector and the context vector, generating a representative vector representing the target translation vector using an attention mechanism for the feature vectors, and training a language model based on the target translation vector, the context vector, and the representative vector.
US10509855B2
Embodiments of the present invention include dynamically updating a facet tree based on words found in one or more documents, the facet tree being a tree data structure that defines hierarchical relationships between a plurality of words. The method may further include calculating a degree of similarity between a first word and a second word based on similarity of usage of the first word and the second word in the one or more documents, and updating the facet tree based on the degree of similarity. The method may further include, for each of one or more candidate words in the one or more documents, calculating a degree of correlation between a co-occurrence of two or more existing facet tree entries in a document and an occurrence of the candidate word in the document, and updating the facet tree on the basis of the one or more degrees of correlation.
US10509852B2
Classification, text analytics, and natural language processing are used to evaluate passages, extract text, identify concepts, and provide visual cues and notations to assist readers in scanning and evaluating large amounts of information in a document.
US10509850B2
A device for a website building system. The device includes a page composer to create a page containing website instances of at least one third party application and a configurer to define a 2-way communication backchannel between the page and the at least one third party application or between the at least one third party application and at least one other third party application. The device also includes a coordinator to coordinate communication according to the communication backchannel when the page is viewed or accessed.
US10509837B2
In one embodiment, a web service engine server 104 may predict a successive action by a user based on an entity reference 302. The web service engine server 104 may identify an entity reference 302 in a data transmission caused by a user. The web service engine server 104 may determine from the data transmission a user intention towards the entity reference 302 using an intention model based on a transmission log. The web service engine server 104 may predict a related successive web action option 522 for the entity reference 302 based on the user intention.
US10509830B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for triggering rich results in response to queries. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a query. One or more search results are obtained from a first corpus. A rich result is triggered based on a score of the first-ranked search result if it meets a threshold relative to other search results. The rich result is populated with additional metadata about the first-ranked search result obtained from a second corpus. The rich result is provided in response to the query.
US10509819B2
A photo-optic comparative geolocation system for calculating the location of an object has been developed. The apparatus includes optic sensors that capture surrounding location data, an interface that maps the optic sensor data, a storage database containing prior optical and location data, a digital sextant that provides data calculated using magnetic or celestial references, a data processor that compares the mapped data to stored data and calculates current location based on the comparison analysis, and a visual display for location information.
US10509816B2
A social networking system selects advertisements for a user based on user characteristics of the user in response to a request to present an advertisement to the user. To increase the number of advertisements eligible for presentation to the user, the social networking system associates the user with one or more cluster groups associated with targeting criteria that are not satisfied by the user's characteristics. To determine whether to associate a user with a cluster group, the social networking system determines a cluster score for the cluster group based on the user's characteristics. If the cluster score equals or exceeds a cluster cutoff score for the cluster group, the user is associated with the cluster group. The cluster cutoff score may be determined based on an estimated distribution of users so that a target number or percentage of users have cluster scores less than the cluster cutoff score.
US10509810B2
A method for updating a computer generated may including providing tools for a user to draw building outlines on the map, and move icons that are associated with the building to points near on inside the new outline. Thereafter, the update map and icon location are distributed for display on a plurality of computer displays.
US10509809B1
The present disclosure relates to evaluating whether two data records reflect the same entity using a classifier in the absence of ground truth. Without ground truth, it is difficult to determine the precision or recall of a classifier. The present disclosure generates output data comprising a list of unique signatures generated from a set of records that are compared with each other. The output data may also comprise corresponding record pairs limited to a predetermined sample size for each unique feature signature.
US10509804B2
A system for storing graph data as a multi-dimensional cluster having a database with a graph dataset containing data and relationships between data pairs and a schema list of storage methods that use a table with columns and rows associated with data or relationships. An analyzer module to collect statistics of a graph dataset and a dimension identification module to identify a plurality of dimensions that each represent a column in the table. A schema creation and loading module creates a modified storage method and having a plurality of distinct table blocks and a plurality of table block indexes, one index for each table block and arranges the data and relationships in the given graph dataset in accordance with the modified storage method to create the multi-dimensional cluster.
US10509798B2
A data flow design system is presented that includes support for both static elements and dynamic elements. Thus, the data flow design system provides a design environment graphical tool to users to design data flows that leverage both the repeatability of static elements and the adaptability of dynamic elements. Static elements process data that typically do not change over time, while dynamic elements process data that do change. For instance, new data fields are added to an input data source of a data flow. The dynamic elements automatically link the new data fields to mapping fragments of the data flow. Mapping fragments process data based on configuration parameters including expression and filter rules. Users use a user interface of the design environment to view and add mapping fragments, static links, and dynamic links to the data flow.
US10509797B2
A computing apparatus configured in the communication system to store data about advisers, including availability status of the advisers for real time communications with customers, ratings of the advisers by prior customers, compensate rates of the advisers, probability of being connected within a period of time for real time communication with customers, etc. The computing apparatus customizes the selection of lists of advisers for presentation to customers and/or the sequences of the lists to reduce collisions in concurrent requests for connections to same advisers for real time communication connections. The customization may include randomizing top portions of the lists, selecting and/or ranking the advisers in real time based on probability of advisers being connected within a period of time for real time communication with customers, etc.
US10509795B2
Systems, computer-implemented methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are provided for determining related ontological data. The disclosed systems may be configured to receive a first ontology and a second ontology, the first ontology and the second ontology comprising hierarchically organized ontological data. The disclosed systems may also be configured to receive an indication that a first ontological datum in the first ontology is equivalent to a second ontological datum in the second ontology, and a query for ontological data related to a third ontological datum subordinate to the first ontological datum. The disclosed systems may be configured to determine a first semantic distance between the third ontological datum and a fourth ontological datum in the second ontology satisfies a semantic distance criterion, and output the fourth ontological datum based on the determination that the first semantic distance satisfies the semantic distance criterion.
US10509792B2
In one embodiment, a method includes, sending, to a client device of a user of an online social network for presentation to the user, one or more references corresponding to one or more content items of the online social network, respectively. Each reference is presented with one or more call-to-action elements. Each call-to-action element is a user-interface element that prompts an action from the user to initiate a particular function or process related to the content item via the online social network. The call-to-action elements for each content item are presented in ranked order based on a suitability of the call-to-action element to the content item. The method includes receiving a selection of a call-to-action element presented with a reference corresponding to a particular content item. The method includes executing the function or process related to the content item on the online social network prompted by the selected call-to-action element.
US10509787B2
An installation for managing a database, the database having a database filter to provide the data sought in response to a query defining the filter and at least one data hierarchy of at least three hierarchical levels. The installation includes an interrogator to provide at least one query defining a filter to select data sought by using the database filter. The installation includes a representation of a hierarchy table that includes, for each hierarchised datum, the data on which it is dependent, regardless of the number of hierarchical levels separating them, the data being contained in a separate record of the table which also contains the hierarchised datum. During an interrogation on the basis of a query pertaining to hierarchised data, the database filter provides a response to the query formulated on the basis of the hierarchy table without resorting to external interrogation tools.
US10509783B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for dynamic partition selection. One of the methods includes receiving a representation of a query plan generated for a query, wherein the query plan includes a dynamic scan operator that represents a first computing node obtaining tuples of one or more partitions of a table from storage and transferring the tuples to a second computing node that executes a parent operator of the dynamic scan operator. A partition selector operator is generated corresponding to the dynamic scan operator. A location in the query plan is determined for the partition selector operator. A modified query plan is generated having the partition selector operator at the determined location.
US10509773B2
A method for generating a query for version information on a file stored a database file system that is managed by a database server. When a client on a remote client machine sends a file operation request, the database management system, receives the file operation request and creates a database query for the requested file operation and an additional query for a set of version identifiers that identify the previous versions of the requested file of the requested file operation. The database management system executes the queries and generates a set of version identifiers, where each identifier from the set of version identifiers represents a specific version of the requested file at a particular point in time in the past.
US10509771B2
System and method for data storage, transfer, synchronization, and security using recursive encoding
A system and method for data storage, transfer, synchronization, and security using recursive encoding, wherein data is deconstructed into chunklets, and is processed through a series of reference code libraries that reduce the data to a sequence of reference codes, and where the output of each reference library is used as the input to the next.
US10509763B2
A board portal system provides the ability to manage multiple boards, where each of the boards may be a separate legal entity. The board portal may provide the ability to establish links between the multiple boards and create parent-child relationships with subsidiary boards. With the board portal, users can create content and make it viewable and accessible across multiple boards that related through a parent-child relationship. At the same time, the board portal maintains a requisite level of separation between the related boards in the portal using encryption and/or other separation techniques. As a result, the board portal facilitates flexible workflow patterns and communication processes based on the proper hierarchical structure that exists between the parent organization and its subsidiaries.
US10509754B2
An information processing apparatus includes a plurality of processing modules that are connected to each other on a ring bus, a connector for optionally attaching to an extension processing unit, a detection unit configured to detect attachment of the extension processing unit to the connector, and a bus switching unit configured to change, in a case where the detection unit detects the attachment of the extension processing unit, a path of the ring bus in such a manner that an extension processing module in the extension processing unit is connected.
US10509751B2
In cases where local devices (6, 6a) support a master transfer function, a portion of the memory space, of each of local devices (6, 6a), to be controlled from system host (2) is mapped onto a memory space on system host (2) side and a plurality of local devices (6, 6a) are reconfigured as one virtual local device. This provides information processing apparatus (4) which, in cases of connection with the plurality of local devices (6, 6a), resolves resource shortage on system host (2) side by appropriately mapping necessary registers of local devices (6, 6a) onto a memory space for system host (2).
US10509739B1
In one embodiment, a storage system receives a number of input/output (IO) request transactions at the storage system having multiple storage devices. For each of the plurality of IO request transactions, the system determines a number of child IO requests required to complete the IO request transaction. The system tags the IO request transaction and/or the associated child IO requests with a tag identifier. For each of the child requests that is a write IO request, the system determines an optimal write IO request size, segments the write IO request into a number of sub-IO write requests, each having an optimal request size, and interleaves sub-IO write requests with read IO requests for servicing to avoid impact in performance to read IO requests for a mixed IO workload.
US10509735B2
According to one embodiment, a data storage apparatus includes a controller with a data protection function. The controller manages first and second personal identification data. The first personal identification data only includes authority to request inactivation of the data protection function. The second personal identification data includes authority to request inactivation of the data protection function and activation of the data protection function. The controller permits setting of the first personal identification data, when the second personal identification data is used for successful authentication and the first personal identification data is an initial value, or when the data protection function is in an inactive state.
US10509724B2
Implementations of this disclosure are directed to systems, methods and media for assessing the status of data being stored in distributed, cached databases that includes retrieving, from a data cache, variables which include a cache loss indicator and a non-null value. The variables are analyzed to determine a state of the cache loss indicator. If the cache loss indicator indicates an intentional cache loss state, the cache loss indicator is removed and the non-null value is provided to an application. Otherwise, a cache restore process is initiated.
US10509722B2
A memory system includes a memory array having a plurality of memory cells; and a controller coupled to the memory array, the controller configured to: select a garbage collection (GC) source block storing valid data, calculate a valid data measure for the GC source block for representing an amount of the valid data within the GC source block, and designate a storage mode for an available memory block based on the valid data measure, wherein the storage mode is for controlling a number of bits stored per each of the memory cells for subsequent or upcoming data writes.
US10509721B2
In some examples, performance counters for computer memory may include ascertaining a request associated with a memory address range of computer memory. The memory address range may be assigned to a specified performance tier of a plurality of specified performance tiers. A performance value associated with a performance attribute of the memory address range may be ascertained, and based on the ascertained performance value, a weight value may be determined. Based on the ascertained request and the determined weight value, a count value associated with a counter associated with the memory address range may be incremented. Based on an analysis of the count value associated with the counter, a determination may be made as to whether the memory address range is to be assigned to a different specified performance tier of the plurality of specified performance tiers. Based on a determination that the memory address range is to be assigned to the different specified performance tier, the memory address range may be assigned to the specified different performance tier.
US10509718B2
A system and computer-implemented method for generating software testing scripts from test cases is provided. The system comprises a test case importing module configured to receive test cases and a Natural Language Processing (NLP) module configured to scan and mine text of the received test cases. Furthermore, the system comprises a user interface object identifier to identify one or more User Interface (UI) elements, functional flow models and test steps and corresponding test data. The system also comprises a user interface object mapper to map the one or more identified UI elements from the test cases with one or more user interface elements corresponding to one or more wireframes. In addition, the system comprises a test script generator to receive the mapped one or more UI elements, the identified functional flow models and the identified test steps and corresponding test data for generating test scripts.
US10509716B2
Methods and systems for managing a flighted software feature. One embodiment provides a system for disabling a flighted software feature enabled for selected users in a computing environment. The system includes a memory storing instructions and an electronic processor coupled to the memory. The electronic processor configured to execute the instructions to determine a set of related service requests submitted by a plurality of users in the computing environment, and, for each of the plurality of users, query a server servicing the user for a list of flighted software features enabled for the user during a predetermined time period. The electronic processor is also configured to determine, based on the list of flighted software features enabled for each of the plurality of users during the predetermined time period, a common flighted software feature, and automatically disable the common flighted software feature for at least one of the plurality of users.
US10509710B2
Disclosed are a method, a terminal, a device, and a computer readable storage medium for improving the performance of a virtual machine. The method includes determining whether a failure of a disk of a host having a virtual disk file stored therein occurs if a virtual machine sends a read request or a write request to the virtual disk file; sending the read or write request to a storage device which is associated with the host and has the virtual disk file stored therein if the failure occurs, so that the storage device is able to feed back data; detecting whether the disk of the host is recovered if the data fed back from the write request is received; and writing the data fed back from the write request into the disk of the host if the disk of the host is recovered.
US10509707B1
Described are techniques for mirroring data that may include issuing, by an application on a host, a write operation that writes first data to a primary storage entity having data stored in accordance with a first format and first structure; intercepting, on the host, the write operation; and performing, on the host, first processing to process the write operation. The first processing may include: sending the write operation to a data storage system including the primary storage entity; determining whether the primary storage entity is mirrored as a second storage entity having data stored in a second format and second structure different from the first format and first structure; and responsive to determining the primary storage entity is mirrored as the second storage entity, issuing one or more second write operations to mirror the first data on the second storage entity in accordance with the second format and second structure.
US10509706B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to identification of an alternate principal member port by a target device in a Storage Area Network (SAN). In some examples, a target device in a SAN may determine that a principal member port of a target driven peer zone on the target device is likely to fail based on diagnostic information related to the principal member port. The target driven peer zone may be configured in the SAN via the target device. In response to determining, the target device may identify an alternate principal member port on the target device. The target device may perform an action to indicate the alternate principal member port as the principal member port.
US10509701B2
The embodiments set forth a technique for carrying out a backup of data managed at a computing device. According to some embodiments, the technique can include the steps of (1) receiving a request to carry out the backup of the data, (2) in response to the request, generating a current snapshot of the data, (3) identifying, in accordance with the current snapshot of the data, block data of at least one data block to be reflected in the backup of the data, wherein the at least one data block is tagged with an identifier of a file node to which the at least one data block corresponds, and (4) providing information to a storage to cause the block data to be reflected in the backup of the data.
US10509693B2
According to an aspect of the present inventive concept there is provided a method for identifying a cause for a failure of a computer-implemented test performed on a latest software code revision in a sequence of a plurality of software code revisions, the method comprising: identifying a first revision of said sequence of revisions for which said test passes and a second revision of said sequence of revisions which is subsequent to the first revision and for which said test fails, determining a first change between the software code of the first revision and the software code of the second revision, generating a first modified version of the software code of the latest revision using the determined first change, determining whether said test passes or fails when performed on the first modified version, in response to determining that said test fails when performed on the first modified version: identifying a third revision and a fourth revision of said sequence which are intermediate the latest revision and the second revision, wherein the third revision is a revision for which said test passes when said revision is modified using the determined first change, and wherein the fourth revision is subsequent to the third revision and is a revision for which said test fails when said revision is modified using the determined first change, determining a second change between the software code of the third revision and the fourth revision, generating a second modified version of the software code of the latest revision using the first change and the second change, determining whether said test passes or fails when performed on the second modified version, in response to determining that said test passes when performed on the second modified version, providing a message indicating at least the fourth revision as including a cause for said test failing when performed on said latest software code revision.
US10509684B2
An apparatus is configured to initiate distributed computations across a plurality of data processing clusters associated with respective data zones, to utilize local processing results of at least a subset of the distributed computations from respective ones of the data processing clusters to generate global processing results, and to update at least one distributed ledger maintained by one or more of the plurality of data processing clusters to incorporate one or more blocks each characterizing at least a portion of the distributed computations. Each of at least a subset of the data processing clusters is configured to process data from a data source of the corresponding data zone using one or more local computations of that data processing cluster to generate at least a portion of the local processing results. At least one of the data processing clusters is configured to apply one or more global computations to one or more of the local processing results to generate at least a portion of the global processing results.
US10509672B2
A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium configured to facilitate user purpose in a computing architecture.
US10509670B2
A method for operating a data storage device, the method comprising: enqueuing requests for a nonvolatile memory device, received from a host device, in a first queue; determining whether a starvation time of a request which is not enqueued in a second queue and has a relatively low priority, among the requests queued in the first queue is reaching to a predetermined response time; and enqueuing, based on a determination result, any one between the request which has the low priority and a request which is not enqueued in the second queue and has a high priority among the requests queued in the first queue, in the second queue.
US10509667B1
Modeling space consumption of a migrated VM is disclosed, including: obtaining aggregated effective historical space usage data associated with a plurality of VMs at a storage device; using the aggregated effective historical space usage data to generate one or more predicted metrics of space usage at the storage device; and using the one or more predicted metrics of space usage to potentially migrate a VM with respect to the storage device.
US10509661B2
A method for controlling application includes following operations. Startup of a target application of a terminal device is accelerated in response a control instruction of starting the target application. Accelerating the startup of the target application is stopped when a duration of accelerating the startup of the target application reaches a preset value, based on that a time length required for successfully starting the target application is greater than or equal to a preset time length, or accelerating the startup of the target application is stopped when a refresh rate of frames of a main thread of the target application reaches or exceeds a preset refresh rate, based on that the time length required for successfully starting the target application is less than the preset time length. A related terminal device is also provided.
US10509660B2
Systems and methods for assessing configuration profiles for a user configurable device. The configuration profile may include sets configuration parameters and an associated configuration parameter values that may be analyzed to determine a set of current states for the user configurable device. The set of current states may be used to identify a candidate state that is related to a candidate configuration profile. The candidate configuration profile may include at least one set of a candidate configuration parameter and an associated candidate configuration parameter value. One or more prompts may be rendered via the customer device to set at least one of the configuration parameters and associated configuration parameter values based on the corresponding candidate configuration parameter values. A response is received via the user interface to the prompt, and an indication of such response may be transmitted to update the identification of the subsequent candidate configuration profiles.
