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US10027367B2	Quarter wavelength unit delay and complex weighting coefficient continuous-time filters Various signal processing techniques may benefit from appropriate handling. For example, certain signal processors may benefit from quarter wavelength unit delay and complex weight coefficient continuous-time filters. A method can include splitting an input signal into a plurality of signal paths. The method can also include complex weighting, for each signal path, a respective signal. The method can further include summing outputs of the signal paths. The method can additionally include providing an output comprising the sum of the signal paths. The complex weighting can be configured to independently control gain, phase and delay of the output signal over broadband.
US10027364B2	Differential communication circuit A differential communication circuit includes: a first switch in between a signal line and a power source, a second switch in between a signal line and a ground, a third switch in between the signal line and the ground, a fourth switch in between the signal line and the power source, first and second drivers respectively driving the first and second switches, and third and fourth drivers respectively driving the third and fourth switches OFF to ON at an ON to OFF timing of the first and second switches, for setting an ON period of the third and fourth switches to be shorter than a one-bit width in a communication signal and enabling a stable signal level determination while reducing power consumption of the differential communication circuit.
US10027360B2	SIM card connectorfor preventing SIM card burnout by detecting insertion and removal of the SIM card A SIM card connector includes a base, signal spring, a detection apparatus, and a controller. The detection apparatus is configured to cooperate with one side of a SIM card, and includes a fixed contact and a detection spring, where an action of the SIM card can be detected by separation or union between the fixed contact and the detection spring. The controller can disconnect a power supply of the signal spring before the SIM card is separated from the signal spring, and can switch on the power supply of the signal spring after the SIM card presses against the signal spring, which effectively prevents the SIM card from being burned out by a momentary electric arc generated between the SIM card and the signal spring when the SIM card is being inserted or removed.
US10027358B2	Harmonic selective full-band capture receiver with digital harmonic rejection calibration A receiver includes circuitry configured to determine one or more first local oscillator (LO) harmonics that correspond to one or more first spectrum segments of a down-converted received signal based on characteristics of the received signal. The one or more first LO harmonics of the received signal are amplified by applying one or more first transconductance coefficients to one or more first harmonic selective transinductance amplifiers (TIAs) corresponding to the one or more first spectrum segments. Digitized outputs of the plurality of harmonic selective TIAs are calibrated based on an amount of signal leakage between the plurality of spectrum segments of the down-converted received signal.
US10027356B2	Zero-cross-pre-distortion (ZCPD) algorithm for DTC based polar DTx Devices and methods of compensating for a bandpass filter are generally described. A DTx includes a BPF from which an output signal is produced and a DFE having a zero crossing (ZC) pre-distorter (ZCPD). The ZCPD compensates for ZC distortion from a desired analog signal caused by the BPF. The ZCPD adjusts a DTC code word to generate a DTx output signal to be applied to the BPF. The compensation is dependent on a magnitude of the square wave immediately prior to and after the ZC. The compensated DTC and a DPA code word are used to generate the DTx output signal. The compensation produced by the ZCPD is free from compensation for non-linear responses to the DTC and DPA code words.
US10027348B2	Turbo product coded modulation An optical transmission technique includes receiving data for transmission over the optical communication network, applying a three-dimensional (3D) error correction code to the data using three component codes, resulting in error correction coded signal, modulating the error correction coded signal using a quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) scheme and processing and transmitting the modulated signal over the optical communication medium.
US10027346B2	Hardware data compressor that maintains sorted symbol list concurrently with input block scanning A hardware data compressor includes a first hardware engine that scans an input block of characters to produce a stream of tokens, the stream of tokens comprising replacement back pointers to matched strings of characters of the input block and non-replaced characters of the input block. The hardware data compressor also includes a second hardware engine that receives the stream of tokens and maintains a sorted list of symbols associated with the tokens. The hardware data compressor also includes the second hardware engine concurrently maintains the sorted list of symbols by frequency of occurrence as the first hardware engine produces the tokens of the stream.
US10027341B2	Multiple sampling stage receiver and related methods A line receiver including an analog-to-digital converter is described. The line receiver may include an input stage, a first sampling stage, an integration stage, and a second sampling stage. The input stage may be configured to receive an input voltage representative of a signal transmitted by a transmitter, and to convert the input voltage to a current. The input stage may include a trans-conductance stage. The current may be sampled using the first sampling stage. The sampled current may be converted to a voltage using the integration stage. The integration stage may include a trans-impedance stage. The voltage obtained using the integration stage may be sampled using the second sampling stage.
US10027336B2	Photoelectric conversion apparatus and image pickup system When a level of a signal output from a pixel is higher than a comparison level, the signal output from the pixel is converted into a digital signal during a first period by using a first reference signal. If the level of the signal output from the pixel is lower than the comparison level, the signal output from the pixel is converted into a digital signal during a second period that is longer than the first period by using a second reference signal.
US10027333B2	Phase locked loops having decoupled integral and proportional paths An embodiment circuit includes a first charge pump configured to generate a first current at a first node, and a second charge pump configured to generate a second current at a second node. The circuit further includes an isolation buffer coupled between the first node and the second node and an adder having a first input coupled to the second node. The circuit additionally includes an auxiliary charge pump configured to generate a third current at a second input of the adder, and an oscillator having an input coupled to an output of the adder.
US10027330B1	Arbitrating circuit An arbitrating circuit includes a first NOR gate, a second NOR gate, four resistors and a pull-up circuit. The first transistor is connected with the first node and the second node, and generates a first acknowledging signal. The second transistor is connected with a supply voltage, the second node and the first transistor. The third transistor is connected with the first node and second node, and generates a second acknowledging signal. The fourth transistor is connected with the supply voltage, the first node and the third transistor. The pull-up circuit is connected with the first node, the second node, the first NOR gate and the second NOR gate. If both of the first request signal and the second request signal have a low logic level, a voltage at the second node is pulled up to a high logic level by the pull-up circuit.
US10027321B2	I/O driving circuit and control signal generating circuit An I/O driving circuit comprising a post driver. The post driver comprises: a first switch device, comprising a first terminal coupled to an I/O voltage, and comprising a second terminal, wherein the first switch device provides an initial driving voltage at the second terminal of the first switch device; and a first voltage providing device, comprising a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first switch device, and comprising a second terminal. The first voltage providing device is configured to provide a driving voltage at the second terminal of the first voltage providing device via providing a voltage drop to the initial driving voltage.
US10027317B2	Systems, methods, and devices for bipolar high voltage direct current electrical power distribution Systems, methods and devices for aircraft power distribution include a bipolar high voltage direct current source component; an electrical loading component capable of drawing electrical power from the bipolar high voltage direct current source component; a set of switching components configured to selectively couple power from the bipolar high voltage DC source component to the electrical loading; and a transient suppression component. The transient suppression component is configured to limit current flowing through the first or the second subset of the set of switching components when the first and the second subsets are not in the same state.
US10027313B2	Receiver, communication device, and communication method To provide a receiver, a communication device, and a communication method capable of restoring a signal transmitted via a non-contact transmission channel with high accuracy. A communication device has a transmission circuit that converts an input signal into a pulse, a non-contact transmission channel that has a primary side coil and a secondary side coil and transmits the pulse from the transmission circuit in a non-contact manner, a restoration circuit that restores the input signal on the basis of a reception signal corresponding to the pulse transmitted via the non-contact transmission channel, an initialization unit that initializes an output of the non-contact transmission channel, and an initialization control unit that outputs a control signal of controlling the initialization unit on the basis of the reception signal corresponding to the pulse received via the non-contact transmission channel.
US10027312B2	Low temperature coefficient clock signal generator A relaxation oscillator for generating a low temperature coefficient (LTC) clock signal includes a reference voltage generator and an oscillator. The reference voltage generator generates an LTC current and a bandgap reference voltage. The reference voltage generator includes positive temperature coefficient (PTC) resistors to compensate for the effects of temperature variations. The oscillator receives the LTC current and the bandgap reference voltage, and generates a clock signal. In another embodiment, the reference voltage generator generates a charge current that varies with temperature. The oscillator receives the charge current and generates first and second output signals. Set and reset comparators include PTC resistors that determine the gains of the set and reset comparators. The PTC resistors compensate for variation in the first and second output signals due to the temperature variations by varying the gains of the set and reset comparators.
US10027309B2	Quartz crystal blank and quartz crystal resonator unit A rectangular quartz crystal blank having long sides substantially parallel to a Z′ axis of the quartz crystal blank, and short sides substantially parallel to an X axis of the quartz crystal blank. The quartz crystal blank includes a first center region, a second region and a third region that are adjacent to the first region along a long-side direction, and a fourth region and a fifth region that are adjacent to the first region along a short-side direction. A thickness of the second region and a thickness of the third region are smaller than the thickness of the first region, and/or a thickness of the fourth region and a thickness of the fifth region are smaller than the thickness of the first region, and 16.18≤W/T≤16.97, where W is a length of a short side and T is a thickness.
US10027304B2	Dual-band band-pass filters and method of use A filter includes shunt circuits coupled between a reference node and each of an input port, an output port, a first node, and a second node. Resonant networks are coupled between the input port and the second node, and between the first node and the output port. Storage element circuits are coupled between the input port and the first node, and between the second node and the output port. The shunt circuits have an equivalent shunt circuit frequency response that partly defines a high passband frequency of the filter, the resonant networks have an equivalent resonant network frequency response that partly defines a low passband frequency of the filter, and the storage element circuits have an equivalent storage element circuit frequency response that defines a stopband frequency of the filter between the low passband frequency and the high passband frequency.
US10027295B2	Common mode gain trimming for amplifier An electrical device (e.g., an integrated circuit) includes an amplifier, a configurable common mode gain trim circuit, and a memory. The configurable common mode gain trim circuit is coupled to the amplifier. The memory is configured to include trim data that is usable during an initialization process for the electrical device to configure the impedance matching circuit.
US10027291B2	Power amplification circuit A power amplification circuit that includes: a capacitor element in which a first metal layer, a first insulating layer, a second metal layer, a second insulating layer and a third metal layer are sequentially stacked, the capacitor element including a first capacitor in which the first metal layer serves as one electrode thereof and the second metal layer serves as another electrode thereof, and a second capacitor in which the second metal layer serves as one electrode thereof and the third metal layer serves as another electrode thereof; and a transistor that amplifies a radio-frequency signal. The radio-frequency signal is supplied to the one electrode of the first capacitor. The other electrode of the first capacitor and the one electrode of the second capacitor are connected to a base of the transistor, and the other electrode of the second capacitor is connected to the emitter of the transistor.
US10027290B2	Switchless line-DI/Mic pre-amplifier input A switchless pre-amplifier input circuit includes an audio input connector that receives a first audio device operable at a first impedance and a second audio device operable at a second impedance less than the first impedance. A preamplifier circuit outputs a preamplified audio signal in response to amplifying a first audio signal generated by the first audio device or a second audio signal generated by the second audio device. The switchless pre-amplifier input circuit further includes a impedance selector circuit that adjusts an impedance at the output to reach the second impedance in response to connecting the second audio device to the audio input connector and to adjust the impedance at the output to reach the first impedance in response to connecting the first audio device to the audio input.
US10027282B2	Integrated circuit According to the present invention, an integrated circuit includes a first amplifier stage, a second amplifier stage, a first signal line connecting an output of the first amplifier stage and an input of the second amplifier stage to each other, a first plane for ground connected to the first amplifier stage, a second plane for ground connected to the second amplifier stage and at least one at least one line for ground connecting the first plane and the second plane to each other, wherein the at least one line has a center line having a length of 10 μm to 1 mm, a width of the at least one line is ⅓ or less of a width of the first plane, and a pattern ratio is 1 or more.
US10027271B2	Rotating electrical machine control device A rotating electrical machine control device with an electronic control unit that is programmed to: switch a modulation method between asynchronous modulation in which switching of the inverter is controlled by modulated pulses generated based on a carrier having a first carrier frequency which is not synchronous with rotation of the rotating electrical machine and synchronous modulation in which switching of the inverter is controlled by modulated pulses generated in synchronization with rotation of the rotating electrical machine, the switching of the modulation method between the asynchronous modulation and the synchronous modulation being performed according to an operating condition of the rotating electrical machine which includes at least a rotational speed of the rotating electrical machine.
US10027269B2	Software-controlled electronic circuit for switching power to a three-phase motor The circuit for controlling a rotating three-phase motor of the type having three interconnected motor coils each corresponding to one of three phases employs a plurality of switching circuit components, each connected to the motor to supply current to one of the coils. A signal generator circuit produces in synchronism with the rotation of the motor a variable duty cycle pulse-width modulated signal for each of the switching circuit components. A logic gating circuit is coupled to the signal generator circuit and to the switching components. The logic gating circuit is operative to cause the switching circuit components to selectively place pairs of motor coils in current conducting states such that when the variable duty cycle pulse-width modulated signals are each concurrently in the same logical on-off state, the logic gating circuit supplies a logical off state to each of the switching circuit components.
US10027268B2	Motor incorporating power converter, and air conditioner, water heater, and ventilation blower incorporating the motor A motor incorporating a power converter including a printed board on which a semiconductor module (an inverter IC), which converts a voltage of an external power supply into a high-frequency voltage and supplies the high-frequency voltage to a stator, is mounted, wherein a high-voltage circuit ground, which is a power ground of a high-voltage main circuit system of the inverter IC, and a low-voltage circuit ground, which is a ground of a control circuit system, which is a low-voltage circuit, of the semiconductor module, are provided on the board, and the high-voltage circuit ground and the low-voltage circuit ground are connected at one point via a resistor.
US10027261B2	Motor apparatus A motor apparatus includes: an inverter arranged to drive a motor with a voltage outputted from a driving element; a rectifier circuit arranged to rectify alternating-current power to generate direct-current power to be applied to the driving element; a measuring section arranged to measure a voltage of the direct-current power; and a control circuit arranged to control the inverter in accordance with a result of a measurement by the measuring section; wherein the control circuit is arranged to vary an amplitude value of a drive signal to be applied to a base or gate of the driving element in a complementary manner in relation to a fluctuation in the voltage of the direct-current power.
US10027253B2	Voltage source converter In the field of high voltage direct current power transmission networks, a voltage source converter comprises first and second DC terminals for connection to a DC electrical network, and a plurality of single-phase limbs. Each single-phase limb includes a phase element, and each phase element includes at least one switching element configured to interconnect a DC voltage and an AC voltage. An AC side of each phase element is connectable to a respective phase of a multi-phase AC electrical network, and each single-phase limb is connected between the first and second DC terminals. The voltage source converter further comprises a controller configured to determine independently of one another an amount of active power (Pref) that the voltage source converter should exchange with the AC electrical network and an amount of reactive power (Qref) that the voltage source converter should exchange with the AC electrical network.
US10027246B2	Power semiconductor module and electric power conversion device An object of the present invention is to achieve both low height and miniaturization of a double side cooling type electric power conversion device. A power semiconductor module according to the present invention includes: a circuit body including a power semiconductor device and a terminal; and a case forming an accommodation space for accommodating the circuit body, wherein the case includes: a first heat radiation portion and a second heat radiation portion disposed to face each other sandwiching the accommodation space; a first opening that is disposed at a side portion to the first heat radiation portion and through which the terminal passes; a sealing surface formed to surround the first opening; and a reference surface disposed at a side portion to the second heat radiation portion, and the reference surface is formed on a surface opposite to a surface on which the sealing surface of the case is disposed such that, when projection is performed from a vertical direction of the reference surface, a projection of the reference surface and a projection of the sealing surface overlap each other.
US10027245B2	Low voltage touch panel Wall mountable touch panels are described. In one embodiment, a wall mountable touch panel for controlling a load device includes a touch sensor configured to receive a user touch input and to control the load device based on the user touch input and a power interface configured to receive a low-voltage direct current (DC) power signal for powering the touch sensor. Other embodiments are also described.
US10027239B2	Wind power converter device and converter device A wind power converter device is provided. The wind power converter device includes grid side converters, generator side converters and a DC bus module. Each of the grid side converters includes grid side outputs electrically coupled to a grid and a first and a second DC inputs. Each two of the neighboring grid side converters are connected in series at the second and the first DC inputs. Each of the generator side converters includes generator side inputs electrically coupled to a generator device and a first and a second DC outputs. Each two of the neighboring generator side converters are coupled in series at the second and the first DC outputs. The DC bus module is electrically coupled between the grid side converters and the generator side converters.
US10027238B2	Electrical assembly An electrical assembly includes a DC tap including first and second tap terminals that are respectively connectable to first and second DC power transmission media, the DC tap including a tap limb extending between the first and second tap terminals and having two limb portions separated by a third tap terminal connectable to an electrical load, each tap limb portion including a DC blocking capacitor. The assembly further includes a current return configured to electrically interconnect the or each AC terminal to the third tap terminal, a converter unit, and a controller configured to selectively control the converter unit to generate at least one first non-fundamental frequency alternating current component at the or each AC terminal and modify the or each first non-fundamental frequency alternating current component to enable the DC tap to draw power from the DC electrical network for supply to the electrical load.
US10027237B2	Self-oscillating resonant power converter Resonant power converters and inverters include a self-oscillating feedback loop coupled from a switch output to a control input of a switching network comprising one or more semiconductor switches. The self-oscillating feedback loop sets a switching frequency of the power converter and comprises a first intrinsic switch capacitance coupled between a switch output and a control input of the switching network and a first inductor. The first inductor is coupled in-between a first bias voltage source and the control input of the switching network and has a substantially fixed inductance. The first bias voltage source is configured to generate an adjustable bias voltage applied to the first inductor. The output voltage of the power converter is controlled in a flexible and rapid manner by controlling the adjustable bias voltage.
US10027232B2	Motor bi-directional DC/DC converter and control method thereof The present invention provides a bi-directional DC/DC converter and a control method thereof. The bi-directional DC/DC converter comprises a push-pull circuit, a chargeable and dischargeable device, a transformer, a half bridge circuit, a rectifying and filtering circuit and a first switch. The primary side of the transformer is connected to an output of the push-pull circuit. The output of the rectifying and filtering circuit is connected across a bridge arm of the half bridge circuit. The first switch is configured to connect the secondary side of the transformer to an input of the rectifying and filtering circuit, or to connect a part of windings of the secondary side of the transformer to an output of the half bridge circuit while disconnecting the part of windings of the secondary side of the transformer from two terminals of the input of the rectifying and filtering circuit. The bi-directional DC/DC converter of the present invention has fewer components and is low in cost.
US10027227B2	Power supply with digitally variable slope compensation circuit A power supply with digitally compensated circuit having a plurality of integrated circuits. The plurality of integrated circuits has a digitally variable slope controller to adjust charge time of an inductor and voltage distortion and an adjustable voltage generator, which generates a modified voltage set point. The digitally compensated circuit has a comparator, which compares the modified voltage set point to a first feedback and turns off a comparator output signal when first feedback approaches or exceeds the modified voltage set point. An adjustable pulse width modulator generator produces an output voltage. A current monitor receives output voltage and provides a second feedback, which is transferred to the plurality of integrated circuits. An inductor receives output voltage and generates variable output power for a load, utilizing the digitally variable slope controller to reduce oscillation, system disturbances, and subharmonic oscillations over a dynamic voltage input range.
US10027224B2	Charge pump stability control An apparatus for power conversion includes a switching network that controls interconnections between pump capacitors in a capacitor network that has a terminal coupled to a current source, and a charge-management subsystem. In operation, the switching network causes the capacitor network to execute charge-pump operating cycles during each of which the capacitor network adopts different configurations in response to different configurations of the switching network. At the start of a first charge-pump operating cycle, each pump capacitor assumes a corresponding initial state. The charge-management subsystem restores each pump capacitor to the initial state by the start of a second charge-pump operating cycle that follows the first charge-pump operating cycle.
US10027220B2	Interleaved power supplies and corresponding control methods According to some aspects of the present disclosure, example interleaved power supplies and corresponding control methods are disclosed. Example interleaved power supplies include an input terminal, an output terminal, and a first phase circuit coupled between the input terminal and the output terminal. The first phase circuit includes a first inductor and a first switch. The power supply also includes a second phase circuit coupled between the input terminal and the output terminal. The second phase circuit includes a second inductor and a second switch. The power supply further includes at least one current sensor, and a controller operable to control the first phase circuit and the second phase circuit in an interleaved mode when the sensed output current is below a current threshold and to control the first phase circuit and the second phase circuit in an in-phase mode when the output current is above the current threshold.
US10027206B2	Blower motor for HVAC systems A blower motor assembly having a variable speed motor that is suitable for replacing a PSC motor in a residential HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) system. The blower motor assembly includes a variable speed motor and motor controller; a first power input for receiving a plurality of AC power signals from a control device for use in determining an operating parameter for the motor; and a second power input for receiving AC power from an AC power source for powering the motor controller even when no AC power signals are received by the first power input.
US10027204B2	Method of connecting and disconnecting power to loads and a switching apparatus employing same A motor control center having one or more control modules is disclosed. Each control module has a cabinet for enclosing therein a first contact set and a second contact set forming rotatable electricity conducting switches or contacts from the bus bars of the motor control center to a circuit breaker in the control module. An operation handle, extending from the cabinet, is used to operate the control module between different states. The operation handle is coupled to an operating mechanism in the cabinet. The operation handle sequentially operates the first contact set to couple to the bus and power a test circuit, the second contact set to couple the first contact set to the circuit breaker, and lastly to switch on the circuit breaker.
US10027192B2	Motor with permanent magnet embedded therein, and compressor An interior permanent magnet motor includes: a rotator; a stator; a permanent magnet inserted into a magnet accommodating hole; and a slit formed on a radially outer side of the magnet accommodating hole. A space portion is ensured between a radially outer surface of the permanent magnet and a rotator core in each region opposed to the slit. The permanent magnet is apart from the rotator core via the space portion in the each region opposed to the slit.
US10027186B2	Power supply apparatus, power supply method, and storage medium A power supply apparatus includes an output unit that wirelessly outputs electric power to an electronic device, a communication unit that wirelessly communicates with the electronic device, a detecting unit that detect a current flowing to the output unit, and a control unit that performs a process to limit the current flowing to the output unit in a case where the current detected by the detecting unit is greater than or equal to a predetermined value set according to a predetermined magnetic field strength while the output unit outputs the electric power to the electronic device.
US10027184B2	Foreign object detection in wireless energy transfer systems A wireless energy transfer system includes a foreign object debris detection system. The system includes at least one wireless energy transfer source configured to generate an oscillating magnetic field. The foreign object debris may be detected by at least one field gradiometer positioned in the oscillating magnetic field. The voltage of the at least one field gradiometer may be measured using readout circuitry and a feedback loop based on the readings from the gradiometers may be used to control the parameters of the wireless energy source.
US10027176B2	Electronic unit and feed system An electronic unit includes: a power receiving section configured to receive electric power fed from a feed unit by using a magnetic field; and a control section configured to perform, when a receiving current supplied from the power receiving section is less than a predetermined threshold current at a time of a light load, current increasing control to increase the receiving current to the threshold current or more.
US10027169B2	Wireless power supply system, power transmitting apparatus and power receiving apparatus Provided is a wireless power supply system including a power transmitting apparatus and a power receiving apparatus. The power transmitting apparatus includes a power transmitting coil that transmits AC power to the power receiving apparatus, a first modulation/demodulation unit that performs a modulation/demodulation process on the AC power of the power transmitting coil, a first transreceiver unit that transmits application data to the power receiving apparatus via the first modulation/demodulation unit. The power receiving apparatus includes a power receiving coil that receives the AC power from the power transmitting apparatus, a second modulation/demodulation unit that performs a modulation/demodulation process on the AC power of the power receiving coil, a second transreceiver unit that receives the application data from the power transmitting apparatus via the second modulation/demodulation unit, and an application processing unit that executes an application process based on the received application data.
US10027149B2	Electrical charging device chassis and cases Electrical charging device chassis and cases are provided herein. An example device includes a chassis for a computer, the chassis having a sidewall extending perpendicularly from the chassis, the chassis being configured to enclose computer components of the computer, the computer components having an energy storage device, the chassis comprising an electrical connector that extends from the sidewall. The device also includes a circuit mounted on the chassis that charges the energy storage device when the electrical connector is coupled with a power source.
US10027147B2	Methods and apparatus for a modular coil holder for an extended wireless charging roadway assembly A holder configured to hold one or more components of a wireless charging power transfer system is provided. The apparatus comprises a first surface having one or more grooves configured to receive at least a portion of a conductor of a coil that spans the holder and at least one other holder, the coil configured to inductively transfer power via a magnetic field. The apparatus comprises one or more mechanical connectors configured to fasten the holder to the at least one other holder. The apparatus further comprises a plurality of transverse grooves on the first surface that extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction of extension of the one or more grooves, the plurality of transverse grooves configured to guide the conductor of the coil from the holder to the at least one other holder.
US10027144B2	Liftable charging apparatus with water level detection The present invention provides a liftable charging apparatus with water level detection. The liftable charging apparatus comprises a control module, a power module, a detective module, an overvoltage protection module and a lifting module. The power module, coupled to the control module, comprises an AC/DC converting unit for converting AC current into DC current. The detective module, coupled to the control module, comprises a water level detection unit and a micro-switch. The water level detection unit is provided to detect a height of outside water level. The overvoltage protection module is coupled to the power module and the detective module. The lifting module is coupled to the control module. Wherein the overvoltage protection module is triggered by the micro-switch and the lifting module is driven when the height of outside water level is greater than a default value.
US10027143B2	Vehicle A vehicle includes: an inverter; a high-voltage connector and a low-voltage connector that are connected to the inverter; and a wire harness arranged at the rear of the inverter. The high-voltage connector includes fixing members that fix the high-voltage connector to the inverter, and the fixing members have release portions. The low-voltage connector includes an extended section, and the extended section extends toward the wire harness and covers the release portions. An upper surface of the extended section declines rearward, and an upper surface rear end of the extended section is located below a center in a cross section of the wire harness.
US10027141B2	Battery control system, battery pack, electronic device A measurement unit (200) measures voltages and currents of battery cells (100). A battery control unit (400) calculates a present estimation value of a residual capacity of the battery cells (100) by integrating the currents. The voltages of the battery cells (100) are set to a reference voltage value V1 serving as a trigger of a process of correcting the estimation value of the residual capacity and an alarm voltage value Va which is a voltage higher than the reference voltage value. In addition, the battery control unit (400) continues discharge of all the battery cells (100), as it is, when an alarm condition in which a voltage of a minimum capacity cell is equal to or less than the alarm voltage value is not satisfied, and outputs a first signal when the voltage of the minimum capacity cell satisfies the alarm condition.
US10027126B2	Modulation and control methods for quasi-Z-source cascade multilevel inverters The modulation methods for quasi-Z-source cascade multilevel inverters relate to control and signal modulation of quasi-Z-source cascade multilevel inverters, such as those used with photovoltaic power systems. The modulation methods for quasi-Z-source cascade multilevel inverters include a modular multilevel space vector modulation method for a photovoltaic quasi-Z-source cascade multilevel inverter for compensating for unequal voltages of separate photovoltaic modules, a pulse-width-amplitude modulation method for multilevel inverters for use in solar panel arrays attached to a three phase power grid, and a grid-connected control method for quasi-Z-source cascade multilevel inverter-based photovoltaic power generation for extracting maximum power from each Z-source cascade multilevel inverter.
US10027125B2	Control method and system for photovoltaic inverters whose AC sides are connected in parallel A control method and apparatus for photovoltaic inverters connected in parallel at an AC side are provided and the method includes the following steps: detecting a first direct voltage of the first inverter and a second direct voltage of the second inverter; obtaining a difference between the first direct voltage and the second direct voltage; and adjusting the direct voltages of the inverters to control the difference to be within a predetermined range and control a common-mode voltage in the common-mode loop to be within a predetermined common-mode voltage range.
US10027117B2	Multi-power factor controller A multi-power factor controller including k measuring units, to which k loads and a power supply path are connected, each of the k measuring units being connected with each of the k loads and measuring a power factor calculation parameter of a connected load; n condensers; n contactors, each of the n contactors including k electromagnetic contactors, connected to the k loads and one of the condensers; n relay units, each of the n relay units having k relays, respectively connected to the k electromagnetic contactors, for deciding whether to turn on or off the electromagnetic contactors; and a multi-power factor control unit for controlling a corresponding relay to turn on the electromagnetic contactor to which the first condenser and the target load are connected.
US10027114B2	Master slave architecture for distributed DC to AC power conversion A solar module device with the master circuit generates the timing signal to synchronize each of the synchronized half wave rectified DC waveform generated by each of the slave circuits to a grid AC signal or a reference AC signal to allow the DC-AC power conversion of a plurality of solar cell groups provided in a module in an on-grid application and an off-grid application.
US10027109B2	Thermal protection circuit In a thermal protection circuit with two electrical connection terminals for an electrical device to be protected from overheating and at least one temperature-dependent switch, at least one electronic semiconductor switch for DC voltage is arranged.
US10027100B1	Electrical connection box and wire harness An electrical connection box and a wire harness is provided with a casing including: a frame and an upper cover that are assembled to each other and that define a housing space portion; and insertion ports that are formed by opening a boundary edge of the frame or the upper cover to cause a conductive wiring material to be inserted through each of the insertion ports. The frame includes a pair of holding pieces that are provided on both sides of the insertion ports, the pair of holding pieces having flexibility in a clipping direction, and clipping and holding the wiring material. The upper cover includes a supporting projection rib that supports the pair of holding pieces at the side opposite from the wiring material, while the frame and the upper cover are assembled to each other.
US10027099B1	Square to octagon electrical adapter for a square electrical junction box The present invention is a square to octagon adapter for a square electrical junction box.
US10027097B1	Crimp-on single-use lanyard assembly for wire-pulling purposes A crimp-on single-use lanyard assembly which includes a cord portion and an elongated, hollow wire-accepting connector body connected to the cord portion utilizes a connector body which includes a window through which a user can visually determine whether the wire has been inserted endwise into the interior of the connector body by a predetermined distance or, more specifically, to a near fully-accepted position within the connector body. In addition, the hollow interior of the connector body has a coarse surface provided with a plurality of projections disposed thereacross so that when the connector body is crimped about the inserted wire, the projections of the coarse surface bite into the wire and thereby enhances the grip of the connector body about the inserted wire.
US10027096B2	Shutter interlock devices, systems, and methods of use thereof A shutter interlock device for an electrical enclosure includes a shutter link defining a lock slot, an actuating member rotatably coupled to the electrical enclosure, and a sliding link. The sliding link includes a first end coupled to the actuating member, a second end opposite the first end, and a pin coupled to the second end, where a rotation of the actuating member causes the pin to selectively disengage the lock slot.
US10027095B1	Retrofit kit for a power switch box A retrofit kit for installing an updated electrical power switch box in a facility power station. The retrofit kit includes an adaptor support frame for attaching to a support structure of the facility power station and for a preselected or predetermined depth positioning of the updated electrical power switch box relative to the three line side bussings and the three load side bussings of the facility power station. The retrofit kit also includes adaptor bars that overlap with and connect the breaker stabs of the updated electrical power switch box to the bussings, and include three line side adaptor bars that connect the three line side breaker stabs to the respective three line side bussings, and three load side adaptor bars that connect the three load side breaker stabs to the respective three load side bussings.
US10027092B2	Spark ignition device for an internal combustion engine and central electrode assembly therefore A spark ignition device includes a ceramic insulator with a metal shell surrounding at least a portion of the ceramic insulator. A ground electrode is attached to the shell. The ground electrode has a ground electrode sparking tip spaced from a central sparking tip by a spark gap. A first terminal is arranged in electrical communication with the central sparking tip and is configured for electrical connection with a power source. The device further includes a second terminal configured for electrical connection with the power source. The second terminal is spaced from the first terminal, with the second terminal being arranged in electrical communication with the first terminal. A heater element brings the first terminal in electrical communication with the second terminal and completes an electrical circuit. The heater element has a resistance greater than the first and second terminals thereby producing a significant source of heat.
US10027090B2	Laser diode chip A laser diode chip is described. In an embodiment the laser diode chip includes an n-type semiconductor region, a p-type semiconductor region and an active layer arranged between the n-type semiconductor region and the p-type semiconductor region, wherein the active layer is in the form of a single quantum well structure. The single quantum well structure includes a quantum well layer, which is arranged between a first barrier layer and a second barrier layer, wherein the first barrier layer faces the n-type semiconductor region, and the second barrier layer faces the p-type semiconductor region. An electronic bandgap EQW of the quantum well layer is smaller than an electronic bandgap EB1 of the first barrier layer and smaller than an electronic bandgap EB2 of the second barrier layer, and the electronic bandgap EB1 of the first barrier layer is larger than the electronic bandgap EB2 of the second barrier layer.
US10027089B2	Coupled ring resonator system An example system includes a first ring resonator element for imparting optical gain to a light signal. The example system farther includes a second ring resonator element optically coupled to the first ring resonator element for modulating the light signal. A waveguide can be optically coupled to one of the first ring resonator element or the second ring resonator element for receiving the light signal output from the one of the first ring resonator element or the second ring resonator element, and transmitting the received light signal.
US10027085B2	Saturable absorbers for Q-switching of middle infrared laser cavities A Q-switched laser includes a laser cavity including a cavity mirror and an output coupler mirror. The Q-switched laser also includes a doped laser gain material disposed in the laser cavity and a Q-switch including a saturable absorber comprising Fe2+:ZnSe or Fe2+:ZnS.
US10027080B2	Cable with multiple electrical connectors A cable with ends having a body portion enabling rotatable electrical connector plugs to be deployed from a stored position to a ready position. The configuration of the body portion enables the connector plug to be electrically active only in the deployed ready position. The rotation mechanism provides tactile locking sensation. The design of the present cable enables multiple permutations of connector plugs to be provided on either the alpha or beta end of the cable.
US10027078B2	Slide battery and power tool for use with both slide and post batteries Batteries having different form factors and power tools that are capable of using such batteries are described. In some embodiments, a power tool may use batteries having a post form factor as well as batteries having a slide form factor.
