US10631229B2

A method for operating a user equipment (UE) adapted to transmit beacons includes adjusting an initial beacon interval between successively transmitted beacons in accordance with a value of at least one parameter and a beacon configuration received from a network entity, thereby producing an adjusted beacon interval, and transmitting a beacon selected in accordance with the adjusted beacon interval in a beacon transmission opportunity determined in accordance with the initial beacon interval.
US10631007B2

Some embodiments relate to a machine-implemented method of packing volumetric image data executed by at least one processing device, the method comprising: determining a first block size; writing to memory a first block of image data from a first image, the first block having the first block size; determining a second block size; and writing to memory a second block of image data from a second image, the second block having the second block size; wherein the first image contains X by Y pixels of one of colour data and depth data, and the second image contains X by Y pixels of the other of colour and depth data; and wherein the first image is related to the second image. Embodiments also relate to methods of unpacking volumetric image data. Further embodiments relate to systems and computer-readable media storing or having access to code to execute the packing and unpacking methods.
US10629722B2

A semiconductor device includes: a first base layer; a drain layer disposed on the back side surface of the first base layer; a second base layer formed on the surface of the first base layer; a source layer formed on the surface of the second base layer; a gate insulating film disposed on the surface of both the source layer and the second base layer; a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulating film; a column layer formed in the first base layer of the lower part of both the second base layer and the source layer by opposing the drain layer; a drain electrode disposed in the drain layer; and a source electrode disposed on both the source layer and the second base layer, wherein heavy particle irradiation is performed to the column layer to form a trap level locally.
US10629628B2

An object is to reduce a capacitance value of parasitic capacitance without decreasing driving capability of a transistor in a semiconductor device such as an active matrix display device. Further, another object is to provide a semiconductor device in which the capacitance value of the parasitic capacitance was reduced, at low cost. An insulating layer other than a gate insulating layer is provided between a wiring which is formed of the same material layer as a gate electrode of the transistor and a wiring which is formed of the same material layer as a source electrode or a drain electrode.
US10628427B2

Exemplary embodiments relate to techniques for determining social networking or messaging user affinity and engagement coefficients (e.g., a measure of the connectedness between two people in a network). The described techniques are particularly well-suited to cases in which only limited information is available, such as when a new user joins a network and only the user's contacts list is available. The available information may be used to determine a group of existing users to which the new user is connected. Some embodiments relate to calculating scores among these existing users in order to infer an affinity for the new user to the existing users. Other embodiments involve calculating bilateral scores that reflect a degree of mutual affinity between two users.
US10628239B2

The disclosed technology is generally directed to communications in an IoT environment. In one example of the technology, module twins that respectively correspond to modules of edge applications on a plurality of edge devices are stored. The module twins individually include metadata associated with the corresponding module. Communications between the modules and the IoT support service according to a common security context is enabled. At least one module to be modified is determined. The determined at least one module is caused to be modified.
US10625052B2

Described here are devices, systems, and methods for forming a fistula between two blood vessels. Generally, the systems may comprise a first catheter and a second catheter, which may comprise one or more fistula-forming elements. The first and second catheters may comprise one or more magnets, which may be used to assist in bringing the first and catheters in closer proximity to facilitate fistula formation. In some variations, the magnet may have a plurality of magnetic domains each characterized by a magnetic flux vector, with the magnetic flux vectors of the magnet passing through a common magnetic origin.
US10624827B2

The present invention relates to an oral composition and an oral plaque dispersion agent that can effectively disperse plaque firmly adhered to a tooth surface by being applied to the oral cavity.The oral composition comprises the following components (A), (B), and (C): (A) an olefin sulfonate having 14 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms; (B) a hydroxy alkane sulfonate having 14 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms; and (C) sorbitol, wherein the content of the component (A) is 3 mass % or more and 50 mass % or less based on the total content of the component (A) and the component (B).
US10624380B1

