US10284585B1
Methods and apparatus for optimizing computer detection of malware using pattern recognition by refreshing random classification forests are described. In one embodiment, one or more selected trees of a random forest on a computing system may be replaced by one or more new trees. As new categorized data becomes available, one or more new trees may be generated using the new categorized data. Once the one or more new trees are available, the performance of the one or more new trees may be compared to the performance of the trees in the current random forest. Based on this comparison, one or more trees of the random forest may be selected to be replaced by one or more of the new trees.
US10284570B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for detecting a threat of a computing system. In one aspect, a plurality of instances of input data may be received from at least one sensor. A feature vector based upon at least one instance of the plurality of instances of input data may be generated. The feature vector may be sent to a classifier component, where a threat assessment score is determined for the feature vector. The threat assessment score may be determined by combining information associated with the plurality of instances of input data. A threat assignment may be assigned to the at least one instance of data based on the determined threat assessment score. The threat assignment and threat assessment score may be disseminated.
US10284569B2
A method includes determining that a message sent using a sender account to a first user account of an email application is unopened for a first predetermined amount of time. The method further includes, in response to determining that the message is unopened for the first predetermined amount of time, transmitting the message to a second user account on a predetermined escalation list, wherein the predetermined escalation list is configured using the sender account prior to sending the message to the first user account. The method further includes restricting the first user account from performing an action associated with the message.
US10284565B2
A security verification method is provided. The method includes receiving a security verification request from a terminal device, sending verification information to the terminal device in response to the security verification request, and receiving first converted verification information from the terminal device. The first converted verification information may be generated by converting the verification information according to a preset verification rule. The method may further include determining whether the first converted verification information matches with second converted verification information. The second converted verification information may be generated by converting the verification information according to the preset verification rule. The method may further include determining that a user associated with the terminal device passes security verification if the first converted verification information matches with the second converted verification information.
US10284559B2
A managed access system for mobile wireless devices (MWDs) in a facility that is geographically within a wireless communications network includes a plurality of antennas at the facility. Radio equipment is coupled to the antennas. A management access controller cooperates with the radio equipment to communicate with a given MWD within the facility, block outside communications via the wireless communications network when the given MWD is an unauthorized MWD, and provide outside communications when the given MWD is an authorized MWD. At least one security assessment device is arranged at the facility. At least one operator station is configured to cooperate with the management access controller and the at least one security assessment device.
US10284556B1
A computer-implemented method for verifying authentication requests using IP addresses may include (i) collecting, by a computing system, data on IP address changes from a set of endpoint devices, (ii) creating, by the computing system using the data on IP address changes, a virtual IP address distance map based on a likelihood of change from at least one origin IP address to at least one destination IP address, (iii) automatically detecting, by the computing system, a change in an IP address of a client device, (iv) determining, by the computing system and based on the virtual IP address distance map, that the change in the IP address of the client device indicates that an authentication request from the client device is suspicious, and (v) performing, by the computing system, a security action to secure the client device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10284555B2
A user equipment in a communications system, the user equipment comprising: a memory arranged to store at least one identifier associated with the user equipment; a transceiver arranged to communicate with a node in the communication system, wherein the transceiver is arranged to receive the at least one identifier from the node in the communications system, wherein the at least one identifier is used by the user equipment to authenticate the user equipment to at least one further node in the communications system.
US10284545B2
Example embodiments include systems and methods for establishing secure wireless communications, including receive from a mobile user equipment (UE), via the access point (AP), a request to access the network, send, to the UE, a web page sign-in option of a third-party credential, receive an indication to use the third-party credential, redirect the UE to a corresponding third-party website login page and include an identifier, receive an authorization from the UE via the AP, the authorization having been sent to the UE from the third-party website after providing valid third-party credential to the third-party website, generate a proxy-credential, bind the authorization to the proxy-credential in the database, send the proxy-credential to the mobile user equipment via the access point, and authorize, via the access control server and the AP, the UE to establish a secure connection.
US10284540B2
Upon receiving a triggering message from a MTC server (20), a network (10) verifies if the MTC server (20) is authorized to trigger a target MTC device (30) and also if the MTC device (30) is authorized to respond the triggering message, by comparing an MTC device ID and MTC server ID (and optionally information on subscription) which are include in the triggering message with authorized ones. Upon succeeding in the verification, the network (10) checks a trigger type included in the triggering message to verify if the triggering message is authorized to be sent to the MTC device (30). Upon succeeding in the check, the network (10) forwards the triggering message to the MTC device (30). The network (10) also validates a response from the MTC device (30), by checking whether the MTC device (30) is allowed to communicate with the addressed MTC server (20).
US10284535B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including a system that includes a secure hardware unit; and a database system including one or more processors; and a computer-readable medium having stored instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including: receiving a client request to perform a database operation using first encrypted data as an encrypted value of a field to be operated on by the database operation, where the first encrypted data has been encrypted by a database client using a first encryption key; providing, to the secure hardware unit, a system request for performing one or more data processing operations, the system request including (i) the first encrypted data and (ii) data identifying the first encryption key; and receiving, from the secure hardware unit, output data representing an output of the one or more data processing operations.
US10284533B2
A registry is utilized to identify personally identifiable information (PII) that has been breached. The registry is a distributed database shared by multiple organizations to track which PII has been breached in other organizations. A first service provider initially receives PII and corresponding signed descriptor from a user. The PII is used to verify an identity of the user and the signed descriptor describes the type of PII that is received. The first service provider queries the registry to determine if the signed descriptor of the user has been written to the registry by a second service provider, indicating that it has been breached at a service provided by the second service provider. If the first service provider uses the breached PII, the breached PII is invalidated by the first service provider.
US10284531B2
A client receives sensitive data to be tokenized. The client queries a token table with a portion of the sensitive data to determine if the token table includes a token mapped to the value of the portion of the sensitive data. If the mapping table does not include a token mapped to the value of the portion of the sensitive data, a candidate token is generated. The client queries a central token management system to determine if the candidate token collides with a token generated by or stored at another client. In some embodiments, the candidate token includes a value from a unique set of values assigned by the central token management system to the client, guaranteeing that the candidate token does not cause a collision. The client then tokenizes the sensitive data with the candidate token and stores the candidate token in the token table.
US10284527B2
Systems and methods may be provided for constructing and deconstructing encoded messages. A method for constructing an encoded message comprising: providing an unencoded message having one or more unencoded characters; identifying one or more suitable human-readable phrases indexed from one or more codebooks wherein characters from extended character sets are mapped to standard characters having similar appearances to the characters from the extended character sets to create one or more human-readable phrases; selecting a suitable human-readable phrase from the one or more codebooks; and generating an encoded message by mapping the unique and repeating characters of the unencoded messages to the extended character set provided by the selected human-readable phrase. Corresponding systems, and computer system products may be provided.
US10284521B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for automatic security list offload with exponential timeout. A second layer of a firewall can determine that a first data, that previously passed through a first layer of the firewall, should be blocked. The second layer of the firewall can utilize more resources than the first layer of the firewall to determine whether to block a data packet. In response, a first rule can be applied at the first layer of the firewall to block data packets received from a source of the first data packet. Accordingly, a second data packet received from the source of the first data packet will be blocked at the first layer of the firewall based on the first rule.
US10284519B1
When requesting network services, clients often supply authentication information such as digital signatures. A network provider may from time to time change its authentication scheme. Clients are notified of the change and are provided with an updated authentication specification. Upon receiving the updated authentication specification, a client updates its authentication logic accordingly, and subsequently prepares and provides authentication information in accordance with the new authentication scheme.
US10284517B2
A method is provided, in one embodiment, which is performed on a client computing device, the method including: connecting a client computing device with a private network, wherein the private network comprises a plurality of name resolving servers, and each name resolving server is configured to resolve name requests for networking devices in a respective segment of a plurality of segments of the private network; receiving a first name request from a first application on the client computing device; in response to receiving the first name request, forwarding the first name request simultaneously to the plurality of name resolving servers; and selecting a name resolution that is first received from the plurality of name resolving servers in response to the first name request.
US10284497B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a networking method for a data center network and a data center network, where the data center network includes multiple deployment units; each deployment unit includes at least two Spine switches and at least one Leaf Switch; each Leaf switch inside each deployment unit is connected to at least two Spine switches of all Spine switches inside the deployment unit; and between at least two deployment units, at least one Spine switch inside each deployment unit is connected to at least one Spine switch inside each of other deployment units. A connection relationship between Spine switches in deployment units is set up, so that in a condition of adding no network device, communication between different deployment units can be implemented, which decreases network complexity, and increases the network management and maintenance efficiency.
US10284483B2
System and method indicating delays added to packets due to retransmission events. The method includes the steps of receiving multiple packet streams and multiplexing them into a first multiplexed packet stream; storing in memory the first multiplexed packet stream together with time indications; receiving a retransmission request and selecting data for retransmission; multiplexing the first multiplexed packet stream and the data for retransmission into a second multiplexed packet stream; utilizing the time indications for calculating delays that were added to packets of the second multiplexed packet stream as a result of fulfilling the retransmission request; adding the calculated delays to at least some of the packets of the second multiplexed packet stream; and transmitting the second multiplexed packet stream.
US10284459B2
An N-port virtualizer (NPV) in a Fabric network receives a register request and sends an NPV register message to an FCoE forwarder (FCF). The NPV register message comprises an identity of a device that sent the register request and forwarding history information. The forwarding history information is information describing a forwarding path of the NPV register message.
US10284458B2
The present invention relates to a flow table modifying method, a flow table modifying apparatus, and an OpenFlow network system. The flow table modifying method includes: receiving, by a switch, a modify flow entry message sent by a controller; searching, by the switch, a flow table corresponding to a flow table identifier for whether there is a flow entry matching to-be-modified target information; and in a case in which there is the flow entry matching the to-be-modified target information, changing, by the switch, a match field in the matched flow entry to a new match field. According to the flow table modifying method in an embodiment of the present invention, the switch searches the flow table corresponding to the flow table identifier for the flow entry matching the to-be-modified target information and changes the match field in the matched flow entry to the new match field.
US10284457B2
A method, an information handling system (IHS), and a virtual link trunking (VLT) system for determining VLT ports to block and unblock in an IHS. The method includes calculating a forwarding table index for a local switch of currently active and inactive switch peers for a VLT port. A pre-determined forwarding table is retrieved from a memory containing a plurality of port blocking and unblocking actions for the switch peers. Current port blocking and unblocking actions are identified in the pre-determined forwarding table corresponding to the forwarding table index. Changes are determined between the previous port blocking and unblocking actions and the current port blocking and unblocking actions. The input/output (I/O) ports are configured for the local switch based on the determined changes in the port blocking and unblocking actions.
US10284454B2
A system for automatically increasing a capacity of a virtual space in a virtual world may include a processor and a module operating on the processor for detecting an attempt by an avatar to enter a virtual space in a virtual world. The system may also include another module for determining if an allowable number of avatars is currently in the virtual space. The allowable number of avatars may be determined by at least a capacity of a server that is hosting the virtual space. Another module may be provided for increasing a capacity of the virtual space when the allowable number of avatars is currently in the virtual space. Increasing the capacity of the virtual space may include spawning a replicate new virtual space on a different server in response to the capacity of the server that is hosting the virtual space reaching the allowable number of avatars.
US10284453B2
An event analysis system receives events in a time-series from a set of monitored systems and identifies a set of alert threshold values for each of the types of events to identify outliers in the time-series at an evaluated time. Portions of historic event data is selected to identify windows of event data near the evaluated time at a set of seasonally-adjusted times to predict the value of the event type. The alert threshold value may also account for a prediction based on recent, higher-frequency events. Using the alert threshold values for a plurality of event types, the event data is compared with the alert threshold values to determine an alert level for the data. The event data types are also clustered and displayed with the alert levels to provide a visualization of the event data and identify outliers when the new event data is received.
US10284449B2
A mesh network (such as a mesh Ethernet network) is subdivided into rings. For each ring, a network utilization is assessed in both the clockwise and counter-clockwise directions around the ring. A user requests a particular network service. The network rings that would be utilized by the network service are determined. A maximum utilization of all the network rings utilized by the network service in both clockwise and counter-clockwise is determined. The determined maximum utilization is used to determine the feasibility of provisioning the requested network service.
US10284445B2
Techniques for providing visualization and analysis of performance data are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a system for providing visualization and analysis of performance data. The system may comprise one or more processors communicatively coupled to a mobile communications network. The one or more processors may be configured to monitor data traffic within the mobile communications network. The one or more processors may further be configured to collect network performance data associated with the mobile communications network. The one or more processors may also be configured to provide user-selectable options to a user at a mobile device for viewing the network performance data. The one or more processors may further be configured to process the network performance data based on the user-selectable options identified by the user. The one or more processors may also be configured to provide a visualization to be displayed at the mobile device based on the processed network performance data, where the visualization presents the processed network performance data that improves customer experience assurance.
US10284432B1
A method for enhancing quality of media transmitted via network uses an AI enhancing model built-in the client device to enhance the quality of video streams received from network. The AI enhance module is pre-trained by using a neural network in the server to analyze differences between the decoded images and the raw images that are generated by the server. Wherein, the AI enhance module enhances decoded images by using algorithms which are defined by analyzing differences between the decoded images and the raw images that are generated by the server. Such that, the enhanced images are visually more similar to the raw images than the decoded images do.
US10284415B1
In a computing environment, a request for computing resources is received by an entity. A quantity of resource slots sufficient to fulfill the request is determined and associated with the entity during a portion of a recurring time period. The resource slots can be associated with other entities during other portions of the recurring time period.
US10284407B2
Methods and systems for operation in a wireless network are provided, the method including receiving modulated data symbols and zeros in a frequency-domain, and mapping in the frequency-domain the modulated data symbols and zeros in an interleaved manner to sub-carriers within a resource allocation. The method further includes generating a time-domain data signal based on the mapped sub-carriers, and generating a time domain cancellation signal by sign inverting and repeating a predetermined number of time-domain samples at a tail portion of the data signal. The method further includes combining the time-domain data signal and the time domain cancellation signal to generate an exact zero tail data signal such that the exact zero tail data signal has a zero tail length equal to the predetermined number of time-domain samples, and transmitting the exact zero tail data signal.
US10284405B2
Embodiments of a transmitter having an architecture that reduces power consumption and complexity are disclosed. In some embodiments, a transmitter comprises a modulator comprising an actuator, modulation circuitry, and an adaptor. The actuator is operable to apply at least one adjustment to at least one modulator input signal to provide at least one adjusted modulator input signal. The modulation circuitry is operable to perform a modulation operation on the at least one adjusted modulator input signal to provide a modulated signal, and the adaptor is operable to adaptively configure the at least one adjustment applied to the at least one modulator input signal such that a Peak-to-Average Ratio (PAR) of the modulated signal is reduced.
US10284397B2
A system and method for Feed Forward Equalizer (FFE)-Aided Clock Data Recovery (CDR) to calibrate phase offset and enhance gain in baud rate sampling phase detector is provided. In an embodiment, a clock data recovery (CDR) apparatus includes an incremental feed forward equalizer (INC-FFE) in a CDR path and a calibration component in an equalization path, the calibration component connected to the INC-FFE, the calibration component configured to adjust FFE coefficients for the INC-FFE according to a phase code (PC) index in a PC index table and one of a signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) and a bit error rate (BER) of a sampled signal, wherein the PC index table comprises adjustment values for the FFE coefficients, and wherein the PC index is linearly related to a sampling phase.
US10284394B1
The present invention is directed to communication systems and electrical circuits. According to an embodiment, an input termination circuit includes a first attenuation resistor and a second attenuation resistor. The resistance values of these two resistors are adjusted in opposite directions to maintain a stable output impedance. There are other embodiments as well.
US10284390B2
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving at a network element an encapsulated packet including an encapsulation header, in which the encapsulation header includes an Analytics Proxy Function (“APF”) flag; determining whether the APF flag is set to a first value; if the APF flag is set to the first value, forwarding the encapsulated packet to a local APF instance associated with the network element, in which the encapsulated packet is processed by the local APF instance to replicate at least a portion of the encapsulated packet, construct a record of the encapsulated packet, or both; and if the APF flag is not set to the first value, omitting forwarding the encapsulated packet to the local APF instance associated with the network element. The local APF instance is implemented as a service function anchored at the forwarding element.
US10284385B2
Described herein are techniques and systems for controlling, from a mobile device, an environmental control system including at least one appliance for influencing one or more environmental parameters at a premises. The mobile device comprising a user-interactive application for sending commands to the environmental control system. The application having a foreground state for controlling the environmental control system based on user-adjustable parameters; and a background state, in which user notifications are generated. A method can comprise: when the application is in a background state: determining the mobile device has crossed a geolocation threshold; determining an environmental parameter of the premises satisfies a condition; displaying a notification to a user, comprising an option to initiate a command to control an appliance; detecting the user has selected an option; and sending a message to effect the command to the environmental control system.
US10284376B2
A code signing system operating a web portal for user clients and a web service for automated machine clients. The web service can receive an operation request from a code signing module running on a remote machine client, the operation request including a request for a cryptographic operation and user credentials retrieved from a hardware cryptographic token connected to the machine client. The code signing system can perform the requested cryptographic operation and return a result to the machine client if the code signing system authenticates the machine client and the requested cryptographic operation is within a permissions set associated with the machine client.
US10284369B2
Secure application-to-application communication is disclosed. A shared encryption key may be used to encrypt data to be transferred from a first mobile application to a second mobile application. The encrypted data is provided to a shared storage location. The second mobile application is configured to retrieve the encrypted data from the shared storage location.
US10284368B2
Some implementations disclosed herein provide techniques and arrangements for provisioning keys to integrated circuits/processor. In one embodiments, a key provisioner/tester apparatus may include a memory device to receive a unique hardware key generated by a first logic of a processor. The key provisioner/tester apparatus may further include a cipher device to permanently store an encrypted first key in nonvolatile memory of the processor, detect whether the stored encrypted first key is valid, and to isolate at least one of the first logic and the nonvolatile memory of the processor from all sources that are exterior to the processor in response to detecting that the stored encrypted first key is valid.
US10284365B2
Systems and methods for synchronized key derivation across multiple conditional access servers are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for synchronized key derivation to provide playback devices with derived keys for decrypting content includes receiving a request for a first derived key that includes a first asset identifier that identifies a piece of content and a first playback position within the content, determining a first content key starting position and first derived key starting position within the content using the first playback position, where the key starting positions precede the first playback position, determining whether a first content key associated with the first asset identifier and first content key starting position is stored, retrieving the first content key using the first asset identifier and first content key starting position, generating a first derived key using the first content key and first derived key starting position, and sending the derived key.
US10284364B2
The present invention relates to a fifth generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system to be provided to support a data transmission rate higher than that of a fourth generation (4G) communication system, such as long term evolution (LTE), and subsequent communication systems. The radio frequency (RF) processing device of the present invention comprises: at least one antenna; an RF unit for performing communication with a base station by using the at least one antenna; a signal filter unit for dividing and outputting, when a signal is received from another RF processing device connected through one interface, a radio signal and a control signal for communicating with the base station from the received signal; a clock signal detection unit for detecting a clock signal from the control signal when the control signal is output from the signal filter unit; and a control unit for performing an operation according to the control signal according to the clock signal-based timing.
US10284352B2
A method for configuring a User Equipment (UE) with a Channel Quality Index (CQI) table, the method includes: calculating a Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI) and Rank Indication (RI) according to a channel estimated result; determining a configured CQI index table according to received CQI index table indication information transmitted by a base station, the base station configuring the CQI index table by selecting the CQI index table from at least two CQI index tables; and calculating a CQI index according to the calculated PMI and the RI using the configured CQI index table.
US10284348B2
The present application discloses a control information sending method that includes: determining, from a preset set of patterns, a pattern as a first pattern, where the pattern comprised in the preset set of patterns is one or more patterns that are determined according to a coverage enhancement degree. The pattern determines an aggregation level that is used for transmitting control information, and determines the number of the multiple subframes, and also determines a resource indicator for a resource that is used for transmitting the control information. The pattern further determines a control information format that is used for transmitting, in each subframe of the multiple subframes, the control information. The method further includes: acquiring, according to the first pattern, the control information on a resource, to which the control information is mapped, in each subframe of the multiple subframes.
US10284341B2
A method includes concurrently receiving, at a first communication interface of a media device, a first media content stream and a second media content stream. The method includes sending, from the media device to an output device, decoded first media content processed from the first media content stream. The method includes storing decoded second media content processed from the second media content stream in a buffer. The method includes detecting an error associated with a portion of the second media content stream during receipt of the first media content stream and the second media content stream. The method also includes sending, from a second communication interface of the media device to a media content source, a request for the portion. The second communication interface is distinct from the first communication interface.
US10284337B2
A data transmission method and a data transmission device are provided. A transmission device classifies data symbols for each scheduled user into groups based on logic resource element groups determined based on encoding matrices each multiplexed by multiple users, encodes respective groups of data symbols for each user in accordance with the encoding matrices to determine groups of encoded data symbols for each user, subjects respective groups of encoded data symbols for each user to a mapping treatment based on logic resource elements, maps respective logic resource element groups to a physical resource block in accordance with a mapping mode, and transmits data to a reception device based on the physical resource block.
US10284335B2
A method is provided of detecting packet error during a transmission of a flit along a path from a source node through one or more intermediate nodes to a destination node. The method includes identifying a stalled node, from among the source and intermediate nodes, which prevents the transmission of the flit. The method includes generating, by a transmitter of the stalled node, a CRC for the flit and placing the CRC in an IDLE pattern of the flit. The method includes checking, by a receiver of an intermediate node subsequent to the stalled node, the CRC for the flit. The method includes sending, by a transmitter of the intermediate node, an error code to the destination node, and releasing the nodes from the intermediate node to and including the destination node, responsive to a detection, by the intermediate node, of an error in the CRC for the flit.
US10284328B2
According to an example, motion-aware MCS adaptation may include determining whether a device is static relative to a wireless AP, moving towards the wireless AP, or moving away from the wireless AP. A device static rate probing interval, a device moving rate probing interval, first and second frame retransmission limits, a device static PER smoothing factor, and a device moving PER smoothing factor may be determined. In response to a determination that the device is static relative to the wireless AP, moving towards the wireless AP, or moving away from the wireless AP, an appropriate rate probing interval, an appropriate frame retransmission limit, and an appropriate PER smoothing factor may be used to determine a MCS value from a plurality of available MCS values to be used for transmitting data between the device and the wireless AP.
US10284326B2
A system and process for determining a communication status of an environment is disclosed. Sensors in the environment acquire data about the environment, and a first subset of the data is used to compute a first penalty about the environment, which is computed using a first algorithm that includes a maximum penalty and a decay rate at which the penalty decays over time. Further, a second subset of the data is used to compute a second penalty about the environment. The second penalty is computed using a second algorithm that also includes a maximum penalty and a decay rate at which the penalty decays over time. The first and second penalties are compiled to create an overall environmental penalty that represents a current status of the environment, which is compared to a threshold. If the overall environmental penalty exceeds the threshold, then an action, including issuing an alarm, is performed.
US10284325B2
An apparatus for orbital angular momentum (OAM) mode combination and an antenna apparatus for multi-mode generation are provided. The apparatus for OAM mode combination includes three input ports configured to receive independent OAM mode signals, four output ports configured to output OAM mode signals with the same or different phase delays; and a circuit element configured to simultaneously combine or distribute the OAM mode signals by controlling phases of output signals output through the four output ports to be different depending on the OAM mode signals received through the input ports.
US10284322B2
In some embodiments of the invention, OFDM symbols are transmitted as a plurality of clusters. A cluster includes a plurality of OFDM sub-carriers in frequency, over a plurality of OFDM symbol durations in time. Each cluster includes data as well as pilot information as a reference signal for channel estimation. In some embodiments, a plurality of clusters collectively occupy the available sub-carrier set in the frequency domain that is used for transmission. In some embodiments of the invention data and/or pilots are spread within each cluster using code division multiplexing (CDM). In some embodiments pilots and data are separated by distributing data on a particular number of the plurality of OFDM symbol durations and pilots on a remainder of the OFDM symbol durations. CDM spreading can be performed in time and/or frequency directions.
US10284320B2
Methods are disclosed which can be performed by a network node for sending to a wireless device a first synchronization signal and an associated information message, for synchronization of the wireless device with the network node. The network node and the wireless device operate in a wireless communications network. The network node sends the first synchronization signal in N OFDM symbols within a subframe, at least once in a time and frequency position in every one of the N OFDM symbols. N is equal or larger than 2. For each sending of the first synchronization signal, the network node sends an associated information message at a pre-defined time and frequency position in an OFDM symbol. The pre-defined time and frequency position is relative to the time and frequency position of the first synchronization signal. The associated information message is associated with the first synchronization signal.
US10284313B2
A system that incorporates aspects of the subject disclosure may perform operations including, for example, receiving, via an antenna, a signal generated by a communication device, detecting passive intermodulation interference in the signal, the interference generated by one or more transmitters unassociated with the communication device, and the interference determined from signal characteristics associated with a signaling protocol used by the one or more transmitters. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10284312B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, by a first antenna system of a distributed antenna system, a first wireless signal from a second antenna system of the distributed antenna system, the second antenna system included in a first series of antenna systems of the distributed antenna system, detecting an operational fault in the second antenna system, and redirecting, by the first antenna system, a first wireless transmission to a third antenna system of the distributed antenna system, the third antenna system included in a second series of antenna systems of the distributed antenna system, the first series of antenna systems providing first communication services, the second series of antenna systems providing second communication services, and the second communication services utilized at least in part as backup communication services when a communication fault is detected in the first series of antenna systems. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10284309B2
Methods for tracking a signal origin by a spectrum analysis and management device are disclosed. Signal characteristics of other known emitters are used for obtaining a position of an emitter of a signal of interest. In one embodiment, frequency difference of arrival technique is implemented. In another embodiment, time difference of arrival technique is implemented.
US10284306B2
A calibration system for calibrating an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna elements comprises a signal generator for generating a predetermined test signal and, the signal generator being couplable to the antenna elements for providing the test signal to the antenna elements, a number of probes for measuring at least one physical parameter, which is influenced by emissions of the antenna elements, and providing respective measurement signals, and a position determination unit for determining based on the measurement signals the positions of the antenna elements as calibrated positions.
US10284305B2
Systems and methods are disclosed allowing for spatially separated nodes to transmit data to a single remote master receiver node in a synchronized way. Slave nodes can send acoustic data so that it travels through water and arrives at the master node exactly timed so that the data bit appears in a predetermined time slot. The next time slot could be a data bit coming from another remote or slave node in another direction and at a different distance. This can be repeated for many nodes and the incoming bits will be received in a time division multiplexed fashion at the receiver or master node. The senders address and bit meaning are implicit due to the time slot in which they arrive. The assumption is that all nodes have accurate synchronized time as well as the ability to accurately estimate sound travel time between itself and any master node.
US10284302B2
An optical transmitter includes an optical modulator that includes a first phase shifter for a most significant bit, a second phase shifter for a least significant bit, and a third phase shifter for fine adjustment, the first phase shifter, the second phase shifter, and the third phase shifter are disposed along an optical waveguide, and a drive circuit that includes a first driver that drives the first phase shifter, a second driver that drives the second phase shifter, and a third driver that drives the third phase shifter, wherein a drive polarity of the third driver is adjustable in a positive direction and a negative direction, and the third phase shifter adjusts an amount of phase change of the optical modulator in a positive direction or a negative direction based on a drive voltage inputted from the third driver.
US10284299B2
Described are systems, devices, and techniques for extending wireless networks and associated systems, devices, and techniques for determination of optimal locations of a wireless range extender, such as by evalauating a quality of a wireless signal originating from a wireless gateway or access device and determining whether an alternative placement of a wireless range extender would result in improved quality. Also described are systems, devices, and techniques for automatically grouping multiple bands of a single wireless access device as well as systems, devices, and techniques that simplify connection of wireless devices to a wireless access device, such as by evaluating wireless messages transmitted on different bands to determine that the wireless messages originate from the same wireless access device.
US10284295B2
The disclosure is directed to a radio over fiber (RoF) network node, base station, and communication system. In one of the exemplary embodiments, the disclosure is directed to a radio over fiber (RoF) network node which includes not limited to: a laser source which transmits a first laser beam having a first wavelength; a first Electroabsorption Modulated Laser (EML) which modulates a first electrical signal into a second laser beam that is modulated and has a second wavelength; and a first optical coupler which is coupled to the laser source and the EML and transmits an output laser beam having a first carrier frequency which is determined based on a difference between the first wavelength and the second wavelength.
US10284294B2
An apparatus and method for monitoring an individual premise return band at the side of the home, in a pedestal TAP, or in an aerial TAP is disclosed. The apparatus may be configured to be connected one to eight homes to analyze the return band spectrum, communicate this spectrum to a server for storage and/or alarm, and/or take action when the spectrum exceeds predefined limits or based on instructions received from a server.
US10284293B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, devices, apparatus, computer-/processor-readable media, and other implementations, including a method to process one or more light-based signals that includes determining mobile device data and coarse previous field-of-view (FOV) data representative of pixels of a light-capture device of a mobile device that detected light-based signals from at least one light device located in an area where the mobile device is located, determining, based on the mobile device data and the coarse previous FOV data, predicted one or more pixels of the light-capture device of the mobile device likely to receive light signals from one or more light devices, in the area where the mobile device is located, capable of emitting one or more light-based communications, and activating the predicted one or more pixels of the light-capture device.
US10284291B1
A node includes a switch controller and an optical module configured to receive optical signals from at least one other node in a network. It is determined from an electrical signal for a first optical signal whether to process data from one or more subsequent optical signals or to route the one or more subsequent optical signals out of the of the node without processing data from the one or more subsequent optical signals. According to another aspect, a first optical signal is transmitted from a first node in a data processing system to a second node in the data processing system. Based on evaluation at the second node, it is determined whether to route one or more subsequent optical signals to a third node without processing data from the one or more subsequent optical signals at the second node.
US10284285B2
An autonomous anonymity system includes a universal access transceiver. The universal access transceiver is designed and arranged to selectively provide a notification when autonomous aircraft operation is authorized.
US10284284B2
Systems and methods are described for paired-beam satellite communications in a flexible satellite architecture. Embodiments include one or more “bent pipe” satellites having multiple transponders for servicing a number of spot beams. Implementations include novel types of paired-beam transponders that communicatively couple gateway terminals and user terminals in different spot beams. Some implementations also include loopback transponders that communicatively couple gateway terminals and user terminals in the same spot beam. The transponders can use similar components, can provide for flexible forward-link and return-link spectrum allocation, and/or can provide other features. Certain embodiments further include support for utility gateway terminal service and/or redundancy (e.g., active spares) for one or more active components.
US10284283B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for implementing an arrangement of electromechanical switches. In one aspect, the arrangement includes rings of electromechanical switches configured to provide access to communication processing channels and redundancy access rows of electromechanical switches configured to provide access to redundant communication processing channels.
US10284275B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) beamforming. A device may determine one or more short sector sweep frames associated with one or more antennas of the device. The device may cause to set one or more fields of at least one of the one or more short sector sweep frames to indicate an MIMO communication with one or more first devices. The device may identify one or more response frames from at least one of the one or more first devices based at least in part on the one or more short sector sweep frames.
US10284271B1
A beam steering device comprising a set of phase shifters, each providing substantially same phase shift, connected such that output of one phase shifter feeds the input of other, in that a signal is cascaded through the set of phase shifters to generate a corresponding set of phase shifted signals, and an array of antennas forming the RF radiation beam. The set of phase shifted signals are coupled to the respective one of antenna in the array of antennas so as to steer the RF radiation beam in accordance with the phase shift. The device further comprises a set of mixer to translate the first set of phase shifted signals to a RF canter frequency.
US10284256B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a nonlinear precoding bit loading method, a transmit end, a receive end, and a system. The method includes: determining, power control factors of multiple preset quantities of bits; obtaining, a first correspondence between the multiple preset quantities of bits and signal to noise ratios without power control; determining, a second correspondence between the multiple preset quantities of bits and signal to noise ratios with power control according to the power control factors and the first correspondence; and after actually measuring a signal to noise ratio with power control on a subcarrier, determining, according to the second correspondence, a preset quantity of bits corresponding to the actually measured signal to noise ratio with power control, using the determined preset quantity of bits as an actual bit loading quantity of the subcarrier, and notifying a transmit end of the actual bit loading quantity.