US10509655B1
A processor circuit and an operation method thereof are provided. The processor circuit includes a re-order buffer (ROB) and an alias queue (AQ) module. The ROB records next sequential instruction pointer (Nsip) values of a plurality of load instructions and a plurality of store instructions. Each of a plurality of entries of the AQ module includes a first field and a plurality of second fields. When a first load instruction and a first store instruction cause a first memory violation and the ROB retires the first load instruction, the AQ module stores the Nsip value of the first load instruction into the first field of one of the entries and stores the Nsip value of the first store instruction into one of the second fields of one of the entries.
US10509642B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer-implemented method for generating an API difference description file that describes the differences between multiple API versions to assist in migrating an application program from a first version to a second version. The method includes receiving a first API description file of a first version of a web API, receiving a second API description file of a second version of the web API, generating an API difference description file that describes differences between the first and second API description files, and then updating an application program using the API difference description file.
US10509635B2
Processor hardware detects when memory aliasing occurs, and assures proper operation of the code even in the presence of memory aliasing. The processor defines a special store instruction that is different from a regular store instruction. The special store instruction is used in regions of the computer program where memory aliasing may occur. Because the hardware can detect and correct for memory aliasing, this allows a compiler to make optimizations such as register promotion even in regions of the code where memory aliasing may occur.
US10509627B2
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: obtaining an audio input, the audio input representing sound emanating from a key press based user interface; generating a context pattern based on the audio input; performing classification of the context pattern to classify the context pattern as belonging to a signature pattern classification, wherein the signature pattern classification specifies a user activity; and providing an output based on the performing classification.
US10509625B2
An electronic device that reduces relative drift is described. In particular, an interface circuit in the electronic device may calculate, based on differences between transmit times when packets were transmitted by a second electronic device and receive times of the packets, relative drift as a function of time between a clock in the interface circuit and a second clock in the second electronic device. Then, the interface circuit may adjust, based on the relative drift, a clock circuit that provides the clock to eliminate the relative drift, and may store the adjustments to the clock circuit. Furthermore, when a wireless reset occurs, the interface circuit may adapt the clock circuit based on the stored adjustments to reduce the relative drift while the interface circuit restores frequency lock with the second clock based on additional packets with additional transmit times that are received from the second electronic device.
US10509624B2
Audio content in a single-bit audio stream can be reproduced at a transducer by mapping the single-bit audio stream to symbols in a multi-bit audio stream. Volume control may be implemented, in part, in the digital domain and, in part, in the analog domain. In the digital domain, when converting the single-bit audio stream to a plurality of symbols, the plurality of symbols is selected based, at least in part, on audio content of the single-bit audio stream and a desired volume level. In the analog domain, when converting an analog current signal output from a current-steering DAC processing the plurality of symbols to an analog voltage signal, an analog gain value may be selected based, at least in part, on the desired volume level.
US10509622B2
Some embodiments include a production content server system with a computing device processing operations include causing a content reader server to couple to a content source with content using a wired or wireless link, and downloading at least one content file associated with content retrieved from the content source, where content file includes audio and/or a video. The operations include transcoding at least a portion of the at least one content file with a dynamic range compression to a specified dynamic range, equalization and duration, and processing at least one content audio file from the at least one content file. The operations further include storing the at least one content audio file to a production content database. Some embodiments include processing a production break audio file including blending the at least one production break audio file with at least one other content file.
US10509621B2
The present invention relates generally to the field of telecommunications systems and methods. More specifically, the present invention is directed to systems and methods for identifying and/or distributing music and other types of useful information for users in a very simple and convenient manner. A variety of systems and methods are disclosed which provide users with quick and convenient access to various forms of information, such as, for example, audio information including music and news items as well as coupons and other information. The systems and methods allow users to store data representative of a time of transmission and preferably a source of transmission so that data of interest may be identified for ordering an/or downloading.
US10509608B2
A print target data transfer system includes first and second image forming apparatuses and a user terminal. The first image forming apparatus accepts print target data, stores it, and sends notification information containing meta-information on the print target data to a user terminal as a notification destination. The user terminal displays the meta-information contained in the received notification information, accepts a user's selection of an arbitrary one from pieces of print target data indicated by the meta-information, and sends to the first image forming apparatus a request to transfer the selected piece of print target data to the second image forming apparatus. The first image forming apparatus transfers the piece of print target data to the second image forming apparatus according to the request. The second image forming apparatus receives the transferred piece of print target data and executes processing for printing the piece of print target data.
US10509605B2
Multiple packages are manufactured by defining a package template, with at least one individualized image area, and selecting at least one image seed. For each package, an index key is selected and, based on the selected index key, a plurality of image attribute modifications are determined from within applicable ranges of image attribute modifications. The determined image attribute modifications are applied to the image seed or seeds to generate respective images, and the image or images are applied to the respective individualized image area of the package.
US10509601B2
A data storage system includes multiple data storage units and a zonal control plane. The zonal control plane assigns volumes to respective ones of the data storage units. The data storage units include multiple head nodes and data storage sleds. At least one of the head nodes implements a local control plane for the data storage unit. Also, the head nodes of each data storage unit are configured to service read and write requests directed to one or more volumes serviced by the data storage unit independent of the zonal control plane.
US10509598B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for writing data to a non-volatile memory (NVM) using a segmented write process. The NVM uses a plurality of program loops to write data to the NVM. The NVM groups the plurality of program loops into a plurality of write segments, and each write segment includes a distinct set of the plurality of program loops. The write segments are separated by a dwell time that allows read access before the data is written to the NVM.
US10509596B2
A technique for accessing memory in an accelerated processing device coupled to stacked memory dies is provided herein. The technique includes receiving a memory access request from an execution unit and identifying whether the memory access request corresponds to memory cells of the stacked dies that are considered local to the execution unit or non-local. For local accesses, the access is made “directly”, that is, without using a bus. A control die coordinates operations for such local accesses, activating particular through-silicon-vias associated with the memory cells that include the data for the access. Non-local accesses are made via a distributed cache fabric and an interconnect bus in the control die. Various other features and details are provided below.
US10509594B2
A memory module includes memory devices; data buffers suitable for receiving write data transferred from a memory controller and transmitting read data to the memory controller; a buffer control signal generation circuit suitable for generating buffer control signals for controlling the data buffers, by using a command transferred from the memory controller; a command delay circuit suitable for generating an effective command by delaying the command by a delay amount of the buffer control signal generation circuit in a read operation and a write operation; a data processing circuit suitable for processing write data transferred from the data buffers and transferring processed write data to the memory devices, and processing read data transferred from the memory devices and transferring processed read data to the data buffers, in response to the effective command; and a command buffer circuit suitable for transferring the effective command to the memory devices.
US10509593B2
A method for scheduling data services in a heterogeneous storage environment is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes instrumenting, in a heterogeneous storage environment, each of a plurality of storage systems to generate events when operations are performed thereon. The events are detected and indexed in a single namespace. These events may then be analyzed to generate a statistical model of I/O activity occurring in the heterogeneous storage environment over a period of time. From the statistical model, the method determines periods of reduced I/O workload across the heterogeneous storage environment. The method then schedules data services to occur during these periods of reduced I/O workload. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.
US10509592B1
A first I/O controller of a storage server sends a first command to a first solid state drive (SSD) of the storage server via a first submission queue of the first SSD, wherein the first command is a first read command or a first write command. The first I/O controller receives a first acknowledgement from the first SSD that the first command has been completed via a first completion queue of the first SSD. A second I/O controller of the storage server sends a second command to the first SSD of the storage server via a second submission queue of the first SSD, wherein the second command is a second read command or a second write command. The second I/O controller receives a second acknowledgement from the first SSD that the second command has been completed via a second completion queue of the first SSD.
US10509587B2
A coordination point for assigning clients to remote backup storages includes a persistent storage and a processor. The persistent storage stores gateway pool cache capacities of the remote backup storages. The processor obtains a data storage request for data from a client of the clients; obtains an indirect cache estimate for servicing the data storage request; selects a remote backup storage of the remote backup storages based on the obtained indirect cache estimate using the gateway pool cache capacities; and assign the selected remote backup storage to service the data storage request. The selected remote backup storage has a higher client load at a time selection than a second client load of a second remote backup storage of the remote backup storages.
US10509579B2
A memory quality engine can improve the operation of a memory system by setting more effective operating parameters, disabling or removing memory devices unable to meet performance requirements, and providing evaluations between memory populations. These improvements can be accomplished by converting quality measurements of a memory population into CDF-based data, formulating comparisons of the CDF-based data to metrics for quality analysis, and applying the quality analysis. In some implementations, the metrics for quality analysis can use one or more thresholds, such as a system trigger threshold or an uncorrectable error correction condition threshold, which are set based on the error correction capabilities of a memory system. Formulating the comparison to these metrics can include determining an intersection between the CDF-based data and one of the thresholds.
US10509578B2
A request to provide storage resources for an application may be received and storage resource pools that are available to provide storage resources may be identified. A determination may be made as to whether any of the storage resource pools has an available amount of storage resources to provide the requested amount of storage resources for the application. If none have the available amount of storage resources, then two or more of the storage resources may be identified in view of an amount of available storage resources available at each of the storage resource pools. A logical address space may be created in view of the two or more storage resource pools.
US10509577B2
A method for execution by a processing system of a dispersed storage and task (DST) processing unit comprises: receiving one or more encoded data slices for storage; storing the one or more encoded data slices in one or more memories of a set of memories; determining a level redundancy for the one or more encoded data slices; generating redundancy information for the one or more encoded data slices in accordance with the level redundancy; storing the redundancy information in another one or more memories of the set of memories; determining to update the level of redundancy; determining an updated level of redundancy based on one or more of a storage utilization level and a storage reliability level; updating the redundancy information based on the updated level of redundancy and updating storage of the redundancy information based on the updated redundancy information.
US10509568B2
An information processing apparatus includes a nonvolatile memory, a flag settable to a first value indicating that a program stored in a memory region of the nonvolatile memory has not been verified, and to a second value indicating that the program has been verified, a switching circuit configured to set the flag to the first value, in response to a request for permission to modify the program stored in the memory region, and a verification circuit that sets the flag to the second value upon verification of the program stored in the memory region, and upon restart of the information processing apparatus, carries out a verification process of the program prior to execution of the program if the first value is set in the flag, and executes the program without the verification process if the second value is set in the flag.
US10509565B2
Upon receiving an erase command and a first logical address, a controller in a first mode sets, as an erasure waiting area, an erasure unit area assigned with a first physical address associated with the first logical address in a first table. The controller in the first mode replaces, in the first table, the first physical address with a physical address assigned to an erasure completion area. The controller in a second mode sets the erasure waiting area as the erasure completion area. Upon receiving a release command to release the second mode at some point in time of data erasure from the erasure waiting area, the controller changes the operation mode to a third mode. The controller operating in the third mode erases un-erased data from the erasure waiting area and changes the operation mode from the third mode to the first mode.
US10509562B2
An electronic device includes a touch sensor that, by operating in a predetermined operation direction, inputs a predetermined instruction to the electronic device, and a frame-like member that is provided so as to surround the touch sensor. A predetermined first processing is carried out on a first region of the frame-like member corresponding to the predetermined operation direction, and second processing, which is different from the first processing, is carried out on a second region, which is a region of the frame-like member other than the first region.
US10509559B2
A computer produces a digital model that efficiently describes a dense array of many micro-pillars. The digital model achieves this efficiency by describing an entire micro-pillar with only a few parameters. For example, an entire micro-pillar may be described by two of more of the following parameters: height, base thickness, profile and tilt. The computer outputs instructions to fabricate the micro-pillar array, in accordance with the digital model. A 3D printer fabricates the micro-pillar array, based on the instructions. Applying vibration to a directional array of micro-pillars may cause the array of micro-pillars to actuate motion of a passive object that is touching the array. Also, a sensor may measure sounds caused by swipes against a micro-pillar array, and output signals indicative of the measurements. A computer performs a machine learning algorithm that takes the measurements as an input, and classifies the swipes.
US10509549B2
Systems and processes for scanning a user interface are disclosed. One process can include scanning multiple elements within a user interface by highlighting the elements. The process can further include receiving a selection while one of the elements is highlighted and performing an action on the element that was highlighted when the selection was received. The action can include scanning the contents of the selected element or performing an action associated with the selected element. The process can be used to navigate an array of application icons, a menu of options, a standard desktop or laptop operating system interface, or the like. The process can also be used to perform gestures on a touch-sensitive device or mouse and track pad gestures (e.g., flick, tap, or freehand gestures).
US10509538B2
An example information processing apparatus for selectively executing application programs includes a camera operable in a photographing-enabled state of the information processing apparatus; a touchscreen; and processing circuitry in communication with the camera and the touchscreen. The processing circuitry is configured to control the information processing apparatus to provide a selection screen allowing for input of a first selection for activating the photographing-enabled state of the information processing apparatus and of a second selection for proceeding to display of a main menu of the information processing apparatus. The main menu comprises scrollable touch images for launching respective application programs, and the processing circuitry controls the information processing apparatus to return to the display of the main menu after executing of a launched application program is terminated.
US10509531B2
A computer-executed technique for grouping and summarizing messages in a graphical user interface (GUI) of a communication application includes received messages and determining a plurality of communication topics therein. The messages are clustered into groups based on the communication topics such that messages in each group relate to the same topic. The messages are displayed in the GUI in the determined groups. A user can select a group to ungroup and view the messages. The communication topics upon which the clustering is based may be specific to each user in the communication session.
US10509522B2
To provide a capacitive touch switch capable of improving ununiformity of design and improving appearance relating to design or decorativeness. A capacitive touch switch 1 includes a glass substrate 2, a sensor portion formed at a side of an opposite surface opposite to a touch surface of the glass substrate. The sensor portion includes a center portion A of a wire attached portion 4 to a flexible printed circuit, and a connection portion C connected to the wire network B. In the connection portion C, an opening rate in a capacitive touch switch panel is increased by setting an electrode pattern width to be thinner from the wire attached portion A toward the wire network B.
US10509495B2
The present disclosure provides a polarizer and touch display device having the same. The polarizer includes a first adhesive film adhering to a liquid crystal display module, a first base material film arranged on the first adhesive film, a polarizing film arranged on the first base material film, a second base material film arranged on the polarizing film, and a second adhesive film adhering to a touch panel arranged on the second base material film.
US10509486B2
An input mechanism for an electronic watch includes a rotational manipulation mechanism, such as a cap or shaft. The input mechanism also includes a sensor having first capacitive elements coupled to the manipulation mechanism, second capacitive elements, and a dielectric positioned between the first and second capacitive elements. Movement of the manipulation mechanism alters the positions of the first and second capacitive elements with respect to each other and is determinable based on capacitance changes resulting therefrom. In some implementations, the second capacitive elements may be part of an inner ring or partial ring nested at least partially within an outer ring or partial ring.
US10509483B2
A key structure includes a key cap, a supporting board, a bridge assembly, a first supporting part, a second supporting part, an attractable element and a magnet. The bridge assembly includes first and second hinge parts. The first hinge part has a first pivot coupling portion. The second hinge part has a second pivot coupling portion. The first and second supporting parts are coupled to two ends of the first and second pivot coupling portions, respectively, wherein the first and the second supporting parts are disposed on the supporting board, a material of the first supporting part is different from a material of the supporting board, and a material of the second supporting part is different from the material of the supporting board. The attractable element is disposed on the second hinge part. The magnet is correspondingly located under the attractable element.
US10509479B2
An apparatus and method for gesture detection and recognition. The apparatus includes a processing element, a radar sensor, a depth sensor, and an optical sensor. The radar sensor, the depth sensor, and the optical sensor are coupled to the processing element, and the radar sensor, the depth sensor, and the optical sensor are configured for short range gesture detection and recognition. The processing element is further configured to detect and recognize a hand gesture based on data acquired with the radar sensor, the depth sensor, and the optical sensor.
US10509476B2
Techniques described herein may allow for an enhanced authentication of a user of a user device, such as a mobile telephone. Some such techniques may be applicable when transitioning the user device from a locked state to an unlocked state. The user device may determine an orientation associated with the user device (e.g., a magnetic declination, which may be expressed in terms of degrees from north), and may output the direction to an authentication server. The authentication server may determine whether the orientation matches a previously stored orientation, and may indicate to the user device whether the user device should activate a public mode or a private mode. The authentication server may also notify one or more application servers regarding the mode of the user device. In private mode, the presenting, sending, or receiving of certain types of data (e.g., sensitive data) may be restricted.
US10509470B2
A vibrating device that includes a pair of vibrators, a vibrating body that includes a conductor, a touch panel sensor that includes touch sensors, and a printed circuit board on which a drive circuit is formed. The touch panel sensor is attached to one principal surface of the vibrating body. Moreover, both ends of the vibrating body on the other principal surface of the vibrating body are fixed to the pair of vibrators. The vibrating body is a conductor that is arranged between the touch sensors and the drive circuit. The conductor is connected to a reference potential of each touch sensor and the printed circuit board is positioned between the two vibrators.
US10509461B2
An augmented reality home console is provided. Users can wear head-mounted displays with transparent screens and can control video game indicia that are perceived as being augmented over a user's environment by displaying video game indicia onto the transparent displays. As such, for example, two users can play an airplane dog fighting game where each user controls a plane in their living room. A device that can determine surfaces of objects (e.g., walls) can be utilized such that when the airplane is flown into a wall, the airplane explodes.
US10509460B2
A transparent display apparatus is provided. The transparent display apparatus includes a transparent display which displays information, a sensor which senses background information in a first direction, and a controller configured to modify a display state of the displayed information on the transparent display based on the sensed background information.
US10509459B2
An approach to sensor data is based on scenes. One aspect concerns a computer-implemented method for specifying and obtaining a variety of sensor data and processed sensor data related to a scene. The method incorporates a Scene-based API that uses SceneModes and SceneData. An application requesting sensor data communicates a SceneMode to a group of one or more sensor devices and/or sensor modules via the Scene-based API. The SceneMode determines the SceneData to be captured or provided by the sensor group, which typically includes different types of sensor data related to the Scene and also further processed or analyzed data. The application receives the SceneData from the sensor group via the Scene-based API, with the SceneData organized into SceneShots which are samples of the Scene.
US10509451B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a device, first data transmitted from a stylus by near-field communication. The first data comprises a strength of a magnetic field as measured by the stylus. The device determines a hover distance of the stylus in reference to the device based at least in part on the first data. The device is operated based at least in part on the hover distance of the stylus.
US10509450B1
A method for thermally protecting an access point (AP) device may include receiving an actual AP power consumption value, the actual AP power consumption value being one of a plurality of potential AP power consumption values, receiving a sensed internal AP temperature value, the sensed internal AP temperature value being one of a plurality of potential internal AP temperature values, accessing an ambient temperature look up table defining relationships between the plurality of potential AP power consumption values, the plurality of potential internal AP temperature values and a plurality of ambient temperature values, and retrieving one of the plurality of ambient temperature values associated with the actual AP power consumption value and the sensed internal AP temperature value from the ambient temperature look up table, the retrieved ambient temperature value being an estimated ambient temperature value of the AP device.