Oral and enteral foods and processes for manufacturing the same from either fresh ingredients or powder ingredients are disclosed comprising: a high-protein meat group having a first predetermined percentage (%) weight; a high-protein vegetable group having a second predetermined percentage (%) weight; a carbohydrate having a third predetermined percentage (%) weight; a fiber having a fourth predetermined percentage (%) weight; water having a fifth predetermined percentage (%) weight, enzyme having a sixth percentage (%) weight; and a supplement of vitamins and minerals having a seventh percentage (%) weight, all enzymatically hydrolyzed to achieve a calorie density of 1 kcal/ml; a viscosity less than 100 cP; a peptide less than 10 kDa; a plurality of amino acids and vitamins.
US10630837B2

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, relating to synthetic call initiation. In some implementations, a method includes receiving, by a call triggering module of a call initiating system for placing calls and conducing conversations between a bot of the call initiating system and human callee during the calls, data indicating a first event, determining, by the call triggering module and using the data indicating the first event, that the first event is a trigger event that triggers a workflow for the call initiating system that begins with initiating a phone call, selecting, based on the determined trigger event, a particular workflow, and in response to the selecting, initiating a phone call to a callee specified by the particular workflow.
US10630057B2

In an embodiment a laser include a semiconductor layer sequence having an active zone for generating radiation and an electrical contact web arranged on a top side of the semiconductor layer sequence, wherein the contact web is located on the top side only in an electrical contact region or is in electrical contact with the top side only in the contact region so that the active zone is supplied with current only in places during operation, wherein the contact web comprises a plurality of metal layers at least partially stacked one above the other, wherein at least one of the metal layers comprises a structuring so that the at least one metal layer only partially covers the contact region and has at least one opening or interruption, and wherein the structuring reduces stresses of the semiconductor layer sequence on account of different thermal expansion coefficients of the metal layers.
US10629216B2

Provided are an apparatus and method for decoding audio, The method includes receiving a bitstream consisting of audio packets; decoding an audio packet included in the received bitstream; extracting a type of the decoded packet; obtaining system data from a packet of which system metadata corresponds to the extracted packet type; and transmitting the obtained system data to a system engine, wherein the system data includes at least one of information regarding a type of the system engine and a length of the system data.
US10628336B2

An electronic meeting tool and method for communicating arbitrary media content from users at a meeting comprises a node configuration means adapted to operate a display node of a communications network, the display node being coupled to a first display. The node configuration means is adapted to receive user selected arbitrary media content and to control display of the user selected arbitrary media content on the first display. A peripheral device adapted to communicate the user selected arbitrary media content via the communications network is a connection unit comprising a connector adapted to couple to a port of a processing device having a second display, a memory and an operating system, and a transmitter. A program is adapted to obtain user selected arbitrary media content, said program leaving a zero footprint on termination. The user may trigger transfer of said user selected arbitrary media content to said transmitter.
US10627992B2

Methods and apparatuses are disclosed that, in some aspects, provide for a cost-reduced touch sensitive user interface including a static printed display. The methods and systems may include providing illumination to guide a user through interaction with a touch sensitive user interface. The methods and systems may include a configurable printed display. Further aspects are disclosed providing use of a cost-reduced touch user interface in a beverage dispensing apparatus.
US10627564B2

In a display device (1), a light guide plate (2) includes a first emission structure region including a plurality of first emission structures (6 and 8) in which an incident direction for maximizing an amount of light emitted in a predetermined direction is a direction of a first light source (4), a second emission structure region including a plurality of second emission structures (9 and 10) in which the incident direction for maximizing the amount of light emitted in the predetermined direction is a direction of a second light source adjacent to the first light source, and a third emission structure region including a plurality of third emission structures (11 to 13) in which the incident direction for maximizing the amount of light emitted in the predetermined direction is a direction between the first light source and the second light source, and the third emission structure region is disposed between the first emission structure region and the second emission structure region.
US10627220B2

An apparatus for checking tires described as a linear camera having an objective line lying on an optical plane; a first, a second and a third light source for emitting respectively a first, a second and a third light radiation; a command and control unit for selectively activating at least one from among the first, second and third light source and activating the linear camera in order to acquire a two-dimensional image of a linear surface portion of the tire synchronously with the activation of the first, second and third source. The first and second light source lie on opposite sides of the optical plane. Furthermore, the first, second and third light source include each one or more sub-sources each having a respective main extension direction parallel to the optical plane and the distance of the sub-sources of the third light source from the optical plane is less than the distance of the first and second light source from the optical plane.
US10627117B2