US10284255B1
Present disclosure relates to a base station and a method for operating the same. The base station includes a communicating unit and a processing unit. The communicating unit is wirelessly connected to user equipments in the internet of things. The communicating unit is configured to receive a frequency hopping preamble sequence from a user equipment. The processing unit, electrically coupled to the communicating unit, is configured to obtain frequency hopping energies corresponding to a plurality of symbol groups from the frequency hopping preamble sequence. The processing unit is configured to accumulate the frequency hopping energies and calculate an average energy corresponding to one symbol group according to the accumulated frequency hopping energies. The processing unit is configured to calculate a threshold based on the average energy and a false alarm rate, wherein the threshold is applied to determine whether signals sending from the user equipment are noises.
US10284247B2
A central network component, a FlexRay-compatible central network component, and a method for bit processing in a central network component are described. In one embodiment, a central network component for facilitating communication among communication nodes includes a bit oversampling module configured to oversample bits received from a first communication node of the communication nodes with an oversampling factor to generate oversampled bit streams, a time point selection module configured to select time points in the oversampled bit streams, where the time points correspond to inner samples of the oversampled bit streams with respect to the oversampling factor, and a bit outputting module configured to output the inner samples to a second communication node of the communication nodes between the time points. Other embodiments are also described.
US10284231B2
Method and apparatus for managing data in a memory, such as a flash memory. In accordance with some embodiments, a solid-state non-volatile memory (NVM) has a total user data storage capacity and an overprovisioning (OP) level. A control circuit writes parity data sets to the NVM each having a plurality of code words and an outer code. The code words include inner codes at an inner code rate to detect and correct read errors in a user data payload. The outer code includes parity data at an outer code rate to detect and correct read errors in the code words. A code adjustment circuit increases the inner code rate to compensate for a measured parameter associated with the NVM, and decreases the outer code rate to maintain the data capacity and OP levels above selected thresholds.
US10284223B2
The invention describes a method of performing analog-to-digital conversion on an input signal (Pin) within a range (R1) using a sigma-delta modulator (1) comprising a feedback digital-to-analog conversion arrangement (12, 120), which method comprises the steps of: obtaining an amplitude estimate (E1, E2, E3, E4) of the input signal (Pin); defining a subsequent subrange (R2, R3, R4) on the basis of the amplitude estimate (E1, E2, E3); and adjusting operation parameters of the feedback digital-to-analog conversion arrangement (12, 120) on the basis of the subsequent subrange (R2, R3, R4); whereby the method steps are repeated a predefined number of iterations (N). The invention further describes a sigma-delta modulator (1), an analog-to-digital converter (50), and a monitoring device (5) for monitoring an analog input signal (Pin).
US10284218B1
An example apparatus includes a windowing component. The windowing component may set a first voltage level as an upper bound for a voltage window and set a second voltage level as a lower bound for the voltage window. The windowing component may modulate an input signal to have a maximum magnitude less than the upper bound for the voltage window and a minimum magnitude greater than the lower bound for the voltage window.
US10284207B2
Methods and systems are provided for adaptively configuring voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) arrays, such as to reduce mismatches among the VCOs. A plurality of voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs), connected in parallel to a common control input, and with each VCO outputting an oscillating signal based on the common control input and an adjustment input, may be configured to reduce mismatches among the VCOs. The plurality of VCO may be configured by adjusting at least one operational parameter applicable to interconnection paths connecting outputs of the plurality of VCOs; measuring a mismatch between signals at the outputs of the plurality of VCOs with respect to a first signal parameter; and adjusting a first operational parameter applicable to one or more of the plurality of VCOs to reduce mismatch between signals at the outputs of the plurality of VCOs with respect to a first signal parameter.
US10284205B2
A clock generator and a method to control an associated system are described. The clock generator (e.g., a PLL) can include a charge pump that can generate a current, and a controller coupled to the charge pump. The controller can determine a characteristic impacting operation of the clock generator and control the charge pump to adjust the current based on the determined characteristic to adjust a bandwidth of the clock generator. The clock generator and method can include adjusting the bandwidth to compensate for variations (e.g. PVT variations) that impact the operation of the clock generator to maintain constant or substantially constant bandwidth independent of such variations.
US10284204B2
There are provided a logic unit circuit and a pixel driving circuit, which relate to a display technical field and are used to solve the problem that technical difficulties are increased due to mixed use of different types of transistors in the logic unit circuit. The logic unit circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, a fifth transistor, a sixth transistor, a seventh transistor, an eighth transistor, a ninth transistor and a tenth transistor of a same type. The logic unit circuit is used to realize logic gate operation.
US10284200B2
A process for fabricating a semiconductor die involves providing a semiconductor substrate, forming a first field-effect transistor on the semiconductor substrate, the first field-effect transistor having a source, a drain, a gate, and a body, forming a coupling path that couples the body of the first field-effect transistor to the gate of the first field-effect transistor, the coupling path including a diode, and forming an adjustable impedance network coupled between the body of the first field-effect transistor and a ground reference, the adjustable impedance network being configured to reduce radio-frequency distortion in the first field-effect transistor.
US10284198B2
A memory system includes a memory module and a memory controller. The memory module includes a plurality of memory devices with corresponding ZQ calibration circuits therein. The memory controller, which is electrically coupled to the memory module, includes a ZQ global managing circuit therein. This ZQ global managing circuit is configured to determine a plurality of calibration values associated the corresponding ZQ calibration circuits in the plurality of memory devices, in response to calibration result data generated by the plurality of ZQ calibration circuits. The memory module is mounted within a memory slot. In addition, the plurality of calibration values account for signal loading characteristics of the memory module within the memory slot.
US10284197B2
A key is provided, including: a magnetic component arranged to generate a magnetic field; a closed loop, herein the closed loop includes a preset device in series connection and a conductor set in the magnetic field; a voltage drop detection chip, herein the voltage drop detection chip has two pins respectively connected to two ends of the preset device and an output port arranged to output a detected voltage drop signal between the two pins; and a key body movably connected on a supporting part, herein the key body is connected to the conductor, the key body can move in two opposite directions on the supporting part, and the key body drives the conductor to cut magnetic induction lines in the magnetic field during motion.
US10284176B1
Embodiments described herein may provide a surface acoustic wave (SAW) device, methods of fabricating the SAW device, and a system incorporating the SAW device. The SAW device may include a piezoelectric substrate and individual resonators may be formed by a plurality of electrodes on the surface of the piezoelectric substrate. A dielectric layer having a positive thermal coefficient of frequency (TCF) may be formed on each of the plurality of electrodes. In various embodiments, temperature compensation may be achieved by providing more or less of the dielectric layer on at least one resonator than on the other resonators based on a configuration of the resonators. In various embodiments, temperature compensation may be achieved by providing at least one resonator with a different duty factor than the other resonators based on a configuration of the resonators.
US10284173B2
An acoustic resonator device includes a bottom electrode disposed on a substrate over an air cavity, a piezoelectric layer disposed on the bottom electrode, and a top electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer, where an overlap between the top electrode, the piezoelectric layer and the bottom electrode over the air cavity defines a main membrane region. The acoustic resonator device further includes at least one metal frame disposed on a bottom surface of the bottom electrode having a thickness that ranges from about 10% to about 75% of a thickness of the bottom electrode in a central region of the bottom electrode. The thickness of the metal frame improves heat dissipation out of the acoustic resonator device while also improving structural stability of the acoustic resonator device without detrimentally affecting its performance.
US10284171B2
An elastic wave device including a substrate, an interdigital transducer (IDT) electrode provided on an upper surface of the substrate, a first wiring electrode provided on the upper surface of the substrate and connected to the IDT electrode, a dielectric film that does not cover a first region of the first wiring electrode but covers a second region of the first wiring electrode above the substrate, the first wiring electrode including a cutout in the second region, and a second wiring electrode that covers an upper surface of the first wiring electrode in the first region and an upper surface of the dielectric film in the second region above the substrate.
US10284167B2
Electromagnetic coupler systems including built-in frequency detection, and modules and devices including such. One example of an electromagnetic coupler system include an electromagnetic coupler having an input port, an output port, a coupled port, and an isolation port, the electromagnetic coupler including a main line extending between the input port and the output port, and a coupled line extending between the coupled port and the isolation port, the electromagnetic coupler being configured to produce a coupled signal at the coupled port responsive to receiving an input signal at the input port. An adjustable termination impedance is connected to the isolation port. A frequency detector is connected to the adjustable termination impedance and to the coupled port, and configured to detect a frequency of the coupled signal and provide an impedance control signal to tune the adjustable termination impedance based on the frequency of the coupled signal.
US10284163B2
A first series arm LC filter circuit includes a capacitor and an inductor connected in series to provide a series circuit between a first connection terminal and a second connection terminal, a capacitor connected in parallel to the series circuit, and an inductor and a variable capacitor connected in parallel between a connection point of the capacitor and the inductor and a ground potential. A first parallel arm LC filter circuit is connected between the first connection terminal and the ground potential. A second parallel arm LC filter circuit is connected between the second connection terminal and the ground potential. The inductor is directly connected to the second connection terminal or is connected to the second connection terminal with another inductor interposed therebetween.
US10284161B1
An electronic device includes one or more microphones, one or more sensors, and one or more processors operable with the one or more microphones and the one or more sensors. The one or more processors, upon the one or more sensors detecting the electronic device is disposed within a repository container, such as a pocket, apply an audio signal adjustment function to signals received from the one or more microphones, thereby mitigating noise in the signals caused by the repository container.
US10284160B2
Disclosed herein are signal amplifiers that have an input impedance that varies over different bias currents. The signal amplifier includes a gain stage with a plurality of switchable amplification branches that are each capable of being activated such that one or more of the activated amplification branches provides a targeted adjustment to the input impedance. In addition, disclosed herein are signal amplifiers that have a variable-gain stage configured to provide a plurality of gain levels that result in different input impedance values presented to a respective signal by the variable-gain stage. The variable-gain stage can include a plurality of switchable amplification branches that provide a targeted adjustment to the respective input impedance values. The variable-gain stage can include a plurality of switchable inductive elements that are configured to be activated to provide a targeted adjustment to the respective input impedance values.
US10284159B2
In some embodiments, a method for processing an audio signal in an audio processing apparatus is disclosed. The method includes receiving an audio signal and a parameter, the parameter indicating a location of an auditory event boundary. An audio portion between consecutive auditory event boundaries constitutes an auditory event. The method further includes applying a modification to the audio signal based in part on an occurrence of the auditory event. The parameter may be generated by monitoring a characteristic of the audio signal and identifying a change in the characteristic.
US10284157B2
An amplifier includes a dynamic bias circuit and an amplification circuit coupled to the dynamic bias circuit. The dynamic bias circuit includes a plurality of transistors coupled to a plurality of resistors. The dynamic bias circuit is configured to generate a bias current with a magnitude that increases in response to the dynamic bias circuit receiving a falling edge of an input signal and decreases in response to the dynamic bias circuit receiving a rising edge of the input signal. The amplification circuit is configured to receive the bias current and amplify the input signal based on the bias current to generate an output signal that has a higher slew rate for a falling signal than for a rising signal.
US10284155B2
A multi-level class D audio power amplifier for supplying an N-level drive signal to a loudspeaker. The multi-level class D audio power amplifier includes a switching matrix having controllable semiconductor switches where the switching matrix include at least (N−2) switch inputs, coupled to respective ones of (N−2) DC input voltage nodes, and at least 2*(N−2) switch outputs coupled to respective ones of 2*(N−2) intermediate nodes of a first output driver. A control circuit is configured to sequentially connect each of the (N−2) DC input voltages to a predetermined set of nodes of the 2*(N−2) intermediate nodes of the first output driver via the switching matrix in accordance with one or more of the 2*(N−1) modulated control signals of the first output driver. N is a positive integer larger than or equal to 3.
US10284151B2
A receiver front end capable of receiving and processing intraband non-contiguous carrier aggregate (CA) signals using multiple low noise amplifiers (LNAs) is disclosed herein. A cascode having a “common source” input stage and a “common gate” output stage can be turned on or off using the gate of the output stage. A first switch is provided that allows a connection to be either established or broken between the source terminal of the input stage of each cascode. Further switches used for switching degeneration inductors, gate/sources caps and gate to ground caps for each legs can be used to further improve the matching performance of the invention.
US10284150B2
A power amplification module includes: a first transistor that amplifies a first radio frequency signal and outputs a second radio frequency signal; a second transistor that amplifies the second radio frequency signal and outputs a third radio frequency signal; and first and second bias circuits that supply first and second bias currents to bases of the first and second transistors. The first bias circuit includes a third transistor that outputs the first bias current from its emitter or source, a capacitor that is input with the first radio frequency signal and connected to the base of the first transistor, a first resistor connected between the emitter or source of the third transistor and the base of the first transistor, a second resistor connected between the capacitor and the emitter or source of the third transistor, and a third resistor connected between the capacitor and the base of the first transistor.
US10284147B2
A Doherty amplifier module includes first and second amplifier die. The first amplifier die includes one or more first power transistors configured to amplify, along a first signal path, a first input RF signal to produce an amplified first RF signal. The second amplifier die includes one or more second power transistors configured to amplify, along a second signal path, a second input RF signal to produce an amplified second RF signal. A phase shift and impedance inversion element is coupled between the outputs of the first and second amplifier die. A shunt inductance circuit is coupled to the output of either or both of the first and/or second amplifier die. Each shunt inductance circuit at least partially resonates out the output capacitance of the amplifier die to which it is connected to enable the electrical length of the phase shift and impedance inversion element to be increased.
US10284144B2
An amplifier circuit includes an input stage, having a positive input end and a negative a negative input end, for generating a pair of differential signals according to a first input voltage received from the positive input end and a second input voltage received from a negative input end; an output stage, coupled to the input stage for generating an output voltage at an output end according to the pair of differential signals; a feedback stage, coupled between the output end and the negative input end; and a clamping unit, coupled between the positive input end and the negative input end for adjusting the second input voltage when the first input voltage is varied so as to clamp a voltage difference between the first input voltage and second input voltage.
US10284130B2
A permanent split capacitor (PSC) motor includes a stator defining an axis of rotation and a rotor disposed adjacent the stator. The stator includes a start winding, a capacitor electrically coupled in series with the start winding, a first plurality of windings, and a second plurality of windings. At least one winding of the first plurality of windings is energized in parallel with at least one winding of the second plurality of windings at a first voltage and in series with the at least one winding of the second plurality of windings at a second voltage. The first and second pluralities of windings are energized to produce a plurality of motor speeds. The rotor rotates relative to the stator about the axis of rotation at a selected one of the plurality of motor speeds induced at least partially by a magnetic output of the windings of the stator.
US10284129B2
A system includes a three phase AC or brushless DC motor, an inverter and a controller. The inverter is electrically coupled to the motor. The controller is -electrically coupled to the inverter. The controller is configured to control the inverter to deliver a three phase pulse width modulated voltage to the AC motor, wherein the three phase pulse width modulation comprises a repeating two-cycle pattern.
US10284115B2
An inverter system includes an input inverter including a positive and a negative DC input terminals and first and second AC output terminals; and a bidirectional inverter device, including a first bidirectional subinverter and a second bidirectional subinverter. The first and second bidirectional subinverters have DC terminals that are interconnected in parallel with a DC power storage device. The first bidirectional subinverter have first and second AC terminals. The first AC terminal is connected to the first AC output terminal of the input inverter. The second bidirectional subinverter have first and second AC terminals. The first AC terminal is connected to the second AC output terminal of the input inverter. The second AC terminal of the first bidirectional subinverter and the second AC terminal of the second bidirectional subinverter are interconnected.
US10284104B2
Discussed is an integral inverter usable with a solar cell module including a solar cell panel. The integral inverter includes a terminal connected to the solar cell panel, an inverter member including a direct current (DC)-alternating current (AC) inverter electrically connected to the terminal and a potting member configured to cover at least a portion of the inverter member while exposing the terminal.
US10284100B2
A power converter includes an energy transfer element coupled between an input and an output of the power converter. A switch is coupled to the energy transfer element and a control circuit. The control circuit includes a drive signal generator to generate a drive signal to control switching of the switch to regulate the output of the power converter. An event detection circuit is coupled to the drive signal generator to indicate if a switching period of one switching cycle of the drive signal exceeds a threshold switching period. An event counter circuit is coupled to the event detection circuit to render dormant the drive signal generator for a period of time determined by a timer circuit if the event detection circuit indicates a period of a switching cycle of the drive signal exceeds the threshold switching period for a threshold consecutive number of switching cycles.
US10284087B2
In the present invention a switching control circuit 130 has: a slope voltage generation unit 131 that generates slope voltages Vs1 and Vs2 that are opposite in phase and intersect each other; comparators 132 and 133 that respectively compare the slope voltages Vs1 and Vs2 and a control voltage Vc, and generate comparison signals S1 and S2; and a logical operation unit 134 that generates a step-down control signal D0 and a step-up control signal U0 from the comparison signals S1 and S2. The step-down control signal D0 and the step-up control signal U0 are used to control the switching of a step-up/step-down DC/DC converter.
US10284082B2
A power supply control circuit is connected to and controls a system power supply IC. The system power supply IC has multiple power supply circuits and is capable of outputting multiple power supply voltages. The system power supply IC activates the multiple power supply circuits at one time using a common enable signal. The power supply control circuit includes a gate circuit and a first switch unit. The gate circuit generates the common enable signal based on a control signal and a selection signal. The control signal is output from a control device during a usual operation. The selection signal is a signal that selects one of the multiple power supply circuits which is required to output the power supply voltage. The first switch unit is driven by a power-on signal during system activation, and switches on or off the selection signal input to the gate circuit.
US10284078B1
A method and apparatus for limiting or preventing electromagnetic interferences in a switching converter are presented. In particular, a power circuit provided with an active electromagnetic interference filter is presented. There is an electromagnetic interference EMI reduction circuit for use with a switching converter. This EMI reduction circuit has a current source and is adapted to regulate a voltage across the current source to provide a current having a constant average value. The switching converter is adapted to provide a converter current, and the current source constant average value may be substantially equal to an average value of the converter current. The circuit has a variable resistance; and an adjuster adapted to adjust the variable resistance based on the converter current. The adjuster may have a comparator, which is adapted to compare a voltage value at a terminal of a transistor switch, and a reference value.
US10284066B2
A vibration motor includes a housing; a fixed component; an elastic connecting piece; and a vibrating component comprising a counterweight suspended by the elastic connecting piece. One of the fixed component and the vibrating component includes a coil, and the other includes a magnet. The vibration motor further includes a damping piece fixed on the counterweight and facing the elastic connecting piece. One of the counterweight and the damping piece is provided with a slot and a glue dispersing slot connecting with the slot, and a projecting part formed on the other of the counterweight and the damping piece for matching with the slot.
US10284063B2
A plurality of flux barriers in each of flux barrier groups include arcuate portions formed in a polygonal region. The arcuate center of the arcuate portions in each of the flux barrier groups is set to the circumferential center point of the flux barrier group on the outer peripheral edge of a rotor. When regions of the rotor interposed between two flux barriers that are adjacent to each other in the flux barrier groups are defined as ribs, and portions of the rotor that are close to the outer periphery of the rotor in the regions of the rotor interposed between flux barrier groups that are adjacent to each other are defined as connecting portions, the ratio of the width of the connecting portions to the width of the ribs is 0.53 or more and 0.8 or less.
US10284062B2
This disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a workpiece for a segmented laminated core. This method includes (A) feeding a plate for processing drawn from a roll thereof to a progressive die and (B) stamping out a workpiece in the progressive die, the workpiece including a plurality of pieces aligned in the circumferential direction with a circumferential part. At the step (B), an overall portion configured to be each piece of the workpiece is displaced in the thickness direction of the plate for processing, with portions on both sides of the piece being fixed, to form at least one cutting line across a region configured to be the circumferential part.
US10284060B2
A stator assembly method and stator assembly apparatus in which coils that have slot housed portions and coil ends formed from a conductor are mounted to an annular stator core that includes slots formed between adjacent teeth that extend from a back yoke toward an inner side in a radial direction.
US10284057B2
A highly versatile stator manufacturing device is provided. A stator manufacturing device 7 includes: an engagement portion 8 engageable with a distal end of an extension portion 5 of each of a plurality of conductor segments 4 extending from a plurality of extension positions that differ in a radial direction R in each slot 3 of a stator core 2; a circumferential direction drive portion 9 that drives the engagement portion 8 engaging with the extension portion 5 in a circumferential direction C, to bend the extension portion 5; and a radial direction drive portion 10 that drives the engagement portion 8 in the radial direction R.
US10284056B2
A brush holder apparatus has a stationary support member having two opposing grooves, a fork electrical connector, and a conductive bar passing through a main body of the stationary support member. A brush holder is releasably affixed to the stationary support member, and has two rails that slide along the grooves. The brush holder's knife electrical connector mates with the fork electrical connector. A brush spring is clipped on the brush holder, and presses a brush against a collector. A brush lead connects the brush to a brush terminal. The brush terminal has a generally L-shaped body with a lower part thereof retained under a terminal compression plate, and an upper part thereof located on a front side of the terminal compression plate. The brush terminal is removed from or installed into a front side of the brush holder, and by hand or without the use of any tools.
US10284051B2
A device can have an outer frame and an actuator. The actuator can have a movable frame and a fixed frame. At least one torsional flexure and at least one hinge flexure can cooperate to provide comparatively high lateral stiffness between the outer frame and the movable frame and can cooperate to provide comparatively low rotational stiffness between the outer frame and the movable frame.
US10284046B2
There is provided a DC brush motor that is provided with: a magnet; an armature configured to rotate relative to the magnet about a rotary axis, the armature comprising a commutator; a bracket configured to cover one end portion of the magnet and the armature at one side along the rotary axis; a female terminal that is fixed to the bracket; a brush that is electrically connected to the female terminal, and a sealing member that is fixed to the bracket. The bracket is provided with a recessed portion formed on an outer periphery thereof and configured to accommodate therein the female terminal. The sealing member is configured to seal between the recessed portion and a space where the commutator and the brush exist.
US10284037B2
A rotor core includes: an annular part around a through hole; a plurality of fan-shaped magnetic pole pieces radially formed around the annular part; and a plurality of magnet holders radially formed between adjacent magnetic pole pieces, and a plurality of first magnetic flux blocking parts formed in respective areas between adjacent magnet holders. The magnet holder includes a second magnetic flux blocking part at an end of the magnetic holder toward the rotating shaft. The rotor core includes two magnetic paths formed between the first magnetic flux blocking part and the two second magnetic flux blocking parts adjacent to the first magnetic flux blocking part. The two magnetic paths branch in different directions toward the annular part from the end of the magnetic pole piece toward the rotating shaft.
US10284031B2
The invention relates to a stator tooth (8) for an electrical machine, the stator tooth being intended for holding an electrical wire winding (10). The tooth includes a central portion (24) formed with a contiguous assembly of precut magnetic metal sheets (24a). The metal sheets are secured to one another. The tooth is characterized in that the central portion (24) is enclosed between two longitudinal end portions (25) which are secured to the central portion (24) and each have a radial attachment bolt (11) passing therethrough. The longitudinal end portions (25) have a rounded outer shape (25a) for forming, on the ends of the tooth, a continuous contact surface for the electrical wire(s) wound onto the tooth.
US10284027B2
A system for providing photonic battery charging that includes: a narrow beam light control module that selectively controls at least one narrow beam light emitter; the at least one narrow beam light emitter configured to emit a focused narrow beam of light to a corresponding charging zone, the focused narrow beam of light having a frequency within a predetermined frequency range; and at least one indicator that displays a visual indication of a location of the corresponding charging zone.
US10284026B2
A power supply device includes a first communication antenna, a second communication antenna, a power supply antenna for power supply to a power receiving device, a communication control unit to control sharing processing via the first communication antenna and establishment processing of establishing the communication via the second communication antenna with the power receiving device with information shared by the sharing processing, a power supply control unit to control authentication processing for the power supply to the power receiving device and power supply processing of performing the power supply to the power receiving device authenticated by the authentication processing, and a control unit configured to control the sharing processing and the authentication processing to be performed alternately, wherein, in a case where the power supply processing starts before completion of the establishment processing, the power supply stops and the sharing processing is performed again.
US10284018B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods for an adaptable tuning circuit for a wireless power transfer system including an inductor and a capacitor. An input may be configured to receive alternate current (AC) power. An RC circuit may include a resistor and a supply capacitor, where a first diode is configured to be forward biased when the AC power is positive for charging the supply capacitor, and a second diode is configured to be forward biased when the AC power is negative for minimizing discharge from the supply capacitor. A tuning logic is provided for controlling power from the supply capacitor to a tuning circuit comprising a tuning capacitor and a switch arrangement, wherein the tuning circuit is configured to be parallel to the capacitor of the wireless power transfer system.
US10284016B2
An apparatus for receiving a wireless power signal includes a detection unit configured to discover a power signal having plural components, each generated by plural wireless charging techniques, a recognition unit configured to analyze the power signal to recognize which component of the power signal can be corresponding to each of the plural wireless charging techniques, a combination unit configured to combine outputs of the recognition unit into a single energy signal, and a charging unit configured to use the energy signal for charging a battery.
US10284015B2
A wireless power transmission system is presented. In some embodiments, a transmission unit includes a first inductor with a center tap, a first end tap, and a second end tap; a pre-regulator coupled to provide current to the center tap; a switching circuit coupled to the first end tap and the second end tap, the switching circuit alternately coupling the first end tap and the second end tap to ground at a frequency; and a resonant circuit magnetically coupled to the first inductor, the resonant circuit wirelessly transmitting power. In some embodiments, the switching circuit can be formed of FETs. The current provided to the center tap can be controlled in response to current sensors.
US10284013B2
A system for enhancing power efficiency of a wireless device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the wireless device includes a transmitter having a transmitter antenna and configured to transmit a signal, as well as an energy receiver having a plurality of energy receiver antenna elements positioned across one or more surfaces of the wireless device. The energy receiver antenna elements are each configured to receive a portion of the signal, convert the portion of the signal into power, and provide the power to one or more components of the wireless device.
US10284009B2
An uninterruptible power supply includes a battery unit including battery racks divided into at least one first battery rack including a first battery and at least one second battery rack including a second battery; an overall control unit configured to determine an operation mode of the battery unit from among a discharge mode and a charge mode, and a measurement unit configured to monitor an amount of accumulated power consumption of the load during each of a plurality of time periods and transmitting data associated with the monitoring to the overall control unit.
US10284007B2
A system is provided. The system includes a plurality of uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs), a ring bus, a plurality of chokes, each choke of the plurality of chokes electrically coupling an associated UPS of the plurality of UPSs to the ring bus, and at least one switch electrically coupled between at least one UPS of the plurality of UPSs and the ring bus, the at least one switch having an opening time of less than 10 milliseconds.
US10284006B2
An uninterruptible power supply system, including: a plurality of uninterruptible power supply devices which are connected in parallel with respect to a load, and switch between power supplies supplying power to the load depending on states of the power supplies; a control unit controlling an operation of switching between the power supplies by the uninterruptible power supply devices; a storage battery connected to the plurality of uninterruptible power supply devices in common; a converter converting AC power; a contactor switching between the DC power converted by the converter and DC power input from the storage battery; and an inverter inverting the DC power and supplying the power to the load. The control unit deactivates the inverter which does not contribute to supplying a power amount required for the load, of a plurality of inverters.
US10284005B2
A power supply assembly and an electronic device are disclosed. The power supply assembly includes a photoelectric converting element, a storage capacitor, an energy storage battery and an energy management module. The energy management module is configured to control the photoelectric converting element to charge the storage capacitor and the energy storage battery and control the storage capacitor to charge the energy storage battery. The power supply assembly can provide power stably in a longer term.
US10284001B2
The present invention relates to an electromagnetic shielding sheet capable of improving reliability. Particularly, the present invention provides a composite magnetic sheet for electromagnetic shielding structured such that an independent soft magnetic sheet, which has a low surface roughness, is laminated on the outermost surface of a soft magnetic sheet having a lamination structure, thereby implementing laminated composite sheets having different surface roughness or porosity characteristics; as a result, the reliability in an external hazardous environment, such as saline water, can be substantially enhanced while maintaining the efficiency of electromagnetic shielding.
US10283999B2
An information handling system (IHS) includes a base station that has a transmitter coil to generate a magnetic field for charging a portable power source of a battery-powered electronic device. A receiver coil magnetically receives power from the transmitter coil of the base station. A power control module connected to the portable power source and the receiver coil charges the portable power source with the received power. A flexible ferrite shield is positioned on a side of the receiver coil opposite to the transmitter coil to shield the IHS electronics. A pneumatic diaphragm is formed by a portion of the flexible ferrite shield that is positioned for oscillating movement into a center cavity of the receiver coil. A diaphragm actuator is attached to the pneumatic diagram and is responsive to a triggering signal to oscillate the pneumatic diaphragm to disperse thermal energy that is generated by the receiver coil.
US10283998B2
A wireless charging pad, a wireless charging device including the wireless charging pad, and an electronic device using the wireless charging device are provided. The wireless charging pad includes a pad case, a transmit (TX) coil disposed on an inner side of the pad case, and wound to form a surface for which a central portion of the TX coil is empty, a TX coil substrate on which the TX coil is disposed, a pad magnetic substance disposed on the TX coil substrate at a distance from the central portion of the TX coil, and a supporting structure supporting the TX coil substrate, the supporting structure movable relative to the pad case.
US10283997B2
A wireless power transfer apparatus includes a support structure having a top surface and a side surface. The support structure is configured to support a mobile device on the top surface and a wearable device at the side surface. The wireless power transfer apparatus also includes a plurality of transmit coils within the support structure. The plurality of transmit coils are configured to wirelessly transmit power to the mobile device on the top surface and the wearable device at the side surface.
US10283996B2
Packaging is disclosed. The packaging may include a charging element to charge an electronic device contained within the packaging. The charging may be performed by inductive charging. The packaging may include a magnet to position and retain an item within the packaging. The packaging may include protective surfaces formed of microfiber to help protect an item contained therein. The microfiber may be debossed around its periphery to minimize interruption between the microfiber and an underlying surface to which it is applied.
US10283994B2
A switching charging circuit works by receiving an input voltage and then correspondingly outputting an output voltage to a battery. Within a standby duration, to assure that there is sufficient voltage provided for turning on switches in a switching circuit alternately when the switching charging circuit works in the charging duration again, a bootstrap capacitor is charged by a supply voltage. When the bootstrap capacitor is charged, a reverse current is generated by the battery and the reverse current flows towards the input end of the switching charging circuit. In addition, by means of the circuit configuration of this switching charging circuit, the reverse current originally flowing towards the input end of the switching charging circuit can flow back to the battery or to a system load.
US10283978B2
A diagnostic system for a battery system having a battery module electrically coupled to a contactor is provided. The battery module has first, second, and third battery cells. The diagnostic system includes a first microcontroller that transitions the contactor to an open operational state if a first battery cell comparator overvoltage flag is equal to a first battery cell analog overvoltage flag value, or a battery module fault line voltage flag is equal to a first battery module fault line voltage flag value.
US10283974B2
Systems and methods for intelligent, adaptive management of energy storage packs are disclosed. A method comprises receiving a first current measurement of a first energy storage cell electrically connected to a first converter circuit. The first converter circuit controls the charge and discharge of the first energy storage cell. A first voltage measurement of the first energy storage cell is received. A first temperature measurement of the first energy storage cell is received. The first current measurement, the first voltage measurement, and the first temperature measurement are translated into a state of charge of the first energy storage cell.
US10283964B2
Systems and methods for controlling the state of charge of an energy storage system used in conjunction with a renewable energy source or other power generation system are provided. More particularly, a future output requirement of the energy storage system can be predicted based at least in part on data indicative of anticipated conditions, such as weather conditions, wake conditions, or other suitable conditions. A control system can adjust a state of charge setpoint from a nominal setpoint (e.g. 50%) to an adjusted setpoint based at least in part on the future output requirement. In this way, the energy storage system can better accommodate the output requirements of the energy storage system during varying weather conditions.