US10509449B2
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a method may comprise collecting environment information for a processor, determining a maximum power level for the processor and setting a frequency level and a core-to-frequency ratio that maintains the maximum power for the processor. The frequency level and the core-to-frequency are respectively controlled by a programmable frequency register and a programmable core register. The method may comprise receiving a die temperature corresponding to the processor, determining that the die temperature exceeds a temperature corresponding to the processor and adjusting the maximum power to a level that maintains the temperature.
US10509438B1
A removable counter-balance accessory may include a cranial brace that rests against the back of a user's head when the user is wearing a head-mounted display on the user's face. The removable counter-balance accessory may also include an insert that fits in an opening formed by a strap that wraps around the back of the user's head to hold the head-mounted display on the user's face and secures the cranial brace to the strap at the back of the user's head. The removeable counter-balance accessory may further include at least one weight that applies, in connection with the cranial brace at the back of the user's head, a force that at least partially counter-balances the weight of the head-mounted display on the user's face. Various other counter-balance accessories, head-mounted-display systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US10509423B2
A valve system having a vacuum valve with a valve seat having a valve opening defining an opening axis and a first sealing surface around the valve opening, a valve closure having a second sealing surface and a drive unit coupled to the valve closure. A control and regulating unit preforming a pre-regulating step and a regulating step for the valve closure in a regulating cycle, the pre-regulating step moves the valve closure to a defined position and the regulating step the closure position is varied based on a determined control variable and a target value. The regulating and control unit updates at least during a part of the regulating cycle and a regulating profile is derived, the regulating profile is compared with a reference regulating profile and a regulating deviation is derived, an adapted pre-regulating position is provided as the actual pre-regulating position for the regulating cycle.
US10509420B2
A reticle purging system includes an automated pod opener, a reticle holding device, a reticle transporting device and at least one purging device. The reticle holding device has a reticle occupiable zone thereon. The reticle transporting device is assigned with a transportation path from the automated pod opener to the reticle holding device. The reticle occupiable zone is exposed to the purging device.
US10509419B2
A re-configurable item of furniture is provided, and includes at least a first reconfigurable portion having in turn a plurality of deformable cells, each having electrically operated valves to control a gas inflow to the respective cells from a gas inflow source, and a gas outflow from the respective cells, to thereby modify the pressure within respective cells. The gas inflow source includes a high-pressure reservoir cell among the plurality of deformable cells. The item of furniture also includes a control unit arranged to transmit control signals to a plurality of the electrically operated valves, including a valve of the high-pressure reservoir cell, to modify the pressure within a plurality of the cells in a coordinated manner selected to generate a new configuration of support for a user of the furniture.
US10509413B2
Systems and method are provided for controlling a vehicle. In one embodiment, a vehicle includes: an imaging device, a ranging device, a data storage element to maintain calibration data associated with a relationship between the imaging device and the ranging device, one or more actuators, and a controller. The controller obtains image data from the imaging device, classifies portions of the image data as ground, obtains ranging data from the ranging device, identifies a ground subset of the ranging data corresponding to the portions of the image data using the calibration data; and operates the one or more actuators onboard the vehicle in a manner that is influenced by the ground subset of the ranging data.
US10509412B2
A movable body control system includes a movable body including a beacon receiver for receiving beacon radio waves from a plurality of beacon transmitters installed around a traveling road, and at least one processing equipment configured to generate a model for determining a position of the movable body based on a distribution of time-series measurement values of beacon radio wave reception intensities in the beacon receiver and to control travel of the movable body while determining an area in which the movable body travels at present based on a distribution of time-series measurement values of the beacon radio wave reception intensities at present and the model.
US10509410B2
Remote controlling of a vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle, may sometimes be more efficient and/or reliable. Such control, however, may require processes for ensuring safety of surrounding persons and objects. Aspects of this disclosure include using onboard sensors to detect objects in an environment and alter remote commands according to such objects, e.g. by reducing a maximum permitted velocity of the vehicle as a function of distance to detected objects. In some examples described herein, such remote controlling may be performed by using objects in the environment as control objects, with movements of the control objects resulting in movement of the vehicle.
US10509409B2
A learning system for an automated vehicle to learn local traffic customs includes a location-detector, and object-detector, and a controller. The location-detector indicates a location of a host-vehicle on a digital-map. The object-detector detects a lane-marking and other-vehicles proximate to the host-vehicle. The controller is in communication with the location-detector and the object-detector. The controller is configured to determine when an observed-behavior of the other-vehicles is not in accordance with the lane-marking present at the location, and operate the host-vehicle in accordance with the observed-behavior.
US10509403B2
A fire extinguishing device is configured to, in response to a location signal from a fire detector: move to a first reference location; detect a fire and generate a thermal image, and calculate a target direction based on a line of sight and the thermal image; rotate such that the line of sight is aligned with the target direction, and detect the fire and generate a first reference image; move in the target direction to a second reference location, and detect the fire and generate a second reference image; calculate a distance to fire and a height of the fire; move to a location within a predetermined range from the fire, move a tube to a spraying position based on the height of the fire, and discharge an extinguishing agent.
US10509402B1
Methods and systems for the use of detected objects for image processing are described. A computing device autonomously controlling a vehicle may receive images of the environment surrounding the vehicle from an image-capture device coupled to the vehicle. In order to process the images, the computing device may receive information indicating characteristics of objects in the images from one or more sources coupled to the vehicle. Examples of sources may include RADAR, LIDAR, a map, sensors, a global positioning system (GPS), or other cameras. The computing device may use the information indicating characteristics of the objects to process received images, including determining the approximate locations of objects within the images. Further, while processing the image, the computing device may use information from sources to determine portions of the image to focus upon that may allow the computing device to determine a control strategy based on portions of the image.
US10509401B2
Provided is an information processing device that is capable of switching between a state in which a device is carried and a state in which the device is not carried in a more suitable form in accordance with a state or situation in which the device is used. The information processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires information on a user and a controller that executes a control process for moving a device that can be carried by the user so that the device changes between a carry state in which the device is carried by the user and a non-carry state in which the device is not carried by the user on the basis of the information on the user.
US10509391B2
A machine tool collision avoidance method includes: loading multiple processing codes; simulating multiple path traces corresponding to the processing codes; estimating multiple execution periods for running the path traces; selecting the shortest execution period from the execution periods; determines whether the distance between the trace point points on any two of the path traces is less than a safety distance within the shortest execution period; if the distance between a first trace point on a first path trace and a second trace point on a second path trace is less than the safety distance, estimating a first time point at which a first turret runs to the first trace point and a second time point at which the second turret runs to the second trace point; generating a collision warning if the difference between the first time point and the second time point is lower than a tolerance value.
US10509379B2
An operation support apparatus includes an operation control device controlling a target operation performed for a target facility on the basis of operation control information, which indicates each performed operation, including information of the target facility representing a facility that is a target for performing an operation and information of the target operation indicating contents of the operation performed for the target facility.
US10509378B2
Systems and methods for automatic irrigation for a micro-climate areas and subterranean soil modeling are provided herein. Some methods include receiving collection of micro-climate data having weather data from a weather station that is proximate a target area, canopy imaging for the target area, depth-specific soil data for the target area, plant health data that includes stomatal conductance and evapotranspiration for plants in the target area, and selectively adjusting operation of an irrigation system so as to increase or decrease water applied to the target area based on analysis of the micro-climate data.
US10509367B2
An electronic tourbillion clock including a clock case having a plurality of high-resolution digital displays that extend around an outer circumference of the clock case as an indicator of hours. A seven segment display is located within the clock case as an indicator of minutes elapsed within an hour. A microcontroller determines the current time and other chronological indications depending on the output signals generated by a position of a tourbillon mechanism disposed in the clock case. A sub-circuit is disposed within the clock case and interconnected with the microcontroller for creating a plurality of distinctive sound patterns directed through one or more speakers in response to the output signals generated by the position of the tourbillon mechanism.
US10509363B2
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: a printing paper transport path in which printing paper is transported; a secondary transfer unit and a fixing section both disposed on the printing paper transport path; an open/close cover that, when opened, exposes the printing paper transport path in a main body of the apparatus; a pressure roller, disposed in the fixing section, that presses the printing paper on a side thereof facing the open/close cover against the printing paper transport path; and cooling fans that cool down the pressure roller, wherein the secondary transfer unit and the cooling fans are attached to the open/close cover and disposed at such positions that the secondary transfer unit and the cooling fans move following overlapping paths when the open/close cover is opened/closed.
US10509360B2
An image forming apparatus includes a main assembly and a cartridge including at least an image bearing member. The apparatus further includes a tray drawable from the main assembly, wherein the cartridge is mountable to and dismountable from the tray in one direction and an opposite direction, respectively; and a light emission unit provided in the tray and including a plurality of light emission elements arranged in an axial direction of the image bearing member to form a latent image on the image bearing member. The cartridge is capable of being inserted into the tray by moving it in the one direction, in response to which the light emission unit is moved in a direction crossing with the one direction to outside of a movement range of insertion of the cartridge.
US10509354B2
An image forming apparatus includes a sensor assembly having a window and a sensor which senses a developer through the window, and a shutter device which opens and closes the window, and thereby sensing in a sensible state is maintained, and a lifetime thereof is extendable.
US10509349B2
A fixing device includes a first fixing section, a second fixing section, the first fixing section and the second fixing section forming a fixing nip therebetween, a nip width adjusting section capable of adjusting a nip width of the fixing nip, a rotation speed detecting section that detects a rotation speed of the second fixing section, and a hardware processor that controls the nip width adjusting section to make the nip width equal to a predetermined reference nip width.
US10509341B2
A charged positive toner having a positive polarity that attaches to a charge roller is moved from the charge roller to a photosensitive drum, and the positive toner is transferred to an intermediate transfer belt at a primary transfer portion at which a primary-transfer power supply forms an electric potential having a negative polarity. The primary-transfer power supply forms an electric potential having the positive polarity at the primary transfer portion, and the positive toner transferred to the intermediate transfer belt is moved together with the intermediate transfer belt and is collected by the charge roller in contact with a downstream photosensitive drum.
US10509340B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image former to print on a printing paper a plurality of lines that are arranged at intervals in a main scanning direction and are vertical to the main scanning direction using different photosensitive drums, a scanner is to scan the printing paper on which the plurality of lines are printed to obtain a scanned image usable in a color registration correction.
US10509323B2
Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards an edge-exposure tool with a light emitting diode (LED), as well as a method for edge exposure using a LED. In some embodiments, the edge-exposure tool comprises a process chamber, a workpiece table, a LED, and a controller. The workpiece table is in the process chamber and is configured to support a workpiece covered by a photosensitive layer. The LED is in the process chamber and is configured to emit radiation towards the workpiece. A controller is configured to control the LED to expose an edge portion of the photosensitive layer, but not a center portion of the photosensitive layer, to the radiation emitted by the LED. The edge portion of the photosensitive layer extends along an edge of the workpiece in a closed path to enclose the center portion of the photosensitive layer.
US10509300B2
An electrical fixture apparatus is provided to install devices on an electrical wiring component. In some embodiments, a fixture apparatus is provided for installing a camera using at least one conduit, one of which has a fastening end on one end, and a camera housing attached to a conduit on the other end. The camera in the camera housing provides support to be remotely reset using a sequence of power off on within a certain time interval. In further embodiments, a fixture apparatus is provided for installing a device on an electrical wiring component. The fixture apparatus may comprise at least one conduit, which has a fastening end on one end, and has a base at the other end. The fixture apparatus preferably supports the installation of an off the shelf device on its base.
US10509297B2
An array of unit cells allows beam steering of an incident electromagnetic wave. Each unit cell has a back reflector, a conductive oxide between gate dielectrics, and an antenna. Voltage bias applied to different layers enables the accumulation or depletion of charges at the top and bottom interfaces of the conductive oxide. The charge accumulation and depletion regions control the refractive index of the material, enabling control of the reflected electromagnetic wave.
US10509293B2
An electrophoretic medium comprises a fluid, a first, light scattering particle (typically white) and second, third and fourth particles having three subtractive primary colors (typically magenta, cyan and yellow); at least two of these colored particles being non-light scattering. The first and second particles bear polymer coatings such that the electric field required to separate an aggregate formed by the third and the fourth particles is greater than that required to separate an aggregate formed from any other two types of particles. Methods for driving the medium to produce white, black, magenta, cyan, yellow, red, green and blue colors are also described.
US10509292B1
An electrochromic device is provided. The device includes a substrate and an electrochromic stack on the substrate. The stack includes a first set of bus bars, a first transparent conductive layer, at least one electrochromic layer, a second transparent conductive layer, and a second set of bus bars, wherein at least one of the first transparent conductive layer or the second transparent conductive layer includes resistivity that varies by horizontal location according to a resistivity profile. In some embodiments the resistivity profile has a vertical component that may or may not be in addition to the horizontal component. Various embodiments of these materials can be tuned as to profiles of vertical resistance and horizontal sheet resistance.
US10509291B2
A stack of layers can be formed adjacent to a substrate before any layer within the stack is patterned. In an embodiment, combinations of substrates and stacks can be made and stored for an extended period, such as more than a week or a month, or shipped to a remote location before further manufacturing occurs. By delaying irreversible patterning until the closer to the date final product will be shipped to a customer, the likelihood of having too much inventory of a particular size or having to scrap windows for a custom order that was cancelled after manufacturing started can be substantially reduced. Further, particles between layers of the stack can be avoided. The process flows described are flexible, and many of the patterning operations in forming holes, openings, or the high resistance region can be performed in many different orders.
US10509289B2
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a display device, including: a liquid crystal display panel, comprising a liquid crystal layer including a polymer network formed of a polymerizable monomer; a light guide component, wherein the light guide component is configured such that light from the light source is emitted out from the first surface of the light guide component into the liquid crystal display panel, and in a case that the liquid crystal layer is not applied with a voltage, light from the light source is totally reflected at the liquid crystal display panel without being emitted from a side of the second substrate opposite to the first substrate into the outside air.
US10509283B2
Provided is a display device. The display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate including a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area. The first substrate and the second substrate face and are attached to each other. A first polarizer is disposed on the display area of the first substrate. A second polarizer is entirely disposed on the display area and the non-display area of the second substrate and has a non-overlapping region which does not overlap the first polarizer in the non-display area. A light leakage prevention pattern is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate in the non-overlapping region of the first polarizer and the second polarizer and includes a color filter pattern and a light blocking pattern which overlap each other.
US10509282B2
The invention provides a reflective LCD panel. The reflective LCD panel of the invention is disposed with white sub-pixel unit in the pixel unit. When the pixel electrode is disposed below the CF layer, the white sub-pixel unit is a transparent film layer and the pixel electrode is a reflective electrode, or when the white sub-pixel unit is a reflective film layer, the pixel electrode is a transparent electrode or a non-transparent electrode; when the pixel electrode is disposed above the CF layer, the white sub-pixel unit is a reflection film layer and the pixel electrode is a transparent electrode. The reflective LCD panel of the invention utilizes the combination of the white sub-pixel unit and the pixel electrode to improve the utilization of the ambient light, so as to enhance the brightness of the pixel unit and further enhance the brightness of the reflective LCD panel.
US10509277B2
The present invention provides a LCD device, comprising: a backlight module, comprising a light emitting surface and an opposite back surface; a liquid crystal panel, on the light emitting surface, wherein a signal binding end is disposed on a front surface, away from the backlight module, of the liquid crystal panel; and a COF, comprising a flexible circuit board, and a binding part and a driver chip on a first surface of the flexible circuit board, wherein the flexible circuit board is connected to the signal binding end through the binding part and is bent extendedly to the back surface of the backlight module; and in the region of the flexible circuit board at the back surface of the backlight module, the first surface of the flexible circuit board comprises a first area facing away from the backlight module, and the driver chip is connected to the first area.
US10509256B2
The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a color filter substrate, in which a layer of photoresist layer of a negative photoresist resin material is first formed on the color filter film layer; then, back side exposure is conducted on the photoresist layer from the underside of the backing plate so that a part of the photoresist layer that is adjacent to the backing plate gets cured for subsequently forming a planarization layer; afterwards, a mask is used to conduct front side exposure on the photoresist layer from the backing plate to form post spacers; and finally, the photoresist layer that has been subjected to exposure twice is subjected to development to remove a portion of the photoresist layer that has not been cured so as to form, simultaneously, a planarization layer and post spacers located on the planarization layer. This, when compared to an existing manufacturing method of a color filter substrate, can greatly simplify operation flow and thus greatly reduce investment on manufacturing line facility and lower down manufacturing costs of products and potential risks of unexpected problems occurring in the manufacturing process and shortening product manufacturing cycle.
US10509252B2
Provided is a polymer film which can eliminate both moire and glitter and is suitable for use as a diffusion film. The above-mentioned problems are solved with a polymer film, a surface of which has an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 0.63-1.80 μm, a root mean square roughness Rq of 0.76-2.40 μm, and an average height Rc of roughness-curve elements of 2.45-7.20 μm.
US10509247B2
The present disclosure provides a back panel assembly including a back panel and a circuit board disposed on the back panel, the back panel includes: a first plate, a second plate opposite to the first plate and an insulating material layer interposed between the first and second plates, the second plate includes a cutout portion such that the insulating material layer have an exposed portion exposed by the cutout portion; and the circuit board is disposed on the exposed portion of the insulating material layer. The present disclosure also provides a display device. The display device includes a display panel and the above back panel assembly, the display panel is positioned on a side of the first plate of the back panel, and the circuit board is configured to control the display panel.
US10509243B2
An optical IQ modulator with automatic bias control is disclosed. A dither signal is applied to the modulator bias and its signature detected in light tapped from an output of the modulator using a phase sensitive dither detector such as a lock-in amplifier. The detected signal is processed using pre-recorded information defining the direction of the detected signal change relative to a change in the modulator bias, and the bias is adjusted in the direction determined using the information. The IQ phase bias is controlled by dithering I and Q optical signals in quadrature to produce opposite-sign single subband modulation of output light at two different dither frequencies, and detecting an oscillation at a difference frequency using a lock-in detector.
US10509241B1
An apparatus for providing an optical display includes an optical substrate for propagating light received from a light source, a first set of one or more switchable diffractive elements in the substrate, and a second set of one or more switchable diffractive elements in the substrate. Each diffractive element in the second set corresponds to a diffractive element in the first set. Each of the diffractive elements in the first and second sets is configured to switch between on and off states. One of the states is for diffracting light and the other state for allowing light to pass through. Each of the first set of diffractive elements is configured to diffract the light at an angle for propagation in the substrate. Each of the second set of diffractive elements is configured to diffract the light for display.
US10509240B2
The present disclosure relates to a pair of light emitting diode eyeglasses. The light emitting diode eyeglasses include an eyeglass frame that includes a front frame including a plurality of light emitting diodes, and a pair of leg frames, each of which includes a first end attached to the front frame and a second end that is opposite to the first end and configured to be positioned on each ear of a user. The front frame includes a plurality of openings for securing a field of view of a front side of the user, the plurality of openings are arranged in a plurality of lines, each line of openings is parallel along a lengthwise direction of the front frame, lines of openings are positioned at each of a left-center portion and a right-center portion of the front frame.