US10027076B2	Current carrying systems and methods of assembling the same A current carrying system for use in transporting electrical current between a plurality of electrical devices is provided. The current carrying system includes a busbar having a first axial end, a second axial end, an electrically conductive shaft extending from the first axial end to the second axial end, and at least one cooling feature defined in at least a portion of the electrically conductive shaft. The current carrying system also includes a casing that defines a busbar channel configured to receive the busbar such that the casing at least partially circumscribes the busbar. The current carrying system also includes an air vent defined by the at least one cooling feature and the casing, wherein the air vent is in flow communication with ambient air, and the cooling feature is configured to facilitate a flow of air from the ambient air through the air vent.
US10027075B2	Laser direct structured connection for intravascular device The invention generally relates to intravascular imaging catheters and methods of making catheters for imaging systems. The invention provides a connector for an imaging catheter that includes a unitary body with very thin electrical contacts that are formed on the surface of the body. Due to the scale of the contacts, the connector operates essentially as a single unitary piece of material. Each of the leads may be less than about 100 μm wide and less than about 8 μm thick, and further the leads may be spaced apart by less than about 160 μm.
US10027072B1	Plug assemblies A plug assembly for a vehicle-trailer wiring connector assembly includes a plug housing, six connector cavities, and a first and second electrical connectors. The plug housing is positionable in a receptacle assembly. The six connector cavities are defined in and radially disposed around a connecting face of the plug housing in compliance with the Society of Automotive Engineers J2863 standard. The first electrical connector is positioned with respect to a first connector cavity of the cavities. A first contact surface of the first electrical connector is contactable within the first connector cavity. The second electrical connector is positioned with respect to the plug housing. A second contact surface of the second electrical connector is substantially aligned with an outer surface of the plug housing and externally contactable. The second electrical connector is positioned relative to the first electrical connector such that the second electrical connector is electrically insulated therefrom.
US10027070B1	HVIL plug assembly A high voltage interlock (HVIL) plug assembly includes a main body having an outer surface and an inner surface configured to be disposed against a cover of an electrical device, wherein removal of the cover enables access to components in the electrical device electrically connected to the high voltage interlock circuit, a jumper coupled to the main body and configured to extend through a receiving aperture in the cover to couple to the connector and establish circuit continuity when the main body is coupled to the cover, and a flange extending from the main body. When the main body is coupled to the cover, the flange covers and prevents access to a fastener that couples the cover to a housing of the electrical device such that the main body must be uncoupled and removed from the cover in order to remove the fastener and enable removal of the cover.
US10027068B2	Plug socket with current transformer An apparatus for connecting an electrical device to a high-voltage power grid with a leadthrough plug-in bushing which has a hollow receiving section which extends in a plug-in direction and is composed of an electrically nonconductive insulating material, wherein a metallic contact part is arranged on a closed end region of the receiving section, which metallic contact part extends through the insulating material of the receiving section or lengthens said receiving section in the direction of the closed end region. The apparatus can be assembled and serviced in a simple, quick and therefore cost-effective manner. The receiving section is equipped with a current sensor which is designed to detect an electric current flowing across the metallic contact part.
US10027063B2	Composite connector A composite connector, including: a first insulating body and a second insulating body, respectively having a first tongue plate and a second tongue plate arranged at the front ends thereof; multiple terminals respectively fixed on the first and second insulating bodies and exposed from surfaces of the first and second tongue plates; a first shielding sheet and a second shielding sheet which are integrally formed, fixed in the first and second tongue plates respectively and are positioned on one side of the terminals; and a metal shell forming a first insertion opening and a second insertion opening around the first and second tongue plates respectively. The first insertion opening is configured for insertion of a first docking connector. The second insertion opening is configured for insertion of a second docking connector. A combination of the first and second insertion openings are configured for insertion of a third docking connector.
US10027061B2	Socket with insert-molded terminal A socket includes a housing that supports terminal bricks that can contain one or more terminals. The terminal bricks are inserted into apertures in the housing. The location of the terminal bricks can be adjusted separate from a side of the housing, thus providing the potential to improve coplanarity of the terminals in the socket.
US10027060B2	Adapter device and electronic device In an attachment stage 20 of an adapter device 10, a fastening unit 221 fastened to a main body device is provided on an attachment surface 21 in advance. A connector 55 is provided on a housing 50. Further, the adapter device 10 is provided with a movement direction conversion unit configured to convert a movement in an operation direction of an operation lever 41 into an insertion and detachment direction of the connector, and move forward and backward the housing 50 in the insertion and detachment direction of the connector 55 with respect to the attachment stage 20 in accordance with the operation force. In the movement direction conversion unit, a first link mechanism converts the movement in the operation direction of the operation lever 41 into a movement in a surface direction of the attachment surface 21 of a hook unit 321f, and a second link mechanism converts the movement in the surface direction of the hook unit 321f into the movement in the insertion and detachment direction of the connector of the housing 50 with respect to the attachment stage 20. The hook unit 221f of the 221 is fastened to the main body device and the operation lever 41 is operated, so that the insertion and detachment operation of the connector can be performed in a stable manner.
US10027058B2	Electrical connector An improved electrical connector including a latch strike plate, a body having a base, a receiver extending from the base and configured to receive the latch strike plate, an inserter extending from the base, a first electrical connection assembly extending through the body, a second electrical connection assembly extending through the body, an electrical linkage cable assembly connected to the base, the first electrical connection assembly, and the second electrical connection assembly, a latching mechanism partially positioned in the base and the inserter and partially extending from the base and the inserter, and a securing assembly extending in and from the base.
US10027052B2	Waterproof connection apparatus for electronic equipment, and electronic equipment A waterproof connection apparatus for electronic equipment includes: an approximately tubular outer case; a supporting portion accommodated in a wall form on a deep side of the outer case; a contact terminal supported by the supporting portion and introduced in the outer case; and a circumferential sealing portion provided at a position between the outer case and the supporting portion to seal a space between the outer case and the supporting portion. The sealing portion formed of an elastic material is provided so as to protrude outward from a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the supporting portion and the sealing portion is pressure-contacted to an inner surface of the outer case in a circumferential form in a state of press-fitting the protruding portion. In this way, it is possible to reliably prevent water from entering into the deep side of the outer case and to decrease the length.
US10027051B1	Hybrid electrical connector A hybrid electrical connector includes a housing having a central opening, a carrier plate supported by the housing within the central opening, and electrically conductive pins supported within the housing by the carrier plate. The housing is formed of a first plastic material, and the carrier plate is formed of a second plastic material having properties that make it more dimensionally stable than the first plastic material. In addition, a sealing layer is applied to one surface of the carrier plate, the sealing layer formed of a third plastic material and serving to secure the carrier plate to the housing and to secure the pins within the carrier plate. A method of forming the electrical connector is also described.
US10027049B2	Electrical connector and manufacturing method of the same An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a number of contacts received in the insulative housing. The contact includes a first body and a second body extending from the first body. A first protrusion portion is formed by drawing the first body and a second protrusion portion is formed by stamping the second body. The first projecting portion and the second projecting are insert molded in the contact, therefore the contact has a larger intensity.
US10027038B2	Pressure contacting connection type contact and coaxial connector using the same The pressure contacting connection type contact has a base portion, a connecting terminal for a mating side contact, and a pressure contacting terminal. The pressure contacting terminal is provided with a base end section opposing an other end side of the base portion, where an extending piece extending from second both side portions of an other side of the base portion is folded such that mutual piece thickness faces are opposed, and a pair of pressure contacting pieces having spring characteristics where, from the base end section, the extending piece extends away from the base portion to the tip portion side such that the piece thickness faces are opposed, and in addition rises obliquely at an opposite side of the protrusion direction connecting terminal, and an open angle portion of the tip side of the pressure contacting pieces in which the central conductor can be inserted from an outer direction.
US10027035B2	Modified Z-type hexagonal ferrite materials with enhanced resonant frequency Disclosed herein are embodiments of modified z-type hexagonal ferrite materials having improved properties that are advantageous for radiofrequency applications, in particular high frequency ranges for antennas and other devices. Atomic substitution of strontium, aluminum, potassium, and trivalent ions can be used to replace certain atoms in the ferrite crystal structure to improve loss factor at high frequencies.
US10027032B2	Waveguide device and antenna device including the waveguide device A waveguide device includes: a first conductive member having an electrically conductive surface; a second conductive member having a plurality of electrically conductive rods arrayed thereon, each conductive rod having a leading end opposing the conductive surface; and a waveguide member having an electrically conductive waveguide face opposing the conductive surface, the waveguide member being disposed among the conductive rods and extending along the conductive surface. The waveguide member includes at least one of a bend and a branching portion. A measure of an outer shape of a cross section of at least one of the plurality of conductive rods that is adjacent to the bend or the branching portion, taken perpendicular to an axial direction of the at least one conductive rod, monotonically decreases from a root that is in contact with the second conductive member toward a leading end.
US10027022B2	Antenna for wireless communication system and method for fixing antenna oscillator to reflector The present disclosure relates to an antenna for a wireless communication system. The antenna comprises a reflector having a front side for transmitting a signal and a back side opposite to the front side; an antenna oscillator disposed on the front side of the reflector; a phase shifter network disposed on the back side of the reflector; and an antenna oscillator fixing apparatus disposed on the front side of the reflector and configured to fix the antenna oscillator to the front side of the reflector. In addition, the present disclosure also relates to a method for fixing an antenna oscillator to a reflector. With the antenna and the fixing method according to the present disclosure, it is possible to manufacture an antenna with an antenna oscillator that is easy to dismantle without damaging an existing phase shifter network, which will improve maintainability of the antenna according to the present disclosure dramatically and also reduce the cost of maintenance and repairs.
US10027015B2	Antenna device According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an antenna device may include: a base substrate; a mesh grid formed by transparent electrodes on at least one surface of the base substrate; and a power feeding port connected to the mesh grid to provide a power feeding signal. At least a part of the mesh grid may form a radiation element with at least one of the power feeding signal indicative of direct feeding, and the power feeding signal indicative of coupled feeding indirectly. Since the radiation element may be configured by forming the mesh grid using a transparent conductive material, the antenna device may be easily concealed. Even if the antenna device is attached to, for example, a window glass of a vehicle or a window of a building, the antenna device may contribute to the removal of a shadow region while sufficiently securing the visibility of the glass.
US10027009B2	High-frequency signal transmission line A high-frequency signal transmission line includes a dielectric body, a signal conductor, and a ground conductor. The dielectric body extends along a high-frequency signal transmission direction. The signal conductor is in the dielectric body and extends along the high-frequency signal transmission direction. The ground conductor is in the dielectric body and is electromagnetically coupled to the signal conductor. The dielectric body includes, along the high-frequency signal transmission direction, a plurality of straight portions and a curved portion connecting the plurality of straight portions. In the curved portion, the signal conductor is located at a position on an inner side of a curve relative to a center position in a width direction of the dielectric body.
US10027004B2	Apparatus including a dielectric material disposed in a waveguide, wherein the dielectric permittivity is lower in a mode combiner portion than in a mode transition portion An apparatus includes a waveguide. The waveguide includes a waveguide wall having a shape associated with a dominant propagation mode. The waveguide includes a first dielectric material having a cross-sectional area that varies along a length of a portion of the waveguide.
US10027000B2	System of accumulator batteries with more reliable voltage measurement An accumulator battery system includes series-connected accumulators with potentials across stages powering corresponding controllers that measure potential differences between terminals of accumulators. A first analog-to-digital converter encodes the potential measured between terminals of an accumulator. A first output delivers a first digital sequence corresponding to the encoded potential difference, logic levels of which are defined by at least two potentials across the first-stage accumulator terminals. A decoder decodes a potential measured by the first control-device from the first digital sequence. A second analog-to-digital converter selectively encodes a potential difference measured between terminals of a second-stage accumulator of the second stage and two potentials of the digital sequence received on the input. A second control-device processor extrapolates a potential difference across the first-stage accumulator terminal of the first stage based on two potentials of the received digital sequence.
US10026999B2	Detection method and detection device A detection method in which light is irradiated on a bagged electrode, and an electrode is disposed inside of a bag-shaped separator for detecting breakage of the separator, the method includes capturing an image by irradiating the light onto the bagged electrode so that a first portion in which the light has been transmitted through n layers of the separator, and a second portion in which the light has been transmitted through equal to or less than n−1 layers of the separator, will have mutually different brightness levels, while capturing an image of the bagged electrode, detecting the first portion from the brightness of the image that is obtained by capturing the bagged electrode, and determining a breakage of the separator, based on the distance between edges of the first portion, and of an electrode portion where the light does not pass through.
US10026997B2	Secondary electrochemical battery sealing body with packaged chip shielding structure and battery A secondary electrochemical battery sealing body, including a negative electrode cap, a circuit board module, and an insulating gasket. A battery case has a recessed wire turn structure at an end thereof adjacent to the negative electrode cap. The circuit board module is located between the wire turn and the negative electrode cap, and multiple electronic components are arranged thereon. The negative electrode cap and the circuit board module constitute a first enclosed electromagnetic shielding space. The battery case and the circuit board module constitute a second enclosed electromagnetic shielding space. The electronic component is provided within the first enclosed electromagnetic shielding space and the second enclosed electromagnetic shielding space. The insulating gasket has a “” shape in section, and is disposed within gaps of the battery case, the circuit board module and the negative electrode cap.
US10026995B2	Method of producing alkali metal or alkali-ion batteries having high volumetric and gravimetric energy densities A process for producing an alkali metal battery, comprising: (a) preparing multiple conductive porous layers (having at least 80% by volume of pores), multiple wet anode layers of an anode active material mixed with a liquid electrolyte, and multiple wet cathode layers of a cathode active material mixed with a liquid electrolyte; (b) stacking and consolidating a desired number of the porous layers and a desired number of wet anode layers to form an anode electrode; (c) placing a porous separator layer in contact with the anode electrode; (d) preparing a cathode electrode in a similar manner than anode; and (e) assembling all the components in a housing to produce the battery; wherein the anode active material has a material mass loading no less than 20 mg/cm2 in the anode and/or the cathode active material has a material mass loading no less than 30 mg/cm2 in the cathode electrode.
US10026987B2	Electrochemical cell stack A cell stack comprising an electrochemical cell, or a plurality of axially arranged electrochemical cells, with an end plate at each end of the stack, each cell comprising an active area surrounded by a peripheral area, wherein the active area comprises the membrane electrode assembly, and the peripheral area includes one or more channels for reactants, and wherein the stack comprises means for applying pressure axially to the active area to contact the membrane and electrodes, and separate means for applying pressure axially to the peripheral area. Further, a method of performing an electrochemical reaction in a cell comprising an active area surrounded by a peripheral area, comprises applying pressure to the active area, and varying the pressure during operation of the cell, wherein the active area includes the membrane electrode assembly and is the area where the cell reaction occurs.
US10026986B2	Fuel cell stack A fuel cell stack includes unit cells, a resin load receiver, and a connecting member. The resin load receiver is provided in each of a first and second separators. The resin load receiver has a projecting portion that projects outwardly from an outer peripheral edge of each of the first and second separators and that has a projecting portion lateral face. The connecting member includes an engagement portion engaged with the resin load receiver and having a depressed portion into which the projecting portion is inserted and which has a depressed portion lateral face facing the projecting portion lateral face. A distance between the projecting portion lateral face and the depressed portion lateral face at a root portion of the projecting portion is smaller than a distance between the projecting portion lateral face and the depressed portion lateral face at an end of the projecting portion.
US10026971B2	Fuel cell stack A fuel cell stack includes a plurality of cells that are stacked in a stacking direction. Each cell includes a power generating body and a pair of separators. The separators respectively are arranged on opposite surfaces of the power generating body in the stacking direction. Each separator includes a first surface and a second surface. A titanium nitride layer is formed on the first surface, and a conductive carbon layer is formed on the titanium nitride layer. A titanium nitride layer is formed on the second surface. Each separator is in contact with the power generating body via the titanium nitride layer and the carbon layer on the first surface and is in contact with one of the separators of an adjacent cell via the titanium nitride layer on the second surface.
US10026967B2	Composite three-dimensional electrodes and methods of fabrication Disclosed are gas permeable 3D electrodes, preferably that have practical utility in, particularly, electro-energy and electro-synthetic applications. Gas permeable materials, such as non-conductive porous polymer membranes, are attached to one or more porous conductive materials. In another aspect there is provided a method for the fabrication of gas permeable 3D electrodes, for example gas diffusion electrodes (GDEs). The 3D electrodes can be utilized in electrochemical cells or devices.
US10026957B2	Precursor of Li-ion cathode material, the preparation method thereof and Li-ion cathode material Li-ion cathode materials with improved performance characteristics and precursors to prepare such materials are disclosed. The precursors consist of complex, mixed alkali transition metal oxides of the formula LixAy(MnaNibMc)O2+d, where M represents one or more selected from transition metal elements beside Ni and Mn, and the groups IIA and IIIA elements of the periodic table, x is between 1 and 1.4, y is between 0.1 and 0.5, and x+y is between 1.1 and 1.5, a+b+c=1, the value of d depends on the proportions and average oxidation states of the cation elements Li, A, Mn, Ni and M such that the combined positive charge of the cation elements is balanced by the number of oxygen anions, A represents one or more elements selected from Na, K and Cs. The Li-ion cathode materials are produced by exchange of element(s) A for Li under mild conditions to limit the degree of structural reorganization that occurs during the reaction.
US10026954B2	Electrode materials for lithium ion batteries Electrode materials comprising (a) at least one component of general formula (I) Li(1+x)[NiaCObMncM1d](1−x)O2 (I) the integers being defined as follows: x is in the range of from 0.01 to 0.05, a is in the range of from 0.3 to 0.6, b is in the range of from zero to 0.35, c is in the range of from 0.2 to 0.6, d is in the range of from zero to 0.05, a+b+c+d=1 M1 is at least one metal selected from Ca, Zn, Fe, Ti, Ba, Al, (b) at least one component of general formula (II) LiFe(1−y)M2yPO4.m lithium phosphate (II) y is in the range of from zero to 0.8 M2 is at least one element selected from Co, Mn, Ni, V, Mg, Nd, Zn, and Y, m is selected from 0.01 to 0.15 (c) carbon in electrically conductive modification.
US10026943B2	Method for manufacturing battery wiring module Provided is a method for manufacturing a battery wiring module including: a coating step of coating a first long side portion of a flat plate conductor and a plurality of linear conductors following the first long side portion by a first insulating resin portion and of coating a second long side portion of the flat plate conductor and a plurality of linear conductors following the second long side portion by a second insulating resin portion; and a cutting step of cutting the insulating resin portion so that the plurality of busbars is divided into a plurality of busbar groups and the plurality of linear conductors coated by any one of the first insulating resin portion and the second insulating resin portion and the busbar groups are separated.
US10026940B2	Assembly production method According to the present invention, a core member hardly falls off from a lateral plate for protecting an end surface of a roll, and abrasion dust is less likely to be generated. The core member having a length L3 is passed through four rolls each of which is obtained by winding a separator on a core and has a width L1 and five buffering materials each of which has a thickness L2, a protruding section which is included in a protector and has a height L4 is inserted into the core member, and L4>4L1+5L2−L3>0 holds true.
US10026937B2	Frame for secondary battery and battery module comprising the same Disclosed are: a frame for secondary batteries, which ensures a channel around cooling plates stably to improve cooling efficiency for secondary batteries; and a battery module, a battery pack and a vehicle comprising the same. A frame for secondary batteries according to the present disclosure comprises: an upper cooling plate and a lower cooling plate having a plate shape and arranged to be spaced apart by a predetermined distance from each other facing each other; a main frame having four sides and configured to encompass the outer peripheral portions of the upper cooling plate and the lower cooling plate, to mount the outer peripheral portions of pouch-type secondary batteries thereto, and to enable two or more main frames to be stacked; and a support member arranged between the upper cooling plate and the lower cooling to support both cooling plates.
US10026933B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte battery and manufacturing method thereof A nonaqueous electrolyte battery provided by the present invention includes: an electrode body (80) having a flat shape and including a positive electrode and a negative electrode (60); a square-shaped battery case (30) configured to accommodate therein the electrode body (80) and a nonaqueous electrolyte; and a negative electrode collector terminal (94) placed in the battery case (30) and connected to the negative electrode (60) of the electrode body (80). The negative electrode collector terminal (94) is mainly made of copper or copper alloy. An insulator film (10) configured to insulate the battery case (30) from the electrode body (80) is placed between an inner wall (30a) of the battery case (30) and the electrode body (80). The insulator film (10) is joined to the inner wall (30a) of the battery case (30), and the insulator film (10) is placed so as not to make contact with the negative electrode collector terminal (94).
US10026928B2	Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same A display apparatus includes a substrate including a curved display area and a peripheral area disposed around the curved display area, a curved display unit disposed in the curved display area, and a thin film encapsulation layer which seals the curved display unit. In plan view, an edge of the thin film encapsulation layer comprises a first straight portion, a second straight portion separated from the first straight portion, and a curved portion disposed between the first and second straight portions.
US10026927B2	Auxiliary spreading layer in a thin film package for an organic light emitting diode A thin film package structure is provided. The thin film package structure includes a plurality of film layers arranged on the outside of a device, the plurality of film layers including inorganic and organic layers alternately laminated, wherein the innermost film layer and the outermost film layer among the plurality of film layers are inorganic layers, and an auxiliary spreading layer arranged between at least one pair of an inorganic layer and an organic layer adjacent within the plurality of film layers, wherein the hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity of the auxiliary spreading layer is the same as that of the organic layer in contact with the auxiliary spreading layer.
US10026918B2	White light emitting organic EL panel and method for producing same A white light-emitting organic EL panel is high in color rendering properties and is excellent in hue stability. The panel includes a light-emitting functional layer that has a blue light anode side unit, a connection layer, and a red-green light cathode side unit. The connection layer injects electrons into the blue light anode side and injects holes into the red-green light cathode side when current is applied. The red-green light cathode side unit includes a red-green phosphorescent light-emitting layer composed of a red phosphorescent material, a green phosphorescent material, and a host material for the phosphorescent light-emitting layer. The maximum emission peak wavelength of the red and green phosphorescent materials are 60 nm or more apart, and the panel is capable of emitting white light with a general color rendering index and a special color rendering index greater than or equal to 90.
US10026913B2	Quantum dot electronic device and quantum dot transfer printing method A quantum dot electronic device comprises a first encapsulation layer, a first electrode disposed on the first encapsulation layer, a quantum dot pattern disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the quantum dot pattern and a second encapsulation layer disposed on the second electrode. The quantum dot pattern may be formed by an intaglio transfer printing method, where the method comprises forming a quantum dot layer on a donor substrate, picking up the quantum dot layer using a stamp, putting the quantum dot layer into contact with an intaglio substrate using the stamp and separating the stamp from the intaglio substrate. Using the quantum dot transfer printing method, a subminiature quantum dot pattern can be transferred at a high transfer rate. Accordingly, a highly integrated quantum dot electronic device exhibiting excellent performance and a high integrated quantum dot light emitting device with an ultrathin film can be realized.
US10026912B1	Vertically integrated nanotube and quantum dot LED for active matrix display A technique relates to a vertical device. A gate is embedded in a transparent substrate. A gate dielectric material is disposed on the gate. A nanotube film is disposed on the gate dielectric material. A quantum dot light emitting diode is disposed on a portion of the nanotube film.
US10026902B2	Semiconducting material comprising a phosphine oxide matrix and metal salt The disclosure refers to a semiconducting material comprising a phosphorous-containing compound and at least one lithium complex. Also provided are electronic devices comprising a cathode, an anode, and the semiconducting material comprising a phosphorous-containing compound arranged between the cathode and the anode. Furthermore, a compound and an electronic device are disclosed.
US10026882B2	Using MEMS fabrication incorporating into LED device mounting and assembly LED chip packaging assembly that facilitates an integrated method for mounting LED chips as a group to be pre-wired to be electrically connected to each other through a pattern of extendable metal wiring lines is provided. LED chips which are electrically connected to each other through extendable metal wiring lines, replace pick and place mounting and the wire bonding processes of the LED chips, respectively. Wafer level MEMS technology is utilized to form parallel wiring lines suspended and connected to various contact pads. Bonding wires connecting the LED chips are made into horizontally arranged extendable metal wiring lines which can be in a spring shape, and allowing for expanding and contracting of the distance between the connected LED chips. A tape is further provided to be bonded to the LED chips, and extended in size to enlarge distance between the LED chips to exceed the one or more prearranged distances.
US10026880B2	Optoelectronic component An optoelectronic component includes a carrier, a light source formed on the carrier, the light source having at least one luminous face formed by one or more light emitting diodes, wherein an at least partly transparent lamina is arranged on the luminous face, the lamina having a surface facing the luminous face and a surface facing away from the luminous face, wherein at least one conversion layer and a color scattering layer for generating a color by light scattering are arranged on at least one of the facing and facing-away surfaces, wherein the conversion layer is arranged upstream of the color scattering layer relative to an emission direction of light from the luminous face, such that light emitted by the luminous face can first be converted and then be scattered.
US10026879B2	Method of manufacturing light emitting element A light emitting element includes an n-type semiconductor layer having an upper surface; a p-type semiconductor layer over a portion of the upper surface of the n-type semiconductor layer, the p-type semiconductor layer having an upper surface; a protective film continuously covering the n-type semiconductor layer and the p-type semiconductor layer, the protective film defining an n-side opening at the upper surface of the n-type semiconductor layer and a p-side opening at an upper surface of the p-type semiconductor layer; a p-side electrode on the upper surface of the p-type semiconductor layer that is exposed in the p-side opening; an n-side electrode on the upper surface of the n-type semiconductor layer that is exposed at the n-side opening, n-side electrode having an n-side light-transmissive electrode; and an n-side pad electrode on the upper surface of the n-side light-transmissive electrode.
US10026870B2	Optoelectronic device having semiconductor elements An optoelectronic device including a substrate having a surface, openings which extend in the substrate from the surface, and semiconductor elements, each semiconductor element partially extending into one of the openings and partially outside said opening, the height of each opening being at least 25 nm and at most 5 μm and the ratio of the height to the smallest diameter of each opening being at least 0.5 and at most 15.
US10026867B2	Nitride white-light light-emitting diode A nitride white-light LED includes: a substrate; an epitaxial layer; an N-type electrode and a P-type electrode; channels are formed on the substrate and the epitaxial layer; temperature isolation layers are formed with low thermal conductivity material thereon to form three independent temperature zones (Zones I/II/III) on a single chip; temperature control layers are formed with high thermal conductivity material on the side wall of the epitaxial layer and the back surface of the substrate at Zones I/II/III, and control temperature of the epitaxial layer and the substrate; based on different thermal expansion coefficients, lattice constants of the nitride and the substrate at Zones I/II/III are regulated to adjust the biaxial stress to which the nitride; quantum wells change conduction band bottom and valence band top positions to change forbidden band widths and light-emitting wavelengths; the LED can emit red, green and blue lights by a single chip.
US10026864B2	Package-less LED assembly and method This application describes an assembly suitable for emitting light, and methods of forming the same. The assembly includes a single crystal substrate with first and second surfaces, a plurality of LEDs in immediate contact with the first surface of the substrate. The LEDs are substantially crystal lattice matched with the substrate. The plurality of LEDs includes three or more LEDs that are not in electrical contact with any other LED, and there is a gap between each LED of the plurality and its nearest neighbor LED. The assembly includes phosphor-containing encapsulant layers overlying at least a portion of the LEDs.
US10026857B1	Assembly and mounting of solar cells on airfoils A method of fabricating a solar cell array on the surface of a support by providing an assembly fixture having a smooth, concave surface; mounting a film composed of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) directly on the surface of the fixture; mounting a film composed of a non-crosslinked silicone pressure sensitive adhesive directly over the ETFE film; mounting an array of interconnected solar cells directly over the adhesive film. An uncured supporting film composed of a composite material is mounted directly on the back side of the solar cells; and the film of composite material is co-cured so that the array of interconnected solar cells is bonded to the supporting film. The bonded and cured film of composite material and an array of interconnected solar cells with the ETFE film is then removed from the assembly fixture.
US10026846B2	Display substrate and fabrication method thereof and display device A display substrate and a fabrication method thereof and a display device. The display substrate includes: a plurality of pixels disposed on a lower substrate; and a pixel defining layer disposed between adjacent pixels of the plurality of pixels, the pixel defining layer contacting with an upper substrate of the plurality of pixels, the pixel defining layer configured for defining each pixel and supporting a gap between the upper substrate and the lower substrate.
US10026836B2	Recessed transistors containing ferroelectric material Some embodiments include transistor constructions having a first insulative structure lining a recess within a base. A first conductive structure lines an interior of the first insulative structure, and a ferroelectric structure lines an interior of the first conductive structure. A second conductive structure is within a lower region of the ferroelectric structure, and the second conductive structure has an uppermost surface beneath an uppermost surface of the first conductive structure. A second insulative structure is over the second conductive structure and within the ferroelectric structure. A pair of source/drain regions are adjacent an upper region of the first insulative structure and are on opposing sides of the first insulative structure from one another.
US10026829B2	Semiconductor device with isolated body portion Semiconductor devices with isolated body portions are described. For example, a semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor body disposed above a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor body includes a channel region and a pair of source and drain regions on either side of the channel region. An isolation pedestal is disposed between the semiconductor body and the semiconductor substrate. A gate electrode stack at least partially surrounds a portion of the channel region of the semiconductor body.
US10026828B2	Method to improve GE channel interfacial layer quality for CMOS FINFET A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a semiconductor structure having a substrate structure, multiple fins having a germanium layer, a dummy gate structure including sequentially a hardmask, a dummy gate, a dummy gate insulating material on the germanium layer, and spacers on opposite sides of the dummy gate structure and on a portion of the germanium layer. The method also includes forming an interlayer dielectric layer on the substrate structure covering the dummy gate structure, planarizing the interlayer dielectric layer to expose a surface of the dummy gate, removing the dummy gate and the dummy gate insulating material to expose a surface of the germanium layer, performing a silane impregnation process on the exposed surface of the germanium layer to introduce silicon to the germanium layer, and performing an oxidation process on the germanium layer to form an oxide layer comprising silicon and germanium.
US10026827B2	Method for fabricating semiconductor device A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate; forming a first organic layer on the substrate; patterning the first organic layer to form an opening; forming a second organic layer in the opening; and removing the first organic layer to form a patterned second organic layer on the substrate.
US10026825B2	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor may include a semiconductor substrate including a first region and a second region disposed at opposite sides of the first region, a first trench formed in the first region, a buffer layer filling a portion of the first trench, a first semiconductor layer formed on the buffer layer, a second semiconductor layer forming a hetero-junction with the first semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer of the first region and a gate electrode formed on the second semiconductor layer of the first region.
US10026816B2	Semiconductor wafer and manufacturing method A semiconductor wafer includes first and second main surfaces opposite to each other along a vertical direction, and a side surface encircling the semiconductor wafer. A lateral distance perpendicular to the vertical direction between the side surface and a center of the semiconductor wafer includes first and second parts. The first part extends from the side surface to the second part and the second part extends from the first part to the center. An average concentration of at least one of nitrogen and oxygen in the first part is greater than 5×1014 cm−3 and exceeds an average concentration of the at least one of nitrogen and oxygen in the second part by more than 20% of the average concentration of the at least one of nitrogen and oxygen in the second part.
US10026807B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device To provide a semiconductor device having a structure capable of forming a superjunction with less thermal history, a semiconductor device is provided, the semiconductor device including a contact trench formed between two gate trenches, penetrating through a source region, and including its lower end arranged in a base region, and a second conductivity-type protruding portion formed protruding toward a lower side from the lower end of the base region in a region opposite to the lower end of the contact trench, wherein the depth from the upper end of the source region to a lower end of the protruding portion is 3 μm or more, and a carrier concentration Nd in a first conductivity-type region adjacent to the protruding portion in a lateral direction perpendicular to a depth direction and a carrier concentration Na of the protruding portion satisfy a predetermined equation.
US10026805B2	Avalanche-rugged silicon carbide (SiC) power device In at least one general aspect, a silicon carbide (SiC) device can include a drift region and a termination region at least partially surrounding the SiC device. The termination region can have a first transition zone and a second transition zone. The first transition zone can be disposed between a first zone and a second zone, and the second zone can have a top surface lower in depth than a depth of a top surface of the first zone. The first transition zone can have a recess, and the second transition zone can be disposed between the second zone and a third zone.
US10026798B2	Circuit for preventing static electricity and display device having the same A static electricity prevention circuit of a display device including: a driving circuit configured to drive a display unit that displays an image, at least one clock signal wire configured to transmit a clock signal to the driving circuit, at least one transistor electrically coupled to the clock signal wire, and at least one capacitor including a first electrode coupled to a source electrode and to a drain electrode of the transistor, and a second electrode configured to be maintained at a voltage.
US10026791B2	Organic light emitting display device and method of manufacturing the same An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate including a plurality of pixels defined thereon; a first electrode disposed at each pixel; a bank exposing the first electrode of each pixel; a spacer including, sequentially on the bank, a first layer of a first negative photoreactive acryl and a second layer of a second negative photoreactive acryl having a greater photoreactivity than a photoreactivity of the first negative photoreactive acryl, wherein the first layer has a negative taper and the second layer has a positive taper; an organic layer on the bank and the first electrode, the organic layer including an organic light emitting layer; and a second electrode on the bank, the spacer, and the organic layer.
US10026786B2	Display device A display device comprising a display region on which a plurality of subpixels are arranged. The plurality of subpixels respectively comprise a transistor, a first organic insulating film, an inorganic insulating film, an electrode, and a second organic insulating film that covers an edge part of a first region in which a pattern of the electrode is formed. The inorganic film comprises an opening in a region that overlaps with the second region in which a pattern of the electrode is not formed in a planar view. The opening is formed in a middle between the first region of a first subpixel and the first region of a second subpixel or at a point located on the side closer to the first subpixel between the first region of the first subpixel and the first region of the second subpixel.