US10283962B2
A method for compensating self-induced voltage variations includes computing a first reactive power value (Q1), obtaining a voltage value at a point of interconnection (POI) between at least one power source and a power grid, comparing the voltage value with one or more pre-defined voltage limits, computing at least one compensation factor (CF) corresponding to at least one portion of the first reactive power value (Q1) based on an output of the comparison between the voltage value and the one or more pre-defined voltage limits, computing a second reactive power value (Q2) as a function of the at least one portion of the first reactive power value (Q1) and the at least one CF, generating a reactive power compensation command based on the computed second reactive power value (Q2), and transmitting the reactive power compensation command to a power converter.
US10283961B2
An object of the invention is to economically operate a voltage reactive power control device by reducing a transmission loss and reducing the number of tapping operations affecting the life span of a facility. Provided is a voltage reactive power control device including a central monitoring device that includes a loss prediction information output unit calculating a bus voltage on the basis of a generation probability of a power generation pattern, and outputting loss prediction information associated with the bus voltage from system configuration information, and includes a control amount determination unit determining a control pattern of the voltage reactive power control device from the loss prediction information. According to the invention, it is possible to economically operate a voltage reactive power control device by reducing a transmission loss and reducing the number of tapping operations affecting the life span of a facility.
US10283960B2
A method and a regulating unit for avoiding overloads for link sections within a power supply system use requirements for loads to determine which link sections can be enabled for loads.
US10283959B2
Circuits and methods of fabricating circuits that provide electrostatic discharge protection, as well as methods of protecting an integrated circuit from an electrostatic discharge event at an input/output pin. The protection circuit includes a silicon-controlled rectifier having a well and an anode in the well. The anode is coupled with the input/output pin. The protection circuit further includes a control circuit coupled with the well. The control circuit is configured to supply a first control logic voltage to the well that places the silicon-controlled rectifier in a blocking state, and a second control logic voltage to the well that places the silicon-controlled rectifier in a low impedance state. When placed in its low impedance state, the silicon-controlled rectifier is configured to divert current from the electrostatic discharge event at the input/output pin away from the integrated circuit.
US10283951B1
Electrical box assembly for recessed mounting of an electrical component within a concrete pour area
An electrical box assembly for the recessed mounting of an electrical component within a concrete pour area. The electrical box assembly includes a concrete can with an open end. A leveling ring is secured within the concrete can to provide a means of mounting an electrical component level with respect to the concrete surface. A funnel, mountable to the leveling ring, provides an electrical enclosure for enclosing the electrical component and recessing the component below the floor surface. A trim ring secures the funnel to the leveling ring and can. A cover plate closes the concrete assembly. A slot in the cover plate closes the top end of the concrete can while enabling the plug ends of electrical cords to remain installed while the cords are in use. The electrical box assembly enables protective recessed mounting of electrical components well below and level with the surface of the concrete pour.
US10283948B2
An electrical connector comprises a housing having a water stop groove and a region disposed between an end of the housing and the water stop groove. The water stop groove extends along a circumferential direction of the housing orthogonal to a mating direction of the electrical connector. The water stop groove is dimensioned to allow a surface tension to act on a quantity of water accumulated in the region.
US10283946B2
The invention relates to a combination cable and air channel for air conditioning an electrical enclosure, comprising an air channel and a cable channel which adjoins the air channel and which is led parallel to the air channel. A first longitudinal face of the air channel has at least one opening, and a longitudinal face of the cable channel manner. The invention further relates to a corresponding electrical enclosure.
US10283945B2
Devices and systems for dissipating heat generated from heat generating components in a load center are provided herein. The disclosed concept provides a heat dissipating component that assists in heat dissipation of a heat generating component in a load center by transferring heat from the heat generating component to a non-heat generating component.
US10283943B2
Thermally conductive assemblies that provide a heat conduction path include at least one thermally conductive inner member with longitudinally opposing first and second ends and an open center channel and an outer member surrounding the at least one thermally conductive inner member. The outer member is sufficiently flexible to expand outward in response to an outward force applied by the at least one thermally conductive inner member. The at least one inner member can be a plurality of cooperating inner members that have inner surfaces that align to form an inner perimeter surrounding the open center channel.
US10283933B1
A method for electrical and optical bistable switching, including the following steps: providing a semiconductor device that includes a semiconductor base region of a first conductivity type between semiconductor collector and emitter regions of a second conductivity type, providing a quantum size region in the base region, and providing base, collector and emitter terminals respectively coupled with the base, collector, and emitter regions; providing input electrical signals with respect to the base, collector, and emitter terminals to obtain an electrical output signal and light emission from the base region; providing an optical resonant cavity that encloses at least a portion of the base region and the light emission therefrom, an optical output signal being obtained from a portion of the light in the optical resonant cavity; and modifying the input electrical signals to switch back and forth between a first state wherein the photon density in the cavity is below a predetermined threshold and the optical output is incoherent, and a second state wherein the photon density in the cavity is above the predetermined threshold and the optical output is coherent, said switching from the first to the second state being implemented by modifying the input electrical signals to reduce optical absorption by collector intra-cavity photon-assisted tunneling, and the switching from the second to the first state being implemented by modifying the input electrical signals to increase photon absorption by collector intra-cavity photon-assisted tunneling.
US10283926B2
A laser system includes a seed source optically coupled to an extra cavity harmonic generator system may produce a round, non-astigmatic third harmonic output beam from a nominally round, non-astigmatic, diffraction limited input fundamental beam from the seed source. The system may include a second harmonic generation crystal. An input fundamental beam size is expanded in a non-walkoff direction for the SHG crystal at the SHG crystal input face. A higher harmonic generation crystal has an output face oriented at an oblique angle of incidence in a non-walkoff direction for the HHG crystal such that an output higher harmonic beam size is contracted in this direction. Expansion of the input fundamental beam at the SHG crystal input face exceeds reduction of third harmonic beam at the HHG crystal output face.
US10283924B2
The present invention relates to a method for connecting an electrical conductor (12) to an electrical contact part (14), which has a base part (16) and deformable flanks (18) connected thereto, wherein the flanks (18) are deformed by means of a device, which has a bending punch (26) and a resting region (24) for at least one section of the base part (16) of the electrical contact part (14), by means of the bending punch (26) in such a way that said flanks (18) compress the electrical conductor (12) with the contact part (14) in a force-fitting manner, wherein, at least within a lower dead center time period of the bending punch (26), the contact part (14), which is arranged at least partially between the resting region (24) and the bending punch (26), is acted upon through the resting region (24) in such a way that at least one component (20) of the electrical conductor (12) is cohesively connected to the base part (16) and/or at least one flank (18). The present invention also relates to a device designed for the method according to the invention.
US10283923B2
A resolver includes: a stator core; and an insulator that is mounted on the annular stator core, wherein a terminal pin base that extends outward in a radial direction is integrally formed in the insulator, wherein a plurality of terminal pins are disposed on the terminal pin base, wherein each of the terminal pins has a first connecting portion at one end and a second connecting portion at the other end, wherein first and second covers are provided on the terminal pin base at each sides in an axial direction, wherein the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion of the terminal pin are sealed in a filler which fills a first space and a second space, the first space being formed between the first cover and the terminal pin base, and the second space being formed between the second cover and the terminal pin base.
US10283918B2
An electric terminal block having a block housing, two conductor connection elements, two current bars, and two additional current bar pieces. Each current bar has a connection portion, and first and second contact portions, each connection portion being paired with a conductor connection element. To obtain a reliable switching sequence when plugging and unplugging an operating or test plug, the terminal housing is equipped with two spring elements, each of which has a connection portion and an elastic contact portion; each of the spring elements is electrically connected to one of the current bar pieces; the contact portions together form a second contact region for receiving the plug, and being mutually spaced when the plug is not plugged in. The contact region of the spring elements is arranged in front of the contact region of the current bars in the plug-in direction of the plug.
US10283908B1
An electrical connector includes a housing that holds multiple electrical conductors, a latch member pivotably coupled to an outer surface of the housing, and a shell surrounding the housing. The latch member includes stem extending between a front end and an opposite rear end. The latch member has a hook tip at the front end, a ramp surface at the rear end, and a pivot location disposed therebetween. The hook tip couples to a locking tab of a mating connector. A ridge of the shell protrudes inward from an interior surface of the shell and engages the ramp surface. Rearward movement of the shell causes the latch member to pivot from a locking position to a release position due to sliding engagement between the ridge and the ramp surface. The hook tip is disposed more proximate to the housing in the locking position than in the release position.
US10283906B2
Provided are a connector member and a connector that are easy to assemble and capable of adjusting of misalignment or inclination of a fitting axis. In the connector, a first connector member having a first housing is fitted with a second connector member having a second housing and a supporting member that supports the second housing. The first housing is formed with a guide pin, the second housing is formed with a guide-pin guiding part, and the guide-pin guiding part is formed with a guide hole that guides the guide pin. The second housing has a pair of elastic supporting members formed at opposed positions on the supporting member side. When the guide pin is inserted into the guide hole, the guide pin presses the guide hole, the elastic supporting members are elastically deformed, and the second housing is moved, enabling the fitting.
US10283897B1
A fast connector pull-to-penetrate device includes a pull-through and penetration device that includes two flexible extension arms, each having a free end formed with a through aperture. A cap is formed with a coupling opening in each of two opposite sides thereof. The pull-through and penetration device is selectively fit to a transmission cable at an end of a connector and the cap is attached to the connector and fit to a signal terminal of the connector, such that the extension arms are respectively received through the coupling openings of the cap to have the through apertures moved past the two coupling openings and located frontward of the cap. A rope is tied to the through apertures of the extension arms to allow the pull-through and penetration device, to be moved through a number of installation holes through pulling of the rope.
US10283896B1
An electrical connector assembly including a plug having an open end and an inner shell that extends distally to an elongate partial tubular mounting portion, and a complementary receptacle similarly configured so as to form an enclosure with the plug when mated. Each of the plug and receptacle include a longitudinally oriented contact array having a plurality of termination points for terminating conductors and a plurality of contacts for matable electrical contact with the other connector member. A locking feature locks the plug and receptacle in a mated configuration. The connector facilitates the termination of additional conductors without the need to expand the outer diameter or circumference of the connector housings.
US10283889B2
An electrical terminal includes a contact member. The contact member includes a contact base. The contact member includes a plurality of contact arms extending from the contact base. The contact arms are arranged on opposed sides of a terminal plane. The electrical terminal also includes a spring member. The spring member includes a spring base. The spring member includes a plurality of spring arms. The spring arms extend from the spring base. Each of the spring arms engages one or more of the contact arms. The spring member also includes a shroud. The shroud is connected to the spring base and extends around the contact arms and beyond the contact arms. The spring member is symmetrical across the terminal plane.
US10283885B2
An electrical cable connector assembly comprises a receptacle connector mated with a plug/cable connector. The receptacle connector mounted upon an external printed circuit board and includes an insulative housing forming a mating cavity, and a terminal module assembly received within the housing with contacting sections exposed in the mating cavity. The cable connector includes an internal printed circuit board with a contact module fixed at a front end region and a cable having a plurality of wires fixed at a rear end region in a multilevel manner. A die-casting cover encloses the internal printed circuit board with heat dissipation fin structure on an exterior surface.
US10283876B1
An electronically scanned array (ESA) is configured for a high-degree of isolation between adjacent radiating elements and between co-located ports. Radiating elements of the ESA include a centrally located slot-aperture configured as a radiating source, and multiple via-apertures positioned around and between each port of the co-located ports. An amount of metamaterial structures found in a unit cell of an antenna layer ascendingly increases from a bottom antenna layer to a top antenna layer, with groups of metamaterial structures differing in orientation with respect to unit cells of two or more antenna layers and with respect to two groups found within a unit cell of the top antenna layer.
US10283863B2
A composite antenna includes: a coil element which is formed into a spiral shape, and which has a trap coil portion in a base end portion; a tubular conductive element which is electrically series-connected to a base end of the coil element; and a connection metal fitting which is electrically connected to a base end of the conductive element. A series connection of the coil element and the tubular conductive element operates in a first frequency band, and the tubular conductive element alone operates in a second frequency band which is higher than the first frequency band.
US10283852B2
According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed herein of vehicular antenna assemblies and radome assemblies for vehicular antenna assemblies. In exemplary embodiments, a radome includes a mount along an inner surface of the radome. A reflector is mounted to the mount of the radome. The mount and the reflector are configured such that the reflector is operable for reflecting, refocusing, and/or directing satellite signals generally towards a satellite antenna of the vehicular antenna assembly when the radome is positioned over the satellite antenna.
US10283848B2
The object of the present invention is to provide an active antenna system which is flexibly configurable and efficient in operation. According to a first aspect of the present invention an active antenna system comprises a radio equipment having a plurality of transceiver modules, each transceiver module being connected to at least one antenna, and a radio equipment control unit having a hub being connected to the transceiver modules via an antenna interconnect. The hub is embodied for receiving base band signals via the antenna interconnect from the transceiver modules and to extract channel signals from the received base band signals. As the hub is arranged in the radio equipment control unit which is part of a base station the base band signals are transmitted to the radio equipment control unit without extracting the channel signals. This allows easily to distribute the base band signals on several data connections, particularly several antenna cables, of one antenna interconnect. This results in a reduced information loss and minimizes the requirements for the transmission capacity of a single data connection of the antenna interconnect between the radio equipment control unit and the radio equipment. The radio equipment control unit does receive all the information which is originally received by the transceiver modules.
US10283845B2
The present application provides a housing for an electronic device sub-assembly for use in an electronic device having wireless communication capabilities. The electronic device sub-assembly includes a loop antenna structure having a conductive ground structure, and a conductive loop element separate from the conductive ground structure. The conductive loop element has two ends and a conductive path, which extends between the two ends a distance away from the conductive ground structure. The conductive loop element is coupled to the conductive ground structure at each of the two ends, and the distance that the conductive path of the conductive loop element extends away from the conductive ground structure encloses an area forming a loop which is internal to the loop antenna structure. The electronic device sub-assembly further includes a signal source coupled between the conductive loop element and the conductive ground structure across the loop for applying a drive signal. The electronic device sub-assembly still further includes one or more auxiliary electronic elements, where the one or more auxiliary electronic elements each have a primary purpose that is separate from the loop antenna structure. The one or more auxiliary electronic elements each include a ground which is coupled to the conductive ground structure via the conductive loop element.
US10283843B2
The present application provides an antenna system for use in an electronic device. The antenna system includes a conductive housing for the electronic device having a perimeter, which extends around the device. The conductive housing has a plurality of arms formed in the conductive housing at or near the perimeter. The antenna system further includes a conductive substrate, coupled to the conductive housing and located within the perimeter of the conductive housing. The conductive substrate has a notch located proximate the position of one of the plurality of arms in the conductive housing, where each of the plurality of arms respectively couples to the conductive substrate proximate the perimeter, and where the notch causes one of the plurality of arms to couple to the conductive substrate at a point having a different relative distance along the length of the perimeter of the conductive housing. The antenna system still further includes a plurality of signal sources, respectively coupled between the conductive substrate and a corresponding one of the plurality of arms. In at least some or other embodiments a selectable shunt circuit can be used to affect the polarization of the wireless signals associated with one or more of the antenna arms.
US10283838B2
A multi-mode portable apparatus is provided and includes an upper part, a base, a hinge assembly, and an antenna unit. The upper part includes a cover and a screen frame relative to the cover. The base includes a frame and a bottom cover relative to the frame, in which the bottom cover includes a metal covering part having a first slot and a second slot. The hinge assembly is connected between the upper part and the base thereby allowing the multi-mode portable apparatus to be capable of being flipped to operate in a laptop mode or a tablet mode. The antenna unit is disposed on the upper part, in which the antenna unit operates in at least one operating frequency band.
US10283829B2
A filtering switch based on dielectric resonator is disclosed which comprising a rectangular dielectric resonator, a metal cavity in which the dielectric resonator is located, a switch circuitry and a T-shape feeding line structure. The ON- and OFF-states of the filtering switch based on dielectric resonator are realized by controlling a coupling between the dielectric resonator and the feeding line structure. EM fields of the rectangular dielectric resonator and T-shape feeding line structure have been theoretically analyzed and utilized to guide the coupling control. The results have shown low ON-state loss, high power capability and high OFF-state isolation. Transmission zeros are generated at both sides of the passband by cross coupling between dielectric resonators or between feeding line structures and coupling line structures, resulting in high skirt selectivity.
US10283828B2
A first dielectric resonator component is joined to a second dielectric resonator component by bonding a first face of the first dielectric resonator component to a second face of the second dielectric resonator component. The first face has a first coupling aperture formed by removing a portion of a coating of first conductive material from the first dielectric resonator component, and the second face has a second coupling aperture formed by removing a portion of a coating of second conductive material from the second dielectric resonator component. The first coupling aperture and said second coupling aperture are aligned with one another when said first face is bonded to the second face. The first dielectric resonator component, which is slab-shaped, and the second dielectric resonator component, which is generally cubed-shaped, form a linear stack having two end faces and four side faces. A first hole is provided at a point along a center line of a side face of the first dielectric resonator component in the direction of orientation of the linear stack, and a second hole is provided substantially in the center of a side face of the second dielectric resonator component to tune a resonant frequency of the pair of joined dielectric resonator components.
US10283796B2
A complete fuel cell system (10) is disclosed. The fuel cell system (10) comprises at least two fuel precursors (16, 18) that react to create hydrogen. A solid fuel precursor (18) can be carried in disposable fuel cartridges (100). A passive pressure control system including a dose pump (22) and a pressure equalization system (24, 300, 504) is provided to dose a liquid fuel precursor (16) to the solid fuel precursor (18) in the fuel cartridge (100). The solid fuel precursor (18) may include larger metallic particles coated by another fine metallic particles such that multiple micro galvanic cells are formed on the surface of the larger metallic particles. The fuel cell system (10) may also include a gas buffer (40) that stores produced hydrogen that is unneeded by the fuel cell, a water trapping mechanism (604) and an electronic vent (46) that consumes unneeded hydrogen.
US10283787B2
An electrode module for a redox flow battery, includes an electrode (1) and a sealing frame (2), mechanically connected so that the electrode module that results therefrom can be used with no problems in redox flow cells.
US10283784B2
A fuel cell including: a diaphragm/electrodes assembly including a first electrode forming an anode, and a first reinforcement attached to a surface of the diaphragm and surrounding the first electrode; two bipolar plates, having the diaphragm/electrodes assembly placed therebetween and including at least one flow collector passing therethrough, a first surface of the diaphragm including an active area and a connection area and arranged between the flow collector and the active area; a conductor track rigidly connected to the first surface of the diaphragm and extending between the connection area and one edge of the diaphragm that projects beyond the first reinforcement; and a measurement electrode, positioned on the connection area of the first surface of the diaphragm and making electrical contact with the conductor track.
US10283783B2
A method including a deposition step comprising depositing a layer of graphene oxide; a deposition step including selectively exposing a region of the deposited graphene oxide layer to electromagnetic radiation to form a region of reduced graphene oxide adjacent to a neighboring region of unexposed graphene oxide, the graphene oxide and adjacent reduced graphene oxide regions forming a junction therebetween to produce a graphene oxide-reduced graphene oxide junction layer; and repeating the deposition and exposure steps for one or more further respective layers of graphene oxide, over an underlying graphene oxide-reduced graphene oxide junction layer, to produce an apparatus in which the respective junctions of the graphene oxide-reduced graphene oxide layers, when considered together, extend in the third dimension.
US10283779B2
A known method for producing porous graphitized carbon material covered with metal nanoparticles involves infiltrating a porous template framework of inorganic material with a carbon precursor. After thermal treatment of the precursor, the template is removed and the particulate porous carbon material is covered with a catalytically active substance. According to the invention, in order to keep the proportion of the noble metal loading at a low level, the thermal treatment of the precursor first involves carbonization, and the material is not graphitized into graphitized, particulate, porous carbon material until the template has been removed. The graphitized carbon material has a hierarchical pore structure with a pore volume of at least 0.5 cm3/g and at least 75% of the pore volume is apportioned to macropores with, size 100 to 5000 nm. Before covering with catalytically active substance, the carbon material is subjected to an activation treatment in an oxidizing atmosphere.
US10283773B2
The present invention provides an active material which can increase the discharge capacity of a lithium-ion secondary battery as compared with the case using conventional LiMnPO4 as a positive electrode active material. The active material in accordance with the present invention contains a crystallite of LiMnPO4, the crystallite having a size of 20 to 93 nm in a direction perpendicular to a (060) plane thereof.
US10283763B2
A method of forming a battery with improved properties is provided. The battery has a cathode material prepared by the complexometric formulation methodology comprising MjXp wherein: Mj is at least one positive ion selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals and transition metals and n represents the moles of positive ion per mole of MjXp; and Xp is a negative anion or polyanion selected from Groups IIIA, IV A, VA, VIA and VIIA and may be one or more anion or polyanion and p representing the moles of negative ion per moles of MjXp. The battery has a discharge capacity at the 1000th discharge cycle of at least 120 mAh/g at room temperature at a discharge rate of 1 C when discharged from at least 4.6 volts to at least 2.0 volts.
US10283760B2
A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, wherein the negative electrode contains a titanium-containing oxide; the positive electrode contains a spinel type lithium manganate, and a cobalt-containing compound and/or a lithium-transition metal composite oxide having a stratified rock salt type structure; and the nonaqueous electrolyte contains one compound selected from the group consisting of an organic compound having an oxalic acid backbone, an organic compound having an isocyanate group, a lithium salt of an organic compound having a sulfonic acid backbone, and a succinic anhydride compound having a side chain with 3 or more carbon atoms in a content of 0.01 to 5% by weight with respect to 100% by weight of the nonaqueous electrolyte.
US10283756B2
The present invention is a negative electrode active material for a negative electrode active material layer of a lithium ion secondary battery, wherein: the negative electrode active material comprises silicon-based material consisting of SiOx (0.5≤x≤1.6); and the negative electrode active material has two or more peaks in a region of a bond energy ranging from 520 eV to 537 eV in an O 1s peak shape given in an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. As a result, it is possible to provide a negative electrode active material in which a battery capacity can be increased and cycle characteristics and initial charge/discharge characteristics can be improved when used as a negative electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery.
US10283748B2
A porous membrane composition for a lithium ion secondary battery, including a first particulate polymer, wherein the first particulate polymer has a core-shell structure including a core portion and a shell portion that partially covers an outer surface of the core portion, the core portion is formed from a polymer having a swelling degree in an electrolytic solution of 5 times or more and 30 times or less, and the shell portion is formed from a polymer having a swelling degree in the electrolytic solution of 1 time or more and 4 times or less.
US10283741B2
A secondary battery which can improve safety is provided. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a can accommodating the electrode assembly and a cap assembly coupled to a top portion of the can, wherein the cap assembly comprises a cap-up, a safety vent installed under the cap-up, a cap-down installed under the safety vent, an insulator interposed between the safety vent and the cap-down, and a sub-plate positioned on a bottom surface of the cap-down, and an insulation layer is formed on a top surface of the cap-down.
US10283739B2
A packaging material for electrical storage devices which includes a base layer, a metal foil layer arranged on the base layer, and a sealant layer arranged on the metal foil layer. In the packaging material for electrical storage devices, the base layer includes at least one of a stretched polyester resin and a stretched polyamide resin, and the metal foil layer is an aluminum foil containing iron in the range of about 0.5 mass % or more to about 5.0 mass % or less. The packaging material has a tensile elongation of about 50% or more both the MD and TD directions of the base layer.
US10283738B2
A secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an external terminal electrically connecting a charge collector disposed inside a battery case with a terminal, a first part electrically connected to the charge collector, a second part electrically connected to the terminal, a first connection part electrically connecting the first part with the second part, and a second connection part electrically connecting the first part with the second part, the second connection part being different from the first connection part. The first connection part is ruptured when a displacement of the displacement part toward the outside of the battery case is transferred to the first connection part, and the second connection part becomes nonconductive when a temperature of the second connection part reaches a predefined temperature.
US10283737B2
A method for forming an electronic device such as a passive color OLED display. Bottom electrodes are patterned onto a substrate in rows. Raised posts formed by photoresist are patterned into columns oriented orthogonally to the bottom row electrodes. One or more organic layers, such as R, G, B organic emissive layers are patterned over the raised posts and bottom electrodes using organic vapor jet printing (OVJP). An upper electrode layer is applied over the entire device and forms electrically isolated columnar electrodes due to discontinuities in the upper electrode layer created by the raised columnar posts. This permits patterning of the upper electrodes over the organic layers without using photolithography. A device formed by this method is also described.
US10283735B2
An optical assembly in a display device includes a linear polarizer; a first quarter wave plate (QWP) layer under the linear polarizer, the first QWP layer having a negative dispersion characteristic; and a cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) layer under the linear polarizer.
US10283729B2
An OLED display element, its manufacturing method and a display device are provided. The OLED display element includes a light-emitting pixel unit. The light-emitting unit includes an anode arranged above a base substrate, a cathode arranged opposite to the anode, and a micro cavity formed between the anode and the cathode. The micro cavity includes an organic light-emitting layer, and the anode includes an ITO layer arranged opposite to the cathode and a metal oxide conductor layer arranged at a side of the ITO layer that is farther away from the cathode than the other side of the ITO layer.
US10283728B2
There is provided a high gloss electrodeposited copper foil which can be manufactured in a short time. The electrodeposited copper foil has a fraction of the areas occupied by the {100} plane deviating by 18° or less from the <001> crystal orientation of 10% or more determined by analysis of the surface by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and at least one surface of the electrodeposited copper foil has a glossiness Gs (20°) of 1,500 or more, determined in accordance with JIS Z 8741-1997.
US10283727B2
An organic EL element includes an anode, a cathode opposing the anode, a light-emitting layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, an electron transport layer disposed in contact with a cathode-side surface of the light-emitting layer, and an electron injection layer disposed between the electron transport layer and the cathode, in contact with the electron transport layer. Lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) level of the electron transport layer is lower than at least one of LUMO level of the electron injection layer and Fermi level of a metal material included in the electron injection layer, and film thickness of the electron injection layer is greater than film thickness of the electron transport layer.
US10283725B2
An organic diode has a substrate, a first conductor layer on the substrate, an organic semiconductor layer on the first conductor layer, and a second conductor layer on the organic substrate layer, wherein one of the conductor layers has an injection enhancement.
US10283720B2
A compound of formula (I) wherein: Ar1 represents an aryl or heteroaryl group that may be unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents; n is 0 or 1; and Xan independently in each occurrence represents a group selected from formula (IIa) or (IIb): wherein X is O or S; R1 independently in each occurrence is H or a substituent; R2 independently in each occurrence is H or a substituent; p independently in each occurrence is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; q is 0, 1, 2 or 3; and * represents a bond to Ar1. Use of compounds of formula (I) as a host for phosphorescent emitters is disclosed.
US10283717B2
An organic electroluminescent device including: an anode, a cathode, an emitting layer formed of an organic compound and interposed between the cathode and the anode, and two or more layers provided in a hole-injecting/hole-transporting region between the anode and the emitting layer; of the layers which are provided in the hole-injecting/hole-transporting region, a layer which is in contact with the emitting layer containing a compound represented by the formula (1); and of the layers which are provided in the hole-injecting/hole-transporting region, a layer which is interposed between the anode and the layer which is in contact with the emitting layer containing an amine derivative represented by the formula (2).
US10283713B2
A deposition mask assembly includes a frame including a first opening portion and a second opening portion spaced apart from each other in a first direction, a first split mask group including a plurality of first split masks arranged on the first opening portion in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a second split mask group including a plurality of second split masks arranged on the second opening portion in the second direction, wherein a boundary between adjacent first split masks in the second direction and a boundary between adjacent second split masks in the second direction are at different positions.
US10283712B1
Painted circuit devices, methods, and systems are disclosed. In some implementations, painted circuit devices are created using multiple layers of electrically conductive paint. In one aspect, a painted circuit includes a substrate and one or more paint layer applied to the substrate, where the one or more paint layers each form an electrical component of the painted circuit. A given paint layer of the one or more paint layers can include a conductive paint formulation having a resistance that is defined by a concentration of conductive material that is included in the conductive paint formulation and a thickness of the given paint layer, and lower concentrations of the conductive material included in the conductive paint formulation provide a higher resistance than higher concentrations of conductive material.
US10283708B2
A method is provided that includes forming a word line above a substrate, the word line disposed in a first direction, forming a bit line above the substrate, the bit line disposed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, forming a nonvolatile memory material between the word line and the bit line, and forming a memory cell including the nonvolatile memory material at an intersection of the bit line and the word line. The word line includes a first portion and a second portion including an electrically conductive carbon-containing material. The nonvolatile memory material includes a semiconductor material layer and a conductive oxide material layer, with the semiconductor material layer disposed adjacent the second portion of the word line.
US10283703B2
The disclosed technology generally relates to integrated circuit devices, and in particular to cross-point memory arrays and methods for fabricating the same. Line stacks are formed, including a storage material line disposed over lower a conductive line. Upper conductive lines are formed over and crossing the line stacks, exposing portions of the line stacks between adjacent upper conductive lines. After forming the upper conductive lines, storage elements are formed at intersections between the lower conductive lines and the upper conductive lines by removing storage materials from exposed portions of the line stacks, such that each storage element is laterally surrounded by spaces. A continuous sealing material laterally surrounds each of the storage elements.
US10283701B1
A magnetic junction and method for providing the magnetic junction are described. The method includes providing a pinned layer, a nonmagnetic spacer layer and a free layer switchable between stable magnetic states. The nonmagnetic spacer layer is between the pinned and free layers. Providing the pinned layer and/or providing the free layer includes cooling a portion of the magnetic junction, depositing a wetting layer while the portion of the magnetic junction is cooled, oxidizing/nitriding the wetting layer and depositing a boron-free magnetic layer on the oxide/nitride wetting layer. The portion of the magnetic junction is cooled to within a temperature range including temperature(s) not greater than 250 K. The wetting layer has a thickness of at least 0.25 and not more than three monolayers. The wetting layer includes at least one magnetic material. The boron-free magnetic layer has a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy energy greater than an out-of-plane demagnetization energy.
US10283700B2
A semiconductor memory structure is provided. The semiconductor memory structure includes a bottom electrode formed over a substrate and a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) cell formed over the bottom electrode. The semiconductor memory structure also includes a top electrode formed over the MTJ cell; and a first sidewall spacer layer formed on a top surface of the MTJ cell and an outer sidewall surface of the top electrode.
US10283692B2
A power generation system includes: a heat source having a temperature being changed over time; a flow passage through which a heat medium heated by the heat source passes; a power generation device including a power generation element and a first electrode, the power generation element being electrically polarized by temperature change thereof depending on temperature change of the heat medium, the first electrode extracting electric power from the power generation element; a temperature detection device being disposed on an upstream side relative to the power generation device in the flow passage and detecting the temperature of the heat medium; a voltage application device that applies voltage to the power generation element; and a control device that activates the voltage application device when the temperature increase of the heat medium has been detected and deactivates the voltage application unit when the temperature decrease of the heat medium has been detected.
US10283691B2
Briefly, the present disclosure relates to a nanocomposite thermoelectric energy converter comprising a composite thin film inorganic semiconductor having carbonized polymer nano-clusters and the net of polymer nano-fibers included within. The carbonized polymer nano-clusters and nano-fibers improve the thermoelectric figure of merit ZT by increasing electrical conductivity and decreasing thermal conductivity. The converter may be fabricated by a dual beam pulsed laser deposition process. A first laser beam evaporates a target comprising the materials of the inorganic semiconductor. A second laser beam evaporates the polymer using a matrix assisted target for depositing the polymer concurrently with the semiconductor deposition to yield the composite film. The lasers may be separately controlled to determine the resulting composition. The converter may be deposited on rigid or flexible substrates for a wide range of applications.
US10283686B2
An optoelectronic semiconductor component includes an optoelectronic semiconductor chip; and an electrical connection point that contacts the optoelectronic semiconductor chip, wherein the electrical connection point covers the optoelectronic semiconductor chip on the bottom thereof at least in some areas, the electrical connection point includes a contact layer facing toward the optoelectronic semiconductor chip, the electrical connection point includes at least one barrier layer arranged on a side of the contact layer facing away from the optoelectronic semiconductor chip, the electrical connection point includes a protective layer arranged on the side of the at least one barrier layer facing away from the contact layer, the layers of the electrical connection point are arranged one on top of another along a stack direction, and the stack direction runs perpendicular to a main extension plane of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip.