US10509234B2
A lens driving apparatus with a closed-loop anti-shake structure, including: a lens holder including a coil; a frame including a plurality of magnets and receiving the lens holder; a driving circuit board disposed under the frame; a plurality of first set of elastic bodies configured such that the lens holder remains movable in a direction of a first axis with respect to the frame; a plurality of second set of elastic bodies configured such that the frame remains movable in a direction perpendicular to the first axis with respect to the driving circuit board; and a first optical module and a first optical reference respectively disposed at the driving circuit board and the lens holder, the first optical module sensing a relative movement of the first optical reference so as to sense a movement of the lens holder in the direction of the first axis.
US10509233B2
A speckle reducing device includes: a polarization splitter element with a polarization splitter portion that splits incident light into first and second light containing a first and a second component respectively, which outputs the first and the second light along different directions; a first reflecting member that reflects the first light to reenter the polarization splitter element; a first conversion member disposed between the first reflecting member and the polarization splitter element, which converts the first light to third light containing the second component; a second reflecting member that reflects the third light to reenter the polarization splitter element; and a second conversion member disposed between the second reflecting member and the polarization splitter element, which converts the third light to fourth light containing the first component, wherein: the polarization splitter element outputs the second and the fourth light along one direction.
US10509225B2
In order to provide a transmission type screen having a flat scattered intensity within a predetermined scattering angle, a transmission type screen (50) according to the present invention comprising a first surface (51), and a second surface (52) opposed to the first surface (51), wherein: the first surface (51) is equipped with a microlens array (57) including a plurality of microlenses; the second surface (52) is equipped with a light diffusion surface (60); and a diffusion angle ratio of a diffusion angle of the light diffusion surface (60) relative to a diffusion angle of the microlens array (57) is not less than 0.2 and not more than 0.4.
US10509224B2
A head-up display system and method are provided that suppress double images from a combiner by eliminating or reducing a reflection of a refracted image from the back surface of the combiner. The combiner contains a tilted axis polarizing structure that attenuates transmittance and subsequent reflection of a refracted polarized projector image but maintains high transmittance for the forward external scene imagery.
US10509211B2
Provided is an optical system according to the present invention, comprising a protection cover made of resin and a lens portion arranged in order from an object side to an image side, in which the protection cover includes an aspherical surface whose shape changes continuously from an optical axis to a peripheral portion, and where an effective diameter of the aspherical surface is represented as 2×ha, a distance sag1 in a direction of the optical axis between the aspherical surface and a reference spherical surface of the aspherical surface at a position where the height from the optical axis is ha, and a thickness tc of the protection cover on the optical axis are appropriately set.
US10509203B2
An image pickup lens comprises a first lens having negative refractive power, a second lens having positive refractive power, a third lens having negative refractive power, a fourth lens having positive refractive power, and a fifth lens having negative refractive power, from an object side to an image side. The image pickup lens has an optical axis. A portion of a surface of the first lens facing the object side and close to the axis is convex, a portion of a surface of the first lens facing the image side and close to the axis is concave. A portion of a surface of the fourth lens facing the object side and close to the axis is convex, a portion of a surface of the fourth lens facing the image side and close to the axis is convex. The image pickup lens has large field of view and small volume.
US10509200B2
A photographing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a plurality of lens elements and an aspheric image surface. Each of the lens elements of the photographing lens assembly has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side, and each of the lens elements is a single and non-cemented lens element.
US10509198B1
A lever is used to rotate a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) mirror. The lever can be used to provide more torque from a vertical comb drive. The MEMS mirror can be part of an array of micro mirrors used for beam steering a laser in a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) system for an autonomous vehicle.
US10509187B2
A compartmentalized enclosure for controlling access to different components in a telecommunications system including a lower housing member shaped to define an outer perimeter portion and a cavity, a panel member configured to move between a closed panel position, where the panel member prevents access to equipment within the cavity, and an open panel position, where the panel member permits access to the cavity, wherein the panel member is disposed in the cavity of the lower housing member, and is shaped to define a inner perimeter portion that is configured to substantially match and fit within the outer perimeter portion of the lower housing member so as to form a substantially perimeter matching portion that prevents access to equipment within the cavity between the inner perimeter portion and the outer perimeter portion when the panel member is in the closed position.
US10509184B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a welding assembly is disclosed that allows for a laser assembly to be coupled into a socket of the same and held at a fixed position, e.g., by a mechanical grabber of a welding system. The mechanical grabber may then travel along one or more axis to bring the TOSA module into mechanical alignment with an opening of an associated optical subassembly housing. The welding assembly may further include an alignment member that provides one or more alignment contact surfaces configured to be brought directly into contact with a surface of the associated subassembly housing. When the one or more alignment contact surfaces are “flush” with the surface of the subassembly housing the emission face of the TOSA module is substantially parallel, and by extension, optically aligned with the opening of the associated subassembly housing.
US10509179B2
Connector (C) comprises: an anchoring element (30) involving a latch (20); a semi-tubular clamp (40), having a front end portion (41), inserted and locked in the anchoring element (30), and by a back end portion (42) internally provided with inner teeth (43), between which a cable cover (CC) extension of a single fiber optical cable (1) is inserted and locked, by interference; a tubular housing (50) involving the anchoring element (30) and clamp (40). The clamp's (40) inner teeth (43) are radially protruding inwards, from the internal surface of the clamp's (40) back end portion, to end, each of them, in a cutting edge (43a) contained in plane orthogonal to the clamp's (40) geometric axis and anterior to the cross section of the respective inner tooth (43).
US10509174B2
A SOI device may include a waveguide adapter that couples light between an external light source—e.g., a fiber optic cable or laser—and a silicon waveguide on the silicon surface layer of the SOI device. In one embodiment, the waveguide adapter is embedded into the insulator layer. Doing so may enable the waveguide adapter to be formed before the surface layer components are added onto the SOI device. Accordingly, fabrication techniques that use high-temperatures may be used without harming other components in the SOI device—e.g., the waveguide adapter is formed before heat-sensitive components are added to the silicon surface layer.
US10509165B2
An assembly with optical gain assisted optical transposer is provided. The optical transposer which optically couples a fibre array unit and a photonic integrated circuit. The optical transposer includes one or more optical gain elements which are configured to provide optical compensation, for example optical gain to mitigate optical losses associated with multistage photonic integrated devices. According to some embodiments, the optical gain element is a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). According to some embodiments the photonic integrated circuit is a SiPh PIC.
US10509157B2
Lightguides including pixelated images, and methods of making the lightguides are provided. The lightguides include an image formed on a major side which is illuminated for directly viewing. The image includes an elongated portion being pixelated into an array of pixels. Each of the pixels includes a single light extracting structure adapted to receive the propagating light within the lightguide along the optical axis and extract the received light transversely out of the lightguide.
US10509145B2
Provided are an optical device and a manufacturing method thereof. The method of manufacturing an optical device may include providing a substrate structure, and depositing an array including curved structures on the substrate structure. The curved structures may include a crystalline organic compound.
US10509137B2
A method is provided for monitoring the exposure to radiation of medical personnel during an X-ray examination of an examination object with an X-ray apparatus. A monitoring unit is activated and continuously scans a first three-dimensional volume that includes a region directly irradiated by the X-ray beam, for objects. When an object is detected, automatic evaluation is performed as to whether the object is a human body part that does not correspond to the examination object and a signal or a display is output if a human body part is determined inside the three-dimensional volume that does not correspond to the examination object.
US10509135B2
Detector module designs for radiographic imaging include first and second layers of scintillator rods or pixel arrays oriented in first and second directions. The first and second directions are transversely oriented to define a light sharing region between the first and second layers. Encoding features may be disposed in, on or between the first and second layers, and configured to modulate propagation of optical signals therealong or therebetween.
US10509132B1
A radiation detection system may include a mobile device having a flash memory. The device may monitor various characteristics of the flash memory to determine when damage to the flash memory has occurred from radiation exposure. The device may associate damage to the flash memory with a radiation dose, and determine a level of radiation to which the memory, and thus the device, has been exposed. The device also may determine a length of time and locations where the radiation exposure has occurred. If the device determines that the level of radiation exposure exceeds a threshold associated with a safe level of radiation exposure for a human user, the device may generate an alert to the user.
US10509123B1
A distance determination system is disclosed. In various embodiments, the system includes a transmitter configured to transmit a first pulse at a first frequency and a second pulse at a second frequency; a receiver configured to receive audio signals; and a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to detect whether an intermodulation product of the first pulse and the second pulse is present and above a threshold amplitude in an audio signal received by the receiver; and determine, based at least in part on whether the intermodulation product of the first pulse and the second pulse is detected to be present and above a threshold amplitude, whether a distance to a surface is greater than a distance corresponding to the first pulse and the second pulse.
US10509117B1
Continuous wave (CW) radar system for phase-coded time delayed transmit-receive leakage cancellation
Disclosed is a method, system, and apparatus for transmitting a randomly phase-coded CW waveform in a manner that suppresses signal leakage and enables the recovery of polyphase subcodes advantageous for the purposes of correlation and pulse compression. The CW system transmits and receives a random waveform while concurrently providing properly delayed phase conversion parameters (ϕi−Θi) from a corrections generator to various range gates. Each range gate processes any echo returns using a most recent phase conversion parameters (ϕk−Θk) provided and correlation of the resulting echo subcodes ϕR produce either target indications or noise signals, depending on the most recent phase conversion parameters (ϕk−Θk) provided to the range gate. The system may transmit the randomly phase-coded CW waveform while recovering any phase code {ϕ1, ϕ2, . . . ϕN} that lends itself to advantageous pulse compressions.
US10509112B1
A laser system is provided. The laser system comprises: a seed laser configured to produce a sequence of seed light pulses, wherein the sequence of seed light pulses are produced with variable time intervals in a sweep cycle; a pump laser configured to produce pump light having variable amplitude in the sweep cycle; and a control unit configured to generate a command to the pump laser to synchronize the pump light with the sequence of seed light pulses.
US10509107B2
A device for simulating at least one echo signal of a signal is described, said device comprising an input for receiving the signal, a signal manipulation unit and an output for transmitting the signal processed by said signal manipulation unit. Said signal manipulation unit is configured to add a delay to the signal, to change the frequency of the signal and/or to change the amplitude of the signal. Said device further comprises at least one bandwidth changing unit. Said bandwidth changing unit is configured to change the frequency bandwidth of the signal. In addition, a system and a method for simulating at least one echo signal of a signal are described.
US10509104B1
Apparatus and methods for synchronization of multiple semiconductor dies are provided herein. In certain implementations, a reference clock signal is distributed to two or more semiconductor dies that each include at least one data converter. The two or more dies include a master die that generates a data converter synchronization signal, and at least one slave die that processes the data converter synchronization signal to align timing of data conversion operations across the dies, for instance, to obtain a high degree of timing coherence for digital sampling. In certain implementations, the dies correspond to radar chips of a radar system, and the data converter synchronization signal corresponds to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) synchronization signal. Additionally, the master radar chip generates a ramp synchronization signal to synchronize transmission sequencing across the radar chips and/or to provide phase alignment of ADC clock signals.
US10509097B2
Each of a plurality of signal measurement circuits is included in a terminal. Each measurement circuit receives a signal from a transmitter in a satellite and measures characteristics of the signal. A computer is programmed to receive data from the signal measurement circuits. The data indicates characteristics of the signal, including a strength of the signal. The computer determines an initial estimated satellite pointing direction, and generates subsequent estimated satellite pointing directions. For the initial and subsequent estimated pointing directions, the strength of the signal received by each measurement circuit is compared with an expected strength of the signal based on the respective estimated pointing direction. Each subsequent estimate is based at least in part on the comparison of the immediately preceding estimate. Based on the comparisons, the computer estimates a current satellite pointing direction.
US10509073B2
Disclosed herein are exemplary methods, apparatus, and systems for performing timing-aware automatic test pattern generation (ATPG) that can be used, for example, to improve the quality of a test set generated for detecting delay defects or holding time defects. In certain embodiments, timing information derived from various sources (e.g. from Standard Delay Format (SDF) files) is integrated into an ATPG tool. The timing information can be used to guide the test generator to detect the faults through certain paths (e.g., paths having a selected length, or range of lengths, such as the longest or shortest paths). To avoid propagating the faults through similar paths repeatedly, a weighted random method can be used to improve the path coverage during test generation. Experimental results show that significant test quality improvement can be achieved when applying embodiments of timing-aware ATPG to industrial designs.
US10509071B2
A method for probe card alignment is provided. The method includes providing a probe card with a plurality of probe needles having their distal ends on a reference plane. The method further includes providing a light from both the upper side and lower side of the reference plane. The method also includes using a camera to image the probe needles. In addition, the method includes performing a probe card alignment process according to the image generated by the camera.
US10509069B2
After measuring electrical characteristics, a component favorably drops from a measuring element. An inspection device includes a pair of measuring elements configured to measure electrical characteristics of a component by gripping the components due to being capable of approaching and separating from each other; and air supply device configured to supply air to at least one of a pair of opposing surfaces that oppose each of the pair of measuring elements, and by supplying air to at least one of the opposing surfaces from air supply device, a component s adhered to the at least one opposing surface can be caused to drop favorably.
US10509063B2
Systems and methods provide measurement of one or more electrical parameters (e.g., impedance) of a device under test (DUT) using an electrical parameter measurement device (e.g., multimeter, oscilloscope) that includes reference signal circuitry that generates, detects, and processes common mode reference signals. A measurement device may include a known common mode AC reference voltage source coupled to a common input terminal. During measurement of a DUT, circuitry may detect a signal at a voltage test input terminal and a signal at the common input terminal. The circuitry may process the first and second signals to determine one or more electrical parameters of the DUT, which one or more electrical parameters may be used to implement one or more features. The determined electrical parameters may be presented to an operator via a visual indicator device and/or may be communicated to an external device via a wired and/or wireless communications interface.
US10509060B2
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for identifying computational operations based on power measurements. Disclosed herein are systems that may include a phase measurement unit configured to generate a first measurement based on a power signal, the first measurement characterizing a phase angle of the power signal. The systems may also include a power measurement unit configured to generate a second measurement based on the power signal, the second measurement characterizing an amplitude of one or more aspects of the power signal. The systems may further include a processing unit configured to identify a computational operation implemented by a target processing device, the identifying of the computational operation being based on a comparison of the first measurement and the second measurement with reference measurements.
US10509052B2
A test wafer having two spaced-apart accelerometers mounted thereon is disclosed. The accelerometers may be positioned at locations located along a common axis passing through the center of gravity of the test wafer. The test wafer may include a controller that may be used to transmit acceleration data collected by the accelerometers to another device. In some implementations, a semiconductor processing tool is provided that includes a test wafer receptacle for storing a test wafer that remains with the semiconductor processing tool and that may be retrieved by a wafer handling robot for performing a test cycle during periods when the wafer handling robot is not performing substrate transport operations.
US10509048B2
A first rack of a first color and a second rack of a second color respectively hold blood collecting tubes. After a test is finished, the first and second racks are disposed at a carrying-out section. A result screen showing a test result includes a first region of the first color and a second region of the second color. The first and second regions are displayed in positions corresponding to positions of the first and second racks in the carrying-out section. First symbols are displayed in the first region at positions corresponding to positions of the blood collecting tubes held in the first rack. Second symbols are displayed in the second region at positions corresponding to positions of the blood collecting tubes held in the second rack. A displayed appearance of each of the first and second symbols is changed in accordance with the test result.
US10509044B2
The present invention provides a method for predicting whether a human patient 65 years of age or older is at increased risk for developing heart failure, comprising obtaining the results of an assay that measures levels of NT-proBNP and/or cardiac troponin T in a specimen from the patient wherein an increased NT-proBNP and/or cardiac troponin T level compared to levels in a control indicate an increased risk for developing heart failure.
US10509043B2
Provided is a method for identifying pregnancy failure in a subject, the method comprising determining a concentration of at least one element of fetal or embryonic origin in the vaginal fluid of the subject; and comparing the concentration of the at least one element of fetal or embryonic origin to a reference value, wherein when the concentration of the at least one element of fetal or embryonic origin in the vaginal fluid is higher than the reference value, pregnancy failure is indicated.
US10509041B2
Provided is a glucose derivative, which is taken into cells via a membrane sugar transport system and is represented by formula (1). Also provided are an imaging agent and an imaging method for a cell or intracellular molecule using said glucose derivative. Further provided is a method for detecting cancer cells with good accuracy using said glucose derivative and an imaging agent to be used in said method. More specifically provided are D-glucose derivatives and L-glucose derivatives in which glucose is bound to the 7-position of a fluorescent molecular group with a coumarin backbone or a quinolone backbone. Also provided are a cell imaging agent and imaging method using the derivative. A cancer cell imaging agent and imaging method using the L-glucose derivative is also provided. G is a group selected from formulas (G1)-(G4) below.
US10509037B2
This invention relates to novel monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to the alpha-folate receptor. In some embodiments, the antibodies inhibit a biological activity of folate receptor-α (FR-α). The antibodies are useful in the treatment of certain cancers, particularly cancers that have increased cell surface expression of the alpha-folate receptor (“FR-α”), such as ovarian, breast, renal, colorectal, lung, endometrial, or brain cancer. The invention also relates to cells expressing the monoclonal antibodies, antibody derivatives, such as chimeric and humanized monoclonal antibodies, antibody fragments, and methods of detecting and treating cancer using the antibodies, derivatives, and fragments.
US10509036B2
Provided herein are methods for selecting/identifying and/or isolating cancer stem cells from a biological sample or a cell culture sample using a fluorescent glucose analog. Also provided herein are methods for selecting/identifying and/or isolating leukemia stem cells and subpopulations thereof. The present invention is based, in part, on the discovery that cancer stem cells can be selected/identified based upon a lower level of fluorescence of the fluorescent glucose analog compared to non-cancer stem cells and that specific genes are differentially expressed in leukemia stem cells compared to non-leukemia stem cells.
US10509033B2
Provided are a method for diagnosing chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), in particular, a diagnostic method for specifically diagnosing a group having a specific pathophysiology among CIDPs, and a kit and a biomarker for use in such a diagnosis. The diagnostic method for diagnosing CIDP of the present invention includes a step of measuring an anti-neurofascin 155 antibody contained in a sample.
US10509032B2
An assay method and device can perform at least one (e.g., at least two) assays on a single aliquot of a sample liquid. The device can mix a sample liquid with assay reagents including magnetically susceptible particles. The device is configured to create a sample liquid-air interface with the sample liquid. The magnetically susceptible particles can be located (via an applied magnetic field) at the liquid-air interface when a second liquid contacts the interface to form a liquid-liquid interface. The magnetic particles travel across the liquid-liquid interface to the second liquid. The magnetically susceptible particles are configured to trans-port an analyte across the interface into the second liquid. An assay for the analyte is performed in the second liquid. An assay for another analyte can also be performed in the sample liquid.