US10026785B2	Pixel and contact arrangement for organic light emitting diode display device, and display apparatus An organic light emitting diode display device and a display apparatus, and a mask for fabricating a sub-pixel of the organic light emitting diode display device are provided. Each pixel unit group includes a first sub-pixel unit group and a second sub-pixel unit group which are disposed adjacently along a first direction and include three sub-pixels of different colors, respectively; and the three sub-pixels in the first sub-pixel unit group and the three sub-pixels in the second sub-pixel unit group are staggered along a second direction, and a color of any sub-pixel on a base substrate is different from a color of any other sub-pixel adjacent to the sub-pixel.
US10026783B2	Light emitting display device A light emitting display device includes: a first substrate; a plurality of pixels arranged on the first substrate in a matrix and divided into a plurality of unit pixels arranged in a row direction and in a column direction, each of the unit pixels comprising a first pixel and a second pixel are arranged along the row direction, and a third pixel arranged in the column direction with respect to the first pixel and the second pixel; a first electrode corresponding to each of the pixels; a pixel defining layer partitioning the respective pixels on the substrate and having openings exposing the first electrode through the pixel defining layer; first light emitting layers consecutively on the first electrode of the first pixel and the second pixel of the unit pixels arranged in the same row line; second light emitting layers consecutively on the first electrode of the third pixel of the unit pixels arranged in the same row line; and a second electrode on the first light emitting layer and the second light emitting layer.
US10026781B2	Memory device According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a first interconnect group, a second interconnect group, and a memory cell. In the first interconnect group, first interconnects are stacked. The first interconnect group includes first regions in which the first interconnects are formed along a first direction, and a second region in which first contact plugs are formed on the first interconnects. In the second region, the first interconnect group includes a step portion. Heights of adjacent terraces of the step portion are different from each other by the two or more first interconnects.
US10026772B2	Solid-state imaging device with suppression of color mixture, manufacturing method thereof, and electronic apparatus A solid-state imaging device having a backside illuminated structure, includes: a pixel region in which pixels each having a photoelectric conversion portion and a plurality of pixel transistors are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix; an element isolation region isolating the pixels which is provided in the pixel region and which includes a semiconductor layer provided in a trench by an epitaxial growth; and a light receiving surface at a rear surface side of a semiconductor substrate which is opposite to a multilayer wiring layer.
US10026763B2	Solid-state image pickup device A solid-state image pickup device 1 according to the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate 2 on which a pixel 20 composed of a photodiode 3 and a transistor is formed. The transistor comprising the pixel 20 is formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate, a pn junction portion formed between high concentration regions of the photodiode 3 is provided within the semiconductor substrate 2 and a part of the pn junction portion of the photodiode 3 is extended to a lower portion of the transistor formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate 2. According to the present invention, there is provided a solid-state image pickup device in which a pixel size can be microminiaturized without lowering a saturated electric charge amount (Qs) and sensitivity.
US10026759B2	Array substrate and manufacturing method therefor, and display panel Disclosed are an array substrate and a manufacturing method therefor, and a display panel. The array substrate includes a first metal layer including a first pattern; a second metal layer including a second pattern; a conduction layer located above the first metal layer and the second metal layer and including a third pattern; a first via hole adapted to connect the first pattern and the third pattern; a second via hole adapted to connect the second pattern and the third pattern; and a conductive material shielding ring surrounding the third pattern, where the conductive material shielding ring is insulated from the third pattern.
US10026755B2	Array substrate and display device An array substrate and a display device, which relates to the field of display technology. The array substrate comprises a base substrate, a plurality of first signal lines and a plurality of second signal lines crossly arranged above the base substrate; the first signal line comprises a first line terminal and a second line terminal, as well as a conducting layer opposite to the second signal line for connecting the first line terminal and the second line terminal, and an insulating layer is arranged between the conducting layer and the second signal line, a plurality of first anti-static structures are arranged at joints of the first line terminal, the second line terminal and the conducting layer respectively. The array substrate and the display device provided by the present invention can reduce interference between the plurality of crossed signal lines.
US10026752B2	Stacked SOI lateral bipolar transistor RF power amplifier and driver An amplifier circuit including a substrate layer and a plurality of lateral bipolar junction transistors positioned entirely above the substrate. The lateral bipolar junction transistors include a plurality of monolithic emitter-collector regions coplanar to each other. Each of the emitter-collector regions is both an emitter region of a first bipolar junction transistor a collector region of a second bipolar junction transistor from the lateral bipolar junction transistors. Accordingly, the lateral bipolar junction transistors are electrically coupled in series circuit at the emitter-collector regions.
US10026751B2	Semiconductor device including a repeater/buffer at higher metal routing layers and methods of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a series of metal routing layers and a complementary pair of planar field-effect transistors (FETs) on an upper metal routing layer of the metal routing layers. The upper metal routing layer is M3 or higher. Each of the FETs includes a channel region of a crystalline material. The crystalline material may include one or more transition metal dichalcogenide materials such as MoS2, WS2, WSe2, and/or combinations thereof.
US10026748B2	Stacked type semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing same According to the embodiment, the semiconductor device includes: a stacked body; first interconnect and a second interconnect; a first columnar portion, a second columnar portion, a third columnar portion, and a fourth columnar portion; a first intermediate interconnect; a first connection portion; a second connection portion; and a second intermediate interconnect. The stacked body includes a plurality of electrode layers. The first interconnect and the second interconnect are provided on the stacked body, and extend in a first direction crossing a stacking direction of the stacked body. The first intermediate interconnect is electrically connected to the first interconnect, the first columnar portion, and the second columnar portion. The second intermediate interconnect is provided at a height different from a height of the first intermediate interconnect, and is electrically connected to the second interconnect, the third columnar portion, and the fourth columnar portion.
US10026746B2	Memory devices using etching stop layers A memory device may include a gate structure including a plurality of gate electrode layers and a plurality of insulating layers alternately stacked on a substrate, a plurality of etching stop layers, extending from the insulating layers respectively, being on respective lower portions of the gate electrode layers; and a plurality of contacts connected to the gate electrode layers above upper portions of the etching stop layers, respectively, wherein respective ones of the etching stop layers include an air gap therein.
US10026744B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device An improvement is achieved in the reliability of a semiconductor device. A structure is obtained in which a first insulating film for a gate insulating film of a memory element is formed over a semiconductor substrate located in a memory region, a second insulating film for a gate insulating film of a lower-breakdown-voltage MISFET is formed over the semiconductor substrate located in a lower-breakdown-voltage MISFET formation region, and a third insulating film for a gate insulating film of a higher-breakdown-voltage MISFET is formed over the semiconductor substrate located in a higher-breakdown-voltage MISFET formation region. Subsequently, a film for gate electrodes is formed and then patterned to form the respective gate electrodes of the memory element, the lower-breakdown-voltage MISFET, and the higher-breakdown-voltage MISFET. The step of forming the second insulating film is performed after the step of forming the first insulating film. The step of forming the third insulating film is performed before the step of forming the first insulating film.
US10026743B2	Semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing same A semiconductor memory device includes a stacked body including a plurality of word lines; a semiconductor layer extending through the word lines; a memory cell provided at a part where the semiconductor layer crosses one of the word lines, the memory cell including a plurality of cell layers, the cell layers including a first insulating layer; and at least one of a first structural body and a second structural body provided around the stacked body. The first structural body includes a plurality of monitor layers including same materials respectively as materials of the cell layers. The second structural body includes a first electrode, a second electrode and an insulating body positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode. The insulating body includes same material as a material of the first insulating layer, and has almost the same thickness as a thickness of the first insulating layer.
US10026741B2	Logic-compatible memory cell manufacturing method and structure thereof The present disclosure presents a method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure, in which a memory cell is formed on a semiconductor substrate, the memory cell including a control gate, a select gate and a source region. A logic device is formed on the semiconductor substrate, where the logic device includes a gate layer and a source/drain region. The select gate is thinned such that the select gate is lower than an upper surface of the control gate. A silicidation operation is performed for the source region and the select gate of the memory cell, and a dielectric layer is deposited over the source region and the drain region of the memory cell, and the drain/source region of the logic device.
US10026738B2	Semiconductor device and semiconductor integrated circuit using the same A semiconductor device includes a channel region of a first conductivity type, a gate insulating film formed on the channel region, a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film, a first region of a second conductivity type and a second region of the second conductivity type, which are formed along the gate electrode while facing each other with the gate electrode interposed between the first region and the second region, a semiconductor region of the second conductivity type on which the first region, the second region and the channel region are formed, and an element isolation region which surrounds the semiconductor region. The gate electrode extends beyond a boundary portion between the channel region and the element isolation region. A width of the first region is smaller than a width of the second region in a channel width direction of the first region and the second region.
US10026730B2	Single mask level including a resistor and a through-gate implant A method of forming an IC includes providing a field dielectric in a portion of a semiconductor surface, a bipolar or Schottky diode (BSD) class device area, a CMOS transistor area, and a resistor area. A polysilicon layer is deposited to provide a polysilicon gate area for MOS transistors in the CMOS transistor area, over the BSD class device area, and over the field dielectric for providing a polysilicon resistor in the resistor area. A first mask pattern is formed on the polysilicon layer. Using the first mask pattern, first implanting (I1) of the polysilicon resistor providing a first projected range (RP1)RP1. I2 provides a CMOS implant into the semiconductor surface layer in the CMOS transistor area and/or a BSD implant into the semiconductor surface layer in the BSD area.
US10026727B2	FinFET-based ESD devices and methods for forming the same A device includes a plurality of STI regions, a plurality of semiconductor strips between the STI regions and parallel to each other, and a plurality of semiconductor fins over the semiconductor strips. A gate stack is disposed over and crossing the plurality of semiconductor fins. A drain epitaxy semiconductor region is disposed on a side of the gate stack and connected to the plurality of semiconductor fins. The drain epitaxy semiconductor region includes a first portion adjoining the semiconductor fins, wherein the first portion forms a continuous region over and aligned to the plurality of semiconductor strips. The drain epitaxy semiconductor region further includes second portions farther away from the gate stack than the first portion. Each of the second portions is over and aligned to one of the semiconductor strips. The second portions are parallel to each other, and are separated from each other by a dielectric material.
US10026726B2	Dummy gate technology to avoid shorting circuit Semiconductor devices and method of manufacturing such semiconductor devices are provided for improved FinFET memory cells to avoid electric short often happened between metal contacts of a bit cell, where the meal contacts are positioned next to a dummy gate of a neighboring dummy edge cell. In one embodiment, during the patterning of a gate layer on a substrate surface, an improved gate slot pattern is used to extend the lengths of one or more gate slots adjacent bit lines so as to pattern and sectionalize a dummy gate line disposed next to metal contacts of an active memory cell. In another embodiment, during the patterning of gate lines, the distances between one or more dummy gates lines disposed adjacent an active memory cell are adjusted such that their locations within dummy edge cells are shifted in position to be away from metal contacts of the active memory cell.
US10026724B2	Semiconductor package and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a semiconductor package includes forming at least two partial package chip stacks, each partial package chip stack including at least two semiconductor chips each including a plurality of through substrate vias (TSVs), and including a first mold layer surrounding side surfaces of the at least two semiconductor chips, and sequentially mounting the at least two partial package chip stacks on a package substrate in a direction vertical to a top surface of the package substrate, such that the at least two partial package chip stacks include a first partial package chip stack and a second partial package chip stack directly connected to the first partial package chip stack.
US10026719B2	Electronic assemblies including electronic devices mounted on non-planar subrates The electronic assemblies described in this specification are characterized by a non-planar low-temperature co-fired ceramic substrate on which an electronic device is mounted.
US10026703B2	Fan-out semiconductor package A fan-out semiconductor package includes: a first connection member having a through-hole; a semiconductor chip disposed in the through-hole and having an active surface having connection pads disposed thereon and an inactive surface disposed to oppose the active surface; a dummy chip disposed in the through-hole and spaced apart from the semiconductor chip; a second connection member disposed on the first connection member, the dummy chip, and the active surface of the semiconductor chip; and an encapsulant encapsulating at least portions of the first connection member, the dummy chip, and the inactive surface of the semiconductor chip. The first connection member and the second connection member include, respectively, redistribution layers electrically connected to the connection pads.
US10026702B2	Fan-out semiconductor package A fan-out semiconductor package includes: a first interconnection member having a through-hole; a semiconductor chip disposed in the through-hole and having an active surface having connection pads disposed thereon and an inactive surface opposing the active surface; an encapsulant encapsulating at least portions of the first interconnection member and the inactive surface of the semiconductor chip; a second interconnection member disposed on the first interconnection member and the active surface of the semiconductor chip; and a passivation layer disposed on the second interconnection member. The first interconnection member and the second interconnection member include, respectively, redistribution layers electrically connected to the connection pads of the semiconductor chip, the second interconnection member includes an insulating layer on which the redistribution layer of the second interconnection member is disposed, and the passivation layer has a modulus of elasticity greater than that of the insulating layer of the second interconnection member.
US10026699B2	Integrated circuit chip and integrated circuit wafer with guard ring A large scale integrated circuit chip includes a semiconductor circuit having a multilayered wiring structure, a metal guard ring surrounding the semiconductor circuit, and a plurality of external connection terminals, on a semiconductor circuit. The plurality of external connection terminals connect to an uppermost-layer wiring of the multilayered wiring structure and are exposed on a surface of the large scale integrated circuit chip. A predetermined external connection terminal conducts to a predetermined wiring through a conductive via within the guard ring and conducts to a conductive piece through another conductive via outside the guard ring. One side of the external connection terminal extending over the guard ring connects to the conductive piece, and the other side of the external connection terminal connects to the uppermost-layer wiring within the guard ring. Thus, a cutout part is not necessary in the guard ring.
US10026690B1	Fuse blowing method and fuse blowing system A fuse blowing method is disclosed. The fuse blowing method includes the following operations: receiving a number signal, in which the number signal includes a number; triggering the number of several fuse pumps according to the number signal; and generating a current to blow a fuse.
US10026675B2	Method of manufacture for a semiconductor device A method of manufacture for a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes providing a semiconductor stack structure that includes a device terminal of a semiconductor device, and having a first surface and a buried oxide (BOX) layer attached to a wafer handle. Another step includes disposing a polymeric layer that includes a polymer and an admixture that increases thermal conductivity of the polymer onto the first surface of the semiconductor stack structure. Another step involves removing the wafer handle from the BOX layer to expose a second surface of the semiconductor stack structure, and yet another step involves removing a portion of the semiconductor stack structure to expose the device terminal.
US10026672B1	Recursive metal embedded chip assembly A recursive metal-embedded chip assembly (R-MECA) process and method is described for heterogeneous integration of multiple die from diverse device technologies. The recursive aspect of this integration technology enables integration of increasingly-complex subsystems while bridging different scales for devices, interconnects and components. Additionally, the proposed concepts include high thermal management performance that is maintained through the multiple recursive levels of R-MECA, which is a key requirement for high-performance heterogeneous integration of digital, analog mixed signal and RF subsystems. At the wafer-scale, chips from diverse technologies and different thicknesses are initially embedded in a metal heat spreader surrounded by a mesh wafer host. An embodiment uses metal embedding on the backside of the chips as a key differentiator for high-density integration, and built-in thermal management. After die embedding, wafer-level front side interconnects are fabricated to interconnect the various chips and with each other. The wafer is then diced into individual metal-embedded chip assembly (MECA) modules, and forms the level one for multi-scale R-MECA integration. These modules are subsequently integrated into another wafer or board using the same integration approach recursively. Additional components such as discrete passive resistors, capacitors and inductors can be integrated at the second level, once the high-resolution, high-density integration has been performed at level zero. This recursive integration offers a practical solution to build very large scale integrated systems and subsystems.
US10026669B2	Thermally enhanced semiconductor package with thermal additive and process for making the same The present disclosure relates to a thermally enhanced semiconductor package, which includes a module substrate, a thinned flip chip die over the substrate, a first mold compound component, and a thermally enhanced mold compound component. The first mold compound component resides over the module substrate, surrounds the thinned flip chip die, and extends above an upper surface of the thinned flip chip die to form a cavity over the upper surface of the thinned flip chip die. The thermally enhanced mold compound component includes a lower portion filling a lower region of the cavity and residing over the upper surface of the thinned flip chip die, and an upper portion filling an upper region of the cavity and residing over the lower portion. A first average thermal conductivity of the lower portion is at least 1.2 times greater than a second average thermal conductivity of the upper portion.
US10026660B2	Method of etching the back of a wafer to expose TSVs A system and method for performing a wet etching process is disclosed. The system includes multiple processing stations accessible by a transfer device, including a measuring station to optically measure the thickness of a wafer before and after each etching steps in the process. The system also includes a controller to analyze the thickness measurements in view of a target wafer profile and generate an etch recipe, dynamically and in real time, for each etching step. In addition, the process controller can cause a single wafer wet etching station to etch the wafer according to the generated etching recipes. In addition, the system can, based on the pre and post-etch thickness measurements and target etch profile, generate and/or refine the etch recipes.
US10026654B2	CMOS device with decreased leakage current and method making same A method for making a CMOS device includes: providing a substrate with a semiconductor layer and a photoresist layer; irradiating the photoresist layer through a mask to obtain a first photoresist and a second photoresist having a height smaller than that of the first photoresist; first implanting ions to the semiconductor layer; ashing the first and second photoresists to expose a first region of the semiconductor layer and removing the second photoresist to expose a second region of the semiconductor layer; secondly implanting ions to the semiconductor layer; removing the first photoresist to expose a third region of the semiconductor layer surrounded by the second region; forming a third photoresist and a fourth photoresist on the semiconductor layer; etching the semiconductor layer to remove the semiconductor layer not covered by the third and fourth photoresists; removing the third and fourth photoresists; and thirdly implanting ions to the semiconductor layer.
US10026653B2	Variable gate lengths for vertical transistors The method includes prior to depositing a gate on a first vertical FET on a semiconductor substrate, depositing a first layer on the first vertical FET on the semiconductor substrate. The method further includes prior to depositing a gate on a second vertical FET on the semiconductor substrate, depositing a second layer on the second vertical FET on the semiconductor substrate. The method further includes etching the first layer on the first vertical FET to a lower height than the second layer on the second vertical FET. The method further includes depositing a gate material on both the first vertical FET and the second vertical FET. The method further includes etching the gate material on both the first vertical FET and the second vertical FET to a co-planar height.
US10026647B2	Multi-metal fill with self-align patterning The present disclosure describes methods which employ a patterning photolithography/etch operations to form self-aligned interconnects with multi-metal gap fill. For example, the method includes a first pattern structure and a second pattern structure formed over a dielectric layer. Each of the first and second pattern structures includes a pair of spacers, and a center portion between the pair of spacers. A first opening, self-aligned to a space between the first and second pattern structures, is formed in the dielectric layer. A first conductive material is deposited in the first opening. The center portion of the second pattern structure is removed to form a void above the dielectric layer and between the pair of spacers of the second pattern structure. A second opening, self-aligned to the void, is formed in the dielectric layer; and a second conductive material is deposited in the second opening.
US10026635B2	Packaging apparatus and packaging device The present invention discloses a packaging apparatus and a packaging device. The packaging apparatus comprises a mask plate and a control circuit that is electrically connected to the mask plate and is used to control the mask plate such that the mask plate electrostatically adsorbs a first substrate or release the first substrate. In the technical solutions of the present invention, the mask plate is controlled by the control circuit such that the mask plate electrostatically adsorbs or releases the first substrate without the need to use the alignment mechanism of mechanical fixing type to fix the first substrate. By completely adsorbing the first substrate by the mask plate in a way of electrostatic adsorption, the deformation of the first substrate and the generation of bubbles between the first substrate and the second substrate are avoided, the alignment precision is improved, and the slip-off of the first substrate from the mask plate during the process of pressing is avoided.
US10026633B2	Wafer boat and manufacturing method of the same A wafer boat supporting a silicon wafer to be processed provides a sufficient anchor effect between a deposit film and a SiC coating film formed on a base material, and suppresses generation of particles due to peeling off of the deposit film. The vertical wafer boat includes a plurality of columns, being made of SiC-based material having a SiC coating film on a surface thereof, which contains shelf plate portions for supporting wafers, and a top plate and a bottom plate for fixing upper and lower ends of the columns, wherein a supporting plane which is in contact with an outer peripheral portion of the wafer is provided on an upper surface of the shelf plate portion, and a surface roughness Ra of a lower surface of the shelf plate increases toward a front side of the shelf plate portion from a rear side.
US10026631B2	Plasma processing apparatus and heater temperature control method A plasma processing apparatus is provided that converts a gas into plasma using a high frequency power and performs a plasma process on a workpiece using an action of the plasma. The plasma processing apparatus includes a processing chamber that can be depressurized, a mounting table that is arranged within the processing chamber and holds the workpiece, an electrostatic chuck that is arranged on the mounting table and electrostatically attracts the workpiece by applying a voltage to a chuck electrode, a heater arranged within or near the electrostatic chuck, and a temperature control unit. The heater is divided into a circular center zone, at least two middle zones arranged concentrically at an outer periphery side of the center zone, and an edge zone arranged concentrically at an outermost periphery. The temperature control unit adjusts a control temperature of the heater with respect to each of the zones.
US10026626B2	Microelectronics package with inductive element and magnetically enhanced mold compound component The present disclosure relates to a microelectronics package with an inductive element and a magnetically enhanced mold compound component, and a process for making the same. The disclosed microelectronics package includes a module substrate, a thinned flip-chip die with an upper surface that includes a first surface portion and a second surface portion surrounding the first surface portion, the magnetically enhanced mold compound component, and a mold compound component. The thinned flip-chip die is attached to the module substrate and includes a device layer with an inductive element embedded therein. Herein, the inductive element is underlying the first surface portion and not underlying the second surface portion. The magnetically enhanced mold compound component is formed over the first surface portion. The mold compound component is formed over the second surface portion, not over the first surface portion, and surrounding the magnetically enhanced mold compound component.
US10026625B2	Device comprising an encapsulation unit A device that includes a component and an encapsulation arrangement for the encapsulation of the component with respect to moisture and/or oxygen, wherein the encapsulation arrangement has a first layer and thereabove a second layer on at least one surface of the component, the first layer and the second layer each comprise an inorganic material, and the second layer is arranged directly on the first layer.
US10026616B2	Method of reducing stress in metal film and metal film forming method There is provided a method of reducing stress in a metal film that is highly stressed, the method including: processing the metal film by supplying a metal chloride gas containing a metal of the metal film and a reduction gas for reducing the metal chloride gas onto the metal film; and forming a process film on the metal film to reduce stress in the metal film.
US10026614B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming features of a first mold pattern on a substrate including a first region and a second region, and forming a first insulation layer covering the first mold pattern from the first region to the second region. The method further includes forming a photoresist pattern on the first insulation layer in the second region, forming a second insulation layer covering the first insulation layer in the first region and the photoresist pattern in the second region from the first region to the second region, etching the second insulation layer, removing the photoresist pattern, and forming a first double patterning technology pattern having a first width in the first region and a second DPT pattern having a second width in the second region, wherein the second width is different from the first width.
US10026603B2	Manufacturing process of wafer thinning A manufacturing process of wafer thinning includes a step of wafer-grinding to grind a surface of a wafer to a first predetermined thickness, and a step of wafer-etching to etch the grinded face of the wafer with the first predetermined thickness to a second predetermined thickness.
US10026602B2	Systems and methods for multipole operation A method for identifying components of a sample includes providing a sample to an ion source and generating a plurality of ions from constituent components of the sample, applying a first RF waveform at a first RF amplitude to an ion trap with field resonances while directing the plurality of ions into the ion trap, and applying a second RF waveform at a second RF amplitude to the ion trap while focusing the plurality of ions towards the center of the ion trap along the longitudinal axis. The method further includes ejecting the plurality of ions from the ion trap into a mass analyzer, and using the mass analyzer to determine the mass-to-charge ratio of the ions.
US10026600B2	Corona ionization apparatus and method A corona discharge ionizer device which emits ions generated by corona discharge to a gas flow to be ionized includes a discharge electrode having a pin configured tip portion. A second grid electrode positioned at a spaced distance from the discharge electrode is provided. The grid electrode is preferably formed from a sheet configured material which has at least one hole formed therein adapted and configured to permit the gas flow to pass therethrough. A power supply is coupled to the discharge electrode and grid electrode configured cause ion emission from the discharge electrode. The power supply is preferably an alternating current power supply configured to produce an alternating electric field region in close proximity to the tip portion of the discharge electrode sufficient to cause avalanche breakdown in the gas flowing in close proximity to the tip portion of the discharge electrode.
US10026594B2	RF impedance matching network In one embodiment, an RF impedance matching network includes an RF input configured to operably couple to an RF source; an RF output configured to operably couple to a plasma chamber; a first electronically variable capacitor having a first variable capacitance; a second electronically variable capacitor having a second variable capacitance; and a control circuit operably coupled to the first and second electronically variable capacitors. The control circuit is configured to determine the variable impedance of the plasma chamber, determine a first capacitance value for the first variable capacitance and a second capacitance value for the second variable capacitance, and generate a control signal to alter the first and/or second variable capacitance. An elapsed time between determining the variable impedance of the plasma chamber to when RF power reflected back to the RF source decreases is less than about 150 μsec.
US10026588B2	Imaging apparatus having a plurality of movable beam columns, and method of inspecting a plurality of regions of a substrate intended to be substantially identical An apparatus for inspecting a substrate is described. The apparatus includes an X-Y stage that supports a substrate to be inspected and is operable to move a substrate supported thereby in X and Y directions; and an imaging system including a plurality of beam columns operable to irradiate regions of a substrate supported by the X-Y stage with beams of energy, respectively, discrete from one another. Respective ones of the beam columns are movable relative to others of the electron beam columns.
US10026584B2	Method for making carbon nanotube slurry A kind of photosensitive carbon nanotube slurry is disclosed. The photosensitive carbon nanotube slurry includes a first mixture and a second mixture. The first mixture includes carbon nanotubes, conducting particles, and a first organic carrier. The second mixture includes a photo polymerization monomer, a photo initiator, and a second organic carrier. The weight percentage of the first mixture and the second mixture ranges from about 50% to about 80% and about 20% to about 50%, respectively. Methods for making the photosensitive carbon nanotube slurry and methods for making cathode emitters using the photosensitive carbon nanotube slurry are also disclosed.
US10026582B2	Thermionic emission filament, quadrupole mass spectrometer and residual gas analyzing method In order to provide a thermionic emission filament capable of ensuring a long life and improving an analysis accuracy of a mass spectrometer using the thermionic emission filament, in the thermionic emission filament including a core member through which electric current flows and an electron emitting layer which is formed so as to cover a surface of the core member, the electron emitting layer is configured to have denseness for substantial gas-tight integrity.
US10026575B2	Reed relay A reed switch relay comprises a PCB base (1) and a control assembly (2) electrically connected to the PCB base. The control assembly is mounted on the PCB base by a surface mount technology. The control assembly comprises a hollow coil (21) mounted on the PCB base, a reed switch (22) mounted in the hollow coil, and a shield layer (23) sleeving the outer surface of the hollow coil, the reed switch comprises pins, the shield layer is connected with the pins of the reed switch. In the reed relay, the control assembly is mounted on the PCB base though a surface mount technology, which ensures position tolerance and precision of the reed switch, implements full mechanization of product production, increases productivity, and satisfies requirements of mass production, thereby increasing economic benefits.
US10026573B2	Tripping device of circuit breaker A tripping device of a circuit breaker of the present disclosure may reinforce a magnetic force on a main magnetic flux path using a plurality of magnetic force reinforcing plates without using an additional plate yoke on an actuator provided in the circuit breaker to miniaturize the size of the actuator, thereby having an effect of allowing a control circuit unit provided at an outer portion of the circuit breaker to be installed at an inner portion of the circuit breaker to miniaturize the whole size of the circuit breaker.
US10026556B2	Electronic component An electronic component includes an element body having a pair of end surfaces opposing each other and a side surface adjacent to the pair of end surfaces, and an external electrode disposed on at least the end surface. The external electrode includes a conductive resin layer located on at least the end surface. A first thickness of the conductive resin layer located on a central region of the end surface is greater than a second thickness of the conductive resin layer located on a peripheral region of the end surface.
US10026545B2	Wire connection structure of coil device A structure includes first and second terminals to fix a winding start portion and a winding end portion of a coil antenna formed by winding wire around a bobbin. The first terminal includes a fusing portion that connects the winding start portion to first and second entwining portions of the winding start portion. The second terminal includes a fusing portion that connects the winding end portion to first and second entwining portions of the winding end portion. Further, the entwining portions and the fusing portions of the first and second terminals are disposed orthogonal to an axial direction of a cylindrical portion of the bobbin and further are formed in the same direction.
US10026541B2	Molded stationary induction apparatus and method for manufacturing molded stationary induction apparatus A molded stationary induction apparatus is provided with: a winding the surface of which is covered with resin or an insulating material containing resin; a closed vessel in which the winding is housed and air having pressure exceeding atmospheric pressure is sealed; and a heat exchanger which cools the air in the closed vessel.
US10026538B2	Electronic component with multilayered body A multilayer body is a lamination of a plurality of substantially rectangular insulating layers and has a bottom surface being a series of the outer edges of the insulating layers, an end surface being adjacent to the bottom surface and being a series of the outer edges of the insulating layers, and a side surface located on a negative side in the y-axis direction. An outer electrode is embedded in the multilayer body such that it is exposed while extending across the boundary between the bottom surface and the end surface. A coil is disposed in the multilayer body and is connected to the outer electrode. The distance between the outer electrode and the side surface in the corner between the bottom surface and the end surface is longer than the distance between the outer electrode and the side surface where the outer electrode and the coil are connected.
US10026532B2	R-T-B based sintered magnet An R-T-B based sintered magnet includes “R”, “T”, and “B”. “R” represents a rare earth element. “T” represents a metal element other than rare earth elements including at least Fe, Cu, Mn, Al, Co, Ga, and Zr. “B” represents boron or boron and carbon. With respect to 100 mass % of a total mass of the R-T-B based sintered magnet, a content of “R” is 28.0 to 31.5 mass %, a content of Cu is 0.04 to 0.50 mass %, a content of Mn is 0.02 to 0.10 mass %, a content of Al is 0.15 to 0.30 mass %, a content of Co is 0.50 to 3.0 mass %, a content of Ga is 0.08 to 0.30 mass %, a content of Zr is 0.10 to 0.25 mass %, and a content of “B” is 0.85 to 1.0 mass %.
US10026528B2	Electric contact arrangement The present invention relates to an electric contact arrangement (1) comprising: a housing (2) having a recess (3) that penetrates the housing (2) in an axial direction (7); a sleeve (4) which is inserted into the recess (3) and which has an axial sealing surface (8) inside the housing (2) and two projections (10) outside the housing (2) which run perpendicularly to the axial direction (7); a contact pin (5) which is fixed in the sleeve (4) and which extends through the sleeve (4); an attachment element (6) which is designed to lie on the housing (2) and to be slid under the projections (10); and wedge shaped surfaces (13) between the sleeve (4) and the attachment element (6) and/or between the housing (2) and the attachment element (6) such that the sealing surface (8) can be drawn against the housing (2) from the inside by means of sliding the attachment element (6) under the projections (10).
US10026527B2	Conductor twisting system and method for loading a twisting head The present disclosure relates to a twisting system for twisting multiple conductors together. In one implementation, the twisting system may include a rotatable twisting head having multiple holders for individual conductors of a cable to be twisted, and a loading device for sequentially loading the holders with the individual conductors. The loading device may be configured to be displaced into a transfer position identical for all individual conductors for loading the twisting head, and the twisting head may be configured to rotate a free holder of the twisting head into a suitable receiving position for being loaded with an individual conductor. The present disclosure also relates to a method for loading a twisting head with individual conductors.
US10026524B2	Electrode substrate film and method of manufacturing the same [Object] Provided are an electrode substrate film which does not cause trouble in a process to create a circuit pattern formed of a metal thin line and in which the circuit pattern is less visible even under highly bright illumination, and a method of manufacturing the same.[Solving Means] An electrode substrate film with a transparent substrate 52 and a metal laminate thin line includes a metal absorption layer 51 with a film thickness of 20 nm to 30 nm inclusive as a first layer, and a metal layer 50 as a second layer, counted from the transparent substrate side. Optical constants of the metal absorption layer in a visible wavelength range (400 to 780 nm) satisfy conditions that a refractive index is 1.8 to 2.2 and an extinction coefficient is 1.8 to 2.4 at a wavelength of 400 nm, the refractive index is 2.2 to 2.7 and the extinction coefficient is 1.9 to 2.8 at a wavelength of 500 nm, the refractive index is 2.5 to 3.2 and the extinction coefficient is 1.9 to 3.1 at a wavelength of 600 nm, the refractive index is 2.7 to 3.6 and the extinction coefficient is 1.7 to 3.3 at a wavelength of 700 nm, and the refractive index is 3.1 to 3.8 and the extinction coefficient is 1.5 to 3.4 at a wavelength of 780 nm. The highest reflectance in the visible wavelength range attributed to reflection at an interface between the transparent substrate and the metal absorption layer is 40% or less.
US10026522B1	Flame retardant insulation material for use in a plenum cable An insulation material for use in a plenum-rated communications cable, as well as components formed from the insulation material are described. The insulation material may include a base polymeric material having a first melting point, the first melting point lower than a temperature at which the insulation material is extruded to form a cable component. The insulation material may also include a polymeric filler material blended throughout the base polymeric material, the filler material having a second melting point greater than the temperature at which the insulation material is extruded.
US10026511B2	Integral vessel isolation valve A nuclear reactor comprises a nuclear reactor core disposed in a pressure vessel. An isolation valve protects a penetration through the pressure vessel. The isolation valve comprises: a mounting flange connecting with a mating flange of the pressure vessel; a valve seat formed into the mounting flange; and a valve member movable between an open position and a closed position sealing against the valve seat. The valve member is disposed inside the mounting flange or inside the mating flange of the pressure vessel. A biasing member operatively connects to the valve member to bias the valve member towards the open position. The bias keeps the valve member in the open position except when a differential fluid pressure across the isolation valve and directed outward from the pressure vessel exceeds a threshold pressure.
US10026505B2	Patient support with dynamic bar code generator A care system including a medical device, a mobile computing device, and a information system. The medical device configured to generate data graphics to transfer information from the medical device to the mobile computing device.