US10283685B2
Provided are a light emitting device and a method of fabricating the same. The light emitting device includes: a light emitting structure including a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, and an active layer and including a first surface and a second surface; first and second contact electrodes each ohmic-contacting the first and second conductivity type semiconductor layers; and first and second electrodes disposed on the first surface of the light emitting structure, in which the first and second electrodes each include sintered metal particles and the first and second electrodes each include inclined sides of which the tangential gradients with respect to sides of vertical cross sections thereof are changing.
US10283683B1
An LED filament contains: a light transmissive substrate, at least one LED chip, a first electrode pin, a second electrode pin, a light emitting layer, and a phosphor layer. The phosphor layer packages the at least one LED chip, and the first electrode pin and the second electrode pin expose outside the phosphor layer. The light emitting layer is made of electromagnetic wave material of different radiation waves, the at least one LED chip produces excitation light source to excite the phosphor layer to illumine lights, and a part of the excitation light source of the at least one LED chip excites the light emitting layer to illuminate the lights after passing through the substrate. The part of the excitation light source excites phosphors of the light emitting layer to illuminate the lights toward the LED filament or the light emitting layer absorbs visible lights converted from infrared lights.
US10283682B2
The present disclosure provides a LED package structure and a LED light-emitting device. The LED package structure comprises a LED chip and a wavelength converting layer covering the LED chip. The wavelength converting layer contains red phosphor, which has lower amount in edge portion than in center portion. It is possible to avoid direct or indirect excitation for generating red light in edge portion of the LED chip by adjusting the amount of red phosphor in edge portion to be lower, so that the color temperature in edge portion may be adjusted toward to high color temperature, and thus the phenomenon of yellow halo may be alleviated.
US10283680B2
An electronic module and method for the production of the electronic module in accordance with some embodiments of the invention are disclosed. The electronic module includes at least one electronic component affixed to a conductive layer by means of sticky electrically insulating layer, where the electronic component is embedded in a transparent foil. The electronic module is produces by providing an electrically conductive layer. At least one electronic component is affixed to the electrically conductive layer by means of a sticky electrically insulating layer and embedded in a transparent foil. The at least one electronic component is electronically contacted with the conductive layer.
US10283669B2
A semiconductor light-emitting device comprises a substrate; a first adhesive layer on the substrate; multiple epitaxial units on the first adhesive layer; a second adhesive layer on the multiple epitaxial units; multiple first electrodes between the first adhesive layer and the multiple epitaxial units, and contacting the first adhesive layer and the multiple epitaxial units; and multiple second electrodes between the second adhesive layer and the multiple epitaxial units, and contacting the second adhesive layer and the multiple epitaxial units; wherein the multiple epitaxial units are totally separated.
US10283668B2
A Schottky-barrier-reducing layer is provided between a p-doped semiconductor layer and a transparent conductive material layer of a photovoltaic device. The Schottky-barrier-reducing layer can be a conductive material layer having a work function that is greater than the work function of the transparent conductive material layer. The conductive material layer can be a carbon-material layer such as a carbon nanotube layer or a graphene layer. Alternately, the conductive material layer can be another transparent conductive material layer having a greater work function than the transparent conductive material layer. The reduction of the Schottky barrier reduces the contact resistance across the transparent material layer and the p-doped semiconductor layer, thereby reducing the series resistance and increasing the efficiency of the photovoltaic device.
US10283664B2
An avalanche diode includes a PN junction with a first deep trench structure adjacent to the PN junction. An area via which photons impinge is provided, the PN junction extending substantially vertically with respect to the area. An avalanche diode array can be formed to include a number of avalanche diodes.
US10283663B2
A photovoltaic device that includes an upper cell that absorbs a first range of wavelengths of light and a bottom cell that absorbs a second range of wavelengths of light. The bottom cell includes a heterojunction comprising a crystalline germanium containing (Ge) layer. At least one surface of the crystalline germanium (Ge) containing layer is in contact with a silicon (Si) containing layer having a larger band gap than the crystalline (Ge) containing layer.
US10283660B2
The present invention relates to photovoltaic devices which comprise: a semiconducting material able to ensure a photovoltaic effect when it is subject to electromagnetic radiation; a anti-reflective layer, transparent towards said electromagnetic radiation ensuring the photovoltaic effect, this anti-reflective layer containing, in the dispersed state, objects with dimensions of less than 5 microns, preferably less than 2 microns, said objects comprising at least two areas consisting of two different substrates, transparent towards said electromagnetic radiation and having distinct refraction indices, i.e.: a core having a first refractive index nC; and a layer surrounding the core, a so-called crust, having a second refractive index nE, distinct from the refractive index nC of the core, the ratio of the dimensions of the core to the dimensions of the core/crust assembly being comprised 1:1.5 and 1:5.
US10283657B1
The invention described herein details flexible, high-efficiency photovoltaic cells with nano-enhanced absorbers and ultra-low dark current. By extending infrared absorption, power conversion efficiencies in single-junction, nano-enhanced solar cells can potentially meet or even exceed the Shockley-Queisser limit. Novel device designs utilizing advanced band gap engineering are employed to suppress non-radiative recombination and expose the limiting radiative component of the dark current. Light trapping structures and new nanostructured absorber designs are also considered to maximize the creation and collection of photogenerated carriers. Flexible photovoltaic devices are fabricated using established full-wafer epitaxial liftoff processes. The innovative design described herein provides for light-weight and flexible photovoltaic sheets capable of achieving ultra-high conversion efficiencies over a wide range of operating conditions.
US10283655B2
A method comprising: depositing a quantum dot solution onto a supporting substrate in a drop-wise manner to form one or more discrete droplets on a surface of the substrate, the quantum dot solution and discrete droplets comprising a plurality of quantum dots having primary ligands attached thereto to stabilize the quantum dots in solution; and depositing a ligand-exchange solution onto the one or more discrete droplets in a drop-wise manner to cause replacement of the primary ligands attached to the plurality of quantum dots with shorter-chain secondary ligands, replacement of the primary ligands with the secondary ligands allowing the plurality of quantum dots within each discrete droplet to become sufficiently close packed to facilitate charge transfer there between.
US10283648B2
A fuse device is formed by a PN junction semiconducting region that is electrically insulated from other portions of an integrated circuit. The fuse device includes a first semiconducting zone having P type of conductivity and a second semiconducting zone having N type of conductivity in contact at a PN junction. First and second electrically conducting contact zones are provided on the first and second semiconducting zone, respectively, without making contact with the PN junction. One of the first and second semiconducting zones is configured with a non-homogeneous concentration of dopants, where a region with a lower value of concentration of dopant is located at the PN junction and a region with a higher value of concentration of dopant is locates at the corresponding electrically conducting contact zone.
US10283645B2
A semiconductor device includes a TFT (101), the TFT including a gate electrode (12), a gate insulating layer (14) covering the gate electrode, a metal oxide layer (16A) including a channel region (16c), a source contact region (16s) and a drain contact region (16d), a first electrode (18A) in contact with the source contact region, an insulating layer (22) formed on the metal oxide layer and the first electrode, the insulating layer having a first opening (22p) therein through which a portion of the metal oxide layer is exposed, and a light-transmissive second electrode (24) formed on the insulating layer and in a contact hole including the first opening, wherein the second electrode (24) is in contact with the drain contact region (16d) in the contact hole, the drain contact region (16d) is a portion of a region (17) of the metal oxide layer (16A) that is exposed through the contact hole, and as seen from a direction normal to a substrate (11), the second electrode (24) does not overlap the channel region (16c).
US10283644B2
A thin film transistor includes a first oxide semiconductor, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate insulating film and a gate electrode. A second oxide semiconductor layer is between the first oxide semiconductor layer and the source electrode. A third oxide semiconductor layer is between the first oxide semiconductor layer and the drain electrode. The content ratio of oxygen/Indium in each of the second semiconductor layer and the third oxide semiconductor layer is equal to or larger than that of the first semiconductor layer. A thickness of each of the second semiconductor layer and the third oxide semiconductor layer is bigger than that of the first semiconductor layer.
US10283641B2
Contact structures, FinFET devices and methods of forming the same are disclosed. One of the contact structures includes a source/drain region, a mask layer, a connector and a shielding pattern. The source/drain region is between two gate stacks. A mask layer is over the gate stacks and has an opening corresponding to the source/drain region. The connector is electrically connected to the source/drain region, penetrates through the opening of the mask layer and protrudes above and below the mask layer. The shielding pattern is between the mask layer and the connector and in physical contact with the mask layer.
US10283637B2
A semiconductor fabrication system includes a wafer carrier configured to carry a wafer thereon. A radiation source is positioned above the wafer carrier. The radiation source is configured to emit thermal radiation. A plurality of reflectors is positioned above, and aligned with, an edge region of the wafer. The reflectors each have a reflective coating configured to reflect the thermal radiation. A plurality of separately-controllable motors is coupled to the reflectors, respectively. The motors are each configured to cause its respective reflector to rotate in a counterclockwise direction or a clockwise direction so as to redirect the thermal radiation back toward the edge region of the wafer. A controller is communicatively coupled to the plurality of motors. The controller is configured to control each of the motors separately to cause each motors to rotate independently of other motors.
US10283629B2
A method of forming an electrical device that includes forming a gate dielectric layer over a gate electrode, forming source and drain electrodes on opposing sides of the gate electrode, wherein one end of the source and drain electrodes provides a coplanar surface with the gate dielectric, and positioning a 1D or 2D nanoscale material on the coplanar surface to provide the channel region of the electrical device.
US10283623B2
Examples of an integrated circuit with a gate stack and a method for forming the integrated circuit are provided herein. In some examples, a method includes receiving a workpiece that includes: a pair of sidewall spacers disposed over a channel region, a gate dielectric disposed on the channel region and extending along a vertical surface of a first spacer of the pair of sidewall spacers, and a capping layer disposed on the high-k gate dielectric and extending along the vertical surface. A shaping feature is formed on the capping layer and the high-k gate dielectric. A first portion of the high-k gate dielectric and a first portion of the capping layer disposed between the shaping feature and the first spacer are removed to leave a second portion of the high-k gate dielectric and a second portion of the capping layer extending along the vertical surface.
US10283622B1
A high voltage (HV) transistor is integrated on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. The HV transistor is disposed in a HV device region disposed on a bulk substrate of the SOI substrate. The HV device region includes a top field oxide which includes at least a part of a buried oxide (BOX) of the SOI substrate. A HV gate is disposed in HV region overlapping the HV top field oxide and includes first and second HV gate sidewalls. A drain is disposed on the bulk substrate and displaced from the first HV gate sidewall by the HV top field oxide. A source is disposed on the bulk substrate adjacent to the side of the second HV gate sidewall.
US10283609B2
A nitride semiconductor device is disclosed, where the nitride semiconductor device is a type of field effect transistor having a gate electrode and an insulating film covering the gate electrode. The gate electrode has stacked metals of nickel (Ni) and gold (Au), while, the insulating film is made of silicon nitride (Si). A feature of the gate electrode of the present invention is that the nickel layer contains silicon (Si) atoms at an atomic concentration from 0.01 at % to 10 at %.
US10283588B2
An integrated circuit may include an SOI substrate having a buried insulating layer, and a semiconductor film above the buried insulating layer. The semiconductor film may have first patterns in a first zone defining gate regions of first MOS transistors and also first dummy gate regions. The first zone may include two domains having a space therebetween, and the space may be filled by at least one insulating material and be situated between two dummy gate regions above a region of the supporting substrate without any insulating trench.
US10283587B2
A semiconductor device—e.g., a super junction power MOSFET—includes a number of columns of one type of dopant formed in a region of another type of dopant. Generally speaking, the columns are modulated in some manner. For example, the widths (e.g., diameters) of some columns are greater than the widths of other columns.
US10283582B2
A microelectronic circuit having at least one component adjacent a carrier that is not a semiconductor or sapphire. The circuit includes a component bearing stack of one or more layers having one or more passive components, which are adjacent or bonded to the carrier. In certain embodiments, the circuit also includes an etch stop layer of a material having a slower etch rate than silicon and a bond layer bonding the carrier and the component bearing one or more layers.
US10283576B2
An organic light emitting display substrate comprises a substrate, a first pixel defining layer provided on the substrate and a second pixel defining layer provided on the first pixel defining layer. The first pixel defining layer includes a plurality of first openings, and the second pixel defining layer includes a plurality of second openings in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of first openings. An edge of each of the plurality of second openings extends outwards beyond an edge of the corresponding first opening so as to expose a portion of the first pixel defining layer, and a difference in length between each of the plurality of second openings and the corresponding first opening is greater than a difference in width between the second opening and the corresponding first opening.
US10283565B1
A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes forming a plurality of vertical field-effect transistors (VFETs) disposed on a substrate and forming a plurality of resistive elements disposed over top surfaces of the VFETs. Each pair of a given one of the plurality of VFETs and a corresponding resistive element disposed over the given VFET provides a resistive random access memory (ReRAM) cell. The VFETs are arranged in two or more columns and two or more rows, wherein each column of VFETs provides a bitline of the ReRAM cells sharing a bottom source/drain region and wherein each row of VFETs provides a wordline of the ReRAM cells sharing a gate. Top source/drain regions of the VFETs provide bottom contacts for the resistive elements disposed over the VFETs.
US10283555B2
A radiation detection apparatus employs a sensor panel having first and second opposing surfaces with a pixel array and electrical contacts arranged on the first surface side. A first supporting portion is secured to the panel with an adhesive layer, and supports the pixel array from the second surface side of the panel. A second supporting portion is fixed to the panel so as to inhibit the second supporting portion from being removed from the panel. The second supporting portion supports the electrical contacts from the second surface side of the panel. The elastic modulus of the second supporting portion is higher than that of the adhesive layer, and a number of wiring members are pressure-bonded to the electrical contacts.
US10283550B2
A semiconductor structure includes: a semiconductor substrate arranged over a back end of line (BEOL) metallization stack, and including a scribe line opening; a conductive pad having an upper surface that is substantially flush with an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, the conductive pad including an upper conductive region and a lower conductive region, the upper conductive region being confined to the scribe line opening substantially from the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate to a bottom of the scribe line opening, and the lower conductive region protruding downward from the upper conductive region, through the BEOL metallization stack; a passivation layer arranged over the semiconductor substrate; and an array of pixel sensors arranged in the semiconductor substrate adjacent to the conductive pad.
US10283548B1
CMOS sensors and methods of forming the same are disclosed. The CMOS sensor includes a semiconductor substrate, a dielectric layer, an interconnect, a bonding pad and a dummy pattern. The semiconductor substrate has a pixel region and a circuit region. The dielectric layer is surrounded by the semiconductor substrate in the circuit region. The interconnect is disposed over the dielectric layer in the circuit region. The bonding pad is disposed in the dielectric layer and electrically connects the interconnect in the circuit region. The dummy pattern is disposed in the dielectric layer and surrounds the bonding pad in the circuit region.
US10283547B2
An image sensor includes a sensor portion and an ASIC portion bonded to the sensor portion. The sensor portion includes a first substrate having radiation-sensing pixels, a first interconnect structure, a first isolation layer, and a first dielectric layer. The ASIC portion includes a second substrate, a second isolation layer, and a second dielectric layer. The material compositions of the first and second isolation layers and the first and second dielectric layers are configured such that the first and second isolation layers may serve as barrier layers to prevent copper diffusion into oxide. The first and second isolation layers may also serve as etching-stop layers in the formation of the image sensor.
US10283542B2
Optoelectronic modules include a silicon substrate in which or on which there is an optoelectronic device. An optics assembly is disposed over the optoelectronic device, and a spacer separates the silicon substrate from the optics assembly. Methods of fabricating such modules also are described.
US10283540B2
An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes, a substrate including a light-receiving region and a pad region disposed around the light-receiving region, wherein the light-receiving region receives light to generate image data, a photoelectric conversion layer disposed on the light-receiving region of the substrate, an anti-reflection layer disposed on the photoelectric conversion layer and including a plurality of subsidiary anti-reflection layers, a microlens disposed on the anti-reflection layer, a delamination-preventing layer disposed on the pad region of the substrate, and a wiring layer disposed on the delamination-preventing layer, wherein a lowermost one of the subsidiary anti-reflection layers of the anti-reflection layer includes a first material composition and the delamination-preventing layer includes a second material composition different from the first material composition.
US10283532B2
Provided is a novel semiconductor device. The semiconductor device comprises a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor comprises a first gate electrode; a first insulating film over the first gate electrode; a first oxide semiconductor film over the first insulating film; a first source electrode and a first drain electrode over the first oxide semiconductor film; a second insulating film over the first oxide semiconductor film, the first source electrode, and the first drain electrode; and a second gate electrode over the second insulating film. The second transistor comprises a first drain electrode; the second insulating film over the second drain electrode; a second oxide semiconductor film over the second insulating film; a second source electrode and a second drain electrode over the second oxide semiconductor film; a third insulating film over the second oxide semiconductor film, the second source electrode, and the second drain electrode; and a third gate electrode over the third insulating film. The first oxide semiconductor film partly overlaps with the second oxide semiconductor film.
US10283529B2
A method of manufacturing a thin-film transistor includes forming an oxide semiconductor on a substrate, stacking an insulating layer and a metal layer on the substrate to cover the oxide semiconductor, forming a photosensitive pattern on the metal layer, forming a gate electrode by etching the metal layer using the photosensitive pattern as a mask, where a part of the gate electrode overlaps a first oxide semiconductor region of the oxide semiconductor, forming a gate insulating film by partially etching the insulating layer using the photosensitive pattern as a mask, where the gate insulating film includes a first insulating region with a first thickness under the photosensitive pattern and a second insulating region with a second thickness less than the first thickness, and performing plasma processing on the gate insulating film so that a second oxide semiconductor region of the oxide semiconductor under the second insulating region becomes conductive.
US10283528B2
A thin film transistor array panel, including: a first insulating substrate; a gate line disposed on the first insulating substrate and including a gate electrode; a semiconductor layer disposed on the gate electrode; a data conductor layer disposed on the semiconductor layer, and including a data line crossing the gate line, a source electrode connected to the data line and exposing at least a part of the semiconductor layer, and a drain electrode facing the source electrode; a capping layer disposed on the data conductor layer, the semiconductor layer exposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode, and the entire surface of the first insulating substrate; and a first passivation layer disposed on the capping layer. The capping layer and the semiconductor layer include the same material.
US10283527B2
An SOI substrate having a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor layer formed on the insulating layer is provided. A first region is one for forming a low breakdown voltage MISFET in the semiconductor layer, and a second region, in which the insulating layer and the semiconductor layer have been removed, is one for forming a high breakdown voltage MISFET. After an n-type semiconductor region is formed in the second region and an n-type extension region is formed in the first region, a first heat treatment is performed on the semiconductor substrate. Thereafter, a diffusion layer is formed in each of the first and second regions, and then a second heat treatment is performed on the semiconductor substrate. Herein, the time for which the first heat treatment is performed is longer than the time for which the second heat treatment is performed.
US10283524B1
Some embodiments include a method of forming an integrated structure. An assembly is formed to include a stack of alternating first and second levels. The first levels have insulative material, and the second levels have voids which extend horizontally. The assembly includes channel material structures extending through the stack. A first metal-containing material is deposited within the voids to partially fill the voids. The deposited first metal-containing material is etched to remove some of the first metal-containing material from within the partially-filled voids. Second metal-containing material is then deposited to fill the voids.
US10283523B2
A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment comprises: conductive layers stacked in a vertical direction on a semiconductor substrate; and first and columnar bodies that extend in the vertical direction, the first and second columnar bodies each comprising: a first film; a second film disposed on the first film; and a semiconductor film, and the first film of the second columnar body having an upper end positioned higher than a first position lower than a first conductive layer and lower than a second position higher than the first conductive layer and a lower end positioned at or lower than the first position, and the second film of the second columnar body having an upper end positioned higher than the second position and a lower end positioned lower than the first position.
US10283518B2
A semiconductor device includes a first stacked structure having first conductive layers and first insulating layers formed alternately with each other, first semiconductor patterns passing through the first stacked structure, a coupling pattern coupled to the first semiconductor patterns, and a slit passing through the first stacked structure and the coupling pattern.
US10283515B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of electrode layers stacked in a first direction; a semiconductor layer of a columnar shape extending through the electrode layers in the first direction; and a plurality of floating gates provided between the electrode layers and the semiconductor layer respectively. The floating gates surround the semiconductor layer. A gate length in a first direction of a floating gate positioned between one of the electrode layers and the semiconductor layer is longer than a layer thickness in the first direction of the one of the electrode layers. A ratio of the layer thickness of the one of the electrode layers to the gate length has a positive correlation with an outer diameter of a first portion of the semiconductor layer surrounded by the floating gate in a second direction from the semiconductor layer toward the one of the electrode layers.
US10283507B2
A semiconductor device includes: a substrate having a first region and a second region; a first fin-shaped structure on the first region and a second fin-shaped structure on the second region; a first bump on the first region; a first doped layer on the first fin-shaped structure and the bump; and a gate structure covering the bump.
US10283501B2
A GaN-on-Si device structure and a method of fabrication are disclosed for improved die yield and device reliability of high current/high voltage lateral GaN transistors. A plurality of conventional GaN device structures comprising GaN epi-layers are fabricated on a silicon substrate (GaN-on-Si die). After processing of on-chip interconnect layers, a trench structure is defined around each die, through the GaN epi-layers and into the silicon substrate. A trench cladding is provided on proximal sidewalls, comprising at least one of a passivation layer and a conductive metal layer. The trench cladding extends over exposed surfaces of the GaN epi-layers, over the interface region with the substrate, and also over the exposed surfaces of the interconnect layers. This structure reduces risk of propagation of dicing damage and defects or cracks in the GaN epi-layers into active device regions. A metal trench cladding acts as a barrier for electro-migration of mobile ions.
US10283498B2
Disclosed herein is a light emitting diode chip having ESD protection. An exemplary embodiment provides a flip-chip type light emitting diode chip, which includes a light emitting diode part aligned on a substrate, and a reverse-parallel diode part disposed on the substrate and connected to the light emitting diode part. Within the flip-chip type light emitting diode chip, the light emitting diode part is placed together with reverse-parallel diode part, thereby providing a light emitting diode chip exhibiting strong resistance to electrostatic discharge.
US10283494B2
The present disclosure relates to a microelectronics package with a self-aligned stacked-die assembly and a process for making the same. The disclosed microelectronics package includes a module substrate, a first die with a first coupling component, a second die with a second coupling component, and a first mold compound. The first die is attached to the module substrate. The first mold compound resides over the module substrate, surrounds the first die, and extends above an upper surface of the first die to define a first opening. Herein, the first mold compound provides vertical walls of the first opening, which are aligned with edges of the first die in X-direction and Y-direction. The second die is stacked with the first die and in the first opening, such that the second coupling component is mirrored to the first coupling component.
US10283484B2
A mask is formed over a first conductive portion of a conductive layer to expose a second conductive portion of the conductive layer. An electrolytic process is performed to remove conductive material from a first region and a second region of the second conductive portion. The second region is aligned with the mask relative to an electric field applied by the electrolytic process. The second region separates the first region of the second conductive portion from the first conductive portion. The electrolytic process is concentrated relative to the second region such that removal occurs at a relatively higher rate in the second region than in the first region.
US10283479B2
Package structures and methods of forming the same are disclosed. A package structure includes at least one first integrated circuit, at least one second integrated circuit, at least one dummy substrate and an encapsulant. The at least one second integrated circuit is disposed on the at least one dummy substrate in a first direction, and the at least one first integrated circuit and the at least one dummy substrate are separated by a distance in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The encapsulant is aside the at least one first integrated circuit, the at least one second integrated circuit and the at least one dummy substrate.
US10283471B1
A micro-connection structure is provided. The micro-connection structure includes an under bump metallurgy (UBM) pad, a bump and an insulating ring. The UBM pad is electrically connected to at least one metallic contact of a substrate. The bump is disposed on the UBM pad and electrically connected with the UBM pad. The insulating ring surrounds the bump and the UBM pad. The bump is separate from the insulating ring with a distance and the bump is isolated by a gap between the insulating ring and the bump.
US10283470B2
A semiconductor package and a manufacturing method for the semiconductor package are provided. The semiconductor package includes a chip, a molding compound, and a dielectric layer. The chip has a connector thereon. The molding compound encapsulates the chip, wherein a surface of the molding compound is substantially lower than an active surface of the chip. The dielectric layer is disposed over the chip and the molding compound, wherein the dielectric layer has a planar surface, and a material of the dielectric layer is different from a material of the molding compound.
US10283468B1
A package structure includes at least one semiconductor chip, an insulating encapsulation, and a redistribution circuit structure. The semiconductor chip has an active surface and connecting pads distributed thereon. The insulating encapsulation encapsulates the semiconductor chip. The redistribution circuit structure is disposed on and has at least one metallization layer with metal segments, wherein the redistribution circuit structure is electrically connected to the semiconductor chip through the at least one metallization layer and the connecting pads electrically connected thereto. A projection location of a first gap between any two most adjacent connecting pads of the connecting pads is partially overlapped with a projection location of a second gap between any two most adjacent metal segments of the metal segments of the at least one metallization layer in a vertical projection on the active surface of the at least one semiconductor chip.
US10283465B2
A solid state plasma monolithic microwave integrated circuit having single or multiple elemental devices with at least three terminals operating within the microwave, millimeter wave or terahertz bands, that can be configured within a parallel plate structure, which solid state plasma monolithic microwave integrated circuit comprises: (i) a semiconductor dielectric substrate (3); (ii) parallel plates (1, 2) which comprise an upper conducting parallel plate (1) and a lower conducting parallel plate (2) and which parallel plates (1, 2) are used to guide an electromagnetic wave; (iii) an isolating trench which is between the parallel plates (1, 2), and which is used to contain a solid state plasma; (iv) a distinct p-doped region and a distinct n-doped region which are within a first semiconductor region defined by the isolating trench below the upper conducting parallel plate (1), and which are connected to two electrical bias terminals, where at least one electrical bias terminal forms a radio frequency short to the upper parallel plate (1); and a p or n doped region within a second semiconductor region defined by the isolating trench above the lower conducting parallel plate (2) and connected to a third electrical bias terminal, where the third electrical bias terminal forms a radio frequency short to the lower conducting parallel plate (2), and wherein; a solid state plasma is able to be controlled by voltage biasing of the three electrical bias terminals to either reflect, absorb or transmit an electromagnetic wave.
US10283460B2
A technology is proposed in which the improvement of the capability of a semiconductor device can be realized by satisfying both reduction of leakage currents and suppression of the degradation of the conductive characteristic of the semiconductor device. An electric field relaxation region ERR is formed in an outer edge region on the outside of a mesa structure MS. In addition, an electric charge implantation region EIR formed on a drift layer EPI, a resistance reduction region RR formed on the electric charge implantation region EIR, and a leakage reduction region LR formed at a sidewall portion of the mesa structure MS are formed in the mesa structure MS. In this case, the impurity concentration of the leakage reduction region LR is set larger than the impurity concentration of the electric field relaxation region ERR, and is set smaller than the impurity concentration of the resistance reduction region RR.
US10283451B2
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of line patterns formed apart from one another on a substrate, the plurality of line patterns having a first width and extending parallel to one another in a first direction. A first line pattern of the plurality of line patterns may include a wider portion having a second width in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction that is greater than the first width. One or more second line patterns may be located adjacent to the first line pattern and include a conformal portion conformally formed about the wider portion of the first line pattern. One or more third line patterns may be located adjacent to the second line pattern and include an end portion near the conformal portion of the one or more second line pattern.
US10283444B2
Even when a stiffener is omitted, the semiconductor device which can prevent the generation of twist and distortion of a wiring substrate is obtained. As for a semiconductor device which has a wiring substrate, a semiconductor chip by which the flip chip bond was made to the wiring substrate, and a heat spreader adhered to the back surface of the semiconductor chip, and which omitted the stiffener for reinforcing a wiring substrate and maintaining the surface smoothness of a heat spreader, a wiring substrate has a plurality of insulating substrates in which a through hole whose diameter differs, respectively was formed, and each insulating substrate contains a glass cloth.
US10283442B2
An interposer substrate includes a first insulating layer having opposite first and second surfaces; a first wiring layer formed in the first insulating layer, with a surface of the first wiring layer exposed from the first surface; first conductive pillars formed in the first insulating layer; a second wiring layer formed on the second surface; second conductive pillars formed on the second wiring layer; a second insulating layer formed on the second surface and covering the second conductive pillars and the second wiring layer, with end surfaces of the second conductive pillars exposed from the second insulating layer; and immersion tin layers formed on the first wiring layer and the end surfaces of second conductive pillars. The immersion tin layers are used as surface processing layers to be applied to products having ball pads that need to be exposed extensively. A method for fabricating the interposer substrate is also provided.
US10283430B2
In a power semiconductor device, an IGBT has a collector electrode bonded to a metal plate by a bonding material. A diode has a cathode electrode bonded to the metal plate by the bonding material. An interconnection member is bonded to an emitter electrode of the IGBT by a bonding material. The bonding material includes a bonding material and a bonding material. The bonding material is interposed between the IGBT and the interconnection member. The bonding material fills a through hole formed in the interconnection member. The bonding material reaches the bonding material and is therefore connected to the bonding material.
US10283428B2
A semiconductor package including at least one integrated circuit component, a glue material, an insulating encapsulation, and a redistribution circuit structure is provided. The glue material encapsulates the at least one integrated circuit component and has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the at least one integrated circuit component is exposed by the first surface of the glue material, and an area of the first surface is smaller than an area of the second surface. The insulating encapsulation encapsulates the glue material, wherein an interface is between the glue material and the insulating encapsulation. The redistribution circuit structure is disposed on the at last one integrated circuit component, the glue material and the insulating encapsulation, wherein the redistribution circuit structure is electrically connected to the at least one integrated circuit component.
US10283425B2
A test key and a method for monitoring a semiconductor wafer are disclosed. The test key includes a first testing unit and a second testing unit. The first testing unit has a first diode-to-conductive layer area ratio. The second testing unit has a second diode-to-conductive layer area ratio. The second diode-to-conductive layer area ratio is smaller than the first diode-to-conductive layer area ratio.
US10283420B2
The invention is directed to a method for the production of an optoelectronic module including a support (5) and an additional layer, said support being formed by an assembly (25) which has no optoelectronic properties and which comprises, successively, a metal substrate (27), a dielectric coating (29) disposed on the metal substrate, and an electrically conductive layer (31) disposed on the dielectric coating. The production method comprises: a step of providing the support and performing a method in which the support is checked, or providing the support after it has already been checked; and a step of depositing at least one additional layer on the electrically conductive layer. The method in which support is checked comprises the following steps: electrical excitation of the support by bringing the metal substrate and the electrically conductive layer into electrical contact with a voltage source (33); and photothermal examination of the excited support so as to detect any possible fault (49, 51) located at least partially in the dielectric coating (29) and to provide a photothermal examination result.
US10283412B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is provided. A substrate having a dummy gate thereon is prepared. A spacer is disposed on a sidewall of the dummy gate. A source/drain region is disposed adjacent to the dummy gate. A sacrificial layer is then formed on the source/drain region. A cap layer is then formed on the sacrificial layer. A top surface of the cap layer is coplanar with a top surface of the dummy gate. A replacement metal gate (RMG) process is performed to transform the dummy gate into a replacement metal gate. An opening is then formed in the cap layer to expose a top surface of the sacrificial layer. The sacrificial layer is removed through the opening, thereby forming a lower contact hole exposing a top surface of the source/drain region. A lower contact plug is then formed in the lower contact hole.
US10283403B2
A semiconductor device includes a gate structure disposed over a substrate, and a first dielectric layer disposed over the substrate, including and over the gate structure. A first metal feature is disposed in the first dielectric layer, including an upper portion having a first width and a lower portion having a second width that is different than the first width. A dielectric spacer is disposed along the lower portion of the first metal feature, wherein the upper portion of the first metal feature is disposed over the dielectric spacer. A second dielectric layer is disposed over the first dielectric layer, including over the first metal feature and a second metal feature extends through the second dielectric layer to physically contact with the first metal feature. A third metal feature extends through the second dielectric layer and the first dielectric layer to physically contact the gate structure.