A cook top includes an inputter configured to receive input of a user manipulation, and a cooker configured to heat a cooking device placed on the cook top. A communicator is configured to perform communication with a user terminal device and a range hood. A processor is configured to: control an operating state of the cooker according to the user manipulation, transmit a signal for controlling an operating state of the range hood to correspond to the operating state of the cooker to the range hood, and control the communicator to transmit state information of the cook top that includes information of the operating state of the cooker to the user terminal device.
US10626196B2

The invention relates to an aqueous coagulatable polymer dispersion comprising at least one polymer which is dispersed in an aqueous phase, thermoplastic micro-spheres which contain a propellant, and at least one additional component which is selected from the group consisting of polyols, polyamines, and thermoplastic polymers. The invention further relates to a coagulate which can be obtained by the thermal and/or mechanical and/or ultrasonically-initiated coagulation of the aqueous polymer dispersion according to the invention, to an adhesive comprising or consisting of the coagulate, to a substrate which is completely or partly coated with said coagulate, to a method for producing such a coated substrate, and to coated substrates which can be obtained using said method. The coagulate can be used as an adhesive or as a binder in 3D-printing methods.
US10625167B2

A method is disclosed for allowing a custom version of video session to be created for presentation on at least one viewer device. Game metadata generated from a live or recorded video feed is received. The game metadata includes three-dimensional modeling data associated with the live or recorded video feed. Viewer metadata collected from a plurality of viewer devices is received. The viewer metadata includes information pertaining to a plurality of responses of a plurality of viewers to a presentation of the video session on a plurality of viewer devices. Additional game metadata is created based on the game metadata and the viewer metadata. The additional game metadata includes camera data based on the three-dimensional modeling data. The additional game metadata is integrated into the game metadata for at least near-real-time presentation of the custom version of the video session.
US10625030B1

The present disclosure describes a syringe assembly including a syringe and a tamper evident cap disposed over a Luer connection of the syringe, the tamper evident cap having a main body that defines a proximal end defining an opening, a distal end opposite the proximal end along the axial direction, an outer surface, and an inner surface opposite the outer surface that defines a passage to receive a tip cap and the Luer connection, where the tamper evident cap is spaced from the tip cap. The main body further defines a frangible connection between the proximal and distal ends of the main body. The frangible connection can break under a force applied to the distal end of the tamper evident cap such that the proximal end of the tamper evident cap remains engaged with the syringe when the frangible connection breaks.
US10631347B2

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.A method for performing radio link monitoring (RLM) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes determining at least one subband for RLM by a UE restricted to use a subband corresponding to a part of a system transmission bandwidth, wherein the subband is a preconfigured part of the system transmission bandwidth, performing RLM in the determined at least one subband, and determining a radio link quality of the at least one subband based on the RLM.
US10630225B2

A machine tool controller capable of identifying the factors of a warning easily is provided. A controller of a machine tool includes a power supply monitoring unit, a power supply abnormality detecting unit, and an abnormality diagnosis unit. The power supply monitoring unit acquires measurements indicating an operating state of a machine tool and/or a peripheral device (for example, an AC power supply or a motor) of the machine tool. The power supply abnormality detecting unit detects an abnormality in the operating state of the machine tool and/or the peripheral device and outputs a signal indicating the abnormality and the measurements obtained when the abnormality was detected. The abnormality diagnosis unit automatically selects a measurement related to the abnormality among the measurements and automatically diagnoses factors of the abnormality.
US10629911B2

Provided is an active material composite powder with which resistance can be reduced, and a method for manufacturing the active material composite powder. The active material composite powder includes an active material and lithium niobate attached onto the surface of the active material, and its BET specific surface area S [m2/g] is 0.93
US10629276B2

There are provided a memory device and an operating method thereof. A memory device includes: a peripheral circuit for decreasing threshold voltages of memory cells included in a selected memory block and then performing an erase verify operation for detecting a threshold voltage distribution of the memory cells, wherein the peripheral circuit applies an erase pulse to a well, bit lines or source line in which the selected memory block is included a preset number of times; and a control logic for outputting a voltage setup code according to the threshold voltage distribution of an erase status, which is detected by the erase verify operation.
US10629136B2