US10026486B1	First read countermeasures in memory Techniques are provided for improving the accuracy of read operations of memory cells, where the threshold voltage of the memory cells can shift depending on the coupled up state of the word lines. In one approach, for a read operation, a representative word line voltage in a block is detected and a corresponding set of read voltages is selected. In another approach, a pre-read voltage pulse is applied to a selected word line in response to a read command, just prior to reading the selected cells. In another approach, a voltage pulse is periodically applied to each word line in a block to provide the word lines in a coupled up state. In another approach, a soft erase is performed after a read operation to prevent coupling up of the word lines.
US10026485B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a memory circuit, a first FIFO, a second FIFO and an input/output circuit. The memory circuit outputs data. The first FIFO receives data from the memory circuit and outputs data synchronously with a first clock signal. The second FIFO receives data output from the first FIFO and outputs data synchronously with the first clock signal. The input/output circuit outputs data output from the second FIFO. The second FIFO is disposed in the vicinity of the input/output circuit than the first FIFO.
US10026484B2	High-speed readable semiconductor storage device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a memory cell array and a controller. The memory cell array includes a first memory cell, a second memory cell, a third memory cell, and a fourth memory cell. The controller writes data having n values (n is natural numbers of 2 or more to k or less) in the second memory cell and simultaneously writes the fourth memory cell, after writing the data having the n values in the first memory cell. When reading the data from the first memory cell, the controller reads data of the first memory cell and the third memory cell which is selected simultaneously with the first memory cell and, changes a read voltage of the first memory cell based on the data read from the third memory cell.
US10026483B1	Program temperature aware data scrub Techniques disclosed herein cope with cross-temperature effects in non-volatile memory systems. One technology disclosed herein includes an apparatus and method that scrubs a block of non-volatile memory cells responsive to a determination that variance in word line program temperatures in the block exceeds a threshold. Such blocks having large variance in programming temperatures for different word lines can potentially have high BERs when reading. This may be due to the difficulty in having one set of read levels that are optimum for all word lines in the block.
US10026474B2	Switched memristor analog tuning Switched memristor analog tuning employs a switch-selectable programmed resistance to tune a resistance-tunable analog circuit. A plurality of switched memristors is to provide the switch-selectable programmed resistance. The resistance-tunable analog circuit is connected to the plurality of switched memristors. The switch-selectable programmed resistance is to tune an analog attribute of the resistance-tunable analog circuit.
US10026468B2	DRAM with segmented word line switching circuit for causing selection of portion of rows and circuitry for a variable page width control scheme This description is directed to a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) array having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. The array further includes a plurality of cells, each of which are associated with one of the columns and one of the rows. Each cell includes a capacitor that is selectively coupled to a bit line of its associate column so as to share charge with the bit line when the cell is selected. There is a segmented word line circuit for each row, which is controllable to cause selection of only a portion of the cells in the row.
US10026458B2	Memories and methods for performing vector atomic memory operations with mask control and variable data length and data unit size Memories and methods for performing an atomic memory operation are disclosed, including a memory having a memory store, operation logic, and a command decoder. Operation logic can be configured to receive data and perform operations thereon in accordance with internal control signals. A command decoder can be configured to receive command packets having at least a memory command portion in which a memory command is provided and data configuration portion in which configuration information related to data associated with a command packet is provided. The command decoder is further configured to generate a command control signal based at least in part on the memory command and further configured to generate control signal based at least in part on the configuration information.
US10026457B2	Device having multiple channels with calibration circuit shared by multiple channels An apparatus includes a first channel, a second channel and a calibration circuit. The first channel includes a first command control circuit. The second channel includes a second command control circuit independent of the first command control circuit. The calibration circuit is shared by the first channel and the second channel to generate a calibration code responsive to a calibration command generated responsive to a first calibration command from the first command control circuit and a second calibration command from the second command control circuit.
US10026454B2	Storage system with cross flow cooling of power supply unit Apparatus and method for cooling a power supply unit in a storage system. In some embodiments, a storage system includes a first section for receiving a plurality of storage media, a second section having a power supply unit, and a plenum arranged in communication with the first and second sections. The power supply unit has an inlet for receiving air, an outlet for exhausting air and an airflow generator which generates airflow therethrough, where the inlet and the outlet are in fluidic communication with the plenum.
US10026452B2	Method and apparatus for generating 3D audio positioning using dynamically optimized audio 3D space perception cues An apparatus generating audio cues for content indicative of the position of audio objects within the content comprising: an audio processor receiving raw audio tracks for said content and information indicative of the positions of at least some of said audio tracks within frames of said content, said audio processor generating corresponding audio parameters; an authoring tool receiving said audio parameters and generating encoding coefficients, said audio parameters including audio cue of the position of audio objects corresponding to said tracks in at least one spatial dimension; and a first audio/video encoder receiving an input and encoding said input into an audio visual content having visual objects and audio objects, said audio objects being disposed at location corresponding to said one spatial position, said encoder using said encoding coefficients for said encoding.
US10026446B2	Intelligent playback method for video records based on a motion information and apparatus thereof The present invention relates to data application technologies in the field of video surveillance, and discloses an intelligent playback method for video records based on a motion information and an apparatus thereof. The method comprises the following steps: searching for all motion detection additional information conforming to a time period of a playback request in a hard disc, and storing the motion detection additional information as a motion information in a motion information linked list in terms of a time sequence; obtaining a current playback mode and a current playback time, and looking up a nearest motion information under the current playback mode and the current playback time from the motion information linked list; matching the found nearest motion information with the current playback time; controlling a playback speed according to a matching result, so as to implement an automatic control of an intelligent playback speed. A real-time, automatic, continuous control of a playback speed can be implemented by repeating performing the above steps, so that automatically adjusting to a normal playback speed when there is motion data and automatically adjusting to a rapid playback when there is no motion data are implemented, and a playback time of video records can be reduced.
US10026433B2	Magnetic tape having controlled surface properties of the magnetic layer and method of manufacturing the same The magnetic tape has a nonmagnetic layer containing nonmagnetic powder and binder on a nonmagnetic support, and has a magnetic layer containing ferromagnetic powder and binder on the nonmagnetic layer, wherein the combined thickness of the magnetic layer and the nonmagnetic layer is less than or equal to 0.80 μm; and the logarithmic decrement as determined by a pendulum viscoelasticity test on the surface on the magnetic layer side of the magnetic tape is less than or equal to 0.050 and the coefficient of friction as measured on a base portion of the surface on the magnetic layer side is less than or equal to 0.35.
US10026431B2	Magnetic shift register This disclosure relates to a memory device that includes at least one magnetic track on a substrate, wherein the at least one magnetic track comprises one or more magnetic domains. Contacts can be disposed on the at least one magnetic track according to a predetermined arrangement to form a plurality of bitcells on the at least one magnetic track, wherein each one of the plurality of bitcells is configured to store at least one magnetic domain. The device can include a timing circuit connected to the contacts, with the timing circuit being configured to apply to the contacts multiple phases of electric currents according to a predetermined timing sequence to cause the at least one magnetic domain to shift from the each one of the plurality of bitcells to an adjacent one of the plurality of bitcells on the at least one magnetic track.
US10026430B2	Magnetic tape The magnetic tape comprises, on a nonmagnetic support, a nonmagnetic layer comprising nonmagnetic powder and binder, and on the nonmagnetic layer, a magnetic layer comprising ferromagnetic powder, nonmagnetic powder, and binder, wherein a total thickness of the magnetic tape is less than or equal to 4.80 μm, and a coefficient of friction as measured on a base portion of a surface of the magnetic layer is less than or equal to 0.35.
US10026426B2	Magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) free layer damping reduction In one embodiment, a system includes a sensor, the sensor having a free layer, a ferromagnetic spin sink layer spaced from the free layer, the spin sink layer being operative to reduce a spin-induced damping in the free layer during operation of the sensor, and a nonmagnetic spacer layer positioned between the free layer and the spin sink layer, the spacer layer having a long spin-diffusion length.
US10026425B2	Double pinned magnetoresistance element with temporary ferromagnetic layer to improve annealing A double pinned magnetoresistance element has a temporary ferromagnetic layer, two PtMn antiferromagnetic pinning layers, and two associated synthetic antiferromagnetic (SAF) pinned layer structures, the temporary ferromagnetic layer operable to improve annealing of the two PtMn antiferromagnetic pinning layers and the two associated SAFs to two different magnetic directions that are a relative ninety degrees apart.
US10026424B2	Data reader with spin filter A data reader may be configured with at least a detector stack positioned on an air bearing surface and consisting of a spin accumulation channel continuously extending from the air bearing surface to an injector stack. The injector stack can have at least one cladding layer contacting the spin accumulation channel. The at least one cladding layer may have a length as measured perpendicular to the ABS that filters minority spins from the detector stack.
US10026421B1	Hyperbolic metamaterial-based near-field transducer for heat assisted magnetic recording head An apparatus comprises a slider configured for heat-assisted magnetic recording. A near-field transducer comprising a peg is situated at or near an air bearing surface of the slider, and an optical waveguide of the slider is configured to couple light from a light source to the near-field transducer. The peg comprises a hyperbolic metamaterial, and the near-field transducer may further include an enlarged portion from which the peg extends, where the enlarged portion may also comprise a hyperbolic metamaterial.
US10026420B1	Data storage device with cold data migration In a data storage device where a data writer is predicted to fail, cold data can be identified and subsequently moved to a data storage medium corresponding to the failing data writer. The data writer may be positioned proximal the data storage medium where data is stored. A controller can predict the failure in the data writer and transition all the data in the data storage medium to a read only status.
US10026419B2	Multisensory speech detection A computer-implemented method of multisensory speech detection is disclosed. The method comprises determining an orientation of a mobile device and determining an operating mode of the mobile device based on the orientation of the mobile device. The method further includes identifying speech detection parameters that specify when speech detection begins or ends based on the determined operating mode and detecting speech from a user of the mobile device based on the speech detection parameters.
US10026418B2	Abnormal frame detection method and apparatus An abnormal frame detection method and apparatus are disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes obtaining a signal frame from a speech signal, and dividing the signal frame into at least two subframes; obtaining a local energy value of a subframe of the signal frame; obtaining, according to the local energy value of the subframe, a first characteristic value used to indicate a local energy trend of the signal frame; performing singularity analysis on the signal frame to obtain a second characteristic value; and determining the signal frame as an abnormal frame if the first characteristic value meets a first threshold and the second characteristic value meets a second threshold. It is implemented whether distortion occurs in a speech signal is detected.
US10026406B2	Vehicle and control method thereof A vehicle of outputting a sound using a difference between a human's audible frequency and a pet's audible frequency, and a method of controlling the vehicle are provided. The vehicle includes a sound processor that is configured to tune and mix a sound and a sound controller that is configured to determine a sound being output as one of a first sound having a frequency within a human's audible frequency range and a second sound having a frequency beyond the human's audible frequency range. When a command for reproducing another sound other than the determined sound is received, the sound processor is configured to mix the determined sound with the other sound corresponding to the command and a speaker is then configured to output the mixed sound.
US10026404B1	Dynamically selecting speech functionality on client devices A system and method for dynamically selecting speech recognition functionality on a client device for recognizing user speech inputs are disclosed. Such selection may be made based on speech recognition functionalities actually available on the client devices. The speech functionalities that may be dynamically selected may include, without limitation, speech recognition software and/or services, speech libraries, kernel drivers, speech recognition hardware, audio hardware, and/or any other speech functionality available on a client device. User speech inputs may be processed via the selected speech functionality for generating control commands in a virtual space. In some implementations, remote speech recognition support may be evoked when a client device does not have any speech recognition functionality on the client device.
US10026386B2	Apparatus, method and computer program for memorizing timbres Some timbres in the timbre combinations are selected and memorized according to the above timbre selection means corresponding to the timbre groups that the selected timbres belong to. The timbre combinations are classified and memorized according to the timbre groups. Thus it is made easy to search a timbre combination. When the store button 27 is turned on (step 61), it is identified which zone is appointed by the zone select buttons 24 being turned on placed on the switch table (step 63) and tone number data in the zone in the setup timbre register 42 are read out (step 64). At the top address of the vacant area in the setup area of the timbre group area on the timbre table 61 corresponding to the selected tone number data, tone number data, loudness data and setup range data of all the zones of the setup timbre register 42 (step 65).
US10026381B2	Method and device for adjusting and displaying image A method and a device for adjusting and displaying an image are provided. The method includes: monitoring the distance between a user in front of a display screen and the display screen; when monitoring that a distance between the user and the display screen is less than a preset threshold, determining an adjusted size of an image on the display screen according to the distance; and displaying the image on the display screen according to the adjusted size.
US10026380B2	Display device A display device include a division circuit dividing an input image from a plurality of pixels into a plurality of regions based on the feature quantity of each of the plurality of pixels, a luminance reduction rate calculation circuit calculating the reduction rate of luminance of each region based on the surface area of each of the plurality of regions, an image generation circuit generating output images by correcting the luminance of each of the plurality of pixels based on the reduction rate calculated by the luminance reduction rate calculation circuit, and a correction circuit correcting labels assigned to each of the plurality of pixels by the division circuit. The division circuit is configured to divide the input image by assigning different labels to each region of the plurality of pixels.
US10026375B2	Output amplifier of a source driver and control method thereof An output amplifier of a source driver and a control method thereof are provided. The output amplifier includes a first switch circuit, a second switch circuit, a third switch circuit, a first input stage circuit, a second input stage circuit, a first active load circuit, a second active load circuit, a first positive output stage circuit, a first negative output stage circuit, a second positive output stage circuit and a second negative output stage circuit. In a first display stage of the control method, the first switch circuit outputs a positive reference signal through a first output terminal and outputs a negative reference signal through a second output terminal. In a second display stage of the control method, the signals outputted by the first output terminal and the second output terminal are exchanged.
US10026355B1	Display device and peripheral circuit structure thereof A display device includes a substrate and a peripheral circuit structure on the substrate. The peripheral circuit includes a common electrode layer between the ESD protection diode and a pixel unit of the substrate, an ESD protection diode, an isolation layer covering the common electrode layer, a first conductive line on the isolation layer and over the common electrode layer, and a second conductive line on the isolation layer and over the common electrode layer. Two ends of the first conductive line are respectively electrically connected to the ESD protection diode and the pixel unit. Two ends of the second conductive line are electrically connected to the first conductive line on positions that are between the ESD protection diode and the common electrode layer and between the pixel unit and the common electrode layer to respectively form a first junction and a second junction.
US10026354B2	Gate in panel (GIP) driving circuit and display device using the same Provided are a GIP driving circuit and a display device using the same. The GIP driving circuit includes: a plurality of stages which sequentially receives a phase-delayed clock and sequentially generates an output. An nth stage (n is a positive integer) includes: a first switch T1 receiving a carry signal from an n−1th stage and controlling a QB node to a low voltage and a Q node to a high voltage when the carry signal has a high voltage; a second switch T2 receiving a carry signal from an n+1th stage and controlling the QB and Q nodes high and low voltages, respectively, when the carry signal has a high voltage; a plurality of inverters connected between nodes Q and QB and constituting a latch; and a buffer outputting a clock as an output voltage when a voltage of the Q node is a high voltage and output.
US10026346B2	Luminance distortion compensating apparatus, method of compensating luminance distortion using the same and display panel inspecting system having the same A luminance distortion compensating apparatus includes an image data receiving circuit and a luminance distortion compensating circuit. The image data receiving circuit is configured to receive grayscale image data and full white image data displayed on a display panel. The luminance distortion compensating circuit is configured to compensate for a luminance distortion generated by a display panel inspecting apparatus inspecting the display panel, in the grayscale image data, using the grayscale image data and the full white image data. Thus, an inspection capability of a display panel inspecting system may be increased.
US10026342B2	Impact protection device An impact protection device for law enforcement and emergency vehicles includes a pair of bars. The bars are configured to couple to an undercarriage of a vehicle and extend in parallel such that endpoints of the bars are positioned proximate to opposing ends of a bumper of the vehicle. A plate is coupled to and extends between the endpoints. Each of a pair of shock absorbers is coupled to and extends linearly from a respective endpoint. A frame is coupled to and extends between the shock absorbers distal from the endpoints. A plurality of signs is coupled to the frame. The signs are configured to notify drivers proximate to the vehicle. The frame is configured to transfer a force from an impact to the frame through the shock absorbers to the plate. The plate is configured to substantially evenly transfer a reduced force from the impact to the bumper.
US10026338B2	Embedded motion sensing technology for integration within commercial ultrasound probes An ultrasound system including an ultrasound machine and an ultrasound probe. The ultrasound probe includes an ultrasound transducer, ultrasound circuitry, a six degree of freedom (6-DOF) sensor, and a probe housing. The probe housing encases the ultrasound transducer and the 6-DOF sensor. By embedding motion-sensing technology directly within the housing of the ultrasound transducer, the position and orientation of the ultrasound probe can be tracked in an automated manner in relation to an indicator mark on the ultrasound screen. This allows assisting technologies to mitigate human error that arises from misalignment of the transducer indicator.
US10026337B2	First entry model A simulated abdominal wall model that is ideal for practicing laparoscopic first entry surgical techniques is provided. The model includes a simulated abdominal wall portion captured between two frame elements of a support. The support is connectable to a surgical trainer. When connected to the trainer, the model provides a penetrable abdominal tissue portion for accessing an internal cavity of the trainer. The simulated abdominal wall includes a plurality of layers including a skin layer, a fabric posterior rectus sheath layer, a simulated fat layer of low-resilience polyurethane foam and at least two layers that provide distinctive haptic feedback upon penetration of the simulated transversalis fascia and muscle layers. The simulated abdominal wall includes a simulated umbilicus across several layers of simulated tissue.
US10026336B2	Refuse intelligence acquisition system and method for ingestible product preparation system and method Electronically directing control at least in part of acquisition of refuse intelligence including information related to one or more discarded portions of at least one of the one or more selected ingestible products discarded by the particular individual subsequent to ingestion by the particular individual living being of one or more other ingested portions of the at least one of the one or more selected ingestible products within a second vicinity of the electronically outputting of the electronically generated one or more selection menus. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.
US10026332B1	Method to deliver contextual educational information utilizing smart wearables Educational information is provided to a user associated with a trigger object, and an education-related user attribute. Contemplated trigger objects include wearables, and especially pieces of jewelry. Contemplated education-related user attributes include current age, gender, subject being studied, current grade level, hobby, ethnicity, profession, vocation, location of interest, topic of interest, time period of interest, event of interest, favorite sport, favorite team, current school, color preference, resource preference, brand affinity, and expertise level. The educational information can be rendered directly on the trigger object, or on any other electronic rendering device.
US10026330B2	Objectively characterizing intervention impacts The disclosed embodiments include computerized methods and systems, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for objectively characterizing an impact of an intervention on individuals or groups. For example, a computing system may obtain, and store in a data lake, intervention data identifying interventions, and objective data characterizing an impact of these interventions on at least one individual. The computer system may also populate a queryable interface with query parameters (e.g., at least one of the interventions and at least a portion of the objective data), which may be presented to a user via a device. The computer system may obtain stored intervention and objective data consistent with a received query, which may be provided to the device for presentation to the user. The disclosed embodiments also provide a visual representation of trends in the stored data and candidate interventions the address the identified trends without user input.
US10026323B2	Unmanned aerial system position reporting system An unmanned aerial system (UAS) position reporting system may include an air traffic control reporting system (ATC-RS) coupled with a ground control station (GCS) of a UAS and at least one remote terminal. The ATC-RS may include an automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) and traffic information services broadcast (TIS-B) transceiver and one or more telecommunications modems. The ATC-RS may receive position data of at least one UAS in an airspace from the GCS and the at least one remote terminal and selectively communicate the position of the at least one UAS in the airspace to a civilian air traffic control center (ATC), to a military command and control (C2) communication center, or to both through the ADS-B and TIS-B transceiver. The ATC-RS may display the position of the at least one UAS in the airspace on a display screen coupled with the ATC-RS.
US10026322B2	Integrated controller-pilot datalink communication systems and methods for operating the same Integrated controller-pilot datalink communication (CPDLC) systems and methods for operating the same are disclosed. In one implementation, an integrated CPDLC system includes a plurality of CPDLC-enabled avionics devices and a CPDLC context manager coupled with each of the plurality of CPDLC-enabled avionics devices. The CPDLC system further includes a shared CPDLC context memory coupled with the CPDLC context manager and a CPDLC message in/out buffer coupled with the CPDLC context manager.
US10026315B2	Apparatus and method for monitoring parking area Systems, apparatuses and methods are provided herein for monitoring a parking area. A system for monitoring a parking area comprises a satellite image database storing a plurality of satellite images of a parking lot taken by one or more satellites over time, a baseline database storing baseline models of a plurality of sections of the parking lot, and a control circuit coupled to the satellite image database and the baseline database. The control circuit being configured to: determine a utilization condition for each of the plurality of sections of the parking lot based on performing image analysis on the plurality of satellite images of the parking lot, compare the utilization condition for each of the plurality of sections of the parking lot with the baseline model of the plurality of sections of the parking lot, and in an event that the utilization condition of a section of the plurality of sections of the parking lot substantially deviates from the baseline model of the section, automatically generate an action recommendation for the section of the parking lot.
US10026308B2	Construction machine control system, construction machine, construction machine management system, and construction machine control method and program A construction machine control system for a construction machine that travels along a travel route, includes: a position detection unit that detects a position of the construction machine; a non-contact sensor that detects a position of an object around the construction machine; and a measurement output unit that detects a position of a vertical projection that protrudes vertically from a detection result of the position detection unit and a detection result of the non-contact sensor and stores the detected position of the vertical projection in a map information storage unit as map information, wherein the measurement output unit determines whether the construction machine is in a state that decreases accuracy of the map information, and when it is determined that the construction machine is in the state that decreases the accuracy of the map information, the measurement output unit stops storing the map information.
US10026301B2	Methods and apparatus for providing notifications in a media system A system to convey user alert messages is disclosed. The system may have a alert service coupled between alert providers and a number of households. After receiving in the alert service an alert message from an alert provider, the alert service may alter the alert message to identify the household designated to receive the alert message. The alert service sends a notification to a home media system within the household designated to receive the alert message.
US10026297B2	Remote alarm hushing with acoustic presence verification Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and systems for enabling remote alarm hushing with acoustic presence verification. Acoustic presence verification is used to assure that a device attempting to remotely deactivate an alarm is located within a certain distance of an alarming device before allowing the alarm to be hushed. Acoustic presence can be established through emission and monitoring of ultrasonic acoustic signals. The ultrasonic acoustic signals may be transmitted at a frequency that exceeds human hearing such as, for example, between 18 KHz and 22 kHz. Such ultrasonic signals have a relatively short range and are unable to penetrate walls and floors, thus providing an effective tool for ensuring that the device attempting to remotely hush an alarming device is within a line-of-sight of the alarming device.
US10026296B2	Network-connected cap for a container Network-connected (i.e., “smart”) containers are described herein that include an electronic display on which personalized information can be presented. For example, the electronic display (and other necessary components, such as memory, processors, and communication modules) can be integrated into the cap or the body of a container, which holds a skin care product (e.g., a medication or a personal care product, such as a cosmetic) that is applied by the user as part of a skin care regimen. More specifically, a smart container can include an electronic display that presents relevant information to a user for review. Such information can include the name of the skin care product, textual instructions for complying with a skin care regimen, animations illustrating how to apply the skin care product, user information, messages (e.g., text messages delivered via a cloud service), notifications, and device information (e.g., battery status and network connectivity status).
US10026286B2	Network camera A network camera includes: a camera main unit including an image sensor unit and a movable portion having a motor for swiveling the image sensor unit; and a base unit, connected detachably to the camera main unit and fixed to a camera installation surface, the base unit having a nonvolatile memory for storing network operation information including network setting information unique to the network camera.
US10026283B1	Multi-sensor intrusion detection system An embodiment of the present invention may include a system and method for intrusion detection of an unauthorized human. The embodiment may include a security device with a human presence detector, recognition mechanisms, and a computer coupled to the device over a network. The device may detect a human and notify the computer. In response, the computer may cause the device to collect and transmit recognition mechanism information. This may include causing the device to collect and transmit first information, determining a degree of match to each corresponding stored information associated with a human, and determining that a sufficient match does not exist. For each subsequent mechanism, the embodiment may include causing the device to collect and transmit the subsequent information, determining a degree of match, and in response to determining that the confidence level of the match is above the threshold, classifying the human as authorized.
US10026281B2	Display for hand-held electronics The invention disclosed here is a display system for managing power and security for a plurality of hand-held electronic devices sold to consumers in a retail location. The display includes features that allow power to be supplied to individual devices and security sensors without continuous hard wiring or multi-conductor retractor cables. The display also allows for individual security alarms to be triggered when a theft occurs. Security alarm conditions are preferably triggered via wireless signals.
US10026279B1	Personalized emergency evacuation plan Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for generating and transmitting a Personalized Emergency Evacuation Plan (PEEP). The computer receives an emergency condition real-time data from a plurality of building sensors, a tracking data of at least one user from a plurality of tracking sensors, a facility structural data from a facility database, and a stored user data from a user database for the at least one user. The computer generates a personalized emergency evacuation plan (PEEP) for the at least one user, wherein is a set of recommendations to put the user in the safest position, based on at least the emergency condition real-time data and the received stored user data. The computer transmits the PEEP to a user mobile device, wherein the user mobile device presents the PEEP to the at least one user.
US10026278B1	Optimal evacuation plans in emergency situations An evacuation system which maintains an active count of people in real time in a location, for example a building or other geographic area with defined boundaries and dynamically calculates the best path for a user or group of users to follow when an emergency situation occurs. The people in the location may be tracked by a user wearable RFID device and may classify the people based on specific needs or other criteria.
US10026274B2	Method and apparatus for alert validation Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are described herein that are configured to enable validation of an alert condition. In some example embodiments, a method is provided that comprises detecting an alert condition. The method of this embodiment may also include generating a set of messages based on one or more key events in a primary data channel and one or more significant events in one or more related data channels in response to the alert condition. The method of this embodiment may also include determining a validity of the alert condition based on the set of messages that express the one or more key events, the one or more significant events, a relationship between the one or more key events and the one or more significant events, an alert context and the one or causes of the alert condition.
US10026270B2	Detection of unauthorized devices on ATMs The disclosed embodiments include methods and systems for detecting ATM skimmers, other unauthorized devices, such as hidden video cameras or keypad overlays, and/or possible damage to the ATM based upon radio frequency (RF) signal emitted from the ATM and/or 3D image analysis.
US10026268B2	Poker-like guessing game A poker-like guessing game uses an electronic device with a display and an audio generator to display a picture or play music for a predetermined period of time. The electronic device may be a smartphone, tablet computer or other portable electronic device. Participants bet that the players will—or will not—be able to identify the picture displayed or the music generated by the electronic device. The participants are rewarded when they bet correctly. Even if a player is able to identify the picture or sound, an object of the game is to fool or mislead the others (i.e., “bluff”) with a poker face or other evasive tactic. A picture is displayed, or the music is played, for a short period of time, preferably in the range of a few or several seconds. Participants may select favored categories which the electronic device may or may not allow them to use in play.
US10026266B1	Online open progressive jackpot contests Progressive jackpot contests are operated in conjunction with games in an online system. In a contest, players compete for a jackpot funded independently from an account separate from the account paying out player winnings. The jackpot grows based on players' winnings in the games. Players of games qualify to enter contests based on their winnings in the games relative to eligibility criteria, Players of games increase their chances of winning a contests' jackpot by playing and winning in the games. As a result, contests provide an incentive for players to play game, and provide players an opportunity to win additional rewards beyond their individual game play payouts.
US10026264B2	Resource management gambling hybrid gaming system A resource management entertainment game including a terminal, a player acquires and consumes resources to achieve a goal. An entertainment system engine of the gambling hybrid game provides player selection of wager denomination, the resource management entertainment game and determines when an interaction with a game element occurs in the game. A game world engine of the gambling hybrid game determines when a gambling event in a gambling game is to be provided based upon the interaction with game element in the resource management entertainment game. The game world engine then requests that a real world engine of the gambling hybrid game resolve the gambling event in the gambling game. The real world engine resolves the gambling event and associated wagers on the outcome of the gambling event.
US10026262B2	Computer implemented frameworks and methodologies for enabling software authentication at an electronic gaming machine Described herein is technology for enabling authentication of software instructions used in gaming machines. More specifically, the technology is directed to a situation where an electronic gaming machine operates based on two separate sets of software, being base data and game data.
US10026259B2	Game simulation In various embodiments, a player may play a simulation of a mobile gaming device over the Internet using a personal computer.
US10026258B1	Cabinet top for gaming machines A cabinet top assembly may comprise a top plate having upper and lower surfaces and at least one mounting aperture therethrough, and a mounting fixture for mounting a gaming machine to the top plate. The mounting fixture may comprise a first mounting rail positioned below the top plate adjacent to the mounting aperture, an intermediate rail positioned below the top plate adjacent to the mounting aperture, and at least one mount member extendable between the first mounting rail and the intermediate member in a position adjacent to the mounting aperture. The at least one mount member may have a mount end configured to mount on the mounting rail in a manner resisting removal of the mount end from the mounting rail while permitting sliding of the mount member along the mounting rail, and a free end being freely abuttable against the intermediate rail.
US10026256B2	Replacement reel gaming device and method Apparatuses and methods for facilitating participation in a gaming activity. A reel configuration of a plurality of reels is presented, where each of the reels includes one or more associated gaming symbols. The presentation of the gaming symbols is modified on the plurality of reels, such as by spinning the reels or otherwise changing which symbols are presented on the reels. A replacement reel is presented, to supersede or otherwise supplant at least one of the gaming symbols of the reel configuration. Results of the gaming activity are established using the gaming symbols of the plurality of reels and the replacement reel. The result is thereby based on a resulting presentation of symbols that includes both the symbols of the primary reel configuration and the symbol(s) of the replacement reel(s).
US10026240B2	Abnormality diagnostic device and method therefor According to one embodiment, an abnormality diagnostic device includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry learns, based on a model generated from sensor data of a diagnostic object in a railroad vehicle, a data selection condition for selecting the sensor data utilized to diagnose the diagnostic object. The processing circuitry diagnoses abnormality of the diagnostic object based on the sensor data satisfying the data selection condition and a diagnostic model representing a relation between the sensor data and the abnormality of the diagnostic object.
US10026238B2	System and method for converting two diagnostic states of a controller to three diagnostic states A control system for a vehicle includes a first vehicle system including a plurality of components and a controller. The controller monitors diagnostic data for the plurality of components of the first vehicle system and outputs a two-state status indicator for each of the components of the first vehicle system. States of the two-state status indicator include a failing state and a not failing state. A control module is configured to receive the two-state status indicator and the diagnostic data from the first vehicle system and to convert the two-state status indicator into a three-state status indicator. The three-state status indicator includes a pass state, a fail state and an indeterminate state. The control module is further configured to alter an engine operating parameter based on the three-state status indicator.
US10026237B1	Shared vehicle usage, monitoring and feedback Systems and methods for monitoring the use of a shared vehicle are described. In various aspects, telematics data regarding operation of a shared vehicle is collected from one or more sensors, where the shared vehicle is associated with a shared vehicle operator and a shared vehicle stakeholder. One or more processors determine whether a driving event has occurred based upon the telematics data, where the driving event is indicative of improper usage of the shared vehicle by the shared vehicle operator. The one or more processors generate a notification regarding the driving event. The notification includes a driver rating determined from the telematics data regarding operation of the shared vehicle by the shared vehicle operator. The notification is transmitted, via a network, to the shared vehicle stakeholder for presentation to the shared vehicle stakeholder.
US10026236B2	Methods and systems of using vehicle system data to improve the operation of off-road vehicles A method of operating a fleet of off-road vehicles may include: Collecting sensor data from the off-road vehicles, the sensor data being related to the operation of a plurality of vehicle systems; combining sensor data from the vehicle systems in accordance with a user-defined event; determining whether the collected and combined sensor data are within or without defined limits of the user-defined event; producing an alarm signal for a user when the collected and combined sensor data are without the defined limits of the user-defined event; and modifying the operation of vehicles for which an alarm signal has been produced.
US10026231B1	System and method for providing views of virtual content in an augmented reality environment A system configured for providing views of virtual content in an augmented reality environment may comprise one or more of a light source, an optical element, one or more physical processor, non-transitory electronic storage, and/or other components. The light source may be configured to emit light. The optical element being configured to reflect light emitted from the light source into one or more eyes of a user. The non-transitory electronic storage may be configured to store virtual content information defining virtual content. The virtual content may include one or more of an annular dock, one or more virtual objects, and/or other virtual content. The annular dock may comprise a set of sockets. The annular dock may be configured to simulate removable engagement of individual virtual objects to individual sockets. The light source may be controlled to generate views of the annular dock to be perceived as surrounding the user.
US10026224B2	Processing and/or transmitting 3D data Systems and techniques for processing and/or transmitting three-dimensional (3D) data are presented. A partitioning component receives captured 3D data associated with a 3D model of an interior environment and partitions the captured 3D data into at least one data chunk associated with at least a first level of detail and a second level of detail. A data component stores 3D data including at least the first level of detail and the second level of detail for the at least one data chunk. An output component transmits a portion of data from the at least one data chunk that is associated with the first level of detail or the second level of detail to a remote client device based on information associated with the first level of detail and the second level of detail.
US10026217B2	Method for representing a plurality of image sequences In order to allow a plurality of stereoscopic image sequences to be represented with comparatively good image quality, a method is provided which comprises the following method steps: i. receiving at least two sequences of multi-colored images in parallel; ii. breaking down each image into the basic colors thereof; iii. parallel processing the parts of an image that have been broken down into the basic colors in at least one respective data channel per basic color; iv. simultaneously displaying all parts of an image that have been broken down into the basic colors, wherein sequentially the images of different image sequences follow each other. A circuit assembly that can be used in this context is characterized by at least two signal inputs, wherein each signal input is used as an input for the image signals of an image sequences to be represented and the image signals are based on at least three basic colors, at least one signal output per basic color, wherein the basic color of a signal input is associated with at least one signal output, and a sorting unit, in which the image signals of the image signals that are essentially received via the different signal inputs are broken down into the basic colors thereof and sorted such, at each of the signal outputs, the received signals of a basic color of all signal inputs that are associated with the respective signal output are output.