US10283402B2
A semiconductor on insulator multilayer structure is provided. The multilayer comprises a high resistivity single crystal semiconductor handle substrate, a textured oxide, nitride, or oxynitride layer, a polycrystalline silicon layer, a dielectric layer, and a single crystal semiconductor device layer. The multilayer structure is prepared in a manner that reduces wafer bow.
US10283398B2
A substrate placing table, which is installed inside a processing container for processing a wafer, includes: a stage configured to place a water on an upper surface thereof and including an inner peripheral flow channel and an outer peripheral flow channel formed therein to circulate a heat medium of a predetermined temperature therethrough; a support table configured to support the stage; and a temperature adjusting plate installed between the stage and the support table, and including a temperature adjusting mechanism configured to adjust a temperature of a heat radiation portion at which heat is radiated between the stage and the support table.
US10283394B2
An article transport device includes an article support member for supporting an article having a plate-shaped flange portion in an upper portion thereof, with the article placed on its receiving member. The article support member further includes a restricting member which is positioned such that at least a portion of the restricting member is located across from at least a portion of a front side surface of the flange portion when the article is in the supported state, and which is configured to restrict the article in the supported state from moving at least in the front direction by distances greater than a movement distance specified in advance. The restricting member includes a pair of front restricting portions that are so located to be spaced apart from each other to form a gap, wherein the restricting member and the receiving member are fixedly connected to each other.
US10283371B2
A method of patterning a semiconductor device is disclosed. A tri-layer photoresist is formed over a plurality of patterned features. The tri-layer photoresist includes a bottom layer, a middle layer disposed over the bottom layer, and a top layer disposed over the middle layer, the top layer containing a photo-sensitive material. The top layer is patterned via a photolithography process, the patterned top layer including an opening. The opening is extended into the bottom layer by etching the bottom layer and continuously forming a protective layer on etched surfaces of the bottom layer and on exposed surfaces of the patterned features. The bottom layer is removed. At least some portions of the protective layer remain on the exposed surfaces of the patterned features after the bottom layer is removed.
US10283368B2
There is provided a plasma etching method for etching a base film by a plasma using a photoresist as a mask. The method includes etching the base film by the plasma, under a first processing condition in which a selectivity of the photoresist to the base film is set to a first selectivity, while using as a mask the photoresist formed in a predetermined pattern by exposure and development and a scum remaining in the photoresist, without performing a process of removing the scum; and switching, during the etching of the base film, the first processing condition to a second processing condition in which the selectivity of the photoresist to the base film is set to a second selectivity lower than the first selectivity and further etching the base film by a plasma while using the photoresist as a mask under the second processing condition.
US10283364B2
The invention concerns an assembly method comprising the following steps: a) providing a first substrate comprising a first face made from crystalline indium phosphide, b) providing a second substrate comprising a second crystalline face different from the indium phosphide, c) forming an intermediate layer of crystalline indium phosphide on the second face of the second substrate, d) forming an assembly, via a direct bonding step, by bringing the first face of the first substrate into contact with the intermediate layer, the direct bonding step being carried out in an atmosphere having a pressure greater than 10−4 Pa, and preferably higher than 10−3 Pa, e) subjecting the assembly formed in step d) to heat treatment.
US10283360B2
Methods for manufacturing a semiconductor device include forming a gate line extending in a first direction in a substrate, and an impurity region on a side surface of the gate line, forming an insulating film pattern on the substrate, the insulating film pattern extending in the first direction and comprising a first through-hole that is configured to expose the impurity region, forming a barrier metal layer on the first through-hole, forming a conductive line contact that fills the first through-hole and that is electrically connected to the impurity region, forming a first mask pattern on the conductive line contact and the insulating film pattern, the first mask pattern extending in a second direction that is different from the first direction and the first mask pattern comprising a first opening, and removing corners of the barrier metal layer by partially etching the barrier metal layer.
US10283339B2
The present invention relates to a particle beam mass spectrometer and particle measurement method by means of same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a particle beam mass spectrometer including: a particle focusing unit focusing a particle beam induced by gas flow; an electron gun forming a charged particle beam by accelerating thermal electrons to ionize the particle beam focused by the particle focusing unit; a deflector deflecting the charged particle beam according to kinetic energy to charge ratio; and a sensing unit measuring a current induced by the deflected charged particle beam, wherein the deflector includes at least one particle beam separation electrode provided at each of opposite sides with respect to a progress axis of the charged particle beam before being deflected.
US10283335B2
Reflectron-electromagnetostatic cells for use in mass spectrometers are provided herein that cause ion packets to pass through the cell a plurality of times during fragmentation.
US10283328B2
Disclosed is a plasma processing apparatus including a chamber configured to perform a processing on a wafer by plasma, a VF power supply configured to change a frequency of a high frequency power to be supplied into the chamber, a susceptor configured to mount the wafer thereon, and a focus ring disposed to surround the wafer. A first route, which passes through the plasma starting from the VF power supply, passes through the susceptor, the wafer and the plasma, and a second route, which passes through the plasma starting from the VF power supply, passes through the susceptor, the focus ring and the plasma. The reflection minimum frequency of the first route is different from the reflection minimum frequency of the second route, and the frequency range changeable by the VF power supply includes the reflection minimum frequencies of the first and second routes.
US10283327B2
An apparatus for generating a flow of reactive gas for decontaminating a material, surface or area, comprises a first electrode member comprising a first plurality of conductive surfaces and a second electrode member comprising a second plurality of conductive surfaces. The second electrode member is arranged in spaced relationship with the first electrode member to define a reactor channel. The conductive surfaces are exposed to the reactor channel so as to form air gaps between the first plurality of conductive surfaces and the second plurality of conductive surfaces. An air blower generates a flow of air through the reactor channel. An electric pulse generator repetitively generates voltage pulses between the first and second electrode members so as to produce glow discharges in the air gaps between the conductive surfaces of the first plurality and the conductive surfaces of the second plurality, the voltage pulses being generated at time intervals less than 1 millisecond and voltage pulse duration less than about 500 ns, the glow discharges being adapted to transform part of the flow of air into reactive gas. An output section delivers the reactive gas from the reactor channel to a sample or region to be decontaminated or treated.
US10283322B2
According to the process, the filiform component is continuously linearly moved through magnetic dipoles arranged opposite each other and around a tube constituting a treatment chamber, and the microwave energy is introduced between at least two magnetic dipoles.
US10283318B1
An extraction electrode arm includes first and second ends spaced apart along a longitudinal axis and first and second sides spaced apart along a lateral axis. The arm also includes first and second surfaces apart, extending longitudinally between the first and second ends and laterally between the first and second sides. The arm further includes a base portion extending from the first end toward the second end and extending between the first and second sides, an end portion longitudinally spaced apart from the base portion and extending to the second end, and a diagonal shank portion extending between the base portion and the end portion and extending laterally from a first diagonal surface region on the first side to a second diagonal surface region on the second side. The diagonal shank portion has a shank thickness that extends laterally between the first and second diagonal surface regions.
US10283314B2
A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a number of shots calculation circuit to calculate the number of shots in the case where a deflection region is irradiated with a shot of a charged particle beam, a deflection position correcting circuit to correct a deflection position of the charged particle beam to be shot in the deflection region, depending on the number of shots to be shot in the deflection region, and a deflector to deflect the charged particle beam to a corrected deflected position on the target object.
US10283308B2
A busbar includes a plurality of main terminals (upstream side terminal, downstream side terminals) and one auxiliary terminal conductively connected to one of the main terminals and is press-formed in an integrated manner. The auxiliary terminal is connected to the main terminals through connection bars which are all cut off, except for one, in a cutting process after a pressing process, and the circuit configuration can be changed by selectively cutting off the connection bars. Therefore, there is no need to change the shape of a press die, and the production efficiency can be improved using a die having a uniform shape.
US10283298B2
A method for manufacturing a chip fuse, comprises: a liquid film forming step for forming a liquid film of dispersion liquid having metal nanoparticles dispersed therein on a principal surface of a substrate; a fuse film forming step for forming a fuse film on the principal surface by irradiating the liquid film with laser light; and a first terminal forming step for forming first terminals that each connects to the fuse film on each of both end sides in a longitudinal direction of the fuse film on the principal surface.
US10283289B2
A keyswitch structure includes a base, a keycap, a first support, a second support, and a connection structure. The keycap moves up and down relative to the base through the first support and the second support. The connection structure is disposed on the base and includes a vertical-motion limiting part and a horizontal-motion limiting part. The first support includes a rod-shaped connection portion and is connected to the connection structure through the rod-shaped connection portion. The vertical-motion limiting part prevents the rod-shaped connection portion from vertically moving. The horizontal-motion limiting part limits the horizontal movement of the rod-shaped connection portion. The vertical-motion limiting part and the horizontal-motion limiting part are separated in the rotation axis of the rod-shaped connection portion.
US10283283B2
A separator for an electric double-layer capacitor is provided having a double-layer structure made of a fibrous layer A obtained by papermaking using a Fourdrinier net or a tanmo net, and a fibrous layer B obtained by papermaking using a cylinder net. The fibrous layer A is a layer that is refined until a CSF value decreases once to 0 ml (lower limit), and further refined until it turns to rise to 10 to 600 ml, the fibrous layer B is a layer that is refined until a CSF value of 700 to 0 ml, and the fibrous layer A and the fibrous layer B contain 70% by mass or more refinable, regenerated cellulose fibers. The density of the entire double-layer structure is 0.25 to 0.65 g/cm3, and the thickness of the same is 10 to 150 μm. This allows provision of a separator for an electric double-layer capacitor having excellent tensile strength and tear strength, provision of a degree of mechanical strength such that the separator does not break in a manufacturing process of a wound or a stacked type electric double-layer capacitor, and improvement of productivity without adversely affecting internal resistance and leakage current properties of the capacitor as an energy storage device.
US10283281B2
Apparatus including an electric double layer capacitor having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being opposite the second surface; a first conductor positioned adjacent the first surface and configured to function as a current collector for the electric double layer capacitor, and having a first electrical length to resonate in a first operational frequency band; and a second conductor positioned adjacent the second surface and configured to function as a current collector for the electric double layer capacitor.
US10283280B2
Provided is a process for producing a rope-shaped supercapacitor comprising: (a) impregnating a first mixture of a first electrode active material (e.g. activated carbon or isolated graphene sheets) and a first electrolyte into pores of a first porous rod to form a first electrode; (b) encasing a porous separator around the first electrode to form a separator-protected first electrode; (c) impregnating a second mixture of a second electrode active material and a second electrolyte into pores of a second conductive porous rod to form a second electrode; (d) combining the separator-protected first electrode and second electrode form a braid or twist yarn; and (e) wrapping or encasing a protective sheath around the braid or yarn to form the supercapacitor.
US10283278B2
A method of forming a perovskite film is provided, the method comprising inducing a chemical reaction between a metal halide compound and methylamine (CH3NH2) gas. Specifically, the method includes: forming a metal halide film on a substrate; and exposing the metal halide film to the methylamine (CH3NH2) gas for inducing the chemical reaction between the metal halide compound and the methylamine (CH3NH2) gas to form a perovskite film. Post treatments can be carried out by adding a step of exposing the perovskite film to hydriodic acid (HI) gas and methylamine (CH3NH2) gas sequentially or simultaneously.
US10283274B2
A capacitor includes a dielectric structure formed of a sintered dielectric, and a first electrode and a second electrode each formed of a conductor. The dielectric structure includes a wall. The first electrode and the second electrode are insulated from each other by the wall. The wall has a height which is a dimension in a first direction, and a thickness which is a dimension in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the height being greater than the thickness. The wall has a non-straight shape when seen in the first direction.
US10283259B2
A plurality of windings each including an electric wire portion and a first insulating coating that coats the electric wire portion. A plurality of electrostatic shields each including a conductor and a second insulating coating that coats the conductor. A stationary induction apparatus satisfies at least one positional relationship among: a relationship in which an outer peripheral end of the conductor in each of the electrostatic shields is located inside an outer peripheral end of the electric wire portion of an adjacent winding among the windings, the adjacent winding being adjacent to the electrostatic shield in the direction extending along the central axis; and a relationship in which an inner peripheral end of the conductor in each of the electrostatic shields is located outside an inner peripheral end of the electric wire portion of the adjacent winding.
US10283257B2
A skewed, co-spiral inductor structure may include a first trace arranged in a first spiral pattern that is supported by a substrate. The skewed, co-spiral inductor structure may also include a second trace arranged in a second spiral pattern, in which the second trace is coupled to the first trace. The first trace may overlap with the second trace in orthogonal overlap areas. In addition, each orthogonal overlap area may have a size defined by a width of the first trace and the width of the second trace. Also, parallel edges of the first trace and the second trace may be arranged to coincide.
US10283255B2
Provided is a reactor configured to suppress damage to a core thereof accompanying vibrations during an operation of the reactor and to reduce noise, while fixing an assembly of a coil and the core to a casing. A reactor includes: a coil, a magnetic core and a coil, a casing and a sealing resin portion. The reactor includes a support portion that is attached to the casing and arranged so as to overlap an upper face of an outer core portion of the magnetic core exposed from the coil, and, together with the sealing resin portion, prevents detachment of the assembly from the casing, the sealing resin portion is interposed between an upper face of the outer core portion and a lower face of the support portion, and the outer core portion and the support portion are not in direct contact with each other.
US10283251B2
A choke coil for a brake control device, includes: lead wires; a magnetic core; and a case housing the core. The case includes: a cylindrical core part around which the lead wires are wound; and a base part provided on an outer peripheral surface of the core part. End portions of the lead wires extend laterally from the core part, and holding portions configured to hold the end portions of the lead wires are formed on an outer surface of the base part on the opposite side to the core part side.
US10283249B2
A method for fabricating a magnetic material stack on a substrate includes the following steps. A first dielectric layer is formed. A first magnetic material layer is formed on the first dielectric layer. At least a second dielectric layer is formed on the first magnetic material layer. At least a second magnetic material layer is formed on the second dielectric layer. During one or more of the forming steps, a surface smoothing operation is performed to remove at least a portion of surface roughness on the layer being formed. The magnetic material stack can be used to form a low magnetic loss yoke inductor.
US10283239B2
Fire-resistant coaxial cables are described as well as methods to manufacture them. The dielectric between the coax cable's central conductor and outer coaxial conductor ceramify under high heat, such as those specified by common fire test standards (e.g., 1850° F./1010° C. for two hours). The dielectric can be composed of ceramifiable silicone rubber, such as that having a polysiloxane matrix with inorganic flux and refractory particles. Because thick layers of uncured ceramifiable silicone rubber deform under their own weight when curing, multiple thinner layers are coated and serially cured in order to build up the required thickness. A sacrificial sheath mold is used to hold each layer of uncured ceramifiable silicone rubber in place around the central conductor while curing. The outer conductor can be a metal foil, metal braid, and/or corrugated metal. Another layer of extruded ceramifiable silicone dielectric or an outer wrap of ceramic fiber yarn surrounds the outer conductor and continues to insulate it from the outside if a low smoke zero halogen jacket burns away. Methods of testing and installation are described.
US10283235B2
A composite harness includes a composite cable that includes a plurality of first electric wires, a multicore wire formed by covering a plurality of second electric wires having a smaller diameter than the plurality of first electric wires with one urethane-based resin inner sheath to be in contact with the first electric wires, and a jacket covering an outer periphery of the plurality of first electric wires and the multicore wire, and a molded resin provided at an end portion of the composite cable so as to cover an outer surface of the inner sheath at an end portion of the multicore wire. The outer surface of the inner sheath is irregularity-formed at least at a portion in contact with the plurality of first electric wires and a portion covered with the molded resin.
US10283233B2
Embodiments described herein provide methods of processing an electronic component, comprising mixing a bio-based polymer having sulfur-reactive substituents with a sulfurization catalyst and a solvent to form a coating material; applying the coating material to an electronic component; and removing the solvent to form a sulfur-reactive polymer coating that is resistant to sulfur penetration. The bio-based polymer may be made by bacterial fermentation of unsaturated fatty acids.
US10283221B2
A method for risk assessment comprises receiving one or more images of a plurality of lesions captured from a body of a target person, generating one or more digital signatures based on the one or more images from the body of the target person, comparing the generated one or more digital signatures to digital signatures of respective reference persons, wherein the comparing comprises measuring similarities between the generated one or more digital signatures and the digital signatures of the respective reference persons, and determining a risk factor for the target person of developing a disease based on the measured similarities and predetermined risk factors of developing the disease for the reference persons.
US10283216B2
A data storage device includes a flash memory and a controller. The flash memory includes a plurality of chips, each of the chips includes a plurality of pages, the pages are arranged to assemble into a super block, the pages of the super block are numbered 0˜X from top to bottom of the super block, the pages with number 0˜Y−1 constitute a data area, and the pages with numbers Y˜X constitute a RAID parity area. The controller corrects data of the data area according to data of the RAID parity area when the data in the data area cannot be successfully read.
US10283209B2
A method for detecting problem cells of a SATA SSD and a SATA SSD having self-detecting function looking for problem cells are disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a detecting program used to detect aged and died cells in a SATA SSD; writing the detecting program to a MCU (Micro Control Unit) in the SATA SSD; pulling high electric potential of a communicating pin of a SATA connector of the SATA SSD to initiate the detecting program; collecting location data of aged and died cells in the SATA SSD by the detecting program; and storing the location data in a storage area in the SSD. The present invention utilizes the DAS/DSS pin as a channel to initiate detecting program. It has advantages of using current interface of SSD, no effort on taking apart hardware and automatically running the detecting program without human control.
US10283201B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes: a first memory cell provided in a first semiconductor chip; a first output buffer circuit configured to output data of the first memory cell outside, the first output buffer circuit provided in the first semiconductor chip; a first calibration control circuit configured to calibrate an impedance of the first output buffer circuit, a first terminal connected to the first calibration control circuit, the first calibration control circuit provided in the first semiconductor chip; and a first resistance element connected to the first terminal, the first resistance element provided in the first semiconductor chip.
US10283199B2
A storage device includes a cross-point non-volatile memory (NVM) device that includes a first subset of cells. Cells of the first subset of cells may share either a bitline or a wordline. There may be at least one buffer cell on a respective bitline or wordline between each adjacent pair of cells from the first subset of cells. The storage device includes a control module. The control module is configured to receive a set of I/O operations. The control module is configured to execute a first subset of the set of I/O operations in parallel across the first subset of cells of the cross-point memory component. The control module may execute the first subset of the set of I/O operations such that I/O operations are not executed at the respective buffer cells.
US10283197B1
A method for reading a data of a memory cell comprising a selection device and a resistive memory device which has a high resistance state or a low resistance state according to a data stored therein includes: applying a first read voltage to the memory cell; applying a second read voltage to the memory cell, the second read voltage having a level lower than a level of the first read voltage; and sensing the data of the memory cell while the second read voltage is applied to the memory cell.
US10283193B2
An embodiment static random access memory (SRAM) array includes a first SRAM mini array having a first plurality of functional SRAM cells in a first column of the SRAM array. Each of the first plurality of functional SRAM cells share a first bit line (BL). The SRAM array further includes a second SRAM mini array having a second plurality of functional SRAM cells in the first column. Each of the second plurality of functional SRAM cells share a second BL independently controlled from the first BL. The SRAM array further includes and a SRAM dummy array between the first SRAM mini array and the second SRAM mini array. The SRAM dummy array includes a plurality of SRAM array abut dummy cells in the first column. A first endpoint of the first BL and a second endpoint of the second BL are disposed in the SRAM dummy array.
US10283190B1
Transpose non-volatile (NV) memory (NVM) bit cells and related data arrays configured for both memory row and column, transpose access operations. A plurality of transpose NVM bit cells can be arranged in memory rows and columns in a transpose NVM data array. To facilitate a row read operation, the transpose NVM bit cell includes a first access transistor coupled to a word line. An activation voltage is applied to the word line to activate the first access transistor to read a memory state stored in the NVM cell circuit in a row read operation. To facilitate a column, transpose read operation, the transpose NVM bit cell includes a second access transistor coupled to a transpose word line. An activation voltage is applied to the transpose word line to activate the second access transistor to read the memory state stored in the NVM cell circuit in a column, transpose read operation.
US10283188B1
Methods and devices for gating an internal data strobe from an input buffer of a memory device. The gating function occurs after a write operation ceases but before an external controller stops driving an external data strobe that is used to generate the internal data strobe. The methods and devices use local counters to count how many pulses have occurred on the data strobe during a write operation. When the local counters indicate that an expected number of cycles for the write operation have elapsed, the local counters indicate that the write operation has completed. This indication causes gating circuitry to cut off the internal data strobe from writing circuitry.
US10283172B2
Embodiments of a system and method for providing a flexible memory system are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a substrate is provided, wherein a stack of memory is coupled to the substrate. The stack of memory includes a number of vaults. A controller is also coupled to the substrate and includes a number of vault interface blocks coupled to the number of vaults of the stack of memory, wherein the number of vault interface blocks is less than the number of vaults.
US10283167B2
Provided is an image encoding device including circuitry configured to generate a file with clean random access (CRA) information, which identifies CRA pictures in the image and which is set in a header region of a file that includes the header region and a data region within which a series of encoded image data associated with actual data of the image is stored, wherein the file is an MP4 format file, wherein the CRA information is sample group information grouping a plurality of CRA pictures, wherein the CRA information includes previous picture information used to identify a previous picture which is previous to each CRA picture in a presentation order and is not encoded normally at a time of random access to the CRA picture, and wherein output of the previous picture from the image encoding device is skipped based on the previous picture information.
US10283163B1
The present disclosure discloses method and video generation system for generating video content based on user data. The video generation system receives user data sequentially from user, where each sequence of user data is converted into text data. One or more objects, relations, emotions, and actions from user data is identified by evaluating text data, a scene descriptor is generated for each sequence of user data, by associating one or more objects with one or more relations, emotions, and actions. The method comprises performing consistency check for scene descriptor of each sequence of user data, based on one or more previously stored scene descriptors, performing, one or more modifications to inconsistent scene descriptors, identified based on consistency check, generating, segments for each of scene descriptor and generating video content for by combining video segments associated with each of scene descriptor.
US10283159B2
A magnetic recording system for preventing data loss resulting magnetic oscillator current. The magnetic recording system includes a magnetic write head with a magnetic write pole, a magnetic oscillator near the magnetic write pole, and a write coil for magnetizing the write pole. Circuitry is connected with the magnetic write coil to supply a current to the write coil and connected with the magnetic oscillator to supply a current to the magnetic oscillator. The circuitry is configured to ensure that the current to the magnetic oscillator does not inadvertently magnetize the write pole after the magnetic write pole has demagnetized.
US10283156B2
A magnetic-disk glass substrate of the present invention has an average value of squares of inclinations of 0.0025 or less and a frequency at which squares of inclinations are 0.004 or more of 15% or less, in a case where samples of inclinations on a main surface are obtained at intervals of 10 nm.
US10283148B1
An MTJ or MR read sensor is formed by depositing a stack in a reverse order with a free layer (FL) deposited on a lower shield, followed by a tunneling barrier layer (for an MTJ) or a conducting spacer layer (for an MR) and, finally, an antiferromagnetically coupled pinning structure and an upper shield. This reverse order permits a series of etching processes to be accurately performed on the lower shield and the stack together with the formation of biasing layers that are coupled to the lower shield and the stack, without adversely affecting the stability of the pinning structure. Further, the distance between the FL and the shield is accurately determined and repeatable even down to the sub-nm regime. An upper shield can then be formed and also coupled to the biasing layers.
US10283146B2
According to one embodiment, a system includes a head, where the head includes: an optical signal source configured to emit a first optical signal, and a near-field transducer (NFT) configured to focus the first optical signal on a moving ferroelectric storage medium positioned below the head. The system also includes a detector operatively coupled to the head, where the detector is configured to detect a second optical signal generated in and reflected from the ferroelectric storage medium, and where the second optical signal has twice the optical frequency as the first optical signal.
US10283143B2
A time-varying pitch of a signal may be estimated by processing a sequence of frames of the speech signal. An estimated fractional chirp rate may be computed for each frame of the sequence of frames, and the estimated fractional chirp rates may be used to compute a pitch template for the sequence, where the pitch template indicates the time-varying pitch of the signal subject to a scale factor. A first pitch estimate for each frame of the sequence of frames may be computed by computing a scale factor and multiplying the pitch template by the scale factor. A second pitch estimate may be computed from the first pitch estimate by identifying peaks in the frequency representations using the first pitch estimates and fitting a parametric function to the peaks.
US10283142B1
Systems and methods are provided for a processor-implemented method of analyzing quality of sound acquired via a microphone. An input metric is extracted from a sound recording at each of a plurality of time intervals. The input metric is provided at each of the time intervals to a neural network that includes a memory component, where the neural network provides an output metric at each of the time intervals, where the output metric at a particular time interval is based on the input metric at a plurality of time intervals other than the particular time interval using the memory component of the neural network. The output metric is aggregated from each of the time intervals to generate a score indicative of the quality of the sound acquired via the microphone.
US10283141B2
A system for intelligent acoustic monitoring. The system includes a microphone to capture environmental acoustic data and a processor coupled to the microphone. The processor is configured to receive and perform acoustic analysis on the captured acoustic data to generate an acoustic signature, based on a result of the acoustic analysis, identify an event indicated by the acoustic signature, and perform a remedial action based on the identified event.
US10283140B1
Systems and methods for enhancing reverberated audio signals are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising receiving an audio signal; partitioning a frequency domain representation of the audio signal into a plurality of sub-band vectors; inputting each sub-band vector into a corresponding deep neural network; calculating, using the corresponding deep neural networks, a plurality of output vectors for each sub-band; concatenating the plurality of output vectors to generate a clean audio feature matrix; and converting the clean audio feature matrix into a time-domain audio signal.
US10283138B2
A method at an electronic device with one or more microphones and a speaker, the electronic device configured to be awakened by any of a plurality of affordances including a voice-based affordance, includes determining a noise profile of an environment around the electronic device; determining whether the noise profile interferes with the voice-based affordance; and in accordance with a determination that the noise profile interferes with the voice-based affordance, presenting a hint to a user to use an affordance of the plurality of affordances other than the voice-based affordance to awaken the electronic device.
US10283135B2
Suppression of tapping noise caused by tapping an acoustically coupled touchscreen. When a tapping event is detected on the touchscreen, a tapping noise suppressor is alerted of the event, and responds by at least temporarily mitigating the tapping noise in the audio stream. The suppression occurs temporarily for at least part of the duration of surge in audio levels that occurs as a result of the tapping event, and in a manner that reduces the psychoacoustic impact on the conversation. Suppression may be performed by first placing the tapping noise suppressors in an alert mode when a tapping event occurs. The tapping noise suppressor then monitors the audio stream generated by the microphone for the beginning of the tapping event—which will be represented in the form of a surge in volume. The tapping noise suppressor then temporarily applies the suppression window.
US10283132B2
In an encoding method that is expected to produce a smaller code amount out of a periodicity-based encoding method and a non-periodicity-based encoding method, the amount of code or an estimated value of the amount of code of an integer value sequence which is derived from an audio signal is obtained while adjusting gain. In the other encoding method, an integer value sequence obtained in this process is substituted to obtain the amount of code or an estimated value of the amount of code of the integer value sequence. The obtained code amounts or estimated values are compared to choose one of the encoding methods and the integer value sequence is encoded using the chosen encoding method to obtain and output an integer signal code.
US10283116B2
Disclosed is a method providing voice recognition by an electronic device, including receiving a first signal including a request for triggering voice recognition from one or more external devices, triggering a program supporting the voice recognition in response to the first signal, receiving a second signal including voice data corresponding to a user's voice, performing voice recognition on the received voice data, determining an operation corresponding to the recognized voice, determining one or more performing devices which perform the determined operation, and enabling the one or more determined performing devices to perform the determined operation.
US10283115B2
A separation unit separates voice signals of a plurality of channels into an incoming component in each incoming direction, a selection unit selects a statistic corresponding to an incoming direction of the incoming component separated by the separation unit from a storage unit which stores a predetermined statistic and a voice recognition model for each incoming direction, an updating unit updates the voice recognition model on the basis of the statistic selected by the selection unit, and a voice recognition unit recognizes a voice of the incoming component separated using the voice recognition model.
US10283114B2
Example implementations disclosed herein can be used to generate a local sound signal corresponding to utterances of a user and other sounds detected by a microphone array coupled to a communication device and to condition the local sound signals to separate the utterances of the user from the other sounds to generate a conditioned sound signal. The conditioned sound signals are evaluated to generate a local quality score for the conditioned sound signals, and when the local quality score of the conditioned sound signals is below a threshold associated with the communication device, a local feedback message indicating a local user position change can be generated. The local feedback message can include instructions for the user to move to another location to improve the quality of the condition sound signals.
US10283111B1
Automatic speech recognition (ASR) processing including a feedback configuration to allow for improved disambiguation between ASR hypotheses. After ASR processing of an incoming utterance where the ASR outputs an N-best list including multiple hypotheses, the multiple hypotheses are passed downstream for further processing. The downstream further processing may include natural language understanding (NLU) or other processing to determine a command result for each hypothesis. The command results are compared to determine if any hypotheses of the N-best list would yield similar command results. If so, the hypothesis(es) with similar results are removed from the N-best list so that only one hypothesis of the similar results remains in the N-best list. The remaining non-similar hypotheses are sent for disambiguation, or, if only one hypothesis remains, it is sent for execution.
US10283107B2
Noise and vibration sensing includes generating with an acceleration sensor a sense signal representative of the acceleration that acts on the acceleration sensor, and processing the sense signal to provide a processed sense signal having an adjustable signal bandwidth and an adjustable signal dynamic. The signal bandwidth extends between a lowest frequency and a highest frequency of the sense signal, and the signal dynamic is the ratio between a maximum amplitude of the sense signal and an output noise floor generated by the acceleration sensor. Noise and vibration sensing further includes adjusting the signal bandwidth and the signal dynamic in accordance with a control signal so that the signal bandwidth increases when the signal dynamic decreases and vice versa.
US10283103B2
The disclosure includes an acoustic processing network comprising a Digital Signal Processor (DSP) operating at a first frequency and a Real-Time Acoustic Processor (RAP) operating at a second frequency higher than the first frequency. The DSP receives a noise signal from at least one microphone. The DSP then generates a noise filter based on the noise signal. The RAP receives the noise signal from the microphone and the noise filter from the DSP. The RAP then generates an anti-noise signal based on the noise signal and the noise filter for use in Active Noise Cancellation (ANC).
US10283099B2
Systems, including methods and apparatus, for generating audio effects based on accompaniment audio produced by live or pre-recorded accompaniment instruments, in combination with melody audio produced by a singer. Audible broadcast of the accompaniment audio may be delayed by a predetermined time, such as the time required to determine chord information contained in the accompaniment signal. As a result, audio effects that require the chord information may be substantially synchronized with the audible broadcast of the accompaniment audio. The present teachings may be especially suitable for use in karaoke systems, to correct and add sound effects to a singer's voice that sings along with a pre-recorded accompaniment track.
US10283098B2
A controller to control an electronic musical instrument includes: first to third input units for a user to input play data and a frame having the first to third input units arranged therein. The frame has a wall surrounding an internal space, the wall has a three dimensional surface, the first to third input units configure one set, and the first to third input units configuring one such set are arranged adjacent in a circumferential direction of the three dimensional surface and the plurality of sets are arranged adjacent in a longitudinal direction of the three dimensional surface.
US10283095B1
A customized musical instrument support for use in supporting a musical instrument on or against a portion of an instrument player's body, includes a universal component having a standardized configuration and attachable to various sized single-type instruments for use by multiple instrument players, and an individually customized element attachable to the universal component. The individually customized element has an individually customized surface contoured corresponding to an impression to substantially fit to the instrument player's contoured body surface which is in proximity to placement of the customized musical instrument support on the instrument player during playing of the musical instrument.
US10283091B2
Buffer optimization techniques are described herein in which a graphics processing system is configured to implement and select between a plurality of buffer schemes for processing of an encoded data stream in dependence upon formats used for decoding and rendering (e.g., video format, bit depth, resolution, content type, etc.) and device capabilities such as available memory and/or processing power. Processing of an encoded data stream for display and rendering via the graphics processing system then occurs using a selected one of the buffer schemes to define buffers employed for the decoding and rendering, including at least configuring the sizes of buffers. The plurality of schemes may include at least one buffer scheme for processing the encoded content when the input format and the output format are the same, and a different buffer scheme for processing the encoded content when the input format and the output format are different.