US10509030B2
Disclosed herein are an artificial cell membrane including a supported lipid bilayer (SLB) including a substrate and mobility-decreased metal particles bonded onto the substrate; an analysis device or kit including the artificial cell membrane and examining the interactions between molecules, in which one molecule is bonded to the surface of a mobility-decreased metal particle bonded to the artificial cell membrane and the other molecule is bonded to the surface of a mobility-increased metal particle bonded to a lipid at a low valency; a method of examining the interactions between molecules using the analysis device; a kit for quantitative or qualitative analysis of a target material including the artificial cell membrane by plasmonic scattering measurements; and a multiple analysis kit capable of detecting a plurality of target materials using a plurality of metal particles having different plasmonic scattering wavelengths and/or having mobility on a supported lipid bilayer.According to the artificial cell membrane including a supported lipid bilayer containing metal particles attached thereto, the fluidity of the metal particles on the lipid can be controlled by adjusting the number of ligands bonded to the metal particles. Therefore, target molecules for analyzing the interactions therebetween on two types of metal particles having different fluidity are introduced onto the artificial cell membrane, thereby monitoring the movements of the metal particles through plasmonic scattering so as to analyze the interactions between the target molecules. In this case, multiple analysis of simultaneously detecting and quantifying a plurality of target materials using the artificial cell membrane of the present invention, plasmonic scattering wavelengths, and a plurality of particles having different fluidity can be performed.
US10509025B2
The invention provides a poor physical condition determination device, method, and program enabling simple determination of a physical condition level.A poor physical condition determination device 10 acquires a ketone concentration measurement measuring ketone excreted from a user, determines a physical condition level related to the physical condition of the user based on the acquired ketone concentration measurement, and outputs a determination result.
US10509024B2
A method for measuring concentrations of blood cell components is provided. The method comprises: obtaining a blood sample from a subject, the blood sample comprising red blood cells (RBCs), white blood cells (WBCs), and platelets (PLTs); mixing the blood sample with a non-lysing aqueous solution to form a sample mixture comprising a predetermined tonicity; passing the sample mixture through a flow cell; emitting light towards the flow cell; measuring an amount of light absorbed by the RBCs; measuring an amount of light scattered by WBCs, and PLTs; determining a concentration of each of the RBCs, WBCs, and PLTs present in the sample mixture from the measured amount of light absorbed by the RBCs and scattered by the WBCs and PLTs.
US10509020B2
The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, and systems for identifying marked hydrocarbon fluids. These compositions, methods, and systems utilize a gas chromatography marker including a pyrrolidinone. The methods and systems can identify the presence or absence of the gas chromatography marker and/or the pyrrolidinone. The compositions, methods, and systems can optionally utilize a spectroscopic marker.
US10509016B2
Provided are methods for determining the amount of lacosamide in a sample using mass spectrometry. The methods generally involve ionizing lacosamide in a sample and detecting and quantifying the amount of the ion to determine the amount of lacosamide in the sample.
US10509008B2
A biological device includes a substrate, a gate electrode, and a sensing well. The substrate includes a source region, a drain region, a channel region, a body region, and a sensing region. The channel region is disposed between the source region and the drain region. The sensing region is at least disposed between the channel region and the body region. The gate electrode is at least disposed on or above the channel region of the substrate. The sensing well is at least disposed adjacent to the sensing region.
US10509002B2
At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature an RF hydration sensor in an assembly, comprises a substrate; an antenna disposed on the substrate; an RF circuit electrically coupled to the antenna; a thermal source electrically coupled to the RF circuit for changing a thermal condition of a target area; and a sensing element thermally coupled to the thermal source for sensing a temperature of the thermal source. The RF hydration sensor wirelessly receives a power from a remote transceiver and provides at least part of the power to the thermal source.
US10509000B2
A handheld XRF device having a shutter including a calibration material. An automatic calibration sequence may be performed with the shutter in the closed position.
US10508998B2
High-contrast, subtraction, x-ray images of an object are produced via scanned illumination by a laser-Compton x-ray source. The spectral-angle correlation of the laser-Compton scattering process and a specially designed aperture and/or detector are utilized to produce/record a narrow beam of x-rays whose spectral content consists of an on-axis region of high-energy x-rays surrounded by a region of slightly lower-energy x-rays. The end point energy of the laser-Compton source is set so that the high-energy x-ray region contains photons that are above the k-shell absorption edge (k-edge) of a specific contrast agent or specific material within the object to be imaged while the outer region consists of photons whose energy is below the k-edge of the same contrast agent or specific material. Scanning the illumination and of the object by this beam will simultaneously record and map the above edge and below k-edge absorption response of the object.
US10508994B2
An image inspection apparatus includes an illuminating section for irradiating illumination light, a line camera in which a plurality of imaging elements are arrayed to be linearly arranged, the line camera receiving the light irradiated from the illuminating section and reflected on the inspection target object, a display section for displaying an image captured by the line camera, an optical axis adjusting section for adjusting an optical axis of the line camera, a trigger setting section for specifying a trigger that specifies timing when the inspection target object is imaged by the line camera, an aspect ratio adjusting section for adjusting longitudinal and lateral pixel resolutions of the image captured by the line camera, and a display control section for displaying the optical axis adjusting section, the trigger setting section, and the aspect ratio adjusting section on the display section in order.
US10508990B2
Disclosed is an automated method and apparatus for automatically setting a drop delay period by detecting calibration particles in a waste stream. The drop delay is incremented over a series of drop delays and the number of calibration particles in the waste stream is detected for each drop delay. The drop delay is selected which has the least number of calibration particles in the waste stream.
US10508982B2
A particle sensor uses an electrostatic particle charging section in the form of an ionization chamber. A flow sensor arrangement is used to produce a signal which is representative of the amount of gas flow between the outside of the ionization chamber and the inside of the ionization chamber. This information is indicative of the flow conditions, and can be used to determine when adverse flow conditions are present which may adversely affect the performance or lifetime of the particle sensor.
US10508977B2
A wash solution for remediating lubricant contamination in cytological specimens includes a Tris-based alkaline buffer solution. The buffer solution may be prepared in methanol, and may include a proton-rich protein, or a basic amino acid, such as arginine, lysine, or guanidine. A method for remediating a specimen contaminated with lubricant includes using the wash solution and/or adding a salt to the final vial prior to preparing the microscope slide. The method may include adding the wash solution to the specimen, centrifuging the specimen and wash solution to form a supernatant and cell pellet, decanting the supernatant, and adding a preservative solution to the cell pellet. The method may further include adding salt to a vial containing the preservative solution and cell pellet.
US10508971B2
Optical test system and method for determining size of gap between two substrates of optical element
An optical test method is provided. The optical test method includes emitting light through a gap between two substrates of a tested optical element disposed on a holder to generate a plurality of light beams. The optical test method further includes driving the holder with the tested optical element to move to N positions. The optical test method also includes receiving one of the light beams from the tested optical element in the N positions to generate N first intensity signals. In addition, the optical test method includes determining the size of the gap of the tested optical element according to the N first intensity signals and reference data.
US10508970B2
Disclosed are a system and a method for precisely measuring a structure are disclosed. A reference meter installed at a fixed location provides GPS reference information. A plurality of response meters, respectively installed at a plurality of positions of the structure, acquire acceleration information through acceleration sensors and measure a plurality of real-time kinematic (RTK) displacement data based on the GPS reference information, respectively. The response meters synchronize acceleration information with the plurality of RTK displacement data measured to generate into a packet to be transmitted. An operation processor receives the acceleration information and the plurality of RTK displacement data and calculates structure response information. With the GPS and accelerometers, the dynamic behaviors of structures including high-rise buildings, bridges, dams, and harbors can be precisely measured.
US10508968B1
Systems, methods and apparatuses for inspecting a tank containing a flammable fluid are provided. A vehicle configured to inspect the tank can include a propeller, a battery, a control unit, an inspection device, and a ranging device. The battery provides power to the propeller, the control unit, the inspection device, and the ranging device. The control unit generates a map of the tank. The control unit determines a first position of the vehicle on the map of the tank. The propeller moves the vehicle through the flammable fluid in the tank. The inspection device determines a quality metric of a portion of the tank. The control unit causes the propeller to move the vehicle from the first position to a second position within the tank. The control unit determines the quality metric for the portion of the tank at the second position within the tank, and stores the quality metric.
US10508963B2
A method and a device are provided for knock recognition of an internal combustion engine, which device Fourier-transforms, weights in frequency-dependent fashion, and sums a signal of a knock sensor in order to produce a first knock signal. Here, from a multiplicity of first knock signals, a concentration point of the multiplicity of the first knock signals is determined, and a first offset value is subtracted from the first knock signal in order to form a second knock signal, the first offset value being ascertained from the concentration point of the multiplicity of the first knock signals, and a second knock signal that has a value below zero being set to the value zero. The further-processed second knock signal is then evaluated as knocking or non-knocking.
US10508961B2
A semiconductor package having an air pressure sensor and methods to form a semiconductor package having an air pressure sensor are described. For example, a semiconductor package includes a plurality of build-up layers. A cavity is disposed in one or more of the build-up layers. An air pressure sensor is disposed in the plurality of build-up layers and includes the cavity and an electrode disposed above the cavity.
US10508959B2
Force measurement systems and methods are disclosed for accurate real-time measurement of forces. The system is configured to measure force as a function of time. The system may comprise a handheld device capable of measuring a force externally applied to opposing surface regions thereof for the purpose of monitoring or directing isometric exercises for personal wellness. Additionally, the system may be configured to communicate force measurement data to a remote device or server.
US10508952B1
A vision system for monitoring areas of interest having a system for receiving an optical input, outputting a signal, and processing the signal. The system is configured to measure the radiance in spectral bands in which solar radiation is reduced substantially due to absorption by atmospheric constituents. This mitigates the negative effects of solar radiation such as sun glare. The system is configured to output a resultant detection signal in response to the measurements in the spectral bands selected.
US10508944B2
A flavouring dispenser for dispensing doses of flavouring is provided. The flavouring dispenser comprises a flavouring chamber for containing flavouring; a dosing plate having an aperture therethrough; and a dispense opening. The dosing plate is movable relative to the dispense opening between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position the aperture communicates with the flavouring chamber for receiving a predetermined dose of flavouring, and in the second position the aperture communicates with the dispense opening for dispensing the dose of flavouring.
US10508941B2
The invention relates to a flow sensor (1), comprising: a semiconductor module (2) on which a temperature sensing means (13a, 13b) and a heat source (12) are arranged, a flow channel (6) for guiding the fluid medium in a flow direction (D), and a wall (W) delimiting the flow channel, wherein said heat source (12) and said temperature sensing means (13a, 13b) are configured such that they are in thermal contact with said wall (W). According to the invention, said wall (W) comprises a glass member (4) and a metal member (3a), wherein the glass member (4) is connected to the metal member (3a).
US10508940B2
A measuring device with a fluid module is proposed, which comprises a measuring tube through which a fluid can flow and at least one acoustic measuring unit. The at least one acoustic measuring unit comprises at least one transmitter, at least one receiver as well as at least one waveguide. The measuring tube has at least one measuring section with a substantially angular internal cross section and at least one connecting section with a non-angular internal cross section, wherein the measuring tube has at least one transition section, which extends between the measuring section and the connecting section. The transition section has an internal cross section identical to the internal cross section of the measuring section at an end allocated to the measuring section and further an internal cross section identical to the internal cross section of the connecting section at an end allocated to the connecting section. Furthermore, a fluidic system is described.
US10508938B2
Fiber optical Fabry-Perot flow test device with local bending diversion structure, having an inlet flange, a test tube and an outlet flange, with both a fiber optical Fabry-Perot pressure sensor at high-pressure-side and a fiber optical Fabry-Perot pressure sensor at low-pressure-side, which are fixedly connected to the test tube through an auxiliary connecting device.
US10508929B2
Methods, systems, devices, and software are described for data transmission to and from a monitored device via a mesh network. Monitoring devices report usage, status, location, and other pertinent data via a mesh network, and perhaps other networks as well. Novel data collection, transmission, and aggregation techniques are described. Data transfer may be bi-directional in order to manage and update device status and operation. The monitored device location may be tracked with the reported information.
US10508928B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for adaptive download of map information are presented which include obtaining a route from a start location to a destination location for a vehicle, acquiring projected environmental information associated with a first portion in the route the vehicle is expected to traverse, acquiring projected network availability information associated with a second portion in the route the vehicle is expected to traverse; and determining whether to download map information associated with the first portion of the route based on (1) the projected environmental information and (2) the projected network availability information.
US10508927B2
A navigation server and the like are provided which can provide to a user more meaningful information that takes into consideration a movement history of the user. Positions of a moving body X at time points of switching between an operation ON state and an operation OFF state are extracted as “first designated locations” from among a chronological order of positions (probe information) of the moving body X transmitted from a navigation client 2. A designated location is extracted from among the first designated locations of the moving body X based on a requirement that the designated location is outside a base area of the moving body X. The designated location is then stored and held in, or registered in, a server storage device 10.
US10508921B2
Location information is used to build a database of locations having associated audio, video, image, or text data. In some implementations, a device includes a touch-sensitive display and collects data associated with a geographic location of interest. The geographic location of interest can be displayed on a map using an indicator. A touch selection of the indicator provides access to the data through an interface displayed on the touch-sensitive display. One or more locations of interest can be displayed and grouped together by an attribute.
US10508920B2
In an embodiment, a method and system are provided for determining a pedestrian position via dead reckoning on a portable device carried by the pedestrian (or “user”). The device has at least a processor, a 3D accelerometer, and a 3D gyroscope. The 3D accelerometer, and a 3D gyroscope are sampled to calculate device orientation, and then 3D accelerometer samples are gathered during a sensor time frame and an average step frequency is calculated. The user's speed and direction of movement are estimated and a device velocity is calculated relative to a prior device velocity via dead-reckoning. The estimated device velocity is corrected for drift and the pedestrian position is calculated based on the corrected estimated current device velocity.
US10508911B2
The present technique relates to an apparatus and a method for measurement, and a program each of which enables distance estimation to be more simply carried out with higher accuracy.A three-dimensional measurement apparatus has a rotation control portion controlling rotation of a photographing portion by a rotation mechanism in such a way that the photographing portion is rotated with a center of rotation as an axis in a state in which a distance from the center of rotation of the rotation mechanism portion to a focal point position of the photographing portion is a constant distance; and a distance calculating portion calculating a distance to an object on a space on the basis of a plurality of photographed images obtained through photographing in positions different from one another by the photographing portion in a state in which the photographing portion is rotated.
US10508909B2
Provided is a line displacement evaluation method of evaluating line displacement occurring in a press-formed article in press forming of forming a character line. This method includes acquiring a cross section profile of the press-formed article measured so as to traverse the character line formed in the press-formed article; calculating a 4th order differential coefficient of the acquired cross section profile; and evaluating the line displacement, on the basis of the calculated 4th order differential coefficient of the cross section profile.
US10508907B2
A vehicle wheel alignment system has a plurality of cameras, each camera for viewing a respective target disposed at a respective wheel of the vehicle and capturing image data of the target as the wheel and target are continuously rotated a number of degrees of rotation without a pause. The image data is used to calculate a minimum number of poses of the target of at least one pose for every five degrees of rotation as the wheel and target are continuously rotated the number of degrees of rotation without a pause. At least one of the cameras comprises a data processor for performing the steps of preprocessing the image data, and calculating an alignment parameter for the vehicle based on the preprocessed image data.
US10508897B2
The present disclosure provides a magnet device for providing the magnetic density changes/magnetic field changes in relation to a detecting position. The magnet device comprises a magnet member adapted to be mounted on a rotatable shaft and be rotated for producing the magnetic density changes/magnetic field changes in relation to the detecting position when the magnet member is rotating around the rotatable shaft. To concentrate/condense the density of the magnetic density changes/magnetic field changes, the magnet device includes a magnetic flux density concentrator.
US10508889B1
A method comprising the steps of propagating an infrared laser pulse in air, self-focusing the laser pulse until the laser reaches a critical power density, wherein molecules in the air ionize and simultaneously absorb a plurality of infrared photons resulting in a clamping effect on the intensity of the pulse, wherein the laser pulse defocuses and plasma is created, causing a dynamical competition between the self-focusing of the laser pulse and the defocusing effect due to the created plasma, the laser pulse maintaining a small beam diameter and high peak intensity over large distances, creating a plasma column, repeating the above steps to create a plurality of plasma columns, creating a parallel linear array with the plurality of plasma columns, and using the array to deflect an incident energy.
US10508885B1
Knife mounts configured to selectively secure to a firearm, the knife mount including a body secured between a muzzle and a pistol grip of the firearm, a slot defined in the body and complimentarily configured with the knife to receive the knife, a locking mechanism moveably mounted to the body proximate the slot, the locking mechanism configured to selectively secure the knife within the slot by engaging the handle of the knife, wherein the knife mount rigidly secures the knife in an orientation where the handle of the knife defines a foregrip of the firearm for a user to grip and manipulate the firearm and allows the user to rapidly remove the knife from the body.
US10508873B2
A heat exchanger apparatus having a first fluid channel, a second fluid channel, a bypass channel, and inlet and outlet manifolds. A thermal bypass valve assembly is positioned within the inlet manifold, and contains an outer sleeve having a first, second and third apertures axially displaced. An inner sleeve positioned within the outer sleeve and moveable from a first to a second position upon actuation of a first actuator. The inner sleeve has a first orifice on a wall of the inner sleeve and a second orifice defined by the inner sleeve second end. The first orifice aligns with the first aperture in the first position and the second aperture in the in the second position. A second actuator coupled to a stopper that engagingly disengages from the second orifice upon actuation of the second actuator.
US10508865B2
A heat exchanger includes a core portion including a plurality of tubes, and header tanks located on opposite ends in the longitudinal direction of the plurality of tubes and communicate with the plurality of tubes. A first fluid flows through a first tank chamber and a first tube group of the plurality of tubes. A second fluid different in temperature range from the first fluid flows through a second tank chamber and a second tube group of the plurality of tubes connected to the second tank chamber. The heat exchanger includes a flow rate limiting portion. The flow rate limiting portion is configured to reduce a flow rate of the first fluid or the second fluid supplied to at least first one tube of the plurality of tubes from a boundary portion provided by the partition wall.
US10508861B1
Refractory anchoring devices include a main body and a mounting feature for mounting to a thermal vessel. The main body has the shape of two end-to-end Y's forming a central segment, two branch segments extending from each end of the central segment, and an extension segment extending from each of the four branch segments, to collectively form four unenclosed cell openings that are each semi-hexagonal in shape. Some embodiments include four reinforcement segments with each one extending into a respective cell opening, four voids with each one extending through respective adjacent branch and extension segments, an underbody gap formed under the central segment for refractory interlinking between cell openings, and/or a single stud-welding stud for the mounting feature. Refractory anchoring systems and methods include an array of the refractory anchoring devices arranged and mounted so that the unenclosed semi-hexagonal cell openings of adjacent anchoring devices cooperatively form substantially hexagonal cells.