US10026211B2	Hardware-accelerated graphics for web applications using native code modules Some embodiments provide a system that executes a web application. During operation, the system loads the web application in a web browser and loads a native code module associated with the web application into a secure runtime environment. Next, the system writes a set of rendering commands to a command buffer using the native code module and concurrently reads the rendering commands from the command buffer. Finally, the system renders an image for use by the web application by executing the rendering commands using a graphics-processing unit (GPU).
US10026209B1	Ground plane detection for placement of augmented reality objects In some implementations, a system may include a camera, a display, one or more memories, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more memories. The system may identify a horizontal plane in an image being captured by the camera and presented on the display, may determine a size of the horizontal plane, and may determine that the size of the horizontal plane satisfies a threshold. The system may designate the horizontal plane as a ground plane based on determining that the size of the horizontal plane satisfies the threshold. The system may output an indication that the horizontal plane has been designated as the ground plane.
US10026208B2	System and method for generating product visualizations This disclosure includes a method for electronically generating a single image for product visualization. The method comprises receiving a selection of a first variation of a first consumer product layer with a first depth attribute from a plurality of variations of the first consumer product layer, each variation comprising at least one surface. The method further includes receiving a selection of a second variation of a second consumer product layer with a second depth attribute from a plurality of variations of the second consumer product layer, each variation comprising at least one surface. The method also includes layering the first variation of the first consumer product layer in the single image based at least on the first depth attribute; and layering the second variation of the second consumer product layer in the single image based at least on the second depth attribute. Related systems and apparatuses are also disclosed.
US10026199B2	Vehicle window image display system and method A system to display an image on a vehicle window including a memory, controller, transceiver, external display, sensor, and a plurality of windows. The memory includes one or more executable instructions. The controller is configured to execute the instructions. The transceiver can receive data transmissions. The external display is configured to exhibit an image on the windows, the exhibited image being visible in the external vehicle environment. The sensor measures a selected target being in the vehicle environment. The sensor signally communicates target measurement. The instructions enable the controller to: receive the data transmission with digital image information; operate the sensor to make at least one target measurement of the selected target; receive the target measurement signal; determine the location of the selected target; determine the window to be closest to the selected target; and operate the external display to exhibit a representative image.
US10026193B2	Methods and systems of determining costs for object tracking in video analytics Techniques and systems are provided for processing video data. For example, techniques and systems are provided for determining costs for blob trackers and blobs. A blob can be detected in a video frame. The blob includes pixels of at least a portion of a foreground object. A physical distance between a blob tracker and the blob can be determined. A size ratio between the blob tracker and the blob can also be determined. A cost between the blob tracker and the blob can then be determined using the physical distance and the size ratio. In some cases, a spatial relationship between the blob tracker and the blob is determined, in which case the physical distance can be determined based on the spatial relationship. Blob trackers can be associated with blobs based on the determined costs between the blob trackers and the blobs.
US10026183B2	Method, system and apparatus for determining distance to an object in a scene A method of determining at least two motion values of an object moving axially in a scene. A first and second image of the object in the scene is captured with an image capture device. The object is axially displaced in the scene between the captured images with respect to a sensor plane of the image capture device. A variation in blur between the first and second captured images is determined. A scale change of the object between the first and second captured images is determined. Using the determined scale change and variation in blur, at least two motion values of the object in the scene are determined. The motion values identify the depths of the object in the first and second captured images and axial motion of the object in the scene.
US10026171B2	Facial skin mask generation for heart rate detection A facial skin mask may be generated based on isolating a head part in a captured image, removing a first pixel that is indicative of non-skin from the head part in the captured image, and removing a second pixel that is indicative of having a high velocity from the head part in the captured image. Heart rate may be detected based on the change of color of the pixels of the generated facial skin mask.
US10026168B2	Medical scanning system and method for determining scanning parameters based on a scout image A medical scanning system and method for determining scanning parameters based on a scout image, the system includes: a scanned object description module for describing the shape of a scanned object on an initial image; an adjustment module for aligning the shape of the scanned object with the pre-stored average shape; a principal component analysis module for extracting the principal component for the aligned shape of the scanned object; a desired shape acquisition module for imparting weight parameters to said principal component, acquiring a plurality of new shapes, and from said plurality of new shapes, determining the new shape with the maximum cost function value as the desired shape and a scanning parameter setting module for setting scanning parameters based on the desired shape.
US10026165B1	Object image recognition and instant active response A device for use in a security system includes a sensor, an image capture device, an action arm, and a processor in communication with the sensor, the image capture device, and the action arm. The processor is configured to receive data from the sensor and the image capture device and identify a target based on an analysis of the received data. The processor is also configured to determine, based on the analysis of the received data, that the target is a drone or other mechanical device. The processor is also configured to determine an action to take on the identified target. The processor is further configured to cause the action arm to perform the determined action on the target.
US10026164B2	Method of performing and monitoring a processing step on a workpiece A method of performing and monitoring a processing step on a workpiece using a system having a projector, a photogrammetric device and a control unit knowing the relative position of the projector and the photogrammetric device, comprises the following steps: referencing to determine a pose of the workpiece with respect to the projector and the photogrammetric device in a predetermined coordinate system; projection of a work instruction onto the workpiece; processing of the workpiece by a worker; and monitoring of the processing by scanning at least a portion of a surface of the workpiece, wherein all steps, with the exception of the processing by the worker, are performed by the device and wherein all steps are performed at the same workstation within a framework of an integrated process.
US10026159B2	Methods and system for management of data derived from medical imaging Systems and methods for storing data for a first time series of fluorescence images of the subject acquired during a first imaging session, storing data for a second time series of fluorescence images of the subject acquired during a second imaging session, receiving a request to view attributes of the subject, and in response to receiving the request, displaying a user interface on the display, the user interface comprising a first image showing a visually enhanced attribute of the subject, wherein the first image is generated from the data for the first time series of fluorescence images, and a second image showing the visually enhanced attribute of the subject, wherein the second image is generated from the data for the second time series of fluorescence images.
US10026148B2	Image recognition method, image recognition device and image recognition program The image recognition method includes: setting ROIs in an image of one image plane; and searching for a region including a recognition-targeted image. The method involves dictionary data including feature quantities calculated from blocks forming a recognition-targeted region including a recognition-targeted image and having blocks concerning the region. Focusing on one block in the image plane, feature quantities are calculated, which make block-of-interest feature quantities. With each of ROIs including the block, inner products of feature quantities calculated from a block corresponding to the one block in the dictionary data, and block-of-interest feature quantities are accumulatively added into evaluation value intermediate data for ROI. Whether or not each ROI includes the recognition-targeted image is determined on an evaluation value of ROI on which the accumulative addition has been finished on all of blocks forming the ROI. The noticed blocks are sequentially scanned in the image plane.
US10026146B2	Image processing device including a progress notifier which outputs a progress signal An image processing device includes a decoded data memory, a format-converted data memory, a decoder which decodes compressed image data in units of blocks, writes the decoded data in the blocks into the decoded data memory, and receives a notification that writing of the decoded data has been completed, and a progress notifier which is notified of completion of writing of the decoded data by the decoder, and generates and outputs upon completion of the decoding of a block of data or the writing of a block of the decoded data, a progress signal per picture.
US10026144B2	Rendering windows having transparent properties from a remote desktop environment Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a remote desktop system which allows an application that executes on a remote computing device to be presented to a remote terminal as if the application is executing on the remote terminal. This system determines which of the remote computing device's application windows are top-level windows, and creates a rendering target for each top-level window. The rendering target is a graphics surface that is marshaled to the remote terminal. A PDU (Protocol Data Channel) is produced over this first graphics surface that includes a mapping of the location of the top-level window. A second graphics surface containing transparency information is created for a top-level window that contains a transparency characteristic. This second graphics surface is encoded and marshaled to the remote terminal separately from the first graphics surface. The client computing device receives and merges the two graphics surfaces, and renders a window with the expected transparency.
US10026137B1	Computer system and computer implemented method for real-time drug interaction checker A computer system and computer implemented method for performing web-based drug interaction screening utilizing access a patient's prescription history stored in the pharmacy's prescription history or in the health plan's claim history.
US10026134B2	Charging and discharging scheduling method for electric vehicles in microgrid under time-of-use price A charging and discharging scheduling method for electric vehicles in microgrid under time-of-use price includes: determining the system structure of the microgrid and the characters of each unit; establishing the optimal scheduling objective function of the microgrid considering the depreciation cost of the electric vehicle (EV) battery under time-of-use price; determining the constraints of each distributed generator and EV battery, and forming an optimal scheduling model of the microgrid together with the optimal scheduling objective function of the microgrid; determining the amount, starting and ending time, starting and ending charge state, and other basic calculating data of the EV accessing the microgrid under time-of-use price; determining the charge and discharge power of the EV when accessing the grid, by solving the optimal scheduling model of the microgrid with a particle swarm optimization algorithm.
US10026130B1	Autonomous vehicle collision risk assessment Methods and systems for determining collision risk associated with operation of partially autonomous vehicles are provided. According to certain aspects, autonomous operation features associated with a vehicle may be determined, including types and version of sensors, control systems, and software. This information may be used to determine collision risk levels associated with the features, which may be based upon test data regarding the features or actual collisions. Additional collision risk levels associated with operation by a vehicle operator may also be determined. Expected use levels may further be determined and used with the collision risk levels to determine a total collision risk level associated with operation of the vehicle. The expected use levels may include feature use levels set by the operator under various environmental conditions.
US10026126B2	Deterministic and efficient message packet management Methods, devices, and systems for facilitation of deterministic management of a plurality of electronic message packets communicated to an application via a network from a plurality of message sources. The facilitation involves an electronic message packet from the network, determining data indicative of order the electronic message packet was received relative to previously received electronic message packets, and providing the order to the application.
US10026119B2	Efficient transfer of funds between accounts A transfer management system receives a request to transfer an amount of funds from a transferring account maintained by a transferring bank to a receiving account maintained by a receiving bank. The transfer management system determines whether the transferring bank maintains an intermediate transferring account, and whether the receiving bank maintains an intermediate receiving account. If the transferring bank maintains an intermediate transferring account and the receiving maintains an intermediate receiving account, the transfer management system transmits to a transferring bank system of the transferring bank an intra-bank transfer request. The intra-bank transfer request is to transfer the amount of funds from the transferring account to the intermediate transferring account. Additionally, the transfer management system transmits an intra-bank transfer request to a receiving bank system of the receiving bank to transfer the amount of funds from the intermediate receiving account maintained by the receiving bank to the receiving account.
US10026110B2	Data processing systems and methods for generating personal data inventories for organizations and other entities Data processing systems and methods, according to various embodiments, are configured for generating personal data inventories for an organization by: (1) conducting, by one or more computer processors, privacy impact assessments for each of the organization's new business initiatives, the privacy impact assessments including both data-mapping and non-data-mapping questions; (2) flagging, by one or more computer processors, any data-mapping questions within the privacy impact assessments as data mapping questions; and (3) generating, one or more computer processors, personal data inventories on-demand based on the flagged data-mapping data.
US10026102B2	Computer method and system for target advertising based on user rank in a computer network A computer method and system for ranking computer network portal users is provided. The system and method comprise a ranking module which determines rank of an individual in a community of global computer network users. The ranking module determines rank of an individual as a function of user demand. The function of user demand includes any one or combination of number of requests to be connected to the individual user, readership following of the individual user and keywords common between profiles or authored works by the individual user and those of other users. An output member is coupled to receive the determined rank from the ranking module and generates an ordered list of user names ordered by determined rank of individuals. The rank of individuals may be provided to external entities such as fraud detection systems or advertising targeting engines.
US10026101B2	Leveraging push notification capabilities on mobile device to dynamically upgrade internet access service entitlement An app server receives a device token from a software application on a mobile device. The device token identifies the mobile device for pushing notification messages of the software application to the mobile device via a push notification system. The mobile device is monitored while accessing the Internet in order to detect when the user may benefit from upgraded access to the Internet. The app server then sends one or more notification message(s) to the user such as by sending a message to the device token of the mobile device via the push notification system or to a display device associated with the user at the hospitality establishment. The notification message invites the user to upgrade their Internet access. The push notification system alerts the user to the notification message via the user interface of the mobile device even when the software application is not running on the mobile device.
US10026098B2	Systems and methods for configuring and presenting notices to viewers of electronic ad content regarding targeted advertising techniques used by Internet advertising entities A computerized system and techniques facilitate the monitoring and management of online behaviorally-targeted advertising. In certain embodiments, electronic notifications related to advertising practices of members of an online advertising ecosystem are presented to users based on the discovery of elements of online content aimed at delivering targeted advertising messages to viewers of the content.
US10026095B2	Systems and methods for obtaining and utilizing user reaction and feedback Systems and methods for getting and using reaction and feedback on contents presented on device. In an aspect, viewing time of a user is measured by eye-tracking method, and used to conduct analysis, change contents, charge fees, or award the user. In another aspect, other methods are used to detect user reaction and feedback, perform feedback analysis, respond to user request, or improve user experience. Contents include advertisements or other sponsored programs.
US10026093B1	System and method for providing virtual items to users of a virtual space Participation by multiple users in an online game through client computing platforms associated with the users is facilitated. User accounts associated with the users indicate affiliations having a functional significance between users. Presentation of offers to sell virtual items are provided to users having a first affiliation and to users having a second affiliation. The virtual items associated with the offers are distributed to the users having a first affiliation upon an indication that a threshold number of users having the first affiliation have accepted the offer and are not distributed to users having a second affiliation upon an indication that a threshold number of users having the second affiliation have not accepted the offer.
US10026072B2	Method and apparatus for fulfilling purchases A method and apparatus for fulfilling purchases is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure can include, for example, a portable communication device having a controller element that receives from an online system a barcode image as an object of acknowledgment of a product purchased from said online system, and presents on a display of the portable communication device said barcode image to complete a purchase fulfillment process by way of at least one among a visual inspection of the barcode image by a merchant employee and processing of said barcode image by a point of sale (POS) device. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US10026070B2	Cost optimization of cloud computing resources Systems and methods are provided for managing and/or executing cloud compute instances that may be pre-empted by their providers, known in at least one provider as “spot instances”. Various aspects manage early termination (i.e., before customer deallocation or compute task completion) of spot instances, enabling improved utilization, and increasing reliability of executing tasks on spot instances. In some embodiments, systems and/or methods are provided for prediction of when spot instance kills are likely to occur. These systems and/or methods can gracefully handle spot kills issued by Providers (e.g., trigger preservation operations), trigger transitions to spot instances at another Provider, trigger increased bidding to preserve current spot instances, and/or trigger a premium payment to allow for execution of preservation operations, among other options. Other embodiments enable customers to directly manage instance kill operations (e.g., a customer or a customer's program selects instances to terminate via a UI or API, etc.).
US10026067B2	Storage and recovery of digital data based on social network Backup and restore of digital data may utilize online social network parameters of a user to determine a number of parts into which to divide digital data and distribute the parts. A list of friends from the social network friends may be selected, e.g., based on a relationship to the user in the social network, to store the parts. The parts may be stored in a friend's device memory, each of the parts stored with a different friend. The digital data may be reconstructed by obtaining a threshold number of parts from the friends.
US10026065B2	System and method for collecting and distributing digital receipts According to certain embodiments of the present invention, a method for coordinating the provision of a digital receipt associated with a financial transaction is provided. According to the method, a digital receipt and an identifier corresponding to the digital receipt are communicated from an acquirer and received at a digital receipt server. The digital receipt and the corresponding identifier may be communicated through a second network, such as the Internet. The digital receipt and the identifier corresponding to the digital receipt are then stored in the digital receipt server. The digital receipt server also receives an inquiry and an identifier corresponding to the inquiry, which are communicated from an issuer. The inquiry and the corresponding identifier may be communicated through the second network. Prior to this, the identifier is transmitted from the acquirer to the issuer, for example, through a first network such as an electronic funds transfer (“EFT”) network.
US10026063B2	Reminder creation for tasks associated with a user event An event analysis engine on a user device may be configured to receive information representative of a user event and to determine a type of the event according to the received information. One or more tasks associated with the determined type of event may be identified. Each of the identified tasks may be associated with a reminder having a trigger condition that is a function of information specific to the task. The task-specific information may be retrieved and the reminders associated with the tasks may be displayed when a device condition matches a calculated trigger condition for the reminder. Each task may be identified as completed when a completion condition associated with the task is satisfied.
US10026061B2	Interactive organization visualization tools for use in analyzing multivariate human-resource data of organizations Visualization tools, and systems and software underlying such tools, for allowing user to visualize organizations of people. Members of an organization are represented by unabstracted nodes. In some embodiments, visualization diagrams are efficiently created by abstracting the unabstracted nodes in a manner that reduces the number of nodes needing to be rendered, while retaining the visual character of a similar diagram composed of the original, unabstracted nodes. In these embodiments, regions of abstraction diagrams can be selectively de-abstracted in response to a user's selection within the abstraction diagram. In response to such a selection, in some instances only a particular hierarchical reporting chain within the organization, or a portion thereof, is de-abstracted to allow the user to view unabstracted nodes within that chain. Also disclosed are other visualization tools, such as attribute-overlay tools, time-scrubbing tools, and geographic distribution tools, among others.
US10026057B1	Retail cigarette inventory-monitoring system The retail cigarette inventory-monitoring system is configured for use with a plurality of prepackaged smoking materials. Each of the plurality of prepackaged smoking materials is a container referred to as a pack. The retail cigarette inventory-monitoring system is a storage system configured for use in storing the plurality of prepackaged smoking materials. The retail cigarette inventory-monitoring system comprises a package rack and a counting device. The counting device attaches to the package rack. The package rack stores as individual packs each pack contained within the plurality of prepackaged smoking materials. The counting device automatically counts the number of packs contained within the plurality of prepackaged smoking materials contained within the package rack of the retail cigarette inventory-monitoring system.
US10026053B1	System and method for generation of integrated test scenarios This disclosure relates to generating integrates test scenarios. The method includes creating a test process model comprising a plurality of processes and one or more interaction paths amongst the plurality of processes based on business process information; identifying a plurality of test scenarios based on an analysis of the plurality of processes and the one or more interaction paths amongst the plurality of processes, wherein each of the plurality of test scenarios comprises a unique process flow path; determining a risk weight and a criticality weight associated with each of the plurality of test scenarios; and identifying at least one test scenario from the plurality of test scenarios based on a comparison of the risk weight and the criticality weight determined for each of the plurality of test scenarios with an associated threshold weight.
US10026046B2	Rundown blending optimization apparatus and method A computer modeling apparatus and method optimize refinery operations. Included are an input module enabling user specification of inventory information including at least one rundown component, and user specification of refinery product commitments, and a processor routine executable by a computer and coupled to the input module. The processor routine, in response to the user specification, sequences refinery operations into a schedule that matches refinery commitments with inventory and unit rundown operations, wherein the refinery operations include refinery operations events, and provides on output a display of the schedule in a manner enabling optimized refinery operations.
US10026043B2	Blend plan optimization for concentrated consumable products A blending plan for concentrated consumable products, such as liquid food and beverage products, may be optimized by utilizing a computer device executing a software algorithm. The computing device receives one or more inputs associated with the blending of various components employed in producing quantities of a concentrated consumable product over a predetermined time interval. The computing device may be further utilized to apply constraints to each of the one or more inputs. The constraints may be utilized to enforce quality, raw material and component bounds, supply and demand requirements, product and component supply balance, capacity limitations and business rules in order to minimize costs and complexity associated with the production of a concentrated consumable product while maximizing quality, thereby optimizing the blending plan.
US10026032B2	Dynamic authentication system and methods for use with legacy terminals In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method and communication device with an emulated mag stripe capability. Information is transmitted in the mag stripe data indicating that the communication device has chip capability as well. This information is used by a server on the back-end (acquirer, issuer, network) to take advantage of that chip capability. For example, additional fields can be used for security measures and communication over the telecommunications network with the device can be performed to provide a more secure communication with a terminal. In one embodiment, the additional information is provided in the service code, using a unique 3 digit code other than 2xx.
US10026031B2	Techniques for checking into a retail establishment Techniques for checking into a retail establishment are provided. A retailer provides a substrate having a magnetic-field encoded tag. A consumer waves the consumer's device over the tag to electronically capture the magnetic-field encoded tag. The consumer's device is used to communicate the tag to a retailer to validate that the consumer is physically present and now checked into the retail establishment of the retailer.
US10026026B2	Printer, printing system and print control method The present invention enables successful printing whether printing data contains a character code of either code page or Unicode without an addition of an apparatus for code conversion and without expansion of printer memory for storing Unicode font set. Upon receipt of the input of printing data containing the character code of the code page, a first print control unit is selected to control printing of a string represented by the code page with a font available for the code page. Upon receipt of the input of printing data containing the character code of Unicode, a second print control unit is selected to convert the character code of Unicode to the character code of the code page and to control printing of a string represented by the Unicode with a font available for the code page on the basis of the code page after conversion.
US10026006B2	Systems and methods for analyzing rendered content Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can obtain data corresponding to a first content item. The first content item can be rendered for display. The first content item can be presented through a display interface. A screenshot image of the display interface can be captured while the first content item is being presented. A determination is made whether the first content item was incompletely rendered based at least in part on the screenshot image.
US10025988B2	Anomalous pixel detection A video noise analyzer for detecting residual point noise in a video generates a list of candidate defective pixels by joining results of a temporal invariance detector and a spatial outlier detector. A data store is structured to contain data describing the candidate defective pixels and/or the blocks from which the pixels were selected. In other embodiments, a video noise analyzer includes a first salient analyzer structured to compare pixels within a block to a mean value of other pixels within the same block, a first threshold processor to generate a first pixel candidate list including pixels that differ significantly from their neighboring pixels, a second salient analyzer structured to generate a difference value between a subject pixel, its neighboring pixels, and neighbors of the neighboring pixels, and an identifier to label as a candidate dead pixel those pixels having a frequency occurrence of visual saliency greater than a predefined frequency threshold.
US10025970B2	Sensor and sensor-equipped display device According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a first control line, a first signal line, a first detection switch, a common electrode, a first detection electrode, a first circuit and a second circuit. The common electrode is located above the first control line, the first signal line and the first detection switch, opposed to the first control line, the first signal line and the first detection switch. The first detection electrode is located above the common electrode. The first circuit and the second circuit are located under the common electrode, and are opposed to the common electrode.
US10025968B2	Initial point establishment using an image of a portion of an object A system and method of determining an initial point for a scan path may include acquiring, using a mobile device, an image of an object, the image comprising decodable indicia. Using the mobile device, data is decoded from the decodable indicia. Indicia dimensions of the decodable indicia are determined based on the data, and image dimensions of the decodable indicia in the image are determined. An initial location of the mobile device is calculated relative to the decodable indicia based on a geometric relationship between the indicia dimensions of the decodable indicia and the image dimensions of the decodable indicia in the image.
US10025964B2	System and method for tracking Disclosed is a system and method for tracking people in a retail store. The system uses the retail store's digital map, video cameras, unique identifiers, video analytics, geo location technology and a customer's mobile device. The unique identifiers may be labels on hats using, for example, invisible ink or magnetic ink. The digital map of the retail store is used to track people. The user of the tracking system is able to track their party throughout the store even if the other people in the party do not have a mobile device.
US10025952B1	Obfuscation of sensitive human-perceptual output The present invention includes a system and method for defending against unwanted observations of the information conveyed by electronic devices. The system allows users to access sensitive information in public without the fear of visual or other observational leaks. The present invention intercepts sensitive data elements before they are conveyed to a user and replaces the sensitive data with non-sensitive information referred to as aliases. In addition, the system provides a means of computing with sensitive data in a non-observable way. All of this is accomplished while maintaining full functionality and legacy compatibility across applications.
US10025951B2	Systems and methods for implementing an encrypted search index An encrypted search index is disclosed. For instance, an exemplary system may include a search index stored on disk with customer information stored therein, the search index files having a term dictionary or a term index type file having internal structure which allows a portion of the individual search index file to be updated, encrypted, and/or decrypted without affecting the internal structure of the individual search index file; a file input/output (IO) layer to encrypt the customer information being written into the individual search index file and to decrypt the customer information being read from the individual search index file; and a query interface to execute the operation against the customer information stored in the memory in its decrypted form.
US10025950B1	Systems and methods for image recognition Systems and methods that utilize an image processing model to analyze features of an image to identify individuals within a set of images are disclosed. Feature vectors for the images are extracted and clustered based on a distance between the feature vectors in a feature space. The clusters are used to identify individuals within the images with the aid of human annotators. The identified individuals and images can be used to retrain the image processing model.
US10025947B1	System and method to produce a virtually trusted database record System and method to produce a virtual trusted database record, the method including receiving, by a processor coupled to a user-facing communication interface and to a memory, a request for the virtual trusted database record, the virtual trusted database record including a plurality of record data fields. Then identifying a business context of the request and assigning a respective priority to each of the record data fields, based upon the business context. Mapping each of the record data fields to a respective database source for data to populate the respective data field, the respective database source having a predetermined level of authoritativeness based upon the assigned priority. Retrieving data for each data field from the database source mapped to the respective data field, and assembling the retrieved data for each data field to produce the virtual trusted database record.
US10025932B2	Portable security device A portable security device for a computing system includes a housing, an interface at least partially disposed within the housing, a trusted platform module within the housing that is coupled to the interface, and a controller within the housing that is coupled to the trusted platform module and the interface. The interface is configured to engage a plurality of different devices and provide communication between the portable security device and an individual device when engaged with the individual device. In some examples, the trusted platform module can receive power from the individual device via the interface when the portable security device is engaged with the individual device. The controller includes logic to detect when the portable security device is coupled to the individual device via the interface.
US10025930B2	Hardware assisted branch transfer self-check mechanism Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a self-check application to determine whether an indirect branch execution is permissible for an executable application. The self-check application uses one or more parameters received from an execution profiling module to determine whether the indirect branch execution is permitted by one or more self-check policies.
US10025918B2	Apparatus and method for password authentication A user inputs a password at a user device whose processor receives the password, retrieves a stored derived value resulting from a derivation function, preferably a cryptographic one-way function, applied to a reference password, scrambles the received password using a function taking the derived value as a variable to obtain a scrambled password, and sends the scrambled password to an authentication server. In case the stored derived value cannot be retrieved, the processor uses the derivation function to generate a derived value from the received password. In case the password is received during generation of a new password, the processor generates and stores a derived value from the new password. In an embodiment, the apparatus comprises the authentication server.
US10025912B2	Information processing system, reading apparatus, information processing apparatus, and information processing method According to an embodiment, a reading apparatus is connectable with an information processing apparatus connected to a server apparatus. The reading apparatus includes an authenticator, a cryptographic processor, and a transmitter. The authenticator acquires a shared key by performing an authentication/key exchanging process with the server apparatus. The cryptographic processor acquires secret information and encrypts the secret information using the shared key. The transmitter transmits the encrypted secret information to the server apparatus.
US10025895B2	Circuit simulation using a recording of a reference execution A method, system and product for circuit simulation using a recording of a reference execution. The method comprises obtaining a design of a circuit, wherein the circuit comprises nodes which are assigned values during execution. The method further comprises obtaining a recording of a reference execution of the circuit, wherein the recording comprises recorded values of the nodes in a plurality of cycles. The method further comprises simulating, by a processor, an execution of the circuit, wherein said simulation is performed using the recorded values of the reference execution.
US10025893B2	Prediction of life consumption of a machine component A life consumption of a component in a machine may be predicted. Load data may be received from a load session of the machine. A plurality of parameter sets may be accessed, each associated with a critical point of the component, which point is considered to have critical life consumption. For each critical point, life consumption may be calculated using a life consumption calculation model receiving the load data and the parameter sets as input. By selecting a plurality of critical points on the component, a more complete view is presented of how the different parts of the component are affected by the load session.
US10025887B1	Building model with virtual capture of as built features and objective performance tracking The present invention relates to improved methods and apparatus for modeling a Stated Objective and calculating future Performance of a residential structure. The Stated Objective is based upon an Augmented Virtual Model of a residential structure and property. Aspects of Calculated Performance may be aggregated across multiple properties.
US10025886B1	Methods and systems for using projected patterns to facilitate mapping of an environment Methods and systems for using projected patterns to facilitate mapping of an environment are provided herein. A computing system may cause fixedly-posed projectors to each provide, onto a respective area of the environment, a predetermined respective distinct pattern. The system may determine respective poses of the projectors, and further determine a map of the environment that identifies, for each distinct pattern, respective locations on one or more surfaces in the environment on which the distinct pattern is detectable. Based on sensor data the system may identify a portion of a particular distinct pattern in the environment. The system may use the map and the respective pose of a particular projector that is providing the particular pattern to make a determination that the portion is located at a new, different location compared to the map. The system may then transmit an output signal indicating the determination.
US10025881B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program Disclosed is an information processing apparatus including a metadata expansion unit. The metadata expansion unit is configured to expand metadata of a target item using metadata of other items to which a responder has shown a response, the responder being a user having shown a response to the target item of which the metadata is to be expanded.
US10025880B2	Methods for integrating semantic search, query, and analysis and devices thereof A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and data management computing apparatus comprising searching across a plurality of different heterogeneous data indexes based on portions of one or more search keywords in response to a received request. A result set for each of the plurality of different heterogeneous data indexes is obtained based on the searching. Further, one or more facets to each of the obtained results sets are added. Furthermore, a plurality of visualization techniques are automatically identified for each of the obtained results sets based on the facets in each of the obtained result sets and a model entity type associated with each of the plurality of different heterogeneous data indexes. Finally, each of the obtained results sets with the added facets and the identified one of the plurality of visualization techniques is provided.
US10025874B2	User specific visual identity control across multiple platforms A content-generating user is enabled to set visible attributes for a content item from any device so that the content item maintains a uniform look and feel across the various platforms. The visible attributes set by the generating user are stored in the user's profile on a user profile database. When a request to display the content item is received from a client device, the platform associated with the request is determined. Display data comprising one or more of the visible attributes retrieved from the user profile database, the content item and a template based on the platform is transmitted to the client device. The client device configures a display of the content item to a viewer based on the received display data.
US10025872B2	Managing browser tabs based on uniform resource locators A computer implemented method and system for managing browser tabs includes identifying a plurality of URLs (Uniform Resource Locator(s)) in response to detecting the URLs in a web browser running on a computer. The plurality of URLs are organized based on each of the URLs, and each of the plurality of URLs correspond to a tab opened by the web browser. The tabs of the web browser are grouped based on the URLs.
US10025867B2	Cache efficiency by social graph data ordering Embodiments are disclosed for improving cache or memory efficiency of a social network system. A method according to some embodiments includes steps of: receiving an instruction to improve cache or memory efficiency of social graph data of a social graph; generating based on the social graph a partitioning tree including multiple bottom-level buckets, the partitioning tree dividing the vertices of the social graph into the bottom-level buckets and ordering the bottom-level buckets such that a social network metric regarding the vertices is optimized; assigning user IDs to the vertices of the social network in a numerical sequence based on the ordering of the bottom-level buckets; storing the social graph data of the users in storage locations in an order according to the numeral sequence of the assigned user IDs of the vertices.
US10025864B2	Systems and methods for tethering devices Systems and methods are described herein for controlling mobile devices with user equipment devices. A user equipment device may detect a mobile device is within a predetermined proximity to the user equipment device by establishing a bi-directional communication. The user equipment device may determine an input/output option of the mobile device. The input/output option may be a microphone, a cellular Internet connection, a camera, or any other sensor and/or actuator of the mobile device. The user equipment device may generate for display an icon corresponding to the input/output option of the mobile device.
US10025863B2	Recommending contents using a base profile A method and system for recommending content to a user whose interest(s) has not been identified is disclosed. A base user profile may be created for association with the user. The base user profile may be created by generating a list of ranked interests of a set of representative users. The list of ranked interests may be generated based on activity information obtained for the set of representative users. Content may be recommended to the user based on the base user profile.
US10025861B2	Prioritizing items from different categories in a news stream Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for displaying a customized news stream. One method includes an operation for identifying dwell times spent by users while accessing a first plurality of items, each item belonging to one media type from a plurality of media types (e.g., news articles, videos, slide shows, etc.). In addition, the method includes operations for determining statistical parameters for each media type based on the identified dwell times, and for detecting a news corpus having a second plurality of items. A priority for each item in the news corpus is determined based on the media type of the item, the corresponding statistical parameters for the media type of the item, and the profile of a user. The news stream is sent to the user for presentation on a display, the news stream being sorted based on the priority of the items in the news corpus.
US10025856B2	Dynamic landing pages At least two key-value pairs are received as part of a uniform resource identifier. A Web page definition is retrieved by a processor based on at least one of the key-value pairs and includes multiple sections of a Web page, wherein at least one section is associated with a key of a second key-value pair of the at least two key-value pairs. The key of the second key-value pair is used to select a set of section objects that each have content that can be placed in the section associated with the key. If a section object is located that has been assigned the value of the second key-value pair, content defined for the located section object is placed in the section. A Web page comprising the content for the section is returned.
US10025855B2	Federated community search The subject matter disclosed herein relates to web searching protocols. In a particular implementation, one or more federated searches may be indexed accordance with index criteria. A query may be compared to one or more index criterion. The query may be matched with index criteria. One or more indexed federated searches associated with index criteria associated with the query may be provided.
US10025853B2	Method and apparatus for filtering data based on content selected for future access An approach is provided for filtering data accessed by user devices based on user selected content from a content selection device. The approach uses the commonly known knowledge of user selections of content (e.g. selection of media on a DVR) to aid in a user's attempts to limit exposure to spoilers of the content. This concept further involves removal of filters upon user viewing of content. As well as, creating of a content filter based on content information. The data filter is meant to prevent spoiling results or plot lines of media content selected by a user to watch at a later time or date.