US10283086B1
A display device includes a plurality of sub-pixel arrays and each of sub-pixel arrays includes a plurality of first sub-pixels having a first color and forming a plurality of vertexes of a virtual quadrilateral, wherein there is not any other first sub-pixels having the first color located in the virtual quadrilateral; at least one second sub-pixel, having a second color different from the first color and located in the virtual quadrilateral; and at least one third sub-pixel, having a third color different from the first color and the second color and located in the virtual quadrilateral.
US10283074B2
A method for allocating an information display amount includes: determining an estimated display amount of unallocated information according to a total original display amount of all information display units and a displayed amount of allocated information; acquiring a predetermined display amount of the unallocated information according to the estimated display amount of the unallocated information; and allocating information displayed by each information display unit and a display amount according to the predetermined display amount of the unallocated information and a remaining display amount of the allocated information.
US10283070B2
A liquid crystal display apparatus including a gate driving circuit disposed on a liquid crystal display is provided. The apparatus further includes a data driving chip, disposed on the liquid crystal display panel, to apply data driving signals to data lines. The gate driving circuit includes a plurality of stages connected to one another in parallel. The odd-numbered stages of the stages each apply gate driving signals to odd-numbered gate lines of the gate lines, in response to a first clock signal and the even-numbered stages of the stages each apply the gate driving signals to even-numbered gate lines of the gate lines, in response to a second clock signal having an opposite phase from a phase of the first clock signal.
US10283061B2
Disclosed are a pixel structure, an array substrate, and a display panel. In the pixel structure, a stabilizing line is configured to provide a stabilized signal to each pixel unit in a corresponding pixel unit group. When a high grayscale image is displayed, the stabilized signal provided by the stabilizing line is the same as a data signal received by a pixel unit in a turned-on state in the corresponding pixel unit group. Light transmittance and picture contrast of the display panel can be improved when the high grayscale image is displayed.
US10283059B2
A display device and a driving method thereof are provided. The display device has a display panel and a field-sequential backlight module arranged opposite to the display panel. The display panel includes a light incident surface and a light exit surface arranged at a same side of the display panel. The field-sequential backlight module is disposed at a side of the display panel close to the light exit surface, and includes a plurality of light sources of at least three different colors. The display panel include a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. The liquid crystal layer is configured to enable the display device to switch between an opaque or translucent state and a transparent state, without introducing any polarizers to the display device.
US10283056B2
An autostereoscopic 3D image display device using time division is provided. The image display device includes a backlight, an image display panel, a controller, and a viewer position tracking system. The backlight includes a plurality of line sources which are disposed at certain intervals. The image display panel displays a 3D image. The controller controls the backlight and a viewing point image of the image display panel. The viewer position tracking system determines a pupil position of a viewer and transfers position information to the controller. The image display panel provides two or more viewing points. The line sources configure two or more line source sets that are separately driven at the same time. The two or more line source sets are sequentially driven.
US10283051B2
The invention provides an OLED pixel driving circuit and OLED display device. The OLED pixel driving circuit uses 5T1C structure and switch (K). By switch signal (Switch) controlling the switch (K) to connect first pin (K1) and second pin (K2) to enter display mode, and to connect first pin (K1) and third pin (K3) to enter sense mode, the ADC (ADC) senses the threshold voltage of the fourth TFT (T4), converted and used for data compensation in the display mode, able to compensate and eliminate the impact of threshold voltage of the fourth TFT (T4) on the current flowing through the OLED (D1); the light-emitting control signal (EM) controls the fifth TFT (T5) connected to the OLED (D1) to cut off during the data writing stage (t1) to keep the data signal voltage and the gate voltage of the fourth TFT (T4) unaffected by the OLED (D1) threshold voltage.
US10283049B2
An electro-optical device includes a scanning line, a data line intersecting with each other, a pixel circuit which is provided corresponding to the intersection thereof, and a wire. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting element, one transistor which controls a current flowing to the light emitting element, and the other transistor of which conduction state is controlled according to a scanning signal which is supplied to the scanning line between a gate node of the one transistor and the data line. The wire is provided between the data line and the one transistor.
US10283048B2
A display device correction method includes: obtaining, in advance, first correction data for correcting a luminance signal; performing a first transform including applying an error diffusion method to the first correction data to transform the first correction data into second correction data; performing a second transform including thinning, via a predetermined thinning method, the second correction data by removing at least one but not all of the correction data components to transform the second correction data into third correction data; performing a third transform including interpolation, via a predetermined interpolation method, using pixel data components included in the third correction data, to transform the third correction data into fourth correction data; and correcting the luminance signal using the fourth correction data. In the first transform, based on the predetermined thinning method and interpolation method, the transform is performed such that the second correction data matches the fourth correction data.
US10283045B2
A display device including a light emitting element, a drive transistor connected to the light emitting element, a first switching element connected to the drive transistor and a main power supply line, a second switching element connected to the drive transistor and a reset power supply line, a third switching element connected to the drive transistor and a signal line, a fourth switching element connected to the third switching element and an initialization power supply line, and a capacitor element connected to the drive transistor and the third switching element, wherein two horizontal periods ON signal is supplied to a gate terminal of each of the second switching element, third switching element and fourth switching element respectively.
US10283043B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a display panel including a pixel disposed in an intersection of a data line, a feedback line, and a scan line, a data driver sequentially providing reference signals to the pixel though the data line, a sensing unit sequentially generating sensing signals based on voltages applied to the feedback line in response to the reference signals, and a timing controller calculating a compensation coefficient based on the sensing signals and compensating input data based on the compensation coefficient.
US10283039B2
The present application discloses an N-th shift register unit circuit including at least a gate-drive signal output sub-circuit, a pull-up control sub-circuit, and a pull-down control sub-circuit respectively connected between a pull-up node and a pull-down node and provided with a p-th clock signal in addition to an n-th clock signal. A driving method includes controlling the pull-down node at turn-off voltage level when the p-th clock signal is at turn-on voltage level during which the n-th clock signal is correspondingly rising to turn-on voltage level from turn-off voltage level.
US10283037B1
Systems and apparatuses provide a digital architecture with merged non-linear emission clocks for a display panel. In one embodiment, a display driver hardware circuit includes decoder logic to store a mapping between a plurality of non-linear gray scale clock signals and a merged non-linear gray scale clock signal that represents a combination of the plurality of non-linear gray scale clock signals including first and second non-linear gray scale clock signals. In one example, the first non-linear gray scale clock signal is associated with at least one display element of a first color and the second non-linear gray scale clock signal is associated with at least one display element of a second color. A driver circuitry is coupled to the decoder logic. The driver circuitry includes a counter to store a number of pulses of the merged non-linear gray scale clock signal and driving circuitry to cause emission of the at least one display element of a first color based on the first non-linear gray scale clock signal.
US10283036B2
A luminance correction system includes an image pickup device configured to pick up a test image and generate pickup data, a parameter calculation device configured to calculate a first target luminance that is a maximum luminance of a reference area in a display panel and a detected maximum luminance that is a luminance of a correction target sub-pixel based on the pickup data with respect to a maximum grayscale, determine a second target luminance by correcting the first target luminance, and calculate correction parameters, and a display device including the display panel, the display device configured to compensate the input grayscale of the correction target sub-pixel to a target grayscale based on the correction parameters and generate a data voltage by adjusting upward a gamma voltage corresponding to the target grayscale.
US10283022B1
A multilayer graphic article includes (a) a fabric matrix or support having an upper and lower surface, (b) at least one image layer disposed on the upper surface of the fabric matrix or support, (c) a protective layer disposed over the at least one image layer, and, (d) an adhesive layer adhered to the lower surface of the fabric matrix or support.
US10283019B2
A display system having a housing, a plurality of panels rotatably mounted in the housing and configured to present first and second display faces, each panel having first and second opposing faces that meet at opposing longitudinal first and second edges, the plurality of panels including a first panel having a portion of a first character removed from the first edge of the first panel, a second panel having a remaining portion of the first character removed from the second edge of the second panel, the first and second panels cooperating so that when the first and second panels are rotated with the respective first and second edges adjacent each other, the portion of the first character on the first panel and the remaining portion of the first character on the second panel cooperate to form a visual display of the complete first character, and a mechanism coupled to the plurality of panels and configured to cause the plurality of panels to rotate in unison in the housing and change the display face.
US10283011B2
The present invention provides a system for developing sense of rhythm. The system includes an interactive surface embedded with an RF antenna, a host, a memory unit, and a media player, an array of contact points on the interactive surface, a display device configured to export the comparison of the tempo and the beat input by a player with the preset tempo and the preset beat, and multiple physical sheets. The function of each contact point is determined or changed by the host in accordance with preset programs. Each physical sheet is embedded with an RFID tag and marked with a musical instrument and corresponding functional components, and the location of the functional components corresponds to the contact points in accordance with the preset programs. Once a physical sheet is placed on the interactive surface, the host is configured to assign a timbre of a musical instrument and the corresponding playing rules to the array of contact points in accordance with the preset programs and the RFID tag embedded in the physical sheet. The visible feedback would help players make corrections more efficiently.
US10283006B2
Systems and techniques for personalized assessment and/or learning are provided. The system may select tasks and task content for a user consistent with an administrator's suggested learning regimen for the user, while also adapting the selection of tasks and task content based on the user's performance and/or context when the user is not being supervised by an administrator.
US10282992B2
A method, which can be performed by a system executing instructions on a computer-readable medium, for generating space to park for a motor vehicle includes determining a need for a parking area in a geographic area that includes a roadway, determining a need for road space for the roadway, determining, based on the determined need for the parking area and the determined need for road space, whether a lateral region of the roadway should be set for use as a parking area, and, in response to a positive result of the determination, setting the lateral region of the roadway for use as the parking area.
US10282990B2
To optimize road traffic within an application server (SA) providing itineraries recommended to users connected to said application server from communication terminals (TC), each recommended itinerary being provided to a user based on a profile of the user containing the departure date or arrival date, the departure location and the arrival location, the application server compares the itineraries recommended to users whose indicated departure date belongs to a given interval time, produces a set of users whose corresponding recommended itineraries have at least one itinerary segment of given length in common, and modifies an itinerary recommended to at least one user who belongs to said set of users.
US10282989B2
A method for controlling a transmission behavior for transmitting a warning message for a vehicle. In this case, a warning message for warning a driver of the vehicle about a hazardous situation is initially read in. Furthermore, a piece of context information about a context in which the warning message was generated is received. In a further method step, a control signal for controlling a transmission of the warning message via a communication interface of the vehicle and/or a vehicle-external data server connected to the communication interface is provided as a function of the piece of context information.
US10282987B2
A method for driving support includes: collecting driving information from a terminal mounted on a vehicle driven by a driver, the driving information including data acquired by the terminal during the vehicle is driven by the driver; evaluating a degree of safe driving of the driver in accordance with the driving information; determining whether driving behavior of the driver varies based on the driving information when the driver is a person for whom a degree of safe driving is evaluated higher than a threshold; executing a determination process for determining that a road section identified by the driving information is in a condition turning into bad road when the driving behavior is determined as being varied in accordance with the driving information; and updating road surface condition information that indicates a road surface condition in the road section, based on a result of determination in the determination process.
US10282984B2
Example inductive loop detection systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a method receives image data from a camera of a vehicle and determines a geographic position of the vehicle. Based on the image data and the geographic position of the vehicle, the method determines a location of an inductive loop in a roadway proximate the vehicle. The data associated with the location of the inductive loop is stored in a storage device within the vehicle. For a vehicle, a detectable zone may be determined based on actual or simulated outputs an inductive loop system at various locations relative to the vehicle. While driving, the vehicle is controlled to cause the detectable zone to pass over or stop over a known location of the inductive loop.
US10282981B1
A system and method are provided for improving vehicle awareness and safety by generating and transmitting alerts in response to detecting a hazard in the environment omnidirectional to a vehicle awareness system. Omnidirectional environment data, representing kinematic information pertaining to one or more physically detectable elements omnidirectional to the primary vehicle, is acquired by one or more sensors communicatively coupled to a vehicle. The system analyzes the omnidirectional environment data to detect if one or more hazards in the omnidirectional environment data, representing a change in the kinetic behavior of the one or more physically detectable elements omnidirectional to the vehicle awareness system, has occurred. When the system detects one or more hazards in the omnidirectional environment data, the system generates and transmits an alert to vehicles, vehicle operators, mobile devices, or pedestrians at risk from the hazard.
US10282979B2
Embodiments described herein enable the transmission of infrared (IR) signals via an AV cable containing a plurality of signal lines. In embodiments, an IR receiver, and IR emitter, and/or logic circuitry may be integrated within an AV cable (e.g., an HDMI cable) to enable transmitting signals from an IR remote control device to a media device that may be located behind a physical obstruction through which IR signals are unable to pass. By utilizing one or more signal lines of an AV cable to transmit IR signals, existing AV communication protocols may continue to be utilized in a user's home entertainment system. In this manner, a user may be able to locate one or more media devices (e.g., home entertainment devices) in a physically remote location, such as in a cabinet or closet, without sacrificing any IR signaling functionality.
US10282978B2
A lighting control system includes a daylight sensor configured to receive visible light control signals to set or adjust one or more parameters of the daylight sensor including, e.g., a set point (i.e., an acceptable lighting level). The lighting control system also includes a non-transitory computer program product that includes programming instructions that may be downloaded to, e.g., a mobile device and/or may be executed by a processor or like device. The programming instructions may be configured to provide a user interface related to the daylight sensor, receive via the user interface one or more user inputs related to the daylight sensor, and modulate a light output of a light source to transmit visible light control signals corresponding to the received one or more user inputs. Methods of programming a daylight sensor with visible light control signals are also provided, as are other aspects.
US10282955B2
A heat transfer sensor includes a support body, a first thermocouple probe, a second thermocouple probe, and a third thermocouple probe. Each thermocouple probe is mounted to the support body and includes a hollow cylinder, a thermocouple, and an insulator. The thermocouple is mounted to an interior of the associated hollow cylinder and is configured to generate a first voltage based on a temperature of the associated hollow cylinder. The insulator is mounted between the associated hollow cylinder and the top wall. The first hollow cylinder has an emissivity ≤0.25. The second hollow cylinder has an emissivity ≥0.75. The third thermocouple probe has an emissivity that is >0.25 and <0.75 or measures a temperature of an environment surrounding the support body. A convective heat transfer and an incident radiation are computed using the first and second voltage and either the third voltage or the air temperature.
US10282954B2
A SINR-based intrusion detection system comprises a first antenna, a second antenna, and an arithmetic unit connected to the second antenna. The first antenna simultaneously transmits one or plural beams having mutually different frequencies in an enclosed space so as to cover the enclosed space. The second antenna receives signals of the one or plural beams so as to capture signal parameters of the beam. The arithmetic unit is connected to the second antenna and detects the signal parameters in an always-on manner so as to obtain a SINR value from the signal parameters, comparing the SINR value to a predetermined threshold range, and determining that there is object intrusion when the SINR value falls within the predetermined threshold range.
US10282953B2
According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, an electronic tamper detection device is provided, comprising a radio frequency antenna, a tamper loop, a power level determination unit and a tamper measurement unit, wherein: the power level determination unit is configured to determine a power level of the tamper detection device; the tamper measurement unit is configured to generate a measurement signal and to transmit said measurement signal through the tamper loop; the tamper measurement unit is further configured to adapt the measurement signal in dependence on the power level. According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding tamper detection method is conceived. According to a third aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions is provided.
US10282952B2
An archival video system uses profile images as a background for an image and delta images to indicate the difference between a current image and a profile image. An image may be segmented into multiple sectors, with each sector compared to a profile sector. The resulting image may be constructed using references to previously stored sectors from different images.
US10282951B1
An electrical continuity unattended package security apparatus and method of operation prevents unattended delivered packages from theft or molestation. A bag contains an item. The bag has a mesh sidewall weaved with a matrix of conductive wires. An electric cable, carrying electrical current is in contact with conductive wires. A current sensing device detects a disturbance to electrical continuity through the electric cable and conductive wires, such as attempts to cut the cable or open the bag. A disturbance to the electric cable or conductive wires triggers a visual and audible alarm. The terminus of the cable forms a loop that serves as a mounting means to the anchoring structure. Fasteners also serves as a mounting means. A coded pad controls a gate. When the package recipient or package deliverer register a predetermined code, the gate opens to enable access to electric cable and alarm reset means.
US10282943B2
A record display system includes an interactive controller configured to: communicate, to an application controller, application telemetry; display initial outcomes; receive a record indicating an official result of a series of wagers associated with the user interaction; and display the record; a wager controller constructed to: receive a wager request; determine a wager outcome; communicate the wager outcome; and communicate the record; and the application controller operatively connecting the interactive controller and the wager controller, and constructed to: receive the application telemetry; communicate the wager request; receive the wager outcome; receive the record; communicate the record, wherein the record comprises the official wager outcome.
US10282942B2
An augmented or replaced application outcome interleaved wagering system is disclosed. The system includes an interactive controller operatively connected to an application controller by a network, the interactive controller configured to: communicate application telemetry; receive application outcomes, advancement of an interactive application being based on the application outcomes; and receive a wager outcome. The system also includes a wager controller operatively connected to the application controller, the wager controller constructed to: receive application outcome requests; generate application outcomes; communicate the application outcomes; determine a wager outcome. The system also includes the application controller operatively connected to the interactive controller and the wager controller, the application controller constructed to: receive the application telemetry; communicate the application outcome request; receive the application outcomes; communicate the application outcomes; receive the wager outcome; and communicate the wager outcome.
US10282941B2
A gaming system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include controlling a first casino wagering game. The first casino wagering game has a first credit meter balance. The operations can further include intercepting an electronic request sent from a second device to cash out a second credit meter balance for a second casino wagering game controlled by the second device. In some examples, the gaming system is independent from the second device. The operations can further include, after intercepting the electronic request, cashing out a combined total of the first credit meter balance and the second credit meter balance.
US10282934B2
A leasing terminal of a mobile power supply comprises a CPU, a network communication module and a main control MCU which are respectively connected to the CPU, and at least one charging module, at least one charging cabinet motion drive motor and at least one mobile power supply information reading module which are respectively connected to the main control MCU; and each charging cabinet corresponds to one charging module, one charging cabinet motion drive motor and one mobile power supply information reading module. By means of the present invention, when a user is outside, a mobile power supply can be leased from a leasing terminal of the mobile power supply in a self-service manner, thereby providing the flexible charging service to the user.
US10282926B2
A computer for a motor vehicle including at least one main control module intended to manage an onboard system such as a power steering system, which uses a plurality of internal variables representative of the successive life situations of the vehicle, the computer including, in addition to the main control module, an integrated monitoring module that includes an extraction and recording unit, placed under the dependency of a trigger unit in order to extract, from a buffer memory, in case of a detection of a predefined alarm event occurring at a triggering time, one or more recordings, that correspond respectively to one or more internal variables, and that each cover a time interval that extends from a start time that precedes the triggering time to an end time that follows the triggering time, and then to store the recording or recordings in a non-volatile memory.
US10282924B2
A device for sending and receiving messages between an electronic control unit of a vehicle and an external device includes a processor, a memory, a first port, and a second port. The memory, first port, and second port are each in communication with the processor. The first port is configures to communicate with the electronic control unit of a vehicle, while the second port is configured to communicate with the external device. The processor is configured to receive a request message from the external device via the second port, transmit the request message to the electronic control unit of the vehicle; receive requested information from the electronic control unit of the vehicle based on the request message, and determine an information subset in the requested information that should be transmitted to the external device; and transmitting the information subset to the external device.
US10282910B2
A module for simulating an operative procedure within a virtual environment. The virtual environment is implemented by using a device for processing virtual environment data. The module includes: a module configured to obtain a data structure representing a set of objects of the virtual environment and having at least one relationship of interaction between at least two objects; a module configured to receive at least one scenario representing a procedure to be simulated, the scenario being defined on the basis of a descriptive ontology, the at least one scenario being obtained from at least one pre-determined procedural model; a module configured for the rendering, within the virtual environment, at least one portion of the scenario as a function of the set of objects of the virtual environment, the at least one procedural model and at least one action performed by at least one real user of the virtual environment.
US10282906B2
A virtual image display device including an image generator for generating a picture light beam modulated based on a video signal, and an optical element including a plane of incidence to which the picture light beam emitted from the image generator is input, and an exit surface emitting the picture light beam after a cross-sectional area of the picture light beam input to the plane of incidence has been enlarged. The optical element includes a first light guide and a second light guide connecting the plane of incidence and the exit surface and guiding the picture light beam. A first light branching layer is disposed between the first and second light guides, and partially reflects and partially transmits the picture light beam. The picture light beam emitted from the image generator obliquely enters the first light branching layer.
US10282902B1
3D models of objects in motion may be generated using depth imaging data and visual imaging data captured at different times. A 3D model of an object in motion at a first position may be generated at a first time and projected forward to a second position corresponding to a second time. Imaging data captured from the object at the second position at the second time may be compared to the projected-forward 3D model of the object at the second position. Differences between the imaging data and the projected-forward 3D model may be used to modify the 3D model, as necessary, until an accurate and precise 3D representation of the object has been derived.
US10282901B2
According to embodiments of the invention, methods, and a computer system for configuring navigational controls in a geometric environment are disclosed. The method may include obtaining a data set for geometric representation on a display, forming one or more reference surfaces, calculating a fit score and a confidence score using one or more of the reference surfaces, and configuring the navigational system to a control scheme when a computational operation on the fit score and the confidence score is outside of a threshold value. The control scheme may be a geometric control scheme, a planar control scheme, and a roaming control scheme.
US10282900B2
Systems and methods for projecting planar and 3D images through water or liquid onto a surface include creating a 3D model of the body of liquid and surface and 3D models of creative elements to be used in scenes. Animating the 3D models of the creative elements, placing them inside the 3D model of the body of liquid. Lighting the animated creative elements, rendering planar animations of the modeled creative elements and, using projection and texturing software, virtually projecting the planar animations back onto the surface of the 3D model of the body of liquid from the same camera position in order to “bake in” a warped transformation of the digitally rendered planar animations. Digitally rendering a 3D animation of the warped, transformed planar animations, and playing or looping the digitally rendered 3D animation through the body of liquid on a digital video player or digital server.
US10282887B2
A moving image reproduction unit (104) generates display object information for each of a plurality of frames, using difference information for each object associated with each frame and reproduces a moving image. An analysis unit (102) analyzes the difference information for each frame and determines a frame attribute that is an attribute of the frame. When a frame other than a head frame of the plurality of frames is specified as a reproduction start frame from which the reproduction of the moving image starts, the moving image reproduction unit (104) extracts one of the plurality of frames based on the frame attribute determined by the analysis unit (104). Further, the moving image reproduction unit (104) generates display object information of the reproduction start frame, using the difference information of the frame extracted and the difference information of the reproduction start frame, and starts the reproduction of the moving image from the reproduction start frame.
US10282883B2
Animated characters for a computer animated production are rigged via a rigging hierarchy. A character rigging system receives a first selection associated with a template character rig description. The character rigging system identifies a first root character rig description associated with the template character rig description, wherein the template character rig description inherits at least one attribute from the first root character rig description. The character rigging system creates an individual character rig description for the animated character based on the first root character rig description and the template character rig description.
US10282882B2
Techniques for simulating interactions using an augmented reality device. A visual scene is captured using a camera device. The visual scene depicts of a first physical object within a physical environment. A dynamic interaction is simulated between the first physical object and one or more virtual objects and velocity of a first virtual object resulting from the simulated dynamic interaction is calculated. A predefined behavior for a virtual character to perform is selected in response to the dynamic interaction. The virtual character is distinct from the first virtual object, and the selection is based on the calculated velocity. A sequence of frames is rendered. The sequence of frames depicts the dynamic interaction between the first physical object and the virtual objects, and further depicts a representation of the virtual character performing the determined behavior. The sequence of frames is output for display using one or more display devices.
US10282880B2
An image processing apparatus includes a memory configured to store instructions, and a processor in communication with the memory. The processor is configured to execute the instructions to set up a plurality of image sets according to a predetermined rule using a plurality of images obtained by continuous photography, to calculate a first conversion coefficient corresponding to a moving amount of an object between images in each of the plurality of image sets, to calculate a second conversion coefficient used for an alignment process about a correction target image other than a base image included in the plurality of images by multiplying a plurality of first conversion coefficients, and to generate an alignment image in which the object in the correction target image is aligned to the object in the base image by applying a conversion process to the correction target image using the second conversion coefficient.
US10282876B1
A method for generating a visualization for tracking an environmental contaminant includes automatically generating a contaminant visualization map for a particular contaminant. The contaminant visualization map includes a plurality of markers each corresponding to a location associated with a medical case associated with exposure to the particular contaminant, and one or more markers each corresponding to a location of an identified contamination source for the particular contaminant. The method further includes receiving an indication to zoom out the contaminant visualization map, generating one or more heat maps corresponding to the medical cases associated with exposure to the particular contaminant, and updating the contaminant visualization map to be zoomed out, not display the plurality of markers each corresponding to a location associated with a medical case, and display the generated one or more heat maps.
US10282870B2
A system includes memory (420) with instructions for at least one of processing spectral CT projection data to mitigate at least one of noise of the spectral CT projection data or a noise induced bias of the spectral CT projection data or generating a decomposition algorithm that mitigates the noise induced bias of the spectral CT projection data. The system further includes a processor (418) that executes the instructions and at least one of processes the spectral CT projection data or generates the decomposition algorithm and decomposes the spectral CT projection data to basis materials. The system further includes a reconstructor (434) that reconstructs the basis materials, thereby generating spectral images.
US10282868B2
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for generating one or more graphical chromophore maps are disclosed. For example, the method includes receiving a plurality of images from a plurality of different customers, estimating a plurality of different illuminates that were used to capture each one of the plurality of images, calculating a correlation of a spectral reflectance of a lip region of a customer with an absorption curve of hemoglobin for the each one of the plurality of images for each one of the plurality of different illuminates that is estimated, selecting an illuminance of the plurality of different illuminates that provides a highest correlation and generating one or more graphical chromophore maps for subsequently received images of customers using the illuminance that is selected.
US10282863B2
Lossless compression of fragmented image data is disclosed. In some embodiments, a stream of information comprising data elements having statistical characteristics is received. An encoded output is produced by an encoder comprising a data compressor that implements a variable length code that is adapted to the statistical characteristics of the data elements. The output and information from which the variable length code can be derived are stored.
US10282862B2
Techniques and systems for digital image generation and capture hint data are described. In one example, a request is formed by an image capture device for capture hint data. The request describes a characteristic of an image scene that is to be a subject of a digital image. A communication is received via a network by the image capture device in response to the request. The communication includes capture hint data that is based at least in part of the characteristic. The capture hint data is displayed by a display device of the image capture device. The digital image of the image scene is then captured by the image capture device subsequent to the display of the capture hint data.
US10282860B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for monocular localization in urban environments. The method may generate an image from a camera at a pose. The method may receive a pre-generated map, and determine features from the generated image based on edge detection. The method may predict a pose of the camera based on at least the pre-generated map, and determine features from the predicted camera pose. Further, the method may determine a Chamfer distance based upon the determined features from the image and the predicted camera pose, optimize the determined Chamfer distance based upon odometry information and epipolar geometry. Upon optimization, the method may determine an estimated camera pose.
US10282859B2
An example system for determining relative position information includes a plurality of positioning devices for determining relative position data within a three-dimensional space, each positioning device having a line of sight. The relative position data determined via each positioning device includes relative position data with respect to the positioning device for each other positioning device within its line of sight. The system further includes a plurality of imaging devices for obtaining image data of an object within the three-dimensional space. The system also includes a computing device configured to correlate the relative position data determined via the plurality of positioning devices and the image data obtained via the plurality of imaging devices, to thereby determine relative position information corresponding to the object within the three-dimensional space.
US10282856B2
Systems and methods for image registration using data collected by an electronic device, such as a mobile device, capable of simultaneous localization and mapping are provided. An electronic device, such as a mobile device, can be can be configured to collect data using a variety of sensors as the device is carried or transported through a space. The collected data can be processed and analyzed to generate a three-dimensional representation of the space and objects in the space in near real time as the device is carried through the space. The data can be used for a variety of purposes, including registering imagery for localization and image processing.
US10282852B1
A system that analyzes camera images to track a person in an autonomous store, and to determine when a tracked person takes or moves items in the store. The system may associate a field of influence volume around a person's location; intersection of this volume with an item storage area, such as a shelf, may trigger the system to look for changes in the items on the shelf. Items that are taken from, placed on, or moved on a shelf may be determined by a neural network that processes before and after images of the shelf. Person tracking may be performed by analyzing images from fisheye ceiling cameras projected onto a plane horizontal to the floor. Projected ceiling camera images may be analyzed using a neural network trained to recognize shopper locations. The autonomous store may include modular ceiling and shelving fixtures that contain cameras, lights, processors, and networking.
US10282851B2
Provided is a video analysis (VA) method comprises calculating, by a VA apparatus, a size of each of a plurality of frames by summing sizes of a plurality of packets constituting each of the plurality of frames, analyzing, by the VA apparatus, the size of each of the plurality of frames constituting a video to determine a pattern of the sizes of the plurality of frames and determining, by the VA apparatus, whether there is a motion in the video based on the size pattern.
US10282838B2
The present approach relates to providing image quality feedback to personnel (e.g., a technician) acquiring non-invasive images in real-time or near real-time. By way of example, the proposed approach may automatically assess the quality of images in real-time by evaluating the images for the presence or absence of non-conformities using processor-implemented, rule-based algorithms running partly or completely in parallel to one another. The proposed approach improves the image analysis pipeline by efficiently providing notification of and/or discarding low-quality or unsuitable images or exams after they are taken, such as in within seconds or minutes.
US10282825B2
In the imaging apparatus, the image processor combines the data of the plurality of the images so as to generate data of a still image deeper in depth of field. The image processor performs alignment of two images to be combined. In a case where the alignment achieves success, the image processor combines the data of the two images. In a case where the alignment ends in failure and yet where a difference between focus positions of the two images is smaller than a predetermined value, the image processor does not combine the data of the two images. In a case where the alignment ends in failure and yet where the difference between the focus positions of the two images is not smaller than the predetermined value, the image processor combines the data of the two images.
US10282823B2
An image processing method and related apparatus. An image is decomposed into spatial frequency components images. The spatial frequency component images are normalized relative to specific noise models, remapped by a noise reduction function and are then combined to obtain a noise reduced version of the image.
US10282818B2
An image deformation method and an image deformation device are provided. The method includes: acquiring an original image, and acquiring a target shape; deforming the original image into a target image based on a ratio of deformation at a center of the original image to deformation at an edge of the original image, wherein the further the edge of the target image is away from the center of the target image, the greater a deforming degree of the edge of the target image is, and a shape of the target image is the target shape; and displaying the target image.
US10282817B2
An image processing method is provided. The method is configured to process the color-block image output by the image sensor. The high-frequency region of the color-block image is determined. A part of the color-block image within the high-frequency region is converted into a first image using a first interpolation algorithm. A part of the color-block image beyond the high-frequency region is converted into a second image using a second interpolation algorithm. The complexity of the second interpolation algorithm is less than that of the first interpolation algorithm. The first image and the second image are merged into a simulation image corresponding to the color-block image. An image processing apparatus and an electronic device are provided.
US10282816B2
A non-transitory storage medium stores instructions executable by a mobile terminal. The instructions cause the mobile terminal to: change a first image to a first size and change a second image to a maximum size in which the second image is displayable on a display area which remains after the first image of the first size is arranged, when priority mode information indicates a first-image priority mode; and change the first image to a second size less than the first size and change the second image to a maximum size in which the second image is displayable on a display area which remains after the first image of the second size is arranged, when the priority mode information indicates a second-image priority mode.
US10282812B2
One embodiment provides for a parallel processor comprising a processing array within the parallel processor, the processing array including multiple compute blocks, each compute block including multiple processing clusters configured for parallel operation, wherein each of the multiple compute blocks is independently preemptable. In one embodiment a preemption hint can be generated for source code during compilation to enable a compute unit to determine an efficient point for preemption.