US10508859B2
The object of the present invention is to provide a different solution for revamping existing producing apparatuses so as to increase the production of low pressure pure nitrogen while controlling as far as possible the capital and operation expenditures. The revamping solution comprises increasing the diameter and/or height of a pure nitrogen column to thereby improve the production capacity thereof; choosing to switch the conduits where the waste liquid nitrogen and pure liquid nitrogen are passed through in the subcooler according to the increment of the low pressure pure nitrogen production; adding an additional heat exchanger to conduct a heat exchange between a portion of the medium pressure air and the increased low pressure pure nitrogen; or simultaneously switching the main parts of the conduits which transfer the pure liquid nitrogen and waste liquid nitrogen from a first column of higher pressure to a second column of lower pressure while performing the above revamping. The stepwise revamping solution of the present invention can be used not only to control the cost but also increase the low pressure pure nitrogen production while ensuring a stable operation of the air separation unit.
US10508848B2
A refrigeration cycle apparatus using refrigerant including HFO-1123, the refrigeration cycle apparatus including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator connected in a loop, and a cooling unit configured to cool the refrigerant at an inlet of the expansion valve.
US10508847B2
An air conditioner includes a refrigerant circuit which connects an outdoor circuit and a plurality of indoor circuits connected in parallel. The air conditioner includes a leak detection section which detects leak of a refrigerant from the indoor circuits, and a control section which circulates the refrigerant to perform a refrigeration cycle when the leak detection section detects leak of the refrigerant such that the refrigerant in the indoor circuits of the refrigerant circuit is at a low pressure. Providing the control section in the air conditioner can reduce the leak of the refrigerant from the indoor circuit at low cost.
US10508844B2
An apparatus, system, and method of separating and directing process fluid flow via the use of both low pressure drop pipes and high performance tubes within a refrigerant evaporator are disclosed. The evaporator includes a shell; the shell includes a process fluid inlet and a process fluid outlet. The evaporator also includes a plurality of tubes disposed within the shell and carrying a process fluid; the plurality of tubes includes a first plurality of tubes and a second plurality of tubes. The evaporator further includes a plurality of redirect pipes disposed within the shell and carrying the process fluid; the plurality of redirect pipes includes a first redirect pipe and a second redirect pipe. The evaporator functions by separating and directing process fluid flow into two portions via the use of both tubes and redirect pipes.
US10508834B1
Falling particle solar receivers, systems, and methods are disclosed that include one non-linear falling particle curtain or two or more falling particle curtains within a solar receiver that receives incident solar radiation. The particles heated in the solar receiver may be used to heat a secondary fluid. In an embodiment, the particles may be recirculated to improve energy capture and thermal efficiency. In other embodiments, an air curtain may be used across the aperture of the receiver, and flow-control devices may be used to evenly spread particles across the width of the receiver inlet. Finally, feed particles may be preheated using heat from the solar receiver.
US10508833B2
A bracket for installing photovoltaic modules on a tile roof. The bracket can have a base portion adapted to sit on a flat roof surface below a tile. A pair of curved portions above the base portion can be supported by a pair of vertical portions. A riser portion can be connected to the pair of curved portion and rising in a direction perpendicular to a roof surface. A flange can be connected to and be perpendicular to the riser portion and parallel to the base.
US10508831B2
Exemplary embodiments are disclosed of a climate control system that includes an igniter and a controller having an igniter relay. The controller senses a current level through the igniter and senses voltage between terminals of a second relay of the controller. In a given one of a plurality of operational phases of the system, the controller is configured to compare the sensed current level and sensed voltage to a current level and voltage associated with a specific condition of the igniter, igniter relay, or second relay in the given phase. Based on a result of the comparing, the controller is configured to distinguish between a failure of one of the relays and a failure of the igniter.
US10508827B2
A ventilating device includes a frame forming an outer contour, an airflow path formed by a flowing of air inside the frame, and a plurality of orifices configured to measure a static pressure in a chamber where the airflow path is located, wherein at least one orifice of the plurality of orifices is further configured to drain water out of the frame. In the present disclosure, the orifice for static pressure measurement is provided in the air supply path and/or the air discharge path at a position where the dew is dominantly accumulated, the drainage function and the function of measuring the static pressure may be realized simultaneously, reducing the cost and ensuring air tightness.
US10508818B2
A window air conditioner is provided. The window air conditioner includes an air conditioner body configured to be mounted to a mounting window; and a heat-insulation sealing assembly having at least two layers and provided between the air conditioner body and the mounting window to insulate an inside of the mounting window from an outside of the mounting window.
US10508808B2
A panel for a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a cold side defining at least one convex portion and at least one concave portion. The concave portion is in communication with a passage. A method of operating a combustor section of a gas turbine engine includes: directing an impingement flow toward a multiple of peaks on a cold side of a panel; directing the impingement flow from the multiple of peaks toward a multiple of troughs with a multiple of entrances on the cold side of the panel; and directing the impingement flow through the multiple of entrances and a respective multiple of effusion passages through the panel.
US10508797B2
A luminaire has a light emitting portion extending between first second end caps to define a length between the first end cap and the second end cap. The first end cap comprises a receptacle and the second end cap comprises a post both of which extend in an insertion direction. The receptacles are configured to closely receive the posts and the insertion direction is disposed transversely to the length. A method of assembling a luminaire assembly includes positioning a first end cap of a first luminaire over a second end cap of a second luminaire; moving the first end cap relative to the second end cap in the insertion direction; and inserting the post into the receptacle. An electrical connector on the first end cap may connect with a mating electrical connector on the second end cap to complete an electrical connection between the first luminaire and the second luminaire.
US10508791B2
A wavelength converter includes a converter layer for at least partly converting primary light of a first spectral composition into secondary light of a second spectral composition, an electrically insulating first insulation layer arranged below the converter layer, a mirror being arranged at the front side of said insulation layer facing the converter layer, at least one conductor track which is arranged at the first insulation layer and which extends laterally at a distance from the mirror, mutually spaced apart contacts extending through the first insulation layer, of which contacts in each case at least two contacts electrically connect a conductor track to a rear side of the first insulation layer, and mutually spaced apart electrically conductive solder connection volumes arranged below the first insulation layer, said solder connection volumes being electrically connected in each case to one of the contacts.
US10508780B2
A modular lighting system, comprising at least one module and auxiliary components which can be assembled together; the module comprising a support core, extending along an axis; a plurality of LEDs, arranged on at least one face of the core and axially spaced along the axis; a light body positioned in front of the LEDs and at least partly around the LEDs and having a lighting surface which transmits the light emitted by the LEDs to the surrounding environment; the modules and the auxiliary components are joined to each other by respective concealed mechanical and electrical connection devices, which are completely housed and concealed inside the modules and/or the auxiliary components.
US10508778B2
Provided is a light-emitting device in which a light-emitting region is increased in size without decreasing the yield. This light-emitting device includes a central light-emitting unit, and a plurality of peripheral light-emitting units arranged to fill a periphery of the central light-emitting unit, wherein each of the central light-emitting unit and the peripheral light-emitting units includes a substrate and light-emitting elements mounted on the substrate, and an area of the light-emitting region of each of the peripheral light-emitting units is equal to or smaller than an area of the light-emitting region of the central light-emitting unit.
US10508774B2
Current natural gas measurement and regulation systems are sensitive to loss of electrical power, which can cause brownouts and curtailment of power in the local area if power systems reliant on natural gas are downstream from the station. A system for regulating the flow of natural gas and for guaranteeing the flow of natural gas from a source to at least one specific flow line even when the system is not provided with electrical power may be described. Such a system may include at least one of each of: a low-pressure regulation system, a high-pressure regulation system, an inlet gas filter, a relief valve, a low select relay, a differential pressure pneumatic relay, a reset relay, a 5-way universal relay, an electromechanically operated valve, a first manual multi-way valve, a second manual multi-way valve, a high calibration valve, a low calibration valve, a filter, and/or a differential pressure measurement system.
US10508771B2
This invention relates to a novel method and system for dispensing CO2 vapor without over pressurization from a system having multiple containers. The system includes one or more liquid containers and one or more vapor containers. The system is designed to operate in a specific manner whereby a restricted amount of CO2 liquid is permitted into the vapor container through a restrictive pathway that is created and maintained by a shuttle valve during the filling operation so that equalization of container pressures is achieved, thereby allowing shuttle valve to reseat when filling has stopped. During use, a pressure differential device is designed to specifically isolate the vapor container from the liquid container so as to preferentially deplete liquid CO2 from the vapor container and avoid over pressurization of the system until the vapor container becomes liquid dry. The system can be operated so that at least 50% of the CO2 vapor product is dispensed from the vapor container.
US10508755B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a liquid delivery apparatus. A non-limiting example of the apparatus includes a substrate including a cavity formed in a surface of the substrate. The apparatus can also include a membrane disposed on the surface of the substrate covering an opening of the cavity. The apparatus can also include a hydrophobic layer disposed on the membrane. The apparatus can also include a seal disposed between the membrane and the substrate, wherein the seal surrounds the opening of the cavity. The apparatus can also include an electrode layer coupled to the membrane.
US10508743B2
The flow rate controlling device according to the present invention comprises: a base that has an opening portion a ring member that is provided encompassing the opening portion and that can rotate around the opening portion a motor for rotating the ring member, and a plurality of blade members that are supported on the base to the outside of the opening portion in the radial direction, and that can rotate around rotary shafts that are parallel to the axis of the opening portion, wherein: groove portions are formed in the ring member; protruding portions that can slide within the groove portions are formed on the blade members; and the motor rotates the ring member to slide the protruding portions within the groove portions to rotate the plurality of blade members to open and close the opening portion.
US10508741B2
A coupling device (32) provides a rotary coupling of a pivot shaft (18) of a flap diaphragm (16) of an exhaust gas flap (10) with a drive element (34). The pivot shaft is to be rotated about a pivot axis (A). The coupling device (32) includes a first coupling part (36) with a first coupling area configured for coupling with the pivot shaft (18) and a second coupling part (38) with a second coupling area configured for coupling with the drive element (34). The first coupling part (36) and the second coupling part (38) are in a rotary coupling positive-locking meshing state with one another in the coupled state and are supported on one another in the direction of the pivot axis (A).
US10508737B2
A multi-step transmission for a motor vehicle comprises an input shaft, an output shaft, a first transmission stage and a second transmission stage, a clutch which can be transferred into three clutch positions to drivingly connect the input shaft and the output shaft with each other or disconnect them from each other; and an actuating assembly with a setting element that is movable in three setting positions and is connected to a movable clutch part of the clutch, wherein the actuating assembly comprises first and second electromagnetically operable actuators which can be operated independently from one another and which jointly act on the setting element such that the setting element can be transferred by the first and the second actuator into the three setting positions. An electric drive can have such a multi-step transmission.
US10508723B2
Embodiments disclosed herein relates to a reducer of an electric power steering apparatus. The embodiments provide a reducer of an electric power steering apparatus that includes: a worm shaft having a first end connected to a motor shaft and a second end that is opposite the first end, in which a first worm shaft bearing and a second worm shaft bearing are coupled to the first end and the second end, respectively; a gear housing in which the first worm shaft bearing, the second worm shaft bearing, and the worm shaft are housed; and a moisture absorption compensation member which is supported on and coupled to an inner circumferential surface of the gear housing in a direction in which the worm shaft meshes with the worm wheel and supports the worm shaft in a direction opposite the direction in which the worm shaft meshes with the worm wheel.
US10508722B2
An electric linear motion actuator is provided which includes an outer ring member, a rotary shaft, planetary rollers, and a carrier including a disk, and in which the outer ring member is formed with a helical rib, each of the planetary rollers being formed with circumferential grooves in which the helical rib is engaged. When the rotary shaft rotates, the planetary rollers rotate about their axes while revolving around the rotary shaft so that the outer ring member axially linearly moves. The actuator includes thrust roller and retainer assemblies each mounted between one of the planetary roller and the disk of the carrier, and each guided by a raceway, i.e., an end surface of the corresponding planetary roller. The actuator includes a common raceway disk common to all of the thrust roller and retainer assemblies, and mounted between the thrust roller and retainer assemblies and the disk of the carrier.
US10508721B1
A compliant crank slider with adjustable constant-force output. Constant-force mechanisms (CFM) are used to maintain a constant output reaction force throughout a large range of compressive motion. The invention improves on existing CFM by introducing a second degree of freedom that adjusts the mechanism's output without changing its kinematic structure. This second degree of freedom is the rotation of a compliant beam about its longitudinal axis as it is constrained to the initial plane of bending. The resulting change in the beam's stiffness allows for adjustment to a specifiable range of constant-force outputs.
US10508698B2
A slip clutch, including: an output hub; a first hub; a second hub non-rotatably connected to the output hub; an input hub arranged to receive rotational torque. The input hub includes: a first plurality of balls; a first plurality of springs urging the first plurality of balls radially outwardly into contact with the first hub; a second plurality of balls; and a second plurality of springs urging the second plurality of balls radially outwardly into contact with the second hub.
US10508683B2
The present disclosure described devices and methods for stabilizing a payload. A carrier may be provided. The carrier may manipulate a payload such that the payload is able to rotate about a roll axis by 90 degrees or more. In some instances, the carrier may be directly connected to a component (e.g., gimbal component) configured to permit rotation of the payload about a roll axis. The carrier described herein can have a compact configuration that allows for minimal volume and weight and may be ideally suited for mobile use. Particularly, the carrier may be mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). In some instances, an imaging device may be coupled to the carrier and images having horizontal orientation, vertical orientations, or orientations in-between may be captured and processed.
US10508670B2
An alternative connection element to a permanent structural connection, with the ability to be disassembled or reconfigured. The apparatus and method creates a stable compression and tension connection of structural elements that provides a fixed connection but allows for dis-assembly and use of dissimilar materials and finishes. The connection includes a first bore through a primary structural element and a tension bore extending inwardly from a surface of the primary element intersecting the first bore. A compression bore extends inwardly from an opposite surface of the primary element. A secondary element is received in the first bore, and receives a tension element through the tension bore, aperture, and compression bore. A compression element is operably connected to the tension element so that the compression element and tension element are operable to urge the secondary element in abutment with an inner surface of the first bore.
US10508666B2
A hydraulic system for an automatic transmission, in particular a dual-clutch transmission, of a motor vehicle. A high-pressure circuit, in which a pressure accumulator, at least one clutch, and gear selectors are connected, and a low-pressure circuit for cooling the clutch. The high-pressure circuit and the low-pressure circuit have at least one hydraulic pump, which can be driven by an electric motor. The hydraulic system also has a control unit, which activates the electric motor of the hydraulic pump when a requirement to charge the pressure accumulator is identified. The high-pressure and low-pressure circuits are connected via a bypass line to an integrated accumulator charging valve, which in a non-charging position fluidically connects the hydraulic pump to the low-pressure circuit and in a charging position fluidically connects the hydraulic pump to the high-pressure circuit.
US10508657B2
The present invention provides a stator component of a vacuum pump, which is suitable for reducing the fracture energy (energy of fracture that occurs when a rotor of the pump is damaged during its rotation) and the size of the pump, and also provides a vacuum pump having this stator component. In the vacuum pump, a spacer or of a thread groove pump stator, which is a stator component forms a gap satisfying the following <
US10508650B2
A coolant pump for an internal combustion engine includes a delivery duct, a drive shaft, a coolant pump impeller arranged on the drive shaft to covey a coolant into the delivery duct, a control slide which controls a cross-section of an annular gap arranged between an outlet of the coolant pump impeller and the delivery duct, a side channel pump with a side channel pump impeller arranged on the drive shaft and a side channel, a pressure duct comprising a cross-section which fluidically connects an outlet of the side channel to a first pressure chamber of the control slide, a valve which opens and closes the cross-section of the pressure duct, and a first housing part arranged to have the side channel be formed therein and the control slide slidingly guided thereon. The coolant pump impeller is integrally formed with the side channel pump impeller.
US10508647B2
An electronically controlled diaphragm pump system includes a pump housing with a drive gas chamber, a fluid chamber separated by a diaphragm, gas pressure means for providing a drive gas pressure in response to a control signal, and gas under-pressure means connected to a gas outlet port for providing a gas outlet under-pressure or sucking of gas in response to a control signal. The pump system has a displacement sensor and control circuitry connected to the displacement sensor for determining the displacement or position of the diaphragm and adapted or supplying the control signals to the gas pressure means and the gas under-pressure means.
US10508645B2
A method for suspending a rotor blade uptower includes mounting a first end of a support structure at a first uptower location of the wind turbine. The method also includes securing the rotor blade to a second end of the support structure. Further, the method includes mounting at least one pulley block assembly between a second uptower location and the support structure. Moreover, the method includes routing at least one pulley cable from at least one winch over the at least one pulley block assembly. In addition, the method includes detaching the rotor blade from the hub of the wind turbine. Once the rotor blade is detached, the method includes rotating the support structure about the first end via coordinated winch operation so as to lower the rotor blade a predetermined distance away from the hub. Thus, the method also includes suspending the rotor blade at the predetermined distance away from the hub via the support structure.
US10508643B2
The invention provides a tool for moving a drivetrain component in a nacelle of a horizontal axis wind turbine, the nacelle comprising a nacelle structure, the component being connected, in operation of the wind turbine, to a rotor of the wind turbine, the tool comprising at least drive unit for moving the component in relation to the nacelle in a direction parallel to the rotational axis of the rotor, and a plurality of position adjustment devices adapted to be located between the nacelle structure and the component, and distributed so that rotational movement of the component can be provided by coordinated control of the position adjustment devices.
US10508639B2
A method is provided for detecting autoignition in a spark-ignited internal combustion engine, wherein values for the combustion chamber pressure are measured during a compression stroke of the internal combustion engine at defined crankshaft angles within an evaluation window, a filtered pressure value is determined from the measured values for the combustion chamber pressure, and theoretical pressure values in the combustion chamber that would arise if no combustion took place in the combustion chamber are determined for the defined crankshaft angles. The value of the slope between two defined crankshaft angles for filtered pressure values is determined, the value of the slope between two defined crankshaft angles for theoretical pressure values is determined, and a difference of the slope values is calculated therefrom. This difference is compared with a specified threshold value, and, if the threshold value is exceeded, an autoignition in the combustion chamber is inferred.
US10508635B2
A piezo injector includes an actuator space in which a piezo actuator is arranged, a control piston bore in which a control piston with an end face is arranged, a leakage pin arranged between the piezo actuator and the end face to couple the piezo actuator with the control piston, and a union for fluidic communication with the control piston bore which union has a hydraulic throttle.
US10508625B2
In an air cleaner for a vehicle, a connection part of a first intake duct to a cleaner case is disposed in a front half portion of one of left and right half portions of the cleaner case, the first intake duct including a first air inlet port opening forward. A connection part of a second intake duct to the cleaner case is disposed in a rear half portion of an other of the left and right half portions, the second intake duct including a second air inlet port opening rearward. The first intake duct is formed to include a first air outlet port opening rearward inside an unpurified chamber and curve in an up-down direction in a side view, and the second intake duct is formed to include a second air outlet port opening forward inside the unpurified chamber and curve in a right-left direction in a plan view.