An organic light emitting diode display and a compensation method of driving characteristics thereof are discussed. The organic light emitting diode display includes a first pixel connected to a reference voltage line and a first data line, a second pixel sharing the reference voltage line and connected to a second data line, a data driver configured to output a data voltage to first and second output channels during a display period and acquire a sensing voltage of the first and second pixels through the reference voltage line during a compensation period, a first switch connected between the first output channel and the first data line, and a second switch connected between the second output channel and the second data line. The second switch is turned off during a first compensation period for detecting driving characteristic of the first pixel.
US10627291B2

An optical measurement apparatus includes: a moving mirror that changes an optical path length of one of two beams generated by splitting light subject to measurement; a drive mechanism that causes the moving mirror to reciprocate a predetermined distance in linear motion; a measured light receiver that detects intensity of light generated by superimposing the two beams; and a computation processor that sets a plurality of measurement ranges within the predetermined distance and calculates a measurement value based on a change in the light intensity detected by the measured light receiver for each of the measurement ranges.
US10626128B2

Provided is a compound which is bioapplicable and amyloid-selective, and is useful as an amyloid oxygenation catalyst applicable not only to Aβ peptides but also to other amyloids, and a preventive/therapeutic drug for an amyloid-related disease using the same. A curcumin-boron complex represented by the following formula (1): wherein X1 and X2 are identical or different, and each represent a halogenoalkyl group or a halogen atom; X3 represents a bromine atom, an iodine atom, or a selenium atom; R1 and R2 are identical or different, and each represent a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted alkyl group; R3 and R4 are identical or different, and each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, or an optionally substituted alkyl group, or R1 and R3 or R2 and R4 are optionally taken together to form an optionally substituted alkylene group or alkenylene group; R5 and R6 are identical or different, and each represent a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted alkyl group; R7 and R8 are identical or different, and each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, or an optionally substituted alkyl group, or R5 and R7 or R6 and R8 are optionally taken together to form an optionally substituted alkylene group or alkenylene group; and m and n each represent an integer of 1 to 3, or a salt thereof.
US10624773B2

A gastrointestinal device for implanting within a patient's gastrointestinal tract, the device having a central axis and a first expandable portion comprising a hollow tubular braided structure of wire and having a first cylinder extending parallel to the central axis, the first cylinder having a length and a first face; a neck portion extending from the first face of the first expandable portion parallel to the central axis, the neck portion having a first end, a second end, a wall extending between the first end and second end, and a diameter sized to fit within a pylorus; and a second expandable portion comprising a hollow tubular braided structure of wire and having a second cylinder extending parallel to the central axis, the second cylinder having a second face located at the proximal end of the second cylinder and oriented transverse to the central axis.
US10631411B2

There is provided a printed circuit board including: a first insulating layer; a first circuit pattern formed on a first surface of the first insulating layer; an adhesive layer provided on a second surface of the first insulating layer; and an electronic component disposed on the adhesive layer and enclosed by the first insulating layer and a second insulating layer formed on the first insulating layer.
US10630961B2

A virtual viewpoint image generation system generates a virtual viewpoint image based on a plurality of captured images obtained by capturing an image capturing target region from a plurality of different directions, and position information relating to a virtual viewpoint position. The system comprises: a plurality of image capturing apparatuses; a daisy-chain-type topology network; an obtainment unit configured to obtain the position information relating to the virtual viewpoint position; and a generation unit configured to generate the virtual viewpoint image based on the position information and the data based on each captured image of the plurality of image capturing apparatuses obtained via the daisy-chain-type topology network.
US10630886B2

A virtual makeup device includes a display controller that receives a makeup specifying operation for specifying a content of a virtual makeup on a face image imaged by a camera having an autofocus function in a state where the face image is displayed, and a camera controller that causes the camera to start an autofocus operation on condition that a predetermined makeup specifying operation is performed.
US10630339B2