US10025842B1	Systems and user interfaces for dynamic access of multiple remote databases and synchronization of data based on user rules A computing system is configured to access a plurality of remote databases in order to identify data inconsistencies between the remote databases and provide user interfaces to a user in order to initiate communication via one or more APIs to certain remote databases indicating updates that reconcile said data inconsistencies.
US10025839B2	Database virtualization Frame data is received from an agent instrumented on a software component, the frame data describing a particular request from the software component to a database access component intercepted at the agent. The particular request corresponds to a transaction involving a database and the software component can interface with the database using the database access component. A service mode is identified that corresponds to the transaction and virtualization data is generated based on the service model and the particular request. The virtualization data is sent to the agent that describes a virtualized response to be provided by the agent to the software component as a response to the particular request.
US10025815B2	Deleting configuration items in a configuration management database Embodiments of the present invention provide automated systems and methods for selectively finding and deleting dormant data (out of data, inactive data) in a configuration management database (CMDB), or in a database which has similar characteristics. The method includes using a directed graph where each node of the directed graph represents a configuration item, and traversing the directed graph in order to determine inactive or dormant data, and all of the objects which depend on that data. Configuration items are deleted only when all of the other configuration items from which it depends contain dormant data.
US10025807B2	Dynamic data acquisition method and system Acquiring dynamic data is disclosed including extracting a search term from a search request string that is received, looking up the search term in a threshold value dictionary to acquire a dynamic threshold score corresponding to the search term, using the search term as a query condition and the dynamic threshold score corresponding to the search term as a filter condition to acquire, in an index data table, one or more corresponding pieces of index information, acquiring data information corresponding to the search term based on the index information in the index data table, and sending the data information to be displayed in a page of a website. The dynamic threshold score varies based on a characteristic factor.
US10025805B1	Systems and methods for automated help A method for providing assistance to users of computer programs. The computer system receives user inputs for utilizing the various functions of a computer program. The system records an amount of time during which said user utilizes the respective functions, such that when a user signals that assistance is needed, the system determines which of the program's functions have been most frequently used. The system then finds, and connects to the user, persons having expertise in those respective areas.
US10025798B2	Location-based image retrieval A method and a for location-based image retrieval, the method comprising using at least one hardware processor for: receiving N-dimensional coordinates of a point of interest, wherein N is an integer equal to or larger than 2; and retrieving one or more digital images in which the point of interest is visible. In addition, a computer program product configured to execute this method.
US10025795B2	Systems and methods for query evaluation over distributed linked data stores A method for query evaluation comprises receiving a query over a set of distributed data sources, decomposing the query into a set of sub-queries of the query, evaluating each sub-query in the set of sub-queries with respect to each data source in the set of distributed data sources, wherein evaluating comprises determining which data sources in the set of distributed data sources are capable of answering each sub-query and at what cost, computing a set of distributed plans by composing one or more of the sub-queries in one or more of the data sources, evaluating each plan in the set of distributed plans, selecting a sub-set of plans from the set of distributed plans to be executed for responding to the query, executing the selected sub-set of plans, and returning results of the query.
US10025792B2	Method for divisionally managing files on a user basis, and a storage system and computer program product thereof According to one embodiment, a method includes presenting a medium to more than one user as being exclusively occupied by whichever user attempts to access at least one file from the medium, writing a first file managed by a first user to a data partition of the medium, and storing a first user identifier (ID) that identifies the first user as metadata to an index partition of the medium in response to writing the first file managed by the first user. In another embodiment, a method includes reading metadata from an index partition of a medium from a first user of a plurality of users, extracting first file attribute information associated with a first user ID that indicates a first user from the metadata, and reading a first file based on the first file attribute information associated with the first user ID from a data partition of the medium.
US10025790B2	Chain file system Techniques and mechanisms described herein facilitate the execution of a software program container having a plurality of layers. Each layer may include a plurality of files. For instance, a base layer may include a version of an operating system, while an upper layer may include a software program configured to run within the operating system. Different layers may store, create, or modify the same file. However, the precedence of the version of the data for the file may be based on an ordering of the layers. For example, the version of the file in a higher layer should supersede the version of the file in a lower layer. In some implementations, a privileged storage container that runs atop a virtualization layer may manage storage resources for other containers. The privileged storage container may store each file in a software program container as a snapshotable object.
US10025788B2	Detection of file corruption in a distributed file system Aspects include testing distributed file systems by selecting a file in a multiple writer environment and selecting an offset of a block in the file. Test data is generated for the block by randomly selecting a starting value from a plurality of possible starting values. A test header that includes the starting value and a test data sequence that starts with the starting value is created. A file system that is being tested writes the test header and the test data sequence to the block. Contents of the block are read by the file system that is being tested, and expected contents of the data sequence are determined based on contents of the read header. The expected contents of the data sequence are compared to the read data sequence and an error indication is output based on the expected contents not being equal to the read contents.
US10025787B2	Systems and methods for selecting digital data for archival Methods and systems for selective archival of data include, in some aspects, determining, via an electronic processing circuit, a plurality of accessors for a data format, displaying indicators for at least a portion of the plurality of accessors on an electronic display, receiving input defining a selection of a subset of the plurality of accessors from an input device; and outputting the selected subset of accessors with data encoded in the data format to an archive.
US10025780B2	Crowdsourcing translations In one embodiment, a method includes accessing, by one or more of the computing devices, one or more translations for each text string of a plurality of text strings; determining, by one or more of the computing devices, a priority value for each text string of the plurality of text strings, wherein the priority value for the text string is based on one or more reliability-values of the one or more translations for the text string; selecting, by one or more of the computing devices, a particular text string from the plurality of text strings based on its priority value; and sending, to a client system, instructions configured to present a translation prompt comprising the particular text string.
US10025774B2	Method and system for extraction and normalization of relationships via ontology induction Methods for developing an ontology of pharmacogenomics (PGx) relationships starting from a lexicon of key pharmacogenomic entities and a syntactic parse is described. The syntactic structure of PGx statements is used to systematically extract commonly occurring relationships and to map them to a common schema. In an embodiment, extracted relationships have a 70-87.7% precision and involve not only key PGx entities such as genes, drugs, and phenotypes (e.g., VKORC1, warfarin, clotting disorder), but also critical entities that are frequently modified by these key entities (e.g., VKORC1 polymorphism, warfarin response, clotting disorder treatment).
US10025772B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program An information processing apparatus may include a control device to determine a plurality of candidate texts to correct a target text which is from an input text string, based on preceding text located at a position preceding the target text and succeeding text located at a position succeeding the target text.
US10025763B2	Masking an object in hypertext markup language A computer system may identify a first and second predefined color that are found in a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) style sheet for a webpage. The computer system may receive an object to be embedded in the webpage. The computer system may calculate a color similarity score for each of the predefined colors. The computer system may compare the color similarity scores for the predefined color and determine, based on the comparison, which predefined color is the mask color. The computer system may then mask the object using the mask color.
US10025762B2	Generating a document object model (DOM) differential Generating a document object model (DOM) differential is provided. In response to receiving a webpage, a snapshot is generated of a base DOM corresponding to the webpage. A DOM node change list corresponding to the base DOM is generated. A DOM node attribute change list corresponding to the base DOM is generated. The base DOM is monitored for changes. A DOM differential is generated for the base DOM based on DOM node entries in the DOM node change list and the DOM node attribute change list.
US10025759B2	Methods and systems for monitoring documents exchanged over email applications Disclosed herein are methods and systems for monitoring and detecting changes in files attached to incoming emails. In one embodiment, if files are attached to an outgoing email, the change service uniquely tags each of the attached files and optionally stores local or remote copies of the tagged files. Additionally, in embodiments, the change service monitors and intercepts incoming emails. If files are attached to an incoming email, the change service identifies whether the files are tagged in a manner unique to the compare service. The change service then matches uniquely tagged files in the incoming email to corresponding files previously tagged by the change service. The change service then compares the two documents and generates reports that identify changes in the received document in relation to the transmitted document. Further, in embodiments, the change service provides visual indicators of the changes within the email application.
US10025756B2	Selection and use of representative target subsets Methods and respective modules which reduce sample size and measurement duration of metrology parameters by selecting a relatively small subset of measured targets to represent a distribution of parameter measurements of a large number of targets. The subset is selected by sampling a substantially equal number of measurements from each of a selected number of quantiles of the distribution. The methods and modules allow identification of targets which represent correctly the whole target measurement distribution. The methods and modules optimize quantiles and sample size selections, using accuracy scores and estimations of the robustness of the selections. Sampling and selections may be carried out iteratively to reach specified criteria that match the results which can be derived when considering the whole distribution.
US10025744B2	Solid state disk A solid state disk is provided, including: a main body, a light-emitting module and a light-guiding portion. The main body includes a shell portion, a substrate disposed in the shell portion and a memory module disposed on the substrate. The substrate further has a transmit port electrically connected with the memory module. The light-emitting module has a board disposed on the main body and a light-emitting portion disposed on the board. The light-guiding portion is disposed corresponding to the light-emitting portion. At least partial light from the light-emitting portion is transmitted outside the solid state disk through the light-guiding portion.
US10025738B2	Time and event based message transmission A system, apparatus and method for efficient utilization of available band-width on the system's bus connection. The system includes a scheduler configured to receive a virtual schedule that provides at least one slot for sending a message over the communication bus. A module is configured to send a message over the communication bus.
US10025736B1	Exchange message protocol message transmission between two devices In an embodiment of the invention, a method comprises: transmitting, by a host side, an exchange message protocol (EMP) command frame to a memory device side; informing, by the host side, the memory device side to process the command frame; executing, by the memory device side, the command frame; and transmitting, by the memory device side, an EMP response frame to the host side, in response to the command frame. In another embodiment of the invention, an apparatus comprises: a host side configured to transmit an exchange message protocol (EMP) command frame to a memory device side; wherein the host side is configured to inform the memory device side to process the command frame; wherein the memory device side is configured to execute the command frame; and wherein the memory device side is configured to transmit an EMP response frame to the host side, in response to the command frame.
US10025727B2	Relay mechanism to facilitate processor communication with inaccessible input/output (I/O) device A method includes transmitting, by a first processing device, a signal to a second relay processing device. The signal includes a message for the second relay processing device to transmit a read command and/or a write command to an I/O device that is not accessible by the first processing device. The method also includes receiving, by the first processing device, an indication that the second relay processing device has transmitted the read command and/or the write command to the I/O device.
US10025724B1	Address mapping method of memory system Disclosed is an address mapping method of a memory system. The address mapping method may include grouping adjacent memory cells into multiple cubes, from a plurality of memory cells respectively located at intersections of a plurality of row lines and a plurality of column lines; allocating most significant bit (MSB) N bits of a physical address for identifying the cubes; allocating least significant bit (LSB) M bits of the physical address for designating locations of memory cells included in each of the cubes, M and N being positive integers; storing information about a mapping between a logical address and the (M+N)-bit physical address in a mapping table; and when the logical address in response to an external request is received, translating the logical address to the physical address based on the mapping table.
US10025719B2	Cache memory system and processor system A cache memory system includes cache memories of at least one layer, at least one of the cache memories having a data cache to store data and a tag to store an address of data stored in the data cache, and a first address conversion information storage to store entry information that includes address conversion information for virtual addresses issued by a processor to physical addresses and cache presence information that indicates whether data corresponding to the converted physical address is stored in a specific cache memory of at least one layer among the cache memories.
US10025718B1	Modifying provisioned throughput capacity for data stores according to cache performance Modifications to throughput capacity provisioned at a data store for servicing access requests to the data store may be performed according to cache performance metrics. A cache that services access requests to the data store may be monitored to collected and evaluate cache performance metrics. The cache performance metrics may be evaluated with respect to criteria for triggering different throughput modifications. In response to triggering a throughput modification, the throughput capacity for the data store may be modified according to the triggered throughput modification. In some embodiments, the criteria for detecting throughput modifications may be determined and modified based on cache performance metrics.
US10025716B2	Mapping processor address ranges to persistent storage A computer apparatus and related method to access storage is provided. In one aspect, a controller maps an address range of a data block of storage into an accessible memory address range of at least one of a plurality of processors. In a further aspect, the controller ensures that copies of the data block cached in a plurality of memories by a plurality of processors are consistent.
US10025715B2	Conditional inclusion of data in a transactional memory read set Determining, by a processor having a cache, if data in the cache is to be monitored for cache coherency conflicts in a transactional memory (TM) environment. A processor executes a TM transaction, that includes the following. Executing a memory data access instruction that accesses an operand at an operand memory address. Based on either a prefix instruction associated with the memory data access instruction, or an operand tag associated with the operand of the memory data access instruction, determining whether a cache entry having the operand is to be marked for monitoring for cache coherency conflicts while the processor is executing the transaction. Based on determining that the cache entry is to be marked for monitoring for cache coherency conflicts while the processor is executing the transaction, marking the cache entry for monitoring for conflicts.
US10025708B1	Memory management method, memory control circuit unit and memory storage apparatus A memory management method, and a memory control circuit unit and a memory storage apparatus using this method are provided. The method includes performing a first garbage collection operation corresponding to a data area if the number of physical erasing units associated with the data area is larger than a first threshold; performing a second garbage collection operation corresponding to a table area if the number of physical erasing units associated with the table area is larger than a second threshold; and dynamically adjusting the second threshold according to the number of the physical erasing units associated with the data area.
US10025705B2	Apparatus and system for object-based storage solid-state device An object-based storage system comprising a host system capable of executing applications for and with an object-based storage device (OSD). Exemplary configurations include a call interface, a physical layer interface, an object-based storage solid-state device (OSD-SSD), and are further characterized by the presence of a storage processor capable of processing object-based storage device algorithms interleaved with processing of physical storage device management. Embodiments include a storage controller capable of executing recognition, classification and tagging of application files, especially including image, music, and other media. Also disclosed are methods for initializing and configuring an OSD-SSD device.
US10025700B1	Data mining technique with n-Pool evolution Roughly described, a training database contains N segments of data samples. Candidate individuals identify a testing experience level, a fitness estimate, a rule set, and a testing set TSi of the data samples on which it is tested. The testing sets have fewer than all of the data segments and they are not all the same. Testing involves testing on only the individual's assigned set of data segments, updating the fitness estimates and testing experience levels, and discarding candidates through competition. If an individual reaches a predetermined maturity level of testing experience, then validating involves further testing it on samples of the testing data from a testing data segment other than those in the individual's testing set TSi. Those individuals that satisfy validation criteria are considered for deployment.
US10025692B2	Scalable continuous integration and delivery systems and methods A scalable continuous integration (CI) system and/or method may be provided to manage and implement a plurality of code changes submitted in a code base. In particular, the scalable CI system may use a divide-and-conquer approach in which a set or a queue of code changes may be divided into smaller sets/queues of code changes. The division may continue recursively until the rate of defect introduction per change set, the rate of change set delivery per time, and the pipeline latency in the divided sets/queues satisfy a particular threshold. Change sets in the divided sets/queues that fail particular quality constraints may be removed from the divided sets/queues. After the failed change sets have been removed, the divided sets/queues may be recombined back into one set/queue.
US10025691B1	Verification of complex software code using a modularized architecture A technique verifies a compound software code using a modularized architecture. The compound software code may be divided into smaller components or modules that provide various functions (e.g., services) of the code. A set of properties may be defined for the modules, such that the verification technique may be used to verify that the modules manifest those properties, wherein at least one property may be security related and the remaining properties may be related to the services of the modules. The compound software code is divided into smaller modules to facilitate verification of the properties related to the services provided by the modules. Properties of the modules may be verified in accordance with an enhanced verification procedure to demonstrate that the modules manifest those properties and transform those modules into verified code bases (VCBs). The services of the VCBs may then be combined to provide functionality of the compound software code using well-defined interfaces, such as application programming interfaces (APIs).
US10025668B2	Semiconductor device and control method thereof for processing According to an embodiment, a reconfigurable device 1 includes a configuration information storage memory 12, a state transition management unit 11, and a data path unit 13. When a failure is not detected in either of tiles T1 and T2 provided in the data path unit 13, the state transition management unit 11 selects the configuration information item so that a first processing circuit is configured using the tiles T1 and T2, while when a failure is detected in the tile T2, the state transition management unit 11 selects the configuration information item so that after a first intermediate processing circuit is configured using the tile T1 in which no failure is detected, a second intermediate processing circuit is configured again using the tile T1 in order to achieve the first processing circuit.
US10025659B2	System and method for batch monitoring of performance data A system and method for batch monitoring of performance of an information technology system are provided. The method includes configuring log collection, email and incidents of a batch job using a configuration manager, capturing a start of a batch job and event log and stream the captured data to an analytical engine, predicting an end time for the batch job and initiate the collection of a plurality of environment data including the CPU and memory data at a pre-determined frequency, increasing the frequency of the data collection, and generating alert to the concerned personnel of the client device and subsequently initiating the troubleshooting procedure when a slowness in the data collection is detected by the analytical engine, completing the troubleshooting procedure by the analytical engine when an auto-correction mechanism is enabled, and generating a report for historical reference and storing the generated report in a database for further references.
US10025657B2	Information processing system and failure diagnosis method An information processing system includes a storage unit that stores and associates a cause of a failure that has occurred in an electronic device, state information of the electronic device at the time the failure has occurred in the electronic device due to the cause of the failure, and a measure to be implemented in response to the cause of the failure. The information processing system further includes at least one processor that performs an acquisition process for acquiring the state information of the electronic device, and a failure diagnosis process for determining the cause of the failure that has occurred in the electronic device and the measure to be implemented in response to the cause of the failure based on the acquired state information of the electronic device.
US10025656B2	Method and system for facilitating operation of an electronic device A method and a system are provided for facilitating operation of an electronic device. The method comprises receiving a semi-structured dataset comprising one or more entities, wherein the semi-structured dataset corresponds to at least an indication of an operation problem associated with an electronic device. The method comprises extracting one or more unique classes associated with one or more entities from the semi-structured dataset. The method comprises creating one or more n-grams representative of a relationship between the one or more entities and the one or more unique classes. The method comprises generating a hypothesis associated with the one or more entities based on a first set of entities from the one or more entities using one or more n-grams, wherein the generated hypothesis corresponds to an operation solution to solve the operation problem associated with the electronic device.
US10025655B2	Storage system A storage system is composed of a first storage subsystem and a second storage subsystem each having one or more volumes, and a third storage subsystem capable of being accessed from both the first storage subsystem and the second storage subsystem. The storage system operates to replicate the data written from the host to a volume within the first or the second storage subsystem to a volume within the second or the first storage subsystem. The first and second storage subsystems periodically write health check information to the third storage subsystem. When the first storage subsystem receives a write request from the host but cannot replicate the write data to the second storage subsystem, it reads the health check information written to the third storage subsystem to confirm that a volume of the second storage subsystem is I/O prohibited, and resumes processing regarding the write request from the host.
US10025651B2	FlexRay network runtime error detection and containment A FlexRay network guardian including: a resetting leading coldstart node (RLCN) detector configured to detect a RLCN failure; a deaf coldstart node (DCN) detector configured to detect a DCN failure; a babbling idiot (BI) detector configured to detect a BI failure; and a FlexRay network decoder configured to output a signal regarding the status of the FlexRay network to the RLCN detector, DCN detector, and BI detector, wherein the RLCN detector, DCN detector, and BI detector are configured to send an indication of a failure to a containment module.
US10025649B2	Data error detection in computing systems Embodiments of ensuring data integrity in computing devices and associated methods of operations are disclosed therein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a memory controller, a data request from the persistent storage to copy data from the memory. In response to the received data request, the requested data is retrieved from the memory. The retrieved data contains data bits and corresponding error correcting bits. The method can also include determining, at the memory controller, whether the retrieved data bits contain one or more data integrity errors based on the error correcting bits associated with the data bits. In response to determining that the retrieved data bits contain one or more data integrity errors, the memory controller can write data representing existence of the one or more data integrity errors into a memory location accessible by the processor for ensuring data integrity.
US10025640B2	Balancing work of tasks at a sending node of a transaction server Aspects include balancing work of tasks at a sending node of a transaction server in a network. A method can include processing a task from the top of a work queue at the sending node, where the task is an instance of a transaction which requires a transaction message to be sent from the sending node using a network connection. The transaction message is divided into chunks of partial transaction sub-messages. For each chunk, it can be dynamically determined whether a pacing response indicator is required based on metrics that monitor the activity in the work queue and a number of chunks of the transaction message already sent.
US10025635B2	Adaptive scheduling policy for jobs submitted to a grid Machines, systems and methods for providing a job description for execution in a computing environment, the method comprising receiving a job description, wherein the job description defines a set of job alternatives based on an order of priority and conditions associated with execution of the job alternatives; processing the job alternatives to determine whether resources for executing at least a first job alternative are available, considering respective first conditions defined in the job description for the first job alternative; selecting a first computing element implemented in a virtualized computing environment, wherein the selected first computing element has sufficient resources to satisfy resource requirements defined in the job description for the first job alternative; and submitting the job to the first computing element for execution.
US10025634B2	Transparent high availability for stateful services One embodiment of the present invention provides a system. The system includes a high availability module and a data transformation module. During operation, the high availability module identifies a modified object belonging to an application in a second system. A modification to the modified object is associated with a transaction identifier. The high availability module also identifies a local object corresponding to the modified object associated with a standby application corresponding to the application in the second system. The data transformation module automatically transforms the value of the modified object to a value assignable to the local object, including pointer conversion to point to equivalent object of the second system. The high availability module updates the current value of the local object with the transformed value.
US10025633B2	Method for optimizing memory access in a microprocessor including several logic cores upon resumption of executing an application, and computer implementing such a method The invention relates in particular to optimizing memory access in a microprocessor including several logic cores upon the resumption of executing a main application, and enabling the simultaneous execution of at least two processes in an environment including a hierarchically organized shared memory including a top portion and a bottom portion, a datum being copied from the bottom portion to the top portion for processing by the application. The computer is adapted to interrupt the execution of the main application. Upon an interruption in the execution of said application, a reference to a datum stored in a top portion of the memory is stored, wherein said datum must be used in order to enable the execution of the application. After programming a resumption of the execution of the application and before the resumption thereof, said datum is accessed in a bottom portion of the memory in accordance with the reference to be stored in a top portion of the memory.
US10025630B2	Operating programs on a computer cluster A mechanism is provided for operating programs on a computer cluster comprising cluster resources. The cluster resources comprise non-virtual real hardware resources with variable configurations and virtual resources. Each cluster resource has a configuration description and a type. Each type has a unique type identification and descriptions of operations that can be performed by the cluster resource of the each type. Each program is operable for: requesting usage of the cluster resource specifying the type and the configuration description; and requesting a modification of the variable configuration of the non-virtual real hardware resource with the variable configuration. Execution of each program requires the dedicated execution environment on the computer cluster. The generation of each dedicated execution environment requires one or more dedicated virtual resources and one or more dedicated non-virtual real hardware resources with the variable configurations.
US10025626B2	Routing job submissions between disparate compute environments A system and method are provided for directing a workload between distributed computing environments. Performance and use data from each of a plurality of computer clusters is monitored on a periodic or continuous basis. The plurality of computers can include a first subset being in a first region and a second subset being in a second region. Each region has known performance characteristics, zone of performance and zone of reliability which is used in distributing a workload or job. A job is received at the system, wherein the system determines a routing for the job to a distributed computing environment, wherein the routing is in response to the obtained performance and use data, and the region encompassing the given computer cluster.
US10025618B2	Steganographic message passing between a virtual machine and a hypervisor A computer-implemented method may include identifying a plurality of selected bits of usage data of a virtual machine. A desired message may be encoded, by a computer processor, as a steganographic message stored in the plurality of selected bits in the usage data. Encoding the desired message may include manipulating one or more resources of the virtual machine to cause a change in the plurality of selected bits in the usage data. The usage data may be provided to the hypervisor, and the steganographic message may be observable in the usage data.
US10025617B2	Steganographic message passing between a virtual machine and a hypervisor A system for providing a steganographic message to a hypervisor may include a memory having computer readable instructions and one or more processors for executing the computer readable instructions. The computer readable instructions may include identifying a plurality of selected bits of usage data of a virtual machine. Further according to the computer readable instructions, a desired message may be encoded as a steganographic message stored in the plurality of selected bits in the usage data. Encoding the desired message may include manipulating one or more resources of the virtual machine to cause a change in the plurality of selected bits in the usage data. The usage data may be provided to the hypervisor, and the steganographic message may be observable in the usage data.
US10025605B2	Message handler compiling and scheduling in heterogeneous system architectures A receiving node in a computer system that includes a plurality of types of execution units receives an active message from a sending node. The receiving node compiles an intermediate language message handler corresponding to the active message into a machine instruction set architecture (ISA) message handler and the receiver executes the ISA message handler on a selected one of the execution units. If the active message handler is not available at the receiver, the sender sends an intermediate language version of the message handler to the receiving node. The execution unit selected to execute the message handler is chosen based on a field in the active message or on runtime criteria in the receiving system.
US10025600B2	NAND-based verified boot A device including a NAND-flash memory comprising a read-only portion storing boot code and a key, and a system on a chip (SoC) coupled to the NAND-flash memory is provided. The SoC includes a read-only memory (ROM) storing one or more instructions and a processor configured to execute, upon startup, the one or more instructions stored in the ROM to request from the NAND-flash memory the boot code and the key. The processor further configured to load and execute the boot code to perform a chain of trust verification process on subsequent code during a booting process using the key. A method for using the device is also presented.
US10025580B2	Systems and methods for supporting multiple operating system versions In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include querying, by an application program executing on a first information handling system, a second information handling system remotely coupled to the first information handling system for data comprising identities of versions or patches of an operating system certified by a provider of the operating system. The method may also include receiving the data in response to the query. The method may further include updating a support matrix associated with the application program based on the identities of certified versions or patches, the support matrix setting forth identities of versions or patches of the operating system supported by the application program.
US10025570B2	Modifying applications for incremental checkpoints In one example, a system for modifying applications to support incremental checkpoints can include logic to generate a dominator tree based on a control flow graph for source code, wherein the control flow graph and the dominator tree comprise a plurality of nodes corresponding to basic blocks of the source code. The processor can select a region based on a leaf node of the dominator tree, the region based on an instruction threshold, and insert a first set of commit instructions into the source code based on entry points into the region and insert a second set of commit instructions into the source code based on exit points from the region. The processor can update the dominator tree to exclude the selected region and compile the source code into an executable application, wherein the first set of commit instructions and the second set of commit instructions enable incremental checkpoints.
US10025569B2	Linear-time algorithm to determine the maximum number of iterations of the iterative algorithm for data-flow analysis for reducible loops A compiler converts a high level language program into a corresponding machine level language program. The compiler forms an initial control flow graph of the high level language program with nodes and edge, the nodes including a starting node, initializing a collapse count to zero, and sets the initial control flow graph as a current control flow graph. The compiler performs iterative collapsing operations on the current control flow graph until only a single node remains. After performing the iterative collapsing operations, data flow analysis is performed on the initial control flow graph for a number of iterations equal to one greater than the collapse count. Then, the machine level language program corresponding to the high level language program is generated based upon the data flow analysis.
US10025564B2	Intuitive frames of task appropriate frames of reference for multiple dimensions of context for related sets of objects within an IDE A processor-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product generates and implements intuitively comfortable frames of task appropriate frames of reference for multiple dimensions of context constraints for related sets of objects within an integrated development environment (IDE). One or more processors identify a hierarchical set of context constraints for an object, and depict the hierarchical set of context constraints for the object on an IDE using a visual metaphor selected by a user. The processor(s) receive a zoom-in input for a first context constraint in the hierarchical set of context constraints, and place the IDE in mention mode, such that use of the hierarchical set of context constraints against the object is disabled. In response to the IDE being placed in mention mode, the processor(s) display detail of the first context constraint on the IDE, and receive changes to the first context constraint to create a modified first context constraint.
US10025561B2	Automated software application generation and deployment The disclosure includes systems and methods for automated software generation and deployment, which can include automatically generating, without human interaction, an application based on one or more structured data source, which can include a table, spreadsheet, database, or the like. Applications can be generated for smartphones or other suitable devices. Generating an application automatically and without human intervention can include extracting a schema from a data source and generating an application based on the extracted schema.
US10025553B2	Method, apparatus and computer program product for input detection In an example embodiment, a method, apparatus and computer program product are provided. The method includes determining one or more operating conditions of a device. A selection of a mode of operation of the device from at least a first mode and a second mode is facilitated based on the one or more operating conditions of the device. In the first mode, the device is configured to detect an operation input received from an audio source based on two or more audio sensors of the device. In the second mode, the device is configured to detect the operation input based on at least one of the two or more audio sensors and at least one non-audio sensor of the device.
US10025545B2	Printing server configured to communicate with social networking service, printing system, and printing method A printing system holds a plurality of content data and linking information which links a printer and registration information of a user registered to an SNS. When a posting including content data identification information is performed to the SNS, the printing system judges the presence or absence of linking of the registration information of the user who has posted and the printer by referring to the linking information. When there is a printer linked to the registration information of the user who has posted, the printing system acquires content data identified by the identification information included in the posting from the content data holding unit, generates print data for printing an image from the content data, sends the print data to the printer linked to the registration information of the user who has performed the posting, and causes the printer to print the image based on the print data.
US10025544B1	System and method of print job scheduling using machine learning A system and method for optimizing print job scheduling includes a print job scheduler that determines an optimized print job schedule for a document processing device based on the workload of the document processing device and user scheduled print jobs. The print job scheduler selectively prioritizes print jobs in the print queue of e document processing device in accordance with the optimal print job schedule, for example prioritizing shorter print jobs over longer print jobs, or delaying printing of a larger print job during busy time slots. The print job scheduler uses machine learning to determine busy times slots based on historical usage patterns and optimizes the print job schedule based on the workload of the document processing device, identity of the user, and the size of the print job.
US10025542B2	Bookbinding system, printing apparatus, method of controlling the same and storage medium It is determined whether or not an inputted job input includes a setting for bookbinding including an opening orientation of a bookbinding product; and upon determining that the job includes the setting, image data of the job is printed in a layout according to the setting for the bookbinding if the opening orientation of the bookbinding product in the setting is left-open, and the image data of the job is printed in the layout according to the setting for the bookbinding after causing the image data to rotate 180 degrees if the opening orientation of the bookbinding product in the setting is right-open.
US10025541B2	Image processing apparatus, and computer readable medium for communicating with the same An image processing apparatus is provided that includes a first communication device, a second communication device, an informing device, and a controller configured to control the first communication device to establish first communication with an information processing terminal device that is within a predetermined communicable distance from the first communication device, and to control the second communication device to transmit, to the information processing terminal device, target data that has been informed of by the informing device at a time when the first communication is established between the first communication device and the information processing terminal device.
US10025539B2	Adaptive selection of rendering intent for negative text embedded with image objects Methods and systems for rendering an image. In an example embodiment, a step or operation can be implemented to pre-render white objects in an image with a background image set to a single complementary color. Such a single complimentary color assists in obtaining the textual content only from the complex background. A connected component analysis can be performed with respect to said image to identify elements in said images that should be rendered as objects composed of text and graphics. Tags are then assigned for final rendering of the image after performing said component analysis with respect to said image. Modification of tag values with respect to said images avoids unwanted artifacts such as, for example, bleed through, background closing, ghost effects, etc.
US10025529B2	Heartbeat-based data synchronization apparatus and method, and distributed storage system A heartbeat-based data synchronization method is disclosed. The method is applied to a distributed storage system, and at least one data block group is stored in the distributed storage system. The distributed storage system includes multiple storage devices, one device in the multiple storage devices is a primary device for storing the data block group, and other devices are secondary devices for storing the data block group. The primary device performs the method. The primary device obtains access status information of the data block group, determines a heartbeat time of the data block group according to the access status information of the data block group, and sends a data synchronization instruction to the secondary device according to the heartbeat time of the data block group, where the data synchronization instruction is used to instruct the secondary device to synchronize data.
US10025519B1	Data-driven online storage reconfiguration In one aspect, a method includes performing a reconfiguration process to reconfigure storage usage. The reconfiguration process includes selecting a subset of solutions from a user-shaped solution space, determining a cost value of each solution in the subset using a cost function, executing a cost-based reconfiguration generation based on a customized genetic process where each reconfiguration solution is treated as a genome, selecting genomes using the cost function as a next generation and repeating the executing.
US10025503B2	Autonomous dynamic optimization of platform resources Methods for dynamically optimizing platform resource allocation of a logically-partitioned data processing system. Processor and memory resources are allocated to logical partitions of the data processing system. After allocating the processor and memory resources to the plurality of logical partitions, local and non-local memory accesses are monitored for the logical partitions. Based at least in part on the local and non-local memory accesses, a determination is made whether to reallocate the processor and memory resources of the logical partitions. Responsive to determining to reallocate the processor and memory resources, the processor and memory resources are dynamically reallocated to the logical partitions of the data processing system.
US10025502B2	Fibre channel initiator alias/port suggestion and autocomplete Storage arrays, methods and computer readable media are provided for obtaining alias assignments of initiators connected to a Fiber Channel (FC) fabric for configuration use on a storage array. One method includes generating a request from the storage array to a switch of the FC fabric to which the storage array is connected. The request is to obtain a copy of a world wide port name (WWPN) of an initiator that is connected to the FC fabric and a copy of an alias name for the initiator. The method includes receiving the WWPN and alias name of the initiator from the switch and caching the received WWPN and alias name to a database of the storage array. The method further includes processing a user interface by the storage array to enable selection of the initiator for assignment to a volume of the storage array. The user interface includes a selection control that identifies the initiator using the alias name received from the switch. In one example, an auto-fill function is used as part of the selection control.
US10025497B2	User interface tap selection on touchscreen device A tap associated with an active area on a user interface of a touchscreen device is received at a first time. The active area is associated with an origination time. It is determined that a period of time between the origination time and the first time is within a specified period of time. In response to the determining, an action associated with the active area is not performed.
US10025493B2	Information processing device, information processing method, and program for displaying list items and changing hierarchical level of display Provided is an information processing device including a detection unit configured to detect a user operation, and a display control unit configured to display a list including list items, and perform display of, in response to a detected user operation, causing new list items to gradually appear in the list.