US10508618B2
Methods and systems are provided for diagnosing a vehicle fuel system for a presence or absence of undesired evaporative emissions. In one example, a method comprises conducting a test for undesired evaporative emissions stemming from a fuel system of a vehicle via in a first operating mode, evacuating the fuel system to a variable vacuum level through an entirety of a fuel vapor canister configured to capture and store fuel vapors, and in a second operating mode, evacuating the fuel system to the variable vacuum level through a portion of the fuel vapor canister. In this way, the diagnostic may be conducted in an environmentally friendly fashion, where analysis of a bleed-up portion of the test is not impacted by fuel volatility at the time of the diagnostic.
US10508606B2
Various methods and systems are provided for controlling emissions. In one example, a controller is configured to respond to one or more of intake manifold air temperature (MAT), intake air flow rate, or a sensed or estimated intake oxygen fraction by changing an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) amount to maintain particulate matter (PM) and NOx within a range, and then further adjusting the EGR amount based on NOx sensor feedback.
US10508605B2
Method and control system for operating a turbocharged internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle
A method for operating an internal combustion engine having a turbocharger, wherein a fuel quantity is supplied to the combustion chamber of the engine in a stationary state, which fuel quantity is determined according to a first predetermined relationship between a load requirement to the engine and a rating determining a fuel quantity to be supplied to the combustion chamber, wherein a second predetermined relationship between the rating and the load requirement is used, wherein according to the second relationship, a given load requirement is assigned a larger quantity of fuel than according to the first relationship. In a transient state of the engine, the fuel quantity supplied to the combustion chamber is determined based on an interpolated value of the rating, which is determined for the rating by an interpolation between a value resulting from the first relationship and a value resulting from the second relationship.
US10508599B2
An exhaust system for a gas turbine engine, such as an APU, comprises a pressure vessel having an annular wall circumscribing an exhaust plenum. The annular wall is composed of an arrangement of individual tubes assembled side-by-side around a central axis of the exhaust plenum. The tubes are fed with pressurized cooling air, such as P3 air. A heat exchanger in heat transfer relationship with the exhaust gases flowing through the exhaust plenum receives air from the tubes. The heat transferred from the exhaust gases to the air circulated through the heat exchanger may be used to provide pre-heated air to the engine combustor.
US10508596B2
A liquid air energy storage system, the system comprising: a liquid air storage means; an input of a first pump in fluid communication with the liquid air storage means; a first heat exchanger in fluid communication with an output of the first pump; a second heat exchanger in fluid communication first heat exchanger and configured to receive the fluid stream from the first pump and the first heat exchanger; a first expander turbine generator in fluid communication with the second heat exchanger; the first heat exchanger in fluid communication with the first expander turbine generator; a third heat exchanger in fluid communication with the first heat exchanger and configured to receive the fluid stream from the first expander turbine generator and the first heat exchanger; a second expander turbine generator in fluid communication with the third heat exchanger; the first heat exchanger in fluid communication with the second expander turbine generator; the fluid stream from second expander turbine generator and first heat exchanger in fluid communication with ambient atmosphere; a refrigerant stream in fluid communication with a third expander turbine generator; a fourth heat exchanger in fluid communication with the third expander turbine generator; a fourth expander turbine generator in fluid communication with the fourth heat exchanger; a fifth heat exchanger in fluid communication with the fourth expander turbine generator; the first heat exchanger in fluid communication with the fifth heat exchanger; an input of a second pump in fluid communication with the first heat exchanger, and configured to receive the refrigerant stream from the fifth heat exchanger and the and the first heat exchanger; the first heat exchanger in fluid communication with the output of the second pump; a sixth heat exchanger in fluid communication with the first heat exchanger, and configured to receive the refrigerant stream from the output of the second pump and the first heat exchanger; and the third expander turbine generator in fluid communication with the sixth heat exchanger. A liquid air energy storage system, the system comprising: a liquid air storage means; an input of a first pump in fluid communication with the liquid air storage means; a first heat exchanger in fluid communication with an output of the first pump; a second heat exchanger in fluid communication first heat exchanger and configured to receive the fluid stream from the first pump and the first heat exchanger; a first expander turbine generator in fluid communication with the second heat exchanger; the first heat exchanger in fluid communication with the first expander turbine generator; a third heat exchanger in fluid communication with the first heat exchanger and configured to receive the fluid stream from the first expander turbine generator and the first heat exchanger; a second expander turbine generator in fluid communication with the third heat exchanger; the first heat exchanger in fluid communication with the second expander turbine generator; the fluid stream from second expander turbine generator and first heat exchanger in fluid communication with ambient atmosphere; a refrigerant stream in fluid communication with a third expander turbine generator; a fourth heat exchanger in fluid communication with the third expander turbine generator; a fourth expander turbine generator in fluid communication with the fourth heat exchanger; a fifth heat exchanger in fluid communication with the fourth expander turbine generator; the first heat exchanger in fluid communication with the fifth heat exchanger; a seventh heat exchanger in fluid communication with the first heat exchanger, and configured to receive the refrigerant stream from the fifth heat exchanger and the and the first heat exchanger; an input of a second pump in fluid communication with the seventh heat exchanger; the first heat exchanger in fluid communication with the output of the second pump; a phase separator in fluid communication with the first heat exchanger, and configured to receive the refrigerant stream from the output of the second pump and the first heat exchanger; a liquid refrigerant stream exiting the phase separator and in fluid communication with the first heat exchanger; the liquid refrigerant vaporizing due to the first heat exchanger and becoming a second vapor refrigerant stream; a sixth heat exchanger in fluid communication second vapor refrigerant stream; the third expander turbine generator in fluid communication with the sixth heat exchanger; and a first vapor refrigerant stream exiting the phase separator and in fluid communication with the sixth heat exchanger. A method for liquid air energy storage, the method comprising: pumping a liquid air stream in a first pump; exchanging heat with the liquid air stream in a first heat exchanger so the liquid air becomes vapor air stream; removing energy from the vapor air stream in a second heat exchanger; driving a first expander turbine generator with the vapor air stream and generating a first amount of electricity; cooling the vapor air stream from the first expander turbine generator in the first heat exchanger; removing energy from the vapor air stream from the first heat exchanger and from the first expander turbine generator in a third heat exchanger; driving a second expander turbine generator with the vapor air stream and generating a second amount of electricity; exchanging heat with the vapor air stream from the second expander turbine generator in the first heat exchanger and then releasing the vapor air stream to the ambient atmosphere; driving a third expander turbine generator with a refrigerant vapor stream and generating a third amount of electricity; removing energy from the refrigerant vapor stream in a fourth heat exchanger; driving a fourth expander turbine generator with the refrigerant vapor stream from the fourth heat exchanger and generating a fourth amount of electricity; removing energy from the refrigerant vapor stream in a fifth heat exchanger; exchanging energy with the refrigerant vapor stream in the first heat exchanger; pumping the refrigerant vapor stream in a second pump; exchanging energy with the refrigerant vapor stream from the second pump in the first heat exchanger; and exchanging energy with the refrigerant vapor stream from the first heat exchanger and second pump in a sixth heat exchanger. A liquid air energy storage system, the system comprising: pumping a liquid air stream in a first pump; exchanging heat with the liquid air stream in a first heat exchanger so the liquid air becomes vapor air stream; removing energy from the vapor air stream in a second heat exchanger; driving a first expander turbine generator with the vapor air stream and generating a first amount of electricity; cooling the vapor air stream from the first expander turbine generator in the first heat exchanger; removing energy from the vapor air stream from the first heat exchanger and from the first expander turbine generator in a third heat exchanger; driving a second expander turbine generator with the vapor air stream and generating a second amount of electricity; exchanging heat with the vapor air stream from the second expander turbine generator in the first heat exchanger and then releasing the vapor air stream to the ambient atmosphere; driving a third expander turbine generator with a refrigerant vapor stream and generating a third amount of electricity; removing energy from the refrigerant vapor stream in a fourth heat exchanger; driving a fourth expander turbine generator with the refrigerant vapor stream from the fourth heat exchanger and generating a fourth amount of electricity; removing energy from the refrigerant vapor stream in a fifth heat exchanger; exchanging energy with the refrigerant vapor stream in the first heat exchanger; exchanging energy with the refrigerant vapor stream in a seventh heat exchanger; pumping the refrigerant vapor stream in a second pump; exchanging energy with the refrigerant vapor stream from the second pump in the first heat exchanger and creating a refrigerant liquid vapor stream; separating a refrigerant vapor stream and refrigerant liquid stream from the refrigerant liquid vapor stream in a phase separator; exchanging energy with the refrigerant liquid stream from the phase separator in the first heat exchanger, changing the refrigerant liquid stream to a refrigerant vapor stream; exchanging energy with the refrigerant vapor stream from the first heat exchanger and phase separator in a sixth heat exchanger; and exchanging energy with the refrigerant vapor stream directly from the phase separator in the sixth heat exchanger.
US10508595B2
An energy recovery system for an engine system is disclosed. The engine system includes an engine, an exhaust conduit configured to receive exhaust gases discharged from the engine, and a first turbocharger coupled to the exhaust conduit to receive exhaust gases from the engine and provides compressed air to the engine. The energy recovery system includes a bypass conduit, a second turbocharger, and an accumulator. The bypass conduit is coupled to the exhaust conduit upstream of the first turbocharger, and facilitates a portion of exhaust gases from the exhaust conduit to bypass the first turbocharger. The second turbocharger is coupled to the bypass conduit, and is driven by the portion of exhaust gases bypassing the first turbocharger to compress air received from an ambient to a first pressure. The accumulator is in fluid communication with the second turbocharger, and stores air received from the second turbocharger at the first pressure.
US10508593B2
A control arrangement (9) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger (1), having a regulating unit (4) which has a regulating rod (5), and having a guide piece (6) which is connected to a free end region (8) of the regulating rod (5). The free end region (8) is connected to the guide piece (6) by way of a spring clip (10) which engages around the free end region (8) and which is clamped to the guide piece (6).
US10508591B2
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting an active casing treatment of a compressor responsive to a predicted engine condition. In one arrangement, a controller may actuate a sleeve of a variable geometry compressor casing to a position selected based on each of a compressor pressure ratio and a mass flow through the compressor, as well as driver behavior and predicted road conditions; and adjust each of an EGR actuator and a boost actuator based on the selected position to maintain the compressor pressure ratio during the actuating.
US10508588B2
A cooling device includes: an air blast passage; a heater core that is disposed in the air blast passage; an air blast volume adjusting member that is opened and closed to adjust an air blast volume which flows in the heater core; a flow rate adjuster that adjusts a flow rate of the coolant which is introduced into the heater core; and a controller. The controller sets the flow rate of the coolant which is adjusted by the flow rate adjuster to be less than a lower limit value of an adjustable range of the flow rate of the coolant which is adjusted by the flow rate adjuster in a vehicle compartment air-conditioning state in which the air blast volume adjusting member allows an air blast to flow to the heater core when the air blast volume adjusting member fully closes the heater core side of the air blast passage.
US10508577B2
A line connector for a fluid, in particular a urea solution, including a connecting piece with an interior flow-through channel extending in the longitudinal direction of the connecting piece. The connecting piece includes at each of its two ends a coupling section designed such that a flexible media line or a tubing or an aggregate can be connected to an aggregate connector. The flow-through channel is also provided with an electrical heating unit. In the region of the flow-through channel, between the connecting sections, an enclosed perimeter receiving housing is formed on the coupling piece, in which an optical sensor unit is disposed for measuring of properties of the fluid flowing in the flow-through channel. A ready-made media line, including a tubular or hose-like media line and a line connector connected on one or both sides to this media line is also disclosed.
US10508576B2
A urea-filling device for diesel vehicles may include a urea-overflow-preventing space formed in a portion of a urea filler neck to temporarily accommodate urea flowing backwards from a urea tank, easily preventing urea from overflowing out of the urea filler neck.
US10508571B2
A drain tube device that includes a first tubular region, a second region and arcuate tubular region interposed between the first tubular region and the second region. In certain embodiments, the arcuate region is contiguously joined to the first tubular and the second region such that the first tubular region and the second region form an acute angle in a first plane that is between 45° and 90°. The second region has an end distal to the arcuate tubular region and includes a longitudinal opening defined in at least a portion of the region between the arcuate tubular region and the distal end. In certain embodiments, the arcuate region can also have a configuration that provides an angle located out of the first plane between the first tubular region and the second region that is between zero and 90°.
US10508563B2
A stator heat shield segment for a gas turbine includes an inner surface facing a hot gas main flow of the gas turbine; an outer surface opposite to the inner surface and at least partially exposed to cooling air; a first impingement cavity provided with a plurality of first impingement holes fluidly connected with the cooling air supplied outside the outer surface; a feeding cavity isolated from the cooling air supplied outside the outer surface and fluidly connected with first impingement cavity; and a second impingement cavity provided with a plurality of second impingement holes fluidly connected to the feeding cavity.
US10508554B2
A turbine bucket according to embodiments includes: a base; a blade coupled to base and extending radially outward from base, blade including: a body having: a pressure side; a suction side opposing pressure side; a leading edge between pressure side and suction side; and a trailing edge between pressure side and suction side on a side opposing leading edge; and a plurality of radially extending cooling passageways within body; and a shroud coupled to blade radially outboard of blade, shroud including: a plurality of radially extending outlet passageways fluidly connected with a first set of the plurality of radially extending cooling passageways within body; and an outlet path extending at least partially circumferentially through shroud and fluidly connected with all of a second, distinct set of the plurality of radially extending cooling passageways within body.
US10508552B2
A casting core and/or an airfoil may comprise a tip flag cavity having a forward pedestal and a first spear pedestal disposed aft of the forward pedestal. A trailing edge discharge cavity may be separated from the tip flag cavity and include a first row of pedestals. The first row of pedestals may comprise a first racetrack pedestal. A second row of pedestals may be disposed aft of the first row of pedestals and include a second racetrack pedestal. A third row of pedestals may be disposed aft of the second row of pedestals and include a circular pedestal. A fourth row of pedestals may be disposed aft of the third row of pedestals and include a second spear pedestal.
US10508550B2
An airfoil array includes an endwall. A first airfoil and a second airfoil each extend radially from the endwall and have a first side and an opposite second side that extends along an axially chord between a leading edge and a trailing edge. A first profiled region is recessed into the endwall along the first side of the first airfoil. A second profiled region protrudes from the endwall approximately equidistant from the first side of the first airfoil and the second side of the second airfoil. A third profiled region is recessed into the endwall along adjacent the leading edge of the second side of the second airfoil. The third profiled region is at least partially axially aligned with the second profiled region.
US10508548B2
An airfoil assembly for a turbine engine can comprise a platform having first and second opposing surfaces, an airfoil extending from the first surface, a base extending from the second surface, and a platform cooling circuit including a feed tube, a first branch, a second branch, and a flow divider.
US10508543B2
A scroll device has a housing having a fixed scroll plate and an orbiting scroll plate mounted therein on an idler shaft, the fixed scroll plate having a side having a fixed interleaved involute scroll and an outward facing side, the orbiting scroll plate having a side that has an orbiting interleaved involute scroll, an inlet port for the introduction of a working fluid into the device, and a pressure plate positioned adjacent to the outward facing side of the fixed scroll plate.
US10508539B2
Provided are systems and methods for determining fracture toughness of a subsurface geologic formation. Embodiments include collecting (from drilling fluid circulated into a wellbore during a drilling operation) a drill cutting generated by a drill bit cutting into a subsurface formation, preparing (from the drill cutting) a drill cutting specimen comprising a miniature single edge notch beam (SENB) having a specified length in the range of 1 millimeter (mm) to 100 mm, conducting a three-point bend testing of the drill cutting specimen to generate load-displacement measurements for the drill cutting specimen, and determining (based on the load-displacement measurements for the drill cutting specimen) a fracture toughness of the subsurface formation.
US10508537B2
This invention is designed for use in transmission of data between downhole module in a wellbore and a controlling module at the surface. The invention provides an apparatus for receiving data signals from a telemetry module comprising first and second adaptive equalisers, and in which in a first modulation mode the coefficients of the first adaptive equaliser are updated until an error signal falls below a predetermined threshold and in a second modulation mode the coefficients of the first adaptive equaliser are locked and coefficients of the second adaptive equaliser are updated to continually minimise an error signal in which the number of bits encoded by the symbols of the first signal in an initial modulation mode is fewer than the number of bits encoded by the symbols of the second signal in a subsequent modulation mode.
US10508531B2
A control system for moving a bottom hole assembly at an end of a coiled tubing string in a wellbore includes a controller configured to move the bottom hole assembly at an initial rate, unless the controller determines that moving the bottom hole assembly at the initial rate causes a predetermined threshold parameter to be reached, whereupon the controller is configured to default to moving the bottom hole assembly at a safe rate.
US10508523B2
Devices, systems, and processes are provided for retorting and extracting hydrocarbons from oil shale. A heat transfer fluid includes at least one liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) component such as, for example, propane or butane. The heat transfer fluid moves through a heat delivery loop to retort oil shale, thereby facilitating the production of recoverable hydrocarbons. While the heat transfer fluid moves through the heat delivery loop, cracking of a portion of the heat transfer fluid may produce various hydrocarbon materials that may be provided to a product stream.
US10508520B2
Methods and systems for increasing the recovery efficiency of a petroleum reservoir. For example, a method for performing a petroleum recovery assessment to increase the recovery efficiency of a petroleum reservoir includes evaluating results associated with a reservoir management analysis for the petroleum reservoir and generating a reservoir management analysis score. The method further includes evaluating results associated with a global benchmark analysis and generating an estimated maximum recovery efficiency for the petroleum reservoir. The method further includes determining key recovery obstacles impeding the petroleum reservoir from achieving the estimated maximum recovery efficiency, and identifying field development opportunities addressing a key recovery obstacle that when implemented, increases a recovery efficiency for the petroleum reservoir closer to the estimated maximum recovery efficiency.
US10508514B1
An artificial lifting system for bringing a formation fluid from a horizontal well to the surface, the system including an outer production tubing that extends into the well, from a head of the well to a lateral portion of the well; and a hybrid valve attached to a distal end of the outer production tubing. The hybrid valve has two orientations, a first orientation for which the hybrid valve acts as a one-way valve, and a second orientation for which the hybrid valve acts as a conduit.
US10508501B2
A bit for drilling a wellbore, includes: a bit body; and a cutting face having an inner cone section and an outer shoulder section. The cutting face includes: a plurality of blades protruding from a bottom of the bit body, each blade extending from a center of the cutting face to the shoulder section; and a plurality of shear cutters mounted along leading edges of the blades. An inner shear cutter of each blade is located in the cone section. Each inner shear cutter includes: a superhard cylindrical cutting table; and a hard substrate having a cylindrical portion attached to the cutting table and a reduced portion extending therefrom. A diameter of the cutting table and the cylindrical portion is greater than a diameter of a majority of the reduced portion. A length of the reduced portion is at least twice that of the cylindrical portion.