The disclosure describes embodiments for reducing adjacent channel interference for wireless vehicular messages. In some embodiments, a method includes monitoring, by an onboard vehicle computer, a channel of a Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) radio for a V2X message. The method includes determining waveform data describing a waveform that is measured on the channel by the onboard vehicle computer when monitoring the channel. The method includes determining interference data which describes an adjacent channel interference waveform which is measured on the channel by the onboard vehicle computer when monitoring the channel. The waveform includes the adjacent channel interference waveform. The method includes canceling out the adjacent channel interference waveform described by the interference data from the waveform described by the waveform data to generate digital data describing a version of the V2X message that substantially does not include the adjacent channel interference waveform, thereby reducing the adjacent channel interference for the V2X message.
US10630286B2

A method and apparatus for use in improving the linearity characteristics of MOSFET devices using an accumulated charge sink (ACS) are disclosed. The method and apparatus are adapted to remove, reduce, or otherwise control accumulated charge in SOI MOSFETs, thereby yielding improvements in FET performance characteristics. In one exemplary embodiment, a circuit having at least one SOI MOSFET is configured to operate in an accumulated charge regime. An accumulated charge sink, operatively coupled to the body of the SOI MOSFET, eliminates, removes or otherwise controls accumulated charge when the FET is operated in the accumulated charge regime, thereby reducing the nonlinearity of the parasitic off-state source-to-drain capacitance of the SOI MOSFET. In RF switch circuits implemented with the improved SOI MOSFET devices, harmonic and intermodulation distortion is reduced by removing or otherwise controlling the accumulated charge when the SOI MOSFET operates in an accumulated charge regime.
US10629914B2

The present disclosure is directed to preventing generation of side reactions at a negative electrode, inhibiting an increase in resistance, and improving productivity. An electrode assembly is provided including: a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector having a negative electrode tab at one end, and a negative electrode active material layer formed on a surface thereof; a positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector having a positive electrode tab at one end, and a positive electrode active material layer formed on a surface thereof; and a separator interposed between the positive and negative electrodes, and including a coating layer containing a conductive material and a polymer binder on the top surface of the negative electrode active material layer, wherein the coating layer is spaced apart from the top end, where the negative electrode tab is formed, and the bottom end by a predetermined distance.
US10629733B2

A method and apparatus for use in improving linearity sensitivity of MOSFET devices having an accumulated charge sink (ACS) are disclosed. The method and apparatus are adapted to address degradation in second- and third-order intermodulation harmonic distortion at a desired range of operating voltage in devices employing an accumulated charge sink.
US10629328B2

An insulating coating material including an insulating film, and an adhesion layer on at least one side of an insulating film. The insulating film satisfies Formula (1) a=k×b3 . . . Formula (1) where a is a loop stiffness value in g/cm of the insulating film, b is a thickness in μm of the insulating film, and k is 0.000105 or more.
US10628945B2

An image processing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a first image of an object and a second image of the object; a difference unit configured to obtain a difference image after the first image and the second image are registered; and a change unit configured to perform processing of changing a pixel value in the difference image based on a likelihood calculated using a pixel value in the first image and a pixel value in the second image.
US10628849B2

A favorable merging or grouping of simply connected regions into which the array of information samples is sub-divided, is coded with a reduced amount of data. To this end, a predetermined relative locational relationship is defined enabling an identifying, for a predetermined simply connected region, of simply connected regions within the plurality of simply connected regions which have the predetermined relative locational relationship to the predetermined simply connected region. Namely, if the number is zero, a merge indicator for the predetermined simply connected region may be absent within the data stream. In other embodiments, spatial sub-division is performed depending on a first subset of syntax elements, followed by combining spatially neighboring simply connected regions depending on a second subset of syntax elements, to obtain an intermediate sub-division.
US10628218B2

A method for allocating processor resources and a terminal device are provided. The method includes the follows. Acquire n tasks running in parallel in a system, where n is an integer. The n tasks are classified into m task sets with each task set having a load level according to load capacities of the n tasks, where m is an integer. Demands of a current task set on processor resources are determined according to at least one of the number of tasks in the current task set and a load coefficient corresponding to a load level of the current task set. The demands on the processor resources are allocated for the current task set.
US10628146B1