US10282809B2
A parallel data processing method based on multiple graphic processing units (GPUs) is provided, including: creating, in a central processing unit (CPU), a plurality of worker threads for controlling a plurality of worker groups respectively, the worker groups including one or more GPUs; binding each worker thread to a corresponding GPU; loading a plurality of batches of training data from a nonvolatile memory to GPU video memories in the plurality of worker groups; and controlling the plurality of GPUs to perform data processing in parallel through the worker threads. The method can enhance efficiency of multi-GPU parallel data processing. In addition, a parallel data processing apparatus is further provided.
US10282806B2
A graphics accelerator device offloads the workload of a graphics processing unit (GPU) by performing image composition and other specialized functions. The graphics accelerator device includes a rasterization module to rasterize a set of primitives to a set of pixels and generate information of the set of pixels. The graphics accelerator device also includes intra-process module to retrieve pixel values from a memory according to the information received from the rasterization module, perform mathematical calculations on the pixel values, and generate one or more processed image layers. The graphics accelerator device further includes an inter-process module to composite the one or more processed image layers received from the intra-process module with other image layers retrieved from the memory, and output a composited image to a display.
US10282805B2
An image signal processor including a first data processing circuit, a second data processing circuit, and a multiplexing control circuit configured to transmit first line data included in first frame data and second line data included in second frame data to the first data processing circuit in a time-division multiplexing mode may be provided. The multiplexing control circuit may be further configured to transmit to the first data processing circuit a switching control signal, which indicates whether current line data to be transmitted to the first data processing circuit is the first line data or the second line data.
US10282802B2
Some implementations may include a computer-assisted method for authenticating a person at a point of service, the method including: receiving a digital identification document including a digital biometric of the person and a digital watermark, the digital watermark encoding personally identifiable information of the person; retrieving the digital watermark from the received digital identification document; extracting the personally identifiable information from the retrieved digital watermark; and authenticating the person identified by the digital biometric based on the retrieved digital watermark.
US10282788B1
Methods and systems for processing insurance policies associated with properties may be provided. A home may be populated with smart devices that are connected to, or in communication with, a central (or “smart home”) controller, such as via wired or wireless communication. The smart devices are covered by an insurance policy, such as homeowners, renters, or personal articles insurance. The central controller may receive, with customer permission, service log information for the devices, and update an inventory list to include the service log information. The controller may detect that a smart device has been repaired, and then generate and transmit a notification to the customer. In some cases, the notification may prompt the customer to schedule a future repair event. The smart devices may be associated with appliances, electronics, computers, televisions, jewelry, vehicles, furniture, or other personal belongings. Insurance discounts may be provided based upon the service log/maintenance functionality.
US10282779B2
A system and method for an interactive, computer-assisted on-line auction wherein at least one array of images of objects for auction are scrolled on a display device so that a viewer can view the objects, obtain detailed information regarding objects of interest an submit bids on those objects the viewer desires to purchase. The objects in the array can be sorted into rows and columns by criteria such as manufacturer, type of good, or time until which bids are accepted. The system can include an array for objects that can currently be bid upon and another array for objects that can be bid upon at a future time. Certain objects of interest to a viewer can be selectively rotated for three-dimensional viewing by clicking on an appropriate button. A viewer can select a plurality of objects of interest, wherein monitoring screens are then composed and displayed on the display device for each selected object, each monitoring screen providing the viewer with an enlarged graphical representation of an object, detailed textual information regarding an object, and information regarding the auction for an object such as current bid price, time remaining to submit a bid and a bid submission box. The system also provides a system of selectively programmable alerts which can use visual or audible cues to alert the viewer to some occurrence, such as a predetermined amount of time remaining to submit a bid on an object.
US10282777B2
A most recently viewed item is displayed in a display element, which is positioned next to at least one other element on a web page. The display element is expanded so that the element covers the at least one other element on the web page and so that at least one other recently viewed item appears in the display element. The display element is contracted so that only the most recently viewed item appears in the display element and so that the at least one other element on the web page is visible.
US10282774B2
A chain of establishments provides an online ordering system that allows a customer to order virtual items or services from an online menu. When an order is placed, the customer receives an order code that may then be verified at one of many establishment locations at one of many times to initiate order fulfillment. When the order code is verified at a particular restaurant, a point-of-service (POS) system maps the virtual items associated with the order to actual, in-stock items or services that are available at the particular establishment. The order may then be fulfilled and provided to the customer. One advantage of the disclosed technique is that the customer may pickup the order from any desired establishment location, and is not required to select a particular location when the order is placed. Consequently, the customer is provided with streamlined and flexible order placement and fulfillment experience.
US10282771B2
Systems and methods for programmatically classifying text are discussed herein. Some embodiments may provide for a system including circuitry configured to programmatically classify a block of text. For example, the circuitry may be configured to identify topics associated with the block of text and identify one or more categories for each of the topics. The circuitry may be further configured to determine unique categories across the one or more categories for each of the topics. For each unique category, an actual category frequency may be determined based on a number of times each of the topics in the block of text is associated with the unique category. The circuitry may be further configured to associate a unique category with the block of text based on the actual category frequency for each the unique category and one or more other actual category frequencies for one or more other unique categories.
US10282769B2
Embodiments of the present provide a method, system and computer program product for collaborative co-shopping in e-commerce. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for collaborative co-shopping in e-commerce includes registering different shoppers in a database for collaborative co-shopping and selecting an item for sale in an e-commerce Web site on behalf of an online shopper. The method also includes determining from the database a location of the item in a brick and mortar store and detecting one of the registered different shoppers in proximity to the item in the brick and mortar store. The method yet further includes establishing a collaborative communicative session through the Web site over a network between the online shopper and the detected one of the registered different shoppers. Finally, the method includes transmitting messages regarding the item between the online shopper and the detected one of the registered different shoppers over the session.
US10282764B2
Organizing data in a cloud computing environment having a plurality of computing nodes is described. An authorization to service a request is received. The request may be from a user for launching an instance. In response to receiving the authorization and based on the request, an image list is determined. The image list includes information corresponding to a plurality of machine images. At least one machine image is identified from the image list associated with a functional requirement of the request. The instance is launched at the at least one computing node. The at least one machine image is updated after the instance has been launched.
US10282763B1
The queue wait time estimation system of the present disclosure leverages its users' Internet-connected mobile devices—and the data they generate based on sensor feedback—to estimate the queue wait times at various establishments. The queue wait time estimation system communicates the estimated queue wait times to the users to enable the users to make an informed decision as to whether they'd like to visit a particular establishment based on its estimated queue wait time.
US10282758B1
A method for automated control of bid pricing for bidding on online placements in an automated real-time online auction system during the loading or rendering of network-based digital content. Historical bid result data regarding a particular placement is collected by a bidding system, which segments the bid result data into multiple categories and generates multiple pricing curves for the particular placement based on the segmented bid result data. The bidding system then uses the multiple pricing curves for making bidding decisions in real-time. The bidding system receives a series of bid requests, each identifying a placement in digital content being loaded or rendered. For each received bid request, the bidding system, in real-time, identifies segmenting characteristic(s) associated with the bid request, and performs a bidding analysis—including whether to submit a bid and determining a bid price—based on the identified segmenting characteristic(s) associated with the bid request.
US10282749B2
The disclosure provides for electronic commerce using streaming media. (1) E-commerce opportunities are combined with incentives (e.g., random, pseudo-random, skill-based, or responsive to aggregate buying) for participation by recipients, enhancing the likelihood of responses from recipients and the value of distribution of the promotional information. (2) Techniques are applied to a server associated with e-commerce opportunities, to avoid unduly burdening that server. An applet may conduct the interactive process with the recipient and present results to the server, implement the incentives, conduct e-commerce transactions with the recipient, and select one or more recipients for an incentive reward. (3) The promotional material is associated with elements of the streaming media being presented, such as an actor or object. Presentation of promotional material at a device can be responsive to information about the recipient, gleaned from, for example: demographic information, preferences, fuzzy searching, or collaborative filtering.
US10282724B2
In some embodiments, a first server computer may be provided. The first server computer may comprise a processor and a computer readable medium coupled to the processor. The computer readable medium may include code executable by the processor for implementing a method. The method may include the step of electronically receiving an authorization request message that includes a first device verification value from a merchant for a first transaction, where the first device verification value may have been received by the merchant from a mobile device based on an interaction between the mobile device and an access device. In some embodiments, the mobile device may have received the first verification value based on a first request. The method may further include the step of determining by a data processor if the first device verification value corresponds to a stored device verification value.
US10282723B2
A mobile device having: a position determination device configured to determine a location of the mobile device; a transceiver configured to communicate with a transaction terminal via near field communication; a communication device configured to communicate with at least one server over internet; a memory storing a plurality of data items and a set of instructions of a mobile application; and at least one microprocessor coupled with the memory to execution the instructions of the mobile application. The mobile application is configured to: communicate the location of the mobile device, using the communication device, to the at least one server over internet; determine, via communications with the at least one server based on the location of the mobile device, an order of data items; and communicate, using the transceiver via near field communication, with the transaction terminal in accordance with the order of the data items.
US10282722B2
A method and program product includes scanning for at least one identification means of an object. An image of the object is captured. An identification associated with the image and the image are communicated to a training system. The training system is configured for at least training a neural network system with identifications and images to produce synaptic weights. Synaptic weights are received from the training system. A predicted identification from a captured image of an object is predicted. The predicting uses at least the synaptic weights.
US10282706B2
Displaying multiple calendar entries includes dividing the calendar entries into multiple different priority levels in a computerized calendaring system implemented by at least one processor; displaying at least some of the calendar entries in each priority level in a separate strip associated with that priority level in a user interface of the computerized calendaring system; and advancing a position of each displayed calendar entry in each strip with the computerized calendaring system to reflect the passage of time.
US10282701B2
An embodiment relates generally to a method of providing visibility in technical support. The method includes providing for a plurality of technical groups, each group specializing in a technical area and is comprised of a plurality of senior and junior members. The method also includes receiving a technical issue from a user to be resolved by a selected technical group of the plurality of technical groups and providing access to the user in a process of resolving the technical issue by the selected technical group.
US10282700B2
In particular embodiments, a data processing data inventory generation system is configured to: (1) generate a data model (e.g., a data inventory) for one or more data assets utilized by a particular organization; (2) generate a respective data inventory for each of the one or more data assets; and (3) map one or more relationships between one or more aspects of the data inventory, the one or more data assets, etc. within the data model. In particular embodiments, a data asset (e.g., data system, software application, etc.) may include, for example, any entity that collects, processes, contains, and/or transfers personal data (e.g., such as a software application, “internet of things” computerized device, database, website, data-center, server, etc.). For example, a first data asset may include any software or device (e.g., server or servers) utilized by a particular entity for such data collection, processing, transfer, storage, etc.
US10282698B2
A method may include obtaining a weight of merchandise supported by a shelf and obtaining identifier data of the merchandise supported by the shelf. The identifier data may be wirelessly received from tags associated with the merchandise. The method may also include determining information for presentation to a consumer regarding the merchandise based on the weight of the merchandise and the identifier data of the merchandise. The method may also include providing the information for presentation to the consumer of the merchandise when the consumer is proximate the merchandise that is supported by the shelf.
US10282696B1
Described are systems and techniques configured to present information to a user of a materials handling facility storing items in inventory locations. A device such as a head-mounted display or a tablet computer is configured to provide an augmented reality user interface in which computer-generated data overlays objects in the real-world. The user interface may present information associated with assisting other users of the facility, operation of the facility, and so forth.
US10282695B1
Described are systems and techniques configured to determine and present information to a user of a materials handling facility. As the user moves through the facility, information is dynamically presented to the user on one or more displays using a user interface. The user interface may be presented on the display as the user approaches, and presentation may cease as the user moves away. The amount of information, size of elements presented on the display, and so forth may be based on kinematic data about the user. The kinematic data may include position, speed, orientation, and so forth.
US10282690B1
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a computer implemented web based unified workflow management system and method for reducing complexity and building repeatable mainframe workflows by creating and managing workflow tasks associated with at least one mainframe workflow. The system and method provide a workflow creation engine for creating at least one mainframe workflow task associated with the at least one mainframe workflow, the at least one mainframe workflow task including an execution target destination, a mainframe process, and a success criteria. The system and method further provide a web dashboard that displays the details and results of the mainframe workflow tasks associated with a mainframe workflow, and allows a user to monitor and control the mainframe workflow, and its associated tasks. The system and method further comprise a workflow task dependency manager for creating global task dependencies between tasks associated with the at least one mainframe workflow.
US10282687B2
An optimal operating configuration for a power system may be derived from a continuous-time model of generation and ramping constraints of power generation units available within the power system. The optimal operating configuration may be leveraged to calculate a valuation metric for power generated by the power generating units. The valuation metric may include costs incurred by the power generating units due to ramping events. In addition, incremental generation and ramping cost metrics may be used to identify power generation units to use in responding to short-term load variations. Power generating units may be selected based, at least in part, on the incremental ramping costs of the power generating units.
US10282686B2
Described herein is a computer implemented method for maintaining a plurality of issues, each issue having an associated rank value, the rank values of the plurality of issues defining an order of the plurality of issues. The method comprises receiving a rank operation request to change the rank of a subject issue; determining relevant issues to the rank operation request; and attempting to acquire locks on each of the relevant issues. In response to successfully acquiring locks on each of the relevant issues a new rank value for the subject issue is calculated and saved.
US10282680B2
A ridesharing with a surprise destination based on a reservation is disclosed. A user can request a ridesharing service for the reservation. The request may include a set of ridesharing preferences. The pickup location for the ridesharing service to pickup the user is determined along with a pickup time before the reservation time based on the ridesharing preferences. The system may request a ridesharing vehicle to pick the user at the pickup location and deliver the user to the surprise destination. Furthermore, a driver of the ridesharing vehicle may be instructed not to reveal the surprise destination. Furthermore, an application associated with the ridesharing may hide a set of revealing information for the reservation. Upon determining the ridesharing vehicle has reached the surprise destination based on the reservation, the reservation may be revealed. Furthermore, the ridesharing vehicle may pickup additional users.
US10282672B1
A processing device determines a plurality of visual concepts for visual data based on at least one of visual entities in the visual data or feature-level attributes in the visual data, wherein the visual entities are based on the feature-level attributes, and wherein each of the plurality of visual concepts comprises a subject visual entity related to an object visual entity by a predicate. The processing device further determines one or more visual semantics for the visual data based on the plurality of visual concepts, wherein the one or more visual semantics define relationships between the plurality of visual concepts.
US10282671B2
A medical diagnosis support apparatus is provided. In the medical diagnosis support apparatus, an acquisition unit acquires medical information associated with a diagnosis target as input information. An inference unit infers a diagnosis name of the diagnosis target based on the acquired input information. A calculation unit calculates the influence rate of each input information with respect to each inference. A creation unit creates a report sentence based on the calculated influence rate.
US10282663B2
The technology disclosed uses a 3D deep convolutional neural network architecture (DCNNA) equipped with so-called subnetwork modules which perform dimensionality reduction operations on 3D radiological volume before the 3D radiological volume is subjected to computationally expensive operations. Also, the subnetworks convolve 3D data at multiple scales by subjecting the 3D data to parallel processing by different 3D convolutional layer paths. Such multi-scale operations are computationally cheaper than the traditional CNNs that perform serial convolutions. In addition, performance of the subnetworks is further improved through 3D batch normalization (BN) that normalizes the 3D input fed to the subnetworks, which in turn increases learning rates of the 3D DCNNA. After several layers of 3D convolution and 3D sub-sampling with 3D across a series of subnetwork modules, a feature map with reduced vertical dimensionality is generated from the 3D radiological volume and fed into one or more fully connected layers.
US10282662B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for training a neural network used to select actions performed by a reinforcement learning agent interacting with an environment. In one aspect, a method includes maintaining a replay memory, where the replay memory stores pieces of experience data generated as a result of the reinforcement learning agent interacting with the environment. Each piece of experience data is associated with a respective expected learning progress measure that is a measure of an expected amount of progress made in the training of the neural network if the neural network is trained on the piece of experience data. The method further includes selecting a piece of experience data from the replay memory by prioritizing for selection pieces of experience data having relatively higher expected learning progress measures and training the neural network on the selected piece of experience data.
US10282651B2
Devices, systems, and methods facilitate enrollment of authenticating biometric data for authenticating an authorized user via a biometric sensor. Included devices transmit power to a sensor-enabled device that does not have an independent power source without transmitting data to or from the device. Data input devices coupled to the biometric sensor enable user input of non-biometric data, such as an activation code, via the biometric sensor. For biometric sensors comprising fingerprint sensors, finger guides position a finger to contact the sensor at a desired orientation. Systems and methods allow for enrollment of one or more authenticating biometric data templates with or without requiring input of non-biometric authentication data, such as an activation code.
US10282650B1
A secure smart card is described. The smart card can include a processor, a memory and a transceiver. The smart card can communicate with various terminals and store a digital signature and other information on the card. Another terminal can validate the information stored on the smart card using the digital signature. In certain embodiments, the terminal can also validate the information by using a blockchain. The advanced design of the smart card obviates the need for a network connection.
US10282648B2
There is provided a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium tangibly embodying machine-readable visual representation of data encoded therein, the data being retrievable by reading and decoding the visual representation by a visual code reader, the visual representation including: multiple function patterns; a first visual code comprising a first encoded message embedded therein, and a first subset of the function patterns, such that reading the first encoded message requires reading the first function patterns subset; and a second visual code comprising a second encoded message embedded therein, and a second subset of the function patterns, such that reading the second encoded message requires reading the second function patterns set, wherein the first function patterns subset and the second function patterns subset have at least one common function pattern, and wherein at least a part of the second visual code is read differently by the reader before and after a physical event occurs.
US10282626B2
An identity recognition device and a method for manufacturing the same, and an identity recognition method are provided. The identity recognition device includes a display panel including a backlight source, a foot type and dermatoglyph recognition layer, located at a light-outputting side of the display panel and configured to detect a light-shielding condition of a light-outputting surface and acquire sole outline information and sole dermatoglyph information of a target user standing with bare foot, a pressure sensing detection layer, located at a non-light-outputting side of the display panel or between the display panel and the foot type and dermatoglyph recognition layer and configured to acquire sole pressure information of the target user, and an identity recognition module, configured to recognize an identity of the target user based on the sole outline information, the sole dermatoglyph information and the sole pressure information.
US10282624B1
Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for determining when a vehicle operator is texting while driving. More particularly, apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for determining when a vehicle operator is texting while driving based on digital image data.
US10282623B1
Some embodiments provide a sensor data-processing system which generates a depth data representation of an environment based on sensor data representations which are generated by passive sensor devices. The sensor data-processing system generates the depth data representation via applying an algorithm which includes an model architecture which determines depths of various portions of the represented environment based on detecting features correspond to depth information. The model architecture is established via training an algorithm to generate depth data which corresponds to a sample set of depth data representations of environments, given a corresponding set of image data representations of the environments. As a result, the sensor data-processing system enables depth perception of portions of an environment independently of receiving depth data representations of the environment which are generated by an active sensor device.
US10282615B2
A system and methodologies for neuromorphic (NM) vision simulate conventional analog NM system functionality and generate digital NM image data that facilitate improved object detection, classification, and tracking.
US10282602B1
Methods and systems for generating electronic signatures are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes: storing pixel features of a signing device; capturing, via an imaging device, a plurality of image frames including the pixel features of the signing device; identifying in the plurality of image frames, by a processor, first pixels matching the stored pixel features of the signing device; generating, by the processor, a first image including the identified pixels; and connecting, by the processor, the identified pixels to form at least one line drawing representing a signature.
US10282599B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for video sentiment analysis in video messaging. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for video sentiment analysis in video messaging includes receiving different video contributions to a thread in a social system executing in memory of a computer and sensing from a plurality of the video contributions a contributor sentiment. Thereafter, a sentiment value for the different video contributions is computed and a sentiment value for a selected one of the video contributions is displayed in a user interface to the thread for an end user contributing a new video contribution to the thread.
US10282598B2
A computing platform may receive video, audio, and/or biometric information of one or more people. The computing platform may identify the people based on a comparison of the video, audio, and/or biometric information to stored information in one or more user profiles each associated with the people. For example, the computing platform may compare multiple types of biometric information, including fingerprint, retina scan, facial features, and the like, as part of a process for identifying the people. The computing platform may further determine one or more interactions between the people, and, based on the interactions, determine and/or identify a relationship between the people. The identified relationships may further be used for confirming identifies of the people. Based on the identifications (e.g., biometric, video, audio, relationships), the computing platform may further provide access for the people to one or more services.
US10282597B2
The present disclosure relates to an image classification and clustering method and device. Two images containing human faces may be classified into one cluster or different clusters based on a cluster merging threshold adaptively determined according to the combinational face poses in the two images. The adaptive cluster merging threshold help reduce false positive and false negative classification of human face containing images into clusters.
US10282591B2
An electronic device is described. The electronic device includes a camera configured to capture an image of a scene. The electronic device also includes an image segmentation mapper configured to perform segmentation of the image based on image content to generate a plurality of image segments, each of the plurality of image segments associated with spatial coordinates indicative of a location of each segment in the scene. The electronic device further includes a memory configured to store the image and the spatial coordinates. The electronic device additionally includes a LIDAR (light+radar) unit, the LIDAR unit steerable to selectively obtain depth values corresponding to at least a subset of the spatial coordinates. The electronic device further includes a depth mapper configured to generate a depth map of the scene based on the depth values and the spatial coordinates.
US10282587B2
A sensing module substrate and a sensing module including the same are provided. The sensing module substrate includes a film substrate having a first surface and a second surface; sensing vias which penetrate the film substrate from the first surface to the second surface, each of the sensing vias being configured to be coupled to pixels of a semiconductor chip; and an interconnection pattern provided on at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the film substrate.
US10282585B2
A fingerprint sensor-compatible overlay material which uses anisotropic conductive material to enable accurate imaging of a fingerprint through an overlay is disclosed. The anisotropic conductive material has increased conductivity in a direction orthogonal to the fingerprint sensor, increasing the capacitive coupling of the fingerprint to the sensor surface, allowing the fingerprint sensor to accurately image the fingerprint through the overlay. Methods for forming a fingerprint sensor-compatible overlay are also disclosed.
US10282575B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed for improving RFID coverage using an antenna array having an adaptive antenna beam. The apparatus includes an RFID reader including an antenna array having a plurality of antenna elements. Subsets of the plurality of antenna elements are selectively activating in order to direct an antenna beam to communicate with at least one RFID tag. The method includes transmitting an interrogation signal from an antenna array by activating one or more subsets of a plurality of antenna elements forming the antenna array. In this way, the interrogation signal is directed thereby improving antenna coverage.
US10282571B2
Disclosed is a self-test device and method for assessing the functional performance of a reader device that is configured to interface with a wireless sensor. The self-test device may be configured to analyze the accuracy of a signal transmitted from the reader device or the accuracy of a signal received by the reader device. In one embodiment, the reader device may be configured to engage the self-test device to allow the reader to transmit a signal, such as a short pulse of energy or a short burst of radio frequency energy to cause the self-test device to output a resonant signal. The self-test device may receive the transmit signal from the reader and evaluate it against predetermined values. The evaluated signals may be used to assess the accuracy of the transmit signal of the reader device to identify potential calibration issues and initiate remedial action by an automated system or human intervention if needed. The self-test device may be built into a docking station where the reader is placed when not in use.
US10282562B1
Systems and methods for generating certified images and incident reports are disclosed. An image capture device can be used to capture an image and integrate metadata from camera sensors as well as other ancillary device sensors into the image. The image and its metadata can then be certified upon a check that the image and its metadata are authentic and unaltered. The image and its metadata can then be included in or as a part of an incident or other report describing an incident or event such as an accident or a crime. The image and/or incident report may be maintained at a cloud-based server for viewing, authorized editing, and subsequent distribution.
US10282558B2
An apparatus maintains a segregated database in a multiple distributed ledger system. The apparatus includes a storage device that stores software instructions for controlling a processor that when executed by the processor configure the processor to: create distributed ledgers, each created distributed ledger being associated with a respective individual profile; maintain a segregated database apart from the distributed ledgers including, for each individual profile, profile balance data; and process a data exchange between exchanging profiles. To process the data exchange, the processor is configured to receive data exchange data regarding parameters of the data exchange; approve the data exchange based on a check of the data exchange data against profile balance data in the database; access the distributed ledgers associated with the exchanging profiles; and cause a distributed ledger data exchange corresponding to the data exchange to be added to the accessed distributed ledgers when the data exchange is approved.
US10282555B2
A method and system for authenticating and validating electronic architectural documents. A document approved by a licensed architect has the architects digital seal and signature associated with or inserted into the document file. A hash function is performed to create an issued file with the digital seal and signature and a cryptographic hash. The issued document is distributed to a recipient, extracted to a local drive, and subsequently accessed for use in an architectural project. The cryptographic hash of the extracted file is compared to that of the accessed filed to determine if they are the same. If the same, the accessed document is validated and the digital seal and signature remain visible in the accessed document. If not, the accessed document is not validated and the digital seal and signature are removed from or hidden, indicating the document should not be used.
US10282542B2
An attack activity definition information database 111 stores, for a plurality of events, attack activity definition information describing an event, a precondition, and an achieved phenomenon. The event is observed by an information system when an attack against the information system is underway. The precondition is a prerequisite condition for the event to be observed. The achieved phenomenon is a phenomenon of the time after the event is observed. An event receiving part 108 receives observed event notice information notifying an observed event which is observed by the information system. An attack activity predicting part 105 acquires an achieved phenomenon from the attack activity definition information describing the observed event notified by the observed event notice information, and extracts an event that is predicted to be observed by the information system, based on the attack activity definition information describing a precondition corresponding to the acquired achieved phenomenon of the observed event.
US10282541B2
A system for verifying a request for access to data is provided, the system comprising a first module 20 and a second module 30. The first module 20 is arranged to generate a password, and the second module 30 is arranged to receive a password associated with a request for data, validate the received password, and enable access to the requested data. The system is such that the first and second modules 20, 30 share a secret that has been uniquely assigned thereto, the shared secret being for use in generation and validation of a said password. Furthermore, the first module 20 is communicatively disconnected from the second module 30.
US10282539B2
Systems and methods authenticate with application extensions. An application extension requests a token from a local application. The local application generates a token and either inserts the token into a protected storage accessible only by the application extension being run by the current user or returns the token back to the application extension after being confirmed by the legitimate user. The application extension uses the token to authenticate itself with the local application.
US10282537B2
A request for authentication from a user of a computer system is received. An authentication prompt is transmitted to the user, wherein the authentication prompt corresponds to a plurality of stored authentication responses, and wherein each of the plurality of stored authentication responses is used to authenticate the user. A first user authentication response is received. Whether to accept the first user authentication response based on a degree of similarity between the first user authentication response is determined and a stored authentication response from the plurality of stored authentication responses. Responsive to accepting the first user authentication response, a security score is calculated representing a level of confidence with respect to verifying the user for authentication, based on a type of authentication response for the first user authentication response. Responsive to determining that the security score is greater than an authentication score the user is authenticated.
US10282536B1
An embodiment of the present invention is directed to devices with multiple chips for facilitating small purchase transactions through a stored value account while also permitting other transactions through a network as directed by the user. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method and system for performing at least one transaction may involve identifying a token used to perform a transaction wherein the token is read at a reader associated with a service provider, the token comprising at least two chips, a first chip associated with a first protocol accessing a local system and a second chip associated with a second protocol accessing a central controller via a network; identifying an appropriate protocol for the transaction; routing the transaction to the appropriate protocol; identifying at least one account for funding the transaction; authenticating the transaction; and funding the transaction through the at least one account.
US10282533B2
A system, apparatus, method, and machine readable medium are described for performing eye tracking during authentication. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: receiving a request to authenticate a user; presenting one or more screen layouts to the user; capturing a sequence of images which include the user's eyes as the one or more screen layouts are displayed; and (a) performing eye movement detection across the sequence of images to identify a correlation between motion of the user's eyes as the one or more screen layouts are presented and an expected motion of the user's eyes as the one or more screen layouts are presented and/or (b) measuring the eye's pupil size to identify a correlation between the effective light intensity of the screen and its effect on the user's eye pupil size.
US10282531B1
Methods and systems for verifying a user's identity on a computing device using two-factor authentication are described. More particularly, the system can use a personal identification number input by a user, together with one or more of a secure browsing feature, a device fingerprint, and a token generator to authenticate the user on the computer.
US10282521B2
Medication management and reporting technology, in which output from at least one sensor configured to sense physical activity in a building in which medication of a patient is located is monitored and a determination is made to capture one or more images of the medication based on the monitoring. A camera is used to capture an image of the medication and the captured image is analyzed to detect a state of the medication. Information regarding a schedule by which the medication should be taken by the patient is accessed and an expected state of the medication is determined. The detected state is compared with the expected state and a determination is made that the patient has departed from the schedule based on the comparison revealing that the detected state does not match the expected state. A message indicating the departure from the schedule is sent based on the determination.
US10282520B2
Method and system for microbiome-derived diagnostics and therapeutics for neurological health issues
A method for at least one of characterizing, diagnosing and treating a neurological health issue in at least a subject, the method comprising: receiving an aggregate set of biological samples from a population of subjects; generating at least one of a microbiome composition dataset and a microbiome functional diversity dataset for the population of subjects; generating a characterization of the neurological health issue based upon features extracted from at least one of the microbiome composition dataset and the microbiome functional diversity dataset; based upon the characterization, generating a therapy model configured to correct the neurological health issue; and at an output device associated with the subject, promoting a therapy to the subject based upon the characterization and the therapy model.
US10282517B2
Based on an examination report of an endoscopic examination designated, an attached image extraction unit reads image identification information, which identifies an examination image attached to the examination report. Based on the image identification information, the attached image extraction unit extracts the examination image (that is, an attached image) attached to the examination report, from examination images corresponding to the designated endoscopic examination. The examination images are read from an image folder of an image database (DB). A screen display controller performs control to display the extracted attached image on a display screen.
US10282513B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for efficient 3D structure estimation from images of a transmissive object, including cryo-EM images. The method generally comprises, receiving a set of 2D images of a target specimen from an electron microscope, carrying out a reconstruction technique to determine a likely molecular structure, and outputting the estimated 3D structure of the specimen. The described reconstruction technique comprises: establishing a probabilistic model of the target structure; optimizing using stochastic optimization to determine which structure is most likely; and, optionally utilizing importance sampling to minimize computational burden.
US10282511B2
A method for creating a parametric planing hull model is disclosed. In one embodiment, dimensions of a plurality of hull sections, including two non-adjacent hull sections, are received from a user. Dimensions of at least one hull section between the two non-adjacent hull sections are interpolated. Curves of the hull are generated based on the dimensions of the plurality of hull sections received from the user and the interpolated dimensions of the at least one hull section between the two non-adjacent hull sections. Surfaces of the hull are created based on the generated curves, and a planing hull model is generated from the created surfaces and is displayed.
US10282506B1
Systems, methods, media, and other such embodiments described herein relate to generation of clock routing trees. One embodiment involves accessing a circuit design and a clock tree hierarchy input indicating a nested list of partition or sink groups, each group of the nested list of groups comprising one or more clock tree elements of a plurality of clock tree elements from the circuit design. A routing topology associated with a source and a plurality of sinks are determined based on an ordering within the nested list of partition groups. These routing directions are used in synthesizing a clock tree for the circuit design. In additional embodiments, the clock tree hierarchy input provides clustering information, port placement for connections between partition groups of the clock tree, and parameters describing limitations or criteria for individual partition groups.
US10282504B2
A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit (IC) includes receiving a layout of the IC having a first region interposed between two second regions. The layout includes a first layer having first features and second and third layer having second and third features in the first region. The second and third features collectively form cut patterns for the first features. The method further includes modifying the second and third features by a mask house tool, resulting in modified second and third features, which collectively form modified cut patterns for the first features. The modifying of the second and third features meets at least one of following conditions: total spacing between adjacent modified second (third) features is greater than total spacing between adjacent second (third) features, and total length of the modified second (third) features is smaller than total length of the second (third) features.