US10025487B2	Method and apparatus for text selection A method includes, detecting a location of a text selection icon on a display of an electronic device, and, detecting touch input representing a selection of text displayed on the display using the text selection icon, wherein: if the detected location of the text selection icon is maintained within a zone adjacent an edge of the display, the displayed text is selected on a row by row basis, and, if the detected location of the text selection icon moves outside said zone, the displayed text is selected on a letter by letter basis.
US10025485B2	Non-transitory storage medium storing display program and display device A non-transitory storage medium storing a display program that causes a display device to execute: an image display processing; a storage processing for storing arrangement information for arranging image data along a first and a second direction; a determination processing for determining whether a scroll direction of a currently displayed image is in a first or a second direction; a first image-setting processing for setting, as a target image, an image arranged in the first direction with respect to the currently displayed image, based on the arrangement information, when the direction is the first direction; and a second image-setting processing, for setting, as the target image, an image arranged in the second direction with respect to the currently displayed image, based on the arrangement information, when the direction is the second direction, wherein the target image is displayed when it is set in the first or second image-setting processing.
US10025483B2	Mobile terminal and method of controlling the mobile terminal The present invention relates to a mobile terminal that is capable of scrolling through screen information, and a method of controlling the mobile terminal. A mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a main body of the mobile terminal, a display unit that displays a screen image including at least one part of screen information, and a controller that determines a direction in which scrolling-through can be performed on the screen information, based on an input signal applied to the main body, and if the direction in which the scrolling-through can be performed corresponds to a predetermined direction, divides the screen information into screen image units.
US10025481B2	Cell view mode for outsized cells Embodiments provide electronic spreadsheet viewing and interaction features and functionalities, but the embodiments are not so limited. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method can be configured to provide a cell view launch indicator or interface that alerts a user that a selected cell includes additional content not being currently displayed. The cell view launch indicator can be activated and use a cell view mode to launch a separately controllable cell view window or portion. Other embodiments are included.
US10025460B1	Systems and methods for displaying menu items System and methods for displaying menu items are disclosed. In some implementations, a method includes: analyzing user interaction with a menu over a first time period. The menu includes a plurality of menu items. The method further includes, causing, a first menu item in the plurality of menu items, to be displayed with a first visual characteristic in accordance with the user interaction. The first visual characteristic relates to at least one of: size, shape, and color. In some implementations, the user interaction is associated with a first user, and the first menu item is displayed with the first visual characteristic to a second user.
US10025458B2	Device, method, and graphical user interface for managing folders A multifunction device displays a plurality of selectable user interface objects on the display. In response to detecting the first input, the device moves a first object in the plurality of selectable user interface objects across the display to a location on the display that is proximate to a second object in the plurality of selectable user interface objects. In response to detecting that the first input meets predefined folder-creation criteria while the first object is proximate to the second object, the device creates a folder that contains the first object and the second object.
US10025457B2	File folder display Techniques for display a file folder are described herein. In one example, a system includes a processor to detect a transmission of one or more files from a file folder to a service and calculate a popularity value for each of the one or more files based on detected feedback from the service. The processor can also display the file with the highest popularity value as an icon for the file folder.
US10025450B1	Generating activity summaries A system and method for generating activity summaries to users of a social network server is disclosed. User activity information is received by a user activity information receiver module. The user activity information is then categorized by a categorization module, which in some implementations, also groups the categorized user activity information in accordance with commonalities identified among the user activity information. The categorized user activity information is ranked according to relevance to the user by the ranking module or according to relevance to the user's contacts. An output generation module 308 determines when the groupings are complete. Activity summaries are then generated by the output generation module. The activity summary includes the categorized user activity information. The activity summary is sent for display on a user device of a user.
US10025445B2	Automated screen captures A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for automatically creating screen captures of a user interface. In an implementation, a method may include identifying a portion of a user interface display associated with a page object. The method may also include creating a screen capture image including the portion of the user interface display associated with the page object. The method may further include associating the screen capture image with a documentation record for the page object.
US10025443B2	Touch panel A touch panel having a structure in which first capacitance detection conductors, a first insulating layer, second capacitance detection conductors, a second insulating layer, a shied conductor, a third insulating layer, and backside wiring conductors are disposed in this order in a thickness direction. The second capacitance detection conductors and the backside wiring conductors are connected through conductors formed near ends of the second capacitance detection conductors in a longitudinal direction. The first capacitance detection conductors are extracted to a predetermined side by first extraction conductors, and the second capacitance detection conductors are extracted to the predetermined side by the through conductors, the backside wiring conductors, and second extraction conductors.
US10025439B2	Virtual sensor mirroring for circular touch panels A touch sensing system includes a capacitive sense array. Each sensor has a unique location type. The system includes a capacitance measurement circuit coupled to the array, which measures capacitance changes at each sensor. The system also includes a memory device that stores three or more adjustment parameters. Each parameter corresponds to one or more location types, and is used in computing virtual sensor values. The system receives measured capacitance changes corresponding to a touch on the array and identifies a first sensor whose measured capacitance change is a local maximum. The system determines a location type of the first sensor. According to the location type, the adjustment parameters corresponding to the location type, and the measured capacitance changes, the system computes virtual sensor measurements. The system then computes a centroid of the touch using the measured capacitance changes and the virtual sensor measurements.
US10025434B2	Touch system, touch panel, and display device A touch system includes a touch panel having first electrodes formed in a first direction, second electrodes formed in a second direction, and driving lines and pre-charge lines connected to respective first electrodes; and a touch IC unit configured to successively apply driving signals to the first electrodes, receive sensing signals through the second electrodes, and, when applying the driving signal to a driving line connected to a first electrode chosen as a driving electrode from the first electrodes, apply a pre-charge signal to a pre-charge line connected to at least one first electrode chosen as a pre-driving electrode from the other first electrodes than the first electrode chosen as the driving electrode.
US10025427B2	Probabilistic touch sensing Embodiments are disclosed that relate to adjusting touch inputs on a computing device. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method of operating a touch-sensitive display of a computing device comprising displaying a graphical user interface on the touch-sensitive display, receiving a touch input via a touch sensor of the touch-sensitive display at a sensed location, performing a probabilistic determination of an intended touch location based on the input, and displaying a response to the input at an adjusted location on the graphical user interface that is adjusted relative to the sensed location based upon the probabilistic determination.
US10025424B2	Vehicle with headlight control A vehicle including: a headlight that produces a beam, a touchscreen, a camera, processor(s) configured to: (a) display images captured by the camera on the touchscreen; (b) recast the beam according to touch inputs on the images; (c) disable (b) when the vehicle exceeds a predetermined speed; (d) recast the beam by sweeping the beam from an original position to a final position.
US10025410B2	Display device with touch sensor A display of an electric device includes a plurality of separated transparent electrode blocks, which are configured to provide one or more of supplemental features such as touch recognition. Signal paths between the transparent electrode blocks and the driver for the supplemental feature are implemented with a plurality of conductive lines placed under positioned under one or more planarization layers. The conductive lines implementing the signal paths are routed across the display area, directly toward a non-display area where drive-integrated circuits are located.
US10025406B2	Touch screen bezel design for use in aviation operations A touch screen bezel design that is optimized for use by a pilot during in-flight operations, which include vibrations, turbulence, and other factors affecting direct interaction with a touch screen. The bezel is further designed to include bezel indices which support touch interaction by a finger when a pilot's arm is near full extension as well as in other suboptimal postures. The bezel is also designed to elicit understanding that the screen it surrounds is touch-enabled, providing a common interface look and feel for all touch-enabled screens on the flight deck.
US10025405B2	Mobile terminal and control method for linking information with a memo A mobile terminal and a control method thereof are provided. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention generates a memo corresponding to a captured image in a memo mode, displays an item group including at least one item on a touchscreen in a memo mode, links at least one item of the item group with a generated memo and stores the item linked with the memo. Accordingly, utilization of a memo is improved by linking the memo with an item executable in the mobile terminal.
US10025403B2	Stylus communication channels Stylus communication channels are described. In implementations, a stylus includes multiple separate and distinct communication channels used to detect the stylus, resolve positions of the stylus and a user relative to a computing device, and exchange data with the computing device (e.g., transmit and receive communications). The stylus may include a first electrode arranged in a tip portion is and a second electrode arranged in a grip area configured to form different corresponding communication channels with the computing device through the tip and through the grip area and a user's hand/body, respectively. A processing system of the computing device, such as a CPU or microcontroller, implements a stylus control module configured to analyze signal patterns derived from signals communicated the first electrode and second electrode and detect the stylus and/or resolve positions of the stylus and a user relative to the computing device based on the analysis.
US10025390B2	Enhanced input using recognized gestures A representation of a user can move with respect to a graphical user interface based on input of a user. The graphical user interface comprises a central region and interaction elements disposed outside of the central region. The interaction elements are not shown until the representation of the user is aligned with the central region. A gesture of the user is recognized, and, based on the recognized gesture, the display of the graphical user interface is altered and an application control is outputted.
US10025383B2	Automatic pause and resume of media content during automated driving based on driver's gaze A gaze safety module is described herein. In an embodiment, the gaze safety module may comprise a gaze area classifier, a monitoring needs estimator, and a display control. The gaze area classifier may be configured to: receive first sensor data from a sensor; and determine a first gaze classification of a driver based, at least in part, on the first sensor data. The monitoring needs estimator may be configured to: receive driving condition data; and determine one or more gaze requirements. The display control may be configured to: pause playback of a media player based, at least in part, on the first gaze classification and the one or more gaze requirements; and determine a first value for a resume type variable based, at least in part, on the first gaze classification and the one or more gaze requirements.
US10025377B1	Avatar-based augmented reality engagement A method, computer system, and computer program product for determining an engagement level of an individual is provided. The present invention may include capturing a plurality of image data depicting a relative location of a user. The present invention may also include identifying an individual within the captured image data. The present invention may further include gathering a plurality of engagement level indicator data associated with the identified individual. The present invention may also include calculating a current engagement level of the identified individual using the plurality of gathered engagement level indicator data.
US10025375B2	Augmented reality controls for user interactions with a virtual world There is provided an augmented reality control for interacting with a virtual world comprising a projector, a display surface for displaying the virtual world, a physical object, a memory storing, and a processor to: project, using the projector, a user control onto the physical object including a visual representation correlated with a virtual element in the virtual world, determine a user input for controlling the virtual element based on a user manipulation of the physical object, and update, using the projector, the user control projected onto the physical object based on the user manipulation of the physical object to maintain the visual representation correlated with the virtual element in the virtual world.
US10025374B2	Input/output interface control method and electronic apparatus performing same An electronic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include an input/output interface, the mode of which can be changed to a data communication mode or a charging mode. An electronic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a connector to which an external electronic apparatus having an interface that can be connected to an input/output interface is connected; a power supply unit for supplying power to the external electronic apparatus through a power supply line connected to the connector; a host controller for controlling data transmission from and to the external electronic apparatus; and a mode controlling unit for measuring electric current flowing through the power supply line, changing an operation mode on the basis of a result obtained by comparing the electric current value with a reference value, and controlling operations of the power supply unit and the host controller according to the operation mode.
US10025373B2	Reduction of power consumption of a buffer in tape drive A method of reducing power consumption of a buffer for cache in a tape drive connected to a host in a communicable manner, according to one embodiment, includes detecting a transfer rate of data from the host or to the host, and determining a writing or reading rate of data to or from a tape based on the data transfer rate. A determination is made as to whether predetermined conditions including the data transfer rate, the data writing or reading rate, and a capacity of a buffer are satisfied, where the buffer includes at least two buffer areas. At least one of the buffer areas is selected when the predetermined conditions are satisfied. The selected buffer area is switched to a power saving mode.
US10025362B2	Remote powering system and method A PoE system PSE, constituted of: a power source input; a classification functionality arranged to determine the class of a PD; a memory arranged to store thereon the determined class; a timing functionality arranged to output the length of a power interruption to the power source input; and a control circuitry; wherein, responsive to an indication of the timing functionality that the power interruption length is greater than a predetermined time value, the control circuitry is arranged to initiate the class determination of the classification functionality, and wherein, responsive to an indication of the timing functionality that the power interruption length is not greater than the predetermined time value, the control circuitry is arranged to: supply power from the power source input to the PD responsive to the stored determined class; and not initiate the class determination of the classification functionality prior to the power supplying.
US10025359B2	Metal foam heat exchangers for dispersing exhaust flow Apparatus and methods including metal foam heat exchangers for dispersing exhaust flow are disclosed. A wearable device includes a housing having a form factor sized to be worn by a human. The housing has an exhaust port. The wearable device further includes a heat generating device carried within the housing. The heat generating device is to generate heat in operation. The wearable device further includes a metal foam heat exchanger disposed within the housing adjacent the exhaust port. The metal foam heat exchanger is to receive heat generated by the heat generating device. The metal foam heat exchanger defines multiple flow paths within the housing to disperse exhaust in multiple directions to reduce a flow velocity of the exhaust exiting the exhaust port.
US10025357B2	Enclosure system for computing equipment The disclosed technology provides an enclosure system for computing equipment and a method for manufacturing an enclosure system, which includes a front enclosure base configured to secure a plurality of tray modules, each of the plurality of tray modules comprising a printed circuit board to connect a plurality of electronic components and being connected at a rear end to a connectivity midplane. The front enclosure base has a front end taller than the rear end such that the front end is configured to structurally support the plurality of tray modules and the rear end allows connecting rear faces of each of the plurality of tray modules to the connectivity midplane.
US10025355B2	Flexible display extendable assembly In embodiments of a flexible display extendable assembly, an extendable assembly includes a slideable display guide integrated in a first housing part of an extendable electronic device. The extendable electronic device includes a flexible display that slide-engages into the first housing part of the extendable electronic device. The extendable assembly includes an extendable mechanism that is coupled in a second housing part of the extendable electronic device and to the slideable display guide. The first and second housing parts of the extendable electronic device slide-engage relative to each other. The extendable mechanism is implemented to extend as the first and second housing parts slide apart relative to each other, and also to retract as the first and second housing parts slide together relative to each other.
US10025348B2	Electronic device and locking mechanism There is provided an electronic device including: a supporting body; a movable body provided in a movable manner with respect to the supporting body; and a locking mechanism configured to lock the movable body to the supporting body. The locking mechanism includes a locking member provided on the supporting body and configured to lock the movable body, a manipulating member connected to the locking member and provided such that the manipulating member is able to be moved between a locking position at which the movable body is locked by the locking member and a releasing position at which the locking of the movable body by the locking member is released, and a holding member configured to hold the manipulating member at the locking position or at the releasing position in accordance with a position of the movable body with respect to the supporting body.
US10025347B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes a display panel to display an image, and a variable member to vary a shape of the display panel such that the display panel transforms from at least a first state to a second state, the display panel is bent in the second state. At least one portion of the display panel has a different curvature than another portion of the display panel in the second state.
US10025338B2	Demand response dispatch prediction system A method for dispatching buildings participating in a demand response program including generating data sets for each of the buildings, each having energy consumption values along with corresponding time and outside temperature values, where the energy consumption values within each set are shifted by one of a plurality of lag values relative to the corresponding time and outside temperature values, and where each lag value; performing a regression analysis on each set to yield corresponding regression model parameters and a corresponding residual; determining a least valued indicating a corresponding energy lag for each of the buildings; and using outside temperatures, regression model parameters, and energy lags for all of the buildings to estimate a cumulative energy consumption for the buildings, and to predict a dispatch order reception time for a demand response program event.
US10025337B2	Method and system for managing an electrical distribution system in a facility A system and method for managing an electrical distribution system in a facility is disclosed. In one aspect, the method may include receiving at a computer system from a monitoring system data related to actual energy use of components of the electrical distribution system, receiving at the computer system a request for a modification to the electrical distribution system, using the computer system, providing a revised electrical distribution system design based on the request and the data related to actual energy use using a system optimization function for the electrical distribution system, modifying the electrical distribution system in accordance with the revised electrical distribution system design to provide a modified electrical distribution system in the facility, and receiving at the computer system from the monitoring system data related to actual energy use of components of the modified electrical distribution system.
US10025327B2	Data center A data center includes: a structure provided with an intake port at one side thereof and an exhaust port at the other side thereof; a rack disposed in the structure; an air blower configured to introduce outside air into the structure through the intake port to circulate the outside air from one side to the other side of the rack; a circulation passage configured to make a first space between the one side of the rack and the intake port and a second space between the other side of the rack and the exhaust port communicate with each other; a circulation amount control equipment disposed within the circulation passage; and an air circulation amount control device configured to control the circulation amount control equipment and an operation state of the electronic equipment such that the amount of the air which circulates the circulation passage is adjusted.
US10025326B2	Thermostatic mixer valve A mixer valve for sanitary fixtures is provided. The mixer valve includes a pressure regulator, a piston, a thermostatic element, and a flow diverter. The pressure regulator is operable to regulate hot water flow from a hot water inflow opening and cold water flow from a cold water inflow opening to a mixing chamber. The piston is operable to regulate a temperature of mixed water flow resulting from mixing of the hot water flow and the cold water flow in the mixing chamber. The thermostatic element is operable to move the piston in response to changes in the temperature of the mixed water flow. The flow diverter is operable to divert the mixed water flow from the mixed water outflow opening to multiple connected users. The pressure regulator is fluidically upstream of the piston and the thermostatic element. The piston and the thermostatic element are fluidically upstream of the flow diverter. The flow diverter is located inward of the pressure regulator in the mixer valve or between: (1) the pressure regulator and (2) the piston and the thermostatic element.
US10025324B2	Pressure reducer A pressure reducer, comprising an outer cylinder with a first air supply connector on a first end side of the outer cylinder and a second air supply connector on a second end side of the outer cylinder is provided. A piston can be guided movably in the outer cylinder. A first air chamber is arranged between the first air supply connector of the outer cylinder and the first front surface of the piston, and a second air chamber is arranged between the second air supply connector of the outer cylinder and a second front surface of the piston. The surface areas of the two front surfaces of the piston are of different size. The pressure reducer is suitable for reducing a second air pressure which prevails in the second air chamber in a pulsed manner proportionally to a first air pressure which prevails in the first air chamber, by a first air connection.
US10025322B2	Fluid handling system for a fluid flow instrument A fluid handling system for supplying a working fluid to a fluid flow instrument is disclosed. The system includes a controller configured to receive sensor signals indicative of a deformation of a flexible barrier located between a control fluid volume containing a control fluid and a working fluid volume containing the working fluid. Based on the sensor signals, the controller may send signals to control the operation of a working fluid flow generator in order to regulate or control the fluid characteristic of the working fluid being provided to the fluid flow instrument.
US10025312B2	Multiple autopilot interface Various implementations described herein are directed to a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, may cause the computer to display buttons or icons corresponding to a plurality of autopilots. The computer may receive a selection of one of the autopilots. The computer may display autopilot commands corresponding to the selected autopilot. The computer may receive a selection of one of the commands. The computer may also transmit a message corresponding to the selected command to the selected autopilot.
US10025310B2	Vehicle servicing system Systems and methods for addressing a user-reported vehicle condition are provided. In one example embodiment, a method includes receiving a service request for a vehicle service for a user. The service request is indicative of a location associated with the user. The method includes sending first control signal(s) to an autonomous vehicle that is configured to provide the vehicle service. The first control signal(s) indicate that the autonomous vehicle is to travel to the location associated with the user. The method includes receiving a communication indicative of an existence of a condition that reduces a suitability of the autonomous vehicle to provide the vehicle service. The condition is identified by the user. The method includes determining action(s) to be performed by the autonomous vehicle based, at least in part, on the existence of the condition. The method includes sending second control signal(s) to the autonomous vehicle to perform the action(s).
US10025307B2	Modular flight management system incorporating an autopilot A modular vehicle management system is described, comprising a controller module configured to control different types of carrier modules. The controller module includes a computer system and optionally one or more sensors. The computer system is configured to perform operations comprising detecting whether a carrier module is connected to the controller module. If the carrier module is connected to the controller module, the carrier module is authenticated. If the authentication fails, operation of the vehicle is inhibited. The control module is configured to determine carrier module capabilities including information regarding a navigation processing device, and/or a radio modem. The controller adapts to the capabilities of the controller module. Using information from the sensors and the navigation processing device, the vehicle management system navigates the vehicle.
US10025306B2	System and method for remote control of unmanned vehicles A first device is provided. The first device includes a first processing unit, wherein the first processing unit is adapted to determine a first status of a first connection between the first processing unit of the first device and a corresponding first processing unit of a second device; and a second processing unit, wherein the second processing unit is adapted to determine a second status of a second connection between the second processing unit of the first device and a corresponding second processing unit of the second device. The first processing unit is further adapted to: receive the second status of the second connection from the second processing unit of the first device over a path between the first processing unit of the first device and the second processing unit of the first device; and determine one or more actions to take with respect to a machine associated with the first device based on one or both of the first status and the second status.
US10025301B2	Method and system of adaptive model-based control for multiple-input multiple-output plants A method and system for controlling a plant having a plurality of actuators, a plurality of inputs corresponding to the operational state of the actuators and plurality of outputs corresponding to an operating condition of the plant according to a model-based control and a plant model. The plant model is on-line reconfigured and the model-based control is built such that the model-based control adapts to the reconfigured plant model.
US10025294B2	Apparel items simulation apparatus and methods Embodiments described herein relate generally to simulating apparel items. A matching computer system may receive a request for an apparel item. The matching computer system may identify a 3D pattern corresponding to the apparel item. The matching computer system may provide this 3D pattern to a user agent computer system. The user agent computer system may cause a 3D printer to print a 3D artifact or modify an existing 3D artifact to simulate the requested apparel item. The modification of 3D artifact may be based on the data collected by the sensor(s) attached to the user which indicate the fitting and/or user feelings of the 3D apparel. The user agent computer system may print or modify the 3D artifact to include components that simulate characteristics of the requested apparel item. The 3D artifact may provide feedback to the user agent computer system based on sensing measurements. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10025284B2	Code replacement for irrigation controllers Some embodiments provide irrigation controllers comprising: a housing; a control unit including a first microcontroller configured to execute irrigation programs and a first set of code; and a removable plug-in device that removably mates with a portion of the irrigation controller and communicationally couples to the first microcontroller, wherein the plug-in device comprises a memory storing a second set of code to replace at least a portion of the first set of code, wherein the plug-in device is configured to re-flash at least a portion of the first set of code allowing a copy of the second set of code to overwrite at least the portion of the first set of code; wherein the first set of code comprises a bootloader that writes the copy of the second set of code over the first set of code with the exception of the bootloader that is not written over.
US10025283B2	Controller, manager, plant control system, and data processing method A controller includes a calculator configured to receive process data necessary for controlling a plant and vital data indicating a state of a plant worker, the process data being received from a field device, the vital data being received from the plant worker, the calculator calculating first index data and second index data, the first index data indicating a gap between a current one of the process data and a previous one of the process data which is received when the plant is in a normal state, the second index data indicating a gap between a current one of the vital data and a previous one of the vital data which is received when the plant is in the normal state, and a determiner configured to determine health of the plant by using the first index data and the second index data which are calculated by the calculator.
US10025281B2	Control device and system program, and recording medium A control device capable of appropriately switching operating modes when multitasking is being performed is provided. A CPU unit is provided with a task executing unit for executing a plurality of tasks in parallel, and for executing each task in cycles based on each task; and a mode switching unit for switching operating modes. The task executing unit is configured in such a manner that when in operation mode, a user program is executed for each task, and when in program mode, a user program is not executed for each task. The mode switching unit is configured in such a manner that the operating mode is switched when a plurality of tasks being executed by the task executing unit are synchronized
US10025268B2	Image forming apparatus main body and image forming system using an electrophotographic image forming process to form an image on a medium A main body includes a second movable member that is movable and that has a first recess portion. The second movable member is moved from a first position where a first projecting portion of a first cartridge can enter the first recess portion to a second position by a movement of the first projecting portion, thereby allowing a second cartridge to be moved to an attachment position of the main body. The second movable member also allows a third projecting portion of the second cartridge to enter the first recess portion at the first position. The second movable member is moved to the second position when the third projecting portion enters the first recess portion, thereby allowing the second cartridge to be moved to the attachment position.
US10025259B2	Image forming apparatus having a damper unit which regulates movement of a door unit An image forming apparatus includes a main body, a door unit, and a loading portion that applies a load affecting movement of the door unit. The loading portion includes a rotating member, a damper unit, and an arm portion, which engages with the rotating member to extend and retract along an arc. The damper unit applies the load to the moving door unit such that, when a first arm member of the arm portion is engaged with the rotating member, the door unit can move to a first position at a first opening angle, and when a second arm member of the arm portion is engaged with the rotating member, the door unit can move to a second position at a second opening angle which is greater than the first opening angle. The first and second arm members move relative to each other with movement of the door unit.
US10025258B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a lower unit, an upper unit, and a coupling section. The upper unit is disposed on the lower unit. The coupling section couples the upper unit to the lower unit. The lower unit includes a first vertical plate member. The first vertical plate member is disposed in a rear position in the lower unit along a rear surface of the lower unit. The upper unit includes a second vertical plate member. The second vertical plate member is disposed in a rear position in the upper unit along a rear surface of the upper unit. The coupling section includes a plurality of engagement sections and a mating engagement section that engages with the engagement sections. The engagement sections are arranged along and supported on the second vertical plate member. The mating engagement section is elongated along and supported on the first vertical plate member.
US10025239B2	Image forming apparatus determining order for starting first motor and second motor by using temperature of fixing device In an image forming apparatus a controller starts a heater to heat up in response to a print command In a first case where temperature of the fixing device at a timing of reception of the print command is lower than a first threshold value, the controller starts rotating a first motor, and subsequently starts rotating a second motor before the conveying device conveys the sheet according to the received print command. The first threshold value is lower than the target temperature. In a second case where the temperature of the fixing device at the timing of reception of the print command is higher the first threshold value, the controller starts rotating the second motor, and subsequently starts rotating the first motor before the conveying device conveys the sheet according to the received print command.
US10025227B2	Toner container, developing device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus that include a toner container contacting surface to contact with a developing device engagement releasing structure A toner container is detachably attachable to a developing device. The developing device includes an inlet to be poured with a toner, an inlet shutter to move between a closed position, at which the inlet is closed, and an open position, at which the inlet is open, a biasing mechanism to bias the inlet shutter toward the closed position, an engaged structure provided in the inlet shutter, an engaging structure to engage with the engaged structure and to retain the inlet shutter at the open position against a biasing force of the biasing mechanism, and an engagement releasing structure provided in the inlet shutter and to release an engaging state between the engaged structure and the engaging structure. The toner container includes a contacting surface to contact with the engagement releasing structure and to make the engagement releasing structure release the engaging state.
US10025226B2	Sealing member for a movable developer container of a developer cartridge A developer cartridge includes a developer container, a casing, a sealing member, and a drive input. The developer container is configured to sealingly contain developer therein. The developer container has an outlet through which the developer flows out of the developer container. The casing is configured to accommodate the developer container therein. The casing supports the developer container to allow the developer container to rotate about an axis thereof in a rotating direction. The sealing member is configured to seal the outlet. The drive input is configured to transmit rotational driving force to the developer container. The sealing member is fixed to the casing.
US10025223B2	Ink jet recording medium having anionic inorganic particles An ink let recording medium of this disclosure has a substrate and at least one or more ink receiving layers on the substrate, in which a first ink receiving layer which is the outermost surface layer contains anionic inorganic particles having an average particle diameter of 3.0 μm or more, a binder, a cationic polymer, and a polyvalent metal salt, the content of the polyvalent metal salt based on the anionic inorganic particles in the first ink receiving layer is 5 mass % or more and 40 mass % or less, the content ratio of the polyvalent metal salt to the cationic polymer in the first ink receiving layer (Content of polyvalent metal salt/Content of cationic polymer) is 1.0 or more and 8.0 or less, and the arithmetic average roughness Ra of the surface of the recording medium is 1.0 μm or more.
US10025220B2	Optical scanning apparatus An optical scanning apparatus of the present invention includes: a splitting element which splits a light flux emitted from a light source into first and second light fluxes; a deflecting unit which deflects the first and second light fluxes to scan first and second scanned surfaces in a main scanning direction; and an imaging optical system which includes a first imaging lens on which both the first and second light fluxes deflected by the deflecting unit are incident and guides the first and second light fluxes to the first and second scanned surfaces. The condition expressed by −1.1≤α1/α2≤−0.9 is satisfied where α1 and α2 are angles within a main scanning cross section between a first axis parallel to the main scanning cross section and directions of incidence of the first and second light fluxes on the deflecting unit, respectively.
US10025214B2	Carrier, developing agent, image forming apparatus, image forming method, replenishment toner, and process cartridge Carrier for image forming includes a core material particle including a magnetic material and a coating layer disposed on the surface of the core material particle, the coating layer including a resin, carbon black, an inorganic particulate A, and an inorganic particulate B. The carbon black has a concentration gradient along a thickness direction of the coating layer with a concentration from high to low toward a surface of the coating layer while the inorganic particulate A has a concentration gradient along a thickness direction of the coating layer with a concentration from low to high toward the surface of the coating layer. The volume ratio of the carbon black is 0-30 percent at a depth range of 0.0-0.1 μm from the surface of the coating layer. The inorganic particulate A is electroconductive with a powder specific resistance of 200 Ω·cm or less.
US10025208B2	Electrophotographic photoreceptor and image forming apparatus An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes: a conductive support; and a photosensitive layer which contains an electric charge generating material and an electric charge transport material, wherein a layer configuring a surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor contains a resin binder, and conductive particles A and B dispersed in the resin binder, the conductive particles A have a single peak and volume resistance ρ1, the conductive particles B have a single peak and volume resistance ρ2, when a particle diameter of the conductive particles A is set to d1, and a particle diameter of the conductive particles B is set to d2, Expression (1) is satisfied, and when the volume resistance of the conductive particles A is set to ρ1, and the volume resistance of the conductive particles B is set to ρ2, Expression (2) is satisfied: 4×d2≤d1≤20×d2 (1) 10×ρ1<ρ2 (2).
US10025204B2	Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A lithographic apparatus is provided that has a sensor at substrate level, the sensor including a radiation receiver, a transmissive plate supporting the radiation receiver, and a radiation detector, wherein the sensor is arranged to avoid loss of radiation between the radiation receiver and a final element of the radiation detector.
US10025201B2	Flows of optimization for lithographic processes A method to improve a lithographic process for imaging a portion of a design layout onto a substrate using a lithographic projection apparatus having an illumination system and projection optics, the method including: obtaining an illumination source shape and a mask defocus value; optimizing a dose of the lithographic process; and optimizing the portion of the design layout for each of a plurality of slit positions of the illumination source.
US10025197B2	Method for printing colour images A method forms a pattern of metallic nanofeatures that generates by plasmonic resonance a desired image having a distribution of colors. The method includes providing a substrate having a layer of photosensitive material, exposing the layer to a high-resolution periodic pattern of dose distribution, and determining a low-resolution pattern of dose distribution such that the sum of the low-resolution pattern and the high-resolution periodic pattern of dose distribution is suitable for forming the pattern of metallic nanofeatures. The lateral dimensions of the metallic nano-features have a spatial variation across the pattern that corresponds to the distribution of colors in the desired image. The layer of photosensitive material is exposed to the low-resolution pattern of dose distribution. The layer of photosensitive material is developed to produce a pattern of nanostructures in the developed photosensitive material. The pattern of nanostructures is processed so that the pattern of metallic nanofeatures is formed.
US10025188B2	Resist pattern-forming method A resist pattern-forming method includes applying a resist underlayer film-forming composition to a substrate to form a resist underlayer film. The resist underlayer film-forming composition includes (A) a polysiloxane. A radiation-sensitive resin composition is applied to the resist underlayer film to form a resist film. The radiation-sensitive resin composition includes (a1) a polymer that changes in polarity and decreases in solubility in an organic solvent due to an acid. The resist film is exposed. The exposed resist film is developed using a developer that includes an organic solvent.
US10025187B2	Photosensitization chemical-amplification type resist material, method for forming pattern using same, semiconductor device, mask for lithography, and template for nanoimprinting A photosensitization chemical-amplification type resist material according to the present invention is used for a two-stage exposure lithography process, and contains (1) a developable base component and (2) a component generating a photosensitizer and an acid through exposure. Among three components consisting of (a) an acid-photosensitizer generator, (b) a photosensitizer precursor, and (c) a photoacid generator, the above component contains only the component (a), any two components, or all of the components (a) to (c).
US10025181B2	Polymer composition and photoresist comprising same A polymer comprises the polymerized product of monomers comprising an acid-deprotectable monomer, a base-soluble monomer, a lactone-containing monomer, and a photoacid-generating monomer; a chain transfer agent of the formula; wherein Z is a y valent C1-20 organic group, x is 0 or 1, Rd is a substituted or unsubstituted C1-20 alkyl, C3-20 cycloalkyl, C6-20 aryl, or C7-20 aralkyl; and optionally, an initiator.
US10025180B2	Sulfonium compound, resist composition, and patterning process A sulfonium salt containing an acid-eliminatable substituent group which is effective for improving contrast is highly soluble and uniformly dispersible. A resist composition comprising the sulfonium salt as photoacid generator forms a pattern with a high resolution, rectangularity, and reduced LWR.
US10025179B2	Organometallic solution based high resolution patterning compositions Organometallic solutions have been found to provide high resolution radiation based patterning using thin coatings. The patterning can involve irradiation of the coated surface with a selected pattern and developing the pattern with a developing agent to form the developed image. The patternable coatings may be susceptible to positive-tone patterning or negative-tone patterning based on the use of an organic developing agent or an aqueous acid or base developing agent. The radiation sensitive coatings can comprise a metal oxo/hydroxo network with organic ligands. A precursor solution can comprise an organic liquid and metal polynuclear oxo-hydroxo cations with organic ligands having metal carbon bonds and/or metal carboxylate bonds.