A method and system for non-disruptive host repurposing. Specifically, the method and system disclosed herein entail the re-optimization of datacenter hosts (e.g., servers) for any infrastructure and/or workload deployment. Different infrastructure and/or workload deployments may require the tuning of various memory parameters (or attributes) in the basic input-output system (BIOS) configuration. Presently, the repurposing of any given host demands the full reset of the system configuration—i.e., a disruptive process—prior to implementing the necessary BIOS configuration changes. In contrast, the method and system disclosed herein facilitate the repurposing of a host through the installation and/or uninstallation of configuration overlays—a modular approach to interchanging infrastructure and/or workload deployments—without the disruption of full system resets.
US10628040B2

An apparatus and a method for inputting a text in a user terminal apparatus are provided. The text inputting method includes detecting a text input mode set in the user terminal apparatus and displaying a sign corresponding to the detected text input mode near a text input cursor.
US10627995B2

Techniques are described for creating and modifying task records and for controlling information displayed to a user in corresponding task representations. The task records are associated with more or more user activities, where each activity is associated with a record having an identifier for the activity, an application identifier that indicates a software application associated with the activity, and a content identifier identifying content associated with the software application and the activity. The activity records can include activation information. A user can select a task representation and resume one or more activities associated with the task. Tasks records can be shared between different computer devices of the user, and with different users. Task and activity records can be associated with navigational mnemonics. Representations of task and activity records can be displayed proximate representations of associated navigational mnemonics to help a user locate tasks and activities of interest.
US10626761B1

A camshaft phaser includes an input member connectable to the crankshaft of an engine; an output member connectable to a camshaft of the engine and defining an advance chamber and a retard chamber with the input member. A valve spool is moveable between an advance position and a retard position and includes a valve spool bore extending thereinto. An insert within the valve spool bore and carries a check valve. The check valve includes a check valve member which moves between a seated position and an unseated position. The check valve also includes a check valve positioning member which is held in compression against an inner periphery of the valve spool bore such that compression of the check valve positioning member holds the check valve in contact with the insert.
US10625787B2

A front pillar structure includes a first skeleton portion, a second skeleton portion extending along the first skeleton portion with a gap therebetween, and a connecting member. A cross-section of the first skeleton portion is a hollow closed cross-section and a width of the first skeleton portion in a horizontal direction orthogonal to a gaze direction of a driver seated in a driver's seat is equal to or less than a standard pupillary distance. A cross-section of the second skeleton portion is a hollow closed cross-section and a width of the second skeleton portion in the horizontal direction orthogonal to the gaze direction is equal to or less than the standard pupillary distance. The connecting member is transparent and is disposed between the first skeleton portion and the second skeleton portion.
US10631038B2

The present application provides a playing method and a playing system. The playing method includes: playing display contents by a first display device; upon receipt of a storage instruction, recording playing position information and sending matching information to a second display device by the first display device; searching, by the second display device, for the first display device that sends the matching information upon receipt of a resuming instruction; pairing the first display device with the second display device; transmitting, by the first display device, the playing position information to the second display device; and resuming, by the second display device, playing the display contents according to the playing position information.
US10631010B2

Decoder retrieval timing information, ROI information and tile identification information are conveyed within a video data stream at a level which allows for an easy access by network entities such as MANEs or decoder. In order to reach such a level, information of such types are conveyed within a video data stream by way of packets interspersed into packets of access units of a video data stream. In accordance with an embodiment, the interspersed packets are of a removable packet type, i.e. the removal of these interspersed packets maintains the decoder's ability to completely recover the video content conveyed via the video data stream.
US10630506B2

A method and apparatus for connecting a user equipment (UE) to a wireless communication network such as a 5th generation network. The network supports node-level tunneling. Node-level tunnels can be pre-configured prior to receipt of UE attach requests. The tunnels can be shared by plural UEs, flows, or services. A policy function is connected to a network management function and performs tasks such as applying constraints to the node-level tunnels. A session management function pre-establishes node-level tunnels based on policy information from the policy function. Operations of network elements such as the access network node and user plane function to handle UE attachment, session establishment, and handling of mobile-originated and mobile-terminated traffic are described. Also described is a method and apparatus for packet transmission in which packets are processed according to an identified tunnel type. The tunnel type can be identified using a field in the tunnel encapsulation header.
US10628850B2