US10282500B1
Systems and methods are provided for modeling electromagnetic properties of an assembly. The system includes a modeling component configured to divide the assembly into a plurality of subdomains, with each subdomain representing a three-dimensional volume of the assembly, and determine a set of standard elemental basis functions for each subdomain, such that a linear combination of elemental basis functions represents the electromagnetic properties of a portion of the geometry of the subdomain. A synthetic function generator is configured to generate a set of synthetic “entire-domain” basis functions for each subdomain from its set of elemental basis functions. A response characterization component is configured to determine the electromagnetic properties of the assembly from the sets of synthetic basis functions for each subdomain and an excitation matrix representing simulated incident electrical and magnetic stimulation to the assembly.
US10282497B2
A method for estimating the wear of a drilling tool is disclosed. The method includes selecting a first incremental distance along a length of a formation. The method further includes determining a first characteristic of the formation along the first incremental distance. The method further includes deriving a first fractional wear factor, y1, for the drilling tool based on the first characteristic of the formation and a first operating condition of the cutting element. The method further includes calculating a first wear function, Wf1, the cutting element based on the first fractional wear factor and estimating an amount of wear of the cutting element during a drilling operation based on the first wear function.
US10282493B2
A method is provided comprising, receiving, by a computer system comprising a processor and a tangible, non-transitory memory, particle parameters, creating, by the computer system, particle elements in accordance with the particle parameters, and building, by the computer system, a pattern using the particle elements.
US10282492B2
The structure earthquake-resistance design method may include an earthquake-resistance calculation using the structure design data; a required ground acceleration calculation wherein at the required ground acceleration, the earthquake-resistance matches the external vibration-force; and an earthquake magnitude calculation wherein the earthquake magnitude is calculated at a predetermined distance at which the required ground acceleration is available.
US10282488B2
A patient-specific osteotomy guide according to the present disclosure includes a three-dimensional bone-engaging inner surface configured to closely mate and conform to a corresponding portion of a specific patient's tibia. A resection slot at a patient-specific position and orientation to guide a cutting tool to perform an osteotomy according to a preoperative plan for the patient. An axial guide at a patient-specific position and orientation to guide a tool to perform an ACL/PCL reconstructive procedure according to a preoperative plan for the patient.
US10282487B2
A mask data generation method includes obtaining data of a pattern including a plurality of pattern elements, dividing a region of the pattern into a plurality of sections so that each pattern element is arranged in each section by using the obtained data of the pattern and generating map data including information indicative of presence or absence of the pattern element in each section, setting one piece of mask individual information out of a plurality pieces of mask individual information for each section including the pattern element by using a constraint condition, which inhibits setting of same mask individual information in a constraint region including one section and surrounding sections thereof, and the map data, and generating the data of the plurality of masks corresponding to the plurality pieces of mask individual information by using the set mask individual information.
US10282481B2
Techniques are described herein that are capable of providing a link to a portion of a media object (e.g., video, audio, etc.) in real time in a social networking update. For example, a user in a social networking system may generate a social networking update that references a media object while the user is consuming the media object. A determination may be made that the user is consuming the media object and that the user generates the social networking update while the user is consuming the media object. A link is inserted in the social networking update that references a portion of the media object that corresponds to a time instance at which the user generates the social networking update. For instance, the link may be automatically inserted in the social networking update.
US10282479B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for collecting data regarding resource views. In one aspect, a method includes generating a tag that includes instructions that, upon execution of the instructions, cause a device to perform operations including identifying content located in at least one particular portion of a structured resource. The particular portion can be specified by the instructions. The operations may include generating resource view data that includes parameters identifying the device and at least a portion of the identified content. The operations may include sending the resource view data to a server. A request for the tag may be received. The tag may be provided in response to the request.
US10282468B2
According to an aspect, document-based requirement identification and extraction includes parsing a set of documents and identifying relationships among parsed components of the documents and applying the parsed components and identified relationships to a meta-model that defines requirements. The requirements include a statement expressing a need and/or responsibility. A further aspect includes identifying candidate requirements and their candidate topics from results of the applying. For each of the identified candidate topics, a feature vector is built from the corresponding candidate requirements. A further aspect includes training the meta-model with the feature vectors, validating the meta-model, and classifying output of the validating to identify a subset of the candidate requirements, and corresponding topics expressed in the set of documents.
US10282463B2
Embodiments are directed towards real time display of event records and extracted values based on at least one extraction rule, such as a regular expression. A user interface may be employed to enable a user to have an extraction rule automatically generate and/or to manually enter an extraction rule. The user may be enabled to manually edit a previously provided extraction rule, which may result in real time display of updated extracted values. The extraction rule may be utilized to extract values from each of a plurality of records, including event records of unstructured machine data. Statistics may be determined for each unique extracted value, and may be displayed to the user in real time. The user interface may also enable the user to select at least one unique extracted value to display those event records that include an extracted value that matches the selected value.
US10282459B2
Techniques are described for characterizing and summarizing seasonal patterns detected within a time series. A set of time series data is analyzed to identify a plurality of instances of a season, where each instance corresponds to a respective sub-period within the season. A first set of instances from the plurality of instances are associated with a particular class of seasonal pattern. After classifying the first set of instances, a second set of instances may remain unclassified or otherwise may not be associated with the particular class of seasonal pattern. Based on the first and second set of instances, a summary may be generated that identifies one or more stretches of time that are associated with the particular class of seasonal pattern. The one or more stretches of time may span at least one sub-period corresponding to at least one instance in the second set of instances.
US10282423B2
An announcement system includes: a sound-pickup apparatus for receiving a speech expressing a fixed-form sentence; a conversion apparatus for generating a translation of the fixed-form sentence based on the speech received; and output apparatus for presenting information indicating the translation. The conversion apparatus includes: a storage unit for storing first-information indicating a predetermined sentence in a mode, and second-information indicating the predetermined sentence in another mode; an audio-input unit for receiving speech-information indicating the fixed-form sentence; speech recognition unit for generating text-information based on the speech-information; conversion processing unit for identifying the first-information corresponding to the fixed-form sentence, based on the text-information and a part of the first-information, before the sound pickup apparatus finishes receiving the speech expressing the whole fixed-form sentence; and transmission unit for transmitting the second-information corresponding to the identified first-information. The output apparatus presents the received second-information by at least either a video or a speech.
US10282420B2
A method, an apparatus and a system for recognizing an evaluation element are provided. The method includes receiving an input text; performing, using a first conditional random field model, first recognition for the input text to obtain a first recognition result, the first recognition result including a pre-evaluation element that is recognized by using the first conditional random field model; performing, using a second conditional random field model, second recognition for the input text to obtain a second recognition result, the second recognition result including a false positive evaluation element that is recognized by using the second conditional random field model, the false positive evaluation element being an element erroneously detected as an evaluation element; and recognizing, based on the first recognition result and the second recognition result, an evaluation element in the input text.
US10282418B2
A mechanism is provided in a data processing system comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, the at least one memory comprising instructions executed by the at least one processor to cause the at least one processor to implement a document analysis device for performing a statistical analysis of documents with respect to a facet. An acceptance module accepts a natural language sentence. An extraction module extracts a first facet from the natural language sentence. A statistical analysis module performs a first statistical analysis of a set of documents with respect to the first facet and determines a value of the first facet based on a result of the first statistical analysis responsive to information being extracted from the natural language sentence, the information requesting for a second statistical analysis. The statistical analysis module performs the second statistical analysis of the set of documents using the value of the first facet. A user interface presents a second facet determined based on a result of the second statistical analysis.
US10282409B2
Mechanisms, in a natural language processing (NLP) system comprising a processor and a memory are provided. The NLP system receives a plurality of communications from a plurality of devices associated with audience members of a real-time presentation by a presenter of the presentation while the presentation is being presented. The NLP system analyzes the plurality of communications using natural language processing techniques, to identify attributes of the audience members and generates an aggregate audience model based on the identified attributes of the audience members. The aggregate audience model specifies an aggregate of attributes of the audience. Moreover, the NLP system outputs, to the presenter via a device associated with the presenter, a suggestion output identifying one or more portions of the presentation that are currently of interest to the audience members based on the aggregate audience model.
US10282403B2
A server device, including: a document acquisition unit configured to acquire a document including a reference to a resource in response to a client request; a resource acquisition unit configured to acquire the resource; an abbreviated character string generation unit configured to generate abbreviated character strings of character strings included in the document and the resource and add records associating the character strings with the abbreviated character strings; an abbreviated character string writing unit configured to replace the character strings with the abbreviated character strings in the document and the resource; a document transmission unit configured to transmit the document including the abbreviated character string to the client; and a resource transmission unit configured to transmit the resource including the abbreviated character string to the client. The server device speeds up provision of a document to a client by utilizing throughput of a server.
US10282400B2
A method may include receiving an extensible markup language schema definition (XSD) including a first element having a first simple datatype and a second element having a second simple datatype different from the first simple datatype. A grammar may be generated based on the XSD. The grammar may be associated with encoding and decoding an extensible markup language (XML) document based on the XSD to and from efficient XML interchange (EXI) streams. The grammar may be associated with the first simple datatype and with the second simple datatype.
US10282398B1
Embodiments presented herein provide an editing tool for domain-specific machine-readable objects. The editing tool identifies a domain-specific machine-readable object selected for editing. The object corresponds to a page included in a sequence of pages and is configured to adjust content for the page based on variables. One or more previous pages in the sequence are configured to solicit input to define the variables. The editing tool also identifies a scenario selected for previewing the page. The scenario includes values for the variables. Assets of the object reference the variables in expressions or other logic. The editing tool renders the object based on the scenario.
US10282394B1
A first indication to dock a page associated with a web-based application is received. In response to receiving the first indication, a docked page is saved. A second indication to display the docked page is received and in response to receiving the second indication, the docked page is displayed in the web-based application.
US10282388B2
A device configured to emulate an image output adapter for a correlithm object processing system that includes an actor engine. The actor engine is configured to receive an aggregated correlithm object corresponding with a mask and to identify a plurality of correlithm objects in the aggregated correlithm object. Each mask table is linked with a mask that defines an array of pixels of an image. The actor engine is configured to populate each pixel location in the mask with a correlithm object from the plurality of correlithm object in accordance with a mask table for the mask. The actor engine is further configured to determine a pixel value for each pixel location in the mask based on the correlithm object at each pixel location and to output a representation of a portion of the image based on the mask populated with pixel values at each pixel location.
US10282371B1
Systems and methods for utilizing probabilistic data structures to handle interrogations regarding whether or not objects might be stored in an object store of an object storage device are disclosed. More particularly, a controller of an object storage device includes control circuitry and a memory operative to store a probabilistic data structure. The probabilistic data structure has data related to the presence of data in an object store of the object storage device. The control circuitry is configured to receive an interrogation from a computing device for an object; utilize the probabilistic data structure to determine that the object is possibly stored in the object store or definitely not stored in the object store; and in response to a determination that the object is definitely not stored in the object store, respond to the interrogation that the object is not stored in the object store.
US10282369B2
Embodiments are directed to a searchable encryption model for fast indexing and searching of encoded documents. The encoded documents may have multiple encryption and/or compression layers applied. The model supports full or partial keywords and simple or complex queries. The index model may be based on prefix trees to optimize space and time complexities during indexing and searching. This index model can be used as the foundation to more complex search engines. Indexed documents may be tokenized and each token indexed in a prefix tree data structure, or trie index. Tokens in the index may be associated with a token catalog that includes information related to the documents that include the token. Token catalogs may be implemented as inverted indices that map tokens to documents. If a query is provided, a result set responsive to the query may be provided based on the token index and the token catalogs.
US10282359B1
Techniques are presented herein for improved search based on group relevance. The techniques include determining account node groups based on the interactions of accounts with content. When a search query is received from a particular account, the group(s) associated with that account are determined, and the content items determined to be relevant to other accounts in the group(s) are given higher relevance in the search results. In some embodiments, groups are determined using partitioning and/or queries can be rewritten based on the group(s).
US10282358B2
Method of furnishing search engine system search results, comprising: Receiving a search query including information indicative of a property of an application originating the search query. Effecting a search of posting lists to determine search results in respect of the search query, the search results having a relevance rank order. Determining a probable user search result interaction sequence based on information related to previous user interactions with search results having been provided by the system and based on the information indicative of the property of the application originating the search query. The probable user search result interaction sequence being different from the relevance rank order of the search results. Sending the search results, including information allowing for visual configuration of the search results provided to the user by the application originating the search query according to the probable user search result interaction sequence, while maintaining the relevance rank order.
US10282355B2
Cross-tabulation operation is performed within a columnar database management system. The columnar database management system receives a request to perform a cross-tabulation operation on a set of database tables. The columnar database management system determines values of cross-tabulation operation for each row of the result. The columnar database management system determines a domain for each value of the row dimension corresponding to a row combination. The columnar database management system determines an intersection set of the domains corresponding to values of the row dimensions for the row combination. The columnar database management system determines a value for the result column for the row combination as an aggregate value based on the records of the intersection set.
US10282343B2
The disclosed invention improves the transfer efficiency of a bus transfer device. A semiconductor device includes a bus transfer device including a read data transfer path which can transfer read data having an n-bit width at a maximum. If first read data and second read data corresponding respectively to a first transaction and a second transaction have a total bit width of n bits or less, the bus transfer device can simultaneously transfer data obtained by unifying the first read data and the second read data, first transaction identification information, and second transaction identification information through the read data transfer path.
US10282342B2
Parallel processing in SCSI miniport driver of single controller and dual controller storage systems
A method includes receiving, by a storage driver associated with a storage controller and a corresponding storage array, a data structure associated with an I/O request from a host, wherein the data structure is indicative of a virtual address. A top layer and a RAID core layer of a RAID miniport driver execute asynchronously to perform preprocessing operations including generating a linked plurality of physical I/O (PIO) data structures in accordance with the virtual address and a RAID configuration of the storage array, and storing a pointer to the linked plurality of PIO data structures. A protocol layer of the RAID miniport driver may then be executed synchronously to transfer, in accordance with the linked plurality of PIO data structures, I/O data corresponding to the I/O request between the storage controller and the storage array. Interrupt operations may then be performed synchronously to indicate completion of the I/O request to the host.
US10282336B2
A hazard management system is provided with a field bus and a broadband bus. The field bus is configured to connect at least two units of the hazard management system for sending alarm signals among the units of a hazard management system. The broadband bus, which is separate from the field bus, is configured to connect at least two units of a hazard management system, so that these units may exchange data through the broadband bus. The broadband bus is configured to stream audio and/or video data from one unit to other units or to deploy software updates among the units of the hazard management system.
US10282328B2
Disclosed are a direct memory access (DMA) apparatus and method. The DMA apparatus may include memory, a buffer, a DMA controller suitable for setting group regions from which data of the memory is to be read, reading data of each odd-numbered group region in a first direction and writing the read data of each odd-numbered group region in the buffer in the first direction, and reading data of each even-numbered group region in the first direction and writing the read data of each even-numbered group region in the buffer in a second direction, and a read module suitable for reading the data of each odd-numbered group region written in the buffer in the second direction and reading the data of each even-numbered group region in the first direction.
US10282327B2
Testing for pending external interruptions. A Test Pending External Interruption instruction tests for pending external interruptions. The test for pending external interruptions is based on one or more program-specified subclasses, regardless of whether the machine is enabled for those classes of interruption. The instruction provides an indication for those subclasses being tested of whether there are any pending external interruptions for those subclasses.
US10282324B2
A multi-streaming memory system includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor executing a software component that is configured to identify multiple attributes that are each related to logical block addresses (LBAs), and that each correspond to each of a plurality of streams of data writes, evaluate an importance factor for each of the attributes for each of the streams, and clustering two or more of the LBAs by assigning a stream ID to each of the LBAs based on all of the importance factors for each of the LBAs and the assigned stream.
US10282320B2
An electronic memory arrangement having at least three memory areas, a memory control unit, and a writing memory-accessing unit configured to carry out write access. A reading memory-accessing unit is configured to carry out read accesses. The memory control unit determines read and write access to the at least three memory areas, and the memory control unit is configured such that after the writing of a first data packet to one of the three memory areas, a following second data packet to be written is written to one on the three memory area to which read access does not place simultaneously during the write access of the second data packet.
US10282313B2
A USB smart hub may provide enhanced battery charging, data storage security, vendor matching, device authentication, data capture/debug, and role switching. The smart hub may include an upstream port, a plurality of downstream ports, a processor, and a memory coupled to the processor for storing USB host stack code and configuration parameters. The smart hub may include a USB hub core having a core to implement a standard USB hub interface. The smart hub may include a plurality of 2:1 multiplexors coupled between the downstream ports, the core downstream ports, and the processor. The processor may control the 2:1 multiplexors. The processor may be configured to detect when a USB device is coupled to a downstream port and to run the USB host stack code and to enumerate the USB device. The processor may provide enhanced features based on the configuration parameters.
US10282297B2
A system comprises a number of master devices and an interconnect for managing coherency between the master devices. In response to a read-with-overridable-invalidate transaction received by the interconnect from a requesting master device requesting that target data associated with a target address is provided to the requesting master device, when target data associated with the target address is stored by a cache, the interconnect issues a snoop request to said cache triggering invalidation of the target data from the cache except when the interconnect or cache determines to override the invalidation and retain the target data in the cache. This enables greater efficiency in cache usage since data which the requesting master considers is unlikely to be needed again can be invalidated from caches located outside the master device itself.
US10282274B2
Presenting differences between code entity invocations includes identifying a plurality of families of invocations of a code entity. Each family is defined based upon a plurality of attributes that identify a class of runtime behavior of the code entity. First attribute(s) of a first family are identified. These first attribute(s) substantially contributed to classifying a first class of invocations of the code entity within the first family. Similarly, second attribute(s) of a second family are identified. These second attribute(s) substantially contributed to classifying a second class of invocations of the code entity within the second family. Differences between at least two invocations of the code entity are presented, based on differences between the one or more first attributes and the one or more second attributes.
US10282272B2
An operation management apparatus for discerning a bottleneck of a system in an execution environment of a migration-destination without operating the system in the execution environment of the migration-destination is provided. The operation management apparatus (100) includes a correlation model storage unit (112) and a prediction model generation unit (105). The correlation model storage unit (112) stores a correlation model (260) indicating a correlation for each pair of one or more metrics in a state of executing a predetermined program processing in a first processing system. The prediction model generation unit (105) generates, by correcting the correlation model (260) of the first processing system using benchmark performances acquired in a state of executing a predetermined benchmark processing in the first processing system and a second processing system, a prediction model (370) of a correlation model in a state of executing the predetermined program processing in the second processing system.
US10282271B2
Provided herein may be a storage device and a method of operating the same. In a storage device for controlling operational performance depending on temperature, a memory controller configured to control a memory device may include an internal temperature sensing unit configured to generate an internal temperature information by sensing a temperature of the memory controller and a performance adjustment unit configured to receive an external temperature information from an external temperature sensing unit, and controlling operational performance of the memory controller using the internal temperature information and the external temperature information, wherein the external temperature information represents a temperature of the memory device.
US10282266B2
The present disclosure provides an apparatus and system for testing a touch screen, and an apparatus for controlling test of a touch screen. The apparatus for testing a touch screen comprises: a processor, a test signal collection interface unit, and an external communication interface unit, wherein the processor is connected to the test signal collection interface unit, and is configured to, after touch information is collected by the test signal collection interface unit, convert the collected touch information into a format which is recognizable by an intelligent device, and transmit the converted touch information to the intelligent device through the external communication interface unit. The apparatus for testing a touch screen according to the present disclosure enables the touch information to be correspondingly processed and displayed by a processor and a display of the intelligent device, respectively. In this way, as the processor of the apparatus for testing a touch screen per se needs not to perform corresponding data processing and analysis processes, a processor with low performance may be used to facilitate reducing the manufacturing cost of the apparatus for testing a touch screen.
US10282261B2
Examples provide a pooled memory heartbeat for virtual machine hosts. A virtual controller creates a pooled memory heartbeat file system in a shared memory partition of a pooled memory. An agent running on each host in a plurality of virtual machine hosts updates a heartbeat file at an update time interval to lock the heartbeat file. The lock indicates the heartbeat status for a given host is active. A master agent accesses the shared memory partition to check the heartbeat status of each host in the pooled memory file system. The heartbeat status is used to determine whether a host that has lost pooled memory access, is network isolated, or failed. If the pooled memory heartbeat status for a given host indicates the host is a failed host, the set of virtual machines running on the given host are respawned on another healthier host.
US10282255B2
A synchronization engine detects a notification of a change to a file. It determines whether an application associated with the file has indicated that the file is to be synchronized by the application. If so, the changes to the file are synchronized between a cloud-based storage system and a local disk by the application. Collaborative metadata, associated with the synchronized file, is updated to indicate a state of a copy of the file on the local disk and a copy of the file in the cloud-based storage system. The collaborative metadata is stored by the synchronization engine.
US10282253B2
Data recovery following the loss of a volume manager is described, wherein a volume manager receives a command, and location information and credentials to access a distributed storage. The data to be recovered may include one or more data files stored as one or more discrete portions. Each portion includes metadata, including at least a file ID tag. The volume manager retrieves each portion of data from the distributed storage and records, in an index, the location that each portion of data was retrieved from. The volume manager reads and stores the file ID tag with the associated location of the attached portion of data in the distributed storage in the volume manager index.
US10282252B2
A method of managing a plurality of storage devices controlled in a RAID scheme includes detecting a failure disk among the storage devices, selecting one of a plurality of stripes of the storage devices according to a result of the detection, identifying a valid page of data included in a normal chunk of the selected stripe and a valid page of data of a lost chunk mapped to the failure disk with reference to address mapping information, recovering the valid page of the lost chunk among chunks included in the selected stripe with reference to information on the identified valid page, and copying the recovered valid page of the lost chunk and the valid page of the normal chunk to a new stripe of the storage devices.
US10282246B2
The present invention relates to an application error detection method for a cloud streaming service, and an apparatus and a system therefor. According to the present invention, with respect to an application executed in a streaming server, it is possible to detect an application error by determining whether a reference image coincides with an execution screen of the application.
US10282239B2
An information processing system in which a monitoring device can detect illegal and/or abnormal operations in a system to be monitored, without using detailed information of the system, is provided. In a target device 100, an operation data generation unit 130 generates operation data 140 as data of encoding a set of operations related to a predetermined program executed in an execution environment 120, and transmits the operation data to the monitoring device 200. In the monitoring device 200, an operation pattern storing unit 230 stores an operation pattern 240 as operation data related to a set of operations to be detected. An operation data decision unit 220 decides that the operation to be detected is executed in the execution unit when the operation data received from the target device 100 matches the operation pattern 240, and notifies of execution of the operation to be detected.
US10282220B2
A method and an information handling system (IHS) dynamically modifies queue depth values based on changing relative workload demands of virtual functions. A controller, executing code of a queue depth profiler, determines, for each virtual function, an average number of total unfulfilled, outstanding requests. The controller compares values for an average number of total outstanding requests across the plurality of virtual functions. The controller determines a relative demand for request queue depth corresponding to each respective virtual function based on the compared values. The controller calculates desired queue depth values for each virtual function, based on the relative demand. The controller triggers completion of pending requests for a first processing state. In response to successful completion of the first processing state, the controller enables initiation of a second processing state in which request processing continues using the desired queue depth values.
US10282209B2
The present invention discloses a speculative lookahead processing device and method to enhance the statistical performance of datapaths. The method comprises steps: entering an input signal to at least two datapath units in a round-robin way; outputting the correct value at the Nth cycle, and acquiring the speculation value at the Mth cycle beforehand to start the succeeding computation, wherein M and N are natural numbers and M is smaller than N; comparing the speculation value with the correct value at the Nth cycle to determine whether the speculation is successful; if successful, excluding extra activities; if not successful, deleting the succeeding computation undertaken beforehand and restarting the succeeding computation with the correct value.
US10282199B2
According to some implementations, a device can include one or more processors to obtain a characteristic of a first application; obtain a setting of a software development kit (SDK) of the first application; obtain activation information from an SDK of a second application, the activation information including a characteristic of the second application and a setting of the SDK of the second application; compare the activation information to the characteristic of the first application and the setting of the SDK; and/or perform an action associated with the SDK of the first application based on comparing the activation information to the characteristic of the first application and the setting of the SDK.
US10282195B2
Techniques are disclosed for concurrently loading a plurality of new modules while code of a plurality of modules of an original computer program is loaded and executed on a computer system. An associated method may include allocating a module thread local storage (TLS) block for each thread within an initial computer program, wherein the allocated module TLS blocks are large enough to hold all module thread variables that are loaded or to be loaded. The method further may include reserving spare areas between the module TLS blocks for adding new module thread variables and arranging at an end of the module TLS blocks a thread data template section for resetting threads or creating new threads. The method may result in addition of modules to the original computer program and/or application of a concurrent patch through replacement of one or more of the plurality of original computer program modules.
US10282193B1
This disclosure describes techniques for providing users of services provided by network-based service platforms with additional control for approving patches that are to be deployed to computing resources that support their services. In some examples, the techniques include generating and using a “snapshot,” or list, of patches that are preliminarily approved for deployment. Prior to deploying the patches to the computing resources, users are provided with access to the snapshot and are able to modify the snapshot. For example, users can modify the snapshot by adding patches, removing patches, specifying a sequence in which the patches are to be deployed, and so forth. The snapshot of patches may be “frozen” for a period of time, meaning that patches that during the period of time, only patches in the snapshot are deployed, and patches that are not included in the snapshot are not permitted to be deployed to computing resources.
US10282191B2
Updating web resources includes extracting web resources from the application to local files, and querying an external server for web resource updates specific to at least one operating condition of the client device. A server includes at least one processor to execute computer readable instructions to generate an update bundle for web resources downloaded in an application package by a client device, the update bundle comprising at least one update that is specific to an operating condition of the client device, and, in response to a request from the client device, send the update bundle to the client device such that an application on a client device may receive web resource updates that are specific to operating conditions of the client device in order to accomplish a reduction in application start-up time.
US10282186B2
A component manager may be used to install or upgrade components of a software suite. The component manager may be installed via an application store of an electronic device. The component manager may determine a plurality of applications to install or upgrade based at least in part on the versions of the applications, a version numbering scheme, and changes to a database schema associated with the software suite. The version numbering scheme is designed to maintain compatibility between the applications in the software suite. The component manager may install the plurality of applications and/or upgrade a database schema in order to maintain compatibility between the components of the software suite.
US10282184B2
Declarations of annotation types, which specify annotations, are themselves annotated by meta-annotations. Meta-annotations define constraints based on modular dependencies.
US10282181B2
Software specification translation includes: receiving a first software specification specified in a first programming language, a second software specification specified in a second programming language, a third software specification specified in a third programming language different from the first and second programming languages, the third software specification defining one or more data relationships between the first software specification and the second software specification. A combined representation of the first software specification and the second software specification is formed in a fourth programming language different from the first, second, and third programming languages. Connections are formed in the fourth programming language between a representation of the first software specification and the representation of the second software specification according to identified data relationships.
US10282178B2
A computer-implemented method includes identifying one or more instrumentation code segments and identifying one or more client experience indications. The one or more client experience indications are associated with a client computer. The computer-implemented method further includes determining a data gathering scenario based on the one or more client experience indications. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed.
US10282174B2
A method for processing software layout can include exporting layout setting information from design elements of a software; formatting the layout setting information, and storing it in a layout characteristic file; and importing the layout setting information in the layout characteristic file into design elements of another software. Layout information of each language can be stored in a customizable layout characteristic file.
US10282172B2
A content management system (CMS) for graphically authoring and deploying a television app and pages for access and display by end user devices. The CMS displays a canvas in a GUI and receives input graphically specifying page appearance using a component on the canvas. The component is compatible for rendering in a webpage format and in a television app page format. The webpage format of the component is used for rendering the component on the canvas. The CMS deploys the page so it can be rendered in either the television app page format or the webpage format depending upon which type of page is requested. The CMS can also enable authoring and deploying configuration information and application logic that is accessed by a shell app on the end user devices.
US10282163B2
Systems, devices, apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for cadence and media content phase alignment are provided. An example media-playback device includes a content output device that operates to output media content, a cadence-acquiring device, a phase-delay calibration engine, a cadence-based media content selection engine, and a phase-aligned media playback engine. The cadence-acquiring device includes a movement-determining device and a cadence-determination engine configured to determine a cadence based on movement data captured by the movement-determining device. The phase-delay calibration engine configured to determine phase delay values for at least one cadence value. The cadence-based media content selection engine configured to identify a media content item based on the cadence determined by the cadence-acquiring device. The phase-aligned media playback engine configured to align the identified media content item to the repetitive-motion activity and cause the media-output device to output the aligned media content item.
US10282162B2
A user device that plays back audio books for a user can include a dynamic pause that provides a user with greater flexibility in when to pause playback of an audio book. Dynamic pause includes initiating playback of an audio book using a user device; receiving a pause request as input to the user device, the pause request received at an input time index during playback of the audio book; retrieving a subset of candidate pause points, each candidate pause point comprising a time index within the audio book that corresponds to a break point located within an eBook corresponding to the audio book; selecting one of the candidate pause points from the subset, the time index of the selected candidate pause point determining a pause time index when playback is to be paused; and pausing the playback at the pause time index.
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A commercial album of analog audio recordings, having multiple tracks, is identified. An analog recording of the album is played to produce an analog audio input signal. The audio output signal is digitally sampled to produce digitized segments. One or more track-titles are obtained (1902) from a remote audio finger-printing service for each digitized segment to provide track-titles. For each obtained track-title, each album-title is requested (1905) upon which the obtained track-title appears, to provide candidate albums. A score is generated (1905) for each provided candidate album based on the number of obtained track-titles that appear on a provided candidate album in the correct order. An album is identified by comparing (2209) these scores.
US10282156B2
Provided are an information providing apparatus and a method thereof capable of easily and effectively using information stored in each of a plurality of terminals. The information providing apparatus includes a communication unit configured to establish a communication network with a mobile terminal within a vehicle, a display unit configured to display a vehicle image, and a control unit configured to receive identification information of the mobile terminal and position information of the mobile terminal through the communication unit, and to control the display unit to display the received position information of the mobile terminal in the vehicle image and display a mobile terminal image corresponding to the identification information in the displayed position information of the mobile terminal.
US10282153B2
A function executing device is configured to send a wireless identifier to a communication device via a first type of wireless communication interface for setting up a wireless connection. The function executing device is configured to determine whether the function executing device is in an error state and, if not, to establish the wireless connection via a second type of wireless communication interface. The function executing device operates in a parent state in the wireless connection. Additionally, print data may be received from the communication device. However, if the function executing device is in an error state the wireless connection is not established via the second type of wireless communication interface.
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While a specific application is running, a printer driver enables printing other data that is not data from the specific application. A dedicated driver (printer driver) that runs on a POS terminal occupies a communication port when receipt data is supplied from a POS application. The dedicated driver also sends print data generated based on the receipt data through the communication port to a POS printer. After continuing for a previously set time, the dedicated driver releases the communication port.
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An image processing system includes an image processing device executing a job and a billing server performing billing process in response to execution of the job connected through a network. The billing server includes: a remaining amount management part for managing a remaining amount of each user's available funds; and a savings amount transmission part for determining a savings amount in the image processing device based on a user's available funds and sending the determined savings amount to the image processing device. The image processing device includes: a savings amount storage part for storing therein the savings amount in accordance with the user; a job execution part for executing a job with an instruction by the user; and a billing processing part for performing billing process to charge to the user in response to execution of the job.
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A processing method executed by a processor that receives an order from a user at a restaurant through interaction includes analyzing information indicating the order, extracting a phrase other than a standard element from the information, with reference to a first database when the extracted phrase is a first phrase in the first database, outputting a first confirmation item corresponding to the first phrase to the user, receiving a first user response corresponding to the first confirmation item, when the extracted phrase is not a first phrase in the first database, referring to a second database, when the extracted phrase is a second phrase in the second database, selecting a third phrase in the first database from second phrase-related phrases, outputting a second confirmation item corresponding to the third phrase to the user referring to the first database, and receiving a second user response corresponding to the second confirmation item.
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The present invention uniquely names storage devices in a global storage environment with hierarchical storage domains. In particular, according to one or more embodiments of the present invention a storage device (e.g., a disk) is connected at a particular location within the global storage environment. That particular location is associated with a path of each of one or more hierarchical storage domains in which the storage device is located. Accordingly, a name is assigned to the storage device that is the path of the hierarchical storage domains in which the storage device is located.