US10508498B2
Disclosed is a hammer reamer comprising cutting wheels, a product-pulling feature, and a hammer component operable to deliver a percussive cycle of an internal piston component. Notably, an internal impact surface within the head of the hammer reamer is positioned relative to the piston component in the hammer consistent with a “sweet spot” position of a drill bit used in a pilot boring configuration. Unlike a slidably engaged drill bit, however, the internal impact surface in the hammer reamer is fixed in place so that the impact surface remains in the “sweet spot” of the piston stroke range. In this way, even though the hammer reamer is being pulled back through a bore while the drill string is being retracted, the hammer component may continue to deliver percussive blows to the hammer reamer head to introduce a vibratory force that contributes to the efficiency of the reaming process.
US10508497B2
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for increasing the drift diameter and improving the well path of the well bore, accomplished in one embodiment by cutting away material primarily forming surfaces nearer the center of the drift, thereby reducing applied power, applied torque and resulting drag compared to conventional reamers that cut into all surfaces of the well bore.
US10508494B2
An actuator assembly for a drilling rig includes a cradle actuator coupled to a substructure of a rig, and an actuator bracket having a first end pivotally coupled to the substructure. The actuator bracket is coupled to the cradle actuator. The assembly also includes a cradle having a first end that is pivotally coupled to the actuator bracket and to a first end of a rig-up actuator. The rig-up actuator is receivable at least partially in the cradle. The assembly further includes a front bracket pivotally coupled to the cradle and to the substructure. Extension of the cradle actuator pivots the actuator bracket, the cradle, and the front bracket so as to raise a second end of the rig-up actuator, thereby moving the rig-up actuator from a stowed position to raised position.
US10508488B2
In one aspect, a shutter assembly may include a shutter frame having a top rail, a bottom rail, and first and second stiles extending between the top and bottom rails. The shutter assembly may also include two or more louvers extending between the first and second stiles, with the louvers including at least one driven louver. The louvers may be configured to rotate simultaneously relative to the shutter frame. Additionally, the shutter assembly may include a motor positioned within the shutter frame that is rotatably coupled to the driven louver(s) via at least one shaft. Moreover, the shutter assembly may include a clutch configured to rotationally disengage the driven louver(s) from the motor when the louvers are being manually rotated relative the shutter frame.
US10508476B2
A vehicle door lock comprising: a locking mechanism; an opening actuator for unlocking the locking mechanism; an actuating member for unlocking the locking mechanism; a switching actuator that can be in a normal position or an emergency position, such that in the normal position the switching actuator renders the actuating member inoperable and in the emergency position renders the actuating member operable; and a control unit for controlling the switching actuator; characterised in that the control unit is configured to set the switching actuator from the emergency position into the emergency position and back following a specified cycle.
US10508472B2
A latch assembly for a door includes automatically deployable deadbolt. When the door is closed and the latch engages a strike plate, the deadbolt automatically extends into a corresponding opening in a door jamb to secure the door.
US10508466B2
A tent rack with a linked top, includes a scissor type mechanism capable of folding and unfolding laterally, two lateral sides of the scissor type mechanism are respectively disposed with two connecting ends, one connecting end of the lateral side is rotatably connected with at least two sub-tent top poles, the end of the sub-tent top pole is rotatably connected with a leg pole, a support pole is connected between each sub-tent top pole and the other connecting end of the corresponding lateral side, the laterally folding and unfolding of the scissor type mechanism and the rotation of the relative connecting ends of the sub-tent top pole form linkage relationship.
US10508459B2
A tip over post includes a stanchion. The stanchion includes an annular cylinder. The annular cylinder includes a number of cuts defined along the longitudinal axis of the cylinder. A stanchion includes an annular cylinder. The annular cylinder includes a number of helical cuts defined along the longitudinal axis of the cylinder. The helical cuts comprise a number of perforations located along the helical cuts. The load the stanchion is to bear is based at least in part on the number of perforations located along the helical cuts. A method of arresting a fall includes installing a tip over post, and arresting a fall using the moment and linear expansion of the annular cylinder. The tip over post includes an annular cylinder including a number of helical cuts defined along the longitudinal axis of the cylinder. The helical cuts comprise a number of perforations located along the helical cuts.
US10508458B1
A tile leveling and alignment system for use in aligning and leveling a plurality of tiles, comprising a tile leveling and aligning device, a vertical leveling hand device, a horizontal leveling device and an optional slip ring/spacer device. The tile leveling and aligning device comprising a base portion integrally coupled to a stem portion projecting upwards from the base portion. The base portion adapted for engaging a bottom surface of a number of tiles to be leveled and aligned. The stem portion comprising a central aperture and one or more spacer legs or fins, each spacer leg extending transversely from the central aperture. Each spacer leg defining a joint width between adjacent tiles to be leveled and aligned. Each spacer leg dividing the tile leveling and aligning device into equal sized areas of common shape and defining a joint width between adjacent tiles to be leveled and aligned.
US10508453B2
A sound-absorbing element and a sound-absorbing system comprising a fibrous material having the following properties is described: specific airflow resistance comprised between 527 and 1552 [Pa s/m]; and mass porosity comprised between 66% and 79%.
US10508450B2
A kick out flashing includes a base for placement adjacent a roof, a sidewall for placement adjacent a wall by the roof, a first kick out wall angled away from the sidewall, an intermediate wall joined with the first kick out wall, distal from and optionally parallel to the sidewall, and a second kick out wall angled away from the intermediate wall, the second kick out wall distal from the sidewall and downstream from the first kick out wall. The sidewall, intermediate wall and a bottom wall can form a channel that receives a J channel or other wall covering. The first kick out wall can prevent water from traveling directly under the bottom wall and/or the channel, diverting it away from the sidewall. The second kick out wall can further divert water away from the channel and/or sidewall.
US10508449B2
A gutter assembly utilizing a latch actuated bottom release door. This bottom debris release door allows built-up debris, snow, and the like to be quickly and effectively removed from the gutter such that conventional clearing and cleaning methodologies are not necessary. The latch mechanism utilized can be conveniently actuated from the ground using an extension pole or the like. Optionally, an electronic release mechanism can be provided. The gutter assembly of the present invention can be used with a variety of conventional or custom bracings, end caps, downspouts, connectors, corner pieces, etc., well known to those of ordinary skill in the art, and can be installed like any conventional gutter. All components of the gutter assembly can be extruded, molded, three-dimensional (3-D) printed, or the like.
US10508447B2
A cover is provided for sealing a concrete anchor including a flange and a bore extending through the flange. The bore defines an axis and the flange has a first side and a second side. The cover includes a first cover portion for covering a portion of the anchor proximate the first side of the flange, a second cover portion for covering a portion of the anchor proximate the second side of the flange, and a latch coupling the first cover portion and the second cover portion together with the anchor disposed between the latch.
US10508443B2
A securing clip for installation of flooring elements on a supporting element having a guiding groove for engagement with the securing clip, the securing clip having a cross section of a double-flange T type with an upper flange, a web and a lower flange, the upper flange being adapted to be engaged on its both sides with neighboring flooring elements, wherein the upper flange (2, 2′) comprises at least two parts (2a, 2b; 2a′, 2b′) located on the opposite sides of the web (3, 3′) and the lower flange (4, 4′) comprises lips (5, 5′) extending beyond each end the web (3, 3′) in the direction along the web (5, 5′), the lips (5, 5′) being adapted to be blocked in the guiding groove (6), and in that at least the upper flange (2, 2′) is made of elastic material. A system for installation of flooring elements, the system comprising at least one securing clip (1, 1′) according to the invention and at least one supporting element (7).
US10508442B2
Floor and ceiling panels and methods of constructing a floor system for a building are described. In some embodiments, a panel includes a plurality of joists, a corrugated form deck disposed above and attached to the plurality of joists, a ceiling substrate disposed below and attached to the plurality of joists, and an in-floor radiant heat member disposed between the corrugated form deck and the ceiling substrate. In some embodiments, the panel includes a plurality of joists, a corrugated form deck disposed above and attached to the plurality of joists, and a sound dampener disposed between the corrugated form deck and the plurality of joists. In some embodiments, the method includes attaching a pre-assembled panel to a frame of the building and pouring concrete onto the panel so that a radiant heat member is separated from the concrete by a corrugated form deck of the panel.
US10508440B1
An improved border barrier system is disclosed. The system includes columns situated periodically along an international border, beams extending horizontally between tops of the columns, metallic based walls extending between each pair of columns, a power line extending within the beams, a continuous electric railway located on top of the horizontal surface, electric rail cars powered by the electric railway, sensor arrays located periodically along the border barrier system, stations located periodically along the border barrier system, each station including a housing structure configured for housing personnel, a power generating station or power relay station coupled to the power line and the electric railway for powering the electric railway, and a tunnel that allows the electric railway to enter one end of the housing structure and exit another end of the housing structure.
US10508437B2
A composition, utility material, and method of making a utility material is disclosed. A composition having an improved setting time may include a plurality of microparticles mixed with a sodium silicate binder and an isocyanate setting agent, where the microparticle composition has a setting time of less than or equal to one hour. A utility material may be a wallboard that includes the composition.
US10508436B2
Provided is a gelled carbon-based composition forming an organic polymeric monolithic gel capable of forming a porous carbon monolith by pyrolysis, a use thereof and a process for preparing this composition. A composition according to the invention is based on a resin derived at least partly from polyhydroxybenzene(s) R and formaldehyde(s) F, has a thermal conductivity of less than or equal to 40 mW·m−1·K−1, and includes at least one water-soluble cationic polyelectrolyte P. A process for preparing this composition comprises: a) polymerization, in an aqueous solvent, of the polyhydroxybenzene(s) and formaldehyde(s), in the presence of at least one cationic polyelectrolyte dissolved in this solvent and of a catalyst, in order to obtain a solution based on the resin, b) gelling of the solution in order to obtain a gel, and c) drying in order to obtain the organic polymeric monolithic gel.
US10508426B2
The present invention discloses a self-adjustable gas isolator, including a floater, a liquid storage device, a liquid outlet, a cover plate, a liquid discharging hole and a pressure balancing device. The floater has a pressure relief port; the pressure balancing device is connected with the floater in fixed position; the floater is sleeved in the liquid storage device and the floater goes up and down along with liquid level in the liquid storage device. The sealing device regulates the opening degree between the floater and the liquid outlet automatically according to the liquid volume discharged, and the pressure balancing device releases gas pressure preventing liquid from discharging, and the discharging speed of liquid is fast. The self-adjustable gas isolator is simple in structure, no components for hooking sundries in its channel, and is not easy to jam. When discharging liquid, the floater swings or rotates with self-cleaning function.
US10508425B2
An overflow vent irrigation device is disclosed. An example overflow vent irrigation device includes a reservoir body having an input port and an exit port. The example overflow vent irrigation device also includes a tablet chamber in fluid communication with the reservoir body, and a turbulence dam within the reservoir body. The input port is connected to a faucet of a basin, and the exit port is connected via a hose to an overflow port of an overflow-to-drain journal of the basin during use to clean the overflow journal of the basin.
US10508414B2
A system for laying an underwater pipeline on a bed of a body of water has a construction site to form a string of an underwater pipeline, the string being defined by a curved portion shaped substantially like a portion of the bed of the body of water characterized by an abrupt change in slope; at least two vessels to transfer, in the body of water, the string from the construction site to a laying site in the body of water and substantially on the vertical of a path along which to lay the string; and a plurality of floating devices configured to be coupled to the string and so as to selectively support and sink the string in the body of water, and progressively lay the string along the path on the bed of the body of water.
US10508412B2
A control system for a work vehicle includes a controller. The controller decides a target profile of a work site. The controller generates a command signal to move a work implement according to the target profile. The controller acquires the load to which the work vehicle is subjected. The controller modifies the target profile according to the magnitude of the load. The controller generates a command signal to operate the work implement according to the modified target profile.
US10508411B2
One embodiment includes a grading tool structured for attachment to a work machine. The grading tool includes a frame, ground contacting wheels coupled with the frame, a comb coupled with the frame and extending from a first end of the frame, and a coupling member coupled with the frame and structured to be accessible from a second end of the frame. When the ground contacting wheels are in contact with the ground a depth of penetration of the comb into the ground surface is adjustable by changing the pitch of the grading tool.
US10508404B2
A barrier wall configured for formation and placement within a formed trench. The barrier wall is formed from a plurality of wall segments. Each wall segment comprises a wall body, a length coupling subassembly and a width coupling subassembly. The wall body includes a front surface and a back surface. The length coupling subassembly is coupled to the wall body. The width coupling subassembly coupled to the wall body. The plurality of wall segments can be attached to each other by joining at least one of the length coupling subassembly of one of the plurality of wall segments to another one of the plurality of wall segments, and the width coupling subassembly of one of the plurality of wall segments to another one of the plurality of wall segments.
US10508400B2
Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of turf reinforcement mats that include spun yarns and/or multifilament yarns in either or both of the warp and weft directions.
US10508387B2
A method for making a fiber electrically conductive comprises the steps of: (a) providing a fiber having a negative electric charge at the surface of the fiber, (b) applying to the fiber a substance (such as a polyelectrolyte) which provides a layer of said substance on the fiber and changes the electric charge at the surface of the fiber from negative to positive, wherein said substance is not chitosan, and (c) making the surface of the fiber electrically conductive with a metal, wherein the metal of step (c) is provided in the form of metal ions and wherein a reducing agent (for example) is employed to reduce the metal ions to elemental metal. Fabrics formed from conductive fibers are also provided.
US10508385B2
A cloth positioner for continuous processing according to this invention includes a processing base, an alignment plate provided on the processing base, and at least one figure position abutment pin piece. The processing base includes a plurality of thru holes. The alignment plate includes at least one pin piece slot matching with the figure position abutment pin piece, a plurality of air pressure vents, and at least one laser cutting line groove. With the figure position abutment pin piece that is provided for fixing a cloth onto the pin piece slot, the cloth is positioned on the cloth positioner for continuous processing.
US10508383B2
Disclosed is disclosure clothing treatment device capable of effectively preventing odour from reabsorbing to clothing. A clothing deodorizing device includes: a bag body for accommodating clothing; an ozone supply apparatus including an ozone generator and a blowing fan wherein the air supply fan operates to deliver the ozone generated by the ozone generator into the bag body by virtue of the flow of the air; and a control part for controlling operation of the ozone generator and the blowing fan. After performing deodorization operation that enables the ozone generator and the blowing fan to operate, the control part performs reabsorption preventing operation that enables the blowing fan to operate intermittently.
US10508382B1
A squeeze pin has a spring-wire structure having an upper horizontal span, mirror-image side portions extending downward from opposite ends of the upper horizontal span, and lower portions proceeding from lower ends of the side portions first inward, and then back outward, ending at engagement points presented in opposite directions, substantially parallel with the upper horizontal span.
US10508378B2
A vibration-damping component of a washing machine comprises a suspender, a spring, a sleeve and an electromagnetic sensing device. The electromagnetic sensing device comprises an electromagnetic coil and a magnet. The electromagnetic coil surrounds the sleeve, the magnet and the spring are arranged in the sleeve and are fixed on the suspender, the sleeve surrounds the suspender in a slidable manner, and the weight of clothing is determined through measuring magnetic flux change of the electromagnetic coil when the sleeve slides on the suspender. In addition, the magnet and the electromagnetic coil make relative displacement, inductance in the electromagnetic coil changes, and water inflow can be detected through detecting the inductance. When dewatering begins, the vibratory magnitude of an outer drum is determined through the inductance change of the electromagnetic coil, and the stability of dewatering operation of the washing machine can be controlled accordingly.
US10508376B2
A washing machine is provided. The washing machine includes: a washing/dewatering drum for accommodating the washings; an electric motor for driving the washing/dewatering drum to rotate; and a microcomputer. In a rinsing process of a washing operation in a water saving mode, the microcomputer continuously performs a dewatering-rinsing process for a plurality of times rather than executing a water-storage rinsing process for rotating a rotating wing while water stored in the washing/dewatering drum reaches a specified water level. The dewatering-rinsing process includes: a water supplying process of supplying water to the washing/dewatering drum so that the washings are saturated by water, and an intermediate dewatering process or a final dewatering process executed immediately after the water supplying process. A maximum rotating speed of the motor in the intermediate dewatering process immediately before the water supplying process is lower than a maximum rotating speed in the final dewatering process.
US10508371B2
A carrier body has a core suitable for receiving a needle tip through one end. A pair of flanges extends outwardly from the core, defining an interflange gap for having thread from the needle wound in the gap. The flange nearer the entry end of the core defines a radial slot receiving thread from the needle eye and passing it into the interflange gap. When the thread is wound on the core, the radial slot prevents having thread from also winding around the needle. The carrier body is configured to enter an open-topped container body in a predetermined position displaying the radial slot and thread at a preselected location for ready viewing of the thread.
US10508364B2
A single crystal membrane of BaxSr(1-x)TiO3 (BST) has been fabricated for the first time using molecular beam epitaxy. The membrane typically has a thickness of 200 nm to 500 nm and the thickness may be controlled to within 1%. It may be fabricated on a sapphire wafer carrier from which it may subsequently be detached. The smoothness of the membrane has an RMS of less than 1 nm. This membrane is very promising for the next generation of RF filters.
US10508360B2
A nanocellular single crystal nickel based material is provided having a thermal diffusivity in the range of 0.0002 cm{circumflex over ( )}2/s to 0.02 cm{circumflex over ( )}2/s and a thermal conductivity in the range of 0.024 W/mK to 9.4 W/mK. The nanocellular single crystal nickel based material may be used to form turbine engine components. The nanocellular single crystal nickel based material may be produced by providing a first solution containing a nickel precursor and deionized water, providing a second solution containing a structure controlling polymer/surfactant and an alcohol, mixing the first and second solutions into a solution containing a reducing agent to form a third solution, and processing the third solution to create the nanocellular single crystal based material.
US10508359B2
The embodiments herein relate to methods and apparatus for determining whether a particular test bath is able to successfully fill a feature on a substrate. In various cases, the substrate is a semiconductor substrate and the feature is a through-silicon-via. Generally, two experiments are used: a first experiment simulates the conditions present in a field region of the substrate during the fill process, and the second experiment simulates the conditions present in a feature on the substrate during the fill process. The output from these experiments may be used with various techniques to predict whether the particular bath will result in an adequately filled feature.
US10508352B2
A method which can perform a soft pre-wetting treatment of a substrate, such as a wafer, with use of a pre-wetting liquid in a smaller amount. This method includes: holding a substrate between a first holding member and a second holding member, with the surface of the substrate being exposed through an opening of the second holding member, and pressing a sealing ridge of the substrate holder against a peripheral portion of the substrate; pressing a sealing block against the substrate holder; forming a vacuum in an external space; performing a seal inspection to check a sealed state provided by the sealing ridge based on a change in pressure in the external space; and performing a pre-wetting treatment by supplying a pre-wetting liquid to the external space while evacuating air from the external space to bring the pre-wetting liquid into contact with the exposed surface of the substrate.