US10025177B2	Efficient way to creating process window enhanced photomask layout A method of making a photomask includes constructing a transmission cross coefficient (TCC) matrix representing an illumination source for supplying light to transmit through the photomask and a pupil for focusing the transmitted light onto a target substrate to produce a set of main features, generating kernels through decomposition of the TCC matrix, selecting ones of the kernels having odd symmetry, generating a field map kernel as a sum of self-convolutions of the odd symmetry kernels, generating a first field map by convolving an area of the photomask corresponding to the set of main features with the field map kernel, and making the photomask corresponding to the first field map. The method may include assigning first sub-resolution assist features (SRAFs) to those portions of the photomask area having corresponding said first field map values exceeding a nonnegative threshold, and making the photomask corresponding to the main features and first SRAFs.
US10025158B2	Light emitting display device and method for manufacturing the same Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a light emitting display device and a method for manufacturing the same. The light emitting display device comprises one or more pixel units, each of which is provided with a transparent light emitting device on a substrate, wherein at least a part of the pixel units are provided with a switchable mirror, which is located between the substrate and the light emitting device and is switchable between a transmission mode and a reflection mode.
US10025154B2	Camera lens filter An electrically activated lens filter with an electro-optic portion having a radially and circumferentially symmetric electric field gradient is disclosed. More particularly, embodiments of the lens filter include an electro-optic portion having one or more conductive plugs arranged around a center region such that an electric field within the electro-optic portion varies from a maximum at an outer rim to a minimum outside of the center region. The lens filter may include a plurality of front electrodes and rear electrodes accessible in an axial direction for electrically activating front and rear transparent conductive layers, respectively.
US10025151B2	Display device A display device includes a substrate, a display region, a peripheral region, an insulating layer which is disposed on a gate signal line and a conductor, a conductive layer which is disposed on the insulating layer and crosses a plurality of gate signal lines and the conductor in the peripheral region, a first semiconductor film which is disposed between the insulating layer and the conductive layer, and a second semiconductor film which is disposed between the insulating layer and the conductive layer and which is separated from the first semiconductor film. The conductive layer is connected to the plurality of gate signal lines via a plurality of diodes, and the plurality of gate signal lines are arranged in the display region and the peripheral region. A length of the conductor differs from a length of the gate signal line in the display region and the peripheral region.
US10025143B2	Array substrate and fabrication method thereof, and display device An array substrate and a fabrication method thereof and a display device are provided. The array substrate comprises: a base substrate; a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines formed on the base substrate, the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines intersecting with each other to define a plurality of sub-pixels, each of the sub-pixels including a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode, and the plurality of sub-pixels including a first sub-pixel; a passivation layer formed on the base substrate and covering the gate lines, the data lines and the thin film transistor, a via hole being provided in the passivation layer and the pixel electrode being formed on the passivation layer and connected with a drain electrode or a source electrode of the thin film transistor through the via hole in each of the sub-pixels; and a first spacer, provided in the via hole of the first sub-pixel.
US10025141B2	Display component and display device An array board includes a glass substrate including a display area and a non-display area, an organic insulation film disposed over a range of the display area and the non-display area, an array board side alignment film disposed on the organic insulation film, a film forming area restricting portion disposed in the non-display area and recessed in a part of the surface of the organic insulation film, and an alignment film material storing portion disposed closer to the display area than the film forming area restricting portion in the non-display area and recessed in a part of the organic insulation film. An angle formed by at least a part of a surface of the alignment film material storing portion and a normal line of the glass substrate is greater than an angle formed by a side surface of the film forming area restricting portion and the normal line.
US10025132B2	Liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof Disclosed are an LCD device and a driving method thereof, which save the manufacturing cost that is expended by the application of four-color (RGBW) sub-pixels, and enhance an aperture ratio and brightness, thus increasing display quality. The LCD device includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. A plurality of R, G, B and W color filters are formed at the upper substrate. In the lower substrate, a plurality of R, G, B and W sub-pixels are formed in respective regions defined by intersection of a plurality of gate lines and data lines. The liquid crystal layer is formed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate. Each of the pixels is configure with three-color sub-pixels of the R, G, B and W sub-pixels. Pixels of the plurality of pixels including a W sub-pixel share a one-color sub-pixel included in a pixel adjacent thereto, and display a color image.
US10025128B2	Backlight device, display device with the same, and method of manufacturing the backlight device According to one embodiment, a backlight device includes a frame formed of a sheet material, a first adhesive layer provided on one surface of the frame, a reflective sheet attached to the frame with the first adhesive layer, an optical member disposed on the reflective sheet in the frame, and a light source disposed in the frame and configured to emit light to the optical member. In at least a part of the frame, a width of the frame and a width of the first adhesive layer are equal to each other, and at least an external surface of the frame and an external surface of the first adhesive layer are flush with each other.
US10025125B2	Display panel and display apparatus This disclosure pertains to the technical field of liquid crystal display, and in particular to a display panel and a display apparatus. This display panel comprises a first substrate and a second substrate provided by cell-assembling, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are both flexible and bendable, and wherein both of the first substrate and the second substrate are provided with a repulsion layer therein, which enables the first substrate and the second substrate to repel each other. By the addition of the repulsion layer to the display panel, the effect of maintaining a uniform cell thickness of the flexible display panel is achieved and the display panel is allowed to have a better displaying effect.
US10025122B2	Optical device An optical device including a Faraday rotator, wherein the Faraday rotator includes a Faraday element 31 made of a magnetooptical material 34, two permanent magnets 35, and an electromagnet 20a, with a direction of travel of light as a front-rear direction, the Faraday element includes light incident/emission surfaces in front and rear, and surfaces parallel to each other in left and right, the plate-shaped permanent magnets are attached to each of left and right side surfaces of the Faraday element such that different magnetic poles are opposed to each other, and the permanent magnets are configured to apply a permanent magnetic field to the Faraday element in one direction of a left direction and a right direction, a shaft part 10 that holds the Faraday element, attached with the permanent magnets, over an entire length in the front-rear direction is included, the electromagnet is configured including a coil made by winding a conductor 21 around a periphery of the shaft part with the front-rear direction as an axis, and the electromagnet is configured to apply to the Faraday element a variable magnetic field in the front-rear direction.
US10025119B2	Mechanical arrangement for head-worn computer Aspects of the present invention relate to mechanical hinge system for a head-worn computer.
US10025117B2	Functional dyed spectacle lens A functional dyed lens for spectacles is obtained by dyeing at least one of the surfaces of an undyed plastic lens, and in the functional dyed lens, a dyeing density defined as a difference in luminous transmittance from the undyed plastic lens is 2% or more but 4% or less, and a difference in average transmittance from the undyed plastic lens in a wavelength region of 530 nm to 570 nm is 3% or more but 5% or less.
US10025107B2	Two-dimensional coherent beam combination using circular or spiral diffraction grating Examples of combining multiple laser beams into a single laser beam by using a circular or spiral diffraction grating are described. The multiple laser beams can be combined coherently or incoherently depending on the geometrical layout of the laser beams.
US10025103B2	Eyeglass-type wearable device and front part of eyglass-type wearable device An eyeglass-type wearable device includes a first temple part positioned along one temporal region of a user, a second temple part positioned along the other temporal region of the user, and a front part positioned in front of the face of the user, when the eyeglass-type wearable device is worn by the user. The front part includes an electrical unit including an imaging device, and a first and second connection sections to which the first and the second temple parts can be connected, and at least one of the first and the second temple parts includes a temple-side electrical unit. The first and second temple parts can be attached to and removed from the first and second connection sections of the front part. Information about an image captured by the imaging device included in the front part is transmitted from the front part to the temple-side electrical unit.
US10025096B2	Apparatus and method for transforming augmented reality information of head-up display for vehicle Provided are an apparatus and method for transforming augmented reality information of a head-up display (HUD) for a vehicle. The apparatus for transforming augmented reality information of a head-up display for a vehicle includes a first projection transforming formula generation unit configured to extract a conjugate point by performing feature point matching on a first feature point of a forward recognition image of the vehicle input from a forward recognition camera and a second feature point of a first driver-based viewpoint image input from a driver-based viewpoint camera whose installation position is different from that of the forward recognition camera, and generate a first projection transforming formula; a second projection transforming formula generation unit configured to generate a second projection transforming formula using a straight-line intersection of a second driver-based viewpoint image, which is extracted from a second driver-based viewpoint image input from the driver-based viewpoint camera, and HUD coordinates pre-defined on the HUD; and an augmented reality information transformation unit configured to sequentially apply the generated first and second projection transforming formulas to recognition coordinates of a forward object, which is recognized from the first forward recognition image, to calculate primary and secondary transformation coordinates, and render the secondary transformation coordinates on the HUD.
US10025095B2	Head-up display and mobile body equipped with head-up display A head-up display includes light source elements arranged in a first direction, a first lens which takes in from an incident surface light emitted from the light source elements and emits the light from an emission surface. A diffusion member is disposed on a side of the emission surface of the first lens. A spatial light modulation element takes in from an incident surface the light having been emitted from the light source elements and having passed through the first lens and the diffusion member, modulates the taken-in light in accordance with image information, and emits the modulated light from an emission surface. An optical element reflects light emitted from spatial light modulation element. The first lens changes an optical path of light emitted from each of the light source elements such that it reaches the same point on the incident surface of the spatial light modulation element.
US10025093B2	Waveguide-based displays with exit pupil expander A near eye or heads up display system includes a scan beam projector engine, an optical waveguide, and an exit pupil expander (EPE) optically coupled between the scan beam projector engine and the optical waveguide. The EPE improves the optical performance of the display system. The EPE could include a diffusive optical element, diffractive optical element, micro-lens array (MLA), or relay of aspherical lenses. A dual MLA EPE may have cells that prevent cross-talk between adjacent pixels. A dual MLA EPE may have a non-periodic lens array. The optical power of one MLA may be different from the other MLA.
US10025091B2	Optical instrument having spring-loaded sealing element at one or both sides of an end window An optical instrument, in particular an endoscope, with a hollow instrument housing for receiving optical elements, wherein the distal end and/or proximal end is closed in a fluid-tight manner via an end window. In order to create an optical instrument which, while being easy to assemble, ensures a reliable fluid-tight seal of the instrument housing even during autoclaving, it is proposed according to the invention that the end windows are each sealed off in a fluid-tight manner with respect to the instrument housing via at least one spring-loaded sealing element.
US10025085B2	Image generation device and image generation method The present application discloses image generation device for generating sample image representing sample. The image generation device includes laser source portion which emits laser beam, convertor for converting laser beam into multiplexed beam, in which reflected beam after reflection of laser beam by sample and reference beam after modulation of phase of the laser beam are multiplexed, first signal generator which generates first detection signal corresponding to light quantity of multiplexed beam, image generator which generates sample image, and modulator which modulates the phase to cause periodic variation of light quantity of multiplexed beam. The first detection signal includes signal component representing change from increase to decrease in the periodic variation. The image generator uses signal component to generate sample image.
US10025084B2	Autofocus algorithm for microscopy system based on cross-correlation Optimized automatic focusing of a microscope objective based on a cross correlation between a representative focus metric scan and a focus metric scan of a sample to be imaged.
US10025073B1	Optical imaging lens Present embodiments provide for optical imaging lenses. An optical imaging lens may comprise six lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. By controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements and designing parameters satisfying at least one inequality, the optical imaging lens may exhibit better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens may be shortened.
US10025069B2	Optical imaging lens Present embodiments provide for an optical imaging lens. The optical imaging lens comprises a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element positioned in an order from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements and designing parameters satisfying at least one inequality, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and enlarge field angle the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened.
US10025066B1	Ocular optical system An ocular optical system has four lens elements, wherein the ocular optical system includes a first lens element having a display-side surface with a convex portion in a vicinity of its periphery, and a third lens element having an eye-side surface with a convex portion in a vicinity of its periphery. In addition, υ1 is an Abbe number of the first lens element, υ4 is an Abbe number of the fourth lens element, and the ocular optical system satisfies the relationship 20.00≤\|υ1−υ4\|.
US10025064B2	Optical imaging system, camera, and in-vehicle camera An optical imaging system having a single focus includes a negative first lens group, an aperture stop, and a positive second lens group arranged in order from an object side. The first lens group includes a positive first front lens group including a positive single lens and a negative first rear lens group including a negative meniscus lens and at least one positive lens, arranged in order from the object side. The second lens group includes a positive second front lens group including a cemented lens of a negative lens and a positive lens and a positive second rear lens group including at least one positive lens, arranged in order from the object side. All of the lenses of the optical imaging system are spherical glass lenses.
US10025062B2	Optical imaging lens An optical imaging lens includes a first lens element, a second lens element, an aperture stop, a third lens element, and a fourth lens elements arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, and each lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface. The first lens element has negative refracting power. The object-side surface of the second lens element has a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis. The image-side surface of the fourth lens element has a convex portion in a vicinity of a periphery of the fourth lens element.
US10025061B2	Focus detection apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium storing program Light quantity information of an imaging optical system is acquired according to a focus detection position in an imaging screen. Conversion is performed from the light quantity information and a first aperture value of the imaging optical system, so that the first aperture value is converted into a second aperture value according to the focus detection position. A conversion coefficient is set according to the second aperture value and an exit pupil distance. A correction value to correct output signals from an imaging unit is obtained according to the second aperture value and an exit pupil distance.
US10025059B2	Optical apparatus An optical apparatus includes a driving unit, a holder holding the driving unit, a moving member holding an optical member and movable by drive of the driving unit, and a guide fixed to the holder in parallel to an optical axis direction. The driving unit is fixed to the holder by a screw and a nut. The nut includes a first plane part. The nut is disposed so that the first plane part of the nut is substantially orthogonal to a line connecting a center of the guide and centers of the screw and the nut when viewed in the optical axis direction.
US10025055B2	Multi-positionable telecommunications tray A multi-positionable tray assembly (20) for mounting within a chassis (10) of a telecommunications panel (100) is disclosed. The multi-positionable tray assembly (20) may include support arm (24) that pivotally supports a tray (22) and that allows the tray assembly (20) to be installed and removed from the chassis (10). The tray (22) and the support arm (24) cooperatively define a cable routing pathway (208) that extends through a pivot axis (A1) defined by the tray and the support arm. To minimize the required depth of the tray (10) and optimize cable routing, the tray (20) can include a cable management structure (102) with a patch panel (104) having a plurality of adapters (108) arranged along a transverse axis (A2), wherein the transverse axis is non-parallel or oblique to a front plane (A4) of the tray.
US10025053B2	Optical fiber bundle An optical communication cable bundle is provided. The cable bundle includes a bundle jacket having an inner surface defining a bundle passage and an outer surface defining an exterior surface of the cable bundle, and a plurality of optical fiber subunits located within the bundle passage and surrounded by the bundle jacket, each optical fiber subunit having a subunit jacket defining a subunit passage and a plurality of optical fibers located with the subunit passage. A thickness of the bundle jacket is less than a thickness of each of the subunit jackets and the bundle jacket is extruded tight around the subunit jackets to couple the subunits and the bundle jacket.
US10025045B2	Optical fiber alignment device A fiber alignment or “fiberposer” device enables the passive alignment of one or more optical fibers to a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) device using mating hard-stop features etched into the two devices. Accordingly, fiber grooves can be provide separate from the electrical and optical elements, and attached to the PIC with sub-micron accuracy. Fiberposers may also include a hermetic seal for a laser or other device on the PIC. All of these features significantly reduce the typical cost of an actively aligned optical device sealed in an hermetic package.
US10025041B2	Ferrule assembly and ferrule device A ferrule assembly including: a ferrule formed with a fiber bore for receiving an optical fiber therein; and a rear seat connected to a rear end of the ferrule, wherein the rear seat is formed with a hollow chamber passing through the rear seat in a longitudinal direction and communicated with the fiber bore of the ferrule, and wherein an additional injection hole for injecting an adhesive into the ferrule assembly is formed in an external profile surface of the ferrule assembly, and directly communicated with the fiber bore of the ferrule or the hollow chamber of the rear seat. The ferrule assembly is configured to be adapted to insert a fiber before filling an adhesive and protect the fiber that has been inserted into the ferrule assembly during inserting the fiber or filling the adhesive into the ferrule assembly.
US10025040B2	Connector for multilayered optical waveguide Methods for fabricating connectors for multilayered optical waveguides, as well as apparatuses for multilayered optical waveguides that embody ferrules and connectors. The method of fabricating a connector includes the steps of: stacking in a containing unit of a ferrule, a plurality of optical waveguides that are each preliminarily formed in the shape of layers; and injecting resin or adhesive through a space lying between the plurality of optical waveguides and the containing unit of the ferrule, with the plurality of optical waveguides contained in a stacked manner so that resin or adhesive reaches each of the plurality of optical waveguides.
US10025026B2	Lighting device with light sources positioned near the bottom surface of a waveguide A device according to embodiments of the invention includes a waveguide, typically formed from a first section of transparent material. A light source is disposed proximate a bottom surface of the waveguide. The light source comprises a semiconductor light emitting diode and a second section of transparent material disposed between the semiconductor light emitting diode and the waveguide. Sidewalls of the second section of transparent material are reflective. A surface to be illuminated is disposed proximate a top surface of the waveguide. In some embodiments, an edge of the waveguide is curved.
US10025018B2	Arrangement and a method for coupling light into a plate-like light guide An arrangement (20) for coupling light into a plate-like light guide (25) having two surfaces (23, 24) on opposite sides of the light guide comprises an in-coupling diffraction grating (21) for diffracting an external light beam (26) incident on said in-coupling diffraction grating into the light guide in a direction enabling the in-coupled light beam to propagate within the light guide via total internal reflections at the light guide surfaces (23, 24). According to the present invention, the arrangement further comprises a deflection member (22) arranged to deflect the beam (27) initially diffracted by the in-coupling diffraction grating (21), before it hits the in-coupling diffraction grating again, out of the path determined by the in-coupling diffraction grating in order to reduce out-coupling of the already in-coupled light through the in-coupling diffraction grating.
US10025016B2	Backlight source and transparent display device A backlight source comprising a light source, guide fibers and transmission fibers, the guide fibers and the transmission fibers are coupled by means of a coupling joint, wherein the first end of the guide fiber is coupled to the light source, the second end of the guide fiber is flexibly coupled to the first port of the coupling joint, and/or the first end of the transmission fiber is flexibly coupled to the second port of the coupling joint, and the second end of the transmission fiber is provided with a reflection head; the light emitted from the light source passes through the guide fiber and enters into the coupling joint, then is transmitted into the transmission fiber, and is finally emitted by the reflection head. The backlight source is collapsible and is thus flexible and convenient to use. Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a transparent display device.
US10025015B2	Wire grid polarizer with phosphonate protective coating A wire grid polarizer (WGP) can have a phosphonate conformal-coating to protect the WGP from at least one of the following: corrosion, dust, and damage due to tensile forces in a liquid on the WGP. The conformal-coating can include a chemical: where R1 can include a hydrophobic group, Z can include a bond to the ribs, and R5 can be any suitable chemical element or group. A method of applying a phosphonate conformal-coating over a WGP can include exposing the WGP to (R1)iPO(R4)j(R5)k, where: i is 1 or 2, j is 1 or 2, k is 0 or 1, and i+j+k=3; each R1 can independently include a hydrophobic group; R4 can include a phosphonate-reactive-group; each R6 can independently include an alkyl group, an aryl group, or combinations thereof; and each R5, if any, can independently be any suitable chemical element or group.
US10025014B2	Iodine-based polarizer, polarizing plate, optical film, and image display device An iodine-based polarizer includes a polyvinyl alcohol-based film; and iodine adsorbed and oriented in the polyvinyl alcohol-based film, the iodine-based polarizer having be undergone a treatment with a treatment bath containing at least one reducing agent, the iodine-based polarizer containing an oxidized form of the reducing agent, wherein the total content of the reducing agent and the oxidized form is from 0.06×10−6 mol/g to 1.6×10−6 mol/g. The iodine-based polarizer has a sufficiently high level of transmittance, degree of polarization, and other optical properties and can suppress light leakage in short-wavelength.
US10025013B2	Optical display device An optical display device which includes a display panel, and at least one polarizing film including a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer disposed on a viewing side with respect to the display panel, and having an optical arrangement forming a cross-Nicol relationship with regard to polarized light entering the polarizing film from the side of the display panel. The polarizing film is produced to have a thickness of 10 μm or less, by a method comprising the steps of: forming a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer on a resin substrate; stretching the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer integrally with the resin substrate; and dyeing the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer using a dichroic material. The polarizing film is disposed in the optical display device in a state in which a surface of the polarizing film as a contact surface with the resin substrate during the production thereof is oriented toward a side opposite to the display panel.
US10025002B2	Optical computing devices comprising broadband angle-selective filters Optical computing devices including an electromagnetic radiation source to emit electromagnetic radiation into an optical train; an integrated computational element (ICE) located in the optical train before or after a sample located in the optical train to generate modified electromagnetic radiation in the optical train; a broadband angle-selective filter (BASF) located in the optical train to transmit the electromagnetic radiation and/or the modified electromagnetic radiation in the optical train at a target incident angle, thereby generating angle selected-modified electromagnetic radiation (ASMR), and to reflect one or more stray radiation reflections at angles that are not coincident with the target incident angle; and a detector to receive the ASMR and to generate an output signal corresponding to a characteristic of the sample.
US10024996B2	Collocated coil antennas incorporating a symmetric soft magnetic band An antenna assembly includes a tool mandrel having a tool axis, and a plurality of coils are collocated about the tool mandrel and each include a plurality of windings wrapped about the tool mandrel. A soft magnetic band radially interposes the plurality of coils and the tool mandrel and includes a plurality of inserts that form two or more annular arrays axially spaced from each other and extend about the tool mandrel at an angle orthogonal to the tool axis. The inserts in each annular array are circumferentially spaced from each other.
US10024990B2	Towed seismic node A marine seismic sensor system includes a seismic node having at least one seismic sensor. The sensor is configured for sampling seismic energy when towed through a water column on a rope. The coupling can be adapted to modulate transmission of acceleration from the rope to the seismic node.
US10024986B2	Neutron detector unit and neutron detector arrangement The invention relates to a neutron detector unit for neutrons, in particular thermal and cold neutrons, comprising a detector housing (7, 17, 27), cathode elements and a plurality of anode elements (5, 15, 25), wherein in order to form a volume detector unit the anode elements (5, 15, 25) and the cathode elements enable a three-dimensional spatial resolution for conversion events, characterized by a converter gas in the detector housing (7, 17, 27). According to the invention, in a neutron detector arrangement which includes at least one neutron detector unit the neutron detector unit (3, 13, 23) or at least one of the neutron detector units (3, 13, 23) is oriented in such a way that at least some of the anode elements (5, 15, 25) of the at least one neutron detector unit (3, 13, 23) extend at least predominantly in a longitudinal orientation parallel or almost parallel to the direction of travel of the neutrons (4) to be detected.
US10024979B1	Photon counting with coincidence detection A photon counting system includes a photon sensor and pixel circuitry. The pixel circuitry includes a charge sensitive amplifier (CSA), an analog to digital converter (ADC), an event detector, and a coincidence detector. The CSA is configured to convert photon energy detected by the photon sensor to a voltage pulse. The ADC is coupled to an output of the CSA. The ADC is configured to digitize the voltage pulses generated by the CSA. The event detector is configured to determine whether output voltage of the CSA exceeds an event threshold voltage, and to trigger the ADC to digitize the output voltage based on the output voltage exceeding the event threshold voltage. The coincidence detector is configured to determine whether the output voltage of the CSA exceeds a coincidence threshold voltage, and to trigger the ADC to digitize the output voltage based on the output voltage exceeding the coincidence threshold voltage.
US10024978B2	Travel survey systems and methods Systems and methods for collecting travel data include a mobile application capable of being executed on a mobile computing device and configured to monitor and log travel data related to travel of the mobile computing device, and to communicate the travel data over a network. A networked data processing device may be coupled to receive the travel-related data from the network and analyze the travel-related data to identify a mode of travel of the mobile computing device. A graphical user interface allows a user of the mobile computing device to verify accuracy of the identified means of travel.
US10024977B1	Low speed heading measurement Methods, apparatus, and systems for use in agricultural equipment with automatic steering control. One method includes the steps of calculating a heading to provide greater accuracy than heading information obtained from the GNSS system or calculated in an equivalent manner using GNSS locations at successive sample periods and using the heading in providing automatic steering control, swath control, or rate control of planting, spraying, or other application functions for the agricultural equipment.
US10024974B1	Method and apparatus applicable to positioning in NLOS environment A method for determining a location of a target includes: obtaining a plurality of guess distance values of a plurality of satellites, respectively; utilizing satellite signals received from the plurality of satellites to estimate a plurality of pseudo range values of the plurality of satellites, respectively; comparing the guess range values with the pseudo range values to generate a residual vector; and utilizing a processing unit for applying a rank-based approach based on the residual vector to generate a calculation result. The location of the target is derived from the calculation result.
US10024973B1	Global navigation satellite system spoofer identification technique Disclosed is a technique that can provide one or more countermeasures against spoofers. A direction from which a spoofing attack occurs is identified. A beamformer can control an antenna pattern of a CRPA to null out signals from that direction, which can assist a GNSS receiver to avoid error induced by the spoofing attack. Further, after two or more observations, the location of the spoofer can be identified.
US10024967B2	Device for illuminating a target A device for illuminating a target comprises a laser which produces a light beam, a viewing medium which receives electromagnetic radiation in an acceptance band, a beam-splitter which splits the light beam into a first beam and a second beam, and an imaging assembly. The imaging assembly comprises a light conversion medium and an element responsible for image creation comprising one of a light focusing medium and a light reflective medium. The first beam is directed along a travel path from the beam-splitter to the element and then to the light conversion medium, wherein the light conversion medium converts the first beam into electromagnetic radiation within the acceptance band. A spot object distance between the light conversion medium and the element is less than a target distance. The target distance is between the target and the beam-splitter less a distance between the beam-splitter and the element.
US10024951B2	Crowdsourcing network synchronization status Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for crowdsourcing the synchronization status of a network are presented. In various embodiments, a server receives a synchronization status of a base station associated with the network. If the synchronization status indicates that the network is synchronous, the server collects information for computing time correction data. The server may send the time correction data to the mobile device for use in determining the position of the mobile device when the mobile device is connected to the synchronous network.
US10024948B2	Independent beacon based light position system Systems an methods are provided that disclose providing a positioning service for devices based on light received from one or more light sources. This light based positioning service uses light information transmitted by each light source to determine the position of the device. The positioning information can include three dimension position information in a building that can then be used to deliver services and information to a mobile device. The content delivered to a mobile device can include multimedia, text, audio, and/or pictorial information. The positioning information along with other location or positioning information can be used in providing augmented reality or location aware services. The light sources can be independent beacons that broadcast information in visible light at a rate that is undetectable by the human eye. Content can be retrieved from a server over a communications connection.
US10024943B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnetic resonance imaging method According to one embodiment, an MRI apparatus includes a gradient coil, an RF coil, an RF receiver, and processing circuitry which controls these components to perform each pulse sequence. The processing circuitry sets a main-scan pulse sequence, a first pulse sequence which includes application of a gradient magnetic field in a readout direction, and a second pulse sequence which includes application of the gradient magnetic field in a readout direction, and whose acquisition region is shifted from the first pulse sequence. The processing circuitry reconstructs image data of the main scan, based on magnetic resonance signals acquired by the main-scan pulse sequence and phase difference data in the readout direction between first k-space data generated from the magnetic resonance signals acquired by the first pulse sequence and second k-space data generated from the magnetic resonance signals acquired by the second pulse sequence.
US10024937B2	Gradient amplifier with compensation for dead time and forward voltage Non-linearities of a gradient amplifier (1) for powering a gradient coil (16) are caused by the finite dead time of the amplifier and/or by a forward voltage drop. The gradient amplifier (1) includes a controllable full bridge (8) and an output filter (9). The full bridge (8) is controlled to provide a desired coil current (ic), including receiving a desired duty cycle (aeff) of the gradient amplifier (1), measuring an input current (ifilt) and an output voltage (ucfilt) of the output filter (9), evaluating an modulator duty cycle (amod), and providing the modulator duty cycle (amod) for controlling the full bridge (8). The gradient amplifier (1) powers a gradient coil (16) including at least two half bridges (10), each having at least two power switches (11) connected in series. An output filter (9) connected to a tapped center points of the half bridges (10) between two the power switches (11). A controller provides a desired duty cycle (aeff) of the gradient amplifier (1), a compensation block (5) for providing an modulator duty cycle (amod). A modulator (6) controls the power switches (11) according to the modulator duty cycle (amod).
US10024930B2	Single chip referenced bridge magnetic sensor for high-intensity magnetic field A single chip referenced bridge type magnetic field sensor for high-intensity magnetic field, the sensor comprises a substrate, a reference arm, a sense arm, shielding structures and attenuators. Wherein the reference arms and the sense arms comprise at least two rows/columns of reference element strings and sense element strings which comprise one or more identical electrically interconnected magnetoresistive sense elements; the reference element strings and the sense element strings are mutually interleaved, each reference element string is designed with a shielding structure on top of it, and each sense element string is designed with an attenuator on top of it. The magnetoresistive sensor elements can be AMR, GMR or TMR sensor elements. The shielding structures and attenuators are arrays of long rectangular bars composed of a soft ferromagnetic material, such as permalloy. The sensor may be implemented in three different bridge structures, a quasi-bridge, a referenced half-bridge, and a referenced full-bridge. This sensor has several advantages including low power consumption, excellent linearity, and wide working range making it able to operate in high-intensity magnetic fields.
US10024908B2	Probe and contact inspection device A probe comprises a first end that contacts and separates from a test object and a second end that contacts a circuit board to perform inspection of the test object. The second end is provided with a rotation restricted portion that restricts rotation of the probe about the axial direction thereof. An extendable portion, which is freely extendable and contractible in the axial direction of the probe and has at least one spiral slit, is provided between the first end and the second end. The second end is formed by a tubular member. Also, at least two of the extendable portions are provided between the first end and the second end, and an intermediate portion is formed between the extendable portions.
US10024905B2	Implementing user configurable probing using magnetic connections and PCB features A method and system are provided for implementing user configurable probing with magnetic connections and printed circuit board (PCB) features. A first magnet is located at a desired probe point on the PCB, a probe having a second magnet of suitable polarity and an electrical contact is moved to the probe point. The first and second magnets attract each other, and the probe point makes electrical contact with an electrical conductor at the probe point.
US10024901B2	Testing method and unit for micro electro-mechanical systems A testing method for a micro electro-mechanical system is described, comprising the steps of: i) feeding a system to be tested on a first tray; ii) collecting the system from the first tray; and iii) verifying correct operation of the system collected from the first tray; the method further comprises step iv) of acquiring at least one parameter associated with the presence or otherwise of the system on the first tray; and/or with the fact that the system matches or otherwise a correct identification code; and/or with correct or incorrect orientation and/or position of the system on the first tray; step iv) being performed prior to step ii).
US10024899B2	Method and apparatus for detecting an energized e-field A method for detecting the presence of an energized e-field in a space, wherein the space includes at least one electrically conductive element disposed in the space and coupled with a controller, the method including receiving in the controller a signal from the at least one electrically conductive element, determining that an energized e-field occupies the space, and sending a signal from the controller indicative of the presence of the energized e-field in the space.
US10024898B2	System and method for determining inductance in a power converter A system includes a power converter including a primary bridge unit to receive a primary voltage from a voltage source, the primary bridge unit includes a first plurality of electronic switches, and each of the first plurality of electronics switches has a turn ON time and a turn OFF time. Further, the power converter includes a transformer including a primary winding and a secondary winding, the primary winding is coupled to the first plurality of electronic switches. Also, the power converter includes a secondary bridge unit including a second plurality of electronic switches coupled to the secondary winding. Additionally, the system includes a controller to determine an inductance of the power converter based on the primary voltage, the turn ON time of the first plurality of electronic switches, a switching cycle time of the power converter, and one of an average current and a peak current in the power converter.
US10024895B1	Real-time spectrum analyzer having frequency content based trigger unit A real-time spectrum analyzer includes an ADC for providing digitized time domain data, an acquisition control unit for selectively acquiring the time domain data, a processing unit and a display unit. The processing unit includes a domain conversion engine configured to convert the acquired time domain data to frequency domain data, first and second display engines configured to generate first and second display data according to first and second display modes, a frequency content based trigger unit configured to generate a frequency content based trigger signal when the frequency domain data meet a first predetermined trigger condition, and a trigger based enabler configured to generate an enable signal for selectively gating the second display engine in response to the frequency content based trigger signal, such that the second display engine stops generating the second display data, while the first display engine continues to generate the first display data.
US10024894B2	Power system analysis support system, analysis support apparatus for power system, analysis support method for power system, and measuring device for power system To provide a power system analysis support system in which the amount of data to be sent from a measuring device to an analysis support apparatus can be reduced. A measuring device includes a measuring unit which performs measurement related to a power system, a storage unit which stores measurement values measured by the measuring unit, a parameter generator which generates a predetermined parameter indicating a probability density function of the measurement value from the plurality of measurement values stored in the storage unit, and a communication unit which sends the predetermined parameter generated by the parameter generator to an analysis support apparatus. The analysis support apparatus includes a communication unit which receives the predetermined parameter from the measuring device, and a probability density function generator which generates a probability density function of the measurement value from the received predetermined parameter.
US10024887B2	Methods and circuitry for analyzing voltages Circuitry and methods for measuring the voltage at a node are disclosed. A capacitive divider is coupled to the node, wherein the capacitive divider provides a first output. A resistive divider is coupled to the node, wherein the resistive divider provides a second output.
US10024885B2	Thermal management of self-powered power sensors A method is provided for handling the heating resulting from the operation of a self-powered power sensor (SPPS). The SPPS periodically switches between a sense mode and a harvest mode, each contributing to power dissipation that translates into heat, which may become a safety hazard. A duty cycle that is the ratio between the period in which sensing take place and the total time elapsed between sensing periods defines the duty cycle of the SPPS. In order to prevent overheating of the SPPS it is configured to provide a dynamic duty cycle that is higher for lower currents in the primary power wire and lower, for higher primary currents. This allows for better power dissipation of the SPPS and removing it from operation in unfavorable or dangerous conditions.

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