A favorable merging or grouping of simply connected regions into which the array of information samples is sub-divided, is coded with a reduced amount of data. To this end, a predetermined relative locational relationship is defined enabling an identifying, for a predetermined simply connected region, of simply connected regions within the plurality of simply connected regions which have the predetermined relative locational relationship to the predetermined simply connected region. Namely, if the number is zero, a merge indicator for the predetermined simply connected region may be absent within the data stream. In other embodiments, spatial sub-division is performed depending on a first subset of syntax elements, followed by combining spatially neighboring simply connected regions depending on a second subset of syntax elements, to obtain an intermediate sub-division.
US10627865B2

A flexible display device including a touch sensor is disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a flexible substrate, a light emission layer formed over the flexible substrate, and an encapsulation layer formed over the light emission layer and comprising a plurality of encapsulating thin films and a touch detecting layer configured to detect a touch input. The encapsulating thin films include at least one inorganic film and at least one organic film and the touch detecting layer is interposed between a selected one of the at least one inorganic film and a selected one of the at least one organic film that are adjacent to each other.
US10627778B2

A process cartridge, a combination of a process cartridge and a drive shaft of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, and a method of mounting and using a process cartridge in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus include a feature wherein a coupling member of the process cartridge can take different angular positions relative to the drive shaft's fixed axis of rotation. In one position, an axis of the coupling member is inclined relative to the drive shaft's fixed axis of rotation. In a second position, the axis of the coupling member is substantially coaxial with the drive shaft's fixed axis of rotation.
US10627686B2

According to one embodiment, a display device comprises an insulating substrate, a pixel in a display area, a scanning line extending in a first direction, a signal line extending in a second direction, a shield line between the insulating substrate and the scanning line, a pixel electrode in the pixel, and a first switching element including a first semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer is provided between the scanning line and the shield line, and comprises an intersection area in which the first semiconductor layer intersects the scanning line. The shield line overlaps the intersection area, and is electrically connected to the scanning line through a contact portion.
US10627348B2

An optical analysis apparatus, that irradiates a liquid sample with light and analyzes the sample, includes a measurement unit that measures the sample, a light source portion that emits light with which the sample is irradiated, and a light receiving portion that receives the light transmitted through the sample. The measurement unit includes a housing provided with an opening portion for flowing in and out of the sample, an accommodation region connected to the opening portion and provided inside the housing, a movable portion provided inside the accommodation region to be movable inside the accommodation region, an irradiation portion which receives the light emitted from the light source portion and in which an inside of the accommodation region is irradiated with the light, and a light collection portion which collects the light transmitted through the sample inside the accommodation region and outputs the light to the light receiving portion.
US10627305B2

A water leakage detection system for a laser device detects a water leakage in the laser device including: a part group for outputting laser light; a water cooling plate which cools at least a portion of the part group; an enclosed housing in which the part group and the water cooling plate are stored; and an air circulating unit which circulates air within the housing, the air circulating unit is provided in the vicinity of a part having high heat generation and the water leakage detection system for the laser device includes: a humidity detection unit which detects humidity within the housing; temperature detection units which are arranged in a plurality of places in the water cooling plate and which respectively detect the temperatures of the places; and a detection control unit which outputs detection information when the humidity acquired from the humidity detection unit exceeds reference humidity or when at least one of the temperatures acquired from the temperature detection units exceeds a reference temperature of the corresponding place.
US10626225B2

The present invention relates to a method for a super absorbent polymer. The method for preparing a super absorbent polymer according to the present invention makes it possible to provide a super absorbent polymer in which characteristics such as a centrifuge retention capacity and an absorption rate are improved in a balanced manner.
US10624774B2

A retrieval device comprising a hook assembly and a capsule assembly. The hook assembly has an attachment feature at a first end. The capsule assembly includes a capsule, a capsule shaft, and a handle connected in series and defining an inner bore. The capsule has a first end defining an opening. The inner bore of the capsule assembly is configured to slidably receive the hook assembly. The handle has a central portion, a first extension portion attached to the capsule shaft, and a second extension portion with a hook assembly lock at a second end. The hook assembly lock is configured to lock the hook assembly to the second extension portion. The second extension portion is configured to pull the hook assembly relative to the capsule shaft, and the first extension portion is configured to push the capsule shaft relative to the hook assembly along the central longitudinal axis.